To Die For

E320198

black comedy film crime drama film film

To Die For is a 1995 darkly comic crime drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Nicole Kidman as an ambitious small-town woman who will stop at nothing to become a famous television personality.

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Label	Occurrences
To Die For canonical	12
To Die For (film, 1995)	1
To Die For (novel)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3034816 — 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: To Die For
Context triple: [Gus Van Sant, notableWork, To Die For]

A. Dressed to Kill
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B. Sex Kills
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C. Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2011 dance-pop and electropop album by Britney Spears known for its club-ready production and hit singles like "Hold It Against Me" and "Till the World Ends."
D. Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2002 neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, known for its twisty plot, stylish visuals, and exploration of identity and deception.
E. Behind the Candelabra
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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: To Die For
Target entity description: To Die For is a 1995 darkly comic crime drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Nicole Kidman as an ambitious small-town woman who will stop at nothing to become a famous television personality.

A. Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill is a 1980 erotic psychological thriller film by Brian De Palma, known for its stylish direction, suspenseful plot, and Hitchcockian influences.
B. Sex Kills
"Sex Kills" is a socially conscious song by Joni Mitchell that critiques modern society’s moral decay, consumerism, and violence.
C. Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2011 dance-pop and electropop album by Britney Spears known for its club-ready production and hit singles like "Hold It Against Me" and "Till the World Ends."
D. Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2002 neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, known for its twisty plot, stylish visuals, and exploration of identity and deception.
E. Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 biographical drama film about pianist Liberace’s secret relationship with Scott Thorson, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black comedy film ⓘ crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Nicole Kidman)
basedOn	To Die For self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: To Die For (novel)
basedOnAuthor	Joyce Maynard ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Eric Alan Edwards ⓘ
colorProcess	color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Gus Van Sant ⓘ
distributor	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Curtis Clayton ⓘ
filmingLocation	Ontario ⓘ surface form: Ontario, Canada
genre	black comedy ⓘ crime drama ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasCharacter	Jimmy Emmett ⓘ Larry Maretto ⓘ Lydia Mertz ⓘ Russel Hines ⓘ
hasTheme	fame and ambition ⓘ manipulation and murder ⓘ media obsession ⓘ
mainCharacter	Suzanne Stone Maretto ⓘ
medium	feature film ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Danny Elfman ⓘ
narrativeStyle	uses mockumentary-style interviews and flashbacks ⓘ
notableFor	Nicole Kidman’s critically acclaimed performance as Suzanne Stone ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	An ambitious small-town woman will stop at nothing to become a famous television personality. ⓘ
productionCompany	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
productionStartYear	1994 ⓘ
publicationDate	1995 ⓘ
releaseFormat	theatrical film ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 106 minutes ⓘ
screenplayAdaptationOf	fictionalized account inspired by the Pamela Smart case ⓘ
screenwriter	Buck Henry ⓘ
settingLocation	small town in New Hampshire ⓘ
starring	Casey Affleck ⓘ Illeana Douglas ⓘ Joaquin Phoenix ⓘ Matt Dillon ⓘ Nicole Kidman ⓘ
targetAudience	adult ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gus Van Sant → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

Gus Van Sant → directed → To Die For ⓘ

Nicole Kidman → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

Joaquin Phoenix → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

Matt Dillon → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

Buck Henry → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

Buck Henry → screenwriterOf → To Die For ⓘ

To Die For → basedOn → To Die For self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: To Die For (novel)

Gus → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

subject surface form: Gus Van Sant

Gus → directed → To Die For ⓘ

subject surface form: Gus Van Sant

Cathy Konrad → produced → To Die For ⓘ

Laura Ziskin → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

Laura Ziskin → producerOf → To Die For ⓘ

Laura Ziskin Productions → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ

this entity surface form: To Die For (film, 1995)

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