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Down and Out in America

1986 film by Lee Grant
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Summary

Down and Out in America is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (511 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[3]
  • Director: Lee Grant[4]
  • Genre: documentary film[5]
  • Producer: Joseph Feur[6], Milton Justice[7]
  • Production company: HBO[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Color: color[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1986[12]
  • Distributed by: HBO[13]
  • Title: Down and Out in America[14]
  • Duration: 57 minutes[15]
  • P14449: 287967[16]

Why It Matters

Down and Out in America has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

What awards did Down and Out in America receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[3].

Related Entities

film Lee Grant United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 11
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'ig', 'it', 'pt', 'tr', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W067252
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 287967
    Producer → Joseph Feur, Milton Justice
    Publication date → +1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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