Mars Attacks!

1996 film directed by Tim Burton
Movie film Q271690
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Mars Attacks!

Summary

Mars Attacks! is a film[1]. Mars Attacks! ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,182 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mars Attacks! is the creator of Tim Burton[3].
  • Mars Attacks!'s image is recorded as HKSM 香港太空館 Hong Kong Space Museum exhibits The War of The Worlds Jan-2013.JPG[4].
  • Mars Attacks!'s instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • Mars Attacks!'s director is recorded as Tim Burton[6].
  • Mars Attacks!'s screenwriter is recorded as Jonathan Gems[7].
  • Mars Attacks!'s composer is recorded as Danny Elfman[8].
  • Mars Attacks!'s genre is recorded as comedy film[9].
  • Mars Attacks!'s genre is recorded as science fiction film[10].
  • Mars Attacks!'s genre is recorded as parody film[11].
  • Mars Attacks!'s genre is recorded as retrofuturism[12].
  • Mars Attacks!'s based on is recorded as Mars Attacks[13].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Lukas Haas[14].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Jack Nicholson[15].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Sylvia Sidney[16].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Jim Brown[17].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Pam Grier[18].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Glenn Close[19].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Annette Bening[20].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Tom Jones[21].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Rod Steiger[22].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Pierce Brosnan[23].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Frank Welker[24].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Martin Short[25].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Sarah Jessica Parker[26].
  • Mars Attacks!'s cast member is recorded as Natalie Portman[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Mars Attacks!'s performer is recorded as Danny Elfman[28]. Producers include Tim Burton[29] and Larry J. Franco[30]. Its director is recorded as Tim Burton[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Jonathan Gems[7]. Cast members include Lukas Haas[14], Jack Nicholson[15], Sylvia Sidney[16], Jim Brown[17], Pam Grier[18], and Glenn Close[19]. Mars Attacks! is the creator of Tim Burton[3].

Publication

Publication dates include +1996-12-12T00:00:00Z[31], +1997-02-27T00:00:00Z[32], and +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z[33]. Mars Attacks!'s original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include comedy film[9], science fiction film[10], parody film[11], and retrofuturism[12].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include alien invasion[35], first contact fiction[36], intercultural communication[37], and diplomacy[38].

Reception

Reviews include 6/10[39], 52/100[40], 55%[41], and 6.4/10[42].

Why It Matters

Mars Attacks! ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,182 views/month).[2] Mars Attacks! has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Mars Attacks! is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . IMDb. Retrieved . interfilmes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . AlloCiné. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Metacritic. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . Metacritic. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . Metacritic. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [29] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . wikidata.org.
  30. [39] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [40] . wikidata.org.
  32. [41] . wikidata.org.
  33. [42] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  34. [31] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  35. [32] . zelluloid.de. Retrieved . zelluloid.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [33] . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] . Mars Attacks!. wikidata.org.
  38. [36] . Mars Attacks!. wikidata.org.
  39. [37] . Mars Attacks!. wikidata.org.
  40. [38] . Mars Attacks!. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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