# create and instance of the IMDb class
from imdb import IMDb
ia = IMDb()
# get a movie and print its director(s)
the_matrix = ia.get_movie('0133093')
print(the_matrix['director'])
# show all the information sets avaiable for Movie objects
print(ia.get_movie_infoset())
# update a Movie object with more information
ia.update(the_matrix, ['technical'])
# show which keys were added by the information set
print(the_matrix.infoset2keys['technical'])
# print one of the new keys
print(the_matrix.get('cinematographic process'))
# search for a person
for person in ia.search_person('Mel Gibson'):
print(person.personID, person['name'])
# get the first result of a company search,
# update it to get the basic information
ladd_company = ia.search_company('The Ladd Company')[0]
ia.update(ladd_company)
# show the available information and print some
print(ladd_company.keys())
print(ladd_company.get('production companies'))
# get 5 movies tagged with a keyword
dystopia = ia.get_keyword('dystopia', results=5)
# get a Character object
deckard = ia.search_character('Rick Deckard')[0]
ia.update(deckard)
print(deckard['full-size headshot'])
# get top250 and bottom100 movies
top250 = ia.get_top250_movies()
bottom100 = ia.get_bottom100_movies()
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