Epidemic

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Summary: A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.

Release Date: September 11, 1987

Genres: Drama, Horror

Director: Lars von Trier

Writers: Lars von Trier

, Niels Vørsel

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Elementfilm A/S, Det Danske Filminstitut

Distributor: Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Criterion Channel

Country: Denmark

Language: Danish

Box office:

Worldwide:$938

Possible lazy cash grab:

sequel, second part

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28% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

0% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White100%

1.98

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Race	White	Black	Asian	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	8	1		9		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
Forebears	4		1	5
Bettaface	2			2		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.betafaceapi.com/demo_old.html
Ethnic	1			1		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/
Surname	1			1		A third party free program that uses US Census data to create an algorithm that analyzes surnames and guesses what ethnicity the person is. Obviously there are issues with this data set such as African Americans who have the last names of their ancestors' slave owner. However, when no other data set is available, this can give a rough estimate and expand the data pool for the less important cast members with no IMDb or TMDb image. Please consider downloading their source code via GitHub to verify the accuracy of our data set, and to peer review our conclusions. Source: https://pypi.org/project/ethnicolr/
Total	16	1	1	18
Cast Percentages	88.89%	5.56%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":88.89,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1940) Percentage	89.8%	9.8%	0.19%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1940)","series":[{"name":"White","y":89.8,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":0.19,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":9.8,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.3,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":1.5,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":0,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":3,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1940) Representation	-0.91	-4.24	+5.37		{"name":"U.S. Population (1940)","series":[["White",89.8],["Black",9.8],["Asian",0.19]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":88.89,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	7.72%	3.5%		{"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":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+7.64	-2.16	+2.06		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Black",7.72],["Asian",3.5]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":88.89,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	92.1%	6.77%	0.22%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":10105392917246,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":23717233578,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":742464934266,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":24223113823,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":75881820000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":0,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	-3.21	-1.21	+5.34		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",92.1],["Black",6.77],["Asian",0.22]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":88.89,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World population (1960) Percentage	24.26%	8.74%	35.14%		{"name":"World population (1960) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5505891663,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":16303932915,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":3319084808,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":73088413576,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":26323680328,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":105885338709,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":16554213546,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":53158782795,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1167943535,"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 (1960) Representation	+64.63	-3.18	-29.58		{"name":"World population (1960) ","series":[["White",24.26],["Black",8.74],["Asian",35.14]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":88.89,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%	29.46%		{"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	+52.41	-0.82	-23.9		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38],["Asian",29.46]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":88.89,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
Notes			The US Census considers Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Bangladeshi as Asians. At ZR we group Pakistanis with the Arab world. And we group Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi with India because 1.) they are all genetically similar as "South Asians and 2.) there are only a handful of actors from those regions in our database. However, you are viewing the "Asian Alone" category from the US Census when comparing it with Domestic representation. Also note that the 2000 and 2010 estimates include MultiRacial Asians not just "Asian Alone" estimates, and in some categories they include Native Hawaiians as "Asian." So there is a margin of error less than 1% and some inconsistencies with the grouping.

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This film gets a 1.98/5 family friendly score

International Certification	Australia : MDenmark : 16France : Tous publics avec avertissementGermany : 12Hungary : 18Italy : T,UnratedNorway : 15Spain : 18United Kingdom : 15United States : Not Rated
IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092972/parentalguide last updated: 2024-05-28Update data
Nudity Mild	A male corpse's genitals are seen during an autopsy sequence.
Violence Moderate	An autopsy is shown non-graphically. People are shown vomiting blood.
Profanity None	The word "goddamn" is used repeatedly. A racial epiphet is used by a black man to refer to himself. A obscene term is used for female genitals.
Alcohol Mild	People are shown drinking and discussing wine.
Frightening Moderate	It's a hard Film There are unsettling descriptions of measures used to contain the Black Death during the Middle Ages. Someone is shown buried alive. A woman has a panic attack while under hypnosis. People are shown violently ill, with disgusting postules on their bodies. A man describes what his mother witnessed during the bombing of Cologne. He gives a semi-graphic description of the effects of phosphorus bombs.
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org last updated: 2024-03-30Update data

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