The Paper Chase

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American film drama film film television series

The Paper Chase is a 1973 American drama film (and later a TV series) about the intense first-year experience at Harvard Law School, best known for John Houseman’s Oscar-winning portrayal of the demanding Professor Kingsfield.

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The Paper Chase canonical 7
The Paper Chase (TV series) 5
The Paper Chase (film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
television series ⓘ
adaptedAs The Paper Chase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)
awardCeremony 46th Academy Awards ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedBy John Houseman ⓘ
basedOn The Paper Chase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
The Paper Chase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Paper Chase (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor John Jay Osborn Jr. ⓘ
cinematographyBy Gordon Willis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director James Bridges ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
filmingLocation Massachusetts ⓘ
firstAired 1978 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasTheme competition among students ⓘ
personal growth ⓘ
student–teacher relationship ⓘ
mainSubject academic pressure ⓘ
law students ⓘ
legal education ⓘ
musicBy John Williams ⓘ
network CBS ⓘ
Showtime ⓘ
notableCharacter James T. Hart ⓘ
Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
English ⓘ
portrays Socratic method in legal education ⓘ
first-year law school experience ⓘ
productionCompany Thompson-Paul Productions ⓘ
publicationDate 1973 ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
runtime approximately 113 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter James Bridges ⓘ
setting Harvard Law School ⓘ
starredActor James Stephens ⓘ
John Houseman ⓘ
John Houseman ⓘ
Lindsay Wagner ⓘ
Timothy Bottoms ⓘ

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John Houseman → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
John Houseman → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)
John Houseman → awardReceivedFor → The Paper Chase ⓘ
Gordon Willis → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
Jacques Haussmann → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
subject surface form: John Houseman
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (film)
Jacques Haussmann → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
subject surface form: John Houseman
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)
Houseman → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
subject surface form: John Houseman
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (film)
The Paper Chase → basedOn → The Paper Chase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (novel)
The Paper Chase → adaptedAs → The Paper Chase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)
The Paper Chase → basedOn → The Paper Chase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)
Corey Allen → directed → The Paper Chase ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (television series episodes)
John Congleton → memberOf → The Paper Chase ⓘ
John Congleton → associatedAct → The Paper Chase ⓘ
Katharine Houghton → performerIn → The Paper Chase ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)
Blair Brown → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
Lainie Kazan → notableWork → The Paper Chase ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)