The listing at the beginning or ending of a project that lists the most important members of the production.
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Is it legal to cut off the credits when showing a movie on TV?
Where I am (which I won't specify), there are a couple of free-to-air movie channels. However, almost every movie I watch has the boring bit of the credits cut off. That is, if there are bloopers with ...
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Why do studios use Roman numerals in the copyright notice in the end credits?
© Time Warner Studios MCMXCVIII
Something like this is almost always used in the very end of the credits creep in movies. Buy why the cumbersome use of Roman numerals? Why not just say 1998 and be ...
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Why is this picture used in the opening titles of Cheers, and where is it from?
The following image is from the sitcom Cheers title sequence.
Source: sitcomsonline.com
Can anyone tell me where this image is from and why it is used in Cheers.
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Seinfeld credits - Jason Alexander as George [duplicate]
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What rules govern how TV show opening credits are structured?
In opening credits for TV shows, why does it say ‘with so and so’ for some actors?
In the credits of ...
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What's the difference between “writer” and “screenwriter” professions?
I'd like to know the difference between the "writer" and "screenwriter" professions in the context of movies. Please notice that I'm not English mothertongue and I have little knowledge of ...
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What was the first film or television show that used computer generated credits?
I imagine, but do not know for sure, that in the early days of film and television, credits were filmed on a second reel and added to the production after the fact.
Historically, what was the first ...
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Why was the movie The Wicker Man dedicated to Johnny Ramone?
At the end of the movie The Wicker Man (the Nicholas Cage version not the original) after the fade to black and before the credits there is a screen that says "For Johnny Ramone" What was the reason ...
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What year did they begin announcing that TV shows were “Filmed in front of a live studio audience”?
I was watching antenna TV and now I wonder: What year did they begin to make the point of announcing that specific TV shows were
"Filmed in front of a live studio audience"?
and which show was ...
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Who is the man in the credit scene in The Amazing Spider-Man?
In The Amazing Spider-Man, in the post credit scene Dr. Curt Connors is in a jail cell and he was talking with someone, but his face was never shown in the movie due to shadows. Here is the youtube ...
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What do they all do? (AGT executive producers)
I was watching America's Got Talent last night, and during the opening credits was struck by the number of executive producers listed. It seems to grow longer each year.
They are (from the official ...
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What is the name for the symbols next to subtitles, commentaries, dolby, etc?
Some square like symbols similar to :
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/48471/how-to-generate-the-movie-dvd-available-sound-systems-symbols
appear on the back of DVDs, with various number of ...
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In opening credits for TV shows, why does it say 'with so and so' for some actors?
I am thinking of Ally McBeal in particular. For the entire run of the show the opening credits generally had clips of a character and the name of the actor that plays them. The final two actors (Peter ...
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Production company(s?) for “Face Off” and “Ink Masters”
I've been watching SyFy's series "Face Off" (IMDB) since its first season debut. Recently, I watched an episode of SpikeTV's "Ink Master."
I'm not typically a huge fan of 'reality' TV so I was ...
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Which movie did top-to-bottom credits first?
One of the many notable things about modern film-noir Seven was its reverse credits (scrolling top to bottom, the opposite to the expected direction).
I recently rewatched the brilliant 1950's ...
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What rules govern how TV show opening credits are structured?
I've always been curious what decides if a credit is in the opening or closing credits. It seems loosely that cast (in order of today's "big name" significance), directors and financiers get the ...
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Unrelated Cast Songs for the Credits
At the end of "There's Something about Mary" (1998) the characters sing "Build me up, Buttercup" which seems to be fairly unrelated to the film and at the time unique.
Was TSaM the first film to ...
