Being John Malkovich
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Being John Malkovich is a surreal 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, in which a puppeteer discovers a portal into actor John Malkovich’s mind.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Being John Malkovich canonical | 18 |
| Being John Malkovich (as cinematographer) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4632731 — 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: Being John Malkovich Context triple: [John Malkovich, notableWork, Being John Malkovich]
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A.
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult psychological thriller and science fiction film about a troubled teenager who experiences disturbing visions involving time travel and a menacing figure in a rabbit costume.
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B.
Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction is a 2006 fantasy-comedy-drama film in which Will Ferrell plays an IRS auditor who discovers his life is being narrated by an author whose story may determine his fate.
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C.
Pontypool
Pontypool is a historic industrial town in Torfaen, South Wales, known for its iron and steel heritage and location near the eastern edge of the South Wales Valleys.
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D.
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 Coen brothers dark comedy film that satirizes corporate America through the story of a naive mailroom clerk unexpectedly promoted to company president.
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E.
The Lawnmower Man
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- 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: Being John Malkovich Target entity description: Being John Malkovich is a surreal 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, in which a puppeteer discovers a portal into actor John Malkovich’s mind.
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A.
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult psychological thriller and science fiction film about a troubled teenager who experiences disturbing visions involving time travel and a menacing figure in a rabbit costume.
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B.
Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction is a 2006 fantasy-comedy-drama film in which Will Ferrell plays an IRS auditor who discovers his life is being narrated by an author whose story may determine his fate.
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C.
Pontypool
Pontypool is a historic industrial town in Torfaen, South Wales, known for its iron and steel heritage and location near the eastern edge of the South Wales Valleys.
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D.
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 Coen brothers dark comedy film that satirizes corporate America through the story of a naive mailroom clerk unexpectedly promoted to company president.
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E.
The Lawnmower Man
"The Lawnmower Man" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a bizarre, supernatural lawn care service that reveals a gruesome and otherworldly secret.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy-drama film
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film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lance Acord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Spike Jonze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorNominated | Spike Jonze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | USA Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Eric Zumbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
celebrity
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consciousness ⓘ control ⓘ desire ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Dr. Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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fantasy ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Craig Schwartz
NERFINISHED
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John Malkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Lotte Schwartz NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxine Lund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Director
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notableElement |
7½th floor office setting
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portal into John Malkovich’s mind ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A puppeteer discovers a portal into actor John Malkovich’s mind. ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Propaganda Films
NERFINISHED
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Single Cell Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | puppeteer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 112 ⓘ |
| screenplayNominatedWriter | Charlie Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charlie Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Cameron Diaz
NERFINISHED
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Catherine Keener NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ John Malkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Kay Place NERFINISHED ⓘ Orson Bean NERFINISHED ⓘ W. Earl Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActressNominee | Catherine Keener NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Charlie Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Being John Malkovich Description of subject: Being John Malkovich is a surreal 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, in which a puppeteer discovers a portal into actor John Malkovich’s mind.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Being John Malkovich (as cinematographer)