[Tutor] Has anyone already done a python parser for the IMDB datafiles?

[R. Alan Monroe]

I recently discovered their data files are available for download:
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/misc/movies/database/

But they're not (I was VERY surprised to find) in any kind of
well-defined format. It looks like someone basically typed them into a
text editor. Just glancing at it, it looks like:

actor 1<bunch of tabs> movie 1 (year) (media) [role] <billing>
<bunch of tabs>        movie 2 (year) [role] <billing>
<bunch of tabs>        movie 3 etc.

actor 2<bunch of tabs> movie 1
<bunch of tabs>        movie 2
<bunch of tabs>        movie 3

The fields after the movie appear to be optional, there may be others
I overlooked. I didn't get any matches on Parnassus or Uselesspython,
searching for "imdb". Probably wouldn't be too hard to cobble
something together, but maybe it's already been done somewhere?

Alan