The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 action-comedy film starring Andrew Dice Clay as a brash, rock-and-roll "detective to the stars" embroiled in a murder mystery within the Los Angeles music industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventures of Ford Fairlane canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9969209 — 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)
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Target entity: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Context triple: [Andrew Dice Clay, notableWork, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Target entity description: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 action-comedy film starring Andrew Dice Clay as a brash, rock-and-roll "detective to the stars" embroiled in a murder mystery within the Los Angeles music industry.
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A.
The Fabulous Hudson Hornet
The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is the legendary blue race car from Pixar's "Cars" series, famed for its past as a champion racer and its role as Lightning McQueen's mentor.
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B.
The Flivver King
The Flivver King is a 1937 novel by Upton Sinclair that critiques industrial capitalism through a fictionalized account of Henry Ford’s rise and its impact on workers’ lives.
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C.
The Rambler
The Rambler is Samuel Johnson’s influential 18th-century periodical of moral and philosophical essays that helped establish his reputation as a leading English man of letters.
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D.
The Dodge Twins
The Dodge Twins were a vaudeville-style sister act known for their song-and-dance performances in early 20th-century musical revues and films.
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E.
Heinemann's Hot Rod
Heinemann's Hot Rod is the informal nickname for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, a compact, highly maneuverable U.S. Navy and Marine Corps attack aircraft designed by Ed Heinemann and widely used from the 1950s through the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane short stories
ⓘ
character Ford Fairlane created by Rex Weiner ⓘ |
| character | Ford Fairlane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Oliver Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Renny Harlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Michael Tronick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stuart H. Pappé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ crime film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| leadActorNationality | American ⓘ |
| mainCharacterDescription | brash detective to the stars ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Cliff Eidelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | murder mystery in the Los Angeles music industry ⓘ |
| notableCharacterOccupation | rock-and-roll detective ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| posterTagline | Kojak. Columbo. Dirty Harry. Wimps. ⓘ |
| producer |
Joel Silver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Silver Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-07-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 104 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Daniel Waters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Arnott NERFINISHED ⓘ James Cappe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
music industry ⓘ |
| starring |
Andrew Dice Clay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brandon Call NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed O’Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert Gottfried NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Holly NERFINISHED ⓘ Maddie Corman NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Priscilla Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Englund NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Description of subject: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 action-comedy film starring Andrew Dice Clay as a brash, rock-and-roll "detective to the stars" embroiled in a murder mystery within the Los Angeles music industry.
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