The Great Smokey Roadblock
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The Great Smokey Roadblock is a 1977 American road-comedy film, also known as "The Last of the Cowboys," featuring an ensemble cast in a story about an aging trucker on one final cross-country run.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Great Smokey Roadblock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11405073 — 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: The Great Smokey Roadblock Context triple: [Marty Ingels, performedIn, The Great Smokey Roadblock]
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A.
Rubberneck
Rubberneck is a psychological thriller film about obsession and workplace romance that was directed by filmmaker and actor Alex Karpovsky.
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B.
The Detour
The Detour is an American comedy television series co-created by and starring Jason Jones that follows a family's disastrously chaotic road trip and its aftermath.
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C.
Key to the Highway
"Key to the Highway" is a classic blues standard, most famously associated with Big Bill Broonzy and later covered by numerous artists including Eric Clapton.
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D.
Road 461
Road 461 is a major roadway in central Israel that serves as an important urban artery connecting Tel Aviv’s eastern suburbs and providing access to key institutions such as Tel HaShomer.
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E.
Rolling Road
Rolling Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Northern Virginia that serves residential communities and connects with several key regional routes.
- 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 Great Smokey Roadblock Target entity description: The Great Smokey Roadblock is a 1977 American road-comedy film, also known as "The Last of the Cowboys," featuring an ensemble cast in a story about an aging trucker on one final cross-country run.
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A.
Rubberneck
Rubberneck is a psychological thriller film about obsession and workplace romance that was directed by filmmaker and actor Alex Karpovsky.
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B.
The Detour
The Detour is an American comedy television series co-created by and starring Jason Jones that follows a family's disastrously chaotic road trip and its aftermath.
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C.
Key to the Highway
"Key to the Highway" is a classic blues standard, most famously associated with Big Bill Broonzy and later covered by numerous artists including Eric Clapton.
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D.
Road 461
Road 461 is a major roadway in central Israel that serves as an important urban artery connecting Tel Aviv’s eastern suburbs and providing access to key institutions such as Tel HaShomer.
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E.
Rolling Road
Rolling Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Northern Virginia that serves residential communities and connects with several key regional routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ road comedy film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Great Smokey Roadblock: The Last of the Cowboys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | The Last of the Cowboys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy | Elegant John – Henry Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Michael Margulies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | AVCO Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Grenville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresVehicleType | semi-truck ⓘ |
| filmRating | PG ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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road movie ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
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freedom ⓘ friendship ⓘ trucking culture ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Elegant John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Eddie Horan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An aging trucker attempts one last cross-country run after his rig is repossessed. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Leone-Gilden Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| setting | United States highways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Austin Pendleton
NERFINISHED
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Daina House NERFINISHED ⓘ Dub Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Eileen Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Sandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ John Byner NERFINISHED ⓘ Leif Garrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Mayron NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Englund NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Sarandon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Great Smokey Roadblock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | John Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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