Bang the Drum Slowly
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Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film about the friendship between a star pitcher and his terminally ill catcher on a professional baseball team.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bang the Drum Slowly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11318055 — 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: Bang the Drum Slowly Context triple: [Vincent Gardenia, notableWork, Bang the Drum Slowly]
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A.
Bang the Drum Slowly
"Bang the Drum Slowly" is a reflective, folk-influenced song by Emmylou Harris, known for its elegiac tone and storytelling on her album *Red Dirt Girl*.
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B.
Bang the Drum All Day
"Bang the Drum All Day" is a 1983 novelty rock song by Todd Rundgren, best known as an upbeat, tongue-in-cheek anthem about avoiding work and responsibility.
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C.
Nothing But a Man
Nothing But a Man is a 1964 American independent drama film that portrays the struggles of a Black railroad worker and his family in the racially segregated American South.
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D.
6 O’Clock Blues
"6 O’Clock Blues" is a soulful R&B track by Solange Knowles featured on her album *Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams*.
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E.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- 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: Bang the Drum Slowly Target entity description: Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film about the friendship between a star pitcher and his terminally ill catcher on a professional baseball team.
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A.
Bang the Drum Slowly
"Bang the Drum Slowly" is a reflective, folk-influenced song by Emmylou Harris, known for its elegiac tone and storytelling on her album *Red Dirt Girl*.
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B.
Bang the Drum All Day
"Bang the Drum All Day" is a 1983 novelty rock song by Todd Rundgren, best known as an upbeat, tongue-in-cheek anthem about avoiding work and responsibility.
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C.
Nothing But a Man
Nothing But a Man is a 1964 American independent drama film that portrays the struggles of a Black railroad worker and his family in the racially segregated American South.
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D.
6 O’Clock Blues
"6 O’Clock Blues" is a soulful R&B track by Solange Knowles featured on her album *Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams*.
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E.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ sports drama film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Bang the Drum Slowly (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bang the Drum Slowly (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Mark Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Richard Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John D. Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | color ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Bruce Pearson
NERFINISHED
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Henry Wiggen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
baseball film
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sports drama ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_the_Drum_Slowly_(film) ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Michael Moriarty as Henry Wiggen
NERFINISHED
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Robert De Niro as Bruce Pearson ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | professional baseball pitcher ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early major film role for Robert De Niro ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| otherCharacterOccupation | professional baseball catcher ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A star pitcher befriends and protects his terminally ill catcher on a professional baseball team. ⓘ |
| producer |
Marshall Backlar
NERFINISHED
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Maurice Rosenfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Milo O. Frank Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-08-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Mark Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInSport | baseball ⓘ |
| setting | Major League Baseball team ⓘ |
| starring |
Ann Wedgeworth
NERFINISHED
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Michael Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert De Niro NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Gardenia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActorRole | Vincent Gardenia as Dutch Schnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship
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loyalty ⓘ mortality ⓘ terminal illness ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bang the Drum Slowly Description of subject: Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film about the friendship between a star pitcher and his terminally ill catcher on a professional baseball team.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.