Cinema 5 Distributing
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Cinema 5 Distributing was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing influential art-house and documentary films in the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cinema 5 Distributing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4441301 — 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)
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Target entity: Cinema 5 Distributing Context triple: [Pumping Iron, distributor, Cinema 5 Distributing]
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A.
Associated Film Distribution
Associated Film Distribution was a British film distribution company active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for handling the UK releases of various international and independent films.
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B.
Icon Film Distribution
Icon Film Distribution is a UK-based film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent, arthouse, and international films.
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C.
Alliance Films
Alliance Films was a major Canadian film distribution and production company known for releasing a wide range of independent and international movies in Canada and other markets.
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D.
Overture Films
Overture Films was an American independent film production and distribution company active in the late 2000s, known for releasing a range of mid-budget and specialty films.
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E.
Cinecom Entertainment Group
Cinecom Entertainment Group was an American independent film distribution company known for releasing acclaimed art-house and foreign films during the 1980s and early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Cinema 5 Distributing Target entity description: Cinema 5 Distributing was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing influential art-house and documentary films in the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Associated Film Distribution
Associated Film Distribution was a British film distribution company active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for handling the UK releases of various international and independent films.
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B.
Icon Film Distribution
Icon Film Distribution is a UK-based film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent, arthouse, and international films.
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C.
Alliance Films
Alliance Films was a major Canadian film distribution and production company known for releasing a wide range of independent and international movies in Canada and other markets.
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D.
Overture Films
Overture Films was an American independent film production and distribution company active in the late 2000s, known for releasing a range of mid-budget and specialty films.
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E.
Cinecom Entertainment Group
Cinecom Entertainment Group was an American independent film distribution company known for releasing acclaimed art-house and foreign films during the 1980s and early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film distribution company
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independent film distributor ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| businessModel | acquisition and distribution of independent films ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| distributionChannel | theatrical release ⓘ |
| focus |
art-house cinema
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foreign-language films ⓘ independent films ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Donald Rugoff ⓘ |
| industry | film distribution ⓘ |
| knownFor | supporting non-mainstream cinema in the United States ⓘ |
| market | United States theatrical market ⓘ |
| notableFor |
releasing influential art-house films in the 1960s and 1970s
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releasing influential documentary films in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| operationalPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| product |
art-house films
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documentary films ⓘ |
| reputation | important American art-house distributor of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cinema 5 Distributing Description of subject: Cinema 5 Distributing was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing influential art-house and documentary films in the 1960s and 1970s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.