# Giving (movie) credit where credit is due **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 22, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170 "2020-11-22T04:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/21 "2020-11-23T18:17:04Z")
The closing credits for the 1956 movie **Around the World in Eighty Days** definitely deserves mention – they’re the longest closing credits I know of in a film of that vintage. It’s made up of animation and graphics by the legendary Saul Bass, and it essentially retells the entire story in miniature so that you know who is being referred to in the credits (rather than the uninformative “Sailor #1”, for instance). And the whole thing was done in Todd-AO widescreen (so what you see here is an approximation) > **[Around the world in 80 days - Closing credits - Vídeo Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5cfnjm)** > > 'Around the world in 80 days' is one of the first major films to show an extended closing credit sequence. Saul Bass is the person responsible for this animation. After the credits, the movie has a 5 minute sequence with exit music to play while the... ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/22 "2020-11-23T18:31:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Two movies that I’m aware of have _spoken_ , rather than written credits. _MASH_ is another example. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a7XV_7O9qh4/maxresdefault.jpg "MASH (movie) ending") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7XV_7O9qh4) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/23 "2020-11-23T18:31:06Z")
Two more sets of closing credits aren’t as elaborate as those of Around the World, but deserve attention. For **A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum** they used animated credits done in the style of Roman wall paintings and mosaics. The flies are supposed by some to be a reference to the constant flies they had around the set during production [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bhiAACLUUKQ/hqdefault.jpg "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (End Titles)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhiAACLUUKQ) The closing credits to **West Side Story** were done in the style of graffiti and street art [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C36llSobVHc/hqdefault.jpg "West Side Story (1961) Credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C36llSobVHc) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/24 "2020-11-23T18:40:19Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets had all of the credits on the Marauders’ Map That’s not the only thing going on on the Marauders’ Map, either. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/movie-easter-eggs-hunt-best-hidden-messages-inside-jokes-film/sex-scene-snuck-closing-credits-harry-potter-prisoner-azkaban/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/movie-easter-eggs-hunt-best-hidden-messages-inside-jokes-film/sex-scene-snuck-closing-credits-harry-potter-prisoner-azkaban/) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/25 "2020-11-23T18:47:28Z")
The end credits for the documentary _Sunset Strip_ (2012) accompany an animated take on the history, architecture and personalities of the area throughout its history. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oLfJmOxpZ60/maxresdefault.jpg "Sunset Strip Donovan. Song The Trip End Credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLfJmOxpZ60) In _Michael Clayton_ (2007), the entire end credits roll while George Clooney sits in the back of a cab not showing any semblance of the triumph he has just achieved…until he cracks a smile at the very end. In _City of Women_ (1980) directed by Fellini, as Marcello Mastroianni’s name comes up in the opening credits, an offscreen voice says “With Marcello _again_?” In _The Wild Bunch_ (1969), director Sam Peckinpah’s credit comes onscreen just after William Holden announces: “If they move, kill 'em.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/26 "2020-11-23T20:20:01Z")
The 1940 film **Fantasia** originally had no opening title. The title card was used at intermission. I don’t think there were originally any end credits. On subsequent releases, the title card showed up at the beginning, instead (the first time I saw the film with the title card properly placed was on its first DVD release). They eventually added end credits to properly credit the animators involved. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/27 "2020-11-23T20:59:02Z")
I hope this doesn’t take this too far from the OP’s intent, but, having mentioned Saul Bass’ credit for Around the World, I also have to mention Maurice Binder. Although he’s probably best known for the titles he did for the opening of most of the James Bond movies from 1962 through 1989 (as well as for a few other films, such as **Arabesque** , and a non-title sequence for the 1979 **Dracula** ), I really like his very different animated opening credits for Stanley Donen’s **Charade** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ltnH36_yKQ0/hqdefault.jpg "Charade (1963) Opening Titles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltnH36_yKQ0) ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/28 "2020-11-23T22:00:21Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > This may be the first cinematic appearance of this sort of post-credit cookie scene, which isn’t just a gag reel or out-takes, but a continuation of the main plot, setting up the plot of the sequels (which in this case never manifested). Are there earlier examples? It’s not earlier, but in the Ghibli movie “Only Yesterday” (1991), when the movie seems to be over and the closing credits start playing…the animation continues, and the entire (wordless) resolution of the movie occurs behind the credits. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/29 "2020-11-24T00:48:31Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > This may be the first cinematic appearance of this sort of post-credit cookie scene, which isn’t just a gag reel or out-takes, but a continuation of the main plot, setting up the plot of the sequels (which in this case never manifested). Are there earlier examples? If you squint just right, THIS IS SPINAL TAP. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/30 "2020-11-24T02:36:52Z")
The 2011 prequel to The Thing’s ending credits mesh up almost exactly with the 1982 movie’s opening credits. I thought was pretty awesome, even of the movie itself was only decent at best…maybe decent+…compared to carpenter’s masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/31 "2020-11-24T02:43:36Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rwy-B_ucTVg/maxresdefault.jpg "Follow That Bird: Count von Count Counts the Credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwy-B_ucTVg) The Count counts the credits at the end of _Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird._ “One Joan Ganz Cooney! Hi, Mom.” And then he counts the rest at the very end. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/32 "2020-11-24T13:33:12Z")
In The Odd Couple Oscar kept mixing up the names of two of the girls. In the closing credits they initially switch the names of the two actresses that played the girls. Then they corrected it. ---
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part end credits has The Lonely Island singing about how cool and awesome the credits are: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oK3Wln7prlw/hqdefault.jpg "The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK3Wln7prlw) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170/34 "2020-11-24T13:45:32Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > In The Odd Couple Oscar kept mixing up the names of two of the girls. In the closing credits they initially switch the names of the two actresses that played the girls. Then they corrected it. Somewhat similar – in the end credits for Disney’s **Mary Poppins** the credit for Mr. Dawes, Senior is given as **NAVCKID KEYD**. The letters are animated and re-arrange themselves to de-anagram as “Dick Van Dyke”, who played the part in heavy makeup. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnfGJZAQ_Oc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-movie-credit-where-credit-is-due/926170.md?page=1)