Character name changed incorrectly.

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Character name was reverted back to incorrect billing. This problem was already changed once last year, but recently reverted back for reasons unknown. Needs to be changed to correct billing of "Sienna" not "Female Driver." Attaching the contract here, see HIGHLIGHTED PORTION. 
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Jeorj Euler

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Hi, nk. The guarantee and asterisked parenthetical directive "To be listed as character name –Sienna & not as female driver" is not what matters, as far as IMDb is concerned, but rather the on-screen credits of the original release of the movie. I don't happen to know what the actual credits present, but maybe somebody does. Please standby for an IMDb staff member to investigate and explain the rationale behind the reversion you're contesting.
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Hi Nora,

Jeorj is correct, it is IMDb policy to list the credit as it appears on screen. As you are credited on screen as "Female Driver" in the end credits then that is how the credit that should be listed on IMDb.

Thank you for understanding.

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Will
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Contractually that is incorrect though. The legal document signed says it must be Sienna. 
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Jeorj Euler

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Hi, nk. The contract is between you and the production company or so, not between you and the rest of the world. The people who signed you upheld the guarantee but failed to make good on a remark that is enclosed in parentheses followed by an asterisk (a symbol that sometimes entails "fine print" stipulations). You should go look for the fine print, if there is any, to see if the movie's producers or so failed you.
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Nora: But IMDb.com, Inc. was not a party to that contract.