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Why is it that nobody on Wikipedia is capable of forming a sentence without using the passive voice, or getting particles, prepositions, or prepositional phrases correct? This article needs serious cleanup. English speaking peoples of the world: Pay attention in class!

There was another movie photo of Knightley in Domino Harvey's article that I replaced. I don't know, but if some wants to insert it here they can. Image:Keira Knightley in Domino.jpg Ted Wilkes 11:30, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Alf the driver

I'm not sure, but I got the impression Alf is a member of the team, rather than as the article puts it part of the reality show crew. --preceeding unsigned comment by Invisible Queen

True. The article needs to be fixed. Please help out if you can. --Viriditas 01:12, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just watched the film and it seems that "Alf" is brought into the team by the reality show producers. He doesn't show up at all until that point. It seems he may have grown to be part of the team, but wasn't originally one of them.

No, Alf joined the team after Domino but before the film producers. She says that business got so good that they hired Alf to drive.

The move is on DVD now (06 March 2007). The voice-over clearly says that Alf was hired by Claremont to drive because Choco, Domino, and Ed were so busy.

Reality/Fiction

Can someone provide details on what may be "real" in this movie versus what is completely made up? Obviously there was a woman name Domino Harvey that may have been a spoiled kid and grew up to be a drug-user and bounty hunter, but what else is real? Any actual ties to the mafia? Was there a real Choco/Alf/Rourke character? Was the saving the kid thing completely made-up or did she somehow help someone? I have a feeling that what is actually true is hard to pick out, but I am curious if anyone has any details. This section could really help this article and the [Domino Harvey] article.

I think most of the gun shootout, hotel explosion, helecopter crash in los vegas was fake.

The entire plot of the movie is fictional. All of it. The reality TV show, the DMV part, Claremont and his ladies, the little girl, all made up by Kelly. There is a Choco and an Ed, and both men are still very much alive. Interviews with them are part of the "extras" on the DVD, if anyone is really interested. In fact, Choco explains the actual sequence of things. The seminar is how Domino joined Ed, but it wasn't a scam the way it is in the movie. Domino never went to Beverly Hills high school, she was in her early 20's when she moved to LA to live with her mom, after spending her teen years in England, and living in other parts of California for a few years. She says in an interview, again on the DVD, that she took the bounty hunter job because she had no where to live and her mother said she had to have a job if she was going to move into the guest house in Beverly Hills. Most of the names of people have also been altered to some extent: for instance, Harvey's mother is Pauline not Sophie, as it is in the movie (Sophie is Domino's half sister, by the by).

When you make a film about people who have been involved involved in events of questionable legality, you're bound to get some bad information. The point of the movie is mythologysing Domino Harvey, so what's real or not is purposefully hard to distinguish. SkullyD 13:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)SkullyD[reply]

It's actually an adventure comedy with the protagonist inspired by real person. You know it's like some cartoon having celebrity or sport star. The movie is supposed to be for fun but nobody expected the death of real life Domino. Hence it gives audiences mistaken impression that it might be a serious documentary film or it should contain more real materials. But after watching this movie you can tell that it's meant to be amusement. --Mato Rei 16:31, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

Okay, I realise that I went overboard with the inline citations when I originally helped to compile the article, but there's no reason for removing all of the references, especially for things like budget figures. I'd restore the important ones, but I'm not bothered enough. They can be found in this version of the article from September 2005. Thanks. Extraordinary Machine 01:18, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, where are the footnotes? ~ trialsanderrors 02:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reception

I tried to clean up the reception section a bit, hence [1]. Please try and improve what was a pretty tentative effort at cleanup/NPOV. haz (talk) e 19:49, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed completely inappropriate remark from Trivia section

I removed this line:

*The Observer stated "Though Rourke is fantastic the director really has mangled this movie, and even though we see Keira Knightley's rack it is still not worth it"

This is not acceptable content for an encyclopedia. A skin mag, maybe, but certainly not a website with any pretentions to being a serious information resource. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I thought that's what wikipedia was aiming for.

This article needs some serious work. It cries out for a "Reality vs. Fiction" section. Perhaps someone more familiar with Domino's life, or more time, can do this. That would certainly raise this article from the "B" list.

PainMan 07:26, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where are the sources?

This article is filled with unsourced assertions. Even commonly known facts, such as Domino's overdose on painkiller(s) (the stories I saw said it was the narcotic Oxycodone, the ingredient in Percocet and Oxycontin), should certainly be sourced (to the extent possible).

I can't imagine anyone disgreeing with the necessity of correct sourcing. This article hardly makes an attempt.

PainMan 07:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Domino Harvey overdosed on fentanyl, a painkiller. See Domino Harvey's toxicological exam from The Smoking Gun. Count de Ville 17:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Background

I'm currently researching and rewriting the background section of the article. Referring to the information I deleted, I only deleted info I felt to be unverified (for example, the alleged involvement of Roger Avary). I'm trying to find references for everything. Count de Ville 14:39, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Domino DVD.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Domino poster.jpg

Image:Domino poster.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Lead

Kelly commented that "...Domino might be one of the most subversive films released by a major studio since Fight Club".

This is a silly statement, and probably doesn't belong in the lead. Viriditas (talk) 09:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Kelly quote in the intro

I'm removing the Richard Kelly quote in the introduction...the screenwriter's description/pitch/opinion of the film serves no purpose in introduction and belongs in a production section. I welcome it's return to this section provided someone can establish some kind of reasoning or better justification that I might be missing, and articulate it here. I'd like discussion if it's to be had. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Williamsburgland (talk • contribs) 08:06, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added quote to screenplay section and feel that if it fits anywhere in the article, it's here.--Williamsburgland (talk) 08:42, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cross processing technique

Tony Scott's 2005 film "Domino" was shot on color-reversal stock and cross-processed[1]. Intentionally "blown out" and frequently shot at 6 fps, the film has a smeary, high-contrast look with a red-tendency.

This is from the cross processing article which uses the BBC as a source:[2]

Scott explains that the film was about "exorcising my rock 'n' roll demon". He talks about a driving desire to experiment with the film medium while his crew attempts to justify all the camera trickery as reflective of Harvey's point of view. Hand-cracked cameras shooting six frames per second, colour reversal and cross-processing are just a few of the techniques Scott used and which prompt Kelly to dub him, "The Sid Vicious of British filmmakers.

I recommend using this in the article. It's definitely one of the more interesting aspects of the film production for Domino and it's what initially drew me to the film. Viriditas (talk) 11:04, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]