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There is another thing puzzled me when I saw it in the scene where Chard and Bromhead try to find out who is senior. They ask each other the date on their commission i.e. their appointment as 2nd lieutenant. But surely a conflict in seniority between 2 lieutenants would be decided by their promotion to lieutenant? PatGallacher 17:19, 2005 Apr 27 (UTC)

Zulu (film) is a film class staple. Why, I don't know. It has something to do with Four Feathers, the original. Costume pictures were very important in the development of The Language of Film.--McDogm 02:21, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

"This was Michael Caine's first major film role. He watched the rushes, but was so nervous that he was sick, and never watched rushes again."

What is this supposed to mean?--193.195.185.254 06:32, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushes Orbtastic 16:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

1 public domain
2 Caine miscast
3 Cast + plot
4 US public domain?
5 Historical inaccuracies section

[edit] public domain

In July an anon IP added the catergory "Category:Public domain films" - Is this correct? If so hy? Jooler 23:29, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Pity that this film is in the public domain as portions of it are showing up in other work, completely unattributed. The Zulu battle chants were sampled and used in Gladiator during the barbarian/Roman battle scenes, and sci-fi writer SM Stirling lifts a few scenes, character names and dialogue from the film in his novel, "On the Oceans of Eternity". Gnorville 13:19, 21 October 2005 (UTC)Gnorville

Repeat - Is this correct? If so why? Jooler 23:10, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

It is not correct. MGM currently holds the option on reproduction rights. I think the anon IP who added that might have been confused because -- like many public domain films -- Zulu has been released numerous times on VHS and DVD by different publishers. In this case, it's simply because the distro rights are split between several parties and repro options are awarded haphazardly. In the US, many authorities label the film as PD, but this isn't strictly accurate. Why they aren't policing sampling or reference, I can't answer. Perhaps they are, perhaps the ownership situation makes it difficult to build a court case. The public perception would also make proof of malicious intent a little difficult. -Edit: I have removed the category, with explanation. If someone feels I am incorrect and can offer proof please feel free to correct me. Canonblack 15:05, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Caine miscast

The film is something of a feature on British TV with most reviewers making a point of Caine being miscast as the upper class officer. The American Western mode has something to do with both the Director and Screenwriter being US. The project was something of a labour of love for Baker as star and producer and launched a rather unlikely career for him as a leading man following its success. I seem to remember there are some dodgy politics about the financing of the film to do with Rhodesia but any better info?

The full story of the making of ZULU is in a book 'ZULU - With Some Guts Behind It' by Sheldon Hall ISBN 0-953-1926-6-0 Tomahawk Press

[edit] Cast + plot

Surely we need details of who plays what, and a summary of the plot before launching into factual errors and trivia ? -- Beardo 00:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Done :-) Rusty2005 23:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I've removed all the trivia as a word-for-word copy off IMDb. I am not sure whether our "Historical errors" section is originally based on their "Goofs" section. Someone else can work that out. But it has been marked as "wants a cite" since November. If no-one finds one, it might as well be removed. Telsa (talk) 21:54, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US public domain?

If this film is in the US public domain, I'd expect it would be on Google Video already, as well as on several other websites that publish PD material. Yet, this is not the case. Does anyone have more information on this? - Plasticbadge 03:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)