The White Buffalo
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The White Buffalo is a 1977 Western film starring Charles Bronson that blends frontier adventure with a Moby Dick–style obsession narrative centered on the hunt for a legendary white bison.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The White Buffalo canonical | 7 |
| white buffalo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5166531 — 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 White Buffalo Context triple: [Richard Sale, notableWork, The White Buffalo]
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A.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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B.
The Last of the Buffalo
The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
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C.
White Antelope
White Antelope was a prominent Southern Cheyenne chief known for his leadership and tragic death during the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864.
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D.
Thunder Child
Thunder Child is a dramatic musical piece from Jeff Wayne's concept album "The War of the Worlds," depicting a valiant ironclad warship's last stand against Martian invaders.
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E.
The White One
The White One is an epithet of Nekhbet, the ancient Egyptian vulture goddess who served as a protector of Upper Egypt and the pharaoh.
- 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 White Buffalo Target entity description: The White Buffalo is a 1977 Western film starring Charles Bronson that blends frontier adventure with a Moby Dick–style obsession narrative centered on the hunt for a legendary white bison.
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A.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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B.
The Last of the Buffalo
The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
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C.
White Antelope
White Antelope was a prominent Southern Cheyenne chief known for his leadership and tragic death during the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864.
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D.
Thunder Child
Thunder Child is a dramatic musical piece from Jeff Wayne's concept album "The War of the Worlds," depicting a valiant ironclad warship's last stand against Martian invaders.
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E.
The White One
The White One is an epithet of Nekhbet, the ancient Egyptian vulture goddess who served as a protector of Upper Egypt and the pharaoh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by Richard Sale ⓘ |
| castMember | Charles Bronson ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Lohmann ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | J. Lee Thompson ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| featuresCreature |
white buffalo
ⓘ
linked to:
The White Buffalo
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| filmingTechnique | use of large-scale mechanical creature effects ⓘ |
| follows | obsession narrative structure ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ fantasy Western ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Crazy Horse
ⓘ
Wild Bill Hickok ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTheme | obsessive hunt for a legendary creature ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | fans of Western and adventure films ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
destiny
ⓘ
myth versus reality ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Moby-Dick ⓘ |
| mainSubject | hunt for a legendary white bison ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Barry ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
man versus nature conflict
ⓘ
psychological obsession ⓘ |
| notableFor | blending Western genre with Moby-Dick-style obsession story ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1970s American Western cinema ⓘ |
| portrays | legendary white bison as quasi-mythic force ⓘ |
| producer | Dino De Laurentiis ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Dino De Laurentiis Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Dino De Laurentiis Corporation
|
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 97 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Sale ⓘ |
| setting | American frontier ⓘ |
| settingTime | 19th-century American West ⓘ |
| soundMix | mono ⓘ |
| starredActor | Charles Bronson ⓘ |
| title | The White Buffalo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The White Buffalo Description of subject: The White Buffalo is a 1977 Western film starring Charles Bronson that blends frontier adventure with a Moby Dick–style obsession narrative centered on the hunt for a legendary white bison.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The White Buffalo