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A fact from Apocalypse Clown appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that an Irish comedy group wrote the film Apocalypse Clown?
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Lead seems a bit short, will need to comment later on what is missing
Synopsis: "Bobo tries to perform a clown act on children in a hospital after he has been fired" do we know what job he has been fired from?
Rephrased—he's been fired from the hospital clowning job but came back without permission to do another performance. Let me know if it's still unclear as I'm finding it tricky to word. — Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall the plot makes little sense, but I guess it is what it is.
"At the burial of Ducocque" is this different from the "funeral in Naherbawn" mentioned earlier? I assumed that was Ducocque's.
In Naherbawn it's an indoor service with a coffin (that ends in chaos) whereas at the end it's a burial in the ground. Rephrased the Naherbawn sentence. — Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Seems you condensed "I was trying to make a $2 million Roland Emmerich film with clowns in Ireland." into "Kane was inspired by the films of Roland Emmerich." I assume this is the "apocalypse" bit, not the clown bit.
This was a paraphrase of "massive score" but looking at it again I think it's promotional fluff rather than factual information (it's not surprising that the film has a soundtrack and the source doesn't mention anything specific, like expensive songs licensed or big orchestras to record original music). — Bilorv (talk) 17:47, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"The first day required all scenes in Naherbawn to be filmed, as they could only shut down a town centre for one day. " do we know which town centre? Also, it would be easier to parse with someone other than the day as subject of the sentence... "Filming of the scenes in Naherbawn had to be finished on the first day, ..."?
No knowledge of which town. I've rephrased as: "The scenes in Naherbawn required a town centre to be shut down, which the production could only do for one day." — Bilorv (talk) 17:47, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Fastnet Films, Namesake Films and Umedia" who are these companies and how did they raise $2 million?
"Charades handled international licensing" who is "Charades"?
"$12000 [..] in its first week" is this the only box office number you have? The impression I get from this sentence plus the infobox is that the film was not shown in cinemas outside the UK (not even in Ireland).
Reception: Do you need so many separate paragraphs for this?
The infobox contains things not mentioned or cited in the body. Cinematography, editor, music all need a citation, or even better, a full sentence or two in the article. Runtime also needs a citation.
2: I really do not believe these numbers (at least say there is nothing reported other than the opening weekend in the UK); I do not think the $12000 should be in the infobox without further comment
Fair use image is relevant; caption could be clearer on whether this is an image from the film
Actors are difficult to see on the image; consider adding images of Earl, Palamides, Kaye
Unfortunately our only free options for Palamides and Earl seem to be in character (Palamides in particular is unrecognisable), and I don't know whether multiple non-free images or larger non-free images would be within policy, but I've added an image of Kaye. — Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lead could be a bit more substantial
Seems like a weird film with little in-depth coverage shown here, but it may be worth digging a little more. The article certainly isn't bad but it is not convincingly Good yet either. Will put on hold. —Kusma (talk) 22:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the feedback, Kusma. It's good to get an outside perspective on niche topics like these. I've started on these comments but it might take several days for me to fully address these points. — Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the article! I am actually trying to learn how to write articles about relatively low budget independent films (I need to fix up all my film stubs (Eggs is terrible and Story in Taipei not much better). Perhaps I manage at least to get Leningrad Cowboys Go America to a decent shape.
Changes so far look good, let me know when you're done (or when you are sure the sources don't allow you to answer my queries). —Kusma (talk) 22:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bilorv, sad to see you leave, but I hope it is a happy new beginning for you. Your Challenges certainly have helped me to stay motivated by having difficult but achievable goals (I'm still aiming for the Jack of all trades bonus). Fare well! —Kusma (talk) 08:05, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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