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Please be aware that the 2.1 version of our API has been deprecated. 2.1 will be shut down on September 15, 2013. It has been replaced by v3. You can read the new API documentation here.
Movie.getInfo
The Movie.getInfo method is used to retrieve specific information about a movie. Things like overview, release date, cast data, genre's, YouTube trailer link, etc...
Example URL
http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/Movie.getInfo/en/xml/APIKEY/187
Options
Language: IETF Language Tag, e.g. en-US
Type: Type can be xml, yaml or json.
API Key: The API key we supplied you with for your account.
ID: The ID of the TMDb movie you are searching for.
In the event that you request a language that has not been translated, the data will default back to English. This can be checked with the 'translated' boolean element.
The last_modified_at time is UTC.
Example Response
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<opensearch:Query searchTerms="187"/>
<opensearch:totalResults>1</opensearch:totalResults>
<movies>
<movie>
<popularity>3</popularity>
<translated>true</translated>
<adult>false</adult>
<language>en</language>
<original_name>Sin City</original_name>
<name>Sin City</name>
<alternative_name></alternative_name>
<type>movie</type>
<id>187</id>
<imdb_id>tt0401792</imdb_id>
<url>http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/187</url>
<overview>The first of three films based on the beautiful comic world of Frank Miller. Sin City depicts the comic book almost page for page with its heavy contrast black and white extremely violent and graphic imagery. Sin City is set in a dangerous and dark Basin City where corruption, sex and violence is everyday life.</overview>
<votes>23</votes>
<rating>6.8</rating>
<tagline>There is no justice without sin.</tagline>
<certification>R</certification>
<released>2005-04-01</released>
<runtime>124</runtime>
<budget>40000000</budget>
<revenue>158733820</revenue>
<homepage>http://www.sincitythemovie.com/</homepage>
<trailer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80</trailer>
<categories>
<category type="genre" name="Crime" url="http://themoviedb.org/genre/crime" id="80"/>
<category type="genre" name="Drama" url="http://themoviedb.org/genre/drama" id="18"/>
<category type="genre" name="Thriller" url="http://themoviedb.org/genre/thriller" id="53"/>
</categories>
<studios>
<studio name="Miramax Films" url="http://www.themoviedb.org/company/20" id="20"/>
<studio name="Dimension" url="http://www.themoviedb.org/company/334" id="334"/>
</studios>
<countries>
<country name="United States of America" code="US" url="http://www.themoviedb.org/country/us"/>
</countries>
<images>
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