Cecil B. Demented
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Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 dark comedy film by John Waters about a guerrilla filmmaker and his anarchic crew who kidnap a Hollywood star to wage war on mainstream cinema.
All labels observed (1)
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| Cecil B. Demented canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6959836 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil B. Demented Context triple: [Stephen Dorff, notableWork, Cecil B. Demented]
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A.
Bleek Gilliam
Bleek Gilliam is the talented but emotionally conflicted jazz trumpeter and bandleader portrayed by Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s film "Mo’ Better Blues."
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B.
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
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C.
Cletus Klump
Cletus Klump is the jovial, gluttonous patriarch of the Klump family in the Nutty Professor film series, portrayed in heavy prosthetics by Eddie Murphy.
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D.
Errol
Errol is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name in various English-speaking countries.
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E.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
- 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: Cecil B. Demented Target entity description: Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 dark comedy film by John Waters about a guerrilla filmmaker and his anarchic crew who kidnap a Hollywood star to wage war on mainstream cinema.
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A.
Bleek Gilliam
Bleek Gilliam is the talented but emotionally conflicted jazz trumpeter and bandleader portrayed by Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s film "Mo’ Better Blues."
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B.
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
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C.
Cletus Klump
Cletus Klump is the jovial, gluttonous patriarch of the Klump family in the Nutty Professor film series, portrayed in heavy prosthetics by Eddie Murphy.
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D.
Errol
Errol is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name in various English-speaking countries.
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E.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Adrian Grenier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alicia Witt NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Noseworthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Gilliard Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mink Stole NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Hearst NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricki Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Dorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Cecil B. Demented
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honey Whitlock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert M. Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Artisan Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jeffrey Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime comedy
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasTagline | "Demented forever." ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cecil B. Demented
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honey Whitlock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Pat Irwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A guerrilla filmmaker and his anarchic crew kidnap a Hollywood star to wage war on mainstream cinema. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Melanie Griffith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Dorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Christine Vachon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Fiedler NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Killer Films
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polar Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2000-08-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| setting | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-Hollywood sentiment
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cinema as political protest ⓘ independent filmmaking ⓘ |
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Instruction
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