The Temp (1993 film)
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The Temp (1993 film) is a 1993 thriller about a high-powered executive whose seemingly perfect temporary assistant may be sabotaging his career and life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Temp (1993 film) canonical | 1 |
| The Temp (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7141668 — 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 Temp (1993 film) Context triple: [David Permut, notableWork, The Temp (1993 film)]
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A.
Tremors
Tremors is a 1990 cult-classic horror-comedy film about small-town residents battling giant underground creatures in a remote Nevada desert community.
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B.
Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 psychological thriller film about a married man's affair that spirals into violent obsession, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close.
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C.
Reality Bites
Reality Bites is a 1994 Gen X romantic comedy-drama film that follows a group of recent college graduates navigating love, work, and identity in post-college life.
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D.
Encino Man
Encino Man is a 1992 comedy film about two high school students who discover and befriend a frozen prehistoric caveman in suburban California.
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E.
The Last Boy Scout
The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action-comedy film starring Bruce Willis as a down-on-his-luck private detective who teams up with a disgraced ex-football player to uncover a deadly conspiracy involving professional sports and political corruption.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Temp (1993 film) Target entity description: The Temp (1993 film) is a 1993 thriller about a high-powered executive whose seemingly perfect temporary assistant may be sabotaging his career and life.
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A.
Tremors
Tremors is a 1990 cult-classic horror-comedy film about small-town residents battling giant underground creatures in a remote Nevada desert community.
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B.
Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 psychological thriller film about a married man's affair that spirals into violent obsession, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close.
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C.
Reality Bites
Reality Bites is a 1994 Gen X romantic comedy-drama film that follows a group of recent college graduates navigating love, work, and identity in post-college life.
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D.
Encino Man
Encino Man is a 1992 comedy film about two high school students who discover and befriend a frozen prehistoric caveman in suburban California.
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E.
The Last Boy Scout
The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action-comedy film starring Bruce Willis as a down-on-his-luck private detective who teams up with a disgraced ex-football player to uncover a deadly conspiracy involving professional sports and political corruption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by Michael Knight ⓘ |
| castMember |
Dwight Schultz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Faye Dunaway NERFINISHED ⓘ Lara Flynn Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Maura Tierney NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Platt NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Hutton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ralf D. Bode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Tom Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Paramount Pictures
ⓘ
TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | James Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | thriller film ⓘ |
| hasTagline | Don't get mad. Get promoted. ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corporate intrigue
ⓘ
psychological manipulation ⓘ workplace paranoia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kris Bolin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Derns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Franz Reizenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of corporate office politics in the early 1990s ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A high-powered executive suspects his seemingly perfect temporary assistant is sabotaging his career and life. ⓘ |
| producer | Douglas Wick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1993-02-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Kevin Falls
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Engelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Temp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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The Temp (film)