Template:Infobox film

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{{{name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Directed by	{{{director}}}
Produced by	{{{producer}}}
Written by	{{{writer}}}
Narrated by	{{{narrator}}}
Starring	{{{starring}}}
Music by	{{{music}}}
Cinematography	{{{cinematography}}}
Editing by	{{{editing}}}
Studio	{{{studio}}}
Distributed by	{{{distributor}}}
Release date(s)	{{{released}}}
Running time	{{{runtime}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Budget	{{{budget}}}
Gross revenue	{{{gross}}}
Preceded by	{{{preceded by}}}
Followed by	{{{followed by}}}

{{infobox film}} is used to list at-a-glance comparative information about a particular motion picture.

Usage

The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article, typically at the top an an article above the lead section.

{{Infobox film
| name           = 
| image          = 
| image size     = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| director       = 
| producer       = 
| writer         = 
| narrator       = 
| starring       = 
| music          = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| studio         = 
| distributor    = 
| released       = <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| runtime        = 
| country        = 
| language       = 
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
| preceded by    = 
| followed by    = 
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

Parameter	Explanation
name	Insert the full common name of the film (defaults to {{PAGENAME}} if empty).
image	Insert a relevant image for the film. Ideally this should be a film poster, but a DVD/VHS cover, screenshot, or other film-related image may also be used. Only use the actual file name, i.e. image = Forrest Gump poster.jpg.
image size	The infobox automatically resizes images to a default width of 200px. Use this parameter only if the image being used is smaller than 200px.
alt	Alt text for the image. See WP:ALT. This field is normally not visible in standard web browsers, but you can see it by requesting the image's properties from the brower. A visually impaired reader will typically hear the alt text in place of the image.
caption	Insert image caption, which should describe the type of image used.
director	Insert the name(s) of the director(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each director to his/her appropriate article if possible.
producer	Insert the name(s) of the producer(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each producer to his/her appropriate article if possible.
writer	Insert the name(s) of the writer(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each writer to his/her appropriate article if possible. Some films are based on previously produced or published material, such as books, plays, articles, old screenplays etc. When this is the case, list the writer(s) of the film first (while placing {{small|Screenplay}} in parenthesis either next to or under the name), then list the source material writer(s) in a similar fashion. Some films also divide writers between screenplay and story. When this is the case, list the writers credited with writing the screenplay first. If the film is an adaptation and the original author did not have a formal role as a screenplay or story writer, then they should come last in the list.
narrator	Insert the name(s) of the narrator(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each narrator to his/her appropriate article if possible.
starring	Insert the name(s) of the actor(s) who had major roles in the film. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each actor to his/her appropriate article if possible. Do not add qualifiers such as "with" or "featuring", nor should punctuation or "and" be added as the line break acts as the text separator.
music	Insert the name(s) of the composer(s) of original music. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each composer to his/her appropriate article if possible.
cinematography	Insert the name(s) of the cinematographer(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each cinematographer to his/her appropriate article if possible.
editing	Insert the name(s) of the editor(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). If a credit for an "additional editor" is shown, add the tag "(addl)". Link each editor to his/her article if possible.
studio	Insert the company that produced the film. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each company to its appropriate article if possible.
distributor	Insert the company name(s) of the distributor(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />). In addition, link each distributor to its appropriate article if possible.
released	Insert only the most relevant release date(s) of the film (see WP:FilmRelease for a detailed guideline). If multiple entries are required, separate with line breaks (<br />). Use {{Start date}} for the earliest.
runtime	Insert an approximate time duration of the film in minutes.
country	Insert the home country or countries of the film's main production companies. Do not use flag icons, as this places an unnecessary emphasis on nationality; see MOS:FLAG for a detailed rationale. Do not link to Cinema of XXXX; see WP:EGG.
language	Insert the language primarily used in the film. Databases often give every language spoken within the film, even if they only reflect a few lines in the overall script. Only in rare cases of clearly bilingual or multilingual films, enter separate entries with a line break (<br />). In the case of a single language without any additional text, it will automatically link to the language article (and the film article will also be put automatically in the category concerned). In other cases, give the wikitext for the desired linked text. Note: inserting "English" will not automatically link to English language. This has been done intentionally because readers of the English Wikipedia are already familiar with the language and no benefit is added by placing a link to it. Please do not override this by inserting [[English language|English]].
budget	Insert the approximate budget of the film. Budget figures can be found at Box Office Mojo and The-Numbers, with the later usually listing a mainstream website as the main source of the budget, such as the Los Angeles Times, Variety, etc. Such websites are preferred to cite as a reference, if possible.
gross	Insert the gross revenue accrued by the film. This information is available for most pictures at Box Office Mojo and The-Numbers. If worldwide gross is not available, then indicate which region has grossed that amount.
preceded by	If the film is part of a series, insert the film(s) that preceded it in the series. Please note that per MOS:TITLE, film titles should always be italicized. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />).
followed by	If the film is part of a series, insert the film(s) that followed it in the series. Please note that per MOS:TITLE, film titles should always be italicized. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />).

Examples

Plan 9 from Outer Space
200px Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Produced by	J. Edward Reynolds
Written by	Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Narrated by	The Amazing Criswell
Starring	Gregory Walcott Mona McKinnon Tom Keene Tor Johnson Dudley Manlove Joanna Lee Bunny Breckinridge Vampira Béla Lugosi
Music by	Frank Worth
Cinematography	William C. Thompson
Editing by	Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Distributed by	Distributors Corporation of America
Release date(s)	July 1959 (1959-07)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60,000

{{ infobox film
| name           = Plan 9 from Outer Space
| image          = Plan nine from outer space.jpg
| alt            = "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE" in large red letters adorns a beam from a night sky containing spacecraft and warplanes. The foreground has the head of a man in a bubble-headed red spacesuit, a caped vampire attacking a victim, a seductive vampiress, and gravediggers at work. Above the title is "UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS FROM OUTER SPACE PARALYZE THE LIVING AND RESURRECT THE DEAD!"; below are "BELA LUGOSI", "VAMPIRA", and "LYLE TALBOT". This movie poster is cheaply printed: the only colors are blue, red, and the yellowed background.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Edward D. Wood, Jr.]]
| producer       = J. Edward Reynolds
| writer         = Edward D. Wood, Jr.
| narrator       = [[The Amazing Criswell]]
| starring       = [[Gregory Walcott]]<br />Mona McKinnon<br />[[Tom Keene]]<br />[[Tor Johnson]]<br />[[Dudley Manlove]]<br />Joanna Lee<br />[[Bunny Breckinridge]]<br />[[Maila Nurmi|Vampira]]<br />[[Béla Lugosi]]
| music          = Frank Worth
| cinematography = [[William C. Thompson (cinematographer)|William C. Thompson]]
| editing        = Edward D. Wood, Jr.
| distributor    = Distributors Corporation of America
| released       = {{Start date|1959|07}}
| runtime        = 79 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $60,000
}}

IMDb, Allmovie, and other external links

When this infobox template was first created, in December 2004, one of the parameters created an external link to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Irrespective of the fact that IMDb is not used as a reliable source for verifying content in Wikipedia articles, it still is a resource that many people, including editors and readers of Wikipedia, often turn to.

In more recent years, additional external websites have become increasingly useful resources, including Allmovie, Box Office Mojo, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. Also, modern films almost invariably have an official website. As a consequence, new external links were added to and removed from the infobox as consensus changed on the subject.

Discussions about the fate of these links took place in numerous places over some time, with a number of people advocating removal of all external links from the infobox, if not the article as a whole. Others spoke of the value of having at least a link to IMDb in the infobox. Eventually, a far from undisputed consensus arose to remove all external links from the infobox and to move them to the External links section where appropriate in view of the External links guideline.

Important points towards this consensus included fact that the infobox could not include all of the available links and that it would be inappropriate to pick and choose one or a few of those links over others. Suggestions that losing access to the most useful of the available links (typically IMDb) would damage the usefulness of film articles were not found persuasive by many since such links could still be included in the External links section and the table of contents linking to the external links section having all of the useful external links is adjacent the infobox.

External links to resources such as the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Allmovie and any official website are no longer included in this template. Nevertheless, these resources and others may be usefully added to the "External links" section of the article using the following templates:

• {{Amg movie|id=amg_id|title=film title}}
• {{Mojo title|id=bom_id|title=film title}}
• {{Imdb title|id=imdb_id|title=film title}}
• {{Metacritic film|id=mc_id|title=film title}}
• {{rotten-tomatoes|id=rt_id|title=film title}}
• {{Tcmdb title|id=tc_id|title=film title}}

Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat, which makes the event details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to a calendar or diary application. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Dates will only appear if you use {{Start date}} or {{End date}} (use the former for single dates). As an alternative, you may use or {{Start-date}} and {{End-date}}.

hCalendar uses HTML classes including:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.

See also

• MOS:FILM
• {{infobox television film}}
• {{infobox Korean film}}
• {{infobox Chinese film}}
• {{infobox Bond film}}
• {{infobox Hollywood cartoon}}