The Langoliers
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The Langoliers is a 1995 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s novella, directed by Tom Holland, about airplane passengers who awaken to find most of their fellow travelers vanished and reality itself unraveling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Langoliers canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5142544 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Langoliers Context triple: [Tom Holland, notableWork, The Langoliers]
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A.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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B.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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C.
He Walked Among Us
He Walked Among Us is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores themes of media manipulation, celebrity culture, and the commercialization of ideas.
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D.
The Terrors
The Terrors is the nickname of Dundee United F.C., a professional football club based in Dundee, Scotland, known for its passionate support and distinctive tangerine kit.
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E.
L’Intruse
L’Intruse is a symbolist one-act play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that explores themes of death, fate, and the unseen through a tense, atmospheric family drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Langoliers Target entity description: The Langoliers is a 1995 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s novella, directed by Tom Holland, about airplane passengers who awaken to find most of their fellow travelers vanished and reality itself unraveling.
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A.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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B.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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C.
He Walked Among Us
He Walked Among Us is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores themes of media manipulation, celebrity culture, and the commercialization of ideas.
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D.
The Terrors
The Terrors is the nickname of Dundee United F.C., a professional football club based in Dundee, Scotland, known for its passionate support and distinctive tangerine kit.
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E.
L’Intruse
L’Intruse is a symbolist one-act play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that explores themes of death, fate, and the unseen through a tense, atmospheric family drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film adaptation
ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Langoliers (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edward J. Pei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Vladimir Horunzhy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Tom Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Janice Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Mitchell Galin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard P. Rubinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bob Jenkins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian Engle NERFINISHED ⓘ Craig Toomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinah Bellman NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurel Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Hopewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAirDate | 1995-05-14 ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ supernatural thriller ⓘ |
| lastAirDate | 1995-05-15 ⓘ |
| mainPlot | airplane passengers awaken to find most fellow travelers vanished and reality unraveling ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | two-part miniseries ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King television adaptations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysActor |
Bronson Pinchot as Craig Toomy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Morse as Brian Engle NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean Stockwell as Bob Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Maberly as Dinah Bellman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Lindsay Chapman as Nick Hopewell NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Wettig as Laurel Stevenson ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Laurel Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionLocation |
Bangor, Maine (partial)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Utah (partial) ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 90 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Stephen King
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setOn | commercial airplane ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublishedIn | Four Past Midnight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkType | novella ⓘ |
| totalRuntime | approximately 180 minutes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Langoliers Description of subject: The Langoliers is a 1995 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s novella, directed by Tom Holland, about airplane passengers who awaken to find most of their fellow travelers vanished and reality itself unraveling.
Referenced by (4)
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