Payday

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Payday is a 1973 American drama film starring Rip Torn as a hard-living country singer whose self-destructive lifestyle unravels over the course of a few chaotic days.

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Payday canonical 3
Pay Day 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Maury Dann – Rip Torn ⓘ
linked to: Rip Torn
cinematographyBy Bill Butler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception positive ⓘ
depicts country music industry ⓘ
director Daryl Duke ⓘ
distributor Cinerama Releasing Corporation ⓘ
editedBy George Appleby ⓘ
filmFormat color ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
leadActorAwardRecognition Rip Torn received critical acclaim for his performance as Maury Dann. ⓘ
linked to: Rip Torn
mainCharacter Maury Dann ⓘ
musicBy Gary Stromberg ⓘ
notableFor Rip Torn’s acclaimed performance ⓘ
gritty realism ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A hard-living country singer’s self-destructive lifestyle unravels over several chaotic days on the road. ⓘ
producer Don Shebib ⓘ
productionCompany Cineworld Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1973-09-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
setting American South ⓘ
starring Ahna Capri ⓘ
Elayne Heilveil ⓘ
Michael C. Gwynne ⓘ
Rip Torn ⓘ
theme addiction ⓘ
exploitation in the music industry ⓘ
fame ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 1970s ⓘ
title Payday ⓘ
writer Don Carpenter ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rip Torn → notableWork → Payday ⓘ
Mack Swain → notableWork → Pay Day ⓘ
linked to: Payday
Rip Torn → actedIn → Payday ⓘ
subject linked to: Rip
Payday → title → Payday ⓘ
Nathan Asch → notableWork → Pay Day ⓘ
linked to: Payday