Taken
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Summary
Taken is a film[1]. Taken ranks in the top 0.74% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,452 views/month, #700 of 94,065).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Pierre Morel[3]
- Screenwriter: Luc Besson[4], Robert Mark Kamen[5]
- Composer: Nathaniel Méchaly[6]
- Genre: action film[7], vigilante film[8], thriller film[9], crime film[10]
- Followed by: Taken 2[11]
- Cast member: Maggie Grace[12], Leland Orser[13], Jon Gries[14], David Warshofsky[15], Katie Cassidy[16], Holly Valance[17], Famke Janssen[18], Xander Berkeley[19], Olivier Rabourdin[20], Nicolas Giraud[21], Gérard Watkins[22], Arben Bajraktaraj[23], Alban Lenoir[24], Camille Japy[25]
- Producer: Luc Besson[26]
- Part of the series: Taken[27]
- Production company: EuropaCorp[28], Canal+[29], TPS Star[30], M6[31]
- Director of photography: Michel Abramowicz[32]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[33], French[34], Arabic[35], Albanian[36], Serbian[37]
- Review score: 5.8/10[38], 60%[39], 51/100[40]
- Color: color[41]
- Country of origin: France[42], United States[43], United Kingdom[44]
- Publication date: February 27, 2008[45], January 30, 2009[46], February 19, 2009[47]
- Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[48], EuropaCorp[49], Disney+[50]
- Narrative location: Los Angeles[51], Paris[52]
- Official website: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/taken[53]
- Filming location: Paris[54], Los Angeles[55]
- Main subject: prostitution[56], organized crime[57]
- Film editor: Frédéric Thoraval[58]
Product Details
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Release type: Album[59]
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Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[60]
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First release date: 2009-01-27[61]
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Genre(s): alternative rock, ambient, classical, electronic, modern classical, pop rock, rock[62]
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Community tags: alternative rock, ambient, classical, electronic, modern classical, pop rock, rock[63]
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MusicBrainz ID: 6dfc5e19-6dd2-4aa9-8574-18e2445865f9[64]
Why It Matters
Taken has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Taken is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]