Cinerama Releasing Corporation
E228101
Cinerama Releasing Corporation was an American film distribution company active in the 1960s and 1970s, known for handling a wide range of independent and international releases.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2041775 — 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: Cinerama Releasing Corporation Context triple: [Charly, distributedBy, Cinerama Releasing Corporation]
-
A.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
-
B.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
-
C.
Palomar Pictures International
Palomar Pictures International was an American film production company active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, known for producing several notable Hollywood features.
-
D.
Pioneer Pictures
Pioneer Pictures was an early 1930s American film production company known for its pioneering work with Technicolor and association with producer-director Merian C. Cooper.
-
E.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
- 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: Cinerama Releasing Corporation Target entity description: Cinerama Releasing Corporation was an American film distribution company active in the 1960s and 1970s, known for handling a wide range of independent and international releases.
-
A.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
-
B.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
-
C.
Palomar Pictures International
Palomar Pictures International was an American film production company active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, known for producing several notable Hollywood features.
-
D.
Pioneer Pictures
Pioneer Pictures was an early 1930s American film production company known for its pioneering work with Technicolor and association with producer-director Merian C. Cooper.
-
E.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
ⓘ
film distribution company ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| basedInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| businessActivity |
acquiring distribution rights
ⓘ
booking films into theaters ⓘ marketing films ⓘ |
| businessModel | acquisition and distribution of completed films ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionChannel | cinema theaters ⓘ |
| era |
New Hollywood era
ⓘ
linked to:
New Hollywood
|
| field | motion pictures ⓘ |
| focus |
foreign-language films
ⓘ
independent productions ⓘ international co-productions ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| industry | film distribution ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distributing independent films
ⓘ
distributing international films ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
helped bring international cinema to U.S. audiences
ⓘ
specialized in non-major-studio releases ⓘ |
| operatedInMarket |
North American film market
ⓘ
United States theatrical market ⓘ |
| product | theatrical film releases ⓘ |
| scopeOfCatalog |
mix of domestic and imported titles
ⓘ
wide range of genres ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| typeOfCompany | distributor, not a major Hollywood studio ⓘ |
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: Cinerama Releasing Corporation Description of subject: Cinerama Releasing Corporation was an American film distribution company active in the 1960s and 1970s, known for handling a wide range of independent and international releases.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
subject linked to:
Joe
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
subject linked to:
Candy
subject linked to:
The House That Dripped Blood (1971 film)
subject linked to:
The House That Dripped Blood (1971 film)
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
linked to: Cinerama Releasing Corporation