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Thunderpants

Thunderpants is a 2002 family absurdist comedy film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Pete Hewitt, and the script was written by Phil Hughes, based on a story by Pete Hewitt about a boy who dreams of being a spaceman, despite his chronic flatulence.

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Box office
$3 million
Budget
$7 million
Cinematography
Andy Collins
Countries
United Kingdom Germany
Directed by
Pete Hewitt
Distributed by
Pathé Distribution

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Thunderpants

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples46
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Thunderpants

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related to Plot · 15
Thunderpants → Alan, Allen, As, Born, Bronagh Gallagher, Bruce Cook, Damon, Josh Herdman, No, Patrick, Patrick Smash, Patrick's, Robert Hardy, Rupert Grint, Victor McGuire
related to Reception · 11
Thunderpants → Beano, Conan O'Brien, During, Empire, Giamatti, In, Paul Giamatti, Rotten Tomatoes, The, The Holdovers, The Tonight Show
related to External links · 3
Thunderpants → BBC, IMDbThunderpants, VarietyThunderpants
Box office · 1
Thunderpants → $3 million
Budget · 1
Thunderpants → $7 million
Cinematography · 1
Thunderpants → Andy Collins
Countries · 1
Thunderpants → United Kingdom Germany
Directed by · 1
Thunderpants → Pete Hewitt
Distributed by · 1
Thunderpants → Pathé Distribution
Edited by · 1
Thunderpants → Michael Parker

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film patrick alan boy flatulence giamatti simon callow paul bruce cook rupert grint directed pete hewitt phil hughes story smash

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ThunderpantsBox office$3 million1.00infobox
ThunderpantsBudget$7 million1.00infobox
ThunderpantsCinematographyAndy Collins1.00infobox
ThunderpantsCountriesUnited Kingdom Germany1.00infobox
ThunderpantsDirected byPete Hewitt1.00infobox
ThunderpantsDistributed byPathé Distribution1.00infobox
ThunderpantsEdited byMichael Parker1.00infobox
ThunderpantsLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
ThunderpantsMusic byRupert Gregson-Williams1.00infobox
ThunderpantsProduced byGraham Broadbent Damian Jones Pete Hewitt1.00infobox
ThunderpantsProduction companiesPathé Pictures Sky The Film Council Mission Pictures CP Medien AG1.00infobox
ThunderpantsRelease date24 May 2002 (2002-05-24)1.00infobox
ThunderpantsRunning time87 minutes1.00infobox
ThunderpantsScreenplay byPhil Hughes1.00infobox
ThunderpantsStarringSimon Callow Stephen Fry Celia Imrie Paul Giamatti Ned Beatty Bruce Cook Rupert Grint1.00infobox
ThunderpantsStory byPete Hewitt1.00infobox
Thunderpantsis a2002 family absurdist comedy film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut0.90text

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