The General's Daughter

1999 film by Simon West
Movie film Q1425487
The General's Daughter
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The General's Daughter

Summary

The General's Daughter is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,619 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The General's Daughter's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The General's Daughter was directed by Simon West[4].
  • William Goldman wrote the screenplay for The General's Daughter[5].
  • The General's Daughter's composer is recorded as Carter Burwell[6].
  • The General's Daughter's genre is crime film[7].
  • The General's Daughter's genre is mystery film[8].
  • The General's Daughter's genre is thriller film[9].
  • The General's Daughter's genre is drama film[10].
  • The General's Daughter's genre is film based on a novel[11].
  • The General's Daughter's based on is recorded as The General's Daughter[12].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was John Travolta[13].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Madeleine Stowe[14].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was James Cromwell[15].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Timothy Hutton[16].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Leslie Stefanson[17].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Clarence Williams III[18].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was James Woods[19].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Daniel von Bargen[20].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was John Beasley[21].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was John Frankenheimer[22].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Mark Boone Junior[23].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Cooper Huckabee[24].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was Brad Beyer[25].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was John Benjamin Hickey[26].
  • A cast member of The General's Daughter was John D. Beasley[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1999-06-15[30]

  • Genre(s): blues, classical, downtempo, electronic, experimental, modern classical[31]

  • Community tags: blues, classical, downtempo, electronic, experimental, modern classical[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a05b76e7-a209-4615-9be0-78383adb5a76[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The General's Daughter was produced by Mace Neufeld[34]. It was directed by Simon West[4]. William Goldman wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include John Travolta[13], Madeleine Stowe[14], James Cromwell[15], Timothy Hutton[16], Leslie Stefanson[17], and Clarence Williams III[18].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1999[35], November 18, 1999[36], and October 1, 1999[37]. The original language of The General's Daughter was English[38]. Genres include crime film[7], mystery film[8], thriller film[9], drama film[10], and film based on a novel[11]. It was distributed by video on demand[39].

Reception

Reviews include 4.4/10[40], 22%[41], and 47/100[42].

Why It Matters

The General's Daughter ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,619 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [38] . wikidata.org.
  28. [39] . wikidata.org.
  29. [40] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [41] . wikidata.org.
  31. [42] . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [37] . Swedish Film Database. Retrieved . svenskfilmdatabas.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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