Talk:The BFG (1989 film)

Deletion
I deleted most of the information for a variety of reasons:
 * It was poorly formatted and therefore confusing
 * It was uncited
 * It was unimportant
 * It was irrelevant, random, and definitely not cohesive.

This article needs to include (and did not originally include):
 * A brief plot summary
 * Any notable awards/honors
 * Main and/or notable actors/actresses
 * Any other pertinent information involving production, etc.

I changed cannibalistic monsters to man-eating, Dahl is very clear that the giant never eat each other, they only eat men who are a different species. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.106.141.1 (talk) 08:18, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

--J. Cal. 21:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Original broadcast
Was it shown on all ITV networks in 1989? I have a VHS recording from TSW, and it was definately from Christmas Day that year judging from continuity announcements and all the ads for Boxing Day sales. Home and Away was on after it :D --Zilog Jones 02:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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"The BFG (1989 film)" to be renamed "The BFG (1987 film)"
The BFG was actually released on 5 November 1987 by The Cannon Group, Inc.at the Cannon Cinema in Soho but was later shown on television by Independent Television on 25 December 1989. It would be very nice of someone to edit this page and make factually correct and glorious with a new 1987 BFG poster from 2016 and a citation with The BFG original theatrical widescreen 35mm version from SimpsonsClips24. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.30.121.111 (talk) 11:12, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Removal of Content
Someone keeps removing some info without a reliable source? — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 13:12, 1 February 2018 (UTC)


 * , I am not seeing "1987" mentioned in the article by The Guardian. They can remove content if it is not verifiable. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 16:11, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 15 July 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: CONSENSUS TO NOT MOVE (closed by non-admin page mover) Jalen D. Folf   (talk)  21:18, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

The BFG (1989 film) → The BFG (1987 film) – I would like the whole wide world to prove that the Cosgrove Hall film The BFG based on the Roald Dahl book was not first a television film. According to YouTube channel SimpsonsClips24, The BFG was first a theatrical film and was the only adaptation of Roald Dahl's work Roald Dahl himself actually liked and was also released to British cinemas on 5 November 1987. Euanjohnb (talk) 20:55, 15 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Do we have a reliable source for the 1987 release, i.e. not IMDb which I see is used as a reference several times in the article. PC78 (talk) 21:49, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose move absent sources. IMDb and some random YouTube channel are not reliable.  O.N.R.  (talk) 02:39, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per ONR. It may be true, but it also needs to be verifiable. I did some searching out of curiosity, and couldn't find anything (beyond the Guardian article, which doesn't give a date for the Soho screening. It also doesn't make it clear whether they just did one private screening, or if it received a wide release.) I suspect you might have to go digging through British newspaper archives to have any hope of finding a citation. Colin M (talk) 02:48, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose unless a WP:RS is found to state it was shown in 1987. The BFI has 1989 as the release year.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 07:01, 16 July 2019 (UTC)


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Verifiability / hoax problems
I've restored some parts of the article to how it was 2 years ago because there appears to have been a sustained attempt to invent a 1987 release date in the past 2 years, even when it means putting in both fake sources (IMDb) and sources that are real but don't actually say what the claim is (https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/brian-trueman-cosgrove-hall-exhibiton-sale-waterside-arts-centre/ doesn't mention The BFG whatsoever, and as noted above, the Guardian article on Dahl's reaction doesn't say this happened in 1987). To whoever is doing this: if it is a hoax, stop. If this is somehow legitimate, that there was some sort of limited screening - then you are going about proving it in a counterproductive and wrong way that is essentially indistinguishable from vandalism. Go find a "real" journalist who writes for a source with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy and have them investigate what happened, interview people, etc. and have THEM write an article, not a blog post, that talks about the secret history of the film. SnowFire (talk) 04:42, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

The inquisitive question about the Soho screening running date of Cosgrove Hall Films' The BFG
I would like to ask a very inquisitive question about the Cosgrove Hall Films film The BFG and Roald Dahl's reaction to it. What day, what month, and what year did Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall and the other crew run a screening of the Cosgrove Hall Films film The BFG and what day, what month, and what year did Roald Dahl react to the film by standing up and applauding in delight when the film finished? EuantheEditor (talk) 22:28, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Could Warner Bros. pick up the rights to this?
Huh? 2A05:87C6:1498:0:0:0:0:1ACC (talk) 09:33, 2 April 2023 (UTC)