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Credits used to be at the start of the movie. George Lucas got into hot water for refusing to include any at the beginning of “Star Wars”.

• majormajor 3y ago
  Including a copyright notice? I'm most familiar with post-1960s films which had both, but left "small print" things like that to the very end. Wikipedia suggests opening credits were always incomplete credit-wise - "Films generally had opening credits only, which consisted of just major cast and crew, although sometimes the names of the cast and the characters they played would be shown at the end. " - but doesn't talk about copyright there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_credits
  • rvnx 3y ago
    He is referring to the restrictions of a union / syndicate: Directors Guild of America. It's a group of people that you pay as a Director and that sets the guidelines how work should be done. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/George_Lucas#:~:text=The%20Directors%20Guild%20of%20America,fine%2C%20he%20quit%20the%20guild https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/George_Lucas#:~:text=The%20....
    • majormajor 3y ago
      I'm aware that there used to be more credits - especially the "giving credit to the people involved" sort - up front. I don't have a specific recollection of if they included all the "legalese" sort of non-credits like these copyright notices.
  • skhr0680 3y ago
    Afaik old films had everything at the beginning then trailers at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Xt1T_LfdY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Xt1T_LfdY