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The Pledge

2001 film by Sean Penn
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Summary

The Pledge is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,252 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Sean Penn[4]
  • Screenwriter: Jerzy Kromolowski[5], Mary Olson-Kromolowski[6]
  • Composer: Klaus Badelt[7]
  • Genre: crime film[8], mystery film[9], drama film[10]
  • Based on: The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel[11]
  • Cast member: Jack Nicholson[12], Aaron Eckhart[13], Helen Mirren[14], Robin Wright[15], Vanessa Redgrave[16], Sam Shepard[17], Patricia Clarkson[18], Benicio del Toro[19], Tom Noonan[20], Mickey Rourke[21], Harry Dean Stanton[22], Dale Dickey[23], Michael O'Keefe[24], Costas Mandylor[25]
  • Producer: Sean Penn[26], Elie Samaha[27], Andrew Stevens[28]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[29]
  • Director of photography: Chris Menges[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
  • Soundtrack release: The Pledge[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 78%[34], 6.9/10[35], 71/100[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2001[39], October 11, 2001[40]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[41], Netflix[42]
  • Official website: http://movies.warnerbros.com/thepledge/[43]
  • Filming location: British Columbia[44]
  • Film editor: Jay Cassidy[45]
  • Title: The Pledge[46]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[47]
  • After a work by: Friedrich Dürrenmatt[48]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[49]

Why It Matters

The Pledge has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did The Pledge receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Aaron Eckhart Benicio del Toro Costas Mandylor film Friedrich Dürrenmatt Harry Dean Stanton Jack Nicholson Mickey Rourke Netflix Patricia Clarkson Sam Shepard Sean Penn United States Vanessa Redgrave

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 2d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', '
    P14724 → 10717638
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 10717638, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302062628|The Pledge (#302062628)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (films"
  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Il mondo dei doppiatori id → film/lapromessa
    Filmová databáze film id → 25637
    P14821 → 237572
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 237572, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269964|batch #269964]]"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Bill Groom
    Publication date → +2001-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2001-10-11T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+119'}
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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