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Movie poster[edit]

I saw a poster several months ago for a movie that had a man with an ak 47 in his hand in some kind of sea bank or empty river or something similar and was wondering if anyone might be able to identify it... I'm pretty suer it was a European movie... Thanks for any help

Anti smoking in films[edit]

Here in the States, there is a web site that has ads before some films saying that references to smoking should not be made in films because it encourages kids to smoke, yada yada. The site they're advertising is something like ocx.org I've been meaning to look them up but now that I'm thinking of it, I can't remember the web address. I remember always thinking that nobody would associate the address with an anti-smoking campaign since it seems totally unrelated to the cause. I know the address has an X in it and it's just a couple letters long but I can't think of it. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Dismas|^(talk) 03:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind. Found it. It's ovx.org which apparently stands for "Our Voices X-posed". Dismas|^(talk) 03:31, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

StuRat (talk) 17:22, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-smoking law for films[edit]

Related to the above Q, I'd heard that there was a law somewhere (was it the UK ?) that "role models" couldn't be portrayed as smokers on film. The result is that anyone seen smoking in movies can thus be identified as a villain. Is there any truth to this rumor ? StuRat (talk) 18:17, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not answering the question, but coincidentally, the main story on the front page of today's West Australian newspaper is about push by the Australian government to reduce alcohol, tobacco and junk food consumption, and includes this quote:

Censors would also be asked to scrutinise scenes involving smoking when rating movies and video games, similar to how they classify movies for sex scenes, swearing and violence, because depictions of tobacco were a "powerful influence" on teenagers.

Mitch Ames (talk) 12:42, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the UK it's illegal under the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 to advertise cigarettes, but beyond that there's no law prohibiting smoking scenes. The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) takes smoking (and whether it's likely to be imitated) into account in deciding on a rating, but doesn't ban it entirely[1]. Liverpool council has proposed to ban under-18s from all films featuring smoking that don't have a clear anti-smoking message, but that has not yet come into effect and would not require any new laws as councils can already regulate cinemas[2].--Nigelpackham (talk) 13:06, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to ban it is censorship of artistic expression. Rating it differently would be a fair argument. Kissing scenes used to be banned because of the fear they would "influence" the audience. Which turned out to be true, especially the portion of the audience that had cars. But that's none of the legislature's business. No more Hays Office. No way, no how. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 13:18, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heck, at one time a married couple could not be shown in bed together; even just talking or sleeping. They had to resort to the device of showing them in separate beds - in the same room! How true to life was that. It would be a rewriting of history to make a movie set at any time before the 1970s, in which various people are not smoking in offices, restaurants, cinemas, on aircraft, in doctor's surgeries (often including the doctors themselves). -- JackofOz (talk) 20:41, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My grandparents always (when I knew them) had twin beds. —Tamfang (talk) 18:29, 28 September 2009 (UTC) [reply]

Off the top of my head, the Lord of the Rings movies have several of the "good guys" as smokers, most notably Gandalf. So unless a country's censor board cuts out the smoking scenes, or just refuses to allow the film to be shown at all, I would say the rumor is false. 75.157.21.100 (talk) 21:06, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the United States, since 2007, the Motion Picture Association of America has announced that it takes smoking into consideration in determining a film's rating. [3] However, given that 75% of the movies that included smoking were already getting R ratings on other grounds, it's unclear how this has actually affected movies since then. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:27, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Song help[edit]

Hey, can anyone identify the song playing in this video? http://www.ftv.com/fashion/page.php?P=3391&id=109303 Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.1.161.73 (talk) 13:27, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your IP address suggests that you're in the UK, in which case you have access to Shazam. Dial 2580 from your mobile phone and hold the phone up to your computer. With any luck you'll get a text telling you what the song is. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 13:54, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea but i cant use shazam (on contract!, i don't want to be charged extra) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.1.161.73 (talk) 15:37, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's called "So Fine" by Telepathe. Fribbler (talk) 15:43, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RB in american football[edit]

Who was the last starting runningback in the NFL who is white? Googlemeister (talk) 16:55, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first name that comes to mind is Mike Alstott. -- kainaw ™ 17:11, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alstott was a fullback; usually a "running back" is taken to mean the primary ballcarrier (i.e. tailback or halfback); sometimes fullbacks are counted among runningbacks, othertimes not. Still, if we are looking for the last time a white player was the primary backfield ballcarrier for his team, one may have to go back to the 1980's. The last regular starting running back who was white may have been Craig James of the Patriots. In my recollection, I can not think of another during the 1990's or 2000's. If we count Fullbacks, there have been several white players besides Alstott during recent years, including Daryl Johnston of the Cowboys. Since very few teams carry a starting fullback anymore (most start a third wideout or a second tight end instead of a fullback now-a-days), I would not be surprised if Alstott was the last white starting fullback. --Jayron32 17:57, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How this came about is explained here. —Kevin Myers 20:54, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Goings led the Panthers in rushing in 2004. 24.1.231.240 (talk) 01:58, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am 99% certain that Goings is biracial; I think his mom was white and his dad was black. As far as someone who was "white" by usual definitions, or at least had two parents who were "white", I still think we have to go back to James as the last starting running back. --Jayron32 12:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I was stealing that info from this ESPN article, but I'd agree that he is biracial. If we're only looking for a single-game starter, Brian Leonard started a game for St. Louis in 2007. 24.1.231.240 (talk) 01:28, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]