The Brother from Another Planet

1984 film by John Sayles
Movie film Q955416
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The Brother from Another Planet

Summary

The Brother from Another Planet is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Brother from Another Planet received the Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award[3].
  • The Brother from Another Planet received the Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award[4].
  • The Brother from Another Planet received the Sundance Special Jury Recognition[5].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's instance of is recorded as film[6].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's director is recorded as John Sayles[7].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's screenwriter is recorded as John Sayles[8].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's composer is recorded as Mason Daring[9].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's genre is recorded as science fiction film[10].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's genre is recorded as science fiction comedy[11].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Joe Morton[12].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Steve James[13].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Bill Cobbs[14].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as David Strathairn[15].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Dee Dee Bridgewater[16].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Caroline Aaron[17].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as John Sayles[18].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Fisher Stevens[19].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Renn Woods[20].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Rosetta LeNoire[21].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Leonard Jackson[22].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's cast member is recorded as Michael Mantell[23].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's producer is recorded as Peggy Rajski[24].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's producer is recorded as Maggie Renzi[25].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[26].
  • The Brother from Another Planet's director of photography is recorded as Ernest Dickerson[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Peggy Rajski[24] and Maggie Renzi[25]. The Brother from Another Planet's director is recorded as John Sayles[7]. Its screenwriter is recorded as John Sayles[8]. Cast members include Joe Morton[12], Steve James[13], Bill Cobbs[14], David Strathairn[15], Dee Dee Bridgewater[16], and Caroline Aaron[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1984-01-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1985-05-17T00:00:00Z[29], +1984-09-14T00:00:00Z[30], and +1984-10-27T00:00:00Z[31]. The Brother from Another Planet's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[32]. Genres include science fiction film[10] and science fiction comedy[11].

Reception

Awards received include Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award[3], a class of award[33], in Spain[34]; Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award[4], a class of award[35], in Spain[36]; and Sundance Special Jury Recognition[5]. Reviews include 89%[37] and 7.1/10[38].

Why It Matters

The Brother from Another Planet ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

FAQs

What awards did The Brother from Another Planet receive?

Honors received include Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award[3], Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award[4], and Sundance Special Jury Recognition[5].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . wikidata.org.
  22. [4] . wikidata.org.
  23. [5] . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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