Archive footage section in cast guidelines fails to reflect the fact that there are case-to-case exceptions which one might logically assume to be archive footage in a standard definition, but which are actually not. Exceptions usually apply to back-to-back productions in cases of which footage was intended through the course of production to be included in two titles (or more). Another exception are roles crafted mostly from archive footage, but having at least one previously unseen sequence, on which actor actually worked. Many cases are both.
Some cases which are listed cosidering this fact include:
Some cases which are listed cosidering this fact include:
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Grindhouse (2007), Death Proof (2007) and Planet Terror (2007) were simultaneous productons with first one encompassing the two latter with different edits. All three versions were made simultaneously and were planned to release in that way, which makes footage not re-used in any of those, but rather planned ahead for a triple use.
- In case of Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014), most of the movie are previously unreleased materials from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which makes it more of a significantly delayed release of new footage and less of a reused material.
- Assorted cases of director cuts of post-Soviet movies also released as mini-series such as Admiral (2008) and "Admiral" (2009).
- Many segments in Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) were previously released as separate short films, however the gradual build of a feature-length anthology from a plethora of shorts with financing largely acquired through short screenings was unorthodox production strategy chosen from the start. Some actors were initially marked as "(archive footage)", but that was since removed.
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BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011) and Blubberella (2011) were filmed back-to-back and share a lot of shots and a lot of cast members.
- Snoop Dogg's role in The Wrecking Crew (2000) is notoriously known to be comprised from Urban Menace (1999) footage, however a) it contains at least one scene re-purposed from behind-the-scenes shots which is exclusive to this movie and b) both films were filmed back-to-back with decision of scenes being used in double capacity made relatively early on in production.
- Not intending to brag or plug, but my own productions are often that (due to largely absent budget), being rather similar to previous example. Same footage from The Prisoners Dilemma (2012) could be identified in many of Mikhail Bondarev's scenes in Unaired Pilot and first episode of the "The Bucket", Reading the Book of the Senseless (2015), Book of the Senseless (2015), Errors in Geography: Leaving Donetsk (To Live in Donetsk) (2015) and Il ritorno del maestro (Return of the Master) (2018), however re-use was planned during the initial production of the short in 2012 and in practically all cases there is at least one shot (and/or ADR by the same actor) in each of the productions which is exclusive to said production. In contrast, re-use of materials from The Prisoners Dilemma (2012) in Errors in Geography: Really Old (2017) is correctly marked as "(archive footage)" since it is, verbatim, a re-used scene from the short.
- Technically, considering productions were simultaneous and for all purposes intended to share some of the footage, in Drácula (1931) Geraldine Dvorak, Dwight Frye, Bela Lugosi, Cornelia Thaw and Dorothy Tree should retain "(uncredited)" attribute and additional information given in role field, but should not have "(archive footage)" as, unlike The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Storm Breaker (1925) (footage from which was re-used, as well), Dracula (1931) was a simultaneous production, largely corresponding with the Spanish version;
- Bela Lugosi's role in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) was comprised from shots initially filmed for a different production, but since continuation of said production never came to fruition it could be argued that larger production of Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) assimilated a smaller one in Ed Wood's chaotic work schedule. Alternatively, unfinished movie could/should be added to database as its own entity, however that would contradict some of the existing cases of assimilated productions. Main example of the latter is Cyborg (1989), which has "Spider-Man" and "Masters of the Universe 2" amongst alternate, working titles because on the studio level these two existing productions were combined to produce the movie when licensing deals for characters fell through in both cases.





Nikolay Yeriomin (Mykola Yeromin), Champion