This Sporting Life
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This Sporting Life is a 1963 British New Wave drama film about a troubled rugby league player, noted for its gritty realism and powerful performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Sporting Life canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5071980 — 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: This Sporting Life Context triple: [British New Wave, notableWork, This Sporting Life]
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A.
At the Races
"At the Races" is a painting by Edgar Degas that depicts the lively atmosphere of a horse-racing scene, reflecting his interest in modern urban leisure and dynamic movement.
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B.
The Sportsmen Quartet
The Sportsmen Quartet was a comedic vocal group best known for performing humorous musical numbers and commercial jingles on the classic radio and television series "The Jack Benny Program."
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C.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played is the legendary triple-overtime showdown between the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns in the 1976 NBA Finals, widely regarded as one of the most dramatic and exciting games in basketball history.
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D.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played is the legendary 1958 NFL Championship clash between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants that popularized professional football through its dramatic sudden-death overtime finish.
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E.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports drama film about early 20th-century golf prodigy Francis Ouimet and his historic U.S. Open victory.
- 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: This Sporting Life Target entity description: This Sporting Life is a 1963 British New Wave drama film about a troubled rugby league player, noted for its gritty realism and powerful performances.
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A.
At the Races
"At the Races" is a painting by Edgar Degas that depicts the lively atmosphere of a horse-racing scene, reflecting his interest in modern urban leisure and dynamic movement.
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B.
The Sportsmen Quartet
The Sportsmen Quartet was a comedic vocal group best known for performing humorous musical numbers and commercial jingles on the classic radio and television series "The Jack Benny Program."
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C.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played is the legendary triple-overtime showdown between the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns in the 1976 NBA Finals, widely regarded as one of the most dramatic and exciting games in basketball history.
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D.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played is the legendary 1958 NFL Championship clash between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants that popularized professional football through its dramatic sudden-death overtime finish.
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E.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports drama film about early 20th-century golf prodigy Francis Ouimet and his historic U.S. Open victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British New Wave film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | David Storey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNominationRecipient |
Rachel Roberts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | This Sporting Life (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificate | X (original UK classification) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Denis Coop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Lindsay Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
sports film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Richard Harris as Frank Machin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActressRole | Rachel Roberts as Margaret Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Frank Machin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | professional rugby league player ⓘ |
| movement |
British New Wave
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
kitchen sink realism ⓘ |
| musicBy | Robbie McLaren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
emotional turmoil
ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
gritty realism
ⓘ
powerful performances ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Karel Reisz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Independent Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUK | 1963-02-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 134 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Storey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportDepicted | rugby league ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Badel
NERFINISHED
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Rachel Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ William Hartnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: This Sporting Life Description of subject: This Sporting Life is a 1963 British New Wave drama film about a troubled rugby league player, noted for its gritty realism and powerful performances.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.