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Add a link?

Wanted to add a link to the writer Mimi Thi Nguyen in the "critical reaction" section, third paragraph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Thi_Nguyen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minorobjects (talk • contribs) 16:26, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Mulan Movie poster mulan.JPG Promotional poster by John Alvin Directed by Barry Cook Tony Bancroft Produced by Pam Coats Screenplay by Rita Hsiao Philip LaZebnik Chris Sanders Eugenia Bostwick-Singer Raymond Singer Story by Robert D. San Souci Based on The Chinese legend of Hua Mulan Starring Ming-Na Wen Eddie Murphy BD Wong Miguel Ferrer June Foray Harvey Fierstein Gedde Watanabe James Hong George Takei Pat Morita Music by Jerry Goldsmith Edited by Michael Kelly Production company Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Release dates June 19, 1998 Running time 87 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $90 million[1] Box office $304.3 million[2]

I was one of the songwriters for the song score of "Mulan". My name is Matthew Wilder Music credit needs to be edited to show the following: Music by: Matthew Wilder Lyrics by: David Zippel Score by: Jerry GoldsmithHallelujahproductions (talk) 20:57, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Done Note that we list only composers, not lyricists. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:17, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

box office

Mulan made 21.3 million less than The Hunchback Of Notre Dame so it needs to be changed. --97.113.117.25 (talk) 23:53, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The box office numbers in the infobox are worldwide numbers. I've added "domestically" in the Box office section to make that clear. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 00:06, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Mike Pence (then a conservative talk show host, now Vice President) wrote a review of the movie in which he accused it of promoting a liberal agenda, specifically that of allowing women in the military. While Pence was hardly the only conservative pundit at the time objecting to this aspect of the film, his review is most notable today due to his current political prominence. This should definitely go in the “Reception” section of this article, as well as in at least one of the Pence-related articles. 2600:1014:B045:E1B8:1C1E:85A5:EF6A:676E (talk) 03:27, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change the release date for the live-action adaptation in the article. The release date was changed to August 21, 2020.^[1] 216.154.40.40 (talk) 21:39, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done ~ Amkgp 💬 11:18, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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^ Rubin, Rebecca (June 26, 2020). "'Mulan' Release Date Changes Again". Variety. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

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I want the Live-action adaptation section updated. It needs the citations about the other delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 45.72.254.130 (talk) 12:45, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 14:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The live-action adaptation of the film has been delayed indefinitely.^[1]^[2]^[3] 45.72.235.141 (talk) 23:37, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ McClintock, Pamela; Couch, Aaron (July 23, 2020). "Disney Unschedules 'Mulan,' Pushes Back 'Avatar' and 'Star Wars' Films a Year". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
^ Whitten, Sarah (2020-07-23). "Disney delays 'Mulan' indefinitely, Star Wars and Avatar movies pushed back a year". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
^ Rubin, Rebecca; Rubin, Rebecca (2020-06-26). "'Mulan' Release Date Postponed Again". Variety. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

Done. ◢ Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 00:52, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

To add to "See also"

To add to the "See also" section of this article: a Wikilink to Mulan Jr.. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 19:45, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No "Edit" button

There is no "Edit" button at the top of this article. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 19:45, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's because the article has been placed under a semi-protection policy so that only established, registered users can edit it. If you want to add something useful, just create a free account on Wikipedia. PrinceArchelaus (talk) 22:50, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Critical Reception

I’m going to add information about Janet Maslin’s review of the film in The New York Times to the end of the third paragraph under Critical Reception, citing this article: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/19/movies/film-review-a-warrior-she-takes-on-huns-and-stereotypes.html Kbrad41 (talk) 14:33, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cast formatting

Given the posters don't have a billing block for the actors (which are listed in the ending credits), I wonder how should we go about listing them in the infobox. Any ideas? Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Without a billing block or one sheet per template:Infobox film use the top-billed actors from the screen credits. An alternative approach may be determined by local consensus. Looking at the film listing on Disney+ they list:

as starring which may give an idea of who Disney thinks is starring in the film. It is the first 6 names from the end credits so would be considered the "top billed" actors. Note that it doesn't match the current list which I do not know where it came from. I think the full cast in the infobox is not appropriate so it would be good to get a shorter list that matches what sources consider starring in the film. Maybe some other Disney source more contemporaneous with the initial release. Geraldo Perez (talk) 23:24, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To add - the film credits list the characters first and credit all the cast and crew involved in creating each individual character and that includes voice and singing. There is another list of just the cast itself in alphabetical order. The character list is who Disney considers the main characters. Geraldo Perez (talk) 23:51, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Rubin, Rebecca (June 26, 2020). "'Mulan' Release Date Changes Again". Variety. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

[2] McClintock, Pamela; Couch, Aaron (July 23, 2020). "Disney Unschedules 'Mulan,' Pushes Back 'Avatar' and 'Star Wars' Films a Year". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[3] Whitten, Sarah (2020-07-23). "Disney delays 'Mulan' indefinitely, Star Wars and Avatar movies pushed back a year". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

[4] Rubin, Rebecca; Rubin, Rebecca (2020-06-26). "'Mulan' Release Date Postponed Again". Variety. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

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