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Behind 98

2015 film by Lukman Sardi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ19314519 ↗
Source-derived summary

Behind 98, also known as formerly Di Balik Pintu Istana ("Behind the Palace Door"), is an Indonesian drama film directed by Lukman Sardi, starring Chelsea Islan and Boy William. It was released on January 15, 2015. The film is themed around the fall of Suharto in 1998.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Behind 98” as 2015 film by Lukman Sardi. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015, 1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Behind, film and Lukman can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2015 film by Lukman Sardi. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19314519. The first chronological checks are 2015 and 1998.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Behind 98”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Behind 98 primary sources, Behind 98 archive and Behind research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Behind 98”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Behind 98” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.