Kill the Messenger

2014 film by Michael Cuesta
Movie film Q14523264
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Kill the Messenger

Summary

Kill the Messenger is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (685 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kill the Messenger's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Kill the Messenger's director is recorded as Michael Cuesta[4].
  • Kill the Messenger's screenwriter is recorded as Peter Landesman[5].
  • Kill the Messenger's screenwriter is recorded as Gary Webb[6].
  • Kill the Messenger's composer is recorded as Nathan Johnson[7].
  • Kill the Messenger's genre is recorded as biographical film[8].
  • Kill the Messenger's genre is recorded as mystery film[9].
  • Kill the Messenger's genre is recorded as crime film[10].
  • Kill the Messenger's genre is recorded as drama film[11].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Mary Elizabeth Winstead[12].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Jeremy Renner[13].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Robert Patrick[14].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Jena Sims[15].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Robert Pralgo[16].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Lucas Hedges[17].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Rosemarie DeWitt[18].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Matt Lintz[19].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Joshua Close[20].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Paz Vega[21].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Barry Pepper[22].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Yul Vazquez[23].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Tim Blake Nelson[24].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Michael K. Williams[25].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Oliver Platt[26].
  • Kill the Messenger's cast member is recorded as Andy Garcia[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Jeremy Renner[28], Scott Stuber[29], and Michael Taccetta[30]. Kill the Messenger's director is recorded as Michael Cuesta[4]. Screenwriters include Peter Landesman[5] and Gary Webb[6]. Cast members include Mary Elizabeth Winstead[12], Jeremy Renner[13], Robert Patrick[14], Jena Sims[15], Robert Pralgo[16], and Lucas Hedges[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +2014-10-10T00:00:00Z[31], +2015-09-10T00:00:00Z[32], +2014-10-09T00:00:00Z[33], and +2014-09-08T00:00:00Z[34]. Kill the Messenger's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[35]. Genres include biographical film[8], mystery film[9], crime film[10], and drama film[11].

Reception

Reviews include 77%[36], 6.6/10[37], and 60/100[38].

Why It Matters

Kill the Messenger ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (685 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

References

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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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