AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains
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AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains is an American Film Institute special and list that ranks the most memorable heroic and villainous characters in American cinema history.
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| AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains canonical | 2 |
| AFI 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains #1 Villain | 1 |
| AFI's 100 Heroes & Villains (villains category) | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Context triple: [AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, follows, AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]
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AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies is a list compiled by the American Film Institute ranking the greatest American films of all time as part of its centennial celebration of cinema.
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B.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills is an American Film Institute list that ranks the most thrilling and suspenseful films in U.S. cinema history.
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C.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs is an American Film Institute list that ranks the most memorable and significant songs in American cinema history.
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D.
AFI 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
AFI 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes is an American Film Institute list that ranks the most memorable and significant lines of dialogue in U.S. cinema history.
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E.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers is an American Film Institute list celebrating the most inspiring and uplifting films in American cinema history.
- 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: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Target entity description: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains is an American Film Institute special and list that ranks the most memorable heroic and villainous characters in American cinema history.
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A.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies is a list compiled by the American Film Institute ranking the greatest American films of all time as part of its centennial celebration of cinema.
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B.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills is an American Film Institute list that ranks the most thrilling and suspenseful films in U.S. cinema history.
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C.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs is an American Film Institute list that ranks the most memorable and significant songs in American cinema history.
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D.
AFI 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
AFI 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes is an American Film Institute list that ranks the most memorable and significant lines of dialogue in U.S. cinema history.
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E.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers is an American Film Institute list celebrating the most inspiring and uplifting films in American cinema history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AFI special
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film list ⓘ |
| basedOn | AFI member ballots ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | American Film Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video
ⓘ
television broadcast ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOn | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
heroic characters in film
ⓘ
villainous characters in film ⓘ |
| genre |
countdown show
ⓘ
television special ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-heroes-villains/ ⓘ |
| heroRank1 | Atticus Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heroRank1Film | To Kill a Mockingbird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCharacter |
Atticus Finch
NERFINISHED
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Clarice Starling NERFINISHED ⓘ Darth Vader NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Hannibal Lecter NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Ripley NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ James Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Nurse Ratched NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Blaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Balboa NERFINISHED ⓘ Superman NERFINISHED ⓘ T.E. Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ The Joker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Terminator NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wicked Witch of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| listType | top 100 list ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor | ranking iconic heroes and villains in American film history ⓘ |
| numberOfHeroesListed | 50 ⓘ |
| numberOfVillainsListed | 50 ⓘ |
| partOf | AFI 100 Years... series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankingCriterion |
memorable heroic characters
ⓘ
memorable villainous characters ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| scope | American films ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | jury of film artists and critics ⓘ |
| subject |
American cinema
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film characters ⓘ |
| totalCharactersRanked | 100 ⓘ |
| villainRank1 | Dr. Hannibal Lecter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| villainRank1Film | The Silence of the Lambs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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AFI 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains #1 Villain
this entity surface form:
AFI's 100 Heroes & Villains (villains category)