Losing Isaiah
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Losing Isaiah is a 1995 drama film about a custody battle over an African-American child, starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Losing Isaiah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8309449 — 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: Losing Isaiah Context triple: [LaTanya Richardson Jackson, notableWork, Losing Isaiah]
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A.
Even the Losers
"Even the Losers" is a rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, widely regarded as one of the standout tracks from their acclaimed 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes.
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B.
The Losers
The Losers is a 2010 action film based on the DC/Vertigo comic series, following a betrayed elite black-ops team seeking revenge against the handler who tried to have them killed.
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C.
Loving on the Losing Side
"Loving on the Losing Side" is a soul song by American singer Tommy Hunt, best known as one of his signature tracks within the Northern Soul scene.
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D.
The Comeback
The Comeback is an American comedy-drama television series that satirizes reality TV and Hollywood through the story of a fading sitcom actress attempting to revive her career.
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E.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
- 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: Losing Isaiah Target entity description: Losing Isaiah is a 1995 drama film about a custody battle over an African-American child, starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry.
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A.
Even the Losers
"Even the Losers" is a rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, widely regarded as one of the standout tracks from their acclaimed 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes.
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B.
The Losers
The Losers is a 2010 action film based on the DC/Vertigo comic series, following a betrayed elite black-ops team seeking revenge against the handler who tried to have them killed.
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C.
Loving on the Losing Side
"Loving on the Losing Side" is a soul song by American singer Tommy Hunt, best known as one of his signature tracks within the Northern Soul scene.
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D.
The Comeback
The Comeback is an American comedy-drama television series that satirizes reality TV and Hollywood through the story of a fading sitcom actress attempting to revive her career.
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E.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Losing Isaiah (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Seth Margolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
David Strathairn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halle Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc John Jefferies NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Charles Lewin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kadar Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Khadija "Khaila" Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Lewin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Elswit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Stephen Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Lisa Zeno Churgin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasEthnicFocus | African-American community ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
addiction recovery
ⓘ
legal conflict ⓘ racial identity ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
child custody
ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ transracial adoption ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Isham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Jacki Ochs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marykay Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-03-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 111 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Naomi Foner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| starredActor |
David Strathairn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halle Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Losing Isaiah Description of subject: Losing Isaiah is a 1995 drama film about a custody battle over an African-American child, starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.