Talk:The BFG (1989 film)

Deletion

I deleted most of the information for a variety of reasons:

1. It was poorly formatted and therefore confusing
2. It was uncited
3. It was unimportant
4. It was irrelevant, random, and definitely not cohesive.

This article needs to include (and did not originally include):

• A brief plot summary
• Any notable awards/honors
• Main and/or notable actors/actresses
• Any other pertinent information involving production, etc.

I changed cannibalistic monsters to man-eating, Dahl is very clear that the giant never eat each other, they only eat men who are a different species. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.106.141.1 (talk) 08:18, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

--J. Cal. 21:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Original broadcast

Was it shown on all ITV networks in 1989? I have a VHS recording from TSW, and it was definately from Christmas Day that year judging from continuity announcements and all the ads for Boxing Day sales. Home and Away was on after it :D --Zilog Jones 02:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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"The BFG (1989 film)" to be renamed "The BFG (1987 film)"

The BFG was actually released on 5 November 1987 by The Cannon Group, Inc.at the Cannon Cinema in Soho but was later shown on television by Independent Television on 25 December 1989. It would be very nice of someone to edit this page and make factually correct and glorious with a new 1987 BFG poster from 2016 and a citation with The BFG original theatrical widescreen 35mm version from SimpsonsClips24. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.30.121.111 (talk) 11:12, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Removal of Content

Someone keeps removing some info without a reliable source? — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 13:12, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

FilmandTVFan28, I am not seeing "1987" mentioned in the article by The Guardian. They can remove content if it is not verifiable. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 16:11, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 15 July 2019

• The BFG (1989 film) → The BFG (1987 film) – I would like the whole wide world to prove that the Cosgrove Hall film The BFG based on the Roald Dahl book was not first a television film. According to YouTube channel SimpsonsClips24, The BFG was first a theatrical film and was the only adaptation of Roald Dahl's work Roald Dahl himself actually liked and was also released to British cinemas on 5 November 1987. Euanjohnb (talk) 20:55, 15 July 2019 (UTC)