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[edit] Copyright Vio from IMBd

Copying text almost verbatim from IMBd, does little to increase Wikipedia's credibility.

[edit] Career and context

Hi:

To avoid typecasting, Lancaster eventually decided to adopt a system for choosing scripts. One movie for the box office, then the next one for the art house crowd is I think a quote. This apparently was a compromise between an ambition for success and also to be taken seriously as an actor. A cite should be located before it goes in the article.

I also think his period with Frankenheimer could be expanded. They made four films together, almost in succession. Seven Days In May saw him playing an arch conservative general when he was in fact well known as a liberal. The commentary on the DVD does a lot to illuminate the tense politics of the period in America when the film was made.

[edit] Height

Have corrected Lancaster's height to 6'1", which is what he was at his peak.

[edit] Mind Control (1987)

I'm not certain that this is the name of the title. I have a title starring Lancaster in my video collection titled Control, made in the same year. I'm assuming they are one and the same, as coincidence is unlikely. However, US film and video game titles are often renamed, for whatever reason, and Australian releases tend to steer towards the European release title. Was Mind Control renamed as Control for the foreign market, or is the name of the film wrong on this article? Gamer Junkie 02:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Filmography table

I have reformatted the filmography, personally I think it is too long to be embedded, but I may be of the minority. If someone feels it should be removed to a page of its own, the awards data should be put back. I removed it as it felt redundant on top of that huge table. Here is the code for that:

[edit] Awards

[edit] Nominations

EraserGirl (talk) 16:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References

This article is much too short for a man of this stature, and there are far too few sources. Surely he must have one devoted fan willing to expand it? EraserGirl (talk) 16:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

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