Swiss Army Man (film)

E437361

black comedy-drama film film independent film

Swiss Army Man is a surreal 2016 indie comedy-drama film in which Daniel Radcliffe plays a flatulent corpse who helps a stranded man find his way back to civilization, gaining cult status for its bizarre yet heartfelt storytelling.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Swiss Army Man	11
Swiss Army Man (film) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4423320 — 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: Swiss Army Man (film)
Context triple: [Daniel Radcliffe, notableWork, Swiss Army Man (film)]

A. Sausage Party
Sausage Party is an adult animated comedy film known for its raunchy humor and satirical take on religion and consumerism, featuring anthropomorphic food characters.
B. Trainwreck
Trainwreck is a 2015 romantic comedy film written by and starring Amy Schumer, directed by Judd Apatow, that follows a commitment-averse magazine writer whose life unravels when she falls for a sports doctor.
C. The Lobster
The Lobster is a 2015 absurdist dystopian black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, set in a world where single people must find a romantic partner within a strict deadline or be transformed into animals.
D. The Disaster Artist
The Disaster Artist is a 2017 biographical comedy-drama film directed by and starring James Franco that chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau’s cult movie The Room.
E. The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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: Swiss Army Man (film)
Target entity description: Swiss Army Man is a surreal 2016 indie comedy-drama film in which Daniel Radcliffe plays a flatulent corpse who helps a stranded man find his way back to civilization, gaining cult status for its bizarre yet heartfelt storytelling.

A. Sausage Party
Sausage Party is an adult animated comedy film known for its raunchy humor and satirical take on religion and consumerism, featuring anthropomorphic food characters.
B. Trainwreck
Trainwreck is a 2015 romantic comedy film written by and starring Amy Schumer, directed by Judd Apatow, that follows a commitment-averse magazine writer whose life unravels when she falls for a sports doctor.
C. The Lobster
The Lobster is a 2015 absurdist dystopian black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, set in a world where single people must find a romantic partner within a strict deadline or be transformed into animals.
D. The Disaster Artist
The Disaster Artist is a 2017 biographical comedy-drama film directed by and starring James Franco that chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau’s cult movie The Room.
E. The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ independent film ⓘ
awardReceived	Sundance Film Festival Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Larkin Seiple NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Daniel Kwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Scheinert NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	A24 NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Matthew Hannam NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresActorAsRole	Daniel Radcliffe as Manny ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Sarah ⓘ Paul Dano as Hank ⓘ
filmingLocation	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
genre	comedy-drama film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ surreal film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
hasMetafictionalElements	true ⓘ
hasTheme	friendship ⓘ loneliness ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hank Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Manny NERFINISHED ⓘ
motionPictureRating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Andy Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	bizarre yet heartfelt storytelling ⓘ flatulent corpse character ⓘ use of body as multi-purpose survival tool ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	a stranded man befriending a corpse ⓘ
premiereAt	Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Jonathan Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Inglee NERFINISHED ⓘ Miranda Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Blackbird Films NERFINISHED ⓘ Cold Iron Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	2016 ⓘ January 22, 2016 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 97 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Daniel Kwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Scheinert NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	contemporary era ⓘ
starring	Daniel Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Winstead NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dano NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfWork	2016 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited