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What Happened Was

1994 film by Tom Noonan
Movie film Q7991117
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What Happened Was

Summary

What Happened Was is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What Happened Was received the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award[3].
  • What Happened Was received the The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award[4].
  • What Happened Was's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • What Happened Was's director is recorded as Tom Noonan[6].
  • What Happened Was's screenwriter is recorded as Tom Noonan[7].
  • What Happened Was's composer is recorded as Tom Noonan[8].
  • What Happened Was's genre is recorded as romantic comedy[9].
  • What Happened Was's genre is recorded as comedy drama[10].
  • What Happened Was's cast member is recorded as Karen Sillas[11].
  • What Happened Was's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0111689[12].
  • What Happened Was's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13].
  • What Happened Was's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[14].
  • What Happened Was's review score is recorded as 91%[15].
  • What Happened Was's review score is recorded as 7.5/10[16].
  • What Happened Was's color is recorded as color[17].
  • What Happened Was's country of origin is recorded as United States[18].
  • What Happened Was's publication date is recorded as +1994-01-26T00:00:00Z[19].
  • What Happened Was's publication date is recorded as +1994-09-09T00:00:00Z[20].
  • What Happened Was's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w85v9[21].
  • What Happened Was's distributed by is recorded as The Samuel Goldwyn Company[22].
  • What Happened Was's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[23].
  • What Happened Was's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/what_happened_was[24].
  • What Happened Was's title is recorded as What Happened Was[25].
  • What Happened Was's AllMovie title ID is recorded as v134607[26].
  • What Happened Was's MPA film rating is recorded as R[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

What Happened Was's director is recorded as Tom Noonan[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Tom Noonan[7]. Its cast member is recorded as Karen Sillas[11].

Publication

Publication dates include +1994-01-26T00:00:00Z[19] and +1994-09-09T00:00:00Z[20]. What Happened Was's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13]. Genres include romantic comedy[9] and comedy drama[10].

Reception

Awards received include Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award[3], a class of award[28], in United States[29] and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award[4], a film award[30], in United States[31]. Reviews include 91%[15] and 7.5/10[16].

Why It Matters

What Happened Was ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did What Happened Was receive?

Honors received include Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award[3] and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: 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] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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