Why Me?

1990 film by Gene Quintano
Movie film Q2567294
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Why Me?

Summary

Why Me? is a film[1]. Why Me? ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Me?'s instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Why Me?'s director is recorded as Gene Quintano[4].
  • Why Me?'s screenwriter is recorded as Donald E. Westlake[5].
  • Why Me?'s screenwriter is recorded as David Koepp[6].
  • Why Me?'s composer is recorded as Phil Marshall[7].
  • Why Me?'s genre is recorded as heist film[8].
  • Why Me?'s genre is recorded as comedy film[9].
  • Why Me?'s genre is recorded as comedy thriller[10].
  • Why Me?'s genre is recorded as film based on a novel[11].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Christopher Lambert[12].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Kim Greist[13].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Christopher Lloyd[14].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as J. T. Walsh[15].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Michael J. Pollard[16].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Tony Plana[17].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Lawrence Tierney[18].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Frank Collison[19].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Lance Kinsey[20].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Tino Insana[21].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Emily Kuroda[22].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as John Hancock[23].
  • Why Me?'s cast member is recorded as Jack Kehler[24].
  • Why Me?'s producer is recorded as Irwin Yablans[25].
  • Why Me?'s director of photography is recorded as Peter Deming[26].
  • Why Me?'s IMDb ID is recorded as tt0100931[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Why Me?'s producer is recorded as Irwin Yablans[25]. Its director is recorded as Gene Quintano[4]. Screenwriters include Donald E. Westlake[5] and David Koepp[6]. Cast members include Christopher Lambert[12], Kim Greist[13], Christopher Lloyd[14], J. T. Walsh[15], Michael J. Pollard[16], and Tony Plana[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z[28] and +1990-02-08T00:00:00Z[29]. Why Me?'s original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include heist film[8], comedy film[9], comedy thriller[10], and film based on a novel[11].

Why It Matters

Why Me? ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2] Why Me? has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Why Me? is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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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] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. 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] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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