The Dead (1987 film)
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The Dead (1987 film) is a drama directed by John Huston, widely acclaimed as a faithful and elegiac adaptation of the final story from James Joyce’s collection "Dubliners."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dead (1987 film) canonical | 3 |
| The Dead (screenplay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10184350 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dead (1987 film) Context triple: [Dubliners, hasAdaptation, The Dead (1987 film)]
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A.
Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, following a burned-out New York City paramedic over three harrowing nights.
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B.
Dead Man
Dead Man is a 1995 black-and-white revisionist Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, known for its surreal, existential tone and a score by Neil Young.
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C.
Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead is a 2007 found-footage-style zombie horror film written and directed by George A. Romero that reboots his Living Dead series with a focus on media, technology, and social commentary.
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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
- 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 Dead (1987 film) Target entity description: The Dead (1987 film) is a drama directed by John Huston, widely acclaimed as a faithful and elegiac adaptation of the final story from James Joyce’s collection "Dubliners."
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A.
Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, following a burned-out New York City paramedic over three harrowing nights.
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B.
Dead Man
Dead Man is a 1995 black-and-white revisionist Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, known for its surreal, existential tone and a score by Neil Young.
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C.
Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead is a 2007 found-footage-style zombie horror film written and directed by George A. Romero that reboots his Living Dead series with a focus on media, technology, and social commentary.
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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dubliners
NERFINISHED
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The Dead (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Anjelica Huston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cathleen Delany NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan O'Herlihy NERFINISHED ⓘ Donal Donnelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Donal McCann NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Helena Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingrid Craigie NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Kean NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Dowling NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean McClory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Fred Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Alex North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ireland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | John Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Cineplex Odeon Films
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vestron Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Roberto Silvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Anjelica Huston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donal McCann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Gabriel Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being John Huston's final film as director
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faithful adaptation of James Joyce's The Dead ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Sievernich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wieland Schulz-Keil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Vestron Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 83 ⓘ |
| screenplayNominatedPerson | Tony Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Tony Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
Irish identity
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epiphany ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dead (1987 film) Description of subject: The Dead (1987 film) is a drama directed by John Huston, widely acclaimed as a faithful and elegiac adaptation of the final story from James Joyce’s collection "Dubliners."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Dead (screenplay)