I have heard this about _Star Wars_ being the first, but it isn't true. I can think of _Tommy_ (1975) right off as an example. Perhaps _Star Wars_ was the first AMERICAN film to do this. All three Evil Dead films lack opening credits, as does Raimi's _Crimewave_, although in _Army of Darkness_, Bruce Campbell is credited at the beginning "Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness." =============================================================================== Scott Andrew Hutchins http://php.iupui.edu/~sahutchi Cracks in the Fourth Wall Filmworks/Oz, Monsters, Kamillions, and More! (with special musical guest Leila Josefowicz) "Who's John Adams?" --Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., at Monticello, after failing to recognize busts of other founding fathers. On Mon, 8 May 2000, Sharon Knolle wrote: > I'm working on an article about film credits appearing at the end of the > movie. > Examples where this happens: All Star Wars films, Ronin, Titanic, The X-Files > movie, The Matrix, and also Gladiator. > I believe that the first film where this occurred was Star Wars but Lucasfilm > couldn't confirm this for me. > A colleague suggested Lucas would have needed a special dispensation to be > able to run the credits after the film: but from who? > the director's guild? actors guild? All help appreciated. > If you have other examples of films with end credits or know of any > documentation on this trend, please send them my way. > Thank you. > > Sharon Knolle > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu