Lay the Favorite

2012 film by Stephen Frears
Movie film Q166214
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Lay the Favorite

Summary

Lay the Favorite is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (346 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lay the Favorite's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Lay the Favorite's director is recorded as Stephen Frears[4].
  • Lay the Favorite's composer is recorded as James Seymour Brett[5].
  • Lay the Favorite's genre is recorded as comedy film[6].
  • Lay the Favorite's genre is recorded as crime film[7].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Bruce Willis[8].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Rebecca Hall[9].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Catherine Zeta-Jones[10].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Joshua Jackson[11].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Corbin Bernsen[12].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Frank Grillo[13].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as John Carroll Lynch[14].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Laura Prepon[15].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Vince Vaughn[16].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Joel Murray[17].
  • Lay the Favorite's cast member is recorded as Lara Grice[18].
  • Lay the Favorite's production company is recorded as Emmett/Furla Films[19].
  • Lay the Favorite's IMDb ID is recorded as tt1132449[20].
  • Lay the Favorite's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[21].
  • Lay the Favorite's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[22].
  • Lay the Favorite's review score is recorded as 18%[23].
  • Lay the Favorite's review score is recorded as 3.8/10[24].
  • Lay the Favorite's review score is recorded as 38/100[25].
  • Lay the Favorite's color is recorded as color[26].
  • Lay the Favorite's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 446929[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Lay the Favorite's director is recorded as Stephen Frears[4]. Cast members include Bruce Willis[8], Rebecca Hall[9], Catherine Zeta-Jones[10], Joshua Jackson[11], Corbin Bernsen[12], and Frank Grillo[13].

Publication

Publication dates include +2012-01-21T00:00:00Z[28] and +2012-07-19T00:00:00Z[29]. Lay the Favorite's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[21]. Genres include comedy film[6] and crime film[7].

Subject and Themes

Lay the Favorite's main subject is recorded as gambling[30].

Reception

Reviews include 18%[23], 3.8/10[24], and 38/100[25].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Lay the Favorite's after a work by is recorded as Beth Raymer[31].

Why It Matters

Lay the Favorite ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (346 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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