Blow Dry

2001 film by Paddy Breathnach
Movie film Q331180
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Summary

Blow Dry is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,579 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Paddy Breathnach[3]
  • Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy[4]
  • Composer: Patrick Doyle[5]
  • Genre: comedy film[6], romance film[7], drama film[8], LGBTQ-related film[9]
  • Cast member: Alan Rickman[10], Natasha Richardson[11], Rachel Griffiths[12], Rachael Leigh Cook[13], Josh Hartnett[14], Bill Nighy[15], Rosemary Harris[16], Heidi Klum[17], Warren Clarke[18], David Bradley[19], Ben Crompton[20], Hugh Bonneville[21], Michael McElhatton[22], Peter McDonald[23]
  • Production company: Intermedia[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 19%[27], 4.1/10[28], 38/100[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[31], United States[32], Germany[33]
  • Publication date: February 1, 2001[34], July 26, 2001[35], March 30, 2001[36], 2001[37]
  • Distributed by: Miramax[38], Netflix[39]
  • Narrative location: Yorkshire[40]
  • Main subject: tumor[41]
  • Film editor: Tony Lawson[42]
  • Described by source: [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases][43]
  • Title: Blow Dry[44]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[45]
  • Duration: 87 minutes[46]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category II[47]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[48]

Why It Matters

Blow Dry has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases]. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16h ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 5927278
    Sitelink count → 18
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 212380
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 25491
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Il cancro sul grande schermo. Quanto, come e quando il cinema si occupa delle malattie oncologiche
    Publication date → +2001-02-01T00:00:00Z, +2001-07-26T00:00:00Z, +2001-03-30T00:00:00Z +1
    Screenwriter → Simon Beaufoy
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+87'}
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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