Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

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The result was speedy keep‎. Nomination withdrawn with no remaining deletion proposals (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 01:02, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

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Article fails WP:SIGCOV, WP:NFO and WP:NFSOURCES. I found no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Nothing suitable or reliable enough was found to pass WP:NEXIST in a WP:BEFORE.

If it helps, here’s what I found in Newspapers.com. The Film Creator (talk) 20:52, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. The Film Creator (talk) 20:52, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 23:11, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, seeing as Burgess Meredith is a known actor, this is the first and only film he has directed...which I think qualifies the film under WP:NFIC, "The film features significant involvement (i.e., one of the most important roles in the making of the film) by a notable person and is a major part of their career." DonaldD23 talk to me 01:01, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Donaldd23 If what I’m about to tell you is considered WP:NPA, I truly apologize because that is not my intent (my only intent for sending this article to AfD is out of good faith). I must disagree per WP:NOTINHERITED. Yes, the film was directed by Meredith, and it starred notable actors like James Mason and Jeff Bridges. But like I said, I view that as WP:INHERITED. The Film Creator (talk) 01:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I do not believe that your statement was NPA, so no offense taken. I understand your position, but I am not saying that the film should be kept because notable actors are in it. I am saying that a notable actor who had an important role in their career (1st and only directorial feature) is the reason for inclusion. Therefore, INHERITED is not applicable. Thanks, and keep up the good work. DonaldD23 talk to me 11:32, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Other than the above, it was also one of the earliest films for composer Robert O. Ragland and actor Jeff Bridges. I would suggest that makes the film fall in Wikipedia:NFIC#Inclusionary_criteria and "significant involvement (i.e., one of the most important roles in the making of the film) by a notable person and is a major part of their career." @The Film Creator: Thank you for doing WP:BEFORE. It seems this film may suffer from "significant coverage is not always possible to find on the Internet, especially for older films." --Bensin (talk) 19:06, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go". Psychotronic Video. No. 40. 2004. pp. 63–64. EBSCOhost 19292964. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Internet Archive.
  The review notes: "Nero Finnegan (Jeff Bridges), a writer who is AWOL from the Army, lives off cynical bar girl Tah Ling (Irene Tsu) in Hong Kong. To raise some money he goes to work for the Fu Manchu type Mr. Go (James Mason), "the embodiment of evil." Go blackmails bi-sexual American Professor Bannister (Peter Lind Hayes), by secretly filming him having sex with Nero, who complains of "rough trading faggots!" Agent Leo Zimmerman (Jack MacGowran from Fearless Vampire Killers), a James Joyce scholar, is sent to befriend and deceive Nero. They bar hop, get smashed, talk literature, and party with three Chinese hookers. Tah Ling is kidnapped, drugged, and nearly raped by Nazi like dyke Zelda (Clarissa Kaye). The Dolphin (Meredith) is Go's eccentric double dealing acupuncturist. A ray from the third eye of a large Buddah statue changes Go's personality and he fakes his own death. It ends with Go and Tah Ling making out inside the Buddah during his big street funeral while a Star Wars type laser defense system is demonstrated. Did I mention that Buddah narrates!? Tsu, who looks great, has several topless scenes. Also with big brawls, chases, a Chinese giant, a monkey, and a (white) drag singer. The light pop songs are by Robert O. Ragland. This odd comedy was shot on location except for CIA boardroom scenes with Broderick Crawford."
2. "Cameramen walk off film set". South China Morning Post. 1970-01-08. p. 6. ProQuest 1510073522.
  The article notes: "The Director of Photography on Burgess Meredith's picture "The Yin and the Yang of Mr Go," Mr Bob Wyckoff, leaves Hongkong today after quitting yesterday afternoon. Mr Wyckoff walked off the set in a Hilton Hotel room at lunchtime yesterday, together with his operator, Mr. Grady Martin, after only ten days' shooting of the film, which stars James Mason, Jack MacGowran, Irene Tsu and Jeff Bridges. ... However, filming will continue without the American camera team, as Mr Cranston has engaged a local freelance cameraman, Mr Ray Woodbury, to work on the production until Mr Stephens arrives.
3. Black, Ian (1970-01-27). "Mr Go takes on fresh air of enthusiasm". South China Morning Post. p. 9. ProQuest 1510080766.
  The article notes: "Anyone who saw John Frankenheimer's film Grand Prix in Cinerama ... They were probably the most exciting shots ever set up for a movie anywhere, and the man responsible for them — cameraman John Stephens — is in Hongkong this week. In fact, Stephens will be here for some time, as he is working on Burgess Meredith's new production, The Yin and the Yang of Mr Go, which is currently being made in the Colony. He replaced cameraman Bob Wyckoff, who walked off the set after a series of disputes with director Meredith, and Stephens' arrival has brought a fresh air of enthusiasm to everyone involved in the picture. ... Already, director and cameraman have established the kind of rapport necessary to achieve any kind of success in filming a motion picture. And this obviously has a good effect on the actors — James Mason, Jeff Bridges, Jack MacGowran and Irene. Tsu.""
4. "Actor has a haircut". South China Morning Post. 1969-12-31. p. 8.
  The article notes: "Champagne bottles were popping together with photographers' bulbs when Burgess Meredith had his head shaven at the Hongkong Hilton last night. The occasion was part of the preparations for Meredith's cameo role as The Dolphin in the picture, "The Yin and the Yang of Mr Go," which Meredith is making here with James Mason, Irene Tsu and Jeff Bridges. Meredith and makeup man, Marvin Westmore, spent more than an hour completing the transformation from Meredith's long-haired Hollywood appearance to create that of a short-haired Mandarin-moustached aging Oriental. Meredith plays the role of a Hongkong acpuncturist in the film."
5. Sweeney, Kevin (1999). James Mason: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 34. ISBN 0-313-28496-2. ISSN 0892-5550. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Internet Archive.
  The book notes: "Mason then went to Hong Kong for an honest-to-God disaster that couldn't have looked good even on paper. The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1969–70) was written and directed by actor Burgess Meredith, going behind the camera for the first time since The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949). Mason is an Asian arms dealer who gets involved with a young American (Jeff Bridges). This international mishmash ran out of money and was officially never completed, though it may have been later patched together and released in Southeast Asia under the title The Third Eye. It can now be found on video under its original name, with obviously fake new scenes featuring Broderick Crawford."
6. Less significant coverage:
  1. Jerry Roberts articles:
    1. Roberts, Jerry (1988-08-12). "Oddball movies his bridge to success". Daily Breeze. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
      The article notes: "ven in the cornball and sorely out-dated "In Search of America" (1970), a made-for-television hooter from the hippie era, and in the loony oddity, "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go" (1970), Bridges' talent, which in those days fed on his unveiled enthusiasm, was undeniable. ... If you want to mix in a doozy of a change of pace, rent "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go," of which there is no record in almost all of the major film source books. It was directed by Burgess Meredith in Hong Kong, co-stars Meredith, James Mason and Broderick Crawford, and mixes espionage with a travelogue of the city, strange sexual behavior and cracked Eastern mysticism, all adorned with a loopy bubblegum-pop score."
    2. Roberts, Jerry (1991-09-21). "Bridges can't pass up a challenge". Daily Breeze. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
      The article notes: "His least-known film is undoubtedly "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go" (1970), a Hong Kong travelogue holding up an espionage and acupuncture plot, written and directed by Burgess Meredith, co-starring James Mason and Meredith."
    3. Roberts, Jerry (1989-07-21). "A portrait of the actor as director". Daily Breeze. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
      The article notes: "You may or may not want to recall several jaw-dropping experiences, the foremost of which might be Burgess Meredith's incredibly ridiculous "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go" (1970), with Jeff Bridges as a hippie in a bubble-gum Hong Kong travelogue about acupuncture, spies and strange sexual proclivities. This one has to be seen to be believed. James Mason and Broderick Crawford are in it, too."
    4. Roberts, Jerry (1993-10-15). "Fearless Jeff Bridges - His bold career eclipses those with more star power". Daily Breeze. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
      The article notes: "In his earliest roles, at age 20, Bridges' talent was undeniable, even in the cornball and sorely out-dated "In Search of America" (1970), a made-for-television hooter from the hippie era, in which he played a Ken Kesey-style social dropout driving a flower-power bus, and in the loony oddity, "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go" (1970), in which he was caught up in Hong Kong intrigue."
  2. "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go". Film Index International. British Film Institute. 1971. ProQuest 1745270154.
    The entry notes: "Alternate title: The Third Eye; Touch and Go. Alternate title: The Third Eye; Touch and Go." The entry notes: "Hong Kong: Concerned with a half-English, half-Malaysian entrepreneur, who suddenly becomes involved in the legend, whereby once every seven years Buddha changes a person and this enables other people to change accordingly."
  3. Sheehan, Ed (1970-05-17). "in Hong Kong the unusual is commonplace". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Newspapers.com.
    The article said of James Mason, "He is making a film here, "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go," with Australian actress Clarissa Kay, Jeff Bridges and Irene Tseu. He describes it as "A sort of "Terry and the Pirates' with sociological and religious overtones." One gathers that the picture goes well, though progress and spirits rise and fall with fluctuations of its financing. There is a lavish buffet at noon daily in the Espresso Room of the hotel. It costs less than two U.S. dollars. Barometer of the movie's current condition is the behavior of one of its entrepreneurs. If he eats three heaping plates, making it his single meal of the day, it means things are shaky. Director Burgess Meredith is unperturbed and unquenchable. A highly charged, intense man, he has high hopes for the film. "And give my best regards to Buck Buchwach and Eddie Sherman."
  4. Leach, John (1970-04-17). "Meredith Has No Time for Yesterdays". The Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Newspapers.com.
    The article notes: "But it's still today and tomorrow that count with Meredith. "I'm in the middle of cutting my latest film. It has been shot and I'm just cutting. I wrote, produced and directed it and I'm also acting in it with James Mason. We rescued a pretty little Chinese girl, Inez Tsu, from Frank Sinatra and she's in it too." The film, "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go," was shot in Hong Kong and takes its title from a bit of Zen Buddhism. According to Zen, the yin and the yang represent the duality of nature or "the sweet and sour of life," as Meredith puts it. ..."
  5. McHarry, Charles (1970-02-09). "On the Town". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Newspapers.com.
    The article notes: "Dong Kingman writes from Hong Kong that Burgess Meredith, directing "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go," had his head shaved and his eyes slenderized to play a Chinese acupuncturist in the movie"
  6. Campbell, Mary (1974-01-05). "Jeff Bridges is hopeful despite many setbacks". Berkeley Gazette. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Newspapers.com.
    The article notes: "Then there was "The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go," a four-month Hong Kong project Bridges greatly enjoyed and for which he got paid, though it was never released. "Burgess Meredith wrote it and acted in it. The story was beautiful.""
  7. Blowen, Michael (1984-03-01). "Jeff Bridges Chooses Roles With Three Factors in Mind: Director, Story and Money". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Newspapers.com.
    The article notes: "But Bridges can describe how he feels about the second film he made. "This is hard to believe but I played an AWOL Vietnam soldier who was writing a Joycean rock opera in Hong Kong," he said. "The movie was written and directed by Burgess Meredith and it was called 'The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go.' James Mason starred as a Chinese-Mexican guy. That's about all I can remember about it except I think it's better than it sounds." "The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go" was never released."
  8. Schlossheimer, Michael (2002). Gunmen and Gangsters: Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-3546-0. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Google Books.
    The book notes: "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go. Ross International 1971. Burgess Meredith. James Mason, Jeff Bridges, Irene Tsu, Alec McCowen, Peter Lind Hayes. Confused tale of international arms trading. BC narrates sequences that were added without director Meredith's participation."
  9. Craig, Rob (2019). American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4766-6631-0. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Google Books.
    The book notes: "Top-billed Jim Kelly makes only the briefest appearance, but Burgess Meredith—whose own film The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go (1970) shares some similarities with Golden Needles—gives a bravura performance."
  10. "Attacked while shooting film". South China Morning Post. 1970-01-10. p. 5. ProQuest 1510075234.
    The article notes: "A former radio personality was wounded yesterday when three youths attacked him during location shooting of an American film in Wongneichong Road, Happy Valley. Mr Bill Furnival, a 22-year-old former Commercial Road reporter, was assisting in the production of the film, "The Yin and the Yang of Mr Go," when he was assaulted by the youths, one armed with a knife and the others others with broom handles."
  11. "The artist and the professional". South China Morning Post. 1970-01-03. p. 9. ProQuest 1510066621.
    The article notes: "Now Jack MacGowran is hard at work preparing for his role in The Yin and the Yang of Mr Go, with James Mason, Irene Tsu and Jeff Bridges. ..."
  12. "35 years ago this month". Playboy. January 2006. p. 71. Retrieved 2023-10-20 – via Internet Archive.
    The article notes: "At the time of her pictorial in January 1971 Liv Lindeland was developing an acting career for both the screen and age. ... Still, she would appear in popcorn fare such as The Yin and Yang of Mr Go, ..."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 10:58, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I withdraw per consensus. The Film Creator (talk) 15:37, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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