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The Pink Panther (1963 film)

I can appreciate how busy you are right now, however do you have a reference on hand to confirm that The Pink Panther (1963 film) is indeed a 1963 film and not a 1964 film? If the IMDB is to be believed the film was first released in West Germany on 19 December 1963; in Finland on 20 December 1963; in Sweden on 26 December 1963; in the UK on 7 January 1964; and in the US on 18 March 1964. All rather baffling. I'd like to rever the lede back to 1963. BTW, the infobox contains the US and UK release dates. I also question the lede and infobox which identify it as an American film. - Fanthrillers (talk) 00:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

The BFI identify its year of release as being 1963; they don't give an exact date but they're usually pretty accurate on things like this. They also confirm it was an American production too so that is probably correct. Betty Logan (talk) 00:44, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I can't find any confirmation of the countries you've listed, but all the sources I've come across do show it as a 1963 film, so I suspect that it was released somewhere in 63 first. I#d change it to 63 and use the BFi as a reference. As to Brit v American, it's a hard to define term with no agreed definition, but again, if the BFI show it as both then it probably is. (Skyfall is currently shown as Brit and US too, based on a Variety source, but I guess that's only based on where the money is coming from)... - SchroCat (^ • @) 06:32, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

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Gone through this. Rather than discuss changes I've just gone ahead and made them, but it was mostly just copyedit work. I've tagged a few things so please don't be offended by that, it's just a convenient way of highlighting potential issues. I was slightly concerned by the second paragraph of the lede (which I wrote so I reserve the right to criticise it!) because I felt it shifted the focus towards the Fleming charcater too much, whereas it needed to be focused on the Fleming traits that had been absorbed into the film portrayals. Personally I think it's well on the way to being another GA standard article, but as ever feel free to retain/reject any alterations I've made. Betty Logan (talk) 21:20, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Betty, That's fantastic - many thanks indeed for this. Your edits are all spot on, as are your comments and I'll work through those shortly to iron out those particular issues. Glad you think it's getting on for GA - I just hope we're able to keep the articleas it stands and that the "in film" discussion goes smoothly enough! Cheers - SchroCat (^ • @) 05:59, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Actually I did have a thought: currently the actors' salaries are listed at List of James Bond films, and I'm wondering if this information would be more relevant if instead it were included in the little film boxes in each actor's section in the film character article. Betty Logan (talk) 16:41, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

I like it! Fanthrillers is looking through it at the moment, but I'll drop it on once he's clear. I have one more source book to cover for Brosnan before Craig, when we have to revert to the news reports and reviews, rather than the books, but that shouldn't take too long, so I'm hoping that it should be completed in a couple of days. I'm not sure it needs to cover anything else in the article - just those magnificent seven. Do you agree, or can you think of anything else that needs covering? Cheers - SchroCat (^ • @) 18:26, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm done for the day though I still want to have another go at the first three paragraphs. Let me say for now you've done a bang-up job on this article and I do thank you for inviting me to contribute it. I also want to thank you for the tireless work you've done these last two weeks on the Bond articles in general, reverting too many inane edits. - Fanthrillers (talk) 20:55, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

No, thank you—both of you—for going through this so thoroughly. I'll take a few days to clear this lot up and finish Brosnan and Craig and then onto the Production history. At the slow rate I'm going along at, I may be finished by Christmas! Thanks again to you both. - SchroCat (^ • @) 22:07, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

On an unrelated note, I got Timothy Dalton protected for a month. - Fanthrillers (talk) 00:01, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Great news - I was building up to it within another revert or two. Hopefully that will discourage them enough to go away, otherwise we'll have to re-apply again later if it all starts up again... - SchroCat (^ • @) 16:11, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

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I will try to edit this tomorrow. Maybe then an FA nom by the end of the month?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:25, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

lol - I was just in the midst of an email to you about this. I dropped him into PR about 30 seconds ago, as it normally takes a week or so to get things up to speed there. I think that timeframe works well - 2-3 weeks on PR (depending on the levels of interest we get) and then on to FAC pretty much straight afterwards? - SchroCat (^ • @) 22:27, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, let's aim for FA by the end of the year. Sean Connery really I want to get up to FA in the new year..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 23:18, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Most of Le Mesurier's films unlike Sellers only have mention of him playing a role, very few in depth discussions of his roles so I think the article is pretty comprehensive as it is.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I think it's pretty well covered now. As a (largely) bit-part player, he may get an ocassional mention, but not even that sometimes! - SchroCat (^ • @) 14:03, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

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