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Unable to add movie due to other movies being inputted incorrectly
posted by ObbzSTAFFMOD on September 29, 2023 at 8:20 AM
Wes Anderson made a new short.
The Ratcatcher.
There are two movies on TMDB using the IMDB ID already, yet neither are the short film.
Due to this the system wont allow me to add, a very real, movie which was released today.
Seems to be a bit of a bug in the system as two other movies already use the ID and yet neither are this movie..
Trying to add https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28912858/
Yet these are stealing its space;
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1082098?language=en-GB
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/309325-szczurolap?language=en-GB
Reply by Jim Stark
on September 29, 2023 at 9:37 AM
It's "The Rat Catcher" and it was added a month ago. Neither of the movies you mentioned uses that IMDb ID.
But this one does https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1172674-the-rat-catcher
As suggested by the bible, you can use a redirect to look for the IMDb ID
https://www.themoviedb.org/redirect?external_source=imdb_id&external_id=tt28912858