Maverick (1994 film)
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Maverick (1994 film) is a 1994 Western comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner, based on the 1950s television series of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maverick (1994 film) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7971795 — 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: Maverick (1994 film) Context triple: [Clint Black, notableFilmAppearance, Maverick (1994 film)]
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A.
Top Gun
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film starring Tom Cruise as a hotshot Navy fighter pilot, renowned for its high-octane aerial sequences, iconic soundtrack, and lasting impact on pop culture.
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B.
Top Gun
Top Gun is a 1955 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden as a notorious gunslinger who returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw attack.
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C.
Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder is a 1990 American sports action drama film starring Tom Cruise as a hotshot NASCAR driver navigating rivalry, romance, and personal redemption on the stock-car racing circuit.
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D.
Risky Business
Risky Business is a 1983 American coming-of-age comedy film best known for launching Tom Cruise to stardom with its iconic dance-in-underwear scene and satirical take on teenage rebellion and capitalism.
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E.
An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 romantic drama film about a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate’s rigorous training and personal transformation, noted for its powerful performances and iconic love story.
- 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: Maverick (1994 film) Target entity description: Maverick (1994 film) is a 1994 Western comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner, based on the 1950s television series of the same name.
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A.
Top Gun
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film starring Tom Cruise as a hotshot Navy fighter pilot, renowned for its high-octane aerial sequences, iconic soundtrack, and lasting impact on pop culture.
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B.
Top Gun
Top Gun is a 1955 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden as a notorious gunslinger who returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw attack.
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C.
Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder is a 1990 American sports action drama film starring Tom Cruise as a hotshot NASCAR driver navigating rivalry, romance, and personal redemption on the stock-car racing circuit.
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D.
Risky Business
Risky Business is a 1983 American coming-of-age comedy film best known for launching Tom Cruise to stardom with its iconic dance-in-underwear scene and satirical take on teenage rebellion and capitalism.
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E.
An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 romantic drama film about a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate’s rigorous training and personal transformation, noted for its powerful performances and iconic love story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | 1950s television series Maverick ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Costume Design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Maverick (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToFranchise | Maverick franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | over $180 million ⓘ |
| character |
Annabelle Bransford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bret Maverick NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshal Zane Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Vilmos Zsigmond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | April Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Stuart Baird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCameo | Danny Glover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | revisionist Western comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Bret Maverick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme | poker tournament ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Randy Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | con artist gambler ⓘ |
| portrays |
James Garner as Marshal Zane Cooper
ⓘ
Jodie Foster as Annabelle Bransford ⓘ Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bruce Davey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Icon Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | May 20, 1994 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 127 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | William Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
James Garner
NERFINISHED
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Jodie Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maverick (1994 film) Description of subject: Maverick (1994 film) is a 1994 Western comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner, based on the 1950s television series of the same name.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clint Black