Kill Your Friends
E920902
Kill Your Friends is a darkly comic British film (based on John Niven’s novel) that satirizes the ruthless 1990s music industry through the violent, ambition-fueled rise of an A&R executive.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kill Your Friends canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11356975 — 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: Kill Your Friends Context triple: [Hugh Skinner, notableWork, Kill Your Friends]
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A.
“Kill Your Friends”
“Kill Your Friends” is a track by The Distillers’ frontwoman Brody Dalle, released under her solo project and featured on her debut album *Diploid Love*.
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B.
Bury a Friend
"Bury a Friend" is a dark, minimalist electropop song by Billie Eilish that helped define her eerie aesthetic and propelled her rise to global fame.
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C.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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D.
Deadly Friend
Deadly Friend is a 1986 science fiction horror film that blends robotics and supernatural elements, directed by genre filmmaker Wes Craven.
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E.
This Will Kill That
"This Will Kill That" is a poetry collection by American poet, photographer, and Warhol collaborator Gerard Malanga, reflecting his avant-garde sensibility and ties to the 1960s New York art scene.
- 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: Kill Your Friends Target entity description: Kill Your Friends is a darkly comic British film (based on John Niven’s novel) that satirizes the ruthless 1990s music industry through the violent, ambition-fueled rise of an A&R executive.
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A.
“Kill Your Friends”
“Kill Your Friends” is a track by The Distillers’ frontwoman Brody Dalle, released under her solo project and featured on her debut album *Diploid Love*.
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B.
Bury a Friend
"Bury a Friend" is a dark, minimalist electropop song by Billie Eilish that helped define her eerie aesthetic and propelled her rise to global fame.
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C.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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D.
Deadly Friend
Deadly Friend is a 1986 science fiction horror film that blends robotics and supernatural elements, directed by genre filmmaker Wes Craven.
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E.
This Will Kill That
"This Will Kill That" is a poetry collection by American poet, photographer, and Warhol collaborator Gerard Malanga, reflecting his avant-garde sensibility and ties to the 1960s New York art scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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black comedy film ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | John Niven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kill Your Friends (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Craig Roberts
NERFINISHED
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Ed Skrein NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Hogg NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia King NERFINISHED ⓘ James Corden NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Piddock NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Mawle NERFINISHED ⓘ Moritz Bleibtreu NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Hoult NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosanna Arquette NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificate | 18 (BBFC) ⓘ |
| characterRole | A&R executive ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gustavo Hadba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Owen Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | StudioCanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bill Smedley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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crime ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
careerism
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moral corruption ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Steven Stelfox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jóhann Jóhannsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
corporate greed
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ruthless ambition ⓘ satire of music business ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Gregor Cameron
NERFINISHED
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James Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ Len Blavatnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
AI-Film
NERFINISHED
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Altitude Film Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Unstoppable Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Niven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingIndustry | music industry ⓘ |
| settingPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kill Your Friends Description of subject: Kill Your Friends is a darkly comic British film (based on John Niven’s novel) that satirizes the ruthless 1990s music industry through the violent, ambition-fueled rise of an A&R executive.
Referenced by (1)
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