Talk:Parenthood (film)

Opening heading
What? No plot? No spoilers? I'll put one here. 4.240.36.14 03:37, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

The Diarrhea Song

 * Oppose - This is a famous kids folk song mentioned in several TV shows and movies. It isn't just in Parenthood, so it shouldn't be merged there. - Peregrine Fisher 19:13, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, no merge necessary. It existed long before Parenthood did.  --badlydrawnjeff talk 03:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

IRONY
At one point in the film, Gil says, "Maybe we should have a dozen kids!" Ironically, Steve Martin was in Cheaper by the Dozen in which his character actually did have a dozen kids.

That is not ironic, it's not even written in the correct tense.--Ganley894 20:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Heidi's grandfather meets Mozart. --Uncle Ed (talk) 17:21, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

New TV Show
I just read on a blog that NBC has green-lit a new version of a Parenthood tv show for I am assuming next fall. Apparently it will be a one hour 'dramedy.' Obviously, a blog is not a credible source so I was wondering if anyone knows of a credible source citation so, if true, it can be added to the article? 24.39.98.137 (talk) 00:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I heard about that on NPR yesterday. Soltera (talk) 20:38, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Requested Move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 17:30, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Parenthood → Parenthood (film) – 19:13, 22 December 2011 (UTC) My position is that most searching for "Parenthood" these days are either looking for the current 2010 TV series, or they are actually searching for topics on parenting. Page view statistics support this claim with twice as many visiting the two I mentioned as opposed to the 1989 film (I feel the difference would be even more if parenthood's primary topic wasn't the 1989 film). I am proposing that we disambiguate the term. GoneIn60 (talk) 21:48, 22 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I doubt your proposal is really moving this page to Parenthood (disambiguation). You probably mean moving this page to Parenthood (film) and then Parenthood (disambiguation) to Parenthood? Jafeluv (talk) 22:47, 22 December 2011 (UTC)


 * You are correct. The intention is to remove the primary topic.  I have fixed the link which will hopefully update here and on WP:RM. Following this move, the plan would be to next move Parenthood (disambiguation) to Parenthood as you stated.  GoneIn60 (talk) 05:03, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Support a move if it would be as Jafeluv suggests it. Paved with good intentions (talk) 00:00, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Parenting should be the target of "Parenthood". 70.24.244.248 (talk) 05:41, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Parenthood being the disambiguation page (contra the support vote above). Almost all the disambiguation of links has already been done. StAnselm (talk) 05:52, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support move to Parenthood (film). The date is unnecessary as there appears to be only one film by this title; our guideline WP:PRECISION says the date should thus not be included. Theoldsparkle (talk) 19:06, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Very good point. I'm suprised I overlooked that!  I've updated the proposed name.  Thank you.  GoneIn60 (talk) 19:20, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Credits edits
Joaquin Phoenix was credited as Leaf Phoenix in this film and others. But he is generally listed as Joaquin now, and it's what he goes by. I think it would be better to list his credit as Joaquin and include "(credited as Leaf Phoenix)" or "(as Leaf Phoenix)". I made this change but it was reverted without comment by TheOldJacobite.

Also, I think it's confusing to mention the actor's last name in parentheses after the character's name when they have not yet been mentioned in the text. Either remove the actor's name, or mention the actor in the list of principals at the beginning of the article. I made this change as well, but it was also reverted.

Jer ome (talk) 23:34, 9 May 2013 (UTC)


 * The actor should be credited just as he was in the film, with a piped link to the more common name. This is how it is always done.  There is also no reason to give the actor's full name in the plot section, as they are all listed in the cast section, which is why the last name is given in parentheses. --- The Old Jacobite The '45  00:33, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Parenthood (film). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090509221416/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/nbc-order-pilot-of-parenthood/ to http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/nbc-order-pilot-of-parenthood

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 13:07, 24 December 2017 (UTC)