('197302','pilot you meet in the bar at the beginning.'),
('197303',' Still, as of 2002, the most expensive computer game ever. Produced  for a cost of roughly 10 million dollars.'),
('197304',' The last game in the series in which the gamer plays the role of  Christopher Blair. In the next game, Blair is a background character  and meets his end during the games final battle.'),
('197305',' DIRCAMEO(Chris Roberts (qv)): among the testifiers near the end of  the game.'),
('197306',' The Terran Confederation military is divided into four branches:  Navy (starship crew), Space Force (most of the pilots), Army, and  Marines. Officers are allowed to transfer between branches, thus  explaining Christopher Blairs new rank of Commodore (before, he was  a Colonel).'),
('197307',' Designed as a bridge between the Blair/Kilrathi'),
('197308','centric earlier Wing  Commander games and a Casey/Insect'),
('197309','centric Wing Commander. The  demise of Origin, however, implies that this was the end of the Wing  Commander universe.'),
('197310',' The final product is quite different than in original scripts, when  producers decided to shift focus from plot to gameplay:  '),
('197311',' Blair is the main character  '),
('197312',' Return of almost all Wing Commaner IV characters  '),
('197313',' A ceremony in which Blair is added to Meleks clan  '),
('197314',' Revelation that the Kilrathi fought this insectoids '),
('197315',' called    "Mantu" '),
('197316',' previously  '),
('197317',' A more detailed explanation of what, specifically, "Heart of the    Tiger" entails '),
('197318',' the destruction of the Mantu  '),
('197319',' A scene that reveals Tolwyn stored 10 Kilrathi carriers and    destroyers at a Black Lance base for safekeeping  '),
('197320',' Mantu ships are practically invisible and difficult to even lock    on  '),
('197321',' Tolwyns son, Kevin, is part of a merchant convoy that was saved    by Blair. Turns out, these traders were aware of the Mantu for    quite some time, with some interesting details into Mantu culture    '),
('197322',' including their binary nature, meaning it is impossible for the    Mantu to understand the concept of 1 ship / planet / etc.  '),
('197323',' Kevin blames himself for his fathers Black Lance. Injured by the    Kilrathi, Kevin claims Tolywn died a little.  '),
('197324',' A constant discovery that Blairs current missions are completing    Kilrathi prophecy  '),
('197325',' The Mantu invade Confed, to Sol system. Blair uses a Mantu torpedo    to destroy the Mantu mothership, killing all the other Mantu    ships  '),
('197326',' Union of Border Worlds and Kilrathi Empire are added to the    Confederation'),
('197327',' When Gus Chisholm is strafed in the water, the various Japanese  aircraft shown are American F4F Grumman "Wildcats" and American  Douglas SBD "Dauntless" Divebombers'),
('197328',' German'),
('197329','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('197330',' Episode 18 of 29 of the series "Grant, Police Reporter."'),
('197331',' A Universal Jewel Production. The studio, not owning a theater  chain, utilized a 3'),
('197332','tiered brand system to sell its product: Red  Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and  Jewel (prestige releases designed to command higher roadshow ticket  prices). Hoot Gibson (qv) was a major studio star into the early  talkies and his pictures, although westerns, were considered special  productions. This branding system would fade away in late 1929.'),
('197333',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('197334',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Gorges du Verdon, Les (1911)_ (qv).'),
('197335',' The first of a series of health'),
('197336','related educational shorts produced  by the Disney studios and the Coordinator of Inter'),
('197337','American Affairs  for showing in Latin America. It was also the only one to use  established Disney characters (the Seven Dwarves).'),
('197338',' Filmed in 1943, not released until 1944.'),
('197339',' Near the end of the movie the B'),
('197340','24 bombers, flown by actual Army Air  Corp pilots, were flying toward the bridge. The movie appears to cut  filming the bombers before the three planes reach the bridge. During  the filming the three bombers actually flew under the bridge, which  if shown in the movie houses would have caused the pilots a great  deal of troubles with the Army brass.'),
('197341',' The film debut of Kevin McCarthy, Judy Holliday, Jeanne Crain, Red  Buttons, Don Taylor, Gary Merrill, and filmmaker Martin Ritt (a  former actor)'),
('197342',' Alfred Ryders first film.'),
('197343',' Star Austin Neeley (Little Billy) was a 7th grade student of  Writer/Producer David Wilmington when he was cast in the film'),
('197344',' The filmmakers were chased off of the "Nazi test" location (and old  tobacco company building in Brightleaf Square, Durham, NC) by a  security guard, but, after calling the site owner at church, were  given permission to continue.'),
('197345',' The scientists in the laboratory sequences are post'),
('197346','doctoral  chemists (and a professor) at The University of North Carolina in  Chapel Hill.'),
('197347',' The film was shot in nine days with a budget of less than 10,000  Dollars.'),
('197348',' The original running time of the film was 104 minutes, but it was  cut down to 90 minutes for pacing concerns.'),
('197349',' The film was designed to be a tribute to Gothic art and the Ghost  story genre (film and literature), thus all the characters in the  film are named after authors and directors of Ghost stories. Jane  Jackson is named after Shirley Jackson (I) (qv), author of The  Haunting, Carl Wise was named after director Robert Wise (I) (qv),  director of the film adaptation of The Haunting, and Henry Wingrave  is named after Henry James (I) (qv) and the title character of  James ghost story Owen Wingrave.'),
('197350',' The film was the first English'),
('197351','language independent feature film to  be produced in Egypt.'),
('197352',' A scene of an aerial raid on a German troop train was filmed but not  used. It later turned up as part of  _Legion of the Condemned, The (1928)_ (qv).'),
('197353',' While Wings is today credited as the first movie, and the only  silent movie (in the 20th century), to win the Academy Award for  Best Picture, in actuality the Best Picture category went through  many labels and forms, before its current one was created'),
('197354','as "Best  Picture"'),
('197355','in 1962. In the time of Wings, that first year, the  category was known as Outstanding Production, and the category for  1927/28 was split three ways by the Academy. 1) "Wings" (1927/28  Outstanding Production) 2) "Sunrise" (1927/28 Outstanding Artistic  Quality of Production) 3) "The Jazz Singer" (1927/28 Pioneering  Outstanding Production) This was done because the Academy did not  feel any one of the three pictures could fairly compete with the  other. How do you place "Sunrise" against "Wings" and say the other  is better? And, of course, they recognized the way in which "The  Jazz Singer" had fundamentally changed the industry. Both the  "Artistic Quality" and "Pioneering" categories were dropped the next  year, though of course the MPAA does occasionally bring back  honorary awards, without suggesting they are a subset of the "Best  Picture" category.'),
('197356',' The only movie to win an Academy Award for Engineering Effects.'),
('197357',' The entire score was written, composed, and recorded using a  Wurlitzer Pipe Organ.'),
('197358',' Director William A. Wellman (qv)s wife Margery Chapin (qv) and  daughter Gloria Wellman (qv) play the peasant mother and daughter  whose house gets crashed into toward the end of the film.'),
('197359',' Richard Arlen (qv), whose character is a fighter pilot, had  actually been a pilot in World War I (though he never saw combat).'),
('197360',' In contrast to co'),
('197361','star Richard Arlen (qv), Charles Buddy  Rogers (qv) did not know how to fly a plane when production began,  but he learned how to do so by the end of it. In the close'),
('197362','up scenes  where Jack and David (and other characters) are flying, the actors  are actually working the planes themselves. To shoot these scenes,  the actors had to get the plane up in the air, keep it up, turn on  the (motorized) camera and land the plane'),
('197363','and act at the same time.'),
('197364',' According to biographer David Stenn, Clara Bow (qv) did not like  her military uniform, as it did not show off her figure. She kept  fighting with the costumers to let her wear a tight belt and show  off her curves.'),
('197365',' With the thousands of extras battling on the ground, dozens of  airplanes flying around in the sky and hundreds of explosions going  off everywhere, the only two injuries on the entire picture were  incurred. One was by veteran stunt pilot Dick Grace (qv). A plane  he was crashing was supposed to completely turn over, but it only  turned partly over. Instead of being thrown clear of the plane as  was the plan, Grace was hurled against part of the fuselage and  broke his neck. He returned to the company after six weeks in the  hospital. The other was by one of the army pilots helping out on the  shoot. His crash was fatal and Wellman feared it would shut down  production, but the Army held the pilot, not the director,  responsible.'),
('197366',' Used the Armys Second Division stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas  as extras. The same division was used for Rough Riders.'),
('197367',' Chocolate syrup was used as blood in the movie.'),
('197368',' One of only three films to win the Oscar for best picture without  also being nominated for best director. The other two are  _Grand Hotel (1932)_ (qv) and _Driving Miss Daisy (1989)_ (qv).'),
('197369',' Costume Designer Edith Head (qv)s first film.'),
('197370',' Gable, Clark (qv) appears on camera, in uniform, addressing the  audience in the final scene of the picture.'),
('197371',' 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)'),
('197372',' Although the print lists a 1942 copyright date for Warner Bros.  Pictures, Inc., there is no record of the movie in the Copyright  Catalog.'),
('197373',' 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.'),
('197374',' First dramatic film shot in the IMAX format.'),
('197375',' Available theatrically in both 2D and 3D formats.'),
('197376',' The movie is based on a true story about the first air'),
('197377','mail service  in South America to fly across the Andes.'),
('197378',' When shown in the 3D theatrical format two separate rolls of film  run simultaneously past twin projection lenses at 24 frames per  second, and are projected onto a flat screen 106 m2 in size.'),
('197379',' The movie was first shown at Sonys new IMAX 3D Theater in New York  City on an eight'),
('197380','story high screen.'),
('197381',' This documentary is available in the Special Edition DVD for Wings  of Desire (1987).'),
('197382',' Most of the extras in the Pensacola Florida scenes were actual Navy  flight students and flight instructors. Although the Navy objected,  director John Ford (I) (qv) made certain that the military men  were paid "extra" wages.'),
('197383',' There is a scene in the movie where we see the director, played by  Ward Bond (qv), looking at a clip of a film written by the main  character. The clip is from the film _Hell Divers (1931)_ (qv),  which was actually written by Frank Wead (qv).'),
('197384',' According to director John Ford (I) (qv), "Everything in the  picture was true. The fight in the club '),
('197385',' throwing the cake '),
('197386','  actually happened. I can verify that as an eyewitness. I ducked it.  And the plane landing in the swimming pool right in the middle of  the Admirals tea '),
('197387',' that really happened."'),
('197388',' The character of John Dodge was a fictional version of  John Ford (I) (qv). Many of the props in Dodges office '),
('197389',' the  Oscars, the pipe, the hollow cane '),
('197390',' were borrowed from Ford.'),
('197391',' The real Frank Wead (qv) grew noticeably balder as he got older  (WWII era). In order to be accurate about that, this is the only  film in which John Wayne (I) (qv) appears without his toupee.'),
('197392',' After John Dodge (the fictional version of John Ford) gives Spig a  job writing for his studio, he is lead out to his new office to  begin work and passes in front of numerous actors head shots. Wayne  pauses for a beat in front of one of his earliest head shots before  continuing.'),
('197393',' The first film project of Lorne Greene (qv).'),
('197394',' The first Three'),
('197395','strip Technicolor movie shot in Europe.'),
('197396',' Chapter titles:  '),
('197397',' 1.The Eye Of Evil  '),
('197398',' 2.Buzzards Roost  '),
('197399',' 3.Crashing Timbers  '),
('197400',' 4.Racing for Love  '),
('197401',' 5.The Vanishing Bride  '),
('197402',' 6.The Torrent of Terror  '),
('197403',' 7.Flames of Fear  '),
('197404',' 8.The Fight at the Falls  '),
('197405',' 9.In the Danger of Dynamite  '),
('197406',' 10.The Lost Lode'),
('197407',' Screened at the following Film Festivals in 2004: Melbourne  International Comedy Festival, Austria Video Film Festival,  Hollywood Dances With Films, Sweet HD Film Festival, Portugal  Festroia Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, The Louis Vuitton  Hawaii Film Festival, Chichester Film Festival, St Johns  Newfoundland Film Festival, Hungarys International Festival of  Young Filmmakers, New Yorks High Falls Film Festival, Cardiff  Screen Festival, Alameda International Film Festival (USA), Film  Festival With A Twist (Montreal) Nominated for Best Short Film at  the BAFTA Cymru awards in 2004. Short listed for Best UK Short at  British Independent Film Awards 2004.'),
('197408',' This film features footage of a veritable "Whos Who" of  championship horsedom of the period: Man O War, Seabiscuit,  Whirlaway, Alsab, Assault, Gallant Fox, Bold Venture, Stymie, Phar  Lap, Bull Lea, Discovery, War Admiral, Sir Barton, and Equipoise.'),
('197409',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('197410',' 1. Redskins Ride Again  '),
('197411',' 2. The Wreck at Red River Gorge  '),
('197412',' 3. The Bridge of Disaster  '),
('197413',' 4. Trapped by Redskins  '),
('197414',' 5. Death Strikes the Trail  '),
('197415',' 6. A Leap For Life  '),
('197416',' 7. Thundering Terror  '),
('197417',' 8.The Flaming Arsenal  '),
('197418',' 9.Sacrificed by Savages  '),
('197419',' 10.Under Crashing Timbers  '),
('197420',' 11.Bullets in the Dark  '),
('197421',' 12.The Battle of Blackhawk  '),
('197422',' 13.Barricades Blasted'),
('197423',' This featurette accompanied the theatrical release of  _Island at the Top of the World, The (1974)_ (qv).'),
('197424',' The theatrical release of this film in the USA was as part of the  reissue of _Sword in the Stone, The (1963)_ (qv).'),
('197425',' This film was released in theaters along with  _Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (1968)_ (qv).'),
('197426',' Gopher often says, "Im not in the book." This has a double meaning:  hes not in the phone book and he is also not in the  A.A. Milne (qv) book. Gopher is the only Pooh character that did  not originate in one of Milnes books. He was originally created to  replace Piglet, until they decided to bring Piglet in for  _Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)_ (qv).'),
('197427',' This featurette was originally released in the USA on a double bill  with the full'),
('197428','length film _Ugly Dachshund, The (1966)_ (qv).'),
('197429',' Posters from the initial release include pictures of Piglet and  Tigger, who wouldnt appear until the next short,  _Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)_ (qv). The design for  Tigger is closer to the original Ernest Shepard (qv) illustrations  than the final design used on screen.'),
('197430',' Paul Winchell (qv)s last film project.'),
('197431',' The crash sequence at the beginning of the Indianapolis 500 was from  the 1966 race. In this sequence, A.J. Foyt can be seen climbing over  the first turn fence to escape the crash site.'),
('197432',' Said to have ignited Paul Newman (I) (qv)s love for racing.'),
('197433',' Additional footage needed after the 1968 Indy 500 was filmed at  Indianapolis Raceway Park.'),
('197434',' The winning car of Frank Capua (Paul Newman (I) (qv)) is painted  to resemble the #3 Rislone Special driven to victory in the 1968  Indy 500 by Bobby Unser. In the movie, Unser makes a cameo  appearance, congratulating Capua on his victory.'),
('197435',' Series #2, Episode #2 of The Collegians.'),
('197436',' Series #2, Episode #9 of The Collegians.'),
('197437',' During the sword fighting scene, the song So Little Time is  playing. Mary'),
('197438','Kate and Ashley later go on to star in a series called  so Little Time which uses this song as the Title Track, their  characters in the series are also called Chloe and Riley although  Mary'),
('197439','Kate is now Riley and Ashley is Chloe and their last name is  now Carlson.'),
('197440',' This was the first completed political documentary to feature  John Kerry (III) (qv) and the only film to highlight the  importance of winning the New Hampshire primary.'),
('197441',' The filmmakers tracked John Kerry (III) (qv) for one week, often  driving 90'),
('197442','100 miles an hour to catch up to the campaign bus.'),
('197443',' Series #3, Episode #11 of The Collegians.'),
('197444',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fallen Hero, A (1913)_ (qv).'),
('197445',' Series #2, Episode #6 of The Collegians.'),
('197446',' To get into shape to play baseball legend Honus Wagner,  Matthew Modine (qv) was invited by Cal Ripken Jr to join the squad  of the Ironbirds, a minor league baseball team owned by Ripken in  Aberdeen Maryland. Modines 17'),
('197447','year'),
('197448','old son accompanied him and the  two warmed up with the team and also played in several training  games with the squad.'),
('197449',' The character of Mandy is fictional. Honus Wagners real wife was  named Bessie Baine Smith. They dated for eight years before marrying  in 1916. The movie takes place in 1909.'),
('197450',' Joes original line about Ty Cobb in 1985 "By the way, in 1985, its  widely known that you were a homosexual." had to be changed because  everyone kept laughing too loud.'),
('197451',' Peter Graves movie debut.'),
('197452',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Foiling of Red Dugan, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('197453',' Tenth Episode in the Stanley 2'),
('197454','reel series.'),
('197455',' North, Neil (qv), who played the First Lord of the Admiralty in  the 1999 version of The Winslow Boy, played Ronnie Winslow in the  1948 version.'),
('197456',' Not only do both movies The Winslow Boy (1999) and An Ideal Husband  (1999), feature Jeremy Northam as a character named "Sir Robert",  his performances in those movies also won him the same two awards  (Evening Standard British Film Awards "Best Actor" & ALFS Awards  "British Actor of the Year").'),
('197457',' McCay, Winsor (qv) worked four years, made four'),
('197458','thousand drawings,  and hand'),
('197459','colored the 35mm frames.'),
('197460',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Bob Sledding (1911)_ (qv).'),
('197461',' Fitzgerald, F. Scott (qv), originally assigned to write the  picture, was dismissed in a humiliating scene in front of the  Hanover Inn during the 1939 Carnival.'),
('197462',' Budd Schulberg was also fired off the film with Fitzgerald. And it  all started with two bottles of champagne that Budds father, P. B.  Schulberg, the former head of Paramount (1925'),
('197463','32), had given to Budd  and Fitzgerald as a bon voyage gift at the train station in Los  Angeles as they headed east to Dartmouth, Budds Alma Mater. He did  not know that Fitzgerald was a struggling alcoholic.'),
('197464',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('197465',' Filmed during the 1972 Winter Olympics in Japan.'),
('197466',' This unsold television series pilot was inspired by the film _They  Only Kill Their Masters (1972)_qv starring James Garner.'),
('197467',' The person posing as Reeses mother in the pictures on the wall is  Zooey Deschanels real'),
('197468','life mother, Mary Jo Deschanel.'),
('197469',' The kitten playing Spike was found in an animal shelter and saved  from being put to sleep. It was adopted by the producers brother.'),
('197470',' Directors brother Anthony Rapp plays Dean, a literary student and  fan of Don Holdin.'),
('197471',' Peter Ustinov (qv)s final acting role.'),
('197472',' Worldview Entertainment and the Killiam Collection has released a  set of nine early movies about Christmas collectively called "A  Christmas Past," with an original score by Al Kryszak. This movie is  the second one, and has a running time of 7 minutes.'),
('197473',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Butler and the Maid, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('197474',' The original script didnt have any Romanian elements or characters  in it. Rolly Winter was supposed to be Jewish'),
('197475','Italian and the  character Sienna Spring was originally supposed to be a born and  raised Southern California girl. It was only until the audition of  Violeta Meyners (qv) that the writer was inspired to alter the  script to include some of the actresss cultural background.'),
('197476',' During the middle of the shoot, wardrobe somehow lost several key  outfits for the characters of Rolly Winter and Stefania Reeves. As a  result, some of the clothing, that had a life across several scenes,  had to be "cheated" with alternate clothes. Some scenes were  modified or cut because of the outstanding inconsistencies.'),
('197477',' This film is presumed lost.'),
('197478',' Adapted by Frank Dunlop (I) (qv) from his 1966 Edinburgh Festival  stage production.'),
('197479',' Meredith, Burgess (qv), in his film debut, recreates the role he  played in the original Broadway production.'),
('197480',' Selected for the Winterthur Short Film Festival (November 2006)'),
('197481',' Awards: Förderpreis Mecklemburg'),
('197482','Vorpommern der Kategorie Kurzfilm  (Schwerin FilmKunstFest 7'),
('197483','5'),
('197484','2006) Arri'),
('197485','Preis für den besten  Dokumentarfilm and Arte Kurzfilmpreis in Deutscher Sprache (Festival  der Filmhochschulen, München 25'),
('197486','11'),
('197487','06)'),
('197488',' Awards: Third Prize of the Jury (Short Cuts Film Festival Köln,  2006) '),
('197489',' Bester Schweizer Film (Kurzfilmtage Film Festival,  Switzerland, (2005) '),
('197490',' Lobende Erwähnung (Huesca Film Festival, 2006)  '),
('197491',' Lobende Erwähnung der Jury(Documenta Film Festival Madrid, 2006) '),
('197492','  Prix Canal+ (Festival de Clermont'),
('197493','Ferrand (2006) '),
('197494',' Sprigender Panter  (Jugend'),
('197495','Film'),
('197496','und'),
('197497','Video'),
('197498','Tage, Zürich, 2006) '),
('197499',' 1er Prix du Public  (Festival Une Nuit Trop Longue de Grenoble, 2006) '),
('197500',' Mention du  Public (Festival Narkolepsy de Grenoble 2006)'),
('197501',' Descendants of the Warramungu people who attacked John McDouall  Stuarts party at Attack Creek south of Tennant Creek worked on the  production.'),
('197502',' It is one part of the three part series "Constructing Australia".'),
('197503',' In the scene where John Landis is walking across the set from  _Blues Brothers, The (1980)_ (qv), a helicopter can be heard in the  background. See _Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)_ (qv).'),
('197504',' Michael Chiklis (qv) was chosen over 200 other candidates for the  role of John Belushi.'),
('197505',' Dan Aykroyd (qv), Judith Belushi'),
('197506','Pisano (qv)  James Belushi (qv), and many other friends and relatives of  John Belushi (qv) boycotted the film, because it made "Johns life  look bad". This ultimately ended with the film being a bomb in the  box office.'),
('197507',' Because the film is an "unauthorized" biopic, many of the skits and  song numbers performed on Saturday Night Live were copyrighted by  NBC, so in the film, some were made'),
('197508','up and not in fact actual skits  and numbers John performed (i.e. "The Samurai Baseball" skit and the  "634'),
('197509','5789" Blues Brothers number)'),
('197510',' Director Simon Hunter (I) (qv) was admitted to hospital for a  plastic anaemia days after principal photography.'),
('197511',' CAMEO(Charlie Sheen): star Estevez, Emilio (qv)s brother, as the  hamburger restaurant manager.'),
('197512',' John Wisdom (Estevez, Emilio (qv)) can be seen on a bus adorned  with the graffiti "Plate O Shrimp", a reference to  _Repo Man (1984)_ (qv), which also starred Estevez.'),
('197513',' This film made Emilio Estevez the youngest person to ever write,  direct, and star in a major motion picture'),
('197514',' Dedicated to the memory of Henry Proach, who has a small role, and  who was a good friend of Emilio Estevez.'),
('197515',' The love poem quoted throughout movie is a love song taken from the  bible '),
('197516',' "The song of Solomon".'),
('197517',' Donald Duck makes his debut as a supporting character in this  cartoon.'),
('197518',' Clarence Nash (qv)s film debut.'),
('197519',' A fund'),
('197520','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('197521',' This short is very rarely available due to the numerous references  to African'),
('197522','American slavery.'),
('197523',' When dressed as a fortune teller, Daffy is imitating comedian  Jerry Colonna (qv). He even begins with one of Colonnas signature  lines: "Greetings, Gate. Lets osculate."'),
('197524',' After sliding down the banister, Daffy turns a statue so that its  spear will hit Mr. Meek, who is sliding after him. As he does, you  can briefly see that the shield the statue is holding has the words  "BUY BONDS" on it.'),
('197525',' Despite receiving rave reviews at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival  (where it received a standing ovation from the entire audience),  producer Anthony Esposito (qv) was unable to find a distributor  for the film, which subsequently settled for a cable release in the  US in October 2002, and went straight to video in most other  countries.'),
('197526',' Whitney Houston (qv) had expressed interest in the lead role  before Mira Sorvino (qv) was cast.'),
('197527',' Richard Donner (qv) was once attached as director.'),
('197528',' Eric Louzil (qv) was once attached as executive producer.'),
('197529',' Robin Wright Penn (qv) was cast as Meg in December 1998, but she  eventually dropped out due to production delays. Mira Sorvino (qv)  then signed up for the film in January 2000.'),
('197530',' John Meadows (III) (qv) wrote the script between June 1997 and  September 1998.'),
('197531',' Famke Janssen (qv) was once attached to play Kate.'),
('197532',' SPOILER: The original ending called for Meg, Raychel and Kate to be  murdered by the mob.'),
('197533',' Demian Lichtenstein (qv) was once attached as director.'),
('197534',' The Jaguar that the hit men drive in the film bears a license plate  reading WIS GYZ.'),
('197535',' The movie was shot following the Dogpile 95 doctrine of digital  filmmaking, created and written by Lloyd Kaufman, founder of Troma  Entertainment.'),
('197536',' Part of Troma Entertainments DOGPILE 95 COLLECTION, Wiseguys Vs.  Zombies was released on a double feature DVD with Meat For Satans  Icebox.'),
('197537',' The word "fuck" and its derivatives are used 258 times.'),
('197538',' Film inspired partly by the then recent crime'),
('197539','busting activities of  New Yorks Seabury Committee.'),
('197540',' Created as a music video for the "Wish Gift Box", a commemorative  CD/VHS set made to mark the conclusion of CLAMP"s "Wish" manga,  which had been running in Kadokawa Shoten ASUKA Mystery Comics DX  since 1995. Set to the song "Wish" recorded by ALI Project (which  had earlier in the year done the theme for the "CLAMP Campus  Detectives" series and would later do the theme song for the  "Clover" animated music video shown theatrically with the  "Cardcaptor Sakura" move), the video highlighted each of the  characters in their only animated appearance. In addition, a CD  single was included which featured the "Wish" theme along with four  other songs. The box also contained a booklet with character  designs, layout sketches, and interviews. Made only in limited  quantities, the gift box is almost impossible to find now, but the  music video has been reissued on DVD as part of the "Clampazar" 4 CD  Box released in March of 2005.'),
('197541',' This was released with the gold collection of  _Pinocchio (1940)_ (qv).'),
('197542',' Danielle Harris (qv), who plays little sister Hayley, is actually  a year and a half older than Katherine Heigl (qv) who plays older  sister, Alexia.'),
('197543',' Danielle Harris (qv) was quite nervous about shooting the  table'),
('197544','dance scene (which actually doesnt appear in most TV  versions), so she asked if she could choose the people who are  sitting at the table. She picked the boys who would be most  uncomfortable watching her as to make herself more comfortable while  performing.'),
('197545',' Danielle Harris (qv) was hired three days before shooting began,  on the spot at her audition.'),
('197546',' Just like _Personal Services (1987)_ (qv), the previous film from  writer David Leland (I) (qv), this project was inspired by the  real life figure, Cynthia Payne (qv). This film focuses on her  childhood while the other dealt with her adulthood.'),
('197547',' Based on a childrens book which featured characters from the comic  strips "Bloom County" and "Outland". All were written and drawn by  Berkley Breathed.'),
('197548',' During the production of _Hook (1991)_ (qv), executive producer  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) decided to utilize lead actors  Robin Williams (I) (qv) (The Kiwi) and Dustin Hoffman (qv) (The  Cockroach) to record (in what little time he had) their voice'),
('197549','over  work in a small studio. This is why both A'),
('197550','list stars were available  for this animated special. It is also the reason why the quality of  their voice recordings isnt as clear as the rest of the cast.'),
('197551',' A tornado touched down 1 mile from the crew as they were shooting  the western scenes in Santa Fe. It dissipated as it headed toward  the set.'),
('197552',' There were actually three "wishbones". One for all the close up  action, and two stunt dogs.'),
('197553',' Among Marys horror movie videotapes, theres a DVD of  _Christinas House (1999)_ (qv), Gavin Wilding (qv)s previous  feature.'),
('197554',' When Mary is surfing the Net looking for info, she reaches a page  that reads "Movie Makers Tap Into Twisted Myths and Modern  Technology to Manipulate Audience". In it, theres info about the  movie'),
('197555','within'),
('197556','the'),
('197557','movies cast and crew, showing it as directed by  Gavin Wilding (qv) and starring Mark Reid (I) (qv) (the movies  producer), Dean Evans (I) (qv) (the editor) and "Brenda Schener"  (costume designer Brenda Shenher (qv)). Also, it has a 3 stars  rating (pressumably out of 5), a R'),
('197558','Rating by MPAA "for strong  violence, language and some sexual content" and its running time:  01:40.'),
('197559',' All the prosthetics and fat suits were created by Rod Maxwell, then  self applied, all by himself, without any assistance.'),
('197560',' Characters named Finney, Beaumont, Derleth and Demerest are all  references to science fiction or horror writers of the 1950s.'),
('197561',' Features numerous horror'),
('197562','movie actors, including  Robert Englund (qv) (the _Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)_ (qv)  movies), Angus Scrimm (qv) (_Phantasm (1979)_ (qv)),  Tony Todd (I) (qv) (_Night of the Living Dead (1990)_ (qv), the  _Candyman (1992)_ (qv) movies), Kane Hodder (qv) (various  _Friday the 13th (1980)_ (qv) movies), Reggie Bannister (qv)  (_Phantasm (1979)_ (qv)) and Ted Raimi (qv)  (_Darkman (1990)_ (qv), _Army of Darkness (1992)_ (qv)).'),
('197563',' Many crew members, including director Robert Kurtzman (qv) (man  killed by piano) had small roles in the film, some times appearing  in different scenes as different characters.'),
('197564',' Filmed back'),
('197565','to'),
('197566','back with  _Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) (V)_ (qv). There  essentially was a weekend between filming the two movies in 2000.'),
('197567',' The film was originally written for James Stewart (I) (qv), but  when he couldnt commit to it, it was refashioned for  Bud Abbott (qv) and Lou Costello (qv), with Costello playing the  part intended for Stewart.'),
('197568',' Lou Costello (qv)s father, a western'),
('197569','film buff, died during the  production of this movie, and as a tribute Lou listed him in the  credits as Associate Producer Sebastian Cristillo (qv).'),
('197570',' The story was based on an actual law in effect in Montana in the  1880s, which stated that a man who killed another man was  responsible for the care and support of his victims family.'),
('197571',' This was the only feature film to be adapted into the Abbott and  Costello comic book.'),
('197572',' While making the circuit of talk shows to promote this movie,  Hopper, Dennis (qv) stated it was the strangest movie he had been  in.'),
('197573',' One of the 74 films banned in Britain as a "Video Nasty" during the  early 1980s. The film was finally released completely uncut in the  UK in 2006.'),
('197574',' George "Buck" Flower not only acts in this movie as one of the  homicide detectives investigating the murders committed by Millie  Perkins in the movie, but also served as the films casting  director. In fact, Flower cast his own daughter Verkina to play  young Molly in the disturbing flashback sequences featured in the  movie.'),
('197575',' Screenwriter Robert Thom patterned the character of Molly after his  onetime wife Millie Perkins. For example, Perkins real'),
('197576','life father  was a sea captain just like her dad is in the movie.'),
('197577',' 14th episode in the Girl from Frisco 2'),
('197578','reel series'),
('197579',' This film was never finished.'),
('197580',' Film fragments from Witchs Cradle (1944) are included as an extra  on the Zeitgeist Films DVD of  _Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2002)_ (qv).'),
('197581',' The film was shot for the 24 Hour Film Challenge 2004. At 12pm on  Saturday 18 September 2004, director Brian Barnes, producer/actor  Tom Wontner and actress Gillian MacGregor were given the title:  Witchs Spring and the genre: Horror. At 11:30am on Sun 19th  September they delivered the finished five'),
('197582','minute film.'),
('197583',' Selected for The Wood Green International Festival of Shorts,  February 2005.'),
('197584',' May 2005. Selected by Michel Coulombe, National Film Board of Canada  '),
('197585',' NFB, to be presented in the program Vous Avez Dit Etrange? /  Strange, You Say?, and screened in the Short Film Corners  screening room, as part of the Cannes Film Festival 2005.'),
('197586',' Selected to be included in the short film anthology DVD  _LovecraCked! The Movie (2005)_ (qv) to be compiled and distributed  by the American based Biff Juggernaut Productions.'),
('197587',' Selected for Cineformation in Bristol , Feb 2005.'),
('197588',' February 2005, Selected for Final Cut, Official Fringe event of  Brighton Film Festival'),
('197589',' Screened in October 2004 at POV, an official fringe event for the  Cardiff Screen Festival, in Wales.'),
('197590',' Shown at a charity screening for Children In Need, in SOUND,  Leicester Square, 17th November, 2004.'),
('197591',' Shown at the Sun Dazed Digital Film Showcase in Reading, UK,  December 2004'),
('197592',' Played at ShallowShorts 100, February 2005. Shallowfilms is a night  specifically for short'),
('197593','film makers, in Oxford Streets historic 100  CLUB.'),
('197594',' The witchs flat is in Agar House, built on the site of the old  blacking factory in which Charles Dickens (qv) worked as a child.'),
('197595',' Screening at the Cannes Film Festival Marche du Film and Short  Film Corner May 2005.'),
('197596',' Sunday 29 May 2005 played at Composerville Sunday Lounge, East  London.'),
('197597',' Julian Wells (II) (qv) wsant cast until the day her first scene  was shot. When one of the girls couldnt make it to the shoot,  Laurie Wallace (qv) called her friend, Julian, to see if she was  interested in taking the part.'),
('197598',' The film ends with a comic book'),
('197599','style image of Sara. This is  actually a picture of the comic book version of Witchblade, modified  to reflect the costume of the TV version (which is considerably more  conservative than the skimpy comic version).'),
('197600',' As a promotional gimmick for the US release of Witchcraft, posters  warned the public that: "Only the witch deflector can save you from  the eerie web of the unknown." Patrons were told that they could  collect their witch deflector, a green badge, from the theatre.'),
('197601',' Rachel Feldman (I) (qv) received $1500 for the six months plus  that she spent working this movie with the actual shooting time  amounting to less than ten days.'),
('197602',' Composer John Williams (I) (qv) own whistling was dubbed in over  Jack Nicholson (qv)s for the scene in at the ice cream counter.'),
('197603',' Bill Murray (I) (qv) was originally cast to play Daryl Van Horne.'),
('197604',' Anjelica Huston (qv) was auditioned for the role of Alex, but she  was passed over for the part which eventually went to  Cher (I) (qv).'),
('197605',' Cher (I) (qv) was offered the role of Jane but preferred the part  of Alexandra, the role that Susan Sarandon (qv) had been hired to  play. Sarandon did not discover that she would be playing Jane until  she showed up on location.'),
('197606',' The movie was turned into an award'),
('197607','winning comedy musical by  Cameron Mackintosh (qv).'),
('197608',' Test audiences were displeased with the original ending of the film,  prompting several versions of the ending to be shot.'),
('197609',' In an interview with the Australian magazine Cinema Papers in the  early 1990s, the director, George Miller, revealed that the shoot  had been extremely difficult as he was initially unfamiliar with  Hollywood'),
('197610','style communication. In a meeting to discuss ways to  reduce the budget Miller volunteered to give up his trailer because  he was always needed on the set and had no time to use it. This was  interpreted by the studio as him being a pushover, so they began to  interfere with his production requests. If he asked for 50 extras,  the studio would provide a dozen. If he asked for two cameras they  would provide one. Miller decided to fight fire with fire and  refused to shoot each scene until his production demands were met.  The studio responded by looking for a new director but were  prevented by Jack Nicholson, who supported Miller and vowed to walk  off the production if he was replaced.'),
('197611',' The snake seen crawling over Nicholsons bowl of fruit is a harmless  gray'),
('197612','banded king snake (Lampropeltis alterna), common in Texas.'),
('197613',' The piece Daryl Van Horne plays on the violin is Caprice #16 in Gm  by Nicolo Paganini.'),
('197614',' Pilot was completed in April of 1989, but sat on the shelf for three  years until it was finally released as a TV movie.'),
('197615',' Joan Fontaine (qv) reportedly purchased the film rights to Peter  Curtis novel and brought the project to Hammer.'),
('197616',' This is Joan Fontaine (qv)s last big screen film.'),
('197617',' The last film personally overseen by Jim Henson (qv).'),
('197618',' It took Anjelica Huston (qv) eight hours of make up time to  prepare her for her transformed role of "The Grand High Witch".'),
('197619',' Cher (I) (qv) was considered for the role of the Grand High Witch  before Anjelica Huston was cast.'),
('197620',' Most of the "Witches" in the meeting are not women at all but men in  womens clothing.'),
('197621',' SPOILER: Roald Dahl (qv) hated the happy ending where Luke gets  changed back into human form.'),
('197622',' Two of Kenners _"Real Ghost Busters, The" (1986)_ (qv) toys, the  Ghostbusters Firehouse and Bad To The Bone figure, are featured in  the movie. The Firehouse playset is the toy that Luke lives in and  explodes out of at the end.'),
('197623',' Director Michael Reeves (I) (qv) wanted Donald Pleasence (qv) to  play Matthew Hopkins, but AIP, the American distributor and  co'),
('197624','financier of the film, insisted that Vincent Price (I) (qv)  play the title character, and Reeves grudgingly accepted.'),
('197625',' Robert Russell (II) (qv) was re'),
('197626','voiced by Bernard Kay (qv).'),
('197627',' Paul Ferris (I) (qv), who wrote the films dramatic music score,  also acted in the movie under the pseudonym Morris Jar as a homage  to film composer Maurice Jarre (I) (qv).'),
('197628',' A completely new score was written for the US release'),
('197629',' Channel 4 in the UK broadcast this film on 1 November 2004, the eve  of the U.S. presidential election, 2 November 2004.'),
('197630',' The graduation scenes were filmed on the University of Illinois  campus in Champaign'),
('197631','Urbana. The large building in front of the  graduates is Foellinger Auditorium made up to look like a Harvard  building. Many of the graduates are U of I students.'),
('197632',' Directoral debut for Alexander Mark Hansen (qv).'),
('197633',' Edited using Apple computers.'),
('197634',' Shot completely on a Canon XL1'),
('197635','S and using a digital video recorder  hard drive.'),
('197636',' Originally planned as a three part short film series, but due to  budget constraints and time issues was turned into a single short  film.'),
('197637',' On the final day of filming temperatures dropped to '),
('197638','16 degrees  Fahrenheit with wind chill. Crewmembers had to stop filming every 20  minutes or so to warm up in parked vehicles by the location.'),
('197639',' Jeff Daniels (I) (qv) turned down the lead role due to scheduling  conflicts.'),
('197640',' The fallout shelter set was a real fallout shelter in the 1950s and  1960s.'),
('197641',' Official Selection 2007 Cross Cultural Film Festival in Los Angeles.'),
('197642',' The original color version of this film appears to have been lost,  although a presumably incomplete black and white copy exists. The  original version was between two and six hours long.'),
('197643',' Recently some of the 1911 colour footage has surfaced in an archive;  sequences of the cavalry ride'),
('197644','past from the original Kinemacolour  version appeared in the TV series The British Empire in Colour.'),
('197645',' The Grassroots (qv) is the band that performed the song "Feelings"  in a nightclub.'),
('197646',' This was Doris Day (I) (qv)s final big screen appearance,  following a 20 year career in the movies.'),
('197647',' The final scenes of this film feature Doris Day (I) (qv)  teary'),
('197648','eyed, wearing a housecoat and slippers. When her husband of 17  years Martin Melcher (qv) died suddenly just after production was  completed, gossip magazines at the time used stills of Day from this  movie, looking distraught and out'),
('197649','of'),
('197650','sorts, to accompany their  articles about Melchers death.'),
('197651',' On the cover or the teen magazine we see Stacy (Barbara Hershey)  reading is a picture of the 60s rock group The Monkees.'),
('197652',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Pants and Pansies (1912)_ (qv).'),
('197653',' Susan Hayward (I) (qv)s singing was dubbed by Jane Froman (qv).'),
('197654',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Dyed But Not Dead (1913)_ (qv).'),
('197655',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Aunty and the Girls (1913)_ (qv).'),
('197656',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Building a Fire (1914)_ (qv).'),
('197657',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Father Said Hed Fix It (1915)_ (qv).'),
('197658',' Two Marine photographers were killed while filming this documentary.'),
('197659',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fickle Fortunes Favor (1913)_ (qv).'),
('197660',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Siberia, the Vast Unknown, No. 8 (1916)_ (qv).'),
('197661',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1992.'),
('197662',' Originally seven or eight reels in length, this film was re'),
('197663','cut to  six reels and reissued about six months after its first run.'),
('197664',' This film was thought to be lost until it resurfaced in the  early'),
('197665','1990s, in the Filmoteca Espanol in Madrid, Spain.'),
('197666',' The film has been repeatedly censored over the years. In its first  outing, the rape and lynching scenes were heavily edited as they  were deemed too provocative after the 1919 Chicago race riots.'),
('197667',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('197668','Disc DVD for  _Star Wars: Episode III '),
('197669',' Revenge of the Sith (2005)_ (qv).'),
('197670',' Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names, if any): Cleora Robb (qv) and Cleora Robb (qv)  (Twins), Psyche Neibert (qv) (Marjorie), Rae Daggett (qv) (Miss  Stone), Ted Oliver (qv) (Detective), Harry Humphrey (qv)  (Priest), Mitchell Ingraham (qv) (Pawnbroker) and  Dorothea Wolbert (qv).'),
('197671',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 11  September 1912 and had 541 performances. The opening night cast  included Jane Cowl (qv) as Mary Turner and Brandon Hurst (qv) as  Demarest. There was one Broadway revival in 1928 which included  Claudette Colbert (qv) as Agnes.'),
('197672',' Made by Sam Raimi (qv), Rip Tapert and Bruce Campbell (I) (qv)  to try and generate funding for their full'),
('197673','length film "The Book of  the Dead" (later renamed _Evil Dead, The (1981)_ (qv))'),
('197674',' Was slated to be released in April of 2002 as a special feature on  Anchor Bays "Book of the Dead" DVD release of  _Evil Dead, The (1981)_ (qv), but it was withheld at the last minute  due to problems with royalties for the music used in the short. This  problem has prevented it from being given a release in any format.'),
('197675',' *SPOILER* The scene in which Bruce Campbell gets his wrist cut,  leaving his hand dangling, then he proceeds to bite off the rest of  the hand was improvised. The hand was meant to have come completely  off, but didnt.'),
('197676',' The film was publicly released once, shortly after it was made, and  featured before late night performances of the  _Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)_ (qv) in a Detroit theater.  Due to not having rights to the music, Raimi and Campbell donated  the films entire gross of less than $20 to the American Cancer  Society.'),
('197677',' During the making of this film, Bruce Campbell (I) (qv) never took  off his monster make'),
('197678','up and, when shooting ended, he discovered that  his face had started to resemble the shape of the make'),
('197679','up.'),
('197680',' Withnail is a ferocious drunk, but he was played by the teetotaler  Richard E. Grant (qv). Finally convinced that he needed to get  drunk at least once to have the proper insight into the character,  Grant "filled a tumbler with vodka and topped it off with a bit of  Pepsi", then swilled the whole thing down. He was teased the next  day by costar Paul McGann (I) (qv) and director  Bruce Robinson (I) (qv), who assured him that he would never be so  funny on film again.'),
('197681',' In the scene where Withnail (Richard E. Grant (qv)) ostensibly  downs a bottle of lighter fluid, the can, which in rehearsals had  been full of water, was full of vinegar. Director  Bruce Robinson (I) (qv) used vinegar on the take to get a better  facial reaction from Grant. The vomiting was scripted and faked.'),
('197682',' Originally written by Bruce Robinson (I) (qv) as a novel. Its  conclusion is quite different from the films: after his soliloquy  in the rain at the park, Withnail returns to the flat he shared with  Marwood, loads the rifle he took from Montys country home, pours  some wine (also taken from Monty) down its barrel, then puts the  muzzle to his lips and drinks. He then pulls the trigger on the gun,  killing himself.'),
('197683',' In the tearoom scene, Richard E. Grant (qv) breaks out laughing.  This wasnt scripted, but every time he spoke, he could hear the  snorting of the dogs belonging to the old ladies at the table  behind. He thought that this was someone laughing and kept coursing.  After too many re'),
('197684','takes, the director gave up and kept the laughter  in.'),
('197685',' The Camberwell Carrot was actually made with herbal cigarettes.'),
('197686',' During the motorway scenes, in the interior shots of the car,  Paul McGann (I) (qv) is seen to be driving, but in some exterior  shots, the driver is Bruce Robinson (I) (qv), the director. The  reason for this is that McGann had only just passed his driving test  when the film was made, and so was a bit wobbly on the motorway.  Also, as he pulls away in London to set off for the Lake District,  he stalls the car. This was unintentional, and was included anyway.'),
('197687',' The photograph of Richard Griffiths (I) (qv) in Uncle Montys  cottage is from _World Cup: A Captains Tale, The (1982) (TV)_ (qv)  in which he played a football manager and referee.'),
('197688',' Despite Paul McGann (I) (qv)s speculation on the DVD commentary  that Withnail might have gone to Stowe, both he and Uncle Monty are  supposed to be old boys of another public school: Harrow. The first  hint of this is the print of Harrow hanging up in the Camden flat  (its the one of the redbrick building just next to the door frame  leading to the kitchen), but the real clincher is when later, at  Montys house, Withnail lies that Marwood went to "the other place",  to which Monty replies, "Oh, you went to Eton!" Members of Eton and  Harrow often refer to pupils of the other in this manner.'),
('197689',' Although credited on screen only as "...and I",  Paul McGann (I) (qv)s character is named as "Marwood" in the  script. It is widely believed that the characters first name is  Peter; although this is incorrect. This myth arose as the result of  a misheard line of dialog when Withnail and Marwood are enjoying  drinks at Montys house.'),
('197690',' During the film, Danny mentions an acquaintance of his named The  Coalman, then threatens Withnail with a potent drug called The  Embalmer. Both The Coalman and The Embalmer are the names of two  hangover "cures".'),
('197691',' Daniel Day'),
('197692','Lewis (qv) was offered but declined the role of  Withnail. Among the other actors who tested for it were  Kenneth Branagh (qv) and Edward Tudor'),
('197693','Pole (qv).'),
('197694',' Much of this films promotional art and subsequent DVD and Video art  is designed by illustrator Ralph Steadman, in the famous gonzo style  he used and created for the works of Hunter S Thompson, notably Fear  and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is listed as Miscellaneous Crew.'),
('197695',' When Bruce Robinson was appearing in Franco Zeffirellis Romeo and  Juliet, the gay director tried constantly to seduce him. Robinson  incorporated many of Zeffirellis chat'),
('197696','up lines into Uncle Montys  dialog as he pursues Marwood.'),
('197697',' The last scenes of the film to be shot were those in Regents Park  next to the Wolves. Paul McGann wore a wig in the scenes when the  two are walking together and talking on the bench.'),
('197698',' "Fork It!" was the line that secured Richard E. Grant the part of  Withnail. Director Bruce Robinson knew in his head exactly how the  line should be uttered by the actor, the same as the Policemans  "Get in the back of the van!"'),
('197699',' Bill Nighy (qv) was a friend of Bruce Robinson and was also  considered for the part of Withnail.'),
('197700',' The name "Withnail" came from man called Jonathan Withnall that  Robinson knew as a little boy. He was a local character who reversed  his Aston Martin into a police car in a pub car park. Bruce Robinson  said hes never been able to spell very well, and spelled his last  name With"nail" by mistake.  The character of Withnail was based on Bruce Robinsons close  friend; actor Vivian Mackerall who died of throat cancer in 1990.  They met at The Central School of Speech and Drama in 1964. The pair  lived with David Dundas, Michael Feast and others in a Victorian  townhouse bought by David Dundass parents in Camden Town, London.'),
('197701',' Handmade Films kept back £30,000 of Bruce Robinsons fee to pay for  the scenes when Withnail and Marwood are driving through the  rainstorm to get to Uncle Montys cottage. The producers didnt  believe these scenes were needed, but the director considered them  essential. He was never reimbursed his money after the films  success.'),
('197702',' Ralph Brown turned up for his audition dressed up like the Danny  described in the script, with purple hair and painted fingernails.  The casting director Mary Selway and director Bruce Robinson found  him frightening but also hilarious. Because of his extra mile, he  got the part.'),
('197703',' This documentary is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for  _Withnail & I (1987)_ (qv).'),
('197704',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('197705',' Those "baby pictures" (that is, early'),
('197706','life photographs) of Laura  Mills shown in the opening title'),
('197707','sequence, are in fact those of  Jennie Garth (qv); she and her family loaned those photos to the  production.'),
('197708',' Michael Dunn (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('197709',' Tales of the Tenement Series of 2'),
('197710','reel dramas.'),
('197711',' In conjunction with the home video release in the U.S., a $1 million  reward was offered for information leading to the conviction and  sentencing of the murderer(s) of Michael Franke, the crime on which  the movie is based.'),
('197712',' Robert Towne (qv) wanted Tommy Lee Jones (qv) to play Bill  Bowerman, but he turned it down.'),
('197713',' Tom Cruise (qv) considered playing Prefontaine, but decided  against it citing that he was too old for the part.'),
('197714',' The "Amalgamated Airlines" plane is a Boeing 247.'),
('197715',' The opening shot shows "Arrowhead" Pictures motion picture studio.  This is the actual RKO Pictures Studio Building at 780 Gower Street  in Hollywood, retouched with "Arrowhead" replacing the RKO signs on  the building. It remains a historic structure on the corner to this  day.'),
('197716',' Because Sander Vanocur plays himself as a news anchor in this film,  a few complaints were received from people who believed the movie  events were real, despite repeated on screen narration and text  before the start of each act. Following that, CNN issued an order  that its reporters and anchors would not be allowed to play  themselves or any other role in a fictional movie.'),
('197717',' Michael Fox (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('197718',' The opening sequence of the movie is inspired by Sir Arthur Conan  Doyles original Sherlock Holmes story "The Red'),
('197719','Headed League." In  the story, Sherlock Holmes captures John Clay and his accomplice,  Archie. John Clay even calls out at one point, "Jump, Archie, and  Ill swing for it!"'),
('197720',' Produced in 48 hours for the New York City 48 Hour Film Project.'),
('197721',' Won Best Costumes and Audience Award for the New York City 48 Hour  Film Project.'),
('197722',' This movie is the first to qualify for the New Zealand Governments  "Large Budget Grants Scheme" where the film'),
('197723','makers will receive up  to 12.5% of their production budget back.'),
('197724',' Most of the outdoor camping scenes were shot inside a very large  warehouse.'),
('197725',' The character of "D.B. Cooper" is based on an actual person, who in  1971, after hijacking an airliner, extorted $200,000 from its owner,  Northwest Orient, and leaped off the airborne plane with 21 pounds  of $20 bills strapped to his body. He was never caught.'),
('197726',' Dans cellphone ringtone is the famous adventure crescendo from  the Indiana Jones series.'),
('197727',' The last big rapid that they run before going over the waterfall is  a Class 5 rapid, and the scene was performed by stunt doubles since  running rapids in a canoe is dangerous and unusual.'),
('197728',' Dax Shepard (qv), Seth Green (qv), and Matthew Lillard (qv)  all did a majority of their own stunts.'),
('197729',' The original screenplay focused on Rachel, but director  Weir, Peter (qv) asked screenwriters Kelley, William (III) (qv)  and Wallace, Earl W. (qv) to rewrite it to focus on the comparison  of pacifism and violence as seen through the eyes of John Book.'),
('197730',' Rachel tells Book "You know carpentry." He replies "A bit..."  Harrison Ford (I) (qv) was a carpenter before he became famous as  an actor.'),
('197731',' In the shooting script, Danny Glover (qv)s character is named  "McElroy".'),
('197732',' David Cronenberg (qv) was originally asked to direct.'),
('197733',' Before building the barn an Amish man says to Ford, "I hear you are  a carpenter." Ford answers, "Its been a while." Ford was a  carpenter before he went acting.'),
('197734',' Shot on the Paul Krantz farm in Strasburg Pennsylvania.'),
('197735',' This film was released in early 1985. It was the number two film at  the box office behind the enormous hit  _Beverly Hills Cop (1984)_ (qv). Even though this film made money, a  Paramount executive said that if they had known "Cop" was going to  be such a big hit, they would not have released this film so soon  after it.'),
('197736',' An advertiser wanted to capture the look of this film for a TV  commercial for his product. When he interviewed directors of  photography, he told them he wanted the look of this film. One of  the people interviewed was John Seale (I) (qv), the director of  photography for this film. Seale did not get the job.'),
('197737',' Viggo Mortensen (qv)s feature film debut.'),
('197738',' An actual barn was built as a result of the shooting of the  barn'),
('197739','raising scene, but it was torn'),
('197740','down shortly afterwards.'),
('197741',' The climax at the final scene was inspired in part by  _High Noon (1952)_ (qv), in which an outnumbered man takes out his  foes one by one, using his wits and ingenuity.'),
('197742',' Sylvester Stallone (qv) turned down the role of John Book.'),
('197743',' Jack Nicholson (qv) was considered for the role of John Book.'),
('197744',' Dedicated to Tom Scott (VI) (qv).'),
('197745',' Theatrical trailer features a scene not used in the film. In it Book  tells Schaeffer that there was a witness while sitting in a police  car.'),
('197746',' The "evening serenade" scene in the barn, in which Book and Rachel  dance, was actually filmed during the day in the heat of the summer.  The barn was blacked out and sealed, and thats why both Ford and  McGillis perspire so much in that scene. The kerosene lantern they  had added even more heat.'),
('197747',' The song for the "serenade" scene, "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke,  was selected by Harrison Ford himself. Director Peter Weir said that  since Ford had to sing and dance to it, he should be able to choose  which song he wanted to use for that scene.'),
('197748',' As realistic as the actors playing background roles as Amish people  are, no actual Amish were in the film because they do not (as is  correctly stated in the film itself) like to have their pictures  taken. They were intensely interested in the filming, though, and  many Amish people were often out of camera range politely watching  the filming.'),
('197749',' In preparation for her role, Kelly McGillis lived with an actual  Amish widow and her seven children for a period of time before  filming began to get the speech cadence down and to observe the  daily life of an Amish widowed mother.'),
('197750',' In the middle of shooting, Harding, Ann (qv) stated she did not  like the script and would not continue, despite having requested  that the studio buy the rights to the story and having approved the  script earlier. But she finished the movie after RKO threatened to  sue her for the amount ($80,000) already spent on the production.'),
('197751',' The 7th and final entry in Universals deal with Crime Club. The  studio had entered into a deal two years earlier that allowed it to  choose up to 4 of the publishers whodunits for production as  B'),
('197752','pictures.'),
('197753',' Print of this film survives in Gosfilmofond in Moscow Russia.'),
('197754',' First film for Oscar winning Art Director William Cameron Menzies  for Art Direction.'),
('197755',' This was the final film for Tyrone Power (I) (qv), who died  shortly after completion.'),
('197756',' The film was shown in London for a Royal Command Performance, but  beforehand the Royal Family had to promise not to reveal the  surprise ending to anyone else.'),
('197757',' Charles Laughton (qv) and Elsa Lanchester (qv) (the nurse, Miss  Plimsoll) were real'),
('197758','life husband and wife.'),
('197759',' The studio where filming was going on had an agreement hanging  outside the door that everyone who came in had to sign, promising  they would not reveal the surprise ending.'),
('197760',' Unsure if he could play a man with a heart condition,  Charles Laughton (qv) (Sir Wilfrid) staged a heart attack in the  pool one day at home. His wife, Elsa Lanchester (qv) (Miss  Plimsoll), and a houseguest panicked and pulled him from the water,  at which point he explained his trick. Elsas reaction has not been  recorded.'),
('197761',' SPOILER: To perfect her disguise as the "Cockney Woman", director  Billy Wilder (qv) did a series of screen tests of  Marlene Dietrich (qv). The first attempt almost ended the idea  when, after making up Dietrich in wigs, contact lenses, false  eyelashes, false teeth and shoulder pads, Wilder commented that she  looked less like a Cockney woman on screen and more like  "George C. Scott (qv) in drag".'),
('197762',' Una OConnor (qv) was the only member of the original Broadway  cast of the play to repeat her role on film.'),
('197763',' In order to show just one of Marlene Dietrich (qv)s famous legs,  an entire scene was written that required 145 extras, 38 stunt men  and $90,000.'),
('197764',' When Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power (I) (qv)) meets Mrs. French  (Norma Varden (qv)) for the second time '),
('197765',' in the movie theater '),
('197766','  Vole tells Mrs. French that the movie is about Jesse James. Tyrone  Power starred as the famous outlaw in _Jesse James (1939)_ (qv)'),
('197767',' There is a _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv) connection to this  motion picture, both Elsa Lanchester (qv) and Una OConnor (qv)  costarred in that monster classic.'),
('197768',' Marlene Dietrich (qv) was so certain she would be nominated for an  Academy Award for her performance as Christine Vole that she  recorded a new introduction to her Las Vegas show mentioning her  nomination. She was not nominated, and was crushed.'),
('197769',' This was Una OConnor (qv)s last big screen motion picture.'),
('197770',' While it is generally supposed that Agatha Christie (qv) chose the  name Vole after the ratlike rodent of the same name, in fact the  word has several other meanings also relevant to this character. In  cards, a "vole" means the winning by one player of all the tricks of  a game. And the expression "go the vole" can mean either to venture  everything on the chance of great rewards, or to try one thing after  another, usually a variety of occupations '),
('197771',' all perfect  descriptions of Christies ingeniously named "Leonard Vole".'),
('197772',' Charles Laughton (qv) appears as himself, talking directly to the  audience, in the lengthy 4 minute trailer.'),
('197773',' Alfred Hitchcock said "Many times, people have told me how much they  enjoyed Witness for Prosecution. They thought it was my film instead  of Billy Wilders. And Wilder told me people asked him about The  Paradine Case, thinking he had done it."'),
('197774',' In 1961, the film aired on television on the show Kraft Mystery  Theater. The next year it won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best  television episode.'),
('197775',' This can be found on the DVD of _Perfect Storm, The (2000)_ (qv)  released in 2000.'),
('197776',' Film debut of Charles Middleton (I) (qv).'),
('197777',' Based on the book "De Witte" by the Flemish novellist Ernest Claes.'),
('197778',' This was the first spoken Flemish movie in Belgium.'),
('197779',' Ladislas Fodor (qv)s play opened in Vienna, Austria, during  September 1932.'),
('197780',' German'),
('197781','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('197782',' The "old Wixxer" is played by Achim Menzel (qv). He was  Oliver Kalkofe (qv)s favorite "victim" in his show  _"Kalkofes Mattscheibe" (1994)_ (qv) where he used to cynicaly  comment on bad TV'),
('197783','productions.'),
('197784',' In the first casting scene at Blackwhite Castle Oliver Kalkofe can  be seen playing an emprisoned woman in the background.'),
('197785',' The film is based on a 18'),
('197786','part radio play that Oliver Kalkofe (qv)  together with Oliver Welke (qv) did in the 1990s during his time  as a radio moderator.'),
('197787',' The character name Dubinski is a reference to former TV host  Ingo Dubinski (qv).'),
('197788',' Newspapers shown in the title sequence reporting on the Wixxer: The  Times, Daily Telegraph, International Herald Tribune, Financial  Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Time, The Sun, Wild und Hund,  P.M., Bussi Bär, Weekly Telegraph, The Independent, Daily Mirror,  The Islington Observer, The Islington Post, Coupé, Bravo,  Cosmopolitan and Super Illu.'),
('197789',' According to Oliver Kalkofe (qv) the animation for the cockroach  at the beginning cost 25.000 Euros.'),
('197790',' The original character name for the Earl of Cockwood was Earl of  Fistfuck but the Bavarian Film Fund asked to change that.'),
('197791',' The alias names of Harry Smeerlap are all references to characters  played by Klaus Kinski (qv).'),
('197792',' Heinz Schenk (qv) was asked to play "Der Blaue Bock" in the  N.S.Y.N.C. sequence but declined.'),
('197793',' Oliver Hirschbiegel (qv) visited the director and the editor of  this film during the cutting process (he was cutting his film  _Untergang, Der (2004)_ (qv) in the editing room next door) and was  shown some scenes '),
('197794',' especially those of Butler Alfons Hatler.'),
('197795',' The first song that Michael Jackson (I) (qv) sings, "You Cant  Win," was originally written for the stage version for the Winkies  to sing to Dorothy about the futility of escaping from Evillene. The  song was cut from the stage version of the musical during previews  but was included in the film as the Scarecrows song.'),
('197796',' In his book "Making Movies", Sidney Lumet (qv) admits that the  filming of the Emerald City Sequence on the plaza at the World Trade  Center had to be cut short due to wind and scheduling. The Port  Authority would not allow more time to fix the mistakes and the red  sequence had to be shortened due to a lighting error and no time to  reshoot.'),
('197797',' Simultaneously with the release of the film, Congoleum, the flooring  company that designed the look of the Yellow Brick Road for the  film, also marketed the same design (also called Yellow Brick Road)  for home use.'),
('197798',' This was the first film shot at Kaufman Astoria Studios when it was  reopened in the 1970s.'),
('197799',' In the Emerald City sequence, Quincy Jones (qv) is shown as the  pianist, but the actual piano player on the soundtrack is  Richard Tee (qv).'),
('197800',' According to her unauthorized biography, "Call Her Ms. Ross,"  Diana Ross (I) (qv) was hospitalized and nearly blinded by a  lighting effect used in the movie.'),
('197801',' The CBS Television Networks eyeball logo, slightly modified with  an"O" and a "Z" in the middle of the walking microphone and camera,  was used in the Emerald City dancing scenes.'),
('197802',' In 2003, Entertainment Weekly magazine named the film #28 of the 50  top Cult Movies.'),
('197803',' Movie debut of Billy Mummuy.'),
('197804',' Filmed in 1968, unreleased until 1970.'),
('197805',' First broadcast on television in a three'),
('197806','part serial on 8, 9, and 10  June 1931, by W2XCD, an early broadcaster owned by the DeForest  Radio Company and based in Passaic, New Jersey.'),
('197807',' Many theatres that booked the film never received it because its  production caused Chadwick Pictures to go bankrupt and distribution  ceased long before it was intended to.'),
('197808',' Dorothys note is signed "Pastoria". In the original Oz series,  Pastoria was the father of Ozma, the present'),
('197809','day ruler of Oz.'),
('197810',' This was the first film, cartoon or otherwise, to show the Kansas  scenes in black and white and the land of Oz in color. Legal  difficulties prevented its release in 1933.'),
('197811',' The title role was written with W.C. Fields (qv) in mind. Producer  Mervyn LeRoy (qv) wanted Ed Wynn (qv), who turned down the role.  MGM executive Arthur Freed (qv) wanted Fields, and offered him  $75,000. Fields supposedly wanted $100,000. According to a letter  from Fields agent (which he claimed was written by Fields) Fields  turned down the role to devote his time to writing the script for  _You Cant Cheat an Honest Man (1939)_ (qv).'),
('197812',' Bolger, Ray (qv) was originally cast as the Tin Woodsman. However,  he insisted that he would rather play the Scarecrow '),
('197813',' his childhood  idol, Stone, Fred (I) (qv) had originated that role on stage in  1902.'),
('197814',' Ebsen, Buddy (qv) had been cast as the Scarecrow, and now switched  roles with Bolger. But the aluminum powder makeup for the Tin  Woodsman was toxic and Ebsen apparently had an allergic reaction to  it as well. He left the picture, but his voice can still be heard in  "Off to see the Wizard".'),
('197815',' Originally Betty Jaynes (qv) was cast as Princess Betty of Oz and  Kenny Baker (II) (qv) was to play her lover, the Grand Duke. They  were to share the vocal load with Judy Garland (I) (qv).  Eventually, after multiple rewrites, their characters were written  out of the film.'),
('197816',' The famed Jitterbug number was in actuality a leftover of an  abandoned subplot that was discarded in early rewrites of the  script. In the original Oz movie there was to be a large subplot  involving characters named Princess Betty and the Grand Duke of Oz,  to be played by MGM contract players Betty Jaynes (qv) and  Kenny Baker (II) (qv). Jaynes, known for her refined operatic  style of singing, was supposed to offset Judy Garland (I) (qv)s  jazz type of singing and a number was devised highlighting the  differences. The Jitterbug number was devised by Harold Arlen (qv)  and E.Y Harburg to showcase Garlands talents. Both Jaynes and  Bakers characters were deemed unnecessary in early script rewrites  and were removed from the picture, as well as their subplot.  However, the Jitterbug number survived in the script and was filmed  for the movie, although it too was cut from the picture in early  previews. A reference to the Jitterbug number survives in the Wicked  Witchs orders to Nikko, when she tells him to "send the insects on  ahead to soften them up" before the Flying Monkeys take off.'),
('197817',' Producer Mervyn LeRoy had originally intended to use MGMs Leo the  Lion in the role of the Cowardley Lion and dub an actors voice in  for the dialog. However, that idea was dropped when Bert Lahrs came  up for consideration for the part.'),
('197818',' Richard Thorpe (I) (qv), the original director of the film, had  shot around two weeks of footage before he was fired. Among the  scenes he shot were Dorothys meeting of the Scarecrow on the Yellow  Brick Road along with his song and dance, as well as all the scenes  involving the Wicked Witchs castle. Thorpes footage had a  remarkably different look from what was seen in the finished film.  Most striking was the look of Judy Garland (I) (qv)s Dorothy, who  in Thorpes footage had a blonde tousled hairstyle with baby doll  make'),
('197819','up. Ray Bolger (qv)s Scarecrow also had different make'),
('197820','up as  well as trousers. Margaret Hamilton (qv) had different make'),
('197821','up as  the Wicked Witch of the West. In addition, Buddy Ebsen (qv) was  playing the Tin Man. In Thorpes footage the Yellow Brick Road also  had a different look, as it was not curbed and made up of artificial  looking oval bricks, instead of the curbed real rectangular ones in  the finished film. Thorpes footage has not been seen since it was  shot in 1938 but surviving home movies, taken by composer  Harold Arlen (qv), shows a few shots of a blonde Garland and  Bolger rehearsing their Scarecrow meeting scene, giving the viewer a  glimpse of what Thorpes Oz would have looked like.'),
('197822',' "Over the Rainbow" was voted #1 on AFIs 100 Years, 100 Songs'),
('197823',' The first album of songs from the film, issued by Decca in 1940,  featured only Judy Garland (I) (qv) from the cast. Her only vocal  tracks on that album, "Over The Rainbow" and "The Jitterbug" (which  featured "Oz" composer Harold Arlen (qv) as the Scarecrow, Bud  Lyon as the Tin Man and Gurney Bell (qv) as the Cowardly Lion),  had already been recorded in 1939 and released that year as a 78'),
('197824','RPM  single, but they were later included as part of the 1940 album. This  was not really a soundtrack recording at all, despite what some  websites say, although it did contain the films songs. It was,  instead, a sort of "cover version" featuring Garland (this procedure  was common practice at a time when there really was no such thing as  a record album made directly from a movie soundtrack). The other  songs on this 1940 Decca album were all sung by the Ken Darby (qv)  Singers, and in some songs in which Dorothy is featured another  vocalist substituted for Garland. It was not until 1956 that an  official soundtrack album (featuring the films cast, of course) was  issued. This 1956 MGM Records album featured extensive dialogue from  the film (enough for listeners to follow the story), and was taken  directly from the movies final printed soundtrack, which meant that  it also featured the films sound effects. In 1994, the original  pre'),
('197825','release vocal and music tracks were discovered and used to make  an all'),
('197826','new soundtrack recording which featured the background music  and the songs, without dialogue and without sound effects. This was  released on Rhino in 1995 as a Deluxe 2'),
('197827','CD set.'),
('197828',' MGM had originally planned to incorporate a "stencil printing"  process when Dorothy runs to open the farmhouse door before the film  switches to Technicolor; each frame was to be hand'),
('197829','tinted to keep  the inside of the door in sepia tone. This process'),
('197830','cumbersome,  expensive, and ineffective'),
('197831','was abandoned in favor of a simpler and  more clever alternative (a variation of this process was used,  however, in 1939 release prints of _Women, The (1939)_ (qv)). The  inside of the farmhouse was painted sepia, and the Dorothy who opens  the door from the inside is not Judy Garland (I) (qv) but her  stand'),
('197832','in wearing a sepia'),
('197833','rinsed version of the famous gingham dress.  Once the door is opened and the camera advances through it, Garland  (wearing her bright blue dress) walks through the door and the  audience is none the wiser. This effect does not work on older  video/TV prints where the Kansas scenes appear in true black and  white, as the changeover to color is all too apparent. With the  Kansas scenes returned to their original sepia tints, however, they  closely match the magical opening door and the effect is powerful.'),
('197834',' Judy Garland (I) (qv)s dress and blouse were in reality not white  but pale pink. True white did not photograph properly in Technicolor  and made the blue of her checked dress seem too bright. Some sources  say that the transition between Dorothys house (in sepia tone) and  Munchkinland (in color) was achieved by the substitution of a  stand'),
('197835','in wearing a dress that had been dyed to appear as if it were  sepia tone itself. This would seem plausible, given that Dorothy  walks completely off camera as the sepia tone section ends, and then  back on again after the color section has already begun. However,  others say that this effect was achieved in post'),
('197836','production, when  individual frames were painstakingly hand'),
('197837','stenciled in sepia using a  technique similar to hand'),
('197838','coloring used in the silent film era. It  may well be a combination of both.'),
('197839',' At the time this film was made, film soundtracks were generally  quite simple, with most of the sound recorded on the set, with  post'),
('197840','production dubbing and looping being used only when necessary.  However, due to the large number of special sound effects in this  film, it was one of the rare cases in the 1930s of the use of a  sound designer (another was Murray Spivack (qv) on  _King Kong (1933)_ (qv)), whose job it was just to work out and  design the sound elements of the soundtrack. O.O. Ceccarini (qv)  (a close friend of Albert Einstein (qv)), who occasionally did  special sound work at MGM, was brought in to design the soundtrack,  with the assistance of special sound effects engineer  Franklin Milton (qv) (who would later head up the MGM  post'),
('197841','production sound department, replacing Douglas Shearer (qv)  and Wesley C. Miller (qv) in the 1950s). Ceccarini was a brilliant  mathematician as well, and he applied mathematics to achieving some  of the more complicated sound elements.'),
('197842',' George Cukor (qv) not only changed Judy Garland (I) (qv)s  physical appearance in the film to the way it looks in the finished  version, but also modified the Scarecrows makeup. Later, when  Victor Fleming (qv) had been assigned to direct,  Jack Haley (I) (qv) began filming his first scene as the Tin Man,  the scene in which Dorothy and the Scarecrow first discover him.  Buddy Ebsen (qv), who had been playing the Tin Man, had to back  out because of an allergic reaction to his makeup, and never filmed  this scene; he had only filmed scenes that take place in the second  half of the film, after the four travelers have been to the Wash and  Brush Up Co. at the Emerald City. Haley had been filming his first  scene for three days before anyone realized that he had no "rust" on  his "tin" costume, even though in the story he was supposed to have  been standing rusted for an entire year. The rust was immediately  applied to it.'),
('197843',' The film received a mention in the Guiness Book of World Records as  the film to which a live'),
('197844','action sequel was produced after the  longest period of time (Return to Oz was released 46 years after The  Wizard of Oz).'),
('197845',' Throughout the rest of his career, Jack Haley (I) (qv) denounced  the idea that the making of this film was enjoyable. He frequently  quipped "Like Hell, it was; it was work!"'),
('197846',' Margaret Hamilton (qv), a life'),
('197847','long fan of the Oz books, was  ecstatic when she learned the producers were considering her for a  part in the film. When she phoned her agent to find out what role  she was up for, her agent simply replied, "The witch, who else?"'),
('197848',' The movies line "Toto, I have a feeling were not in Kansas  anymore." was voted as the #62 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by  Premiere in 2007.'),
('197849',' To compensate for the extreme make'),
('197850','up demands on this film, MGM  recruited extra help from the studio mail room and courier service.  As most of the Oz extras required prosthetic devices (false ears,  noses, etc.), and since application of prosthetics requires  extensive training, the recruited make'),
('197851','up artists were each  instructed in one area of prosthetic application and then formed an  assembly line. Each extra would then move from one station to  another to complete make'),
('197852','up application each morning.'),
('197853',' Many of the Wicked Witch of the Wests scenes were either trimmed or  deleted entirely, as Margaret Hamilton (qv)s performance was  thought too frightening for audiences.'),
('197854',' After a number of popular stars rejected the role of the wizard as  too small, the producers decided to include the roles of Professor  Marvel, the doorman and palace guard, as well as the role of the  coachman who would perform a musical number, in hopes of balancing  the screen time for the actor playing the wizard with that of the  rest of the cast.'),
('197855',' When the film proved popular with audiences, MGM considered  re'),
('197856','uniting the original cast for a sequel. Plans never got past the  development stage, however, when Judy Garland (I) (qv) became a  major star, Margaret Hamilton (qv) expressed hesitation at  reprising her role, feeling that the character of the Wicked Witch  was already too scary for children, and the extreme budget overruns  and production delays making the original film deterred the studio  from moving forward.'),
('197857',' The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All  Time" by Premiere.'),
('197858',' The movies line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."  was voted as the #24 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere  in 2007.'),
('197859',' The movies line "Theres no place like home." was voted as the #11  of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('197860',' The films running time was originally 120 minutes. Producer  Mervyn LeRoy (qv) realized that at least 20 minutes of the film  needed to be deleted to get it down to a manageable running time.  Three sneak previews aided LeRoy in his decision in what to cut. The  original film in its entirety was only seen once by an audience in  either San Bernadino or Santa Barbara and it was the only time the  famed Jitterbug number was seen by the public. After this preview  LeRoy cut the aforementioned Jitterbug number and the Scarecrows  extended dance sequence to "If I Only Had a Brain". A second preview  was held in Pomona, California, where the film ran 112 minutes.  After the preview, LeRoy cut Dorothys "Over The Rainbow" reprise  and a scene in which the Tin Man turned into a human beehive, and  the Emerald City reprise of "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead", as well  as a few smaller scenes and dialog, notably two Kansas scenes in  which the Hickory character was building a machine to ward off  tornadoes, as well as dozens of threatening lines by the Wicked  Witch of the West. By the third preview, held in San Luis Obispo,  the film finally was down to its 101'),
('197861','minute running time, where it  has remained ever since.'),
('197862',' A scene was filmed in which the Tin Woodman was turned into a "human  beehive" by the Wicked Witch; after he crushes a bee, the tin  woodman cries and rusts his jaw shut, then has to be oiled by  Dorothy to get his jaw working again. This scene was cut and so the  scene of Dorothy and her companions that comes after where the  "beehive" scene had to be flipped to match their continuity in the  earlier scene, causing them to appear blurred slightly.'),
('197863',' Although no footage of Buddy Ebsen (qv) as the Tin Woodsman has to  date been released, surviving still photos taken on the set suggest  he filmed at least part of the Wicked Witchs castle sequence.'),
('197864',' Judy Garland (I) (qv) had to wear a painful corset'),
('197865','style device  around her torso so that she would appear younger and flat'),
('197866','chested.'),
('197867',' Charley Grapewin (qv) came out of retirement to play Uncle Henry.'),
('197868',' During the haunted forest scene, several actors playing the Winged  Monkeys were injured when the piano wires suspending them snapped,  dropping them several feet to the floor of the sound stage.'),
('197869',' Judy Garland (I) (qv) very much wanted to adopt Terry (III) (qv)  after the two spent so much time together shooting the film.  Unfortunately, the owner of the dog wouldnt give her up, and Terry  went on to a long career in films.'),
('197870',' The original concept for the Wicked Witch of the West was to have  her resemble a strikingly beautiful woman much in the same way the  Evil Queen in _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv) was  conceived. Producer Mervyn LeRoy (qv) originally cast MGM beauty  Gale Sondergaard (qv) in the role as a sleek, sexy Wicked Witch of  the West. However, the presence of a sexy Wicked Witch left a large  plot hole within the script, for it played against the idea that bad  witches were ugly. Convinced that the point was important, LeRoy  retested Sondergaard as an ugly witch. Looking hideous in the  make'),
('197871','up, she immediately declined the role and was replaced with  Margaret Hamilton (qv).'),
('197872',' Although Judy Garland (I) (qv) was always the favorite to play  Dorothy, there were many other actresses in Hollywood who were also  considered to play her. Among them were Shirley Temple (qv), who  was closer to the actual age of Dorothy and extremely popular at the  time. However, her vocal talents were deemed by producers  Mervyn LeRoy (qv) and Arthur Freed (qv) to be inadequate for the  scope of the role. Deanna Durbin (qv), the operatic rival to  Garland, was also a consideration, as was Bonita Granville (qv).'),
('197873',' Shirley Temple (qv) was the original choice to play Dorothy.  However, she was under contract to 20th Century Fox at the time. A  deal was put in place to loan her to MGM Studios in exchange for  Clark Gable and Jean Harlow going to 20th Century Fox for a  film. However, after Gene Harlows untimely death the deal was  revoked.'),
('197874',' Fred Stone (I) (qv), who played the Scarecrow in the 1902 stage  musical of "The Wizard of Oz", was briefly considered for the role  in the movie. However, at age 65 in 1938 he was physically not up to  the demands of the role.'),
('197875',' Nash, Ogden (qv) wrote an unused screenplay.'),
('197876',' According to lead Munchkin Maren, Jerry (qv), the "little people"  on the set were paid $50 per week for a 6'),
('197877','day work week, while Toto  received $125 per week.'),
('197878',' A reprise of "Over the Rainbow" was filmed, in which Dorothy was  remembering Kansas while being imprisoned in the Witchs castle.  Judy Garland (I) (qv) began to cry, along with the crew, because  the song was so sad. It was later cut.'),
('197879',' "Over the Rainbow" was nearly cut; MGM felt that it made the Kansas  sequence too long, as well as being too far over the heads of the  children for whom it was intended. The studio also thought it was  degrading for Judy Garland (I) (qv) to sing in a barnyard.'),
('197880',' At the beginning of the "Were off to see the wizard" sequence,  there is a disturbance in the trees off to the right. This was long  rumored to be one of the crew (or, by some accounts, one of the  dwarf actors) committing suicide by hanging himself, but it is in  fact a large bird stretching its wings.'),
('197881',' The Cowardly Lions facial makeup included a brown paper bag. Actor  Lahr, Bert (qv) couldnt eat without ruining his makeup. Tired of  eating soup and milkshakes, he decided to eat lunch and have his  makeup redone.'),
('197882',' When filming first started, Judy Garland (I) (qv) wore a blond wig  and heavy, "baby'),
('197883','doll" makeup. When George Cukor (qv) assumed the  role of intermediate director (after MGM fired the original director  and before they found a replacement), he got rid of the wig and most  of the makeup and told her to just be herself.'),
('197884',' The "tornado" was a 35'),
('197885','foot'),
('197886','long muslin stocking, photographed with  miniatures of a Kansas farm and fields.'),
('197887',' The horses in Emerald City palace were colored with Jell'),
('197888','O crystals.  The relevant scenes had to be shot quickly, before the horses  started to lick it off.'),
('197889',' Professional singers dubbed most of the Munchkins voices; many of  the actors playing them were from Central and Eastern Europe and  didnt speak much English, and most of the ones who did speak  English couldnt sing well.'),
('197890',' The film had five different directors. Richard Thorpe (I) (qv)  shot several weeks of material, none of which appears in the final  film. The studio found his work unsatisfactory and appointed  George Cukor (qv) temporarily. Cukor did not actually film any  scenes; he merely modified Judy Garland (I) (qv)s and  Ray Bolger (qv)s makeup. Victor Fleming (qv) took over from him  and filmed the bulk of the movie, until he was assigned to  _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv). King Vidor (qv) filmed the  remaining sequences, mainly the black and white parts of the film  set in Kansas. Producer Mervyn LeRoy (qv) also directed some  transitional scenes.'),
('197891',' The theatrical trailer for the 1998 theatrical re'),
('197892','release (viewable  on the 2000 Warner Bros. DVD) features the Kansas footage in black  and white instead of its proper sepia tone. The sepia tone footage  was restored to the film during its 1988 restoration and was thus  available; but Warner Bros. choose to show it in its black and white  form for the trailer.'),
('197893',' For its 1998 theatrical re'),
('197894','release; Warner Bros. had considered  re'),
('197895','inserting the extended Scarecrow dance number into the film  (which had been removed for its 1939 release) but they ultimately  decided against it.'),
('197896',' The pre'),
('197897','release 112 minute version was only seen once, while the  film was in test showings before its official release.'),
('197898',' When MGM bought the rights to L. Frank Baum (qv)s novel, "The  Wonderful Wizard of Oz," it also purchased the rights to the 1902  stage musical by Baum and Paul Tietjens, and the  _Wizard of Oz (1925)_ (qv), Larry Semon (I) (qv)s failed silent  comedy. From the latter it derived Dorothys companions as farmhands  she knew in Kansas, and the it'),
('197899','was'),
('197900','all'),
('197901','a'),
('197902','dream ending '),
('197903',' an element  of fantasy literature Baum decried in several essays but used in his  "Laura Bancroft" titles for very young readers. From the former, it  took only the snowstorm summoned by the Good Witch of the North to  destroy the poppies, which in the play was a huge set piece that  concluded Act I. (In the novel, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman  carry Dorothy out and hoist the Lion onto a truck that is pulled on  strings by hundreds of mice.) Lengthy debate occurred at MGM as to  whether or not to include the songs from the play, but as the  vaudeville'),
('197904','style show mostly included songs of no relevance to plot  or characterization, they were replaced with new ones.'),
('197905',' In the earlier drafts of the script, the writers often created new  incidents to liven up the story. The original idea was to turn the  story into a slapstick musical comedy, so there were a few  deviations from what was written in the book. Some of the earlier  scripts included a son for the Wicked Witch of the West whom she  wanted to put on the throne of Oz, a stuck'),
('197906','up niece for Miss Gulch,  a rescue from the Wizards balloon by the Munchkin fire department,  a singing princess and her cowardly suitor who gets transformed into  a lion, a rainbow bridge that the witch constructs as a trap for  Dorothy, and a romance between Dorothy and one of the farmhands.  When the script got too bogged down, however, writers  Noel Langley (I) (qv), Florence Ryerson (qv) and  Edgar Allan Woolf (qv) would turn to L. Frank Baum (qv)s book  for inspiration, and the result was closer to the whimsical fantasy  Baum had written.'),
('197907',' In the movie Glinda is the good witch of the North. However, in  L. Frank Baum (qv)s book, Glinda is the good sorceress of the  South.'),
('197908',' L. Frank Baum (qv)s novel is considerably more gruesome than  MGMs rendition. For example, the Tin Woodsman uses his axe to lop  off the heads of beasts, and the Wizard sends Dorothy and the gang  to actually kill the Wicked Witch of the West.'),
('197909',' If you look very closely at the Wicked Witch that Miss Gulch  transformed into while Dorothy looks out her bedroom window during  the tornado, you will see a shimmer from her shoes'),
('197910','shes wearing  the Ruby Slippers. That means that she is the Wicked Witch of the  East, who is soon to be killed when Dorothys house falls on her.  Margaret Hamilton (qv) has never been credited for playing this  role (which is practically a cameo). This shimmer from her shoes is  even more obvious when watching a better'),
('197911','quality copy of the film,  such as the 1989 50th anniversary laserdisc version or the 1999 60th  anniversary Warner Bros. DVD restored version.'),
('197912',' The yellow brick road originally showed up as green in the first  prints. This stopped production and required everything to be  repainted so it would show appropriately on the Technicolor film.'),
('197913',' The film started shooting on 13 October 1938 and was completed on 16  March 1939 at a then'),
('197914','unheard'),
('197915','of cost of $2,777,000. It earned only  $3,000,000 on its initial release.'),
('197916',' The ruby slippers were silver (like in the book) until MGM chief  Louis B. Mayer (qv) realized that the Technicolor production would  benefit from the slippers being colored.'),
('197917',' There are thought to be seven pairs of ruby slippers, of which the  whereabouts of five are known. Each has an estimated value of $1.5  million, making them the most expensive Hollywood memorabilia. They  have been dubbed by some as "The Holy Grail" of all Hollywood  nostalgia.'),
('197918',' Dorothys hair changes lengths throughout the course of the film,  most noticeably in the Scarecrow cornfield sequence. This was the  first sequence to be shot. As production progressed, refinements  were made to Judy Garland (I) (qv)s hair and make'),
('197919','up. At the end  of filming, reshoots were done of the cornfield sequence and, thus,  the shots do not match. The reshoots are believed to have been done  by King Vidor (qv), who also directed the Kansas sequences,  including "Over the Rainbow", after director Victor Fleming (qv)  left the production to direct _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv).'),
('197920',' The song "Over the Rainbow" was ranked #1 by the American Film  Institute in 2004 on the 100 Greatest Songs in American Films list.'),
('197921',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #10 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('197922',' The producers at one point considered using a live lion for the  Cowardly Lion, and then dubbing in an actors voice.'),
('197923',' For the films 1998 theatrical re'),
('197924','release, Warner Brothers was  considering editing the extended Scarecrow "If I Only Had A Brain"  sequence into the movie (it was deleted from the film before its  1939 premiere) but ultimately decided not to.It is available as a  supplemental feature on the Warner Bros Special Edition DVD of the  film.'),
('197925',' Ray Bolger (qv), Bert Lahr (qv) and Jack Haley (I) (qv) had to  eat their meals in their dressing rooms, as the make'),
('197926','up they wore  frightened the other diners in the MGM cafeteria.'),
('197927',' Bert Lahr (qv)s costume weighed 90 pounds. .'),
('197928',' The House of Winston made a pair of real ruby slippers to celebrate  the films 50th anniversary in 1989. These are valued at $3 million.'),
('197929',' Walt Disney (qv) was the unwitting impetus behind getting the film  started. Louis B. Mayer (qv) was determined to come up with  something that would equal the success of Disneys runaway smash,  _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv) which had become the  most successful film of all time in a matter of months.'),
('197930',' After Ray Bolger (qv) successfully lobbied for the role of the  Scarecrow, Buddy Ebsen (qv) (originally cast in that part) quite  happily stepped into the part of the Tin Man. Unbeknownst to him,  however, the make'),
('197931','up for the Tin Man contained aluminum dust, which  ended up coating Ebsens lungs. One day he was physically unable to  breathe and had to be rushed to hospital. The part was immediately  recast and MGM gave no public reason why Ebsen was being replaced.  The actor considered this the biggest humiliation he ever endured  and a personal affront. When Jack Haley (I) (qv) took over the  part of the Tin Man, he wasnt told why Ebsen had dropped out (and  in the meantime, the Tin Man make'),
('197932','up had changed from aluminum dust  to aluminum paste as one of its key components).'),
('197933',' Originally contracted for six weeks, Margaret Hamilton (qv) ended  up working for 23.'),
('197934',' Ultimately it took 14 writers and five directors to bring  L. Frank Baum (qv)s story to the screen.'),
('197935',' Some see L. Frank Baum (qv)s story containing political and  social satire. The little girl from the Midwest (typical American)  meets up with a brainless scarecrow (farmers), a tin man with no  heart (industry), a cowardly lion (politicians, in particular  William Jennings Bryan (qv)) and a flashy but ultimately powerless  wizard (technology). Although the little people keep telling her to  follow the yellow brick road (gold standard), in the end its her  silver (in the original story) slippers (silver standard) that help  her get back to the good old days.'),
('197936',' Margaret Hamilton (qv) suffered a serious injury on the set when  her make'),
('197937','up heated up and nearly caught fire in the scene where she  disappears in a cloud of orange smoke and fire. As it was, she  suffered second'),
('197938',' and third'),
('197939','degree burns to her hands and face. It  was later discovered that one of the key components in her make'),
('197940','up  was copper.'),
('197941',' Judy Garland (I) (qv) would later refer to the pint'),
('197942','sized Oscar  Juvenile Award she won at 1939s Academy Awards as the Munchkin  Award.'),
('197943',' Although most of screenwriter Noel Langley (I) (qv)s ideas were  used in the finished film, and he is credited as being the principal  screenwriter as well as the adaptor, there were some revisions to  his material. Langley was incensed that they had been done, and  walked out on the project several times, although he was always  persuaded to return. He was bitterly resentful of the final  screenplay, and is on record as saying that he hated the finished  film when he finally saw it.'),
('197944',' Two styles of ruby slippers were tested for Dorothy by the MGM  wardrobe department before they settled on the low schoolgirl'),
('197945','style  pumps with bows. Early test photographs show Judy Garland (I) (qv)  wearing one of a pair of unique slippers known as the Arabian Test  shoes (created by designer Adrian (I) (qv)), which today belong to  Debbie Reynolds (I) (qv). The other shoe is from a pair known as  the Bugle Bead shoes. These pumps are without bows and have yet to  publicly surface.'),
('197946',' One pair of authentic Ruby Slippers in the Smithsonian are obviously  not a matching pair. Rhys Thomas, author of The Ruby Slippers of  Oz, speculates that there might be one to two pairs of authentic  pairs unaccounted for.'),
('197947',' Glindas gown was first used by Jeanette MacDonald (qv) in  _San Francisco (1936)_ (qv).'),
('197948',' Rick Polito of the Marin Independent Journal printed in Northern  California is locally famous for his droll, single'),
('197949','sentence  summations of television programs and movies which the newspaper  reports will be broadcast. For the Wizard of Oz, he wrote,  "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first  person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill  again."'),
('197950',' Of all the Munchkins, only two are heard speaking with their  real'),
('197951','life voices '),
('197952',' the ones who give Dorothy flowers after she has  climbed into the carriage. All others are dubbed.'),
('197953',' MGM paid $75,000 for the film rights to Baum, L. Frank (qv)s  book, a towering sum at the time.'),
('197954',' The steam shooting from the Tin Mans cap startles Toto, who runs  out of the shot.'),
('197955',' Raabe, Meinhardt (qv), who played the Coroner of Munchkinland,  was, at one time, the shortest licensed pilot in the U.S. During  WWII, he volunteered for military service and was turned down. He  was accepted as a volunteer instructor in the Civil Air Patrol.'),
('197956',' A sequence in which Dorothy and her companions make a triumphant  return to the Emerald City after melting the Wicked Witch, known as  the "restoration scene," was cut.'),
('197957',' According to legend, the coat Morgan, Frank (I) (qv) wore as  Professor Marvel, which was handpicked from a second'),
('197958','hand clothing  rack, once belonged to Oz author Baum, L. Frank (qv). The inside  pocket had his initials on it. After completion of the film, the  coat was presented to Baums widow who confirmed it was indeed his.'),
('197959',' Judy Garland (I) (qv)s portrayal of Dorothy was the main  inspiration for the character of Mary Ann on  _"Gilligans Island" (1964)_ (qv).'),
('197960',' The paint used that was finally used on the bricks for the "Yellow  Brick Road" was standard industrial yellow paint that was obtained  from a hardware store several blocks away from the studio.'),
('197961',' In the song "If I Only Had A Heart", the girl who says, "Wherefore  art thou, Romeo?" is Adriana Caselotti (qv), the voice of Snow  White in _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv).'),
('197962',' The scene in which the wicked witch tries to take off Dorothys ruby  slippers by using a magic force through her hands is the same scene  depicted on the Electric Light Orchestra (qv)s album "Eldorado",  but this album cover version is reversed from the one seen in the  film.'),
('197963',' When it first opened in 1994, the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas had  extensive decor related to this film decorating the casino and  various parts of the resort, including life'),
('197964','sized statues of the  main characters (including Toto) near the casino entrance. In 2000  nearly all of this decor was removed in a major renovation, and the  casino is now generically themed around motion pictures.'),
('197965',' There are a striking number of coincidences between events in the  movie and musical cues (and lyrics) on the 1973 Pink Floyd (qv)  album, "Dark Side of the Moon". It is highly improbable that the  band had a print of the movie with them at Abbey Road, and few  attempt to claim it to have been deliberate (David Gilmour (qv)  dismisses it as nonsense), but the coincidences are remarkable  nonetheless. If you begin the album on the third roar of the MGM  lion (using the NTSC version of the movie, not the 25 fps PAL  version which runs a little over 4% faster) the coincidences include  (but are not limited to):  '),
('197966',' The line "balanced on the biggest wave" comes as Dorothy balances    on the fence.  '),
('197967',' The song "On the Run" starts as Dorothy falls off the fence.  '),
('197968',' "The Great Gig in the Sky" begins when the tornado first appears.  '),
('197969',' The song "Us and Them" is played when Dorothy meets the Wicked    Witch of the West.  '),
('197970',' The line "black and blue" is repeated when they are talking to one    another (Dorothy in her blue outfit, the Wicked Witch in black).  '),
('197971',' The line "the lunatic is on the grass..." coincides with Dorothy    meeting the Scarecrow.  '),
('197972',' When we first see Miss Gulch on her bicycle, the song "Time"    starts with its bells and alarms.  '),
('197973',' Dorothy asks Professor Marvel what else he sees in his crystal    ball as the line "thought Id something more to say" comes along    in the song "Time".  '),
('197974',' As the Scarecrow sings "If I Only Had a Brain", Pink Floyd sing    "Brain Damage".  '),
('197975',' Side 1 of the original vinyl album (up to the end of "The Great    Gig in the Sky") is exactly as long as the black and white portion    of the film.  '),
('197976',' As Dorothy listens to the Tin Mans chest, the album ends with the    famous heartbeat sound effect.'),
('197977',' The much quoted line "Fly my pretties, fly" doesnt actually appear  in the movie. The Wicked Witch of the West actually says, "Fly, Fly,  Fly."'),
('197978',' The movies line "Toto, Ive got a feeling were not in Kansas  anymore" was voted as the #4 movie quote by the American Film  Institute'),
('197979',' The movies line "Ill get you, my pretty, and your little dog,  too!" was voted as the #99 movie quote by the American Film  Institute (out of 100).'),
('197980',' The movies line "Theres no place like home." was voted as the #23  movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('197981',' A small sign to the left of the door of Professor Marvels wagon  lists "Exhibition Balloonist" as one of his talents.'),
('197982',' The Munchkins are portrayed by the Singer Midgets, named not for  their musical abilities, but rather for Leo Singer (qv), their  manager.'),
('197983',' The music and vocal tracks for all the deleted sequences have  survived and can all be heard on Rhino Records Deluxe 2'),
('197984','CD  soundtrack edition of the films songs and score. Every track on  that album is heard in the exact order in which it would have  appeared in the film had the movie never been edited to its final  release length.'),
('197985',' When The Witch tries to get off the Ruby Slippers, fire strikes her  hands. This "fire" was actually dark apple juice spewing out of the  shoes. The film was sped up to make it look like fire.'),
('197986',' In the first take of the scene when the Wicked Witch of the West  leaves Munchkinland, the smoke that was supposed to go up around her  came early, and started forming before she stepped on the platform  she was supposed to be on. On the second take, part of  Margaret Hamilton (qv)s cape got caught in the platform when the  burst of fire appeared. She got severely burnt, and the producers  used the first take. Youll notice the early appearance of the red  smoke.'),
('197987',' Nikko, the name of the head winged monkey, is the name of the  Japanese town which houses the shrine featuring the famous Hear No  Evil/See No Evil/Speak No Evil monkeys.'),
('197988',' There are many alleged lyrics to the "Winkie Chant" performed by the  Witchs guards, including "All we own, we owe her", "Oh we love the  old one", and "Oh we loathe the old one". However, the correct  version, seen in the films screenplay, is "O'),
('197989','Ee'),
('197990','Yah! Eoh'),
('197991','Ah!" and  any other interpretations are simply the result of the listeners  mind treating the chant as an audio ink blot.'),
('197992',' The woods where the Tin Man is first discovered is inhabited by a  number of exotic birds. Look for a small toucan in the tree (where  the Witch is hiding) at the opening of this scene; and at least one  (perhaps more) large, crane'),
('197993','like birds in the background of where  the Tin Man stands for most of the scene.'),
('197994',' The uniforms of the Flying Monkeys match the uniforms worn by the  Witchs castle guards (Winkies).'),
('197995',' Herbert Stothart (qv), who scored this film, also scored  _Marie Antoinette (1938)_ (qv). A recycled piece from that film can  be heard during the scene in which Dorothy and her friends attempt  an escape from the Witchs castle.'),
('197996',' 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)_ (qv). However, this idea  left a plot hole'),
('197997','if all bad witches were ugly, why wasnt The  Wicked Witch of the West? Having been made "ugly", Sondergaard  turned down the part.'),
('197998',' Terry (III) (qv) (Toto) was stepped on by one of the witchs  guards, and had a double for two weeks. A second double was  obtained, because it resembled Toto more closely.'),
('197999',' Frank Morgan (I) (qv) posed for a test for The Wizard, made up to  look as the Wizard looked in the book; this makeup was discarded and  the final look was only reached after at least five more tries. The  Wicked Witch has two eyes in the movie and only one eye in the book.  In fact, Dorothy and her friends are the only characters who look  like the ones in the book, because of changes having to do with the  Hays Office.'),
('198000',' Frank Morgan (I) (qv) has five roles: Professor Marvel, the  gatekeeper of the Emerald City, the cab driver (of the horse of a  different color), the Wizards guard, and the Wizard. It is also  possible that he was made up for the projected image of the Wizard.'),
('198001',' Totos real name was Terry (III) (qv). She died in 1945 and was  buried in her trainers yard.'),
('198002',' The famous Ruby Slippers were sold to Hollywood memorabilia  collector David Elkouby for $666,000.00 in a May 2000 auction.'),
('198003',' When Dorothy and her friends are in the Haunted Forest, the Lion has  a spray pump with "Witch Remover" printed on it. In the next shot,  its gone. The reason is because there is a deleted scene in which  the lion says that "the Witch Remover doesnt work but its  wonderful for threatening with". Disgusted, the Scarecrow takes the  spray pump and throws it away. There is a close shot in which the  spray pump hits the ground and vanishes.'),
('198004',' The shot of Dorothys house falling from the sky was achieved by  filming a miniature house being dropped onto a sky painting on the  stage floor, then reversing the film to make the house appear to  fall towards the camera.'),
('198005',' The Tin Woodsman costume worn by Jack Hale (qv)y was reportedly so  stiff that he had to lean against a board to rest. Thirty'),
('198006','eight  years later, Anthony Daniels (qv) (who played C'),
('198007','3PO in the Star  Wars movie series) had the same problem with his costume.'),
('198008',' Voted number 10 in channel 4s (UK) "Greatest Family Films"'),
('198009',' The Wizard was originally supposed to have a song routine where he  hands out the awards to the Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin  Woodman. This was scrapped because E.Y. Harburg (qv), the  lyricist, felt the scene would work better as a non'),
('198010','musical one, so  he translated the lyrics into prose form.'),
('198011',' A recent study claimed that this is the most watched movie in film  history, largely due to the number of television screenings each  year as well as video which has enabled children of every generation  to see it.'),
('198012',' Dororthys line "If youre the Wizard then Im Judy Garland!" is a  clear reference to the 1939 feature length,  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv), in which the Dorothy character was  played by Judy Garland (I) (qv.)'),
('198013',' Later expanded on in the feature film "The Wizard of Speed and Time"  (1989)'),
('198014',' Jittlov, Mike (qv) did his own stuntwork in the pool.'),
('198015',' Many subliminal messages, in which Mr. Jittlov pays homage to the  "Creative Spirit".'),
('198016',' All the scenes involving the Union representatives were filmed in  the same room, at the same desk, and with the same actor  (Will Ryan (qv)) playing all the representatives.'),
('198017',' The seal of one of the film unions is a vulture holding a twisted  strip of film in its talons.'),
('198018',' This film '),
('198019',' in its finished form '),
('198020',' was inspired by Jittlovs  real'),
('198021','world problems and experiences.'),
('198022',' The film features an independent film'),
('198023','maker (Mike Jittlov) playing  an independent film'),
('198024','maker, a producer (Richard Kaye) playing a  producer, and an actress (Paige Moore) playing an actress.'),
('198025',' 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.'),
('198026',' Episode 7 of 29 of the series "Grant, Police Reporter."'),
('198027',' The sounds made by Lucas Power Glove as he punches its keys are the  famous five tones from  _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv).'),
('198028',' Marked the first public unveiling of EADs then'),
('198029','anticipated (but  still popular) Super Mario Bros. 3.'),
('198030',' The version of _Double Dragon (1987)_ (VG) that Jimmy is playing at  the bus station is not in fact the arcade version of the game, but  rather the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Double Dragon.  The PlayChoice 10 is the machine Jimmy is playing and can be seen in  the first shot of the boys entering the bus top.'),
('198031',' Participating theaters would distribute issues of "Pocket Power" a  pocket'),
('198032','sized version of "Nintendo Power" magazine.'),
('198033',' When Corey has Jimmy challenge the businessmen to an arcade game  bet, the side of the arcade cabinet features an ad for the  then'),
('198034','recent Tom Petty album Full Moon Fever.'),
('198035',' Many NES games appear in the arcade scenes. Contrary to popular  belief, this IS possible. In the late eighties/early nineties,  Nintendo had an arcade cabinet called Play Choice Ten. These  machines would let the gamer pick between a number of NES games and  alternate freely between them for as long as a gamer wished '),
('198036',' until  time ran out, at which time the gamer would have to insert another  quarter.'),
('198037',' Was entitled "Joy Stick Heroes" in numerous European countries.'),
('198038',' Some of the shadow'),
('198039','warrior footage was taken from  _Zulu (1964)_ (qv), _El Cid (1961)_ (qv), _Patton (1970)_ (qv),  _Battle of the Bulge (1965)_ (qv), and especially  _Aleksandr Nevskiy (1938)_ (qv).'),
('198040',' The original title '),
('198041',' War Wizards '),
('198042',' was changed to avoid confusion  with another 20th Century Fox release, _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('198043',' 44 minutes into the film, when Weehawk falls into a chasm but urges  Avatar to go on, Avatar appears to mutter a spell, "morrow crinkle  frizetta". This is a reference to fantasy illustrators Gray Morrow,  Frank Frazetta and Franks best friend, Roy Krekel.'),
('198044',' The line "They killed Fritz! They killed Fritz!" is a reference to  Robert Crumb (I) (qv) killing off Fritz the Cat in his underground  comic book series. Ralph Bakshi (qv) directed the film adaptation  of _Fritz the Cat (1972)_ (qv). Bakshi is quoted as saying, "I named  the character Fritz, in Wizards, just so I could scream They killed  Fritz! To kill such a cat, would make Don Marcus commit suicide."'),
('198045',' No pencil tests were done on the film, due to its low budget. The  drawings went straight to the final product.'),
('198046',' The horse'),
('198047','like animals had two feet instead of four because it was  easier and cheaper to animate.'),
('198048',' Credited screenwriter Tom Edwards is a pseudonym for Ed Naha.'),
('198049',' Several scenes in this movie are footage recycled from the film  _Barbarian Queen (1985)_ (qv), most notably the scene where Amathea  (played by Lana Clarkson in both films) is looking into the  gladiator pen as well as most of the battle scene in which she leads  her people into battle against Donars forces.'),
('198050',' Filmmaker Yimou Zhang (qv) has said that this film was his tribute  to and heavily influenced by the work of Iranian filmmaker  Abbas Kiarostami (qv).'),
('198051',' Was shot in 2 days.'),
('198052',' The whole story of the green ants was made up by  Werner Herzog (qv), its not a part of genuine Aboriginal  folklore. However the courtroom incident where a secret artifact is  revealed, to the bemusement of the judge, is based on a real  incident.'),
('198053',' DIRCAMEO(Werner Herzog (qv)): the lawyer that shakes Hacketts  hand outside of the court room when the trial is over.'),
('198054',' Li, Jet (qv) was originally cast to play Li Mu Bai, but turned the  part down to appear in _Romeo Must Die (2000)_ (qv). The role was  next offered to Hong Kong singer/actor Lai, Leon (qv) but he, too,  turned it down.'),
('198055',' Ziyi Zhang (qv) studied calligraphy for several months along with  her other training for the movie.'),
('198056',' Michelle Yeoh (qv) did not speak Mandarin, and the script was  presented to her phonetically with help from Mandarin'),
('198057','speaking crew  members '),
('198058',' her Malaysian accent can be heard throughout.  Yun'),
('198059','Fat Chow (qv) did speak Mandarin (his first language is  Cantonese) but native Mandarin speakers thought his accent strained  and overdone.'),
('198060',' Michelle Yeoh (qv) tore her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament)  during the shooting of an early fighting sequence and had to be  flown to the U.S. for knee surgery. She returned to the set at  different times to film non'),
('198061','action scenes until the knee had  recovered.'),
('198062',' "Crouching tiger hidden dragon" is a quote from Chinese mythology.  It refers to hiding your strength from others; advice which is  followed too well by the characters in the film.'),
('198063',' In Chinese, Los name is "Little Tiger", and Jens name is "Gorgeous  Dragon".'),
('198064',' In 2001, this became the first foreign language film to earn over  $100 million in the United States.'),
('198065',' The films action choreographer, Woo'),
('198066','ping Yuen (qv), was also  responsible for the fighting sequences in _Matrix, The (1999)_ (qv)  and its progeny.'),
('198067',' Dun Tan (qv) had only two weeks to compose and record the musical  score.'),
('198068',' The Green Destiny Sword Li Mu Bai carries translates to Green Dark  World Sword '),
('198069',' a place where the dead go. The Mu in Li Mu Bais name  translates to a kind of positive jealousy or longing '),
('198070',' as in wanting  something but probably never getting it.'),
('198071',' Taiwanese'),
('198072','born Hong Kong actress Qi Shu (qv) was originally cast  in Ziyi Zhang (qv)s role of Jen Yu and worked on the film for  several weeks, until her agent pulled her from the movie to do a  Pepsi commercial in Japan. (She has since changed agents!)'),
('198073',' The film is an adaptation of the fourth novel in a pentalogy, or  five'),
('198074','novel cycle, known in China as the Crane/Iron Pentalogy and  written by noted wuxia (kung'),
('198075','fu) novelist Du Lu Wang (qv). The  novels are "Crane Frightens Kunlun", "Precious Sword, Golden  Hairpin", "Swords Force, Pearls Shine", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden  Dragon", and "Iron Knight, Silver Vase". Much of the story is not  about Li Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien; they are in fact secondary  characters who only become important later in the series. When a  comic'),
('198076','book adaptation of the fourth book in the pentalogy was  slated, illustrator Andy Seto re'),
('198077','watched the film to get inspiration  for how to depict the fight scenes.'),
('198078',' Ang Lee (qv) comments that originally he did not wish for Shu Lien  to wield the heavy two'),
('198079','handed straight sword against Jen. This is  consistent within the movie, as Shu Lien indicates her preference of  the dao, the saber with a broad, curved blade, instead of the  straight'),
('198080','bladed jian, Li Mu Bais weapon of choice. The Green  Destiny is itself a jian.'),
('198081',' The film holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a  "foreign" film. It was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best  Picture, Best Director, Best Music (Song), Best Writing (Adapted  Screenplay), Best Film Editing, and Best Costume Design.'),
('198082',' The four main actors all spoke Mandarin, but with different accents.  Yun'),
('198083','Fat Chow (qv) had a Cantonese accent, Michelle Yeoh (qv) had  a Malaysian/English accent, Ziyi Zhang (qv) had a Beijing accent,  and Chen Chang (qv) had a Taiwanese accent. Because of the  difficulty some Chinese'),
('198084','speaking markets had with the voices, some  markets actually had a dubbed version (into standard Mandarin) of  the soundtrack.'),
('198085',' #10 in the Hong Kong Film Awards List of The Best 100 Chinese  Motion Pictures. (March 2005)'),
('198086',' According old Taiwanese newspapers, in 1959 there was a  Taiwanese'),
('198087','speaking movie called "Luo Xiao Hu and Yu Jiao Long."  Obviously it is an earlier adaptation of Wang Du'),
('198088','Lus novel. The old  newspapers say that this version is also a martial art movie. The  leading actress, Hsiao Yan'),
('198089','Chiou, was originally traditional  Taiwanese opera actress (somehow the actresses of early  Taiwanese'),
('198090','speaking movies were originally trained in Taiwanese opera  companies). After this movie released, Hsiao got married, and "Luo  Xiao Hu and Yu Jiao Long" became her last movie. This movie is no  long existed now, and seem no connection with Ang Lees Wo Hu Cang  Long excepts the adaptation source.'),
('198091',' The Green Destiny Sword used in the movie along with other weapons  in the movie are made in Taiwan. The swordsmith is actually a  neighbor of Ang Lee in his current residence in Tainan, Taiwan.'),
('198092',' The stamped documents shown by Shu Lien to the guards at the  city'),
('198093','gate before she enters Beijing shows the date "In the of 43rd  year of the reign of (Emperor) Qianlong, the sixth month, the eighth  day", which is the year 1778 C.E., somewhere in June or July.'),
('198094',' In the first night scene, Bo meets two night'),
('198095','watchmen who later give  two knocks on clappers/ rods, indicating that it was the 2nd watch  of the night. The first watch begins at 7 p.m. and each watch is 2  hours long, so it was after 9 p.m when Jen first sneaks into Sir  Tes residence. If we were shown how many times the night'),
('198096','watchmen  then sounds the small cymbal/gong, we would know more precisely what  time it was between 9'),
('198097','11 p.m.'),
('198098',' In the hall where Shu Lien first meets Li Mubai, there are two large  sets of couplets hung on the wall behind them. The inner couplet  reads "(Right) The Tall (Qiao) Tree spreads thousands of branches,  but dont they have the same roots; (Left) the Long (Yangtse) River  flows into tens of thousand of distributaries, but all have the same  source" and is about maintaining harmony. The outer couplet reads  "(Right)In Spring and Autumn sacrifices, follow the Ancient Sages  Rites and Customs; (Left) Arraying Left and Right, trace One  Familys Generations of Continuity" and is about maintaining  tradition.'),
('198099',' The first assembled cut ran 134 minutes.'),
('198100',' Jackie Chan (qv) performs the song played during the credits.'),
('198101',' In the rooftop fight scene, Bradly James Allan (qv) doubled for  Ron Smoorenburg (qv)s footwork.'),
('198102',' The literally translated titled is "My Days Inside The Underworld"'),
('198103',' The ad you can hear on TV at Oskars home, is real. No changes or  corrections have been made. This was a real commercial of the NPD  (German ultra'),
('198104','conservative and racial party) shown during the 2003  election'),
('198105',' The german title "Wochenende fuer Inlaenderfreunde" isnt quite the  same as the aka'),
('198106','title "Weekend for racists". It means the same, but  "Inländerfreunde" is a non'),
('198107','existing stupid word Micha makes up,  because he doesnt dare to say that hes a racist. During the  Election 2005 in Germany, the NPD (German ultra'),
('198108','conservative and  racial party) hung posters calling themselves "inländerfreundlich".  This happened half a year after the film was officially released'),
('198109',' While bored, Micha and Steven start watching a very strange  sock'),
('198110','fetish video tape on TV. This film isnt made by the creators  of "Weekend for racists", it really exists and can be bought through  the Internet'),
('198111',' Every time a new character appears on screen, you can see a poster  of a politician in the background: Edmund Stoiber (CSU, German  conservative party) is shown behind Micha and Steven. Holger Apfel  (NPD,German ultra'),
('198112','conservative and racial party) is shown behind  Oskar. Lothar Bisky (PDS, German radical left'),
('198113','wing party) is shown  behind the old women, who watches TV.'),
('198114',' Gregor Erler is not only Steven (baldy), he also has a brief  appearance as the homeless guitar player (long hair, beard). The  close'),
('198115','ups of the guitar player were shot in advance, so Gregor Erler  could shave his head. When Steven beats up the guitar player a  double was used.'),
('198116',' During the early stages of casting, Meera (I) (qv) was considered  for the role of Sana Azim.'),
('198117',' In the original series, _"Wojeck" (1966)_ (qv), Steve Wojeck has two  children: Stevey and Judy who are around 9 and 10. In this TV movie,  which is ostensibly a sequel, their names have been changed to Nicky  and Anna, and their ages are adjusted such that they would have been  infants in 1966.'),
('198118',' This TV movie had a troubled production history. It went before the  cameras in 1990 with a script by Ian Sutherland and David Duke  directing, but problems with the script and with the weather (the  script required snow and it was shot during a mild winter) led to  the production being scrapped. Various attempts were made to create  a workable script and resuscitate the project that failed because  the CBC'),
('198119','who had reportedly spent several hundred thousands of  dollars on the production already'),
('198120',' wanted to be able to use the  footage already shot. Ultimately, a solution was found with a new  script by Malcolm MacRury and the production, now directed by George  Bloomfield was able to be completed a year later.'),
('198121',' When the production began, scheduling did not permit Ted Follows to  reprise his role as Arnold Bateman. However, after production was  halted for a year, Follows was able to appear and several scenes  featuring him were added.'),
('198122',' Elaine May (I) (qv) provides the voice of the Mayflower Hotel  wake'),
('198123','up call operator.'),
('198124',' Mia Farrow (qv) was slated to play Charlotte Randall.  Mike Nichols (I) (qv) had to fight to let Farrow have the part,  due to the film companys hesitancy over her being too controversial  at the time (the then current Mia Farrow (qv)/Woody Allen (qv)  trial). She had to take a salary cut but in the long run she had to  bow out anyway due to schedule conflicts.'),
('198125',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv) turned down the female lead.'),
('198126',' The movies release was delayed for 6 to 8 months to re'),
('198127','shoot the  entire third act.'),
('198128',' No scenes were written for cloudy or wet weather, neither was it a  directorial decision to have such scenes. The films shooting  schedule was simply so tight that the crew had to film at all times,  regardless of conditions.'),
('198129',' The Director of Public Prosecutions in the Northern Territory asked  the film distributor to delay screening the film until after the  trial of Bradley John Murdoch, accused of murdering British  backpacker Peter Falconio. Murdochs trial commenced 17 October  2005.'),
('198130',' The crater in the film is really in Western Australia, but it is  spelled "Wolfe Creek" in reality.'),
('198131',' The sign at the entrance of the old mining company site where the  killer takes his victims is actually the name of backpacker murderer  Ivan Milat spelled backward as Navithalim Mining Co.'),
('198132',' Unbeknown to the crew the abandoned mine where they chose to film  had actually been the site of the real life murder of a woman. The  filming prompted a protest from locals who erroneously thought the  film was about those events.'),
('198133',' There had been no rainfall in the area of the set for ten years. It  started raining as soon as the crew arrived, causing script changes  and altering the setting for the entire movie.'),
('198134',' This film was originally going to be shot in MiniDV'),
('198135',' Obscure Joe Sarno thriller featuring Harry Reems in a non'),
('198136','explicit  role. Was released on tape at one point, but now impossible to find.  Shot in Sweden. One of Sarnos few non'),
('198137','sex'),
('198138','oriented features.'),
('198139',' Allison Hayes (qv) was given a local hairdresser on location,  Mabel Douglas, who had a beauty shop in the back of her husbands  gas station.'),
('198140',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('198141',' 1. The Call of the Wilderness  '),
('198142',' 2. The Shadow of a Crime  '),
('198143',' 3. The Fugitive  '),
('198144',' 4. A Dead Mans Hand  '),
('198145',' 5. Wolf Pack Law  '),
('198146',' 6. Gates of Mercy  '),
('198147',' 7. The Empty Room  '),
('198148',' 8. Avenging Fanks  '),
('198149',' 9. Wizard of the Wireless  '),
('198150',' 10.Accused!  '),
('198151',' 11.The Broken Record  '),
('198152',' 12.Danger Lights'),
('198153',' Larry Talbots brothers name was John.'),
('198154',' Larry Talbot and his father Sir John attend church on Sunday in the  village, but the doorway and steps of the village church looks more  like that of a cathedral. In fact, it was a cathedral '),
('198155',' part of the  original set built for the legendary 1923 silent version of  _Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1923)_ (qv) which had starred  Lon Chaney Jr. (qv)s famous father and which stood on the  Universal back lot for over twenty years.'),
('198156',' Lon Chaney Jr. (qv)s make'),
('198157','up took six hours to apply, and three  hours to get off.'),
('198158',' Larry had been away 18 years working on Mt. Wilson Observatory in  California.'),
('198159',' The first transformation takes place with Talbot in an undershirt  (although he is fully dressed in a dark shirt once on the prowl).  Only the feet transform on screen in six lapse dissolves. In the  second transformation there are eleven shots '),
('198160',' again of feet only.  The third transformation features 17 face shots in a continuous  dissolve.'),
('198161',' The Wolfman battled a bear in one scene but unfortunately the bear  ran away during filming. What few scenes were filmed were put into  the theatrical trailer.'),
('198162',' "Even a man who is pure at heart, and says his prayers by night, may  become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is  bright." This quote has been listed in some sources as an authentic  Gypsy or Eastern European folk saying. Writer Curt Siodmak (qv)  admits that he simply made it up. Nonetheless, the rhyme would be  recited in every future Universal film appearance of the Wolf Man,  and would also be quoted in _Van Helsing (2004)_ (qv). (Albeit,  slightly modified, "The moon is shining bright." rather than "The  autumn moon is bright.")'),
('198163',' Larrys silver wolf'),
('198164','headed cane, the only known surviving prop from  the movie, currently resides in the personal collection of genre  film archivist Bob Burns (III) (qv). Burns, who was a schoolboy at  the time, was given the cane head by the man who made it for the  film, prop'),
('198165','maker Ellis Burman (qv).'),
('198166',' Maria Ouspenskaya (qv), who played the old Gypsy woman, was only  six years older than Bela Lugosi (qv), who played her son.'),
('198167',' According to the documentary on the Recent Wolf Man DVD collection,  the script for The Wolf Man was influenced by writer  Curt Siodmak (qv)s experiences in Nazi Germany. Siodmak had been  living a normal life in Germany only to have it thrown into chaos  and himself on the run when the Nazis took control, just as Larry  Talbot finds his normal life thrown into chaos and himself on the  run once he is turned into a werewolf. Also, the wolfman himself can  be seen as a metaphor for the Nazis: an otherwise good man who is  transformed into a vicious killing animal who knows who his next  victim will be when he sees the symbol of a pentagram (i.e., a star)  on them.'),
('198168',' Curt Siodmak (qv)s first draft lacked all werewolf scenes and the  hallucinatory sequence.'),
('198169',' Dick Foran (qv) was originally cast in the role of Larry Talbot.  He was replaced just one week before filming began.'),
('198170',' It was originally given the working title, "Destiny," which had been  the preliminary title of a number of Universal films that decade  (including _Son of Dracula (1943)_ (qv)).'),
('198171',' Universal, lacking a theater chain, had planned to market the film  as part of a double bill (with  _Mad Doctor of Market Street, The (1942)_ (qv)) but feared that the  public would avoid an all'),
('198172','horror bill after the attack on Pearl  Harbor.'),
('198173',' Evelyn Ankers (qv) had a rough time on the set.  Lon Chaney Jr. (qv) delighted in sneaking up on her in full makeup  and scaring her senseless. In other deleted scene, a bear was to  wrestle with the werewolf but broke loose, chasing the actress up  into the soundstages rafters.'),
('198174',' Despite Universals apprehensions over the publics appetite for  horror movies following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film became  one of the studios top grossers in 1942.'),
('198175',' The silver top of Larrys wolf'),
('198176','head cane was made of vulcanized  rubber so none of the actors or stunt doubles would get injured if  they were accidentally hit by it.'),
('198177',' Universal had another unproduced werewolf script originally planned  as a vehicle for Boris Karloff (qv) on file but writer  Curt Siodmak (qv) did not utilize any of it for his script.'),
('198178',' Controversial at the time, in that one scene featured a (very  briefly) full'),
('198179','frontal nude Gary Cooper (I) (qv).'),
('198180',' 24th episode in the Girl from Frisco 2'),
('198181','reel series'),
('198182',' First film to feature dubbing. Davidson, Lawford (qv) dubbed  Lukas, Paul (qv) voice.'),
('198183',' This film was believed lost, but has been found and is now touring  in exhibitions organized by curator and filmmaker  Bruce Posner (qv).'),
('198184',' Tenth episode in the Mysteries of the Grand Hotel 2'),
('198185','reel series.'),
('198186',' Dynamite Western series #1'),
('198187',' The theatrical trailer contains scenes/dialogue not present in the  movie: When Van der Veer jumps out and startles his wife, the  trailer shows a clip of their bodyguard reaching for his gun which  is not present in the film; when Executive Security is reviewing the  video of Becky Neff, someone says "team her up with Wilson". In the  film, the head of security says "I want her."; the trailer includes  a scene where Dewey and Becky, en route to the South Bronx, are  talking in his car about the mysterious nature of the killings. This  scene is not in the film; an overhead shot of the moon and clouds in  "Wolfen'),
('198188','vision" that is present in the trailer is not in the film;  in the scene where the Wolfen lures Becky up to the second floor of  the abandoned church, there is a voice'),
('198189','over from Dewey (although it  is NOT Albert Finneys voice) where he tells her that something was  trying to lure her upstairs and separate them.'),
('198190',' Originally meant to be the expansion of  _Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) (VG)_ (qv), this game was later  released as a stand'),
('198191','alone, free, online multiplayer game.'),
('198192',' Hurricane Katrina caused the original script to be totally rewritten  around the existing footage that was shot.'),
('198193',' Includes an audio interview with Lon Chaney (talking about union  problems with make'),
('198194','up), clips and trailers from assorted Jekyll &  Hyde films.'),
('198195',' Dave talks directly to the audience 13 times in the movie.'),
('198196',' Based on the bestselling novel by Gudrun Pausewang'),
('198197',' This and _X'),
('198198','Men: The Last Stand (2006)_ (qv) are the first movies  being produced by Hugh Jackman (qv) and John Palermo (qv)s new  production company, Seed Productions.'),
('198199',' Zack Snyder (qv) and Bryan Singer (qv) turned down the chance to  direct _Wolverine (2008)_ (qv). Zack Snyder (qv) was too busy  developing _Watchmen (2008)_ (qv) while Bryan Singer was too busy  with other projects. Zack Snyder (qv) also was interested in  making an R rated _Wolverine (2008)_ (qv) while Hugh Jackman (qv)  and Lauren Shuler Donner (qv) wanted to settle on a PG'),
('198200','13 rating.'),
('198201',' Brett Ratner (qv), Len Wiseman (qv), and Zack Snyder (qv) all  expressed interest in directing _Wolverine (2008)_ (qv) before  Gavin Hood (I) (qv) was signed.'),
('198202',' Finalist '),
('198203',' Aspen Shortsfest 2006, International Competition'),
('198204',' PALM SPRINGS SHORTSFEST: BEST OF FEST SCREENING'),
('198205',' Official Selection  (Audience Selection)'),
('198206',' 2006'),
('198207',' TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL '),
('198208',' OFFICIAL SELECTION '),
('198209',' 2006'),
('198210',' Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2006'),
('198211',' Official Selection BEST OF ASPEN SHORTSFEST (Denver Starz Screening)'),
('198212',' Eighth episode in Jack Londons "Tales of the Fish Patrol" 2'),
('198213','reel  series.'),
('198214',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('198215',' Ingrid Bergmans last film.'),
('198216',' Will Geers final role.'),
('198217',' Broderick Crawford (qv)s film debut.'),
('198218',' According to Pola Negris autobiography, Laurence Olivier was  originally cast as Capt. Alex Pastitsch, but had to drop out when he  came down with a case of jaundice. He was replaced by Basil  Rathbone.'),
('198219',' This film is notable as being the first known release of Progressive  Pictures Corp.'),
('198220',' Raymond Bailey (qv)s first film.'),
('198221',' This was the first short the Three Stooges made with Columbia,  explaining why certain aspects of the short are very different from  what they normally did.'),
('198222',' All of the dialogue rhymes.'),
('198223',' Out of the 190+ shorts the Stooges made, this is one of the few in  which their characters arent called by the Stooges real names (or  variations of their real names).'),
('198224',' The last screen appearance to date (2006) of  Olivia de Havilland (qv).'),
('198225',' Bernard Kowalski replaced John Peyser.'),
('198226',' Last film of Colin Clive.'),
('198227',' The last film of Joan Blondell (qv).'),
('198228',' The film was also issued in a silent version, where Fred Niblo Jr."  was probably credited onscreen for "titles," but no details are  known. He was not credited in the sound version.'),
('198229',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 12  September 1928 and had 117 performances. The opening night cast  included Norman Foster (I) (qv) and Porter Hall (qv).'),
('198230',' Although the onscreen credits for the play lists both  Phillip Dunning (qv) and Frances Dunning (qv) as the authors,  only Philip is credited as the author in the Broadway playbill and  in the published book of the play.'),
('198231',' Nita Martan (qv) was not seen in the movie, although the character  of "Rita" is mentioned. There is a possibility that the Turner  library print viewed is not complete, since this is known to be an  8'),
('198232','reel movie, while the Turner print, at 70 minutes, would normally  be a 7'),
('198233','reel movie.'),
('198234',' Florence Rice (qv) was in a cast list in a 1936 Hollywood Reporter  article, but she was not seen in the film.'),
('198235',' "The film lost $222,000 at the box office and was  Katharine Hepburn (qv)s 3rd flop in a row, contributing to  exhibitors declaring her "box office poison".'),
('198236',' This was the first feature film production of the South Australian  Film Production Company, Southern Cross Feature Films.'),
('198237',' The film was banned in New South Wales, Australia.'),
('198238',' The film was lost for over half a century. In February 1983, Michael  Cordell of the Australian National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA, now  Screensound Australia) discovered a decaying print in Adelaide,  South Australia. The film was in a collection owned by Murray  Matthews who did not know that the film was a missing film of the  Australian Silent Cinema. Cordell was a Field Officer employed  within the NFSAs "Lost Film Search" Programme.'),
('198239',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('198240',' Claire Windosr relates her first film experience in a Hartford CT  Times interview from Sept. 1928. The Lasky casting director gave her  a bit as a bridesmaid in this film. She was directed to kiss the  bride and proceeded to leave "an imprint of a cupids bow mouth on  the fair Katherines cheek, which stopped the scene while the bride  applied new makeup." Claire (Ola at the time) was subsequently  demoted to a simple extra.'),
('198241',' Lord Lucan (qv) was screen'),
('198242','tested for the role of a gambling  English aristocrat.'),
('198243',' John Cassavetes (qv), could not find any distributor for this film  after completion, and was at one point literally carrying the reels  of the film under his arm from one theater to another in hopes of  getting one to play his movie. Finally, Martin Scorcese , who had  recently become a critically acclaimed director thanks to his film  _Mean Streets (1973)_ (qv) and happened to be a huge fan of  Cassavetes work threatened to pull his film  _Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore (1974)_ (qv) from a major New York  film festival unless they accepted this film.'),
('198244',' Cassavetes initially wrote the film as a play but Gena Rowlands  talked him out of it, stating that the role would be far too  harrowing and exhausting to play night after night.'),
('198245',' Kiefer Sutherlands mother, Shirley Douglas is in this film.'),
('198246',' Long believed lost, in April 2005 footage has been discovered in a  private archive marked for destruction.'),
('198247',' The portraits of Nesbit, Evelyn (qv) used in the film had been  painted by Gibson, Charles Dana (qv) and Harrington Mann.'),
('198248',' Based upon the Jack De Saulles murder case. The name De Saulles  was changed to La Salle but the films opening credits admit to  being based on the story.'),
('198249',' Producer William Fox (I) (qv) wanted Cooper, Miriam (qv) to play  in the film, as she so closely resembled the woman she was to  portray. According to Cooper, people on the street would mistake her  for Bianca De Saulles. Cooper fell ill when the film was to go into  production, bowed out, and was replaced by another actress, who  proved to be so terrible that Fox laid down the law with Cooper,  telling her to make the film no matter how sick or how well she  felt. It also helped that the director was Walsh, Raoul (qv), her  husband.'),
('198250',' Pola Negris last film for Paramount. She had been a contract star  at the studio for 6 years and she failed a talking picture test  around the time this film was in production and her contract was not  renewed.'),
('198251',' A sign saying "H. Wise" can be seen in the train station when Arthur  Kidd is there. Herbert Wise (I) (qv) is the director.'),
('198252',' Norman Ainsley (qv) is listed playing an electrician in studio  records, but he was not seen in the movie.'),
('198253',' Although "The Woman in Green" is credited as an original story,  dialogue is lifted from Conan'),
('198254','Doyles "The Final Solution," and the  situation involving the sniper firing at Holmes silhouette is taken  from the next story in the original canon, "The Empty House."'),
('198255',' The Breen Office ordered two cuts from the original script. First,  the victims were supposed to be young girls. That was ordered to be  changed to young women although Dr. Simnells bizarre doll fetish  may be a leftover from the initial concept. In addition, during the  scene in the Mesmer Club, Watson was supposed to take off his pants,  not just roll up his pant leg.'),
('198256',' Although he is not seen, the only reference to Mycroft Holmes in the  Rathbone/Bruce series is made in this film.'),
('198257',' The original title of this film was "Invitation to Murder."'),
('198258',' The first and only film made by Serico Productions, which then  promptly went out of business.'),
('198259',' The studio Serico occupied had been the home of the then recently  bankrupt United States Moving Picture Company.'),
('198260',' DIRCAMEO(Michael Gordon (I) (qv)): Man with locker key'),
('198261',' CAMEO(Michael Kraike (qv)): The films producer appears as "end  man reading newspaper".'),
('198262',' Inside joke: When the police inspectors are searching the flat at  the beginning, they come across some photographs of the dead womans  boyfriends. One comments to the other that they might recognise some  of these men from their own rogues gallery. He pauses, examines one  and says knowingly, "John Mills (I) (qv)!" Obviously a  tongue'),
('198263','in'),
('198264','cheek reference to a certain fellow actor!'),
('198265',' The building that Gene Wilder jumps from is the same location used  as Kim Novaks residence in Alfred Hitchcocks "Vertigo".'),
('198266',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('198267',' Filmed in 1946, but not released until 1948.'),
('198268',' Cushing, Peter (qv) appears in archival footage from the  previously filmed _Dreams (1940)_ (qv).'),
('198269',' Although the movie is based on a play, no production has been found.'),
('198270',' A fund'),
('198271','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('198272',' Lindsay Lohan (qv) was originally cast as Hester Worsley, but  dropped out. Jessica Biel (qv) replaced her.'),
('198273',' On New Years Day 1924, Edna Purviance (qv) was at a party with  oil tycoon Courtland Dines and Mabel Normand (qv) when Normands  chauffeur, "defending Mabel Normands honor" shot Dines with a gun  owned by Mabel Normand. Dines refused to testify at the trial where  the chauffeur (Horrace Greer, who was an escapee from a chain gang  living under an assumed name) was found not guilty. As a result of  Purviances arms'),
('198274','length relationship to this scandal, this film was  banned in several US cities.'),
('198275',' First of only two films Charles Chaplin (qv) directed in which he  did not take a starring role. The second was  _Countess from Hong Kong, A (1967)_ (qv).'),
('198276',' Charles Chaplin (qv) conceived this film to help  Edna Purviance (qv)s career independent of him. However, while  the film did boost Adolphe Menjou (qv)s career considerably, it  did little for hers.'),
('198277',' The first major failure in Charles Chaplin (qv)s career. Many  believe the film would have been a success if he taken his name off  the picture altogether.'),
('198278',' The re'),
('198279','issue of this film, with a musical score and new cut by  Charles Chaplin (qv), was the last work of his entire film career.  By then the 87'),
('198280','year'),
('198281','old Chaplin was visibly frail, but still  walking. His score was aided by arranger Eric James (II) (qv), and  he took a small theme from _Monsieur Verdoux (1947)_ (qv), but most  of the score was Chaplins. The film was re'),
('198282','issued posthumously in  1977 with the new score to overwhelming critical and public praise.  At that time many critics praised it (as in the trailer) as one of  the best films ever made.'),
('198283',' This was Charles Chaplin (qv)s second critical failure, after his  short film _Sunnyside (1919)_ (qv). That short was re'),
('198284','issued with a  new score with this film in 1977.'),
('198285',' Michael Powell (I) (qv) said in a 1977 interview that the film had  such an impact on him that hed carried it with him throughout his  career. Its themes are visible in various Powell films, and the  amazing thing is that, from 1923'),
('198286','1976, he had only seen the film  once.'),
('198287',' DIRCAMEO(Charles Chaplin (qv)): a railroad worker. He is very easy  to spot. He is carrying a huge box over his head, and he is alone'),
('198288',' The novel which this film is based on was originally published in  France under the title "La Femme de Paille" by Catherine Arley in  1953.'),
('198289',' This documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _On Golden Pond (1981)_ (qv), released in 2003.'),
('198290',' In 1933 the negative was destroyed so that all losses incurred by  the production could be written off.'),
('198291',' The idea of destroying the negative belonged to the films producer  Charles Chaplin (qv).'),
('198292',' A print remained in the Chaplin vault until it too was burned by  Oona Chaplin (qv) in 1991.'),
('198293',' It is the only major film connected with Charles Chaplin (qv) that  has been lost.'),
('198294',' Never officially released.'),
('198295',' The first of nine films to feature Spencer Tracy (qv) and  Katharine Hepburn (qv).'),
('198296',' SPOILER: The entire final sequence where Tess tried to win Sam back  by making him breakfast and thus proving her marriage to Sam worth  saving was written and filmed after the original ending tested  poorly in preview. Apparently the original final sequence is lost.'),
('198297',' Hepburn refused to reveal who wrote the screen play to  Louis B. Mayer (qv) until after he bought the project from  Hepburn. Hepburn was afraid that Mayer would low'),
('198298','ball the two  authors (Michael Kanin (qv) and Ring Lardner Jr. (qv)) because  at the time they were both relatively unknown.'),
('198299',' All interiors for the San Francisco scenes were shot in soundstages  in Brazil.'),
('198300',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fathers Birthday Ring (1911)_ (qv).'),
('198301',' Janice Rule (qv) and Ralph Meeker (qv) were cast because they  were the leads in a New York production of "Picnic", and Republics  publicity for the movie attempted to exploit the association with  Columbias film version of the play, _Picnic (1955)_ (qv). The  poster art'),
('198302','work for this film (showing Janice Rule and Ralph Meeker)  is nearly identical (even using the same muted color'),
('198303','scheme) to that  featuring William Holden (qv) and Kim Novak (qv) for "Picnic".'),
('198304',' Believed to be the first film directed by a black woman in the  United States.'),
('198305',' A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking a theater network, used a  3'),
('198306','tier brand system to sell its product through 1929: Red Feather  (denoting low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream) and Jewel  (prestige releases capable of commanding higher roadshow ticket  prices).'),
('198307',' Nicholas Ray (qv) and Gloria Grahame (qv) met while shooting  this film. They were married in Las Vegas shortly after completing  the film. They chose Las Vegas because Ray loved to gamble and to  allow Grahame to get a quickie divorce (after the required six weeks  of residency in Nevada) from actor Stanley Clements (qv). The day  the divorced was granted, the two married.'),
('198308',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('198309',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Ten Words for Twenty'),
('198310','Five Cents (1911)_ (qv).'),
('198311',' A print of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('198312',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Cast Into the Flames (1910)_ (qv).'),
('198313',' The portrait at the center of Giffords "wall" of paintings of his  romantic conquests is the one of Gene Tierney used in "Laura"  (1944), which was Clifton Webbs talking'),
('198314','picture debut and first  Oscar'),
('198315','nominated role.'),
('198316',' This is the last time Chaplin appears on screen without a mustache  (because he is in drag), until _Limelight (1952)_ (qv).'),
('198317',' Second Episode in the Stanley 2'),
('198318','reel series.'),
('198319',' The low budget British horror film became the first film for  American actress Marpessa Dawn. It would also be her only English  language film.'),
('198320',' The film was shot in 3 states over the course of 14 days.'),
('198321',' Due to financial and logistical deadlines the Producers were forced  to shoot the film during the winter, making outdoor shooting  conditions extremely uncomfortable, with the exception of desert  locations, which were unusually perfect.'),
('198322',' Leila Hashemzadeh was originally cast to play the role of Milla and  shot promotional photos as the character, however on the day of  shooting her scene the Producers received a call from her letting  them know she was regrettably stuck out of town. She was replaced  with actress Annie Body.'),
('198323',' Jennifer Washick was originally cast to play the role of Natasha,  however during the winter shoot she caught the flu. To stay on  schedule the Producers were forced to replace her with actress  Antoinette Abbott.'),
('198324',' Director Randolph Scott met Antoinette Abbott during a promotional  photo shoot for the film and asked her to play Natasha. She agreed  to play the part if in addition to her fee she was given Cara Lofts  black pants at the end of the shoot.'),
('198325',' Originally the Producers intended to shoot an extended fight  sequence and love scene near the African mud pit, however the  extremely cold temperatures and loss of sunlight caused Producer  Roland Lanza to suggest shooting a dream sequence inside the cabin  they had rented at the remote location instead.'),
('198326',' During filming the African portion of the film a freak rainstorm  causing flash floods and mudslides forced half the cast and crew to  remain trapped overnight at the remote location. Back in Los Angeles  the traveling storm destroyed a three'),
('198327','story tall cave set intended  for the Himalayan portion of the film. Under a tight schedule the  Producers were forced to rebuild the set in a day inside the living  room of a house.'),
('198328',' Actress Lauren Hays refused to record her ADR (additional dialogue  replacement) for the film so the Producers were forced to loop her  entire part with the voice of another actress. However her voice can  still be heard off screen on portions of the films  "behind'),
('198329','the'),
('198330','scenes" featurette.'),
('198331',' Singer/Actress Dana Christine Robbins, the vocalist hired to sing  the films song "Ill Be Waiting" was later a featured contestant on  the CBS television show Rock Star: INXS.'),
('198332',' The title of the film is a reference to three womb idols of creation  the characters are trying to obtain from hidden sites around the  world.'),
('198333',' The entire film was shot in one day.'),
('198334',' As it was filmed near Chicago, filming had to pause every few  minutes to allow for the the "L" (elevated train) to pass by. The  location was just off of the Purple Line on the north side of the  city.'),
('198335',' Linda Boelsche (qv) (who plays Daisy) was sick with a cold on the  day of shooting. She kept taking medicine and didnt mention it the  director who didnt find out about it until they were wrapped for  the day.'),
('198336',' Presented by Emma Norman (qv) (Barry Norman (II) (qv)s  daughter) on ITVs short show.'),
('198337',' William Hopper (I) (qv) is on studio records in the role of  Larraby, but he was not seen in the movie. Sam McDaniel (qv) is  listed in some modern sources as a porter, but he also was not seen  in the movie.'),
('198338',' Ninth episode in the Mike and Ike 2'),
('198339','reel comedy series.'),
('198340',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('198341',' Believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('198342',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('198343',' World Geography documentary series.'),
('198344',' Released as a double feature with Joy N. Houck Jr. (qv)s  _Night of Bloody Horror (1969)_ (qv).'),
('198345',' Director Russell, Ken (qv)s segment, "Fireworks Before Dusk", was  re'),
('198346','cut and re'),
('198347','scored by the studio after filming finished. Russell  refused to watch the released film.'),
('198348',' Purnell Pratt (qv) is in studio records/casting call lists as  "Governer", but the role was played by George Irving (I) (qv).  Pratt was not seen in the film.'),
('198349',' Considered, along with Haskell Wexler (qv)s  _Medium Cool (1969)_ (qv), to be among the first mainstream movies  to feature male frontal nudity.'),
('198350',' Glenda Jackson (qv) was the first actress to win an Oscar for a  role in which there was a nude scene.'),
('198351',' Michael Gough (qv) was cast after shooting had begun when it was  decided that the actor first cast in the part was miscast.'),
('198352',' Michael Caine (I) (qv) turned down the role of Gerald.'),
('198353',' Is ranked #87 on the British Film Insitutes top 100.'),
('198354',' Both Oliver Reed (I) (qv) and Alan Bates (qv) were initially  apprehensive about filming the legendary wrestling scene due to  insecurity over who had the largest "member". Eventually, after both  actors got drunk, compared sizes and realized there was little  difference between the two, filming continued with relative ease.'),
('198355',' Nitrate prints of this film survive in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives, and are not listed for preservation.'),
('198356',' The use of several uncredited, but recognizable players in dual  roles results in some odd situations: Sidney Bracey (qv) is first  seen at the Burbank Airport starting point, then later hes in the  crowd at Cleveland at the finish line.'),
('198357',' Stone (Bogart, Humphrey (qv)) does not appear in all prints.'),
('198358',' CAMEO(Mike Tyson (I)), a street gang member (hes the one wearing  the cap and sunglasses).'),
('198359',' Just before the TV movie aired, a group of women who were actually  held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II claimed the movie  was unrealistic and did not portray what they endured.'),
('198360',' The original script by Arthur C. Pierce was called simply "The  Prehistoric Planet", but producer Jack Broder later added "Women  of..." to the title for marketing purposes. To justify this title  change, brief scenes were filmed of three actresses in native garb,  prancing and swimming semi'),
('198361','nude in the pond and waterfall on the  planet. These scenes were only used in foreign release prints, but  are visible briefly in the US trailer for the film.'),
('198362',' There are over 130 roles in this movie, all played by women.  Phyllis Povah (qv), Marjorie Main (qv), Mary Cecil (qv) and  Marjorie Wood (I) (qv) originated their roles in the play, which  opened on 7 September 1937 and had 666 performances at the Ethel  Barrymore Theatre in New York. No doubles were used in the fight  sequence where Rosalind Russell (qv) bites  Paulette Goddard (qv). Despite the permanent scar resulting from  the bite, the actresses remained friends.'),
('198363',' Though many people view Joan Crawford (I) (qv) as the "bad girl"  of the movie, Clare Boothe Luce (qv), who wrote (as Clare Boothe)  the play that the film was based on, sympathized most with Crystal  Allen, Crawfords character.'),
('198364',' In addition to its all'),
('198365','female cast, every animal that was used in  the film (the many dogs and horses) was female as well. In addition,  none of the works of art seen in the backgrounds were representative  of the male form.'),
('198366',' Sydneys, the beauty salon where the initial action takes place, was  named after Sydney Guilaroff (qv), the chief hairstylist at MGM  from 1934 to the late 1970s. He was brought to MGM from New York at  the request of Joan Crawford (qv).'),
('198367',' According to her autobiography, Rosalind Russell (qv) called in  sick because Norma Shearer (qv) refused to share top billing. She  stayed "sick" until Shearer finally relented.'),
('198368',' Myrna Loy (qv) and Greta Garbo (qv) were the only top'),
('198369','tier  female stars at MGM who did not star in this film.'),
('198370',' The lines Mary reads alone in bed are from "The Prophet" by Kahlil  Gibran: "Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and  pass out of loves threshing floor, Into the seasonless world where  you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all  of your tears," but MGM omitted the reference to "nakedness" to  avoid offending the censors.'),
('198371',' Although uncredited, F. Scott Fitzgerald (qv) contributed to the  writing of the screenplay.'),
('198372',' When Norma Shearer (qv) and Joan Crawford (I) (qv) were called  to shoot publicity stills, neither actress would enter the studio  first. Instead, they remained in their limousines and circled the  parking lot until director George Cukor (qv) summoned them and  they instantly behaved like best friends.'),
('198373',' In addition to those cast members already listed,  Cole, Beatrice (qv) and Beryl Wallace (qv) also appeared in the  stage play.'),
('198374',' George Cukor (qv) was fired as director of  _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv) only a month before  _Women, The (1939)_ (qv) was scheduled to begin filming. Producer  Hunt Stromberg (qv) enlisted Cukors services immediately upon his  sudden availability.'),
('198375',' Re'),
('198376','released in France in may 1974.'),
('198377',' Butterfly McQueen (qv)s film debut.'),
('198378',' Won Runner'),
('198379','Up for Best Film and Best Cast in Instant Film Festival  #14.'),
('198380',' Before development was put on hold in 2006, Annette Bening (qv)  and Uma Thurman (qv) were rumored to have been considered for the  roles of Mary Haines and Crystal Allen respectively.'),
('198381',' In the late 1970s a remake of the 1939 classic was proposed to star  Jane Fonda (qv), Barbra Streisand (qv), and Faye Dunaway (qv),  but it was not made.'),
('198382',' For scenes shot in the Boston Public Library, all portraits of men,  and all busts of men were replaced with those of women.'),
('198383',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Dooleys Scheme (1911)_ (qv).'),
('198384',' Michael Winner (qv) intended to include Hedy Lamarr (qv) among  the huge list of guests for the movie but she couldnt be traced.'),
('198385',' The movie premiere in 1976 was attended by "Augustus Von Schumacher"  (aka "Won Ton Ton"), together with Hollywood legend Mae West (qv)  and the founder of Paramount Studios, 102'),
('198386','year old  Adolph Zukor (qv).'),
('198387',' Don Ameche (qv) and Cesar Romero (I) (qv) were approached for  cameo roles but were unavailable (they are still sometimes wrongly  credited as having appeared in the movie).'),
('198388',' 80'),
('198389','year'),
('198390','old Eddie Le Vecque (Edward Le Veque (qv)), who appears as  the prostitutes customer, was the last surviving member of the  original Keystone Cops.'),
('198391',' Final film of Stepin Fetchit (qv).'),
('198392',' Final feature film of George Jessel.'),
('198393',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Brave Hunter, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('198394',' One scene gave the censors some consternation: A man asks a couple  if he can cut into their dance, and while the woman says, "sure,"  and rushes towards him, he dances away with her partner.  Jolson, Al (qv), hearing this says with a twinkle, "Boys will be  boys." Warner Bros. refused to excise the scene (and it is in the  Turner Classic Movies print). At the time, the Production Code was  not rigorously enforced. Surprisingly, however, the movie was  approved in 1936 despite this homosexual scene and the fact that  someone gets away with murder, both violations of the code.'),
('198395',' The exterior of the sports shop is actually a local bowling alley;  the same bowling alley that appears in the beginning of the film  _Kingpin (1996)_ (qv).'),
('198396',' The first sentence of the manuscript that Grady Tripp pulls from  James Lears knapsack in the auditorium is actually the opening of  the novel "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" by Michael Chabon.'),
('198397',' Ellroy, James (qv), author of the novel  _L.A. Confidential (1997)_ (qv) (Hanson, Curtis (qv)s previous  film), is an extra at the party in the home of the head of the  English Department.'),
('198398',' Filmed in sequence.'),
('198399',' Many of the films scenes were filmed at Carnegie Mellon University  in Pittsburgh.'),
('198400',' The combination to the locked closet with the Monroe jacket is 5641.  56 games is the record number of consecutive games that  Joe Dimaggio (qv) recorded a hit and 41 is the year in which he  accomplished it.'),
('198401',' James Leers description of heaven as a greenhouse is a reference to  the houses in _Zardoz (1974)_ (qv), which features a Utopian society  who wore white and lived in crystal houses.'),
('198402',' When Grady returns to his house to find Terry  (Robert Downey Jr. (qv)) throwing a party, the song playing as he  enters the house is "Waiting for the Miracle," by  Leonard Cohen (qv). This same song plays over the opening credits  of _Natural Born Killers (1994)_ (qv), also starring Downey.'),
('198403',' At the party, James talks about the actors  George Sanders (I) (qv)s suicide. Later,  George Sanders (I) (qv) is on the television in a scene for  _Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945)_ (qv).'),
('198404',' Books on James Leers desk include Albert Camus (I) (qv)s "The  Plague", Truman Capote (qv)s "Answered Prayers", and  Kenneth Anger (qv)s infamous "Hollywood Babylon".'),
('198405',' All key scenes feature a bridge in the background, either one of the  bridges of Pittsburgh, or on a painting.'),
('198406',' The list of famous suicides is taken name'),
('198407','for'),
('198408','name from a list in  Kenneth Anger (qv)s "Hollywood Babylon II", including the  notorious Alan Ladd (I) (qv) reference.'),
('198409',' When James names some of the movie suicides, he mentions Carole  Landis taking pills, only he forgot when. Carole Landis took her own  life on 5 July 1948 in the Pacific Palisades in California.'),
('198410',' James mentions his parents live in the town of Carvel. Carvel is the  name of the fictional town where Andy Hardy and his family lived in  the series of Andy Hardy films from the 1930s and 1940s.'),
('198411',' In between shots at the house in Beaver, PA, Michael Douglas could  be seen hitting golf balls into the Ohio River.'),
('198412',' Vera'),
('198413','Ellen (qv)s first film.'),
('198414',' Stan Brakhage (qv) was paid $200 to document the 3rd Ave. El  (train) in New York City. Thatfootage became this film.'),
('198415',' No special effects are used. The "superimpositions" are captured  reflections and the prismatic effects are due to the hand'),
('198416','rolled  glass in the windows of the train.'),
('198417',' Among the actresses who tried out for the role of Wonder Woman was a  then'),
('198418','unknown Lynda Carter (qv), who would have much better luck  the second time around.'),
('198419',' Ronald Longs final performance.'),
('198420',' January 2001 Silver Pictures approached Todd Alcott (qv) to write  a Wonder Woman script. He was replaced in August 2003 with  Laeta Kalogridis (qv). Later in March 2005 Joss Whedon (qv) was  hired to not only write but also direct the film, but in February  2007 he left due to creative differences.'),
('198421',' This short documentary can be found on the Wonder Woman Season 3 DVD  Box Set.'),
('198422',' Although only four minutes long, this is the first time Wonder Woman  has ever made it on film, making Ellie Wood (qv) Walker the first  woman to ever play Diana Prince/Wonder Woman.'),
('198423',' A modified version of Wonder Boy In Monster Land was released in  Brazil as "Mônica no Castelo do Dragão" (Monica in Dragons Castle),  in 1991. It was one of the first incursions on game development in  Brazil.'),
('198424',' Based on the play by Jos Janssen, "De Wonderdoktoor."'),
('198425',' Third release in Essanays "Do Children Count?" series.'),
('198426',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Stubbs New Servants (1911)_ (qv).'),
('198427',' Originally shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.'),
('198428',' The opening titles are done completely in sand animation.'),
('198429',' Mahon, Barry (qv) told "Variety" (in the 1 January 1969 issue)  that he was negotiating to have Garland, Judy (qv) perform  narration; however, Garland did not.'),
('198430',' The actors playing Jellia Jamb (translator/attendant) and Omby Amby  (the soldier who cant find his bullets) were hired for one day only  and paid in cash, so Mahon never got their names, even though they  have speaking parts.'),
('198431',' Derek Bond (I) (qv) was booked after Dennis Price (I) (qv) who  was first hired was fired.'),
('198432',' Rosalind Russell (qv), Chris Alexander (II) (qv),  Jordan Bentley (qv), Ted Beniades (qv), Isabella Hoopes (qv),  Dort Clark (qv) and Michele Burke (qv) all reprise the roles  they created on Broadway.'),
('198433',' The character of Imogene the cow is borrowed directly from the 1902  stage musical based on the book. She does not appear in the original  book. In the stage version, she was used as a replacement for Toto  the dog.'),
('198434',' Many of the costumes and much of the make'),
('198435','up in this film resemble  those used in the 1902 Broadway musical "The Wizard of Oz". None of  the songs in this show, however, were used in  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv).'),
('198436',' One of the films in the 3'),
('198437','disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures  from American Film Archives (2004)", compiled by the National Film  Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is  preserved by George Eastman House, has a running time of 13 minutes  and an added piano score.'),
('198438',' Originally shown as a short feature immediately following the 1990  telecast of "The Wizard of Oz".'),
('198439',' Rilla, Walter (qv) spoke English with a heavy accent, so his voice  was dubbed by another actor.'),
('198440',' Producer George Pal (qv) originally wanted Peter Sellers (qv)  and Alec Guinness (qv) to play the Brothers Grimm, but MGM vetoed  the idea.'),
('198441',' The second major motion picture filmed in 3'),
('198442','camera Cinerama,  although it was released before the first,  _How the West Was Won (1962)_ (qv).'),
('198443',' The Herald Examiner location in downtown Los Angeles, where the  police station and biker bar scenes were shot, caught fire on the  last day of shooting. The cast and crew had to be evacuated.'),
('198444',' The film is based on the incident known as either the Laurel Canyon  Murders or the Wonderland Murder Case that actually happened in the  Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles in July, 1981.'),
('198445',' Matt Dillon (I) (qv) was the first choice to play John Holmes but  dropped out to direct his movie _City of Ghosts (2002)_ (qv).'),
('198446',' When the film played the Toronto Film Festival, one of the  promotional items handed out was a ruler that was 13 1/2 inches  long.'),
('198447',' The actual police investigation tape of the crime scene is included  as a special feature in the DVD release of the film.'),
('198448',' During the production Val Kilmer (qv) became so immersed in the  making of the film that he began a photography project which has  blossomed into a behind'),
('198449','the'),
('198450','scenes pictorial book which he chose not  to release.'),
('198451',' Val Kilmer (qv) was allowed to grow out his hair during the  filming of _Mindhunters (2004)_ (qv) in order to secure his  participation.'),
('198452',' The film was only an 18 day shoot and is based on the true story of  the infamous "Four on the Floor" aka "Wonderland" murders.'),
('198453',' Christina Applegate (qv) grew up near the site of the Wonderland  murders and remembers seeing the bloody mattresses on the street,  which led to her agreeing to take a relatively small role in the  film.'),
('198454',' Lions Gate was not sure how to market this film due to the  significant drug content, intermittent porn reference and the brutal  violence depicted. The content in question remained, but the film  then was only given a limited theatrical release in the domestic  market for awards consideration.'),
('198455',' In the movie, Val Kilmer (qv) (as John Holmes (I) (qv)) wears a  chain around his neck that holds a ring. The ring is was the actual  wedding band that John Holmes gave his wife, Sharon, when they got  married in 1965. Sharon loaned it to Val to give him good luck on  the movie. When the movie was over, Sharon then gave the ring to  Dawn Schiller (qv).'),
('198456',' In the climactic murder scene from the John Holmes (I) (qv)  perspective, there are several single'),
('198457','frame shots of the actual  corpses from the 1981 LAPD crime scene photographs.'),
('198458',' In the real life story, John did not call Eddie Nash (qv) after  the robbery at his place. Rather, John was spotted by some of Nashs  associates in Hollywood. They noticed that John was wearing some of  the jewelry that was stolen in the robbery and told Nash about it.  John was then accosted by two gunmen who then took him to Nash for  questioning.'),
('198459',' The movie did not portray that, while John was being beaten up at  Nashs house, Liberace (I) (qv)s lover, Scott Thorson (qv), was  present. It was his testimony that eventually led to the indictment  of Eddie Nash (qv) by federal authorities.'),
('198460',' Both Josh Lucas (I) (qv) and Val Kilmer (qv) spent the night in  the actual Wonderland house on the anniversary of the murders.'),
('198461',' This computer animated film was produced entirely by two artists  over a period of roughly seven months.'),
('198462',' This film is Rijk de Gooyer (qv)s debut.'),
('198463',' Wim Sonneveld had created the character of Willem Parel the organ  player for Radio. Each Saturday night thousands of people listened  to ten minutes of Willem Parel. Sonneveld got fed up with this  character and decided to end it with this picture. It got very bad  reviews but audiences liked it.'),
('198464',' The Chinese government gave the film crews unprecedented rights in  filming the film in China, though on occasion the film crew was  blindfolded, so that the locations they were brought to remained  secret.'),
('198465',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Mr. Fuller Pep Celebrates His Wedding Anniversary (1917)_ (qv).'),
('198466',' No one really knows who directed this film, as the director Ima  Cunt is a pseudonym.'),
('198467',' The two poetic quotations that adorn the Professors apartment are  from two sources. The quotation above the "wonderwall" itself is  from first two stanzas of the final section ("The Departure") of  Alfred Lord Tennysons "The Daydream", a retelling of the Sleeping  Beauty Legend. The other is from near the beginning of "An End," by  Christina Rossetti; this poem begins "Love, strong as death, is  dead..."'),
('198468',' When first approached to compose the movies soundtrack,  George Harrison (I) (qv) replied "I dont know how to do music for  films." When director Joe Massot (qv) promised to include whatever  Harrison chose to write, Harrison accepted, composing songs as he  was inspired by watching rushes of the unfinished movie, with the  help of a stopwatch, to properly time the music to the scenes.'),
('198469',' The movie was digitally re'),
('198470','mastered and restored for its 30th  anniversary. While the film footage was in reasonable shape, the  optical soundtrack had degraded to the point where it was nearly  unrecoverable. Massot counted himself lucky they hadnt waited any  longer than they had.'),
('198471',' Harrisons band for many of the soundtrack recordings was the Remo  Four, who were contemporaries of the Beatles from Liverpool.  Learning they were about to break up, Harrison hired them for one  last project. Other musicians on the non'),
('198472','Indian tracks (recorded at  De Lane Lea Studios) included John Barham (qv),  Eric Clapton (qv), Ringo Starr (qv), Peter Tork (qv) (playing  a five'),
('198473','string banjo Paul McCartney (qv) lent him), and Harrison  himself, mostly under pseudonyms.'),
('198474',' Virtually all the soundtrack music was instrumental, with only  occasional voices (and those slowed down, or in a foreign language).  One lyrical song, "In The First Place", was recorded but not  submitted; Harrison didnt think it would suit Massot. (Harrison was  mistaken, as it turned out; when the record turned up as the movie  was being restored, Massot happily added it to the soundtrack, and a  single was belatedly issued.)'),
('198475',' The movie gained an undeserved reputation for "never having been  shown", because while it did have a Cannes premiere (winning an  award), and other selected art'),
('198476','house showings in the late 1960s, no  distribution deal was ever worked out, and the movie never had a  wide release. (A low'),
('198477','quality print finally found its way onto the  American midnight movie circuit, and later to home video.) The  restored version got good reviews, and wider distribution, including  a DVD release through Rhino Video.'),
('198478',' The painting on the professors side of the "wonderwall" is a  colorization of "The Passing of Arthur" [black and white  illustration] by Florence Harrison from Tennysons "Guinevere and  Other Poems". London: Blackie & Son, [1912]. The original  illustration has the caption "Morte dArthur"; it is not to be  confused with the color illustration with the same title, done by  the same artist for the same book.'),
('198479',' The Indian portions of the soundtrack were recorded (live to  two'),
('198480','track stereo) at EMIs studio in Bombay, in January 1968, and  included Ashish Khan (qv) on sarod, and other musicians Harrison  knew through Ravi Shankar (qv). The same sessions produced the  backing track for "The Inner Light", which became the B'),
('198481','side of  "Lady Madonna" '),
('198482',' issued while The Beatles (qv) studied in India  with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (qv), later the same year.'),
('198483',' Star Jack MacGowran (qv) was referred for the role of Oscar by  writer Gérard Brach (qv) and director Roman Polanski (qv),  during production of _Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)_ (qv) in  which he also played an eccentric professor.'),
('198484',' The painting is a drawing by Paul Klemann, "de  lappententoonstelling".'),
('198485',' Wong Fei'),
('198486','hung was a famous practitioner of hung gar kung fu,  although the techniques Jet Li uses are mostly of the long fist  method and tai chi.'),
('198487',' Jet Li (qv) badly damaged his knee when Wong Fei Hung jumps out of  the tea shop using his umbrella. For this reason a lot of the final  fight was performed while Li was in plaster, meaning he had to be  doubled for some of the moves. A lot of the shots are from the waist  and above, to hide his plaster.'),
('198488',' Jet Lis voice is dubbed in post'),
('198489','production because he is not a  Cantonese speaker. In fact, he spoke in Mandarin entirely during  filming.'),
('198490',' Donnie Yen (qv) was hit in the eye by a pole in the final  sequence, and as a result had to have stitching above his eye '),
('198491',' most  of his close'),
('198492','ups are only shot from one side.'),
('198493',' In the scene where Ah So, Leung Fu and Mass Tar Wong attack the  temple, Mass Tar Wong attacks a perverted monk on behalf of Wong  Fei'),
('198494','Hung, Miss Nine and Beggar So. When asked by the perverted monk  who Beggar So is, Mass Tar Wong says he doesnt know. Beggar So was  originally one of the Ten Tigers of Canton along with Wong Fei'),
('198495','Hong  and he is often associated with the Chinese fighting form "Drunken  Boxing".'),
('198496',' Rapper 2Pac (Tupac Shakur (qv)) was supposed to be in this movie,  but was shot five days before principal photography began.'),
('198497',' Pam Grier (qv) and Isaac Hayes (qv) were originally cast to play  Woos parents, but their scenes were deleted.'),
('198498',' The title characters full name was "Darlene Woo Bates", as  mentioned in a Word Up! magazine article before the films release.  However, the name ended up not being used in the film.'),
('198499',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Washed Ashore (1911)_ (qv).'),
('198500',' In a recent visit to USC, his alma mater, Famuyiwa, Rick (qv)  revealed that Paramount executives wanted the character of Mike to  pinch Alicias buttocks in the end scene for added laughs. Needless  to say, Famuyiwa balked at this and never shot this. The opening  Steadicam shot took almost an entire day to shoot.'),
('198501',' The scenes in Annie Mays cabin were the first to be shot in the  original "Hole In The Wall" cabin that was the famed hideout of  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.'),
('198502',' The events on which the film is based took place at the same  prisoner of war camp (Stalag Luft III) and at the same time as the  events in the much better'),
('198503','known film of the same genre,  _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv). The escape committee of prisoners  that was planning the latter decided that other escape activity had  to be going on at the same time so that life in the camp would  appear normal to the Germans. It was the Wooden Horse tunnel that  fell into this category.'),
('198504',' The events in this film did indeed take place at the same POW camp  (Stalag Luft III) as The Great Escape. However, they occurred in  different compounds.'),
('198505',' Peter Butterworth (qv) was one of the vaulters who covered for the  real'),
('198506','life Wooden Horse escape. He auditioned for a part in the film  after the war, but was turned down on the grounds that he didnt  look convincingly heroic and athletic enough.'),
('198507',' Filmed on location in Germany, in a specially reconstructed POW  camp, as all the existing ones were still holding displaced persons  at the time. (This was only made 5 years after the end of the war.)'),
('198508',' Filming was hampered by bad weather, indecision over the ending and  other delays. This contributed to the film going significantly over  budget. By the time the ending was to be shot, director Jack Lee had  left the project so producer Ian Dalrymple completed it.'),
('198509',' Ron Perlman (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('198510',' The caricatured celebrities are, in order of appearance: Owllcott  (town crier)= Alexander Woollcott (qv); Ben Birdie =  Ben Bernie (qv); Walter Finchell = Walter Winchell (qv); Milton  Squirrel = Milton Berle (qv); Wendell Howl = Wendell Hall (qv);  Billy Goat and Ernie Bear = Billy Jones (II) (qv) and  Ernie Hare (qv); Mr. Growlin (fox) = Fred Allen (I) (qv); Eddie  Gander = Eddie Cantor (qv); Sophie Turkey =  Sophie Tucker (I) (qv); W.C. Fieldmouse = W.C. Fields (qv); Dick  Fowl: Dick Powell (I) (qv); Fats Swallow = Fats Waller (qv);  Deanna Terrapin = Deanna Durbin (qv); Irvin S. Frog =  Irvin S. Cobb (qv); Fred McFurry = Fred MacMurray (qv); Bing  Crowsby = Bing Crosby (qv); Al Goatson = Al Jolson (qv); Ruby  Squealer = Ruby Keeler (qv); Lanny Hoss = Lanny Ross (qv); Grace  Moose = Grace Moore (qv); Lily Swans = Lily Pons (qv); Raven  McQuandry = Haven MacQuarrie; Joe Penguin = Joe Penner (qv);  Moutha Bray = Martha Raye (qv); Tizzie Fish = Tizzie Lish; Louella  Possums = Louella Parsons (qv); Jack Bunny = Jack Benny (qv);  Mary Livingstone = Mary Livingstone (qv); Andy Bovine =  Andy Devine (I) (qv).'),
('198511',' Unlike all the other caricatures which are of real people, "Tizzie  Fish" is a parody of Tizzie Lish, a wacky old lady known for her  crackpot recipes, who was a character played by Bill Comstock on the  radio show Al Pearce and His Gang.'),
('198512',' This film, which sat on the shelf for nearly three years, caused M.  Night Shyamalan to have to change the name of his 2004 film from  "The Woods" to "The Village".'),
('198513',' This film is featured on second disc of the_ Slacker (1991)_ (qv)  DVD released in 2004 by the Criterion Collection.'),
('198514',' Paul Frees (qv) first film project.'),
('198515',' The original script took first place at the 2001 Slamdance  Screenplay Competition.'),
('198516',' As part of the research, director Nicole Kassell (qv) conducted  interviews with sex offenders and the therapists working with them.'),
('198517',' The movie was released in the US just nine days after the state of  California put its sex offender register online. The law, called  "Megans Law" after Megan Kanka, a 7'),
('198518','year'),
('198519','old abducted and killed by  a sex offender who was her neighbor. According to it, parents must  be able to check whether there are any convicted sex offenders in  their neighborhood.'),
('198520',' The part of Mary Kay, played by Eve (II) (qv), was originally  intended for a 45 year old white male. She was recommended for the  part by Kevin Bacon (qv), and was hired without a single audition.'),
('198521',' Features the biggest mud'),
('198522','fight ever recorded on television, courtesy  of Green Day.'),
('198523',' Crosby, Stills and Nash, Santana and The Band were the only acts  from the original Woodstock to appear at Woodstock 94.'),
('198524',' The riot and looting at the end of the concert was brought on by the  terrible bathroom facilities, and the huge prices on food & drink  (bottled water cost $4). According to sources, this was a planned  riot which was orchestrated through Internet communication and  lasted over two hours.'),
('198525',' This documentary was reportedly edited from 120 miles of footage  shot at the three'),
('198526','day concert.'),
('198527',' While The Grateful Dead (qv) did perform and were filmed for this  movie (Jerry Garcia (I) (qv) can be seen in brief interviews), the  band members felt their performance was not to their normal  standards. At the bands insistence, the footage was never used.'),
('198528',' The performances of Jefferson Airplane (qv) and  Janis Joplin (qv) were not seen in the original version of the  film when it was released in 1970. Also, the Canned Heat (qv) song  "Going Up the Country" was heard earlier in the movie but the band  was not seen in the movie until the directors cut was released in  1994.'),
('198529',' Grace Slick (qv) is seen in the original version of the film, but  footage of her performing with Jefferson Airplane (qv) wasnt  released until the directors cut debuted in 1994.'),
('198530',' Even though Neil Young (I) (qv) performed with Crosby, Stills and  Nash at Woodstock, he was not in the movie. He is, however, on the  soundtrack album performing with them on the songs "Sea of Madness"  and "Wooden Ships".'),
('198531',' Joni Mitchell (qv) was invited to play at the festival, but didnt  perform because her manager was afraid that she would miss her  national television debut on _"Dick Cavett Show, The" (1968)_ (qv)  after he saw how bad the traffic was. She later wrote the song  "Woodstock", which was a hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.  Graham Nash (qv) was her boyfriend at the time.'),
('198532',' The studio versions of Canned Heat (qv)s "Going Up the Country"  and Crosby, Stills and Nashs "Wooden Ships" are used in the movie.  However, the live versions are used in the various soundtracks that  have been released over the past 30 years.'),
('198533',' John Sebastian (I) (qv) wasnt originally scheduled to perform. He  was enlisted to perform when several of the acts were late in  arriving due to the traffic going to the festival.'),
('198534',' Richie Havens (qv) song "Freedom" was totally improvised. He was  called for so many encores that he ran out of songs to sing, so he  just picked up his guitar and started singing "Freedom".'),
('198535',' Country Joe McDonald (qv) wasnt scheduled to perform the first  day. He was forced into it because many of the acts that were  scheduled to perform that day hadnt arrived yet. He also performs  on day three with the rest of The Fish.'),
('198536',' The Who (qv)s performance was interrupted by Yippie leader  Abbie Hoffman (qv). Hoffman ran onstage to make a speech about the  recent marijuana arrest of radical John Sinclair (IV) (qv). As  Hoffman was shouting about Sinclair and his displeasure about the  festival, Pete Townshend (qv) kicked him off the stage.'),
('198537',' Among the bands that appeared at the festival but not in the movie  were Creedence Clearwater Revival (qv), Mountain, The Band (qv)  and Tim Hardin (III) (qv). Clips of Hardins and The Bands  performances were released several years later on the outtakes  video.'),
('198538',' A three day admission pass to the festival was $18.'),
('198539',' Another act that was invited to play the festival but declined was  Led Zeppelin (qv). Instead, they played a concert that same  weekend not too far away from the site in New Jersey.'),
('198540',' The Who (qv) almost didnt perform at the festival. The band was  near bankruptcy at the time and demanded to be paid in cash or else  they would pull out.'),
('198541',' Creedence Clearwater Revival (qv), who at the time were the #1  band in the U.S.A., performed right after The Grateful Dead (qv).  Because of problems with the sound, and because he thought their  performance was sub'),
('198542','standard, singer/songwriter/guitarist  John Fogerty (qv) didnt allow any footage to be included in the  movie, nor for any song to be released on the album. However, four  songs from Creedences set have been later released on the 25th  Anniversary box set.'),
('198543',' Then New York governor Nelson Rockefeller (qv) threatened to send  in National Guard troops to break up the festival when he saw how  huge the crowd was.'),
('198544',' The festival was famous as a financial disaster. The film and  soundtrack were the only items to make money, and they were also the  only items that the concert promoters did not invest in '),
('198545',' they  thought there was no money in it.'),
('198546',' Warner Bros. did not want to release the film theatrically at first,  because several other concert documentaries had failed badly in  releases before that time, but did a release anyway; there was so  little money involved that one executive said they could have cut up  the film and sold it for bookmarks if they needed to.'),
('198547',' Among the bands invited to play the festival but who didnt due to  various reasons were The Jeff Beck Group (featuring  Rod Stewart (I) (qv)), Iron Butterfly (qv) and  The Moody Blues (qv).'),
('198548',' Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young almost didnt perform at the  festival. The helicopter that Graham Nash (qv) and the groups  drummer, Dallas Taylor (III) (qv), were on was less than 25 feet  off the ground when the tail rotor failed and it began to spin. The  helicopter almost crashed and Nash and Taylor were almost killed.'),
('198549',' The filmmakers and distributor were sued by the man who was  interviewed while cleaning the Port'),
('198550','O'),
('198551','San portable latrines, on the  grounds of mental anguish, embarrassment, public ridicule, and  invasion of privacy. An appellate court opinion in this lawsuit may  be read at Taggart v. Wadleigh'),
('198552','Maurice, Ltd., 489 F.2d 434 (3d Cir.  1973).'),
('198553',' The filmmakers and distributor were sued (unsuccessfully) by the  musician who played "Mess Call" on his Flugelhorn at 4:00 a.m., on  the grounds of violation of a New York privacy statute. The court  opinion may be read at Man v. Warner Bros. Inc., 317 F.Supp. 50  (S.D.N.Y. 1970).'),
('198554',' Michael Lang (III) (qv) once said that his original idea was to  have Roy Rogers (I) (qv) close the festival by singing "Happy  Trails".'),
('198555',' Contains leftover footage that was not used in the original film  Woodstock (1970). One of the performances consists of unused footage  of Janis Joplin (qv) singing "Work Me, Lord". While the song does  appear in _Woodstock (1970)_ (qv), the footage used in this  collection is of shots (some using a primitive video camera) that  were not used in the documentary.'),
('198556',' This featurette is included on the Two'),
('198557','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _All the Presidents Men (1976)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('198558',' This film made its American debut on the Disney Channel in 1992.'),
('198559',' Based on original screenplay "Gigot", written by  Jackie Gleason (I) (qv).'),
('198560',' Lou decides to name Gigots pet monkey Grace. William H. Macy (qv)  has two daughters, each with the middle name Grace.'),
('198561',' The wool cap leading man William H. Macy (qv) wears in this TV  movie, was actually knitted by his wife Felicity Huffman (qv).'),
('198562',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Condemned for Treason (1911)_ (qv).'),
('198563',' The last line in the credits reads "This film is rated 1900" '),
('198564',' a  reference to the National Scrabble Association rating system (1700  and above is considered an expert rating; typically only elite  players get to 1900 and up).'),
('198565',' The film begins with a concert in Plymouths Kellogg park.  Originally, the local high school band was to perform, but the  director felt that they sounded too "professional". He opted to use  a less'),
('198566','polished small community band instead. In fact, this same  band performed at the location every Thursday evening during summer  months.'),
('198567',' Jesse Johnson (III) (qv), the actor who portrayed young Lt. Tyson  in Vietnam, is Don Johnson (I) (qv)s real life son.'),
('198568',' The film was shot without any sound in honor of the bygone era of  silent cinema.'),
('198569',' This was Eric Douglas (I) (qv)s last film before his untimely  death in July 2004.'),
('198570',' Filmed as part of the Miami 48 Hour Film Project 2006 where you have  to write, shoot, and edit your short film in 48 hours.'),
('198571',' When _Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)_ (qv) was found to have  too much footage, Lois Moran (qv)s numbers were cut and this film  was fashioned around them.'),
('198572',' Ward Bond (qv)s film debut.'),
('198573',' The song "I Wish I Were In Love Again" was the last time  Judy Garland (I) (qv) and Mickey Rooney (I) (qv) appeared on  screen together.'),
('198574',' Judy Garland (I) (qv) was not intended to be in this film, but  Arthur Freed (qv) offered her $50,000 (or half of what she owed  the studio for medical bills) to do one take. At the first public  screening, the fans asked for more of her, so Freed offered her  another $50,000 to do another song. By the time her scenes were  filmed, she had paid back the studio but had made nothing.'),
('198575',' Richard Rodgers (I) (qv) reportedly disliked every aspect of this  film except for the casting of Janet Leigh (qv) as his wife.'),
('198576',' This feature'),
('198577','length music special is featured on the 2'),
('198578','Disc  Collectors Edition DVD for _Cold Mountain (2003)_ (qv), released in  2004.'),
('198579',' This film was one of several Chaplin comedies scheduled to be shown  at the New'),
('198580','York Historical Society in September of 2001. In the wake  of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, however, this  film and one other, Dough and Dynamite, were pulled from the  program, because each one ends with Charlie emerging from the rubble  of a destroyed building.'),
('198581',' David Waller (I) (qv) replaced Alfred Marks (qv) who walked out  during rehearsals.'),
('198582',' Based on the second book in the series, "Like A Fire is Burning"'),
('198583',' The first LDS film to receive a major theatrical release on its  opening weekend (not just limited to Salt Lake City and then  expanding wider if it does well)'),
('198584',' Shot back'),
('198585','to'),
('198586','back with  _Work and the Glory III: A House Divided, The (2006)_ (qv)'),
('198587',' Based on the third book in the nine'),
('198588','volume series, "Truth Will  Prevail", focusing on the years 1836 to 1838.'),
('198589',' This film was shot back'),
('198590','to'),
('198591','back with  _Work and the Glory: American Zion, The (2005)_ (qv).'),
('198592',' The script required composer Sam Cardon (qv) to write an original  period violin piece that the character of Lydia McBride would play.  He anticipated that Tiffany Dupont (qv), who plays Lydia would  just act like she was playing for the camera and then they would mix  the sound in for the final cut. But by mere chance, Tiffany Dupont  majored in violin at the University of Georgia and she ended up  playing the piece live for the camera.'),
('198593',' The Erie Canal flows down Main Street of Palmyra, New York. Because  the movie was shot in Tennessee, production designers actually built  an artificial Erie Canal down the middle of the 19th century Main  Street they had built.'),
('198594',' The movie is based on the first volume in a nine'),
('198595','part book series,  with book one entitled "Pillar of Light."'),
('198596',' Richard Dutcher (qv) donated the 16mm film stock to make the  movie. This is the same stock (three years'),
('198597','old) that  _Gods Army (2000)_ (qv) was going to be shot on, had Dutcher not  found the financing to shoot on 35mm.'),
('198598',' This film (consisting of two rolls of 16mm film) was incomplete at  the time of Stan Brakhage (qv)s death. The rolls were combined  and released unedited under the title "Work In Progress".'),
('198599',' On the video select menu on the DVD, the loud sounds are samples  from each music video. When a video is selected the sounds stop one  by one until only a sample of the chosen video remains.'),
('198600',' The White Stripes famous "Fell In Love With A Girl" lego video took  over two months to complete. Every shot was done by hand, and  changing a single block required much of the "sets" to be rebuilt.'),
('198601',' The Chemical Brothers (qv) do not appear in their video for  "Elektrobank". But at the end of the video, a still photo of two  basketball players can be seen. They are Tom Rowlands (qv) and  Ed Simons (qv).'),
('198602',' Fatboy Slim (qv) does not appear in his video for "Weapon of  Choice" but a framed painting of him can be seen in the hotel.'),
('198603',' Zachary Ray Sherman and Sarah Sherman are real'),
('198604','life siblings.'),
('198605',' The two cats in the film are named Smeagal and Fat Pants.'),
('198606',' In a seminar with the Dramtists Guild of North America in December  2003, Stephen Schwartz (I) said that directing this television  production was the lowest point in his career, believed at the time  he would never write another musical, and that he was in a position  where he did not know what he was doing.'),
('198607',' The stuffed rabbit that Tess sets on her desk when she arrives at  her new job was made by teddy bear artist Gae Sharp. It was  purchased at the Mables in New York. Director  Mike Nichols (I) (qv) later returned to the store an ordered five  more rabbits to give to significant cast members.'),
('198608',' Harrison Ford got his famous scar by crashing into a pole on Laguna  Canyon Road in Laguna Beach, CA. He was a player at the Laguna  Playhouse at the time and got a "rush stitch job" at South Coast  Hospital in Laguna Beach. In the movie, his character says that he  was piercing his ear as a teen, and fainted and hit his chin on the  toilet. See also: _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).'),
('198609',' When Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver (qv)) comes back to New  York and gets out of the helicopter, she carries a big stuffed'),
('198610','toy  gorilla. Weaver played the role of Dian Fossey in  _Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)_ (qv) just a  few months before.'),
('198611',' David Duchovny (qv)s film debut as a guest at Tesss surprise  birthday party, he was one of the guests hiding in the bathroom.'),
('198612',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) and Melanie Griffith (qv) followed several  female executives and secretaries on their hectic daily schedules in  New York City and sat in during meetings to get a better idea of the  industry from the female perspective.'),
('198613',' The Petty Marsh (where Melanie and Sigourney worked) lobby scenes  were filmed in the lobby of 7 World Trade Center, which was  destroyed in the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001.'),
('198614',' Kevin Spacey (qv) was brought in as a last'),
('198615','minute replacement for  another actor in the part of Bob Speck. On the day the scene was  shot, Mike Nichols (I) (qv), who had previously directed Spacey in  _Heartburn (1986)_ (qv), sent a car to Spaceys New York apartment,  with a copy of the script in the back seat. Spacey learned his lines  while on the way to the shoot. Nichols was under pressure to finish  the scene so he wouldnt have to postpone his wedding to  Diane Sawyer (qv) two days later.'),
('198616',' An original trailer featured a scene not used in the film. It  features Tess and her friend Cyn preparing for Cyns wedding and  talking about Tesss relationship with Jack.'),
('198617',' "Let the River Run", Carly Simon (qv)s award winning theme song,  was originally titled "Wall Street Hymn".'),
('198618',' Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) and Meryl Streep  (qv)were considered for  the roles of Tess and Catherine'),
('198619',' An original trailer showed a scene not in the finished movie, where  Katharine asks Tess to spray her red dress with anti'),
('198620','static, before  Katharines welcome party.'),
('198621',' Something else that did not make the theatrical cut: in the restroom  scene between Tess and Jack during the wedding reception, one can  see a woman in white shoes in the stall next to the one Jack uses.  That woman overhears the conversation between Tess and Jack about  having crashed the wedding. That woman must be the one telling the  bride afterwards which is why she tries to confront Tess and Jack  while their are dancing.'),
('198622',' Funded in part by grants from: New York State Council on the Arts,  National Endowment for the Arts, and the Jerome Foundation.'),
('198623',' The MPAA objected strongly to the scene where Molly is trying to  insert her diaphragm but the scene was kept in.'),
('198624',' Shown in 3D before _Magic Journeys (1982)_ (qv) at Walt Disney  Worlds Magic Kingdom (1987'),
('198625','1993).'),
('198626',' Re'),
('198627','released in 3D with the U.S. 3D version of  _Meet the Robinsons (2007)_ (qv).'),
('198628',' This featurette is featured on the Collectors Edition DVD for the  Scorpion King, released in 2002.'),
('198629',' Included on the British DVD edition of Max Ophuls Madame de...  released by Second Sight Films in 2006.'),
('198630',' This featurette is featured on the DVD set of the original  Battlestar Galactica television series which lasted only one season  1978'),
('198631','79.'),
('198632',' This documentary appears on the DVD release of Waiting...'),
('198633',' The house that the plane crashes into was built at one end of the  only runway at Lincoln Park Airport, a very small airstrip in  Lincoln Park, NJ USA (about 35 miles NW of New York City). The  wrecked house was not removed for several weeks. While no planes  have hit houses in the vicinity, one did bounce off the roof of a  passing car several years earlier.'),
('198634',' CAMEO(John Irving): wrestling match referee'),
('198635',' DIRCAMEO(George Roy Hill): pilot that crashes into the house'),
('198636',' Glenn Close (qv) plays Robin Williams (I) (qv)s mother, yet she  is only four years older than he.'),
('198637',' Jeff Daniels (I) (qv) was considered for the lead role but lost  out to Robin Williams (I) (qv).'),
('198638',' Glenn Close (qv) landed the role of Jenny after director  George Roy Hill (qv) and casting director Marion Dougherty (qv)  had seen her in a Broadway production of "Barnum" opposite  Jim Dale (I) (qv) (1980).'),
('198639',' This short documentary is featured on the Volume 3 DVD set for  _"Family Guy" (1999)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('198640',' One scene takes place in from of a theatre where posters for  _Vampire Bat, The (1933)_ (qv) are on display. "The Vampire Bat"  (1933) was one of Majestics biggest hits, and remains the most  widely seen of their existing films. "The Vampire Bat" (1933) had  gone into release about three months before the release of this  film.'),
('198641',' This film is part of the public domain.'),
('198642',' The original version implied that the dangerous cult based itself on  one of the few books remaining after the holocaust: L. Ron Hubbards  "Dianetics." Lawyers for Scientology got wind of this and threatened  to sue Apollo Pictures, who removed all references to Hubbard and  Dianetics.'),
('198643',' Guy Sebastian (qv) was originally going to sing "When Doves Cry"  but Prince (I) (qv) wouldnt allow it.'),
('198644',' Jackie Collins (qv)s original choice to direct the film was  Terence Donovan (II) (qv), but he was rejected by co'),
('198645','producers  Adrienne Fancey (qv) and Malcolm Fancey (qv) in favor of  Robert Young (III) (qv).'),
('198646',' Carroll Baker (qv)s contract stipulated her name alone would be  above the films title. She happened to catch it when it opened in  the West End, and spotted that her name and  Anthony Franciosa (I) (qv)s appeared above the title. She  complained and all prints had to be withdrawn and re'),
('198647','titled.'),
('198648',' "Orbis non sufficit," Latin for "the world is not enough", is the  motto of the Bond family as given in both the novel and the film  _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv).'),
('198649',' The amount of credit in Sir Robert Kings final statement from the  Swiss Bank was £3,030,303.03. With the calculation based on the  exchange rate in the film, this equaled the ransom amount for  Elektra which was $US 5,000.000.'),
('198650',' The opening sequence boat chase took seven weeks to shoot.'),
('198651',' The boat chase was not originally intended to be part of the opening  sequence but test audiences indicated that the jump out of the  window opener was not exciting enough. As such, the boat chase was  brought forward and had to be shortened. As it is now, the London '),
('198652','  Mi6 HQ '),
('198653',' Boat Chase opener is still the longest pre'),
('198654','credits sequence  ever in a James Bond movie.'),
('198655',' The card number of James Bonds Visa Card skeleton key card was 4000  1234 5678 9010.'),
('198656',' The name of the Swiss Bank was La Banque Suisse de LIndustrie.'),
('198657',' The name of the King family construction company was King  Industries. The King Industries Pipeline crossed five countries  (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Azerbaijan and Turkey), its nearest competition  was three Russian pipelines and its length was eight hundred miles  long.'),
('198658',' The registration identifier of the turbo prop plane was F'),
('198659','GOGN.'),
('198660',' There was a line allegedly said by M at the end of the opening  sequence which was cut where she says: "Well, at least the  Millennium Dome has some use".'),
('198661',' In this film, M (Judi Dench (qv)) is kidnapped. A kidnapping of  the M character had previously been a storyline in the James Bond  novel "Colonel Sun" written by Kingsley Amis (qv).'),
('198662',' The setting of Baku in Azerbaijan for this film had also previously  been a setting for the 1991 James Bond novel "The Man From  Barbarosa" written by John Gardner (VIII) (qv).'),
('198663',' The literal translations of some of the movies foreign language  titles include 007 When The World Is Not Enough (Finland) and 007  The World Is Not Enough (Italy and Brazil)'),
('198664',' The name of Renards Sunseeker Power Boat was Seven Heaven.'),
('198665',' The license plate number of Zukovskys white Rolls Royce was AD 065.'),
('198666',' The King Helicopter Eurocopter 355 Twin Star with 5'),
('198667','blade buzz'),
('198668','saw  had the registration identifier of G'),
('198669','BPRJ.'),
('198670',' Vehicles featured included Qs unfinished fishing boat, the Q'),
('198671','boat  or Bentz Q'),
('198672','boat; a silver metallic 400 hp gadget'),
('198673','laden BMW Z8  convertible roadster; the King Helicopter Eurocopter 355 Twin Star  with 5'),
('198674','blade buzz'),
('198675','saw and Aerospatiale HH'),
('198676','65A Dauphin helicopters;  The Cigar Girls hot air balloon and Sunseeker Superhawk 34 motor  yacht; Valentin Zukvoskys Rolls Royce Silver Shadow; a Lada Niva  4WD ute; an army jeep; a Russian Atomic submarine; a satellite image  of the famous silver birch Aston Martin DB5 (its other shots were  cut); a turboprop powered STOL medium transport Casa C'),
('198677','212'),
('198678','200  Aviocar airplane and parachute propelled parahawk snowmobiles  commonly known as Parahawks.'),
('198679',' Apparently, in an earlier version of the script, the Christmas Jones  character here played by Denise Richards (qv) had a different  profession: She was a Polynesian insurance investigator.'),
('198680',' The Millennium Dome which features in the opening sequence is built  at the same location area as part of the Beckton Gas Works used to  be. This was where the opening helicopter sequence was filmed in  _For Your Eyes Only (1981)_ (qv).'),
('198681',' Thirty five boats were used to film the opening boat chase sequence.'),
('198682',' When M.I.6, the actual British Foreign Intelligence agency, learned  that a scene from this film would shot around their headquarters  building, they moved to prohibit it citing a security risk. However,  Foreign Secretary Robin Cook (V) (qv), at the urging of Arts  Minister Janet Anderson moved to overrule them and allow the shoot,  stating "After all Bond has done for Britain, it was the least we  could do for Bond."'),
('198683',' For the first time since  _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv), a Bond film ends with  a reprise of the James Bond Theme, instead of with a song.'),
('198684',' SPOILER: First James Bond film in which James Bond intentionally  kills a leading Bond Girl who is a major love interest.'),
('198685',' In the scene where Bond is traveling through the waterways of London  on his speedboat, he soaks two officers in the process of clamping a  car. Theyre the two stars of the BBC show "The Clampers". They did  not know what they were there for and were just told to clamp the  car.'),
('198686',' The Scottish Castle used as MI6s secret headquarters is the same  castle used in _Highlander (1986)_ (qv). Its called "Eilean Donan  Castle" and is located near the Isle of Skye, West Scotland.'),
('198687',' In the Scottish Headquarters castle, a portrait of  Bernard Lee (I) (qv) (the original M) hangs behind the current Ms  desk.'),
('198688',' Elektras villa in Baku is in reality an historical vacation palace  called the Maidens Tower and situated in Istanbul, Turkey.'),
('198689',' When the movie was released on home video, it was dedicated to  Desmond Llewelyn (qv) and included a video montage of his various  appearances as Q.'),
('198690',' The filming of the boat chase sequence was broadcast live over the  Internet via webcam set up at specific points over the River Thames.'),
('198691',' Published newspaper reports during production of the film indicated  that, as the last Bond film of the millennium, this would feature  cameos by virtually every surviving previous Bond girl.  Ursula Andress (qv), Diana Rigg (qv), Famke Janssen (qv) and  Barbara Bach (qv) were mentioned by name as among those slated to  appear. Sadly, this idea '),
('198692',' if it was ever more than a media rumor '),
('198693','  never came to fruition.'),
('198694',' First Bond film in Dolby Digital EX 6.1 sound.'),
('198695',' Signs seen in the film said "KING INDUSTRIES '),
('198696',' SURVEY IN PROGRESS '),
('198697','  All Visitors Report to Site Office" and "WARNING '),
('198698',' Return all  radiation tags to this checkpoint when leaving".'),
('198699',' The first James Bond film that was not released or co'),
('198700','produced by  United Artists. UA parent company MGM instead, released and  co'),
('198701','produced the film.'),
('198702',' The pre'),
('198703','credit sequence runs approximately 15 minutes '),
('198704',' the longest  of any Bond film to date. Originally the pre'),
('198705','credit sequence was to  end after Bonds leap out of the Swiss bankers office, but feedback  from test screenings indicated the audience wanted something bigger.'),
('198706',' Rugby player Jonah Lomu (qv) was originally asked to play Gabor,  but he declined.'),
('198707',' In the warehouse that Zukovsky has turned into an operations room,  the girlie pictures seen on the walls are actually of former Bond  girls.'),
('198708',' This movie and _Sleepy Hollow (1999)_ (qv) are the only 2 films in  U.S. history to open on the same day and each gross $30 million  their opening weekend.'),
('198709',' Desmond Llewelyn (qv) died in an auto accident soon after the  movie opened. Llewellyn said just before his death that he was  planning to appear in the next Bond film.'),
('198710',' Much of Valentin Zukovskys (Robbie Coltrane (qv)) dialogue was  extracted almost verbatim from _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv), such as his  "extending the same courtesy" to Elektra (cf. Bond), and his ranting  about the free market economy.'),
('198711',' To help promote the film, skywriters were hired to write "007" in  skies across the U.S.'),
('198712',' The cigar offered to Bond in Bilbao is a Romeo Y Julieta Churchill.'),
('198713',' Serena Scott Thomas (qv) did her love scene with Bond herself,  turning down the offer of letting a body double do it for her.'),
('198714',' The scene where Zukovsky is splashing around in a pool of his own  caviar was filmed on actor Robbie Coltrane (qv)s birthday.'),
('198715',' The Q boat can achieve 80mph on the water. During the making of the  film, it was discovered only by accident that its 350 horsepower  engines could literally force the bow of the boat under water. The  move was written into the film.'),
('198716',' Before the shoots even begun, a set was being built in Turkey and it  was almost done. One day when the director of the movie was touring  around Istanbul, a bombing event took place. Therefore the shots  that included the cast was never shot in Istanbul, according to the  director, due to security reasons. Not a single cast member actually  went to Istanbul. The shots of Robert Carlyle (I) (qv) and his men  getting off the boat on the jetty at Electras palace were shot in  the tank at Pinewood against a blue/green screen.'),
('198717',' Renards (Robert Carlyle (I) (qv)) real name was Vicktor Zokas. In  earlier drafts of the script, he was known as Claude Serrault and  nicknamed Renard the Fox.'),
('198718',' The part of Renards (Robert Carlyle (I) (qv)) brain that the  bullet was moving through was the Medulla Oblongata. It is located  in the lower section of the brain'),
('198719','stem, above the spinal cord, under  the pons and anterior to the cerebellum. Its function is to relay  nerve messages between the spinal cord and the brain, hence its  blocking is why Renard does not feel pain. This characteristic was  originally intended for the Stamper character in  _Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)_ (qv) and actually feels no pain in that  films novelization.'),
('198720',' Zukovskys (Robbie Coltrane (qv)) walking stick also doubled as a  gun. This type of gadget weapon was actually the first ever gadget  seen in a James Bond movie i.e. _"Climax!" (1954)  {Casino Royale (#1.3)}_ (qv). In this tele'),
('198721','movie, Zuroffs gun  passed for a cane.'),
('198722',' Having directed this movie, director Michael Apted (qv) has now  been associated with two of the longest series ever in film history,  the James Bond movies and the _Seven Up! (1964) (TV)_ (qv)  Documentaries. Amusingly, this movie was once jokingly referred to  by the media as "OO7 Up".'),
('198723',' The Dossier File No. for Elektra Kings Mi6 Electronic Dossier was  7634733.'),
('198724',' The name of Valentin Zukovskys (Robbie Coltrane (qv)) casino was  LOr Noir Casino. The name of the card game that Elektra plays at  the casino was One Card High Draw.'),
('198725',' The name of Renards cavernous lair that contained natural flames  and scalding rocks was "The Devils Breath".'),
('198726',' The product that Valentin Zukovsky (Robbie Coltrane (qv))  manufactures at his Caspian Sea Plant was Beluga Caviar.'),
('198727',' The type of psychological condition that Elektra suffers whilst  being kidnapped by Renard where a kidnapped victim falls in love  with her captor is known as "Stockholm Syndrome".'),
('198728',' The name of the apparatus that Christmas Jones detects in the  oil'),
('198729','pipeline was a "Tactical Fission Device". The amount of time  left on the pipeline bomb which Dr. Christmas Jones plans to disarm  was 1 minute and 40 seconds.'),
('198730',' The amount of weapons'),
('198731','grade plutonium which was stolen by Renard  amounted to six kilograms. The name of the device Renard planned to  detonate this was called a "Plutonium Rod".'),
('198732',' The alias used by James Bond in the movie was that of nuclear  scientist Dr. Mikhail Arkov. The age of real Dr. Arkov  (Jeff Nuttall (qv) in the movie was sixty three. Arkov worked for  the Russian Special Services Atomic Energy Anti'),
('198733','Terrorism Unit.'),
('198734',' This was the first film to feature the newly constructed Millennium  Dome, built for Londons New Years celebration of 1999/2000.'),
('198735',' The total on'),
('198736','screen body count is around 60.'),
('198737',' The license plate number of James Bonds BMW Z8 car was V354 FMP.'),
('198738',' CAMEO(Michael G. Wilson (qv)): a man at the Casino, who opens the  door for Elektra and James Bond.'),
('198739',' SPOILER: First James Bond movie where a main villain is a woman.'),
('198740',' The 5'),
('198741','blade buzz'),
('198742','saw seen in the film was originally intended to be  in the earlier James Bond movie _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv).'),
('198743',' In earlier versions of the script, Julietta '),
('198744',' the Cigar Girl was  known as Sashenka Firo whilst Dr. Molly Warmflash was called Doctor  Greatrex.'),
('198745',' Two shooting locations had to be postponed and filming had to be  switched to Spain. The skiing locale was changed due to avalanches  in the French Alps whilst filming in Turkey was halted due to  political unrest. However, a secret filming unit comprised of twelve  crew did film in Istanbul under the fake cover movie title of  ?Destiny?.'),
('198746',' Product placements and promotional tie'),
('198747','ins seen in the movie  included BMW, Motorola, Bollinger Champagne, Sunseeker Power Boats,  Caterpillar Industrial Vehicles and Microsoft Windows.'),
('198748',' The films story was inspired by a segment in the 13 November 1997  episode of _"ABC News Nightline" (1980)_ (qv) seen by producer  Barbara Broccoli (qv) on a plane in November 1997. It reported the  last great oil discovery on the planet was in the region of Eastern  Europe. Featuring Daniel Yergin (qv), the edition covered  pipelines in the area and discussed the grand reservoirs of oil that  exist below the Caspian Sea. It told of the rise of small towns in  the region that have grown into centers of grand affluence which has  included the building of a number of casinos.'),
('198749',' Elektra Kings maxim was: "Theres no point living, if you cant  feel alive."'),
('198750',' Apparently when casting, the MGM studio preferred  Sharon Stone (I) (qv) to be cast as Elektra King.'),
('198751',' The tieing of the tie underwater by James Bond was an idea conceived  by Pierce Brosnan (qv).'),
('198752',' The opening banker sequence was originally set in Havana, Cuba (it  includes the Cigar Girl) then was moved to Geneva, Switzerland (the  Swiss Bank thing) but was finally set in Bilbao, Spain.'),
('198753',' Due to deadline problems, the producers of the game had to use the  Quake engine to complete the game on time. This came about because  the movie was in theatres longer than expected, forcing the company  for which the producers worked to shorten the time to the deadline.  As a result the game lacks the elaborate mazes, site bosses, and  hidden clues that made its predecessors famous.'),
('198754',' PlayStation 2 and PC Versions of this game were originally intended  to be developed and released in the year 2000 but were dropped.'),
('198755',' The game is published by Electronic Arts and was developed by  Eurocom Entertainment and is available on the Nintendo 64, Nintendo  GameBoy Color and Sony PlayStation platforms.'),
('198756',' This was the first film to be granted the production  seal'),
('198757','of'),
('198758','approval under new guidelines set forth by the Production  Code Administration Office.'),
('198759',' This first aired during the pre'),
('198760','game show of Game 1 of the 2006  World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers.'),
('198761',' Donald Sutherland (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('198762',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv) used many of the East Coast  www.PoliceActors.com members to play cops in the film. All members  of PoliceActors.com are active or retired members of a Law  Enforcement agency who are also Screen Actors Guild members.'),
('198763',' A billboard for _Zoolander (2001)_ (qv) is visible in one shot, as  the shadow of a hijacked airliner descends over New York City. That  film, released shortly after the 9/11 attacks, had images of the  World Trade Center digitally removed.'),
('198764',' Mel Gibson (I) (qv) was one of director Oliver Stone (I) (qv)s  first choices for the role of Sgt. John McLoughlin (II) (qv).  Gibson liked the script very much, but turned it down to direct  _Apocalypto (2006)_ (qv).'),
('198765',' Director Oliver Stone (I) (qv)s first two choices to play  John McLoughlin (II) (qv) were Mel Gibson (I) (qv) and  George Clooney (qv).'),
('198766',' Hilary Swank (qv) was once slated to star as  Donna McLoughlin (II) (qv) when Kevin Costner (qv) was attached  to the role of Sgt. John McLoughlin (II) (qv). They had both  narrated the documentary, _On Native Soil (2006)_ (qv) which  investigated the 9/11 terrorist attacks. When Costner dropped out of  the project, Swank went on to pursue other projects as well.'),
('198767',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv) thought of casting Kevin Costner (qv) as  Sgt. John McLoughlin (II) (qv), his _JFK (1991)_ (qv) lead.  Costner had narrated the 2006 documentary  _On Native Soil (2006)_ (qv), about the 9/11 Commission Reports  investigation of the causes of the terrorist attacks and what could  have been done to prevent them from happening. Paramount Pictures  was concerned that Stone and Costner would then delve into another  conspiracy theory.'),
('198768',' Three weeks before its August 9 nationwide release, producer  Michael Shamberg (I) (qv) and director Oliver Stone (I) (qv)  held private screenings of the finalized film for Port Authority  officers and firefighters who risked their lives at the World Trade  Center. The screenings were held in local multiplexes in the New  Jersey/New York area.'),
('198769',' After seeing his performance in the film, _Crash (2004/I)_ (qv),  Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) recommended Michael Peña (qv) for the  role of Officer William Jimeno (qv).'),
('198770',' As part of his research, Michael Peña (qv) moved into Officer  William Jimeno (qv)s home in New Jersey.'),
('198771',' Due to her infamous quote that "America is responsible in some way"  for the 9/11 attacks, Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) personally offered to  withdraw from the project to Officer William Jimeno (qv) and his  wife Allison Jimeno (qv). They both declined and gave their  blessing for Gyllenhaal to take the role.'),
('198772',' SPOILER: Jeanette Pezzulo, the widow of Officer Dominick Pezzulo,  demanded that her husbands death be edited in the final version of  the film. Jay Hernandez (I) (qv) portrays the late Dominick  Pezzulo, who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.'),
('198773',' Nicolas Cage (qv) was the first actor to be given the script.  Producers Michael Shamberg (I) (qv) and Stacey Sher (qv)  circulated the Andrea Berloff (qv)s screenplay over to Creative  Artists Agency, where it was given to Oliver Stone (I) (qv) and  Cage.'),
('198774',' Test audiences believed that Dave Karnes  (Michael Shannon (V) (qv)), the former Marine, was a Hollywood  invention. This is, in fact, a true story that occurred. Karnes  later re'),
('198775','enlisted in the Marine Corps and served two tours of duty  in Iraq. Also, as reported by the Associated Press on August 14,  2006, the Marine identified only as Sergeant Thomas (who disappeared  shortly after 9/11) has been identified as Jason Thomas, a former  Marine who grabbed his uniform and immediately drove to Ground Zero  to help. Because his identity was unknown at the time of filming,  Sgt. Thomas '),
('198776',' who is black '),
('198777',' was portrayed by  William Mapother (qv), a white man. The producers have since  apologized to Sgt. Thomas for the miscasting. Thomas has laughed it  off and told them not to be concerned, stating, "I dont want to  shed any negativity on what they were trying to show."'),
('198778',' In preparing for his portrayal of Sgt. John McLoughlin (II) (qv),  Nicolas Cage (qv) focused on accurately speaking with a New York  accent. And to also capture the fear and claustrophobia of  McLoughlins ordeal, Cage spent hours in a sense'),
('198779','deprivation tank in  Venice, California.'),
('198780',' The real'),
('198781','life John McLoughlin (II) (qv) and William Jimeno (qv)  appear in the final scene of the film at the "thank you" cookout.'),
('198782',' Approximately 240 tons of material was used to recreate a fully  3'),
('198783','dimensional Ground Zero in Los Angeles.'),
('198784',' Came to theaters under code name "bluelight".'),
('198785',' Officer Scott Strauss, a first responder with the New York City  Emergency Services unit, was offered the chance to play himself in  the film. However, Strauss refused to do so and Stephen Dorff (qv)  was then cast to portray him. Strausss services as a consultant  were retained for the film to which he didnt accept payment.'),
('198786',' Fifty real'),
('198787','life members of PAPD, NYPD and FDNY were flown to Los  Angeles to film the chain of men moving stretchers out of the  rubble.'),
('198788',' The real life William Jimeno (qv) made several appearances in the  film and is credited as "Port Authority Officer #1".'),
('198789',' According to Will Jimenos commentary on the DVD, John McLoughlin,  JJ McLoughlin, Allison Jimeno, Bianca Jimeno, and himself were all  in the barbecue scene at the end of the film. Michael Pena, playing  Will Jimeno, hugs the real Will Jimeno there.'),
('198790',' In the first bar scene, where Cal loudly complains about his song  not being played on the jukebox, the song he has selected is "Hard  to Handle" by the Black Crowes.'),
('198791',' This production was the first to be filmed expressly for broadcast  in the high'),
('198792','definition television (HDTV) format.'),
('198793',' Director Boris Sagal (qv) was killed early in the production, in a  helicopter accident in Oregon.'),
('198794',' After a bidding war between Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprios  production companies (Plan B and Appian Way respectively) for the  film rights to Max Brooks unreleased book, Paramount came out the  winner and Plan B will be producing the movie.'),
('198795',' This film was produced directly by Allied Artists (formerly  Monogram). It was made in hopes of shedding their "poverty row"  image. It was given a larger budget and shot in color and  Cinemascope and ran a full reel longer than their usual 60'),
('198796','70 minute  fare. Allied Artists was able to book it under percentage contracts  rather than flat rates.'),
('198797',' Final film of Nigel Bruce (qv).'),
('198798',' Shot in 11 days.'),
('198799',' This featurette is included on the 2'),
('198800','disc DVD for  _Minority Report (2002)_ (qv).'),
('198801',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Dark Crystal, The (1982)_ (qv).'),
('198802',' This making'),
('198803','of documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Gods and Monsters (1998)_ (qv).'),
('198804',' David Wayne (I) (qv), Robert Preston (qv), Gig Young (qv),  Rex Harrison (I) (qv), Tony Randall (I) (qv), and  Dick Van Dyke (qv), were all sought for the role of Henry Orient.'),
('198805',' Among the actresses sought for the roles of "Val" and/or "Gil" were  Hayley Mills (qv) (whose refusal took over a year),  Patty Duke (qv), Sue Lyon (qv), Laurel Goodwin (qv),  Portland Mason (qv), and dozens of unknowns.'),
('198806',' During the making of the film, Peter Sellers (qv) actually had  problems of his own with a fan stalking him.'),
('198807',' The phone Peter Sellers uses in his bedroom is called a Ericofon,  made by L. M. Ericsson of Sweden. This is one of the very few  foreign phones allowed in the US at the time of filming by the then  telephone company, Bell Telephone, which held a monopoly on both  telephone service and telephone equipment in the US. Bell Telephone  felt so threatened by the unique European design (and possible mass  intrusion into "their" telephone network) that they designed the  "Trimline" phone as a countermeasure.'),
('198808',' Based on Hemingways semi'),
('198809','autobiographical Nick Adams stories, the  earliest of which appeared in the United States in "In Our Time"  (1925). These stories, along with his first novel "The Sun Also  Rises," are generally considered by literary critics such as Harold  Bloom to be the best expression of Hemingways genius.'),
('198810',' Jean Negulesco (qv) was originally hired as director. He was fired  during production and replaced by Richard Quine (qv).'),
('198811',' As an former student of the Royal Ballet School in London, a  20'),
('198812','year'),
('198813','old Nancy Kwan was discovered by producer Ray Stark after  the coveted role of Suzie Wong was up for grabs after  French'),
('198814','Vietnamese actress France Nuyen suffered a bout of chronic  laryngitis.'),
('198815',' This short ultimately launched the career of director  Kerry Conran (qv). It is also the inspiration for  _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)_ (qv).'),
('198816',' Originally completed in 1998, this short was not made available to  the public until it was included on the DVD for  _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)_ (qv) in 2005.'),
('198817',' Filmed entirely on bluescreen in Kerry Conran (qv)s apartment and  composited on his personal Macintosh computer, this six'),
('198818','minute short  took four years to complete.'),
('198819',' Available as a bonus supplement on the DVD for  _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)_ (qv).'),
('198820',' This short documentary can be found on the Scarface Platinum Edition  DVD.'),
('198821',' One of the mini'),
('198822','bosses of the Defias Brotherhood in Westfall is  named Benny Blaanco which refers to the gang leader of the same name  in the movie Carlitos Way.'),
('198823',' There is a lumberjack in Elwynn Forest named Terry Palin. Terry  Jones and Michael Palin were members of Monty Python who (among many  others) were famous for the Lumberjack Song.'),
('198824',' The three bankers in Stormwind are named Olivia, Newton and John  named after the 80s singer Olivia Newton'),
('198825','John (qv).'),
('198826',' Postmaster Malown drops the item "Malowns Slam" referring to NBA  star Karl The Mailman Malone.'),
('198827',' The item "Six Demon Bag" is a nod to John Carpenters Big Trouble in  Little China: sorcerer Egg Shens (Victor Wong) Six'),
('198828','Demon Bag has  the power to blast enemies with "wind, fire, all that kind of  thing!"'),
('198829',' The island off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh is called Alcaz, and  even contains a huge gate like prison. Referring of course to world  famous Alcatraz Island in San Francisco harbor.'),
('198830',' Sentinel Hill (the central militia base in Westfall) is also where  Yog'),
('198831','Sothoth is summoned in the H.P. Lovecraft story, The Dunwich  Horror.'),
('198832',' In the newest high'),
('198833','level'),
('198834','dungeon "Naxxramas", gamers could sometimes  spot a cat running through this dungeon called "Mr. Bigglesworth". A  clear pointer to Dr. Evils cat from the Austin Powers movies.'),
('198835',' In UnGoro Crater there are two brothers called Larion and Muigin  wearing plumbers clothing, a reference to the Nintendo characters  Mario and Luigi.'),
('198836',' In Tanaris and Booty bay, there are Goblin engineers named Lafhorg  and Scooty. An obvious reference to the Star Trek Chief Engineers  Geordi Laforge and Scotty.'),
('198837',' The consumable Red Speckled Mushrooms are a clear image of the  classic mushrooms in Mario. They even come with the same, small,  slit'),
('198838','like eyes on the stalk.'),
('198839',' The "Grand Master Engineer" in the Zangarmarsh zone is called "Mack  Diver" a very clear reference to MacGyver.'),
('198840',' In Stormwind, the cooking trainer is named Stephen Ryback and the  cooking supplier is named Erika Tate. This is a direct reference to  the movie "Under Siege" starring Steven Segal who played Casey  Ryback and Erika Eleniak who played Jordan Tate.'),
('198841',' In the dungeon Uldaman, located in Bad Lands, youll meet three  vikings called Erik, Baleog and Olaf. Its a reference to the three  vikings in the 1992 video'),
('198842','game The Lost Vikings.'),
('198843',' The Swamp of Sorrows is a reference to the Swamp of Sadness in the  fantasy film, The Neverending Story'),
('198844',' In the Lower City there are characters named Adam Eternium and Oric  Coe. This is a reference to He'),
('198845','Man of course Prince Adam of Eternia  and his sidekick Orko. This character also has his "Battle Tiger  instead of Battle Cat.'),
('198846',' In the entrance to the Mana Tombs, there is a shady dealer by the  name of "Slim". This is a reference to Eminem aka Slim Shady.'),
('198847',' One of the prizes for the Scarlet Monastery quest "Into the Scarlet  Monastery" is the Sword of Omen. This is referenced to Lion'),
('198848','os  Sword of Omens from Thundercats.'),
('198849',' Similarly to the Alliance battlemasters in the Lower City of  Shattrath, amongst the Horde battlemasters is Keldor the Lost, a  clear allusion to Skeletor, He'),
('198850','Mans arch'),
('198851','foe, whos original  human name was Keldor. He even comes complete with the purple  tinged skin and goat skull staff.'),
('198852',' Further into the Undercity, in the War Quarter, theres an honest to  God Fight Club where youll find two NPC fighters named Edward and  Tyler. This clearly references the film Fight Club.'),
('198853',' In the Badlands around the middle of the map is a semi'),
('198854','hidden crypt.  Enter the crypt and youll see a decomposed guy sitting on a throne  with a sword to his side. A clear allusion from the first Conan  film.'),
('198855',' While fighting your way through the Deadmines to get VanCleefs head  youll encounter a Goblin Shredder. Take it down and look at the  dashboard and youll see a familiar face: Kerrigan, The Zerg Queen  from Starcraft: Brood War. She appears to be the ruler of the  goblins as well. Other goblin shredders can be found in  Stranglethorn Vale and Gadgetzan.'),
('198856',' A further movie allusion comes from Star Wars. In the Shimmering  Flats, peek around a bit and youll find a goblin race team with a  very familiar looking vehicle '),
('198857',' Blizzards version of Sebulbas  podracer from Episode I. Do a little more exploring and youll also  find a wrecked podracer which smacked into a canyon walls.'),
('198858',' Outside of Auberdine in Darkshore, a dwarf could be found named  Glubber Bump. This is a reference to _Forrest Gump (1994)_ (qv),  when the shrimp company Forrest founds is called Bubba Gump. A quest  given by Glubber is called "Fruit of the Sea" and Glubber details  all the way you can cook crab. This is also from Forrest Gump when  Bubba details all the way you can cook shrimp.'),
('198859',' In UnGoro Crater there is a questgiver named Ringo who gives out a  quest called "With a Little Help From My Friends". "With A Little  Help From My Friends is a song by The Beatles (qv) and  Ringo Starr (qv) is a member of the Beatles'),
('198860',' In Sporaggar, Zangarmarsh, the Sporelings give a quest called "We  Want a Shrubery!!". This is an obvious reference to the film  _Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)_ (qv) in which the Knights  Who Say Ni demand a shrubbery from King Arthur.'),
('198861',' Amberstill Ranch is where level 40 and 60 dwarves get there ram  mounts. There is an actual Amberstill Ranch near San Diego,  California.'),
('198862',' In the expansion there is a quest called "The Kessel Run" a  reference to _Star Wars: Episode IV '),
('198863',' A New Hope (1977)_ (qv) and  the popular kessel run made by smugglers.'),
('198864',' In the expansion the griffin master in Blood Watch is named Laando  after Lando Calrissian in ?Star Wars?.'),
('198865',' In the expansion in the world?s end tavern in Shattrath City there  is Harris Pilton with her dog Tinkerbell. Refering to Hilton  millionaire Paris Hilton (qv) and her dog Tinkerbell.'),
('198866',' In The Barrens, there is a tombstone complete with a Spirit Healer,  known as The Shrine of the Fallen Warrior. This is a shrine  dedicated to Michael Koiter, a designer of World of Warcraft who  died during development due to heart failure.'),
('198867',' There is a goblin Zeppelin master named Hin Denburg, clearly  referencing the tragedy of the Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin that  exploded on its maiden voyage.'),
('198868',' In the Netherstorm area called Eco'),
('198869','Dome, there is a character called  Shauly Pore. This is a reference to Pauly Shore (qv) who starred  in the movie _Bio'),
('198870','Dome (1996)_ (qv).'),
('198871',' The set of Burt Munros garage/shack was formerly the site of a gang  headquarters in Invercargill, New Zealand.'),
('198872',' The actual street where the Post Office was set is called The  Crescent, and had 1960s phone booths and parking meters fitted for  the shoot. Local residents offered to move their parked cars to  allow more room for the production vans.'),
('198873',' The gangs motorcycles are Triumphs with one BSA and 1 AJS.'),
('198874',' Many of Burt Munros tools and props from his tool shed are kept for  posterity in a hardware store in Invercargill. These, as well as  small pieces of costume such as one of Munros ties on loan from his  son, were used by Anthony Hopkins (qv) to add to his characters  authenticity.'),
('198875',' Munros children visited the set one day, when, according to  director Roger Donaldson (qv), "Tony (Anthony Hopkins (qv)) was  having a particularly good Burt day". His performance was so  authentic that it moved them to tears.'),
('198876',' At a post'),
('198877','film question and answer session at the National Film  Theatre, London on 20 February 2006, director Roger Donaldson (qv)  said that four motorcycles were built for the shoot: two replica  Indian Scouts for detail shots made by the late motorcycle engineer  John Brittens firm and two modified Ducatis for the running shots.  He also said all four had difficulties on the salt flats breaking  down regularly although the Ducatis reached 150mph for some shots.  As for his own exploits, Donaldson admitted that the highest  motorcycle speed he achieved was 65mph.'),
('198878',' DIRTRADE(Roger Donaldson (qv)): Using a racing machine on a public  road. In this movie Anthony Hopkins/Burt Munroe tests the Indian on  a highway. In the opening sequence of Smash Palace, Bruno  Lawerence/Al Shaw is seen testing his Formula 5000 race car the same  way.'),
('198879',' Tim Shadbolt, who plays Frank in the movie was actually the Mayor of  Invercargill in real life and at the time of writing (April 2007)  still is.'),
('198880',' All of the Metropolis city shots (both day and night) are really  shots of Downtown Los Angeles (in Los Angeles, California).'),
('198881',' The line "Its just another building, Clark. A few more guards, a  few more locks." is taken from the comic "JLA: Truth and Justice" by  Paul Dini and Alex Ross.'),
('198882',' Produced to mark the 50th anniversary of Hollywood film production,  all actor salaries for this documentary were donated to the Motion  Picture Relief Fund.'),
('198883',' German'),
('198884','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('198885',' Rascal, The Worlds Ugliest Dog, owned by actor, Dane Andrew is the  Grandson of 7 time Guinness World Record holder "Chi Chi", and all  four dogs in Rascals dynasty have won 1'),
('198886','7 world titles.'),
('198887',' The worlds first feature'),
('198888','length drama photographed in color.'),
('198889',' To film the striking images of a deserted New York City, the cast  and crew had to start filming at dawn in order to capture the city  before the early morning rush. This gave them no more than an hour  or two per day in which to film the sequence.'),
('198890',' Ted V. Mikels Jr., the son of producer Ted V. Mikels (qv), appears  in the film as a guest at the birthday party wearing a yellow shirt.'),
('198891',' The Ma and Pa Rabinowitz Ranch Market in the film is a reference  to the parents of the director Herb Robins (qv). His parents also  make an appearance in the film sitting on chairs in front of the  store.'),
('198892',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Temper and Temperament (1914)_ (qv).'),
('198893',' Nearly all of the indoor scenes were shot inside the directors  home, including the "green screen" work with the taxi, with  Spaceman, and with the screenplay writers suicide scene. The  theatre scene with God was shot inside the Loft Theatre (the only  scene to use an alternate, uncredited, camera operator,  Robert Loomis (qv)).'),
('198894',' Premiered at The Screening Room in downtown Tucson, AZ.'),
('198895',' The radio segments you hear throughout the film were transmitted and  recorded on the spot through an actual radio broadcaster during one  of Brett Blumfields weeknight radio shows.'),
('198896',' There is no new footage contained in this video at all '),
('198897',' it is  merely highlights from the first three "Faces of Death" movies  edited together.'),
('198898',' Judy Farrells first film.'),
('198899',' This film was made as a silent in England early in 1929, with sound  being added late in the year before its opening in the United  States.'),
('198900',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives and is not listed for preservation.  for Preservation.'),
('198901',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Willie Becomes an Artist (1912)_ (qv).'),
('198902',' The production of this film was finished in just 18 days.'),
('198903',' The entire 80'),
('198904','minute film was shot with only 27 cuts.'),
('198905',' Klaus Kinski (qv) began filming this after having only a week'),
('198906','long  break after the completion of  _Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)_ (qv), also directed by  Werner Herzog (qv). Kinski exploited his exhaustion for his  character in this film.'),
('198907',' The black car featured in the movie was a real'),
('198908','life technological  wonder, the Dodge M4S. A joint effort of the Dodge Division of  Chrysler Motors and PPG Industries, one of the highly sophisticated  PPG Pace Cars for the PPG'),
('198909','CART Indy Car World Series. The M4S was  designed and constructed at an estimated cost of $1.5 million, and  featured performance and technology to match that lofty figure. The  innovative body design was developed in the Chrysler studios, while  PPG developed the finish'),
('198910','a special bronze pearl paint job  formulated just for this car. The M4S was powered by a Chrysler  2.2'),
('198911','liter four'),
('198912','cylinder one'),
('198913','of'),
('198914','a'),
('198915','kind engine that exceeded 194 mph.  According to Gary Hellerstein (qv), transportation coordinator for  this film, a total of seven versions of the M4S were needed for  filming. The original, on loan from Dodge, was used for close'),
('198916','ups  and details. Two more "drivers", consisting of perfectly detailed  bodies on dune buggy chassis, were used for stunt driving chores.  There were four "shells", empty bodies on bare, towable frames, that  were sacrificed in various crash scenes.'),
('198917',' While filming a chase sequence shot on a mountainside outside of  Tuscon, a crew member was killed and another was critically injured.'),
('198918',' Dedicated to the memory of Bruce Ingram (qv), who worked on the  film as an assistant cameraman.'),
('198919',' Packard Walsh drove a late'),
('198920','1970s Chevrolet Corvette with a custom  paint job and nose clip; Oggie drove a 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z;  Minty drove a 1977 Pontiac Firebird with a highly'),
('198921','visible (but  apparently non'),
('198922','functional) supercharger; Skank and Gutterboy drove a  beat'),
('198923','up 1966 Plymouth Barracuda; Rughead was driving a late'),
('198924','70s  Chevrolet pickup. The couple who are cheated out of their car in the  first race were driving a 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z (distinguished  by its pop'),
('198925','up headlights, unlike the exposed headlights of Oggies  1986 model). The police drove a variety of mid'),
('198926','1980s Plymouth  Caravelles and Gran Furys, as well as early'),
('198927','1980s Chevrolet  Malibus; Sheriff Loomis drove a "civilian" Plymouth Caravelle.'),
('198928',' Episode 6 of 7 of the "Seven Deadly Sins" series.'),
('198929',' This was Rita Hayworth (qv)s last completed movie. She had  difficulty remembering her lines. The crew believed it was because  of alcohol abuse, but only later did they realize they were seeing  the early stages of her Alzheimers condition.'),
('198930',' The part of Father Van Horne was offered to  Trevor Howard (I) (qv).'),
('198931',' Endorsed by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History.'),
('198932',' Originally released on VHS and 16mm film prints in 1988. Aired on  select PBS stations nationally. Remastered for DVD in 2005 with an  added behind the scenes featurette.'),
('198933',' Biograph production number 477.'),
('198934',' Biograph production number 707.'),
('198935',' Mighty Mouse has his familiar moniker for the first time in this  cartoon. He was Super Mouse for his first seven cartoons (although  any reference to that name is edited out of the TV versions).  Terry, Paul (I) (qv) changed the characters name so he wouldnt  be confused with another "Super Mouse" in a comic book (not, as some  believe, because Supermans copyright owners threatened to sue Terry  for infringement).'),
('198936',' Ironically, though, the other Super Mouse '),
('198937',' a creation of the Fox  Publishing House '),
('198938',' is now in the public domain himself.'),
('198939',' The task of bringing this novel to the screen was originally  assigned to writer Ernest Lehman (qv) and director  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv). Lehman eventually went to Hitchcock and  told him that he couldnt come up with anything. Hitchcock told him  not to worry about it, that theyd do something else. Lehman said,  "But what about MGM?" Hitchcock replied "We wont tell them." That  "something else" that they came up with was  _North by Northwest (1959)_ (qv).'),
('198940',' Average Shot Length = ~7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.3 seconds.'),
('198941',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('198942',' The film was made with extensive cooperation from the Southern  Railway (of England); many of their engines and locations are seen.'),
('198943',' The SR staged the climactic train wreck one Sunday near Herriard, on  their Basingstoke '),
('198944',' Alton branch line. The passenger cars seen are  old enough ones that they were gaslit; the gas cylinders were  emptied before the crash to avoid a fire hazard. The tracks were  cleared and repaired in time for service to resume on Monday  morning.'),
('198945',' The crash was filmed by 22 cameras, and some of the footage not used  in this film was incorporated into _Seven Sinners (1936)_ (qv)'),
('198946',' Nell Shipman (qv) (_The Silent Screen & My Talking Heart,_ p. 40)  claims that she sold a script of this title to Vitagraph in 1911.'),
('198947',' Columbia production number 8869.'),
('198948',' This was the final film in the Matt Helm series. Although plans were  afoot for a fifth film ("The Ravagers"), as well as a proposed  teaming with Frank Sinatra for "Matt Helm Meets Tony Rome", the poor  box'),
('198949','office showing of both "The Wrecking Crew" and Sinatras second  go round as Rome in "Lady In Cement" brought the Matt Helm series to  an end.'),
('198950',' Film debut (as an extra) of Chuck Norris (qv)'),
('198951',' This would be Eddie Guerreros final WrestleMania appearance before  his untimely passing on November 13, 2005. He had previously  appeared at WrestleMania 2000, WrestleMania X'),
('198952','Seven, WrestleMania  XIX, and WrestleMania XX before he would be inducted into the WWE  Hall of Fame Class of 2006.'),
('198953',' This is the first Pipers Pit segment at a WrestleMania since  WrestleMania V.'),
('198954',' The television advertisements for Wrestlemania 21 were parodies of  famous scenes from famous films because this Wrestlemania took place  in Los Angeles, California. The scenes were performed by the  wrestlers of the company. The films were  _Few Good Men, A (1992)_ (qv) (played by John Cena (qv), John  "Bradshaw" Layfield (John Layfield (qv)) and  Jonathan Coachman (qv)), _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv) (played by (in  order of appearance) Jon Heidenreich (qv), Batista  (Dave Batista (qv)), Shawn Michaels (V) (qv), Rey Mysterio  (Oscar Gutiérrez (III) (qv)), Shelton Benjamin (qv), The Basham  Brothers (Dan Hollie (qv) and Doug Basham (qv)), Big Show  (Paul Wight (I) (qv)), Candice (Candice Michelle (qv)), Carlito  (Carlos Colon Jr. (qv)), Tajiri (Yoshihiro Tajiri (qv)),  Orlando Jordan (qv), Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon (qv)), Snisky  (Gene Snitsky (qv)), Paul London (qv), Tazz  (Peter Senerchia (qv)), Hardcore Holly (Bob Howard (V) (qv)),  Molly Holly (Nora Greenwald (qv)) and Michael Cole (V) (qv)),  _Basic Instinct (1992)_ (qv) (played by Stacy Keibler (qv),  Chris Benoit (I) (qv), Christian (Jason Reso (qv)),  Chris Jericho (qv), The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison (qv))  and Mae Young (I) (qv)), _Forrest Gump (1994)_ (qv) (played by  Eugene (Nick Dinsmore (qv)) and William Regal  (Darren Matthews (II) (qv))), _Dirty Harry (1971)_ (qv) (played by  Undertaker (Mark Calaway (qv))),  _When Harry Met Sally... (1989)_ (qv) (played by  Christie Hemme (qv), Kurt Angle (qv) and Linda McMahon (qv)),  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) (played by Eddie Guerrero (qv)and  Booker T. (Booker Huffman (qv))) and _Braveheart (1995)_ (qv)  (played by Triple H (Paul Levesque (qv)) and Ric Flair (qv)).  Another parody that premiered on Wrestlemania night was  _Gladiator (2000)_ (qv), performed by "Stone Cold"  Steve Austin (IV) (qv).'),
('198955',' WrestleMania 22 marked the first WrestleMania not to feature the  winner of the Royal Rumble in the final match of the night since  WrestleMania XV in 1999.'),
('198956',' WrestleMania 22 marked the second WrestleMania at which Kurt Angle  lost a title (three titles in total) despite not being pinned or  made to submit.'),
('198957',' "The Hitman" Bret Hart (qv) did not appear at this Wrestlemania,  despite being one of the Hall of Fame inductees. He was  uncomfortable being at this event. His name was mentioned a few  times during the Pay Per View, and only footage from  _Survivor Series (1997) (V)_ (qv) was used during the McMahon vs  Michaels No Holds Barred match up.'),
('198958',' Just as the Shawn Michaels VS John Cena match is about to start, a  fan jumps the barrier and gets into the ring but is brought out by  the referees.'),
('198959',' Aretha Franklin performed "America the Beautiful" at the start of  the event, reprising her role from twenty years earlier at  WrestleMania III.'),
('198960',' Celebrity guests in attendance for WrestleMania 23 included:  Franklin, Trump and Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner (for the Hair vs. Hair  match), Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith, Miss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair,  Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera, members of the Detroit Tigers,  Thomas Hearns, and Detroit Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek.'),
('198961',' This was the fourth year in a row that the World Heavyweight  Championship has changed hands.'),
('198962',' The Undertakers win makes him the only wrestler in history to win  both the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Championship at  a WrestleMania.'),
('198963',' This is the fifth consecutive WrestleMania without an  Intercontinental Championship match.'),
('198964',' This was the first WrestleMania to use all white ring ropes.'),
('198965',' This was Chris Benoit (I) (qv)s final Wrestlemania appearance.'),
('198966',' Attendance was 80,103.'),
('198967',' When Hulk Hogan and Mr. T walk through the backstage area towards  the ring, Vince McMahon can be seen off to the side.'),
('198968',' This WrestleMania, so far, is the only WrestleMania not to feature a  match with the WWF/E Championship on the line.'),
('198969',' Greg Valentine becomes the first in a long line of Intercontinental  champions to retain his title at WrestleMania despite losing the  match.'),
('198970',' The first ever Wrestlemania.'),
('198971',' With the exception of Mr. T (qv), all in'),
('198972','ring performers for the  main event have been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.'),
('198973',' Bret Hart and Steve Austin would later confess that their match at  WrestleMania 13 was their personal favorite. Austin has stated many  times that his match with Bret helped make him the great WWE Legend  hes perceived to be, in various interviews.'),
('198974',' Continuing a trend started at WrestleMania XII, there were no real  guest celebrities at WM 13. Ken Shamrock could be considered a  celebrity as he had yet to debut as a wrestler for the WWF and was  more known as a UFC fighter. However, he was under WWF contract at  the time, and would debut within two months. The celebrities would  return at WrestleMania XIV.'),
('198975',' At this event, Bret Hart competed in his 12th consecutive  Wrestlemania. This number of appearances is tied with Hulk Hogan,  who has also appeared at 12 Wrestlemanias. However, Hogans  Wrestlemania appearances were not all consecutive, so Bret Hart  currently holds the record for number of consecutive Wrestlemania  appearances.'),
('198976',' This was Mr. Ts final WWF appearance as a competitor.'),
('198977',' This is, to date, the only WrestleMania event not to be held on a  Sunday (It was held on a Monday).'),
('198978',' Triple H became the third man (following Hulk Hogan and Diesel) and  the first heel to retain the WWF Title in the main event of  WrestleMania. He would duplicate this feat at WrestleMania XIX. In  all previous main events the heel lost his title, a face  successfully defended his title, or the title was not up for grabs.'),
('198979',' Gangrel was supposed to be in the hardcore battle royal but couldnt  compete due to injury.'),
('198980',' There were no standard one'),
('198981','on'),
('198982','one matches with normal rules in the  event.'),
('198983',' The Hardcore Title changed hands ten times in the hardcore battle  royal : Tazz pinned Crash after a suplex. (0:26) Viscera pinned Tazz  following a power slam. (0:59) Funaki pinned Viscera following a  flying shoulder block from Bradshaw. (7:14) Rodney pinned Funaki  after throwing him into an unused section of security fence  backstage. (8:10) Joey Abs pinned Rodney following a gut wrench  suplex. (8:24) Thrasher pinned Joey Abs after throwing him into a  closed garage door and hitting him with a short arm clothesline.  (8:44) Pete Gas pinned Thrasher after hitting him with a fire  extinguisher. (9:29) Tazz pinned Pete Gas following a T'),
('198984','bone suplex.  (10:15) Crash pinned Tazz after hitting him with a cookie sheet.  (14:19) Hardcore pinned Crash after hitting him with a candy jar,  and left the match as champion. (14:58)'),
('198985',' Though this event was chronologically Wrestlemania 16, it is never  referred to by number throughout the broadcast by commentary,  interviews, or logos. It is the only Wrestlemania which holds that  distinction.'),
('198986',' Aretha Franklin sang "America, The Beautiful" to start the show.'),
('198987',' Bobby "The Brain" Heenan was so sure Andre the Giant (whom he  managed at the time) was going to beat Hulk Hogan for the WWF World  Heavyweight Championship that he demanded to have a new world  heavyweight title belt made that would fit Andres waist. A belt was  made (which accordingly cost $37,000 to make), and it was shown off  a few times before Wrestlemania 3. That night, Hogan beat Andre to  retain the title, so Andre never wore the new belt, and it was never  shown again.'),
('198988',' Andre the Giant lost his first match in over 15 years on this night.'),
('198989',' Although the match was billed as their first meeting, Andre The  Giant and Hulk Hogan had faced off at Showdown at the Stadium, and  had numerous matches in Japan.'),
('198990',' During the WrestleMania 2000 opening show entitled WrestleMania All  Day Long, which went through the history of all of the previous  WrestleManias, Vince McMahon claimed that as he was about announce  "Welcome to WrestleMania III!" he felt the spirit of his father  Vincent J. McMahon who had passed away three years earlier.'),
('198991',' Aretha Franklin (qv) was stuck in traffic moments before  WrestleMania III went on the air. Breaking free of the traffic jam,  she rushed to the Pontiac Silverdome and performed "America the  Beautiful" without a sound check.'),
('198992',' Though Andre was billed as 530 pounds at this time, he was actually  close to 700 pounds, which made it hard for Hogan to body slam him.'),
('198993',' Set an indoor attendance record of 93,173.'),
('198994',' This was the first WrestleMania not to feature Hulk Hogan in the  final match of the evening or as champion.'),
('198995',' This WrestleMania featured 16 matches, making it the WrestleMania  with the most matches.'),
('198996',' Due to the length of the event, this was the only WrestleMania to  appear on two VHS video cassette tapes.'),
('198997',' The second WrestleMania to have a disqualification or count'),
('198998','out  ending to a title match. The Honky Tonk Man became the second man to  retain the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania despite losing the  match, and the first to do so by disqualification (Greg Valentine  was counted out at WrestleMania 1).'),
('198999',' The first outdoor Wrestlemania.'),
('199000',' This was the only WrestleMania to feature either of The Steiner  Brothers. They went back to WCW in 1994. After he came back to WWE  in 2003, Scott was injured when WrestleMania XIX and WrestleMania XX  took place.'),
('199001',' Shawn Michaels was able to return to the ring quicker than a ten  count in the closing moments of the match; a mistake. To improvise,  Michaels tripped referee Joey Marella and dragged him outside the  ring to warrant a disqualification instead. However, Howard Finkel  still mistakenly announces Tatanka victorious via a count'),
('199002','out.'),
('199003',' Jim Ross made his WWF debut at this event.'),
('199004',' There is speculation that Hulk Hogan had blackmailed Vince McMahon  to change the outcome of the main event and have him capture the  title in an impromptu match with Yokozuna. McMahon agreed, but only  if Hogan would drop the title at SummerSlam 1993 back to Bret Hart.  This never happened though, as Hogan dropped the title back to  Yokozuna at the WWF King of the Ring PPV instead believing Hart not  to be in his league and then left for WCW the next year. In  compensation, the WWF booked Hart to win the King of the Ring  tournament.'),
('199005',' Bob Backlund made his WrestleMania debut here.'),
('199006',' The Ultimate Warrior nearly seriously injured Bobby Heenan when he  gorilla pressed him. Warrior did not bother to drop Heenan safely,  instead simply letting him crash to the mat. Heenan made reference  to the incident on the WWE produced DVD The Self'),
('199007','Destruction of the  Ultimate Warrior.'),
('199008',' The Blue Blazer was played by Owen Hart, making his debut at this  show.'),
('199009',' Shawn Michaels made his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania V as part  of the tag team "The Rockers."'),
('199010',' Diamond Dallas Page (qv)s WWF debut, as the driver of  Roy Farris (qv) (aka The Honky Tonk Man) pink Cadillac. The Honky  Tonks Man real name is actually Ken Wayne Ferris, and both he and  Greg Valentine were driven in the Cadillac in this match (as the tag  team Rhythm and Blues)'),
('199011',' A teenage Adam Copeland (better known today as Edge) appeared at  Wrestlemania VI as part of the audience, cheering for Hulk Hogan. He  sat twelfth row ringside and proudly wore a "Hulk Rules" T Shirt.  Twelve years later, at WrestleMania X8, he would be at The SkyDome  wrestling Booker T in a match.'),
('199012',' At the time set a Skydome attendance record of 67,678. This record  was eclipsed twelve years later at Wrestlemania X8 with an  attendance of 68,237.'),
('199013',' WrestleMania VI was the last WrestleMania that Gorilla Monsoon and  Jesse Ventura hosted together, as Ventura left the WWF after the  event. Monsoon and Ventura had commentated every WrestleMania up  until that point (excluding WrestleMania 2, where Monsoon  commentated from Chicago and Ventura from Los Angeles).'),
('199014',' Demolition won the WWF Tag Team championship for the third time,  thus becoming the second tag team in history to win the championship  three times. The record would stand solid until 1998 when The New  Age Outlaws won the WWF Tag Team Championship four times that year.  The Quebecers and the Smoking Gunns both became 3'),
('199015','time World Tag  Team Champions before 1998.'),
('199016',' The event took place just before the end of the Persian Gulf war.  The event was moved from Olympic Stadium to the Los Angeles Sports  Arena because of slow ticket sales. Vince McMahon (qv) made up a  story that a sniper might try and take out Sgt. Slaughter (qv),  who was, at the time, playing an Iraqi sympathizer.'),
('199017',' This Wrestlemania was supposed to take place at Los Angeles Memorial  Coliseum, but a combination of slow ticket sales (despite starting  the sale for them a year in advance) and safety concerns due to the  Gulf War forced it to be moved to the Los Angeles Sports Arena.'),
('199018',' Hulk Hogan "bled" for the first time in years here.'),
('199019',' Randy Savage "reunited" with Elizabeth after his match and made  marriage plans with her shortly after. In reality, he had been  married to Elizabeth for seven years up to this point and divorced  her a year later.'),
('199020',' During the opening moments of the Tag Team Championship match with  the Hart Foundation and the Nasty Boys, a very young Macaulay Culkin  appears in the audience, however, he is not immediately recognized  by commentator Gorilla Monsoon. A few seconds later, Monsoon does  quip of Culkin, "He doesnt want to be home alone with the Nasty  Boys!"'),
('199021',' The national anthem was sung by McEntire, Reba (qv).'),
('199022',' The finish to the Justice'),
('199023','Hogan match actually did not occur as  planned. The original plan was for Hogan to hit the leg drop on  Justice and for Papa Shango to do a run in and break up the pin  causing a disqualification. However, Papa Shango missed his cue and  was late in getting down to the ring. Justice improvised by kicking  out of the leg drop. From there, Earl Hebner would disqualify  Justice when his manager, Harvey Wippleman, interfered.'),
('199024',' This would be Jake "The Snake" Roberts last WWF appearance in four  years.'),
('199025',' It was widely rumored that the main event of this show was scheduled  to be Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan in a WWF Title "dream match" which  had been built up for months. Supposedly the plan was changed when  news broke of Hogans departure, or perhaps because of an  unwillingness on Hogans part to lose to Flair (though the fact that  Flair lost the title to Randy Savage anyway puts this in question).  A Flair'),
('199026','Hogan main event was initially announced on WWF television,  but only by way of planting the seeds for Sid Justices heel turn  which led to the eventual Hogan'),
('199027','Justice main event.'),
('199028',' This featured the WrestleMania debut of Skinner, Tatanka, Sid  Justice, and Ric Flair.'),
('199029',' The WWF title and Intercontinental title matches also share  something that was highly taboo in the WWF at the time: the  appearance of blood in the contest. Speculation was that Bret Hart  was able to convince the backstage crew that he had been  accidentally "busted open," but Ric Flair was unfortunately caught  blading directly on camera and was fined several thousand dollars.'),
('199030',' If one watches carefully, it is obvious that Little Richard is  lip'),
('199031','singing "America the Beautiful" during the opening ceremony.'),
('199032',' Bret and Owen Hart originally planned to put on a match akin to the  Randy Savage/Ricky Steamboat match from WrestleMania III (with  numerous pin'),
('199033','fall attempts and reverses); when they attempted to put  on a match of that kind at house shows, however, audiences did not  respond as well as they may have hoped. To combat this, they went to  their father, Stu Hart, for guidance and put together the basic  match outline mere hours before WrestleMania X began.'),
('199034',' Bret Hart says in Wrestling With Shadows that it was Randy Savages  idea to have all the good guys in the locker room to come out,  congratulate and celebrate Bret Harts WWF title win.'),
('199035',' A 10'),
('199036','man tag match was arranged for this event featuring the 1'),
('199037','2'),
('199038','3  Kid, Sparky Plugg, Tatanka and The Smoking Gunns vs. Irwin R.  Schyster, Jeff Jarrett, Rick Martel and The Headshrinkers; due to  the ladder match running longer than expected, however, the match  had to be postponed. This was explained on'),
('199039','screen by a backstage  scene where the latter team couldnt agree who would be team  captain. The contest was held on the following episode of Monday  Night RAW, where I.R.S. pinned The 1'),
('199040','2'),
('199041','3 Kid for the victory.'),
('199042',' This was the final WrestleMania appearance of Randy Savage who went  to WCW shortly after.'),
('199043',' The only competitor at the event that competed at the last  WrestleMania in Toronto was Hulk Hogan (qv). He lost both matches,  and both were his only WrestleMania pinfall losses. No commentators,  valets or managers appeared at both events. The only other talents  to appear on camera at both are Diamond Dallas Page (qv), who  drove a pink Cadillac at VI and defeated Christian (VI) (qv) at  X8, ring announcer Howard Finkel (qv), and referee  Earl Hebner (qv).'),
('199044',' Only 2 WrestleManias (VI and X8) have occurred outside of the United  States. Both were held at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario.'),
('199045',' Ric Flair (qv)s only other WrestleMania appearance was at VIII  against Randy Savage (qv). He lost that match as well.'),
('199046',' Hulk Hogan (qv) competed in nine WrestleManias prior to this one,  and this one occurred nine years after his last, which was  WrestleMania IX (9).'),
('199047',' For the second WrestleMania in a row, Paul Michael Levesque (aka  Triple H) had his theme music played by a live band. At X'),
('199048','Seven it  was Motörhead (qv) and at X8 it was Drowning Pool'),
('199049',' This is the final WrestleMania held by the World Wrestling  Federation. "Wrestlemania XIX" (2003) would be held under the new  World Wrestling Entertainment banner.'),
('199050',' The fan that Ric Flair attacked during the angle leading to the  match was actually Paul London.'),
('199051',' This Wrestlemania set an all'),
('199052','time attendance record for any event at  the SkyDome, with a crowd of 68,237. It eclipsed Wrestlemania VIs  attendance record of 67,678.'),
('199053',' During Eddie Guerreros match with Test, Eddie attempted to throw  Test over the top rope, but Tests leg accidentally got caught  between the top and second ropes. Eddie had no choice but to try and  help the referee free Test from the ropes.'),
('199054',' After the Iron Sheik claimed he could not take any bumps due to a  bad back, he was booked to win the Gimmick Battle Royal, marking his  first WrestleMania win in nearly 15 years.'),
('199055',' Bobby "The Brain" Heenan called his first WrestleMania Match in 8  years alongside "Mean" Gene Okerlund.'),
('199056',' Corporal Kirchner was originally supposed to be in the Gimmick  Battle Royal(which was originally supposed to have been an April  Fools joke). One Man Gang was supposed to compete as Akeem in the  Gimmick Battle Royal, but he had lost a lot of weight and could no  longer fit into the Akeem costume.'),
('199057',' This event ended the gimmick known as Right To Censor as Val Venis,  Bull Buchanan and The Godfather left the WWE for a year to go  rehabilitate.'),
('199058',' This event had well over 1,000,000 PPV Buys, making it the most  watched PPV in professional wrestling history which is fitting  seeing as it is widely regarded as the greatest WrestleMania of all  time.'),
('199059',' This event set an all time Reliant Astrodome attendance record of  67,925.'),
('199060',' Due to a production foul'),
('199061','up, one of the WrestleMania ring aprons did  not get shipped to the Hartford Civic Center. As a result, the  standard blue "WWF logo" ring apron had to be used on the blind'),
('199062','side  of the camera. (It is visible most notably when Shawn Michaels leads  Jenny McCarthy around the ring.)'),
('199063',' Bret Hart considers the "I Quit" Match he had with Bob Backlund to  be his worst match ever.'),
('199064',' The Hollywood Backlot Brawl originally was scheduled for Razor Ramon  against Goldust for the WWF Intercontinental Title, but the match  was changed due to backstage issues with Scott Hall (Ramon) signing  a contract with WCW. Hall would return at next months "In Your  House" Pay'),
('199065','Per'),
('199066','View and do "the job" to Vader on his way out.'),
('199067',' Portions of the Hollywood Backlot Brawl used stock footage of the  LAPD Freeway Chase involving O. J. Simpson.'),
('199068',' This was the Ultimate Warriors first WrestleMania appearance in  four years, his first WWF match in nearly four years, and his last  WrestleMania appearance overall.'),
('199069',' After Shawn Michaels title victory, it was claimed by several  sources that Michaels told referee Earl Hebner to kick his manager,  Jose Lothario, and Bret Hart out of the ring so he could have his  "moment." Bret Hart later claimed in his 2005 DVD that Shawn  actually told Bret to "Get the !!!! out of my ring '),
('199070',' its my  moment."'),
('199071',' It is rumored that prior to the Ultimate Warriors return, Warrior  insisted that he defeat Triple H in minutes and even kick out of his  finisher. WWF Management butted heads with the Warrior until Triple  H surprisingly accepted and allowed the Warrior to destroy him in  mere minutes at the show.'),
('199072',' WrestleMania XII logo is a parody of the 20th Century Fox logo'),
('199073',' Shawn Michaels wrestled the main event with a serious back injury.  This was his last wrestling match for over four years.'),
('199074',' The referees that Ken Shamrock took out after his match were not  real referees, but rather, local independent wrestlers in referee  outfits. After SummerSlam 1997 (in which Shamrock did the same  thing), it was decided not to put the real referees in danger like  that again.'),
('199075',' WrestleMania XIV would be the last WrestleMania appearance for the  classic version of Legion of Doom.'),
('199076',' WrestleMania XIV was the first WWF show where The Rock said his now  famous catchphrase "Smell what the Rock is cooking?" during an  interview with Gennifer Flowers. He looked at Gennifer and said "If  you smell what Im cooking" It would morph into his famous catch  phrase from there.'),
('199077',' WWF legend Tito Santana can briefly be seen (and recognized by a  caption) as one of the Spanish commentators.'),
('199078',' Brock Lesnar received a concussion during his match with Kurt Angle  after a botched Shooting star press which resulted in Lesnar landing  on his face. This incident is responsible for the term to Brock.'),
('199079',' Kurt Angle had been diagnosed with a heavily injured neck before the  show and many thought that if a mistake were made in the ring, Kurt  may wind up paralyzed. During their match, Brock Lesnar was  extra'),
('199080','careful with the injured Kurt. Many told Kurt not to wrestle,  but Kurt insisted on putting on a show in the Main Event. After the  match, Kurt Angle was hospitalized and spent the next three months  out of action. Angle returned in July and recaptured the WWE  Championship from Brock Lesnar in a Triple Threat Match.'),
('199081',' The Sunday Night HEAT match was originally supposed to take place on  the actual pay'),
('199082','per'),
('199083','view, but was pushed to the free show due to  timing conflicts. This was a controversial move, as Kane and Rob Van  Dam were and are considered two of the companys most popular stars.'),
('199084',' The Undertakers match was originally supposed to be a tag team  match pitting him and Nathan Jones against A'),
('199085','Train and Big Show.  However, disappointment in Jones matches prior to the event lead to  his removal from the WrestleMania event. The reason was the Full  Blooded Italians along with Big Show and A'),
('199086','Train attacked him along  after luring him into an ambush. He did do a run'),
('199087','in during the match  itself, however.'),
('199088',' Chris Jericho says his favorite WrestleMania match was his match at  WrestleMania XIX.'),
('199089',' This was the final match of Stone Cold Steve Austin, although he  remained in the company as the co'),
('199090','general manager of Raw.'),
('199091',' Rowdy Roddy Piper returns to the WWE for the first time in seven  years. His last appearance was at Wrestlemania XII on March 31, 1996  in a Hollywood Backlot Brawl against Goldust.'),
('199092',' Goldberg makes his WWE debut the night after this event and stays  with the company for 1 year, his final match being at Wrestlemania  XX.'),
('199093',' Had an attendance of 54,097'),
('199094',' Earl Hebner had no idea that Steve Austin would call him back into  the ring to help him celebrate. Just before Austin goes to leave, he  quickly dashes back into the ring and tugs on Earls shirt, inviting  him back in.'),
('199095',' WrestleMania XV marked the final WrestleMania appearances for  Gorilla Monsoon and Owen Hart, both of whom would ultimately pass  away in 1999.'),
('199096',' Michael Cole was advertising WWF products during this pay'),
('199097','per'),
('199098','view  on one of its commercials between matches. He mentioned merchandise  of both The Rock and the "New Champion" (Steve Austin) before the  match even took place. It is unclear if this was edited out from  later VHS and DVD releases, since this was heard during the live  feed when at the time of the event took place.'),
('199099',' This was The Undertakers last WrestleMania as "The Phenom" until  this gimmick returned at WrestleMania XX. He was injured during the  fall of 1999 and he appeared under his biker gimmick from  WrestleMania X'),
('199100','Seven up to WrestleMania XIX.'),
('199101',' Steve Austin won the WWF Championship from The Rock, making him the  first man to win the title at two consecutive WrestleMania events.'),
('199102',' The bulk of the cast is made up of wrestlers from the  Minniapolis'),
('199103','based American Wrestling Association, which was owned by  the films producer, Verne Gagne (qv).'),
('199104',' The list of wrestlers Frank gives who have died in the ring are all  real, and they all did die either while wrestling or from injuries  sustained in a match.'),
('199105',' The promoters that Frank meets with regarding the "Super Bowl" are  the real promoters of the National Wrestling Alliance, including WWF  founder Vince McMahon Sr. (qv).'),
('199106',' In addition to having real professional wrestlers playing the  wrestlers in the film, "The Mobster" was played by professional  wrestler Sammy Menacker (qv). He was formerly known as "Slammin  Sam Menacker." By the time this film was made, Menacker had retired  from the ring but was still in the business as a host/commentator.'),
('199107',' First Indian film by an Indian director.'),
('199108',' An experimental film, never released to the public. Selected frames  were published in the journal The Phonogram in 1892.'),
('199109',' Among a group of four Edison films that were the first to be  photographed in 35mm.'),
('199110',' Among the first group of motion pictures to be exhibited  commercially in the world, when the Holland Bros. Kinetoscope  Parlor opened on Broadway in New York City on 14 April 1894.'),
('199111',' The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, at its fifth annual  awards ceremony in 1932, inaugurated awards for Short Subjects in  three categories: Cartoon, Comedy and Novelty. When  Mack Sennett (qv) found out that this film had lost the Novelty  Oscar to MGMs _Swing High (1932)_ (qv) by only three votes, he  protested, since under the Academys rules then in effect, a  three'),
('199112','vote spread was considered a tie. The Academy Executive  Secretary ordered a new vote by the entire membership, and Sennetts  film was declared the winner.'),
('199113',' Second entry in Mack Sennett (qv)s one'),
('199114','reel series, "Cannibals of  the Deep".'),
('199115',' This film was influenced by Franz Fanons text, Black Skin White  Masks. Principle photography took place in Grapefruit Moon (cafe) in  Toronto.'),
('199116',' Premiered at the first annual WILDsound Film Festival in January  2007. Filmmaker was in attendance.'),
('199117',' Originally created for Channel 101 and ran for 6 months on the  network opposite shows starring Jack Black, Sarah Silverman, and  Donny Most.'),
('199118',' There is a total of 4 Episodes. Episode I: Fight or Flight, Episode  II: Chinese Takeout, Episode III: Zombies from the Bermuda Triangle,  and Episode IV: Revenge of Mr. Wright.'),
('199119',' Largest Filipino cast ever assembled for a mainstream American  movie. Many of these actors and actresses are considered legends in  their home country.'),
('199120',' Shea Whigham (qv)s character (Eugene) is based on  Eugene Hutz (I) (qv), front man of the band Gogol Bordello and  friend of director Goran Dukic (qv).'),
('199121',' At the 2006 MIPTV festival in Cannes, 186 Media won one of the  categories of the BBC Content 360 Awards, to develop The Write Kit  for mobile phones.'),
('199122',' The movie takes place on a train. The set was built across the  street from a busy commuter train line. A great post'),
('199123','production  challenge was removing all of the extraneous train noises from the  audio track, while adding back in the desired sounds.'),
('199124',' PA Roman Montes had to rock a lever to make the spring'),
('199125','mounted set  move whenever the train was supposed to be in motion.'),
('199126',' Anthony Verge (qv) wrote the film aboard an Amtrak train, when he  was traveling to Denver on vacation.'),
('199127',' The exterior of the pub is the bar built for the TV series  _"Dawsons Creek" (1998)_ (qv) while the interior is the bar used in  _Super Mario Bros. (1993)_ (qv) along with many others.'),
('199128',' Tenth episode in the Girl Detective 2'),
('199129','reel series.'),
('199130',' This featurette is included on the DVD for _Stay (2005/I)_ (qv).'),
('199131',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('199132',' Title song is sung by The Four Aces (qv). The song is featured  very prominently, and the group is fully credited.'),
('199133',' The movie was rumored to be based on the death of tobacco heir  Zachary "Smith" Reynolds. The youngest son of tobacco magnate R.J.  Reynolds, the 20'),
('199134','year old playboy had a complete disinterest in the  family business, an inexhaustible allowance and a volatile temper.  Smith owned a plane and literally stalked Broadway musical comedy  star Libby Holman until the 27'),
('199135','year old singer married him in 1931.  Their marriage was a clash of wills and during an alcohol'),
('199136','fueled  July 4th holiday party in 1932 at the familys estate, Libby  announced she was pregnant. Stories differ, but there was reportedly  a tense confrontation, a gunshot and the young Smith was dead. Libby  and Ab Walker, a close friend of Smiths who was whispered to be her  lover, were indicted for murder. Fearing scandal over their sons  activities, the intensely private Reynolds family pressed  authorities to drop the charges. The death was officially ruled a  suicide.'),
('199137',' Won the Aprile award in Milano Film Fest 2005'),
('199138',' Director Leo McCarey got the inspiration for the movies plot while  sitting in his dentists chair and seeing a copy of the famous "Blue  Boy" painting on the dentists wall.'),
('199139',' When Richardson, Ralph (qv) was offered the part of Joseph  Finsbury, he was finishing work on _Doctor Zhivago (1965)_ (qv).  Richardson wrote to director Forbes, Bryan (qv) from the location  in Spain and asked if he could wear the same jacket he had worn as  Alexander in Zhivago. Forbes agreed, and Richardson did so.'),
('199140',' Patrick Cargill (qv) was cut out of this film'),
('199141',' Peter Cooks wife, Wendy was nine months pregnant when filming  began. Director Bryan Forbes promised Peter and Wendy that he will  let him leave the set as soon as Wendy goes into labor. He kept his  word and Peter made it to the hospital just in time for the birth of  his daughter. Bryan Forbes, Dudley Moore, Michael Caine, and Peter  Sellers filled his dressing room with flowers and champagne in  celebration of the birth of Peter Cooks daughter Daisy when he  returned to work.'),
('199142',' Jon Heders first movie'),
('199143',' Policemen #1'),
('199144','5 in the credits are the Canadian rock band "Barenaked  Ladies".'),
('199145',' Dave Foley planned to direct the movie, but had to step down when  his role on _"NewsRadio" (1995)_ (qv) kept him busy.'),
('199146',' DIRCAMEO(David Steinberg (I) (qv)): Outpatient'),
('199147',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Waiters Strategy, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('199148',' Although based on a true story, Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)  deliberately left out some of the information that pointed to  Mannys innocence to heighten the tension.'),
('199149',' The "right" man (the real culprit) can be seen several times during  the film: outside the Stork Club, in the Victor Moore Arcade and  near one of the liquor stores where the police take Manny.'),
('199150',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) filmed one of his usual cameos, standing  in a restaurant as Manny sits, but decided on using a narrated  prologue instead.'),
('199151',' The Victor Moore Arcade was torn down in the late 1990s as part of a  project to build a new transport hub.'),
('199152',' DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)): narrating the films  prologue. The only time he actually spoke in any of his films.'),
('199153',' Visa dexploitation en France # 19275.'),
('199154',' When Manny (Henry Fonda (qv)) is taken to prison was filmed in a  real prison...as he is led to his cell , you can hear one of the  inmates shout, "Whatd they get ya for, Henry?" and several of the  other prisoners laughing.'),
('199155',' This was the first film in the 36'),
('199156','hour Final Cut Film Festival to  span both US coasts and an airliner.'),
('199157',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Queer Folks (1911)_ (qv).'),
('199158',' While filming, cast and crew lived communally in a disused  Aboriginal Hostel in Adelaide, South Australia.'),
('199159',' The film was originally intended to be a very low'),
('199160','budget 40'),
('199161','50  minute short feature shot on 16mm.'),
('199162',' The female lead character, Jesse Burlingame, was named after the  heroine in Stephen King (I) (qv)s novel, "Geralds Game".'),
('199163',' In the scene when the four are running from the cabin after awaking  the mountain men, Desmond Harrington (qv) broke his right ankle  after landing on the opposite side of a log. This made it very  difficult to shoot some of the scenes after his left leg is "shot"  and he has to limp on his right leg.'),
('199164',' The promotion for this film was minimal due to the MPAA deeming the  majority of TV Spots and Trailers "Too Intense" for the viewers.  Even the commercials that were shown, were heavily trimmed.'),
('199165',' During one of the last scenes in the movie, Eliza Dushku (qv)  actually set actor Julian Richings (qv) (Three Finger) on fire.'),
('199166',' Eliza Dushku (qv) did a lot of her own stunts for the movie.'),
('199167',' Throughout the film, Eliza Dushku (qv) is wearing a White shirt  with the Albanian two'),
('199168','headed eagle emblem.'),
('199169',' Several of the cast and crew were covered in poison ivy throughout  the filming of the movie, this was due to the chairs being placed in  what was first thought to be a group of weeds only later to be  discovered as a batch of poison oak.'),
('199170',' Emmanuelle Chriqui (qv) dislocated her shoulder performing her  fall through the trees. You can hear her shoulder pop on the  production track in the theatrical sound mix.'),
('199171',' As written in the original script, the characters were in their late  20s. However, they were made younger in order for the film to appeal  to younger audiences.'),
('199172',' Written by Russian writer, Nalalie Zhivolup, the movie made its way  to the screen despite the complications of having key production  players in both Russia and the United States.'),
('199173',' The original script involved the two surviving characters of the  first movie returning. This idea was later scraped when they decided  to make a DTV sequel entry.'),
('199174',' Henry Rollins (qv) was the first official cast member announced.'),
('199175',' Director Joe Lynch (V) (qv) originally wanted to have more inbred  characters in the film, but was unable to because there were already  too many characters to service in the film.'),
('199176',' Shot in only 25 days.'),
('199177',' Director Joe Lynch (V) (qv) edited his own teaser trailer in March  of 2007 with music from composer Bear McCreary (qv) and released  it exclusively to DreadCentral.com after being disappointed with the  first teaser FOX released a month before.'),
('199178',' Erica Leerhsen (qv) did a lot of her own stunts in the movie.'),
('199179',' A nitrate print of this Film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('199180',' Most of the character names are the names of cities in Minnesota.  Writer Pat Proft (qv) is from Minnesota.'),
('199181',' In the hospital, a voice pages "Dr. Kimble". This was  Harrison Ford (I) (qv)s wrongfully accused character in  _Fugitive, The (1993)_ (qv). The TV news reader is also named  Kimble.'),
('199182',' In the hospital scene, the intercom pages "Dr. Benton, Dr. Carter,  Dr. Greene, Dr. Weaver, and Dr. Ross", all doctors on the NBC drama  _"ER" (1994)_ (qv).'),
('199183',' The Scottish soldiers that can be seen in the scene welcoming the  "UN Guy" were actually Canadian soldiers. They were a special drill  team from the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, based in Vancouver,  British Columbia, Canada.'),
('199184',' Leslie Nielsen actually appeared in a few of the television episodes  of "The Fugitive," which, of course, inspired the Harrison Ford  movie, which this film parodies...'),
('199185',' Richard Crennas final appearance in a theatrical film.'),
('199186',' The other director is unknown.'),
('199187',' When Fu, Sheng (qv) was killed in car crash during filming script  was rewritten to make Yang No. 5 the hero.'),
('199188',' The "snake" role was originally intended for a woman.'),
('199189',' This movie is based on the television series known as "The 5 Tigers"  which aired on TVB and starred Tony Leung Chiu Wai (qv),  Felix Wong (qv), Kiu Wai Miu (qv), Andy Lau (qv), and  Ken Tong (qv) in the 80s as the five tigers.'),
('199190',' This is the most expensive film in Chinese history with a budget of  282,572,490 Yuan ($35 Million).'),
('199191',' When this movies North American distributions were under contracts  of Weinstein Company, it was titled "Master of the Crimson Armor"  for American appeal. But since they were given to Warner Independent  Pictures, they used the English title used in most countries called  "The Promise".'),
('199192',' The literal English translation of the Chinese title is "Without  Limits".'),
('199193',' It is Chinas official choice for the 2005 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('199194',' The Weinstein Co. has handed back distribution rights for all major  English speaking countries to its producers, China Film Group Corp.  and Moonstone Entertainment. Reportedly, the producers of the film,  including director Kaige Chen (qv), demanded a wider released in  the US and the Weinstein Co. was only willing to give it a limited  exposure. Warner Independent then picked up the rights and as a  result the films title was changed back from "Master of the Crimson  Armor" to "The Promise", the English title used in most countries.'),
('199195',' The movie poster on the wall is "Zai Qi Dai Zhi Zhong", which is the  exact literal Chinese translation of the English title "In  Expectation".'),
('199196',' Peter Lohmeyer (qv) (Richard Lubanski) is the real'),
('199197','life'),
('199198','father of  Louis Klamroth (qv) (Matthias Lubanski).'),
('199199',' The actors playing the German football'),
('199200','team are football players in  real life, too.'),
('199201',' Andreas "Obel" Obering, who plays radio'),
('199202','reporter Herbert Zimmermann,  was a member of the German comedy'),
('199203','duo "Till and Obel".'),
('199204',' Director Sönke Wortmann played football himself in the second  football'),
('199205','league in germany for SpVgg Erkenschwick and Westfalia  Herne.'),
('199206',' After a private sneak preview in August 2003, director  Sönke Wortmann (qv) and Rudi Völler (qv), coach of the German  national soccer team in 2003, discussed alluring Helmut Rahn (former  goalgetter and scorer of the important last goal in Bern), who lived  reclusively, to the official premiere of the movie. Rahn died the  same night.'),
('199207',' The man who introduces the new shoes (with screw'),
('199208','on spikes) to the  coach is initially referred as "Adi". Later, his last name is  revealed as "Dassler". He was the founder of Adidas, the sports wear  company.'),
('199209',' While the Lubanski family part of the story is completely fictional,  many historic details related to soccer (letters, game results,  three players stealing away from training camp, on'),
('199210','the'),
('199211','spot'),
('199212','reports,  Adi Dassler etc.) are historical accurate.'),
('199213',' Sönke Wortmann (qv) wanted to invite the real Helmut Rahn (qv)  to the movies premiere, but learned that he had died the same day.'),
('199214',' Had the record audience for a German TV film.'),
('199215',' During its scripting stage Wushu was selected by the 2006 Taipei  TV & Film Festival (23'),
('199216','25 Nov 2006) for presenting to financiers and  co'),
('199217','production.'),
('199218',' In March 2007 the Wushu feature film proposal was officially  endorsed by Mr. Zhang Haifeng, Director General of the State General  Administration of Sport '),
('199219',' Chinas top governing body of all  competitive sports and national competitors in the country.'),
('199220',' The broadcasting network ARD originally planned to show the movie in  its prime time slot, but postponed it due to the explosive plot. As  the decision was considered cowardly in the public, it caused a  heavy controversy (September 2006).'),
('199221',' The Bronte Parsonage Museum in England is trying to find a copy of  this rare film. It is believed to be the first film adaptation of a  Bronte novel, and it starred some of the UKs most popular actors of  the time.'),
('199222',' It covers the entire novel, whereas most modern productions end  half'),
('199223','way through the book. It was shot on location around the Bronte  family home in Haworth, West Yorkshire.'),
('199224',' Four actors played Heathcliff at different ages.'),
('199225',' In the final sequence, the spirits of Heathcliff and Cathy are seen  walking their favorite pathway. This was added after filming was  complete, and because Laurence Olivier (qv) and  Merle Oberon (qv) had already moved on to other projects, doubles  had to be used.'),
('199226',' The Mitchell Camera Corporation selected Gregg Toland (qv) and  this picture to be the first to use their new Mitchell BNC camera.  This camera model would become the studio standard.'),
('199227',' MGM felt that script was too dark for a romance movie, so it asked  several writers to do a rewrite on the script; the studio even asked  a young John Huston (I) (qv), who said that the script needed no  rewrite, it was perfect as it was.'),
('199228',' Vivien Leigh (qv) wanted to play the lead role, alongside her then  lover and future husband Laurence Olivier (qv), but studio  executives decided the role should go to Merle Oberon (qv). They  later offered Leigh the part of Isabelle Linton, but she declined  and Geraldine Fitzgerald (I) (qv) was cast.'),
('199229',' The movie covers roughly the first 16 of the books 34 chapters.'),
('199230',' Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier apparently detested each other.  Legend has it that when William Wyler yelled "Cut!" after a  particularly romantic scene, Oberon shouted back to her director  about her co'),
('199231','star "Tell him to stop spitting at me!"'),
('199232',' Samuel Goldwyn (qv) later claimed that this was his favorite  production.'),
('199233',' In a departure from the novel, there is an afterlife scene in which  we see Heathcliff and Cathy walking hand in hand, visiting their  favorite place, Penistone Crag. Wyler hated the scene and didnt  want to do it but Samuel Goldwyn vetoed him on that score. Goldwyn  subsequently claimed, "I made "Wuthering Heights", Wyler only  directed it."'),
('199234',' Laurence Olivier found himself becoming increasingly annoyed with  William Wylers exhausting style of film'),
('199235','making. After yet another  take, he is said to have exclaimed, "For Gods sake, I did it  sitting down. I did it with a smile. I did it with a smirk. I did it  scratching my ear. I did it with my back to the camera. How do you  want me to do it?" Wylers retort was, "I want it better."'),
('199236',' Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks and Robert Newton were all  considered for the part of Heathcliff.'),
('199237',' Both of the leading players began work on the film miserable at  having to leave their loved ones back in England. Olivier was  missing his fiancée Vivien Leigh and Oberon had only recently fallen  in love with film producer Alexander Korda.'),
('199238',' Los Angeles '),
('199239',' April 5, 1939: Samuel Goldwyn has withdrawn "Wuthering  Heights" from the entire province of Quebec. Quebec censors demanded  deletions because certain sequences dealt with divorce and  infidelity, situations long frowned upon by the Quebeck board.  Goldwyn refused to make the cuts. Whether the picture will play in  other provinces is not known.'),
('199240',' Montreal, Quebec, Canada'),
('199241','April 6, 1939: "Wuthering Heights" may be  shown in Quebec Province if certain excisions are made, Arthur  Laramee, censor chairman said yesterday. He denied that the film had  been formally banned.'),
('199242',' Real heather was imported from England and re'),
('199243','planted in California  to help simulate the look of the moors.'),
('199244',' The film was not a big financial success when first released. It had  to be re'),
('199245','released years later to earn a profit.'),
('199246',' The film only depicts sixteen of the novels thirty'),
('199247','four chapters  and is set in 19th century instead of 1771'),
('199248','1801.'),
('199249',' The films title came about because the Samuel Goldwyn Co.  threatened to sue Paramount as they own the rights to the title via  the 1939 film. Upheld by the Motion Picture Association of America,  Goldwyn was legally permitted to fine Paramount $2,500 every time  they neglected to add the "Emily Bronte" prefix to the title of  their version.'),
('199250',' Ralph Fiennes (qv) insisted on keeping a scene from the book in  which Heathcliff bangs his head against a tree, pining for Cathy. He  did it so sedulously, that he drew blood.'),
('199251',' Quaid, Dennis (qv) lost over 30 pounds to play Doc Holliday, who  suffered from tuberculosis.'),
('199252',' _Tombstone (1993)_ (qv) was being filmed nearby at the same time,  and its production had already bought up most of the period clothing  of the region. Production was delayed as clothing was obtained from  Europe.'),
('199253',' Michael Madsen (I) (qv) was offered the role of Vincent Vega in  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) but could not get released from this film  to do it.'),
('199254',' For the movie, Wyatt Earps actual 6 shooter was loaned by the Earp  museum and used in some scenes during a number of close'),
('199255','ups.'),
('199256',' Originally conceived as a six'),
('199257','hour mini'),
('199258','series.'),
('199259',' This TV Special is featured in the Two'),
('199260','Disc Special Edition DVD for  Wyatt Earp (1994).'),
('199261',' This movie was produced during a heated phase in the development of  the Swiss drug policy. Several years earlier, Switzerland started to  allow the medical prescription of heroin to otherwise incurable  users and to provide safe places to consume it. This worked  reasonably well but has caused much resistance in the more  conservative circles of the population. Several referenda were held  in order to decide over the continuation of this policy. This movie  was heavily promoted by the "liberal" side in this debate. It  premiered in Zurich, the most affected city, was screened in cinemas  in all major Swiss cities and has since been shown several times on  Swiss television.'),
('199262',' This was shot during a live performance of a psycho'),
('199263','billy band from  Amsterdam called The Milwaukee Wildmen.'),
('199264',' To create the effect of being able to see through a building, the  director filmed the construction of the building in time lapse, then  ran the film backward.'),
('199265',' It has long been rumored that a final scene, in which Dr. Xavier  screams "I can still see!" was cut by censors. No footage of this is  known. However, the movie does end rather abruptly just as Dr.  Xavier seems about to say something, and those words would provide a  chilling climax to the story. This rumor is false according to  Corman '),
('199266',' In a Q&A with Corman he said this idea was discussed but  never filmed.'),
('199267',' At the time of the films production, the manga it was based on was  less than half'),
('199268','finished, forcing the filmmakers to create an ending  and attempt to compensate for incomplete character development. The  television series _"X" (2001)_ (qv) retells a more complete version  of the mangas storyline, though it is also not entirely accurate to  the source material.'),
('199269',' The character Shougo Asagi never existed in the original manga, and  was created specifically for the film. He takes the place of Kakyou  Kuzuki, the bedridden Dragon of Earth dreamseer that appears in the  manga and who later appears in the television series. Furthermore,  Shougos power over water was originally Yutos power in the manga.'),
('199270',' The ending song for the X movie is sung by a group X (also known as  X'),
('199271','Japan). The song they sing is Forever Love, and when guitarist  Hide died, Toshi, Xs vocalist, sang it at his funeral.'),
('199272',' The two characters that fight as Kamui watches near the beginning of  the film, Subaru Sumeragi and Seishirou Sakurazuka, were originally  from CLAMPs manga, "Tokyo Babylon" before crossing over into the X  manga. Their relationship mirrors that of Kamui and Fumas, as they  were both close friends until Seishirou killed Subarus sister.'),
('199273',' Most of the locations in the film are real places in Tokyo. For  complete accuracy, director Rintaro sent a team of numerous  photographers around the city to try and capture pictures of all the  buildings from as many angles as possible. The photography team then  submitted the many rolls of film to the animation and background  painting departments, which spent months illustrating the locations  as close to reality as possible. Of particular note is the Tokyo  Tower Observation Deck (from the end of the film) which is detailed  down to the placement of individual telescopes and city maps. A  brief list of the locations and where they were used follows:  '),
('199274',' Arkhills: A group of large office buildings, sight of the    Subaru/Seishirou fight at the beginning of the film.  '),
('199275',' Diet Building: The center of the Japanese government (similar to    the White House), Hinoto and the Dragons of Heaven are centered    here.  '),
('199276',' Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building: The central office of city    government, and home of Konoe and the Dragons of Earth.  '),
('199277',' Tokyo Station: The ornate rail station, where Karen and Seiichirou    face off against Shougo and Nataku.  '),
('199278',' Sunshine 60: One of the tallest buildings in Tokyo, this office    building incorporates a zoo and is the sight of Seiichirous    second battle with Nataku.  '),
('199279',' Central Shinjuku: A popular neighborhood for young people,    Shinjuku is the heart of Tokyo glitz and is the battleground of    Kamui, Yuzuriha, and Kusanagi.  '),
('199280',' Ebisu Garden Place: Also in Shinjuku, this is an upscale    residence/shopping district known for its spacious and beautiful    plaza, and for its showdown between Sorata, Arashi, and Fuuma.  '),
('199281',' Tokyo Tower: Built for radio and television transmission, the    Tower is considered Tokyos quintessential landmark that offers a    great view of the city and is the location of the films climactic    finale.'),
('199282',' An experimental short shot in Aarhus in Denmark. Ten directors wrote  and directed one minute of the movie each. It was shown on Danish  television several times in 2002.'),
('199283',' Mary Astadourian, a supporting character and love interest for the  main character, is named after the vice'),
('199284','president of Ten Thirteen  productions, the company that produces _"X'),
('199285','files, The" (1993)_ (qv).'),
('199286',' Ten'),
('199287','Thirteen Productions assigned the game an official episode  production code number, making it technically part of the official  TV series continuity '),
('199288',' a rarity for a video game.'),
('199289',' Craig Willmore is actually a name used in the X'),
('199290','Files episode  "Syzegy" '),
('199291',' he was a basketball player whom Teri and Margi thought  was marginally attractive.'),
('199292',' The game uses a Full Motion Video gaming engine, which has since  been abandoned.'),
('199293',' The name of Rauch is used in both X'),
('199294','Files games. In this one as a  villain, and in the Resist or Serve game as a Biotechnology  company.'),
('199295',' Easter egg: When Willmore has saved Mulder, two NSA agents appear  outside the house. The player thought that game is over but its not  yet. Even Mulder says: "The game is not over yet!"'),
('199296',' The working title "Blackwood" came from the works of English writer  Algernon Blackwood (qv) (1869'),
('199297','1951), a member of the Golden Dawn  Society, about a race of intelligent beings who predated humans. The  fire trucks arriving to rescue Stevie (Lucas Black (qv)) have  "Blackwood County" printed on the doors'),
('199298',' The final scene takes place in Foum Tatouine, which is an actual  place, used for filming the scenes on the planet Tatooine in  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) and  _Star Wars: Episode VI '),
('199299',' Return of the Jedi (1983)_ (qv).'),
('199300',' In the original trailer, the shot with Mulder & Scully running from  the bees was used, albeit minus the SFX bees.'),
('199301',' After consuming much alcohol and finding the bars bathroom locked,  Mulder relieves himself on a movie poster for  _Independence Day (1996)_ (qv). A line in Independence Day, spoken  just after the first shot of the cable station, is "Yeah, I love  X'),
('199302','Files too. I hardly get to see it."'),
('199303',' Conrad Strughold (Armin Mueller'),
('199304','Stahl (qv)) was named for the real  Strughold, a Nazi scientist who conducted experiments on prisoners  during World War II.'),
('199305',' Stevie (Lucas Black (qv)) is named after one of the original  series creator Chris Carter (I) (qv)s boyhood friends. Carter  says that he and the real Stevie used to dig holes a lot, just like  in the movie.'),
('199306',' Former LAPD bomb squad officer Herb Williams (IV) (qv) and former  FBI agent William O. Heaton (qv) acted as advisors for the bomb  sequence '),
('199307',' and appeared in the movie as agents in a scene with  Scully.'),
('199308',' The newspaper article Mulder reads at the end of the film (titled  "Fatal Hanta Virus Outbreak in Northern Texas Reported Contained")  was written by reporter Howard Dimsdale. The real  Howard Dimsdale (qv) taught X'),
('199309','Files writers Frank Spotnitz (qv)  and John Shiban (qv) at the American Film Institute, and was  blacklisted during the McCarthy era, when he wrote under the name  Arthur Dales, which was used as a name for the characters played in  the series by Darren McGavin (qv), M. Emmet Walsh (qv) and  Fredric Lehne (qv).'),
('199310',' 619 '),
('199311',' the number on the "Office of Professional Review" door (where  Scully is interrogated by the Assistant Directors). 06/19 is the  date that the movie opened.'),
('199312',' 11:21 '),
('199313',' the time Mulder goes to the Dallas Field Office, where  Scully joins him and analyses the fossils. 11/21 is the birthdate of  Chris Carter (I) (qv)s wife.'),
('199314',' Ten Thirteen Productions produced the film and the television  series. On the last track of the movie soundtrack, if you let it  play until 10:13, Chris Carter (I) (qv) gives a description of  some of the various conspiracies in the series and the movie. 10/13  is also the date in which the film came onto VHS in 1998.'),
('199315',' In the chronology of the series, the movie takes place between the  fifth season finale, episode #5.20 "The End" (with the CSM torching  Mulders office) and the sixth season premiere episode #6.1 "The  Beginning" (which deals with the gestating'),
('199316','breed of aliens in the  movie).'),
('199317',' The scene in which Scully and Mulder are chased through a cornfield  by helicopters is a reference to the famous "crop duster" scene in  _North by Northwest (1959)_ (qv). Martin Landau (qv) was in both  movies.'),
('199318',' As is the case with many 20th Century Fox Films, the film cans for  the advance screening prints and show prints had a code name. The  _X Files, The (1998)_ (qv) was "Nuts and Bolts."'),
('199319',' This game is set during season seven of The X Files television  series.'),
('199320',' Street names in the games first level, Red Falls, are all episode  names from the television series.'),
('199321',' When recording their lines, the cast all wore the same red lipstick  '),
('199322',' as seen on the "behind the scenes" footage concealed as an option  in the games sub menus.'),
('199323',' The name Rauch is used in both X'),
('199324','Files games. In the first FMV Game  as the name of a villain, and in this game as the name of a  Biotechology company.'),
('199325',' This documentary is featured on the season 9 DVD set for  _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('199326',' This documentary was nominated for "Best Special Feature" in the  First Annual TV DVD Awards in October of 2004.'),
('199327',' The first short featured on  _"Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988)_ (qv)'),
('199328',' This is featured on the X'),
('199329','Men 1.5 DVD, released in 2003.'),
('199330',' Almost every name in "X'),
('199331','Gen" has some connection '),
('199332',' obvious or  obscure '),
('199333',' to figures or events from Generation X. Example: Kirks  favorite beer, "Eddies Black Circle", is derived from the title of  a Pearl Jam song. The etymology or literary use of other names gives  hints about character and/or plot (the grunge band "Coupland", Prof.  and Zoe Mehta, Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Tobi, the boy band "Teen  Spirit," etc.).'),
('199334',' Along with the usual interruptions that come with any shoot, filming  for "X'),
('199335','Gen" also had to be postponed temporarily due to a  continuously circling, low'),
('199336','flying bi'),
('199337','plane. On another occasion, a  huge parade (complete with marching band) passed by, for 90 minutes,  about 30 feet from a shooting location.'),
('199338',' The filmmakers cast 6 female roles based on the auditions for the  "Nikki" character.'),
('199339',' The music video for the boy band "Teen Spirit" (filmed on the North  Carolina coast while a massive storm approached) contains several  references to a famous sequence in "Top Gun" and the opening  sequence to "The Monkees".'),
('199340',' The "suburban rant" segment was inspired by the Grinchs rant about  Whoville in Dr. Seuss "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". The entire  segment was created by using CG elements derived from shooting  actors and a single mini'),
('199341','van in front of a single house.'),
('199342',' "X'),
('199343','GEN" Festival Summary (Jan. 2007): Official Selection of:  Mendocino Film Festival (Mendocino, CA); Cackalacky Film Festival  (Charlotte, NC); Real to Reel Film and Video Festival *Best Feature*  (Kings Mountain, NC).'),
('199344',' The prosthetic effects for Zombie Ted took up to four hours to apply  and were designed by special make up effects artist Hannah  Eccelstone of Ecclestone effects. They were the most ambitious and  elaborate prosthetic effects ever created for an NFTS student film.'),
('199345',' The puppets were created for the film by students at the Wimbledon  College of art. They were life sized and consisted of three separate  creatures parts of which were detachable and could be re'),
('199346','combined to  create numerous gruesome variations. The puppet sequences were all  animated by hand by the films writer/director Scott Flockhart.'),
('199347',' Post production house Rushes Post Production loved the film so much  that they agreed to support the film.'),
('199348',' As written, the character of The Priest was intended to be a broken  down old vicar whose one love in life was whiskey, but on meeting  actor Joey McCoy, Scott Flockhart decided to change the character  into the Vaticans top exorcist '),
('199349',' a kind of holy 007 with a license  to exorcise.'),
('199350',' The elaborate sets created for the film by production designer Will  Field were among the biggest and most ambitious ever created for a  student production at the NFTS.'),
('199351',' In the original script Ted was an Elvis impersonator who died in an  elaborate sequence in a north of England workingmans club, the  sequence had to be deleted due to the constraints of the films  budget. Other scenes that had to be deleted included a hilarious  dream sequence in which the dead animals Callum keeps in his room  come back to life and begin to sing "Happy Birthday Mr President",  as a zombie Marilyn Monroe seduces Callum.'),
('199352',' A limited edition of the game came with a free poster of the cover  art with cheats and maps on the reverse side.'),
('199353',' Scott, Dougray (qv) was cast to play Wolverine. He had to leave  the project because of his work on  _Mission: Impossible II (2000)_ (qv).'),
('199354',' Jackman, Hugh (qv) took cold showers to help him create the  character Wolverines trademark "berserk rage."'),
('199355',' There were three types of Wolverine claws '),
('199356',' plastic, wood, and steel  '),
('199357',' and more than 700 individual claw blades were used by  Hugh Jackman (qv) and his four stunt doubles.'),
('199358',' When in full Mystique makeup, about 60 percent of  Rebecca Romijn (qv)s body was covered in prostheses.'),
('199359',' Most of the eye effects were done by using special contact lenses  that the actors found very uncomfortable to wear. Rebecca  Romijn'),
('199360','Stamos (Mystique) could only wear her lenses for an hour at a  time and had only 10% vision. Berry, Halle (qv) (Storm) was  supposed to wear opaque white lenses for the scenes where she uses  her weather'),
('199361','control powers. However, she found the lenses  unbearable, so her eye effects had to be done entirely through CGI.'),
('199362',' Ten Wolverine costumes were built out of thick leather and PVC, and  were designed to take a beating. All of them were destroyed to some  extent during filming.'),
('199363',' Hugh Jackman (qv) had to undergo training from a hand'),
('199364','to'),
('199365','hand  combat specialist to learn how to handle the Wolverine claws.'),
('199366',' The control stick that Cyclops uses to pilot the X'),
('199367','Men jet is a CH  brand "Flightstick Pro" computer joystick.'),
('199368',' Bryan Singer (qv) had an actor dressed in a Spiderman suit  confront the actors on set one day as a joke. Realizing that hes in  the wrong movie, Spidey backs off (this can be seen as an "Easter  Egg" on the DVD edition of the movie).'),
('199369',' Despite being nearly 6 feet tall, James Marsden (I) (qv) had to  wear platform shoes so that he would appear taller than  Hugh Jackman (qv) (62").'),
('199370',' After knocking Storm down an elevator shaft, Toad  (Ray Park (I) (qv)) kicks away the bar that was holding the  elevator doors open, grabs the bar, spins it over his head and then  holds it in an attack posture in the same way he does with the  double'),
('199371','ended lightsaber as Darth Maul in  _Star Wars: Episode I '),
('199372',' The Phantom Menace (1999)_ (qv).'),
('199373',' When Wolverine first explores the school hes wearing black pants,  no shirt or shoes, and is confronted by mirrors. This echoes  Bruce Lee (I) (qv)s appearance in _Enter the Dragon (1973)_ (qv).'),
('199374',' Many of the X'),
('199375','Men from the comics who dont have major roles in the  film appear as minor characters in the school. Among them are:  Jubilee, the Asian'),
('199376','American girl wearing a yellow jacket, hoop  earrings with sunglasses above her forehead; Shadowcat, also known  as Kitty Pryde; Colossus; Iceman, aka Bobby Drake, and Pyro.'),
('199377',' George Buza (qv), the trucker, portrayed the voice of Beast in the  _"X'),
('199378','Men" (1992)_ (qv) animated series.'),
('199379',' Ian McKellen (qv)s character, Magneto, is a Jew who survived the  Holocaust. In _Apt Pupil (1998)_ (qv), also directed by  Bryan Singer (qv) McKellen portrays a Nazi who committed Holocaust  atrocities.'),
('199380',' When Wolverine complains about their outfits, Cyclops asks him if  hed prefer yellow spandex. This in'),
('199381','joke refers to the fact that the  X'),
('199382','Mens costumes in the comics are predominantly yellow spandex.  Incidentally, after the sucess of this movie, the costume designs of  the comics were changed to a "black leather" design similar to the  ones worn in the film.'),
('199383',' After a defeated Storm re'),
('199384','enters the fight, Toad complains, "Dont  you people ever die?" This is an in'),
('199385','joke since, in the comics,  almost all of the characters featured have "died" at least once,  then come back.'),
('199386',' The character Kitty Pryde (the girl who walks through the wall) was  originally named after a real'),
('199387','life girl X'),
('199388','Men artist John Byrne knew  in Calgary, Canada. When the movie was released there, local media  managed to track down the "real" Kitty Pryde.'),
('199389',' Toad was originally a hunchback, but that was changed so as not to  interfere with Ray Park (I) (qv)s martial arts abilities.'),
('199390',' The sunglasses Cyclops wears are Oakley "X'),
('199391','Metals", more  specifically, the "Juliet" style with Ruby lenses. In keeping with  the mythos of the comic book character, Cyclops must wear lenses  with some form of ruby protection to contain his optic blasts which  are uncontrollable without them.'),
('199392',' CAMEO(Stan Lee (qv)): X'),
('199393','Men creator and executive producer is a  man near a hot dog stand on the beach when Senator Kelly comes out  of the water.'),
('199394',' CAMEO(David Hayter (qv)): The writer of X Men appears as one of  the cops near the end.'),
('199395',' The police officer stabbed by Sabertooth in front of the Statue of  Liberty was played by Sweeney, D.B. (qv), who is a fan of the  X'),
('199396','Men and had tried out for the part of Cyclops.'),
('199397',' Michael Chabon (qv) was approached to write the script.'),
('199398',' Senator Kellys line at the beginning of the movie about having a  list of known mutants living in the United States is based on  Senator Joseph McCarthys famous speech about having a list of known  communists working in the State Department.'),
('199399',' While the WGA credits approbation, several writers involved in  writing the screenplay decided to not be credited, and  David Hayter (qv) received sole credit. The writers who  contributed uncredited are: Ed Solomon (I) (qv),  Christopher McQuarrie (qv), Joss Whedon (qv),  James Schamus (qv) & John Logan (I) (qv).'),
('199400',' WWE wrestler Kevin Nash (I) was offered the role of Sabretooth,  but he turned it down due to schedule conflicts.'),
('199401',' After the film was completed, the wheelchair that the character  Professor Xavier used was sold in an auction to  Patrick Stewart (I) (qv)s attorney, and then rented back by the  production company for _X2 (2003)_ (qv).'),
('199402',' Wolverines line, "What do they call you, Wheels?" was an ad'),
('199403','lib  by Hugh Jackman (qv) (the scripted line was, "What do they call  you, Baldie?").'),
('199404',' James Marsden (I) (qv) turned down a role in  _Soul Survivors (2001)_ (qv), in order to take part in this movie.'),
('199405',' A scene appears in a TV spot for the film, but does not appear in  the movie, of an extended talk between Scott Summers  (James Marsden (I) (qv)) and Professor Xavier  (Patrick Stewart (I) (qv)) regarding Logans stay at the mansion.  Scott tells the Professor "Hes not one of us. Theres no way hes  going to take orders." Xavier politely replies, "Give him an order  worth following. Hell take it." More of this extended scene appears  in the official movie adaptation novels and books, but it was cut  out of the final film to meet the allowed running time.'),
('199406',' The bar scenes were shot in the same brewery as the concentration  camp scenes.'),
('199407',' The last scene shot in Canada as part of principal photography was  the first scene in the movie '),
('199408',' that of rain falling on mud in the  concentration camp.'),
('199409',' Neither Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) nor Sir Ian McKellen (qv) know  how to play chess.'),
('199410',' Angela Bassett (qv) turned down the role of Storm, while  Aaron Eckhart (qv) and Viggo Mortensen (qv) were both considered  for the role of Wolverine'),
('199411',' Jada Pinkett Smith (qv) was considered for the role of Storm.'),
('199412',' When the project was in development at Carolco pictures,  Michael Biehn (qv) was the front runner for the role of Cyclops.'),
('199413',' Sarah Michelle Gellar (qv) was considered for the role of Rogue'),
('199414',' Bryan Singer (qv) wrote the duologue between Wolverine and Cyclops  when Cyclops refers to yellow spandex specifically to have a dig  at fans on the Internet who complained about the X'),
('199415','Mens costumes.'),
('199416',' In the Hamilton location (the train station scenes), the director,  Bryan Singer, was mistaken for an onlooker, and was harassed by a  policeman, not letting him join the production team for some  moments.'),
('199417',' In the bar scene, after the fight where Wolverine gains some money,  the guy behind the man that accuses Wolverine of cheating is  Malcolm Nefsky (qv), the films best boy grip. Because of the way  the scene was filmed, someone was needed to deliver the line, and he  was called because no certified "extra" was nearby.'),
('199418',' The last scenes to be shot were the ones where Senator Kelly  (Bruce Davison (qv)) emerges from water (in Santa Monica,  California). They were shot in early May, and the film was released  on the last days of July.'),
('199419',' Hugh Jackman (qv) got his testicles caught in his harness after a  6 foot jump off the sets Statue of Liberty.'),
('199420',' The Mansion used as the Xavier school, is the same one Billy and his  family lived in in _Billy Madison (1995)_ (qv)'),
('199421',' Joss Whedon (qv) wrote a draft version of the script, but the  suggestions he made to fix what he felt were fundamental problems  with the film were not incorporated. Only two pieces of dialogue  from his rewrite appeared in the final film. One is the exchange  when Cyclops doesnt know if Wolverine is an impostor ("Prove it!"  "Youre a dick"); the other is Storms "Do you know what happens  when a toad gets hit by lightning? The same thing that happens to  everything else." which he imagined as a lighthearted, offhand line.'),
('199422',' Numerous actors were considered for the role of Wolverine.  Bryan Singer (qv) talked to Mel Gibson (I) (qv),  Russell Crowe (I) (qv), Viggo Mortensen (qv) and  Edward Norton (I) (qv), while Fox were interested in  Keanu Reeves (qv).'),
('199423',' During a scene with Rogue, it is possible to see Bobby "Iceman"  Drakes breath even though it seems to be midsummer (an after effect  of his ice'),
('199424','powers?). Fans noticed this detail and credited to  director Bryan Singer (qv)s dedication to the story and the  particulars of each characters powers. However, it was a mistake  and never noticed nor intended for the film (in fact, the Iceman  character is being impersonated by Mystique at the time). The effect  was intentionally added to the story of the movies sequel  _X2 (2003)_ (qv), however, when Iceman and Rogue share a kiss.'),
('199425',' Senator Kelly calls his aide "Henry" several times and when he asks  Magneto what hes done with Henry Magneto replies "Mr. Gyrich has  been dead for some time." In the cartoon and in the comics Henry  Gyrich was a member of several United States national security  agencies, and was responsible for quite a bit of misery in the  X'),
('199426','Mens lives, including causing Storm to lose her powers and  ordering the creation of one of the many models of Sentinels.'),
('199427',' The very first scene shot for the movie was the World Summit scene  on Liberty Island where representatives from each country are  greeted. Two of the guests (identified by Bryan Singer (qv) as  king and queen of Poland) are played by Bryan Singers father and  stepmother.'),
('199428',' Hugh Jackman (qv)s physique looks slightly different in different  scenes because he was cast 1.5 months after principal photography  had started and kept working out extensively while shooting  continued.'),
('199429',' Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) was the very first mutant to be cast.'),
('199430',' Although hes reasonably tall, James Marsden(I) , who plays  Cyclops, had to stand on an apple box to appear taller next to one  of the boys in the train station. As a prank, Tyler Mane (qv), who  plays Sabretooth, went into Marsdens trailer and set an apple box  in his bathroom with a note '),
('199431',' "This is so you can reach your sink."'),
('199432',' Similar to Magnetos and Rogues background segments, segments  explaining Storms and Cyclops backgrounds (where Storms  background segment involved her changing the weather drastically in  her home country in Africa and causing vast damage) were scripted  and storyboarded but never shot. There was a brief talk to shoot  these scenes while shooting X'),
('199433','Men 2 in order to insert them into the  X'),
('199434','Men Special Edition DVD, but the idea was later scrapped.'),
('199435',' Rebecca Romijn (qv)s make'),
('199436','up process involved putting on more  than 60 self'),
('199437','adhesive prosthetics developed specifically for the  movie, followed by air'),
('199438','brushing the blue paint. The make'),
('199439','up team was  reluctant in using food coloring for her make'),
('199440','up because of its  difficulty to remove, but used it after discovering a new chemical  that could very quickly and easily remove food coloring.'),
('199441',' Tyler Mane (qv) kept the large black contact lenses in for too  long one day and was blinded for a day and had to wear bandages.'),
('199442',' In the late 1980s, Carolco Pictures bought the film rights of X'),
('199443','Men  from Marvel. James Cameron (I) (qv) was set to produce, along with  his production company Lightstorm Entertainment, which was in line  to distribute. Well'),
('199444','known X'),
('199445','Men Comic book writer  Chris Claremont (qv) was involved in meetings with X'),
('199446','Men creator  Stan Lee (I) (qv), James Cameron (I) (qv), and executives at  Carolco about the project. After James Cameron (I) (qv) moved on  to the _Spider'),
('199447','Man (2002)_ (qv) project and Carolco went bankrupt,  the rights became available and were purchased by 20th Century Fox.'),
('199448',' Natalie Portman (qv) turned down the offer to play Rogue.'),
('199449',' Bruce Davison (qv) was the first actor to be cast.'),
('199450',' Look for James Marsdens platform shoes as he scales the wall at  Liberty Island, after leaving the X'),
('199451','Jet.'),
('199452',' The song used for the teaser trailer is "Chinese Burn" by Curve.'),
('199453',' In the first X'),
('199454','Men movie, Halle Berry (qv) had the African Accent  that Storm had in the comic books; but in part 2, she decided not to  use the accent.'),
('199455',' Vince Vaughn (qv) was briefly in talks for the part of Cyclops,  before James Caviezel (qv) was cast in the part. Caviezel backed  out at the last minute and was quickly replaced by  James Marsden (I) (qv).'),
('199456',' Musician Glenn Danzig (qv), whose muscular physique and height  (54") almost perfectly matched the Wolverine character portrayed in  the comic books, was interviewed for the role of Wolverine. A common  myth has it that he was offered a part in the movie, but this  confusion occurs largely because Danzig was actually offered the  role some ten years earlier '),
('199457',' when Carolco held the rights to an  X'),
('199458','Men film and was considering a low'),
('199459','budget production. However, due  to the high'),
('199460','budget and status of the 2000 production, as well as  Danzigs age and relative lack of acting experience, and the  requirement that the Wolverine actor be signed to a multi'),
('199461','picture  deal spanning several years, it is highly unlikely that Danzig could  have won the role in Singers film. Regardless, a scheduling  conflict prevented him from any subsequent pursuit of the role.'),
('199462',' 28 drafts of the script were written, and halfway through those  drafts, the writers were still rewriting the whole story every time.'),
('199463',' Jeri Ryan (qv) was in the running for Mystique.'),
('199464',' Maria Bello (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Jean Grey at  one point.'),
('199465',' According to Bryan Singer (qv) at Wondercon 2006, he initially  approached John Williams (I) (qv) to compose the score for the  film, but Williams wasnt available at the time because he was  scoring _Saving Private Ryan (1998)_ (qv).'),
('199466',' In order to keep her look a secret, Rebecca Romijn (qv) had to sit  in an isolated, windowless room when not required for shooting. To  celebrate her last day on set, Romijn brought in a bottle of tequila  to do shots with her fellow cast and crew during a break in filming.  Unfortunately, that day she happened to be filming the  Wolverene/Mystique fight scene, and she threw up blue'),
('199467','colored vomit  (from the chemicals in her make'),
('199468','up) all over Hugh Jackman (qv).'),
('199469',' The scene is the train station where the young boy smiles at  Cyclops, and Cyclops smiles back was unplanned. The boy was a huge  fan of the X'),
('199470','Men, and Cyclops was his favorite. The scene originally  called for Cyclops to look at the train schedule, however, according  to Bryan Singer, the boy could not stop smiling at James Marsden  (the actor playing Cyclops). Finally, during one shot, Marsden just  looked back at him and smiled, much to the boys delight. Bryan  Singer liked the idea so much, he kept it in the film, and told the  actress playing the boys mother to react the way she did.'),
('199471',' Wary of the risk of starting an expensive franchise that could have  died after just one film, Foxs studio executives assigned the film  a budget of only $75 million, quite low for a big summer tent'),
('199472','pole  release, when the average summer blockbuster budget at the time was  upwards of $100 million.'),
('199473',' Wolverines dog tags are the standard type issued by the Canadian  military.'),
('199474',' Rebecca Romijn and Sam Elliot have both played major and supporting  roles as different characters throughout the Marvel Universe. Sam  Elliot played a major role as General Ross in Hulk, and a supporting  role as the Caretaker in Ghostrider. Rebecca Romijn had a major role  as Mystique in all 3 X'),
('199475','Men movies, and played a supporting role as  Joan (Franks neighbor) in The Punisher.'),
('199476',' Near the end, during the Wolverine/Mystique fight scene, there is a  moment where Mystique kicks Wolverine in the groin. At that moment,  there is a metallic ping (similar to the one in the beginning when  the man in the cage match punches Wolverines fist), which is  probably an in'),
('199477','joke to Wolverine having balls of steel (or in  this case, adamantium).'),
('199478',' Bryan Singer (qv) cast Halle Berry (qv) as Storm after seeing  her performance in _Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('199479',' This game draws its influence from the various incarnations of the  X'),
('199480','Men characters. The storyine is inspired by the original X'),
('199481','Men  comics. The uniforms are taken from Ultimate X'),
('199482','Men (an alternate  version of the comic created for readers who didnt want to have to  deal with the 30+ years of back story from the original comic) and  the design of the Xavier Mansion is taken from the X'),
('199483','Men movies.'),
('199484',' This documentary is featured on the _X'),
('199485','Men (2000)_ (qv) DVD entitled  X'),
('199486','Men 1.5.'),
('199487',' Philippe Rousselot (qv) was hired as cinematographer by  Matthew Vaughn (qv), and initially stayed on when  Brett Ratner (qv) took over as director. Not long into shooting,  however, Rousselot quit the project (later saying that signing on to  shoot the film was the biggest blunder hed ever made).  Dante Spinotti (qv), the cinematographer on Ratners previous two  films, was available, and he took over for most of the remaining  filming. He had to leave about a week before the end of shooting as  he was committed to working on _Contract, The (2006/I)_ (qv), and so  J. Michael Muro (qv) was hired for the remainder of shooting.'),
('199488',' The "Tracking Mutations" issue of Scientific American that Hank  McCoy/Beast is reading in his office while hanging from the ceiling  was not a fake prop; the magazine actually had that cover story in  October of 2005.'),
('199489',' Angels wings were initially too heavy for Ben Foster, and were  remade from foam.'),
('199490',' Patrick Stewart (I) (qv)s "de'),
('199491','aged" effect in the opening scene  was based on publicity photos from the first season of  _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv).'),
('199492',' SPOILER: The final scene of Magneto, in which he is able to use his  powers to move the chess piece, as well as the coda after the  credits where Professor X speaks to Moira MacTaggert, were not in  the script, but secretly added during filming. Both  Ian McKellen (qv) and Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) admitted that  even they, the actors, didnt know if the scenes would appear in the  final edit until they saw the finished film.'),
('199493',' Halle Berry (qv) had initially decided not to reprise her role as  Storm for this film, citing lack of character development in the  previous two installments and a tense relationship with director  Bryan Singer (qv). However, after Singers departure and suffering  a major box'),
('199494','office flop with _Catwoman (2004)_ (qv), Berry agreed to  return on the condition that her role be expanded. Consequently, in  this film Storm serves as leader of the X'),
('199495','Men, which is keeping with  the comics since she served as team leader for a time in Xaviers  absence.'),
('199496',' This is the first film in the series to feature the original line'),
('199497','up  of the X'),
('199498','Men from the comics: Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey  (though originally as Marvel Girl, not Phoenix), Iceman, Beast (Dr.  Hank McCoy, though the character briefly appeared on TV in the  second film sans blue fur), and Angel (Warren Worthington III). Most  of the rest of the major characters joined the team in Giant'),
('199499','Size  X'),
('199500','Men #1, almost a hundred issues later: Storm, Wolverine (though he  had previously appeared in two Hulk comics), Colossus, and  Nightcrawler (along with Banshee, Thunderbird, and Sunfire who do  not appear in the movie, though Banshees daughter Siryn makes a  cameo in the second film). Kitty Pryde joined the team after the  "Dark Phoenix Saga". Rogue would not appear until a few years later,  and then it was as a member of Mystiques Brotherhood of Evil  Mutants, which also included Pyro, Blob, Avalanche and Destiny.'),
('199501',' Rebecca Romijn and Sam Elliot have both played major and supporting  roles as different characters throughout the Marvel Universe. Sam  Elliot played a major role as General Ross in "Hulk," and a  supporting role as the Caretaker in "Ghostrider." Rebecca Romijn had  a major role as Mystique in all three "X'),
('199502','Men" movies, and played a  supporting role as Joan (Franks neighbor) in "The Punisher." "The  Punisher" also featured Ben Foster, who played Warren Worthington  III/Angel in X3, as a supporting actor (Franks neighbor, Dave).'),
('199503',' When Bryan Singer (qv) was still set to direct, he intended the  Dark Phoenix storyline as the sole focus of the film. He also  intended to feature the villain Emma Frost/White Queen as a major  character, with the role intended for Sigourney Weaver (qv). With  Singers departure, the character of Emma Frost was dropped, and the  Dark Phoenix story was relegated to a subplot in favor of the "cure"  storyline. He also planned on introducing long time fan favorite  Gambit into the film, to serve as both the new recruit as well as a  romantic rival of Icemans for Rogues affection. For the part,  Singer had planned on casting Channing Tatum. However, once he left,  the script was changed, and Gambit was reduced to a minor cameo,  then ultimately dropped from the script.'),
('199504',' The characters Phat and Spike (both from the X'),
('199505','Statix comic book)  make cameo appearances.'),
('199506',' Cain Markos line "Dont you know who I am? Im the Juggernaut,  bitch" was inspired by a popular web parody film that made use of  scenes from "X'),
('199507','Men The Animated Series." Throughout the parody , the  Juggernaut character repeatedly says, "Im the Juggernaut, bitch."  According to the Wikipedia, Brett Ratner even has a link to this  parody on his own website. (Whether or not the parody itself was  inspired by a mis'),
('199508','heard line from an old X'),
('199509','Men video game is  irrelevant to films usage of this line, since its clearly an  homage to the web parody)'),
('199510',' Summer Glau (qv) auditioned for the role of Kitty Pryde. She  looked to Joss Whedon (qv), who gave her a part in  _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) and _Serenity (2005)_ (qv), for advice  because she knew he was a big X'),
('199511','Men fan, unaware that he had written  the "Astonishing X'),
('199512','Men" comic book for Marvel, featuring the  storyline about the mutant cure. Her audition script turned out to  be pages from issue 5 of Joss Whedons Astonishing X'),
('199513','Men book.'),
('199514',' Ian McKellen (qv) (Eric Lensherr/Magneto) and  Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) (Professor Charles Xavier) had 20 years  shaved off their features for the opening sequence. The filmmakers  used digital technology to match current features to those in old  photos.'),
('199515',' The number on Jeans mail box is 1769.'),
('199516',' The idea of a cure developed by Dr. Kavita Rao, Beasts interest in  it, and the prominent roles played by Kitty Pryde and Colossus, were  inspired by Joss Whedon (qv)s story "Gifted" which took place in  the first six issues of "Astonishing X'),
('199517','Men".'),
('199518',' The last scene with Magneto in Golden Gate park was actually filmed  in London. It was originally meant to have Mystique sitting across  from him, to imply that she had been on his side throughout the  whole movie. Rebecca Romijn, however, was unavailable due to a  television series (Pepper Dennis) she was filming at the time.'),
('199519',' Body count: 56'),
('199520',' WILHELM SCREAM: during the final battle when the mutant hanging  underneath the scaffolding pulls the Cure dart out of his neck and  becomes human again, falling to his death.'),
('199521',' Mike Vogel (qv) was up for the role of Angel, but could not take  the part because scheduling conflicted with _Poseidon (2006)_ (qv).'),
('199522',' Jed Bernard (qv) auditioned for the role of Warren  Worthington/Angel.'),
('199523',' Nick Stahl (qv) was considered for the part of Warren  Worthington/Angel.'),
('199524',' To create the Golden Gate Bridge sequence, the art department built  a full'),
('199525','scale section of the bridge that was about the size of a  basketball court (94 feet). The rest of the bridge and the  background was digital.'),
('199526',' The character Callisto has been given entirely new powers in the  movie. In the comics, Callisto has merely enhanced strength, speed,  and agility, and her main power was the ability to instantly  calculate the tactical solution to any problem. Her powers in the  movie of super speed and the ability to detect mutants seem to be a  combination of Quicksilver (Magnetos son) and either her comic book  ally Caliban or Sage, both of whom can detect mutants.'),
('199527',' The Danger Room scene was a mock up of the story "Days of Future  Past", where mutant'),
('199528','hunting Sentinels tracked mutants in a war'),
('199529','torn  world. Specifically, it is the portion of the story that takes place  in the "not too distant future" of 2013 (which at the time the  original comic was published would have been over 30 years in the  future) that is reproduced.'),
('199530',' The character Arclight was originally intended to be a character new  in the comics named Stacy X. She was a mutant prostitute with the  ability to control people by producing pheromones. This was  originally part of Matthew Vaughn (qv)s production.'),
('199531',' The character Leech appears in the comic as a small green boy,  rather than a normal looking human child.'),
('199532',' The bridge scene is based on the scene in "New X'),
('199533','Men" #147 involving  the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges rather than the Golden Gate  Bridge.'),
('199534',' The Sentinels make a cameo appearance in the scene where Colossus  throws Wolverine into the air, then a giant robot head hits the  ground with Wolverine behind it.'),
('199535',' Instead of high'),
('199536','dollar CGI to create Colossus transformation, a  reflective form'),
('199537','fitting bodysuit was created for and worn by  Daniel Cudmore (qv) in some scenes.'),
('199538',' The Fastball Special, when Colossus throws Wolverine, finally makes  it into the movie. It has been a big part of the comic for some  time, but Brett Ratner (qv) specifically studied John Cassadays  interpretation in 2004s "Astonishing X'),
('199539','Men" #6.'),
('199540',' The Juggernaut used in the film is based on his "Ultimate X'),
('199541','Men"  version, where he is a mutant, instead of gaining his powers through  the mystical, South Korean gem of Kytorakk. He is also the  step'),
('199542','brother of Charles Xavier.'),
('199543',' Cyclops sunglasses are modified Oakleys "Penny" model, a limited  edition sunglass, with a custom tint created specifically for the  film. Also, Hank McCoy wears Oakley "Why 3" glasses specially made  to fit his character.'),
('199544',' Matthew Vaughan was originally hired to direct the film. Six weeks  before filming was to begin, Vaughan left the film for personal  reasons. Brett Ratner replaced him and the film stayed on track.'),
('199545',' Maggie Grace was originally cast as Kitty Pryde but was replaced  with Ellen Page after the filmmakers discovered that she was too old  for the role.'),
('199546',' The films premise was a combination of two graphic novels. First,  the premise of the cure as well as Dr. Rao was taken from Joss  Whedons Astonishing X'),
('199547','Men novel, Gifted. The other one was based on  Chris Claremont and John Byrnes "The Dark Phoenix Saga" (Uncanny  X'),
('199548','Men #129'),
('199549','137).'),
('199550',' Bryan Singer (qv) was in the middle of a three'),
('199551','picture deal made  with Fox beginning with X2, and keen to make X'),
('199552','Men 3, but he and Fox  were unable to come to terms. During this time, Warner offered him  the chance to direct _Superman Returns (2006)_ (qv) immediately.  Singer informed Fox that he was going to take this opportunity and  would still like to return to direct X'),
('199553','Men 3. As the consequence,  his deal was terminated and Matthew Vaughn briefly joined the  production before he backed out. Brett Ratner (qv) was the  finalist for the directors role for the first X'),
('199554','Men movie, having  experience of making a successful film out of a rushed production  with Rush Hour.'),
('199555',' Both Rebecca Romijn (qv) (Mystique) and James Marsden (I) (qv)s  (Cyclops) roles were reduced substantially when the film was rushed  into production and the two cast members had prior scheduling  conflicts.'),
('199556',' Ellen Page initially turned down the role of Kitty Pryde. Brett  Ratner had to call her personally and have her read the script. She  then agreed.'),
('199557',' Backflip from tree during Logans/Wolverines fight with mutants in  the forest was made by Hugh Jackman, not a stunt double. Stunt of  Wolverine being thrown through forest by Magneto was also performed  by Hugh Jackman himself. (as stated in DVD commentary track)'),
('199558',' The character Trask is Bolivar Trask. In the comics, he creates the  mutant'),
('199559','hunting Sentinels, similar to the robot Wolverine beheads in  the opening scene.'),
('199560',' CAMEO: Stan Lee, man holding water hose in beginning of movie'),
('199561',' Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry & Vinnie Jones had all acted together in  the 2001 movie Swordfish"'),
('199562',' Has the biggest Memorial Day boy'),
('199563','office opening ever, until the  record was beaten by  _Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)_ (qv).'),
('199564',' Famke Janssen (qv) did much research on schizophrenia in order to  make her performance with Hugh Jackman (qv) in the medical lab  more realistic.'),
('199565',' In an August 2007 interview, Matthew Vaughn (qv) elaborated on his  reasons for leaving the production. Vaughn cited a huge amount of  studio pressure to finish the film in a very short amount of time, a  script he felt was flawed and a large amount of studio interference.  Determined to make a film on par with _X2 (2003)_ (qv), which he  realized he could not do under the circumstances, Vaughn opted to  leave the production after only a few weeks time. Though he was only  with the production for a short time, the director notes that  several scenes he developed for the script, as well as the casting  of Kelsey Grammer (qv) and Vinnie Jones (qv), were all decisions  he made during his tenure '),
('199566',' a sign of the rushed schedule.'),
('199567',' Biograph production number 1179.'),
('199568',' The first movie made by Spede Pasanen (qv).'),
('199569',' Jackman, Hugh (qv) worked with the same trainer who trained  Jolie, Angelina (qv) for the title role in  _Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)_ (qv)'),
('199570',' In the bar, the TV is showing a debate on the mutant situation. One  of the panelists is "Dr. Hank McCoy," which is the real name of the  blue'),
('199571','furred behemoth X'),
('199572','Man, Beast. The other, not seen but called  "Dr. Shaw," is presumably Dr. Sebastian Shaw, the leader of the  Hellfire Club in the comics.'),
('199573',' On Yurikos computer, the following files are listed: Guthrie (2)  (Paige (Husk), and Samuel (Cannonball)); Harada, Keniucho (Silver  Samurai); Kane, Garrison (Weapon X); LeBeau, Remy (Gambit);  Lensherr, Eric (sic) (Magneto); Maddicks, Artie; Madrox, Jamie  (Multiple Man); Xian Coy Mahn(Karma);Maximoff (2) (Wanda (Scarlet  Witch), and Pietro (Quicksilver)); McTaggart, Kevin (Proteus);  Moonstar, Danielle (Moonstar); Munroe, Ororo (Storm); McCoy, Hank  (Beast); Callasantos, Maria (Feral); Cassidy (2) (Sean (Banshee),  and Tom (Black Tom); Cheney, Lila; Creed, Victor (Sabretooth);  DaCosta, Roberto (Sunspot); Dane, Lorna (Polaris); Drake, Bobby  (Iceman); Dukes, Fred (Blob); Espinosa, Angelo (Skin), and; Gibney,  kyle (Wild Child). On another screen there were a series of folders  on the computers desktop. These folders listed some well'),
('199574','known  individuals or places from the X'),
('199575','Men universe, including: Omega Red  (Russian mutant super soldier), Muir Island (Scottish mutant  research facility), Project Wideawake (Codename for Sentinel  project), Franklin Richards (son of Fantastic Fours Reed Richards  and Sue Storm; born a mutant), and Cerebro (mutant tracking device  created by Professor Xavier and Magneto). Closer inspection reveals  that Stryker is keeping files on Pyro, Sabra, Dr Ceclia Reyes,  Synch, Penance, Nightcrawler, his own Mystique and Lady Deathstrike,  Copycat, Deadpool, Cyclops, Dazzler, the von Struckers, Jamie  Braddock, David North, Sunfire, Boom Boom, Mimic, Dr Nathaniel  Essex, Toad, Wolfsbane, Strong Guy, Kitty Pryde, Sauron, Forge...  Curiously, there seem to be no files for Jean Grey or Wolverine,  among others. There are also files on Alpha, Beta and Gamma Flights,  Weapon X, Project Wide Awake (sic), Dept H, the Brotherhood,  Graymalkin, Zero Tolerance, Massachussets Academy, Blackbird, the  Danger Room, Legacy, Morlocks, Xaviers School, Omega Red, Cerebro,  the Salem Centre, Franklin Richards, Kevin McTaggart, and of course  Trash.'),
('199576',' Alan Cumming (qv) had to endure 10 hours of make'),
('199577','up to become  Nightcrawler for the scene in the church (where his skin/make'),
('199578','up is  shown from the waist up).'),
('199579',' Professor Xaviers wheelchair from the first movie was bought by a  lawyer (who also works for the same law firm as  Patrick Stewart (I) (qv)s attorney). When production began, the  studio realized they had no chair anymore, so the lawyer rented it  back to the studio '),
('199580',' as Stewart said in an interview '),
('199581',' "for a  significant sum".'),
('199582',' The "Lady Deathstrike" claws were glued to the bottom of  Kelly Hu (qv)s own fingernails. She had to grow them out a bit so  that the claws would fit securely.'),
('199583',' Hugh Jackman (qv) was given a nutritionist to get in shape for his  role as Wolverine and gained 20 pounds.'),
('199584',' Rebecca Romijn (qv)s make'),
('199585','up took five hours to apply.'),
('199586',' The fight between Wolverine and Yuriko took three weeks to film.'),
('199587',' Jean Greys closing monologue is the same as Professor Xs opening  monologue in _X'),
('199588','Men (2000)_ (qv).'),
('199589',' When Wolverine is in the kitchen in Bobby Drakes parents house,  and he is surprised by the cat, he lets it lick his claws '),
('199590','  seemingly a very cute moment. But if you listen closely when he  hears someone come in and retracts his claws, you hear the sound  effect of Wolverines claws extending (if you listen closely, you  can tell the difference, as the retracting sound is the same as the  extending sound, but played in reverse), and then the cat crying  out. This was an unintentional moment of comedy which was going to  but cut but the last minute decision was made to leave it in.'),
('199591',' The Arctic snow scenes were filmed in Alberta, Canada, an area known  for its heavy snows. Naturally when the production arrived, there  was none, so the snow had to be recreated.'),
('199592',' Most of the actors from the scene in the museum where Professor X  freezes everyone were actually mimes, who are used to not moving.  Likewise, mimes were used for the final scene in the Oval Office.'),
('199593',' Kelly Hu (qv) has only one line of dialogue in the entire film.'),
('199594',' Unlike the first film where Rebecca Romijn (qv) wore contact  lenses, this time Mystiques eyes are rendered digitally.'),
('199595',' The set for Strykers underground lair was built in an old Sears  warehouse and was the largest set in North America. It involved over  60 miles of cable and was so large that cast and crew members used  bicycles to get them to and from the bathroom as quickly as  possible. Even then, the production only used about half the space  in the warehouse.'),
('199596',' Frozen tea was put on the end of Wolverines claws for the cat at  Icemans home to lick off.'),
('199597',' The script went through 27 drafts.'),
('199598',' They had to shoot Professor Xs pristine Cerebro set first before  distressing it to show Strykers cut'),
('199599','price version.'),
('199600',' The red scar on the back of Cyclops neck to signify his being  controlled by Stryker was added digitally afterwards.'),
('199601',' Another huge set was the turbine hall of an old dam which housed a  museum. Unfortunately the museum was painted in bright, lurid  colors, so the production design team had to dress it up to make it  look old and dank (something which horrified the museum  administration until they realized that it was just temporary).'),
('199602',' The adamantium that pours out of Lady Deathstrikes face is CGI and  thats a highly detailed mannequin of her that falls down into the  bottom of the tank.'),
('199603',' Bryan Singer (qv) insisted that the writers do proper research on  what would happen if a dam was breached. Remarkably, they found  plenty of information about that on the Internet.'),
('199604',' Health and safety restrictions meant that helicopter blades were not  allowed to be moving when the actors '),
('199605',' in this case,  Rebecca Romijn (qv) and Ian McKellen (qv) '),
('199606',' were sitting inside  the helicopter. The moving blades had to be added in digitally  afterwards.'),
('199607',' Originally the idea was that Jean Grey was temporarily rendered  blind after her violent reunion with Cyclops. This was initially  filmed as such, but ditched during production, but in the scene  where Wolverine shuts a dam door, saving the X'),
('199608','Men from a wall of  water, Jean Grey is the only character not looking at him.'),
('199609',' The replica of the Presidents desk in the Oval Office was so  detailed that it took two months to build.'),
('199610',' In an effort to keep the ending a secret up until the movie came  out, the novelization and the movie comic both have different  endings.'),
('199611',' Several sets for the film were not used. Some of these sets included  the Danger Room and several areas in Strykers underground bunker.  One room in Strykers underground base was going to be the setting  of a Nightcrawler vs. Toad fight.'),
('199612',' The animated movie being shown on the video monitors in the museum  in the opening is _Why Man Creates (1968)_ (qv). The segment being  shown is a quick history of human culture.'),
('199613',' Director Bryan Singer (qv) credits the X'),
('199614','Men graphic novel "God  Loves, Man Kills" as an influence for the script.'),
('199615',' An early draft of the script had Magneto saving Professor X from  Dark Cerebro and escaping with the other X'),
('199616','Men. According to  director Bryan Singer (qv) his was changed late in production not  only to remain true to Magnetos ruthless character, but also to  give the other characters '),
('199617',' namely Nightcrawler and Storm '),
('199618','  something more to do in the films climax.'),
('199619',' The car that Wolverine drives (which, according to Iceman, belongs  to Cyclops) is a Mazda RX'),
('199620','8. The Xs in the rims where made  especially for the movie.'),
('199621',' Shortly before the opening assassination attempt on the US  president, a number of portraits of past assassinated presidents are  featured in the background: Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy and  William McKinley.'),
('199622',' When Mystique is going through the files in Strykers computer, she  goes through the pictures of the guards in Magnetos prison. The  second to the last picture shows the director Bryan Singer (qv),  complete with guard uniform. His name is shown as "Singer, B."'),
('199623',' On _"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992)_ (qv),  Hugh Jackman (qv) related a story about something that happened  during the filming of the Weapon X flashback scene: while he was  filming the corridor run (in which he is nude and backlit), he  turned the corner and saw the female cast members, including  James Marsden (I) (qv)s mother, waiting for him, hooting and  waving dollar bills.'),
('199624',' The mansion used for the school also appears as Lex Luthors home in  _"Smallville" (2001)_ (qv).'),
('199625',' There was an extended scene that doesnt appear in the final film,  nor as a deleted scene on the DVD that features Cyclopss fight with  Yuriko (Lady Deathstrike), where he picks up and fights with the two  prison guards plastic nightsticks.'),
('199626',' Wolverines dog tag number is 458'),
('199627','25'),
('199628','243.'),
('199629',' The set from the bathroom scene where Mystique incapacitates the  prison guard and injects him with a foreign substance is actually an  unused set from _X'),
('199630','Men (2000)_ (qv). The scene in question (written  and storyboarded, but not shot) involved Cyclops manifesting his  powers as a teenager, destroying a high school bathroom.'),
('199631',' When Jean and Storm are in the church looking for Nightcrawler, Jean  is wearing a jacket with a phoenix on the back. This is a nod to the  fans of the comic book where Jean becomes Phoenix.'),
('199632',' Alan Cumming (qv) was Bryan Singer (qv)s first choice for the  role of Nightcrawler. However, during initial casting, he was  unavailable. The project labored in development long enough that by  the time the film was ready to shoot, Cumming was able to come  onboard. Ethan Embry (qv) was rumoured to have won the role before  Cumming was available.'),
('199633',' David Kaye (I) (qv) who voices Professer Xavier in the television  show, _"X'),
('199634','Men: Evolution" (2000)_ (qv), appears as a TV announcer.'),
('199635',' When Pyro destroys the police cars, mixed in with the explosion  sound effect is the sound of a pig squealing.'),
('199636',' Most of the exterior shots of the Xavier mansion were recycled from  the first movie because there was no budget for them.'),
('199637',' The final scene in Xaviers mansion with Cyclops, Wolverine and  Professor X was shot at Shepperton Studios in London, simply because  Hugh Jackman (qv) was shooting _Van Helsing (2004)_ (qv) at the  time and the producers released him for only one day to do the final  shooting of X'),
('199638','Men. The reason Wolverines hair looks higher than  usual in this scene is because Jackman had long hair for Van Helsing  and had to wear the Wolverine wig over a lot of hair.'),
('199639',' According to director Bryan Singer (qv), this is the first film to  feature a woman piloting an American military aircraft, but it  isnt.'),
('199640',' Bruce Davison (qv) (Senator Kelly) and Brian Cox (I) (qv)  (William Stryker) were born only 27 days apart, but Coxs character  indicates that Senator Kelly is at least 20 years his junior.'),
('199641',' When Wolverine visits the adamantium processing chamber of Strykers  Alkali Base, there is a wall covered with x'),
('199642','rays detailing the  adamantium bonding process. On the far right is an x'),
('199643','ray of what  appears to be a left wing. The DVD acknowledges this as a hint to a  winged character named Angel. In the comic books, Angels wings are  replaced with metal ones and he becomes Archangel.'),
('199644',' In the scene at the bar, the foam in the beer is fake. Singer chose  to do this to avoid continuity conflicts.'),
('199645',' Entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as "The Widest Film  Release" having opened on May 2, 2003 on 3,741 screens on the same  day.'),
('199646',' Rebecca Romijn (qv) and Sam Elliot (qv) have both played major  and supporting roles as different characters throughout the Marvel  Universe. Sam Elliot played a major role as General Ross in  _Hulk (2003)_ (qv), and a supporting role as the Caretaker in  _Ghost Rider (2007)_ (qv). Rebecca Romijn had a major role as  Mystique in all 3 X'),
('199647','Men movies, and played a supporting role as Joan  (Franks neighbor) in _Punisher, The (2004)_ (qv).'),
('199648',' Ian McKellen (qv) (Magneto) worked with screenwriters to make the  scene in which Bobby Drake (Iceman) tells his parents he is a mutant  to look more like a common gay "coming'),
('199649','out" scene.'),
('199650',' Director Bryan Singer (qv) stated that he was inspired by the  _"Twilight Zone, The" (1959)_ (qv) episode "The Howling Man" when  making the scene where Senator Kelly transforms into Mystique. In  the episode, an old man progressively changes into the devil while  walking by pillars.'),
('199651',' In the final classroom scene, Professor Xavier talks about a book  called "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White (qv). This is the  same book Magneto was reading in prison before Strykers  interrogation.'),
('199652',' The White House oval office is an exact recreation, but the  corridors in the opening chase between Nightcrawler and the Secret  Service, were wider than the actual walls to allow more room for  fighting.'),
('199653',' Beast and Gambit were considered as new characters but they  ultimately went with Nightcrawler because he was the most  outsider'),
('199654','like of the choices.'),
('199655',' Pyros cigarette lighter has a shark design on it; this is a tribute  to director Bryan Singer (qv)s love of the movie  _Jaws (1975)_ (qv).'),
('199656',' The Oval Office set used in this film was later used in several  episodes of the sci'),
('199657','fi TV'),
('199658','series _"Stargate SG'),
('199659','1" (1997)_ (qv)'),
('199660',' The ice wall separating Wolverine (Hugh Jackman (qv)) and Stryker  (Brian Cox (I) (qv)) in the mansion scene where they meet for the  "first time" was real ice and weighed 3,500 lbs.'),
('199661',' Magnetos line "When will these people learn how to fly?" is a  reference to the fact that some of the characters (Jean Grey and  also Rogue, who gets the ability from permanently absorbing Ms.  Marvels powers in the comics) have the ability to fly in the comics  but havent yet in the films. The only characters with the power of  flight in the comics that have shown this ability in the movies are  Magneto and Storm.'),
('199662',' When Mystique reviews the information on the security guards at the  facility housing Magneto, the following names are displayed,  referencing crew members of the film: DeSanto, T.  (Tom DeSanto (qv), executive producer); Dougherty, M.  (Michael Dougherty (II) (qv), screenwriter); Donner, L.  (Lauren Shuler Donner (qv), producer); Young, R.D. (possibly  Rob Young (I) (qv), production sound mixer); Harris, D.  (Dan Harris (II) (qv), screenwriter) C. L. G. '),
('199663',' Classified; R. G.  M. '),
('199664',' Classified, and; Singer, B. (Bryan Singer (qv), director).  Bryan is the only one who gets his own photo '),
('199665',' the others, including  Ms. Donner, are given stock male guard photos.'),
('199666',' The music played in the opening scene when Nightcrawler attacks the  White House is "Dies Irae" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (qv)s  Requeim.'),
('199667',' Initially, during the "Dark Cerebro" scene where it is attempting to  kill all mutants, Bryan Singer (qv) had planned to show not only  Cerebros effects on the mutants in the Alkali Base, but mutants all  over the world. During this scene, Hank McCoy, aka Beast  (Steve Bacic (qv)), as seen earlier on the television during the  bar scene, was to be shown in agony, transforming into his furry  form, and fan'),
('199668','favorite Gambit was to be shown at a card game having  his energy powers flare up. This scene was actually shot, using one  of Hugh Jackmans stunt men, James Bamford (I) (qv) as a stand'),
('199669','in  for the role, shot from behind to remain ambiguous. For whatever  reason, Singer decided to cut this sequence altogether and it  remains unseen.'),
('199670',' The illusion'),
('199671','casting powers that Mutant 143 (played by  Michael Reid McKay (qv)) possesses, is a homage to a classic X'),
('199672','Men  villain from the comics named Jason Wyngarde/Mastermind.'),
('199673',' The Danger Room, the area where the X'),
('199674','Men train and hone their  powers, was going to be included in this film. Bryan Singer had  wanted it to appear in the first film, but due to budget cuts, the  idea had to be scrapped. It was then worked into the story for this  film, to take place when Wolverine is left to watch after the  students in the mansion. He decides to do a workout in the Danger  Room, which was going to segue into the scene of him lying down and  having a vision of Stryker and his Weapon X procedure. The Danger  Room was going to be a cylindrical'),
('199675','shaped room, with different  sections of the floor raising and lowering at dangerous speeds, as  well as holographic projectiles, etc. The earliest teaser trailer  for the film gave a sneak peak at how the Danger Room was going to  look, but shortly after this teaser was released, Fox cut Singers  budget down from $125 million to $110 million, forcing Singer to  once again cut the Danger Room from the film. There is still a small  reference to the Danger Room remaining in the film: when Stryker  first enters the X'),
('199676','Mansion subbasement, directly opposite from the  elevator is a door with a small label on it, which, according to  Singers DVD commentary track, identifies the door as the entrance  to the Danger Room.'),
('199677',' Neil Patrick Harris (qv) auditioned for the role of Nightcrawler,  but lost out to Alan Cumming (qv) who speaks fluent German.'),
('199678',' SPOILER: According to Bryan Singer (qv), he conceived the idea of  Jean Greys death mid'),
('199679','way through production. During the filming of  the museum scene, he privately met with Famke Janssen (qv) to  discuss the concept of Jean dying at the end of this film, with the  allusion to her return as Phoenix (as in the comic book mythology)  in the next sequel. Janssen enthusiastically agreed.'),
('199680',' Kurt Wagners x'),
('199681','rays are all given the same id: C13957. They are all  dated May 22/84, and taken my Dr D.Mintz (69) at the offices of "Drs  Green, Chetwynd, Gough, Switzer, Siu, Fulton, Bentley, Murray.  Radiologists. Vancouver, BC"'),
('199682',' The radio in the X'),
('199683','jet that Storm tunes is a Garmin 530, an actual  communication/navigation radio commonly found in light aircraft.'),
('199684',' The song Pyro turns on in Cyclops car is Bye, Bye, Bye by the pop  band *NSYNC (qv).'),
('199685',' Body count: 26'),
('199686',' The sunglasses worn by Cyclops are Oakley Pennys, although they look  very similar to the glasses he wore in the original X'),
('199687','men they are  in fact a different model (with Oakley Juliets appearing in the  first film), both were modified with blinders around the lens.  Oakley were also responsible for manufacturing the visor which  Cyclops wears and in some shots Oakleys logo (a horizontally  stretched "O") can be seen on the parts of the visor that cover  Cyclops ears.'),
('199688',' When Jean is hearing peoples thoughts in the Science Museum, one of  them is "To the shelter!" This line was said by one of the Secret  Service during Nightcrawlers attack on the Oval Office in the  previous scene, thus adding/alluding to Jeans growing psychic  abilities. Other lines Jean hears are "No!" shouted by Wolverine  when he later is separated from General Stryker by Icemans wall of  ice and "Theyre gonna kill him." which is what Rogue later says to  Iceman and Pyro in the tunnel pleading for them to go back and help  Wolverine.'),
('199689',' Bryan Singer (qv) cast Brian Cox (I) (qv) as Stryker based on  his performance in _Manhunter (1986)_ (qv).'),
('199690',' The character Rogue, whose real name has never been revealed since  her introduction in the comics in 1981, was given a name for this  film '),
('199691',' Marie DAncanto. Comic writer Chris Claremont (qv), Rogues  creator, has used this name since the movies release in the  "X'),
('199692','Treme X'),
('199693','Men" comic, but for a different character.'),
('199694',' This is the only X'),
('199695','Men film where Stan Lee (I) (qv), creator of  the original comics, doesnt appear.'),
('199696',' According to Bryan Singer (qv)s commentary, he removed a couple  of seconds of footage after Wolverine stabs a soldier in the kitchen  during the raid for ratings purposes. But the extended sequence can  be seen as deleted footage in the Supplemental Features disc. The  extended sequence was also featured in the theatrical version in  other countries (ex: Brazil).'),
('199697',' In the scene where Rogue is sucked out of the jet, the stunt was  performed by Anna Paquin (qv) herself and not a stunt double.'),
('199698',' The movie began under the direction of Joseph Losey (qv) (working  as Joseph Walton), exiled to England because of the Hollywood  blacklist. He shot for a few days, and his footage must be in the  movie, but when Dean Jagger (qv) arrived, he refused to work with  a director he thought of as a Communist sympathizer, and Losey was  replaced by Leslie Norman (qv). Loseys departure was publicly  attributed to "illness".'),
('199699',' The Japanese DVD release of X '),
('199700',' Yochou came several months before  the X television series began airing, serving as a preview of the  show to come for eager viewers.'),
('199701',' As extras on the Japanese DVD release, an interview with director  Yoshiaki Kawajiri and brief interviews with voice actors Kenichi  Suzumura (Kamui) and Junichi Suwabe (Fuuma) were included. The voice  actor interview culminated with clips from a recorded performance of  a special X song not included in either the X '),
('199702',' Yochou episode  or the later series. The song, called Yakusoku (Promise) was  released on two separate limited CD singles (each featuring one of  the actors). The director interview with Mr. Kawajiri ended up on  the second American X television series DVD, while neither the  song footage or the CD singles were released in the United States.'),
('199703',' Released as a stand'),
('199704','alone DVD in Japan, X '),
('199705',' Yochou became the  first episode on the American DVD release of the X television  series and can be found on X DVD 1. For purposes of continuity in  the fan community it is considered to be a part of the television  series, but as it was never aired and was created for the home video  market only as an OAV (Original Animated Video), it is listed  separately.'),
('199706',' X '),
('199707',' Yochou marked the first animated appearance of Kakyou Kuzuki.  He did not appear in the X movie made in 1996 (his character had  been replaced with Shougo Asagi, a movie'),
('199708','unique character who fought  using water and later made an appearance in Tsubasa Chronicle),  because his character had not yet been written into the X manga  that both the television series and the film are based on.'),
('199709',' This documentary is actually a recreation as the song had been  completed in July 1980.'),
('199710',' Filmed at Virgin Records founder Richard Bransons Oxforshire manor  house estate.'),
('199711',' This program was a re'),
('199712','creation of the recording process for the song  "Towers Of London". The released version of the song had been  recorded and completed in July.'),
('199713',' Filmed on 22, 23 and 24 August 1980 and broadcast on 10 October 1980  on BBC2 Bristol.'),
('199714',' The song that plays in the title sequence is "The Somnabulist".'),
('199715',' The voice of actress Kassim, Aleeza (qv) was dubbed over by  Rahman, Ramona (qv) as the formers voice was thought to be too  rough.'),
('199716',' A married couple that director Austin Chick knew were so affected by  the emotional repercussions of their friends film that they started  divorce proceedings shortly after seeing it.'),
('199717',' The stair fall sequence in the "sad ending" of the film was shot at  the actual stairs in Georgetown, DC, where the ending to the  original Exorcist was shot. Jeremy Selenfriend, who created the head  spinning Regan, actually trained at Dick Smiths SPFX School (Dick  Smith created all the effects for the original Exorcist).'),
('199718',' The old building that became Xanadu was the Pan Pacific Auditorium  on Beverly Boulevard, near CBSs Television City in Hollywood,  California. It was built in 1935 and was destroyed by a fire in  1989. A community center now sits on the site, featuring a single  version of the Pan Pacifics 4 curved deco spires'),
('199719',' The set of the Xanadu club cost $1,000,000 to build.'),
('199720',' Gene Kelly (I) (qv) took the part of Danny McGuire because filming  was a short drive from his Beverly Hills home and he could be close  to his family at the same time.'),
('199721',' "Dont Walk Away," an animated sequence in the film, features scenes  nearly identical to portions of _Thumbelina (1994)_ (qv), namely a  shot of a small girl walking behind a leaf. Both were directed by  Don Bluth (qv).'),
('199722',' Playing on a 99'),
('199723','cent double'),
('199724','feature with Village People (qv) in  _Cant Stop the Music (1980)_ (qv), this inspired  John Wilson (XXVI) (qv) to create the Razzie Awards, dishonoring  worst achievements in film. It later won the first ever Worst  Director Razzie Award for Robert Greenwald (qv).'),
('199725',' Gene Kelly (I) (qv)s last feature film'),
('199726',' Since fantasy is Xanadus dominant trait, certain mattes, including  a couple of time'),
('199727','lapsed cloud effects matted over the departure  along the highway of one of the muses, and another matted above  Gene Kelly (I) (qv) as he sits on a beach playing a clarinet,  dont look 100% realistic. This was intentional, done with the hope  that the various sequence take a mythical ambiance that looks  unreal, rather than phony.'),
('199728',' Further into completion, Joel Silver (I) (qv),  Robert Greenwald (qv) and Victor J. Kemper (qv) started wanting  more effects, fancier effects, heavier effects. Then with its  Christmas 1980 release moved up by Universal Pictures to summer  1980, this was now unattainable.'),
('199729',' One aspect of the special effects that proved difficult was the fact  that Xanadu is an earthbound fantasy, and many of the elaborate  matting effects had to be successfully worked into naturalistic  settings, street scenes, etc. One of the muses even exits as a  live'),
('199730','action tapered streak from within the metal superstructure of a  large building, to cite a particular example.  Robert Greenwald (qv) stated this was more difficult than having  the ability to pull off its most impressive effects within the  comfortable black limbo of space.'),
('199731',' The mural depicted in the film never existed. Rather, it was a  digital image superimposed over one of the shops in an alleyway on  Dudley Avenue and Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica, California  during post'),
('199732','production.'),
('199733',' Famously received the one sentence review: "In a word, Xana'),
('199734','dont."'),
('199735',' Following on the heels of Olivia Newton'),
('199736','John (qv)s enormous  success in _Grease (1978)_ (qv), this was meant to launch her career  as a solo star. Its complete failure at the American box office  ensured that this would be the one and only time she ever received  top billing without a co'),
('199737','star in a theatrical release.'),
('199738',' VARIETYs review of this film referred to  Olivia Newton'),
('199739','John (qv)s character as "a rollerskating  lightbulb."'),
('199740',' The title comes from a Samuel Taylor Coleridge (qv) poem called  "Kubla Khan". The same name was also used as the name of Charles  Foster Kanes residence in _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv).'),
('199741',' Olivia Newton'),
('199742','John (qv) fractured her coccyx while filming the  dance sequence "Suddenly."'),
('199743',' According to Olivia Newton'),
('199744','John (qv), filming began without a  finished script; it was written as filming went on.'),
('199745',' In the two'),
('199746','page booklet included with the DVD, it is stated that the  film was originally conceived as a straight'),
('199747','on roller'),
('199748','disco movie,  but that the imminent release of two quickie roller'),
('199749','disco films  (_Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)_ (qv) and _Roller Boogie (1979)_ (qv))  prompted many changes (like its blending of 40s and 80s styles),  which may explain why star Olivia Newton'),
('199750','John (qv) complained of  the film being written while it was being made.'),
('199751',' Though an infamous flop initially, it has since achieved "cult"  status, and like other failed musicals of its time  (_Apple, The (1980)_ (qv) and _Cant Stop the Music (1980)_ (qv)),  is quite popular with gay audiences.'),
('199752',' The original budget was $4 million, but as producer  Joel Silver (I) (qv) developed it, costs rose to $13 million.  Universal head Ned Tanen (qv) fired Joel Silver (I) (qv), who  immediately went to work for his friend and mentor  Lawrence Gordon (I) (qv) '),
('199753',' who was also a producer on the film, so  Joel Silver (I) (qv) was back on the project.'),
('199754',' Despite the failure of the film at the box office, the soundtrack  was an enormous success. The song "Magic" went to #1 on the U.S. pop  singles chart.'),
('199755',' The word Xanadu is spoken 21 times in the end song "Xanadu".'),
('199756',' Olivia Newton'),
('199757','John (qv) turned down a role (which eventually was  played by Valerie Perrine (qv)) in  _Cant Stop the Music (1980)_ (qv) to star in this movie'),
('199758',' There were 60 Xanadu Dancers, for the Xanadu Roller Disco scene.'),
('199759',' Andy Gibb (I) (qv) was originally cast to play Sonny.'),
('199760',' Danny Mcguire was also the name of Gene Kellys character in the  movie "Cover Girl", which he starred in with Rita Hayworth in 1944,  about the time the Danny McGuire of "Xanadu" reached his peak.'),
('199761',' CAMEO(Hans'),
('199762','Jürgen Buchner): the man who leads the brass band through  the forest.'),
('199763',' Xavier (2004) was Yuri Alves 1st feature film debut, he made it with  the help of family and friends. Yuri used a friends studio and  would edit overnight before the studio opened in the morning. Yuri  was a second year undergraduate at NJCU. Demis Tambo who plays  Xavier and director Yuri Alves are childhood friends. Igor Alves and  Yuri Alves are brothers.'),
('199764',' The movie was shot in 24 hours with cast and crew working almost  nonstop and the two directors alternating in the filming'),
('199765',' This documentary is featured on the Sixth Season DVD set for "Xena  Warrior Princess" (1995), released in 2005.'),
('199766',' Isabel Granada (qv) was supposed to play as the Queen. When  director Sean Lim (qv) saw her, he re'),
('199767','casted her as one of the  triplets since she was too young to play the queen.'),
('199768',' The names of Jr.s assistants Mary and Shelley are an obvious  reference to Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.'),
('199769',' At one point, Albedo refers to MOMO as "my little pêche". "Pêche" is  French for "peach", and "momo" is Japanese for "peach" as well.'),
('199770',' One of the minor characters in the U.S version of the game is called  Professor Hakase. "Hakase" is a Japanese term meaning "holder of a  doctoral degree".'),
('199771',' This is the first and only Xenosaga video game series that does not  feature the use to purchase any items with currencies earned from  the battle nor does currencies earned from battle or anytime. The  items can only be found in treasure chests and defeating enemies.'),
('199772',' On 29 April 2003, a day before the films commercial release, the  Movie and Television Regulatory and Classification Board (MTRCB)  pulled out some 100 photos of Aubrey Miles displayed by the movie  production in the theater lobby inside a popular mall in Manila. The  MTRCB ordered the pull'),
('199773','out after receiving several complaints from  parents that the images displayed publicly were obscene. Miles  defended the display of pictures, saying those were not  pornographic. The black and white photos shot by Zander Angeles were  displayed as early as April 26 to hype the movie.'),
('199774',' Based on the widely followed sex column published in tabloid Abante  since July of 1988. The column is the local version of Xaviera  Hollanders best'),
('199775','selling novel "The Happy Hooker".'),
('199776',' Due to production constraints Xhale was produced in just two and a  half weeks, a short time for a five minute animation.'),
('199777',' The electronic world set was constructed from a mass of disused  circuit boards, old TV tubes and electronic components; all salvaged  from the basement of a TV repair shop.'),
('199778',' This film did poorly at the Hong Kong box office, where fans were  not interested in seeing Yun'),
('199779','Fat Chow (qv) play a violent  criminal. It was however a critical and cult favorite in the US and  UK.'),
('199780',' While local Mandarin films were experiencing a local box office  slump during a brief period in the early 70s, former Shaw  director/production manager Yuan Chiu Feng reportedly announced in a  Taipei press conference that Xian nu xia fan aka The Human  Goddess was to be the first Mandarin language feature to be sent  over to the United States for patented single strip 70mm Cinerama  formatting to tailor it for local D'),
('199781','150 exhibition at Shaw Brothers  own Cinerama equipped Pearl Theatre in Hong Kong.'),
('199782',' Director Fruit Chan (qv) struggled for years to direct his debut  film, and could only do so by shooting the entire picture on bits  and pieces of blank film that he had collected from the ends of  reels.'),
('199783',' Xiangyangs paintings at the exhibition were done by the  contemporary Chinese artist, Zhang Xiaogang.'),
('199784',' DIRCAMEO(Zhang Ke Jia (qv)): the man sent by Xiao Yang to return  Xiao Wus wedding present.'),
('199785',' Based on the book "Proud Smiling Wanderer" by Louis Cha'),
('199786',' Voted the best Chinese'),
('199787','language film of all time by the Hong Kong  Film Academy in 2004.'),
('199788',' Voted the best Chinese'),
('199789','language film of all time by the Hong Kong  Film Critics Society in 2002.'),
('199790',' "Visa dexploitation" in France: #83320'),
('199791',' The first Hong Kong production to be shot with anamorphic lenses,  for a wide'),
('199792','screen (2.35 : 1) release print.'),
('199793',' Jackie Chan himself filmed an explosion scene. When the fiery police  car came sliding dangerously close, the crew jumped out of the way  and tried to pull Jackie out of harms way. But Jackie yelled, "No!  Dont run!" and continued filming what turned out to be a  spectacular piece of action.'),
('199794',' Despite having "Police Story" in the title, this film has nothing to  do with Chans other Police Story films.'),
('199795',' Jackie Chan (I) (qv) sings the theme song, "September Storm".'),
('199796',' A black boxer was included as one of the pagoda masters in this  movie because of rumors that Bruce Lee (I) (qv) was going to ask  Muhammad Ali (qv) to be one of the pagoda masters in his Game Of  Death movie (the rumors were false).'),
('199797',' There were rumors that Teruyoshi Nakano (qv) started work on the  special effects for this film, but his contract ran out, so  Teisho Arikawa (qv) took over.'),
('199798',' Has two endings. The first, a shorter one, is not well received in  its China screenings. Zhang Yimou subsequently shot a longer ending  after its China release for international distribution.'),
('199799',' Director Zhang Yimou issued a casting call via the Internet for role  of the blind girl. Eventual lead Dong Jie was selected from some  40,000 girls who auditioned for the role.'),
('199800',' SPOILER: Government censors insisted on cutting a scene depicting  workers measuring the bathhouse in preparation for its demolition.  Their actions make it clear to the father that the bathhouse will  soon be destroyed, and he dies that night. With the scene removed,  the death is sudden and inexplicable.'),
('199801',' DIRCAMEO(Aaron Michael Lacey (qv)): the voice of Alencon on the  phone with Dr. Mariner towards the end of the film.'),
('199802',' Allys position and number (22) pay respect to Emmitt Smith and his  career with the Dallas Cowboys.'),
('199803',' The extreme back'),
('199804','lit look of several scenes were inspired by a  classic anime technique, but Brittneys vision in the library scene  is an homage to the Dollerhyde van scene in Michael Mann (qv)s  _Manhunter (1986)_ (qv).'),
('199805',' Allys house in the film is actually the home of the mother of the  director (Mary Roland) who appears in the film as Brittneys mother.'),
('199806',' Maria Jones (II) (qv) and Michelle Fairbanks  (qv) received  several weeks training in kung fu by the only American to master  Shao Lin Kung Fu, Donald Finley, who makes an appearance as the  bearded man during the bar fight.'),
('199807',' The Japanese animated film _Purojekuto A'),
('199808','ko (1986)_ (qv) inspired  the basic premise of the film, along with its three main characters.  The names Ally Koch, Brittney Kornblum and Chris Koenig refer to the  characters A'),
('199809','Ko, B'),
('199810','Ko and C'),
('199811','Ko, respectively. A fourth charactter,  "Echo", makes an even more direct reference ("E'),
('199812','ko", although there  was no "E'),
('199813','ko" in the original).'),
('199814',' For the scene in Mr. Vickers office, cue cards were needed to help  Dale Dudley (qv) with his speech. He would ultimately improvise  most of the rant that ends up in the film.'),
('199815',' The home of Russell Parker, one of the films executive producers,  served as the location for Brittneys mansion. During  pre'),
('199816','production, the filmmakers approached Mr. Parker about using his  home for location photography and he would ultimately oversee  financing of the entire project.'),
('199817',' Several actors, including Blair Womble, Clayton Smith and Cade  Barron were real students at Pflugerville High School which served  as the location for Palace High. They were cast before the final  high school location had been determined.'),
('199818',' SPOILER: Director Davenport originally intended the film to end with  Rachel coming home to find the apartment filled with clones of Tony,  having apparently come from the alien eggs which the real Tony had  been left in the refrigerator. But executive producer Robert Shaye,  not thinking the scenes special effects were convincing enough,  edited it out and released it for its New York debut with the film  ending when Rachel sits down in the field after Sam and Tony have  left. However Davenport, not wanting to have it end on such an  abrupt note, created another one which had Rachel going back to the  apartment, picking up one of the eggs and being attacked by a  face'),
('199819','grabbing creature similar to the one which attacked the woman  in the cottage, and ultimately the film was released with this  ending.'),
('199820',' The creature that attacks the woman in the cottage was played by a  mime they hired to crawl on his back.'),
('199821',' The film was briefly listed among the UK video nasties by the DPP  but was later removed from the list without any prosecutions being  made and reissued on video without cuts.'),
('199822',' This film, together with _Exposé (1976)_ (qv), were the only British  films on the original DPP 74 list of official video nasties.'),
('199823',' Chinas first film to be digitally projected in a Chinese cinema.'),
('199824',' The film features a gallery of X related artworks by Mokona Apapa,  lead artist of CLAMP, as well as a short animated clip. The original  illustrations were done initially for the Kadokawa Shoten ASUKA  magazine where X was serialized as a manga, and were later  collected into the X Zero artbook released in the year 2000.'),
('199825',' The animated promo clip at the end of the film was created as a  preview for the planned X Movie, which came out three years later  in 1996 and had many of the same animation staff, including director  Rintaro and character designer Nobuteru Yuuki.'),
('199826',' The music video for Molotovs title song, "Here comes the Mayo",  includes outtakes from the film, including scenes deleted from the  theatrical release. This scenes are also available in the official  Webpage.'),
('199827',' Broke Mexican Box office records on June 8th, 2001, grossing $2.2  million in its first week, the biggest opening ever for a Mexican  film.'),
('199828',' The last names of all the principal characters (Zapata, Iturbide,  Carranza, etc.) are those of important figures in Mexican history.  The last name of the one Spanish character '),
('199829',' Cortés '),
('199830',' is that of the  Spanish conquistador who conquered much of Mexico for Spain.'),
('199831',' Isaac Sánchez (qv) was to play the part of Tenoch Iturbide, but it  was decided that an older actor would play the role, due to strong  sexual scenes and Sánchezs being 16 at the time.'),
('199832',' The translation of the tagline is: "Life has its way of teaching us.  Life has its way of confusing us. Life has its way of changing us.  Life has its way of astonishing us. Life has its way of hurting us.  Life has its way of curing us. Life has its way of inspiring us."'),
('199833',' A Steadicam operator was hired for the film, but the Steadicam was  never used. The man that was hired used his on'),
('199834','set time to help out  with other things on the production.'),
('199835',' In an interview, Gael García Bernal (qv) revealed that some drops  of a famous brand of shampoo were used as semen in the scene where  Julio Zapata and Tenoch Iturbide are masturbating in the pool.'),
('199836',' When the producers tried to buy the rights of Frank Zappa (qv)s  "Watermelon in Easter Hay" they were told by Zappas family that  Zappa requested that three of his songs were never played in any  media except the album where they appear and that song was one of  them. Gail Zappa (qv), Franks widow, saw the movie when editing  was almost completed and agreed to make an exception because she  considered that Zappa would be proud of the movie.'),
('199837',' The ending scene where they talk while having a coffee was the first  filmed.'),
('199838',' The phrase "Y tu mama tambien", by itself, is not offensive, but if  you put an offense before it or you answer to an offense with it, it  is one of the most offensive phrases in Mexican Spanish. By itself,  it means "And your mother too."'),
('199839',' Diego Luna (I) (qv) wore a prosthetic penis to appear circumcised.  In real life, he is not circumcised.'),
('199840',' Gael Garcia Bernal (qv) and Diego Luna (I) (qv) each shot a  scene.'),
('199841',' Tenoch is the name of the legendary founder of México  Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire'),
('199842',' Other than the music played by radios, stereos and other music  devices, there is no actual background music on the movie'),
('199843',' This film is considered lost (2003), although a 4'),
('199844','minute trailer  still exists.'),
('199845',' Was made for only $2,400.'),
('199846',' The effects for the blob monster was actually just a black plastic  garbage bag covered in ultra'),
('199847','slime and operated by puppeteers on a  green'),
('199848','screen mat.'),
('199849',' The film was shot completely without sound. Voices, sound effects,  etc. Were all added in post'),
('199850','production.'),
('199851',' Originally planned as a feature'),
('199852','length film.'),
('199853',' There was originally planned to be more monsters and special  effects, but the makers didnt have time to create the animatronic  and prosthetic effects needed.'),
('199854',' There was a deleted concept in the script which had the mutant baby  creatures escaping to the roof of the building and growing to  massive proportions, then rampaging through crowded city streets.'),
('199855',' This is the last film of Andrei Krasko (qv) who died suddenly a  few weeks after the shootings end. He hadnt time to perform the  dubbing, so Semyon Furman (qv) gave his voice to the main  character and did it perfectly well: the voice of Krasko being very  specific, its practically impossible to notice the substitution  without knowing it beforehand. Ironically, this is also the first  film in which Andrei Krasko plays a main character, all previous  movie career of this brilliant and successful actor consisting of  cameos and supporting parts. Amongst many actors regarded as  candidates for the part of Viktor Tyrsa, Krasko was the only one who  rejected the superstitions and agreed to play a man who travels  between life and death.'),
('199856',' Became highest grossing Indian film in non'),
('199857','Indian markets so far in  December 2001, with close to $3 million revenues.'),
('199858',' Hrithik Roshan (qv) does a great impersonation of  Jim Carrey (qv) in this film, inspired by the poster of  _Me, Myself & Irene (2000)_ (qv).'),
('199859',' Though this movie flopped in India and other places,  Subhash Ghai (qv), before the movie released, said that this was  his best work.'),
('199860',' The script of the film started differently. It started off as a  story of Raj (Jackie Shroff (qv)) and his three daughters. But  after Hrithik Roshan (qv)s sudden popularity, Subhash Ghai (qv)  made Hrithiks role larger.'),
('199861',' Anupam Kher s first Punjabi film.'),
('199862',' Juhi Babbar s first Punjabi film.'),
('199863',' Jimmy Shergill s first Punjabi film.'),
('199864',' The film was extensively shot in Punjab University, Chandigarh.'),
('199865',' Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002  (#04)'),
('199866',' The music used in the opening credit sequence is from an Arabic song  by Mohammed Abdulwahab from the 1950s called "Me, suffering, and  your love" which are what the majority of the film is about.'),
('199867',' The sixth hero will be either Bobby (Deol), Abhishek (Bachchan) or  Saif (Ali Khan) according to the availability of their dates'),
('199868',' This movie was originally supposed to be titled "Mahzab:The  Religion".'),
('199869',' This script sold for $300,000 which was the highest amount ever paid  for a script at the time.'),
('199870',' Martin Scorsese (qv) wanted to direct after  _Mean Streets (1973)_ (qv) but the producers wanted  Sydney Pollack (qv).'),
('199871',' Lee Marvin was scheduled to star in The Yakuza with Robert Aldrich  to direct. When Mitchum replaced Marvin, Mitchum forced out Aldrich.  Replacement director Pollack briefly considered Robert Redford for  the lead role.'),
('199872',' The gambling game played by the Yakuza in the film is Tehonbiki.'),
('199873',' This was the first Our Gang comedy to be released by MGM.'),
('199874',' Often mistaken for Japanese, the word yamakasi is actually taken  from the Lingala language, which is spoken in the two Congos. Ya  makási can mean "strong body, strong spirit, strong person", though  in French usage its meaning is closer to "high energy".'),
('199875',' Yamato Captain Keisuke Yamanami is named after the historical  Shinsengumi warrior Keisuke Yamanami (1833'),
('199876','1865)'),
('199877',' After travelling through the nebula, the last hour of the film  switches to an anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio.'),
('199878',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('199879',' Despite a very minimal budget and hardly any support from the  Israeli Film Fund, the movie won top prize for a feature film in the  2005 Haifa International Film Festival. The prize was worth 110,000  NIS.'),
('199880',' The movie was made as a final film project for the film studies MA  at the Tel Aviv University. However, since those projects are not  supposed to be full'),
('199881','length features, only the first 30 pages of the  script were submitted for approval by the university. After  receiving the approval, Lerner went on to make a full feature with  no additional support from the university.'),
('199882',' The film was shot simultaneously in two languages: Hebrew and  English.'),
('199883',' Menahem Golan started pre'),
('199884','production for this film in August 2005.'),
('199885',' This is Shaw Brothers first widescreen Shawscope title to be shot  in black & white instead of Eastmancolor.'),
('199886',' The real HMS Amethyst was used at the start of filming. A special  effects explosion was made too big and blew a hole in the hull,  flooding the engine room. Amethyst was sent to the breakers and HMS  Magpie was used for the rest of the film.'),
('199887',' HMS Amethyst sustained more damage during filming than during the  actual battle.'),
('199888',' The River Orwell, which runs between Felixtowe and Harwich, in  Suffolk, England doubled as the Yangste River during the making of  this film.'),
('199889',' The film debut of Bernard Cribbins (qv).'),
('199890',' In a scene shortly after arriving at Oxford, Sheridan meets with his  assigned tutor, who asks him, "What are you reading?" by which he  means what is your field of study. Sheridan, confused, replies,  "Well, I am reading Gone With The Wind, but I am only halfway  through it." Vivien Leigh (qv), also in this movie, would of  course portray Scarlett in _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv) which  was released the year after this movie. Reportedly, it was known as  early as 1937 from a Selznick memo that Leigh had secured the role.'),
('199891',' The first feature film of Jon Pertwee (qv).'),
('199892',' The scenes with the Spitfires were filmed in the UK. The Spitfires  were from 602 squadron under the command of Squadron Leader Sandy  Johnstone who were resting in early 1941 in Scotland after fighting  in the Battle of Britain.'),
('199893',' The following actors appeared in casting call lists but were not  seen in the movie: Edward Ashley (qv), Miles Mander (qv),  Ottola Nesmith (qv), Turhan Bey (qv) and Selmer Jackson (qv).  Dick French (qv) and Gayne Whitman (qv) were mentioned as cast  members in news items, but were also not seen in the movie.'),
('199894',' Although there is no record of retakes, there must have been some  after the end of filming on 13 November 1941, since the bombing of  Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 is mentioned in the forward and in  conversation within the film. Retakes may have been the reason some  of the listed actors were not in the film. This movie was certainly  one of the earliest releases mentioning the bombing of Pearl Harbor.'),
('199895',' Clyde De Vinna (qv) took over as director of photography during  the last week of filming when Lester White (qv) had to shoot  additional scenes for _Babes on Broadway (1941)_ (qv).'),
('199896',' Production was underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.'),
('199897',' Astaire, Fred (qv) was first offered the leading role but turned  it down.'),
('199898',' James Cagney (qv) reprised his role as George M. Cohan (qv) in  _Seven Little Foys, The (1955)_ (qv).'),
('199899',' George M. Cohan (qv) chose James Cagney (qv) to play him.'),
('199900',' This was the very first black and white movie to be colorized using  a controversial computer'),
('199901','applied process. Despite widespread  opposition to the practice by many film aficionados, stars and  directors, the movie won over a sizeable section of the public on  its re'),
('199902','release.'),
('199903',' Many facts were changed or ignored to add to the feel of the movie.  For example, the real George M. Cohan (qv) was married twice, and  although his second wifes middle name was Mary, she went by her  first name, Agnes.'),
('199904',' The movie deviated so far from the truth that, following the  premiere, Cohan commented, "It was a good movie. Who was it about?"'),
('199905',' James Cagney (qv) was eleven years older than his screen mother  Rosemary DeCamp (qv).'),
('199906',' Frances Langford is listed in the credits simply as "singer". In the  film Cagney calls her "Nora" so this character is probably the real  life Nora Bayes (1880'),
('199907','1928). Bayes was a popular performer who  recorded many Cohan songs and entertained the troops with Cohan  during World War I. Bayes wrote "Shine on Harvest Moon" and was the  subject of her own biopic in the 1944 Warner Brothers film of the  same name. "Over There" isnt the only singing that Langford does in  "Yankee Doodle Dandy". She also sings the medley "In a Kingdom of  Our own/Love Nest/Nellie Kelly, I Love You/The Man Who Owns  Broadway/Molly Malone/Billie" which backs up one of Don Siegels  great montage sequences. Francis Langford sang "Over There" to WW I  American troops and toured with Bob Hope to entertain American  troops in WW II, Korea and Viet Nam.'),
('199908',' Warner brothers second highest grossing film of 1942 ($4.8 million).'),
('199909',' James Cagney (qv)s performance as George M. Cohan is ranked #6 on  Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.'),
('199910',' The movies line "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My  sister thanks you. And I thank you." was voted as the #97 movie  quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('199911',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #98 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('199912',' Irving Cummings (qv)s screen debut.'),
('199913',' John Schlesinger originally delivered the film at a length of around  165 minutes. He was forced to cut the film by approximately 25  minutes before the films premiere engagement. The film stayed at  this length and the 165'),
('199914','minute directors cut has never been seen.'),
('199915',' Olivia Newton'),
('199916','John (qv) was interviewed for a key role.'),
('199917',' Won a prize at the Nimes Film Festival.'),
('199918',' A Bluebird Production. Universal, lacking its own theater chain,  devised a 3'),
('199919','tiered branding system to help it market its product to  independent theater owners: Red Feather (low budget programmers),  Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures designed  to command higher roadshow ticket prices). This branding system  would end in late 1929.'),
('199920',' It started to rain during filming so the director went with it and  changed the script accordingly.'),
('199921',' Script was originally seen by Director and Producing team at their  Reading Series event. But the script was 15 pages instead of the 5  pages it turned into and the two leads were both men. Director  bugged writer for rights to script and asked him to change one of  the leads to a woman and cut the script down to only 5 pages. He did  so and the film was born by Bravo Television. First time Wildcard  Pictures optioned script from their reading series event.'),
('199922',' The Yard was adapted from a short story written by Ryan Wickerham,  based on his experiences in elementary school.'),
('199923',' For Leos and Willies fight, the actors agreed to actually fight  each other. Although they wore knee and elbow pads, everything on  screen is actually Joaquin Phoenix (qv) and  Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv) beating each other up. There are no stunts  and the entire thing was taken in two takes from three different  angles. The next day, the actors were black and blue.'),
('199924',' The film was based on a real'),
('199925','life corruption scandal in the  mid'),
('199926','1980s that involved the father of director  James Gray (I) (qv).'),
('199927',' The newscasters on the news that Leo watches are actual newscasters  from the New York area.'),
('199928',' The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) initially refused  permission to film on its property. The filmmakers decided to film  at an old abandoned freight yard and a studio set. Finally, a deal  was reached allowing one scene to be shot inside the 207th Street  Car Shop and Yard on NYCTA property.'),
('199929',' Just before the fight scene, Joaquin Phoenix (qv) really did hit  Charlize Theron (qv), and really took a tumble down the stairs.'),
('199930',' Although theatrically released in the fall of 2000, the film was  shot during the spring and summer of 1998 and was originally slated  for theatrical release in the fall of 1999. Studio and production  problems, however, delayed the release for a full year.'),
('199931',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Doing Like Daisy (1913)_ (qv).'),
('199932',' "The Buzzing Orient" 1'),
('199933','reel documentary series.'),
('199934',' Easter Egg: (Programmers Initials) Destroy the Swirl in mid'),
('199935','flight,  then position Yar ship so that its spot lines up with the vertical  black streak in the Qotile explosion. The letters "HSWWSH" will  appear on the screen. Howard Scott Warshaw designed Yars Revenge.  Unfortunately, this easter egg will end the game.'),
('199936',' In the scene where Yasmin chases off a group of boys who are  throwing milk at a Muslim woman, an old lady comes up and apologizes  for their behavior. This moment was completely unscripted '),
('199937',' the crew  were filming on a real street and the old lady was just a passer'),
('199938','by  who hadnt noticed the cameras.'),
('199939',' Chau, Emil (qv) plays an ice cream vendor, a role that he also  played in _Hong faan kui (1995)_ (qv).'),
('199940',' Because of the mess they left behind (from the demolished house),  the production company was barred permanently from ever filming in  that part of Australia again.'),
('199941',' DIRCAMEO(Sammo Hung Kam'),
('199942','Bo): the cyclist.'),
('199943',' DIRCAMEO(Zeki Demirkubuz (qv): sitting behind the couple in the  cinema.'),
('199944',' Ugur Yücel (qv), the director wanted to cast Ozan Guven (qv) for  a major part; but the actor was then working in Cem Yilmaz (qv)s  _G.O.R.A. (2004)_ (qv). The actor, however, appears for a few  seconds as a soldier on the field alongside Olgun Simsek (qv), the  lead.'),
('199945',' This epic Leslie Cheung vehicle is one of the most elaborate and  expensive Hong Kong'),
('199946','Mainland co'),
('199947','productions for its time. The  time'),
('199948','tested material was adapted from classic horror'),
('199949','mystery writer  Szema Wei'),
('199950','Bangs Chinese interpretation of "The Phantom of the  Opera". Curiously "Phantom Lover" is the fourth screen remake of  this classic tragedy/love story with a screen lineage dating back to  the early days of pre'),
('199951','World War II Shanghai film studios. In modern  Hong Kong cinema, the last telling of Ye ban ge sheng prior to  Ronny Yus version was produced over 30 years ago by none other than  Sir Run Run Shaw in his lavish black and white widescreen adaptation  in "The Mid'),
('199952','nightmare" starring Golden Age screen idols Betty Loh'),
('199953','Ti  (Love Eterne) and Chao Lei (Kingdom & The Beauty) in the lead roles.  That version was released in two parts in 1962 and 1963  respectively.'),
('199954',' The music on the soundtrack is borrowed from many other films and  includes snippets from _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv)  and _Jaws (1975)_ (qv).'),
('199955',' At 180 meters long and 60 meters wide, the set for the Emperors  Palace is the largest set ever built in China.'),
('199956',' Gong Li was originally supposed to play Zhang Ziyis part. Due to  scheduling conflicts, the role was passed onto Zhang Ziyi and she  gladly accepted because she thought the character was so  interesting.'),
('199957',' Both Li Gong (I) (qv) and Maggie Cheung (qv) were originally  considered playing the queens role. When Ziyi Zhang (qv) took  over the part, the script was rewritten to make the character  younger.'),
('199958',' The Federation of Motion Film Producers of Hong Kong announced on 28  Sept 2006 that this would be Hong Kongs entry to the 79th Oscars  Best Foreign Film category.'),
('199959',' When Artemio Marquez (qv) directed Nora Aunor (qv) as a guest in  this movie, he was convinced she would be the next Queen of  Philippine movies. This led him to convince Doc Perez of Sampaguita  Pictures about making Nora the lead star for his next project.'),
('199960',' Cameras destroyed: 3'),
('199961',' Each skater with a full section performed an insane trick using a  ramp, which was keyed out or removed during editing.'),
('199962',' Owen Wilson (qv)s scene was actually skated by Eric Koston  wearing a blond wig.'),
('199963',' One of the Christmas specials that is shown on Jingles TV is the  original The Year Without A Santa Claus.'),
('199964',' John Goodman  (qv)has also played Santa on "Futurama (1999)" and  in the Animated remake of Rudolph the Red'),
('199965','Nosed Reindeer.'),
('199966',' Banned by former dictator Suharto (qv) for its graphic depiction  of his tumultuous and bloody rise to power in the 1960s, the film  was finally screened in Indonesia on 6 November 2000, two years  after he was forced from office after 32 years of autocratic rule.'),
('199967',' Much of the non'),
('199968','English dialogue in the film is in Filipino, not  Javanese. For example, when Billy visits the home of a dead child in  a slum area, the prayer spoken by the old man is in fact "Our  Father" in Tagalog.'),
('199969',' Linda Hunt (qv) is the only actress ever to win an academy award  playing a man, no cross dressing or gender confusion involved.  Hilary Swank (qv) (_Boys Dont Cry (1999)_ (qv)) received the  award for playing a biological female who identifies as a man.  Gwyneth Paltrow (qv) (_Shakespeare in Love (1998)_ (qv)) received  one for playing a woman who was pretending to be a man pretending to  be a woman.'),
('199970',' Average Shot Length = ~5.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.9  seconds.'),
('199971',' Robert Hardy (I) (qv) was listed in UK trades when production  started as being in this project'),
('199972',' David Bamber (qv) was listed being in this film in UK Trades when  filming started'),
('199973',' Louis Jourdan (qv)s last film'),
('199974',' William Goldman (qv)s first original screenplay since  _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)_ (qv).'),
('199975',' Although many viewers take it for granted that the comet of the  title is Halleys Comet, this is not specifically stated in the  film. In fact, the comet of the title was the Great Comet of 1811  (formally designated C/1811 F1 by astronomers). Halleys Comet,  which appears only every 75 to 76 years, appeared in 1758 and 1835;  it did not appear in 1811.'),
('199976',' The website where Molly makes her card is a real website for making  greeting cards.'),
('199977',' Originally broadcast on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('199978',' The exterior shots of New York City were actually sets built in  North Carolina. Said sets proved realistic enough to fool even  Stanley Kubrick (qv), who attended the movies premiere.  Co'),
('199979','writer/director Michael Cimino (qv) actually had to convince  the Bronx'),
('199980','born Kubrick this films exteriors were shot at a  sound'),
('199981','stage and not on location.'),
('199982',' This is the first movie ever to feature the now'),
('199983','popular Desert Eagle  handgun, according to the guns manufacturer, Magnum Research, Inc.,  and Washburn, Rick (qv), the films weapons coordinator.'),
('199984',' When the film came out, it was protested against by the Chinese  American community for presenting an inaccurate and stereotyped  image of Chinatown.'),
('199985',' For this movie, co'),
('199986','writer/director Michael Cimino (qv) drew  considerably on star Mickey Rourke (qv)s real'),
('199987','life boxing  prowess. But at first, Rourke didnt take his physical training  seriously. So Cimino hired a real'),
('199988','life Hells Angel to be Rourkes  trainer, and the biker (according to Cimino) worked wonders with the  once'),
('199989','reluctant Rourke.'),
('199990',' Although during the film it is stated repeatedly that Yao Ming is  75" tall, in actuality Yao is 76" tall. The 75" height stems from  the fact that he was not measured until he arrived in the US in  October of 2002. So he was listed at the 75" height, from an old  measurement. By the time Yao arrived in the US and was measured at  76", he had already been listed in all media at 75". Thusly people  always referred to Yao as being 75". His height has since been  updated in all media to the correct 76", but nonetheless in the  film he is referred to as being 75".'),
('199991',' Winner of "Best Comedic Short Film" at the Wilmington Film Festival  2002.'),
('199992',' The original title of the script was "Edward & Nathan" but after the  first draft, Nathans role was cut in half.'),
('199993',' This documentary is featured on the Collectors Edition DVD of  _Animal House (1978)_ (qv), released in 1998.'),
('199994',' MGM had actually begun filming "The Yearling" in 1941 with  Spencer Tracy (qv), Anne Revere (qv), and Atlanta native Gene  Eckman (who never appeared in another film) in the starring roles,  Roddy McDowall (qv) as Fodderwing, and Victor Fleming (qv)  directing, but the production ran into innumerable problems,  including Eckman growing too quickly during filming, his thick local  accent (which conflicted with Tracys vocal quality), swarms of  mosquitoes, and conflicts between Fleming and producer  Sidney Franklin (I) (qv). After King Vidor (qv) agreed to take  over directing but then dropped out, the project was cancelled '),
('199995',' at  a loss of $500,000 '),
('199996',' when the United States entered World War II.'),
('199997',' During the final days of filming, actor Gregory Peck (qv) was  alternating between the Florida set of this movie and a Texas set,  where he was simultaneously filming _Duel in the Sun (1946)_ (qv).'),
('199998',' During the ten months of filming, 32 trained animals were used,  including five fawns. The fawns needed to be replaced as they aged  in order to conform to the description of the title animal. The fawn  found by Jody, as he pulls back the foliage, was three days old and  had been rescued from a forest fire. Other animals used in filming  included 126 deer, 9 black bears, 37 dogs, 53 wild birds, 17  buzzards, 1 owl, 83 chickens, 36 pigs, 8 rattlesnakes, 18 squirrels,  4 horses and 17 raccoons.'),
('199999',' "The Yearling" author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (qv) own Cross  Creek homestead '),
('200000',' where she had written the novel '),
('200001',' was used for  filming some of the location scenes in the movie.'),
('200002',' Jane Wyman (qv)s daughter refused to speak to her for two weeks  after she saw the film.'),
('200003',' L. B. Mayer considered Ann Harding in the role of Ma Baxter and had  her test in the early 40s.'),
('200004',' A copy of this film survives at the UCLA Film and Television  Archive.'),
('200005',' Leslie Cheungs final film before his suicide.'),
('200006',' Dimple Kapadia (qv) was the original leading lady. However, Rekha  stepped in her shoes subsequently.'),
('200007',' Lata Mangeshkar (qv) recorded her four songs in a single day.'),
('200008',' The film is based on a Marathi language story by famous writer,  anthropologist, feminist and Rajya Sabha MP '),
('200009',' Shakuntala Paranjpye.'),
('200010',' The film was originally titled KABHI ALIVDA NAA KEHNA, but the day  K. RAJ SRIVASTAVA went into pre production for this film Karan Johar  announced his next venture KABHI ALIVDA NAA KEHAN to the mass media.'),
('200011',' The film was to be released in 1992 under the name of Jadoo. It even  released a soundtrack which was resurrected for this film.'),
('200012',' Loosely based on the sensational landmark Nanavati Case '),
('200013',' which  was Indias last trial by jury. Commander Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati  was accused of the murder of Prem Ahuja on 27 April 1959 and was  finally pardoned by the president.'),
('200014',' Govinda (qv) was the original choice for the main role. Later,  Emraan Hashmi (qv) was signed for the role. Much later,  Jimmy Shergill (qv) stepped in.'),
('200015',' Urmila Matondkar was originally supposed to play the character of  Vasundhara, but opted out due to problems with filming dates.'),
('200016',' Film title was inspired by Yella Rottländer (qv), female lead in  Wim Wenders (qv) _Alice in den Städten (1974)_ (qv).'),
('200017',' This film is presumed lost.'),
('200018',' When Jim Garrick shoots at Madame Orloff, he says, "Not you Mama,  sit down." This was a catch phrase from a radio show, "Hi Gang",  which was very popular at that time.'),
('200019',' The film was an entry in the MayDay Films 24 Hour Filmmaker Contest.  The entire short was written, shot, cut, on'),
('200020','lined and scored in 23.2  hours.'),
('200021',' Eleventh episode in the Girl from Frisco 2'),
('200022','reel series'),
('200023',' Seventh episode in Jack Londons Tales of the Fish Patrol 2'),
('200024','reel  series.'),
('200025',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 6  March 1934 and had 79 performances. The opening night cast included  Sam Levene (I) (qv), who originated his movie role as Busch in the  play, James Stewart (I) (qv), Barton MacLane (qv),  Eddie Acuff (qv), Eduardo Ciannelli (qv),  Robert Keith (I) (qv), Myron McCormick (qv),  Millard Mitchell (qv), Robert Shayne (qv) and  Jack Carr (II) (qv).'),
('200026',' Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names): Frank OConnor (I) (qv) (Officer),  Billy Arnold (I) (qv) (Officer), Larry Steers (qv) (Officer),  Francisco Marán (qv) (Interpreter), Joe Dominguez (I) (qv)  (Second Interpreter), Dick Wessel (qv) (Cavalryman),  Ted Oliver (qv) (Cavalryman) and Charles Sullivan (I) (qv)  (Cavalryman).'),
('200027',' The play was based in part on Paul De Kruif (qv)s 1926 novel  "Microbe Hunters," which had a chapter on Walter Reeds work on  yellow fever.'),
('200028',' The villain Ali Singh is portrayed by Edwin Stevens (qv), a white  man.'),
('200029',' The Rolls'),
('200030','Royce used in the film was a pale blue 1930 Phantom II  Sedanca de Ville, which M'),
('200031','G'),
('200032','M technicians covered with 20 coats of  yellow paint; a few coats of black were added to the top of the  hood, the roof, and the wings.'),
('200033',' In October 2003, the Chicago Tribune reported that the yellow  Rolls'),
('200034','Royce is owned by Neal Kirkham of Saratoga, California, USA.'),
('200035',' Feature film debut of Roddy McDowall (qv).'),
('200036',' "The Buzzing Orient" 1'),
('200037','reel documentary series.'),
('200038',' When the producers approached The Beatles (qv) about this film,  the group, which hated the TV cartoon show of them, agreed to it  only as an easy way of completing their movie contract. As such,  they contributed only a few old songs and four quickly produced  numbers: "Only a Northern Song", "Hey Bulldog", "All Together Now"  and "Its All Too Much". However, when they saw the finished film,  they were so impressed by it that they decided to appear in a short  live action epilogue to the film.'),
('200039',' Peter Batten (I) (qv) was a deserter from the British army at the  time of the creation of the film. In the final weeks of production  he was arrested for desertion, and Paul Angelis (qv) had to finish  voicing the part of George.'),
('200040',' At the end, the live'),
('200041','action The Beatles (qv) show their souvenirs.  George Harrison (I) (qv) has the motor, Paul McCartney (qv) has  a little "love" and Ringo Starr (qv) has the "hole" in his pocket.  In live'),
('200042','action, Paul is the one who has "love". This is strange  because in the animation, John Lennon (I) (qv) has it.'),
('200043',' The three'),
('200044','dimensional effect for the animated smokestacks just  before the "Eleanor Rigby" sequence was accidental. The animators  cant recall how they did it, and many have tried to recreate the  effect.'),
('200045',' The "Hey Bulldog" sequence was deleted from the American version of  the film, for reasons unexplained. It was included in the  30th'),
('200046','anniversary re'),
('200047','release of the movie.'),
('200048',' Al Brodax (qv) and George Dunning (I) (qv) were responsible for  the animated television series _"Beatles, The" (1965)_ (qv), which  ran from 1965 to 1968 (the year this film was made).'),
('200049',' This film underwent restoration work in 1998 for release in 1999.  Since it was the original British version that was restored, U.S.  audiences got see the five minutes of footage that had been missing  in the original 85 minute U.S. release version.'),
('200050',' In the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" sequence, a great deal of the  images are taken from the films _Strike Me Pink (1936)_ (qv) and  _Dancing Lady (1933)_ (qv).'),
('200051',' With the closing song "All Together Now", the phrase itself is shown  twenty'),
('200052','seven times in sixteen languages. The sequence: English,  French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Hebrew, Greek, Swedish,  Russian, Japanese, English, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Farsi, Spanish,  Arabic, Swahili, Sanskrit, French, Hebrew, Swedish, Chinese, German,  Japanese, English.'),
('200053',' The scene in the museum when Ringo Starr (qv) and Old Fred watch  King Kong grabbing a screaming blonde out the window from her bed  refers to a sequence in _King Kong (1933)_ (qv), which, at the time,  had been cut from American prints: Kong mistakes the girl for  Fay Wray (qv) and grabs her, dropping her to her death when he  realizes she isnt.'),
('200054',' In one room that Ringo Starr (qv) and Old Fred pass through in the  museum, a number of King Features Syndicate comic characters,  including Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom, are seen as cutout  figures. At the extreme right side of the screen, generally visible  in wide'),
('200055','screen prints, are John Steed and Tara King (The Avengers),  characters King Features held, at the time, a US license on for  possible comic book or comic strip use.'),
('200056',' When the film was being restored for DVD, the producers obtained  The Beatles (qv) permission to remix the songs in order to  produce a proper 5.1 music track. Engineer Peter Cobbin (qv) went  back to The Beatles original four'),
('200057','track work tapes and assembled  true multi'),
('200058','track masters for each of the 15 songs, enabling him to  achieve stereo effects and adding clarity that had never previously  been possible. Many Beatles fans objected to this, although the  surviving Beatles themselves reportedly approved the new mixes.'),
('200059',' Blue Meanies have six fingers on each hand.'),
('200060',' "Only a Northern Song" was originally written for the "Sergeant  Peppers" album, and is a reference to Northern Records Ltd.'),
('200061',' Robin the Boy Wonder can be seen in the countdown sequence of "When  Im Sixty'),
('200062','Four". Hes number 18.'),
('200063',' The scene in which the boxing dinosaur is smoking a Cigar (it has a  band) is a parody of the long'),
('200064','running series of ad for Hamlet  Cigars. "Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet" was a long'),
('200065','running  campaign for Hamlet Cigars, lasting until tobacco advertising on  television was banned in the UK in 1991. Radio and television  commercials used an excerpt from Bachs Air on the G String, which  is still frequently associated with the brand.'),
('200066',' The movies poster was as #20 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by  Premiere.'),
('200067',' George comments "I know something about motors" when the submarines  stops working. As a matter of fact, George Harrisons brother was a  mechanic, and George himself had worked as an apprentice electrician  in his teens and planned to go into business with his brother.'),
('200068',' Writers Derek Ford (qv) and Donald Ford (qv) took the idea for  their screenplay from a British newspaper story about a group of  schoolgirls who advertised the loss of their virginity by wearing  the gollywog brooches given away by Robertsons Jam. The change to  teddy bears was made when the jam company refused to let their  trademark be used.'),
('200069',' Fourth release in Essanays "Do Children Count?" series.'),
('200070',' Blind Pew is named after a pirate in the classic adventure story  Treasure Island.'),
('200071',' Yellowbeard is obviously based on the infamous, murderous real'),
('200072','life  pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach. Blackbeard wove hemp into his  hair, and lit it to frighten his prey, as Yellowbeard does in the  film. Also, Teach was known for murdering the target ships crew in  horrific ways if the ship resisted in any way.'),
('200073',' The joke about Yellowbeard committing horrific acts of violence and  thievery but being imprisoned for tax evasion is an obvious  reference to Al Capone (I) (qv).'),
('200074',' Marty Feldman (qv) died during filming of Yellowbeard (1983) on  December 2, 1982 of a massive heart attack.'),
('200075',' John Cleese (qv) has stated that he accepted a role in this film  only as a favor to Graham Chapman (qv), and that he thought the  script was the worst that he had ever read.'),
('200076',' Adam Ant (qv) was originally slated to be in the cast but had to  bow out due to conflicts.'),
('200077',' The final film of Peter Bull.'),
('200078',' Released as part of a double'),
('200079','feature bill with Disneys  _Savage Sam (1963)_ (qv).'),
('200080',' Diane Lane (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Hadass.'),
('200081',' After _Heavens Gate (1980)_ (qv) lost nearly all of its $40 million  budget, this movie nearly wasnt made because of its starting budget  and storyline, which studio heads felt wouldnt sell tickets.'),
('200082',' Answering certain reviews that suggested all the songs in the film  "sounded the same," songwriters Alan Bergman (I) (qv) and Marilyn  Bergman (qv) responded that there are indeed similarities in the  songs because they wanted them to reflect the lessons of the Talmud,  in which each lesson often reflects the lesson before it.'),
('200083',' Young'),
('200084','eon is a ji'),
('200085','bak'),
('200086','ryeong, a Korean traditional ghost who haunt a  house or building she died.'),
('200087',' The directors wanted to make a supernatural tale without ghosts or  scary scenes. But the producer refused the idea and they had to add  some ghost scenes.'),
('200088',' The directors prefer the English title "Memento Mori".'),
('200089',' This is the final film from Kim Ki'),
('200090','duk (qv) before his death. He  made more than 66 films in 16 years between 1961 and 1977.'),
('200091',' Produced by the Nonsan Army Recruits Training Center (in Korea).  Filmed to spread information on the relatively new (at the time)  policy of mandatory military service which began after the Korean  War and continues to this day (2003). All Korean males are required  to serve in some part of the military for 2'),
('200092','3 years between the ages  of 20'),
('200093','23. Service by females is voluntary.'),
('200094',' '),
('200095',' Grand Bell Award for Best Film, Awards for Best Director,    Cinematography, Lighting, Art Direction, Editing, Actor in a    Supporting Role, Sound at Daejong Film Festival '),
('200096',' Awards for Best    Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Cinematography, and Music at    Critics Choice Awards (Korea) '),
('200097',' Invited to Tokyo International    Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, Fribourg    International Film Festival'),
('200098',' SPOILER: After the Girl talks to the old man for the last time, as  she looks off into the sky, a small UFO hovers across and zips off  real quickly. Its been said that the UFO is actually a time machine  that KyunWoo, as an old man, used to revisit his past. The old man  also makes a brief appearance near the beginning of the film when  KyunWoo and the Girl meet for the first time.'),
('200099',' Based on a true story.'),
('200100',' In The Girls martial arts movie script, the villain is named  Kyun'),
('200101','woo and the heroine goes on to become King Jung'),
('200102','jo. Therefore,  it can be assumed that The Girls given name is Jung'),
('200103','jo.'),
('200104',' Seung'),
('200105','won Cha (qv) appears briefly at the end of the movie as Kim  Bong'),
('200106','du, the titular character of  _Seonsaeng Kim Bong'),
('200107','du (2003)_ (qv), which was directed by  Gyu'),
('200108','seong Jang (qv), who is also director of this movie.'),
('200109',' The literal translation of the Korean title is, "Female Teacher vs.  Female Pupil". "Yeoseonsaeng" is a play'),
('200110','on'),
('200111','words, where "yeo" means  "female" but is also the surname of the main woman character, Mi'),
('200112','ok  Yeo, and "seonsaeng" means "teacher". In other words, "yeoseonsaeng"  can mean either "female teacher" or "Teacher Yeo". In a western  classroom, she would be addressed as "Ms. Yeo".'),
('200113',' Combines animation and puppetry.'),
('200114',' Is based on a fable by Areminian fable writer Mkhitar Gosh.'),
('200115',' Director Sally Potter (qv) told Joan Allen (I) (qv) to think of  the dialog, which is in verse, more in the line of Eminem (qv)  than William Shakespeare (I) (qv). She even took the actress to  Def Poetry Jam, a night of spoken word that ran on Broadway courtesy  of hip'),
('200116','hop mogul Russell Simmons (qv) to experience it.'),
('200117',' Director Sally Potter (qv) began writing the script on 12  September 2001.'),
('200118',' Havana, Cuba, doubled for Beirut in the film because insurers  refused to cover it after the war in Iraq.'),
('200119',' £450,000 of the approximately £1 million budget came from the UK  Film Council.'),
('200120',' Joan Allen (I) (qv) couldnt join the crew in Cuba because of the  regulations making it difficult for Americans from visiting the  country. Her scenes were shot in the nearby Dominican Republic and  cut into the Cuban footage.'),
('200121',' Director Matt Bloom was mentored during the making of the film by  Baz Luhrmann. The short film was shown at the Royal Premiere of  Moulin Rouge in Leicester Square.'),
('200122',' The flashback sequence in the doctors office had to be re'),
('200123','shot when  the editors discovered theyd accidentally taped over the original  footage.'),
('200124',' Features nearly every member of the DC ComedySportz troupe at that  time.'),
('200125',' In the background behind Dave during his epilogue interview, there  is a solar'),
('200126','powered calculator, nine'),
('200127','volt battery, and a $10 bill in  a frame, next to a framed photo of his army unit.'),
('200128',' The name of the group Cowboy Lips was taken from an improv troupe  that Todd Etter and Jack Reda used to belong to called Emitts Boys.  The original name of Emitts Boys was going to be Cowboy Lips, but  one of the members thought Cowboy Lips sounded "gay".'),
('200129',' The character of Samir was supposed to be a 50 year'),
('200130','old Indian, but  no actor was available.'),
('200131',' Actor Troy Clobes (qv) almost didnt get the part because of his  inability to do a Scottish accent. Jack Reda (qv) lent him several  movies about Scottish people, including _Braveheart (1995)_ (qv),  _Rob Roy (1995)_ (qv), and even  _So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993)_ (qv). It didnt matter that  the accent was authentic or even good.'),
('200132',' With the exception of Loose Spool, Cowboy Lips, and Boneless Chicken  Cabaret, all the scenework at the Improv'),
('200133','a'),
('200134','thon was actually  improvised by real DC improv troupes.'),
('200135',' Based on a hit play of the same name that ran for 147 performances  on Broadway in 1917'),
('200136','18.'),
('200137',' Was banned in several parts of the United States due to the subject  matter.'),
('200138',' The play originally opened in New York City, New York, USA on 9  February 1937 and ran for 405 performances.'),
('200139',' Director of Photography Darren Rydstrom won a Cinematophers Guild  Award for his work on this film. The film was screened at the DGA,  Hollywood in Spring 2005.'),
('200140',' First film directed by Steven Soderbergh (qv).'),
('200141',' Co'),
('200142','writer/producer John Meredyth Lucas (qv), a Roman Catholic, was  also a writer/producer for the original 1960s "Star Trek"  television series. In Part Two, host Oswald C. J. Hoffman , with a  bit of a wry smile, refers to the journey of the Magi (or "Wise  Men") as a "star trek." (Note: This is found in the original version  and early VHS release. The later Vision Video release of this  program '),
('200143',' at least the DVD version '),
('200144',' appears to have truncated the  episodes. It is possible that the version of the program for  syndicated television was trimmed, and that this is the version  ultimately used for the Vision Video release.)'),
('200145',' According to host Oswald Hoffmans autobiography, ‘What More Is  There to Say but Amen’, the film editor worked on the "In Search  Of...” documentary series. This unnamed gentleman helped re'),
('200146','tool the  raw footage into something more compelling by adding re'),
('200147','enactments.'),
('200148',' According to host Oswald Hoffmans autobiography, co'),
('200149','producer Arnon  Zuckermann was the former head of Israeli television.'),
('200150',' Host/narrator Dr. Oswald Hoffman, a noted clergyman, often prepared  his own translations from the original Greek texts of the New  Testament.'),
('200151',' The series was translated into Russian in 1995 and aired on Russian  television with funding from Aid Association for Lutherans, which  merged with Lutheran Brotherhood to become Thrivent Financial for  Lutherans ("a Fortune 500 financial services membership  organization"). Thrivent later helped fund the motion picture  _Luther_ (2003), starring Joseph Fiennes, Peter Ustinov, and Alfred  Molina.'),
('200152',' The contraversial "Ek machhar aadmi ko hijhda..." dialogue sequence  was what made both Nana Patekar and this movie popular.'),
('200153',' Drummer Alan White (I) (qv) joined the group only a few months  before this was filmed.'),
('200154',' The soundtrack album to the film includes three songs that are not  included in the film; "Perpetual Change", "Mood For a Day" and the  medley "Long Distance Runaround/The Fish". All of these songs were  recorded with drummer Bill Bruford who had left the band before  filming began. Also, the Steve Howe solo piece "Clap" was in the  film but not on the album.'),
('200155',' The album Yessongs is not the soundtrack of the film, but a live  album of the same tour. Though some of the titles are the same in  the film and album, the performances are not: every track is a  different performance.'),
('200156',' The hockey players used to play McGill in the movie were actually  the Concordia University hockey team.'),
('200157',' The "Lotto" that the woman discuss at the water pump is the South  African version of the Lottery.'),
('200158',' The films title came from a Zulu naming custom.'),
('200159',' During the audition process on the film, the director was asked to  try one take in Zulu and one in English, in the hopes that two  versions of the film could be created.'),
('200160',' All film equipment made available for use courtesy of Sony  corporation of America'),
('200161',' Made in collaboration with the American Film Institute'),
('200162',' Edited on Avid Symphony'),
('200163',' THis was Kevin Fosters second script and was shot in 17 days in  Southern Oregon.'),
('200164',' This was Kevin Foster (qv)s very first film. He wrote, produced  and played the lead role of Harvey Radford.'),
('200165',' Shot over the course of 5 days.'),
('200166',' During the campfire scene and subsequent peeing scene, Adam Malamut  is really drunk and actually peeing.'),
('200167',' Tentacle Boy came from a dream that co'),
('200168','director Eric Gosselin had,  which really disturbed him.'),
('200169',' The screenplays original title was "Raksha: Curse of the Snow  Demon". Raksha means demon in Tibetan Sanskrit.'),
('200170',' It took 3 and 1/2 hours each day to get the actor into the full yeti  suit.'),
('200171',' Inspired by the Korean horror legend "Gumiho," about a foxs attempt  to steal the soul of a young man. "Yeu Woo Bi" transfers this story  to a contemporary setting, makes the fox the protagonist rather than  the antagonist and sympathizes with her.'),
('200172',' Givenchy created the gowns that Christiane wears throughout the  movie.'),
('200173',' The original title of this movie, in French, is mentioned in the  chorus of the song "Eyes Without A Face" by Billy Idol, included in  the album "Rebel Yell" (1983).'),
('200174',' The film was made while actor, Chow Yun Fat, was still recognized as  a Hong Kong television star, therefore he only appeared in a  supporting role. However, on the Tai Seng DVD re'),
('200175','release, he can be  seen on the cover with star billing, based on his commercial success  since the films original release date.'),
('200176',' As in the Italian neo'),
('200177','realism movies, director Yimou Zhang (qv)  used only non'),
('200178','professional actors.'),
('200179',' Yimou insisted on capturing natural reactions from the amateur  actors. To achieve this, he often used hidden cameras and  microphones. This resulted in a film'),
('200180','shot to film'),
('200181','used ratio of 35  to 1. Normally, because of cost, the ratio should be 3.5 to 1.  However, because the film was shot on 16mm (an later blown up to  35mm), the price was about the same because of the cheaper film  stock.'),
('200182',' One of the few existing Chinese silents to have English inter'),
('200183','titles  in its original release, the characters have different names in the  Chinese and English cast listings and inter'),
('200184','titles.'),
('200185',' The first part of an uncompleted triology.'),
('200186',' _Fright Night (1985)_ (qv) can be seen playing on a television in a  video store where Anna soon meets an occult expert.'),
('200187',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the ten best  pictures of 2000 (#7, tied with _Virgin Suicides, The (1999)_ (qv)).'),
('200188',' Chosen by British film magazine "Sight and Sound" in 2002 as one of  the ten greatest films of the past 25 years.'),
('200189',' Issei Ogatas English dialog was re'),
('200190','written and even improvised  during the shooting by Ogata himself. Yang wanted to have his  Japanese character speaking realistically, not in the stereotypical  manner Japanese characters in English'),
('200191','speaking films often do.'),
('200192',' The first instance of a flashback, showing the hero involved in a  boy'),
('200193','hood street fight 25 years earlier.'),
('200194',' Director J. Lee Thompson (qv) was married to the writer of the  book this film is based on, Joan Henry (qv). They met while  Thompson was filming _Weak and the Wicked, The (1953)_ (qv) which  was also based on a novel by Joan Henry (qv).'),
('200195',' The film is based loosely around the true life story of Ruth Ellis,  the last woman executed in Britain for murder. Diana Dors had  earlier appeared opposite Ellis when the latter played a bit part in  "Lady Godiva Rides Again".'),
('200196',' In September of 2006, director Lou Ye was barred from making movies  for five years because the film incorporated footage of the  Tiananmen Square demonstrations and wasnt screened for Chinese  officials. The Chinese government also demanded that all copies of  the film be confiscated.'),
('200197',' Was the only Asian film selected to compete for the Palme dOr in  2006.'),
('200198',' When altered for American release, the stars became known as Kunt  Brix, Ruth Taylor, and Jack London. The director became known as  Robert Gordon.'),
('200199',' The director Hsin Chi is a Taiwanese, and is famous for the  Taiwanese'),
('200200','speaking movies. This movie was his first movie shot for  Hong Kong company, Shaw Brothers.'),
('200201',' This film became so popular, that kids in Hong Kong started wearing  long coats, known as "dusters" to copy the lead character in the  film.'),
('200202',' CAMEO(Hark Tsui (qv)): one of the judges at Jackies audition  (hes the guy in the sunglasses and goatee).'),
('200203',' Upon its release, this went on to become the top'),
('200204','grossing film in  Hong Kong film history and held that place for several years.'),
('200205',' The translation of some of the characters names are incorrect in  the English versions. Kits proper Chinese name is Ah'),
('200206','Git, and while  "Mark" is correct, "Mark Gor" is inaccurate as in a first and last  name. "Gor" means "brother" in Cantonese hence Mark Gor is  translated as Brother Mark in English.'),
('200207',' The character of Mark Gor proved to be so popular that many young  HKers adopted his style (black trenchcoat, sunglasses, match in  mouth). Stores around HK were sold out of the distinctive Ray'),
('200208','Ban  sunglasses in less than a week after the movie premiered. All this  led to a blasting of Woo by critics and government officials that he  was glamorizing the Triad lifestyle.'),
('200209',' John Woo (I) (qv) chose gangsters as the heroes because he felt  there were no other viable "men of action" in the Hong Kong popular  consciousness.'),
('200210',' Mark Gor is based on a character (the "wandering knight") from a  previous Woo film, Last Hurrah for Chivalry.'),
('200211',' Some theatre owners originally expressed concern to producer  Hark Tsui (qv) about the casting of Yun'),
('200212','Fat Chow (qv). Even  though he was popular on TV, most of his films had been flops.  Chows nickname in industry circles for many years was "box'),
('200213','office  poison".'),
('200214',' Even though he is now universally known as an action hero, one of  the main reasons John Woo (I) (qv) wanted to cast  Yun'),
('200215','Fat Chow (qv) because he didnt look like one.'),
('200216',' No. 2 in the Hong Kong Film Awards List of The Best 100 Chinese  Motion Pictures'),
('200217',' The English title, "A Better Tomorrow", is the translated title of  the song sung by the two school kids (in Mandarin) in the middle of  the movie. Its a New Years Eve song, usually sung by large groups.'),
('200218',' When it was released in the Philippines in 1989, it was retitled as  Better Tomorrow: Rapid Fire II. Distributors promoted it as sequel  to _Rapid Fire (1988)_ (qv) which became a hit in that Asian country  in 1988. It has nothing to do with Rapid Fire.'),
('200219',' The movie is actually a remake of a 1967 Cantonese film called  _Ying xiong ben se (1967)_ (qv) (Story of a Discharged Prisoner).  Hark Tsui (qv) had been toying with the idea since his days in the  TV business, but because of an overwhelming workload, had to pass  the directorial reigns to John Woo (I) (qv).'),
('200220',' Hark Tsui (qv) instructed the screenwriters to portray the  mobsters as counterfeiters rather than drug traffickers to up the  "hero" factor.'),
('200221',' DIRTRADE(John Woo):[freeze frame]  DIRTRADE(John Woo):[slow motion]  DIRTRADE(John Woo):[guns]: Chow Yun'),
('200222','Fat uses a gun in each hand.'),
('200223',' There is a scene in the film where we see a group of kids wearing  long coats. The previous film in this series was so popular that  young people in Hong Kong dressed like the lead character and the  scene comments on that trend.'),
('200224',' Director John Woo (qv) and producer Tsui Hark (qv) had  disagreements over the focus of this film. Tsui felt that the film  should focus more on the Dean Shek character. This led to the film  being edited in halves by both Tsui and Woo. Woo has all but  disowned this film apart from the final gun battle.'),
('200225',' This film was notorious for stunt mishaps. Yun'),
('200226','Fat Chow (qv) was  almost blown up when the explosion outside the mansion door being  more powerful than expected. Some of his hair was singed, and he was  blasted forward. The shot in the film is his real reaction. Director  Ronny Yu (qv) was the stunt double in the warehouse scene. He  wrenched his back after slipping on water puddle while carrying  Dean Shek (qv). Also the stuntman for Leslie Cheung (qv) who  performed the speedboat jump landed incorrectly and broke his foot.'),
('200227',' Some of the incidental music consists of incidental music from the  film _52 Pick'),
('200228','Up (1986)_ (qv).'),
('200229',' Jet Li (qv) agreed to a pay cut so he could be in the movie.'),
('200230',' This movie is the most expensive Chinese movie to date.'),
('200231',' Miramax originally acquired the U.S. distribution rights in 2002  after the films huge success in Asia. However, the film did not  receive its U.S. theatrical release until 2004. Before the release  of the official U.S. version, the film gained a cult following in  the States via "official" copies of the DVD from other countries.'),
('200232',' Jackie Chan (I) (qv) was offered the role of the King but turned  it down'),
('200233',' The emperor remarks, after hearing Nameless tell him that there are  19 ways to write the word "sword", that he would solve this problem.  In history, he succeeded in enforcing only one writing system in the  whole of China. This way, whatever dialect people speak, they would  be using the same set of characters making communication a lot  easier.'),
('200234',' In ancient China, when someone claimed that he killed his enemies,  he needed to present their heads (tou zi) as proof instead of their  weapons. Director Yimou Zhang (qv) modified this, mindful of the  audiences stomachs, thus making the story less accurate.'),
('200235',' Tony Leung Chiu Wai (qv) tore a ligament while filming the lake  scenes. The filming was delayed for just one day and then resumed.'),
('200236',' Jet Li (qv) reportedly insisted that the role of Sky, which had  been tentatively filled by a different actor, be given to  Donnie Yen (qv). Li and Yen had not worked together on a movie  since _Wong Fei Hung ji yi: Naam yi dong ji keung (1992)_ (qv) in  1992.'),
('200237',' Maggie Cheung (qv) required weeks of training. Even  Ziyi Zhang (qv), who earned rave reviews with her martial arts  performance in _Wo hu cang long (2000)_ (qv) needed intensive  training to become adept with the twin blades she fights with during  many of her scenes in Hero.'),
('200238',' The lake scenes took almost three weeks to film because director  Yimou Zhang (qv) insisted that the lakes surface had to be  perfectly still and mirror'),
('200239','like during filming. Due to the natural  currents, this occurred every day for only two hours starting at  10am. To adjust to this phenomenon, the filmmakers arose at 5am each  day to begin five hours of preparation and set'),
('200240','up.'),
('200241',' Originally released in 2002 in Asia, it would not be another two  years until this film was released in the United States. Studio  executives were concerned that the foreign'),
('200242','language film would not  be successful at the box office with American audiences. When the  film debuted in August 2004, it surprised many by opening at #1 with  $18 million in receipts. It would go on to gross $53 million,  becoming the 3rd highest grossing foreign film to date in the United  States.'),
('200243',' Is the first foreign language film to open at #1 at the US box  office.'),
('200244',' The old blind man in the chess court plays an instrument know as a  "Guqin" or just "Qin."'),
('200245',' The "red fight" between Moon and Flying'),
('200246','Snow was filmed in a forest  in Mongolia. Director Zhang had to wait until the leaves turn  yellow, and hired local nomads to gather even more yellow leaves in  order to cover the ground completely.'),
('200247',' Director Yimou Zhang (qv) did not like the initial batch of the  red cloth used in the "red sequence"; none of the test samples came  out right on camera. Therefore, a special shade of red dye was  Fedexed from England, and costume designer Emi Wada (I) (qv)  ended up dying the cloth AND making all the costumes locally (with  help, of course).'),
('200248',' All of the soldiers in the Qin army sequence as well as the palace  sequences were performed by actual Chinese Peoples Liberation Army  soldiers, except the stunt performers. Its estimated that 18000  were used as extras in the film.'),
('200249',' Qin Empire prefers the color black, even for the horses. In order to  be historically accurate, Director Zhang ordered all of the horses  (over 300 used) be colored black (temporary, of course) for the  cavalry sequences.'),
('200250',' Quentin Tarantino (qv), being an avid fan of Eastern cinema, was  one of the people who enabled the US release of this movie.'),
('200251',' The movie was filmed in 1984 and 1985 and then shelved. After  director Woo, John (qv)s amazing box office success with Better  Tomorrow, A (1986), it was finally released.'),
('200252',' Chungs relationship to his son, and some of the other story  elements, are derived from a Japanese "manga" (comic book) and film  series called Lone Wolf and Cub.'),
('200253',' Even though he disavowed it at first (mostly due to Golden Harvests  re'),
('200254','editing), John Woo (qv) calls this his first "real" film. He  also enjoyed his first international shooting experience; Woo  thought the Thai crew was very professional and willing to partake  of dangerous stunts even the noted Hong Kong stuntmen would not  tackle.'),
('200255',' The drug/sex scene was imposed on Woo by the studio to give the  movie more "production value" for sale to foreign territories. Most  non'),
('200256','Hong Kong versions run about 82 to 84 minutes, with most of the  major cuts coming not in the violence, but expository scenes such as  those between Chung and his sister'),
('200257','in'),
('200258','law.'),
('200259',' To simulate bullet hits on walls, grass, etc., instead of using  squibs, spots were marked for snipers to shoot on, even when actors  were near. This method (which is common practice in Thailand, where  this movie was shot) was used, because the setting up of squibs were  thought to be too time consuming. Actor Eddy Ko still has a scar on  his chest because one bullet ricocheted and hit him there.'),
('200260',' The soundtrack for this film was directly copied from Italo Western  _Giorni dellira, I (1967)_ (qv)'),
('200261',' The first internationally awarded Finnish film.'),
('200262',' Luis M. Sánchez Cerro, President of Peru, appears in one of the  documentary clips inserted in the film.'),
('200263',' Originally filmed on 2002.'),
('200264',' Argentinas official selection for the 1990 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('200265',' First of many collaborations between Toshirô Mifune (qv) and  Akira Kurosawa (qv)'),
('200266',' The first feature film where Akira Kurosawa (qv) had complete  creative control as Director (all previous films were either  censored by the Japanese censors, a governmental bureau, or made  simple for content purposes).'),
('200267',' Later remade into the western _Per un pugno di dollari (1964)_ (qv)  or "A Fist Full of Dollars" (1964) with Clint Eastwood.'),
('200268',' "Yojimbo" is an uncredited film version of Dashiell Hammetts novel  "Red Harvest". "Red Harvest" is about a detective who comes to a  small city and sets two sides of a gang war against one another  until both are almost completely wiped out.'),
('200269',' Tatsuya Nakadai (qv), who plays the flamboyant, pistol'),
('200270','waving  Unosuke here, also plays the main villain role in the Yojimbo  sequel, _Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962)_ (qv).'),
('200271',' "Yojimbo" means "bodyguard" in Japanese.'),
('200272',' Based on the novel "Red Harvest". George Lucas (qv), a known  Kurosawa fan, filmed  _Star Wars: Episode VI '),
('200273',' Return of the Jedi (1983)_ (qv) under the  false name "Blue Harvest" to maintain secrecy and to make an inside  reference to his favorite director, Akira Kurosawa (qv).'),
('200274',' In one scene, the samurai shows incredible skill at knife'),
('200275','throwing  by impaling a blowing leaf against a wooden floor. This was  accomplished by running the shot backwards. In the frame "before"  the knife hits the leaf, you can see a slit in the leaf the same  size and at the exact point where the knife penetrates it a frame  "later".'),
('200276',' The short deals with the relocation centers set up by the U.S.  Government during World War II. This was a very controversial issue,  and when it was revisited in the 1970s, this short was banned from  American television. It is the only Three Stooges short with that  distinction.'),
('200277',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Delayed Proposals (1913)_ (qv).'),
('200278',' Güney, Yilmaz (qv) was in prison when the film was made. He wrote  a detailed screenplay and acted out some scenes in his jail cell and  Gören, Serif (qv) directed the film according to his strict  instructions. When Güney escaped to Switzerland, he took the  negative with him and edited it there.'),
('200279',' Tarik Akan, in his book of memories, tells that he is not the one  who actually shoots the horse in the scene where the horse cannot  continue walking and the Akan character decides to ease its death'),
('200280',' "Yol" means "The Road".'),
('200281',' This movie was the first movie for Faten Hamama after Mohamad Karim  (Pioneer of Egyptian Cinema) introduced her as a child into movies.'),
('200282',' Title translates as "Continuous Wave" which is a technical phrase  for Morse code (which plays an important place in the movie). The  DVD renders this as "The Eternal Wave".'),
('200283',' Originally, the film wasnt going to include the giant walrus,  Magma. However, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka insisted that the monster  be put into the film so Ishiro Honda added the sequence, albeit  reluctantly.'),
('200284',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _How They Got the Vote (1913)_ (qv).'),
('200285',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Dollar Down, A (1917)_ (qv).'),
('200286',' Released on a split reel with the cartoon  _Canimated Nooz Pictorial, No. 22 (1917)_ (qv).'),
('200287',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _One on Him (1917)_ (qv).'),
('200288',' Anthology film in four parts: "First Love," "Separatings Fun, Too,"  "Love is Easy," and "Love Circus."'),
('200289',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('200290',' All of the "escort" tales in the movie are true, based on research  director Gorman Bechard did for his novel "Ninth Square".'),
('200291',' Started out as a workshop project with each actor coming up with  their own characters.'),
('200292',' Each storyline began as individual short films. It wasnt until the  filmmakers saw "21 Grams" that they chose to edit the four short  films into one feature film.'),
('200293',' Each of the actors in the project paid $400.00 to help "Beef Up" the  budget.'),
('200294',' The original titles of the short films were as follows'),
('200295',' "Tucson",  "Mushi, Mushi Bowl", "The Standard" and "A Once Grand Estate".'),
('200296',' The filmmakers never had any intention for the film to be seen. It  wasnt until an associate mentioned that they should try to sell the  film that they considered taking the film to the Cannes Film Market  in 2004.'),
('200297',' Christopher Ramirez (qv) also served as the Co'),
('200298','Cinematographer  along with Director Erin MacMillan. They Shared the credit under  their Married Hyphante name "MacMillan Ramirez", only the Hyphen was  removed.'),
('200299',' The project was intended to act as a show reel for all involved and  was never meant to be a feature film.'),
('200300',' The film was shot using the Panasonic 24p.'),
('200301',' The short film version of "Mushi, Mushi Bowl" (The storyline with  the bunny suits) actually ran almost an hour on its own.'),
('200302',' Director Erin MacMillan provided the voice of one of the actresses  who was unavailable for ADR.'),
('200303',' When Harry slips on the street running from the mob, he really did  slip, and Lewis Jackson (I) (qv) left it in the film.'),
('200304',' SPOILER: While many people think Harry does in fact fly off at the  end, he actually just drives off the bridge and kills himself. An  explosion is heard, but people mistake it for the sound effects of  Harrys brother rolling down the hill into boxes.'),
('200305',' Kathleen Turner (I) (qv) was turned down for the role as Harrys  sister'),
('200306','in'),
('200307','law.'),
('200308',' Lizabeth Scott was discovered by Hal Wallis when he saw her in  Broadway and assigned her in this film in a leading role.'),
('200309',' Matthew Broderick, a friend of writer/director Kenneth Lonergans,  was the first actor cast in this movie. He visited Lonergan at his  apartment, read the part of Brian and asked if he could audition for  it. Lonergan then told him the part was already his.'),
('200310',' This was Rory Culkins first major movie role. Lonergan was  impressed on the whole with his acting ability, but had such a  difficult time getting him to laugh or even smile on camera that he  had Mark Ruffalo tickle him a few times.'),
('200311',' The scene with Rudy walking home from school in the pouring rain was  created by the local fire department spraying a hose from their  highest ladder.'),
('200312',' The pool scene with Terry and Rudy was shot at a real pool hall  where the crew often hung out after shooting.'),
('200313',' Mabel the bank secretary was played by Jeanie Smith'),
('200314','Cameron, wife of  writer/director Kenneth Lonergan.'),
('200315',' When he first saw it, Lonergan was very unhappy with the location  scouts choice of a trailer park for the fight scene between Terry  and Rudys dad. After setting up the shots Lonergan realized it  actually was a perfect choice, and he now admits that the day he  spent filming that scene was the one he enjoyed the most and  experienced the least pressure.'),
('200316',' Lonergan plays minister Ron in two major scenes counseling Terry at  Sammys house, and then counseling Sammy in his office. Since  Lonergan had a lot of dialogue in those two scenes, he turned over  the directing to Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo, respectively.'),
('200317',' Can be found on the DVD of _You Can Count On Me_ (2000) (qv).'),
