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Sophie's Choice

Summary: Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
Runtime: 2 h 30 min
MPAA: R

Language: English
Movie budget: $ 12,000,000
Domestic: $ 30,036,000
International: $ 166

Box office:

Budget:$12MDomestic:$30MInternational:$166Worldwide:$30M

Adaptation/remake:

based on novel
7%
78%85%

33%7%
White86.67%Arab6.67%Jewish6.67%
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Possibly woke elements:

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BechdeltestPassed!

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Message4/5
Role model3/5
Violence5/5
Sex3/5
Language4/5
Drugs3/5

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Forebears7119
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Total1511118
Cast Percentages83.33%5.56%5.56%5.56%100%
U.S. Population (1980) Percentage79.6%2.61%6.4%0.27%
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US Census
(Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1980) Representation+3.73+2.95-0.84+5.29
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage81.25%6.26%
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation+2.08-0.7
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage84.16%3.04%
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation-0.83+2.52
World population (1982) Percentage19.63%0.35%5.7%6.52%
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 (1982) Representation+63.7+5.21-0.14-0.96
World Buying Power Percentage36.48%1.11%9.35%6.38%
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+4.45-3.79-0.82
Notes
If there were any inconsistencies with percentages calculated using our Census data, the Jewish Data Bank percentages were the ones used. Also please review the Jewish Data Bank pdf to understand the difference between the "Core" Jewish population and the "Extended" / "Law of Return" Jewish populations. We are displaying the "Core" Jewish populations since that is what the Jewish Data Bank and Wikipedia articles chose.

Also, the 1942 population estimates were used for the 1940 row. For the 2000 estimates, the "Core" definition was not used, so we used the 5.2 mil broader estimate instead of the 4.3 mil estimate since the 5.2 broader estimate seemed too drastic of a drop and the definitions weren't congruent with Core and Law of Return.
Many Latinos check "White" or "Other" on the Census. So this overlaps with "Mixed" race and "White."

Also, when there was a discrepancy with the percentage listed on the Wikipedia table and our calculated numbers, the Wiki table's numbers were used. Likewise, when the population total was missing from the Census pdf, the estimate was calculated using the percentage from the Wiki table.


NOTE: It turns out that the reason America doesn't have a separate "Latino" race is because the League of Latin American Citizens protested against discrimination towards Mexicans and got themselves to legally be considered "White."

Check the research links in our Google Doc for more info.
Arab Americans are less than 1% of the US population and often check "White" or "Other" on the US Census. And the only data available for them started when the US Census added ancestry in 1980. So assume a less than 1% margin of error and overlap with the "White" and "Other" categories.

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Message
4/5

Illustrates the fact that in spite of great courage and perseverance, victims of war or other horrific circumstances may never fully survive. One's past inextricably affects one's future. Graphically portrays the inhumanity of Nazism. 

Role model
3/5

While efforts ultimately fail, movie shows how two very damaged people -- one who has been destroyed by tyranny, the other a victim of mental illness -- attempt to negotiate the world. Friendship and concern for others are promoted as highly desirable character traits. Nazi characters are uniformly evil.

Violence
5/5

Scenes depict the grim reality of Nazi concentration camps (smoke from the ovens; desperate people in cages screaming for their lives; children torn from parents' arms; menacing behavior of German officers). Conversation about the extermination of Jews. Sequences show domestic abuse: man terrorizing a woman with contempt, name-calling, and his physical intimidation. Deaths occur.

Sex
3/5

Passion and sexual desperation evident in multiple lovemaking scenes: kissing, embracing, undressing. German officer attempts to seduce a concentration camp inmate. No actual sexual intercourse or nudity.

Language
4/5

Frequent cursing and obscenities: "s--t," "f--k," "bastard," "c--ksucker," "goddamn." Enraged name-calling: "slut," "whore," "cracker." One use of a racial slur (the "N" word). Conversations about sexuality.

Consumerism
0/5

Spam, Rheingold beer.

Drugs
3/5

Characters consume alcoholic beverages (wine, beer, champagne, whiskey) in multiple scenes. Some drunkenness and alcohol dependency explored. Mention of cocaine and amphetamine addictions.

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