Madea Goes to Jail
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Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, following his tough, outspoken matriarch Madea as she lands in prison and encounters a range of troubled inmates.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madea Goes to Jail canonical | 7 |
| Madea Goes to Jail (film) | 4 |
| Madea Goes to Jail (play) | 2 |
| Madea Goes to Jail (stage play) | 2 |
| Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Madea Goes to Jail Context triple: [Derek Luke, notableWork, Madea Goes to Jail]
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Madea’s Big Happy Family
Madea’s Big Happy Family is a 2011 comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, centered on his iconic character Madea as she tries to unite her fractured family amid a serious health crisis.
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Madea's Witness Protection
Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 comedy film written, directed by, and starring Tyler Perry as his iconic character Madea, who shelters a family in the witness protection program.
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Madea
Madea is a tough, loud, and sharp-tongued matriarch created and portrayed by Tyler Perry, known for her comedic yet heartfelt role in a series of stage plays and films.
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D.
Madea film series
The Madea film series is a collection of comedy-drama movies created by Tyler Perry, centered on the loud, tough, and outspoken matriarch Mabel "Madea" Simmons and her extended family.
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E.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
- 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)
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Target entity: Madea Goes to Jail Target entity description: Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, following his tough, outspoken matriarch Madea as she lands in prison and encounters a range of troubled inmates.
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A.
Madea’s Big Happy Family
Madea’s Big Happy Family is a 2011 comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, centered on his iconic character Madea as she tries to unite her fractured family amid a serious health crisis.
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B.
Madea's Witness Protection
Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 comedy film written, directed by, and starring Tyler Perry as his iconic character Madea, who shelters a family in the witness protection program.
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C.
Madea
Madea is a tough, loud, and sharp-tongued matriarch created and portrayed by Tyler Perry, known for her comedic yet heartfelt role in a series of stage plays and films.
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D.
Madea film series
The Madea film series is a collection of comedy-drama movies created by Tyler Perry, centered on the loud, tough, and outspoken matriarch Mabel "Madea" Simmons and her extended family.
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E.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Tyler Perry stage play "Madea Goes to Jail"
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linked to:
Madea stage plays
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| boxOfficeGrossUS | over $90 million ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $90 million ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Toyomichi Kurita ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Tyler Perry ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Lionsgate ⓘ |
| editedBy | Maysie Hoy ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Mabel "Madea" Simmons
ⓘ
Madea ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Atlanta, Georgia
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linked to:
Atlanta
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| followedBy |
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (film)
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linked to:
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
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| follows |
Meet the Browns (film)
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linked to:
Meet the Browns
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| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
faith
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forgiveness ⓘ redemption ⓘ second chances ⓘ |
| includesSubplot | a prosecutor dealing with guilt over a wrongfully imprisoned woman from his past ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Aaron Zigman ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the highest-grossing Tyler Perry films at the time of its release ⓘ |
| openingWeekendUS | over $40 million ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Madea film series ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Madea is arrested and sent to prison, where she encounters a group of troubled female inmates and influences their lives. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tyler Perry ⓘ |
| productionBudget | approximately $17 million ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tyler Perry Studios ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2009-02-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Tyler Perry ⓘ |
| setting |
Atlanta, Georgia
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linked to:
Atlanta
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| stars |
David Mann
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Derek Luke ⓘ Ion Overman ⓘ Keshia Knight Pulliam ⓘ RonReaco Lee ⓘ Sofía Vergara ⓘ
linked to:
Sofia Vergara
Tamela Mann ⓘ Tyler Perry ⓘ Vanessa Ferlito ⓘ Viola Davis ⓘ |
| writer | Tyler Perry ⓘ |
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Subject: Madea Goes to Jail Description of subject: Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, following his tough, outspoken matriarch Madea as she lands in prison and encounters a range of troubled inmates.
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