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A Shock to the System (1990 film): Literary Connections, Cast & Plot

A Shock to the System is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Jan Egleson and starring Michael Caine, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth McGovern, and Peter Riegert. It is based on the 1984 novel A Shock to the System by British author Simon Brett.

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A Shock to the System (1990 film) topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Cast and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around A Shock to the System (1990 film).

Related topics
44
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
49
Extracted relationships
23
Related term clusters
11
Bridge connections
49

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 · 17 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Plot · 7 topics
Production · 7 topics
Reception · 5 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.

Based on
A Shock to the System by Simon Brett
Box office
$3.4 million
Budget
$10 million
Cinematography
Paul Goldsmith
Country
United States
Directed by
Jan Egleson

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Production

Reception

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How A Shock to the System (1990 film) connects Entity context

The extracted context around A Shock to the System (1990 film) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Elizabeth McGovern, Jenny Wright, Michael Caine, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton Another extracted example is A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Peter C. Frank, William M. Anderson. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

A Shock to the System (1990 film)

Top relations

Starring · 6
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Elizabeth McGovern, Jenny Wright, Michael Caine, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton
Edited by · 2
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Peter C. Frank, William M. Anderson
Production companies · 2
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Brigand Pictures, Corsair Pictures
Based on · 1
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → A Shock to the System by Simon Brett
Box office · 1
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → $3.4 million
Budget · 1
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → $10 million
Cinematography · 1
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Paul Goldsmith
Country · 1
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → United States
Directed by · 1
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Jan Egleson
Distributed by · 1
A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Corsair Pictures

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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A Shock to the System (1990 film) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 23 structured relationships around A Shock to the System (1990 film). Examples in this analysis include A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Based on → A Shock to the System by Simon Brett and A Shock to the System (1990 film) → Box office → $3.4 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Based onA Shock to the System by Simon Brett1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Box office$3.4 million1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Budget$10 million1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)CinematographyPaul Goldsmith1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)CountryUnited States1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Directed byJan Egleson1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Distributed byCorsair Pictures1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Edited byWilliam M. Anderson1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Edited byPeter C. Frank1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Music byGary Chang1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Produced byPatrick McCormick1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Production companiesBrigand Pictures1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Production companiesCorsair Pictures1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Release dateMarch 23, 1990 (1990-03-23)1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Running time89 minutes1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)Screenplay byAndrew Klavan1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)StarringMichael Caine1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)StarringElizabeth McGovern1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)StarringPeter Riegert1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)StarringSwoosie Kurtz1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)StarringWill Patton1.00infobox
A Shock to the System (1990 film)StarringJenny Wright1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around A Shock to the System (1990 film) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Shock, System and Based. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • michael caine
    • Caine
    • Michael
    • Elizabeth
    • Kurtz
    • Mcgovern
    • Riegert
    • Swoosie
    • Peter
    • Shock
    • System
    • Egleson
    • Jan
  • a shock to the system (novel)
    • Shock
    • System
    • Based
    • Caine
    • Michael
    • Egleson
    • Elizabeth
    • Jan
    • Kurtz
    • Mcgovern
    • Plot
    • Riegert
  • A Shock to the System (1990 film)
    • Shock
    • System
    • Based
    • Caine
    • Michael
    • Egleson
    • Elizabeth
    • Jan
    • Kurtz
    • Mcgovern
    • Plot
    • Riegert
  • a shock to the system (1990 film)
    • Shock
    • System
    • Based
    • Caine
    • Michael
    • Reviews
    • Egleson
    • Elizabeth
    • Jan
    • Kurtz
    • Mcgovern
    • Plot
  • elizabeth mcgovern
    • Kurtz
    • Mcgovern
    • Riegert
    • Swoosie
    • Peter
    • Michael
    • Jan
    • Shock
    • System
    • Plot
    • Based
    • Anderson
  • swoosie kurtz
    • Elizabeth
    • Mcgovern
    • Riegert
    • Swoosie
    • Peter
    • Michael
    • Shock
    • System
    • Plot
    • Based
    • Anderson
    • Bob
  • peter riegert
    • Swoosie
    • Riegert
    • Anderson
    • Shock
    • System
    • Plot
    • Based
    • Bob
    • Leslie
    • Stella
    • Marshall
    • Novel
  • novel
    • Plot
    • Movie
    • Shock
    • System
    • Panhandler
    • Riegert
    • Swoosie
    • Death
    • Peter
    • Marshall
    • Graham

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For A Shock to the System (1990 film), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects A Shock to the System (1990 film) 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
A Shock to the System (1990 film) — Cast · splits 32 ⟂ 18
A Shock to the System (1990 film) — Overview · splits 41 ⟂ 9
A Shock to the System (1990 film) — Plot · splits 42 ⟂ 8
A Shock to the System (1990 film) — Production · splits 42 ⟂ 8
A Shock to the System (1990 film) — Reception · splits 44 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

A Shock to the System (1990 film)

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples23
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around A Shock to the System (1990 film) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Cast & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — A Shock to the System (1990 film) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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