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A Serious Man

2009 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
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Summary

A Serious Man is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,286 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Ethan Coen[4], Joel Coen[5]
  • Screenwriter: Coen brothers[6]
  • Composer: Carter Burwell[7]
  • Genre: comedy drama[8], drama film[9]
  • Cast member: Michael Stuhlbarg[10], Kind[11], Simon Helberg[12], Adam Arkin[13], Amy Landecker[14], Fyvush Finkel[15], George Wyner[16], Steve Park[17], Fred Melamed[18], Michael Lerner[19], Warren Keith[20], Peter Breitmayer[21], Raye Birk[22]
  • Producer: Joel Coen[23], Ethan Coen[24]
  • Part of the series: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[25]
  • Production company: StudioCanal[26], Working Title Films[27], Relativity Media[28]
  • Director of photography: Roger Deakins[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30], Yiddish[31], Hebrew[32]
  • Commons category: A Serious Man[33]
  • Soundtrack release: A Serious Man – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[36], 89%[37], 88/100[38], 7.0/10[39]
  • Color: color[40]
  • Country of origin: United States[41], France[42], United Kingdom[43]
  • Publication date: September 12, 2009[44], November 4, 2010[45], January 20, 2010[46], January 21, 2010[47]
  • Distributed by: Focus Features[48], Netflix[49]
  • Narrative location: Minnesota[50], Minneapolis[51]
  • Official website: http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/a_serious_man[52]
  • Filming location: Czech Republic[53], Saint Paul[54], Minneapolis[55], Bloomington[56], Richfield[57], Rockford[58], Normandale Community College[59], Roseville[60], St. Louis Park[61], St. Olaf College[62]
  • Film editor: Joel Coen[63], Ethan Coen[64]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[65], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[66]
  • Executive producer: Tim Bevan[67]

Why It Matters

A Serious Man has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

FAQs

What awards did A Serious Man receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Czech Republic film France Michael Stuhlbarg Minnesota Netflix Richard Kind Roger Deakins Simon Helberg United Kingdom United States

References

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  7. [10] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  62. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  63. [65] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  64. [66] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  65. [67] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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