Nobody’s Fool
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"Nobody’s Fool" is a 1994 American comedy-drama film, based on Richard Russo’s novel and directed by Robert Benton, that stars Paul Newman as an aging, small-town handyman confronting his past and fractured relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nobody’s Fool canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9552885 — 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: Nobody’s Fool Context triple: [Robert Benton, notableWork, Nobody’s Fool]
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A.
Nobody’s Fool
"Nobody’s Fool" is a country song written by Hal Bynum, known for its traditional storytelling style and emotional lyricism.
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B.
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
"Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool" is a 1960 pop song made famous by American singer Connie Francis, noted for becoming one of her biggest international hits.
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C.
Just a Fool
"Just a Fool" is a pop ballad duet by Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton that showcases powerful vocals and emotional lyrics about heartbreak.
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D.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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E.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.
- 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: Nobody’s Fool Target entity description: "Nobody’s Fool" is a 1994 American comedy-drama film, based on Richard Russo’s novel and directed by Robert Benton, that stars Paul Newman as an aging, small-town handyman confronting his past and fractured relationships.
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A.
Nobody’s Fool
"Nobody’s Fool" is a country song written by Hal Bynum, known for its traditional storytelling style and emotional lyricism.
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B.
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
"Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool" is a 1960 pop song made famous by American singer Connie Francis, noted for becoming one of her biggest international hits.
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C.
Just a Fool
"Just a Fool" is a pop ballad duet by Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton that showcases powerful vocals and emotional lyrics about heartbreak.
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D.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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E.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American comedy-drama film
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film ⓘ |
| author | Richard Russo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Nobody’s Fool (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Carl Roebuck
NERFINISHED
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Miss Beryl NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sully Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Toby Roebuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Carol Littleton
NERFINISHED
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John Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Beacon, New York
NERFINISHED
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Hudson Valley, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
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family relationships ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| mainSubject | aging small-town handyman ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Howard Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | North Bath, New York (fictional town) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Actor for Nobody’s Fool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | adaptations of works by Richard Russo ⓘ |
| producer |
Arlene Donovan
NERFINISHED
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Scott Rudin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Capitol Films
NERFINISHED
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Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1994-12-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Willis
NERFINISHED
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Dylan Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Tandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Josef Sommer NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Seymour Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ Pruitt Taylor Vince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nobody’s Fool Description of subject: "Nobody’s Fool" is a 1994 American comedy-drama film, based on Richard Russo’s novel and directed by Robert Benton, that stars Paul Newman as an aging, small-town handyman confronting his past and fractured relationships.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.