The Beast

1996 made for TV movie directed by Jeff Bleckner
Movie television_film_broadcast_in_two_parts Q3206946
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The Beast

Summary

The Beast is a television film broadcast in two parts[1]. It draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (television_film_broadcast_in_two_parts category, ranking #14 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Beast's instance of is recorded as television film broadcast in two parts[3].
  • The Beast's instance of is recorded as miniseries[4].
  • The Beast's director is recorded as Jeff Bleckner[5].
  • The Beast's composer is recorded as Don Davis[6].
  • The Beast's genre is recorded as horror film[7].
  • The Beast's based on is recorded as Beast[8].
  • The Beast's cast member is recorded as William Petersen[9].
  • The Beast's producer is recorded as Peter Benchley[10].
  • The Beast's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0115109[11].
  • The Beast's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[12].
  • The Beast's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[13].
  • The Beast's original broadcaster is recorded as NBC[14].
  • The Beast's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • The Beast's publication date is recorded as +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The Beast's start time is recorded as +1996-04-28T00:00:00Z[17].
  • The Beast's end time is recorded as +1996-04-29T00:00:00Z[18].
  • The Beast's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d8lpq[19].
  • The Beast's distributed by is recorded as NBC[20].
  • The Beast's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[21].
  • The Beast's main subject is recorded as Cephalopod[22].
  • The Beast's number of episodes is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[23].
  • The Beast's AlloCiné series ID is recorded as 7097[24].
  • The Beast's executive producer is recorded as Peter Benchley[25].
  • The Beast's title is recorded as The Beast[26].
  • The Beast's has characteristic is recorded as television series based on a novel[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Beast's producer is recorded as Peter Benchley[10]. Its director is recorded as Jeff Bleckner[5]. Its cast member is recorded as William Petersen[9].

Publication

The Beast's publication date is recorded as +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z[16]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is recorded as horror film[7].

Subject and Themes

The Beast's main subject is recorded as Cephalopod[22].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Beast's after a work by is recorded as Peter Benchley[28].

Why It Matters

The Beast draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (television_film_broadcast_in_two_parts category, ranking #14 of 25).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinémathèque québécoise work id 59054
    Country of origin United States
    Tv maze series id 31377
    Netflix id 70100227
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