Forty Deuce
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Forty Deuce is a gritty 1982 crime drama film directed by Paul Morrissey that explores the lives of teenage hustlers in New York City’s Times Square.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Forty Deuce canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8074823 — 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: Forty Deuce Context triple: [Paul Morrissey, notableWork, Forty Deuce]
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A.
Deuce and a Quarter
Deuce and a Quarter is a popular nickname for the Buick Electra 225, a full-size American luxury car known for its large size and powerful V8 engines.
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B.
The Forty-Fours
The Forty-Fours are a small, remote group of rocky islets forming the easternmost part of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands archipelago.
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C.
Deuce
Deuce is the official mascot of the Frisco RoughRiders minor league baseball team, known for entertaining fans at their games in Frisco, Texas.
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D.
Little Deuce Coupe
"Little Deuce Coupe" is a 1963 hot rod–themed studio album by the Beach Boys that helped define their early car-culture sound.
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E.
Cannonball
Cannonball was the nickname of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, a prominent American jazz alto saxophonist known for his work in hard bop and soul jazz.
- 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: Forty Deuce Target entity description: Forty Deuce is a gritty 1982 crime drama film directed by Paul Morrissey that explores the lives of teenage hustlers in New York City’s Times Square.
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A.
Deuce and a Quarter
Deuce and a Quarter is a popular nickname for the Buick Electra 225, a full-size American luxury car known for its large size and powerful V8 engines.
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B.
The Forty-Fours
The Forty-Fours are a small, remote group of rocky islets forming the easternmost part of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands archipelago.
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C.
Deuce
Deuce is the official mascot of the Frisco RoughRiders minor league baseball team, known for entertaining fans at their games in Frisco, Texas.
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D.
Little Deuce Coupe
"Little Deuce Coupe" is a 1963 hot rod–themed studio album by the Beach Boys that helped define their early car-culture sound.
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E.
Cannonball
Cannonball was the nickname of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, a prominent American jazz alto saxophonist known for his work in hard bop and soul jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | stage play "Forty Deuce" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Paul Morrissey ⓘ |
| directorStyle | gritty realism ⓘ |
| filmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| filmmakingContext | American independent cinema of the 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Esai Morales
ⓘ
Kevin Bacon ⓘ Kirk Taylor ⓘ Mario Van Peebles ⓘ Mark Keyloun ⓘ Orson Bean ⓘ Regina Baff ⓘ Sandy Baron ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
crime ⓘ exploitation ⓘ marginalization ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
prostitution
ⓘ
street life ⓘ teenage hustlers ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | ensemble cast of street kids ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early film role of Kevin Bacon
ⓘ
gritty depiction of Times Square ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
drug use
ⓘ
juvenile delinquency ⓘ male prostitution ⓘ urban decay ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alan Bowne
ⓘ
Paul Morrissey ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
Times Square ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Forty Deuce Description of subject: Forty Deuce is a gritty 1982 crime drama film directed by Paul Morrissey that explores the lives of teenage hustlers in New York City’s Times Square.
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