Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) is a 1976 low-budget American action-thriller written, directed, and scored by John Carpenter, noted for its tense siege narrative and cult status.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Assault on Precinct 13 | 3 |
| Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) canonical | 2 |
| Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5019340 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) Context triple: [John Carpenter films, hasWork, Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)]
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The Assault (1986 film)
The Assault is a 1986 Dutch drama film directed by Fons Rademakers, based on Harry Mulisch’s novel about a man haunted by a traumatic incident in Nazi-occupied Holland, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Escape from New York
Escape from New York is a 1981 dystopian science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter, set in a future where Manhattan has been turned into a maximum-security prison and a criminal antihero must rescue the U.S. president.
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C.
Act of Violence
Act of Violence is a 1948 American film noir thriller about a World War II veteran haunted by his past, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fred Zinnemann.
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D.
Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A. is a 1996 dystopian action film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell as antihero Snake Plissken in a sequel to Escape from New York.
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E.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) Target entity description: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) is a 1976 low-budget American action-thriller written, directed, and scored by John Carpenter, noted for its tense siege narrative and cult status.
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A.
The Assault (1986 film)
The Assault is a 1986 Dutch drama film directed by Fons Rademakers, based on Harry Mulisch’s novel about a man haunted by a traumatic incident in Nazi-occupied Holland, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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B.
Escape from New York
Escape from New York is a 1981 dystopian science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter, set in a future where Manhattan has been turned into a maximum-security prison and a criminal antihero must rescue the U.S. president.
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C.
Act of Violence
Act of Violence is a 1948 American film noir thriller about a World War II veteran haunted by his past, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fred Zinnemann.
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D.
Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A. is a 1996 dystopian action film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell as antihero Snake Plissken in a sequel to Escape from New York.
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E.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action film
ⓘ
cult film ⓘ film ⓘ independent film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| budget | low budget ⓘ |
| character |
Leigh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lieutenant Ethan Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Douglas Knapp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Manson International
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turtle Releasing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor |
John Carpenter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John T. Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | R ⓘ |
| firstReleaseTerritory | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
crime ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Austin Stoker
NERFINISHED
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Charles Cyphers NERFINISHED ⓘ Darwin Joston NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurie Zimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin West NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmPosterDesigner | Bob Gleason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| hasRemake | Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Rio Bravo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyle | synthesizer score ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | siege narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cult status
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minimalist electronic score ⓘ tense siege structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | John Carpenter filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A small group of police officers, criminals, and civilians defend a decommissioned police station from a vengeful street gang. ⓘ |
| producer | J. Stein Kaplan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | CKK Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-11-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 91 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) Description of subject: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) is a 1976 low-budget American action-thriller written, directed, and scored by John Carpenter, noted for its tense siege narrative and cult status.
Referenced by (7)
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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film)
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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film)
this entity surface form:
Assault on Precinct 13
this entity surface form:
Assault on Precinct 13
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Assault on Precinct 13