Question: What film was released before 2009 and directed by JJ Abrams?
Answer(s):
answer: Mission: Impossible III

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.01xndd)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.01xndd ns:film.director.film ?x .
?x ns:film.film.initial_release_date ?num .
FILTER (?num < "2009"^^xsd:dateTime) . 
}