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Missing actors in credits movie compared to IMDB website
francaSTAFFMOD erabiltzaileak Azaroa 29, 2016 egunean 7:16 AM(e)tan bidalia
Hello,
Api and its doc is great ! However, when I send a request on movie/{movieId}/credits, I have less results than on IMDB website. Try to understand why, but don't...
Thanks for help !
lineker Erabiltzailearen Erantzuna
Azaroa 29, 2016 egunean 7:42 AM(e)tan
My guess is that the data hasn't yet been added here in full for many movies, while most mainstream movies on IMDb have complete cast listings.
franca Erabiltzailearen Erantzuna
Azaroa 29, 2016 egunean 7:52 AM(e)tan
Thank you ! Isn't the data of themoviedbapi based on undocumented IMDB API ?
Travis Bell Erabiltzailearen Erantzuna
Azaroa 29, 2016 egunean 9:14 AM(e)tan
No. We've never imported any data from IMDB. We're building our own database from scratch.
Marr 🇳🇱 Erabiltzailearen Erantzuna
Azaroa 29, 2016 egunean 12:22 PM(e)tan
Note: Also, some actor credit simply don't appear in the movie. I usually add whatever I see in the movie credits, and if it is uncredited, I don't add it. I don't use IMDb as a source for adding crew/acting credits, because they can be wrong (especially for crew).
lineker Erabiltzailearen Erantzuna
Azaroa 29, 2016 egunean 4:56 PM(e)tan
For older movies where sometimes only 10 percent of the actors got a credit, adding the uncredited credits marked with (uncredited) can be very useful. But for newer movies I agree that we should focus on the actual credits. Still, adding (uncredited) acting credits is not wrong.