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8 Seconds: Cast, Plot & Production

8 Seconds is a 1994 American contemporary western biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen. Its title refers to the length of time a bull rider is required to stay on for a ride to be scored. The film stars Luke Perry as American rodeo legend Lane Frost and focuses on his life and career as a bull riding champion. It also features Stephen…

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8 Seconds topic overview

The analysis highlights Cast, Plot and Production as prominent areas in the source structure around 8 Seconds.

Related topics
37
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
42
Extracted relationships
42
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
42

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 12 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Plot · 6 topics
Production · 5 topics
Release · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Box office
$19.6 million
Budget
$7 million
Cinematography
Victor Hammer
Country
United States
Directed by
John G. Avildsen
Distributed by
New Line Cinema

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How 8 Seconds connects Entity context

The extracted context around 8 Seconds shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 8 Seconds → American, Classification Board, Excellent, February, In, Luke Perry, Movie, MTRCB, Philippines, Seconds, September, Television Review, United States Another extracted example is 8 Seconds → Carrie Snodgress, Cynthia Geary, James Rebhorn, Luke Perry, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Stephen Baldwin. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

8 Seconds

Top relations

related to Release · 13
8 Seconds → American, Classification Board, Excellent, February, In, Luke Perry, Movie, MTRCB, Philippines, Seconds, September, Television Review, United States
Starring · 6
8 Seconds → Carrie Snodgress, Cynthia Geary, James Rebhorn, Luke Perry, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Stephen Baldwin
Produced by · 5
8 Seconds → Clyde LeVin, Danny DeVito, Jeffery Swab, Michael Shamberg, Tony Mark
related to External links · 4
8 Seconds → Box Office Mojo8 Seconds, IMDb8 Seconds, Rotten Tomatoes, Seconds
Box office · 1
8 Seconds → $19.6 million
Budget · 1
8 Seconds → $7 million
Cinematography · 1
8 Seconds → Victor Hammer
Country · 1
8 Seconds → United States
Directed by · 1
8 Seconds → John G. Avildsen
Distributed by · 1
8 Seconds → New Line Cinema

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

film bull lane seconds rodeo 1994 luke perry frost riding hedeman american john avildsen also release stephen baldwin rider ride

8 Seconds relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 42 structured relationships around 8 Seconds. Examples in this analysis include 8 Seconds → Box office → $19.6 million and 8 Seconds → Budget → $7 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
8 SecondsBox office$19.6 million1.00infobox
8 SecondsBudget$7 million1.00infobox
8 SecondsCinematographyVictor Hammer1.00infobox
8 SecondsCountryUnited States1.00infobox
8 SecondsDirected byJohn G. Avildsen1.00infobox
8 SecondsDistributed byNew Line Cinema1.00infobox
8 SecondsEdited byJ. Douglas Seelig1.00infobox
8 SecondsLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
8 SecondsMusic byBill Conti1.00infobox
8 SecondsProduced byClyde LeVin1.00infobox
8 SecondsProduced byDanny DeVito1.00infobox
8 SecondsProduced byTony Mark1.00infobox
8 SecondsProduced byJeffery Swab1.00infobox
8 SecondsProduced byMichael Shamberg1.00infobox
8 SecondsProduction companyJersey Films1.00infobox
8 SecondsRelease dateFebruary 25, 1994 (1994-02-25)1.00infobox
8 SecondsRunning time105 minutes1.00infobox
8 SecondsStarringLuke Perry1.00infobox
8 SecondsStarringStephen Baldwin1.00infobox
8 SecondsStarringJames Rebhorn1.00infobox
8 SecondsStarringCarrie Snodgress1.00infobox
8 SecondsStarringRonnie Claire Edwards1.00infobox
8 SecondsStarringCynthia Geary1.00infobox
8 SecondsWritten byMonte Merrick1.00infobox
8 Secondsis a1994 American contemporary western biographical drama film directed by John G0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around 8 Seconds bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Stay, Kyle and Released. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • lane frost
    • Rodeo
    • Clyde
    • Cynthia
    • Geary
    • Kellie
    • Kyle
    • Frost
    • Lane
    • Luke
    • Perry
    • Riding
    • Cody
  • bull rider
    • Time
    • Rider
    • Riding
    • Rodeo
    • Stay
    • Lane
    • Budget
    • Cinema
    • Line
    • Million
    • New
    • Production
  • tuff hedeman
    • Cody
    • Lambert
    • Hedeman
    • Tuff
    • Baldwin
    • Red
    • Stephen
    • Rodeo
    • Lane
    • Also
    • Clyde
    • Cynthia
  • mcbride & the ride
    • Seconds
    • Lane
    • Stay
    • Time
    • Baldwin
    • Clyde
    • Cody
    • Cynthia
    • Geary
    • Kellie
    • Kyle
    • Lambert
  • luke perry
    • Perry
    • Baldwin
    • Clyde
    • Cynthia
    • Geary
    • Released
    • Stephen
    • Frost
    • Rodeo
    • Lane
    • Avildsen
    • Cody
  • stephen baldwin
    • Stephen
    • Clyde
    • Cody
    • Cynthia
    • Geary
    • Lambert
    • Red
    • Tuff
    • Hedeman
    • Luke
    • Perry
    • Avildsen
  • cody lambert
    • Lambert
    • Tuff
    • Hedeman
    • Red
    • Stephen
    • Rodeo
    • Lane
    • Clyde
    • Cynthia
    • Geary
    • Kellie
    • Kyle
  • cynthia geary
    • Geary
    • Kellie
    • Kyle
    • Stephen
    • Frost
    • Luke
    • Perry
    • Lambert
    • Red
    • Released
    • Ride
    • Tuff

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For 8 Seconds, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects 8 Seconds with Cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
8 SecondsCast · splits 30 ⟂ 13
8 SecondsOverview · splits 31 ⟂ 12
8 SecondsPlot · splits 36 ⟂ 7
8 SecondsProduction · splits 37 ⟂ 6
8 SecondsRelease · splits 39 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

8 Seconds

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples42
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around 8 Seconds to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Cast, Plot & Production, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — 8 Seconds · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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