Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Outreach/April 2011 Newsletter

Project news

• For the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Smetanahue has suggested a collaboration to improve the films associated with the festival. Many of the films in the competition or showcased in the festival lack articles or could use expansion.
• Based on views, the top five most popular articles from our project this month were:
  here
  . Consider helping to improve one of these articles that is seen by thousands to millions of people each month.
• Our project currently has just under 83,600 film-related articles, with only a few unassessed articles, thanks to the
  assessment scale
  and assess the article yourself (it's not too difficult to determine the basic classes such as stubs, categories, or lists). Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class.
• Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA status in April 2011.
  • Let Me In (4/5)
  • The Incredible Melting Man (4/5)
  • Manhunter (4/4)
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (4/3)
  • Enthiran (4/3)
  • Persuasion (4/1)

Member news

• New members to the project since the last issue include: Joseph A. Spadaro, Kokokiki, Raulbarattini, Filmmaker2011, Clc1990, & Darkwarriorblake.
• Remember that any editor can give the WikiProject Film Award to another WP:Film member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue.
• Please add your name to the member list if you have not already.

Film pages by quality
Quality
	Total
FA	186
FL	472
A	1
GA	1,408
B	1,358
C	9,558
Start	68,521
Stub	95,934
List	12,928
Category	51,306
Disambig	352
File	105,923
Portal	19
Project	228
Redirect	10,926
Template	9,333
NA	1
Assessed	368,454
Unassessed	26
Total	368,480
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 963,359			Ω = 5.44

Coming to theaters

Opened last weekend (4/29):

• Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
• Fast Five
• Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
• Prom

Opening this weekend (5/6):

• Jumping the Broom
• Something Borrowed
• Thor
• The Beaver (limited)

Opening next weekend (5/13):

• Bridesmaids
• Priest
• Everything Must Go (limited)

Other May releases:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (5/20)
• The Lion of Judah (5/20) (limited)
• Midnight in Paris (5/20) (limited)
• The Hangover: Part II
  (5/26)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (5/26)
• The Tree of Life (5/27) (limited)

Did you know...

• ... that former Mr. Belvedere actor Rob Stone later became a producer of documentaries, including a short film on homelessness that featured Mr. Belvedere himself?
• ... that
  Star Wars because director George Lucas disliked his rough cut
  of the film?
• ... that for the 2003 horror film Deep Freeze, director John Carl Buechler created a giant trilobite as the "monster"?
• ... that the documentary film Berlin im Aufbau has historical significance in that it documents the first phase of the rebuilding of the destroyed city of Berlin after World War II?
• ... that controversy over
  NC-17
  rating?
• ... that after her role in the 1972 horror film Frogs, actress Lynn Borden began collecting frog figurines as a hobby?
• ... that
  Casa de Mi Padre, which has been described as in the style of "an overly dramatic telenovela
  "?
• ... that Hal Stalmaster landed his role in Disney's 1957 film about the American Revolution, Johnny Tremain, without the help of his brother, casting director Lynn Stalmaster?

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