The Wizard

1989 film directed by Todd Holland

Movie film Q786279

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Todd Holland^[1]
Genre: drama film, comedy film^[4]^[5]
Publication date: December 15, 1989, 1989^[28]^[29]
Screenwriter: David Chisholm^[2]
Producer: Ken Topolsky^[18]
Duration: +96^[39]
Cast member: Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges, Frank McRae, Beth Grant, Sam McMurray, Vince Trankina, Wendy Phillips, Tobey Maguire, Lee Arenberg^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Color: color^[26]
Composer: J. Peter Robinson^[3]
Country of origin: United States^[27]
Director of photography: Robert Yeoman^[20]
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Netflix^[30]^[31]
Distribution format: video on demand^[22]
FSK film rating: FSK 6^[38]
Filming location: California, Los Angeles^[35]^[36]
Narrative location: Los Angeles, California, Utah^[32]^[33]^[34]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[21]
P14449: 4683
P14724: 7811841
P14821: 98663
Production company: Universal Pictures^[19]
Review score: 4.5/10, 23/100, 29%^[23]^[24]^[25]
Title: The Wizard^[37]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 65

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 58359
AllMovie title ID: v55010
Allcinema film ID: 11617
AlloCiné film ID: 34233
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B002DJPP74
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.5tf68q990bee823pmo87o8u57
BFI Films, TV and people ID: 4ce2b7a12c1a4
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): wizard
Cinematografo.it film ID: 28556
Cinematografo.it film ID (new): il-piccolo-grande-mago-di-videogames-aije41vq
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 23927
ComingSoon.it film ID: 36771

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Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 7054
Douban film ID: 1296065
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 7060, 46975
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/6E4C-8C62-08CF-52A1-CC9F-D
ElFilm film ID: 98323
Elonet movie ID: 136499
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MVacce7722d147dbce23479724edb3a416
Fandom article ID: video-games:The_Wizard, the80smovies:The_Wizard, movies:The_Wizard_(1989_film)
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/joy-stick-heroes
FilmAffinity film ID: 767651
FilmTv.it movie ID: 5264
FilmVandaag ID: film/15457
Filmová databáze film ID: 25087
Filmweb.no film ID: 52526
Filmweb.pl film ID: 11029
Freebase ID: /m/03rjkb
IMDb ID: tt0098663
ISAN: 0000-0000-6289-0000-7-0000-0000-G
ITunes movie ID: 317101855
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/ilpiccolograndemago
KINENOTE film ID: 4692
Kinobox film ID: 29132
Kinopoisk film ID: 1670
LUMIERE film ID: 180149
LdiF ID: 57636
Letterboxd film ID: the-wizard
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 18373
Mediafilm ID: mf-tt-4187978318
Metacritic ID: movie/the-wizard
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-wizard-m100058207
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv4683
MovieMeter film ID: 7208
Moviepilot.de film ID: joy-stick-heroes
Movieplayer film ID: 25016
Movist film ID: 28110
Netflix ID: 70051942
OFDb film ID: 16617
OMDb film ID: 183
Plex media key: 5d776824103a2d001f5639b6
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/wizard
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 38494
Super Mario Wiki ID: The_Wizard
Swedish Film Database ID: 23904
TCM Movie Database film ID: 25070
TMDB movie ID: 183
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 127695
TV.com ID: movies/the-wizard
The Numbers movie ID: Wizard-The
TheTVDB movie ID: 12747
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-wizard-1989
Trakt.tv film ID: 147
YouTube video ID: yPqx2upb8F0
ČSFD film ID: 16061

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 11

Tobey Maguire, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges, Fred Savage, Lee Arenberg, Jenny Lewis, Beth Grant, Sam McMurray +3 more

Narrative location 3

California, Los Angeles, Utah

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Universal Pictures

Filming location 2

California, Los Angeles

Genre 2

comedy film, drama film

Composer 1

J. Peter Robinson

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Todd Holland

Director of photography 1

Robert Yeoman

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Production company 1

Universal Pictures

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Wizard — director (P57): Todd Holland. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Wizard — screenwriter (P58): David Chisholm. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Wizard — composer (P86): J. Peter Robinson. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Wizard — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Wizard — genre (P136): comedy film. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Fred Savage. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Luke Edwards. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Jenny Lewis. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Christian Slater. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Beau Bridges. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Frank McRae. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Beth Grant. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Sam McMurray. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Vince Trankina. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Wendy Phillips. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Tobey Maguire. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Wizard — cast member (P161): Lee Arenberg. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Wizard — producer (P162): Ken Topolsky. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Wizard — production company (P272): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Wizard — director of photography (P344): Robert Yeoman. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Wizard — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Wizard — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Wizard — review score (P444): 4.5/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Wizard — review score (P444): 23/100. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Wizard — review score (P444): 29%. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Wizard — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Wizard — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Wizard — publication date (P577): December 15, 1989. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Wizard — publication date (P577): 1989. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Wizard — distributed by (P750): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Wizard — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Wizard — narrative location (P840): Los Angeles. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Wizard — narrative location (P840): California. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Wizard — narrative location (P840): Utah. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Wizard — filming location (P915): California. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Wizard — filming location (P915): Los Angeles. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Wizard — title (P1476): The Wizard. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Wizard — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 6. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Wizard — duration (P2047): 96 minutes. wikidata.org.

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P14449 → 4683

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Filming location → California, Los Angeles

Original language of film or TV show → English

Production company → Universal Pictures

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