Home › Entities › film › Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

1996 American documentary film by Ben Burtt
Movie film Q8547
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Anything Can Happen — director (P57): Ben Burtt[3]
  • Screenwriter: Anything Can Happen — screenwriter (P58): Ben Burtt[4]
  • Genre: Anything Can Happen — genre (P136): documentary film[5]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Anything Can Happen — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[6]
  • Color: Anything Can Happen — color (P462): color[7]
  • Country of origin: Anything Can Happen — country of origin (P495): United States[8]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1996[9]
  • Official website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/specialfx/sfxhome.html[10]
  • Main subject: Anything Can Happen — main subject (P921): special effects[11], Anything Can Happen — main subject (P921): film industry[12]
  • Nominated for: Anything Can Happen — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[13]
  • Title: Special Effects: Anything Can Happen[14]
  • Duration: 40 minutes[15]
  • Narrator: Anything Can Happen — narrator (P2438): John Lithgow[16]
  • Recorded participant: Anything Can Happen — recorded participant (P11108): Anthony Daniels[17], Anything Can Happen — recorded participant (P11108): Paul Michael Glaser[18], Anything Can Happen — recorded participant (P11108): Shaquille O'Neal[19]

Why It Matters

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Special Effects: Anything Can Happen. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-effects-anything-can-happen
MLA “Special Effects: Anything Can Happen.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-effects-anything-can-happen.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_special-effects-anything-can-happen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Special Effects: Anything Can Happen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-effects-anything-can-happen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Special Effects: Anything Can Happen — https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-effects-anything-can-happen (retrieved 2026-10-17)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-effects-anything-can-happen · Last refreshed:

Edit History

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. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 5
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'it', 'ur']
    Narrator → John Lithgow
    Recorded participant → Anthony Daniels, Paul Michael Glaser, Shaquille O'Neal
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W076857, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb id → tt0117709
    Filmweb.pl film id → 238265
    Cinema belgica film id → 46081
    Eidr content id → 10.5240/F4D2-76FE-1AFC-66C3-96A5-0
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Kinopoisk film id: 58290, Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.