Telling Lies in America
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Telling Lies in America is a 1997 coming-of-age drama film about a Hungarian immigrant teenager in 1960s Cleveland who becomes entangled with a corrupt radio DJ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Telling Lies in America canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6540355 — 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: Telling Lies in America Context triple: [Brad Renfro, notableWork, Telling Lies in America]
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A.
The Great American Lie
The Great American Lie is a documentary film that examines economic inequality and the cultural values underpinning the American Dream, directed by filmmaker and activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
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B.
The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying is a 2009 high-concept romantic comedy film set in a world where no one can lie until one man discovers deception, leading to profound social and personal consequences.
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C.
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence is a seminal collection of feminist essays and speeches by poet and theorist Adrienne Rich that explores the politics of gender, language, and power.
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D.
Telling Lies
Telling Lies is an interactive narrative video game that uses full-motion video and a non-linear search-based interface to unravel a complex story through secretly recorded conversations.
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E.
The Great Lie
The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor, noted for Astor’s Oscar-winning supporting performance.
- 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: Telling Lies in America Target entity description: Telling Lies in America is a 1997 coming-of-age drama film about a Hungarian immigrant teenager in 1960s Cleveland who becomes entangled with a corrupt radio DJ.
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A.
The Great American Lie
The Great American Lie is a documentary film that examines economic inequality and the cultural values underpinning the American Dream, directed by filmmaker and activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
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B.
The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying is a 2009 high-concept romantic comedy film set in a world where no one can lie until one man discovers deception, leading to profound social and personal consequences.
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C.
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence is a seminal collection of feminist essays and speeches by poet and theorist Adrienne Rich that explores the politics of gender, language, and power.
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D.
Telling Lies
Telling Lies is an interactive narrative video game that uses full-motion video and a non-linear search-based interface to unravel a complex story through secretly recorded conversations.
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E.
The Great Lie
The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor, noted for Astor’s Oscar-winning supporting performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Joe Eszterhas ⓘ |
| castMember |
Brad Renfro
ⓘ
linked to:
Brad Barron Renfro
Calista Flockhart ⓘ Jonathan Rhys Meyers ⓘ Kevin Bacon ⓘ Luke Wilson ⓘ Maximilian Schell ⓘ Paul Dooley ⓘ |
| characterName |
Billy Magic
ⓘ
Karchy Jonas ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy |
Brad Renfro
ⓘ
Kevin Bacon ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Adam Kane ⓘ |
| composer | John Ottman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Guy Ferland ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
| editor | Virginia Katz ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Karchy Jonas ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Hungarian immigrant teenager in 1960s Cleveland becomes entangled with a corrupt radio DJ. ⓘ |
| producer |
Arthur H. Gorson
ⓘ
Guy Ferland ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Hungarian ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Joe Eszterhas ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Cleveland, Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Cleveland
|
| settingTimePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| writer | Joe Eszterhas ⓘ |
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Subject: Telling Lies in America Description of subject: Telling Lies in America is a 1997 coming-of-age drama film about a Hungarian immigrant teenager in 1960s Cleveland who becomes entangled with a corrupt radio DJ.
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