Fanboys
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Fanboys is a 2009 comedy film about a group of Star Wars-obsessed friends who embark on a cross-country road trip to steal a rough cut of The Phantom Menace from George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fanboys canonical | 3 |
| Fanboys (story concept) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10249917 — 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: Fanboys Context triple: [Kyle Newman, notableWork, Fanboys]
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A.
The Fan
The Fan is a 1996 psychological thriller film about an obsessive baseball fan whose fixation on his favorite player turns dangerously violent.
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B.
The Fan
The Fan is the popular nickname for Beijing's National Indoor Stadium, a major multi-purpose arena known for hosting events during the 2008 and 2022 Olympic Games.
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C.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 stylized action-comedy film, based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novels, that follows a young bassist who must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in a video game-inspired world.
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D.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
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E.
Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass is a 2010 British-American superhero black comedy film, based on the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., that satirizes traditional superhero tropes through its story of an ordinary teenager who becomes a costumed vigilante.
- 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: Fanboys Target entity description: Fanboys is a 2009 comedy film about a group of Star Wars-obsessed friends who embark on a cross-country road trip to steal a rough cut of The Phantom Menace from George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch.
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A.
The Fan
The Fan is a 1996 psychological thriller film about an obsessive baseball fan whose fixation on his favorite player turns dangerously violent.
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B.
The Fan
The Fan is the popular nickname for Beijing's National Indoor Stadium, a major multi-purpose arena known for hosting events during the 2008 and 2022 Olympic Games.
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C.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 stylized action-comedy film, based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novels, that follows a young bassist who must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in a video game-inspired world.
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D.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
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E.
Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass is a 2010 British-American superhero black comedy film, based on the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., that satirizes traditional superhero tropes through its story of an ordinary teenager who becomes a costumed vigilante.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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road comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Star Wars franchise (unofficially, as a fan homage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lukas Ettlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Kyle Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | The Weinstein Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Seth Flaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCameo |
Billy Dee Williams
NERFINISHED
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Carrie Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Trejo NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Mewes NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Seth Rogen NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shatner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
buddy film
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comedy film ⓘ independent film ⓘ road movie ⓘ |
| hasFandom | Star Wars fans ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Star Wars fandom
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friendship ⓘ terminal illness ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eric
NERFINISHED
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Hutch NERFINISHED ⓘ Linus NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting Star Wars fan culture in the late 1990s ⓘ |
| notableLocation | Skywalker Ranch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of Star Wars fans travel cross-country to steal a rough cut of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace from Skywalker Ranch. ⓘ |
| producer |
Evan Astrowsky
NERFINISHED
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Kevin Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Spacey NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Perniciaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
The Weinstein Company
NERFINISHED
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Trigger Street Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2009-02-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Adam F. Goldberg
NERFINISHED
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Ernest Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| setInPeriod | 1998 ⓘ |
| storyBy | Ernest Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fanboys Description of subject: Fanboys is a 2009 comedy film about a group of Star Wars-obsessed friends who embark on a cross-country road trip to steal a rough cut of The Phantom Menace from George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fanboys (story concept)