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Narrow Margin: Measurement, Production & Reception

Narrow Margin is a 1990 American neo-noir action thriller film written, shot and directed by Peter Hyams. It stars Gene Hackman and Anne Archer, with James B. Sikking, Nigel Bennett, Harris Yulin and J. T. Walsh in supporting roles. It was released in the United States by TriStar Pictures on September 21, 1990.

Language: English [EN]
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Narrow Margin topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Production and Reception as prominent areas in the source structure around Narrow Margin.

Related topics
87
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
94
Extracted relationships
143
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
94

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.

Production · 26 topics
Reception · 23 topics
Overview · 16 topics
Release · 11 topics
Cast · 5 topics
Soundtrack · 4 topics
Plot · 2 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
Earl Felton · Martin Goldsmith · Jack Leonard
Box office
$10.9 million
Budget
$15–21 million
Cinematography
Peter Hyams
Country
United States
Directed by
Peter Hyams

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

Reception

Soundtrack

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 Narrow Margin connects Entity context

The extracted context around Narrow Margin shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Narrow Margin → Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady, Archer's, Chris Hicks, Contemporary, Deseret News, Despite, Desson Howe, Ebert, Empire, Gleiberman, Hackman, Hal Lipper, He, However, Hyams, Los Angeles Times, One, Owen Gleiberman, Peter Hyams, Peter Stack Another extracted example is Narrow Margin → AllMovie, Apollo Movie Guide, Brian Wester, DVD Talk, Hackman, He, High Def Digest, Hyams, Matt Holmes, Matthew Hartman, Mike Cumming, Popeye Doyle, Retrospective, Rob Hunter, SlashFilm, The French Connection, Tyler Foster, WhatCulture, While, With. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Narrow Margin

Top relations

related to Contemporary · 30
Narrow Margin → Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady, Archer's, Chris Hicks, Contemporary, Deseret News, Despite, Desson Howe, Ebert, Empire, Gleiberman, Hackman, Hal Lipper, He, However, Hyams, Los Angeles Times, One, Owen Gleiberman, Peter Hyams, Peter Stack
related to Retrospective · 20
Narrow Margin → AllMovie, Apollo Movie Guide, Brian Wester, DVD Talk, Hackman, He, High Def Digest, Hyams, Matt Holmes, Matthew Hartman, Mike Cumming, Popeye Doyle, Retrospective, Rob Hunter, SlashFilm, The French Connection, Tyler Foster, WhatCulture, While, With
related to Writing · 18
Narrow Margin → Anne Archer, Canadian, Carol Hunnicut, Due, Fleischer, Gene Hackman's, How, Hyams, Maybe, Moira Farrow, New York Times, Richard Fleischer, Robert Caulfield, Tell, The, The Mexican, Times, Vancouver Sun
related to Home video · 16
Narrow Margin → B-roll, Billboard, Blu-ray, Carolco, February, Kino Lorber, Live Entertainment, March, On June, Optimum DVD, Optimum Releasing, Peter Hyams, Peter Tonguette, The, The DVD, United States
related to Box office · 11
Narrow Margin → Anne Archer, By, Hackman, In, It, January, September, The, United Kingdom, United States, Variety
related to Development · 11
Narrow Margin → Bob Misiorowski, Carolco, Derailed, He, Hyams, Jonathan Zimbert, One, Paramount Pictures, Peter Hyams, The, The Narrow Margin
related to Festivals · 10
Narrow Margin → Film, Journey, Junction, London Film Festival, Modern Art, New York's Museum, November, Summer, The, Trains
Starring · 5
Narrow Margin → Anne Archer, Gene Hackman, J. T. Walsh, James B. Sikking, M. Emmet Walsh
Based on · 3
Narrow Margin → Earl Felton, Jack Leonard, Martin Goldsmith
related to External links · 3
Narrow Margin → Box Office Mojo, IMDbNarrow Margin, Rotten TomatoesNarrow Margin

Important terminology

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

Important terminology

film train narrow margin caulfield hunnicut hyams hackman peter anne archer walsh james gene hyams' two united 21 based production

Narrow Margin relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 143 structured relationships around Narrow Margin. Examples in this analysis include Narrow Margin → Based on → Earl Felton and Narrow Margin → Based on → Martin Goldsmith. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Narrow MarginBased onEarl Felton1.00infobox
Narrow MarginBased onMartin Goldsmith1.00infobox
Narrow MarginBased onJack Leonard1.00infobox
Narrow MarginBox office$10.9 million1.00infobox
Narrow MarginBudget$15–21 million1.00infobox
Narrow MarginCinematographyPeter Hyams1.00infobox
Narrow MarginCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Narrow MarginDirected byPeter Hyams1.00infobox
Narrow MarginDistributed byTri-Star Pictures (domestic) Carolco Pictures (international)1.00infobox
Narrow MarginEdited byJames Mitchell1.00infobox
Narrow MarginLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Narrow MarginMusic byBruce Broughton1.00infobox
Narrow MarginProduced byJonathan A. Zimbert1.00infobox
Narrow MarginProduction companyCarolco Pictures1.00infobox
Narrow MarginRelease dateSeptember 21, 1990 (1990-09-21)1.00infobox
Narrow MarginRunning time97 minutes1.00infobox
Narrow MarginStarringGene Hackman1.00infobox
Narrow MarginStarringAnne Archer1.00infobox
Narrow MarginStarringJames B. Sikking1.00infobox
Narrow MarginStarringJ. T. Walsh1.00infobox
Narrow MarginStarringM. Emmet Walsh1.00infobox
Narrow MarginWritten byPeter Hyams1.00infobox
Narrow Marginis a1990 American neo-noir action thriller film written0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Narrow Margin bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Narrow, Peter and Film. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Margin
    • Narrow
    • Peter
    • Train
    • Hyams
    • New
    • Based
    • Release
    • Angeles
    • Deputy
    • Los
    • One
  • peter hyams
    • Peter
    • Production
    • Based
    • Margin
    • Narrow
    • Release
    • Box
    • Broughton
    • Office
    • James
    • States
    • Train
  • london film festival
    • Margin
    • Narrow
    • Peter
    • Train
    • Hyams
    • New
    • Based
    • Release
    • Angeles
    • Deputy
    • Los
    • One
  • Narrow Margin
    • Narrow
    • Peter
    • Film
    • Hyams
    • United
    • Box
    • Release
    • States
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    • Called
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  • narrow margin
    • Narrow
    • Peter
    • Film
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    • United
    • Box
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  • the narrow margin
    • Narrow
    • Peter
    • Film
    • Hyams
    • United
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    • Office
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  • los angeles
    • Los
    • Hunnicut
    • Box
    • Release
    • States
    • Broughton
    • Deputy
    • However
    • Office
    • Production
    • Tarlow
    • United
  • los angeles times
    • Los
    • Hunnicut
    • Box
    • Release
    • States
    • Broughton
    • Deputy
    • However
    • Office
    • Production
    • Tarlow
    • United

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Narrow Margin, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Narrow Margin with Production. 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
Narrow MarginProduction · splits 68 ⟂ 27
Narrow MarginReception · splits 71 ⟂ 24
Narrow MarginOverview · splits 78 ⟂ 17
Narrow MarginRelease · splits 83 ⟂ 12
Narrow MarginCast · splits 89 ⟂ 6
Narrow MarginSoundtrack · splits 90 ⟂ 5
Narrow MarginPlot · splits 92 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Narrow Margin

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples143
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

Source & methodology

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

Source: Wikipedia — Narrow Margin · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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