Biopics: biopics.csv

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This table contains the data behind the story 'Straight Outta Compton' Is The Rare Biopic Not About White Dudes.

biopics.csv contains the following variables:

Variable Definition
title Title of the film.
site URL from IMDB.
country Country of origin.
year_released Year of release.
box_office Gross earnings at U.S. box office.
director Director of film.
number_of_subjects The number of subjects featured in the film.
subject The actual name of the featured subject.
type_of_subject The occupation of subject or reason for recognition.
race_known Indicates whether the subject’s race was discernible based on background of self, parent, or grandparent.
subject_race Race of the subject.
person_of_color Dummy variable that indicates person of color.
subject_sex Sex of subject.
lead_actor_actress The actor or actress who played the subject.

Source: IMDb.

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

11 rows where country = "US/Canada"

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Link rowid ▼ title site country year_release box_office director number_of_subjects subject type_of_subject race_known subject_race person_of_color subject_sex lead_actor_actress
36 36 Amelia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129445/ US/Canada 2009 $14.2M Mira Nair 1 Amelia Earhart Other Known White 0 Female Hilary Swank
72 72 Big Eyes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126590/ US/Canada 2014 $14.5M Tim Burton 1 Margaret Keane Artist Known White 0 Female Amy Adams
111 111 Capote http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/ US/Canada 2005 $28.7M Bennett Miller 1 Truman Capote Author Unknown   0 Male Philip Seymour Hoffman
123 123 Catch Me If You Can http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464/ US/Canada 2002 $164M Steven Spielberg 1 Frank Abagnale Jr. Criminal Unknown   0 Male Leonardo DiCaprio
143 143 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270288/ US/Canada 2002 - George Clooney 1 Chuck Barris Actor Unknown   0 Male Sam Rockwell
208 208 Flash of Genius http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/ US/Canada 2008 $4.23M Marc Abraham 1 Robert Kearns Other Unknown   0 Male Greg Kinnear
217 217 Frida http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/ US/Canada 2002 $25.8M Julie Taymor 1 Frida Kahlo Artist Known Hispanic (Latin American) 1 Female Salma Hayek
225 225 Get Rich or Die Tryin' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430308/ US/Canada 2005 $31M Jim Sheridan 1 Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Singer Known African American 1 Male 50 Cent
274 274 I'm Not There. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368794/ US/Canada 2007 $4M Todd Haynes 1 Bob Dylan Musician Known White 0 Male -
390 390 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110588/ US/Canada 1994 $2.14M Alan Rudolph 1 Dorothy Parker Author Known White 0 Female Jennifer Jason Leigh
685 685 The Whistleblower http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896872/ US/Canada 2010 $1.12M Larysa Kondracki 1 Kathryn Bolkovac Other Known White 0 Female Rachel Weisz

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CREATE TABLE "biopics/biopics" (
"title" TEXT,
  "site" TEXT,
  "country" TEXT,
  "year_release" INTEGER,
  "box_office" TEXT,
  "director" TEXT,
  "number_of_subjects" INTEGER,
  "subject" TEXT,
  "type_of_subject" TEXT,
  "race_known" TEXT,
  "subject_race" TEXT,
  "person_of_color" INTEGER,
  "subject_sex" TEXT,
  "lead_actor_actress" TEXT
);