American Animals
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American Animals is a 2018 true-crime drama film that recounts a group of college students’ elaborate but ill-fated attempt to steal rare books from a university library.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Animals canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11105649 — 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: American Animals Context triple: [Blake Jenner, notableWork, American Animals]
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A.
Road Dogs
Road Dogs is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows the intersecting schemes and betrayals of ex-con Jack Foley and his associates after his release from prison.
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B.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
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C.
The Hunting Ground
The Hunting Ground is a 2015 documentary film that investigates and exposes the prevalence of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses and the institutional failures in responding to survivors.
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D.
War Dogs
War Dogs is a 2016 dark comedy crime film about two young arms dealers exploiting U.S. military contracts, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller and directed by Todd Phillips.
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E.
War Dogs
War Dogs is the nickname of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, a distinguished infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat history and operational deployments.
- 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: American Animals Target entity description: American Animals is a 2018 true-crime drama film that recounts a group of college students’ elaborate but ill-fated attempt to steal rare books from a university library.
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A.
Road Dogs
Road Dogs is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows the intersecting schemes and betrayals of ex-con Jack Foley and his associates after his release from prison.
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B.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
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C.
The Hunting Ground
The Hunting Ground is a 2015 documentary film that investigates and exposes the prevalence of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses and the institutional failures in responding to survivors.
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D.
War Dogs
War Dogs is a 2016 dark comedy crime film about two young arms dealers exploiting U.S. military contracts, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller and directed by Todd Phillips.
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E.
War Dogs
War Dogs is the nickname of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, a distinguished infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat history and operational deployments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ heist film ⓘ true-crime film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Transylvania University book heist ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
consequences of crime
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disillusionment with the American Dream ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Ole Bratt Birkeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Bart Layton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
MoviePass Ventures
NERFINISHED
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The Orchard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor |
Julian Hart
NERFINISHED
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Nick Fenton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | interviews with real-life participants ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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drama ⓘ heist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chas Allen
NERFINISHED
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Eric Borsuk NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Reinhard NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren Lipka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Anne Nikitin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | hybrid documentary-narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | attempted theft of rare books from a university library ⓘ |
| premiere | 2018 Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Adam Paulsen
NERFINISHED
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Dan Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ Derrin Schlesinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Len Blavatnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Jane Skalski NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawn Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
AI Film
NERFINISHED
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Film4 Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ Raw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018-01-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 116 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bart Layton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Ann Dowd
NERFINISHED
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Barry Keoghan NERFINISHED ⓘ Blake Jenner NERFINISHED ⓘ Evan Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ Jared Abrahamson NERFINISHED ⓘ Udo Kier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2018-06-01 ⓘ |
| writer | Bart Layton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: American Animals Description of subject: American Animals is a 2018 true-crime drama film that recounts a group of college students’ elaborate but ill-fated attempt to steal rare books from a university library.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.