Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor
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Don Corrado Prizzi in "Prizzi's Honor" is the aging, cunning patriarch of a powerful New York Mafia family whose decisions drive much of the film’s darkly comic intrigue.
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| Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor Context triple: [William Hickey, playedCharacter, Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor]
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A.
Carmine DeSapio
Carmine DeSapio was a mid-20th-century New York political boss and the last powerful leader of the Tammany Hall Democratic machine.
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B.
Angelo Pizzo
Angelo Pizzo is an American screenwriter and film producer best known for writing and producing inspirational sports dramas such as "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
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C.
Frank Prinzi
Frank Prinzi is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on numerous films and TV series, including crime dramas and independent features.
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D.
Carmine Rocco
Carmine Rocco was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and Vatican diplomat who served as an apostolic nuncio in several countries during the 20th century.
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E.
Vito Pallavicini
Vito Pallavicini was an Italian lyricist known for writing the words to numerous popular songs, including several entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor Target entity description: Don Corrado Prizzi in "Prizzi's Honor" is the aging, cunning patriarch of a powerful New York Mafia family whose decisions drive much of the film’s darkly comic intrigue.
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A.
Carmine DeSapio
Carmine DeSapio was a mid-20th-century New York political boss and the last powerful leader of the Tammany Hall Democratic machine.
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B.
Angelo Pizzo
Angelo Pizzo is an American screenwriter and film producer best known for writing and producing inspirational sports dramas such as "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
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C.
Frank Prinzi
Frank Prinzi is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on numerous films and TV series, including crime dramas and independent features.
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D.
Carmine Rocco
Carmine Rocco was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and Vatican diplomat who served as an apostolic nuncio in several countries during the 20th century.
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E.
Vito Pallavicini
Vito Pallavicini was an Italian lyricist known for writing the words to numerous popular songs, including several entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ mafia boss ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | film Prizzi's Honor ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1985 film Prizzi's Honor
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Prizzi's Honor ⓘ novel Prizzi's Honor ⓘ
linked to:
Prizzi's Honor
|
| associatedWithEthnicity | Italian-American (fictional) ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | Prizzi crime family ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
aging
ⓘ
cunning ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Richard Condon ⓘ |
| decisionMakingRole | orders and approves key criminal operations ⓘ |
| familyName | Prizzi ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | alive during events of Prizzi's Honor ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| genreContext |
crime film
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Corrado ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Charley Partanna ⓘ |
| influences | fates of multiple main characters in Prizzi's Honor ⓘ |
| inUniverseOccupation | organized crime leader ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
central figure in the film's darkly comic intrigue
ⓘ
drives much of the film's plot ⓘ |
| partOf | Prizzi's Honor franchise ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | William Hickey ⓘ |
| powerStatus | head of a powerful Mafia family ⓘ |
| relationshipToCharleyPartanna | family patriarch and boss ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
head of a New York Mafia family
ⓘ
patriarch of the Prizzi crime family ⓘ |
| title | Don ⓘ |
| toneContext | darkly comic ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | novel Prizzi's Honor by Richard Condon ⓘ |
| workDirectedBy | John Huston ⓘ |
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