diff --git a/ox/imdb.py b/ox/imdb.py
index 374165a..4ec01ab 100644
--- a/ox/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/imdb.py
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ class IMDb:
         parsed_value = parsed_value.replace(director, '')
       if parsed_value.startswith("'s"):
         parsed_value = parsed_value[2:].strip()
-      parsed_value = decodeHtml(parsed_value.strip)()
+      parsed_value = decodeHtml(parsed_value.strip())
     else:
       print value
       parsed_value = value
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class IMDb:
     credits = {}
 
     def getNames(creditList):
-      return [stripTags(c[0]) for c in creditList]
+      return [stripTags(decodeHtml(c[0])) for c in creditList]
 
     credits['director'] = getNames(raw_credits.get('directors', ''))
     credits['writer'] = getNames(raw_credits.get('writers', ''))