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A Time to Kill

1996 film directed by Joel Schumacher
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Summary

A Time to Kill is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.58% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,478 views/month, #545 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Joel Schumacher[3]
  • Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman[4]
  • Composer: Elliot Goldenthal[5]
  • Genre: crime film[6], trial film[7], drama film[8], thriller film[9], vigilante film[10]
  • Based on: A Time to Kill[11]
  • Cast member: Sandra Bullock[12], Samuel L. Jackson[13], Matthew McConaughey[14], Kevin Spacey[15], Ashley Judd[16], Donald Sutherland[17], Oliver Platt[18], Kiefer Sutherland[19], Charles S. Dutton[20], Chris Cooper[21], Patrick McGoohan[22], Brenda Fricker[23], Kurtwood Smith[24], Nicky Katt[25]
  • Producer: Arnon Milchan[26], John Grisham[27]
  • Performer: Elliot Goldenthal[28]
  • Production company: Regency Enterprises[29], Warner Bros. Entertainment[30]
  • Director of photography: Peter Menzies[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[34], 53/100[35], 66%[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38]
  • Publication date: July 24, 1996[39], November 7, 1996[40], September 13, 1996[41]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[42], Netflix[43]
  • Narrative location: Mississippi[44]
  • Official website: http://www.timetokill.com[45]
  • Filming location: Florida[46]
  • Main subject: capital punishment[47]
  • Film editor: William Steinkamp[48]
  • Title: A Time to Kill[49]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[50]
  • MPA film rating: R[51]

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[52]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[53]

  • First release date: 1996-08-20[54]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 48fbda99-505c-471e-a5c7-906cedf79bea[55]

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Adaptations and Inspiration

A Time to Kill's after a work by is recorded as John Grisham[56].

Why It Matters

A Time to Kill has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Related Entities

Ashley Judd Brenda Fricker Chris Cooper Donald Sutherland film Florida Joel Schumacher John Grisham Kevin Spacey Kiefer Sutherland Kurtwood Smith Matthew McConaughey M. Emmet Walsh Mississippi Netflix Octavia Spencer Oliver Platt Patrick McGoohan Samuel L. Jackson Sandra Bullock United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 19294443
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 19294443, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302051604|A Time to Kill (#302051604)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (f"
  2. 23d ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rars rating → 18+
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  3. 24d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bechdel test movie list id → 11249
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  4. 4w ago · CameoJewel · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Personality database work id → 37013
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Personality database work id: 37013, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322259899|A Time to Kill (#322259899)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8402|Personali"
  5. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 117913
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  6. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 3142
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  7. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 34616
    Official website → http://www.timetokill.com
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  8. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 1996 film directed by Joel Schumacher
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  9. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 946
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  10. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1996-07-24T00:00:00Z, +1996-11-07T00:00:00Z, +1996-09-13T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Akiva Goldsman
    Duration → {'amount': '+143'}
    Mpa film rating → R
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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