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This article should be Evil Angels. It is the original title of the work that originates in an English-speaking country.-- ZayZayEM 02:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
the film was nominated for three Australian Film Institute awards and won five: Best Film, Best Actor (Sam Neill), Best Actress (Meryl Streep), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay....This makes no sense. Someone who is responsible for this article (and interested) needs to fix. Jeffpw 08:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
the ding took my baby! == I haven't actually seen this film but I always thought it was where the reference (spoken in a bad Australian accent) "a dingo's got my baby!" came from. Shouldn't this be mentioned? - Dot 207.237.91.121 ( talk) 02:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The important think that's being left out is how the case influenced our thinking about the adversarial-based justice system used in most countries. Police investigators discarded and concocted evidence to make their case more winnable, because they "knew" she was guilty, when in fact she wasn't. Landroo 23:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 13:07, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I have scanned an excellent condition poster and uploaded it, replacing the somewhat faded, slightly illegible older poster. Someone reverted this change within 24 hours. I'd be happy to discuss with them, but, since they weren't logged in, only an IP address was left behind. They may have had one of two reasons for doing this:
I see no reason to revert to a lower-quality version of the poster, and I've undone the change.
I'd be glad to hear any other opinions on this - thanks.
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The result of the move request was: page moved to Evil Angels (film): discussion had run for 42 days. Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 15:57, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
A Cry in the Dark ?
Evil Angels — Evil Angels was the title this Australian film was released under in Australia. It is the name under which it received
Australian Film Institute Awards. It is the name used in
IMDB. It is the title of the book on which the movie is based. (The title "A Cry in the Dark" was used in the later American release.) I note that many references in other articles had been changed from "Evil Angels" as they were originally to "A Cry in the Dark". E.g.
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay, so such articles aren't a reliable indication of the title used at that time. I don't know if it's necessary to use "Evil Angels (film)" as
Evil Angels is now just a redirect to
Evil Angel, which is another disambiguation page. If so then "Evil Angels (film)" would be fine.
Barsoomian (
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04:44, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
How interesting. A few days ago IMDB listed this as "Evil Angels". Now this has been changed to "A Cry in the Dark". (See [ Wayback Machine] showing "Evil Angels"). I wonder who could have done that? Winston Smith? At least IMDB still says "Evil Angels (original title)". Barsoomian ( talk) 16:53, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
COMMENT Today is coincidentally Lindy Chamberlain's birthday. March 4, 1948 in Whakatane, New Zealand! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Briantw ( talk • contribs) 13:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
I made this edit because, according to this IMDb page the title 'Evil Angels' was used in Australia and New Zealand. Elsewhere it was 'A Cry in the Dark' or a local translation of a similar phrase (eg: 'Krzyk w ciemnosci' = 'Scream in the darkness' according to Google translate). Astronaut ( talk) 12:40, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
In Evil Angels Lindy's mother, Avis Murchison, is played by the Australian actor Dorothy Alison (1925–1992; among her other memorable roles has been Douglas Bader's Nurse Brace in 1956's Reach for the Sky), and so her role in Evil Angels needs to be added below the heading "Cast" in Wikipedia's article.
IMDb's treatment of the movie is quietly waiting to help anybody who has the energy to improve that list of the cast, which at present is no better than perfunctory.
More generally I can't help thinking that the chaotic article has been assembled by a resident of the Moon and so needs to be rewritten.
Leigh Oats ( talk) 00:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)Leigh Oats
Yet again, we have the locals insisting that something is a home grown production when the reality is it is not, culminating in a silly wiki fight to have the film known to 90% of the English speaking world getting called by a title only the locals know. Same as calling this an "Australian film" when it was optioned by an English production company (their first, in fact) who then went to an American studio to finance & distribute it. Even the international distribution was handled by an American company. "But, it was made in Australia!" So was "Phantom Menace," but I don't see it getting labeled Australian.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.248.214.103 ( talk) 18:16, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
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This article should be Evil Angels. It is the original title of the work that originates in an English-speaking country.-- ZayZayEM 02:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
the film was nominated for three Australian Film Institute awards and won five: Best Film, Best Actor (Sam Neill), Best Actress (Meryl Streep), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay....This makes no sense. Someone who is responsible for this article (and interested) needs to fix. Jeffpw 08:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
the ding took my baby! == I haven't actually seen this film but I always thought it was where the reference (spoken in a bad Australian accent) "a dingo's got my baby!" came from. Shouldn't this be mentioned? - Dot 207.237.91.121 ( talk) 02:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The important think that's being left out is how the case influenced our thinking about the adversarial-based justice system used in most countries. Police investigators discarded and concocted evidence to make their case more winnable, because they "knew" she was guilty, when in fact she wasn't. Landroo 23:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
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I have scanned an excellent condition poster and uploaded it, replacing the somewhat faded, slightly illegible older poster. Someone reverted this change within 24 hours. I'd be happy to discuss with them, but, since they weren't logged in, only an IP address was left behind. They may have had one of two reasons for doing this:
I see no reason to revert to a lower-quality version of the poster, and I've undone the change.
I'd be glad to hear any other opinions on this - thanks.
"One man can make a difference." ( talk) 19:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved to Evil Angels (film): discussion had run for 42 days. Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 15:57, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
A Cry in the Dark ?
Evil Angels — Evil Angels was the title this Australian film was released under in Australia. It is the name under which it received
Australian Film Institute Awards. It is the name used in
IMDB. It is the title of the book on which the movie is based. (The title "A Cry in the Dark" was used in the later American release.) I note that many references in other articles had been changed from "Evil Angels" as they were originally to "A Cry in the Dark". E.g.
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay, so such articles aren't a reliable indication of the title used at that time. I don't know if it's necessary to use "Evil Angels (film)" as
Evil Angels is now just a redirect to
Evil Angel, which is another disambiguation page. If so then "Evil Angels (film)" would be fine.
Barsoomian (
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04:44, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
How interesting. A few days ago IMDB listed this as "Evil Angels". Now this has been changed to "A Cry in the Dark". (See [ Wayback Machine] showing "Evil Angels"). I wonder who could have done that? Winston Smith? At least IMDB still says "Evil Angels (original title)". Barsoomian ( talk) 16:53, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
COMMENT Today is coincidentally Lindy Chamberlain's birthday. March 4, 1948 in Whakatane, New Zealand! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Briantw ( talk • contribs) 13:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
I made this edit because, according to this IMDb page the title 'Evil Angels' was used in Australia and New Zealand. Elsewhere it was 'A Cry in the Dark' or a local translation of a similar phrase (eg: 'Krzyk w ciemnosci' = 'Scream in the darkness' according to Google translate). Astronaut ( talk) 12:40, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
In Evil Angels Lindy's mother, Avis Murchison, is played by the Australian actor Dorothy Alison (1925–1992; among her other memorable roles has been Douglas Bader's Nurse Brace in 1956's Reach for the Sky), and so her role in Evil Angels needs to be added below the heading "Cast" in Wikipedia's article.
IMDb's treatment of the movie is quietly waiting to help anybody who has the energy to improve that list of the cast, which at present is no better than perfunctory.
More generally I can't help thinking that the chaotic article has been assembled by a resident of the Moon and so needs to be rewritten.
Leigh Oats ( talk) 00:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)Leigh Oats
Yet again, we have the locals insisting that something is a home grown production when the reality is it is not, culminating in a silly wiki fight to have the film known to 90% of the English speaking world getting called by a title only the locals know. Same as calling this an "Australian film" when it was optioned by an English production company (their first, in fact) who then went to an American studio to finance & distribute it. Even the international distribution was handled by an American company. "But, it was made in Australia!" So was "Phantom Menace," but I don't see it getting labeled Australian.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.248.214.103 ( talk) 18:16, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
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