Flatliners
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Flatliners is a 1990 science fiction psychological horror film about medical students who experiment with near-death experiences, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, and Kevin Bacon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flatliners canonical | 8 |
| Flatliners (2017 film) | 2 |
| Flatliners (1990 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3430819 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Flatliners Context triple: [William Baldwin, notableWork, Flatliners]
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A.
Afterlife
Afterlife is a contemporary novel by Julia Alvarez that explores themes of grief, identity, and immigration through the story of a recently widowed Dominican-American professor.
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Afterlife
"Afterlife" is a British television drama series starring Andrew Lincoln as a university lecturer who becomes entangled with a troubled medium claiming to communicate with the dead.
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C.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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D.
Memento Park
Memento Park is an open-air museum in Budapest that displays statues and monuments from Hungary’s communist era.
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E.
Next of Kin
Next of Kin is a 1989 American action thriller film starring Patrick Swayze as a Chicago cop seeking vengeance for his brother’s murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Flatliners Target entity description: Flatliners is a 1990 science fiction psychological horror film about medical students who experiment with near-death experiences, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, and Kevin Bacon.
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A.
Afterlife
Afterlife is a contemporary novel by Julia Alvarez that explores themes of grief, identity, and immigration through the story of a recently widowed Dominican-American professor.
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B.
Afterlife
"Afterlife" is a British television drama series starring Andrew Lincoln as a university lecturer who becomes entangled with a troubled medium claiming to communicate with the dead.
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C.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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D.
Memento Park
Memento Park is an open-air museum in Budapest that displays statues and monuments from Hungary’s communist era.
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E.
Next of Kin
Next of Kin is a 1989 American action thriller film starring Patrick Swayze as a Chicago cop seeking vengeance for his brother’s murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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psychological horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| award |
Saturn Award for Best Horror Film
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surface form:
Saturn Award for Best Horror Film nomination
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| basedOn | original screenplay by Peter Filardi ⓘ |
| boxOfficePerformance | commercially successful ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Jan de Bont ⓘ |
| composer | James Newton Howard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Joel Schumacher ⓘ |
| distributor |
Columbia Pictures
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TriStar Pictures ⓘ |
| editor |
Carolyn C. Crim
ⓘ
Robert Brown ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California
|
| genre |
psychological horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasRemake |
Flatliners
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Flatliners (2017 film)
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| hasTheme |
confronting past sins
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ethics of medical experimentation ⓘ life after death ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
David Labraccio
ⓘ
Joe Hurley ⓘ Nelson Wright ⓘ Rachel Mannus ONDG ⓘ Randy Steckle ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
guilt and redemption
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near-death experience ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of medical students conduct experiments that stop their hearts to explore near-death experiences, unleashing consequences from their pasts. ⓘ |
| producer |
Michael Douglas
ⓘ
Rick Bieber ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Stonebridge Entertainment ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-08-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 114 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Peter Filardi ⓘ |
| setIn | Chicago ⓘ |
| starring |
Julia Roberts
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Kevin Bacon ⓘ Kiefer Sutherland ⓘ Kimberly Scott ⓘ Oliver Platt ⓘ William Baldwin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Flatliners Description of subject: Flatliners is a 1990 science fiction psychological horror film about medical students who experiment with near-death experiences, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, and Kevin Bacon.
Referenced by (11)
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