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I just saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which featured Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage, and Forrest Whitaker - all of whom later won an Academy Award. Are there any other films which featured three or more future Academy Award winners? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.52.252.113 ( talk) 03:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I've just started watching Hana Yori Dango(Live Drama),and I want to know the name of a song in the show.It starts playing when Makino and Domyoji are stuck in an elevator,and Domyoji got sick.Makino helped him take some medicine,and she wrapped him up in her jacket,and scarf.He fell asleep,and she layed down next to him,and that's when the song started playing.It was a slow song,and a girl was singing it.I can't seem to find the name of it anywhere,but if you know it,it would help if you told me!Thank you!
-FlowersOverBoys —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.242.56 ( talk) 06:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Why is it that, up until at least the 1970s, the end credits on films were very short, maybe one or two cards if that. Yet, in the last 10 or 20 years, end credits seem to go on for 5 minutes at a time (or maybe more). Is there a reason for the switch? Approximately when did end credits start being so long? Thanks everyone!! 121.44.51.63 ( talk) 11:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Oh, please. Adam has it right -- this is about contractual obligation, not social. Specifically, what changed is the breakdown of the studio system. It used to be that that people would have a full-time job as an grip or a sound recordist or a cameraman or an actor, and would work on whatever project the studios assigned them to. (People at the top of their profession might be able to negotiate other arrangements, but I'm talking about the typical film worker.) So if they wanted to apply for another job, they could put on their resume "Warner Brothers, grip, 1950-55" and the new employer could call Warners and get that verified. Today they get taken on for individual projects and the way a new employer can verify their previous work is by looking at the screen credits on each film. Since the 1970s the unions for the different crafts have all been insisting on screen credit for everyone, whether they made a creative contribution or not. --Anonymous, 22:25 UTC, October 24, 2008.
I have asked about this subject earlier, please see Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Humanities/April 2006#Closing credits. Thuresson ( talk) 12:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Why Evanescence's My Immortal video differs from that on the album? Every mp3 which I downloaded was a piano/violin version with some differences in vocal and IMO sounds worse than the video. -- 217.14.103.45 ( talk) 11:22, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I recently heard someone playing a relatively new piece of music (I assume) from his iPod, exhibiting the following characteristics:
I'm afraid I can't give you any more information that that off the top of my head. Any ideas you may have about the name of the track/artist would be greatly appreciated. -- 80.229.152.246 ( talk) 18:58, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Dude, she or he was listening to techno!! And is completely out of your league. Forget 'em!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.27.170.127 ( talk) 20:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the idea, but it wasn't Pachelbel's Canon. However, it has raised a few other points:
And yes, I still realise it's a rubbish question. Thanks anyway. -- 80.229.152.246 ( talk) 22:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
This is the only thing I can think of-- Popcorn? Laenir ( talk) 15:08, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
If you were that interested you should've just asked the guy.
I am trying to figure out whether it is easier to play Bioshock with Vita-Chambers turned on, or with them turned off but saving fairly regularly. With them turned off you have to kill a given enemy in one go and if you die and reload, any you killed are back (but so is your health and all of your resources), whereas with the Vita-Chamber anyone you kill stays dead, and any you injure stay injured, but you also come back with less health and less resources. Any ideas how to figure out which is more difficult? Thanks WAYB ( talk) 21:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Which driver in NASCAR has driven in cars with the most different numbers. Such as Mark Martin - 6,60,5,8,01,etc Cwbrgb ( talk) 22:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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I just saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which featured Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage, and Forrest Whitaker - all of whom later won an Academy Award. Are there any other films which featured three or more future Academy Award winners? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.52.252.113 ( talk) 03:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I've just started watching Hana Yori Dango(Live Drama),and I want to know the name of a song in the show.It starts playing when Makino and Domyoji are stuck in an elevator,and Domyoji got sick.Makino helped him take some medicine,and she wrapped him up in her jacket,and scarf.He fell asleep,and she layed down next to him,and that's when the song started playing.It was a slow song,and a girl was singing it.I can't seem to find the name of it anywhere,but if you know it,it would help if you told me!Thank you!
-FlowersOverBoys —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.242.56 ( talk) 06:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Why is it that, up until at least the 1970s, the end credits on films were very short, maybe one or two cards if that. Yet, in the last 10 or 20 years, end credits seem to go on for 5 minutes at a time (or maybe more). Is there a reason for the switch? Approximately when did end credits start being so long? Thanks everyone!! 121.44.51.63 ( talk) 11:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Oh, please. Adam has it right -- this is about contractual obligation, not social. Specifically, what changed is the breakdown of the studio system. It used to be that that people would have a full-time job as an grip or a sound recordist or a cameraman or an actor, and would work on whatever project the studios assigned them to. (People at the top of their profession might be able to negotiate other arrangements, but I'm talking about the typical film worker.) So if they wanted to apply for another job, they could put on their resume "Warner Brothers, grip, 1950-55" and the new employer could call Warners and get that verified. Today they get taken on for individual projects and the way a new employer can verify their previous work is by looking at the screen credits on each film. Since the 1970s the unions for the different crafts have all been insisting on screen credit for everyone, whether they made a creative contribution or not. --Anonymous, 22:25 UTC, October 24, 2008.
I have asked about this subject earlier, please see Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Humanities/April 2006#Closing credits. Thuresson ( talk) 12:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Why Evanescence's My Immortal video differs from that on the album? Every mp3 which I downloaded was a piano/violin version with some differences in vocal and IMO sounds worse than the video. -- 217.14.103.45 ( talk) 11:22, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I recently heard someone playing a relatively new piece of music (I assume) from his iPod, exhibiting the following characteristics:
I'm afraid I can't give you any more information that that off the top of my head. Any ideas you may have about the name of the track/artist would be greatly appreciated. -- 80.229.152.246 ( talk) 18:58, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Dude, she or he was listening to techno!! And is completely out of your league. Forget 'em!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.27.170.127 ( talk) 20:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the idea, but it wasn't Pachelbel's Canon. However, it has raised a few other points:
And yes, I still realise it's a rubbish question. Thanks anyway. -- 80.229.152.246 ( talk) 22:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
This is the only thing I can think of-- Popcorn? Laenir ( talk) 15:08, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
If you were that interested you should've just asked the guy.
I am trying to figure out whether it is easier to play Bioshock with Vita-Chambers turned on, or with them turned off but saving fairly regularly. With them turned off you have to kill a given enemy in one go and if you die and reload, any you killed are back (but so is your health and all of your resources), whereas with the Vita-Chamber anyone you kill stays dead, and any you injure stay injured, but you also come back with less health and less resources. Any ideas how to figure out which is more difficult? Thanks WAYB ( talk) 21:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Which driver in NASCAR has driven in cars with the most different numbers. Such as Mark Martin - 6,60,5,8,01,etc Cwbrgb ( talk) 22:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)