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I was sitting around today and wanted to know what a certain movie was. Liz was watching it, and i was being nosy. I was soooo lazy i didn’t want to open firefox and browse IMDB for what it was. So..after messing with perl for an hour i downloaded some MythTV code and modified a perl script to do command line IMDB queries. I didn’t write it, just modified it. Use it if you want, i’ll post it again if i modify it further.

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Standard Query

[crainte@littlemind ~]$ imdb “Fight Club”
Title: Fight Club
Year: 1999
ReleaseDate:
Director: David Fincher
Plot: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
UserRating: 8.7
MovieRating: Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language.
Runtime: 139
Writers: Chuck Palahniuk,Jim Uhls
Cast: Edward Norton,Brad Pitt,Helena Bonham Carter,Meat Loaf,Zach Grenier,Richmond Arquette,David Andrews,George Maguire,Eugenie Bondurant,Christina Cabot,Sydney ‘Big Dawg’ Colston,Rachel Singer,Christie Cronenweth,Tim De Zarn,Ezra Buzzington
Genres: Action,Drama,Thriller
Countries: USA,Germany
IMDB UID: 0137523


Multiple Results

[crainte@littlemind ~]$ imdb “American Pie”
0163651:American Pie (1999)
0252866:American Pie 2 (2001)
0328828:American Wedding (2003)
0974959:American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007)
0319930:”American Dreams” (2002)
0808146:American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006)
0165086:The Secret Life of Girls (1999)
0423613:”American Pie” (1989)
0334828:”American Pie” (1996)


Exact ID Results

[crainte@littlemind ~]$ imdb -D 0163651
Title: American Pie
Year: 1999
ReleaseDate:
Director: Paul Weitz
Plot: Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
UserRating: 6.8
MovieRating: Rated R for strong sexuality, crude sexual dialogue, language and drinking, all involving teens.
Runtime: 95
Writers:
Cast: Jason Biggs,Chris Klein,Thomas Ian Nicholas,Alyson Hannigan,Shannon Elizabeth,Tara Reid,Eddie Kaye Thomas,Seann William Scott,Eugene Levy,Natasha Lyonne,Mena Suvari,Jennifer Coolidge,Chris Owen,Eric Lively,Molly Cheek
Genres: Comedy,Romance
Countries: USA
IMDB UID: 0163651