The Artist

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black-and-white film film romantic comedy-drama film silent film

The Artist is a 2011 French black-and-white silent romantic comedy-drama film that pays homage to Hollywood’s silent era and won multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black-and-white film → film → romantic comedy-drama film → silent film →
academyAward	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Costume Design → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Original Score → Academy Award for Best Picture →
cinematographyBy	Guillaume Schiffman →
countryOfOrigin	France →
countryOfProduction	France →
director	Michel Hazanavicius →
distributor	The Weinstein Company → Warner Bros. Pictures France →
dogActor	Uggie →
editedBy	Anne-Sophie Bion → Michel Hazanavicius →
featuresCharacter	Jack the dog →
festivalAward	Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival →
filmingLocation	Los Angeles →
genre	black-and-white film → romantic comedy-drama → silent film →
homageTo	Hollywood silent era →
intertitleLanguage	English →
languageType	silent with intertitles →
leadActorAwardRecipient	Jean Dujardin →
mainCharacter	George Valentin → Peppy Miller →
musicBy	Ludovic Bource →
notableFact	first French-produced film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture → first mainly silent film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture since 1929 →
originalLanguage	French →
premieredAt	Cannes Film Festival →
producer	Thomas Langmann →
productionCompany	La Classe Américaine → La Petite Reine → Studio 37 →
releaseDate	2011-05-15 →
releaseYear	2011 →
runtimeMinutes	100 →
settingPeriod	early 1930s → late 1920s →
stars	Bérénice Bejo → James Cromwell NERFINISHED → Jean Dujardin → John Goodman → Missi Pyle →
theme	fame and decline → romantic relationship between film stars → transition from silent films to talkies →
timePeriodDepicted	1927–1932 →
title	The Artist →
wonBestActorAt	84th Academy Awards →
wonBestCostumeDesignAt	84th Academy Awards →
wonBestDirectorAt	84th Academy Awards →
wonBestOriginalScoreAt	84th Academy Awards →
wonBestPictureAt	84th Academy Awards →
writer	Michel Hazanavicius →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
84th Academy Awards →	bestActorFilm
84th Academy Awards →	bestDirectorFilm
84th Academy Awards →	bestPictureWinner
Bradbury Building →	hasMediaAppearance
84th Academy Awards →	mainCategoryWinner
84th Academy Awards →	mostAwardsFilm
84th Academy Awards →	notableWinner
The Weinstein Company →	notableWork
Joel Murray →	participatedIn
The Artist →	title