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Cast credits not permitting also-as attribute (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Episode 5-10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The End") includes a normal cast list and then a long list of people seen briefly in a clip montage near the end. One actor is in both lists, but his name is misspelled in the second list. I'm trying to get that information reflected in the imdb list, especially since I've previously seen the "also as" attribute both used and noted on the help page. But the update page keeps automatically rejecting the attribute, asking whether I want random others such as credit-only, archive-footage, etc. In previous examples I saw it used alongside a redundant "as", but it's rejected in that combination too. Help?

More details and screenshot links you might find useful are at a submission I have a related question about: 230919-213527-645000. I thought, even if I could eventually get the attributes figured out, it would be useful to provide more detail because the credit list is necessarily terse and can't quite capture the "montage" duality easily (at least not without also adding "in montage" to dozens of role names, as episode 6-08 did for a more modest list of 4), let alone the good spelling here/bad spelling there. That's been rejected for not meeting "contribution guidelines", although with no interactive feedback system it's impossible for me to guess what form would meet them, so I'd like to ask about that too. Is it possible to get this added as a goof (possibly under another category or reworded), or trivia perhaps? Or is that an unnecessary level of detail?

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2 years ago

Hi @htwh -

Thanks for reporting, we will confirm with our policy team what would be the best place to list this. We will get back to you as soon as we have the information.

Cheers!

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2 years ago

I remember dealing with this issue in the past, and did receive an answer, but that was such a long time ago and things may have changed in how to handle the situation.

The issue is how to deal with one actor appearing in the cast list under two different names in two different positions. The situation in question is for Man on the Moon, the cast list which I have just updated. Jim Carrey appears in the number 1 position in the role of Andy Kaufman. He also appears in the number 28 position under the name actor name "Tony Clifton" in the role of Tony Clifton. I know how to handle the numbering and the character naming, but previously there was an attribute "also as" which no longer seems to be valid. Solely using the attribute "as Tony Clifton" is not accurate because the role of Andy Kaufman for which he is credited under his IMDb display name Jim Carrey would be negated. In making my recent update, I have left the attribute field blank which does not deal with the problem.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled actor appearing twice in cast list under two different names

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I noted that "also as" had disappeared two years ago.

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/also-as-attribute-not-accepted/622a3d651ae84d4eeefa6825

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Another solution suggested by IMDb was to add two attributes: (as Jim Carrey) (as Tony Clifton)

Several posts and tickets have asked for clarification of this issue.

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/reference/


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The "Solved" status was added; is this a confirmation of the solution I mentioned or just an indication that the issue still needs to be addressed as in adrian's thread?

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2 years ago

Hi All -

I'm just confirming that this credit issue has been raised with the appropriate team for review, once there is an update IMDb staff will post the information here.

Thanks for your patience!