Talk:La Reine Margot (1994 film)

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Erm... why has someone listed this as an "erotic film"?!? The term surely applies to a genre and not to any movie that just happens to have quite a bit of sex in it. By the same logic you could classify Margot as a splatter film since there's lots of brutal bloodshed. It's not correct, I'm changing it and also editing the shaky English in various parts of the article.

Anyway, great movie or what? --Snowgrouse 08:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

My Australian DVD version states it is 138 minutes long on the DVD. It Doesn't feature the close up footage of La Moles severed head on Isabelle Adjani's Lap when she is in the carriage at the end of the film, something which I remembered at the cinema. Is this the same with the 145 minute versions? Also, I thought I could remember the St Bartholemews Massacre a lot longer when I saw the film in the Cinemas in Australia. Where can I get a cpy of the full 163 minute French version?

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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This was moved to “Queen Margot” earlier this year. There was no explanation for this, and no discussion here.

I have moved it back to "La Reine Margot" because: I trust that is acceptable to everyone. Moonraker12 (talk) 15:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * "La Reine Margot" is the original name for the film
 * "Queen Margot" is the name of the bowlderized American version of the film which is discussed in the “Alternative versions..." section of the article
 * The IMDb link goes to LRM and a search there for QM redirects to "La Reine Margot", suggesting LRM is the common name.
 * Per WP:NCF, the title of this English Wikipedia article should be Queen Margot. IMDb directs to the page Queen Margot. The English title is widely used on other film sites, such as Rotten Tomatoes, Reel Views, The New York Times, All Movie, etc. Bede735 (talk) 04:54, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No, Queen Margot is only the US title, this is covered in the article. The convention for such cases, where the title varies between different English-speaking areas, is to just stick to the name the article was given first, in this case the UK title. In this case the US version is also a cut down version, so it's also better stick to the name used for the full movie. Smetanahue (talk) 15:51, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

According to WP:NCF: "Use the title more commonly recognized by English readers; normally this means the title under which it has been released in cinemas or on video in the English-speaking world. Normally, this will be an English language title that is recognized across the English-speaking world; however, sometimes different English-speaking countries use different titles, in which case use the most common title, and give the native and alternate English title(s) afterward. Note: in the following paragraphs, the phrase 'the English-speaking world' refers to countries in which the majority of the population speaks English as their first language; it thus includes the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as several smaller countries." The focus needs to be on "an English language title that is recognized across the English-speaking world." Not that I don't appreciate our good friends in France who gave us this fine film, I think the guidance is clear on the issue. I recognize that occasional exceptions may apply to the guidance, but I do not see a strong case for the exception here. The "stick to the name the article was given first" argument falls short in my view. Bede735 (talk) 00:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Queen Margot DVD Amazon.co.uk (UK)
 * Queen Margot Soundtrack Amazon.co.uk (UK)
 * Queen Margot DVD Amazon.ca (Canada)
 * Queen Margot DVD Non-USA Amazon.com (Australia)
 * Queen Margot DVD Amazon.com (USA)


 * The DVDs you link to are not UK editions, they are imports. The UK title is La Reine Margot:


 * Amazon UK DVD
 * Time Out London review
 * The Guardian article
 * BBC listing


 * Per WP:RETAIN the article should stay with the first established English variety, in this case that means British English. WP:NCF is not to be read as US = beats everything else. Smetanahue (talk) 16:44, 28 February 2012 (UTC)