The Sapphires
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The Sapphires is an Australian musical comedy-drama film about an Aboriginal girl group in the 1960s who are discovered and managed by a talent scout as they perform for troops during the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sapphires canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11447465 — 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 Sapphires Context triple: [Chris O'Dowd, notableWork, The Sapphires]
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A.
The Green Book
The Green Book is Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto outlining his idiosyncratic “Third International Theory,” which rejects both capitalism and communism and proposes a system of direct popular rule.
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B.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film about two drag queens and a transgender woman traveling across the Outback in a bus named Priscilla.
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C.
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman is a 2017 musical drama film inspired by the life of P.T. Barnum, featuring elaborate song-and-dance numbers and a celebration of show business and spectacle.
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D.
Green Book
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film about a working-class Italian-American bouncer who becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour through the racially segregated American South in the 1960s.
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E.
The Band’s Visit
The Band’s Visit is a critically acclaimed stage musical, adapted from the 2007 Israeli film of the same name, that tells the story of an Egyptian police band stranded in a small Israeli desert town and is known for its intimate, character-driven narrative and Middle Eastern–influenced score.
- 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 Sapphires Target entity description: The Sapphires is an Australian musical comedy-drama film about an Aboriginal girl group in the 1960s who are discovered and managed by a talent scout as they perform for troops during the Vietnam War.
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A.
The Green Book
The Green Book is Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto outlining his idiosyncratic “Third International Theory,” which rejects both capitalism and communism and proposes a system of direct popular rule.
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B.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film about two drag queens and a transgender woman traveling across the Outback in a bus named Priscilla.
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C.
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman is a 2017 musical drama film inspired by the life of P.T. Barnum, featuring elaborate song-and-dance numbers and a celebration of show business and spectacle.
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D.
Green Book
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film about a working-class Italian-American bouncer who becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour through the racially segregated American South in the 1960s.
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E.
The Band’s Visit
The Band’s Visit is a critically acclaimed stage musical, adapted from the 2007 Israeli film of the same name, that tells the story of an Egyptian police band stranded in a small Israeli desert town and is known for its intimate, character-driven narrative and Middle Eastern–influenced score.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian film
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film ⓘ musical comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| award |
AACTA Award for Best Film
NERFINISHED
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AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardRecipient | Deborah Mailman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Sapphires (stage play)
NERFINISHED
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true story of an Aboriginal singing group ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Warwick Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| director | Wayne Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Hopscotch Films
NERFINISHED
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The Weinstein Company (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dany Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Aboriginal girl group ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
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musical film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | experiences of Tony Briggs' mother and aunt ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cynthia McCrae
NERFINISHED
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Dave Lovelace NERFINISHED ⓘ Gail McCrae NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie McCrae NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay McCrae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Cezary Skubiszewski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformer | Jessica Mauboy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playwrightOfSourceMaterial | Tony Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An Aboriginal girl group in the 1960s is discovered and managed by a talent scout and performs for troops during the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| premieredAt | 65th Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Kylie du Fresne
NERFINISHED
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Rosemary Blight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Goalpost Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Keith Thompson
NERFINISHED
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Tony Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sectionAtFestival | Special Presentation at Cannes ⓘ |
| settingEvent | Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| stars |
Chris O'Dowd
NERFINISHED
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Deborah Mailman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Mauboy NERFINISHED ⓘ Miranda Tapsell NERFINISHED ⓘ Shari Sebbens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Indigenous Australian identity
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family and sisterhood ⓘ music and performance ⓘ racism in Australia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sapphires Description of subject: The Sapphires is an Australian musical comedy-drama film about an Aboriginal girl group in the 1960s who are discovered and managed by a talent scout as they perform for troops during the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.