Template:Did you know nominations/Apparition (company)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:27, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Apparition (company)

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• ... that upon the launch of their short-lived distribution venture Apparition, founders Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad "felt the name suggested something exciting on the horizon. A new vision"? Source: Toumarkine, Doris (2009-12-24). "Envisioning Apparition: Bob Berney's new distribution banner gets off to a spirited start". Film Journal International. Nielsen Business Media. Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  • ALT1: ... that disappointed by how his previous film Into the Wild fared under Paramount, producer Bill Pohlad co-founded the short-lived Apparition company for more control over distribution? Source: Covert, Colin (2010-02-21). "The man who would be KING: Indie film is badly in need of a new hero. Enter Bill Pohlad". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. p. E.1. Retrieved 2023-05-29 – via ProQuest. / Toumarkine, Doris (2009-12-24). "Envisioning Apparition: Bob Berney's new distribution banner gets off to a spirited start". Film Journal International. Nielsen Business Media. Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  • ALT2: ... that in May 2010, film distributor Apparition's co-founder Bob Berney announced his resignation via e-mail to the surprise of the other one, Bill Pohlad? Source: "Clips: Yes, He Cannes". The Hollywood Reporter. 2010-05-12. pp. 3–6. Retrieved 2023-05-29 – via ProQuest.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nigel Richards (Scrabble player)
  • Comment: What can best be described as the Solomon Grundy of the independent film industry--if you take Solomon Grundy's literal chronological progression into account. As the company discussed here faded away into obscurity, so did its WP article. Left for dead for 13 years (!)...until this contributor passed by it yesterday morning on a whim, harnessed the power of ProQuest on WP:Library till after noon today, and spruced it up to the level it should have deserved all those ages ago. (And let's hope this hits WP:GAN soon enough for all my hard work alone...)
    Or, who says you can't make mountains out of molehills?
    P.S. To U.S. readers: Happy Memorial Day!
    (Saying hello to original page creator Marychan41 (talk · contribs) [in case she's coming across this soon].)

5x expanded by Slgrandson (talk). Self-nominated at 17:10, 29 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Apparition (company); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Slgrandson: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:29, 8 July 2023 (UTC)