Mean Machine (2001 film)
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Mean Machine (2001 film) is a British sports comedy-drama about a disgraced former soccer star who leads a team of prison inmates in a high-stakes match against their guards.
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| Mean Machine (2001 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8810715 — 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)
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Target entity: Mean Machine (2001 film) Context triple: [The Longest Yard, hasRemake, Mean Machine (2001 film)]
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A.
Zumanity
Zumanity is an adults-only, cabaret-style Cirque du Soleil production that blends eroticism, acrobatics, and burlesque in an intimate theatrical setting.
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B.
The Cable Guy
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C.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
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D.
The Clerks
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E.
Slackers
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- 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: Mean Machine (2001 film) Target entity description: Mean Machine (2001 film) is a British sports comedy-drama about a disgraced former soccer star who leads a team of prison inmates in a high-stakes match against their guards.
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A.
Zumanity
Zumanity is an adults-only, cabaret-style Cirque du Soleil production that blends eroticism, acrobatics, and burlesque in an intimate theatrical setting.
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B.
The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy is a 1996 dark comedy film starring Jim Carrey as an obsessive cable installer whose intrusive friendship wreaks havoc on a customer’s life.
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C.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
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D.
The Clerks
"The Clerks" is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that characteristically explores the inner lives and quiet struggles of ordinary office workers through his reflective, psychologically nuanced verse.
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E.
Slackers
"Slackers" is a 2002 college-set teen comedy film about a group of scheming students whose elaborate cheating operation unravels when they are blackmailed by an awkward classmate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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sports comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Longest Yard (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Longest Yard (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Danny Dyer
NERFINISHED
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David Hemmings NERFINISHED ⓘ David Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Flemyng NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Statham NERFINISHED ⓘ John Forgeham NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Robbie Gee NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Vas Blackwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinnie Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Danny Dyer as Billy the Limpet
NERFINISHED
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David Hemmings as Governor ⓘ David Kelly as Doc ⓘ Jason Statham as Monk ⓘ Sally Phillips as Tracey NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinnie Jones as Danny Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Alex Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Barry Skolnick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Eddie Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
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sports film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
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second chances ⓘ teamwork ⓘ |
| leadActor | Vinnie Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Danny Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | redemption through sport ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | British prison film tradition ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A disgraced former professional footballer leads a team of inmates in a match against the prison guards ⓘ |
| producer |
Guy Ritchie
NERFINISHED
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Matthew Vaughn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | SKA Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2001-12-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| runtime | 99 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charlie Fletcher
NERFINISHED
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Chris Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | British prison ⓘ |
| sportDepicted | association football ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mean Machine (2001 film) Description of subject: Mean Machine (2001 film) is a British sports comedy-drama about a disgraced former soccer star who leads a team of prison inmates in a high-stakes match against their guards.
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