Wake in Fright
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Wake in Fright is a 1971 Australian psychological thriller film that follows a schoolteacher’s harrowing descent into violence and alcoholism in a remote outback town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wake in Fright canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12425163 — 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: Wake in Fright Context triple: [Ted Kotcheff, notableWork, Wake in Fright]
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A.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australian drama film, based on Thomas Keneally’s novel, that powerfully portrays the violent rebellion of an exploited Indigenous Australian man against a racist colonial society.
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B.
Jimmie Blacksmith
Jimmie Blacksmith is a fictional mixed-race Aboriginal Australian man whose violent rebellion against colonial oppression is central to Thomas Keneally’s novel "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith."
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C.
A Cry in the Dark
A Cry in the Dark is a 1988 Australian drama film, also known as Evil Angels, that dramatizes the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, whose baby’s disappearance at Uluru led to one of Australia’s most infamous legal cases.
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D.
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is an Australian period drama film that reimagines Henry Lawson’s classic short story through a feminist and Indigenous-focused lens.
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E.
Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn is a 1949 historical drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, set in colonial Australia and starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten.
- 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: Wake in Fright Target entity description: Wake in Fright is a 1971 Australian psychological thriller film that follows a schoolteacher’s harrowing descent into violence and alcoholism in a remote outback town.
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A.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australian drama film, based on Thomas Keneally’s novel, that powerfully portrays the violent rebellion of an exploited Indigenous Australian man against a racist colonial society.
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B.
Jimmie Blacksmith
Jimmie Blacksmith is a fictional mixed-race Aboriginal Australian man whose violent rebellion against colonial oppression is central to Thomas Keneally’s novel "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith."
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C.
A Cry in the Dark
A Cry in the Dark is a 1988 Australian drama film, also known as Evil Angels, that dramatizes the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, whose baby’s disappearance at Uluru led to one of Australia’s most infamous legal cases.
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D.
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is an Australian period drama film that reimagines Henry Lawson’s classic short story through a feminist and Indigenous-focused lens.
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E.
Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn is a 1949 historical drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, set in colonial Australia and starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.