a closed book
I'd like to know why IMDB promote a film where some of the crew are still waiting to be paid These films where the producers have reneged on their contracts with the crew should not get free publicity
shareI write as a Ruiz fan keen to get a copy of the recently announced DVD release of this film. Look, if what you say is true (and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit the way things have gone in 2009), then it's obviously bang out of order to those crewmembers. But surely IMDB's role is to catalogue any film which gets released - how are they to know the legal and ethical ins and outs of each production? Moreover, unpaid crewmembers might actually be happy to receive at least an IMDB credit for their troubles - after all, it's promotion for them too.
shareHave you ever tried to get a movie listed on IMDB. I did, and no matter how much I jumped through their bloody hoops, none of the submissions was enough to get them to list the flic. With all the information they want from people's submissions, they should themselves delve deep enough to be aware that a crew hasn't been paid.
It's not that difficult to get a title accepted on IMDB, I've found. I've actually got them to list about 20 of this director's films - mainly rare pre-1990 stuff but also the occasional new production (including A CLOSED BOOK when it was still known as BLIND MAN'S BLUFF). IMDB usually asks me to resubmit each title 2 or 3 times with additional info. But they've never asked about crew payment - probably too murky an area for them to get involved with?
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