The Shootist
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The Shootist is a 1976 Western film starring John Wayne as an aging gunfighter facing his final days, widely regarded as a poignant elegy to both Wayne’s career and the classic Hollywood Western.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shootist canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5356118 — 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: The Shootist Context triple: [Don Siegel, notableWork, The Shootist]
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A.
Unforgiven
Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, acclaimed for its dark, realistic deconstruction of the Western genre.
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B.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
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C.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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D.
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun is a 2000 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, known for its gritty tone, intricate plotting, and morally ambiguous characters.
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E.
True Grit (novel)
True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
- 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: The Shootist Target entity description: The Shootist is a 1976 Western film starring John Wayne as an aging gunfighter facing his final days, widely regarded as a poignant elegy to both Wayne’s career and the classic Hollywood Western.
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A.
Unforgiven
Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, acclaimed for its dark, realistic deconstruction of the Western genre.
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B.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
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C.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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D.
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun is a 2000 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, known for its gritty tone, intricate plotting, and morally ambiguous characters.
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E.
True Grit (novel)
True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| author | Glendon Swarthout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Shootist (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossUS | ~13,000,000 USD ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bruce Surtees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Don Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Douglas Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | color ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | J.B. Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
aging
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changing times ⓘ death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being John Wayne's final film role
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being regarded as an elegy to the classic Hollywood Western ⓘ depicting the end of the Old West era ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An aging gunfighter with terminal cancer seeks a dignified end to his life in a changing West. ⓘ |
| producer | William Self NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-08-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Miles Hood Swarthout
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Hale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Reno, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| starring |
Bill McKinney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh O'Brian NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ John Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Bacall NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Scatman Crothers NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheree North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | turn of the 20th century American West ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shootist Description of subject: The Shootist is a 1976 Western film starring John Wayne as an aging gunfighter facing his final days, widely regarded as a poignant elegy to both Wayne’s career and the classic Hollywood Western.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Betty Joan Perske