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Title
Type Film (feature/short/documentary/etc)
Made for TV (series/mini-series/special/TV movie)
Made for Video
Video Game
Sub-type feature length (45 mins or over)
short subject (less than 45 mins)
Status Released and screened/available to the public (or firm date set in relatively near future)
Completed and only limited non-public screenings (friends/family/fellow students/faculty members)
Completed but not shown anywhere
Completed and invited by Withoutabox
Not yet complete (announced/filming/post-production/etc) 
Year
(of first public screening)
I am...
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Mandatory Information

It is important to provide all the information in this section in order to get your title listed. If we have asked for a 'Miscellaneous Link' here we require the URL of a page on another website which shows your title exists and is eligible. This should preferably be an independent third party site and not just the official site for the title concerned. An ideal example would be the URL of a film festival schedule showing the screening date of your title. If you have more than one URL, release date (or any other item on this page), simply select a larger number of items from the menu to the right of the section name and hit 'Continue'.

Please note that we want certain kinds of URLs here that we do not generally accept. Specific examples: if you are entering a title available on video, we would like a link to where the title is available for sale; if you are entering a TV program, we would like a link to a schedule, even if it's relatively short-lived. These links will probably not go live on the site, but are extremely helpful to our title approval process. More good miscellaneous links are the best way to improve the odds of our title managers examining and approving your title.

If you cannot supply all the information in this section please select the 'Provide explanation' checkbox above then press 'Continue' below to explain why you believe this title is still eligible. Note that if we require a URL and you have been unable to provide one, we are extremely unlikely to be able to verify and approve the title (unless you are a frequent and reliable contributor of new title information).

Release Dates

Action CountryDateAttribute
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Year: 
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Miscellaneous Link

Action URLDescription
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Basic Identifying Information (2 items required)

Please provide at least two items from this section. If you cannot supply two items please select the 'Provide explanation' checkbox above then press 'Continue' below to explain why you believe this title is still eligible.

Country of Origin

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IMDb defines the country of a title as the place or places where the production companies for that title are based, and therefore where the financing originated. The location of the filming and nationality of the cast/crew are irrelevant.

Please click the blue '?' on the right if you are not familiar with the other rules and guidelines for this section.

Action CountryOrder 
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Languages

Action LanguageAttributeOrder 
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Color / Black & White

Action Color InfoAttribute
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Genres

Action Genre
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Directors

Action Name Attribute (usually empty) 
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  • The name 'Kerr, Chris (VII)' is not currently in the database.
     Add this as a new name.
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Production Information (1 item required)

Please provide at least one item from this section. If you cannot supply one please select the 'Provide explanation' checkbox above then press 'Continue' below to explain why you believe this title is still eligible.

Budget

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Please enter the production budget (i.e. negative cost) of the film, minus any marketing/prints/advertising costs.

Action CurrencyAmount
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Official Sites

Action URLDescription
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Distributors

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Company name guidelines updated
The company name guidelines were updated in September 2006. If you have not yet read the revised guidelines, please read them now.

Action CompanyAttributeOrder 
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Type:  Attribute: 

Production Companies

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Company name guidelines updated
The company name guidelines were updated in September 2006. If you have not yet read the revised guidelines, please read them now.

Action CompanyAttribute (usually empty)Order 
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Major Credits (3 items required)

Please provide at least three credits from this section. If you cannot supply three credits please select the 'Provide explanation' checkbox above then press 'Continue' below to explain why you believe this title is still eligible.

Cast

Message Please note the attribute field should normally be left blank. To see a list of examples click the symbol next to the attribute field. Additional guidelines are available.

For TV series, appearances should be added to specific episodes.

The order field has no effect until the film is at least in production and a significant percentage of the cast has order numbers; for more details, see the guidelines for order numbers.

Action Name Character Attribute (usually empty) Order 
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actor actress
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actor actress
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actor actress
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actor actress
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actor actress
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Writers

Producers

Action Name OccupationAttribute (usually empty) 
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or
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Composers

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Please note the new rules regarding composer credits as explained in the guide. This section should now only contain composers of the background score; in modern titles this usually means the person credited in the opening title sequence as Music by or Score by or an equivalent wording.

The composers of songs featured on the soundtrack or classical pieces used as part of the score should instead be added to the soundtrack section. We have created a new Soundtrack category on filmography pages for song/classical piece composers/performers/etc which uses the data from the soundtrack section so these names no longer need to be added as composers here. A good example is Madonna

Composers of unnamed incidental music, unidentified musical cues or any other component of the larger score (also ineligible for the soundtrack section) should instead be submitted to the music department section. We typically expect only one person per title to be credited in the main composers section.

Action Name Attribute (usually empty) 
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  • The name 'Kerr, Bruce (II)' is not currently in the database.
     Add this as a new name.
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New #2
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  • The name 'Hritz, Jon' is not currently in the database.
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Cinematographers

Message Only the person credited as the MAIN cinematographer or director of photography should be submitted here. Usually one person holds this role. Additional or second unit cinematographers, camera operators and other cinematography related roles should be submitted to the Camera Department section.
Action Name Attribute (usually empty) 
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Editors

Message Only the person credited as the MAIN editor should be submitted here. Usually one person holds this role. Other editing roles (such as additional editors, assistant editors, on-line editors or supervising editors) should be submitted to the Editorial Department section.
Action Name Attribute (usually empty) 
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Recommended Information

Please supply as many of the following items as possible. The more information you can provide on this title, the faster and easier it can be verified and added to the database. If you have further information for which we have not yet asked, please click the checkbox towards the bottom of the page for an additional selection.

Certificate (ratings) Information

Running Times

Action CountryTimeAttribute
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Filming Locations
Sound Mix

Aspect Ratio

Action Aspect RatioAttribute
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Taglines

Plot Outlines

Message Please note plot outlines must be your own original work and you must not steal them from other sites, publications or other copyright sources.
Action Plot Outline
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by:
This item has warnings, you must acknowledge each one before this item will be accepted.
  • There are some spelling mistakes. Please choose the correct spelling from the menu(s) below and press "Continue" to have the mistake(s) automatically updated. If you are certain all your spellings are correct, you should click the checkbox to ignore this warning instead :-
     

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  • The plot outline is too long.
    Plot outlines should be less than 240 characters long. This outline length of 411 characters is likely to be converted into a plot summary, and may conflict with any existing or newly submitted plot summaries.

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Plot Summaries
Keywords
Trivia

Movie Connections

Action TypeOther TitleReason
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