Starcrash
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Starcrash is a 1978 Italian space opera film, heavily inspired by Star Wars, known for its campy special effects, pulpy sci-fi adventure, and cult following.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starcrash canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7818262 — 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: Starcrash Context triple: [Joe Spinell, notableWork, Starcrash]
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A.
Spearhead
Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division, a famed American armored unit noted for its rapid, leading role in European campaigns during World War II.
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B.
Iron Sunrise
Iron Sunrise is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that blends space opera with political intrigue and posthuman technology in a fast-paced, darkly humorous narrative.
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C.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
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D.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction crime drama television series that serves as a sequel to Life on Mars, following a modern-day detective who finds herself transported back to the 1980s.
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E.
Ashes to Ashes
"Ashes to Ashes" is a 1980 art-pop song by David Bowie that revisits his Major Tom character with a darker, more introspective tone and an innovative, visually striking music video.
- 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: Starcrash Target entity description: Starcrash is a 1978 Italian space opera film, heavily inspired by Star Wars, known for its campy special effects, pulpy sci-fi adventure, and cult following.
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A.
Spearhead
Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division, a famed American armored unit noted for its rapid, leading role in European campaigns during World War II.
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B.
Iron Sunrise
Iron Sunrise is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that blends space opera with political intrigue and posthuman technology in a fast-paced, darkly humorous narrative.
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C.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
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D.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction crime drama television series that serves as a sequel to Life on Mars, following a modern-day detective who finds herself transported back to the 1980s.
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E.
Ashes to Ashes
"Ashes to Ashes" is a 1980 art-pop song by David Bowie that revisits his Major Tom character with a darker, more introspective tone and an innovative, visually striking music video.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
space opera film ⓘ |
| character |
Akton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Count Zarth Arn NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor of the First Circle of the Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Beeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | John Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cultFilmStatus | true ⓘ |
| director | Luigi Cozzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | New World Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | James Nares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed reviews ⓘ |
| hasVisualEffectsStyle |
miniature models
ⓘ
stop-motion animation ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Star Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
camp aesthetic
ⓘ
low-budget production values ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
galactic war
ⓘ
rescue mission ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campy special effects
ⓘ
pulpy science fiction tone ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Nat Wachsberger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patrick Wachsberger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
American International Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nat Wachsberger Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Luigi Cozzi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nat Wachsberger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInUniverse | outer space ⓘ |
| starring |
Caroline Munro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christopher Plummer NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hasselhoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Spinell NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjoe Gortner 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: Starcrash Description of subject: Starcrash is a 1978 Italian space opera film, heavily inspired by Star Wars, known for its campy special effects, pulpy sci-fi adventure, and cult following.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.