Film (MLA)

Works cited entry (emphasis on title)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, performances by Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, and Naomi Watts, Fox Searchlight, 2014.

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Works cited entry (emphasis on director)

Scott, Ridley, director. The Martian. Performances by Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, and Kate Mara, Twentieth Century Fox, 2015.

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  • Generally, begin the entry with the title, followed by the director and lead performers, as in the first example.
  • If your paper emphasizes one or more people involved with the film, you may begin with those names, as in the second example.

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