Purple Rain

1984 film directed by Albert Magnoli
Movie film Q1754021
Purple Rain
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Purple Rain

Summary

Purple Rain is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,962 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Purple Rain received the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[3].
  • Purple Rain's image is recorded as Purple Rain.png[4].
  • Purple Rain's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • Purple Rain's director is recorded as Albert Magnoli[6].
  • Purple Rain's screenwriter is recorded as William Blinn[7].
  • Purple Rain's composer is recorded as Prince[8].
  • Purple Rain's genre is recorded as musical film[9].
  • Purple Rain's genre is recorded as neo-noir[10].
  • Purple Rain's genre is recorded as drama film[11].
  • Purple Rain's genre is recorded as romance film[12].
  • Purple Rain's genre is recorded as biographical film[13].
  • Purple Rain's followed by is recorded as Graffiti Bridge[14].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Prince[15].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Apollonia Kotero[16].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Morris Day[17].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Clarence Williams III[18].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Olga Karlatos[19].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Jill Jones[20].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Wendy Melvoin[21].
  • Purple Rain's cast member is recorded as Lisa Coleman[22].
  • Purple Rain's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 230666197[23].
  • Purple Rain's GND ID is recorded as 4618947-6[24].
  • Purple Rain's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no98057421[25].
  • Purple Rain's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 164577579[26].
  • Purple Rain's production company is recorded as Warner Bros. Entertainment[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Purple Rain's director is recorded as Albert Magnoli[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as William Blinn[7]. Cast members include Prince[15], Apollonia Kotero[16], Morris Day[17], Clarence Williams III[18], Olga Karlatos[19], and Jill Jones[20].

Publication

Publication dates include +1984-07-27T00:00:00Z[28] and +1985-02-22T00:00:00Z[29]. Purple Rain's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include musical film[9], neo-noir[10], drama film[11], romance film[12], and biographical film[13]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[31].

Reception

Purple Rain received the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[3]. Reviews include 70%[32], 6.4/10[33], and 55/100[34].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Purple Rain's followed by is recorded as Graffiti Bridge[14].

Why It Matters

Purple Rain ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,962 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Purple Rain receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . allocine.fr. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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