The Pumpkin Eater
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The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film, based on Penelope Mortimer’s novel, about a troubled woman in a disintegrating marriage, noted for Anne Bancroft’s acclaimed performance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Pumpkin Eater canonical | 6 |
| The Pumpkin Eater (1964 film) | 3 |
| The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5226093 — 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.
Target entity: The Pumpkin Eater Context triple: [Anne Bancroft, notableWork, The Pumpkin Eater]
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A.
The Bean Eater
The Bean Eater is a genre painting by Annibale Carracci depicting a humble man eating a simple meal, celebrated for its realistic detail and earthy, everyday subject matter.
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The Picnic
The Picnic is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts a lively outdoor social gathering, reflecting his signature focus on Black urban life and culture.
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C.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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D.
The Bean Eaters
The Bean Eaters is a 1960 poetry collection by Gwendolyn Brooks that explores race, poverty, and everyday Black life in America with vivid, socially conscious verse.
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E.
The Ballad of the Sad Café
The Ballad of the Sad Café is a Southern Gothic novella by Carson McCullers that explores themes of unrequited love, isolation, and the complexities of human relationships in a small Georgia mill town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Pumpkin Eater Target entity description: The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film, based on Penelope Mortimer’s novel, about a troubled woman in a disintegrating marriage, noted for Anne Bancroft’s acclaimed performance.
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A.
The Bean Eater
The Bean Eater is a genre painting by Annibale Carracci depicting a humble man eating a simple meal, celebrated for its realistic detail and earthy, everyday subject matter.
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B.
The Picnic
The Picnic is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts a lively outdoor social gathering, reflecting his signature focus on Black urban life and culture.
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C.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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D.
The Bean Eaters
The Bean Eaters is a 1960 poetry collection by Gwendolyn Brooks that explores race, poverty, and everyday Black life in America with vivid, socially conscious verse.
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E.
The Ballad of the Sad Café
The Ballad of the Sad Café is a Southern Gothic novella by Carson McCullers that explores themes of unrequited love, isolation, and the complexities of human relationships in a small Georgia mill town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British drama film
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film ⓘ |
| awardRecognition |
Anne Bancroft received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
NERFINISHED
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Anne Bancroft won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Pumpkin Eater (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Penelope Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Oswald Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Jack Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorInstanceOf | Jack Clayton is a British film director ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tom Priestley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1960s British cinema ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| leadCharacterName | Jo Armitage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySourceGenre | novel ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Delerue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Anne Bancroft’s acclaimed performance ⓘ |
| novelAuthor | Penelope Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A troubled woman struggles with a disintegrating marriage and her own emotional instability ⓘ |
| producer |
James Woolf
NERFINISHED
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John Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Romulus Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationOf | The Pumpkin Eater (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Harold Pinter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriterInstanceOf | Harold Pinter is a Nobel Prize–winning playwright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| starring |
Alan Webb
NERFINISHED
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Anne Bancroft NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Yootha Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
female psychological trauma
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infidelity ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Pumpkin Eater Description of subject: The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film, based on Penelope Mortimer’s novel, about a troubled woman in a disintegrating marriage, noted for Anne Bancroft’s acclaimed performance.
Referenced by (10)
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