The Interpreter
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The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, about a United Nations interpreter who overhears a plot to assassinate an African leader.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Interpreter canonical | 10 |
| The Interpreter (2005 film) | 1 |
| The Interpreter (uncredited script work) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Interpreter Context triple: [Jesper Christensen, notableWork, The Interpreter]
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A.
The Interpreter
"The Interpreter" is an honorific title given to Theodore of Mopsuestia, a prominent early Christian theologian renowned for his influential biblical exegesis and literal-historical method of scriptural interpretation.
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B.
The Russian Interpreter
The Russian Interpreter is a comic novel by Michael Frayn that follows a hapless interpreter entangled in romantic and political misunderstandings in Soviet-era Moscow.
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C.
The Black Box
The Black Box is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch as he reopens a decades-old murder case first encountered during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
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D.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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E.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
- 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: The Interpreter Target entity description: The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, about a United Nations interpreter who overhears a plot to assassinate an African leader.
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A.
The Interpreter
"The Interpreter" is an honorific title given to Theodore of Mopsuestia, a prominent early Christian theologian renowned for his influential biblical exegesis and literal-historical method of scriptural interpretation.
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B.
The Russian Interpreter
The Russian Interpreter is a comic novel by Michael Frayn that follows a hapless interpreter entangled in romantic and political misunderstandings in Soviet-era Moscow.
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C.
The Black Box
The Black Box is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch as he reopens a decades-old murder case first encountered during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
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D.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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E.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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political thriller film ⓘ |
| boxOfficePerformance | commercially successful ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Silvia Broome – Nicole Kidman
NERFINISHED
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Tobin Keller – Sean Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Darius Khondji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Sydney Pollack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | Universal Pictures – United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Roberto Silvi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Steinkamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Nations Headquarters, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political thriller
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thriller film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Silvia Broome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tobin Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Newton Howard ⓘ |
| notableFact | One of the first feature films to be shot inside the United Nations Headquarters in New York. ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A United Nations interpreter overhears a plot to assassinate an African leader and becomes embroiled in a political conspiracy. ⓘ |
| producer |
Eric Fellner
NERFINISHED
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Sydney Pollack NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Bevan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Misher Films
NERFINISHED
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Working Title Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | April 22, 2005 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 128 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Randolph
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Scott Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Zaillian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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United Nations Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Catherine Keener
NERFINISHED
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Clyde Kusatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ George Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesper Christensen NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicole Kidman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvan Attal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Brian Ward
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Martin Stellman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
international diplomacy
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political assassination plot ⓘ |
| title | The Interpreter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Interpreter (2005 film)
this entity surface form:
The Interpreter (uncredited script work)