Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Misadventures of the Dunderheads

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The result was keep‎. Less Unless (talk) 04:07, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Misadventures of the Dunderheads

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The existing article has no significant independent sources, and I have been unable to find any. Note: an editor who claims to be the producer tried to delete the article for their own reasons - see User talk:Audiblefeast#April 2023 - but I am calling for deletion as non-notable. ColinFine (talk) 10:12, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:07, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Calmes, Holley (2013-03-13). "Independent filmmakers introduce 'The Dunderheads' in Suwanee". Gwinnett Daily Post. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The article notes: ""Dunderheads" is the only one of the six independent films which is not a documentary. "This movie won Best Feature Film at The Big Apple Film Festival at Tribeca Center," said Toni Shrewsbury, Suwanee's special project coordinator. "The comedy in 'Dunderheads' is dark, kind of Fargo-esque." The film was directed by D.G. Brock, who has worked with legendary film producer Roger Corman and has been a Disney screenwriter. Producer Bruce Stubblefield's sound credits include three Academy Award winners. ... The movie also features veteran actors Olympia Dukakis and Haley Joel Osment. Film-goers will follow an eccentric family which includes a grandmother and two teens who get into funny but poignant situations as they travel to unplanned places."
2. ""Montana Amazon" Wins Big at the Big Apple Film Festival". IndieWire. 2010-11-12. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The article notes: "D.G. Brock’s debut feature, “Montana Amazon – The Adventures of the Dunderheads,” was named as the Best Feature Film at the seventh annual Big Apple Film Festival. The comedy, starring Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis (“Moonstruck”), Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment (“The Sixth Sense”) and rising star Alison Brie (“Community,” “Mad Men”), follows a rural Montana family whose secluded existence is shattered after an accidental murder forces them to evade authorities on an attempted escape to Canada. Matters become complicated, however, when the trio accidentally drive south for their journey -taking them on a road trip through the American West, culminating in Mexico. Dukakis and Osment also served as Executive Producers on the film."
3. Smith, Jason (2008-03-31). "Scenes for independent film shot in Barstow" (pages 1 and 2). Daily Press. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "They needed to show life on the open road so they came to Barstow. Production crews and actors from the independent film "Montana Amazon" filmed scenes for their movie near the Harvey House, the Bagdad Cafe in Newberry Springs and locations in Amboy over the past several days. The movie, starring Hayley Joel Osment, Olympia Dukakis and Allison Brie, tells the story of a dysfunctional family's road trip across America. The family, led by a grandmother played by Dukakis, lives in rural Montana. After a killing occurs, the grandmother decides to move the family to Canada, but heads for Mexico instead."
4. Farner, Keith (2013-03-08). "Suwanee indie film series to feature Dukakis, Osment". Gwinnett Daily Post. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The article notes: "On March 18, Movie Tavern will play host to "The Misadventures of the Dunderheads" as part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. Actors Olympia Dukakis and Haley Joel Osment star in a film about an eccentric Montana family that includes a grandmother who can't read, a 17-year-old who accidently kills his best friend, and they flee with his 18-year-old sister on an adventure across the American West. They originally plan to escape to Canada, but end up in Mexico. The behind-the-scenes crew includes a Disney screenwriter and sound credits by three Academy Award winners. The film also won Best Feature Film at The Big Apple Film Festival at Tribeca Center. It's directed by D.G. Brock."
5. "Director, producer hold discussion, screening of 'MisAdventures' at Palace". The Gallatin News Examiner. 2013-03-13. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Greater Gallatin and the Palace Theatre presents "The MisAdventures of the Dunderheads," with director DGBrock and producer Bruce Stubblefield as part of the South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers at the Palace Theatre in Gallatin on March 22. ... "The MisAdventures of the Dunderheads," follows an old Montana family who've been in the mountains too long, but are as all-American as apple pie and murder. Eccentric, strong-willed Grandmother Ira (Olympia Dukakis) is quietly raising her teenage grandkids, Womple (Haley Joel Osment) and Ella (Alison Brie) when Womple accidentally kills his best friend."
6. Less significant coverage:
  1. Moore, Roger (2010-10-31). "Fest grows, adds a little comedy". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28 – via Newspapers.com.
    The article notes: "There will be a Q&A with Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense," "Secondhand Lions") and Alison Brie ("Mad Men," "Community") after their new movie, "Montana Amazon," screens Friday at 7:30 p.m."
    The article further notes: "'Montana Amazon': Olympia Dukakis is the crazy, chain-smoking, non-verbal granny who drags Haley Joel Osment and Alison Brie on a dizzy cross-country trek after Osment's character accidentally kills a friend. Is there a laugh in this road picture comedy? Maybe one. (Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 6:30 p.m.)"
  2. Lawrence, Vanessa (2008-11-24). "Haley Joel Osment Grows Up in 'American Buffalo' Play". Women's Wear Daily. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
    The article notes: "And despite his academic commitments, Osment has no intention to abandon it. He has already shot “Montana Amazon,” a “surreal” indie film in which he stars opposite Olympia Dukakis as her sheltered grandson living removed from society. (“Another below-intelligence character,” he grins.)"
  3. Perry, Byron (2008-07-21). "Players". Daily Variety. Vol. 300, no. 11. p. 10. EBSCOhost 33286726.
    The article notes: "Angel Oquendo has landed a role in "Montana Amazon," starring Olympia Dukakis, and "Vacancy 2," helmed by Eric Bross, Oquendo's credits include "Nip/Tuck" and '"Ocean's Thirteen.""
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow The Misadventures of the Dunderheads (previously known as Montana Amazon) to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 07:25, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Pinging Donaldd23 (talk · contribs), who removed the proposed deletion. Cunard (talk) 07:25, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep based upon all of the significant and reliable coverage detailed above that were identified by Cunard, this easily passes WP:GNG DonaldD23 talk to me 11:24, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep in view of the multiple reliable sources coverage identified in this discussion so that WP:GNG is passed and deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 01:01, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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