The Candidate
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"The Candidate" is a 1972 political drama film starring Robert Redford as an idealistic lawyer unexpectedly thrust into a U.S. Senate campaign, satirizing modern American electoral politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Candidate canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5696941 — 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 Candidate Context triple: [Robert Redford, notableWork, The Candidate]
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A.
The Politician
The Politician is a satirical comedy-drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that follows an ambitious high school student navigating ruthless politics on his path to the presidency.
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B.
The Politician
The Politician is a 17th-century stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable tragic works exploring court intrigue and moral corruption.
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C.
La candidata
La candidata is a Mexican political drama telenovela that follows a female politician’s rise and struggles within a corrupt power system.
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D.
The American Voter
The American Voter is a landmark political science book that pioneered the study of voting behavior in the United States by analyzing how party identification and social factors shape electoral choices.
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E.
The American President
The American President is a 1995 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner that follows a widowed U.S. president who falls in love with a lobbyist while navigating the political pressures of the White House.
- 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: The Candidate Target entity description: "The Candidate" is a 1972 political drama film starring Robert Redford as an idealistic lawyer unexpectedly thrust into a U.S. Senate campaign, satirizing modern American electoral politics.
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A.
The Politician
The Politician is a satirical comedy-drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that follows an ambitious high school student navigating ruthless politics on his path to the presidency.
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B.
The Politician
The Politician is a 17th-century stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable tragic works exploring court intrigue and moral corruption.
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C.
La candidata
La candidata is a Mexican political drama telenovela that follows a female politician’s rise and struggles within a corrupt power system.
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D.
The American Voter
The American Voter is a landmark political science book that pioneered the study of voting behavior in the United States by analyzing how party identification and social factors shape electoral choices.
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E.
The American President
The American President is a 1995 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner that follows a widowed U.S. president who falls in love with a lobbyist while navigating the political pressures of the White House.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwardsEdition | 45th Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ |
| awardReceivedYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Jeremy Larner ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy |
Bill McKay – Robert Redford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marvin Lucas – Peter Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Senator Crocker Jarmon – Don Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Victor J. Kemper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Ritchie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Richard A. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | PG ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasTagline | "Nothing matters more than winning. Not even what you believe in." ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disillusionment with politics
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media manipulation ⓘ political compromise ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bill McKay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Rubinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
U.S. Senate election campaign
ⓘ
modern American electoral politics ⓘ |
| notableFor | satirical depiction of U.S. electoral politics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
conflict between idealism and pragmatism in elections
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image-making in politics ⓘ media strategies in political campaigns ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Coblenz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972-06-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jeremy Larner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| starring |
Allen Garfield
NERFINISHED
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Don Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Quinn Redeker NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Redford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 1970s United States politics ⓘ |
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Subject: The Candidate Description of subject: "The Candidate" is a 1972 political drama film starring Robert Redford as an idealistic lawyer unexpectedly thrust into a U.S. Senate campaign, satirizing modern American electoral politics.
Referenced by (8)
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