Upstream Color

2013 science fiction film by Shane Carruth

Movie film Q7899323

Facts

34 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Sundance Special Jury Prize for Sound Design Dramatic^[1]
Director: Shane Carruth^[2]
Genre: science fiction film, drama film, arthouse science fiction film^[5]^[6]^[7]
Publication date: January 21, 2013, April 5, 2013, April 12, 2013^[19]^[20]^[21]
Official website: www.upstreamcolor.com^[26]
Screenwriter: Shane Carruth^[3]
Producer: Shane Carruth^[10]
Duration: +96^[33]
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1^[34]
Assessment: Bechdel test, Bechdel test, reverse Bechdel Test, reverse Bechdel Test, Mako Mori test, Vito Russo test
Box office: +587174, +444098^[36]^[37]
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +50000^[35]
Cast member: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth^[8]^[9]
Color: color^[17]
Composer: Shane Carruth^[4]
Country of origin: United States^[18]
Director of photography: Shane Carruth^[11]
Distributed by: VHX, Netflix, Fandango at Home^[22]^[23]^[24]
Distribution format: video on demand^[13]
Film editor: Shane Carruth, David Lowery^[30]^[31]
ICAA rating: not recommended for children under 12
Kijkwijzer rating: 12^[38]

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Main subject: personal identity, holobiont, intimate relationship^[27]^[28]^[29]
Narrative location: United States^[25]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[12]
P14449: 99917
P14724: 11337402
P14821: 2084989
P15002: film/195709
RTC film rating: B
Review score: 86%, 8/10, 81/100^[14]^[15]^[16]
Title: Upstream Color^[32]

🏷️ Also known as

en Upstream Color fa رنگ سرچشمه ru Примесь zh 逆流色彩

🔖 Identifiers · 52

AllMovie title ID: v575215
AlloCiné film ID: 216486
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.4xqotpq69dcx792897cobwq3b
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 6693
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): upstreamcolor
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 718578
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 103238
Decine21 film ID: 27335
Douban film ID: 6937813
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 30135, 30134
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/56BE-ABEC-4E9D-C86B-2F80-L
ElCinema film ID: 2019438

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ElFilm film ID: 1752136
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: upstream_color
Exploitation mark number: 146624
Fandango at Home video ID (formerly Vudu video ID): 422353
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/upstream-color
FilmAffinity film ID: 573909
FilmVandaag ID: film/90743
Filmová databáze film ID: 109945
Filmweb.no film ID: 115287
Freebase ID: /m/0hx41_6
Google Play Movies & TV ID: 6e7SgOEMymw
ICAA film catalogue ID: 10314
IMDb ID: tt2084989
ITunes movie ID: 1.0B (893.8M–1.6B, n=3)
Kinobox film ID: 324124
Kinopoisk film ID: 636156
Kvikmyndir film ID: 8839
LUMIERE film ID: 44012
Letterboxd film ID: upstream-color
MUBI film ID: 102423
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 77123
Metacritic ID: movie/upstream-color
MovieMeter film ID: 90999
Moviepilot.de film ID: upstream-color
Netflix ID: 70265224
NientePopCorn movie ID: upstream-color
OFDb film ID: 234849
PORT film ID: 141189
Plex media key: 5d9f390368e4c8001fb62554
Quora topic ID: Upstream-Color-2013-movie
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/upstream_color
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 83511
Scripts.com script ID: 22645
Sundance Institute Archive film ID: 7508
TMDB movie ID: 145197
TheTVDB movie ID: 8206
Trakt.tv ID: movies/upstream-color-2013
Trakt.tv film ID: 96283
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Movie", "UpstreamColor::m738k"]
ČSFD film ID: 330578

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Main subject 3

intimate relationship, personal identity, holobiont

Assessment 2

Bechdel test, Bechdel test

Cast member 2

Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Fandango at Home

Film editor 2

David Lowery, Shane Carruth

Genre 2

drama film, science fiction film

Composer 1

Shane Carruth

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Shane Carruth

Director of photography 1

Shane Carruth

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

United States

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Shane Carruth

Screenwriter 1

Shane Carruth

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FAQs

What awards did Upstream Color receive?

Honors received include Sundance Special Jury Prize for Sound Design Dramatic^[1].

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[2] ↑ Upstream Color — director (P57): Shane Carruth. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Upstream Color — screenwriter (P58): Shane Carruth. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Upstream Color — composer (P86): Shane Carruth. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Upstream Color — genre (P136): science fiction film. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Upstream Color — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Upstream Color — genre (P136): arthouse science fiction film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Upstream Color — cast member (P161): Amy Seimetz. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Upstream Color — cast member (P161): Shane Carruth. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Upstream Color — producer (P162): Shane Carruth. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Upstream Color — award received (P166): Sundance Special Jury Prize for Sound Design Dramatic. Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved 2024-02-08. history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Upstream Color — director of photography (P344): Shane Carruth. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Upstream Color — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Upstream Color — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Upstream Color — review score (P444): 86%. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-09. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Upstream Color — review score (P444): 8/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-09. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Upstream Color — review score (P444): 81/100. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Upstream Color — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Upstream Color — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Upstream Color — publication date (P577): January 21, 2013. Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved 2023-09-09. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Upstream Color — publication date (P577): April 5, 2013. IMDb. Retrieved 2023-09-09. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Upstream Color — publication date (P577): April 12, 2013. IMDb. Retrieved 2023-09-09. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Upstream Color — distributed by (P750): VHX. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Upstream Color — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Upstream Color — distributed by (P750): Fandango at Home. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Upstream Color — narrative location (P840): United States. Upstream Color. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Upstream Color — official website (P856): http://www.upstreamcolor.com. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Upstream Color — main subject (P921): personal identity. Mubi. Retrieved 2020-06-28. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Upstream Color — main subject (P921): holobiont. Mubi. Retrieved 2020-06-28. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Upstream Color — main subject (P921): intimate relationship. Mubi. Retrieved 2020-06-28. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Upstream Color — film editor (P1040): Shane Carruth. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Upstream Color — film editor (P1040): David Lowery. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Upstream Color — title (P1476): Upstream Color. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Upstream Color — duration (P2047): 96 minutes. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Upstream Color — aspect ratio (W:H) (P2061): 2.35:1. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Upstream Color — capital cost (P2130): 50,000 US dollars. IMDb. Retrieved 2023-09-09. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Upstream Color — box office (P2142): 587,174 US dollars. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-09-09. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Upstream Color — box office (P2142): 444,098 US dollars. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-09-09. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Upstream Color — Kijkwijzer rating (P2684): 12. kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved 2024-11-13. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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