They Might Be Giants

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film mystery-comedy film stage play

They Might Be Giants is a 1971 mystery-comedy film in which George C. Scott plays a man who believes he is Sherlock Holmes, exploring themes of imagination and sanity.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
mystery-comedy film ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
basedOn They Might Be Giants (play) ⓘ
character Dr. Mildred Watson ⓘ
Justin Playfair ⓘ
cinematographyBy Victor J. Kemper NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Anthony Harvey ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy John C. Howard ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
homeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
inspiredBy Don Quixote ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy John Barry ⓘ
notableQuote Of course he’s not real. But he is the best game in town. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A man named Justin Playfair believes he is Sherlock Holmes and is pursued by a psychiatrist named Dr. Watson as they embark on a quest that blurs imagination and reality. ⓘ
producer John Foreman ⓘ
productionCompany Universal Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1971 ⓘ
referenceTo Dr. Watson ⓘ
Holmes ⓘ
surface form: Sherlock Holmes
runtime approximately 98 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter James Goldman ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
starring George C. Scott ⓘ
Jack Gilford ⓘ
Joanne Woodward ⓘ
Lester Rawlins ⓘ
Rue McClanahan ⓘ
theme imagination ⓘ
reality versus fantasy ⓘ
sanity ⓘ
title They Might Be Giants self-linksurface differs ⓘ
writer James Goldman ⓘ

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Malcolm in the Middle → openingThemePerformer → They Might Be Giants ⓘ
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical → featuresSongwriters → They Might Be Giants ⓘ
Joanne Woodward → notableWork → They Might Be Giants ⓘ
The Dust Brothers → collaboratedWith → They Might Be Giants ⓘ
James Goldman → notableWork → They Might Be Giants ⓘ
They Might Be Giants → title → They Might Be Giants self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: They Might Be Giants (film)
Anthony Harvey → directed → They Might Be Giants ⓘ