Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Norman Rockwell Code

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The result was keep‎. No support for the nomination. Owen× ☎ 22:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Norman Rockwell Code

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Fails WP:NFILM --wooden superman 15:14, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. --wooden superman 15:14, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. jolielover♥talk 17:51, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'm finding quite a bit of discussion, but so far no reviews. It looks like it should be mentioned somewhere at the very least - is there an "in popular culture" section for any of the topics of the film? ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 15:48, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm thinking that the easiest target would be the Norman Rockwell Museum. It's one of the settings for the film and while they didn't film there, it seems to be as big of a part of the film as Rockwell himself. I don't see an "in popular culture" section for either the book, film, or Norman Rockwell. I don't know if that's because one was removed or if it would be too unwieldy. In any case, I think the museum could be a good alternative. What does everyone think? ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 19:52, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Shouldis, Victoria (2006-05-25). "Cracking a sillier 'Code': Satire is based on Rockwell museum" (pages 1 and 2). Concord Monitor. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "The museum is not the Louvre but the Norman Rockwell Muse-um, located in Stockbridge, Mass. And looking into the mysterious matter? Not Robert Langdon, but one Langdon Fife (Mike Walsh): cryptologist, teacher at a community college and the son of Deputy Barney Fife of Mayberry. Welcome to The Norman Rockwell Code, a short-film parody of that other movie. Rockwell - made by Dover filmmaker, screenwriter and attorney Alfred Catalfo - is creating a buzz on the internet after being released less than a week ago. ... The fun of the Rockwell Code is the clever dialogue (screenplay by Catalfo) and the subtle visual jokes. The paintings by Norman Rockwell, for example, look authentic until you look a little closer: One, looking like a classic Rockwell, shows a tattoo artist at work."
2. Brown, Joel (2006-03-23). "Bringing 'Da Vinci' down to the local level, for laughs" (pages 1 and 2). The Boston Globe. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Primary photography finished Sunday night on Catalfo's short film, which he refers to as a "comic homage" to Brown's book. ... Catalfo's friend, actor Mike Walsh, has been polishing his imitation of Don Knotts's Barney Fife for years. Catalfo, Walsh said, was always "floored" by the impersonation and determined to find a way to use it. Sometime last fall he hatched the "Rockwell" idea. Filming took place over the last four weekends, including two very cold days at Nubble Light near York, Maine. Catalfo wrote the script and directs the 20-minute film, also playing a minor role as a detective. Walsh stars, along with Danica Carlson as a cryptologist with the fictitious Quebecois Secret Serv-ice. Fritz Wetherbee of WMUR-TV's "New Hampshire Chronicle" plays the museum curator whose murder kicks off the film. ... The film will now be edited at Atlantic Media in Portsmouth, with Portsmouth's Hatchling Studios providing special effects."
3. Crump, Sarah (2006-06-30). "Da Vinci Meets Opie. Web site spoof melds murder and Mayberry". The Post-Standard. Newhouse News Service. Archived from the original on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "More than 750,000 Internet viewers have. That's how many visitors have been lured to "The Norman Rockwell Code* since a Dover, N.H., personal-injury lawyer, who's also a filmmaker, launched it May 19 on a Web site. It happened to be the same day "The Da Vinci Code" debuted in theaters. Last Sunday, "The Norman Rockwell Code" premiered at the museum dedicated to Rockwell and his homey works in Stockbridge, Mass. But lawyer/filmmaker Alfred Thomas Catalfo, who wrote and acted in "Rock-well,"' hopes it will take his tiny Big Cannoli Pictures production company to a sweeter, more lucrative level. ... The problem was, Catalfo hadn't seen the yet-to-be-re-leased "Da Vinci" movie directed by the grown-up Opie, Ron Howard. Catalfo only had read the book, so he parodied it, hoping that its literary plot would hold true to the movie. He was right."
4. Crump, Sarah (2006-06-27). "Internet provides instant audience". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Alfred Thomas Catalfo, a New Hampshire lawyer and writer/ director, made the 35-minute long long "The Norman Rockwell Code" with borrowed equipment. He then persuaded a local Internet server to host the parody of "The DaVinci Code" for free. In addition, Catalfo also put a three-minute "Rockwell" trailer on YouTube, a free Internet film-sharing site that directed Web traffic to www.thenormanrock-wellcode.com to see the entire film. By June, the cute and clean film made glitzy Entertainment Weekly magazine's The Must List (Ten Things We Love This Week)."
5. Walters, Elizabeth (2006-11-02). "This Week, It's Time to Be a Film Snob" (pages 1 and 2). Concord Monitor. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "People who found the Da Vinci Code a bit ponderous - and people who didn't, as well as people who never read the book or saw the movie - seem to be enjoying The Norman Rockwell Code, said ir Alfred Thomas Catalfo, the Dover filmmaker who wrote the parody of D Dan Brown's novel. The film is set at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. In the lead role, actor Mike Walsh plays Langford Fife, the son n A of Barney Fife, the character played by Don Knotts on The Andy Griffith Show. New Hampshire TV and radio personality Fritz Wether-bee plays the curator."
6. Heslam, Jessica (2006-05-10). "Life mocks art in 'Da VinciCode' spoof". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  The article notes: "A film was born. Catalfo wrote, directed and has a role in his 35-minute spoof, "The Norman Rockwell Code." In his version, the curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum is murdered. The cops enlist the help of Langford Fife, a symbology professer at Stockbridge Community College and the son of Barney Fife. ... Catalfo's spoof cost a few thousands dollars to make and seven days to film - a far cry from the big screen version due out later this month. The spoof, which will be up on the Web site within days, was filmed in New Hampshire and Maine."
7. "'The Da Vinci Code' Is Spoofed in Whodunit Film Set in Vermont". Valley News. Associated Press. 2006-03-16. Archived from the original on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Who killed the curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum?And can Langford Fife, son of Barney, solve the crime?For those who are tired of hearing about "The Da Vinci Code," a team of local filmmakers is putting the finishing touches on "The Norman Rockwell Code," a spoof of the best seller. ... Catalfo said filming for the "Rockwell Code" took place over the past three weeks in Kittery and York, Maine; and Dover. The final weekend of filming, was at Rollinsford's Salmon Falls Mills, where a room was transformed into the Rockwell Museum."
8. Cavaan, Azell Murphy (2006-06-08). "Here comes the 'Rockwell Code'" (pages 1 and 2). The Republican. Archived from the original (pages [1] and 2) on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "There are some differences between the two films, how-ever. Instead of the Louvre, think of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge. Picture not the famed Robert Langdon of Harvard University as the code cracker, but down-to-earth Langford Fife of Stockbridge Community College. Do keep in mind images of invisible messages, but imagine them fashioned not with high-tech writing instruments of the art world but lemon juice. ... What happened has added up to more than anything that either Catalfo or producer Marc Dole, also of Dover, could have imagined. The 35-minute Internet-based movie (available at www.thenorman rockwellcode.com) has had more than half a million hits since its debut on May 19, the same day "The Da Vinci Code" was released. And earlier this month, Entertainment Weekly applauded the movie as a "whimsical Web-based parody" and placed the spoof on its list of "Ten Things We Love This Week," according to Catalfo."
9. "'Da Vinici Code' parody to stream on Web". United Press International. 2006-05-10. ProQuest 468939232. Archived from the original on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  The article notes: "New Hampshire attorney Alfred Thomas Catalfo told the Boston Herald he got the idea for his spoof, "The Norman Rockwell Code," after reading Dan Brown's bestseller. Catalfo's 35-minute film is set in the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., and invokes Langford Fife, the son of "The Andy Griffith Show's" comical deputy, as his his symbologist."
10. Clow, Larry (2006-07-14). "Spoof Norman Rockwell film takes aim at 'Da Vinci Code'". Foster's Daily Democrat. Archived from the original on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  The article notes: ""The Norman Rockwell Code," a low-budget cinematic spoof of "The Da Vinci Code," will make its Garrison City premier at the Strand Theater on Sunday at 7 p.m. Cast and crew members also will be on hand to discuss the film after the screening. Dover attorney Alfred Thomas Catalfo wrote, directed and co-produced "Rockwell." The spoof was filmed throughout the Seacoast. Notable locations include the kitchen of the Fish Shanty restaurant in Dover and the Mill River art gallery in Rollinsford."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow The Norman Rockwell Code to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 11:17, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: per Cunard. Identified sources demonstrate that deletion is not necessary. Great work. Thank you very much, - E.—UX 21:41, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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