Hello everyone
I have a question about what country should be used in the country of origin field when it's a co-production and the studios are from different countries.
Example: i've recently contributed some info for the title Unleashed/Danny the Dog.
Since there is only one field for Country of Origin i put France there.
My arguments would be three of the production companies involved are French two British one American and one Chinese.
The Writer/Producer is French and the Director is also French.
I know that last argument maybe isn't that relevant but still i want to mention it showing the major French involvement in the making of the movie.
on IMDB at 'Additional details' France is mentioned first at 'Country'
On the other hand, filming locations were mostly in the UK and WIKI also mentions UK first at the Country info.
Should filming locations be considered when trying to find out which country was mostly involved with the production of the film?
If so then for instance 'For a Few Dollars More' would get Spain as Country of origin as it was almost entirely shot in Spain.
But has an Italian title as original title, Italian director, many Italian writers and to make it again hard to say which country to use, Italian, German and Spanish production companies involved.
Should we research which company has invested the most in the production?
Giga Wizard pointed out to me that most of the time when it's a co-production and he votes no when someone puts in a country in the Country of origin field in his contribution, Invelos rejects the contribution, but my contribution of Unleashed was accepted by Invelos.
Anyway, I'll stop now to let you react to my long question/story. I almost feel like i'm discussing this only by myself
J.P. signing off