They Might Be Giants

Summary: In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital, a man convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.

Release Date: June 09, 1971

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Mystery

Director: Anthony Harvey

Writer: James Goldman

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: G

Production: Universal Pictures, Newman-Foreman Company

Distributor: Universal Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MCA Home Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

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based on play

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Universal Pictures

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The average Metacritic score is 51%.

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51/100

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39% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

17% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White83.33%Mixed / Other11.11%Black5.56%

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Race	White	Mixed / Other	Black	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	10		1	11		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Ethnic	2	2		4		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Forebears	3			3
Total	15	2	1	18
Cast Percentages	83.33%	11.11%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11.11,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1970) Percentage	83.2%	0.3%	11.1%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1970)","series":[{"name":"White","y":83.2,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":0.76,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":11.1,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.4,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":4.4,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":0.3,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.63,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1970) Representation	+0.13	+10.81	-5.54		{"name":"U.S. Population (1970)","series":[["White",83.2],["Mixed \/ Other",0.3],["Black",11.1]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11.11,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	0.76%	7.72%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+2.08	+10.35	-2.16		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Mixed \/ Other",0.76],["Black",7.72]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11.11,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	88.52%	0.22%	7.95%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":10761348269826,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":109041173005,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":966583423840,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":37122327617,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":255838352000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":26846829402,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	-5.19	+10.89	-2.39		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",88.52],["Mixed \/ Other",0.22],["Black",7.95]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11.11,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World population (1971) Percentage	21.98%	1.92%	9%		{"name":"World population (1971) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":7157535824,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":20900776408,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":4471786395,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":82139702951,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":33638847487,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":134215885530,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":22091539194,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":67711214149,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1394266912,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1971) Representation	+61.35	+9.19	-3.44		{"name":"World population (1971) ","series":[["White",21.98],["Mixed \/ Other",1.92],["Black",9]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11.11,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	1.81%	6.38%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+46.85	+9.3	-0.82		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Mixed \/ Other",1.81],["Black",6.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11.11,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
Notes		The "Mixed / Other" categories overlap, and the 2 or more category was not an option until the 2000 Census. So for the combined column, all data will be taken from the "Other" column except for 2000, 2010, & 2020. For those, the average between the "2 or More Races" and "Some Other Race" will be used.

1970s band aid on forehead based on play character says i love you compromising photograph cut and paste note death of wife deduction deductive reasoning deerstalker cap delusion detective work dinner date doctor doctor falls in love with patient doctor patient relationship doctor patient romance duo ends with text female psychiatrist firing a gun into the air four word title grazed by a bullet head grazed by a bullet hermit manhattan new york city mental institution mental patient millionaire movie theater new york city pistol psychiatric hospital psychiatric patient psychiatrist reference to don quixote reference to garden of eden reference to god reference to professor moriarty reference to rudolph valentino reference to the book of genesis reference to vilma banky running to escape sherlock holmes character sherlock holmes costume sherlock holmes impersonator supermarket telephone operator timeframe 1970s widower

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International Certification	Argentina : AtpFinland : K-12France : Tous publicsGermany : 12Netherlands : 6Philippines : GSingapore : GSpain : ASweden : 11United Kingdom : U,PGUnited States : G
IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067848/parentalguide last updated: 2024-05-28Update data
Nudity None	No nudity. A young couple is seen passionately kissing in a movie theatre; the boy begins to take off his clothes but they are interrupted by a security guard before he removes more than his jacket and shirt.
Violence None	Very slight. There is a fist fight which ends in a man's face being bloodied. A gun is fired into the air to end a fight, but no one is hurt. A window is shattered by a gunshot and a man's forehead is grazed by the bullet drawing blood, but the injury is minor.
Alcohol Mild	Characters smoke cigarettes. A man tells a woman "you sometimes drink yourself to sleep"; when we later see her bedroom there is a bottle of liquor on the bedside table and she pours herself a drink. Liquor and wine are served at dinner.
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org last updated: 2023-10-31Update data

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Kyle Smith

Jan 10th 2021

Cinema’s Annus Mirabilis

In 1971, Hollywood gave us a string of not only great films but enduringly fascinating ones.

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Sep 22nd 2020

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