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Steel Magnolias

1989 film directed by Herbert Ross
Movie film Q762140
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Summary

Steel Magnolias is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.47% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,329 views/month, #445 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Herbert Ross[3]
  • Screenwriter: Robert Harling[4]
  • Composer: Georges Delerue[5]
  • Genre: female buddy film[6], comedy drama[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Sally Field[9], Dolly Parton[10], Shirley MacLaine[11], Daryl Hannah[12], Olympia Dukakis[13], Julia Roberts[14], Sam Shepard[15], Tom Skerritt[16], Dylan McDermott[17], Kevin J. O'Connor[18], Jonathan Ward[19], Bibi Besch[20], Knowl Johnson[21], Janine Turner[22]
  • Producer: Ray Stark[23]
  • Production company: Rastar[24]
  • Director of photography: John A. Alonzo[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[27]
  • Review score: 6/10[28], 73%[29], 56/100[30]
  • Color: color[31]
  • Country of origin: United States[32]
  • Publication date: November 5, 1989[33], March 15, 1990[34], 1989[35]
  • Distributed by: TriStar Pictures[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: Louisiana[38]
  • Film editor: Paul Hirsch[39]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[40]
  • Title: Steel Magnolias[41]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[42]
  • Duration: 114 minutes[43]
  • NMHH film rating: Category III[44]
  • Production designer: Gene Callahan[45]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[46]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[47]

Why It Matters

Steel Magnolias has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Daryl Hannah Dolly Parton Dylan McDermott film Georges Delerue Julia Roberts Louisiana Netflix Olympia Dukakis Sally Field Sam Shepard Shirley MacLaine Tom Skerritt United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W089402
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 16d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 38
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    P14724 → 8975400
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 8975400, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302029499|Steel Magnolias (#302029499)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (f"
  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 11826
    P14821 → 98384
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 98384, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  4. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Gene Callahan
    Publication date → +1989-11-05T00:00:00Z, +1990-03-15T00:00:00Z, +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Robert Harling
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+114'}
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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