Sophie's Choice

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American film drama film film

Sophie's Choice is a 1982 drama film, based on William Styron's novel, that follows a Holocaust survivor's harrowing past and present in postwar Brooklyn.

Aliases (1)

Sophie's Choice (novel) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → film →
academyAwardCategoryWon	Best Actress in a Leading Role →
authorOfSourceWork	William Styron →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actress →
awardReceivedBy	Meryl Streep →
basedOn	Sophie's Choice (novel) →
cinematographyBy	Néstor Almendros →
colorProcess	color →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Alan J. Pakula →
distributor	Universal Pictures →
editedBy	Evan A. Lottman →
filmingLocation	New York City → North Carolina →
genre	drama →
hasFilmRating	R →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Nathan Landau → Sophie Zawistowski → Stingo →
medium	35 mm film →
musicBy	Marvin Hamlisch →
narrativeDevice	flashback →
narrativeFocus	a Polish Catholic Holocaust survivor →
narratorCharacter	Stingo →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Original Score →
notableFor	Meryl Streep's performance → depiction of a tragic maternal choice in Auschwitz →
portrayedBy	Kevin Kline → Meryl Streep → Peter MacNicol →
producer	Alan J. Pakula →
productionCompany	Keith Barish Productions →
releaseDateUS	1982-12-08 →
releaseYear	1982 →
runtimeMinutes	approximately 150 →
screenwriter	Alan J. Pakula →
setInLocation	Brooklyn → New York City →
setInPeriod	post-World War II era →
theme	Holocaust → guilt → memory → moral dilemma → trauma →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mary Louise Streep → Meryl Streep →	notableWork
Sophie's Choice ("Sophie's Choice (novel)") →	basedOn