How to confirm a cast name correction?

An actress is incorrectly credited with the wrong character name in "Ciudad Baja" (Downtown Heat).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109441/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Lina Romay plays a character "Melissa". She's referred to by name multiple times in the movie, but the IMDB lists her character name as "Angela". I submitted a correction, but it was declined.

https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/220918-085108-235000/?ref_=pe_3181150_242625130_ra_eml_wa

I'm unsure how to provide evidence. I don't have the ability to upload a video clip. Can someone tell me how I provide enough evidence to get the character name corrected? The incorrect character name is also mentioned in the one user review on the film (see last paragraph) from 2019. But the name hasn't been corrected.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109441/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

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Peter_pbn

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4 years ago

Is the character name displayed on screen in the credits?

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adam_cook_7472842

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@Peter_pbn They don't the closing credits are only technical, they don't list cast at all.

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Bethanny

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Hi adam_cook_7472842-

We do need some sort of proof. I can verify this if you tell me the timestamp or timestamps where they call her Melissa?
@Peter_pbn no name on the credits.

Thanks!

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adam_cook_7472842

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@Bethanny

Viewing on Tubi, at these marks:

43:33 - main character Steve looking for his wife's friend (the Lina Romay character) and calls out to her by name "Melissa". Does so again at 43:40, 43:50 and 44:01.

44:25 - at same location, character Steve speaks to old woman, who turns out to be grandmother of "Melissa" and again calls her by that name multiple times.

46:50 - next location, character Steve says "I'm looking for Melissa" to group of junkies. Again asks for her by name at 47:05 and 47:22,

47:50 - Melissa (played by Lina Romay) emerges from bus and tells junkies to leave man alone.

48:07 - Junkie talking to character (played by Lina Romay) says "you gonna give this cop a freebie, Melissa?" and another character repeats "a freebie Melissa?"

48:51 - now in bus, Steve says to character (played by Lina Romay) "you're dying Melissa".

51:50 - character Steve grabs woman (played by Lina Romay) by shoulders and yells, "Melissa, they killed her!"

If you turn on closed captioning, it even lists her as "Melissa". For instance:

65:25 - as she dies, closed captioning reads [Melissa screams]

I hope that is sufficient.

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Bethanny

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@adam_cook_7472842 That is perfect!

I resubmitted on your behalf and approved, the changes will show live on the site shortly.

Cheers!

4 years ago

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How to confirm a cast name correction?

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