Skyjacked
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Skyjacked is a 1972 American disaster-thriller film about a hijacked airliner, directed by John Guillermin and starring Charlton Heston.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Skyjacked canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4497212 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skyjacked Context triple: [John Guillermin, notableWork, Skyjacked]
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A.
Hostage
"Hostage" is a 2005 crime thriller film in which Jonathan Tucker appears alongside Bruce Willis in a tense story about a hostage negotiator drawn into a violent standoff.
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B.
Border Flight
Border Flight is a 1936 American aviation drama film starring Frances Farmer, centered on the perilous lives and missions of U.S. Coast Guard pilots.
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C.
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky is a 2015 British thriller film that explores the moral and legal complexities of modern drone warfare and targeted killings.
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D.
Rendition
Rendition is a 2007 political thriller film directed by Gavin Hood that explores the controversial U.S. practice of extraordinary rendition through an intertwined ensemble narrative.
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E.
United 93
United 93 is a 2006 docudrama film that realistically reconstructs the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skyjacked Target entity description: Skyjacked is a 1972 American disaster-thriller film about a hijacked airliner, directed by John Guillermin and starring Charlton Heston.
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A.
Hostage
"Hostage" is a 2005 crime thriller film in which Jonathan Tucker appears alongside Bruce Willis in a tense story about a hostage negotiator drawn into a violent standoff.
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B.
Border Flight
Border Flight is a 1936 American aviation drama film starring Frances Farmer, centered on the perilous lives and missions of U.S. Coast Guard pilots.
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C.
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky is a 2015 British thriller film that explores the moral and legal complexities of modern drone warfare and targeted killings.
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D.
Rendition
Rendition is a 2007 political thriller film directed by Gavin Hood that explores the controversial U.S. practice of extraordinary rendition through an intertwined ensemble narrative.
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E.
United 93
United 93 is a 2006 docudrama film that realistically reconstructs the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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disaster film ⓘ film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | David Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Skyjacked (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harry Stradling Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Metrocolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Guillermin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert L. Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
airline crew
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hijacker ⓘ passengers ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | use of aircraft mock-ups and stock footage ⓘ |
| genre |
aviation film
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disaster ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| hasPosterCaption | "Terror in the sky!" ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Captain Hank O'Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Soviet Union
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of skyjacking in early 1970s cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Vietnam War veteran hijacker
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airline captain ⓘ |
| producer | William Frye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972-05-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Stanley R. Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | commercial airliner ⓘ |
| starring |
Charlton Heston
NERFINISHED
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Claude Akins NERFINISHED ⓘ James Brolin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeanne Crain NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosevelt Grier NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Dey NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Pidgeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvette Mimieux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | aircraft hijacking ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | Cold War era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Skyjacked Description of subject: Skyjacked is a 1972 American disaster-thriller film about a hijacked airliner, directed by John Guillermin and starring Charlton Heston.
Referenced by (2)
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