Talk:D.O.A. (1950 film)/Archive 1

Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht
What is the rationale for the plot being traceable to Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht? I think that is an error and should be removed from the article. The plot of Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht has to do with a guy who hires someone else to kill him (suicide by hitman). --Mathew5000 03:09, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

This plot sounds similar to the plot of the movie Crank starring Jason Statham.--220.239.179.128 18:06, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Cast section
Love the cast section w/ photos. Good work!!! ♦ Luigibob ♦ "Talk to Luigi!" 08:27, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Remove radioactivity repark
I removed the parenthetical remark about the radioactive nature of the poison. The movie only says it's "luminous". The reference cited did not mention anything about radiation. The reference states incorrectly that the poison used was Iridium (which is not toxic), but in the movie the poison is described as a waxy substance.--RDBury (talk) 12:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Spoilers
While it makes perfect sense to have a complete summary of the film (per Wikipedia policy), the second line of the article, "The frantically paced plot revolves around a doomed man's quest to find out who has poisoned him – and why – before he dies," seems to be a premature spoiler for the end of the film. Some people come to Wikipedia for a summary while avoiding the "plot" section, as to avoid ruining the end. I'm going to change it by removing the words, "before he dies." CA Jim (talk) 07:53, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Copyright?
Does anybody know how this film became P.D.? Did they just fail to renew the copyright (which would have run out under the law then in effect in 1978 if not renewed)? This isn't a case of the studio folding or merging beyond recognition – United Artists is still in business. It would make a great addition to the article and allow us to kill the annoying-but-necessary "Citation needed" tag. Rlquall 02:03, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

When D.O.A. was registered on April 21, 1950 the film contained a copyright notice of 1949. The Copyright Office typed a mark on the back of the registration form listing 1949 as the year "In Notice." Under the copyright statutes in effect at the time, the renewal window for this film closed on April 21, 1977 – for all films expiring in 1978 the window closed on December 31 of that year. Harry Popkin applied for renewal of D.O.A. on September 18, 1978. Perhaps because he or she didn't notice the original memo, the Copyright Office clerk handling the renewal marked the year of copyright as 1950; the renewal was initially accepted and assigned the number RE 5-723. This error was later caught, and the renewal was cancelled on November 26, 1979. Since the original renewal window was now over, the film fell into the Public Domain at this time. A thorough account of this episode can be found at http://www.copyrightdata.com/chart/ch17.html#DOA [retrieved 6/14/2015], and the cancelled registration is recorded in the Copyright Catalog under the registration number noted above. 70.60.80.93 (talk) 21:57, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

First-person perspective
Although this movie is linked to Category:Films shot from the first-person perspective and is included in that category, it is not. The opening scene of the camera following O'Brien to the Homicide Office is not, nor is the rest of the movie, which is told as a flashback. I am removing that, if I can figure out how. 173.174.85.204 (talk) 20:38, 10 November 2016 (UTC)Eric