Talk:Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (film)

Home video exclusive?
"Only in recent years has the film become available for regular cinema presentations; for many years it was a home video exclusive."

Really? Because I saw this film in The Golden State Theatre in Monterey, California, in December of 1983. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.65.105.233 (talk) 04:25, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I saw this film in the USA as an ABC "In Concert" special titled "Bowie '73" back in the mid-70's. I want to think it was around 1974-75. It aired with the "Jean Genie/Love Me Do" segment with Jeff Beck. Markjfine (talk) 13:11, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

I can confirm the ABC (US) "In Concert" showing with an FM Stereo (radio) simulcast to match. The year would have been 1974. Unfortunately a Google search does not come up with an episode list, so there are (so far) no references to use to make a correction with. kittyranma (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:44, 29 September 2010 (UTC).


 * There are sources available online (including books) confirming that the film first aired on ABC in USA as part of the "In Concert" series on Oct 25, 1974, and was simulcast by some radio stations. From what I am finding, the film was then shown at one or more festivals (the one I found was 1979). In 1983 the film was released to theaters generally, apparently for the first time.  In 1984 it was released on home video.
 * Basically the release information for this listing is kind of confused. It also lacks a "video chronology" box which is present on other Bowie home video pages, so that needs to be added in as well.  I'll try to fix it when I have time.  TheBlinkster (talk) 22:18, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Video chronology - release dates
From what I can get from the sources (mostly Billboard), it looks like Love You till Tuesday and Serious Moonlight video were both released in May 1984 or thereabouts, while Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture video came out in August 1984. I've corrected the chronology accordingly. TheBlinkster (talk) 16:42, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiProjects
I consulted the excellent David Bowie article to see which WikiProjects might have an interest in this article. I added WP:LGBT and WP:ROCK because I am a member of those WikiProjects. Other WikiProjects probably have interest in this article too, but I did not want to add them indiscriminately. Please add interested WikiProjects as you see fit - be sure to put them under the - see Template:WikiProject banner shell for instructions. ¶ I made some other edits to the talk page, which you can see in this diff. Thanks! - Mark D Worthen PsyD  (talk)   (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.)  01:48, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

B-class?
This article was Start-class with only one WikiProject—WP:BEATLES—listed. I changed it to C-class for all three WikiProjects, including the two I added, although I believe it meets the generic B-class criteria. I did not want to unilaterally upgrade the article to B-class. But I would support such a change for WP:ROCK and WP:LGBT if you (anyone reading this) believes the article meets B-class criteria. Thank you  - Mark D Worthen PsyD   (talk)   (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.)  01:58, 29 May 2020 (UTC)