Movie Buffs: Credits question

I know David Chase wanted to do no closing credits on the final episode of The Sopranos, just go to black, and the union people threatened action.
What a bunch of douches. Nobody besides the third assistant hair dresser's mom gives a shit who the third assistant hair dresser is.

 

Not exactly on subject, but the NY Times had a story a month or so about how long some credits are getting, partly because of contractural obligations. CGI epics like Avatar can have end credits that go well past the 10-minute mark, IIRC.

They went to a theater and talked to the one person who sat through them all. "I just like to get my money's worth," he said.

As to the director's credit, I think it must have been the `30s or so when they got listed last.

 

I'm guessing the dawn of imdb was also when people started walking out and not watching the credits. They figure they can just get the info online. I'm one of those people who loves to sit and watch the credits, see what the music is, see where it was filmed, etc. Thankfully, the fiance also is. It made me so happy the first time we went to a movie in a theater and he wanted to stay, too.

 

Here's the story I was talking about (and slightly misremembered).

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/movies/11CRED.html?pagewanted=1