Talk:The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film)

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Actually, the film is much better known, but the article title change is fine with me. I tend to agree that when a book comes first, it should take title precedence, but generally, it seems that Wikipedia convention is that when one item or person is more widely known than another, the widely known item / person gets the priority in article naming. Here is the policy: Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature. (

As I've written elsewhere.[1] it may be that my Canadian upbringing has warped my perception. In this country, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is taught at the high school and university levels and is included in both the New Canadian Library and Penguin Modern Classics series. I would say it ranks alongside Two Solitudes and The Stone Angel as one the most read and recognized titles in English language Canadian literature. While I obviously wouldn't expect it to have nearly the same stature outside the country, I am surprised to learn that the film is better known. In Canada, at least, it is very much overshadowed by the novel. Victoriagirl 19:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On Wikipedia, we are dealing with popular culture when we discuss the demographics of viewers. In the US and Europe, which together supply twenty times more Wikipedia readers than Canada, the book would not be assigned reading, except very rarely, for example in a Canadian Literature university course. On the other hand, Richard Dreyfuss, got a big break with the film. TAoDK is known as the film where he got his first leading role. The next year he went on to make the blockbuster Jaws (film). By the way, I put Joshua Then and Now (film) nominated for Wikipedia Did You Know daily new articles feature: Template talk:Did you know#October 20. Hu 01:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No argument here... my last post was really meant as nothing more than an observation. I'm just extremely surprised that the film is so well known outside Canada. In this country it is very much overlooked, despite the popularity of the novel. Victoriagirl 02:06, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good news! Joshua Then and Now (film) has been selected and appeared in the Did You Know column on the Wikipedia main page. Hu 10:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is good news. Victoriagirl 18:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had no idea this was made into a movie! The book is quite well known. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.30.159.102 (talk) 00:45, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The book is well-known in Canada. The film is well-known in the US, at least among film buffs. Shocked by the (relatively) low box office; hard to believe that constituted the highest-grossing Canadian film to that point. Don't know if my "second-run" ticket counts in the b.o. total. 2600:1004:B164:1C66:7429:C2C3:D261:F961 (talk) 02:30, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]