Pushing Tin
E491699
Pushing Tin is a 1999 dark comedy-drama film about rival air traffic controllers, starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pushing Tin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5074911 — 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: Pushing Tin Context triple: [Mike Newell, directed, Pushing Tin]
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A.
Nickel Under the Foot
"Nickel Under the Foot" is a notable song from Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 pro-labor musical *The Cradle Will Rock*, reflecting the show’s themes of social injustice and economic hardship.
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B.
The Fun of It
The Fun of It is a 1932 memoir by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, recounting her experiences in early aviation and encouraging women to pursue flying.
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C.
The Folding Up
The Folding Up is the English translation of the name of Surah At-Takwir, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the cosmic upheavals of the Day of Judgment.
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D.
Rock the Bells
"Rock the Bells" is a classic 1985 hip-hop track by LL Cool J known for its aggressive delivery, heavy use of DJ scratching, and influential role in defining the sound of early hardcore rap.
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E.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
- 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: Pushing Tin Target entity description: Pushing Tin is a 1999 dark comedy-drama film about rival air traffic controllers, starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie.
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A.
Nickel Under the Foot
"Nickel Under the Foot" is a notable song from Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 pro-labor musical *The Cradle Will Rock*, reflecting the show’s themes of social injustice and economic hardship.
-
B.
The Fun of It
The Fun of It is a 1932 memoir by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, recounting her experiences in early aviation and encouraging women to pursue flying.
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C.
The Folding Up
The Folding Up is the English translation of the name of Surah At-Takwir, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the cosmic upheavals of the Day of Judgment.
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D.
Rock the Bells
"Rock the Bells" is a classic 1985 hip-hop track by LL Cool J known for its aggressive delivery, heavy use of DJ scratching, and influential role in defining the sound of early hardcore rap.
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E.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
article by Darcy Frey
ⓘ
“Something’s Got to Give” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOffice | approximately $8.4 million ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $33 million ⓘ |
| castMember |
Angelina Jolie
NERFINISHED
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Billy Bob Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Cate Blanchett NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike O’Malley NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicki Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Connie Falzone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Falzone NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Eric Alan Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Mike Newell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jon Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
New York City
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Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
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dark comedy ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| mainSubject | air traffic controllers ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Anne Dudley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | rivalry between air traffic controllers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Connie Falzone – Cate Blanchett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Bell – Angelina Jolie NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Falzone – John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Bell – Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ |
| producer | Art Linson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Fox 2000 Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Regency Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationOfSource | The New York Times Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1996 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1999-04-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runtime | 124 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Glen Charles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Long Island
NERFINISHED
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New York TRACON NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Angelina Jolie
NERFINISHED
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Billy Bob Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Cate Blanchett NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cusack 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: Pushing Tin Description of subject: Pushing Tin is a 1999 dark comedy-drama film about rival air traffic controllers, starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.