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James Bond

Could you tell me who is the owner of the James Bond's character? A Belgian politician uses illegaly the character and the number "007" for the elections and I'd like to make them know it [www.destexhe.be] . Thanks.

See Ian Fleming Publications (for the books) and Danjaq (for the films). --Richardrj ^talk ^email 10:39, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Songs of Denise

Does anyone know where there is a complete list of songs with the name Denise in it? --Juliet 15:36, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A "complete" list would be impossible. There are too many songs that most people never hear. However, you can do a web search for "song lyrics denise" and turn up a lot of hits. --Kainaw ^(talk) 16:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another good place to search is the All Music Guide. --LarryMac | Talk 17:16, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Law & Order episode

Recently I saw a Law & Order episode which reminded me of a case I vaguely recall in the news. Knowing that the show often bases its storylines on the news, I'm sure there is a matching case out there "in real life" and it's REALLY bugging me that I can't find it out. The story is about a minor celebrity guru who kills his girlfriend, "buries" her body behind a fireplace in his apartment, turns fugitive, is tried and found guilty of the murder in abstentia, and then is caught 20 years later, retried and jailed. I recall something like this, maybe in Philadelphia, really happening and a Wikipedia article might exist for it. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could point me to it. Deli nk 18:52, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ira Einhorn? Clarityfiend 21:15, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This seems like the right answer, given that the article on Einhorn mentions the link to the Law & Order episode and (unreliable source warning) I recall the episode being re-aired in my area in the past couple of days. Carom 04:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's it! Thanks to you both. Deli nk 14:47, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

West End Theatre

Is there a website dedicated to the London stage similar to ibdb.com? Corvus cornix 20:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

70's horror television movie

I was wondering about the name of an obscure horror/suspense movie shown on television in the early 70's. The climax of the film shows the lead character ( a woman called Jennifer, I believe) running away from this psycho in this farmhouse. She tries to escape the house by running thru the attic which has some mannequins. The psycho chasing her dresses as one of the mannequins and he calls out to her, "Jennifer" and he chases her downstairs. That is all I remember.

Any help would be appreciated.

Starting and Ending times of NFL Games

What time of day are NFL games typically played? If someone could link to a list of the starting and ending times of NFL games going back as many years as possible, that would be great. Canadaprovinces 23:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For many years, the start times have been (in EST) 1:00pm and 4:00pm-ish on Sunday. The 4:00 game is usually 4:05 or 4:15 now because games tend to run over 3 hours. Monday night football has always been 9:00pm from my memory, but appears to be 8:30pm this season. Sunday night football, which is rather recent in NFL history, is at 8:15pm. --Kainaw ^(talk) 03:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll amend that the times are Eastern Daylight Time during the first half of the season, moving to Eastern Standard Time when the US shifts. Also, the new (and frequently unavailable) Thursday night (and late-season Saturday night) games are, as I recall, at 8:00pm — Lomn 22:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Authors who dislike film adaptations of their works

Are there any noted authors who are critics of movie adaptations of their books? Even if not in general, can anybody think of one instance off the top of their head? --Fbv65e del / ☑t / ☛c || 23:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Off the very top of my head, Ursula Le Guin. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 23:30, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

During the commentary track on the DVD of The Sum of All Fears, Tom Clancy makes a comment while introducing himself which goes something like "the author of the book that he [Phil Alden Robinson, who is present with Clancy] ignored". Dismas|^(talk) 23:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently (and remarkably) Stephen King hated Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining. Anchoress 23:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And understandably so. What a piece of drek. Corvus cornix 02:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He hated it so much that he in fact created his own adaptation of it, as a miniseries. See The Shining (TV miniseries). Pete Shan osky 19:17, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen King also took action to have his name removed from Children of the Corn, its sequels, and The Lawnmower Man. Froglars the frog 09:58, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Moore asked for his name to be removed from the credits of V For Vendetta. He also asked for his name to be removed from Constantine. Grigoriy Baklanov for The Degraded . Corvus cornix 02:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anne Rice was pretty critical of Tom Cruise being cast as Lestat in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, saying he was "no more my Vampire Lestat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler". However, she changed her mind on seeing the finished film an kissed ass by paying $7,740 for a two-page ad in Daily Variety praising his performance and apologising for her previous criticism. Paddy Chayefsky dissociated himself from Ken Russell's Altered States after artistic disagreements, to the extent that he was credited as Sidney Aaron. See also Alan Smithee for a list of directors who were so critical of their own movie (usually because the producers had taken creative control) that they wishes to disassociate themselves from it. Rockpocket 05:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

`Logan's Run` authors Willian F, Nolan and George C. Johnson had their names taken off the credits of the moviehotclaws 10:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Stanislaw Lem is kind of notorious for this. Recury 17:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did Gore Vidal's name appear in the credits to Visit to a Small Planet? I know he wasn't happy that his political satire was turned into a Jerry Lewis farce. Corvus cornix 21:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

According to our Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator article, Roald Dahl very much disliked the recent movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film). --Tugbug 00:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bit hard, he'd been dead for 15 years. I think you mean Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Natgoo 10:22, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. --Tugbug 23:07, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ken Kesey never watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. jnestorius^(talk) 16:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. That means he should have no opinion of it either way. Another one is Jay Presson Allen, whose last film work was her screenplay for the 1990 remake of Lord of the Flies, though she disliked the finished product and insisted that her name be removed from the credits. -- JackofOz 03:56, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

there was lots of publicized critism by the the author of Sahara (book), Clive Cussler, when it was made into a movie.