Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 December 29

= December 29 =

Flood (film)
Did the film Flood coincide with the floods that affected the United Kingdom the previous month? 58.168.147.119 (talk) 01:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No it was released in August 2007 a month after the floods, so it did not coincide--TreeSmiler (talk) 02:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Name of Foreign Film
I've posted this before, but it wasn't answered. I don't know if I'm allowed to just repost it, if I'm not please delete this. It wasn't The Bliss of Mrs Blossom. Here is the question, reposted.

I once saw part of a movie on television. The plot was as follows: A man thinks his newly purchased, large house, is being secretly occupied by a stranger. As in, every now and then he will hear someone walking around, or see something in the corner of his eye, but when he goes to investigate this person has hidden. Eventually, the main character does the same exact thing to a blind woman. He lives in her house without her knowing. Does anyone know the title of this? I believe it was Spanish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.107.1.168 (talk) 04:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Duck, You Sucker Historical Accuracy
Hello!

I recently saw the movie Duck, You Sucker a.k.a. A Fistful of Dynamite, and a few things left me wondering. How true to history is this movie? Did the Germans really execute the revolutionaries in the pits, with firing squads, etc. and was it as widespread as shown in the movie? It bears a chilling resemblance to Nazi Germany. Maybe this is what Leone was trying to show? How about everything else in the movie? I know it is a story of fiction, but is it realistic? Thanks!

MAP91 (talk) 18:45, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * of course all fiction has it's origins from real life. To answer your first question, yes they did use pits and firing squads to kill people. Maybe that really was what Sergio was trying to show, it's all up to the viewer's interpretation. --n1yaN t  21:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Cost of Record in 1973?
what was the cost of a 7" singles UK record in 1973 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dereklynn (talk • contribs) 23:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * From Faust (band) they cost 48p at some point in 1973, but you must remember that this was a period of very high inflation, so the cost will have changed over the course of the year. SaundersW (talk) 23:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Most Popular fictional character
What are the top five most popular fictional characters? --76.176.215.76 (talk) 23:57, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Mickey Mouse, Super Mario, Bugs Bunny, Superman, Harry Potter --n1yaN t 00:27, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * . What does "most popular" mean?   Corvus cornix  talk  00:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I figured Harry Potter and Mario would be on the list. Most Popular means the most well-known.--76.176.215.76 (talk) 00:39, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * All top lists are subjective. But there is usually consensus on a few that definitely make the lists. --n1yaN t 01:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Whilst not universally regarded a fictional character, the protagonist of the Old Testament is widely known and predates the above examples by an eternity.
 * I would also surmise that almost all of the characters listed by n1yaNt are popular with kids - physically or mentally - only.
 * One may equally argue that Santa Claus, Hamlet, Mr Bean, Don Quixote and Homer Simpson are the top five. As Hoodiecrow states, popularity is in the eyes of the beholder. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 02:18, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Google could probably tell you the most searched for fictional characters. Exxolon (talk) 03:01, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Cooka, ask a typical American and they probably have no clue who Mr. Bean, Hamlet, and Don Quixote are. Again, this too is debatable. Jesus on the otherhand...how about most popular character in a book - fiction or nonfiction? --n1yaN t 05:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't know who Don Quixote is but I do know Mr Bean and Hamlet. A lot of people belive Jesus was a real person not all of them being Christians. However, I think he was refering to Moses not Jesus because Jesus didn't come untill the New Tesament. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.215.76 (talk) 05:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh you know...--n1yaN t 07:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * More guesses won't help here. As Corvus cornix  said, we first need an objective standard for "most popular". / edg ☺ ☭ 06:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No! That's high school all over again! --n1yaN t 07:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Pleeaase, everyone knows high school is just an extension of what happens in real life anyways... granted on a much smaller scale.  Croat Canuck   Say hello   or just talk  07:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Aw, it's ok, high school is a tough time for many. Stay strong! Like an escalator! An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. -- n1yaNt ( ~Cpt. Obvious~ ) 10:01, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey! You're supposed to be dead! But escalators do go out of order, if they are undergoing maintenance. Adam Bishop (talk) 19:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for linking that because naturally I have no idea who I quote. :0-- n1yaNt ( ~Cpt. Obvious~ ) 20:52, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The WP article List of best-selling books gives a few ideas:
 * The bestseller in fiction is Miguel Cervantes (see my comment above re Don Qixote).
 * Shakespeare (I had also listed Hamlet above) has sold some 4 billion copies.
 * J. K. Rowling stands currently at 512 million copies.
 * The all time bestseller is the Bible (OT and NT) with 4 to 6 billion volumes. For those of you who have forgotten, the protagonist of the OT is called God.--Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 17:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * He's called God from time to time, but his name is יהוה. Algebraist 18:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, you have a good point, but let's try to not include religion in fiction...-- n1yaNt ( ~Cpt. Obvious~ ) 20:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)