diff --git a/ox/imdb.py b/ox/imdb.py
index f426b3d..6aa35ed 100644
--- a/ox/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/imdb.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def getRawMovieData(imdbId):
   return data
 
 def getMovieInfo(imdbId):
-  data = getUrl(getUrlBase(imdbId))
+  data = getUrlUnicode(getUrlBase(imdbId))
   soup = BeautifulSoup(data)
   info = dict()
   info['poster'] = findRe(data, 'name="poster".*?<img .*?src="(.*?)"')