Machine Gun Preacher
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Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 biographical action drama film about former gang biker Sam Childers’ transformation into a missionary who rescues children in war-torn Sudan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Machine Gun Preacher canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8367240 — 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: Machine Gun Preacher Context triple: [Fana Mokoena, appearedIn, Machine Gun Preacher]
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A.
Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill is a 2008 crime thriller film best known for pairing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as veteran New York City detectives hunting a possible serial killer.
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B.
The Gunman
The Gunman is an action thriller film best known for its intense gunplay and the involvement of prominent actors such as Ray Winstone.
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C.
Tsotsi
Tsotsi is a 2005 South African crime drama film, directed by Gavin Hood, that follows a young Johannesburg gang leader whose life changes after he inadvertently kidnaps a baby during a carjacking.
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D.
Machete
Machete is a 2010 action-exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez, featuring Danny Trejo as a former Mexican federale seeking revenge against corrupt politicians and criminals.
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E.
Preacher
Preacher is a darkly comic supernatural drama television series based on the Vertigo comic book of the same name, following a conflicted small-town preacher who gains extraordinary powers and embarks on a violent, bizarre quest to find God.
- 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: Machine Gun Preacher Target entity description: Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 biographical action drama film about former gang biker Sam Childers’ transformation into a missionary who rescues children in war-torn Sudan.
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A.
Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill is a 2008 crime thriller film best known for pairing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as veteran New York City detectives hunting a possible serial killer.
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B.
The Gunman
The Gunman is an action thriller film best known for its intense gunplay and the involvement of prominent actors such as Ray Winstone.
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C.
Tsotsi
Tsotsi is a 2005 South African crime drama film, directed by Gavin Hood, that follows a young Johannesburg gang leader whose life changes after he inadvertently kidnaps a baby during a carjacking.
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D.
Machete
Machete is a 2010 action-exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez, featuring Danny Trejo as a former Mexican federale seeking revenge against corrupt politicians and criminals.
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E.
Preacher
Preacher is a darkly comic supernatural drama television series based on the Vertigo comic book of the same name, following a conflicted small-town preacher who gains extraordinary powers and embarks on a violent, bizarre quest to find God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action drama film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork |
Jason Baldwin
NERFINISHED
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Sam Childers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Another Man’s War
NERFINISHED
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the life of Sam Childers ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | about 3,400,000 USD ⓘ |
| character |
Donnie
NERFINISHED
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Lynn Childers NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Childers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Roberto Schaefer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Marc Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Relativity Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Matt Chesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Michigan
NERFINISHED
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South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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biographical film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Asche & Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | transformation of Sam Childers from criminal to missionary ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Sam Childers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysRealPerson | Sam Childers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Gary Safarian
NERFINISHED
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Robbie Brenner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Mpower Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Relativity Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 2009 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2011-09-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 129 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jason Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Sudan
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| starring |
Gerard Butler
NERFINISHED
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Kathy Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeline Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Monaghan NERFINISHED ⓘ Souleymane Sy Savane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian missionary work
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Lord’s Resistance Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudanese civil conflict ⓘ child soldiers ⓘ drug addiction recovery ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Machine Gun Preacher Description of subject: Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 biographical action drama film about former gang biker Sam Childers’ transformation into a missionary who rescues children in war-torn Sudan.
Referenced by (4)
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