The Boys Are Back
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The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian-British drama film starring Clive Owen as a recently widowed father struggling to raise his two sons.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Boys Are Back canonical | 7 |
| Elliot in The Boys Are Back | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2768492 — 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: The Boys Are Back Context triple: [George MacKay, notableWork, The Boys Are Back]
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A.
One of the Boys
"One of the Boys" is the 2008 major-label breakthrough pop album by Katy Perry, featuring hits like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" that established her international fame.
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B.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1938 satirical stage comedy by Clare Boothe Luce that parodies the search for a Southern actress to star in a Broadway musical, loosely inspired by the casting of Gone with the Wind.
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C.
The Boys in the Back Room
The Boys in the Back Room is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts lively nightlife and social scenes within Black urban culture.
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D.
My Boys
My Boys is an American television sitcom that follows a female sportswriter in Chicago as she navigates her career and relationships with her close-knit group of male friends.
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E.
City Boys
"City Boys" is a popular Afrobeats song by Nigerian artist Burna Boy, known for its energetic production and confident, hedonistic lyrics.
- 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 Boys Are Back Target entity description: The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian-British drama film starring Clive Owen as a recently widowed father struggling to raise his two sons.
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A.
One of the Boys
"One of the Boys" is the 2008 major-label breakthrough pop album by Katy Perry, featuring hits like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" that established her international fame.
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B.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1938 satirical stage comedy by Clare Boothe Luce that parodies the search for a Southern actress to star in a Broadway musical, loosely inspired by the casting of Gone with the Wind.
-
C.
The Boys in the Back Room
The Boys in the Back Room is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts lively nightlife and social scenes within Black urban culture.
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D.
My Boys
My Boys is an American television sitcom that follows a female sportswriter in Chicago as she navigates her career and relationships with her close-knit group of male friends.
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E.
City Boys
"City Boys" is a popular Afrobeats song by Nigerian artist Burna Boy, known for its energetic production and confident, hedonistic lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Simon Carr ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Boys Are Back in Town ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Greig Fraser ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Australia
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Scott Hicks ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| editedBy | Scott Gray ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Adelaide
ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0926084 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Joe Warr ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hal Lindes ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | widowed father raising two sons ⓘ |
| producer | Greg Brenman ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tiger Aspect Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2009-09-09 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Allan Cubitt ⓘ |
| starring |
Clive Owen
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Emma Booth ⓘ George MacKay ⓘ Laura Fraser ⓘ Nicholas McAnulty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Boys Are Back Description of subject: The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian-British drama film starring Clive Owen as a recently widowed father struggling to raise his two sons.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.