How to Be

2008 film by Oliver Irving
Movie film Q508055
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How to Be

Summary

How to Be is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How to Be's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • How to Be was directed by Oliver Irving[4].
  • Oliver Irving wrote the screenplay for How to Be[5].
  • How to Be's genre is coming-of-age film[6].
  • How to Be's genre is comedy drama[7].
  • A cast member of How to Be was Robert Pattinson[8].
  • A cast member of How to Be was Rebecca Pidgeon[9].
  • A cast member of How to Be was Jeremy Hardy[10].
  • A cast member of How to Be was Michael Irving[11].
  • The original language of How to Be was English[12].
  • How to Be was distributed by video on demand[13].
  • How to Be's color is recorded as color[14].
  • How to Be's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • How to Be was published on January 18, 2008[16].
  • How to Be was published on April 29, 2009[17].
  • How to Be's distributed by is recorded as IFC Films[18].
  • How to Be's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[19].
  • How to Be's official website is recorded as http://www.howtobemovie.com[20].
  • How to Be's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How to Be'}[21].
  • How to Be's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+85'}[22].
  • How to Be's RARS rating is recorded as 16+[23].
  • How to Be's ClassInd rating is recorded as 12[24].
  • How to Be's P14449 is recorded as 78370[25].
  • How to Be's P14821 is recorded as 1057581[26].

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Authorship and Creation

How to Be was directed by Oliver Irving[4]. Oliver Irving wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Robert Pattinson[8], Rebecca Pidgeon[9], Jeremy Hardy[10], and Michael Irving[11].

Publication

Publication dates include January 18, 2008[16] and April 29, 2009[17]. The original language of How to Be was English[12]. Genres include coming-of-age film[6] and comedy drama[7]. It was distributed by video on demand[13].

Why It Matters

How to Be ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Brazilian Advisory Rating System. Retrieved . portal.mj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rars rating → 16+
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'en', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'lv', 'ru', 'uk']
    P14821 → 1057581
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2637]]: [[Q23308563]]"
  2. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 74047
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 74047, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Aliases → —
    Classind rating → 12
    P14449 → 78370
    + 17 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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