Portnoy's Complaint (film)
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Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American comedy-drama film adaptation of Philip Roth's controversial novel, exploring the neurotic and sexual obsessions of a young Jewish man.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portnoy's Complaint | 2 |
| Portnoy's Complaint (novel) | 2 |
| Portnoy's Complaint (film) canonical | 1 |
| Portnoy’s Complaint | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Portnoy's Complaint (film) Context triple: [Karen Black, notableWork, Portnoy's Complaint (film)]
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 1989 Woody Allen film that intertwines dark comedy and drama to explore morality, guilt, and the nature of justice through parallel storylines.
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C.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
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Stir Crazy
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Adam's Rib
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Portnoy's Complaint (film) Target entity description: Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American comedy-drama film adaptation of Philip Roth's controversial novel, exploring the neurotic and sexual obsessions of a young Jewish man.
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A.
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
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B.
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 1989 Woody Allen film that intertwines dark comedy and drama to explore morality, guilt, and the nature of justice through parallel storylines.
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C.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a 1974 Canadian coming-of-age film, based on Mordecai Richler’s novel, that follows an ambitious young Jewish man in Montreal as he obsessively pursues success and social status.
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D.
Stir Crazy
Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
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E.
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib is a classic 1949 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in a high-profile court case about gender equality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Portnoy's Complaint (film)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Portnoy's Complaint (novel)
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| authorOfSourceWork | Philip Roth ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Portnoy's Complaint (film)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Portnoy's Complaint (novel)
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| cinematographyBy | Philip H. Lathrop ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Ernest Lehman ⓘ |
| editedBy | Henry Berman ⓘ |
| explores |
cultural expectations
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guilt ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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comedy-drama ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacterProfession | lawyer ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alexander Portnoy ⓘ |
| musicBy | Michel Legrand ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | confessional monologue to a psychiatrist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial subject matter
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explicit sexual content ⓘ |
| periodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| portrays | Jewish-American family life ⓘ |
| producer | Ernest Lehman ⓘ |
| protagonistDescribedAs | young Jewish man ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1969 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ernest Lehman ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| sourceWorkDescribedAs | controversial ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | novel ⓘ |
| sourceWorkNationality | American literature ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
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family relationships ⓘ neurosis ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ sexual obsession ⓘ |
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Subject: Portnoy's Complaint (film) Description of subject: Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American comedy-drama film adaptation of Philip Roth's controversial novel, exploring the neurotic and sexual obsessions of a young Jewish man.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Portnoy's Complaint
this entity surface form:
Portnoy's Complaint
this entity surface form:
Portnoy's Complaint (novel)
this entity surface form:
Portnoy's Complaint (novel)
subject surface form:
Philip Roth
this entity surface form:
Portnoy’s Complaint