Talk:Billing (film)

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Contents 1 The Empire Strikes Back 2 Another billing term called introducing 3 Equal Billing / Side by Side Credits 4 Gilligan's Island

[edit] The Empire Strikes Back

The article currently states: "In 1977, George Lucas resigned from the Directors Guild of America after it insisted, against his wishes, that he be credited at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back. (This was after it had allowed the original Star Wars, which had a similar opening sequence, to go unchallenged.)"

However, The Empire Strikes Back hadn't even begun shooting in 1977. It came out in 1980, which is presumably when the billing controversy took place and Lucas resigned from the DGA.

Furthermore, Lucas didn't direct The Empire Strikes Back; Irvin Kershner did. It could be understandable (in terms of wanting to protect the union's prerogatives) if the DGA supported having Lucas's name credited at the beginning for the movie for Star Wars which he did direct, but not for The Empire Strikes Back which he didn't. --Metropolitan90 19:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

It was a silly mistake on my part not to have included Kershner's name. I've now corrected it. Chris 42 19:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another billing term called introducing

When a new super star arrives and is unknown the term "an introducing..." is used see Purple Rain--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 18:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Equal Billing / Side by Side Credits

Does anyone know the correct industry name for the following practice? When a TV show has two co-stars (e.g., Will and Grace or Laverne and Shirley), one actor's name is listed at the top right of the screen, while the other actor's name is listed at the bottom left of the screen during the show's opening credits. What is the proper billing or industry term that refers to this practice? Thanks. (JosephASpadaro 06:07, 11 March 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Gilligan's Island

This article is about billing in films, and is so titled. However, there is a section about the TV series, Gilligan's Island. That probably should be removed ... or, somewhere in the article, it should state that "similar to films, billing also applies to television shows". Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC))