Help - Full record

The full record page contains the entire film record as held in the AFI Catalog. Hit markers (hit) appear in the record preceding each instance of the terms used in your search criteria.

From the full record page, you can refine your original search, add the record to your selected records, or save the record using the durable url for this record link.

The following are available on the full record page:

Film records contain the following information about each film (if applicable):

  • Film title
  • Year - Year of release.
  • viewed by AFI staff - Indicates film was viewed by AFI staff.
  • Alternate Title(s) - Foreign, working, pre-release, alternately reviewed, or re-release titles (if available).
  • Country - Origin country of film.
  • Language
  • Production year
  • Production company - Company that produced the film, including parent companies and brand names (if available).
  • Distribution company
  • Release year
  • PCA certification number
  • Series information
  • Production credits - Credit names are linked to a Related films page. See below for detailed credits information.
  • Cast - Includes cast member and character name, where applicable. Cast names are linked to a Related films page. See below for detailed credits information.
  • Plot summary - Detailed synopsis highlighting the principle aspects of the film.
  • Songs/music - Details of music used within the film.
  • Genre - Genre headings, such as "drama", "adventure", or "legal".
  • Principal subjects - Includes major headings that outline the most important elements of the film, such as aspects of the main character, the main theme(s) of the film, and major geographical locations. Subjects are linked to a Related films page.
  • Additional subjects - Includes characters, places or themes that are not as central to the film as the Principal subject headings. Subjects are linked to a Related films page.
  • Note - Includes factual information about the film that may enhance knowledge and/or scholarship and correct or explain the credits, plot, production history, critical reception, or place in history of the film (if available).
  • Source citations - Lists all contemporary periodical sources used in compiling this information. See Abbreviations for a list of expanded titles.

Note: records may not contain all of the above items.

If a credit name (actor or production member) appears in capitals that means that that person's credit appeared before the opening titles of a film. A name in square brackets (ie [John Smith] indicates an offscreen credit.

Production credits may contain all or some of the following credits:
  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
  • Photography
  • Art Direction
  • Film Editor
  • Set Decorator
  • Costumes
  • Music - Includes people such as music director(s), music score, orchestration, and arrangers of music. For instrumentals or songs and their writers or composers, see "Music Text" and "Song Text" below.
  • Sound
  • Special Effects - Includes people who worked on visual, optical, photographic or other "effects" in the film
  • Dance - Includes people who created, choreographed, or staged dances for films
  • Makeup, Etc. - Includes people who worked on makeup, hair, and wigs
  • Production Miscellaneous - Includes people who worked in areas not covered by any other credit field
  • Stand-in
  • Animation
  • Colour - Includes people who worked on the Colour aspects of films
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Notes for this film

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Reference Linking

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Download citation

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Film finder

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Durable URL for this record

Click the durable URL for this record link at the top of the page to obtain an OpenURL compliant link that will point to the Film record you are currently viewing. A pop-up box will appear with the OpenUrl. Simply copy and paste the link into documents, email, or add it to your bookmarks.

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