Talk:State of Play (film)

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[edit] Citations

Filming locations and dates in Washington D.C., apparently. I haven't checked the links yet to see if they're reliable or even if they contain anything useful, so I'm dumping these here until I get the chance:

  • March 19 - the east side of the 2000 block of 13th, and including Ben Ali Way and part of the north side of the 1200 block of U Street. Source
  • March 28 - Mt. Pleasant St. between Lamont St. and Park Rd and Lamont Street NW between Mt. Pleasant and 16th Sts.
  • March 29 - Mt. Pleasant St. between Lamont St. and Park Rd and Lamont Street NW between Mt. Pleasant and 16th Sts.
  • March 30 - Mt. Pleasant St. between Lamont St. and Park Rd and Lamont Street NW between Mt. Pleasant and 16th Sts. Source for last three

Toodle pip! Steve T • C 16:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Filming done night of April 3 - Wisconsin Ave between N and M. Stunt scene involving a minor character running across a street, getting hit by a taxi and then running into a scooter. I understand other filming was done in this location on other dates/times, but this is the only one of which I have personal knowledge. Karinagw (talk) 16:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Better:

More. Steve T • C 08:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Struck used. Steve T • C 11:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
  • This is in case the reliability of using a school newspaper as a cite is questioned at some point in the future (second story down). Steve T • C 17:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Alex Heffes, Tommy Pearson. (April 2008). [http:// www.stageandscreenonline.com/_Media/AlexHeffes.mp3 Interview with Alex Heffes] (mp3) [Audio interview]. Stage and Screen Online. Retrieved on 2008-04-22. "Alex Heffes first came to international prominence with his evocative score to the Oscar-winning documentary, One Day in September, directed by Kevin MacDonald. Heffes and MacDonald have gone on to collaborate on Touching the Void and The Last King of Scotland and are currently working on the big-screen adaptation of State of Play. Other movie credits include The Parole Officer, Out of Reach, Sweeney Todd and the controversial documentary The Bridge. Heffes talks to Tommy Pearson about all these films, and his career so far, in a 40 minute interview." – Steve T • C 09:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cast section

Can I suggest that the Cast section be a list instead of a table? Tables tend to limit content to basic information, like with the current attributes of actor and role. Lists, in my experience, are more appropriate because character descriptions and real-world context about the roles can be added with ease. See Sunshine (2007 film)#Characters and The Dark Knight (film)#Cast for a couple of examples of how lists work. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 17:29, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, done. Steve T • C 19:43, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bits and bobs

  • Simm supplanted by Pitt - of possible use in section on British reaction to the adaptation of its "hit" series. They're typically snotty about it, I note:

"John Simm, the star of Clocking Off, Sex Traffic and Life on Mars, is widely considered to be one of the best television actors to emerge in recent years. But he has been sidelined by Hollywood in the film version of one of his biggest successes, the political thriller State of Play. In the latest example of the trend for British actors to be replaced by Americans, it was revealed yesterday that Brad Pitt is due to take the lead role in the film remake of the serial, a critical and commercial success for the BBC."

"Liz Thomas, a writer on television for The Stage newspaper said the making of the film was a good advertisement for British television, although the choice of Pitt was 'frustrating' for domestic actors such as Simm. She said: 'British TV is certainly very hip in Hollywood these days and, despite criticisms that the Americans do drama better, pieces like State of Play show we can more than hold our own. Thankfully, Abbott is executive producer on the film so the gripping plot and beautifully crafted dialogue won't be lost in translation.' She added: 'The good thing about reworking the show into a big-budget, high-profile film is that it is a huge advert or shop window for the sort of things that have come out of the UK in recent years, particularly given the smaller budgets. Brad Pitt will be a huge draw and commercially this makes sense. But, of course, it is frustrating that, given the wealth of acting talent available, that it isn't a Brit.'"

Steve T • C 19:44, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Definitely can be worked into it. I think it's relevant. Go for it. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 02:17, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Release date

Is a 2008 release date really confirmed at this point? IMDb estimates the release years of upcoming films, and considering that this film has had its share of delays, it may not come out till 2009. Any citation that mentions the intent to release in 2008? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 23:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

One of the Variety cites originally mentioned it, but that may have changed since the postponement. I'll have a look, and if I can't find a cite dated 2008 I'll remove the information. Steve T • C 08:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
OK, the Working Title website says 2009; I'll update now. Cheers, Steve T • C 08:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

I noticed that some references use the {{cite web}} template, where the rest of them use {{cite news}}. The ones using cite web should be changed, because from what I can tell, they're news sources as opposed to dynamic pages like Box Office Mojo and Rotten Tomatoes. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 15:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Color guard photo

It would be brilliant if anyone knows which photograph Macdonald is talking about here:

Macdonald's aim was to recreate a famous 1970s Canadian photograph, which depicts rifle-twirling majorettes, in order to emphasize militaristic themes and to comment upon the place of guns in American society.

The article could use a decent image or two to spruce it up, and I think it'd pass the fair use requirements, especially once the film is out and we can do a side-by-side comparison. Steve T • C 19:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe you can inquire at WP:RD/H? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 19:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Excellent! I didn't even think of that. Thanks, Steve T • C 22:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)