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The Shipping News

2001 film by Lasse Hallström
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The Shipping News

Summary

The Shipping News is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Shipping News's image is recorded as The Rooms.JPG[3].
  • The Shipping News's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Shipping News's director is recorded as Lasse Hallström[5].
  • The Shipping News's screenwriter is recorded as Robert Nelson Jacobs[6].
  • The Shipping News's screenwriter is recorded as Annie Proulx[7].
  • The Shipping News's composer is recorded as Christopher Young[8].
  • The Shipping News's genre is recorded as drama film[9].
  • The Shipping News's genre is recorded as romance film[10].
  • The Shipping News's based on is recorded as The Shipping News[11].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Kevin Spacey[12].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Julianne Moore[13].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Judi Dench[14].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Cate Blanchett[15].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Pete Postlethwaite[16].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Scott Glenn[17].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Rhys Ifans[18].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Jason Behr[19].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Gordon Pinsent[20].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Katherine Moennig[21].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Larry Pine[22].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Robert Joy[23].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Daniel Kash[24].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Marc Lawrence[25].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as Emma Taylor-Isherwood[26].
  • The Shipping News's cast member is recorded as John Dunsworth[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Shipping News's producer is recorded as Irwin Winkler[28]. Its director is recorded as Lasse Hallström[5]. Screenwriters include Robert Nelson Jacobs[6] and Annie Proulx[7]. Cast members include Kevin Spacey[12], Julianne Moore[13], Judi Dench[14], Cate Blanchett[15], Pete Postlethwaite[16], and Scott Glenn[17].

Publication

The Shipping News's publication date is recorded as +2001-01-01T00:00:00Z[29]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include drama film[9] and romance film[10].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include incest[31] and maritime news[32].

Reception

Reviews include 55%[33], 5.8/10[34], and 47/100[35].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Shipping News's after a work by is recorded as Annie Proulx[36].

Why It Matters

The Shipping News ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Annie Proulx Cate Blanchett film Judi Dench Julianne Moore Katherine Moennig Kevin Spacey Lasse Hallström Miramax Netflix Pete Postlethwaite Rhys Ifans Scott Glenn United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. 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] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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