F.I.S.T.
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F.I.S.T. is a 1978 American drama film loosely inspired by the rise of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, starring Sylvester Stallone as a warehouse worker who becomes a powerful union boss.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| F.I.S.T. canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12756669 — 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: F.I.S.T. Context triple: [Melinda Dillon, notableWork, F.I.S.T.]
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A.
Fled
Fled is a 1996 American action-comedy film starring Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin as escaped convicts on the run while chained together.
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B.
Fist Fight
Fist Fight is a 2017 American comedy film in which two high school teachers, played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, are set to settle their differences in an after-school fistfight.
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C.
Fist of God
"Fist of God" is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music duo MSTRKRFT, known for its aggressive electro-house sound and high-profile guest vocalists.
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D.
Strones
Strones is a small village in Lower Austria notable as the birthplace of Alois Hitler, the father of Adolf Hitler.
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E.
The Flick
The Flick is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Annie Baker that portrays the lives of three underpaid employees working in a run-down Massachusetts movie theater.
- 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: F.I.S.T. Target entity description: F.I.S.T. is a 1978 American drama film loosely inspired by the rise of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, starring Sylvester Stallone as a warehouse worker who becomes a powerful union boss.
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A.
Fled
Fled is a 1996 American action-comedy film starring Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin as escaped convicts on the run while chained together.
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B.
Fist Fight
Fist Fight is a 2017 American comedy film in which two high school teachers, played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, are set to settle their differences in an after-school fistfight.
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C.
Fist of God
"Fist of God" is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music duo MSTRKRFT, known for its aggressive electro-house sound and high-profile guest vocalists.
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D.
Strones
Strones is a small village in Lower Austria notable as the birthplace of Alois Hitler, the father of Adolf Hitler.
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E.
The Flick
The Flick is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Annie Baker that portrays the lives of three underpaid employees working in a run-down Massachusetts movie theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American drama film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | loosely on the life of Jimmy Hoffa ⓘ |
| character |
Johnny Kovak
NERFINISHED
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union leader ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | László Kovács NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Norman Jewison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Shelly Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama film
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drama film ⓘ political drama film ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | F.I.S.T. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Jimmy Hoffa
NERFINISHED
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rise of a labor leader ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Sylvester Stallone as Johnny Kovak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterLaterRole | union boss ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | warehouse worker ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bill Conti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
conflict between ideals and corruption
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rise and fall of a labor leader ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Cleveland warehouse worker becomes a powerful union boss and faces corruption and organized crime connections. ⓘ |
| producer | Norman Jewison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Norman Jewison Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| runtime | 145 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Joe Eszterhas
NERFINISHED
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Sylvester Stallone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| starring |
David Huffman
NERFINISHED
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Melinda Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Rod Steiger NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvester Stallone NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Lo Bianco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
corruption
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labor movement in the United States ⓘ labor unions ⓘ organized crime ⓘ organized labor ⓘ |
| titleExpansion | Federation of Inter-State Truckers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: F.I.S.T. Description of subject: F.I.S.T. is a 1978 American drama film loosely inspired by the rise of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, starring Sylvester Stallone as a warehouse worker who becomes a powerful union boss.
Referenced by (3)
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