Talk:Miracle on 34th Street/Archive 1
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Colorized
The 1947 Movie was later colorized, however I'm not sure when or by whom? GoodDay 02:02, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
- Product Details
- Director: George Seaton
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
- Rated: NR
- Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
- Video Release Date: November 2, 1993
- NTSC format (US and Canada only. This VHS will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about VHS formats.)
- From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
- It was also re-colorized by Legend Films in 2005 for a DVD release.
- See also: List of Legend Films releases. (Ibaranoff24 03:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC))
Remakes
The remakes should really have their own articles, especially the 1994 one. 67.171.180.209 06:44, 24 December 2005
- Hardly seems worth it. Clarityfiend 21:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Also, the first two television versions were performed live so it's not really accurate to describe them as "television movies." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.41.21 (talk) 12:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
Spoiler problem
One of the things I don't like in any article about a book or movie is the spoiler heading. It's telling not what the movie is about, but stating exactly what happens during the course of the two or so hours the movie is playing. Why bother to see it if someone's going to tell all in a spoiler warning? I'm not going to alter any movie page in Wikipedia for that purpose, but I think the subject should be discussed in committee. Carajou 22:50, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
completely irrelevant
the first paragraph in the Inaccuracies section is just a critique of a book, not this movie. Not even the book OF this movie. 214.13.82.22 (talk) 07:54, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
H. L. Macy and Adam Gimbel
The "real" R. H. Macy and Adam Gimbel passed away long before the events of this film. According to IMDB, both roles were uncredited. Yes, it's a charming Christmas fantasy and the handshake between Mr. Macy and Mr. Gimbel is a fine moment, but I don't think we should be linking a fictitious character to the R. H. Macy biography page.
Unnecessary archiving
This talk page doesn't need archiving. The one archive contains very little text. Someone WP:BOLDer than I should get rid of the bot and move the archive back here. David Spector (talk) 01:52, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Stage play adaptation(s)
I won't make a direct change to the article as I can't be sure of my information, but Samuel French no longer lists the play by Will Severin, Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder and John Vreeke, and my attempts to purchase a copy online came to nothing. This MAY have something to do with this listing at Dramatic Publishing: http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p2807/Miracle-on-34th-Street,-the-Play/product_info.html. This script, "Adapted by Mountain Community Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies," IS for sale, and I have ordered a copy. Perhaps the Severin, et al. version ran into copyright difficulties? Userboy87 (talk) 19:18, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Requested move
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure) Apteva (talk) 22:31, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Miracle on 34th Street → Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
- Miracle on 34th Street (disambiguation) → Miracle on 34th Street
– Even though the 1947 film, which was mentioned in another talk page, is an original material, which derived into the 1947 novella and the 1994 remake, not all original materials are primary topics (see Doctor Zhivago). WP:PRIMARYTOPICS is not an easy guideline to decipher (or use), as "long-term significance" and "usage" criteria may not be enough to decide which topic of a similar name is the primary topic of a similar name. Stats say that the original film is more viewed than the remake, but I'm positive that stats will drop if the original is disambiguated and that those not using the AutoComplete is looking for the remake. Nonetheless, I'm proposing that dab page be the primary page. George Ho (talk) 20:17, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Comment: I'm not quite sure if this set of topics is comparable to Doctor Zhivago because in the latter set, both the novel and the film have long-term significance (per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC). Here, I do not think other topics hold a candle to the 1947 film based on that criteria. Erik (talk | contribs) 20:35, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Comment Erik has said what I was thinking. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:50, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- Strong oppose. Not even close. Nearly all of the entries on the dab page are offshoots of the original film. It would take a miracle, and this ain't 34th Street. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:19, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose on grounds of long-standing significance. The 1947 film is a classic movie that is still a regular season feature. It still obliterates the other two around Christmas time in page views, even if you subtract the totals for the other two films: 1947, 1994, 1973. Betty Logan (talk) 06:36, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
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Former alternative title
Before I edited this article the bracket after the title read "released in the United Kingdom as The Big Heart". This made it sound like that title is still used in the UK when it is not. When I discovered the film it has always been referred to by its American title on the Blu-Ray release when I rented it from the now-defunct Lovefilm by Post service and it was listed as Miracle on 34th Street in the rental catalogue. It is referred to by its American title by the British Film Institute and by Amazon Video when searching on Amazon.co.uk. A previous revision of the article stated it was "initially release as" which is less confusing.
I am having a problem finding a citation for the the of the alternative title in the UK. In the BFI article it is just mentioned as an alternative title and does not mention it being used in the UK. When I checked the website of the British Board of Film Classification I could not find the original classification date under "Miracle on 34th Street (1947)" but I found "The Big Heart" as a separate article with the date of classification being in 1947 which is a clue. I have found a poster for "The Big Heart" with the cast matching that of the original "Miracle on 34th Street" which I intend to cite.
I cannot find any information on when they stopped using the alternative title but on the BBFC website there are no further certificates issued for "The Big Heart" after the original release but "Miracle on 34th Street" (referring to the original film) was classified as early as 1988.Tk420 (talk) 21:22, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
- When searching the IMDb article for the film I found "The Big Heart" listed as the premiere title in the "Also Known As" section under Release Info which I have also cited but like Wikipedia it can be edited by the members of the general public though subject to admin approval.Tk420 (talk) 21:40, 21 December 2017 (UTC)