Talk:The Last Waltz

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Article milestones Date Process Result January 16, 2007 WikiProject peer review Reviewed January 16, 2007 Good article nominee Listed Current Status: Good article

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To-do list for The Last Waltz:	edit · history · watch · refresh
Here are some tasks you can do: Requests: Budget and box-office info from 1978, Copyedit: Film synopsis/summary needs to flow better. Verify: Find reference for existence of "director's cut" Expand: Production info. Need listing of all the performers? Two album articles already have detailed listings. Other: correct the last reference: Warschawski is misspelled

Contents 1 Yes, Bob Dylan is in the movie 2 Expansion of the concert section, artist listing 3 2005 DVD release 4 GA nomination 5 References

[edit] Yes, Bob Dylan is in the movie

call me insane...but wasnt bob dylan in that movie?

Yes, Bob Dylan was in that movie. --Fred Bradstadt 08:40, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Oh, really? The section about "Dylan's refusal" doesn't make it clear that he ultimately agreed to be filmed. Pimlottc

Well, by the time the reader gets to that section, they've hopefully already read the introduction and the section about film and concert that say Dylan appeared. However, just to make it crystal clear, some more detail that explains this has been included in the Dylan's refusal section. It was all backstage drama. — WiseKwai 15:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion of the concert section, artist listing

This article is starting to become lengthy, but I'm wondering about a couple of things:

1. Should the song listing be changed or expanded, or possibly converted to chart format, which would more accurately reflect the concert performances vs the film performances?
2. Should there also be a complete listing of all the artists involved? — WiseKwai 11:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Also, someone ought to cite that cocaine nose thing. It's got the ring of urban legend to me, not to mention tastelessness.

[edit] 2005 DVD release

Here's some information left by User:68.187.84.151 about the 2005 re-release. I moved it here because I'm not convinced the details are vital to the article:

... though the disc art itself was different; on the original was a crowd photo, which is also used on the front cover; the re-issue features the 1952 Fender Telecaster used in the programme's logo. Although stripped of these extras, Sony still markets this re-issue as a "Special Edition."

The easiest way to tell at a glance if a given copy - sans outer foil sleeve - is the original or re-issue, is to examine the lettering on the front cover. The original featured the words "SPECIAL EDITION" in gold colour faux raised-relief at the top of the cover, with the MGM logo in-between the words. The re-issue has the words in white colour at the top, with the MGM logo (and "The Martin Scorsese Film Collection" moniker directly underneath) in the upper left-hand corner. The review blurb "The Finest of All Rock Movies!" at the bottom of the cover also mirrors these criteria (sans logo) for both versions.— WiseKwai 20:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA nomination

I have passed this article as a Good Article according to the GA Criteria. Congratulations to the lead editors, and keep up the excellent work! Regards, Anthonycfc ^{[T • C]} 23:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Can somebody please correct the last reference, I don't know how to do it. It's not that important but it's my name and it's misspelled. It should be Warschawski:

Corrected ^ a b Katz, John; Warschawski, Dror. The 4 audio versions of The Last Waltz. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.

Thank you...

Dror WARSCHAWSKI —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.208.141.77 (talk) 21:34, 4 April 2007 (UTC).

Fixed! Thanks for your contribution. It's a great reference. — WiseKwai 14:17, 5 April 2007 (UTC)