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John Frankenheimer

Good point. The Golden Age of Television article says that the golden age ended with the departure of John Frankenheimer, but doesn't provide a source. As usual, your IQ was so low you didn't simultaneously revert that section to go with it. Too bad, I found a source, and since you don't consider a reference to another Wiki article as a sufficient source, I put it in both articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.29.203.76 (talk) 21:04, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Champlin book?

The article mentions a book by Charles Champlin in several places, but the reference isn't given. Will the author please clean this up?

Tex 01:15, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Career in context

The catalogue of films is interesting, but Frankenheimer's burn out should also be addressed. His most productive period was the 60s but the pressures of work, and some political activities strained him. He was actually the man who drove Bobby Kennedy to the hotel where he was killed. This pushed Frankenheimer to the breaking point. He packed up and retired to France. It took some time, but he overcame addiction to alcohol and began working again. Some were high-quality sleepers like French Connection 2 while others were just business jobs like The Holcroft Covenant.

Career in context

The catalogue of films is interesting, but Frankenheimer's burn out should also be addressed. His most productive period was the 60s but the pressures of work, and some political activities strained him. He was actually the man who drove Bobby Kennedy to the hotel where he was killed. This pushed Frankenheimer to the breaking point. He packed up and retired to France. It took some time, but he overcame addiction to alcohol and began working again. Some were high-quality sleepers like French Connection 2 while others were just business jobs like The Holcroft Covenant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.188.163 (talk) 14:30, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Irrelevant?

This does not seem to add anything relevant to the article, so I deleted it: "He recalled after being discharged, he had an interview with CBS and had a conversation with the hiring manager. The manager had also been a member of the armed forces and told Frankenheimer that while they had no openings at the time, he would call when needed. According to the director in an interview with The Directors Series, he had spent two weeks in his hotel room waiting for a phone call as the hotel didn't provide a messaging service. At the end of this period, Frankenheimer did receive a phone call and was put to work as a live television director."Maria Danielson (talk) 14:30, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Bay

The paternity allegations are clumsily inserted (in italics, yet) and not sourced. I recommend deletion. Relgif (talk) 08:25, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seconds

The reason Seconds was so poorly received was Rock Hudson's dreadful performance. (He should have played both roles.) The film's popularity seems more based on its sardonic ending. It ought to be remade. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 20:55, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

BLACK SUNDAY

The character Dahlia Iyad in BLACK SUNDAY is not, as the article said, Palestinian; she is Swiss. She is pro-Palestinian though, so I have altered the section on this movie to reflect this. Goblinshark17 (talk) 23:28, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A little skewed

Does it irk anyone else that the critical commentary peppered throughout the article focuses too heavily on just a couple recurring sources? There is occasionally some variety of opinion (the Seconds section for example) but otherwise it reads very one note. 2600:8801:7116:4400:FD95:F500:2C05:B4D9 (talk) 07:33, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Early Life

Can the "Childhood and Schooling" section be changed to just "Early Life?" I can't think of any other pages on names such as Frankenheimer's that have a section named as such. JPHC2003 (talk) 03:46, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]