Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 November 10

= November 10 =

Movies
What is the highest grossing movie ever? What are the next three movies that follow it? Bosambus5 00:37, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * See this. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 00:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The Wizard of Oz
In the movie, as the twister is twirling, Dorothy is sitting on her bed and there is a pieced quilt on the bed with a fan type pattern. Please advise if you know what the pattern of the quilt might be.192.103.208.16 04:37, 10 November 2007 (UTC) Thanks babs
 * Hello, I removed your email for privacy. You don't want the whole world knowing that sort of stuff.  Josborne2382 19:57, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Can anyone help me ID this Daily Show/Colbert plugged book
Okay, so I believe it was around this summer, or earlier, not sure which show it was plugged on. It is definitely something to do with U.S. politics, that is left leaning, may have a religion tie in. Also, may be somewhat of a rude title, only mildly though. I looked through the Daily Show guests listing on here, to no avail, didn't recognise the authour in the Colbert guests (would be nice if the plugged book/item, etc was on the Colbert page too, as the Daily Show). Okay, so any help would be appreciated! Baseballfan 08:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't know why I think this, but for some reason from your vague description (sorry, but I think you'll concur) I got a real sense you were talking about Christopher Hitchens and his book God Is Not Great. I hope that helps.  Grant.alpaugh 03:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

SCTV- COLLEGE BOWL
SCTV had an episode making fun of the College Bowl. Does that exixt on any DVD. What is it?? It was scream!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.226.34 (talk) 21:45, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * That was "Night School High Q" from Series 4, show 2, which you can read about here. According to the same site, Series 4 is on DVD, although it may not include every episode. Adam Bishop 08:17, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Shakespeare in the modern world
It's very rare and exciting to see a movie not just adapted from the language of a Shakespeare play, but also set in the modern world. I have seen three examples: Baz Luhrman's Romeo & Juliet (quite beautiful indeed), Michael Almereyda's Hamlet, and Geoffrey Wright's Macbeth. Are there any more? Sappysap 23:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * There are many. Some are very close to the original.  Others are a distant stretch.  You can see how wide of a variety there is just by looking at a few, such as "10 Things I Hate About You", "O", and "Scotland, PA". --  k a i n a w &trade; 02:45, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The BBC also adapted 5 plays into the modern world - not sure if the language has been changed, but worth a look: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/tvdramas.shtml. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MFrog (talk • contribs) 05:36, 13 November 2007 (UTC)