The Preacher's Wife

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film romantic comedy-drama film

The Preacher's Wife is a 1996 romantic comedy-drama film starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington, known for its gospel-infused soundtrack and heartwarming holiday-themed story.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
The Preacher's Wife (1996 film) 4
The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album 2
The Preacher's Wife (film universe) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ
basedOn The Bishop's Wife ⓘ
The Bishop's Wife by Robert Nathan ⓘ
basedOnWorkType film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
boxOfficeRevenue approximately $48 million ⓘ
characterOccupation Reverend Henry Biggs is a Baptist minister ⓘ
characterRole Dudley is an angel ⓘ
cinematography Miroslav Ondříček ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Penny Marshall ⓘ
distributedBy Buena Vista International ⓘ
surface form: Buena Vista Pictures
editedBy Stuart H. Pappé ⓘ
genre Christmas film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasSetting New York City ⓘ
hasSoundtrack The Preacher's Wife self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
mainCharacter Dudley ⓘ
Julia Biggs ⓘ
Reverend Henry Biggs ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
musicBy Hans Zimmer ⓘ
Mervyn Warren ⓘ
narrativeTheme community ⓘ
faith ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Penny Marshall ⓘ
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ⓘ
productionCompany Samuel Goldwyn Company ⓘ
Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1996-12-13 ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 124 ⓘ
screenwriter Allan Scott ⓘ
Nat Mauldin ⓘ
setInPeriod 1990s ⓘ
soundtrackGenre R&B ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
soundtrackPerformer Whitney Houston ⓘ
starring Courtney B. Vance ⓘ
Denzel Washington ⓘ
Gregory Hines ⓘ
Jenifer Lewis ⓘ
Loretta Devine ⓘ
Whitney Houston ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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Dudley is an angel → appearsIn → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
subject surface form: Dudley
subject surface form: Reverend Henry Biggs
Reverend Henry Biggs → appearsIn → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Courtney B. Vance → castMemberOf → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Reverend Henry Biggs → centralCharacterOf → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
subject surface form: Reverend Henry Biggs
this entity surface form: The Preacher's Wife (1996 film)
Reverend Henry Biggs → createdFor → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Preacher's Wife (1996 film)
Penny Marshall → directed → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Dudley is an angel → fictionalUniverse → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
subject surface form: Dudley
this entity surface form: The Preacher's Wife (film universe)
The Bishop's Wife → followedBy → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
The Preacher's Wife → hasSoundtrack → The Preacher's Wife self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
Stuart H. Pappé → knownFor → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Allan Scott → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Preacher's Wife (1996 film)
Courtney B. Vance → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Gregory Hines → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Jenifer Lewis → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Penny Marshall → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Stuart H. Pappé → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Whitney Houston → notableWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
My Love Is Your Love → previousWork → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
Stuart H. Pappé → workedOn → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Allan Scott → wroteScreenplayFor → The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Preacher's Wife (1996 film)