The Jackal
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"The Jackal" is a 1997 action thriller film, loosely based on the 1973 movie "The Day of the Jackal," about an elusive assassin hired for a high-profile political killing.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Jackal canonical | 12 |
| The Jackal (1997 film) | 2 |
| the Jackal | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5694999 — 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 Jackal Context triple: [Diane Venora, notableWork, The Jackal]
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A.
The Jackal Group
The Jackal Group is a television and film production company known for developing scripted and unscripted content for major studios and networks.
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B.
The Hunt
"The Hunt" is a dramatic, percussive cue from Jerry Goldsmith’s iconic 1968 Planet of the Apes film score, known for its avant-garde orchestration and intense, primal energy.
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C.
The Hunt
The Hunt is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the dramatic strategies predators and prey use to survive in the wild.
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D.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film, based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, about a professional assassin hired to kill French President Charles de Gaulle.
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E.
L’Intruse
L’Intruse is a symbolist one-act play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that explores themes of death, fate, and the unseen through a tense, atmospheric family 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: The Jackal Target entity description: "The Jackal" is a 1997 action thriller film, loosely based on the 1973 movie "The Day of the Jackal," about an elusive assassin hired for a high-profile political killing.
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A.
The Jackal Group
The Jackal Group is a television and film production company known for developing scripted and unscripted content for major studios and networks.
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B.
The Hunt
"The Hunt" is a dramatic, percussive cue from Jerry Goldsmith’s iconic 1968 Planet of the Apes film score, known for its avant-garde orchestration and intense, primal energy.
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C.
The Hunt
The Hunt is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the dramatic strategies predators and prey use to survive in the wild.
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D.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film, based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, about a professional assassin hired to kill French President Charles de Gaulle.
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E.
L’Intruse
L’Intruse is a symbolist one-act play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that explores themes of death, fate, and the unseen through a tense, atmospheric family drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action thriller film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| alternateDescription | A remake of the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal focusing on an international assassin pursued by law enforcement and an ex-IRA operative. ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Day of the Jackal (1973 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
The Day of the Jackal
|
| basedOnAuthor | Frederick Forsyth ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | 159300000 ⓘ |
| budgetUSD | 60000000 ⓘ |
| castMember |
Bruce Willis
ⓘ
Diane Venora ⓘ J. K. Simmons ⓘ
linked to:
J.K. Simmons
Jack Black ⓘ Mathilda May ⓘ Richard Gere ⓘ Sidney Poitier ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Karl Walter Lindenlaub ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Michael Caton-Jones ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jim Clark ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| hasTagline | How do you stop an assassin who has no identity? ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Bruce Willis ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | The Jackal (fictional assassin) ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell ⓘ |
| notableFor | Loose remake of The Day of the Jackal ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An elusive professional assassin known as the Jackal is hired for a high-profile political killing while law enforcement races to stop him. ⓘ |
| producer |
James Jacks
ⓘ
Sean Daniel ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1997-11-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 124 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Chuck Pfarrer ⓘ |
| setting |
Russia
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| theme |
manhunt
ⓘ
political assassination ⓘ |
| title | The Jackal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Jackal Description of subject: "The Jackal" is a 1997 action thriller film, loosely based on the 1973 movie "The Day of the Jackal," about an elusive assassin hired for a high-profile political killing.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: The Jackal
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