Talk:A Fistful of Dynamite

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Contents 1 RE: "Restoration" 2 Vote for Deletion 3 Technical details 4 New plot summary 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Giu la testa 01.jpg 6 Sean's Flashback Bar Scene 7 Analysis 8 Title

[edit] RE: "Restoration"

This section contains a reference to Sony "purchasing" MGM. That has never happened. MGM licensed their catalog to Sony around that time for DVD distribution in the US (that agreement has since lapsed, and 20th Century Fox currently distributes MGM's DVD's). If a purchase of MGM by Sony has happened, the author of this section needs to cite a reference or the sentence will be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Srxt81 (talk • contribs) 22:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vote for Deletion

from VfD:

<moved from Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English>

• A Fistful of Dynamite, in Portuguese, reads like a film review. -- Jmabel 06:04, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)

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• I translated a little, skimmed the rest; not very encyclopedic; it's been over 2 weeks and no one's taken up the translation. Worthy topic, useless article. Delete.
• Change to a stub - i.e. just keep the first line "A Fistful of Dynamite is a film by Sergio Leone." --Jll 11:46, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Abstain. Is this a notable film? Most films on Wikipedia don't deserve to be, but I don't know enough on Portugese culture to know if this is actually notable. --Improv 18:42, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • I'd say anything by Leone is notable. The question is whether this is more useful than nothing. -- Jmabel 03:21, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep and translate/cleanup or stubbify. Not Sergio Leone's most famous film, but still, it's Sergio Leone. — Gwalla | Talk 22:03, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Keep, agree w/ Gwalla —siroχo 22:57, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable film. --Viriditas 08:09, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Keep, and cut it down to a stub. Though it is not The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly or Once Upon a Time in the West, perhaps something about its general unpopularity can be found. Ian Pugh 20:01, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• keep Cabalamat 21:32, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

end moved discussion

[edit] Technical details

I specially watched that particular scene again. The governor was shot with a Browning HP. Although they bear a resemblance, Browning HP and Colt M1911 are not identical. Being a handgun afficionado, I know very well how these models look, and I could not mistake a M1911 for a Browning HP. Or an Obregon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fillosaurus (talk • contribs) 12:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

John does not have a Browning Hi-Power in the movie (he has a Steyr, and an Obregon is seen on the train)--the one he tosses to Juan to shoot the Governor is a Colt M1911. Also, the trains used are obviously European--perhaps Leone couldn't afford American-type couplers. 70.171.235.149 15:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New plot summary

Very good work done by Fillosaurus. It had been a pass time to try to get a better plot summary, but my work wasn't that notable. Thanks! MwNNrules It may be that those who do most, dream most. 03:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Giu la testa 01.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sean's Flashback Bar Scene

Did this scene take place in Ireland, as in the article, or in London? The two police officers accompanying Sean's friend are dressed as English "bobbies", I do not know if these type of uniforms were used in Ireland during the Troubles. I suspect that Sean was part of an IRA cell that conducted a series of bombing campaigns in London... hence I think the flashback was to London, not Ireland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.34.162 (talk) 02:59, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Analysis

Does the film really "delve[s] deep into the class differences that shaped Mexico during its bloody revolution."? For sure it sides with the revolutionaries, but I dont think it shows much of mexico or what life in mexico was like at the time, which must be an extremely important part of "delving" into the class differences. it is an action movie with if not a political agenda then at least with clear values and sympathies, but it is pretty bad as a documentary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.231.250.215 (talk) 01:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Title

Everybody seems to think that the title was A Fistful of Dynamite. I have to admit that it's a cooler title then Duck, You Sucker, but why not use that title. I'm pretty sure that it was known as Duck You Sucker in it's theatrical run, and no one has cited that it was called A Fistful of Dynamite at any point, except as a nickname. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MwNNrules (talk • contribs) 02:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree, if no one objects I will move the article to Duck You Sucker in a few days. --NEMT (talk) 14:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Good to see evidence of something getting done. I'm not objecting, and I've been examing every new edit for a while now. I can't think of anyone in specific to contact... so no one's stopping you. MwNNrules (talk) 00:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)