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Atlantic City

1980 film directed by Louis Malle
Movie film Q756329
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Summary

Atlantic City is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,388 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Golden Lion[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: Louis Malle[5]
  • Screenwriter: John Guare[6]
  • Composer: Michel Legrand[7]
  • Genre: romance film[8], drama film[9], crime film[10]
  • Cast member: Burt Lancaster[11], Susan Sarandon[12], Michel Piccoli[13], Robert Joy[14], Robert Goulet[15], Al Waxman[16], Kate Reid[17], Harvey Atkin[18], Moses Znaimer[19], Sean Sullivan[20], Wallace Shawn[21], Cec Linder[22], Angus MacInnes[23], John McCurry[24]
  • Producer: Denis Héroux[25], John Kemeny[26]
  • Production company: France 3[27]
  • Director of photography: Richard Ciupka[28]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30], French[31]
  • Commons category: Atlantic City (1980 film)[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 8.6/10[34], 100%[35], 85/100[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: Canada[38], United States[39], France[40]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1980[41], November 21, 1980[42], September 3, 1980[43], December 19, 1980[44], April 3, 1981[45]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[46], Netflix[47]
  • Narrative location: New Jersey[48], Atlantic City[49]
  • Main subject: gambling[50], old age[51]
  • Film editor: Suzanne Baron[52]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[53], Academy Award for Best Actress[54], Academy Award for Best Director[55], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[56], Academy Award for Best Picture[57]
  • Title: Atlantic City, USA[58]
  • MPA film rating: R[59]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[60]

Why It Matters

Atlantic City has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

FAQs

What awards did Atlantic City receive?

Honors received include Golden Lion[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

Burt Lancaster Canada film France Louis Malle Michel Legrand Michel Piccoli Netflix New Jersey Susan Sarandon United States Wallace Shawn

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [12] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [21] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . CineTV. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . zelluloid.de. Retrieved . zelluloid.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', '
    Ampas collections film id → W064215
    Sitelink count → 36
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 80388
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 80388, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  3. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 1079
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 3322, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  4. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 26310
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  5. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    César award film id → 32696
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ César award film id: 32696, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296257080|Atlantic City (#296257080)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8117|César film ID]] #mi"
  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1980-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1980-11-21T00:00:00Z, +1980-09-03T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → John Guare
    Part of → National Film Registry
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+104'}
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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