The Escape Artist

1982 film by Caleb Deschanel
Movie film Q7732397
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Summary

The Escape Artist is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (772 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Caleb Deschanel[3]
  • Screenwriter: Melissa Mathison[4]
  • Composer: Georges Delerue[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6]
  • Cast member: Julia[7], Griffin O'Neal[8], Desi Arnaz[9], Teri Garr[10], David Clennon[11], Elizabeth Daily[12], Hal Williams[13], Harry Cohn[14], Helen Page Camp[15], Huntz Hall[16], Jackie Coogan[17], Joan Hackett[18], M. Emmet Walsh[19], John P. Ryan[20]
  • Producer: Buck Houghton[21], Fred Roos[22], Francis Ford Coppola[23]
  • Production company: American Zoetrope[24]
  • Director of photography: Stephen H. Burum[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[27]
  • Review score: 80%[28], 6.5/10[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: United States[31]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1982[32]
  • Distributed by: Orion Pictures[33]
  • Title: The Escape Artist[34]
  • Duration: 93 minutes[35]
  • Australian Classification: PG[36]
  • Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience[37]
  • P14449: 106046[38]

Why It Matters

The Escape Artist has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19h ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema film id → 22055
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'en', 'fr', 'id', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 5
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 136093
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  3. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 1982 film by Caleb Deschanel
    Movie review query engine id → the-escape-artist-m100001883
    Fandango at home video id (formerly vudu video id) → 54910
    Trakt.tv film id → 41238
    + 52 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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