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It Could Happen to You

1994 film by Andrew Bergman
Movie film Q222868
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Summary

It Could Happen to You is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,478 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Andrew Bergman[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jane Anderson[4]
  • Composer: Carter Burwell[5]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[6], comedy drama[7]
  • Cast member: Nicolas Cage[8], Bridget Fonda[9], Rosie Perez[10], Wendell Pierce[11], Isaac Hayes[12], Seymour Cassel[13], Stanley Tucci[14], Emily Deschanel[15], Ann Dowd[16], J. E. Freeman[17], Red Buttons[18], Richard Jenkins[19], Vincent Pastore[20], Peter Jacobson[21]
  • Producer: Mike Lobell[22], Gary Adelson[23]
  • Production company: TriStar Pictures[24]
  • Director of photography: Caleb Deschanel[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[27], DVD[28]
  • Review score: 71%[29], 6.2/10[30], 64/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: September 22, 1994[34], January 1, 1994[35]
  • Characters: Charlie Lang[36]
  • Distributed by: TriStar Pictures[37], Netflix[38], Xfinity Streampix[39]
  • Narrative location: New York City[40]
  • Filming location: New York City[41], New Jersey[42]
  • Film editor: Barry Malkin[43]
  • Title: It Could Happen to You[44]
  • MPA film rating: PG[45]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[46]
  • Duration: 97 minutes[47]
  • Production designer: Bill Groom[48]
  • BBFC rating: PG certificate[49]

Why It Matters

It Could Happen to You has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Bridget Fonda DVD Emily Deschanel film Isaac Hayes Netflix New Jersey New York City Nicolas Cage Peter Jacobson Red Buttons Richard Jenkins Rosie Perez Seymour Cassel Stanley Tucci United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . zelluloid.de. Retrieved . zelluloid.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . filmratings.com. Retrieved . filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . fsk.de. Retrieved . fsk.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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