Medicine Man
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"Medicine Man" is a 1992 adventure drama film starring Sean Connery as a biochemist searching for a cancer cure in the Amazon rainforest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Medicine Man canonical | 4 |
| Medicine Man (1992 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5641210 — 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: Medicine Man Context triple: [Lorraine Bracco, appearedIn, Medicine Man]
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A.
Country Doctor
Country Doctor is a renowned 1948 photo-essay by W. Eugene Smith that intimately documents the daily life and challenges of a rural physician in Colorado.
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B.
Broken Trail
Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries that follows an aging cowboy and his estranged nephew as they escort a herd of horses and rescue a group of Chinese women in the American West.
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C.
The Paleface
The Paleface is a 1948 comedy Western film starring Bob Hope as a bumbling frontier dentist who becomes an unlikely hero alongside Jane Russell.
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D.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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E.
Landman
Landman is a surname of English origin, sometimes appearing as a variant spelling of "Lanman."
- 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: Medicine Man Target entity description: "Medicine Man" is a 1992 adventure drama film starring Sean Connery as a biochemist searching for a cancer cure in the Amazon rainforest.
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A.
Country Doctor
Country Doctor is a renowned 1948 photo-essay by W. Eugene Smith that intimately documents the daily life and challenges of a rural physician in Colorado.
-
B.
Broken Trail
Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries that follows an aging cowboy and his estranged nephew as they escort a herd of horses and rescue a group of Chinese women in the American West.
-
C.
The Paleface
The Paleface is a 1948 comedy Western film starring Bob Hope as a bumbling frontier dentist who becomes an unlikely hero alongside Jane Russell.
-
D.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
-
E.
Landman
Landman is a surname of English origin, sometimes appearing as a variant spelling of "Lanman."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $45,500,000 ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $40,000,000 ⓘ |
| character |
Dr. Rae Crane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Robert Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Donald McAlpine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| composer | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John McTiernan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | John Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresProfession | biochemist ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
clash between science and industry
ⓘ
deforestation of the rainforest ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Veracruz, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | The Medicine Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | He turned his back on civilization. Only to discover he had the power to save it. ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
environmental conservation
ⓘ
search for a cancer cure ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| notableAwardNomination | Razzie Award for Worst Actress for Lorraine Bracco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Andrew G. Vajna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donna Dubrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Cinergi Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hollywood Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1992-02-07 ⓘ |
| runtime | 106 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Sally Robinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Schulman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Amazon rainforest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundMix | Dolby Stereo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Francisco Tsiren Tsere Rereme
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
José Wilker NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorraine Bracco NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodolfo De Alexandre NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Connery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Medicine Man Description of subject: "Medicine Man" is a 1992 adventure drama film starring Sean Connery as a biochemist searching for a cancer cure in the Amazon rainforest.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Medicine Man (1992 film)
subject surface form:
Medicine Music