Car Wash (1976 film)
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Car Wash (1976 film) is a 1976 American comedy film set over a single day at a Los Angeles car wash, known for its ensemble cast, slice-of-life humor, and iconic funk/disco soundtrack.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Car Wash | 1 |
| Car Wash (1976 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10526811 — 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: Car Wash (1976 film) Context triple: [Rose Royce, soundtrackFor, Car Wash (1976 film)]
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A.
The Sugarland Express
The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama road film directed by Steven Spielberg and noted for its blend of suspense, dark humor, and social commentary.
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B.
Dude, Where's My Car?
Dude, Where's My Car? is a 2000 American stoner comedy film following two dim-witted friends who try to piece together the events of a wild night while searching for their missing car.
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C.
Bullitt
Bullitt is a 1968 action-thriller film starring Steve McQueen, famed for its groundbreaking San Francisco car chase sequence.
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D.
Blue Gillespie
Blue Gillespie is a Welsh progressive metal band fronted by actor and musician Gareth David-Lloyd.
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E.
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action-comedy film about a charismatic trucker and his partner racing to illegally transport beer across state lines while being pursued by a relentless sheriff.
- 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: Car Wash (1976 film) Target entity description: Car Wash (1976 film) is a 1976 American comedy film set over a single day at a Los Angeles car wash, known for its ensemble cast, slice-of-life humor, and iconic funk/disco soundtrack.
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A.
The Sugarland Express
The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama road film directed by Steven Spielberg and noted for its blend of suspense, dark humor, and social commentary.
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B.
Dude, Where's My Car?
Dude, Where's My Car? is a 2000 American stoner comedy film following two dim-witted friends who try to piece together the events of a wild night while searching for their missing car.
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C.
Bullitt
Bullitt is a 1968 action-thriller film starring Steve McQueen, famed for its groundbreaking San Francisco car chase sequence.
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D.
Blue Gillespie
Blue Gillespie is a Welsh progressive metal band fronted by actor and musician Gareth David-Lloyd.
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E.
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action-comedy film about a charismatic trucker and his partner racing to illegally transport beer across state lines while being pursued by a relentless sheriff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Frank Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Schultz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical ⓘ |
| editedBy | Prudence Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
slice of life film ⓘ |
| mainLocation | car wash ⓘ |
| musicBy | Norman Whitfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeSpan | single day ⓘ |
| notableFor |
disco soundtrack
ⓘ
ensemble cast ⓘ funk soundtrack ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Art Linson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Stromberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-10-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Joel Schumacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundtrackAlbum | Car Wash (soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundtrackGenre |
disco
ⓘ
funk ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Antonio Fargas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ Franklin Ajaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Garrett Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ George Carlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Kehoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorraine Gary NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Mayron NERFINISHED ⓘ Otis Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Irwin Corey NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sully Boyar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pointer Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Thomerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Gary Stromberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
urban life in Los Angeles
ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ |
| title | Car Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Car Wash (1976 film) Description of subject: Car Wash (1976 film) is a 1976 American comedy film set over a single day at a Los Angeles car wash, known for its ensemble cast, slice-of-life humor, and iconic funk/disco soundtrack.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Car Wash