Talk:Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)

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Untitled

does anyone else think the film and the musical here should be separated into two distinct articles?<s\> J. Van Meter

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-Done. J. Van Meter 11:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia section

Seems incredibly insulting to the actor (though I am sure it was unintentional)...but I don't like deleting stuff and I can't figure out a way to merge. Lots42 07:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Dirty rotten scoundrels.jpg

Image:Dirty rotten scoundrels.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced material

Article has been tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert the below material with appropriate references. DonIago (talk) 16:30, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-production

Jagger had written the title song to Ruthless People,. and based on his enthusiasm for the screenplay written by Dale Launer, Jagger and Bowie asked Launer to write a screenplay for them. Launer suggested they do a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story, which originally starred David Niven and Marlon Brando. Launer ended up securing the remake rights from Stanley Shapiro, one of the original writers and producer of Bedtime Story. He went back to Jagger and Bowie with the project who decided to go in a different direction for a project suggested by Martin Scorcese. Launer rewrote the screenplay and took it to Orion Pictures. The first director on the project was Herbert Ross (Turning Point). Launer re-wrote the project for Ross, who decided to replace Launer. But instead, Ross was replaced by Frank Oz who preferred the version written previously to Mr. Ross' involvement.

Trailer

The claim that there was no trailer for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is incorrect. The following two links, respectively from the YouTube and Movieclips websites, show the video of the film's theatrical trailer:

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Official Trailer #1 - Michael Caine Movie (1988) HD

Trailer #1

In addition, the information concerning the trailer provides no sources thus I have deleted it.Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 20:09, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to revert or anything, but while it may not be properly cited, the removed text did refer to an extra on the DVD; that would constitute a source. I'd encourage you to reconsider adding at least that part of the information back in. DonIago (talk) 20:16, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Very well then. The DVD does constitute as a source but in the section there was no citation provided to represent it.Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 04:28, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Plot summary length template

I used Microsoft Word's WordCount tool to count the words in the plot summary at 736. This is barely above the recommended upper length of 700 words, so it seems pedantic to template it. The summary reads well and seems concise-enough as is. I removed the template.

"There is no universal set length for a plot summary, though it should not be too excessively long. Well-written plot summaries describe the major events in the work, linking them together with fairly brief descriptions of the less important scenes or paraphrase dialog.

While it is difficult to quantify a strict word limit since no two articles are equal, however, the Wikipedia Manual of style offers some general recommendations to editors. The Film style guideline suggests that 'plot summaries for feature films should be between 400 and 700 words'."73.32.38.72 (talk) 15:13, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why not work on the summary to get it within guidelines (given it's not an excessively complex film) rather than debate whether a tag is appropriate? That said, at least if the article is tagged then another editor may be able to address the matter. DonIago (talk) 14:31, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In any case,

Fixed. DonIago (talk) 16:36, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]