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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 12:32, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Serpico

Al Pacino as Frank Serpico
Al Pacino as Frank Serpico
  • ... that Serpico was filmed in inverse order, and that Al Pacino (pictured) had to be shaved as the shooting progressed? pp.30-31 of Sharples, Win Jr. (February 1974). "The Filming of Serpico". Filmmakers Newsletter. 7 (4) (seen in this link, scroll down to find the publication); p. 160 Spiegel, Maura (2019). Sidney Lumet: A Life. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-03014-6.
    • ALT1:... that during the production of Serpico (Al Pacino pictured as Frank Serpico) winter conditions had to be simulated as it was filmed during the summer of 1972? p. 31 of Sharples, Win Jr. (February 1974). "The Filming of Serpico". Filmmakers Newsletter. 7 (4) (seen in this link, scroll down to find the publication)
    • ALT2:... that the production team of Serpico (Al Pacino pictured as Frank Serpico) had difficulty to find locations with walls free of graffiti for the scenes set in the 1960s?

Improved to Good Article status by GDuwen (talk). Self-nominated at 19:59, 29 January 2021 (UTC).

  • The article looks excellent and was recently promoted to GA (congrats!). All of the hooks look good and are adequately sourced here and within the article. I think the first one goes quite well with the image provided. QPQ has been done. Good work. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 05:12, 9 February 2021 (UTC)