The Ice Pirates
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The Ice Pirates is a 1984 science-fiction comedy film that parodies space opera tropes in a future where water is the most precious resource.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ice Pirates canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8439511 — 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 Ice Pirates Context triple: [Robert Urich, notableWork, The Ice Pirates]
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A.
The Ice-Shirt
The Ice-Shirt is a historical novel by William T. Vollmann that blends myth, saga, and experimental narrative to reimagine the Norse exploration and settlement of North America.
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B.
The Ice Palace
"The Ice Palace" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of regional contrast, emotional isolation, and disillusionment through the relationship between a Southern woman and a Northern man.
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C.
The Ice Palace
The Ice Palace is the modern glass-and-steel complex in The Hague that houses the city’s municipal offices and central public library.
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D.
Pluto’s Ghost
Pluto’s Ghost is a striking calcite rock formation in Luray Caverns, Virginia, noted for its ghostly, translucent appearance under cavern lighting.
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E.
Sea of Ice
Sea of Ice is the English translation of "Mer de Glace," the largest and one of the most famous glaciers in the French Alps near Chamonix.
- 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 Ice Pirates Target entity description: The Ice Pirates is a 1984 science-fiction comedy film that parodies space opera tropes in a future where water is the most precious resource.
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A.
The Ice-Shirt
The Ice-Shirt is a historical novel by William T. Vollmann that blends myth, saga, and experimental narrative to reimagine the Norse exploration and settlement of North America.
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B.
The Ice Palace
"The Ice Palace" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of regional contrast, emotional isolation, and disillusionment through the relationship between a Southern woman and a Northern man.
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C.
The Ice Palace
The Ice Palace is the modern glass-and-steel complex in The Hague that houses the city’s municipal offices and central public library.
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D.
Pluto’s Ghost
Pluto’s Ghost is a striking calcite rock formation in Luray Caverns, Virginia, noted for its ghostly, translucent appearance under cavern lighting.
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E.
Sea of Ice
Sea of Ice is the English translation of "Mer de Glace," the largest and one of the most famous glaciers in the French Alps near Chamonix.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction comedy film ⓘ space opera parody ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Adam Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Stewart Raffill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tom Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jason
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Killjoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Maida NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Karina NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ VHS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
environmental scarcity
ⓘ
satire of swashbuckling space adventures ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bruce Broughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campy humor
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low-budget special effects ⓘ time-warp climax sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies | space opera tropes ⓘ |
| plotFocus | scarcity of water as the most precious resource ⓘ |
| producer | John Foreman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | PG ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| setIn |
distant galaxy
ⓘ
outer space ⓘ |
| setInFuture | true ⓘ |
| stars |
Anjelica Huston
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Vilanch NERFINISHED ⓘ John Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ John Matuszak NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael D. Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Urich NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Perlman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Stanford Sherman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stewart Raffill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ice Pirates Description of subject: The Ice Pirates is a 1984 science-fiction comedy film that parodies space opera tropes in a future where water is the most precious resource.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.