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The Subject Was Roses

1968 film by Ulu Grosbard
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Summary

The Subject Was Roses is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (918 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: Ulu Grosbard[5]
  • Screenwriter: Frank D. Gilroy[6]
  • Composer: Lee Pockriss[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Patricia Neal[9], Jack Albertson[10], Martin Sheen[11]
  • Producer: Edgar Lansbury[12]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[13]
  • Director of photography: Jack Priestley[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[16]
  • Review score: 6.9/10[17], 100%[18]
  • Color: color[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1968[21]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[22], Netflix[23]
  • Narrative location: New York City[24]
  • Film editor: Gerald B. Greenberg[25]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[26], Academy Award for Best Actress[27]
  • Title: The Subject Was Roses[28]
  • Different from: Three Strangers[29]
  • Duration: 107 minutes[30]
  • Featured track(s): Who Knows Where the Time Goes[31]
  • P14449: 26194[32]

Why It Matters

The Subject Was Roses has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did The Subject Was Roses receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

film Jack Albertson Martin Sheen Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Netflix New York City Patricia Neal United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 15
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru',
    Ampas collections film id → W071991
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 81256
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 81256, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Frank D. Gilroy
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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