Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 June 24

= June 24 =

Finnish animated movie
I remember watching this Finnish film which, for the most part, had no dialogue and the main characters were a man and his alien cat who I think was named Doncy or Drancy (not sure though, and there was a villainous umlaut), and they lived on this planet in another galaxy. One day Voyager 2 (one of the Voyagers) crashed on their planet and they built a spaceship to fly them to Earth after they played the golden record. They found it was a barren hellscape and all that was left was a little shack where they met a black man who was one of the last remaining Earthlings who showed them a video that explained that war (possibly the War on Terror) had destroyed the planet. After hanging with the guy for a bit, they leave and he waves the off with a tear in his eye and just then the Earth is destroyed by Sol which becomes a blackhole (not actually possible of course as it is not massive enough). Has anyone else seen this film? If so, do you remember its name? I cannot remember it for the life of me. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie &#124; Say Shalom! 12:57, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Fewest points dropped in a set
So I gather that Tim Henmen only lost 4 points in the 3rd set against Ivanisavic in the 2001 Wimbledon Semifinal. Has anyone ever done better than that (in a major tournament that is, not just ever)? 91.85.140.182 (talk) 15:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)


 * There has been one "Golden Set" in the history of men's professional tennis, with Bill Scanlon not allowing Marcos Hocevar a single point in a set in 1983. It was a first-round match, and not in a major tournament either, so it may not count as an answer to your question. A discussion on the issue on this forum only comes up with Roger Federer giving up 5 points to Lleyton Hewitt in a set in the 2004 US Open final. There were two 6-0 sets in that match, and our article doesn't even say which of the sets this happened in, so it doesn't seem to have been an overly notable event. I'm sure there are are more cases of 4 or fewer points in a set, but am not sure where to find evidence of these. --Xuxl (talk) 20:33, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

When will you guys get tired of supplying me with film titles?
It isn't as if I don't do reasonable research to find the title myself - but here it is; yet another title request for the geniuses on the Entertainment section.

A young Russian boy who is taught by his father to shoot wolves, becomes a sniper in the Russian army in WWII. He is very successful and the Germans get one of their best snipers who runs their sniper school to come and stalk and kill him. The film is all about their stalking of each other until the Russian eventually corners the German who removes his helmet so the Russian can take a clean shot - which he does. End of film. I don't know who played the Russian but the German officer is a well known 'face' - but his name also escapes me.

Title please??? And thank you so much in advance. Gurumaister (talk) 18:15, 24 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Enemy at the Gates, badass film. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie &#124; Say Shalom! 18:24, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, the sniper duel thing was a piece of Soviet propaganda. Prokhorovka (talk) 19:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes; our article Vasily Zaytsev says "The movie was mostly a work of fiction. Zaytsev himself indicates in his own memoirs that a three-day duel did indeed occur and that the sniper he killed was the head of a sniper school near Berlin. However, there is no evidence that any Major Erwin König ever existed, despite the claim made by the Armed Forces Museum of Moscow that they are in possession of his telescopic sight." Alansplodge (talk) 23:47, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Perhaps Major König was a distant cousin of Lieutenant Kijé? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:43, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * "Erwin Koenig" could have been the german sniper's nom de guerre. 67.169.177.176 (talk) 19:00, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Flinders - I appreciate that very much. Gurumaister (talk) 17:15, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

estate of george harrison
I am a musician and a lawyer who understands Intellectual Property law, so please do not answer my question by saying 'you need to see a lawyer'. My question is this: How would I find the people responsible for administering the estate of George Harrision (ex Beatle)?. I want to know this so I can contact them to ask them if I may record a song I wrote about him which, in part, quotes a song that he wrote - so I want to know if they will allow me to do that.75.118.136.173 (talk) 19:39, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * If it were me, I would start with whatever label (if any) is issuing his records nowadays. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:19, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The final two paragraphs of Harrisongs will likely help. Avic ennasis  @ 23:13, 22 Sivan 5771 / 24 June 2011 (UTC)