Jacob's Ladder

1990 film directed by Adrian Lyne
Movie film Q482626
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Jacob's Ladder

Summary

Jacob's Ladder is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,326 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jacob's Ladder's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Jacob's Ladder was directed by Adrian Lyne[4].
  • Bruce Joel Rubin wrote the screenplay for Jacob's Ladder[5].
  • Jacob's Ladder's composer is recorded as Maurice Jarre[6].
  • Jacob's Ladder's genre is horror film[7].
  • Jacob's Ladder's genre is thriller film[8].
  • Jacob's Ladder's genre is psychological horror fiction[9].
  • Jacob's Ladder's genre is war film[10].
  • Jacob's Ladder's genre is drama film[11].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Tim Robbins[12].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Elizabeth Peña[13].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Macaulay Culkin[14].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Danny Aiello[15].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Matt Craven[16].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Pruitt Taylor Vince[17].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Jason Alexander[18].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Eriq La Salle[19].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Ving Rhames[20].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Brian Tarantina[21].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Kyle Gass[22].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Brent Hinkley[23].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was John Capodice[24].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Lewis Black[25].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was S. Epatha Merkerson[26].
  • A cast member of Jacob's Ladder was Patricia Kalember[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1990[30]

  • Genre(s): classical, pop[31]

  • Community tags: classical, pop[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 71252aa1-7533-37bd-93f3-239d46165c93[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Mario Kassar[34], Alan Marshall[35], Bruce Joel Rubin[36], and Andrew G. Vajna[37]. Jacob's Ladder was directed by Adrian Lyne[4]. Bruce Joel Rubin wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Tim Robbins[12], Elizabeth Peña[13], Macaulay Culkin[14], Danny Aiello[15], Matt Craven[16], and Pruitt Taylor Vince[17].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1990[38], October 24, 1990[39], and November 2, 1990[40]. The original language of Jacob's Ladder was English[41]. Genres include horror film[7], thriller film[8], psychological horror fiction[9], war film[10], and drama film[11]. It was distributed by video on demand[42].

Reception

Reviews include 73%[43], 6.6/10[44], and 62/100[45].

Why It Matters

Jacob's Ladder ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,326 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . wikidata.org.
  30. [41] . wikidata.org.
  31. [42] . wikidata.org.
  32. [43] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [44] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [45] . wikidata.org.
  35. [38] . wikidata.org.
  36. [39] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [40] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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