The Thomas Crown Affair

1999 film by John McTiernan
Movie film Q1216770
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The Thomas Crown Affair

Summary

The Thomas Crown Affair is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,016 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Thomas Crown Affair's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair was directed by John McTiernan[4].
  • Leslie Dixon wrote the screenplay for The Thomas Crown Affair[5].
  • Kurt Wimmer wrote the screenplay for The Thomas Crown Affair[6].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's composer is recorded as Bill Conti[7].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's genre is heist film[8].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's genre is comedy film[9].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's genre is mystery film[10].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's genre is drama film[11].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's genre is melodrama[12].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's genre is detective film[13].
  • The Thomas Crown Affair's based on is recorded as The Thomas Crown Affair[14].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Pierce Brosnan[15].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Rene Russo[16].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Denis Leary[17].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Ben Gazzara[18].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Mark Margolis[19].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Faye Dunaway[20].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Charles Keating[21].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Frankie Faison[22].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Fritz Weaver[23].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was James Saito[24].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Paul Geoffrey[25].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Ritchie Coster[26].
  • A cast member of The Thomas Crown Affair was Simon Jones[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: 1999-09-07[30]

  • Genre(s): ballad, classical, pop[31]

  • Community tags: ballad, classical, pop, soundtrack[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bdcffcdc-357c-3c96-8d03-fba0940a9488[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Thomas Crown Affair was produced by Pierce Brosnan[34]. It was directed by John McTiernan[4]. Screenwriters include Leslie Dixon[5] and Kurt Wimmer[6]. Cast members include Pierce Brosnan[15], Rene Russo[16], Denis Leary[17], Ben Gazzara[18], Mark Margolis[19], and Faye Dunaway[20].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1999[35] and September 2, 1999[36]. The original language of The Thomas Crown Affair was English[37]. Genres include heist film[8], comedy film[9], mystery film[10], drama film[11], melodrama[12], and detective film[13]. It was distributed by video on demand[38].

Reception

Reviews include 69%[39], 6.4/10[40], and 72/100[41].

Why It Matters

The Thomas Crown Affair ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,016 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: 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. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . wikidata.org.
  30. [40] . wikidata.org.
  31. [41] . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. 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. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Duration {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+109'}
    Fsk film rating FSK 6
    Distributed by United Artists, Netflix
    Publication date +1999-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
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