Talk:Closing credits

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In the US, are credits manditory for the broadcasters that air programs? If they wanted to make more money, they could easily eliminate them, so there has to be a reason to air them.

Do they also have to air the full credits on a show, if provided? If so, GSN is in a heap of trouble!

Contents 1 First full-length closing credits 2 Sesame street image, bad choice? 3 More Humorous Credits 4 Article needs rewrite

[edit] First full-length closing credits

What movie was the first to feature the extended closing credit sequence that we see today, eg showing everybody from the caterer to hairdresser? Butcam 08:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Someone asked George Lucas about it during the making of one of the Star Wars movies, and Lucas replied that it began with a young director who thought it would be nice to give credit to everyone, and play some music as well, so that moviegoers wouldn't have to leave the cinema amid silence. That young director was Lucas himself, and the movie was American Graffiti. I don't have a citation, though, but I read it in a bookstore in a glossy "Star Wars" book. --Kjoonlee 10:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

It has been a while since I checked back here for an answer, so thanks for that. I'll see if I can dig up a source. Butcam (talk) 18:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sesame street image, bad choice?

The sesame street image is, IMO, not a good illustration for this article, partly because of the blurry and illegible text (looks like two frames on top of eachother), but also because the image containts so many things that bring focus away from the actual text (which should be the most important thing), so it's hard to know what to look for. Maybe a standard black/white roll from some movie would be better? 84.217.140.70 17:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Humorous Credits

I know that in some comedy movies and TV shows, made-up names are stuck into the credits just for extra fun. I can't think of any specific examples right now, though.

^ virtually every one of the "ZAZ" productions (Zucker + Abrahams + Zucker, such as "Airplane" and "Naked Gun") -- and also the Monty Python films. Those are the most notorious, methinks. 199.214.26.180 22:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article needs rewrite

The way this article is written, it's just one long trivia section, with much personal experience (i.e., original research), that mostly reflects American usage (where media has long been international, even within the USA). There's material worth saving here, but not much. Statements such as "not firmly established" are just fluff.

The article should start with a definition, then it should go directly to an explanation of WHY credits are handled the way they are, (and how they relate to opening credits, fer the love of #$*(%*#%). That is: explain it's a combination of contractual agreements with unions and individual actors, as well as artistic considerations. Including the closing credits for the extended edition of "Lord of the Rings" is a perfect example of how this article focuses on trivia, rather than purpose or cause. If editors aren't familiar with the contractual requirements -- then learn about them. Don't make statements such as "obviously does not include", "tend to be quite long", and "making it impossible for anyone to read". That's fluff suitable for high school essays, but not for an encyclopedia.

67.169.126.106 (talk) 22:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

The credit squeeze section could do to mention BBC and ITV in the UK. Digifiend (talk) 08:38, 28 May 2008 (UTC)