The January Man
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The January Man is a 1989 mystery-comedy thriller film about a disgraced former detective brought back to track down a serial killer in New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The January Man canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9085079 — 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 January Man Context triple: [Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, notableWork, The January Man]
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A.
The Man Jack
The Man Jack is the mysterious, ruthless assassin who murders Bod’s family and relentlessly hunts him throughout Neil Gaiman’s novel "The Graveyard Book."
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B.
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man is a 1988 television film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novella, starring Anthony Hopkins in a World War II-era drama about guilt, sacrifice, and identity.
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C.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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D.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- 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 January Man Target entity description: The January Man is a 1989 mystery-comedy thriller film about a disgraced former detective brought back to track down a serial killer in New York City.
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A.
The Man Jack
The Man Jack is the mysterious, ruthless assassin who murders Bod’s family and relentlessly hunts him throughout Neil Gaiman’s novel "The Graveyard Book."
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B.
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man is a 1988 television film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novella, starring Anthony Hopkins in a World War II-era drama about guilt, sacrifice, and identity.
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C.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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D.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| character |
Bernie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christine Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Detective Vincent Alcoa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayor Kevin Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jerzy Zieliński NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1980s ⓘ |
| director | Pat O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | MGM/UA Communications Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Lou Lombardo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasPoliceDetectiveTheme | true ⓘ |
| hasSerialKillerTheme | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nick Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bob James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A disgraced former detective is brought back to track down a serial killer in New York City. ⓘ |
| producer |
Ezra Swerdlow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman Jewison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Northern Lights Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Star Partners II Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1989-01-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Patrick Shanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Rickman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian Tarantina NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Aiello NERFINISHED ⓘ Faye Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay O. Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Kline NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio NERFINISHED ⓘ Rod Steiger NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Forristal NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Sarandon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The January Man Description of subject: The January Man is a 1989 mystery-comedy thriller film about a disgraced former detective brought back to track down a serial killer in New York City.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.