The Hitcher (2007 film)
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The Hitcher (2007 film) is a 2007 horror-thriller remake about a young couple terrorized by a sadistic hitchhiker, produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hitcher | 4 |
| The Hitcher (2007 film) canonical | 4 |
| The Hitcher (TV or film remake context) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5885643 — 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 Hitcher (2007 film) Context triple: [Platinum Dunes, knownFor, The Hitcher (2007 film)]
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A.
Hitch Hikin'
"Hitch Hikin'" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his album *Western Stars*, reflecting themes of travel, nostalgia, and American life.
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B.
Detours
"Detours" is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow that blends rock, pop, and folk influences with politically and personally charged lyrics.
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C.
Hitch
Hitch is a 2005 romantic comedy film starring Will Smith as a professional "date doctor" who helps men woo the women of their dreams, only to struggle with his own love life.
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D.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway is a 1997 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by David Lynch, known for its surreal narrative, shifting identities, and dark, dreamlike atmosphere.
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E.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway is a 2007 country rock-influenced studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi that explores themes of love, loss, and redemption.
- 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 Hitcher (2007 film) Target entity description: The Hitcher (2007 film) is a 2007 horror-thriller remake about a young couple terrorized by a sadistic hitchhiker, produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes.
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A.
Hitch Hikin'
"Hitch Hikin'" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his album *Western Stars*, reflecting themes of travel, nostalgia, and American life.
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B.
Detours
"Detours" is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow that blends rock, pop, and folk influences with politically and personally charged lyrics.
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C.
Hitch
Hitch is a 2005 romantic comedy film starring Will Smith as a professional "date doctor" who helps men woo the women of their dreams, only to struggle with his own love life.
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D.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway is a 2007 country rock-influenced studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi that explores themes of love, loss, and redemption.
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E.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway is a 1997 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by David Lynch, known for its surreal narrative, shifting identities, and dark, dreamlike atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Hitcher (1986 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Neal McDonough
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sean Bean NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophia Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ Zachary Knighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Neal McDonough as Lieutenant Esteridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sean Bean as John Ryder ⓘ Sophia Bush as Grace Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ Zachary Knighton as Jim Halsey ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Hawkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Dave Meyers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Rogue Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jim May NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
road terror
ⓘ
sadism ⓘ stalking ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| isRemakeOf | The Hitcher (1986 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Grace Andrews
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Halsey NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ryder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Steve Jablonsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a remake of the 1986 cult horror-thriller The Hitcher ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Platinum Dunes horror remakes ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young couple is terrorized by a sadistic hitchhiker while driving through New Mexico. ⓘ |
| producer |
Andrew Form
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brad Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Platinum Dunes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | January 19, 2007 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 84 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Eric Bernt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric Red NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Wade Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Hitcher (2007 film) Description of subject: The Hitcher (2007 film) is a 2007 horror-thriller remake about a young couple terrorized by a sadistic hitchhiker, produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Hitcher (TV or film remake context)
this entity surface form:
The Hitcher
this entity surface form:
The Hitcher
this entity surface form:
The Hitcher
this entity surface form:
The Hitcher