Taking Lives
E591701
Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film about an FBI profiler hunting a serial killer who assumes his victims’ identities, starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taking Lives canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416701 — 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: Taking Lives Context triple: [Gena Rowlands, notableWork, Taking Lives]
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A.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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B.
Learning To Die
"Learning To Die" is a song by the American heavy metal band Dust, known for its early 1970s hard rock sound and featuring future Ramones drummer Marky Ramone.
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C.
Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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D.
Rather Die Young
"Rather Die Young" is a soulful R&B ballad by Beyoncé from her 2011 album "4," expressing a passionate, all-or-nothing kind of love.
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E.
Killing Times
The Killing Times were a period of brutal persecution and summary executions of Scottish Covenanters in the late 17th century under the Stuart monarchy.
- 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: Taking Lives Target entity description: Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film about an FBI profiler hunting a serial killer who assumes his victims’ identities, starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.
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A.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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B.
Learning To Die
"Learning To Die" is a song by the American heavy metal band Dust, known for its early 1970s hard rock sound and featuring future Ramones drummer Marky Ramone.
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C.
Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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D.
Rather Die Young
"Rather Die Young" is a soulful R&B ballad by Beyoncé from her 2011 album "4," expressing a passionate, all-or-nothing kind of love.
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E.
Killing Times
The Killing Times were a period of brutal persecution and summary executions of Scottish Covenanters in the late 17th century under the Stuart monarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Taking Lives (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Michael Pye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $65,000,000 ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $45,000,000 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Amir Mokri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAlternateCut | unrated director's cut ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | D. J. Caruso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Anne V. Coates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsNarrativeDevice | serial killer assuming identities of victims ⓘ |
| genre |
crime thriller
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Illeana Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | FBI profiler hunting a serial killer who assumes victims' identities ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Angelina Jolie as Illeana Scott
ⓘ
Ethan Hawke as James Costa NERFINISHED ⓘ Gena Rowlands as Mrs. Asher NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiefer Sutherland as Christopher Hart ⓘ Olivier Martinez as Joseph Paquette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bernie Goldmann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Canton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Atmosphere Entertainment MM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Village Roadshow Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingRottenTomatoes | 22% ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2004-03-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jon Bokenkamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Angelina Jolie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ethan Hawke NERFINISHED ⓘ Gena Rowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Hugues Anglade NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiefer Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivier Martinez NERFINISHED ⓘ Tchéky Karyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taking Lives Description of subject: Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film about an FBI profiler hunting a serial killer who assumes his victims’ identities, starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.