Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Evita (1996 film)

Evita (1996 film)

 * ''This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests).

The result was:  by Ealdgyth - Talk 15:01, 25 July 2018 (UTC)



Evita is a 1996 American musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which also inspired a 1978 musical. The film depicts the life of Eva Perón, detailing her beginnings, rise to fame, political career and death at the age of 33. Directed by Alan Parker, and written by Parker and Oliver Stone, Evita stars Madonna (pictured) as Eva, Jonathan Pryce as Eva's husband Juan Perón, and Antonio Banderas as Ché, an everyman who acts as the film's narrator. The film was released on January 10, 1997 and grossed over $141 million worldwide. It received mixed reviews but earned a number of accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and three Golden Globe Awards.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Resident Evil: Apocalypse in March 2018. Perused through the recent listings after that but cannot find any film article. So I believe there is a strong case for accepting this article on the below proposed date.
 * Main editors:, IndianBio
 * Promoted: 17 June 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: I would prefer if this can appear as TFA on August 16, 2018, the 60th birthday of its principal star, Madonna. Evita was an important film in the repertoire of American singer Madonna's filmography, being the most commercially successful film she had ever starred. This is my first FA that I actively contributed to and nominating for TFA so apologies if there is any mistake. The article is present in over 30 other language wikis thus showing a strong interest in the topic.
 * Support as nominator. — IB [ Poke ] 17:27, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support definitely a good occasion for TFA, and article is quite well written. Snuggums (talk / edits) 20:28, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support: Happy to have helped promote the article to FA status, and would love to see it featured as TFA. FrankRizzo (talk) 00:55, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support: Good article and my third favorite musical! Chetsford (talk) 00:40, 18 July 2018 (UTC)