A Perfect Murder
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A Perfect Murder is a 1998 American thriller film, loosely based on Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Perfect Murder canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Perfect Murder Context triple: [David Suchet, notableWork, A Perfect Murder]
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A.
Perfect Crime
"Perfect Crime" is a fast-paced hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.
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B.
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town is a true-crime book that examines the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey and the subsequent investigation and media frenzy surrounding the case.
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C.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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D.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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E.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1974 progressive rock album by the British band Supertramp, widely regarded as their commercial and artistic breakthrough.
- 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: A Perfect Murder Target entity description: A Perfect Murder is a 1998 American thriller film, loosely based on Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen.
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A.
Perfect Crime
"Perfect Crime" is a fast-paced hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.
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B.
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town is a true-crime book that examines the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey and the subsequent investigation and media frenzy surrounding the case.
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C.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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D.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1974 progressive rock album by the British band Supertramp, widely regarded as their commercial and artistic breakthrough.
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E.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Dial M for Murder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Frederick Knott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossUS | approximately $67,500,000 ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $128,000,000 ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $60,000,000 ⓘ |
| castMember |
Constance Towers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Suchet NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwyneth Paltrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael P. Moran NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarita Choudhury NERFINISHED ⓘ Viggo Mortensen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
David Shaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emily Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Dariusz Wolski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Andrew Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Donn Cambern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| genre |
crime thriller
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
blackmail
ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ murder plot ⓘ |
| isLooselyBasedOn | Dial M for Murder (1954 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Newton Howard ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wealthy industrialist plots the murder of his unfaithful wife by blackmailing her lover, but the plan goes awry. ⓘ |
| producer |
Anne Kopelson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arnold Kopelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Kopelson Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Patrick Smith Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Gwyneth Paltrow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Viggo Mortensen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 1998-06-05 ⓘ |
| title | A Perfect Murder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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