Talk:The Brain Leeches

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A fact from The Brain Leeches appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that film director Fred Olen Ray made The Brain Leeches for $298.00?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Brain Leeches.

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:46, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that film director Fred Olen Ray claims that The Brain Leeches was made for $298.00? Source: ^[1]^[2]
- ALT1:... that in the film The Brain Leeches the alien invaders are represented by rubber ants purchased at a dime store for 19 cents? Source: ^[1]^[2]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Camp Jened

5x expanded by Gulbenk (talk) and Ashlark (talk). Nominated by Gulbenk (talk) at 07:14, 6 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article is long enough and has been expanded 5x within 7 days of nomination, no copyvio detected, both hooks are interesting (I prefer the first one) and supported by proper sources cited inline, citations okay, QPQ done. I would suggest linking the name of the director in the hook. A bit off-topic but I think it would be good if the lead (and if possible the 'Plot') is expanded a bit to give a complete picture of the article for the convenience of readers. 'Plot' has a big space after the single line in the section.. any reason for that? Sainsf (talk · contribs) 14:53, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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^ ^a ^b Fred Olen Ray (1 January 1991). The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors. McFarland. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-89950-628-9.
^ ^a ^b Mike Quarles (21 June 2010). Down and Dirty: Hollywood's Exploitation Filmmakers and Their Movies. McFarland. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7864-6257-5.

1978

I've removed the year. Its not clear when the film was shown as the source just states "(1978)", which doesn't mean it was released then as that could easily be a copyright date. We need more specific sources. Andrzejbanas (talk) 03:26, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Orlando Sentinel reference shows a scene being shot on or about May 28, 1978, with a note that Ray intended to show the film locally that fall. Ray confirms that he did indeed have a local showing.Gulbenk (talk) 04:18, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I hear that, but we are combining two things and making them into one here. It sounds like the pieces fit, and I wouldn't blame anyone to suggest thats the case, but if we don't have any confirmation that this was the screening, we can't combine two bits of information and assume that's the solution. Andrzejbanas (talk) 06:26, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I can't dispute that logic. I've been in touch with Ray, who confirmed that he showed the film in a banquet hall of a local country club later that year, selling tickets and distributing a program. He said that he might have something (a local news article, or a copy of that program) in his scrapbook, and that he would try to dig it up. At very least, we might get another image for Commons. At best, a lead to a published reference. But this is ancient history and very low priority to Ray. Nonetheless, I'm hoping that he is so bored in his quarantine situation that he actually might do it. Cheers. Gulbenk (talk) 15:28, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[Ray1991-1] Fred Olen Ray (1 January 1991). The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors. McFarland. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-89950-628-9.

[Quarles2010-2] Mike Quarles (21 June 2010). Down and Dirty: Hollywood's Exploitation Filmmakers and Their Movies. McFarland. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7864-6257-5.

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