What do film dates with Roman numerals after the year mean on IMDB?
Sometimes on IMDB I see films which are dated like this:
Sergio Corbucci:
Night Club ................. 1989/I
Robert Rodriguez:
The Black Mamba (Short) .... 2011/I
Two Scoops (Short) ......... 2013/II
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What does it mean? (This is my question.) I don't understand.
It doesn't seem to be a reference to the release date (1st half of the year, second half of the year), because:
Title Strange date Release Date
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Sergio Corbucci:
Night Club ................. 1989/I ....... 10 March 1989
Robert Rodriguez:
The Black Mamba (Short) .... 2011/I ............. unknown
Two Scoops (Short) ......... 2013/II ........ 31 May 2013
As clearly shown here, Night Club was released in March and Two Scoops in May. March and May are both in the 1st half of the year, but the Roman numerals are different (I vs. II).
Best Answer
To distinguish between works with the same title and release date.
In your case, to distinguish between Night Club, by Sergio Corbucci, and Night Club, by Michael Keusch. The same thing happens with Two Scoops, just check the search link.
This is explained in their help page, as pointed out by user snow.
If two films have the same title in the same year we add a "/" followed by roman numerals after the year as necessary. For example, Twilight (2008/I) and Twilight (2008/II).
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