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Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

1996 American documentary film by Ben Burtt
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Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

Summary

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's instance of is recorded as Anything Can Happen — instance of (P31): film[3].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen was directed by Anything Can Happen — director (P57): Ben Burtt[4].
  • Anything Can Happen — screenwriter (P58): Ben Burtt wrote the screenplay for Special Effects: Anything Can Happen[5].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's genre is Anything Can Happen — genre (P136): documentary film[6].
  • The original language of Special Effects: Anything Can Happen was Anything Can Happen — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[7].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's color is recorded as Anything Can Happen — color (P462): color[8].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's country of origin is recorded as Anything Can Happen — country of origin (P495): United States[9].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen was published on January 1, 1996[10].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's official website is recorded as http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/specialfx/sfxhome.html[11].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's main subject is Anything Can Happen — main subject (P921): special effects[12].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's main subject is Anything Can Happen — main subject (P921): film industry[13].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's nominated for is recorded as Anything Can Happen — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[14].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's title is recorded as Special Effects: Anything Can Happen[15].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's duration is recorded as {'amount': '+40'}[16].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's recorded participant is recorded as Anything Can Happen — recorded participant (P11108): John Lithgow[17].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's recorded participant is recorded as Anything Can Happen — recorded participant (P11108): Anthony Daniels[18].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's recorded participant is recorded as Anything Can Happen — recorded participant (P11108): Paul Michael Glaser[19].
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen's recorded participant is recorded as Anything Can Happen — recorded participant (P11108): Shaquille O'Neal[20].

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Authorship and Creation

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen was directed by Anything Can Happen — director (P57): Ben Burtt[4]. Anything Can Happen — screenwriter (P58): Ben Burtt wrote the screenplay for it[5].

Publication

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen was published on January 1, 1996[10]. The original language of it was Anything Can Happen — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[7]. Its genre is Anything Can Happen — genre (P136): documentary film[6].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Anything Can Happen — main subject (P921): special effects[12] and Anything Can Happen — main subject (P921): film industry[13].

Why It Matters

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Filmweb.pl film id → 238265
    Cinema belgica film id → 46081
    Eidr content id → 10.5240/F4D2-76FE-1AFC-66C3-96A5-0
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