Look Back in Anger (1959 film)
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Look Back in Anger (1959 film) is a British drama adaptation of John Osborne’s play, directed by Tony Richardson and starring Richard Burton, that helped define the “kitchen sink” realism movement in postwar cinema.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Look Back in Anger (1959 film) canonical | 2 |
| Look Back in Anger | 1 |
| film "Look Back in Anger" (1959) | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5696666 — 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: Look Back in Anger (1959 film) Context triple: [Mary Ure, notableWork, Look Back in Anger (1959 film)]
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Look Back in Anger (1989 television film)
Look Back in Anger (1989 television film) is a British TV adaptation of John Osborne’s landmark play, starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in a modern retelling of the classic “angry young man” drama.
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Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger is a landmark 1956 stage play by John Osborne that helped launch the British "kitchen sink" realist movement and the era of the "angry young men" in postwar theatre.
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C.
A Taste of Honey
"A Taste of Honey" is a song popularized by the Beatles, known for its melodic, jazz-influenced style and inclusion on their debut album "Please Please Me."
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D.
Angry Young Men
Angry Young Men were a group of mid-20th-century British writers and playwrights known for their outspoken criticism of the class system and postwar social conditions.
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E.
Room at the Top
Room at the Top is a landmark 1959 British drama film that helped launch the British New Wave movement with its gritty portrayal of class ambition and social realism.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Look Back in Anger (1959 film) Target entity description: Look Back in Anger (1959 film) is a British drama adaptation of John Osborne’s play, directed by Tony Richardson and starring Richard Burton, that helped define the “kitchen sink” realism movement in postwar cinema.
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A.
Look Back in Anger (1989 television film)
Look Back in Anger (1989 television film) is a British TV adaptation of John Osborne’s landmark play, starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in a modern retelling of the classic “angry young man” drama.
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B.
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger is a landmark 1956 stage play by John Osborne that helped launch the British "kitchen sink" realist movement and the era of the "angry young men" in postwar theatre.
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C.
A Taste of Honey
"A Taste of Honey" is a song popularized by the Beatles, known for its melodic, jazz-influenced style and inclusion on their debut album "Please Please Me."
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D.
Angry Young Men
Angry Young Men were a group of mid-20th-century British writers and playwrights known for their outspoken criticism of the class system and postwar social conditions.
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E.
Room at the Top
Room at the Top is a landmark 1959 British drama film that helped launch the British New Wave movement with its gritty portrayal of class ambition and social realism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British drama film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | stage play ⓘ |
| basedOn | Look Back in Anger (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Oswald Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | working-class life in Britain ⓘ |
| dialogueStyle | naturalistic dialogue ⓘ |
| director | Tony Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Best NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | postwar cinema ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | location shooting ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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kitchen sink realism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Look Back in Anger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alison Porter
NERFINISHED
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Helena Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| movement | British New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of British New Wave film
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helping define kitchen sink realism in British cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| playwrightOfSourceWork | John Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Claire Bloom as Helena Charles
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Mary Ure as Alison Porter ⓘ Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Harry Saltzman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Woodfall Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1959-06-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtime | 98 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Osborne
NERFINISHED
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Nigel Kneale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | postwar Britain ⓘ |
| setting | Midlands industrial town ⓘ |
| starring |
Claire Bloom
NERFINISHED
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Edith Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Ure NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict
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marital discord ⓘ social disillusionment ⓘ |
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Subject: Look Back in Anger (1959 film) Description of subject: Look Back in Anger (1959 film) is a British drama adaptation of John Osborne’s play, directed by Tony Richardson and starring Richard Burton, that helped define the “kitchen sink” realism movement in postwar cinema.
Referenced by (4)
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Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form:
film "Look Back in Anger" (1959)