The Pilot

series premiere episode of Friends

TVEpisode television_series_episode Q977804

Facts

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Instance of: television series episode
Director: James Burrows^[2]
Publication date: September 22, 1994^[23]
Followed by: The One with the Sonogram at the End^[10]
Duration: 25.0
Screenwriter: David Crane, Marta Kauffman^[3]^[4]
Producer: Kevin S. Bright^[19]
Part of the series: Friends^[20]
Cast member: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, John Allen Nelson, Lumi Cavazos^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Composer: Jackson Browne, Time of the Season, The Zombies, The Star-Spangled Banner, John Stafford Smith^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Country of origin: United States^[22]
Different from: The Pilot, Piloto
NMHH film rating: Category III
Original language of film or TV show: English^[21]
Part of series: Friends
Season: Friends, season 1
Title: The Pilot, The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 15

AllMovie title ID: v232033
BFI Films, TV and people ID: 4ce2b7f41b082
BFI National Archive work ID: 150457028, 150424558
CineMagia title ID: 496670
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/0A93-3797-66B0-B82B-0C05-R
Freebase ID: /m/034_jj
IMDb ID: tt0583459
Kinobox film ID: 391190
OMDb film ID: 959
Quora topic ID: The-Pilot
Rotten Tomatoes ID: tv/friends/s01/e01
TV Tropes ID: Recap/FriendsS1E1ThePilot

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TV.com ID: shows/friends/the-one-where-monica-gets-a-roommate-a-k-a-pilot-345
Trakt.tv ID: shows/friends/seasons/1/episodes/1
ČSFD film ID: 490455

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 8

Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, John Allen Nelson, Lumi Cavazos

Composer 5

The Star-Spangled Banner, Jackson Browne, The Zombies, John Stafford Smith, Time of the Season

Screenwriter 2

David Crane, Marta Kauffman

Belongs to 1

Friends, season 1

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

James Burrows

Followed by 1

The One with the Sonogram at the End

Followed by (predecessor) 1

The One with the Sonogram at the End

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Kevin S. Bright

Season 1

Friends, season 1

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Summary

The Pilot is a television series episode^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ The Pilot — director (P57): James Burrows. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Pilot — screenwriter (P58): David Crane. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Pilot — screenwriter (P58): Marta Kauffman. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Pilot — composer (P86): Jackson Browne. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Pilot — composer (P86): Time of the Season. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Pilot — composer (P86): The Zombies. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Pilot — composer (P86): The Star-Spangled Banner. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Pilot — composer (P86): John Stafford Smith. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Pilot — followed by (P156): The One with the Sonogram at the End. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): Jennifer Aniston. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): Courteney Cox. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): Lisa Kudrow. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): Matt LeBlanc. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): Matthew Perry. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): David Schwimmer. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): John Allen Nelson. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Pilot — cast member (P161): Lumi Cavazos. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Pilot — producer (P162): Kevin S. Bright. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Pilot — part of the series (P179): Friends. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Pilot — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Pilot — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Pilot — publication date (P577): September 22, 1994. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ The Pilot is an instance of television series episode (Q21191270) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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