Nightmare Alley

2021 film directed by Guillermo del Toro
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Summary

Nightmare Alley is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,692 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Guillermo del Toro[3]
  • Screenwriter: Guillermo del Toro[4], Kim Morgan[5]
  • Composer: Alexandre Desplat[6]
  • Genre: thriller film[7], drama film[8], horror film[9], neo-noir[10], psychological horror film[11], psychological thriller film[12], psychological drama film[13]
  • Based on: Nightmare Alley[14]
  • Cast member: Bradley Cooper[15], Cate Blanchett[16], Toni Collette[17], Willem Dafoe[18], Richard Jenkins[19], Rooney Mara[20], Ron Perlman[21], David Strathairn[22], Holt McCallany[23], Clifton Collins[24], Tim Blake Nelson[25], Mary Steenburgen[26], Jim Beaver[27], Mark Povinelli[28]
  • Producer: J. Miles Dale[29]
  • Director of photography: Dan Laustsen[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
  • Commons category: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)[32]
  • Soundtrack release: Nightmare Alley – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 81%[35], 70/100[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38], Mexico[39]
  • Publication date: December 1, 2021[40], February 3, 2022[41], December 17, 2021[42], January 20, 2022[43], January 27, 2022[44], January 19, 2022[45]
  • Distributed by: Fórum Hungary[46]
  • Narrative location: Midwestern United States[47], New York City[48]
  • Main subject: travelling carnival[49], con artist[50], overconfidence effect[51], knowledge of human nature[52], mentalism[53], spiritism[54], psychoanalysis[55], cold reading[56], manipulation[57], alcoholism[58]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[59]
  • Title: Nightmare Alley[60]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[61]
  • MPA film rating: R[62]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[63]
  • Duration: 150 minutes[64]

Why It Matters

Nightmare Alley has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Terjesztésre kerülő filmalkotások és artfilmek nyilvántartása. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Filmdienst. filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . ComingSoon.it. comingsoon.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . film distribution certificate. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Terjesztésre kerülő filmalkotások és artfilmek nyilvántartása. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . Nightmare Alley. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Nightmare Alley. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Nightmare Alley. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Nightmare Alley. wikidata.org.
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  60. [62] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  61. [63] ↑ . spio-fsk.de. spio-fsk.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  62. [64] ↑ . film distribution certificate. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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