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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488589/ is currently shown with its primary IMDb title being Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022).
However, this appears to violate the title formatting policy at https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/title-formatting/G56U5ERK7YY47CQB :
One exception to the "as it appears on screen" rule: Author or filmmaker possessives such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, Disney's The Kid, or Andy Warhol's Flesh are used only in alternate titles with the attribute (complete title) unless it is a part of the joke i.e. Jane Austen's Mafia! or Monty Python's Flying Circus. Note that by the time The Meaning of Life and Life of Brian were released the group had adopted the name "Monty Python" qualifying both as possessives. However, in certain cases, where the possessive helps to identify an otherwise ambiguous title, we will allow the possessive title to be added as the (imdb display title) as opposed to the otherwise (complete title). This should only be submitted as the (imdb display title) if the possessive title is how the title is commonly referred to in that specific country.
Guillermo del Toro's name as the director should not appear in the primary title by that rule. Since there are at least two other Pinocchio films this year, notably the Disney version directed by Robert Zemeckis, the del Toro film should be entered as Pinocchio (2022/II). (There's a 2022/III but not a 2022/II that I can find.) Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio should be used as an (imdb display title) rather than the primary title.
Is there any reason why the regular policy should not be followed in this case?



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3 years ago
Hi @gromit82 -
This was in error, the primary title display has now been corrected to "Pinocchio", and the Alternate Title "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" has been captured accordingly.
Cheers!
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