Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 October 9

= October 9 =

historical films Iran
Is there any Iranian films that are based on a historical event? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.229.38 (talk) 03:10, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * If animated films are OK, we have Persepolis, made in France by an Iranian woman, about a child's perspective of the Iranian Revolution. StuRat (talk) 03:48, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Using WP:CatScan on the intersection between Category:Iranian films and Category:Films based on actual events yields:
 * ABC Africa
 * A Man Called Brian
 * American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan
 * Bam 6.6
 * Fellow Citizen
 * First Graders
 * Five (2003 film)
 * Kamalolmolk (film)
 * Life, and Nothing More...
 * Nations Cultures
 * Religious Toolmaker
 * Saint Mary (film)
 * Studying in the Modern World
 * The Textbooks
 * Many of which appear to be documentaries... Gabbe (talk) 10:27, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I mean that films that are Iranian and they deal with the history of Islam like Hassan and Hussain, Avicenna, and history of Iran. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.230.254 (talk) 16:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Australian actor Paul Larsson
I am looking to find out any information about Paul Larsson. He played Blaster in Mad Max beyond the Thunder-dome. Does he still act, is he even still alive? I have looked on movie sights, search engines etc, and came up empty handed. Always wondered what happened to him. Thank you for your time and help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.28.9.52 (talk) 07:09, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * According to IMDB, Blaster was his last role. See his entry at IMDB.  He was in 4 roles total, and that's the last one listed for him.  -- Jayron  32  16:48, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Recognize a track
I and many other YouTube users are sure we've heard a part from this track (from 1:36 to 2:36) somewhere else, probably a movie soundtrack (The Matrix, perhaps?), but I'm not sure which. Do you recognize it? Thanks a lot, 109.65.247.240 (talk) 17:33, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Parts if that section (not the whole instrumentation, but parts very audible in there) sound inspired by/lifted from New Order, especially the part from 1:50-2:00. Compare that ten second bit with True Faith (song).  Not a note-for-note similarity, but clearly similar.  Also Bizarre Love Triangle or Vanishing Point Love Vigilantes or a number of their songs.  The whole thing has a New Order vibe.  I wouldn't say it's a direct copy of any of it, it sounds like an original composition, but it's got a lot of inspiration from New Order.  -- Jayron  32  17:57, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I've never heard any of those (in fact, it's the first time I hear of those). I'm sure it's on another soundtrack as well - it sounds really familiar. 109.65.247.240 (talk) 01:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting. New Order is perhaps one of the most important bands, musically, to come out of the UK in the 1980s.  They were almost universally praised, critically, and had several hit singles.  They weren't as big in America as they were in the UK, but they weren't invisible in the US either.  Anyhoo, you should pull up the songs on YouTube and listen to them in comparison to the track you gave.  There's lots of bits in there that sound like its pulled straight from New Order.  They have a distinct sound, and it's all over that track you gave.  Not 100%, but running through it certainly.  -- Jayron  32  04:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Michael Fox's parents
I would like to know whether or not the parents of Canadian actor Michael Fox still live in Canada and if they indeed are alive. Thank you. Iowafromiowa (talk) 19:05, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * According to his father William died in 1990, and his mother Phyllis (noted briefly here is possibly still alive.  You'll want to get back up sources on those, the source I gave is not all that reliable for that information, but at least you have names and a possible death date to help you find the information.  -- Jayron  32  20:06, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Phyllis was vertical as of June 1, 2012. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Not that it is reliable in any way but about 15 years ago family and I were waiting in line at Disney World Jungle Cruise for about 35 minutes and started talking to this couple from I believe was Northern New Hampshire (possibly northern Vermont) who stated and talked at length that they lived down the street from the Foxs and had Michael J. over several times when he was growing up. Never did look it up but ever since when media states he is Canadian I had remembered it must have been literally borderline, unless of course that couple moved to New Hampshire years later.  Hope nobody asks any questions about Reagan's secret service detail or our current Ambassador to Ireland cause I might have to divulge all my secrets lol. Marketdiamond (talk) 08:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's very possible that it was either of those states. Derby Line, Vermont is right on the border.  In fact the border runs right through a few rooms of their library and many people live on either side of the line.  I would imagine that there's something similar in NH.  Dismas |(talk) 19:38, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No, unlike Vermont, there are no communities in New Hampshire which abut the border. The entire Canadian border of New Hampshire is occupied by the town of Pittsburg, New Hampshire, there are no villages or settlements within Pittsburg that lie on the border itself.  I'm not sure that Pittsburg even has much of a town center to speak of.  Pittsburg's town offices actually aren't within Pittsburg itself, they're in the village of West Stewartstown, which is part of a different town.  See  and .  If Pittsburg has any "settlement" within its borders, it'd be down around the Connecticut Lakes, but there's not much there except some vacation communities.  The actual Canada-New Hampshire border is as closed to Terra Nullius as you can get.  There is a small village called Pittsburg that is within the town limits, see  and Google Street View shows a tiny village, but thats still some number of miles from the border.  There's only one road that crosses the border in New Hampshire, U.S. Route 3, and street view shows nothing at all in that area in terms of settlement.  There's probably a customs station of some sort, and that's it. -- Jayron  32  19:54, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting discussion, made me for the first time ever check out Michael J. Fox's bio on wikipedia. If his early life section is complete then this couple I remember could have moved out of Canada to anywhere in NH or VT (I am thinking it was NH) since Fox did not live near the border area, then again Fox's father was military but I find it odd the military would have stationed him on the VT/NH border unless he spent a few years in border service and that is what the couple is referring to.  Then again don't believe everything you hear from Disney tourists in a Jungle Cruise line lol. Marketdiamond (talk) 23:35, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Founders of golden age movie studios
For sure, Warner Bros. was founded by four people: Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Sam Warner, and Jack Warner. But I still have questions: 1. Who founded MGM? 2. Who founded Paramount? 3. Who founded RKO? 4. Who founded Twentieth Century Fox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rebel Yeh (talk • contribs) 23:18, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Come on. The answers are fairly easily found in their respective articles under such headings as "Founding" and "Origin of company" (though I found a few rather surprising). Clarityfiend (talk) 00:54, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * You name all those B-roll studios without mentioning Selznick International Pictures that produced Gone with the Wind and had back-to-back Best Picture Oscars? Since we are on the topic of foundings what in common did Selznick and Warner Brothers have about their foundings?  Marketdiamond (talk) 08:35, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I didn't find the answers. That's why I posted this question. Rebel Yeh (talk) 19:50, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has the information on its founding in the section titled "Founding". Paramount Pictures has information on its founding in the section titled "1911–1920: Early history".  RKO Pictures has information on its founding in the section titled "Origin of company" and 20th Century Fox has information on the founding of both Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures and on the merger that created the modern company in the section titled "History".  -- Jayron  32  20:10, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Also don't forget to use the citations in the founding sections and look for any relevant notes or external links at the bottom of the articles. Is there something super specific your looking for with these foundings . . . I think that is what is confusing some of us here since all the studios you mentioned have extensive sections that cover that.  Hope this helps. Marketdiamond (talk) 23:41, 10 October 2012 (UTC)