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I Want to Live!

1958 film by Robert Wise
Movie film Q1809616
I Want to Live!
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Summary

I Want to Live! is a film[1]. I Want to Live! ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,233 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Actress[3]
  • Director: Robert Wise[4]
  • Screenwriter: Nelson Gidding[5], Don Mankiewicz[6]
  • Composer: Johnny Mandel[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8], crime film[9], trial film[10], prison film[11], biographical film[12]
  • Cast member: Susan Hayward[13], Simon Oakland[14], Theodore Bikel[15], John Marley[16], Olive Blakeney[17], Raymond Bailey[18], Wesley Lau[19], Bartlett Robinson[20], Joe De Santis[21], John George[22], Virginia Vincent[23]
  • Producer: Walter Wanger[24]
  • Production company: Walter Wanger Production[25]
  • Director of photography: Lionel Lindon[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Soundtrack release: Johnny Mandel's Great Jazz Score "I Want To Live" – An Original Sound Track Recording[28], The Jazz Combo From "I Want To Live!"[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[31], 94%[32]
  • Color: black-and-white[33]
  • Country of origin: United States[34]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1958[35]
  • Distributed by: United Artists[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: California[38]
  • Filming location: California[39]
  • Main subject: capital punishment[40]
  • Film editor: William Hornbeck[41]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress[42], Academy Award for Best Director[43], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[44], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[45], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[46], Academy Award for Best Sound[47]
  • Title: I Want to Live![48]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[49]
  • Duration: 120 minutes[50]

Why It Matters

I Want to Live! has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] I Want to Live! is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

FAQs

What awards did I Want to Live! receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actress[3].

Related Entities

California film Netflix Robert Wise Susan Hayward United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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