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James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007

Novel. - SchroCat (talk) 08:07, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Well, if you say so. I'll defer to you. (big grin) It was either that or "I told you so!" IFP's website now also lists it among the novels. The new e-book edition also sports the same style of cover art as the Amis & Benson titles. - Fanthrillers (talk) 19:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Kingsley Amis

Happy New Year,

I don't own the book, but I'll endeavour to get the exact quote for you and see if it will fit into the article.

I'm fairly sure it was a Bond film though it doesn't specifically state YOLT. According to his autobio, Richard Todd was working on producing a version of Fleming's The Diamond Smugglers but though he had the rights he ran into all sorts of problems (he doesn't specifically say so but methinks it was problmes with litigation happy Eon), so it's news to me that Amis would have done a screenplay for that project.

It sounds logical that Amis was approached to submit a screenplay for YOLT (my crank theory is that Maibaum was "unavailable" as his screenplay for OHMSS wasn't going to be produced) as he was in the media as a Bond defender at the time. In something I read years ago Dahl or someone high in Eon commented on one of the previous screenplays for YOLT that had Ninjas running wild in Japan. As HJ Bloom didn't mention that I'm wondering if that was from Amis' rejected screenplay. Don't forget that Anthony Burgess was approached and submitted an unused screenplay for TSWLM.Foofbun (talk) 22:20, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

• The book wasn't in its usual place. I'll endeavour when I have time to search some of our libraries. Again, I am very sure the author specified "Bond film".Foofbun (talk) 23:43, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Boyd's Bond

I'm going to start the beginnings of an article in my litter tray so we have something we can drop into the main space once the title has been unveiled. If you've got anything to add, please feel free to join in! As it's user space we can be a little free and easy with the refs (i've dropped your date etc in there already) as we can sort these out later with something more reliable and concrete. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 05:24, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

ps. My response to your earlier message on my talk page is in the delete file. I removed the thread after some localised unpleasantness from a bullying admin who lost his sense of perspective and reverted to implied threats. - SchroCat (talk) 09:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

New thriller project

I started working on the H. C. McNeile article recently. It's a slight struggle with a lack of biographical information that is available (no biographies have been written and his obituaries are very much on the slim side). If you've got any info on him, or feel like joining in with the struggle, you're more than welcome to come along. All the best - SchroCat (talk) 16:57, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Skyfall

Could I ask for your input on the drive-by GA nomination of Skyfall? The thread can be found here. Many thanks - SchroCat (talk) 15:13, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Dalton

Ah - a TV film: that explains why it's not on his IMDB filmography. The Dalton article already has it listed in the TV section, so it's now listed twice and I'm not sure which is the more appropriate section for it. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 00:06, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Good catch. Unfortunate conundrum. I personally dislike seeing cable films listed as tv productions, when they're more at home with feature films, but then what do you do with miniseries? I'm leaning towards putting cable films in with theatrical releases. I think we may need to start a talk page discussion. Moreover, what's the correct spelling for his character's name: Bowden or Bowdern? IMDB spells it Bowden, but other sources spell it Bowdern. - Fanthrillers (talk) 00:23, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

I think so - it's still a film, despite the medium. I'll have a search of the filmproject archives - I'm sure it must have been raised before. Mini-series to my mind is a multi-part work and therefore television. (No idea why I have the split as such, but that's just my gut reaction...) - SchroCat (talk) 08:41, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

I agree with you: cable film with feature films, miniseries in with tv shows. Let's not bother starting a talk-page discussion. Will change Bowden to Bowdern as that seems correct. Will move the other cable films out of the tv section another day. - Fantr (talk) 00:34, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

RE: 94.169.6.135's edits at "1989 in film"

That table was beyond repair. If there are minor formatting problems, I usually can fix them. It looks like he tried to create a table, couldn't figure it out, and just gave up and walked away. If there is useful information from his edits, I suggest adding it to the list that was there before his edits. Thanks for pointing out this problem. Cresix (talk) 01:17, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Re: Israel: A Right to Live

Hi Fantr,

Unfortunately I don't know anything about this documentary, and don't have access to the relevant archives. If you are interested however, I can contact Wikimedia Israel's GLAM representative and ask for help, but you'd be expected to do the research yourself, which could be difficult if you're not located in Israel. What do you think?

Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 08:04, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For the addition of Peter Murton and a whole host of other endless and high-quality additions you deserve this! Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 05:48, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks! - Fantr (talk) 20:35, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For all your help in getting James Bond filmography up to its new GA standard, despite the attempts to delete it from Wiki altogther - SchroCat (talk) 07:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

FYEO

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Unfinished films

Good evening. Here's an entry for your list: Number 13 (film). Clarityfiend (talk) 06:35, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

An abandoned one: Sergei Eisenstein's Bezhin Meadow. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:22, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Orson Welles just never finished editing Too Much Johnson. Isn't it about time to take your list "live"? Clarityfiend (talk) 06:20, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

No. Still have to finish citing what I have. And I suspect that I should remove "abandoned film projects" from this list. - Fantr (talk) 17:19, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Derek Marlowe

Thanks for your work on this article. I was an actor in the 60 Theatre Group. You might be interested in my page about The Seven Who Were Hanged -- Derek and I were singled out for praise by the New Statesman reviewer. El Ingles (talk) 21:11, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your thanks! Nice site - I didn't Marlowe also acted. Clearly he was a man of many talents. The least I can do is expand his wiki article. - Fantr (talk) 16:59, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

casino royale (1967 film) and mata hari edits

Hi, Fantr - thanks for the info. No editor told me why my edits were deleted. I marked my edits as "minor" because (to me) they are. I will not add my edits again as they are so minor. I must ask, though, WHY were my edits deleted? Mata Hari was killed in 1917 -- proven fact. In the 1967 movie CASINO ROYALE, it clearly states that Bond and Mata Hari had a daughter named Mata Bond. Mata Bond is played by a 25 year old actress, born in 1942. But Hari died in 1917, so the daughter would have had to be born BEFORE the mother's death, meaning before 1917, making the daughter at least 50. In the film, they say that the last time Mata Hari was at the spy school was in 1916, which fits in with her 1917 death. Also, with the atomic bomb edit, Dr. Noah clearly states his atomic bomb pill will destroy "the world" when it goes off. He swallows the pill, it goes off: hence, the earth is destroyed. These are not "my conclusions", just common sense facts. Anyway, I won't edit either page again. BTW, M isn't killed in the uncut film; he's taken prisoner by Dr. Noah. The scene in the opening credit for John Huston shows a clip of this scene. Photos from it (along with detailed write-ups about it) have appeared in several british magazines about spy films. Sorry you won't accept these edits -- as they are obviously true. Anyway, thanks, best Abbythecat (talk) 01:37, 14 March 2013 (UTC)AbbythecatAbbythecat (talk) 01:37, 14 March 2013 (UTC).

You need to look in the article history to see the reasons for the reason behind people's edits (see the tag near the top of the page "View history"). When I removed your edit the first time I left a note that it was unsourced. (Fantr has removed subsequent edits for largely the same reason). That was the most obvious if its sins. It's a piece of fiction, so the age of real life people portrayed is neither here nor there, it's ignored unless there is a good point for it. Similarly the lack of technology for the "flying saucer" or the world-destroying pill is glossed over, because its fiction. The only thing that could go into the article is your addition "Scenes featuring John Huston's "M" character as a prisoner of Dr. Noah were cut", because it's about the production of the film. if it goes in it needs to a) be in the right place; and b) be properly sourced from a reliable source. - SchroCat (talk) 05:25, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Category:Abandoned films

Hi Fantr. I was trying to find a good parent category for Category:Abandoned film projects but realized that I'm not entirely sure it's needed or at least that it might not be the optimal way of classifying films and film projects that were abandoned somewhere along the way. Categories for discussion is not a good forum for discussing a system of interrelated categories (and besides, I'm not really sure what I'd recommend in a CfD) so I just initiated a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 13:51, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Came across this one too... - SchroCat (talk) 20:31, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! - Fantr (talk) 20:56, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Another Bond-related barnstar for the collection, this time for your tireless work on James Bond in film‎, which reached GA today. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 17:22, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

AfD

As someone who has worked on an article whose content is duplicated, the following AfD may be of interest: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nominations & Wons in the James Bond film series. I'd also be glad to hear (either separately or on the AfD thread) your views on Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars's comments regarding the naming of the "Critical reception" section. - SchroCat (talk) 07:27, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Boyd's Big Bond Book

With the release of the name it's gone into the article space at Solo (2013 novel). Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 12:25, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Roger Lewis at Wolfson College, Oxford

The comma that should come after Oxford in Wolfson College, Oxford, is the same as the comma that should come after South Wales in Bedwas, South Wales, when in the middle of a sentence. No comma comes afterwards when there are other punctuation marks, such as a full stop, colon, semi-colon or dash. See my reply to Spanglej on my talk page for more details. Inglok (talk) 02:31, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello. I'm interested to know what you think of what I have written on my talk page. Inglok (talk) 19:33, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Thoughts?

Hi Fantr, Your thoughts would be much appreciated here regarding the merging of the Bond Day page. Many thanks. - SchroCat (talk) 06:14, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Your two cents requested

Asking what your input is given you're an article regular. Input would be appreciated here. AmericanDad86 (talk) 23:07, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For writing the article on Eve Palmer, and many more besides :). Ironholds (talk) 02:56, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Unfinished projects

I stumbled across this earlier, which may fit with your list on the unfinished film projects. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 10:16, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi, apologies for the late reply to your query about Orson Welles's unfinished films. A while back I overhauled the Orson Welles filmography, and so I think the section http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles_filmography#Incomplete_films has everything that you're looking for. These are all the known Welles films for which some filming actually started. It doesn't include things like screen tests and filmed segments for stage plays - which is probably well outside the remit of your list! (A separate list of Welles screenplays that were never filmed would run to about forty or fifty films!) Hope that's helpful for your own list of unfinished films.

(Note that "Vienna", "The Merchant of Venice", and "One Man Band" [aka "London"], were all originally meant to be separate segments of one 90-minute TV special entitled "Orson's Bag", but have been completed as three separate short films ("Merchant" was completed by Welles, then partially stolen, and the other two were posthumously completed.). Correspondingly, most books list them as three separate films because they're unconnected apart from the editing style of "Vienna" and "London", but it does lead to some confusion!) Let me know if you have any other questions re. Welles. Debonairchap (talk) 10:11, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:SoloJamesBondbookcover.jpg)

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