The Kidnapping of the President
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The Kidnapping of the President is a 1980 political thriller film about a plot to abduct the U.S. president, noted for its tense Cold War-era intrigue and suspenseful narrative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Kidnapping of the President canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10058470 — 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: The Kidnapping of the President Context triple: [Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr., notableWork, The Kidnapping of the President]
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A.
The Man Around the President
The Man Around the President is a political memoir by Jonathan Worth Daniels that offers an insider’s perspective on the personalities and inner workings of the U.S. presidency.
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B.
Murder in the White House
Murder in the White House is a political mystery novel by Elliott Roosevelt that features a fictionalized Eleanor Roosevelt solving a murder inside the presidential residence.
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C.
President’s Plot
President’s Plot is a distinguished burial section within Princeton Cemetery reserved for Princeton University presidents and other notable figures associated with the institution.
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D.
Murder at the Pentagon
"Murder at the Pentagon" is a crime novel set within the Capital Crimes series, centering on a high-stakes murder investigation inside the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters.
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E.
White House Burning
White House Burning is a nonfiction book co-authored by economist Simon Johnson that examines the history, challenges, and future of U.S. public finance and fiscal policy.
- 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: The Kidnapping of the President Target entity description: The Kidnapping of the President is a 1980 political thriller film about a plot to abduct the U.S. president, noted for its tense Cold War-era intrigue and suspenseful narrative.
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A.
The Man Around the President
The Man Around the President is a political memoir by Jonathan Worth Daniels that offers an insider’s perspective on the personalities and inner workings of the U.S. presidency.
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B.
Murder in the White House
Murder in the White House is a political mystery novel by Elliott Roosevelt that features a fictionalized Eleanor Roosevelt solving a murder inside the presidential residence.
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C.
President’s Plot
President’s Plot is a distinguished burial section within Princeton Cemetery reserved for Princeton University presidents and other notable figures associated with the institution.
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D.
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro is a television film dramatizing the 1985 Palestinian terrorist hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and its geopolitical repercussions.
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E.
Murder at the Pentagon
"Murder at the Pentagon" is a crime novel set within the Capital Crimes series, centering on a high-stakes murder investigation inside the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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political thriller film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Charles Templeton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Kidnapping of the President (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mike Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | George Mendeluk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Cinepix Film Properties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Yves Langlois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Ontario
NERFINISHED
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Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
political thriller ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kidnapping_of_the_President NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
President Adam Scott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Secret Service agent Jerry O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Nicolette Larson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Cold War-era political intrigue
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depiction of a plot to abduct the U.S. president ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian cinema of the 1980s ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A terrorist group kidnaps the President of the United States using a booby-trapped armored car in a political extortion scheme. ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalPresidentOf | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Denis Héroux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Kemeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1974 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 114 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| starring |
Ava Gardner
NERFINISHED
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Hal Holbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ Maury Chaykin NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shatner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| title | The Kidnapping of the President NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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