The Big Chill

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comedy-drama film film

The Big Chill is a 1983 ensemble comedy-drama film about a group of former college friends reuniting after a funeral, known for its sharp dialogue, exploration of Baby Boomer disillusionment, and iconic Motown soundtrack.

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The Big Chill canonical 20
The Big Chill (soundtrack) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
associatedWith Baby Boomer culture ⓘ
cinematographyBy John Bailey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cultStatus cult classic ⓘ
director Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Carol Littleton ⓘ
featuresTheme aging ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
grief ⓘ
lost idealism ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
filmLocation South Carolina ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
ensemble film ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy various Motown artists ⓘ
narrativeFocus Baby Boomer disillusionment ⓘ
reunion of former college friends ⓘ
notableFor Motown soundtrack ⓘ
sharp dialogue ⓘ
openingEvent funeral of a college friend ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays post-1960s political and social disillusionment ⓘ
producer Michael Shamberg ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
setInPeriod early 1980s ⓘ
setting a large vacation house ⓘ
soundtrackIncludes (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman ⓘ
Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
surface form: Ain’t Too Proud to Beg

I Heard It Through the Grapevine ⓘ
My Girl ⓘ
soundtrackStyle 1960s Motown and soul music ⓘ
stars Glenn Close ⓘ
Jeff Goldblum ⓘ
JoBeth Williams ⓘ
Kevin Kline ⓘ
Mary Kay Place ⓘ
Meg Tilly ⓘ
Tom Berenger ⓘ
William Hurt ⓘ
targetGenerationDepicted Baby Boomers ⓘ
timeSinceCollege 15 years ⓘ
writer Barbara Benedek ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ

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Lawrence Kasdan → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan → wroteScreenplayFor → The Big Chill ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan → directed → The Big Chill ⓘ
Glenn Close → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Jeff Goldblum → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Kasdan → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
subject surface form: Lawrence Kasdan
Tom Berenger → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
JoBeth Williams → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Kevin Kline → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Mary Kay Place → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Sheldon Kahn → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
William Hurt → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” → includedIn → The Big Chill ⓘ
subject surface form: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
this entity surface form: The Big Chill (soundtrack)
Meg Tilly → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Carol Littleton → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Carol Littleton → edited → The Big Chill ⓘ
John Bailey → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
John Bailey → workedOn → The Big Chill ⓘ
Michael Shamberg → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ
Michael Shamberg → producerOf → The Big Chill ⓘ
Aaron Stell → notableWork → The Big Chill ⓘ