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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 273 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hi, according to Wikipedia Alan Smithee is a sometimes used pseudonym for directors who wanted to be dissociated from a film. Now, knowing that, would it be correct for a contribution, to add the real director name (e.g. researched with Google, Wikipedia, etc.) and set the "Credited as" fileld to "Alan Smithee"? I think it makes sense eventhough we normally contribute the crew as written in the DVD credits, as it is an important information. One sample movie would be Starfire (1990) |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | No, it would NOT be correct. alan Smithee on screen. Alan Smithee in our credits. A real name would be UNCREDITED and the Rules do not allow that.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 235 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
No, it would NOT be correct. alan Smithee on screen. Alan Smithee in our credits. A real name would be UNCREDITED and the Rules do not allow that.
Skip Isn't it exaclty what the credited as field is for? If John Doe directs a film and is credited as Alan Smithee, you assign John Doe to the profile and enter Alan Smithee in the credited as field. Not many people doubt that David Lynch directed Dune, however in the extended versions he is credited as Alan Smithee. /Mikkel | | | | DVD Profiler på Dansk | | | | Last edited: by mikl |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | He could do that, I suppose but he had better document it and Wikipedia is not a very reliable source for data.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 235 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
He could do that, I suppose but he had better document it and Wikipedia is not a very reliable source for data.
Skip Neither is Encyclopedia Britannica, neither is DVD Profiler. If the article give the appropriate sources (which is often the case), I don't see why it isn't reliable enough. But let's not start a 15 page discussion on reliable sources  /Mikkel | | | | DVD Profiler på Dansk |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mikl: Quote:
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He could do that, I suppose but he had better document it and Wikipedia is not a very reliable source for data.
Skip
Neither is Encyclopedia Britannica, neither is DVD Profiler. If the article give the appropriate sources (which is often the case), I don't see why it isn't reliable enough. But let's not start a 15 page discussion on reliable sources
/Mikkel Oh come Mikkel You should know that for Skip the reliable source has to be the person involved, complete with his birth certificate, drivers licence, national security number and both I repeat BOTH living parents to verify all to be correct.  Steve |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting detlefs: Quote:
Hi,
according to Wikipedia Alan Smithee is a sometimes used pseudonym for directors who wanted to be dissociated from a film.
Now, knowing that, would it be correct for a contribution, to add the real director name (e.g. researched with Google, Wikipedia, etc.) and set the "Credited as" fileld to "Alan Smithee"? Absolutely yes. | | | ...James
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sure - that's an excellent use for "credited as". As long as the source of the info is reliable I'm all for it. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting detlefs: Quote:
Hi,
according to Wikipedia Alan Smithee is a sometimes used pseudonym for directors who wanted to be dissociated from a film.
Now, knowing that, would it be correct for a contribution, to add the real director name (e.g. researched with Google, Wikipedia, etc.) and set the "Credited as" fileld to "Alan Smithee"? I think it makes sense eventhough we normally contribute the crew as written in the DVD credits, as it is an important information.
One sample movie would be Starfire (1990) Sounds perfectly reasonable to me and just what I would have thought the "Credited as" field is for. | | | | Last edited: by Telecine |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 452 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
He could do that, I suppose but he had better document it and Wikipedia is not a very reliable source for data.
Skip Since mr Lynch is credited with his real name in the theatrical cut, we don't actually need any external sources  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 775 |
| | Posted: | | | | I can't imagine why there is opposition to this suggestion. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 951 |
| | Posted: | | | | I can so no reason to use the credited as feature, if you can prove who the director was.
The TV show "The Prisoner "Patrick McGoohan" used a pseudonym for episodes he directed and wrote. Luckly the Production Notes on the DVD provided the information on the episodes and pseudonyms he used. | | | Are you local?
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | Good suggestion as long as the contributor is able to back it up with documentation then I see no problem. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mikl: Quote:
Quoting skipnet50:
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He could do that, I suppose but he had better document it and Wikipedia is not a very reliable source for data.
Skip
Neither is Encyclopedia Britannica, neither is DVD Profiler. If the article give the appropriate sources (which is often the case), I don't see why it isn't reliable enough. But let's not start a 15 page discussion on reliable sources
/Mikkel If it doesn't say it in the credits on the disc, then don't use it. How much more simple does it have to be? | | | John
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| Registered: March 28, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,299 |
| | Posted: | | | | Another vote of "yes" to this suggestion. A great use of the "credited as" field - which is quickly becoming one of my favourite features of v3.  KM | | | Tags, tags, bo bags, banana fana fo fags, mi my mo mags, TAGS!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Nadja: Quote:
I can't imagine why there is opposition to this suggestion. How about because we don't want you, or anybody else, substituting your preferences for those of the producer and director. | | | John
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