Nighthawks
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Nighthawks is a 1981 American crime thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams as New York City cops tracking an international terrorist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nighthawks canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7818261 — 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: Nighthawks Context triple: [Joe Spinell, notableWork, Nighthawks]
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A.
Nighthawks
Nighthawks is a famous 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that depicts a brightly lit late-night diner scene and is widely regarded as an iconic image of urban isolation in American art.
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B.
Nighthawks
Nighthawks is the nickname of Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), the elite U.S. Marine Corps unit responsible for transporting the President of the United States and other VIPs by helicopter.
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C.
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night is a famous 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a brightly lit outdoor café scene under a starry night sky in Arles, France.
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D.
On the Avenue
"On the Avenue" is a 1937 American musical film featuring songs by Irving Berlin and starring Madeleine Carroll and Dick Powell.
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E.
Loneliness of Evening
"Loneliness of Evening" is a lesser-known song by composer Richard Rodgers, originally written for the musical "South Pacific" and later used in the stage adaptation of "Cinderella."
- 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: Nighthawks Target entity description: Nighthawks is a 1981 American crime thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams as New York City cops tracking an international terrorist.
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A.
Nighthawks
Nighthawks is a famous 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that depicts a brightly lit late-night diner scene and is widely regarded as an iconic image of urban isolation in American art.
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B.
Nighthawks
Nighthawks is the nickname of Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), the elite U.S. Marine Corps unit responsible for transporting the President of the United States and other VIPs by helicopter.
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C.
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night is a famous 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a brightly lit outdoor café scene under a starry night sky in Arles, France.
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D.
On the Avenue
"On the Avenue" is a 1937 American musical film featuring songs by Irving Berlin and starring Madeleine Carroll and Dick Powell.
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E.
Loneliness of Evening
"Loneliness of Evening" is a lesser-known song by composer Richard Rodgers, originally written for the musical "South Pacific" and later used in the stage adaptation of "Cinderella."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| antagonist | Wulfgar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematography | James A. Contner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Bruce Malmuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Christopher Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ |
| follows | two New York City cops tracking an international terrorist ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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crime thriller ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | A terrorist holds New York in a grip of fear – only one cop can stop him ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
police work in New York City
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urban terrorism ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Billy Dee Williams as Matthew Fox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rutger Hauer as Wulfgar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvester Stallone as Deke DaSilva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Deke DaSilva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matthew Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Keith Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early American film role of Rutger Hauer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Martin Poll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Poll Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981-04-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Shaber
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Sylbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Billy Dee Williams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lindsay Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Davenport NERFINISHED ⓘ Persis Khambatta NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutger Hauer NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvester Stallone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nighthawks Description of subject: Nighthawks is a 1981 American crime thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams as New York City cops tracking an international terrorist.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.