Play It to the Bone

1999 film by Ron Shelton
Movie film Q530797
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Play It to the Bone

Summary

Play It to the Bone is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (586 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Play It to the Bone's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Play It to the Bone was directed by Ron Shelton[4].
  • Ron Shelton wrote the screenplay for Play It to the Bone[5].
  • Play It to the Bone's composer is recorded as Alex Wurman[6].
  • Play It to the Bone's genre is buddy film[7].
  • Play It to the Bone's genre is comedy drama[8].
  • Play It to the Bone's genre is comedy film[9].
  • Play It to the Bone's genre is drama film[10].
  • Play It to the Bone's genre is boxing film[11].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Antonio Banderas[12].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Woody Harrelson[13].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Lolita Davidovich[14].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Tom Sizemore[15].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Lucy Liu[16].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Robert Wagner[17].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Richard Masur[18].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Willie Garson[19].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Cylk Cozart[20].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Jack Carter[21].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Aida Turturro[22].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Jennifer Tilly[23].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Linnea Quigley[24].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Natasha Gregson Wagner[25].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Tom Todoroff[26].
  • A cast member of Play It to the Bone was Reynaldo Rey[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Play It to the Bone was directed by Ron Shelton[4]. Ron Shelton wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Antonio Banderas[12], Woody Harrelson[13], Lolita Davidovich[14], Tom Sizemore[15], Lucy Liu[16], and Robert Wagner[17].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1999[28] and March 30, 2000[29]. The original language of Play It to the Bone was English[30]. Genres include buddy film[7], comedy drama[8], comedy film[9], drama film[10], and boxing film[11]. It was distributed by video on demand[31].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include gambling[32] and boxing[33].

Reception

Reviews include 4/10[34], 11%[35], and 32/100[36].

Why It Matters

Play It to the Bone ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (586 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . wikidata.org.
  30. [36] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date +1999-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2000-03-30T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter Ron Shelton
    Duration {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+115'}
    Original language of film or tv show English
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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