Swingers
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Swingers is a 1996 indie comedy-drama film about struggling actors navigating love and nightlife in Los Angeles, known for its witty dialogue and breakout roles for Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Swingers canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5751426 — 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: Swingers Context triple: [Doug Liman, notableWork, Swingers]
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A.
The Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand–Australian new wave band best known for their early 1980s hit "Counting the Beat."
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B.
Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith that explores complex relationships and sexual identity within the comic book subculture.
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C.
Showgirls
Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven that follows an ambitious drifter’s ruthless rise through the Las Vegas strip-club and showgirl scene.
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D.
Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson that chronicles the rise and fall of a young porn star in the 1970s and 1980s adult film industry.
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E.
The Last Seduction
The Last Seduction is a 1994 neo-noir thriller film best known for Linda Fiorentino’s acclaimed performance as a manipulative femme fatale.
- 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: Swingers Target entity description: Swingers is a 1996 indie comedy-drama film about struggling actors navigating love and nightlife in Los Angeles, known for its witty dialogue and breakout roles for Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.
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A.
The Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand–Australian new wave band best known for their early 1980s hit "Counting the Beat."
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B.
Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith that explores complex relationships and sexual identity within the comic book subculture.
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C.
Showgirls
Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven that follows an ambitious drifter’s ruthless rise through the Las Vegas strip-club and showgirl scene.
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D.
Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson that chronicles the rise and fall of a young porn star in the 1970s and 1980s adult film industry.
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E.
The Last Seduction
The Last Seduction is a 1994 neo-noir thriller film best known for Linda Fiorentino’s acclaimed performance as a manipulative femme fatale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Lorraine – Heather Graham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Peters – Jon Favreau ⓘ Rob – Ron Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Sue – Patrick Van Horn ⓘ Trent Walker – Vince Vaughn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Doug Liman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Doug Liman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Miramax Films ⓘ |
| editor | Stephen Mirrione NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
breakout role for Jon Favreau
ⓘ
breakout role for Vince Vaughn ⓘ depiction of swing revival culture ⓘ witty dialogue ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lorraine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob NERFINISHED ⓘ Sue NERFINISHED ⓘ Trent Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Justin Reinhardt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
dating and relationships
ⓘ
nightlife in Los Angeles ⓘ struggling actors ⓘ |
| notableQuote | You’re so money and you don’t even know it. ⓘ |
| notableScene | answering machine message sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Doug Liman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victor Simpkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1996-10-18 ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jon Favreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Las Vegas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| stars |
Heather Graham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jon Favreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Van Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Vaughn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Swingers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Jon Favreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Swingers Description of subject: Swingers is a 1996 indie comedy-drama film about struggling actors navigating love and nightlife in Los Angeles, known for its witty dialogue and breakout roles for Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rupert Holmes