Life (1999 film)
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Life is a 1999 American comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence as two men wrongfully sentenced to life in prison, chronicling their decades-long friendship behind bars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life (1999 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Life (1999 film) Context triple: [David Alan Grier, notableWork, Life (1999 film)]
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A.
Life (2018)
Life (2018) is a studio album by British new wave band Culture Club, marking their return with new material after a long hiatus.
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B.
Life (TV series)
Life is an American crime drama television series that follows a detective wrongfully imprisoned for years who returns to the police force with a Zen outlook and a determination to solve both crimes and the mystery of his own framing.
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C.
Life (2009 TV series)
Life (2009 TV series) is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the extraordinary strategies and behaviors of living organisms across the planet, narrated in its original UK version by David Attenborough.
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D.
Love Life
Love Life is a 1948 Broadway musical with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, often cited as an early example of the concept musical.
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E.
Love Life
"Love Life" is a memoir by American actor Rob Lowe that reflects on his personal experiences, career, and family life with humor and introspection.
- 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: Life (1999 film) Target entity description: Life is a 1999 American comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence as two men wrongfully sentenced to life in prison, chronicling their decades-long friendship behind bars.
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A.
Life (2018)
Life (2018) is a studio album by British new wave band Culture Club, marking their return with new material after a long hiatus.
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B.
Life (TV series)
Life is an American crime drama television series that follows a detective wrongfully imprisoned for years who returns to the police force with a Zen outlook and a determination to solve both crimes and the mystery of his own framing.
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C.
Life (2009 TV series)
Life (2009 TV series) is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the extraordinary strategies and behaviors of living organisms across the planet, narrated in its original UK version by David Attenborough.
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D.
Love Life
Love Life is a 1948 Broadway musical with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, often cited as an early example of the concept musical.
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E.
Love Life
"Love Life" is a memoir by American actor Rob Lowe that reflects on his personal experiences, career, and family life with humor and introspection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Geoffrey Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Ted Demme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jeff Gourson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ prison film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
friendship
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racism in the United States ⓘ wrongful imprisonment ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Eddie Murphy as Rayford Gibson
NERFINISHED
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Martin Lawrence as Claude Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Claude Banks
NERFINISHED
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Rayford Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Marcus Miller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wyclef Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two men are wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, forming a decades-long friendship behind bars. ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Grazer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eddie Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Imagine Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Matthew Stone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Ramsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anthony Anderson
NERFINISHED
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Barry Shabaka Henley NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernie Mac NERFINISHED ⓘ Bokeem Woodbine NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Williams III NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Torry NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa Nicole Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ Miguel A. Núñez Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Ned Beatty NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Cassavetes NERFINISHED ⓘ Obba Babatundé NERFINISHED ⓘ R. Lee Ermey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Eddie Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Life (1999 film) Description of subject: Life is a 1999 American comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence as two men wrongfully sentenced to life in prison, chronicling their decades-long friendship behind bars.
Referenced by (2)
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