Southern Comfort
E489738
Southern Comfort is a 1981 action-thriller film about a group of National Guard soldiers lost in the Louisiana bayou who are hunted by local Cajuns after a violent misunderstanding.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Comfort canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5064338 — 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: Southern Comfort Context triple: [Fred Ward, notableWork, Southern Comfort]
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A.
Brandy
Brandy is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress known for her distinctive vocal style and hits such as "The Boy Is Mine" and "Have You Ever?".
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B.
Bourbon
Bourbon is a historic European royal house of French origin that has ruled over several countries, including France and Spain.
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C.
Mean Spirit
Mean Spirit is a novel by Linda Hogan that explores the exploitation and resilience of an Osage community during the Oklahoma oil boom, and is considered a key work of the Native American Renaissance.
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D.
Conjure Cognac
Conjure Cognac is a premium cognac brand co-created and promoted by rapper and actor Ludacris as part of his ventures into the spirits industry.
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E.
Mint Julep
Mint Julep is a classic Southern cocktail made with bourbon, fresh mint, sugar, and crushed ice, famously served at the Kentucky Derby.
- 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: Southern Comfort Target entity description: Southern Comfort is a 1981 action-thriller film about a group of National Guard soldiers lost in the Louisiana bayou who are hunted by local Cajuns after a violent misunderstanding.
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A.
Brandy
Brandy is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress known for her distinctive vocal style and hits such as "The Boy Is Mine" and "Have You Ever?".
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B.
Bourbon
Bourbon is a historic European royal house of French origin that has ruled over several countries, including France and Spain.
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C.
Mean Spirit
Mean Spirit is a novel by Linda Hogan that explores the exploitation and resilience of an Osage community during the Oklahoma oil boom, and is considered a key work of the Native American Renaissance.
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D.
Conjure Cognac
Conjure Cognac is a premium cognac brand co-created and promoted by rapper and actor Ludacris as part of his ventures into the spirits industry.
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E.
Mint Julep
Mint Julep is a classic Southern cocktail made with bourbon, fresh mint, sugar, and crushed ice, famously served at the Kentucky Derby.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Andrew Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ry Cooder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
National Guard training exercise gone wrong
ⓘ
armed conflict between soldiers and local Cajuns ⓘ |
| director | Walter Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Freeman A. Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | post-Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType | theatrical release ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
culture clash
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paranoia ⓘ survival ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cajun people
NERFINISHED
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Louisiana National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | bayou ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Walter Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American action thriller cinema of the 1980s ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of Louisiana National Guard soldiers on weekend maneuvers become lost in the bayou and are hunted by local Cajuns after a violent misunderstanding. ⓘ |
| producer |
David Giler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981-09-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| runtime | 106 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Giler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louisiana bayou ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| starring |
Alan Autry
NERFINISHED
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Brion James NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Coyote NERFINISHED ⓘ Powers Boothe NERFINISHED ⓘ T. K. Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southern Comfort Description of subject: Southern Comfort is a 1981 action-thriller film about a group of National Guard soldiers lost in the Louisiana bayou who are hunted by local Cajuns after a violent misunderstanding.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.