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December 29

Semi-prohibitive question

Hi, I was sifting through Google some photos of the 1972 European Cup final between Ajax and Internazionale. Well, I was unable to glimpse in the pictures, photos of any luminous scoreboard in the "de Kuip" stadium in Rotterdam. Is it possible that it was assembled a few years later? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 14:01, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Judging by the Scoreboard article LED scoreboards weren't in common use until the 1980s. A scoreboard from 1972 would've used lightbulbs. This might not stand out well in pictures from that time if the stadium had it. 93.136.90.120 (talk) 19:36, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film) - Fact vs Fiction

Were there differances between the 1959 film version of The Diary of Anne Frank and it's real life story? 86.129.17.60 (talk) 18:54, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, starting with the 20-year-old actress playing someone who ages from 13 to 15 during the story. At least the 30-year-old they tried to cast backed out. Rmhermen (talk) 20:00, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You'd be hard pressed to find any movie which is totally faithful to its source subject material. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:42, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See Film adaptation. The section on elision is particularly instructive.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:45, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that the film was based on the play, and not directly adapted from the diary. I remember that we studied the play in high school English class, and there was an accompanying text in the textbook mentioning some of the changes from the diary. These included changing the chronology of some events, combining a couple of characters who visit from the outside into one, and similar types of minor changes. All to increase the dramatic tension and help in staging, without betraying the original story. Xuxl (talk) 13:13, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]