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1962 movies

List the films where the yr is 1962 [Show id, title]

SELECT id, title 
FROM movie 
WHERE yr=1962

When was Citizen Kane released?

Give year of 'Citizen Kane'.

SELECT yr 
FROM movie 
WHERE title = 'Citizen Kane'

Star Trek movies

List all of the Star Trek movies, include the id, title and yr (all of these movies include the words Star Trek in the title). Order results by year.

SELECT id, title, yr 
FROM movie 
WHERE LOWER(title) LIKE '%star trek%'
ORDER BY yr

id for actor Glenn Close

What id number does the actor 'Glenn Close' have?

SELECT id
FROM actor 
WHERE name = 'Glenn Close'

id for Casablanca

What is the id of the film 'Casablanca' ?

SELECT id
FROM movie 
WHERE title = 'Casablanca'

Cast list for Casablanca

Obtain the cast list for 'Casablanca'. what is a cast list? (The cast list is the names of the actors who were in the movie.) (Use movieid value you got from the previous question)

SELECT a.name
FROM actor a
JOIN casting c
ON a.id = c.actorid
WHERE c.movieid = 27 

Alien cast list

Obtain the cast list for the film 'Alien'

SELECT a.name
FROM actor a
JOIN casting c
ON a.id = c.actorid
WHERE c.movieid = (SELECT id FROM movie WHERE title = 'Alien')

Harrison Ford movies

List the films in which 'Harrison Ford' has appeared

SELECT m.title
FROM movie m
JOIN casting c
ON m.id = c.movieid
WHERE c.actorid = (SELECT id FROM actor WHERE name = 'Harrison Ford')

Harrison Ford as a supporting actor

List the films where 'Harrison Ford' has appeared - but not in the starring role. [Note: the ord field of casting gives the position of the actor. If ord=1 then this actor is in the starring role]

SELECT m.title
FROM movie m
JOIN casting c
ON m.id = c.movieid
WHERE c.actorid = (SELECT id FROM actor WHERE name = 'Harrison Ford') 
AND c.ord != 1

Lead actors in 1962 movies

List the films together with the leading star for all 1962 films.

SELECT m.title, a.name
FROM movie m
JOIN casting c
ON m.id = c.movieid
JOIN actor a
ON c.actorid = a.id
WHERE m.yr = 1962 AND c.ord = 1

Busy years for Rock Hudson

Which were the busiest years for 'Rock Hudson', show the year and the number of movies he made each year for any year in which he made more than 2 movies.

SELECT m.yr, COUNT(m.id) as movie_cnt
FROM movie m
JOIN casting c
ON m.id = c.movieid
JOIN actor a
ON c.actorid = a.id
WHERE a.name = 'Rock Hudson'
GROUP BY m.yr
HAVING COUNT(m.id) > 2

Lead actor in Julie Andrews movies

List the film title and the leading actor for all of the films 'Julie Andrews' played in. Did you get "Little Miss Marker twice"?

SELECT m.title, a.name
FROM movie m
JOIN casting c ON m.id = c.movieid
JOIN actor a ON a.id = c.actorid 
WHERE c.movieid IN (SELECT movieid 
                FROM casting 
                WHERE actorid = (SELECT id 
                                FROM actor 
                                WHERE name = 'Julie Andrews'))
AND c.ord = 1;

Actors with 15 leading roles

Obtain a list, in alphabetical order, of actors who've had at least 15 starring roles.

SELECT a.name
FROM actor a 
JOIN casting c 
ON a.id = c.actorid 
WHERE c.ord = 1
GROUP BY a.name
HAVING COUNT(c.movieid) >= 15
ORDER BY a.name

released in the year 1978

List the films released in the year 1978 ordered by the number of actors in the cast, then by title.

SELECT m.title, COUNT(c.actorid) AS num_actors
FROM movie m
JOIN casting c ON m.id = c.movieid
JOIN actor a ON c.actorid = a.id
WHERE m.yr = 1978
GROUP BY m.title
ORDER BY COUNT(c.actorid) DESC , m.title

with 'Art Garfunkel'

List all the people who have worked with 'Art Garfunkel'.

SELECT a.name
FROM movie m
JOIN casting c ON m.id = c.movieid
JOIN actor a ON c.actorid = a.id
WHERE m.id IN (SELECT DISTINCT movieid 
                FROM casting 
                WHERE actorid = (SELECT id 
                                FROM actor 
                                WHERE name = 'Art Garfunkel'))
AND a.name != 'Art Garfunkel'