The Purple Rose of Cairo

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf film
gptkbp:awards Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
Golden_Globe_nomination_for_Best_Motion_Picture_–_Musical_or_Comedy
BAFTA_nomination_for_Best_Film
gptkbp:boxOffice $10.3 million
gptkbp:budget $4 million
gptkbp:character Gil
Cecilia
Mickey
The Director
The Movie Star
gptkbp:cinematographyBy gptkb:Gordon_Willis
gptkbp:criticalReception generally positive reviews
gptkbp:culturalImpact considered a classic of 1980s cinema
gptkbp:directedBy gptkb:Woody_Allen
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Orion_Pictures
gptkbp:editedBy gptkb:Susan_E._Morse
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:genre romantic comedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Purple Rose of Cairo
gptkbp:influencedBy the concept of breaking the fourth wall
the idea of characters coming to life.
the_Great_Depression_era_films
gptkbp:influences influenced by film noir
influenced by romantic films of the 1930s
inspired_by_the_Great_Depression
gptkbp:inspiredBy the_works_of_F._Scott_Fitzgerald
the_works_of_Jean-Paul_Sartre
the_works_of_Marcel_Proust
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Dick_Hyman
gptkbp:notableQuote "You can’t be in love with a movie character."
"I’m not a real person, I’m just a character in a movie."
gptkbp:plot A waitress in a 1930s movie theater finds her life changed when a movie character steps off the screen.
gptkbp:producedBy gptkb:Jack_Rollins
gptkbp:releaseDate March 25, 1985
gptkbp:releasedIn 1985
gptkbp:runtime 82 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy gptkb:Woody_Allen
gptkbp:setIn 1930s
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Danny_Aiello
gptkb:Jeff_Daniels
Mia Farrow
gptkbp:theme love
escapism
reality vs fiction