A Thousand Acres
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A Thousand Acres is a 1997 drama film adaptation of Jane Smiley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, reimagining Shakespeare’s King Lear on a contemporary Iowa farm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Thousand Acres canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Thousand Acres Context triple: [Jocelyn Moorhouse, notableWork, A Thousand Acres]
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A.
The Farmer’s Daughter
The Farmer’s Daughter is a 1947 American romantic comedy film starring Loretta Young as a Swedish-American farm girl who becomes involved in politics.
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B.
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by Willa Cather that explores the decline of the American frontier aristocracy through the enigmatic figure of Marian Forrester.
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C.
The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter is a 2021 psychological drama film, based on Elena Ferrante’s novel and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, that explores the unsettling complexities of motherhood and female identity.
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D.
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart is a 1986 dark comedy-drama film adaptation of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, centered on three eccentric sisters reuniting in small-town Mississippi.
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E.
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland is Alice Walker’s debut novel, a powerful exploration of racism, poverty, and generational trauma within an African American family in the rural American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Thousand Acres Target entity description: A Thousand Acres is a 1997 drama film adaptation of Jane Smiley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, reimagining Shakespeare’s King Lear on a contemporary Iowa farm.
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A.
The Farmer’s Daughter
The Farmer’s Daughter is a 1947 American romantic comedy film starring Loretta Young as a Swedish-American farm girl who becomes involved in politics.
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B.
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by Willa Cather that explores the decline of the American frontier aristocracy through the enigmatic figure of Marian Forrester.
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C.
The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter is a 2021 psychological drama film, based on Elena Ferrante’s novel and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, that explores the unsettling complexities of motherhood and female identity.
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D.
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart is a 1986 dark comedy-drama film adaptation of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, centered on three eccentric sisters reuniting in small-town Mississippi.
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E.
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland is Alice Walker’s debut novel, a powerful exploration of racism, poverty, and generational trauma within an African American family in the rural American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardSourceMaterial | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (for the novel A Thousand Acres) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Thousand Acres (novel)
NERFINISHED
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King Lear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor |
Jane Smiley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lajos Koltai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Jocelyn Moorhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Buena Vista Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | United States theatrical release ⓘ |
| editedBy | Nicholas Beauman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse and trauma
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family conflict ⓘ inheritance dispute ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ rural American life ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ginny Cook Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Larry Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Cook Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Hartley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeBasis | modern retelling of King Lear ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Arlene Donovan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Lucchesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Davis Entertainment
NERFINISHED
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Touchstone Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jane Smiley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laura Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | farm ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Colin Firth
NERFINISHED
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Jason Robards NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Jason Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Pfeiffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: A Thousand Acres Description of subject: A Thousand Acres is a 1997 drama film adaptation of Jane Smiley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, reimagining Shakespeare’s King Lear on a contemporary Iowa farm.
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