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The Meerkats

2008 film by James Honeyborne
Movie film Q1728655
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The Meerkats

Summary

The Meerkats is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Meerkats's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Meerkats's director is recorded as James Honeyborne[4].
  • The Meerkats's screenwriter is recorded as Alexander McCall Smith[5].
  • The Meerkats's composer is recorded as Sarah Class[6].
  • The Meerkats's genre is recorded as documentary film[7].
  • The Meerkats's cast member is recorded as Paul Newman[8].
  • The Meerkats's cast member is recorded as Rufus Beck[9].
  • The Meerkats's production company is recorded as BBC Film[10].
  • The Meerkats's production company is recorded as BBC Natural History Unit[11].
  • The Meerkats's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0892391[12].
  • The Meerkats's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13].
  • The Meerkats's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[14].
  • The Meerkats's review score is recorded as 73%[15].
  • The Meerkats's review score is recorded as 5.9/10[16].
  • The Meerkats's color is recorded as color[17].
  • The Meerkats's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 535453[18].
  • The Meerkats's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • The Meerkats's publication date is recorded as +2008-01-01T00:00:00Z[20].
  • The Meerkats's publication date is recorded as +2008-11-20T00:00:00Z[21].
  • The Meerkats's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05q9wpr[22].
  • The Meerkats's distributed by is recorded as The Weinstein Company[23].
  • The Meerkats's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[24].
  • The Meerkats's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/the_meerkats[25].
  • The Meerkats's PORT film ID is recorded as 104827[26].
  • The Meerkats's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/1214788-meerkats[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Meerkats's director is recorded as James Honeyborne[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Alexander McCall Smith[5]. Cast members include Paul Newman[8] and Rufus Beck[9].

Publication

Publication dates include +2008-01-01T00:00:00Z[20] and +2008-11-20T00:00:00Z[21]. The Meerkats's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is recorded as documentary film[7].

Reception

Reviews include 73%[15] and 5.9/10[16].

Why It Matters

The Meerkats ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Alexander McCall Smith film Netflix Paul Newman United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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