The Empty Man

2020 film directed by David Prior
Movie film Q39069693
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Summary

The Empty Man is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.92% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,152 views/month, #862 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: David Prior[3]
  • Screenwriter: David Prior[4]
  • Composer: Christopher Young[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6], crime film[7], horror film[8], thriller film[9], cosmic horror film[10]
  • Based on: The Empty Man[11]
  • Cast member: James Badge Dale[12]
  • Producer: Ross Richie[13], Stephen Christy[14]
  • Production company: Boom! Studios[15]
  • Director of photography: Anastas Michos[16]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[17]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[18]
  • Review score: 5.8/10[19], 76%[20]
  • Color: color[21]
  • Country of origin: United States[22], South Africa[23]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2020[24], August 6, 2020[25]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[26], Disney+[27]
  • Narrative location: Bumthang District[28], Missouri[29]
  • Official website: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-empty-man[30]
  • Main subject: doomsday[31], cult[32], mourning[33], liminality[34], viral phenomenon[35], will to power[36], reality[37], loss[38], degradation[39], hala[40], meaning[41]
  • Film editor: Andrew Buckland[42]
  • Title: The Empty Man[43]
  • MPA film rating: R[44]
  • Duration: 137[45]
  • Set in period: 1995[46], 2018[47]
  • ClassInd rating: 16[48]

Why It Matters

The Empty Man has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 5867314
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 169395
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  3. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 50884
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  4. 14w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1995, 2018
    Mtrcb rating → R-16
    Publication date → +2020-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2020-08-06T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → David Prior
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