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 | t001z | | Reg: January 30, 2005 |
| Registered: March 29, 2007 |  Posts: 103 |
| | Posted: | | | | I just did a Cast contribution for Definately, Maybe and noticed an obvious error in the end credits. I have posted an image of the error (which is a switch of the actor's name and the role played). This one is more obvious because the role played was "himself"  I am not sure if I really have a question for this as the rules seem pretty clear that you contribute the item the way it lists in the end credits. My thought process on this seemed to be a little simpler as Himself was already a cast member's name in DVDProfiler. Just looking for thoughts. It is just things like Credit Lookup tool do not work or reflect this profile, but on the otherhand, Himself seems to be doing pretty good in Hollywood, 53 titles and 67 profiles... | | | | Last edited: by t001z |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Himself did not play Robert Klein in the film. Robert Klein appeared in this film as himself. The credit in Profiler is Robert//Klein as Himself. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting t001z: Quote:
I just did a Cast contribution for Definately, Maybe and noticed an obvious error in the end credits.
I have posted an image of the error (which is a switch of the actor's name and the role played). This one is more obvious because the role played was "himself"
I am not sure if I really have a question for this as the rules seem pretty clear that you contribute the item the way it lists in the end credits. My thought process on this seemed to be a little simpler as Himself was already a cast member's name in DVDProfiler. Just looking for thoughts.
It is just things like Credit Lookup tool do not work or reflect this profile, but on the otherhand, Himself seems to be doing pretty good in Hollywood, 53 titles and 67 profiles... Your first mistake is in calling it an obvious error. You don't know that, you are assuming it's an error. It is in actuality avery common style used in film...why?...I have no earthly idea, I am not a filmmaker. But don't make assumptions. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| t001z | | Reg: January 30, 2005 |
| Registered: March 29, 2007 | | Posts: 103 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
Your first mistake is in calling it an obvious error. You don't know that, you are assuming it's an error. It is in actuality avery common style used in film...why?...I have no earthly idea, I am not a filmmaker. But don't make assumptions.
Skip True enough, I do not know that it was obviously an error.. it may have been no different than an Easter Egg, but as you said, I can think of no reason why it was done that way (at least intentionally). |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | They've probably done it that way simply because it reads better than:
"himself robert klein" |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting t001z: Quote:
Quoting skipnet50:
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Your first mistake is in calling it an obvious error. You don't know that, you are assuming it's an error. It is in actuality avery common style used in film...why?...I have no earthly idea, I am not a filmmaker. But don't make assumptions.
Skip
True enough, I do not know that it was obviously an error.. it may have been no different than an Easter Egg, but as you said, I can think of no reason why it was done that way (at least intentionally). Our's is not to reason why...who knows what evil lurks in the heart of...Hollywood  | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 |  Posts: 92 |
| | Posted: | | | | Seen a lot of movies where the credits is stared with "played by" and if you put "played by" between role and cast it makes sens... So in my eyes no error or easter egg.. | | |  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Quoting t001z:
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Quoting skipnet50:
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Your first mistake is in calling it an obvious error. You don't know that, you are assuming it's an error. It is in actuality avery common style used in film...why?...I have no earthly idea, I am not a filmmaker. But don't make assumptions.
Skip
True enough, I do not know that it was obviously an error.. it may have been no different than an Easter Egg, but as you said, I can think of no reason why it was done that way (at least intentionally).
Our's is not to reason why...who knows what evil lurks in the heart of...Hollywood Only the Shadow knows! HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 736 |
| | Posted: | | | | I recently did a title called "The Grand" that had several people like this. How I handled it was:
Robert Klein [Himself] : Robert Klein
That way the listing is still correct and the crediting is correct. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | That would be the proper way, synner. Good job.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 868 |
| | Posted: | | | | A while ago i did something similar and stirred up quiet a controversy (see here) In the end the contribution was accepted but not everyone seemed happy. Paul | | | | Last edited: by paulb_99 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting synner_man: Quote:
I recently did a title called "The Grand" that had several people like this. How I handled it was:
Robert Klein [Himself] : Robert Klein
That way the listing is still correct and the crediting is correct. I don't understand how that works  . Is there now an actor in the database named Robert Klein [Himself]? | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | I think Synner is using the brackets to show he has used "credited as".
So it would be Robert Klein (credited as "himself") playing "Robert Klein".
To be honest I would have simply gone with Robert Klein playing "himself", but see nothing wrong with Synner's credit. | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Synner's handling with Credited As would be in complete compliance with the Rules. In fact , the introduction of the Alias system solved the handling of this Hollywood peculiarity from our POV.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
I think Synner is using the brackets to show he has used "credited as".
So it would be Robert Klein (credited as "himself") playing "Robert Klein".
To be honest I would have simply gone with Robert Klein playing "himself", but see nothing wrong with Synner's credit. Ohhh...duh  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just out of curiosity, does anybody actually keep it as "Robert Klein [Himself] : Robert Klein" locally? Not advocating any changes, just wondering if anybody likes it so much that they would keep it that way locally if the rules were different. Personally, I change them all to "Robert Klein : Himself" locally. It just seems less of a hack that way to me. | | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
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