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Reported Problem for Collision
posted by thwallerSTAFFMOD on November 5, 2017 at 11:00 PM
Item: Collision
Language: en
Type of Problem: Incorrect_content
Extra Details: According to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1680123/), the original title of this movie is "Intersections", not "Collision". Since that field is locked to changes, are you indicating that is wrong and I should add Intersections as an alternate title? I question as since it is locked, I assume someone has done research into verifying the data is correct, but it conflicts with IMDB, so one or the other is wrong, unless I am missing something.
Please advise.
Reply by Banana
on December 16, 2017 at 3:08 AM
I think we both usually use the title of first local release (theatrical, physical, TV or digital) in its original version.
But the main difference between our guidelines and IMDb's is we decided it made more sense to use the title of the first proper release as the original title instead of using a discarded title very little people know or remember. IMDb often chooses to use the festival/working title. They are a bit unpredictable, though.
Our guidelines also means that for an e.g. English-language French movie, we prefer to use the original English title. Honestly, I don't fully understand how IMDb work, but for English language foreign movie (French, German) they very often use the title of the foreign dub as the original title. In this case, the title works in both languages, but when movies have a very French or very German title, it conflicts with the data.
You assumed right.
It was first released in France as "Intersections." However, both US and the UK releases used "Collision."