The Witches (1990 film)
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The Witches (1990 film) is a dark fantasy comedy based on Roald Dahl’s novel, best known for Anjelica Huston’s iconic performance as the Grand High Witch and its imaginative practical effects.
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| The Witches (1990 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6162230 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Witches (1990 film) Context triple: [The Witches (2020 film), isRemakeOf, The Witches (1990 film)]
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The Witches (2020 film)
The Witches (2020 film) is a dark fantasy comedy based on Roald Dahl’s novel, featuring Anne Hathaway as a glamorous yet sinister Grand High Witch who leads a coven plotting against children.
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 is a historical nonfiction book by Stacy Schiff that offers a detailed, narrative reconstruction of the Salem witch trials and their social and cultural context.
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Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
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The Witches
The Witches is a darkly comic children's fantasy novel by Roald Dahl about a young boy who discovers a secret society of child-hating witches plotting to eliminate all children.
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Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film co-directed by Tim Burton, known for its gothic visual style, macabre romance, and distinctive musical elements.
- 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: The Witches (1990 film) Target entity description: The Witches (1990 film) is a dark fantasy comedy based on Roald Dahl’s novel, best known for Anjelica Huston’s iconic performance as the Grand High Witch and its imaginative practical effects.
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A.
The Witches (2020 film)
The Witches (2020 film) is a dark fantasy comedy based on Roald Dahl’s novel, featuring Anne Hathaway as a glamorous yet sinister Grand High Witch who leads a coven plotting against children.
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B.
The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 is a historical nonfiction book by Stacy Schiff that offers a detailed, narrative reconstruction of the Salem witch trials and their social and cultural context.
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C.
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
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D.
The Witches
The Witches is a darkly comic children's fantasy novel by Roald Dahl about a young boy who discovers a secret society of child-hating witches plotting to eliminate all children.
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E.
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film co-directed by Tim Burton, known for its gothic visual style, macabre romance, and distinctive musical elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | children's book ⓘ |
| author | Roald Dahl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Witches (novel)
NERFINISHED
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The Witches (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harvey Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Nicolas Roeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Tony Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Grand High Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPracticalEffects | yes ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
child endangerment by witches
ⓘ
witches disguised as ordinary women ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
dark fantasy ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | yes ⓘ |
| hasRemake | The Witches (2020 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeMediaDistributor | Warner Home Video NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stanley Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | boy turned into mouse by witches ⓘ |
| notablePerformanceBy | Anjelica Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Jim Henson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Shivas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Jim Henson Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lorimar Film Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-08-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Allan Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
seaside hotel ⓘ |
| specialEffectsBy | Jim Henson's Creature Shop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anjelica Huston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Paterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Brenda Blethyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Jasen Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Mai Zetterling NERFINISHED ⓘ Rowan Atkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Witches (1990 film) Description of subject: The Witches (1990 film) is a dark fantasy comedy based on Roald Dahl’s novel, best known for Anjelica Huston’s iconic performance as the Grand High Witch and its imaginative practical effects.
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