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Nina does not shoot Teri. In the second one, Nina shoots her but
Teri does not die. Finally, the one that was aired showed Nina shoot
and kill Teri. The first ending is available as an extra on the
season one DVDs.
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- In the final episode of Day 1 (11pm - 12pm), Nina Myers' laptop
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- 'Reiko Aylesworth' originally auditioned for the role of Nina Myers.
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- All cast members are required to have their hair trimmed every five
days.
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- The name on the mailbox next to Tintin's is 'Hergé' (qv).
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storyline. This is a reference to 'Hergé' (qv).
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- In the second season, plans were afoot to have 'Alan Alda' (qv)
and/or other veterans of the original series appear in order to
boost the show's ratings, but the series was cancelled before any of
these plans were finalized.
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- Although it was never mentioned in the show, Merrin Dungey has said
that Francie's restaurant was called Deep Inside.
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# "Amerika" (1987) (mini)
- This was developed in direct response to
_Day After, The (1983) (TV)_ (qv) which conservatives regarded as
left-wing propaganda.
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# "Angling Unlimited" (2001)
- One of the hosts, 'Leslie Tsang' (qv), actually gets seasick.
- The filming schedule is usually from 4am to 1am the next morning.
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Brainy," "Where's Lon Chaney?", and "Dana Delaney."
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- The boardroom is on the same floor as the suite the contestants are
staying in. So the contestants don't take an elevator up as Donald
tells them to.
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"Working Without a Net" is the title of Ellison's planned
autobiography, but does not exist as of today (2004). According to
J. Michael Straczynski, Ellison borrowed the prop and carried it
around for a short while to make people think they had missed it
when it came out.
# "Bachelor Gaye, The" (1971)
- A series of eight episodes were planned but the show was cancelled
after five.
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# "Bat Masterson" (1958)
- 'Dyan Cannon' (qv) made her first prime-time television appearance
in the episode "Lady Luck", broadcast on 5 November 1959.
- 'William Conrad' (qv) made his first dramatic television appearance
in the episode "Stampede at Tent City", broadcast on 29 October
1958.
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# "Bob" (1992)
- During the run of his previous series, _"Newhart" (1982)_ (qv), Bob
Newhart appeared on
_"Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The" (1962)_ (qv) and joked
with 'Johnny Carson' (qv) that since other permutations of his name
had already been used for TV show titles, his next series would
probably just be called "Bob" - which is exactly what happened.
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- The songs "We Can Make the World a Little Brighter", "Time to
Change", "Sunshine Day" and "Keep On" were originally performed on
_"Brady Bunch, The" (1969)_ (qv) and were later used on this show.
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# "Brass Eye" (1997)
- An untransmitted pilot episode of Brass Eye called "Torque TV"
exists, though for some reason it was never included on the Brass
Eye DVD. It was made in 1995 by Morris and the rest of the crew.
Most of the material in "Torque..." was re-used for the Animals
episode of the Brass Eye series, but there are several scenes that
are either unique to "Torque...", or were edited down for inclusion
in the series. Of note is an entirely excised interview between
David Jatt (Chris Morris) and Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, ex-editor of
The Sunday Telegraph talking about domestic hippos; an extended
WOFDCAP sequence in which the animal rights activists have a
telephone conversation with Martin Amis about the plight of Karla
the elephant; a thrilling look at how animals are gaining respect,
including the heartwarming tale of a mouse that saved a drowning
tramp; an extended sequence in which Dr. Jonathan Kwattes explains
why all animals are vegetarian - even the carnivores - to a press
conference; a heartfelt plea from murderous scamp Reggie Kray, and
an extended interview with Carla Lane.
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- w0.In the third season finale, Faith appears to Buffy in a dream,
and tells her she's "counting down from 7-3-0". Joss Whedon planted
that as a clue as to what would happen two years later in the fifth
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- _"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)_ (qv) star
'William L. Petersen' (qv) was offered the chance to produce this
show, but declined.
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- Somewhere in every episode in the second season their could be seen
the same man in the background of certain scenes awkwardly dancing
"The Robot".
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# "Charles in Charge" (1984)
- Charles's last name is never mentioned on the show - in fact,
sometimes the writers went out of their way to avoid mentioning his
(or his mother's) surname.
- 'Ellen Travolta' (qv), who plays Charles's mother Lillian,
previously played Charles "Chachi" Arcola's mother in
_"Happy Days" (1974)_ (qv) and _"Joanie Loves Chachi" (1982)_ (qv).
Both Charleses were played by 'Scott Baio' (qv).
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- Rebecca's nickname in college was "Backseat Beckie".
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- Ed's father is called Appledelhi Siniz Hesap L?tfen. In Turkish
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- 'Dick Van Dyke' (qv) initially objected to having
'Mary Tyler Moore' (qv) on the series, because he felt that she was
too young to convincingly play his wife.
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- 'Jack Albertson' (qv) was so disgusted at the cheap, slipshod way
this show was produced that he actually pulled out of it halfway
into its first season, after seeing a particularly bad set of
rushes. Reminded that he still had a contract, he said, "After what
I just saw up there, no jury in the world would convict me." He
received his release shortly thereafter.
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character of the Hierarchy race from Star Trek Voyager's episode
"Tinker, Tenor, Doctor Spy". However, the name of the character in
the Star Trek Voyager episode was only used in the script.
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However, when the first two episodes of season three, "The Xindi"
and "Anomaly" reaired, in the first episode, the "Star Trek" was
added to the show title, while the second remained "Enterprise".
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- The first member of the cast to get a role in a Hollywood film was
Marcel the Monkey.
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members never to have hosted _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_.
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'Christina Applegate' (qv) and 'Paul Rudd (I)' (qv)have guest
starred on episodes of the show after doing a film with one of the
regular cast members. Willis and Applegate won Emmys for their guest
turns.
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surname - Anastassakis - which became Aniston after her family moved
from Greece to New York
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- Chandler's parents, Charles and Nora Bing, were named after the
favorite Thin Man series character Nora Charles; one half of a very
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- In "The One with the Ball" (episode 5.21), Chandler visits Phoebe's
boyfriend Gary (Michael Rapaport) at his Precinct. When they sit at
Gary's desk, a blackboard with names written in blue chalk is
prominent behind his head. All of the names on the blackboard are
references to or characters from the films of 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv)
(Alex, Dim, Hal, Kissoff, even Redrum).
- In "The One With the Ride-Along", Ross says to Joey and Chandler
"I'm more cop than you two". This is another reference to David
Schwimmer's stint on NYPD Blue.
- "Insomnia Café" was another name considered for the title.
- Central Perk is based on the Manhattan Cafe in New York's West
Village.
- The opening footage of the cast dancing around the fountain was
filmed at the Warner Brothers lot in LA at 5 in the morning.
- In the opening credits to part-two of the Vegas story line, all of
the names in the opening (actors and crew) were changed to have
"Arquette" at the end of them, a gag on Courtney Cox-Arquette who
had just recently married 'David Arquette' (qv).
- In the episode when Chandler and Monica get married, after they are
pronounced husband and wife song is being played with violins. The
song is "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters.
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- In the unaired pilot episode, 'John Posey' (qv) plays the role of
Danny Tanner. By the time the series went to air, 'Bob Saget' (qv)
landed the role.
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# "Gang strømer..., Een" (1987)
- In episode 1, 'Thorkild Thyrring' (qv) is the driver of the blue
Ford Sierra whereas 'Erik Høyer' (qv) drives the green Toyota (the
police vehicle). The jump where the Toyota lands on its front bumper
almost flipped it onto its roof. This was far from intentional.
Thorkild Thyrring first tried the jump successfully, and Erik Høyer
inquired of him: "How fast do you go?". "About 60 km/h is fine",
Thorkild replied. However, the Ford Sierra had rear wheel drive
whereas the Toyota had front wheel drive. Therefore, the difference
between the two vehicles when performing the jump was so great that
it nearly caused a serious accident. However, the Toyota eventually
landed back on its wheels, and the director decided to keep the
shot. This "unsuccessful" jump is therefore the one shown in the
series.
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- Was Disney's most popular cartoon show.
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which is also the name of Platt's character in _North by Northwest
(1959)_(qv).
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- Max's "shoe phone" was a Florsheim size 9-D shoe for the left foot.
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- Agent 99's real name is never revealed, not even when she marries
Smart, after which was is occasionally referred to as Mrs. Smart. In
one episode her name was said to be Susan Hilton, however she later
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later revival _"Get Smart" (1995)_(qv).
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condition that 'Don Adams (I)' (qv) play the role of Smart.
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- 'Barbara Feldon' (qv) was two inches taller than
'Don Adams (I)' (qv). In order to make it appear that Adams was
Taller than Feldon, Adams would either stand on a small platform or
Feldon would stoop down. Also, for most of the show's run, Feldon
wore mostly flat heeled shoes and very rarely wore high heels.
- 'Don Adams (I)' (qv), suffering from exhaustion, had himself written
out of an episode during the final season. He was replaced in that
episode by his good friend 'Bill Dana' (qv), who played C.I.A. agent
Quigley.
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related." 'Robert Karvelas' (qv) who plays Larrabee was
'Don Adams (I)' (qv)' cousin.
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Yarmy. Series star 'Don Adams (I)' (qv)' true last name, in fact,
was Yarmy.
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- The red convertible driven by 'Don Adams (I)' (qv) in the opening
credits for the first two seasons is a 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Mark I, it
came standard with a Ford 260 V8 engine. The car was used in several
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- Nell's middle name is Ruth, which, in reality, was also
'Nell Carter (I)' (qv)'s middle name.
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- When the actresses trying out for the part of Dorothy, the
description of the character was "a Bea Arthur-esque role".
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- The only member of Gomer's platoon to get a promotion was Duke
Slater. He was promoted to corporal in the final season.
- 'Jim Nabors' (qv) said that it was always difficult for him to watch
the opening of the show because many of the men that he is seen
marching with were killed in Vietnam.
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"filet mignon"). Mignon, was still "present" in Season 2, although
not a lot of screen time.
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- Pinky and her TV sister Leather's name Tuscadero was taken from the
real-life town of Atascadero, in California. Leather was played by
singer/bass guitarist 'Suzi Quatro' (qv), who'd achieved pop stardom
in England and wanted to bring her career back to America.
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- Marion was an archeology major in college.
- The name of the garage that Fonzie worked in was Bronko's.
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# "Hellsing" (2002)
- In episode 11, an SAS solider says that Bokken Castle reminds him of
a ghost story about "....The end of World War II, and a castle in
Transylvania, and the devil that lived there." This is a reference
to the F. Paul Wilson Novel (and Movie) 'The Keep'. Incedentally,
there is a character in the episode named 'Paul Wilson'
- The way Incogneto is impaled at the end of the final episode, is the
way that Vlad Tepes impaled his victims.
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# "Howdy Doody" (1954)
- 'James Doohan' (qv) was originally cast as Timber Tom but wanted
more money than the CBC was prepared to pay and so was replaced by
Mews, who couldn't appear for the first week of the show and was
temporarily replaced as host by 'William Shatner' (qv) as Ranger
Bob.
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- 'Frank Nelson' (qv) appeared on the show in various roles, including
that of game show host Freddy Filmore. During the final season he
took on the occasional role of Betty Ramsey's husband Ralph.
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# "In Living Color" (1990)
- The pilot episode began with a skit entitled "Love Connection",
starring 'Keenen Ivory Wayans' (qv) as 'Mike Tyson',
'Jim Carrey' (qv) as 'Chuck Woolery', and 'Kim Coles' (qv) as 'Robin
Givens'.
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- A couple of episodes on the show acted as the pilots for the short
lived series _"Sarge" (1971)_ (qv) and _"Amy Prentiss" (1974)_ (qv).
- In many of the early episodes, Ironside and his team would drive
around in an armored car. However, during the second season they
replaced it with his more familiar van.
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- 'K.J. Steinberg' (qv) originated the role of Gina Tribbiani (played
in this series by 'Drea De Matteo' (qv)) in the
_"Friends" (1994)_ (qv) episode "The One Where Chandler Can't
Remember Which Sister".
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# "Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992)
- 'Tom Snyder (I)' (qv) appeared as himself on the show as a candidate
for the hosting job for a proposed talk show to follow Larry's. As a
direct result of this appearance, 'David Letterman' (qv)'s Worldwide
Pants production company hired Snyder to host
_"Late Late Show with Tom Snyder, The (1995)" ()_ (qv), a talk show
developed to follow Letterman's.
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'Charles Grodin (I)' (qv), 'Regis Philbin' (qv) (2 times),
'Paul Shaffer' (qv) (3 times), 'David Brenner (II)' (qv) (2 times),
'Tom Snyder (I)' (qv) (2 times), 'Tom Arnold (I)' (qv),
'Bill Cosby' (qv), 'Kathie Lee Gifford' (qv), 'Nathan Lane' (qv),
'Janeane Garofalo' (qv), and 'Dana Carvey' (qv); in 2003, as he
recuperated from the Shingles: 'Bruce Willis' (qv),
'John McEnroe' (qv), 'Regis Philbin' (qv), 'Whoopi Goldberg' (qv),
'Vince Vaughn' (qv), 'Elvis Costello' (qv), 'Will Ferrell' (qv),
'Megan Mullally' (qv), 'Brad Garrett (I)' (qv),
'Tom Dreesen (I)' (qv), 'Bonnie Hunt' (qv), 'Paul Shaffer' (qv),
'Bill Cosby' (qv), and 'Luke Wilson (I)' (qv). Guest hosts who
filled in for David Letterman in June for no apparent reason ("Tired
Ass Syndrome"): 'Tom Arnold (I)' (qv), 'Tom Green (III)' (qv),
'Kelsey Grammer' (qv), and 'Jimmy Fallon' (qv). In November 2003,
'Paul Shaffer' (qv) filled in for Dave because of his girlfriend's
(Regina Lasko) delivery of their baby, Harry Joseph.
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- 'Tom Arnold (I)' (qv) is the first guest host to fill in for David
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- The characters of Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call are modeled after
cattlemen Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight, respectively. Upon
the death of their scout, an escaped slave named Bose Ikard,
Goodnight carved a sign for his grave, just as Call does for Joshua
Deets. Loving died of blood poisoning from Indian arrows, just like
McCrae. Upon his death, Goodnight carried his body back to Texas for
burial, just as Call does for Augustus.
- The set for Ogalalla, Nebraska was originally a set built for
_Silverado (1985)_ (qv), which also starred 'Danny Glover' (qv).
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- Tom Selleck's commitment to the series forced him to turn down the
lead role in _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv).
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'Edward Asner' (qv) gave a terrible reading at his first audition
and insisted on a second chance. 'Jack Cassidy (I)' (qv) was
considered for the role of Ted Baxter. Cassidy later guest starred
as Ted's brother.
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- Joel and Dr. Forrester were originally employees of "Gizmonic
Institute". When Joel Hodgson left the show, he wanted to use the
word "gizmonic" (for which he already owned the trademark) for his
own projects, and so the show's backstory was changed to omit all
references to Gizmonic Institute.
- Many of the "inventions" offered in the Invention Exchanges were
created by Joel Hodgson for his stand-up act years before.
- Until his departure in Season 6, 'Frank Coniff' (qv) who played
"T.V.'s Frank" was the one mainly responsible for choosing the
movies to be watched.
- After the credits, a five second clip from the movie that has just
been watched is shown. These have been called "stingers" by the cast
and crew, and highlight a particularly stupid moment in the movie.
The first stinger aired with episode 205 "Rocket Attack USA", it
featured a blind man saying "Help me."
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- In one episode, "Stuart" played by 'Blair McDonough' (qv) is asked
to participate in a reality show set in Ramsary Street, but he
rejects the offer, saying he doesn't believe in reality TV.
McDonough was the runner-up of the first Australian Big Brother
season in 2001, on the same network.
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- In the tradition of a repertory theater company, each episode
featured predominantly the same ensemble of guest actors, cast as
different characters in each episode/story.
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# "Number 96" (1980)
- This TV show was based on the Australian TV show of the same name.
The American "Number 96" was, however, nowhere near as successful
(or controversial) as the original.
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- With the exception of Jackson Vayhue, none of the inmates who
survived until the end of the series ever made it out of Oz. The
ones who were paroled (Beecher, Poet, Sipple) all returned to the
prison shortly after they were released.
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- Alistair Crane's face is never seen.
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# "Power Rangers Zeo" (1996)
- "Zeo" originally was to stand for "Zordon of Eltar's Odyssey", in
reference to the Power Rangers' alien mentor. It was changed to just
an alien term for a power crystal, which was introduced in the
latter part of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers."
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# "Quest, The" (1976)
- Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson costarred the following season (after
The Quest was cancelled) in the "Deadly Doubles" episode of Hawaii
Five-O.
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- The show was originally taped a few nights in advance and then
broadcast on Monday night. In later years it would be shown live on
the Eastern and Central time zones and shown on a tape delayed basis
in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.
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# "Remember This Date" (1950)
- This was the very first daytime game show to run on NBC Television.
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- Very little of the music used on the show was composed specifically
for it; most of the music was compiled from stock recordings of
various classical compositions, the works of jazz composer
'Raymond Scott' (qv) (whose works are often used as background music
for cartoons), and vintage "mood music" tracks from the library of
British production music company KPM (composed in the '50s and '60s
by such people as 'C. King Palmer' (qv), 'Laurie Johnson' (I) (qv)
and 'Jack Beaver' (qv)).
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- 'James Garner' (qv)'s name in "The Rockford Files" was James Scott
Rockford. Garner's full name in real life is James Scott
(Baum)Garner
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- Angel worked in the morgue (library) of a local newspaper.
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# "Rocky and His Friends" (1959)
- Representatives for Red Skelton contacted the producers claiming
that Bullwinkle's voice was an unauthorized use of a character voice
created and owned by Skelton for his character "Clem
Kadiddlehopper". Jay Ward responded by having a segment on the show
where Bullwinkle would address the issue... in a voice that was a
deliberate imitation of Clem Kadiddlehopper.
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- Sometimes, posters for the comic book "The Sandman" can be seen in
Darlene's bedroom. These were suggested by then-writer
'Joss Whedon' (qv).
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- Chico, Julio's goat, was actually a female.
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Martin (13 times), John Goodman (12 times), Alec Baldwin (11 times),
Buck Henry (10 times), Chevy Chase (9 times), Tom Hanks (7 times),
Christopher Walken (6 times), Danny DeVito (6 times), Elliot Gould
(6 times), Candice Bergen (5 times), Bill Murray (5 times), and Paul
Simon (5 times).
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- The 11 March 1978 show included a short film called "Don't Look Back
in Anger", which featured 'John Belushi' (qv) portraying himself as
an old man. He goes to a cemetery where his former Saturday Night
co-stars are buried, and mentions that "They all thought that I'd be
the first one to go." (He explains that he outlived them all
"...because I'm a dancer.") In reality, Belushi actually was the
first member of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players to die, almost
exactly four years after that show aired.
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- The word "fuck" has been said four times live on the air: during a
sketch in the mid-'70s, 'Paul Shaffer' (qv) said "Fucking" instead
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who the fuck did it" during a "Who Shot JR?" parody; by host
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sketch; and by 'Norm Macdonald' (qv), who accidentally said, "What
the fuck was that?" after flubbing a line during an installment of
"Weekend Update".
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# "Screaming Yellow Theatre" (1970)
- 'Mike Bacarella' (qv), who designed Sven's make-up, also built the
DurWood ventriloquist dummy.
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- 'Kenny Johnson (I)' (qv) originally auditioned for the role of the
doomed Detective Terry Crowley. Johnson impressed series creator
Shawn Ryan so much, that the character of Detective Curtis
"Lemonhead" Lemansky was created for him.
- FX originally balked at the hiring of 'Walt Goggins' (qv) as a
regular cast member. In order to convince the network executives to
hire him, the episodes "Our Gang" and "The Spread" were specifically
rewritten in order to showcase Walt's acting abilities in hopes of
him being hired as a full-time cast member. These episodes convinced
FX to give the go-ahead to hire him as a full-time cast member
though because of the delays in finalizing his contract, the Shane
character was written out of three episodes with the Vic Mackey
character partnered up with fellow cast member Kenneth Johnson
("Dawg Days" and "Throwaway") or assisting Detectives Wyms and
Wagenbach on case ("Cherrypoppers").
- The season one episode "Throwaway" was written specifically as a
spotlight episode for 'Kenny Johnson (I)' (qv).
- In the original pitch of the series to FX, the members of the Strike
Team were supposed to be background characters and that the
character of Vic Mackey would mainly interact with the other
characters. However, after casting Walt Goggins and Kenneth Johnson
as members of the Strike Team, it was decided to make the Strike
Team members a regular part of the series.
- The decision to kill off 'Reed Diamond' (qv)'s character Detective
Crowley in the pilot episode was done specifically to shock viewers
and make them hate the Vic Mackey character. To keep the surprise
twist a secret, Reed Diamond's name is in the opening credits of the
episode and clips of him from the pilot where heavily featured in
commercials for the series in order to create the illusion that
Diamond would be a major character in the series.
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- In the original Japanese, the Angels are referred to as "shito",
which can be translated as "disciple" or "apostle". The actual
Japanese word is "tenshi". Occasionally, English text would be used
in the series, and the Angels were referred to as angels in print.
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corresponding with Selma while still in prison. ["Dear inmate
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criticizes a character by saying "Worst episode ever!" and "Worst
[action] ever!" in reference to the TV critic's article.
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- Donut Shop - Lard Lad Donuts
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"Dooooh..." from 'Stan Laurel' (qv) and 'Oliver Hardy' (qv) and made
it quicker for animation.
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- Series creator Matt Groening had his name removed in protest from
the credits of the episode "A Star Is Burns", in which Jay Sherman
from "The Critic" visits Springfield.
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"sci-fi" enough for his tastes.
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Mistaken for the heir, Colin asks if he can "... buy that channel
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- In episode 4.22, "Revelations", the science fiction author's name,
Isaac Clarke, is a tribute to real-world science fiction authors
'Isaac Asimov' (qv) and 'Arthur C. Clarke' (qv), who enjoyed an
acerbic but friendly rivalry throughout their careers.
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- In the episode "Rosetta" the musical score for Dr. Virgil Swann is
"The Fortress of Solitude" and "Main Theme" from Superman (1978),
originally composed by John Williams.
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- Butter's birthday is 11 September.
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- During production all files relating to spooks were labeled "Prawn"
to "throw people off the scent".
- The scene in episode 1 ("Thou Shalt Not Kill") where the cat escapes
from the house was based o a real MI5 training exercise, as was the
scene in series 2 episode 1 ("Legitimate Targets") where an old
school friend almost identified Zoe whilst she was on an op.
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- Throughout episode 2-20, "Bells and a Siren", Dan jokes that his
young publicist should be at home watching _"Felicity" (1998)_ (qv).
Felicity was produced by 'Ron Howard' (qv), 'Brian Grazer' (qv) and
'Tony Krantz' (qv) - the same team responsible for this show.
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- Mr. Spock was played as much more emotional and "human" in the
original rejected pilot, "The Cage". This is very noticeable during
the flashback sequences of the two-part episode, "The Menagerie".
The flashbacks were simply scenes from the original pilot, re-edited
into the new episodes.
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- Characters who "have a bad feeling about this": Obi-Wan Kenobi
(Chapter 11) and Padmé Amidala (Chapter 16).
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signature "D'oh!" He also uses other Homerisms, as in episode 1.21,
"Within the Serpent's Grasp", when he responds to a Goa'uld
long-range visual communicator with "Mmmmmm...cool TV". Richard Dean
Anderson is on record saying that The Simpsons is his favorite TV
show.
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- Ford Motor Company actually marketed around 1,000 special edition
Gran Torino hardtops during the 1976 model year with the Starsky and
Hutch paint job - the shape of the white stripe was not the same as
the TV cars; sadly, the Torino was redesigned for 1977 as the LTD
II, with the station wagon the only sole survivor.
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- Every former Survivor player was called for the possibility of
appearing on All-Stars.
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- The longest running detective drama series on British TV, having
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# "Taken" (2002) (mini)
- We see a picture of an abducted couple that Owen Crawford holds in
"High Hopes", the third episode. They are a real life couple that
was submitted to hypnosis after an alleged alien abduction.
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- The character Cameron, played by Heath Freeman actually appeared on
the pilot episode, and he was credited for this. Although he was
just in a scene and didn't make the complete role he was supposed to
do.
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- Several episodes into the sixth season, the show changed from film
to videotape broadcast format. Later in the season, it moved back to
film.
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- The footage that appears on some of the Power Rangers tapes seems to
have come from an unbroadcast pilot. Besides the CGI Professor Hart,
it also included a scene where Jeb got shocked by some of the
equipment in Hart's lab and gained his human-level intelligence. How
Jeb became smart was never discussed in the series.
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- The name of the building that housed the station was the Flimm
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# "Wedding Peach" (1995)
- The Region 1 DVD box set release includes a special bonus parody
episode entitled "Angel Robo Wedding Peach", which parodies both
Wedding Peach and Japanese giant robot anime.
- The series shared members of the production staff with
_"Bishôjo senshi Sailor Moon" (1992)_ (qv), leading to several
stylistic similarities between the two shows.
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- Michael Jackson (the radio host not the singer) appeared on the 7
August 1960 broadcast as a contestant. This was during the time when
he was a disc jockey in San Francisco. He later would gain fame for
his liberal themed radio talk show.
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# "Wonderfalls" (2004)
- Though the show (and the titular shop) is supposedly set on the
American side of the border, every exterior shot of Niagara Falls is
obviously taken from the Canadian side. The city of Niagara Falls,
New York is often seen across the Niagara River which divides the
province of Ontario from the state of New York.
- 13 episodes were produced, but the show was cancelled after only
just four episodes had aired.
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- Episode 04x24 (Gethsemane): "Believe The Lie"
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- The series does not show episode titles on-screen. While this was
not unusual even in 1993 (though it is more commonplace in 2004 when
virtually no American dramatic TV series display episode titles),
what is unusual is that many fans learned episode titles as well as
advance plot information via the Internet. X-Files was one of the
first TV series to be so promoted.
- For the episode "Endgame" (2X17), 'Steven Williams (I)' (qv) (Mr. X)
and 'Mitch Pileggi' (qv) (A.D. Skinner) improvised their famous
elevator fight scene on the spot. During the filming of the sequence
Williams actually broke a knuckle on his right hand from punching
Pileggi.
- In the episode 'Alone' (#8.19), Scully reaches into Mulder's desk
drawer. When she pulls her hand back, you can see the two coins
fused together from the episode "Dreamland". She also gives Doggett
the Apollo 11 medallion from "Max".
- In the episode 'Alone' (#8.19), Agent Leyla Harrison mentions that
their suspect may be 'a liver eating mutant', saying that Mulder and
Scully have killed one. This is a reference to the Season 1 episode
"Tooms".
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the car trip is called "In Paradisum" by Gabriel Fauré.
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# 4 fans fik chancen for at møde 'Vegas folket' på Comedy Zoo i København (2003) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
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# Adventures of D.P. Boys 17: South of the Border (1994) (V)
- 'Adriana Sage' (qv) (as Rosa) was only fourteen when she appeared in
this film.
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# Agnes Browne (1999)
- During the filming of the movie, 'Anjelica Huston' (qv) was
"arrested" on Dublin's Moore Street. She had been convinced by some
of the street stall owners to try doing her sales pitch for real. As
a joke someone informed the local beat Garda that there was someone
selling on Moore Street without a trader's licence. Not recognizing
Huston, the officer in question detained her. He saw the funny side
of it when it was revealed who she was and what she was doing and
let her go
- Brendan O'Carroll, the author of the book on which the film is
based, appears throughout the film as the drunk character first at
the cemetery he is the man who races into the pub for a pint ahead
of the Brown cortege, then he is putting up the Tom Jones posters,
then he is on the bridge where Agnes and the Frenchman stop on their
date and finally the character who asks who the owner of the fancy
car is at the end
# Agnes Dei (1994)
- This film was never finished.
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# Akitsu onsen (1962)
- 'Yoshishige Yoshida' (qv)'s first collaboration with his future
wife, legendary Japanese actress 'Mariko Okada' (qv).
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- 'Val Kilmer' (qv) gained over 50 pounds and stopped working out for
the plump role of Philip.
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- The screenplay adaptation was heavily influenced by the then-recent
'Eva Le Gallienne' (qv)-Florida Friebus Broadway version of the
novel, which had premiered onstage in 1932, starring Ms. Le
Gallienne as the White Queen and featuring Josephine Hutchinson in
the leading role of Alice.
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# Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy (1912)
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# All the Kids Do It (1984) (TV)
- The production company, JZM Productions, was a small company set up
by 'Henry Winkler ' (qv)and Roger Birnbaum for these sort of
projects aimed at kids. The "J, Z & M" referred to Henry's children:
Jed, Zoe and Max.
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to return. He died shortly after filming.
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# Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (TV)
- This is the only film in the series not to be based on anything
actually written by 'Lucy Maude Montgomery' (qv).
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- 'Olivia Hussey' (qv) was the first choice for the role of Anne, but
she turned the role down due to personal problems she was dealing
with at the time.
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- 'Carol Burnett' (qv) had chin implant surgery after principal
filming was completed, believing her work on the film was done. But
after the surgery the cast was called back to do re-shoots of
certain scenes, and the work done can be seen in the final film.
- 'Theoni V. Aldredge' (qv) was also the costume designer of the
original stage production of this musical.
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- As Luella walks past the television in the safe house, the movie
being played is _Stakeout (1987)_ (qv)
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- In the original script and the shooting of some scenes, Colonel
Kurtz was originally to be called Colonel "Leevy". When Harrison
Ford says the line "pick up Colonel Kurtz path at Nue ma bow", you
can se his mouth doesn't match the word "Kurtz" (indicating it was
re-dubbed). (see the Alternate Versions)
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# Apple (1995)
- Director Packard lived in a tent for two years on the big isle of
Hawaii in order to complete this film.
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- _"Family Ties" (1982)_ (qv) is playing on the TV when spiders start
crawling over the screen.
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devastated by nuclear war. The more heroic S-Mart ending was filmed
after the original ending was deemed too depressing.
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- The tones dialed for Lo Kee Battery, the Gentleman's Club, are the
first few notes of the tune to "Yankee Doodle".
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# Austerlitz (1960)
- In the 1920s, 'Abel Gance' (qv) had written a six-part movie
biography of Napoleon. He shot the first part
(_Napoléon (1927)_ (qv)), which turned out to be a financial
disaster. He sold the sixth part to 'Lupu Pick' (qv) who shot
_Napoleon auf St. Helena (1929)_ (qv). Wanting to make a come back
at the end of the fifties, he rewrote the third part to make it
"Austerlitz".
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# Autumn Heart (2003)
- Throughout scenes on board the train, 'Andrew Elkin' (qv) can be
seen apparently motionless in thought behind James. The truth is, he
was attempting a particularly tricky course on Super Mario Kart,
using director 'Andrew Davidson (II)' (qv)'s Gameboy Advance, and
hadn't noticed that a scene was taking place.
- Many of the additional cast worked with 'Andrew Davidson (II)' (qv)
and 'Katherine Reeve (II)' (qv) at the Odeon Cinema in
Stoke-on-Trent.
- Production was stopped for six weeks because an accident before
filming commenced at the location rendered the train carriage
unusable.
- The film was written especially for 'Darren McAree' (qv).
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- 'Gwyneth Paltrow' (qv) was originally signed on to play Ava Gardner
but dropped out.
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- When Babe is in his hotel room his door opens and reveals the room
number across the hall to be room #714 - an obvious reference to the
total number of home runs the Babe hit during his career.
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- Doc mentions to Marty that he visited a rejuvenation clinic in the
future to make him appear younger. This was written so that 'Lloyd,
Christopher'(qv) would not have to constantly wear old-age makeup
for the two sequels, since he would primarily be portraying the 1985
incarnation of Doc.
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"Statler Toyota" in 1985. In 1955, "Statler Motors Studebaker" is
visible near the Town theatre.
- The name on the manure wagon in 1885 reads "A. Jones". In
_Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv), the name on the manure truck from
1955 reads "D. Jones".
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- DIRTRADE('Robert Zemeckis' (qv)): [citation]: When Marty walks along
the railroad tracks and finally reaches the town, he comes to the
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- Actor and former President 'Ronald Reagan (I)' (qv) was originally
approached to play the part of Mayor Hubert because of his fondness
for the first film in the trilogy. He reluctantly turned down the
role, and the part went to Hugh Gillin instead.
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- DIRTRADE('Francis, Coleman' (qv)): [location]: Yucca Mountain
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- DIRTRADE('Francis, Coleman' (qv)): [location]: Yucca Flats airstrip
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- DIRTRADE('Francis, Coleman' (qv)): [props]: Light aircraft used to
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- DIRTRADE('Francis, Coleman' (qv)): [vigilante shooting]: The slender
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- DIRTRADE('Francis, Coleman' (qv)): [coffee as calming influence]:
The patrolmen relax by having coffee.
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- This is the last feature film that longtime Disney studio
songwriters 'Richard M. Sherman' (qv) and 'Robert B. Sherman' (qv)
wrote songs for until _Tigger Movie, The (2000)_ (qv)
- This was 'Reginald Owen' (qv)'s final film.
- This was the last film from the Disney studios to receive an Academy
Award until _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv).
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# Belle Russe, La (1919)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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BÕte can be played alongside the film with a very similar effect.
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_Orph»e (1949)_ (qv) and _Les Enfants terribles (1950)_ (qv).
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- 'Johnny Depp' (qv) did all of the stunts for the physical comedy
sequence in the park himself.
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- Long thought to be lost, a copy of this film was discovered in April
2004 in Haarlem (The Netherlands) in a private collection. The film
is being restored by the Amsterdam Film Museum and will be screened
in 2005.
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# Big Little Person (1919)
- This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
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- The unusual kick that Billy Jack uses in the fight in the park is
known in Hapkido Karate as an "Outside Crescent Kick".
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- Only the second Disney animated film to be released in 75mm (the
first was _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv))
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_Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv).
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- 'Vin Diesel' (qv) was offered the role of Blade, but he passed
because he was already in production with
_Saving Private Ryan (1998)_ (qv).
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Kim's real names. This is because Joe Berlinger wanted to use the
actor's real name in the movie (as reference to the first movie).
However, Artisan wanted Joe Berlinger to change the names of the
characters to avoid confusion. Since the movie was already filmed,
Berlinger was only able to dub in new last names (since new first
names would have messed up the dialogue of the film).
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# Borom sarret (1966)
- This short film was the first ever indigenous black African film.
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# Boxing Gloves (1929)
- One of the first Little Rascal films to feature sound.
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- 'Sheedy, Ally' (qv) was originally cast as Claire and
'Molly Ringwald' (qv) really wanted to play Allison.
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film by 'Keith Forsey' (qv). It was a number one hit for Simple
Minds, and both 'Billy Idol' (qv) and 'Bryan Ferry' (qv) turned down
offers to record it first (although in 2001, Billy Idol recorded
Don't You (Forget About Me) as a bonus track for his Greatest Hits
album). The song was also turned down by 'Chrissie Hynde' (qv) of
The Pretenders who then suggested they offer it to the band fronted
by her husband at the time, Simple Minds.
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- 'Nicolas Cage' (qv) was originally considered for the role of 'John
Bender [Nelson]' but the production couldn't afford his salary at
the time. 'John Cusack' (qv) auditioned, but producers opted instead
for Nelson.
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- 'John Hughes (I)' (qv) wrote the screenplay to this movie in just
two days.
- 'Rick Moranis' (qv) was originally cast as the janitor; he left due
to creative differences and was replaced by 'John Kapelos' (qv).
- One subplot that was filmed but deleted showed Principal Vernon
watching some women faculty members using the school swimming pool.
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- The restaurant at Bug City is a can of "Low Fat Lard".
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the second set of "outtakes".
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_"Partridge Family, The (1970)"_ (qv).
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# Burglar and Fairy (1903)
- Probably a non-US production.
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- The TWA Convair 880 seen in the film, tail number N820TW, was later
destroyed during a pilot training exercise on 13 September 1965 at
the Kansas City airport.
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- In the film, 'Melora Walters' (qv) and 'Ashton Kutcher' (qv) play
mother and son. In real life, Walters is only ten years older than
Kutcher.
# Butterfly Hunters, The (2002)
- The set was almost partially blown away on the 2nd day of filming by
a tornado. The crew then agreed to work for an extra day for free to
make up for lost filming time.
- The hail dodged by actor 'Mark Joy' (qv) during the completion scene
was real.
- Writer/director 'Trenton McDevitt' (qv) rewrote the end of the film
in an evening to accommodate the weather and partially destroyed
set.
- Filming took place directly under an airport flight path. As a
result, takes were no more than two minutes in length or were shot
without sound (MOS - Minus Optical System/Minus Optical Sound).
- Key elements of the remaining set were destroyed two months later by
a hurricane.
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- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [theme]: Harmonica, Frank, and Cheyenne.
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- The Flagstone set reportedly cost as much as the entire budget for
Leone's _Per un pugno di dollari (1964)_ (qv).
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- DIRTRADE('Sergio Leone (I)' (qv)): [close-up]: in most gun-fight
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- When the decision was made to drop Morricone's score from the
opening train station sequence, it was decided to replace it with
amplified "natural" sounds such as the squeaking windmill and
individual footsteps. This created an exaggerated version of what
had come to be known as "spaghetti sound".
- The final duel between Frank and Harmonica is shot almost exactly
like the one in Robert Aldrich's _Last Sunset, The (1961)_ (qv)
between Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas, a film that Bernardo
Bertolucci was a huge fan of.
- French actor 'Robert Hossein' (qv), who was a good friend of
Leone's, was originally to play Morton, but due to scheduling he was
unable to take the part, and 'Gabriele Ferzetti' (qv) was cast
instead.
- For this film 'Caludia Cardinale' (qv) and 'Paolo Stoppa' (qv) take
the longest buggy ride in movie history. It begins in Spain and goes
through Monument Valley.
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- The noise the Gopher makes is actually a dolphin, and the dolphin
sound effects used are the same ones that were used for
_"Flipper" (1964)_ (qv).
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# Caged Women II (1996)
- 'Lisa Comshaw' (qv) was originally cast as Marta Samtani. After some
days of shooting, she was fired and replaced with
'Lorissa McComas' (qv).
- 'Jody Romero' (qv) was originally cast as Sheriff Riley. After some
days of shooting, she was fired and replaced with
'Nikki Fritz' (qv).
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# Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004) (TV)
- The original title of this film was "Going Down: The Rise and Fall
of Heidi Fleiss".
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# Camille (1917/I)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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# Cannibal Campout (1988)
- Most of the movie was filmed guerrilla-style, meaning no permits and
lots of secret locations. While filming the scene where Amy
Chludzinski is pursued through the woods by a knife-wielding
cannibal, a New Jersey Forest Ranger unknowingly stumbled onto the
set. Director Jon McBride immediately halted production for fear the
Ranger might get the wrong idea and actually shoot somebody.
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- 'Gregory Peck' (qv) was originally approached to play the role of
Max Cady , but he said he did not want to play the villain and
instead asked for (and received) the role of the hero, Sam Bowden.
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# Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)
- 'Bernard Bresslaw' (qv) learnt all his native orders in a genuine
African language, but on the first day of shooting, the extras all
stared at him dumbly - all were of Caribbean origin and thus
completely confused by his orders. However 'Sid James' (qv) (born in
South Africa) recognized the real thing and congratulated him.
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# Caveman's Valentine, The (2001)
- Cornelius Gould Stuyvesant supposedly resides at the top of the
Chrysler Building.
- Choreographer 'Otis Sallid' (qv) originally tried professional
dancers to play the moth-seraphs, but decided to switch to athletes
instead, saying they had "the bodies, the mentality and the
strength".
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# Ceddo (1977)
- Banned by the Senegalese government for eight years because of its
negative portrayal of an imam.
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# Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
- DIRCAMEO('Werner Herzog' (qv)): as the television director at the
beginning of the film.
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wear a purple hat. Jackson's characters often feature the color
purple: Mr. Glass wears purple clothing in _Unbreakable (2000)_ (qv)
and Mace Windu has a purple light saber in
_Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)_ (qv).
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- When the angels are all shot by Madison, the formation they make on
the ground where they lay is the same as the Charlie's Angels symbol
(but without the guns, obviously).
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# Chi l'ha visto? (1945)
- Completed in 1943, the film was only released after the war.
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- In the original theatrical trailer, Stephen King's name is misspelt
as "Steven".
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the original 'King, Stephen' book, the car had 4 doors, but this was
changed to a 2-door model when it was realized that there never was
a 4-door 1958 Plymouth Fury. Although all 1958 Plymouth Furys had
Buckskin Beige exterior paint and gold anodized aluminum side trim &
grille, the book mentions that this particular car was custom
ordered in Ford red.
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- The movie had two fake working titles: "The Hundred Years Winter"
and "Paravel".
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- This film has been cited as one of the factors that brought an end
to the Italian-made "sword and sandal"/"mythological muscleman"
epics that had been popular since the late 1950s. Specialized
suppliers raised their prices for goods and services supplied to
this production. The higher prices were beyond the budget of Italian
producers so production values for their films dropped and audiences
declined.
- Twentieth Century Fox was in financial trouble in the late 1950s due
to disappointing box office returns of some major releases. Orders
were given to search the Fox script library for a proven property
that could be remade. The project chosen was
_Cleopatra (1917)_ (qv), which had been a smash hit for Fox as a
silent film starring 'Theda Bara' (qv). What the studio needed was a
producer willing to handle the project. Famed producer
'Walter Wanger' (qv) approached Fox with an idea for a project he
had been planning for several years: the story of Cleopatra. In the
words of David Brown, "We fell on him."
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- DIRTRADE('Kevin Smith (I)' (qv)): [star wars]: Dante and Randal
argue over which is the better film,
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- DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith): [Jaws]: After the fiasco involving Caitlin
and the dead guy in the bathroom, Randal is pulling a chip through a
jar of salsa saying "we're gonna need a bigger boat..." alluding to
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- DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith): [37]: see above.
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# Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
- 'John Ritter' (qv)'s last film role.
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- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [music]
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- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [stars]
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- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [father]: Jillian is a single mother;
Roy leaves his family to follow his intuition.
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- 'Steve McQueen (I)' (qv) and 'Jack Nicholson' (qv) were considered
for the lead role.
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of her own. She was cast as Connie age 3 so she could get her own
cone.
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# Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
- Filmed at a genuine holiday camp out of season during February and
March.
- The voice of Blackbird, played by 'Nichola Blackman' (qv), was
provided by an uncredited 'Miriam Margolyes' (qv).
- In the closing scenes the next film Confessions of a Plumber's Mate
is signposted by the dialogue. However the Confessions series was
terminated following poor takings for Holiday Camp
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- White Bird by It's A Beautiful Day
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# Corny Concerto, A (1943)
- For some reason, the identity of the black duckling in this short
has prompted much debate among cartoon fans as to whether or not it
is in fact Daffy Duck. Supporters of the idea claim it is Daffy due
to the character's similar color design (such as the white collar
around the neck), while naysayers say that if it was supposed to be
Daffy then it would have been made a little more clearer in design
or by having him speak. It should be noted that the books about
Warner Bros. animation history has never addressed this, nor has it
ever been confirmed either way.
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- 'John Malkovich' (qv) was originally cast in part of Emory Leeson,
but walked off the set due to personal problems.
- Writer 'Mitch Markowitz' (qv) was originally also hired as director
but was replaced by 'Tony Bill' (qv) after three weeks of shooting.
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- Set in Detroit (evidenced by references to "Devil's Night" [the
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- Was released direct-to-video after poor test screenings.
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- "Is that you, Myrt?" is a catch phase heard weekly on the
then-popular radio show, "Fibber McGee and Molly".
- Hitler's wide-mouth yell at the end of the cartoon is done in the
style of popular movie comedian Joe E. Brown.
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- Keep watching after the credits.
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# Darkness (2002/I)
- Director 'Jaume Balaguero' (qv) attempted to recruit actress
'Natalie Portman' (qv) to play the part of Regina, which eventually
went to Anna Paquin.
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- The "Sensory Deprevation Tank" is actually an MRI machine.
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# Darling of Paris, The (1917)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
75825a76664,76668
- In the scene were Roger his the zombie (Played by Tom Savini) with
the truck and it leaves a bloody smear on his windshield, the effect
was created by Savini throwing himself on the non-moving truck and
spitting a mouthful of "blood" on the windshield.
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- The scene between Roger and Peter in the trucks when they are
kidding each other about their height was entirely improvised by the
two actors.
- The scenes between Stephen, Peter, Roger, and Frannie in the
helicopter were filmed with the helicopter never running or leaving
the ground. A shell was painted blue for the day scenes and black
for the night scenes and interspersed with real helicopter footage.
76470a77323,77325
- Originally done on live TV; 'Charles Bickford' (qv) and
'Jack Klugman' (qv) reprised their TV roles.
76564a77420,77428
- The effects team who created the "dissolving head" effect for Doc's
murder mentioned in an interview that the director had originally
told them that he wanted to do the scene in one unbroken shot,
meaning they had to build a head that was both convincing and also
would "melt" the way they wanted it to. They lamented the fact that,
while they did the best they could with what they had, the director
ended up using a cutaway shot anyway, which would have given them
the opportunity to make the scene much more realistic.
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- A line was editied in the President's press conference scene.
President Beck stated "Life will go on, we will prevail."
Originally, President Beck said "Life will go on, we will
prevail...THIS IS NOT ARMAGEDDON!" The producers later realized that
the movie was going to be in box office competition with the movie
_Armageddon (1998)_ (qv).
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- 'Sammy Davis Jr.' (qv) was the first choice for the role of Noah
78572a79444,79452
# Desperate Voyage (1980) (TV)
- Director 'Michael Herlihy' (qv)'s own classic sailboat was used as
one of the on-camera boats.
- The "Poursuivante", the pirates' boat was so fragile and poorly
maintained that she nearly sank after she struck another boat during
filming.
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# Detonate (2004)
- The film was made for a 48 hour filmmaking contest. The three things
that needed to be in the film were a suitcase, the line "where is
the remote," and it be a in the musical genre.
- The film was disqualified because it was five minutes late.
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- 'Diego Luna' (qv) (Javier) is not a trained dancer, but learned the
dances he needed for the movie in about six weeks. He has said that
normally, he best dancing is done with a few beers in him.
81100a81993,81996
- 'Michael J. Fox' (qv) was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease during
the filming of this movie, when he noticed a tremor in his pinky
finger.
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# Dodge City: A Spaghetto Western (2004)
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entitled "USA - Land of Opportunities". The two other parts are
_Manderlay (2005)_ (qv) and 'Washington'.
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- A scene was mooted that involved Marcello's relationship with an
older writer, Dolores, to be played by Oscar winning actress
'Rainer, Luise' (qv). After much protracted discussions and
difficulties, due to Rainer's wish to rewrite her role somewhat,
Fellini cancelled the scene altogether. The actress was furious,
reportedly saying, "I have spoiled a priceless piece of cloth on
this character that will never be!"
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82299,82300c83196,83197
- 'Mark Wahlberg (I)' (qv) was also in talks to play Donnie, as was
'Vince Vaughn' (qv).
82393a83291,83307
- Prior to production, Val Kilmer lived and breathed Morrison for
nearly a year, dressing in his clothes and hanging around at his old
haunts on Sunset Strip. Jim Morrison biographer Jerry Hopkins says
that he saw him one day when meeting Oliver Stone for lunch, using a
payphone in the restaurant, and was so convinced by the believable
image he cut that the first thought that entered his head was, "I'd
forgotten how tall Jim was."
- The film kicked around for nearly twenty years before it made it
into production. Amongst other actors considered for the role at
various times were Tom Cruise, Jason Patric, and John Travolta.
During the time Travolta was being considered he met the band (who
were initially quite involved with the possible production), and
they discussed reforming the band and going on tour with Travolta on
vocals. In the end the band chose not to do this because they felt
John Travolta was too nice to fill Morrison's shoes.
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- As documented in the film, after defying 'Ed Sullivan (I)' (qv) and
using the word "higher" on national TV, 'Jim Morrison (I)' (qv) and
The Doors were never invited back to
_"Toast of the Town" (1948)_ (qv).
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- 'Moore, Roger (I)' (qv) was author 'Fleming, Ian' (qv)'s original
choice for Bond, but he was committed to _"Saint, The" (1962)_ (qv).
83749a84669,84671
- The movie that Bruce and Linda are watching soon after they meet is
_Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)_ (qv).
83758a84681,84682
- First 3-D animated movie from Hong Kong or China.
83973a84898,84909
- Since it is well established in the movie that the alien species has
been codenamed "Ripley", a reference to 'Sigourney Weaver' (qv)'s
character in _Alien (1979)_ (qv) it would also be safe to presume
the 'Damian Lewis' (qv)'s character "Jonesy" is a reference to the
cat from "Alien".
- There where many references to other Stephen King projects such as:
"Misery" (car wreck in the snow); "Stand By Me" (boyhood friends
walking on railroad tracks); "It" (flashbacks showing growing
friendships), etc. And of course the story taking place in Maine -
Stephen King's State of birth.
85108a86045,86052
# Duma amerikanskie (2004) (V)
- The first non-short film shot entirely in the Jewish Autonomous
Region of the Russian Federation.
- Although Russian, this film was based on a novella written by an
American.
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- Prior to filming, director 'Peter Faiman' (qv) and writer/producer
'John Hughes (I)' (qv) and producer 'Richard Vane' (qv) took a road
trip throughout the Georgia, The Carolina's (North and South),
Mississippi and Tennessee to scout the route the film's characters,
Dutch Dooley and Doyle would take to drive back home to Chicago for
Thanksgiving. Faiman liked most of the places that he'd seen during
the trip and they ended up in final film.
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- Much of the language that the aliens speak is actually just the
dialogue being read backwards (this is particularly obvious with
'Jim Carrey' (qv) (Wiploc) during his conversations with Zeebo). For
example, 'from' becomes 'morf' and 'females' becomes 'sel-a-mef'.
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# East Lynne (1916)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
85787a86749,86751
- This is the only one of the "big three" 'James Dean (I)' (qv) films
to be released before his death.
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- The bartender that 'Robert Mitchum' (qv)'s character shoots in the
saloon is played by his brother, actor/writer 'John Mitchum' (qv).
86569a87537,87542
# Electric Blue 12 (1985) (V)
- This video was later released as
_Electric Blue - Royal Follies (1986)_ (qv) by Caballero in April
1986.
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- Originally offered to 'Terrence Malick' (qv) but he passed.
86776a87752,87759
# Ella Enchanted (2004)
- Overcast skies in Ireland were digitized a brilliant blue to create
more of a fairytale atmosphere.
- The city of Lamia, where Prince Char lives, was modeled after
downtown Manhattan, with castles in place of skyscrapers.
86836a87820,87826
# Eltüsszentett birodalom, Az (1956)
- Although a movie based on a fairy tale, this picture was banned in
Hungary in 1956 and was only released in 1989 because the communist
government felt that the evil King is a direct reference to the
Soviet dictatorship.
86962a87953,87958
# Emitai (1971)
- Could not be released in the director's home country of Senegal,
because of pressure from the French government, which disliked the
depiction of French colonialism.
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- 'Jack Nance' (qv) kept his hair in the same frizzy style for the
87875c88871
- The soundtrack album was dedicated "... to The Man In the Planet's
88282a89279,89282
# Eternal Sappho, The (1916)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
89070,89071c90070,90071
- During filming in Hamilton, a van was being towed along a street
upside-down as part of a chase scene; stuntman 'Chris Lamon' (qv)
89150a90151,90153
- 'Jon Voight' (qv) and 'Jack Nicholson' (qv) were considered to play
Father Lamont.
89284,89289d90286
91362a92360,92361
- The film's working title was "Affairs of the Heart".
92071c93070
- 'Mia Sara' (qv) says that 'Matthew Broderick (I)' (qv) actually
92177a93177,93186
# Feuer, Eis und Dosenbier (2002)
- Director/writer 'Mathias Dinter' (qv) said that this movie was
originally planned to be the third part of the
"Bademeister"-TV-movie-series that he and co-writer
'Martin Ritzenhoff' (qv) wrote. When it was decided to give the
movie a theatrical release, the main characters were changed from
lifeguards to ambulance drivers who serve their alternative civilian
service.
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- The "castle" in New York is the Hunter College Campus Schools
building, located at 94th and Park Avenue. When Robin Williams tells
the story of the fisher king, he says, "I think I heard it that a
lecture once... I don't know... a professor... at Hunter."
95464a96475,96479
# Footlight Rhythm (1948)
- Second title in Paramount's Musical Parade Featurette Series #5
(1947-1948).
95572a96588,96589
- Many of the Yankees players were played by Yankee minor leaguers.
95969a96987,96988
- 'David Strickland' (qv)'s last film.
96653a97673,97675
- The "spider" in Adam's jar is actually a centipede that was named
Curtis by 'Matthew McConaughey' (qv).
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# Friday Night Lights (2004)
- To gather research, producers visited real high school football
games in Texas during the fall of 2003.
98339c99366,99367
_Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)_ (qv). Scott Fuller is wearing a
T-shirt with 'Precinct 13' on it.
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- Writer Trademark: [Quentin Tarantino] [trunk shot]: When the opening
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- The film was banned in Ireland until the year 2000
98432c99460
- 'Danny Trejo' (qv) is the only person to apear in all three From
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98946a99973,99977
- The dam used in the exterior shots is Cheoah Dam, Tapoco, Graham
County, North Carolina, USA. The dam can be viewed clearly from
North Carolina State Highway 129, just north of the town of Tapoco,
NC.
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- The Film's working title was "Eggs, Beans and Chippendales".
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# Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
- An uncredited 'Jay Leno' (qv), in his film debut, has a bit-part as
one of the men working on Dick and Jane's pool (he has a brief line
while standing in the dry pool when 'Jane Fonda' (qv) passes).
100099a101139,101141
- 'Colin Farrell' (qv) was the first choice to play Amsterdam, but he
turned the part down.
100143a101186,101192
# Garden State (2004)
- 'Zach Braff' (qv)'s directorial debut.
- The role of Samantha was written with actress 'Natalie Portman' (qv)
in mind.
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# Garden of the Dead (1972)
- Originally distributed as the second feature on a double bill with
_Grave of the Vampire (1972)_ (qv).
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- The "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" number was later re-shot in
Cinemascope, to be used as part of a Cinemascope demonstration held
on the Fox lot in March of 1953. Zanuck told Daily Variety it only
took three and a half hours to shoot the number in Cinemascope
versus four days for the original film version.
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# Germanikus (2004)
- Filmed in 2001 but not released until 2004.
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- Although not all of them made it onto the final version of the game,
the original list of cars was:
- Ambulance
- Alfa Romeo 156
- Aston Martin DB7
- Aston Martin V8 Vintage
- Audi TT
- Bentley Continental
- BMW 3-Series
- BMW 5-series
- BT Van
- Car Transporters
- Cherokee
- Chrysler Voyager
- Citreon 2CV
- Cranes
- Double Decker Buses
- Fedex Van
- Fiat Punto
- Fire Truck
- Ford Capri
- Ford Escort XR3i
- Ford Focus
- Ford Fiesta
- Ford Granada
- Ford Transit Van
- Forklift
- Honda Accord
- Jaguar
- Jolson Motor
- London Cab (Black & Red)
- Lexus LS 2003
- Lexus S3 2003
- Lotus Espirit
- Mercedez Benz S Class
- Mini (new)
- Nissan Micra
- Police Car (Ford Fiesta)
- Police Car (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Police Truck
- Police Van
- Range Rover
- Renault Laguna
- Routemaster Bus
- Rover 2000
- Royal Mail Van
- Saab 900
- Saab 93
- Seat Ibiza
- Toyota Corolla
- Toyota Hiace
- Toyota MR2
- Toyota Transporter Truck
- TVR Cerbera
- Vauxhall Astra Max Van
- Volvo
- VW Golf
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# Giarabub (1942)
- Some filmographies include the name of stage actress
'Diana Torrieri' (qv) for this film. She in fact does not appear in
it, her role (that of Olga, the prostitute), her part was cut from
the final released print.
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# God Has a Rap Sheet (2003)
- The film was shot entirely on short ends.
- The cinematographer's Arriflex camera also shot
_Hairspray (1988)_ (qv)
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# Gojira tai Mekagojira (2002)
- New York Yankee Hideki Matsui appears as himself (the baseball
player who hits the massive home run as Kiryu is flown towards
Godzilla for the first time). Matsui's nickname in Japan is
"Godzilla".
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# Gold and the Woman (1916)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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opposite 'Candice Bergen' (qv). Redford and director
'Mike Nichols (I)' (qv) both agreed that he wasn't right for the
part and that they needed somebody who would look more uncomfortable
with his sexuality. 'Dustin Hoffman' (qv) came across as suitably
"goofy" and got the part.
106296,106297c107439,107440
'Anne Bancroft (I)' (qv) and 'Dustin Hoffman' (qv) are just under
six years apart in age.
106360,106362c107503,107505
- 'Mike Nichols (I)' (qv) cast 'Eddra Gale' (qv) (the woman on the
bus) as a tribute to Fellini's _8½ (1963)_ (qv) , in which she plays
the role La Saraghina.
106384,106385c107527,107528
awkwardness was just what director 'Mike Nichols (I)' (qv) needed
for Benjamin Braddock.
106714a107858,107863
- David Zed (David Traylor) is given a consultant credit in this film
for helping Paolo Villaggio do a parody of the ZED Robot character
he made popular on Italian TV. Later known as Mr. Zed, Mr. Traylor
went on to do three other TV series with this character as well as
personal appearances on the Tonight show, MTV, BBC, NHK and CNN.
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version, she became Sandy Olsson, foreign-exchange student from
106890a108040,108043
- "Greased Lightning" was supposed to be sung by Jeff Conaway's
character, Kenickie. John Travolta used his clout to steal Conaway's
thunder by having Danny sing it.
107330a108484,108486
- Released, originally, with the Mickey Mouse short
_Clock Cleaners (1937)_ (qv)
107388a108545,108557
- "Let Me Be Good To You" was supposed to be sung by
'Madonna (I)' (qv), but the directors decided that wasn't
contemporary enough for the audience to enjoy. So they hired Melissa
Manchester as the new singer of the song. "Let Me Be Good To You"
was also once entitled, "Look At Me".
- Ratigan was originally designed to look thin and weak, but when
Vincent Price was chosen to play the role, his appearance was
changed accordingly.
- According to the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Sign Of Four", Holmes
did have a dog named Toby.
107527,107528c108696
one of the first "narrative" movies.
107613a108782,108791
- Charlton Heston was passing through the Paramount studio in a car
when he spotted 'Cecil B. DeMille' (qv) (whom he had never met) and
waved at him. DeMille was so impressed by Heston's "wave" he made
inquires that ultimately led to Heston casting as Brad in the film.
This was only Heston's second film which skyrocketed him to fame.
One fan wrote a letter to DeMille on how much she enjoyed the movie
and commented, "And I'm surprised how well the circus manager
(Heston) worked with the real actors." Heston thought it was one of
the best reviews he ever received.
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- During the film, Rima is shown accompanied by a fawn. In order for
the animal to properly bond with the actress, Hepburn effectively
adopted the baby deer in the weeks preceding production.
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shootout is the aptly titled classic "Doom II". The game was never
actually available in a commercial arcade cabinet and must have been
constructed specially for the film.
- When Martin is attacked in front of his old locker, the song "99
Luftballoons" plays in the distance. This song is about balloons
that are mistaken for weapons, as Martin is mistaken for an
attacker.
108429a109619,109622
- 'Katherine Hepburn' (qv) had to use her salary as backing in order
to make this movie because 'Spencer Tracy' (qv) was so ill that the
studio didn't think that he would make to the end of the picture
108723a109917,109922
- 'Rose Marie' (qv) was considered for the singing voice doubles for
Rose.
- The stage team had hoped that Warner would cast 'Judy Garland' (qv)
as Mama Rose. Warner passed over Garland for a myriad of reasons.
108733a109933,109937
# Gæstespillere (2003) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
109631a110836,110845
# Hammer and Cycle (2003)
- While traveling through Kansas, the riders went through a
record-setting heat wave - it was 117 degrees Fahrenheit. The tripod
that the crew was using melted into the pavement while the camera
was rolling.
- While crossing the Utah and Nevada deserts, some of the footage
melted in the extreme July heat.
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# Hanging Up (2000)
- 'Walter Matthau' (qv)'s final film.
109992a111211,111215
# Happy Hour (2003)
- Filmed in two and a half weeks. However, post-production took almost
a year to complete.
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# Haïti: la fin des chimères?... (2004)
- This documentary was shot days before president Aristide's "forced"
departure for a second time.
111457a112686,112689
# Heart and Soul (1917)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
111628a112861,112863
- The name Ted Brautigan is possibly a reference to two authors from
the 1960s counterculture, Ted Berrigan and Richard Brautigan.
112817a114053,114056
# Her Double Life (1916)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
112830a114070,114073
# Her Greatest Love (1917)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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- When Bernard is talking to his son on the payphone, his son is
watching _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv)
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# Herz aus Glas (1976)
- DIRCAMEO('Werner Herzog' (qv)): one of the men carrying a load of
ruby glass on his back to be thrown into the river.
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113536a114783,114788
# High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV)
- This was apparently a pilot for an NBC sitcom. The network
envisioned stand-up comedian 'Joel Hodgson' (qv) as one of the stars
of the proposed series. Hodgson turned the offer down.
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- During the coarse of filming Christopher Lambert cut his finger to
the bone in the first sword fighting scene and Michael Ironside
dislodged his jaw in the dome fight.
- Both Christopher Lambert and Michael Ironside did most of their
stunts.
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- 'Terrence Stamp' (qv) was offered the role of John Ryder
114292a115554,115564
- The hotel in Tijuana where the immigrants wait anxiously for U.S.
visas is the Hotel Esperanza. Esperanza is Spanish for "hope."
- The original script included an early scene where
'Charles Boyer' (qv) talks to a cockroach in his room. Boyer
dismissed the scene as idiotic and convinced director
'Mitchell Leisen' (qv) to delete it; screenwriters
'Billy Wilder' (qv) and 'Charles Brackett' (qv) were so incensed at
Leisen for giving in they resolved to direct and produce their own
movies from then on.
114719a115992,115996
# Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher, The (1979)
- There is not one spoken word of dialogue in this entire movie, just
a narration added in over some pre recorded background music
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- The filmmakers originally wanted 'Jennifer Beals' (qv) to play the
banker.
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- As he prepares to face Hook, Peter tells his Lost Boys, "It's hook
or me this time." This is the name of one of the chapters in the
novel, "Peter Pan".
- As Wendy leaves the nursery (before the kids are taken) she recites
a prayer ("Nightlights, watch over my sleeping children..." etc.)
from the play "Peter Pan."
- Only a few of the Lost Boys in the original "Peter Pan" were named.
Of these, only Toodles appears in this movie.
116340a117632,117639
# How to Dance (1953)
- The Firehouse Five Plus Two Dixieland band consists of Ward Kimball
and, for the most part, other Disney animators. Not only is their
music on the soundtrack, but their likenesses are caricatured in the
dance animation sequence. The band made many record albums over the
years for Good Time Jazz and often performed at Disneyland.
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- 'Nick Nolte' (qv) had his hair grown wildly for this movie when he
was arrested on drunk driving charges and photographed for his now
infamous mug shot.
# Hum Kaun Hai? (2004)
- Veterans 'Dharmendra (I)' (qv) and 'Amitabh Bachchan' (qv) team up
after 23 years. Their last movie was _Ram Balram (1980)_ (qv) in
1980.
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- DIRTRADE(John McTiernan): [teddy bear] Jack Ryan takes a teddy bear
117286a118596,118615
- The scene in Rick ('Justin Chambers' (qv))'s house - where Debbie
('Uma thurman' (qv)) offers to make breakfast had to be shot that
way because the house actually had no kitchen. It had been gutted
for renovation prior to being selected as a location for the film.
The filmmakers contemplated building a fake kitchen, but the
homeowner refused.
- When the location of the shot of Beth ('Juliette Lewis' (qv))'s car
pulling away from behind her house - followed by a crane up to the
overpass in the background - was scouted, the foliage only a few
feet tall. But when it came time to shoot the scene, the stalks had
grown so high that they obstructed the view of the overpass, and had
to be pruned down. When the filmmakers could not identify the legal
property owner, they went ahead and pruned it without permission.
- The plastic-covered couch seen in Beth (Juliette Lewis)'s house was
actually the property of the homeowner. When director
'Mira Nair' (qv) saw it on a scouting trip, she decided it should
stay as part of the set dressing.
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- The story is loosely based on the well known "Basebollligan"
(baseball gang) - a bunch of brutish policemen from Norrmalm (City
of Stockholm) who where known to beat up criminals. The group was
split up after the death of a drug addict in the beginning of the
1980's. According to one source, they actually played marching music
during their beatings.
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# Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator, An (2003)
- The head of the corpse has also been in two other films:
_Yellow Sign, The (2001)_ (qv), and the spoof documentary "A
Shoggoth on the Roof" (2001).
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119121a120460,120466
- The building used as the mental institution at the beginning of the
film is actually a water filtration plant in the Beaches area of
Toronto. It has been the scene of other movies, including the island
fortress in _Undercover Brother (2002)_ (qv). Filming can no longer
take place inside this building following the terrorist attacks on
the USA of 11 September 2001.
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- It is believed that 'James Woods (I)' (qv) was an extra in this
film.
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Columbia Pictures threatened writer/director/star
'Ray Dennis Steckler' (qv) with a massive lawsuit, thinking that the
title was too similar to their upcoming 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) film,
_Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv).
Steckler was amazed that Columbia would feel so threatened by his
little $38,000 film. He phoned the studio to straighten things out,
but couldn't make any progress until he demanded that Kubrick get on
the line. Then Steckler simply suggested the new title - Kubrick
accepted, and the whole thing was dropped.
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- Readers of critic 'Roger Ebert' (qv)'s "Movie Answer Man" column
informally voted this movie to have the funniest title of all time.
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# Indian Cowboy (2004)
- The mounted shark jawbone visible in the scenes in Nick's office was
actually the property of the gentleman whose office was used for the
shot. During one take, it was accidentally knocked to the floor,
where it shattered. It had to be glued together a piece at a time
over the course of several weeks, but was finally restored to
near-perfect condition.
- Photography for shootout filmed at the former US Army Proving Ground
at Sandy Hook, New Jersey had to be carefully framed so as to hide
the famous Sandy Hook Lighthouse, as well as a Welcome Center and a
flagpole flying the American flag.
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- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [stars]: when Indy is talking to Short
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- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [music]
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- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [fathers]: Short Round looks on Indiana
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- WILHELM SCREAM: When Mola Ram is being eaten by alligators at the
movie's finale.
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# Indie Pendant, The (2004)
- Jennifer gets her last name from the screenwriter's favorite author,
Ayn Rand.
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'Gene Kelly (I)' (qv), Kelly initially turned it down. Kramer told
him that his co-stars would be 'Fredric March' (qv) and
'Spencer Tracy' (qv), and Kelly changed his mind. This was a risky
move on Kramer's part, as he had not yet asked March or Tracy to
participate.
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how he got into the room etc... The first time Robert goes off
screen he's actually rushing behind camera, tearing off his
breakaway clothes and getting into the bath. A make-up assistant is
behind a fake wall at the head of the bath, having just changed the
Putter Wig to the Cowboy one. Before the Scrimshaw meeting,
Picardo's voice was over-dubbed with Short's. During the meeting,
Picardo used his own voice (with a Short-esque lilt) as the
film-makers didn't think Short 'trying' the Cowboys voice would be
convincing enough to make the scene work.
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- This was the first film commercially released in Dolby Stereo
"Spectral Recording" (SR). SR is a vastly improved noise reduction
system which replaced Dolby's original "A-type" noise reduction used
for decades in all professional analog recording mediums (including
all previous Dolby Stereo movies).
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- SPOLIER: Some more explicit or dark details were changed from the
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# Interpreter, The (2005)
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# Inventing: Music (2003)
- DIRTRADE ('Matt Stratton'): [red sweatshirt]: The same red
sweatshirt is used in all of Matt Stratton's movies. It appears
draped over a chair in the coffee shop.
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# Isusumbong kita sa tatay ko (1999)
- 'Leandro Muñoz' (qv) was introduced in this movie.
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- 'Lady Anne Lambton' (qv) was originally cast as Nurse Harding.
During principal photography, she fell ill with pancreatitis and was
unable to continue filming.
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- Louis and Ordell first appeared in the Elmore Leonard novel The
Switch. At age 15 Quentin Tarantino was arrested for shoplifting
this book, his one brush with "real" crime. In The Switch, Louis and
Ordell kidnap a millionaire's wife only to discover he doesn't want
her back, a plot that was used in Ruthless People. In the novel's
sequel, Rum Punch, Louis and Ordell complain that the movie
producers stole their idea (without mentioning the movie by name).
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# Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001)
- The film was shot on weekends during a two year period.
- No one in the film except the actress who plays Mary Magnum, are
pursuing acting careers.
- The screaming lesbian lady in the lesbian drop off clinic is
'Lee Demarbre' (qv)'s mother.
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# Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (1948)
- Sixth in Paramount's Musical Parade Featurette Series #4
(1946-1947).
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- The credits include the line, "This movie filmed entirely on
location in a mall in Lombard, Illinois." The mall is Yorktown
Center, home of Big Idea Productions.
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station that the brothers have pulled up to. In _Duel (1971/I) (TV)_
, a likewise maniacal truck pulls up to our hero (David Mann) and a
small billboard for ICE is visible in the background.
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# Kaddu Beykat (1975)
- This film is the first feature film to be made by a sub-Saharan
African woman.
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- Although frequently listed as a Universal production, this movie was
an independent production produced by 'Rupert Julian' (qv) for
Renowned Pictures. Julian licensed the distribution rights to
Renowned, who in turn sold the rights to Universal Jewel for
world-wide distribution. Julian was such a convincing Kaiser that he
was asked to reprise the role in many subsequent films. The film was
a blockbuster when it was released, and Universal spared no expense
in advertising their megahit. Carl Laemmle pushed the film to the
theater owners as hard as he sold it to the viewing public. "A
whirlwind of Applause - A Landslide of Money," "Unparalleled
Receipts," and "The Picture That Blocked Traffic on Broadway" were
some of the headlines for ads run in trade publications in an
attempt to get theater owners to book the picture. Sadly, prints of
the film no longer survive, and this title is on the American Film
Institute's list of the "Ten Most Wanted" lost films. The film was
also known as THE KAISER. In 1919, a short parody of the film was
released titled THE GEEZER OF BERLIN.
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- During the filming of the scene where the elephant kills Jai Kumar,
the elephant urinated on the camera as it was being held from below
the elephant.
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# Kathleen Mavourneen (1919)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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it, the scene that plays is actually a scene from another of
Jennifer Simon's videos, "NudeKelly's Video Diary - Volume #2", but
with another actress, Kailey O'Conner, playing NudeKelly.
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- The actress who played NudeKelly in this film eventually went on to
take over the role of NudeKelly in several other films, replacing
this film's star Jennifer Simon.
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- The title comes from 'Darryl F. Zanuck' (qv)'s response to
executives wanting to fire Evans from the lead role of
_Sun Also Rises, The (1957)_ (qv).
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- DIRTRADE('Quentin Tarantino' (qv)): [bare feet]: Lucy Liu is
barefoot as she runs to kill Boss Tanaka. The band at the House of
Blue Leaves is barefoot.
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- When the Bride said the word "square" to Copperhead, she draws three
sides of a square in the air with her finger. Uma Thurman's
character in _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) did just about the same
thing (only, then she drew all 4 sides).
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- As the detectives walk into the destroyed wedding chapel with bodies
on the floor, the radio starts. Before it gets to the right song,
someone can be heard singing "Donde Esta?". In the
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from a joke in _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)_ (qv).
(The quote is actually from the book "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
(1782) by 'Choderlos de Laclos' (qv)).
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- The eerie background music playing after The Bride attacks the
rapist is from the 'Lucio Fulci'(qv) film
_7 note in nero (1977)_ (qv).
- Tarantino chose 'Jun Kunimura' (qv) to be Boss Tanaka after seeing
him scream in _Koroshiya 1 (2001)_ (qv).
- 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv) owns "the pussy wagon" and drove as his
everyday vehicle to promote the release of
_Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)_ (qv)
- Kill Bill was originally intended to be a single movie, but was
split into two parts a Miramax's insistence because it ran about
four hours.
- Despite being bleeped out in the film, the name of The Bride is
revealed on her plane tickets to Okinawa and Tokyo.
- Quentin Tarantino has said in interviews that, had Warren Beatty
taken the part of Bill, the character would have been more of a
suave, James Bond-type.
- The Japanese song that plays after the sword fight between The Bride
and O-Ren is the theme song from _Shurayukihime (1973)_ (qv) (Lady
Snowblood). The song is entitled "Shura no hana" ("Flower of
Carnage"), and the vocals are by that film's star, Meiko Kaji.
- The Japanese song that plays over the closing credits of both Vol. 1
and Vol. 2 is the theme song from the Joshuu Sasori (Female Convict
Scorpion) series of films. The song is entitled "Urami Bushi"
("Grudge Song"), and it is performed by the star of the first four
Scorpion films, Meiko Kaji.
- Tarantino originally intended to cast a Japanese actress to play
O-Ren Ishii, but before casting began he saw 'Lucy Liu' (qv)'s work
in _Shanghai Noon (2000)_ (qv) - and immediately changed O-Ren into
a Chinese-Japanese American so that she could play the part.
- The characters streaming down the left side of the screen in the
opening scenes are Japanese kanji and hiragana, and they read "Hana
yome ga kuru, hana yome ga kuru." Or: "The Bride is coming, the
Bride is coming," over and over again.
- In Hattori Hanzo's sushi restaurant, there is a 4-character Chinese
saying hanging above the bar. It says "zui sheng meng si," literally
"drunk birth, dream death." A rough meaningful translation is "To
lead an unimportant and often dissipated life."
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- Stay through the credits for a blooper scene from
_Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv).
- 'Quentin Taratino' (qv) pays homage to his first film
_Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv) twice in this film: First, the Bride
pulls a single blade razor from her cowboy boot which is a direct
homage to Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs, who pulls a razor from his
cowboy boot in the infamous ear scene. Second, when the Bride and
Bill are talking, Bill says that he hears a gunshot to the kneecap
is quite painful. In Reservoir Dogs, Mr. White says to Mr. Orange,
"Aside from the kneecap, the gut is the most painful area a guy can
get shot in."
- This is the only 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv) film (if you count Vol. 1
and Vol. 2 as one film) which has no role played by
'Quentin Tarantino' (qv).
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- Bill says that The Bride is a natural born killer.
_Natural Born Killers (1994)_ (qv) was originally written by
Tarantino.
- In the scene were Bud and Elle are talking in Bud's trailer, before
he checks the bag of money, there is a poster behind Bill of
_Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv). The same movie discussed by
Tarantino in Resevoir Dogs during his Madonna speech.
- 'Warren Beatty' (qv) was considered for the role of Bill.
- DIRTRADE: ['Quentin Tarantino' (qv)]: [bare feet] In the final
chapter, at Bill's Hasienda, both Thurman's and Carradine's
characters have bare feet
- The large wooden flute played by Bill ('David Carradine' (qv))
resembles the same instrument David Carradine plays as Kwai Chang
Caine in _"Kung Fu" (1972)_ (qv)
- DIRTRADE: ['Quentin Tarantino' (qv)]: [long take]: The "Massacre at
Two Pines" ends with the camera following The Bride down the aisle
away from Bill to the alter. We then "float" away from the alter,
down the aisle, past Bill, out the door to the awaiting members of
the DiVAS. Once they enter, the camera cranes up off the ground
where we hear the pandemonium inside the chapel until finally fading
out. All in a single take.
- When starting off the Legend of Pai Mei, Bill says, "Once upon a
time in China...", the English title of the 1991 Jet Li film,
_Wong Fei-hung (1991)_ (qv)
- When the Bride visits the brothel in Mexico, she is wearing Buck's
sunglasses from Vol. 1.
- The license plate on Bill's Jeep is THX1139, an apparent
tongue-in-cheek homage to director 'George Lucas' (qv).
- After the fight between Elle and the Bride, Elle thrashes around on
the floor kicking and screaming in a manner reminiscent of Pris from
_Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv), also played by 'Daryl Hannah' (qv).
- When Budd shoots Beatrix in Chapter 8, the music played is from
_Per un pugno di dollari (1964)_ (qv).
- The spit-can Budd uses is labeled Oak Ridge Coffee. Oak Ridge is a
town in Tennessee about 15 miles from Quentin Tarantino's hometown
of Knoxville.
- 'Michael Madsen' (qv) stands in the doorway of his trailer and
strikes the same pose as he dose against the pole in Reservoir Dogs.
- Budd explains to Elle Driver that he pawned his Hanzo sword - a
reference to _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) where Butch finds a samurai
sword inside a pawn shop.
- The Bride never fires a gun in either movie and only holds a gun
once.
- The brand of cigarette's smoked in this film, as noted by the eagle
logo below the filter seen in close-ups, is American Spirits.
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- 'Bill Murray (I)' (qv) was originally offered the role of John
Kimble.
- 'Danny DeVito' (qv) was also considered for the role of John Kimble,
but was not given the part due to his height.
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- The talk show segments were filmed on videotape (like a real talk
show) and later transferred to film. An unedited version of Jerry's
monologue in its original video format can be seen as part of the
DVD's special features.
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# King of Fighters 2003, The (2003) (VG)
- This game was the last King of Fighters game to be on SNK's 13 year
old Neo Geo MVS system, since the company decided to move
development to Sammy's much more powerful and up to date Atomiswave
hardware.
- Kyo's new outfit is based on his striker form, "Justice", from The
King of Fighters 99: Evolution.
- Unlike previous King of Fighters titles, Yamazaki's outfit is
actually based on his appearances in the Fatal Fury series.
- In the fight with the Kagura sisters, the theme playing is a remix
of Chizuru Kagura's original theme, "Fairy", from The King of
Fighters 96.
- In the fight with Kusanagi, the theme playing is a remix of "Esaka",
Kyo Kusanagi's theme from The King of Fighters 96.
- The designs for Adelheid and Rose actually come from concept designs
found in the Playstation version of The King of Fighters 99.
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- The resurrection scene was one of the first uses of the two strip
coloring process, which was a forerunner of the three strip
Technicolor process which would become the norm years later.
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# Kontroll (2003)
- In an Interview, director 'Nimród Antal' (qv) said that
'Andrei Tarkovsky' (qv)'s _Solaris (1972)_ (qv) was a great
inspiration for his film.
- At one point, 'Zsolt Nagy (II)' (qv)'s character accidentally hits
one of the columns. This wasn't in the script, and the director
decided to include it in the movie.
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- Pierce Patchett's business is based on the long-time rumor that
there really was a house of prostitution in Hollywood that supplied
ladies meticulously dressed and made up to resemble famous movie
stars. In his memoir "Hollywood: Stars and Starlets, Tycoons and
Flesh-Peddlers, Moviemakers and Moneymakers, Frauds and Geniuses,
Hopefuls and Has-Beens, Great Lovers and Sex Symbols", screenwriter
'Garson Kanin' (qv) describes a visit to a place called Mae's where
the madam dressed as Mae West and presided over a cast of replicas
of Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich
and Ginger Rodgers, among others.
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# Langt fra Las Vegas - 'bag om' (2003) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
# Langt fra Las Vegas - bagfra og i alle stillinger (2003) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
# Langt fra Las Vegas - om Iben Hjejle (2002) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
# Langt fra Las Vegas - om Katja K (2003) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
# Langt fra Las Vegas - om Klaus Bondam (2002) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
# Langt fra Las Vegas - om Lars Hjortshøj (2002) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
# Langt fra Las Vegas - om Sofie Stougaard (2002) (TV)
- Available on the Danish 2-disc DVD of
_"Langt fra Las Vegas" (2002)_ (qv) released on 4 April 2004.
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- 'Linda Fiorentino' (qv) was widely lauded by critics for her
performance in this movie but was denied an academy award nomination
because it came out on TV before a theatrical release.
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- Copyright records indicate the movie had sound, but this has not
been verified.
- The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 28 November 1923,
and had 133 performances. The cast included 'Lionel Barrymore' (qv)
as Tito Beppi, 'Ian Keith (I)' (qv) as Luigi Ravelli and
'Irene Fenwick' (qv) as Simonetta. The play itself was based on
"Ridi, Pagliaccio" by Faurto Martini.
- The song "Laugh Clown Laugh", with music by 'Ted Fiorito' (qv) and
lyrics by 'Sam Lewis (I)' (qv) and 'Joe Young (I)' (qv), did much to
make this movie a hit when it rose to #1 on the 1928 hit parade.
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# Law and Disorder (1958)
- The production began with 'Henry Cornelius' (qv) as director, but
was finished by 'Charles Crichton' (qv) after Cornelius's death.
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# Lawful Cheater, The (1925)
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# Lebenszeichen (1968)
- DIRCAMEO('Werner Herzog' (qv)): one the soldiers at the beginning of
the film that transports Stoszek to the hospital.
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was supported by director 'Ridley Scott' (qv). He then had 'Rob
Bottin' (special make-up effects) implement the concept.
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- This game started life in development for Nintendo's 64DD add-on for
the Nintendo 64 (which was a disk drive that was only released in
Japan with little fanfare). The 64DD flopped in Japan and it wasn't
even released in the USA. As a result, this game, instead of being
released in disks, was crammed into a cartridge (which was the
biggest N64 pre-Expansion Pak cartridge released, in terms of
space).
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- The masks adorning the wall behind Carlov in the Nintendo Gallery
are from the Zelda classic "Majora's Mask".
- The stained-glass windows surrounding the Master Sword in the Hyrule
Castle basement depict the sages from "Ocarina of Time".
- The symbols upon the three pearls of the goddesses are the same
symbols that represent the songs that can be played on the Harp of
Ages in "Oracle of Ages".
- Upon completion of the game, a second quest is opened with slight
changes in clothing and language.
- The ancient Hyrulian written in some places - on maps, in buildings
- is derived from Japanese and can be read if attempted.
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# Legend of the Tamworth Two, The (2004) (TV)
- All the pigs featured in this film were female, because it was
thought that the sight of male pigs' genitals was not suitable for
family viewing.
- 'Alan Rickman' (qv) was set to play Wolf, but his work on
_Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv) overran and
'Kevin Whately' (qv) had to step in at short notice.
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- The title refers to the biblical fall from innocence . In Sweden
however, the title was translated as "Höstlegender" meaning Legends
of the (season) Fall (as in autumn).
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- 'Joan Fontaine' (qv)'s favorite movie.
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- When 'Michal Palin' (qv) as Pontius Pilate addressed the soldiers
daring them to laugh, he was truly daring them. The soldier extras
were ordered by the Pythons to stand there and not laugh but not
told what Palin was going to do.
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- The name "Lilo" means "Generous One" and its origin is Hawaiian.
- The Name "Nani" means "Charming" and its origin is Greek.
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- Not counting 'Kirk Douglas (I)' (qv) (who has a major role in the
film), out of all the "disguised stars" that unmask themselves in
the closing scene, only 'Robert Mitchum' (qv) is actually in the
movie. The rest of the "hidden stars" ('Tony Curtis' (qv),
'Burt Lancaster' (qv) and 'Frank Sinatra' (qv)) are only actually
there in the post-end credits unmasking scene, while their bit parts
in the film were played by extras voiced by 'Paul Frees' (qv). See
also the Crazy Credits entry.
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- The musical score was originally going to be composed by
'Carole Bayer Sager' (qv) but she left the project.
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# Little Drummer Girl, The (1984)
- CAMEO('John Le Carré' (qv)): the policeman in the scene when Charlie
goes to her London apartment.
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- In the trailer, the woman on the boat in the pre-title sequence
talks with her own voice before it was re-dubbed.
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- When Manni says "Shrimp in Florida" he is actually giving credit to
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'Moritz Bleibtreu' (qv)'s mother, 'Monika Bleibtreu' (qv).
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- During the establishing shot of Paris that changes into color you
see a bunch of little girls walking in a line behind a nun. This is
a reference to the children's book "Madeline".
- 'Joan Cusack' (qv)'s character is called "Mother", a reference to
the head of the spy organization on the tv series (and later feature
film) _"Avengers, The" (1961)_ (qv)
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hobbit-hole was not in the script - Ian McKellen banged his forehead
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- DIRCAMEO('Peter Jackson (I)' (qv)): Wearing chainmail at Helm's
Deep.
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# Lost Battalion, The (2001) (TV)
- The name "Mulcahy" is carved above the Major's office in the trench.
The director of the film was 'Russel Mulcahy' (qv).
- At one point, there is an exchange to the effect of: "You're never
gonna make it to Corporal." "I just want to make it to civilian."
This dialogue is taken almost verbatim from the WWII film
_Walk in the Sun, A (1945)_ (qv).
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- The movie Bob and Charlotte watch together at the hotel when neither
one of them can sleep is _Dolce vita, La (1960)_ (qv)
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- The first Woody Allen film using his trademark white-on-black
credits.
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# Lure of Ambition, The (1919)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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- M.A.S.H. stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
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- Originally, the film was supposed to be about a group of children
living without parents in the wild. They were trying to decide what
adult character would find them, when someone thought of Max. After
that suggestion, it became a "Mad Max" film.
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# Madame Du Barry (1917)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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mentions Pitt's drinking habits to his wife, on stage, as Alan
Bennett puts it, "Pitt takes a swig from a hip flask, such a regular
feature of his behaviour it is not noted in the stage directions."
(The historical Pitt was considered a heavy drinker even by
eighteenth-century standards, especially as he got older; modern
biographers agree that his alcohol intake probably contributed to
his early death.)
- In reality, the Prince's illegal "marriage" to Maria Fitzherbert did
not end until 1794 - about five years after the film's events. (They
later reunited for a time after his disastrous marriage to Caroline
of Brunswick.)
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# Magnificent Rebel, The (1961) (TV)
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- DIRTRADE(Paul Thomas Anderson): [long shot] When Stanley and his
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- DIRTRADE(Paul Thomas Anderson): [Camel Lights] Phil orders a pack
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- DirTrade(Paul Thomas Anderson): [Iris In/Out]: The very first story
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- The furniture store and Mobil station next to it (where the frogs
scene is shot) is at the corner of Sherman Way and Reseda Blvd., in
Reseda, California, about a block away from the disco club seen in
_Boogie Nights (1997)_ (qv).
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- The name "Gwen Turner" is a reference to _Go Fish (1994)_ (qv)
writer/director 'Guinevere Turner' (qv).
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- Although Renee's surname is never mentioned on screen, the cast list
gives it as Mosier, a reference to producer 'Scott Mosier' (qv)
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- When Renee ('Shannen Doherty' (qv)) runs to tell Jay and Silent Bob
that Brodie and T.S. are being arrested, 'Ethan Suplee' (qv)
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director Kevin Smith's collection at the time (which has grown
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# Man About Town, A (1927)
- Thirteenth episode in the O. Henry Fox Featurette Series.
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- The crucial concerto for the Albert Hall sequence was composed
specifically for the film by 'Arthur Benjamin' (qv), and the same
piece was used again in the 1956 remake. When Hitchcock remade the
movie, he offered composer 'Bernard Herrmann' (qv) the opportunity
to compose a new work for the scene, but Herrmann chose not to,
citing an appreciation of Arthur Benjamin's original concerto.
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- The crucial concert piece for the Albert Hall sequence was the same
piece composed by 'Arthur Benjamin' (qv) specifically for the
original 1934 version of the film. Hitchcock offered
'Bernard Herrmann' (qv) the opportunity to compose a new work for
the scene, but Herrmann chose not to, citing an appreciation of the
original concerto.
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# Mark of Kri, The (2002) (VG)
- The art design and animation crew for this game was comprised of
former Disney animators.
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# Mary Had a Little (1961)
- Britain's first sex comedy, according to David McGillivray in his
history of the British Sex Film "Doing Rude Things".
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- After watching _Ardilla roja, La (1993)_ (qv),
'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) advised 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) to hire
'Julio Medem' (qv) to direct this movie. Spielberg contacted Medem
but the Spanish filmmaker rejected the job and preferred to keep
working in more personal projects.
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- _Matrix Revolutions, The (2003)_ (qv), _Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG)_ (qv),
and this film were shot back-to-back.
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- 'Laurence Fishburne' (qv), 'Jada Pinkett Smith' (qv),and
'Anthony Wong (I)' (qv)all signed on to the film without having read
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- The original plan for releasing The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix
Revolutions was to release them weeks apart, not months.
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- The street corner where Neo and Smith fight in the crater is the
same corner from which Neo made his phone call at the end of
_Matrix, The (1999)_ (qv) - the corner of Pitt Street and Spring
Street in Sydney, Australia. You can see the phone booth to the
right when they hit the ground.
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- Sati is the ancient Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on
her husband's funeral pyre. This practice is no banned and illegal
in India.
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- There are 804 special effects shots, almost all of them containing
some kind of a live-action element.
- A machine called "The Turing Fork" (rotatable at 360 degrees) was
specially constructed for the effect of Neo and Smith fighting in
the air, heading upwards into the sky
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# Mauprat (1926)
- This is the first ever appearance in any capacity in any film for
'Luis Buñuel' (qv).
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- When Max is in the hospital at the game's beginning, one of the
rooms is a nursery for children. Several children's drawings have
been posted on the window of the nursery. These drawings depict Max
and his family before they were killed. The last picture in the row
depicts Max crying.
- This marks the first time that a song with lyrics has been written
and performed specifically for a computer game.
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# Men In White (1998) (TV)
- As the Men in White test the alien weapon you can see the charge
blow up next to a blue Power Ranger. 'Karim Prince' (qv) played the
blue Power Ranger in the series.
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- Part of the music in this film is actually originally from the Ennio
Morricone score for the Sergio Leone western
_C'era una volta il West (1968)_ (qv).
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- The three portraits in the Commander's Room are of
'Ryuhei Kitamura' (qv), 'Hideo Kojima' (qv), and 'Denis Dyack' (qv).
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# Michael and Claire: A Portrait of Love and Dreams (2004)
- The film was originally to be directed by 'Jeremy Quist' (qv).
- Director 'Greg Stechman' (qv) originally wanted 'Colin Hanks' (qv)
to play the role of Brett Starken. Stechman ended up playing the
role himself.
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- According to his book, 'Brad Davis'(qv) had a drug problem of his
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- This was the second film to be presented in "Sensurround", a special
low-frequency bass speaker setup consisting of four huge speakers
loaned by distributors to select theatres showing the film. This
system was employed only during the quake sequences of the film, and
was so powerful that it actually cracked plaster at some movie
theaters. "Sensurround" was employed in only three other films
released by Universal: _Earthquake (1974)_ (qv),
_Rollercoaster (1977)_ (qv), and the theatrical release of
_Battlestar Galactica (1979)_ (qv).
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- References to _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv), also based on a written
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- As Anderton and Agetha leave the shopping mall they pass a woman
on the left hand side carrying an umbrella with an integrated
light. This appears identical to those carried by the citizens of
Los Angeles in Blade Runner when Deckard walks the streets.
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# Miserabili, I (1948)
- The film was presented in two parts, respectively called "Caccia
all'uomo" and "Tempesta su Parigi".
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# Mom for Christmas, A (1990) (TV)
- 'Chloe Lattanzi' (qv), the (then) four-year-old daughter of Olivia
Newton-John, was present on the set throughout the filming process.
- Much of the film crew was comprised of Australians, much to the
delight of fellow Aussie 'Olivia Newton-John' (qv). Both Vegemite (a
popular Australian spread) as well as newspapers from the country
were frequently available on the set.
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# Mormon Temple Film (1969)
- This film is shown during Mormon temple ceremonies as part of the
religious rites of the LDS Church. Since only Latter-Day Saints are
allowed in LDS temples, very few people who are not members of the
LDS church have seen this film.
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# Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
- Although the popular character "Mileena" from the video game appears
in the film, she is never mentioned by name.
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which was the first musical number in the original script, because
of his current religious beliefs. He objected to the sexual content
in the film. The scene featuring "Father and Son" was to have been
between Christian and his father in his father's office, with all
his father's employees joining in for the chorus. This was to be the
segue into his leaving home for Paris. The scene is included in the
complete script on the Special Edition DVD.
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- The song "My Way" (made popular by 'Frank Sinatra' (qv)) was
considered to be performed by The Duke for the film, but this never
developed. However, The Duke still repeatedly yells, "My way!"
during the finale.
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- The first feature film to use a green screen instead of blue for its
visual effects. The green screen allowed for the visual effect
against a rich blue evening sky.
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- In the original ending, after watching Michael and Kimberly leave
the wedding reception, Julianne meets a man (played by
'John Corbet' (qv)). This ending did not test well and audiences
wanted to see more of George, so a new ending was filmed.
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- 'Eli Wallach' (qv) appears uncredited as a liquor store owner. This
is the first time he has worked on a film with 'Clint Eastwood' (qv)
since the two of them starred in
_Buono, il bruto, il cattivo, Il (1966)_ (qv).
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- The character of the villainous, blind Spanish monk Jorge de Burgos
is inspired on Argentinian writer 'Jorge Luis Borges' (qv), whom
'Umberto Eco' (qv) deeply disliked as a person.
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- According to the Making of Near Dark that appears on the DVD, the
fog under Adrian Pasdar's shirt was caused by a complicated series
of tubes leading to five lit cigars under his shirt.
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- In the scene where Caleb lets the young cowboy from the bar get
away, a billboard can be seen in the background spraypaint with
"Bill + Louise". 'Bill Paxton' (qv), who plays Severen, is married
to 'Louise Newberry' (qv).
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as a "many-splendored thing." 'William Holden (I)' (qv) starred in
_Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)_ (qv).
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- 'Liza Minnelli' (qv)'s "And The World Goes Round", which takes place
in a recording studio, is the only song in the movie performed live
as filmed, as opposed to lip-synched to a pre recorded soundtrack.
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- At the time, was one of the lowest grossing live action movies in
Walt Disney studio history.
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- Many of the murder photos in the press office are real, including
the one of the horribly mutilated prostitute. They were taken from
the photo album of a homicide detective who worked in LA from the
1930s to the 1950s, which would later be published under the title
"Death Scenes".
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- While writing the script, George A. Romero and John Russo were
trying to think of a manner in which to destroy the zombies. Marilyn
Eastman joked that they could throw pies in their faces. This is
obviously an inspiration for the pie fight scene in its sequel,
"Dawn of the Dead."
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- Tom is wearing a shirt that says "Iron City" on it. This is the
brand of beer the hunters are drinking in the original
_Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv).
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# Noire de..., La (1966)
- This is believed to be the first feature film made by a black
African in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- DIRCAMEO('Werner Herzog' (qv)): the person who sticks his foot into
the coffin and gets his toe bitten by a rat.
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- The wig used by Rusty ('Brad Pitt' (qv)) in his disguise as a doctor
was 'Mike Myers' (qv)'s rehearsal wig for
_Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)_ (qv).
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# Of Men and Gods (2002)
- Five of the interviewed people have died since the documentary was
made. They died of AIDS.
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- DIRTRADE: (Mike Judge) [water tank]: Visible through Tom's back door
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# Olsenbanden Junior på rocker'n (2004)
- In April 2004 its distributor announced that the movie had been seen
by more than 368,000 Norwegian movie-goers after running for only
ten weeks (there are only 4,2 million people in Norway). For
comparison the first movie,
_Olsenbanden Junior går under vann (2003)_ (qv), which was
considered a huge Norwegian success ended up on 362,796 people after
33 weeks.
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# Olvidados, Los (1950)
- UNESCO has launched the Memory of the World Programme to guard
against collective amnesia calling upon the preservation of the
valuable archive holdings and library collections all over the world
ensuring their wide dissemination. This film and 'Fritz Lang' (qv)'s
_Metropolis (1927)_ (qv) are the first two movies (and in 2004, the
only two mocies) with this recognition.
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- The U.S. distributor reportedly failed to file the proper paperwork
so that 'Ennio Morricone' (qv)'s score, regarded as one of his best,
could be put up for nomination for an Academy Award.
- This was the first feature film role for child model
'Jennifer Connelly' (qv). This drew the attention of another Italian
director, 'Dario Argento' (qv), who cast her in her first starring
role in _Phenomena (1985)_ (qv).
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- 'Kirk Douglas (I)' (qv) possessed the movie rights for a long time,
before his son 'Douglas, Michael' finally started the project.
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- 'Kirk Douglas (I)' (qv) starred in the 1963 Broadway production
after buying the film rights prior to publication; he later passed
the film rights to his son Michael, but kept a percentage of the
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period he was trying to star in it. 'Kirk Douglas (I)' (qv) had met
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# Paap (2003)
- The first Bollywood film to premiere at the Kara Film Festival in
Karachi, Pakistan.
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# Panama Hattie (1942)
- The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 30 October 1940
and closed on 3 January 1942 for a total of 501 performances.
'Ethel Merman' (qv) played Hattie, 'Betty Hutton' (qv) was Flo,
'Rags Ragland' (qv) originated his movie role,
'Arthur Treacher' (qv) played the butler, 'James Dunn (I)' (qv) was
Bulliet, and future film stars, 'June Allyson' (qv),
'Lucille Bremer' (qv) and 'Vera-Ellen' (qv) were dancers.
- 'Pierre Watkin' (qv) (Admiral Tree) and 'Stanley Andrews (I)' (qv)
(Colonel John Briggs) were in studio records for those roles, but
never appeared. 'Lester Dorr' (qv) was listed as a cast member in a
news item but was not seen in the movie.
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- In 1980, a flood destroyed the original, uncut version, making the
restoration of the cut scenes unlikely.
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# Paris in the Spring (1947)
- Fourth title in Paramount's Musical Parade Featurette Series #4
(1946-1947).
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- According to 'Daisy von Scherler Mayer' (qv), 'Eric Stoltz' (qv) was
in the opening party scene but his footage was cut.
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- In addition to the hand cameo in the scene where Jesus' hands are
nailed to a cross, the film's composer (John Debney) said in a
magazine interview that Mel Gibson recorded the sound effects -
cries and screaming - mixed with the music during the scene where
Judas commits suicide.
- When Mary Magdalene touches Jesus' foot but it is actually Mel
Gibson's foot in the scene.
- Surpassed _My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)_ (qv) as the highest
grossing independent movie ever.
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- A complete list of LtC Thomas Devoe's decorations and badges:
Lieutenant Colonel, Special Forces Branch, 2nd Ranger Battalion Tab,
Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab. Special Forces Unit Crest, Thailand
Army Parachutist Qualification Badge, Combat Infantryman's Badge,
Pathfinder Badge. Joint Meritorious Unit Award. Silver Star with
Bronze "V" device ;(Note: the Bronze V Device is not authorized for
wear on the Silver Star medal.), Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Defense
Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two bronze
Oak Leaf Clusters in lieu of repeat awards, Army Commendation Medal
with one bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a repeat award, Army
Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal with one bronze Star in lieu of a repeat award,
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two gold Stars in lieu of repeat
awards, Army Service Ribbon, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait -
Saudi Arabia, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait - Emirate of
Kuwait.
- The three attack helicopters used by the United States Air Force to
retrieve the nuclear warheads are slightly modified HH65
Helicopters, some of which were armed with twin 70mm Missile Pods.
They are commonly used by Police forces and the US Coast Guard.
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- Originally intended as an installment of the
_"Disneyland" (1954)_ (qv) TV series circa 1957, it was shelved
until 1975.
- Originally, Elliott the dragon was not to be seen at all in the film
and remain invisible throughout. However, members of the studio
animation department gradually lobbied studio heads to increase the
amount of visible screen time. At first it was decided he would be
only seen at the end of the film, but ultimately the character's
screen time was increased to 22 minutes.
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- The film's working title was "People Like Us". Another early title
was "At Risk".
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- The screenplay for this film was written by 'Frank Waldman' (qv) and
'Blake Edwards' (qv) as one of two possible screenplays (the other
being the screenplay that became
_Return of the Pink Panther, The (1975)_ (qv)) for the proposed Pink
Panther TV series. After Return of the Pink Panther turned out to be
a success, Edwards decided to make the unused screenplay into this
film.
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- The Europeans using matchlock muskets was a nice touch. This is
exactly what mariners would be using at the time, as the wheellock
was too delicate and expensive and the snaphaunce (forerunner of the
flintlock) was still too new and unreliable for general use.
(especially at sea)
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# Poirot: Death on the Nile (2004) (TV)
- The cruiser Karnak used in this production is the same cruiser used
in the 1978 film version, _Death on the Nile (1978)_ (qv).
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# Policenauts (1994) (VG)
- The four "EMPS" mecha suits that appears in the game (the Yuri,
Goddard, Oberth and Von-Braun models) were named after famous rocket
scientists.
- Meryl Silverburgh, one of Ed's subordinates in the BCP Vice Squad
and a major character in the game, later made an appearance as Solid
Snake's sidekick and romantic interest in Metal Gear Solid. Her
partner in Policenauts, Dave Forrest, happens to share the same
first name given to Metal Gear Solid's protagonist.
- The brothers, Tony and Ridley Redwood, share the same first names
with real life brothers and directors, Tony Scott (I) and Ridley
Scott.
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- The film's working title was "$3,000".
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- Released the same year that the real Crown Prince of Denmark,
Frederik, is to be married to Mary Donaldson of Tasmania, Australia.
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- All of the soldiers were members of the Sealed Knot Society (an
English Civil War re-enactment organization). Several other extras
such as the Jailer were also members.
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- B-Ko's father makes an appearance, despite having died at the
conclusion of episode 2.
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# Prozac Nation (2001)
- When Elizabeth Wurtzel is writing the piece on Bruce Springsteen, a
pack of Morley's from the _"X-Files, The" (1993)_ (qv) can be seen
on her desk.
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- The pseudonym that Meg Tilly uses in the film, Marie Samuels, is the
same pseudonym that Janet Leigh signs in with at the Bates Motel on
her fateful night in the original _Psycho (1960)_ (qv).
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- According to Roger Avery, who co-wrote the script with Tarantino,
the original plan was to have the briefcase contain diamonds. This
seemed neither exciting nor original, so Avery and Tarantino decided
to have the briefcase's contents never appear on screen; this way
each filmgoer could mentally "fill in the blank" with whatever
struck his or her imagination as best fitting the description "so
beautiful". The orange light bulb (projecting shimmering light onto
the actors' faces) was a last-minute decision and added a completely
unintended fantastic element.
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- All of the fight sequences were improvised by the actors to give the
fights a sense of realism.
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- The words that Frank Castle writes near the end of the film, listing
the bases of his vigilante philosophy in numbered order, form the
beginning of his war journal, an ongoing diary of his campaign
against organized crime. It was the basis for the long-running comic
book "Punisher War Journal".
- The "popsicle interrogation" scene was drawn from a nearly identical
scene in Punisher War Zone #1 (1992). In the comic book, the torture
device was a wet bar of soap.
- 'Vin Diesel' (qv) was offered the role of Frank Castle/The Punisher.
- 'Hugh Jackman' (qv) was offered the role of Frank Castle/The
Punisher, but he had to pass because he was already in
pre-production with _Van Helsing (2004)_ (qv).
- 'Rebecca Romijn-Stamos' (qv) revealed that in a scene where she sews
up a knife wound on Thomas Jane, she pushes the needle too far in
and ends up actually sewing a couple of stitches on Thomas Jane's
body instead of just the prosthetic wound.
# Punk Rock Movie, The (1978)
- Most of the bands were filmed at the Roxy club in London, where Don
Letts worked as a DJ. Letts filmed the bands very simply with a
Super 8 camera, and also filmed on the tour bus and at shows with
the Clash and the Slits. The Sex Pistols were filmed at Screen on
the Green in London on 3 April 1977, Sid Vicious's first show with
the band.
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- An early, simpler, version of the unpronounceable symbol that Prince
changed his name to during his dispute with Warner Bros. Records is
painted on the side Prince's motorcycle's gas tank.
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# Puños rosas (2004)
- Several scenes were filmed in the High Security Prision of
Matamoros, México, with real inmates working as extras and making
small parts.
- One of the inmates of the Matamoros High Security Prision, known as
Tun Tun, was helped by the cast and crew of the film to obtain his
freedom. Tun Tun, a small man that appears in the film as one of
German's bodyguards in prison, was in jail because he tried to steal
a bike and was unable to pay the fee. The cast and crew created a
found named "Free Tun Tun" and everyone gives 5 dollars to complete
the fee. Tun Tun was released the final day of shooting in the
prison. He didn't expect it.
- The second unit was known as "Micro crew". When a third unit was
created, with only six people, this last unit was named "Atom crew"
- 'Adal Ramone' (qv)'s popularity, as the leading man of the TV show
_"Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones" (1997)_ (qv), created such a furor
in the locals of Matamoros and Brownsville, that many people that
approached to the crew asked frequently if that was "la película de
Adal" (Adal's movie). Hundreds of people surrounded the locations,
specially the days when Adal Ramones didn't have scenes to shoot.
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# Quints (2000) (TV)
- Babies are only allowed to work fifteen minutes at a time with
twenty minute breaks in between. So, twenty babies were brought in
to play the quints.
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- The director 'Archie Borders' is the voice of "Chuck" during the
wedding vows at the beginning of the movie. He is also briefly
glimpsed from behind when the bride and groom move through the
bathroom at the end of the film.
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# Reflections of a Life (2003)
- Actors 'Martin Forry' (qv) and 'Steven Caldwell' (qv) use their real
first names in the film because Martin accidentally called Steven by
his real name instead of his character name in one take. Other than
that, it was his best take, so it was left in.
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- Quentin Tarantino was considering using "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet as
alternate song for the "ear" scene, but went with Stealers Wheel
"Stuck in the middle with you"
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- 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv) really did punch the frozen meat in the
training scene in the movie. In fact he did it so many times in many
different takes that after filming was finished, he noticed the
shape of his hands was different. His knuckles were left completely
flattened and they remain that way to this day.
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- The character George Washington Duke is based on real life boxing
promoter 'Don King' (qv), the character even uses Don King's
catchphrase of "Only in America". The character's surname "Duke"
comes from the nickname of Tommy Morrison who played Tommy Gunn in
the movie.
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# Rogue's Romance, A (1919)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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- Is the third film to be presented in "Sensurround", a special
low-frequency bass speaker setup consisting of four huge speakers
loaned by distributors to select theatres showing the film. This
system was employed only during the quake sequences of the film, and
was so powerful that it actually cracked plaster at some movie
theaters. "Sensurround" was employed in only three other films
released by Universal: _Earthquake (1974)_ (qv),
_Midway (1976)_ (qv), and the theatrical release of
_Battlestar Galactica (1979)_ (qv).
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# Romeo and Juliet (1916/I)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
# Romeo and Juliet (1916/II)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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# Rose of Blood, The (1917)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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artist Miguel Calder?n and were part of his 1998 exhibit
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- DIRTRADE(Wes Anderson): [In-Camera Speed Change Ending]: The movie
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- DRTRADE(Wes Anderson): [underwater shot] In every Wes Anderson film
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- Miguel Calder?n did not actually paint the portraits in Eli's living
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nonetheless attributed to Calder?n.
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- Hatcher's tooth-fairy speech was a substitution for him comparing
the situation to Pooh stuck in the door to Rabbit's house from
_Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The (1977)_ (qv) (qv) after
Disney threatened to sue over it.
- Originally a project for 'Stephen Sommers' (qv) to direct.
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# SF: Episode One (1998)
- The sword that is stolen in this film was borrowed from the estate
of 'Toshiro Mifune' (qv). It was one of his personal swords.
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- 'Val Kilmer' (qv) researched his role by spending time with drug
abusers in Riverside and the greater Los Angeles area.
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of Tillamook, OR, and 20 miles East of the Pacific Ocean. However,
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- 'Branford Marsalis' (qv), who plays Jordam, performed many of the
saxopohone solos in the film's score.
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- The riff of the Darkness song "Black Shuck" is used in the film, but
"Growing On Me" appears on the soundtrack. This is because Black
Shuck contains the line "Black Shuck, that dog don't give a fuck"
repeatedly.
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- Velma's nameplate necklace reads 'Velmalicious'
- The original Scooby-Doo episode dealing with the pterodactyl ghost
featured a villain and motive that were quite different. The
pterodactyl/hang glider costume was used to smuggle pirated music,
with the small-town mayor behind the whole scheme.
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- Director Frank Oz went to Brando's house and offered him $3 million
dollars to play the role of a gay master thief. But when Brando
showed up on the set wearing livid make up and talking with a lisp,
Oz tried to steer him toward a more low-key portrayal. Brando
responded with a typically mumbled profanity and refused to come on
the set if Oz was there. Co-star Robert DeNiro ended up directing
Brando's scenes, with Oz sending in suggestions from another room.
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# Serpent, The (1916)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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# Shade (2003)
- Charlie Miller, Max Malini, Dai Vernon/The professor, Larry
Jennings, Nate Leipzig and Jacob Daley are all famous sleigh of hand
magicians.
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- In the beginning of the movie, when Henslowe asks Will if he has
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# Shakespeare's Dilemma (2003)
- The film was made possible by the volunteering friends, families,
and co-workers of director John C. Lyons and writer
'William R. Vitanyi Jr.' (qv). The entire budget - from costumes, to
film festivals, equipment and distribution materials - came to $600
USD.
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# Shattered Glass (2003)
- After test screenings, an off-screen voice was added to clarify a
plot point. The voice is that of the film's editor.
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- Shaun works at Foree Electronics. 'Ken Foree' (qv) was one of the
stars of _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv).
- The phrase "fried gold" originated behind the scenes of
'Simon Pegg' (qv), 'Jessica Stevenson' (qv) and
'Edgar Wright' (qv)'s sitcom _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv) and was
mentioned several times on the DVD commentaries for that series. It
makes several fan-pleasing appearances in the film.
- At one point, a zombie can be glimpsed wearing a yellow cycling
helmet and lycra shorts. He's played by comedian Michael Smiley, who
made appearances in _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv) as a bicycle courier
named Tyres.
- At one point, Ed ('Nick Frost' (qv)) tells Shaun's mum
('Penelope Wilton' (qv)) that "We're coming to get you, Barbara."
During an early scene of George Romero's seminal zombie movie
_Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv), one of the characters mocks
his sister with the line "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"
- The game that Ed (Nick Frost) is playing throughout the movie is
_Timesplitters 2 (2002) (VG)_ (qv). The Timesplitters themselves are
dimension-hopping zombies.
- The zombie that Shaun (Simon Pegg) and Ed (Nick Frost) find in their
garden is Mary, the checkout girl from the film's credit montage. A
short story detailing her transformation into one of the undead was
featured in prog 1384 of classic British sci-fi comic 2000AD. The
issue went on sale 7 April 2004. The strip was called "There's
Something About Mary" and was written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
(the film's co-writers) with art by Frazer Irving.
- At the end of the film, as Shaun (Simon Pegg) flicks through TV
channels, a voice can be heard saying that "claims that the epidemic
was due to escaped laboratory monkeys infected with Rage are ba..."
Shaun flicks over before the voice can finish the sentence. The
voice is referencing _28 Days Later... (2002)_ (qv), another British
zombie movie.
- All of the newsreaders and television presenters are real people
portraying themselves.
- Shaun (Simon Pegg) complains that Ed (Nick Frost) isn't his
boyfriend, then says, "Thanks, babe". In Spaced series 1, a
conversation begins in a similar manner between the two actors
("Alright, babe?")
- The distributor/production logos at the start have an excerpt from
"The Gonk" by H. Chappell played over them. This track was used to
great effect in _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv).
- When flicking through the Yellow Pages, Shaun finds the number for
the restaurant "that does all the fish". It's called Fulci's
Restaurant - a reference to Italian horror director
'Lucio Fulci' (qv).
- 'Nick Frost' (qv) (Ed) apparently kept his genitals shaved
throughout the production to create a genuine need to scratch that
the character demanded.
- The posters in Shaun's living room are all of artists on the Ninja
Tune record label, these include Funki Porcini and The Herbaliser.
- When the Universal logo appears at the start of the film, the music
playing is taken from the soundtrack to the original
_Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv). Also, the end credits feature a new
recording of the infamous shopping-mall music from the same film.
- The TV news reports Shaun and Ed watch feature an anchorman who
utters the exact same phrases as the TV reporter in
_Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv).
- When Shaun's girlfriend objects to going out to The Winchester he
suggest a few other pubs one of which is The Shepherds, which
actually use to be Simon Pegg's local pub in Highgate until it was
closed and re-opened as a Themed-bar.
- When Shaun comes into work, one of his co-workers mentions something
about someone named "Ash" calling out from work. Ash is the name of
Bruce Campbell's character in the Evil Dead trilogy, who also works
at a department store (SMart) similar to the one Shaun works at.
- The choreographed pool-cue beating of the zombie in the Winchester
(synchronized to the Queen soundtrack) is a carefully referenced
homage to the balletic assault on the homeless man in
_Clockwork Orange, A (1971)_ (qv)
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- M. Night Shyamalan's scene in which he talks to Hess about the death
of his wife was shot a day after a member of Shyamalan's family
died.
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# Siren's Song, The (1919)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
# Sirens (1994)
- Although this movie is a work of fiction, it is centered around a
real person. Norman Lindsay was a real-life artist and author in
Australia during the early 1900s. Several of his books have been
adapted into movies, including _Age of Consent, The (1969)_ (qv)
which tells a different version of this same story.
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- Niles East High School, where the movie was filmed is now Oakton
Community College. The building has been renovated and no longer
recognizable.
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- The elaborate background paintings usually took seven to ten days to
paint. By contrast, a typical animation background takes one workday
to complete.
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- 'Billy Bob Thornton' (qv) said he wrote the role of Vaughn
Cunningham specifically for his good friend 'John Ritter' (qv).
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- The black and white checkered shoes worn by Erik in the movie are
Vans classical slip-ons.
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- SPOILER: The film's working title was "See Roy Take A Picture..."
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# Smiling Lieutenant, The (1931)
- The operetta by 'Felix Dormann' (qv) and 'Leopold Jacobson' (qv)
opened in Leipzig, Germany, on 31 May 1907. An English version,
entitled "A Waltz Dream", with music by 'Oscar Straus' (qv) and
English book by Joseph W. Herbert, opened in New York City, New
York, USA, on 27 January 1908 and ran for 111 performances. It is
not known if any of Straus' music from that production was used in
this film. The songs, however, had a new lyricist and new titles.
- Film experts thought this film was lost, but a print was found in
the Danish film archives. This version, apparently the only one in
existance, runs 89 minutes, compared to the 93-minute copyright
length. The New York Times review mentioned a wedding scene which
was not in the viewed print.
- A French version with dialogue and lyrics by
'Henri Bataille (II)' (qv) was shown in New York on 15 October 1931,
and was also a big hit in Paris. It had the same 3 leading actors
and probably was a dubbed English print.
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- In Guy Ritchie's previous film
_Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1998)_ (qv), there is a scene
in which Harry, Barry and Chris have a conversation. Barry says the
line. "No, Harry, you can't," which is shortly repeated by Chris,
then by both together. This joke is carried over to this movie when
Alex and Susi do the same thing with the line, "Yeah, Dad, you told
us."
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'Where's the bottle", or "Where's the bonbon?", Wilder pasted the
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- The film's working title was "Not Tonight Josephine".
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# Something in Her Eye (1915)
- The actress top-billed as Billie Rhodes is not the well-known
comedienne of the same period, 'Billie Rhodes (I)' (qv), but a
different actress imitating her.
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# Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) (VG)
- Just like Sonic, Tails's real name, Miles Prower, is a reference to
speed (miles per hour).
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- In the end when the family is climbing over the hills to safety, it
is not really Gretl on the shoulders of Captain von Trapp. In the
DVD version, it revealed that while in Austria, 'Kym Karath' (qv)
gained a lot of weight. This was one of the last shots filmed and so
she was evidently a bit too heavy to be carried on
'Christopher Plummer (I)' (qv)'s back. He requested a stunt double
and that is who's seen being carried on his back.
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# Southside (2004)
- Film was originally going to be titled "Political Animal".
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# Spartan (2004)
- 'Val Kilmer' (qv) researched for the part by training with former
military special operations personnel.
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- The film contains multiple references to future Spider-Man
villains...
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Avondale Spider, the same type used in _Arachnophobia (1990)_ (qv).
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and beyond..."
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- The Probe is modelled after Rama from 'Arthur C. Clarke' (qv)'s
"Rendezvous with Rama".
- The scene with Chekov and Uhura asking passerby where Alemeda and
the U.S. Enterprise were was completely unscripted, as was the young
lady's clueless response, "Ooh, I don't think I know the answer to
that one - I think it's in the bay, in Alemeda." Crew had to chase
her down after the shot was taken to get her to sign a SAG waiver
and permission to use her in the film.
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- The ships backing the Enterprise in Federation territory according
to Data and Picard's meeting in stellar cartography are: USS
Intrepid, USS Valiant, USS Galaxy, USS Aries, USS Nova, USS Hood,
and USS Archer (named after the Captain from the Star Trek series
"Enterprise.")
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- The terms "X-wing" and "Y-wing" and "TIE fighter" were used by ILM
effects guys to distinguish the fighters. These terms are not used
in the film. The became popular with the public after the toys and
the Making of special aired on tv In addition, ILM's special effects
staff nicknamed the Millennium Falcon "The Porkburger" but this
never caught on.
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first time in 21 years, Star Wars Wookiees were played by someone
197148a199590,199594
- The Twi'lek Jedi Knight named Aayla Secura, played by Amy Allen,
originated in the Dark Horse comic books. This marks the only
occasion a character not created by George Lucas has appeared in the
films.
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- Originally produced in 3-D. The first ever animated feature made in
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# Stone Cold (1991/I)
- In the opening scene, in the supermarket the hostage the robber
takes is a young 'Renée O'Connor' (qv), in one of her first TV
roles.
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- The characters of Evil Ryu and Karin were originally from a Japanese
Street Fighter Manga called Sakura Ganbare by Masahiko Nakahira.
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# Street Fighter II Movie (1994)
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- John Schiffner is the real life coach and manager of the Chatham
A's.
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# Super Mario Bros. (1985) (VG)
- The first video game to introduce side-scrolling to platform games.
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reference to a line of dialogue spoken in _Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory_ (1971).
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photograph of 'Helen Slater' (qv) pasted on a wooden cut-out.
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- The footage of the Vortex that appears behind 'Peter
O'Toole (I)' (qv) and 'Helen Slater' (qv) towards the end of the
film was filmed underwater.
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'David Boreanaz' (qv), 'Ian Somerhalder' (qv), 'Henry Cavill' (qv)
and 'Jerry O'Connell' (qv) were considered for the part of Superman.
201399,201400c203851,203855
- After 'Brett Ratner'(qv)'s departure, Charlie's Angels director
'McG' (qv) has been slowly trying to get the movie into production.
- 'Anthony Hopkins' (qv) was set to play Jor-El of Krypton, but after
Ratner left, Hopkins did the same.
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# Svensken vid Omaha Beach (2002) (TV)
- Partially based on the autobiography of Kurt and Walter Feldtblad
called "Krigshjältarna".
- The documentary was specially made as an introduction to the Swedish
airing of _"Band of Brothers" (2001) (mini)_ (qv).
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- The Word "Fuck" is used 95 times, "Bitch" is used 31 times and
"Asshole" 13 times.
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# Taafé Fanga (1997)
- Based on a Dogon legend.
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# Taiho shichauzo (1994) (V)
- The four episode straight to video series also serve as the first
four episodes of the television series, which begins with episode
five.
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- 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) was considered as director.
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- The 'Michael J. Fox (I)' (qv)'s character's name was changed from
Scott to Marty for the Italian release to recall the success of
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# Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
- During filming of the scene where the turtles are trapped in the net
and fall to the ground, one of the stuntmen broke an ankle.
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- The illusion of the Red Sea parting was achieved by large "dump
tanks" that were flooded, then the film was shown in reverse. The
two frothing walls of water were created by water dumped constantly
into "catch basin areas" then the foaming, churning water was
visually manipulated and used sideways for the walls of water.
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- In one of the interviews on the special features of the 2004 DVD
release, Charlton Heston revealed that he indeed did supply the
voice of God, after Cecil B. DeMille conditionally agreed.
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# Terminal Invasion (2002) (TV)
- SPOILER: The car crash in the beginning is a computer altered
version of the car crash in _ Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996)_ (qv).
They have changed the front of the Volvo to look like an SUV. And
changed the light and put some CGI snow on top.
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- When the T-X's primary weapon is damaged the alternative weapons
listed are, in order: P31 Caustic Shells x231 HDE-Predator (333b)
Finite Rapid Cluster Gun .45mm Cascader Nano-Disruptor (.222mm)
SUBauro Neutralizer (.444) IAD-CHemTech
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# Terrible pesadilla (1931)
- One of Mexico's last silent films.
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- 'Joan Crawford' (qv) was on-loan to Columbia Pictures from MGM.
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- Nick and Nora's dog called Asta.
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# Things Behind the Sun (2001)
- The title is taken from a song by 'Nick Drake (I)' (qv).
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- Throughout the film, there is a very prominent ad that shows a
woman's white face, and underneath it are the words "Truth Is
Beauty". The eyes of this woman belong to lead actress
'Evan Rachel Wood' (qv).
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members, but ended up directing the film after 'Harry Shearer' (qv)
commented that "he didn't look good in spandex".
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- The film was originally supposed to be directed by Stechman's
childhood friend 'Jeremy Quist' (qv) in the Winter of 2001. Stechman
originally was only a producer and writer of the film. Quist moved
to Santa Barbara and the original lead 'Priscilla Weems' (qv) was
released from the project. Stechman regrouped with producer
'Anthony Alfano' (qv) after three years to make the film.
- The part of Detective Mark Foster was rewritten especially for
'Roger Hudson' (qv) - Stechman was taken with how commanding he was.
Also, Hudson had been cast in 'Joe Carnahan' (qv) 's first film
"Split," which never made it to the big screen. Stechman respected
Carnahan's choice in Hudson, being a former co-worker of his for
KXTV in Sacramento, California.
- The role of Karen Roberson was rewritten especially for
'Jennifer Santich' (qv). Director 'Stechman' (qv) claims that her
part is a combination of Carla Moran in _Entity, The (1981)_ (qv)
and Regan in _Exorcist, The (1973)_ (qv).
- Director 'Stechman' (qv) was originally set to play the role of Josh
Lokken.
- Was originally to be directed by 'Jeremy Quist' (qv) in 2001, to
star 'Priscilla Weems' (qv) and be written and produced by
'Greg Stechman' (qv). Stechman took over as director in 2003,
developing the property for two years, replacing Weems with
actress/dancer 'Jennifer Santich' (qv).
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# Tiger Woman, The (1917)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
208847a211396,211400
# Tirad Pass (1997)
- Based on the story of Gregorio del Pilar, Philippines' youngest
military general and hero in the battle of Tirad Pass.
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# Tish (1942)
- Two performers in studio records and casting call lists were not
seen in the movie. These were 'Margaret Bert' (qv) (Mrs. Phelps) and
'Rudy Wissler' (qv) (Newsboy). 'Jesse Arnold' (qv) (Woman in Street)
is listed in a modern source, but she was not seen in the film.
- 'Spring Byington' (qv) was listed as a cast member in a
pre-production item, but she also was not seen in the movie.
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- The highest-grossing film ($600,788,188) in North American box
office history. It is also the only film to gross over $500 million
in its North American run.
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- When the stern of the ship is vertical, a man in white is drinking
from a flask. Supposedly one of the ship's cooks survived the
freezing water due to the alcohol.
- The Swedish phrases that Sven and his buddy exchange during the card
game translate into the following: "I can't believe you bet our
tickets!". "Shut up!". When grabbing Jack by the throat: "You damn
weasel!". And after punching his buddy in the face: "You damn idiot!
What the hell are we gonna do?! I'm gonna kill you!".
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- When 'Jack Benny' (qv)'s father went to see this movie, he was
outraged at the sight of his son in a Nazi uniform in the first
scene and even stormed out of the theater. Jack convinced his father
that it was satire, and he agreed to sit through all of it.
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- Before filming the scene in which Sheriff Dollard pulls the car over
at the roadside, 'Patrick Swayze' (qv) secretly placed a corn cob
down the front of his underwear. Chris Penn's expression of shock
upon putting his hand up Vida's dress is not faked.
210014a212602,212605
- 'Rod Stewart (I)' (qv) was originally intended to play the pinball
wizard, but 'Elton John' (qv) talked him out of it. John then took
the part himself.
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- A small-scale comic book series about a character super-hero
Amitabh, based on the star himself was published in the
mid-eighties. The comic book was later developed to be a
full-fledged film, which was this one.
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- The film's working title was "Would I Lie to You?".
210944a213541,213543
- On the newspaper announcing the race, one of the secondary headlines
reads "Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide".
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# Touki Bouki (1973)
- This film is believed to be Africa's first avant-garde film.
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# Trading Mom (1994)
- Last movie with 'Andre the Giant' (qv), who died a year before this
movie's US release.
211992,211994c214600,214602
- 'G. Gordon Liddy' (qv) was offered the part of Clarence Beeks but
turned it down after discovering Beeks's fate. Beeks is reading
Liddy's book, "Will", on the train.
212779a215388,215393
# Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996) (V)
- The actual Playmate for October of 1974 was Ester Cordet, a
dark-skinned black-haired Panamanian whose appearance is very much
different from the blonde Helen Shaver's.
212991a215606,215614
- In the beginning of the movie, when they're watching TV, there's an
equation in the bottom of the screen. These are Einstein's Field
Equations and represent the gravitational effects produced by a
given mass.
- The song "performed" by Madame Souza in the piano is called "Uma
Casa Portuguesa" ("A Portuguese House"), and was originally
performed by Amália Rodrigues, the queen of Fado music.
213098a215722,215725
# Troll 2 (1990)
- There are no trolls in this movie, only goblins.
213302a215930,215934
# Tropical Masquerade (1948)
- Fourth title in Paramount's Musical Parade Featurette Series #5
(1947-1948).
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# Tummy Trouble (1989)
- When Roger bursts into the hospital room to grieve for Baby Herman,
an anatomy chart on the wall is a picture of Mickey Mouse
(skeleton).
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# Two Small Bodies (1993)
- This story is loosely connected to the true story of the death of
the two children of Alice Crimmins who were discovered missing on 14
July 1965. The film here differs greatly from the reality.
214769a217414,217418
# Two in the Dark (1936)
- 'Ray Mayer' (qv) is listed in a production chart for a role in the
movie, but he did not appear.
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- The town of Superior, Arizona, actually exists and has also been the
filming location for _Prophecy, The (1995)_ (qv), starring
'Christopher Walken' (qv).
- 'Billy Bob Thornton' (qv) gained around 50 pounds for his role in
the movie.
- The role of Grace was originally intended for
'Sharon Stone (I)' (qv).
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- Originally, 'Jon Peters' (qv) was on board as a producer. He wanted
to bring 'Gary Busey' (qv) back, but after he was told Busey's
character had died in the original and after determining that Busey
could not come back, Peters left.
# Under Two Flags (1916)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
215583a218249,218260
- 'Dave Chapelle' (qv)'s character makes fun of the character Bubba
from _Forrest Gump (1994)_ (qv) when he is talking about movies. In
fact, Dave Chapelle was offered the role of Bubba, but turned it
down because he thought the film wouldn't make any money.
- The building used as the mental institution at the beginning of the
film is actually a water filtration plant in the Beaches area of
Toronto. It has been the scene of other movies, including the island
fortress in _In the Mouth of Madness (1995)_ (qv). Filming can no
longer take place inside this building following the terrorist
attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001.
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# Uomini senza domani (1948)
- The film was started in 1945 but the shooting was interrupted
several because of the war. It was eventually completed in 1948 and
released (albeit very briefly) in 1948.
- There is no known copy available.
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- Bel Kaufman's original description of Sylvia Barrett was closer to
that of Audrey Hepburn.
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- Originally, Keyser S^ze was supposed to have the name Keyser Sume,
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217249a219918,219922
# Vanishing Frontier (1932)
- Rebel was 'Johnny Mack Brown' (qv)'s constant sidekick. Whether it
was always the same actual horse is another matter.
217432a220106,220160
# VeggieTales: The Ballad of Little Joe (2003) (V)
- DVD EASTER EGG: On the Features menu, select Main Menu, then press
the "right" button on the remote. A sheriff's star will appear.
Press "enter" on the remote, and you will see a storyboard version
of Miss Kitty (Madam Blueberry) singing in the tavern.
- DVD EASTER EGG: On the Fun menu, select Main Menu, then press the
"right" button on the remote. A sheriff's star will appear. Press
"enter" on the remote, and you will see a storyboard version of the
patrons and Mr. McPotiphar singing "Little Joe".
# VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown (2001) (V)
- The songs in this countdown were ranked by fan feedback at the Big
Idea website.
- The sequence where Pa Grape "stuffs the ballot box" came from the
fact that the Pirates song was neck-and-neck with Hairbrush right
until the last moment. The decision had already been made to use the
pirates as the "hosts", but crew thought it would look a bit "fixed"
if that video had also been #1. When the final tally showed that
Pirates was #2, it was decided to work that into the script.
- A side comment is made that "it could be worse... it could be the
Forgive-O-Matic." This is a reference to the intermission sequence
in _VeggieTales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! (1994) (V)_ (qv),
which is the only "regular" Veggie Tales episode to date without a
Silly Song intermission.
- DVD EASTER EGG: On the chapter 1-4 menu, select Main Menu, then
press the "right" button on the remote. The yellow selection menu
will disappear. Press "enter" on the remote, and you will see the
"Oh Santa!" Christmas silly song (as a seasonal song, it's not
included in the top 10 countdown).
- DVD EASTER EGG: On the chapter 5-8 menu, select Main Menu, then
press the "right" button on the remote. The yellow selection menu
will disappear. Press "enter" on the remote, and you can listen to
the extended version of the "Puppies" song, from VeggieTales:
Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen (2000) (V). Only the portion of
the song that is in Esther was animated, so a still is displayed
during the extended section.
- DVD EASTER EGG: On the chapter 9-12 menu, select Main Menu, then
press the "right" button on the remote. The yellow selection menu
will disappear. Press "enter" on the remote, and you will see
official Silly Song voting results, compiled on the Big Idea website
to rank the top 10.
- DVD EASTER EGG: On the chapter 13-16 menu, select Main Menu, then
press the "right" button on the remote. The yellow selection menu
will disappear. Press "enter" on the remote, and you will see a
Japanese-dubbed version of the "Hairbrush Song".
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- There is one scene between 'Patrick Macnee' (qv) and
'Roger Moore (I)' (qv) that features a reference to another spy
series. When Moore and Macnee are unpacking, Moore hands Macnee an
umbrella. Macnee often used an umbrella as a weapon on _Avengers,
The (1961)_(qv).
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- Based on the 1979 novel by Terry Davis.
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# Vixen, The (1916)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
218578c221318
# Voci dal profondo (1991)
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# Vojna i mir (1968)
- In adjusted dollars, with appropriate costs factored in, this
remains the most expensive movie ever made.
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discharging millions of gallons of crude oil. The base of the
Smokers is the Exxon Valdez, as evident when it sinks. The stern
rises and the word "Valdez" is visible.
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- Flying saucer landing seen on Sarah's stepfather's TV is from
_Lobster Man from Mars (1989)_ (qv).
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# Weight of Time, The (2002) (V)
- Included on Columbia Tristar Home Video's 2002 DVD release of
_Groundhog Day (1993)_ (qv).
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- When Henry calls Libby to tell her Daphne has been out all day with
a boy in a band (Ian), Libby says, "Lemme guess, he's a drummer?" In
reality, 'Oliver James' (qv), who plays Ian, is a drummer.
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# When Men Desire (1919)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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# White Water Summer (1987)
- A majority of the film was shot in 1985, but to capitalize on a
narration of the story, the scenes involving 'Sean Astin' (qv)
narrating the film were shot in 1987.
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- When Martha opens the door to find George with the snapdragons, he
says "Flores... Flores para los muertos." This is a direct quote
from "A Streetcar Named Desire", when a peddlar woman comes to the
door and offers these "flowers for the dead" to Blanche.
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# Whole Ten Yards, The (2004)
- The tattoo on Jimmy the Tulip's back is the logo of the production
company.
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# Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
- This film was also shot in and slated to be released in Black &
White.
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- There are at least two conflicting stories as to who came up with
the "What's up, Doc?" line. 'Tex Avery' (qv) claimed that he based
the line on an expression used by his friends in Texas. However,
'Mel Blanc' (qv) claimed that it was an ad-lib that he came up with
while recording the dialogue.
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- 'Robert Downey Jr.' (qv) was originally cast as Sam Lombardo but
dropped out.
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- When Cathryn brings over her ginger cat to cheer Willard up, the cat
is named Scully. 'Glen Morgan' (qv) and 'James Wong' (qv) served as
long-time writer/producers on _"X-Files, The" (1993)_ (qv)
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- 'David Daskal' (qv) from TV's _"Average Joe - Hawaii" (2004)_ (qv)
features as an extra in two scenes of the movie - when Rosie returns
from her lunch time date with Tad Hamilton and in the bar when Peter
gets a bullseye playing darts.
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- The entire score was written, composed, and recorded using a
Wurlitzer Pipe Organ.
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# Wings for the Eagle (1942)
- Several performers in studio records and casting call lists were not
seen in the movie. These were 'Eddie Acuff' (qv) as "Al",
'Lee Phelps' (qv) and 'Dick Wessel' (qv)
- Although the print lists a 1942 copyright date for Warner Bros.
Pictures, Inc., there is no record of the movie in the Copyright
Catalog.
- The studio received permission to film inside the Lockheed Aircraft
Co. in Burbank, California, but each member of the crew was required
to carry a birth certificate to enter the plant.
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- Joe's original line about Ty Cobb in 1985 "By the way, in 1985, it's
widely known that you were a homosexual." had to be changed because
everyone kept laughing too loud.
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- 'Gale Sondergaard' (qv) was originally cast as the Wicked Witch of
the West, and could have possibly been a more glamorous, seductive
witch like the Evil Queen who had been a success in _Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_. Yet this idea left a plot hole; if all bad
witches were ugly, why wasn't the Witch of the West. Having been
made ugly, 'Gale Sondergaard' (qv) quit her role as the film's
villain.
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- In several of the shots inside the police car, the "dog" in the back
seat is actually Mike Jittlov holding up a corduroy jacket in a
vague dog shape.
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# Woman There Was, A (1919)
- This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
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# Woman of Paris, A (1923)
- On New Year's Day 1924, 'Edna Purviance' (qv) was at a party with
oil tycoon Courtland Dines and 'Mabel Normand' (qv) when Normand's
chauffeur shot and killed Dines. As a result of Purviance's
arms-length relationship to this scandal, A Woman of Paris was
banned in several US cities.
- First of only two films Chaplin directed in which he did not take a
starring role. The second was
_Countess from Hong Kong, A (1967)_ (qv).
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- It is the only major film connected with Chaplin that has been lost.
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by name as among those slated to appear. Sadly, this idea - if it
was ever more than a media rumor - never came to fruition.
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- The pre-credit sequence runs approximately 15 minutes - the longest
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- The cigar offered to Bond in Bilbao is a Romeo Y Julieta Churchill.
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- 'Natalie Portman' (qv) turned down the offer to play Jubilee.
- 'Bruce Davison' (qv) was the first actor to be cast.
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- The shirt that Kolya is wearing the the metal club in the beging is
a t-shirt of the very band playing on stage, Rammstein.
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- Miramax, the distributors, apparently cut out 20 minutes from the
movie because they found that part to be "too Asian and confusing"
for western audiences.
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- 'Jean Stapleton' (qv)'s character's name is Birdie Conrad, a reverse
of the character Conrad Birdie from the famous Broadway musical "Bye
Bye Birdie".
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- Only fragments of this film appear to survive. The rest is presumed
lost. Please check your attic.