Animal Crackers
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Animal Crackers is a 1930 Marx Brothers comedy film known for its rapid-fire wordplay, slapstick humor, and iconic performances by Groucho Marx.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Animal Crackers canonical | 7 |
| Animal Crackers (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Animal Crackers Context triple: [Marx Brothers, notableWork, Animal Crackers]
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The Birdcage
The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, that satirizes family, politics, and LGBTQ+ identity through the chaos surrounding a gay couple meeting their son’s conservative future in-laws.
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B.
Tootsie
Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film in which Dustin Hoffman plays an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a role, leading to unexpected fame and complications.
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C.
Crash Twinsanity
Crash Twinsanity is a 2004 3D platformer in the Crash Bandicoot series known for its open-world level design, comedic tone, and the uneasy partnership between Crash and his nemesis Doctor Neo Cortex.
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D.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
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Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Animal Crackers Target entity description: Animal Crackers is a 1930 Marx Brothers comedy film known for its rapid-fire wordplay, slapstick humor, and iconic performances by Groucho Marx.
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A.
The Birdcage
The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, that satirizes family, politics, and LGBTQ+ identity through the chaos surrounding a gay couple meeting their son’s conservative future in-laws.
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B.
Tootsie
Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film in which Dustin Hoffman plays an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a role, leading to unexpected fame and complications.
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C.
Crash Twinsanity
Crash Twinsanity is a 2004 3D platformer in the Crash Bandicoot series known for its open-world level design, comedic tone, and the uneasy partnership between Crash and his nemesis Doctor Neo Cortex.
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D.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
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E.
Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ pre-Code film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
stage musical "Animal Crackers"
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surface form:
Animal Crackers (1928 stage musical)
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| cinematographyBy | George Folsey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Victor Heerman ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Leroy Stone
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surface form:
LeRoy Stone
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| era | early sound era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Chico Marx
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surface form:
Chico Marx as Emanuel Ravelli
Groucho Marx ⓘ
surface form:
Groucho Marx as Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding
Harpo Marx ⓘ
surface form:
Harpo Marx as The Professor
Zeppo Marx ⓘ
surface form:
Zeppo Marx as Horatio Jamison
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| follows | The Cocoanuts ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | pre-Code (produced before strict enforcement of the Hays Code) ⓘ |
| hasSong |
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
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Why Am I So Romantic? ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Victor Young ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Groucho Marx one-liners
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adaptation of Marx Brothers Broadway stage show ⓘ rapid-fire wordplay ⓘ slapstick humor ⓘ |
| notableScene |
"Hooray for Captain Spaulding" musical number
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bridge card game sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Marx Brothers filmography ⓘ |
| plotElement | theft of a valuable painting ⓘ |
| producer | Herman J. Mankiewicz ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1930-08-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
George S. Kaufman
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Morrie Ryskind ⓘ |
| setting | Long Island mansion ⓘ |
| starring |
Chico Marx
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Groucho Marx ⓘ Harpo Marx ⓘ Kay Francis ⓘ Lillian Roth ⓘ Margaret Dumont ⓘ Zeppo Marx ⓘ |
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