Helping Movie Studios save a few million...

[zyzzyva57]

Take "Gone with the Wind": OK, the credits for this movie is two minutes, while the credits for "Stinker II" is five minutes--A "Star War" sequel's credit is as long as the movie

(1) Does the person handling First Aid need credit?
(2) Does every extra in the background need to be listed?
(3) And so on...

Consider how much money could be saved on credits if five million dollars plus is meaningful

Now are all these listings because of the unions? Unions sure help Ford and GM

I confess I do enjoy in the credits to see the "Assistants to blah-blah," because this gives me immense pleasure seeing who is gay, e.g., if the male star has a male assistant, this flashes, "G-gay!" If it is a female to a male star, then I know who his main squeeze was when the picture was made

(Sadly, Rock Hudson came a gnat's hair too late for this movie star goody, and my cheap, cheap giggling pleasure)

It cannot get much better for the rich and famous when yet another perk is a studio has to give credit (and a few thousand dollars) to your love-of-the-moment (as well also as adding you in as another of the zillions of Executive producers for more loot)

I bet this beats the heck out of Viagra :)

[InvestingMoron]

Unless you invest in Imperial Entertainment (IPEI/IPRE) and Muller Media (MUME)...the credit can go to all 4 employees.

[zyzzyva57]

Since movie studios listen to me (as does Cramer and the "Fast Money" bunch), I just want to help some with free advice

Maybe the studios need a "Ben Bernanke" to curb Credit Inflation, except, of course, as a sop to moi, "Personal Assistant to ______"

I confess I also like in Stab and Slab movies to know "Shower Curtain by ____" Shower curtains can make or break a movie!

If I was female shoe maker, personally, I would not like "thanks to me" for the shoes that the fleeing female vixen wears fleeing the monster, because the darn shoes lose a heel and she trips and and gets it in a most hideous manner--Movie vixens ought to be required to learn the dangers to the generic monster flee

Ditto if I was cell phone provider, 'cause my darn cell phone never seems to work in these towns off the map these young couples on Spring Break end up in on the way to Florida, but sadly only being sliced and diced for their Spring Break...How sad...My heart goes out to the families

[metalheadrr3]

A lot of that nonsense is required by the Motion Picture Association or whoever governs that stuff. They have to list all that crap and have to list it both at the beginning and the end. I think Lucas has had to pay a hefty fine for EVERY Star Wars movie because he refuses to put credits in the beginning of the movie. Bizzare stuff.

[zyzzyva57]

It is plain weird what is listed

For example, last weekend, I saw a so-so movie with not only the extras listed, but also the Assistant Bookkeeper listed

10 minutes worth of credits no one but me reads has to cost a few extra million, I would think

Oh, here is something else: I am sure all this added expense is union based, so why don't the unions kick up a fuss about increasing the font size so more crap can be read--Hey, what is another 5 minutes of credits that can be read on HBO that no one reads, but could

[Lou]

funny you say that, my cousins are big time producers, they just produced YOU ME AND DUPREE, and their first movie with George Clooney they put the whole Russo family in the credits, every cousin they could think of is in there with all these crazy titles

[aiki14]

Check out the ending credits of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[zyzzyva57]

I love movies and I noticed credit inflation, because since I like Turner Classic Movie Channel, I noticed how direct the credits are--who did the major what's of a movie, plus I can easily read the credits and these credits were written pre-TV today

I love credits, because they can tell you how a movie gets made, which is amazing in how in heck does one get made with all the factors that must be pulled together for what is essentially a company for one purpose and then this "company" breaks apart

As I said earlier, with the Internet and the gay thing, I also began to note that weird aspect of a movie where the actors get to list their personal assistants, which reveals both who is their main squeeze at the time and his or her gender...Granted this is hard to impossible to test, but one of my cheap delights is to giggle when the Personal Assistant to John Toughguy is Timmy Cuteypie

I know movies like Monty Python and the Holy Grail no doubt add jokes, but I doubt any movie with George Clooney is joking around--I sense he has a monster ego, so he probably gets listed also as one of the Executive Producers and maybe even as one of the writers--Incidently, who is the Executive Producers has escalated into who ARE theExecutive ProducerS

Will one day movies be half movie and half credits?