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Matchstick Men topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Matchstick Men.

Related topics: 44
Source areas: 4
Connected nodes: 48
Extracted relationships: 46
Related term clusters: 15
Bridge connections: 48

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.

Release · 15 topics

Cast · 13 topics

Overview · 9 topics

Plot · 7 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: Matchstick Men by Eric Garcia
Box office: $65.6 million
Budget: $62 million
Cinematography: John Mathieson
Countries: United States United Kingdom
Directed by: Ridley Scott

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Matchstick Men

9Black comedy · Crime film · Ridley Scott

26Con artist · Tourette syndrome · Obsessive–compulsive disorder

9Roger Ebert · James Berardinelli · Carrie Rickey

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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How Matchstick Men connects Entity context

The extracted context around Matchstick Men shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Matchstick Men → Audiences, Breezy, Carrie Rickey, Chubby Checker, CinemaScore, Henry, James Berardinelli, Lohman's, Metacritic, Nicolas Cage's, Oscar, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Scott's, Stephen Hunter, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post Another extracted example is Matchstick Men → Jack Rapke, Ridley Scott, Sean Bailey, Steve Starkey, Ted Griffin. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Critical reception · 17

Matchstick Men → Audiences, Breezy, Carrie Rickey, Chubby Checker, CinemaScore, Henry, James Berardinelli, Lohman's, Metacritic, Nicolas Cage's, Oscar, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Scott's, Stephen Hunter, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post

Produced by · 5

Matchstick Men → Jack Rapke, Ridley Scott, Sean Bailey, Steve Starkey, Ted Griffin

Production companies · 4

Matchstick Men → ImageMovers, LivePlanet, Rickshaw Productions, Scott Free Productions

Starring · 4

Matchstick Men → Alison Lohman, Bruce McGill, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell

Release dates · 2

Matchstick Men → September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12) (United States), September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02) (Venice Film Festival)

Screenplay by · 2

Matchstick Men → Nicholas Griffin, Ted Griffin

Based on · 1

Matchstick Men → Matchstick Men by Eric Garcia

Box office · 1

Matchstick Men → $65.6 million

Budget · 1

Matchstick Men → $62 million

Cinematography · 1

Matchstick Men → John Mathieson

Important terminology

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Important terminology

roy angela film frank con chuck klein matchstick men nicolas million box office one heather roy's warner bros pictures release

Matchstick Men relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 46 structured relationships around Matchstick Men. Examples in this analysis include Matchstick Men → Based on → Matchstick Men by Eric Garcia and Matchstick Men → Box office → $65.6 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Matchstick Men	Based on	Matchstick Men by Eric Garcia	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Box office	$65.6 million	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Budget	$62 million	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Cinematography	John Mathieson	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Countries	United States United Kingdom	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Directed by	Ridley Scott	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Edited by	Dody Dorn	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Language	English	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Music by	Hans Zimmer	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Produced by	Ridley Scott	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Produced by	Steve Starkey	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Produced by	Sean Bailey	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Produced by	Jack Rapke	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Produced by	Ted Griffin	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Production companies	ImageMovers	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Production companies	Scott Free Productions	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Production companies	Rickshaw Productions	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Production companies	LivePlanet	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Release dates	September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02) (Venice Film Festival)	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Release dates	September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12) (United States)	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Running time	116 minutes	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Screenplay by	Ted Griffin	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Screenplay by	Nicholas Griffin	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Starring	Nicolas Cage	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Starring	Sam Rockwell	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Starring	Alison Lohman	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	Starring	Bruce McGill	1.00	infobox
Matchstick Men	is a	2003 American black comedy crime film directed by Ridley Scott and based on Eric Garcia's 2002 novel of the same name	0.90	text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Matchstick Men bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Men, Based and Directed. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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- Stars
- Venice
- Based
- Film's
- Matchstick
- Men
- Million
- Nicolas
- Con
- Directed
- Eric
- Release
60th venice international film festival
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- Pictures
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- Time
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- Warner
- Box
- Million
- Office
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- Based
warner bros. pictures
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- Directed
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- Release
- Ridley
- Scott
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- Bruce
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- Directed
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- Release
- Ridley
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- Warner
- Matchstick
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- Matchstick
Matchstick Men
- Men
- Based
- Directed
- Eric
- Ridley
- Scott
- Box
- Office
- Release
- Alison
- Bros
- Bruce

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Matchstick Men, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Matchstick Men with Release. 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

Matchstick Men — Release · splits 33 ⟂ 16

Matchstick Men — Cast · splits 35 ⟂ 14

Matchstick Men — Overview · splits 39 ⟂ 10

Matchstick Men — Plot · splits 41 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Matchstick Men

Nodes49

Edges48

Triples46

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.040816

Components1

Source & methodology

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

Source: Wikipedia — Matchstick Men · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

Matchstick Men: Measurement & Standards

Matchstick Men topic overview

What this topic covers Research coverage

Key facts & relationships

Start with your topic. Discover where to go next.

Questions to explore

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Overview

Plot

Cast

Release

For the semantics nerds

Advanced semantic analysis

How Matchstick Men connects Entity context

Matchstick Men

Top relations

Important terminology

Important terminology

Matchstick Men relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

Map overview Semantic statistics

Matchstick Men

Source & methodology