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 | PLav | | Documentary freak |
| Registered: February 9, 2008 |  Posts: 8 |
| | Posted: | | | | Why countries like Chile or Iran do not show up in the Edit profile, country of Origin Pull down menu?? Thanks.. PLav |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | This was answered by pdf256 Quoting pdf256 Quote:
There have been many requests to add new countries to the COO list and also their languages to the audio and subtitle lists. For some reason that is very unclear to some of us, Ken does not what to add the missing countries/languages at this time. Hopefully some day soon it will happen.
pdf For more info switch to this thread | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| PLav | | Documentary freak |
| Registered: February 9, 2008 | | Posts: 8 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thks.. so you're telling me that a Chilean movie or an Iranian one cannot be classified as such in this database??? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting PLav: Quote:
Thks.. so you're telling me that a Chilean movie or an Iranian one cannot be classified as such in this database??? At the present time, no. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting PLav: Quote:
Thks.. so you're telling me that a Chilean movie or an Iranian one cannot be classified as such in this database??? Nope it can't. And I do even have one Chilean movie in my collection...so I would like to see the country added!  | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: May 25, 2007 | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | Of course, even some of the existing countries are less than idea. For example, Solaris (1972) was made in the USSR, and is given a CoO "Former Soviet Republic" (or some such; I'm at work and can't check the exact wording), which is not unreasonable, though "USSR" would be better. But then you get things like The Defense of Sevastopol (1912), made in Russia before the formation of the Soviet Union, and Mamay (2003) made in Ukraine after the USSR collapsed.
Grouping all of these together into a single country is like forcing a film made in Arizona into a "Former Spanish Empire" CoO. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting wintermute115: Quote:
Grouping all of these together into a single country is like forcing a film made in Arizona into a "Former Spanish Empire" CoO. I like that idea!  | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd like to request the addition of "The (former) Republic of Texas"  | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| PLav | | Documentary freak |
| Registered: February 9, 2008 | | Posts: 8 |
| | Posted: | | | | Abbas Kiarostami with the 'Taste of Cherry" movie won Gold in Cannes 97.. If Iran does not appear in the COO, any suggestions ??? The designers should have a hard look at this problem!!!!!!  |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree. You can read an earlier discussion of this issue here. |
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