Stop Making Sense

1984 film by Jonathan Demme
Movie film Q2351784
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Stop Making Sense

Summary

Stop Making Sense is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,258 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stop Making Sense received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film[3].
  • Stop Making Sense's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Stop Making Sense's director is recorded as Jonathan Demme[5].
  • Stop Making Sense's screenwriter is recorded as Jonathan Demme[6].
  • Stop Making Sense's screenwriter is recorded as Jerry Harrison[7].
  • Stop Making Sense's screenwriter is recorded as Chris Frantz[8].
  • Stop Making Sense's screenwriter is recorded as David Byrne[9].
  • Stop Making Sense's screenwriter is recorded as Tina Weymouth[10].
  • Stop Making Sense's composer is recorded as Tina Weymouth[11].
  • Stop Making Sense's composer is recorded as David Byrne[12].
  • Stop Making Sense's composer is recorded as Chris Frantz[13].
  • Stop Making Sense's composer is recorded as Talking Heads[14].
  • Stop Making Sense's composer is recorded as Jerry Harrison[15].
  • Stop Making Sense's genre is recorded as music documentary film[16].
  • Stop Making Sense's genre is recorded as concert film[17].
  • Stop Making Sense's logo image is recorded as Stop Making Sense title 1984.png[18].
  • Stop Making Sense's cast member is recorded as Talking Heads[19].
  • Stop Making Sense's cast member is recorded as Bernie Worrell[20].
  • Stop Making Sense's cast member is recorded as Tina Weymouth[21].
  • Stop Making Sense's cast member is recorded as David Byrne[22].
  • Stop Making Sense's cast member is recorded as Jerry Harrison[23].
  • Stop Making Sense's producer is recorded as Gary Goetzman[24].
  • Stop Making Sense's producer is recorded as Gary Kurfirst[25].
  • Stop Making Sense's director of photography is recorded as Jordan Cronenweth[26].
  • Stop Making Sense's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0088178[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Gary Goetzman[24] and Gary Kurfirst[25]. Stop Making Sense's director is recorded as Jonathan Demme[5]. Screenwriters include Jonathan Demme[6], Jerry Harrison[7], Chris Frantz[8], David Byrne[9], and Tina Weymouth[10]. Cast members include Talking Heads[19], Bernie Worrell[20], Tina Weymouth[21], David Byrne[22], and Jerry Harrison[23].

Publication

Publication dates include +1984-04-24T00:00:00Z[28], +1984-11-16T00:00:00Z[29], and +1984-10-18T00:00:00Z[30]. Stop Making Sense's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[31]. Genres include music documentary film[16] and concert film[17]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[32].

Reception

Stop Making Sense received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film[3]. Reviews include 100%[33] and 9/10[34].

Why It Matters

Stop Making Sense ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,258 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Stop Making Sense receive?

Honors received include National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  19. [22] . metacritic.com. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . ftmovie.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . zweitausendeins.de. zweitausendeins.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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