what do the roman numerals in a movies credits signify?

Question

at the end of movies when they show the credits, waaaay down at the end there are a bunch of roman numerals. i have also seen these on the credits for tv shows, like M*A*SH, etc. what is the reason for this, or IS there a reason?

Answer 1

Normally, that's the year the program was filmed, set in Roman numerics. That was a set condition of AFTRA (American Film Television Radio Association--the actors union) for film producers to do that, citing historic archival reasons.

Today, the Roman numerics are gone.

Answer 2

That is the year in roman numerals for example if you see MMVI that's 2006 or MCMXCV is 1995. I think it also has to do with copy right or something like that because i usually see the numbers preceeded by the copyright symbol (the c inside a circle).
I hope i was able answer your question. :)

Answer 3

They are the numbers for the year
M is 1000 so MM is 2000, V is 5
L is 50 C is 100 and X is 10, I is 1so following that
MMVI is 2006 and 1978 is MCMLXXVIII

Answer 4

the present or when the year movie was made v=5 L=50 c=100
m=1000 so 2006 would be mmvi

Answer 5

Like everyone has said, it means the year the movie was made. Here is a conversion site.
http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

Answer 6

It's the year the movie was made.

Answer 7

It's the copyright date, and makes it harder to read and thus seem older. For example, MCMLXXIV is nothing more than 1974.

Answer 8

The year it was released.

Answer 9

Dates or copy right

Answer 10

the year the program was made