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 (177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

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

Body

Authorship and Creation

Play It to the Bone's director is recorded as Ron Shelton[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Ron Shelton[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 +1999-01-01T00:00:00Z[28] and +2000-03-30T00:00:00Z[29]. Play It to the Bone's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include buddy film[7], comedy drama[8], comedy film[9], drama film[10], and boxing film[11].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include gambling[31] and boxing[32].

Reception

Reviews include 4/10[33], 11%[34], and 32/100[35].

Why It Matters

Play It to the Bone ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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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. [33] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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