Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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dark comedy-drama film film

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a 2014 dark comedy-drama film, shot to appear as a single continuous take, that follows a washed-up superhero actor’s desperate attempt to revive his career on Broadway.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dark comedy-drama film → film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Picture →
cinematographer	Emmanuel Lubezki →
composer	Antonio Sánchez →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Alejandro G. Iñárritu →
distributor	Fox Searchlight Pictures →
editor	Douglas Crise → Stephen Mirrione →
festivalSection	Venice International Film Festival competition →
genre	black comedy → drama film →
mainCharacter	Riggan Thomson →
narrativeFormat	designed to appear as a single continuous take →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Sound Editing → Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
originalLanguage	English →
premiereEvent	71st Venice International Film Festival →
producer	Alejandro G. Iñárritu → James W. Skotchdopole NERFINISHED → John Lesher →
protagonistGoal	revive his career on Broadway →
protagonistOccupation	former superhero film actor →
releaseYear	2014 →
runtimeMinutes	119 →
screenwriter	Alejandro G. Iñárritu → Alexander Dinelaris Jr. → Armando Bo → Nicolás Giacobone →
setIn	New York City →
settingLocation	Broadway theatre →
starredActor	Amy Ryan → Andrea Riseborough → Edward Norton → Emma Stone → Michael Keaton → Naomi Watts → Zach Galifianakis →
theme	artistic integrity → fame and celebrity culture → mental health →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alejandro G. Iñárritu → Emma Stone → Emmanuel Lubezki → Michael Keaton →	notableWork
Emmanuel Lubezki → Emmanuel Lubezki →	workedOn
Emmanuel Lubezki →	academyAwardForBestCinematographyFor
Alejandro G. Iñárritu →	directed
Emmanuel Lubezki →	knownFor