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What Happened Was

1994 film by Tom Noonan
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Summary

What Happened Was is a film[1].

Key Facts

  • What Happened Was received the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award[2].
  • What Happened Was received the The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award[3].
  • What Happened Was's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • What Happened Was was directed by Tom Noonan[5].
  • Tom Noonan wrote the screenplay for What Happened Was[6].
  • What Happened Was's composer is recorded as Tom Noonan[7].
  • What Happened Was's genre is romantic comedy[8].
  • What Happened Was's genre is comedy drama[9].
  • A cast member of What Happened Was was Karen Sillas[10].
  • The original language of What Happened Was was English[11].
  • What Happened Was was distributed by video on demand[12].
  • What Happened Was's review score is recorded as 91%[13].
  • What Happened Was's review score is recorded as 7.5/10[14].
  • What Happened Was's color is recorded as color[15].
  • What Happened Was's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • What Happened Was was released on January 26, 1994[17].
  • What Happened Was was published on September 9, 1994[18].
  • What Happened Was's distributed by is recorded as The Samuel Goldwyn Company[19].
  • What Happened Was's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[20].
  • What Happened Was's title is recorded as What Happened Was[21].
  • What Happened Was's MPA film rating is recorded as R[22].

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Authorship and Creation

What Happened Was was directed by Tom Noonan[5]. Tom Noonan wrote the screenplay for it[6]. A cast member of it was Karen Sillas[10].

Publication

Publication dates include January 26, 1994[17] and September 9, 1994[18]. The original language of What Happened Was was English[11]. Genres include romantic comedy[8] and comedy drama[9]. It was distributed by video on demand[12].

Reception

Awards received include Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award[2], a class of award[23], in United States[24] and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award[3], a film award[25], in United States[26]. Reviews include 91%[13] and 7.5/10[14].

FAQs

What awards did What Happened Was receive?

Honors received include Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award[2] and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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