The Crazies
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The Crazies is a 1973 horror film directed by George A. Romero that follows the violent breakdown of a small town after a military bioweapon contaminates the local water supply.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Crazies canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8361824 — 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: The Crazies Context triple: [George A. Romero, notableWork, The Crazies]
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A.
The Crazy Ones
The Crazy Ones is an American workplace sitcom starring Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar as a quirky father-daughter duo running an advertising agency.
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B.
Freak Street
Freak Street is a historic neighborhood in Kathmandu, Nepal, famed as a 1960s–70s hippie trail hub lined with budget guesthouses, cafes, and shops.
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C.
Paranoid Park
Paranoid Park is a 2007 independent drama film directed by Gus Van Sant that follows a troubled teenage skateboarder grappling with guilt after a fatal accident.
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D.
Mother Panic
Mother Panic is a mature, Gotham City–set superhero comic series from DC’s Young Animal imprint that follows a troubled vigilante navigating the city’s dark underbelly.
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E.
Crazy People
Crazy People is a 1990 comedy film starring Dudley Moore as an advertising executive who creates brutally honest ad campaigns while in a psychiatric hospital.
- 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: The Crazies Target entity description: The Crazies is a 1973 horror film directed by George A. Romero that follows the violent breakdown of a small town after a military bioweapon contaminates the local water supply.
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A.
The Crazy Ones
The Crazy Ones is an American workplace sitcom starring Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar as a quirky father-daughter duo running an advertising agency.
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B.
Freak Street
Freak Street is a historic neighborhood in Kathmandu, Nepal, famed as a 1960s–70s hippie trail hub lined with budget guesthouses, cafes, and shops.
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C.
Paranoid Park
Paranoid Park is a 2007 independent drama film directed by Gus Van Sant that follows a troubled teenage skateboarder grappling with guilt after a fatal accident.
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D.
Mother Panic
Mother Panic is a mature, Gotham City–set superhero comic series from DC’s Young Animal imprint that follows a troubled vigilante navigating the city’s dark underbelly.
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E.
Crazy People
Crazy People is a 1990 comedy film starring Dudley Moore as an advertising executive who creates brutally honest ad campaigns while in a psychiatric hospital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Code Name: Trixie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | S. William Hinzman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
civilian resistance to military control
ⓘ
martial law ⓘ viral infection causing insanity ⓘ |
| director | George A. Romero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Cambist Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | George A. Romero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
biological warfare
ⓘ
government cover-up ⓘ military quarantine ⓘ social breakdown ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Harold Wayne Jones
NERFINISHED
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Lane Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd Hollar NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn Lowry NERFINISHED ⓘ W.G. McMillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemake | The Crazies (2010 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTagline | Why are the good people dying? ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bruce Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | town residents and soldiers struggling to survive a viral outbreak and military response ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfDirectorFilmographyOf | George A. Romero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A military bioweapon contaminates a small town's water supply, causing madness and violence among residents. ⓘ |
| producer | Lee Hessel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Pittsburgh Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-03-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | George A. Romero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to time of production ⓘ |
| setting | small town in Pennsylvania ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crazies Description of subject: The Crazies is a 1973 horror film directed by George A. Romero that follows the violent breakdown of a small town after a military bioweapon contaminates the local water supply.
Referenced by (5)
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