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Hamilton, a Broadway show captured live and now on Disney + should not be considered a feature film. First because it is not a movie, it is a show. And second because it didn't had a theatre release. IMDb should consider this a "TV special" or anything that avoids this movie to be listed when we search for feature films or to appear on IMDb Top 250. Think about it. And thanks.

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Michelle

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4 years ago

Hi Angelo -

Regarding "Hamilton", as this was released as a musical film it is listed accurately on the site as a feature film, it was not released as a "special" but rather as a standalone film title; note that it was originally intended to be theatrically released but due to Covid-19, the decision was to release the film via the Disney+ streaming platform.

I hope this helps clarify!

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Marco

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Michelle, shouldn't Hamilton have the genre Documentary attached to it? The guide states that "This genre should also be applied to all instances of stand-up comedy and concert performances." Wouldn't it make sense to apply it to theater performances as well? I think it would and should.

4 years ago

Marco

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Bump.

4 years ago

jeorj_euler

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Hamilton should not the be assigned to the Documentary genre. I can of course see how it is a borderline case, though.

— Jeorj Euler, an IMDb regular registrant

4 years ago

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angelo_pilla

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4 years ago

Hi, Michelle. Thanks for your reply, but I still think that Hamilton should not be consider a feature film, since it is only a capture of a live performance. Les Miserables, with Hugh Jackman, is a MOVIE. Hamilton is not a movie. By the way, all the documentaries which had been released in theatres are not considered "feature films" by IMDb. You really should think of another way to categorize Hamilton. Again: this is not a movie. Thanks.

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plur62

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Wishing there are the new genres like "Theater", "Performance" or "Concert", this is definitely not a feature film and it shouldn't be on IMDb Top 250.

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4 years ago

MykolaYeriomin

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@angelo_pilla My humble five cents as a fellow enthusiast: "movie" in a wider sense (short for "moving picture") is synonymous with audiovisual media. This is exact definition that is found in Internet Movie DataBase.

I can agree that technically speaking a performance of the musical is not a 100% narrative film, but in this case, due to quarantine intervening it is especially complicated since it is not a taped performance, per se, but a production crossover which also uses certain elements of the narrative film rather than theater.

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4 years ago

cyber_turnip

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4 years ago

I completely agree that this should be a "documentary" under IMDb's rules: "This genre should also be applied to all instances of stand-up comedy and concert performances." I don't understand how this doesn't qualify as a "concert performance".

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jeorj_euler

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Hamilton is neither stand-up comedy nor a concert performance. Interestingly, those things are not exactly documentary either, but they are clearly closer in the sense that the on-stage performers are not participating a fictional or otherwise biopic depiction.

— Jeorj Euler, an IMDb regular registrant

4 years ago

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