Mercury Rising

1998 film directed by Harold Becker
Movie film Q267321
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Mercury Rising

Summary

Mercury Rising is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,024 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mercury Rising's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Mercury Rising was directed by Harold Becker[4].
  • Lawrence Konner wrote the screenplay for Mercury Rising[5].
  • Mark Rosenthal wrote the screenplay for Mercury Rising[6].
  • Mercury Rising's composer is recorded as John Barry[7].
  • Mercury Rising's genre is action film[8].
  • Mercury Rising's genre is thriller film[9].
  • Mercury Rising's genre is film based on a novel[10].
  • Mercury Rising's genre is crime film[11].
  • Mercury Rising's genre is drama film[12].
  • Mercury Rising's based on is recorded as Simple Simon[13].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Bruce Willis[14].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Alec Baldwin[15].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Miko Hughes[16].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Chi McBride[17].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Kim Dickens[18].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was John Carroll Lynch[19].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Peter Stormare[20].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Carrie Preston[21].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Chad Lindberg[22].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Jack Conley[23].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was John Doman[24].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Kevin Conway[25].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Richard Riehle[26].
  • A cast member of Mercury Rising was Robert Stanton[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: 1998-07-05[30]

  • Genre(s): electronic, modern classical[31]

  • Community tags: electronic, modern classical, score, soundtrack[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f21152e8-ef96-34eb-a35f-1dd5c8131d31[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Mercury Rising was produced by Brian Grazer[34]. It was directed by Harold Becker[4]. Screenwriters include Lawrence Konner[5] and Mark Rosenthal[6]. Cast members include Bruce Willis[14], Alec Baldwin[15], Miko Hughes[16], Chi McBride[17], Kim Dickens[18], and John Carroll Lynch[19].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1998[35] and May 28, 1998[36]. The original language of Mercury Rising was English[37]. Genres include action film[8], thriller film[9], film based on a novel[10], crime film[11], and drama film[12]. It was distributed by video on demand[38].

Subject and Themes

Mercury Rising's main subject is autism[39].

Reception

Reviews include 4.4/10[40], 37/100[41], and 21%[42].

Why It Matters

Mercury Rising ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,024 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . wikidata.org.
  29. [40] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [41] . wikidata.org.
  31. [42] . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] . zelluloid.de. Retrieved . zelluloid.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [39] . 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. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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