Penn & Teller Get Killed
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Penn & Teller Get Killed is a 1989 dark comedy film starring the magician duo Penn & Teller, known for its satirical take on celebrity, death, and the nature of staged illusions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Penn & Teller Get Killed canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8502930 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Penn & Teller Get Killed Context triple: [Raymond Joseph Teller, notableWork, Penn & Teller Get Killed]
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A.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! is a skeptical, comedic documentary TV series in which magicians Penn & Teller debunk pseudoscience, superstition, and popular misconceptions.
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B.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a magic competition television show where magicians perform tricks in an attempt to stump the legendary duo Penn & Teller.
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C.
Penn & Teller’s How to Play in Traffic
Penn & Teller’s How to Play in Traffic is a humorous, irreverent book by the magician duo Penn & Teller that mixes magic tricks, pranks, and offbeat life advice.
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D.
Penn & Teller
Penn & Teller are a famous American magician-comedian duo known for combining innovative illusions with skeptical, often humorous commentary on magic and the paranormal.
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E.
Punk'd
Punk'd is an American hidden-camera prank television series that became popular in the 2000s for elaborately tricking celebrities, originally hosted and produced by Ashton Kutcher for MTV.
- 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: Penn & Teller Get Killed Target entity description: Penn & Teller Get Killed is a 1989 dark comedy film starring the magician duo Penn & Teller, known for its satirical take on celebrity, death, and the nature of staged illusions.
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A.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! is a skeptical, comedic documentary TV series in which magicians Penn & Teller debunk pseudoscience, superstition, and popular misconceptions.
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B.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a magic competition television show where magicians perform tricks in an attempt to stump the legendary duo Penn & Teller.
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C.
Penn & Teller’s How to Play in Traffic
Penn & Teller’s How to Play in Traffic is a humorous, irreverent book by the magician duo Penn & Teller that mixes magic tricks, pranks, and offbeat life advice.
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D.
Penn & Teller
Penn & Teller are a famous American magician-comedian duo known for combining innovative illusions with skeptical, often humorous commentary on magic and the paranormal.
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E.
Punk'd
Punk'd is an American hidden-camera prank television series that became popular in the 2000s for elaborately tricking celebrities, originally hosted and produced by Ashton Kutcher for MTV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jan Kiesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Arthur Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Barry Malkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | Penn & Teller magic duo ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy film
ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Caitlin Clarke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danitra Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ David Patrick Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert Gottfried NERFINISHED ⓘ Penn Jillette NERFINISHED ⓘ Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
stage magic
ⓘ
television talk shows ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
celebrity culture
ⓘ
death ⓘ media sensationalism ⓘ staged illusions ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Penn Jillette as a fictionalized version of himself
ⓘ
Teller as a fictionalized version of himself ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | elaborate practical jokes about death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly comic ending
ⓘ
satire of magic and illusion industry ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American black comedy cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Arthur Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Lorimar Film Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s American films ⓘ |
| releaseType | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Mirkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| starring |
Caitlin Clarke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danitra Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ David Patrick Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert Gottfried NERFINISHED ⓘ Penn Jillette NERFINISHED ⓘ Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCharacter |
Penn
NERFINISHED
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Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Penn & Teller Get Killed Description of subject: Penn & Teller Get Killed is a 1989 dark comedy film starring the magician duo Penn & Teller, known for its satirical take on celebrity, death, and the nature of staged illusions.
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