Talk:Tony Scott

NPOV non-examples

Okay, "..A sensual, downbeat, self-consciously "arty" endeavour.." is defiantely a subjective statement, along with "..With its remarkably beautiful photography and sumptuous production design..", both in reference to his movie, 'The Hunger'.

In reference to Scott himself, "..albeit one every bit as technically polished and visually accomplished as the rest of his work." Most certainly not neutral, and reeks of fanboy or a magazine interview that dotes on it's subject.

Apparently "..True Romance was a bold, exuberant, turbo-charged variation on well-worn Bonnie and Clyde themes." Did Earl Dittman write this?

Enemy of the State played "..like an amphetamine-charged version of Francis Coppola's The Conversation.."

Those are a few examples of the kind of needless praise and celebration that I despise finding in what's supposed to be a neutral resource. It might be an easy edit to fix, but I'm not seeing it, and see no reason not to put the NPOV template back up. --—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.253.177.76 (talk • contribs) .

Wow, you must really hate T-Scott. I agree with your estimation, it should be fixed. But it wasn't written by a fanboy, I can tell you that much. If you'll notice, the terms used aren't actually lauding his style... They're just describing it using somewhat subjective terms - Try putting any of those quotes on a movie poster. Frankly, I think that The Conversation could use some amphetamines, and True Romance *is* bold and exuberant, a turbo-charged Bonnie and Clyde. Of course, none of those terms belong here, and someone should mellow them. --DarrenBaker 02:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't really hate him, just a lot of his movies. That initial comment about Man On Fire was by someone else, just to clarify. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.253.177.76 (talk • contribs)

Yeah, I kind of got that, though I'd forgotten that first useless comment was not yours. I was just in a confrontive mood, I guess. I get pretty defensive when people go off about how populist filmmakers are the devil, and indie is the way of the future, etc.. etc... My apologies. --DarrenBaker 21:02, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Death

The time of his suicide listed in this article is incorrect, as of Aug. 19, 2012, 9:49 p.m. According to a story on the TMZ website (http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/19/tony-scott-dead-suicide/), the suicide occurred at 12:30 p.m. And according to a story in the LA Times (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/tony-scott-death.html), the suicide occurred "Sunday afternoon." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.72.0.18 (talk) 04:52, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Death of brother?

The article Blade_Runner#Production claims Ridley (and Tony) Scott had a brother who died around 1980. Is this true? If so, it should be mentioned here. --Saforrest 05:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it was their older brother (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,,628172,00.html) Jonathan F 08:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Date of birth

This article says he was born on 21 June 1944, but this article in other language versions, and some other sources say he was born on 21 July. When was he actually born? Jim Michael (talk) 12:25, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

The change from July to June was made by 77.213.86.40 at 14:28, 2 July 2009 with no edit summary provided. By now IMDb states June but that could use Wikipedia as source. Possible vandalism. 84.185.194.206 (talk) 00:00, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

The article is an unsourced nightmare. It has THREE references, and they don't fully support the material (one source is not even verifiable). I've removed the birthdate completely from the article. If someone can find a reliable source, fine (IMDb is NOT a reliable source).--Bbb23 (talk) 00:37, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

It's July, as per NNDB.--Misha Atreides (talk) 08:09, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

The Good Wife

I added a mention of the show to his 2000s projects, but something about the sentence still doesn't feel right. Can anyone think of a better way of wording that detail? --MikeZ (talk) 21:22, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

British

I just edited him from being English to British, to acknowledge how various media sources are describing him.

Sky News: http://news.sky.com/story/974627/top-gun-movie-director-jumps-to-his-death

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19314967

Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/08/20/top-gun-director-tony-scott-dies-at-68/#ixzz243dRMOHh

Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190834/Top-Gun-director-Tony-Scott-commits-suicide-jumping-LA-bridge.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/top-gun-director-tony-scott-younger-brother-ridley-scott-plunges-death-southern-california-bridge-authorities-article-1.1139980 --Erzan (talk) 06:35, 20 August 2012 (UTC)