Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Gagak Item

Gagak Item
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 * 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). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 2, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 23:24, 19 December 2013‎ (UTC)



Gagak Item (Indonesian for Black Raven) is a 1939 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) written by Saeroen and directed by Joshua and Othniel Wong for Tan's Film. Starring long-time screen couple Rd Mochtar, and Roekiah (pictured), with another role held by Eddy T. Effendi, the black-and-white film followed a masked bandit known only as "Gagak Item". The film was shot in rural Bogor (then known by the Dutch name Buitenzorg). It featured the cast and crew from the 1937 hit Terang Boelan, who were hired by Tan's so that the company could better imitate the earlier film's success. Gagak Item was part of the recovery of a domestic film industry which had been severely affected by the Great Depression; in 1939 four domestic productions were released in the Indies. Recorded as a commercial success and receiving positive reviews for its kroncong music and the leading actress' "demure" performance, the film was last shown sometime after 1951, and is now thought to be likely lost.

Well, we haven't had an Indonesian film featured in a while. I do like this article quite a bit, and I'm hoping that you do too. I think this is likely to be -1 points, as we just ran Frank's Cock. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:58, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I would like to see this short little piece on the main page. However, it will probably have to wait a while, since Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is nominated for the slot and was nominated first.  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 02:26, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Bencherlite has, historically, not minded running two film or music articles close together so long as they are not thematically very similar. In this case, both films are pretty much binary opposites: black-and-white vs. colour, Indies vs. American, feature vs. documentary, bandits vs. sexual slavery, etc. etc. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:08, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support I remember reading this article a while back, and was impressed with it. It's good to see it at TFA. --ColonelHenry (talk) 03:16, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Any chance you can bump this up from 929 characters closer to the 1,200 mark, please, ? I'll need to think about the best approach here - with Frank's Cock on Dec 1 and Nefarious nominated as well, do we really want three films in a month, regardless of their differing subject matter? BencherliteTalk 09:06, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think I could get over 1000... that's already most of the article there, and longer than the actual lead. I was thinking New Years Eve (still rather far out)... one year anniversary of Roekiah last being on TFA. :D — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:15, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, per analysis by Crisco 1492, above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:50, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, as per the above. - SchroCat (talk) 21:22, 6 December 2013 (UTC)