Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 June 2

= June 2 =

Hunter (British TV series)
Last Saturday I recorded the first and second episode of this show and just when I was about to reach the conclusion my recorder stopped the playback. Apparently, the show took longer than I expected. Spoilers follow:

DI Zoe Larson was wheeled off to the hospital and the doctor and John Elder where questioned. Hannah Crowley had found Alfie Speddings near a busy highway and was still on the loose.

What happened next? Where they able to save the kid or not? (Please post answers to my talk page) - Mgm|(talk) 10:35, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

First use of kneeling hero/fist cracked pavement?
The hero lands kneeling on the pavement with such force, that the pavement cracks. This shot seems to be used quite a bit in super hero and action movies. Any ideas of the first movie that used it?  --70.167.58.6 (talk) 15:58, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Nope! But I'm gonna make an educated guess and say that it was seen in anime long before it was seen in live-action movies. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 08:23, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree with the Captain, and will point out that it was used in the first The Matrix movie. It's also a popular pose in American superhero comics; I would not be surprised if they are the source driving the modern film use. Matt Deres (talk) 16:26, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, I think the anime use predates comics, too. I mean, it's a popular pose now, but it wasn't 20 years ago... and I'm pretty sure it was already in use in anime (and manga) back then. That kind of hyperdramatic demonstration of power just wasn't the norm in comics back then; these days, it's a lot more commonplace. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 10:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
How many times is the Indiana Jones theme (a.k.a the Raiders March) heard in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? David Pro (talk) 18:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Seventeen times. 200.112.17.113 (talk) 15:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Road manager
How does one become a road manager for a musical artist or group? --68.193.149.91 (talk) 20:03, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Buy a large van and offer your sevices? 89.240.49.168 (talk) 20:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * A road manager is not the band's driver. The road manager (or tour manager) is the person who travels with the artist on tour and handles all the admin relating to venues, hotels, per diems and so on.  Mostly these would be people already connected to the artist in some way or to the agency that booked the tour.  It's not the kind of job where you can just set yourself up in business.  --Richardrj talkemail 10:12, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If you start small with new bands then I imagine being able to load and unload the equipment would be the main thing. Its not difficult to arrange nights in cheap hotels. I would expect the band or the band's manager would have arranged the venues - too important to leave to someone else. In my experience there are thousands of would-be bands, of whom only a handful have substained success. 89.243.113.64 (talk) 20:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Film music for Rebecca (1940 film) by Franz Waxman
The music to this film seems very evokative to me, conjuring up a feeling of elves or whatever in a woodland glade. Unless I've mixed it up with another B&W film. Does anyone know if I can obtain or download the music somewhere, apart from getting a DVD of the film please? 89.240.49.168 (talk) 20:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There are several CD recordings of it. This one appears to be in print; this one doesn't, but secondhand copies are available from various sources. Google Rebecca +Waxman +soundtrack to see a variety of places to obtain recordings. Deor (talk) 21:17, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

fiction book title; submarine, minuteman missile
what is the title of a book, fiction military, about a project to attach deactivated minuteman missiles to the exterior of a submarine?

Deactivated minuteman missiles are attached to the outside of a sub to attack an enemy's subs. I think it was written in the late 1980s or 1990s. A point in the story is the surplus of Minuteman IIs from the deactivation of the early 1990s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.211.27.59 (talk) 21:24, 2 June 2009 (UTC)