Alice's Restaurant
E271762
"Alice's Restaurant" is a 1969 satirical comedy film, based on Arlo Guthrie's song of the same name, that critiques authority and 1960s American culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alice's Restaurant canonical | 4 |
| "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" | 2 |
| "Alice's Restaurant" (song) | 1 |
| Alice's Restaurant (1969 film, producer credit association) | 1 |
| Alice’s Restaurant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2498258 — 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: Alice's Restaurant Context triple: [Arthur Penn, notableWork, Alice's Restaurant]
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A.
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
"Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting" is a high-energy rock song by Elton John, known for its aggressive guitar-driven sound and rebellious lyrics about youthful nightlife and brawling.
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B.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
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C.
It Ain’t Necessarily So
"It Ain’t Necessarily So" is a famous song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, known for its jazzy style and skeptical lyrics about biblical stories.
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D.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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E.
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of marriage, identity, and spiritual crisis through a drawing-room comedy that gradually reveals deeper psychological and religious dimensions.
- 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: Alice's Restaurant Target entity description: "Alice's Restaurant" is a 1969 satirical comedy film, based on Arlo Guthrie's song of the same name, that critiques authority and 1960s American culture.
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A.
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
"Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting" is a high-energy rock song by Elton John, known for its aggressive guitar-driven sound and rebellious lyrics about youthful nightlife and brawling.
-
B.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
-
C.
It Ain’t Necessarily So
"It Ain’t Necessarily So" is a famous song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, known for its jazzy style and skeptical lyrics about biblical stories.
-
D.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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E.
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of marriage, identity, and spiritual crisis through a drawing-room comedy that gradually reveals deeper psychological and religious dimensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
satirical comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Alice's Restaurant
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
"Alice's Restaurant" (song)
|
| cinematographyBy | Michael Nebbia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| critiques |
law enforcement practices
ⓘ
military bureaucracy ⓘ |
| depicts | U.S. draft board procedures ⓘ |
| director | Arthur Penn ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dede Allen ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alice Brock
ⓘ
Arlo Guthrie ⓘ
surface form:
Arlo Guthrie (character)
Ray Brock ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationOf |
Alice's Restaurant
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
|
| filmingLocation |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American folk music scene
ⓘ
youth rebellion in the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasTitleSong |
Alice's Restaurant
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
|
| mainTheme |
1960s American counterculture
ⓘ
Vietnam War draft ⓘ anti-establishment sentiment ⓘ critique of authority ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Al Schackman
ⓘ
Arlo Guthrie ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | fictionalized version of Arlo Guthrie's life ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Thanksgiving garbage dumping incident
ⓘ
hippie commune life ⓘ |
| producer | Hillard Elkins ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Elkins Entertainment ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 111 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Arthur Penn
ⓘ
Venable Herndon ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| starring |
Arlo Guthrie
ⓘ
James Broderick ⓘ Lee Hays ⓘ Patricia Quinn ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alice's Restaurant Description of subject: "Alice's Restaurant" is a 1969 satirical comedy film, based on Arlo Guthrie's song of the same name, that critiques authority and 1960s American culture.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alice's Restaurant (1969 film, producer credit association)
this entity surface form:
"Alice's Restaurant" (song)
this entity surface form:
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
this entity surface form:
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
this entity surface form:
Alice’s Restaurant