The Terminal

2004 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Movie film Q318766
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Summary

The Terminal is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,095 views/month, #516 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Steven Spielberg[3]
  • Screenwriter: Sacha Gervasi[4], Jeff Nathanson[5]
  • Composer: John Williams[6]
  • Genre: tragicomedy[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Tom Hanks[9], Catherine Zeta-Jones[10], Stanley Tucci[11], Barry Shabaka Henley[12], Kumar Pallana[13], Diego Luna[14], Chi McBride[15], Zoe Saldaña[16], Michael Nouri[17], Jude Ciccolella[18], Corey Reynolds[19], Eddie Jones[20], Guillermo Díaz[21], Mark Ivanir[22]
  • Producer: Laurie MacDonald[23], Steven Spielberg[24], Walter F. Parkes[25], Andrew Niccol[26]
  • Production company: Amblin Entertainment[27], Parkes/MacDonald Productions[28]
  • Director of photography: Janusz Kamiński[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Russian[30], English[31], French[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[34], 55/100[35], 61%[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38]
  • Publication date: June 15, 2004[39], June 18, 2004[40], October 6, 2004[41], October 7, 2004[42]
  • Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm[43], Netflix[44]
  • Narrative location: New York City[45]
  • Filming location: Montreal[46]
  • Main subject: aviation[47]
  • Inspired by: Mehran Karimi Nasseri[48]
  • Film editor: Michael Kahn[49]
  • Title: The Terminal[50]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[51]
  • Different from: Terminal[52]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 0[53]
  • Duration: 128[54]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[55]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[56]

  • First release date: 2004-06-15[57]

  • Genre(s): classical[58]

  • Community tags: classical, film score, score, soundtrack[59]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5f84f68a-826e-3e9c-a723-088c4dacb776[60]

Why It Matters

The Terminal has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  5. [59] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [60] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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