Sophie's Choice

E43645
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.

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Label Occurrences
Sophie’s Choice 13
Sophie's Choice canonical 9
"Sophie’s Choice" 2

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sophie's Choice (novel)
cinematographyBy Néstor Almendros ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Meryl Streep → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
Mary → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Louise Streep
Sophie's Choice → basedOn → Sophie's Choice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie's Choice (novel)
Marvin Hamlisch → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Marvin Hamlisch → composedForFilm → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Alan J. Pakula → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
Alan J. Pakula → directed → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
Kevin Kline → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Néstor Almendros → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Néstor Almendros → workedOn → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
William Styron → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
William Styron → title → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Sophie Zawistowski → appearsIn → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Sophie Zawistowski → firstAppearance → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: novel Sophie’s Choice (1979)
Sophie Zawistowski → appearsInFilm → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice (1982 film)
Stingo → narratorOf → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Sophie’s Choice"
Stingo → appearsIn → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Sophie’s Choice"
Keith Barish Productions → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Keith Barish Productions → backed → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Meryl → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
subject surface form: Meryl Streep
Peter MacNicol → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
Streep–Gummer family → notableFor → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
subject surface form: Meryl Streep
Nathan Landau → appearsIn → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Nathan Landau → firstAppearance → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Nathan Landau → isSignificantCharacterIn → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophie’s Choice
Evan A. Lottman → notableWork → Sophie's Choice ⓘ
Evan A. Lottman → workedOn → Sophie's Choice ⓘ