Lilies of the Field

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American film drama film film

Lilies of the Field is a 1963 American film drama, best known for Sidney Poitier’s Oscar-winning performance as a handyman who helps a group of nuns build a chapel in the Arizona desert.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lilia Skala	0
Lilies of the Field (novel)	1
Homer Smith	0
Mother Maria Marthe	0
Sidney Poitier	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
author	William Edmund Barrett ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedFor	Lilies of the Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
basedOn	Lilies of the Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lilies of the Field (novel)
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
boxOfficeUSD	7500000 ⓘ
budgetUSD	240000 ⓘ
character	Homer Smith ⓘ Mother Maria Marthe ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Ernest Haller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Ralph Nelson ⓘ
distributor	United Artists ⓘ
editedBy	John McCafferty ⓘ
filmingLocation	Arizona ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama film ⓘ drama film ⓘ religious film ⓘ
hasTheme	cooperation ⓘ cross-cultural understanding ⓘ faith ⓘ
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
nominatedForWork	Lilies of the Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor	Sidney Poitier becoming the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a leading role ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	A traveling handyman helps a group of East German nuns build a chapel in the Arizona desert. ⓘ
portrayedBy	Lilia Skala ⓘ Sidney Poitier ⓘ
producer	Ralph Nelson ⓘ
productionCompany	Rainbow Productions ⓘ
releaseDate	1963-10-01 ⓘ
releaseYear	1963 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	94 ⓘ
screenwriter	James Poe ⓘ
setIn	Arizona ⓘ
settingEnvironment	desert ⓘ
starring	Dan Frazer ⓘ Lilia Skala ⓘ Lisa Mann ⓘ Sidney Poitier ⓘ Stanley Adams ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Lilies of the Field → awardReceivedFor → Lilies of the Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sidney Poitier

Lilies of the Field → basedOn → Lilies of the Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lilies of the Field (novel)

Ralph Nelson → directed → Lilies of the Field ⓘ

Lilies of the Field → nominatedForWork → Lilies of the Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Lilia Skala

Ralph Nelson → notableWork → Lilies of the Field ⓘ