Shoot the Piano Player

1960 French crime drama film directed by François Truffaut
Movie film Q476439
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Shoot the Piano Player

Summary

Shoot the Piano Player is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shoot the Piano Player's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's director is recorded as François Truffaut[4].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's screenwriter is recorded as Marcel Moussy[5].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's screenwriter is recorded as François Truffaut[6].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's screenwriter is recorded as David Goodis[7].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's composer is recorded as Georges Delerue[8].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's genre is recorded as neo-noir[9].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's genre is recorded as crime film[11].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's genre is recorded as film noir[12].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's genre is recorded as comedy drama[13].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's genre is recorded as film based on literature[14].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's based on is recorded as Down There[15].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Charles Aznavour[16].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Michèle Mercier[17].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Daniel Boulanger[18].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Boby Lapointe[19].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Marie Dubois[20].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Nicole Berger[21].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Albert Rémy[22].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Alice Sapritch[23].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Alex Joffé[24].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Claude Heymann[25].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Claude Mansard[26].
  • Shoot the Piano Player's cast member is recorded as Jean-Jacques Aslanian[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Shoot the Piano Player's producer is recorded as Pierre Braunberger[28]. Its director is recorded as François Truffaut[4]. Screenwriters include Marcel Moussy[5], François Truffaut[6], and David Goodis[7]. Cast members include Charles Aznavour[16], Michèle Mercier[17], Daniel Boulanger[18], Boby Lapointe[19], Marie Dubois[20], and Nicole Berger[21].

Publication

Publication dates include +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z[29], +1960-11-25T00:00:00Z[30], and +1962-07-23T00:00:00Z[31]. Shoot the Piano Player's original language of film or TV show is recorded as French[32]. Genres include neo-noir[9], drama film[10], crime film[11], film noir[12], comedy drama[13], and film based on literature[14].

Reception

Reviews include 8.9/10[33] and 90%[34].

Why It Matters

Shoot the Piano Player ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . 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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