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.

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138 rows where number_of_subjects = 2

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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
10 10 84 Charing Cross Road http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ US/UK 1987 $1.08M David Hugh Jones 2 Frank Doel Author Unknown   0 Male Anthony Hopkins
11 11 84 Charing Cross Road http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ US/UK 1987 $1.08M David Hugh Jones 2 Helene Hanff Author Unknown   0 Female Anne Bancroft
19 19 A Matador's Mistress http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491046/ US/UK 2008 - Menno Meyjes 2 Lupe Sino Actress Known Hispanic (White) 0 Female Pen̩lope Cruz
20 20 A Matador's Mistress http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491046/ US/UK 2008 - Menno Meyjes 2 Manuel RodrÌ_guez SÌÁnchez Athlete Known Hispanic (White) 0 Male Adrien Brody
21 21 A Mighty Heart http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/ US/UK 2007 $9.17M Michael Winterbottom 2 Daniel Pearl Journalist Known White 0 Male Dan Futterman
22 22 A Mighty Heart http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/ US/UK 2007 $9.17M Michael Winterbottom 2 Mariane Pearl Journalist Known Multi racial 1 Female Angelina Jolie
33 33 Amadeus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/ US 1984 $366K Milos Forman 2 Antonio Salieri Musician Known White 0 Male F. Murray Abraham
34 34 Amadeus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/ US 1984 $366K Milos Forman 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Musician Known White 0 Male Tom Hulce
41 41 An American Crime http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/ US 2007 - Tommy O'Haver 2 Gertrude Baniszewski Criminal Known White 0 Female Catherine Keener
42 42 An American Crime http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/ US 2007 - Tommy O'Haver 2 Sylvia Likens Other Unknown   0 Female Ellen Page
54 54 Backbeat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106339/ UK 1994 $2.39M Iain Softley 2 John Lennon Musician Known White 0 Male Ian Hart
55 55 Backbeat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106339/ UK 1994 $2.39M Iain Softley 2 Stuart Sutcliffe Musician Known White 0 Male Stephen Dorff
62 62 Becket http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ US/UK 1964 - Peter Glenville 2 King Henry II Historical Known White 0 Male Peter O'Toole
63 63 Becket http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ US/UK 1964 - Peter Glenville 2 Thomas Becket Historical Known White 0 Male  
67 67 Bernard and Doris http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470732/ US 2006 - Bob Balaban 2 Bernard Lafferty Other Known White 0 Male Ralph Fiennes
68 68 Bernard and Doris http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470732/ US/UK 2006 - Bob Balaban 2 Doris Duke Other Known White 0 Female Susan Sarandon
83 83 Bonnie and Clyde http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ US 1967 - Arthur Penn 2 Clyde Barrow Criminal Unknown   0 Male Warren Beatty
84 84 Bonnie and Clyde http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ US 1967 - Arthur Penn 2 Bonnie Parker Criminal Unknown   0 Female Faye Dunaway
92 92 Bright Star http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784/ UK 2009 $4.44M Jane Campion 2 John Keats Author (poet) Known White 0 Male Ben Whishaw
93 93 Bright Star http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784/ UK 2009 $4.44M Jane Campion 2 Fanny Brawne Other Unknown   0 Female Abbie Cornish
101 101 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ US 1969 $102M George Roy Hill 2 Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) Criminal Known White 0 Male Paul Newman
102 102 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ US 1969 $102M George Roy Hill 2 Harry Longabaugh Criminal Known White 0 Male Robert Redford
106 106 Caesar and Cleopatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ UK 1945 - Gabriel Pascal 2 Julius Caesar Historical Known White 0 Male Claude Rains
107 107 Caesar and Cleopatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ UK 1945 - Gabriel Pascal 2 Cleopatra Historical Known Middle Eastern 1 Female Vivien Leigh
116 116 Carrington http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ UK 1995 $3.24M Christopher Hampton 2 Lytton Strachey Author Known White 0 Male Jonathan Pryce
117 117 Carrington http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ UK 1995 $3.24M Christopher Hampton 2 Dora Carrington Artist Known White 0 Female Emma Thompson
141 141 Compulsion http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ US 1959 - Richard Fleischer 2 Nathan Leopold Jr. Criminal Known White 0 Male Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman
142 142 Compulsion http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ US 1959 - Richard Fleischer 2 Richard Loeb Criminal Known White 0 Male Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman
163 163 D̩sir̩e http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ US 1954 - Henry Koster 2 D̩sir̩e Clary Historical Known White 0 Female Jean Simmons
164 164 D̩sir̩e http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ US 1954 - Henry Koster 2 Napoleon Bonaparte Historical Known White 0 Male Marlon Brando
200 200 Fat Man and Little Boy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097336/ US 1989 $3.56M Roland JoffÌÄå© 2 Leslie Groves Military Known White 0 Male Paul Newman
201 201 Fat Man and Little Boy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097336/ US 1989 $3.56M Roland JoffÌÄå© 2 Robert Oppenheimer Academic Known White 0 Male Dwight Schultz
212 212 Frank & Jesse http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109835/ US 1995 - Robert Boris 2 Frank James Criminal Known White 0 Male Bill Paxton
213 213 Frank & Jesse http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109835/ US 1995 - Robert Boris 2 Jesse James Criminal Known White 0 Male Rob Lowe
241 241 Gypsy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056048/ US 1962 - Mervyn LeRoy 2 Gypsy Rose Lee Artist Known White 0 Female Natalie Wood
242 242 Gypsy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056048/ US 1962 - Mervyn LeRoy 2 Rose Thompson Hovick Other Known White 0 Female Rosalind Russell
254 254 Hilary and Jackie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150915/ UK 1998 $4.87M Anand Tucker 2 Jacqueline du Pr̩ Musician Known White 0 Female Emily Watson
255 255 Hilary and Jackie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150915/ UK 1998 $4.87M Anand Tucker 2 Hilary du Pr̩-Finzi Musician Known White 0 Female Rachel Griffiths
257 257 Hitchcock http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/ US/UK 2012 $6M Sacha Gervasi 2 Alfred Hitchcock Other Known White 0 Male Anthony Hopkins
258 258 Hitchcock http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/ US/UK 2012 $6M Sacha Gervasi 2 Alma Reville Other Known White 0 Female Helen Mirren
266 266 Hyde Park on Hudson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477855/ UK 2012 $6.37M Roger Michell 2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt World leader Known White 0 Male Bill Murray
267 267 Hyde Park on Hudson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477855/ UK 2012 $6.37M Roger Michell 2 Margaret Suckley Other Unknown   0 Female Laura Linney
277 277 Impromptu http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102103/ UK 1991 $4.08M James Lapine 2 Fr̩d̩ric Fran̤ois Chopin Musician Known White 0 Male Hugh Grant
278 278 Impromptu http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102103/ UK 1991 $4.08M James Lapine 2 George Sand / Aurore Other Known White 0 Female Judy Davis
279 279 In Love and War http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116621/ US 1996 $14.5M Richard Attenborough 2 Ernest Hemingway Media Known White 0 Male Chris O'Donnell
280 280 In Love and War http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116621/ US 1996 $14.5M Richard Attenborough 2 Agnes von Kurowsky Other Known White 0 Female Sandra Bullock
286 286 Invictus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ US 2009 $37.5M Clint Eastwood 2 Nelson Mandela World leader Known African 1 Male Morgan Freeman
287 287 Invictus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ US 2009 $37.5M Clint Eastwood 2 Fran̤ois Pienaar Athlete Known White 0 Male Matt Damon
311 311 Julie & Julia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ US 2009 $94.1M Nora Ephron 2 Julia Child Other Unknown   0 Female Meryl Streep
312 312 Julie & Julia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ US 2009 $94.1M Nora Ephron 2 Julia Powell Other Unknown   0 Female Amy Adams
354 354 Madame Curie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036126/ US 1943 - Mervyn LeRoy 2 Pierre Curie Academic Known White 0 Male Walter Pidgeon
355 355 Madame Curie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036126/ US 1943 - Mervyn LeRoy 2 Marie Curie Academic Known White 0 Female Greer Garson
356 356 Mahler http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071797/ UK 1974 - Ken Russell 2 Gustav Mahler Musician Known White 0 Male Robert Powell
357 357 Mahler http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071797/ UK 1974 - Ken Russell 2 Alma Mahler Other Unknown   0 Female Georgina Hale
395 395 My Dinner with Andre http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082783/ US 1981 $5.07K Louis Malle 2 Andre Gregory Actor Known White 0 Male Andre Gregory
396 396 My Dinner with Andre http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082783/ US 1981 $5.07K Louis Malle 2 Wallace Shawn Actor Known White 0 Male Wallace Shawn
402 402 Nicholas and Alexandra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/ UK 1971 - Franklin J. Schaffner 2 Tsarina Alexandra (Feodorovna) Historical Known White 0 Female Janet Suzman
403 403 Nicholas and Alexandra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/ UK 1971 - Franklin J. Schaffner 2 Tsar Nicholas II Historical Known White 0 Male Michael Jayston
407 407 Nora http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ UK 2000 $12.3K Pat Murphy 2 James Joyce Author Known White 0 Male Ewan McGregor
408 408 Nora http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ UK 2000 $12.3K Pat Murphy 2 Nora Barnacle Other Unknown   0 Female Susan Lynch
416 416 Open Water http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ US 2003 $30.5M Chris Kentis 2 Eileen Lonergan Other Unknown   0 Female Blanchard Ryan
417 417 Open Water http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ US 2003 $30.5M Chris Kentis 2 Tom Lonergan Other Unknown   0 Male Daniel Travis
419 419 Pandaemonium http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ UK 2000 - Julien Temple 2 William Wordsworth Author (poet) Unknown   0 Male John Hannah
420 420 Pandaemonium http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ UK 2001 - Julien Temple 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Author (poet) Unknown   0 Male Linus Roache
434 434 Prick Up Your Ears http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776/ UK 1987 $1.65M Stephen Frears 2 Joe Orton Author Unknown   0 Male Gary Oldman
435 435 Prick Up Your Ears http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776/ UK 1987 $1.65M Stephen Frears 2 Kenneth Halliwell Other Unknown   0 Male Alfred Molina
442 442 Quo Vadis http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/ US 1951 - Mervyn LeRoy 2 Lygia Historical Known White 0 Female Deborah Kerr
443 443 Quo Vadis http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/ US 1951 - Mervyn LeRoy 2 Marcus Vinicius Historical Known White 0 Male Robert Taylor
444 444 Radio http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316465/ US 2003 $52.3M Michael Tollin 2 James Robert "Radio" Kennedy Athlete Known African American 1 Male Cuba Gooding Jr
445 445 Radio http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316465/ US 2003 $52.3M Michael Tollin 2 Harold Jones Athlete Unknown   0 Male Ed Harris
457 457 Reversal of Fortune http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100486/ US/UK 1990 $15.4M Barbet Schroeder 2 Claus von BÌ_low Other Known White 0 Male Jeremy Irons
458 458 Reversal of Fortune http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100486/ US/UK 1990 $15.4M Barbet Schroeder 2 Sunny von BÌ_low Other Known White 0 Female Glenn Close
468 468 Rush http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/ US/UK 2013 $26.9M Ron Howard 2 James Hunt Athlete Known White 0 Male Chris Hemsworth
469 469 Rush http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/ US/UK 2013 $26.9M Ron Howard 2 Niki Lauda Athlete Known White 0 Male Daniel BrÌ_hl
474 474 Saving Mr. Banks http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/ US/UK 2013 $83.3M John Lee Hancock 2 Walt Disney Other Known White 0 Male Tom Hanks
475 475 Saving Mr. Banks http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/ US/UK 2013 $83.3M John Lee Hancock 2 P.L. Travers Author Known White 0 Female Emma Thompson
487 487 Shadowlands http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/ UK 1993 $25.8M Richard Attenborough 2 C.S. Lewis Author Known White 0 Male Anthony Hopkins
488 488 Shadowlands http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/ UK 1993 $25.8M Richard Attenborough 2 Joy Gresham Author (poet) Known White 0 Female Debra Winger
489 489 Sid and Nancy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/ UK 1986 $2.83M Alex Cox 2 Sid Vicious Singer Unknown   0 Male Gary Oldman
490 490 Sid and Nancy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/ UK 1986 $2.83M Alex Cox 2 Nancy Spungen Other Unknown   0 Female Chloe Webb
506 506 Stealing Sinatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311863/ US 2003 - Ron Underwood 2 Barry Keenan Criminal Unknown   0 Male David Arquette
507 507 Stealing Sinatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311863/ US 2003 - Ron Underwood 2 Frank Sinatra, Jr. Other Known White 0 Male Thomas Ian Nicholas
510 510 Strauss' Great Waltz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ UK 1934 - Alfred Hitchcock 2 Johann Strauss I Musician Known White 0 Male Edmund Gwenn
511 511 Strauss' Great Waltz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ UK 1934 - Alfred Hitchcock 2 Johann Strauss II Musician Known White 0 Male Esmond Knight
516 516 Swoon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105508/ US 1992 $340K Tom Kalin 2 Nathan Leopold Jr. Criminal Known White 0 Male Craig Chester
517 517 Swoon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105508/ US 1992 $340K Tom Kalin 2 Richard Loeb Criminal Known White 0 Male Daniel Schlachet
518 518 Sylvia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ UK 2003 $1.3M Christine Jeffs 2 Sylvia Plath Author (poet) Known White 0 Female Gwyneth Paltrow
519 519 Sylvia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ UK 2003 $1.3M Christine Jeffs 2 Ted Hughes Author (poet) Known White 0 Male Daniel Craig
528 528 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443680/ US/UK/Canada 2007 $3.9M Andrew Dominik 2 Jesse James Criminal Known White 0 Male Brad Pitt
529 529 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443680/ US/UK/Canada 2007 $3.9M Andrew Dominik 2 Robert Ford Criminal Unknown   0 Male Casey Affleck
539 539 The Barretts of Wimpole Street http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024865/ US 1934 - Sidney Franklin 2 Elizabeth Barrett Author (poet) Known Multi racial 0 Female Norma Shearer
540 540 The Barretts of Wimpole Street http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024865/ US 1934 - Sidney Franklin 2 Robert Browning Author (poet) Known Multi racial 0 Male Fredric March
543 543 The Best Intentions http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104350/ UK 1992 $1.3M Bille August 2 Erik Bergman Other Unknown   0 Male With: Samuel FrÌÄå¦ler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow
544 544 The Best Intentions http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104350/ UK 1992 $1.3M Bille August 2 Karin ÌÉkerblom Other Unknown   0 Female  
574 574 The Frozen Ground http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005374/ US 2013 - Scott Walker 2 Jack Halcombe Other Unknown   0 Male Nicolas Cage
575 575 The Frozen Ground http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005374/ US 2013 - Scott Walker 2 Robert Hansen Criminal Known White 0 Male John Cusack
607 607 The Krays http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099951/ UK 1990 $2.06M Peter Medak 2 Reginald Kray Criminal Known Multi racial 0 Male  
608 608 The Krays http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099951/ UK 1990 $2.06M Peter Medak 2 Ronald Kray Criminal Known Multi racial 0 Male With: Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Billie Whitelaw
630 630 The Miracle Worker http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ US 1962 - Arthur Penn 2 Helen Keller Other Known White 0 Female Patty Duke
631 631 The Miracle Worker http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ US 1962 - Arthur Penn 2 Annie Sullivan Other Known White 0 Female Anne Bancroft

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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
);