The Big Gundown
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The Big Gundown is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film, directed by Sergio Sollima and starring Lee Van Cleef, renowned for its political undertones, stylish direction, and Ennio Morricone’s iconic score.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Gundown canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10856028 — 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 Big Gundown Context triple: [Lee Van Cleef, notableWork, The Big Gundown]
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A.
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, renowned for its gritty portrayal of aging outlaws and its groundbreaking, balletic depictions of graphic violence.
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B.
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch was a pioneering Bristol sound system and DJ collective in the 1980s that fused hip hop, reggae, funk, and punk, and later gave rise to the group Massive Attack.
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C.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo is a 1970 Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, following a Union officer’s post–Civil War quest for justice in a Texas border town.
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D.
Day of the Badman
Day of the Badman is a 1958 American Western film starring Fred MacMurray as a principled judge facing down outlaws to uphold justice in a frontier town.
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E.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, celebrated for its elegiac tone and exploration of aging lawmen facing a changing frontier.
- 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 Big Gundown Target entity description: The Big Gundown is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film, directed by Sergio Sollima and starring Lee Van Cleef, renowned for its political undertones, stylish direction, and Ennio Morricone’s iconic score.
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A.
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, renowned for its gritty portrayal of aging outlaws and its groundbreaking, balletic depictions of graphic violence.
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B.
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch was a pioneering Bristol sound system and DJ collective in the 1980s that fused hip hop, reggae, funk, and punk, and later gave rise to the group Massive Attack.
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C.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo is a 1970 Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, following a Union officer’s post–Civil War quest for justice in a Texas border town.
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D.
Day of the Badman
Day of the Badman is a 1958 American Western film starring Fred MacMurray as a principled judge facing down outlaws to uphold justice in a frontier town.
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E.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, celebrated for its elegiac tone and exploration of aging lawmen facing a changing frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian film
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Spaghetti Western film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Carlo Carlini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ennio Morricone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Sergio Sollima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Nino Baragli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Spaghetti Western
ⓘ
Western film ⓘ political Western ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | yes ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | cult classic ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyle |
Morricone leitmotifs
NERFINISHED
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orchestral score ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Cuchillo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonathan Corbett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Ennio Morricone score
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political undertones ⓘ stylish direction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La resa dei conti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Spaghetti Western canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Mexican peasant
ⓘ
bounty hunter ⓘ |
| producer | Alberto Grimaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966-12-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| runtime |
110 minutes
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95 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Sergio Donati
NERFINISHED
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Sergio Sollima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Lee Van Cleef
NERFINISHED
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Nieves Navarro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomas Milian NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict
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justice ⓘ law and order ⓘ political corruption ⓘ |
| title | The Big Gundown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Gundown Description of subject: The Big Gundown is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film, directed by Sergio Sollima and starring Lee Van Cleef, renowned for its political undertones, stylish direction, and Ennio Morricone’s iconic score.
Referenced by (7)
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