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The Slender Thread

1965 film by Sydney Pollack
Movie film Q2095992

Facts

32 properties
Instance of
film
Director
Sydney Pollack[1]
Performer
Quincy Jones[20]
Genre
drama film[4]
Publication date
December 8, 1965[29]
Screenwriter
Stirling Silliphant[2]
Producer
Stephen Alexander[19]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White[34][35]
Duration
+98[38]
Aspect ratio (W:H)
1.85:1[39]
BBFC rating
A certificate
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction
Cast member
Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Ed Asner, Dabney Coleman, George Savalas, Charlotte Stewart, Gregory Jarvis, Jason Wingreen, John Napier, Indus Arthur, Paul Newlan, H. M. Wynant, Robert Hoy, Thomas Hill[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Color
black-and-white[27]
Composer
Quincy Jones[3]
Costume designer
Edith Head[40]
Country of origin
United States[28]
Director of photography
Loyal Griggs[22]
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures[30]
Distribution format
video on demand[24]
FSK film rating
FSK 12[37]
Film editor
Thomas Stanford[33]
IGAC rating
M/12
Main subject
suicide[32]
Show all 32 facts +8
Narrative location
Seattle[31]
Original language of film or TV show
English[23]
P14449
78860
P14724
10326620
P14821
59729
Production company
Stephen Alexander[21]
Review score
6.5/10, 71%[25][26]
Title
The Slender Thread[36]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 54
AMPAS collections film ID
W082726
Academy Awards Database film ID
2970
AllMovie title ID
v45171
Allcinema film ID
2011
AlloCiné film ID
48232
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.3isskhfn60cwvusad1ek9j12g
Blu-ray.com film ID
137232
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme)
slenderthread
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
710485
Cinema.de ID
1319850
Ciné-Ressources film ID
57919
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
33162
Show all 54 identifiers +42
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
5266
Does the Dog Die? media ID
24835
Douban film ID
1292896
Dvdcompare.net film ID
21258
EIDR content ID
10.5240/057C-647E-83AB-A65A-2CC3-I
ElFilm film ID
59609
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/stimme-am-telefon
FilmAffinity film ID
393460
FilmVandaag ID
film/21288
Filmarks ID
movies/24403
Filmfront film ID (archived)
14496
Filmová databáze film ID
79666
Freebase ID
/m/03ymtyr
Google Play Movies & TV ID
zzTQdypqaX8
IMDb ID
tt0059729
ITunes movie ID
881035447
KINENOTE film ID
804
Kinobox film ID
229948
Kinopoisk film ID
15110
LUMIERE film ID
241320
LdiF ID
45297
Letterboxd film ID
the-slender-thread
MUBI film ID
98348
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
27748
Movie Review Query Engine ID
the-slender-thread-m100023420
MovieMeter film ID
13932
Moviepilot.de film ID
stimme-am-telefon
OFDb film ID
37102
OMDb film ID
88420
PORT film ID
84013
Plex media key
5d77688d3ab0e7001f504253
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/slender_thread
Schnittberichte.com title ID
49362
SensCritique work ID
385132
Swedish Film Database ID
15671
TCM Movie Database film ID
90491
TMDB movie ID
51054
TV.com ID
movies/the-slender-thread
TheTVDB movie ID
34747
Trakt.tv ID
movies/the-slender-thread-1965
Trakt.tv film ID
35777
ČSFD film ID
7380

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Cast member 15
Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Ed Asner, Telly Savalas, Dabney Coleman, Gregory Jarvis, Steven Hill, Charlotte Stewart +7 more
Color 1
black-and-white
Composer 1
Quincy Jones
Costume designer 1
Edith Head
Country of origin 1
United States
Director 1
Sydney Pollack
Director of photography 1
Loyal Griggs
Distributed by 1
Paramount Pictures
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
Thomas Stanford
Genre 1
drama film
Instance of 1
film
Main subject 1
suicide
Narrative location 1
Seattle
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Performer 1
Quincy Jones
Screenwriter 1
Stirling Silliphant
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Anne Bancroft Dabney Coleman Ed Asner Edith Head film Gregory Jarvis Quincy Jones Sidney Poitier Sydney Pollack Telly Savalas United States

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  1. 3d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 10326620
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  2. 21d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'sv']
    AMPAS collections film ID → W082726
    Sitelink count → 12
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 59729
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  4. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 79666
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  5. 14w ago · MrRobertman · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    MUBI film ID → 98348
    Filmarks ID → movies/24403
    IGAC rating → M/12
    Does the Dog Die? media ID → 24835
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ MUBI film ID: 98348, Added via Tricorder v2.1"
  6. 18w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1965-12-08T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Stirling Silliphant
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+98'}
    Original language of film or TV show → English
    + 26 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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