How to Be

2008 film by Oliver Irving
Movie film Q508055
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How to Be

Summary

How to Be is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How to Be's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • How to Be's director is recorded as Oliver Irving[4].
  • How to Be's screenwriter is recorded as Oliver Irving[5].
  • How to Be's genre is recorded as coming-of-age film[6].
  • How to Be's genre is recorded as comedy drama[7].
  • How to Be's cast member is recorded as Robert Pattinson[8].
  • How to Be's cast member is recorded as Rebecca Pidgeon[9].
  • How to Be's cast member is recorded as Jeremy Hardy[10].
  • How to Be's cast member is recorded as Michael Irving[11].
  • How to Be's IMDb ID is recorded as tt1057581[12].
  • How to Be's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13].
  • How to Be's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[14].
  • How to Be's color is recorded as color[15].
  • How to Be's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 203790[16].
  • How to Be's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[17].
  • How to Be's publication date is recorded as +2008-01-18T00:00:00Z[18].
  • How to Be's publication date is recorded as +2009-04-29T00:00:00Z[19].
  • How to Be's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047fhg8[20].
  • How to Be's distributed by is recorded as IFC Films[21].
  • How to Be's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[22].
  • How to Be's official website is recorded as http://www.howtobemovie.com[23].
  • How to Be's PORT film ID is recorded as 103184[24].
  • How to Be's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/1212538-how_to_be[25].
  • How to Be's AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 141524[26].
  • How to Be's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How to Be'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

How to Be's director is recorded as Oliver Irving[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Oliver Irving[5]. Cast members include Robert Pattinson[8], Rebecca Pidgeon[9], Jeremy Hardy[10], and Michael Irving[11].

Publication

Publication dates include +2008-01-18T00:00:00Z[18] and +2009-04-29T00:00:00Z[19]. How to Be's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13]. Genres include coming-of-age film[6] and comedy drama[7].

Why It Matters

How to Be ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q18709181. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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