The Road to Wellville
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The Road to Wellville is a 1994 satirical comedy film about Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s eccentric health spa in early 20th-century Michigan, directed by Alan Parker and starring Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, and Matthew Broderick.
All labels observed (1)
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|---|---|
| The Road to Wellville canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6139820 — 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: The Road to Wellville Context triple: [Gerry Hambling, notableWork, The Road to Wellville]
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A.
Small Gods
Small Gods is a satirical fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett set in his Discworld universe, exploring religion, belief, and institutional power through dark humor and philosophical insight.
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B.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood is a darkly comic Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned war veteran who founds a bizarre anti-religious ministry in a decaying Southern town.
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C.
Child of God
Child of God is a dark, Southern Gothic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the violent descent of an outcast man in rural Tennessee into extreme depravity and isolation.
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D.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day is a novella by Saul Bellow that follows a day in the life of a failed salesman confronting personal and financial ruin in mid-20th-century New York.
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E.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
- 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 Road to Wellville Target entity description: The Road to Wellville is a 1994 satirical comedy film about Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s eccentric health spa in early 20th-century Michigan, directed by Alan Parker and starring Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, and Matthew Broderick.
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A.
Small Gods
Small Gods is a satirical fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett set in his Discworld universe, exploring religion, belief, and institutional power through dark humor and philosophical insight.
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B.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood is a darkly comic Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned war veteran who founds a bizarre anti-religious ministry in a decaying Southern town.
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C.
Child of God
Child of God is a dark, Southern Gothic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the violent descent of an outcast man in rural Tennessee into extreme depravity and isolation.
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D.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day is a novella by Saul Bellow that follows a day in the life of a failed salesman confronting personal and financial ruin in mid-20th-century New York.
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E.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Road to Wellville (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | T. Coraghessan Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterDepicted | John Harvey Kellogg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peter Biziou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Alan Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | United States theatrical release ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gerry Hambling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Wellville_(film) ⓘ |
| leadActor | Anthony Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Harvey Kellogg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Rachel Portman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
eccentric health treatments
ⓘ
satire of wellness fads ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
alternative medicine practices
ⓘ
health spa culture ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Parker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert F. Colesberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Beacon Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1994-10-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Alan Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Battle Creek, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| stars |
Anthony Hopkins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bridget Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ Colm Meaney NERFINISHED ⓘ Dana Carvey NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ Lara Flynn Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Broderick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Road to Wellville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road to Wellville Description of subject: The Road to Wellville is a 1994 satirical comedy film about Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s eccentric health spa in early 20th-century Michigan, directed by Alan Parker and starring Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, and Matthew Broderick.
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