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Matchstick Men

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. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman. The film premiered on September 2, 2003, at the 60th Venice International Film Festival and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on…

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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

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples56
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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related to Critical reception · 22
Matchstick Men → Audiences, Breezy, Carrie Rickey, Chubby Checker, CinemaScore, He, Henry, James Berardinelli, Let, Lohman's, Metacritic, Nicolas Cage's, On, Oscar, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Scott's, She, Stephen Hunter, The
Produced by · 5
Matchstick Men → Jack Rapke, Ridley Scott, Sean Bailey, Steve Starkey, Ted Griffin
related to External links · 5
Matchstick Men → Box Office Mojo, IMDb Matchstick Men, Men, Official, Rotten TomatoesMatchstick Men
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

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Matchstick MenBased onMatchstick Men by Eric Garcia1.00infobox
Matchstick MenBox office$65.6 million1.00infobox
Matchstick MenBudget$62 million1.00infobox
Matchstick MenCinematographyJohn Mathieson1.00infobox
Matchstick MenCountriesUnited States United Kingdom1.00infobox
Matchstick MenDirected byRidley Scott1.00infobox
Matchstick MenDistributed byWarner Bros. Pictures1.00infobox
Matchstick MenEdited byDody Dorn1.00infobox
Matchstick MenLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Matchstick MenMusic byHans Zimmer1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduced byRidley Scott1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduced bySteve Starkey1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduced bySean Bailey1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduced byJack Rapke1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduced byTed Griffin1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduction companiesImageMovers1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduction companiesScott Free Productions1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduction companiesRickshaw Productions1.00infobox
Matchstick MenProduction companiesLivePlanet1.00infobox
Matchstick MenRelease datesSeptember 2, 2003 (2003-09-02) (Venice Film Festival)1.00infobox
Matchstick MenRelease datesSeptember 12, 2003 (2003-09-12) (United States)1.00infobox
Matchstick MenRunning time116 minutes1.00infobox
Matchstick MenScreenplay byTed Griffin1.00infobox
Matchstick MenScreenplay byNicholas Griffin1.00infobox
Matchstick MenStarringNicolas Cage1.00infobox
Matchstick MenStarringSam Rockwell1.00infobox
Matchstick MenStarringAlison Lohman1.00infobox
Matchstick MenStarringBruce McGill1.00infobox
Matchstick Menis a2003 American black comedy crime film directed by Ridley Scott and based on Eric Garcia's 2002 novel of the same name0.90text

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