MLA Works Cited Entries

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MLA Works Cited Entries

• Overview Films, Videos, and DVDs and Radio and
  Television Programs

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Film

• Mr. Death The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter,
  Jr. Dir. Errol Morris.
• Lion's Gate, 1999.
• Begin with the title, underlined. For a film,
  cite the director (preceded by "Dir."),
• You may also cite the screenwriter, producer, and
  the lead actors (preceded by "Perf.") or narrator
  (preceded by "Narr.") if relevant (these were not
  included in this entry because it is a
  documentary).
• Follow with the name of the distributor and the
  year of the film's release.  

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Film

• Gone with the Wind. Dir. Victor Fleming. Prod.
  David O. Selznik.
• Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Perf. Vivien
  Leigh and
• Clark Gable. Based on the novel by Margaret
  Mitchell.
• MGM, 1939.
• After the title of the film and its director, the
  amount of information that you give in an entry
  for a film depends on its relevance.
• If the film is based on a literary work of the
  same name, you can indicate this before the
  distributor. If the film and the literary work
  have the same title, simply say Based on the . .
  . by . . . .

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Film

• Jordan, Neil, dir. The Company of Wolves.
  Screenplay by Angela
• Carter and Neil Jordan. Perf. Angela Lansbury,
  
• David Warner, and Graham Crowden. Based on the
  story
• by Angela Carter. Palace Productions, 1984.
• If the work of the screenwriter, director, or an
  actor is the primary focus of your paper, you may
  begin with this person's name, followed by his or
  her role, followed by the title of the film. 

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Videocassette or DVD

• High Fidelity. Dir. Stephen Frears. Perf. John
  Cusack and Iben
• Hjejle. 2000. Videocassette. Walt Disney Video,
  2001.
• Winslett, Kate, perf. Titanic. Dir. James
  Cameron. 1997. DVD.
• Paramount, 1998.
• An entry for a film reproduced on videocassette
  or DVD begins the same way that an entry for a
  film begins.
• Put videocassette or DVD in front of the name
  of the distributor, followed by the year the
  video or DVD was released.

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Television Program

• "Ghosts of Rwanda." Frontline. PBS. WGBH, Boston.
  1 April 2004.
• Begin with the title of the television episode
  (if there is one) in quotation marks.
• Follow with the title of the program, italicized
  or underlined.
• Next, give relevant information (if you have it)
  about the program's writer ("By"), director
  ("Dir."), performers ("Perf."), or host ("Host").
  
• Next, name the network.
• If the program was broadcast on a local station,
  give its call numbers and city (follow with the
  states abbreviation if the city is not well
  known).
• Give the day, month and year the program was
  broadcast.
• If the network is very well known, you have the
  option of using its well-known abbreviation, like
  PBS for the Public Broadcasting Corporation.

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Television or Radio Interview

• Clinton, Hilary Rodham. Interview with Ted
  Koppel. Nightline.
• ABC. WCIV, Charleston, SC. 5 June 2003.
• Begin with the name of the interview subject.
• Follow with interview with (not in quotation
  marks) and the name of the interviewer (if
  known). If the interview has an actual title, use
  that instead, enclosed in quotation marks.
• Finish the way you would with any other
  television or radio program.

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Radio Program

• "Live in 4A Konstantin Soukhovetski."
  Performance Today.
• National Public Radio. KVRP. Bakersfield. 2
  May 2002.
• Begin with the title of the radio segment in
  quotation marks.
• Follow with the title of the program, italicized
  or underlined.
• Next, give relevant information (if you have it)
  about the program's writer ("By"), director
  ("Dir."), performers ("Perf."), or host ("Host").
  
• Next, name the network.
• If the program was broadcast on a local station,
  give its call numbers and city (and the states
  abbreviation if the city is not well known).
• Give the day, month and year the program was
  broadcast.
• If the network is very well known, you have the
  option of using its well-known abbreviation, like
  NPR for National Public Radio.