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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:novel
gptkb:film
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:theater
gptkb:film
television film in 2001
maintaining humor in adaptation.
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gptkbp:adaptation_year
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gptkb:2010
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gptkbp:audience
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positive reviews.
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Graham_Greene
Graham Greene was a British novelist.
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gptkbp:awards
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BAFTA nominations
Hawthornden Prize.
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gptkbp:based_on
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gptkb:novel
novel by Graham Greene
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gptkbp:box_office
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$1.5 million
£1 million
£300,000
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gptkbp:cast
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gptkb:Alec_Guinness
gptkb:Jim_Wormold
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gptkbp:character
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gptkb:Captain_Segura
gptkb:Miss_C._M._D._D._Wormold
gptkb:Jim_Wormold
gptkb:Colonel
Sir Walter
Beatrice Wormold
Dr. Hasselbacher
Milo D. F. D. Wormold
Mr. Wormold's boss
the British Consul
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gptkbp:character_development
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Jim Wormold's transformation.
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gptkbp:character_motivation
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financial security.
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gptkbp:character_relationships
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Wormold and his daughter.
Wormold vs MI6.
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gptkbp:cinematography
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gptkb:Oswald_Morris
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gptkbp:cinematography_by
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gptkb:Geoffrey_Unsworth
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gptkbp:color
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black and white
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gptkbp:conflict
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personal vs professional
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:critical_analysis
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explores absurdity of espionage.
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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mixed
mixed reviews
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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influenced spy genre
influenced spy fiction
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gptkbp:cultural_references
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British humor
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gptkbp:directed_by
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gptkb:Carol_Reed
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Carol_Reed
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gptkbp:distributor
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gptkb:Columbia_Pictures
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gptkbp:editing
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gptkb:Peter_Taylor
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gptkbp:film
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English
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gptkbp:film_editing
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gptkb:Peter_Taylor
gptkb:Oswald_Hafenrichter
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gptkbp:film_festival
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gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival
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gptkbp:film_length
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100 minutes
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gptkbp:filming_location
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gptkb:Havana
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much_(1956)
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Malcolm_Arnold
gptkb:comedy
gptkb:satire
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gptkbp:historical_context
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reflects Cold War tensions.
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gptkbp:home_media_release
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DVD release in 2001
Blu-ray release in 2013
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Our Man in Havana
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gptkbp:influenced
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subsequent spy novels.
subsequent spy comedies
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gptkbp:influenced_artists
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T. S. Eliot.
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:The_Third_Man_(1949)
British humor
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Cold_War
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gptkbp:inspiration
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real-life espionage
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gptkbp:is_critiqued_by
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British society.
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legacy
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cult classic.
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gptkbp:literary_significance
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satirical commentary on intelligence agencies.
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Jim_Wormold
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gptkbp:motif
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gptkb:deception
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gptkbp:music
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gptkb:Malcolm_Arnold
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gptkbp:music_by
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gptkb:Malcolm_Arnold
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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humorous
satirical prose.
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gptkbp:notable_authors
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Brighton Rock.
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" I am a man of the world."
" The truth is not what you think it is."
' I am not a spy.'
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gptkbp:plot
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A British man in Cuba is recruited by the British Secret Service.
a British man becomes a spy in Cuba.
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gptkbp:premiere_location
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:produced_by
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gptkb:John_Woolf
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gptkbp:production_company
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gptkb:Columbia_Pictures
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gptkbp:published
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gptkb:1958
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gptkbp:publisher
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Heinemann
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gptkbp:radio_adaptation_producer
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gptkb:BBC_Radio_4
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gptkbp:reader_demographic
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widely read.
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gptkbp:release_country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:release_date
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gptkb:1959
December 1959
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gptkbp:release_year
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gptkb:1959
gptkb:2001
December 1959
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gptkbp:released
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gptkb:1959
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gptkbp:remake
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2001 television film adaptation
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gptkbp:role
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gptkb:Espionage
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gptkbp:runtime
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111 minutes
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gptkbp:screenings
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gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival
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gptkbp:screenplay
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gptkb:Graham_Greene
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gptkbp:screenplay_by
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gptkb:Graham_Greene
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gptkbp:set_in
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gptkb:Cuba
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Cuba
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gptkbp:setting_time
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1950s
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gptkbp:starring
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gptkb:Alec_Guinness
gptkb:Ernie_Kovacs
gptkb:Betsy_Drake
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gptkbp:symbolism
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the vacuum cleaner
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gptkbp:theatre_adaptation_playwright
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gptkb:Clive_Francis
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gptkbp:theme
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espionage
satirical take on espionage
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gptkbp:themes
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moral ambiguity.
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gptkbp:won_award
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BAFTA nomination
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Graham_Greene
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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