Wholly Moses!
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Wholly Moses! is a 1980 satirical biblical comedy film starring Dudley Moore that parodies religious epics through the misadventures of a man whose life parallels that of Moses.
All labels observed (1)
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| Wholly Moses! canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6437132 — 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: Wholly Moses! Context triple: [Rastar Productions, notableWork, Wholly Moses!]
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A.
Moses Supposes
"Moses Supposes" is a fast-paced comedic song-and-dance number from the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain," known for its tongue-twisting lyrics and energetic choreography.
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B.
Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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C.
The Finding of Moses
The Finding of Moses is a Baroque-era religious painting by French artist Charles de La Fosse depicting the biblical story of the infant Moses being discovered in the Nile.
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D.
The Life of Moses
The Life of Moses is a 1910 American silent religious epic film dramatizing key events from the biblical story of Moses.
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E.
Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
- 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: Wholly Moses! Target entity description: Wholly Moses! is a 1980 satirical biblical comedy film starring Dudley Moore that parodies religious epics through the misadventures of a man whose life parallels that of Moses.
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A.
Moses Supposes
"Moses Supposes" is a fast-paced comedic song-and-dance number from the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain," known for its tongue-twisting lyrics and energetic choreography.
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B.
Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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C.
The Finding of Moses
The Finding of Moses is a Baroque-era religious painting by French artist Charles de La Fosse depicting the biblical story of the infant Moses being discovered in the Nile.
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D.
The Life of Moses
The Life of Moses is a 1910 American silent religious epic film dramatizing key events from the biblical story of Moses.
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E.
Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | biblical stories ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James A. Contner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Gary Weis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editedBy | John F. Link NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1980s American cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical comedy
ⓘ
parody film ⓘ religious satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
faith and doubt
ⓘ
religion ⓘ satire of organized religion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Dudley Moore as Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Charles Strouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | parodying the story of Moses through a parallel character ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies |
biblical films
ⓘ
religious epics ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film follows Herschel, a man whose life parallels that of Moses, leading to a parody of biblical epics. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Gil Friesen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Brut Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980-06-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Fred Freeman
NERFINISHED
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Guy Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence J. Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | ancient Middle East ⓘ |
| starring |
Dom DeLuise
NERFINISHED
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Dudley Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ James Coco NERFINISHED ⓘ John Houseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Laraine Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeline Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Sand NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Wholly Moses! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Wholly Moses! Description of subject: Wholly Moses! is a 1980 satirical biblical comedy film starring Dudley Moore that parodies religious epics through the misadventures of a man whose life parallels that of Moses.
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