Portnoy's Complaint (film)

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American film comedy-drama film film

Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American comedy-drama film adaptation of Philip Roth's controversial novel, exploring the neurotic and sexual obsessions of a young Jewish man.

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Label	Occurrences
Portnoy's Complaint	6
Portnoy's Complaint (film) canonical	2
Portnoy's Complaint (novel)	2
Portnoy's Complaint (1972 film)	1
Portnoy’s Complaint	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1650875 — 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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Target entity: Portnoy's Complaint (film)
Context triple: [Karen Black, notableWork, Portnoy's Complaint (film)]

A. The Jewish Bride
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B. Crimes and Misdemeanors
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C. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a 1974 Canadian coming-of-age film, based on Mordecai Richler’s novel, that follows an ambitious young Jewish man in Montreal as he obsessively pursues success and social status.
D. Stir Crazy
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E. Adam's Rib
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Portnoy's Complaint (film)
Target entity description: Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American comedy-drama film adaptation of Philip Roth's controversial novel, exploring the neurotic and sexual obsessions of a young Jewish man.

A. The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
B. Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 1989 Woody Allen film that intertwines dark comedy and drama to explore morality, guilt, and the nature of justice through parallel storylines.
C. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a 1974 Canadian coming-of-age film, based on Mordecai Richler’s novel, that follows an ambitious young Jewish man in Montreal as he obsessively pursues success and social status.
D. Stir Crazy
Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
E. Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib is a classic 1949 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in a high-profile court case about gender equality.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
adaptationOf	Portnoy's Complaint (novel) ⓘ linked to: Portnoy's Complaint (film)
authorOfSourceWork	Philip Roth ⓘ
basedOn	Portnoy's Complaint (novel) ⓘ linked to: Portnoy's Complaint (film)
cinematographyBy	Philip H. Lathrop ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	Ernest Lehman ⓘ
editedBy	Henry Berman ⓘ
explores	cultural expectations ⓘ guilt ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ comedy-drama ⓘ drama ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadCharacterProfession	lawyer ⓘ
mainCharacter	Alexander Portnoy ⓘ
musicBy	Michel Legrand ⓘ
narrativeDevice	confessional monologue to a psychiatrist ⓘ
notableFor	controversial subject matter ⓘ explicit sexual content ⓘ
periodOfSetting	mid-20th century ⓘ
portrays	Jewish-American family life ⓘ
producer	Ernest Lehman ⓘ
protagonistDescribedAs	young Jewish man ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork	1969 ⓘ
releaseYear	1972 ⓘ
screenwriter	Ernest Lehman ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ
sourceWorkDescribedAs	controversial ⓘ
sourceWorkGenre	novel ⓘ
sourceWorkNationality	American literature ⓘ
theme	Jewish identity ⓘ family relationships ⓘ neurosis ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ sexual obsession ⓘ

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