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IMDb celebrates its 19th birthday
The Internet Movie Database turned 19 yesterday. If you're scratching your head wondering how the IMDb can be older than the web, you'll notice that the first initial is I, not W. That's because the iconic destination for information about films and TV shows actually predates the web. In fact, the earliest version of the technology behind the IMDb was a set of scripts for searching the USENET group rec.arts.movies. The IMDb wasn't even named yet, but it was already a work in progress on October 17, 1990.
The web site today is a bit more full featured. Not only can you get biographies for actors, directors, writers, and producers, as well as biographies, filmographies, and brief descriptions of movies, but you can also get TV listings, movie rankings, entertainment news, message boards, and the ability to watch some movies and TV shows from the site.
[via TechCrunch]
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Mats said 10:12AM on 10-18-2009
...a work in progress on October 17, 2009....
Should be 1990 of course.
Happy birthday IMDb!
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Brad Linder said 10:14AM on 10-18-2009
Whoops!
Fixed. :)
TheLinx said 12:27PM on 10-18-2009
Too bad that they don't have an open api.
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BarkingGhost said 11:11AM on 10-18-2009
I remember when this was around in 1992-93 when I was in college. I was surprised when it got sold to Amazon. I am not sure i like how it has moved to a form in which ever increasing amounts of useful information is now being reserved for the Pro version.
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Malaycobra said 9:45AM on 10-19-2009
Here's a fun IMDB game.
Go to the site
Click on "Top 250 movies"
Pick one
Go to the "trivia" area
Read through and follow the links.
You may come up for air in a week or two!
To me, this epitomizes what the interweb is for.
Happy Birthday!
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Nathan G said 11:13AM on 10-19-2009
I love iMDB. Too bad their web site looks like crap. Even the (relatively) recent redesign only serves to make things more cluttered.
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First Post Longtime Reader said 6:55PM on 10-21-2009
I remember back in college that IMDB was hosted on some U Mississippi server.
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