('52171',' Larry David (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Willie.'),
('52172',' Bill Murray (I) (qv) was signed on as Willie but dropped out for  _Lost in Translation (2003)_ (qv).'),
('52173',' Jack Nicholson (qv) read the script and wanted to do the film, but  had to turn it down because he was already committed to  _Somethings Gotta Give (2003)_ (qv).'),
('52174',' Billy Bob Thornton (qv) admitted that he was genuinely intoxicated  during the filming.'),
('52175',' The unrated version of the film furthers the record for the most  profanities in a Christmas film, including 170 uses of "fuck", 74  uses of "shit", 31 uses of "ass", 10 uses of "bitch", and 1 use of  "bastard", in variable forms.'),
('52176',' John Bunnell (qv) (Police Chief) is actually a sheriff who  regularly hosts _"Worlds Wildest Police Videos" (1998)_ (qv).'),
('52177',' Joel Coen (qv), Ethan Coen (qv) and Terry Zwigoff (qv) revised  the screenplay.'),
('52178',' According to his report card, the name of "The Kid" is Thurman  Merman.'),
('52179',' Billy Bob Thornton (qv)s character "Willie" last name is revealed  when he is in the hotel room in Miami, on the answering machine.'),
('52180',' First movie in Ireland to be rated the new 16 certificate.'),
('52181',' This was John Ritter (qv)s final acting appearance in a movie and  it is dedicated to his memory.'),
('52182',' Sarah Silverman (qv) appears in a deleted scene portraying a Santa  Trainer.'),
('52183',' In the film, Wille cracks a safe called the Kitnerboy Redoubt. There  is no such safe company. Its an obscure reference to the film  _Jaws (1975)_ (qv) in which one of the sharks victims was that  "little Kintner boy".'),
('52184',' When Bernie Mac catches the child in the store trying to steal a  video'),
('52185','game, the video'),
('52186','game is Halo 2 (2004) (VG) (qv).'),
('52187',' This making'),
('52188','of is featured on the DVD for _Bad Santa (2003)_ (qv),  released in June 2004.'),
('52189',' SPOILER: The original ending had Rhoda surviving, and her mother  dying. The Motion Picture Production Code in effect at the time,  however, required that "Crime shall never be presented in such a way  as to throw sympathy with the crime as against law and order." The  usual interpretation of this was that criminals werent allowed to  "get away with it." Because of this, the ending was changed: Rhodas  mother survived being shot in the head, and Rhoda herself was killed  by a bolt of lighting by a lake.'),
('52190',' The voice on the radio when Rhodas mother hears about the drowning  at Rhodas school is that of Henry Jones (I) (qv), who plays  LeRoy.'),
('52191',' The piano piece that Rhoda plays and sings and is heard as a theme  throughout the film is the traditional French childrens song Au  Claire de la Lune.'),
('52192',' The book Rhoda claims to have won in Sunday School, Elsie Dinsmore ,  was a story with religious themes about a pious eight'),
('52193','year'),
('52194','old; it  was written by Martha Finley in 1867.'),
('52195',' Warner Bros. production notes for the film reported that three  endings were shot. According to a Nov 1955 Los Angeles Times , the  end of the film was kept secret and the last five pages of the  script were not distributed until ready to shoot.'),
('52196',' The film marked the motion picture debut of Broadway actress  Joan Croydon (qv) who played Claudia Fern. Although she had also  appeared on television, this may have marked her only feature film  appearance.'),
('52197',' Rhodas murderous grandmother, Bessie Denker, was invented; all the  other female career killers referred to in the novel and the film  were genuine.'),
('52198',' Bette Davis (qv) first film.'),
('52199',' Originally shown as part of Channel 4s Film on 4 series in 1983'),
('52200',' Director Peter Jackson (I) (qv) shot the film on weekends over a  four'),
('52201','year period with friends playing the lead roles. Jackson funded  most of the film himself until towards the end of the shoot when the  New Zealand Film Commission gave him money to finish his project  after being impressed with what hed already produced. There was  never a script for the movie; each scene was filmed from ideas the  director had come up with during the week.'),
('52202',' One of the actors hadnt shaved. For continuity, he couldnt shave  until the movie was completely shot.'),
('52203',' All the dialogue in the film was dubbed in post'),
('52204','production. This was  for two reasons: A) Part of the footage had no sound with it, since  it had been filmed on Peter Jackson (I) (qv)s own 16mm camera  which didnt support sound recording, and B) Once the New Zealand  Film Commission funded the remainder of the film Jackson hired a  sound camera, however none of them were very skilled with sound  recording and most of the dialogue was unusable.'),
('52205',' Peter Jackson (I) (qv) constructed his own counterweighted  steady'),
('52206','cam device for this film that cost only $15.'),
('52207',' The movie was banned in the Australian state of Queensland until the  early'),
('52208','90s when the Queensland Censorship Board was disbanded.'),
('52209',' There are no female characters. Women played alien roles, but aliens  appear to be all males.'),
('52210',' While the original VHS box artwork had the alien flipping the middle  finger, tapes distributed to US video rental stores were provided  with an extra finger that could be glued in place to make it look  like it was making a "peace" sign instead.'),
('52211',' The film started life as a 10'),
('52212','minute short called "Roast of the  Day", which started shooting in 1981. The story concerned Giles  (Craig Smith (I) (qv)) an aid worker who comes to the small  coastal town of Kaihoro on collection day. The young man encounters  a psychopath named Robert who then pursues him. Giles escapes the  madman and reaches an old heritage estate where he tries to contact  the authorities. However the same clan of cannibalistic psychos that  Robert is from occupies the house and captures Giles. In a twist of  irony the aid worker is later cooked up to relieve the famine of the  cannibals. Along the way Jackson added the "special forces" team  that would be sent to rescue Giles, but in this early version, the  "boys" would turn out to be cannibals as well (they staged the whole  thing because they like to play with their food). When it came time  for Jackson to finally edit the film together he found that he had  nearly fifty minutes worth of useable footage. So with its current  length and being inspired by the 16mm efforts of Sam Raimi (qv)s  _Evil Dead, The (1984)_ (qv), Jackson continued shooting to make the  movie a full'),
('52213','length feature.'),
('52214',' The movie technically takes place on Peter Jackson (I) (qv)s  birthday. You can find it out by checking the envelope that the  collector is carrying with him in the movie.'),
('52215',' The big red chainsaw didnt actually work. All close'),
('52216','up shots of the  chainsaw actually cutting through things were shot using a much  smaller, but functional, chainsaw.'),
('52217',' Peter Jackson (I) (qv) made all masks in his mothers kitchen. The  heads of the aliens are bent backwards because otherwise they  wouldnt fit in the oven where the latex was hardened.'),
('52218',' Craig Smith (I) (qv) was part of the original cast and was married  and then divorced within the 4 year time frame it took to make the  film. Because most of the filming took place at weekends, he found  himself written out because his new wife '),
('52219',' a devout Christian '),
('52220','  objected to him working on Sundays. Smith was written back into the  film when he got divorced.'),
('52221',' The "firearms" in the film are all non'),
('52222','functional replicas made by  Peter Jackson (I) (qv). For example, what appears to be a WWII  Sterling submachine gun is actually a length of aluminum pipe, a  handle made from Fimo, and a piece of wood to stand in for the  ammunition magazine. The actors shook the props to simulate recoil,  and the muzzle flashes were added in post'),
('52223','production.'),
('52224',' During a scene where Dereks van swerves off the road and runs over  one of the aliens, Ken Hammon (qv) sat on the hood of a van  because they werent able to buy a camera mount for the hood.  Peter Jackson (I) (qv) was driving, but neither noticed a tree  stump hidden in the tall grass. The van stopped immediately from  high speed launching Ken and the camera into the air. Amazingly,  both Hammon and the camera came out fine, but said, "We aint doin  that one again!"'),
('52225',' The film did not find favour with the Rank Organisation, one  executive calling it "a sick film made by sick people for sick  people". As a result, Ranks logo was removed from all UK release  prints.'),
('52226',' Spacek, Sissy (qv) was the original choice for the role of Milena.'),
('52227',' Theresa Russell (qv) and Nicolas Roeg (qv) fell in love during  the shooting of the film. They later married, had two children and  were later divorced.'),
('52228',' Turner, Lana (qv) plays an actor whose career started as a movie  extra. Turner started her own career as an extra in  _Star Is Born, A (1937)_ (qv).'),
('52229',' Kirk Douglas (I) (qv) stands no more than 59" and wears super  high lifts that almost distort his walking. If you look closely at  him in long shots you can spot the lifts (its really apparent in  _Seven Days in May (1964)_ (qv)).'),
('52230',' The scene showing the production of the fictional low budget horror  film was based on how Val Lewton (qv) produced  _Cat People (1942)_ (qv).'),
('52231',' Scenes in the film were based on the career of producer  David O. Selznick (qv).'),
('52232',' This movie holds the record for most Academy Awards won by a film  not nominated for Best Picture, with five.'),
('52233',' The working title, "Tribute to a Bad Man", was later used as the  title of an unrelated MGM feature. One reason for the title change  was to add "beautiful", in consideration of the top'),
('52234','billed  Lana Turner (qv).'),
('52235',' The character played by Kathleen Freeman (I) (qv) was based on  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s wife, Alma Reville (qv).'),
('52236',' CAMEO(T.E.B. Clarke (qv)): Barry Sullivans assistant.'),
('52237',' Leo G. Carroll (qv)s brief appearance as a "demanding" director  is a thinly veiled reference to Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv). When he  first came to Hollywood, Hitchcock was under contract to Selznik for  years. Leo G. Carroll had roles in many Hitchcock films of this era.'),
('52238',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 1999 (#02).'),
('52239',' The film is based on "The Village in the Jungle" by  Leonard Woolf (qv). The court scenes with Woolf '),
('52240',' played by  Arthur C. Clarke (qv) '),
('52241',' were shot in the actual courtroom where  Woolf presided.'),
('52242',' Seventh episode in the Steve Donoghue 2'),
('52243','reel mystery series.'),
('52244',' The character of Eddie Ryan is loosely based on real'),
('52245','life NYC cop  Eddie Egan, who was the detective who busted "The French  Connection." He was fictionalized as Popeye Dole and played by  Gene Hackman (qv) in the movie based on Robin Moore (I) (qv)s  book detailing his most famous case.'),
('52246',' "373" was Eddie Egans badge number as a detective with the New York  City police.'),
('52247',' Luis Avalos film debut.'),
('52248',' The on'),
('52249','screen crediting of Ramey Idriss as the music performer  states that he was playing Fender guitars.'),
('52250',' Cindy Ingraham (qv) who is listed in the credits as "Additional  Props" also has the byline on the newspaper article announcing that  Judge Pendergast has resigned in the sex scandal.'),
('52251',' For what its worth, Monas dead body on the morgue table is a  womans, not a mans. The crests of the iliac, the hip bone, are  pronounced, as they are in a womans pelvic girdle. What this means  is that the body was born female and couldnt have been a genotypic  male with added breasts, which is the explanation offered by the  M.E.'),
('52252',' Karisma Kapoor (qv) was the initial choice as the leading lady,  but after the actress opted out of the film, the makers signed  Shilpa Shetty (qv).'),
('52253',' Amisha Patel (qv) was the original choice for Florence DSouza.'),
('52254',' The film unfolds in real time.'),
('52255',' The actor that originally had to play the man that rings at the rich  mans door did not show up, so Malick, Terrence (qv) played it  himself, although the intention was to use this part only  temporarily.'),
('52256',' The Bandlands plot and lead characters of Kit and Holly are based  on Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, who in 1958 embarked on a  murder spree that horrified the country.'),
('52257',' Although Charlie Starkweather had been executed when the movie came  up for production, Caril Fugate was still alive and facing parole,  prompting the filmmakers to change the names of the principal  characters to avoid a lawsuit.'),
('52258',' Sissy Spacek (qv) met her future husband, Jack Fisk (qv), on  this film.'),
('52259',' TV'),
('52260','pilot called "Brides of Lizard Gulch".'),
('52261',' Bruce Rowland recorded the score in Los Angeles, which was all  electronic except for guitars and percussion.'),
('52262',' Lewis Morley was responsible for building the mechs inside Gus  Mercurios "Swiss'),
('52263','Army hand" and the inside of Miguel Ferrers  android chest.'),
('52264',' The movie premiered 29 August 1911 at the Apollo cinema in  Stockholm. The movie was X'),
('52265','rated and cut by movie censors.'),
('52266',' The success of the film revived the interest of Visayan'),
('52267','language  films in the Philippines.'),
('52268',' Ben Johnson (I) (qv) appears uncredited as a member of Marshal  Hamptons posse. He even has a line or two of dialogue. He and the  marshal and another deputy dismount and enter a building on  location. In the next shot, the studio interior, Hampton and the  deputy come through the door, but not Ben, he has disappeared and is  seen no more.'),
('52269',' Actress Chandra, Rani (qv) died before filming was completed and  film was released unfinished.'),
('52270',' Produced as a pilot for a TV series that never materialized.'),
('52271',' A two'),
('52272','reeler, this film took much longer to complete than expected.  Telegrams from Kessel & Baumann (Keystones distributor) to Mack  Sennett reveal that they were impatiently waiting for this to be  delivered to them. Interestingly, the telegrams also mention  _Making A Living (1914)_ (qv), Charlie Chaplins film debut.'),
('52273',' This film was completed as part of the 2007 168 Hour Film Project.  The theme of the festival was Decision and Destiny. Each film had to  relate to a verse from the Bible drawn at random. This film relates  to Proverbs 1:18'),
('52274','19: "These men lie in wait for their on blood; they  waylay only themselves! Such is the end of all who go after  ill'),
('52275','gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it."'),
('52276',' Bag won the award for Best Comedy in 2007 168 Hour Film Project.'),
('52277',' Bag won the overall Audience Award in the 2007 168 Hour Film Project'),
('52278',' Nathan Kress won a special acting award for his performance as  Albert in the 2007 168 Hour Film Project.'),
('52279',' In the opening scene, all the fire was real. The director and the  other crew visited a fire technical station in Helsingør, and  received the help of some firemen to make the scene look more  realistic, setting fire to additional things.'),
('52280',' The house seen in the movie is shot on two different locations. The  one focusing on the house and the other, focusing on the great lake.'),
('52281',' Available on the R2 DVD of _Kærlighedshistorie, En (2001)_ (qv),  released April 23, 2002 by Sandrew Metronome [dk].'),
('52282',' This documentary is featured on the 2nd R2 DVD release for  _"Casper & Mandrilaftalen" (1999)_ (qv), entitled "Casper &  Mandrilaftalen 2: Fisso", released on March 24, 2003 by CMC Records  A/S.'),
('52283',' The TV Special originally produced for the Cable TV Station STAR TV  in 1998 has in November 2005 been released on DVD on the bonus disc  on Electric Parcs 10 year anniversary edition of THE DOGMA  COLLECTION #1'),
('52284','4.'),
('52285',' The term Bagets was coined by William Martinez (I) (qv) and  Alona Alegre (qv) who came up with the idea of the movie.'),
('52286',' William Martinez (I) (qv), as star of Regal Films, offered the  script to Regal producer Lily Y. Monteverde (qv). The Regal  producer, however, rejected the idea saying it would not make money.  They offered the story to Vic del Rosario Jr. (qv), owner of the  rival Viva Films. Del Rosarios condition: William Martinez, a  contract star of the rival Regal, should be in the movie. William  agreed.'),
('52287',' William Martinez (I) (qv) is the most senior among the main cast.  He was already passed his teen years. Bagets means teener.'),
('52288',' The director was kidnapped during a break in Post Production when he  went to Lima, Peru. The crooks wanted the money on his credit cards,  but the director explained that the cards were maxed out due to the  making of the film. Not believing the story, they resorted to  choking him with a chain, blindfolding him, and threatening him with  a gun pointed to his head. Eventually, he was let go, and the film  was completed.'),
('52289',' This film was written and shot in two days as a part of the 48 hour  film project.'),
('52290',' For this cartoon, Goofy has five fingers on each hand instead of the  customary four.'),
('52291',' B.R.Chopra (qv) wanted to make the movie 30 years ago, the main  idea of the story was born in his mind during a visit to Copenhagen.'),
('52292',' Dilip Kumar (I) (qv) and Raakhee (qv) were considered as the  original cast when the story was written 30 years ago.'),
('52293',' When Baghban was announced at a retrospective of B.R. Chopras five  memorable films. Dilip Kumar (I) (qv) spoke being asked to do the  film 30 years ago and how sorry he felt that project wasnt launched  back then.'),
('52294',' Mohnish Bahl (qv) was offered Aman Verma (qv)s role but he did  not accept it because he did not want to be portrayed as the father  of a 15'),
('52295','year'),
('52296','old girl.'),
('52297',' The first two lines of the song Main Yahan Tum Wahan Zindagi Hai  Kahan are written by B.R. Chopra.'),
('52298',' Juhi Chawla (qv) was selected for the role of Salman Khans wife  in Baghban but could not accept because she was pregnant.'),
('52299',' Amitabh Bachchan (qv) sang three songs himself, including the Holi  festival song.'),
('52300',' The T'),
('52301','shirt that Salman Khan is wearing was originally purchased for  Ravi Chopra (qv)s son Kapil.'),
('52302',' Bollywood version of the movie "Make way for tomorrow", based on the  novel "The years are so long" by Josephine Lawrence.'),
('52303',' The script is based on a real story : the Docteur Bourgas case.'),
('52304',' Based on Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol".'),
('52305',' Said by the creators to be a sequel to Final Fantasy VI. Was not  released in America due to gay, lesbian and bisexual themes  throughout the game.'),
('52306',' Jennylyn Mercado (qv) quit from the production as she will take  the female lead in _Resiklo (2007)_ (qv). Metro Manila Film Festival  only allows participating performers to take one major lead role in  any of the film entry. The lead star, however, can appear in minor  role in other entry. Marian Rivera (qv) assumed her role.'),
('52307',' The first on'),
('52308','screen credit does not appear until 40 minutes into the  movie. The only member of the cast to receive an on'),
('52309','screen credit is  Rekha. All the credits are displayed in just over 1 minute.'),
('52310',' Features the first bikini in a Spanish film.'),
('52311',' This short was made for Readers Digest. It was featured on the  homepage of their official website for two weeks and was linked to  from their November print issue. The short has been downloaded over  110,000 times as of 10 November 2006.'),
('52312',' Shot entirely in South Boston and Dorchester Massachusetts with a  cast made up of people from the area.'),
('52313',' This film is banned in Australia. It was initially released to a  select audience but the Commonwealth government, by use of police  force, closed down the screenings.'),
('52314',' In Canada the movie went before the Ontario review board and was  originally banned because it was too pornographic. The film was then  re'),
('52315','submited to the review board under a pornographic license but it  was refused because there was too much violence. But the film had  received the right to be shown at the Toronto film festival and was  available in the provinces of British'),
('52316','Columbia and Québec. Finally  on 8 March 2001 the review board gave the movie an 18A license.'),
('52317',' The film Nadine is watching while with her "client" is  _Seul contre tous (1998)_ (qv).'),
('52318',' This sexually'),
('52319','explicit film not only stars two adult film stars, but  is also co'),
('52320','directed by one, Coralie (I) (qv).'),
('52321',' The original script and a few stills are all that is left of this  film.'),
('52322',' Awarded at the Montevideo International Film Festival. Prize of the  Swiss Film Critics.'),
('52323',' In the police station, the photograph of the bearded man, visible on  a board next to Aitana Sánchez'),
('52324','Gijón (qv) (while  Verónica Forqué (qv) and Antonio Banderas (qv) talk about  deflowering Elena) is of director Fernando Colomo (qv).'),
('52325',' The director stayed at the hotel when he was about twelve years old.  He stayed there and every time hes driven past it since, he wanted  to film there. Finally he did...'),
('52326',' This movie is Lea Salongas first movie in the Philippines after her  Miss Saigon stint. It was an acid test if Salonga has the acting  ability that Filipino critics are demanding. The Tony'),
('52327','awardee did  not win any awards for this movie, but her two leading men grabbed  major awards. Aga Muhlach won the best actor in the 1992 MMFF, while  singer Ariel Rivera, in his movie debut, grabbed the 1992 MMFF best  supporting actor award. The movie is produced by Octo Arts, the same  company that produced Leas 1988 self'),
('52328','titled album.'),
('52329',' Isabel Granada (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('52330',' The acting and movie debut of the Sex Bomb Girls.'),
('52331',' In the movie "Rex regi rebellis" Sebastian Bengtsson (qv) and  Johan Strende (qv) play transvestites and appear for about a  second. In this behind the scene movie they get a whole segment  called "It takes time to get pretty". This shows the footage of them  from the make'),
('52332','up chair to their hectic day in front of the camera.'),
('52333',' The behind the scene movie also includes a cut scene with Klark  ordering a gun over the phone.'),
('52334',' The movie is based on "Documents à vendre", a Jean Bruce novel,  featuring spy hero OSS 117. But the movie rights for the character  were not free. So Michel Clement adapted the novel but changed the  name of the secret agent into Brian Cannon. Brian Cannon was the  name of another Jean Bruces character (from the novel "Romance de  la Mort").'),
('52335',' With total audience of around 120,000, this became the highest  grossing film in Macedonian history.'),
('52336',' Serialized in Romance Comicks.'),
('52337',' Kemal Sunal (qv) was to play Necati but following his sudden death  prior to the shooting, Ugur Yücel (qv) was brought in to play that  character.'),
('52338',' The first Malayalam "talkie."'),
('52339',' The Federal Building in Westwood, CA was used as the backdrop for  the Department of Weights and Measures.'),
('52340',' The movie was shot using a P&S Technik 35mm adapter.'),
('52341',' Funded by Troma because they were told it would be a sure'),
('52342','fire  success in Israel. It failed horribly.'),
('52343',' Princess Revilla was introduced in this movie.'),
('52344',' Originally filmed as a mini'),
('52345','series.'),
('52346',' "A tu vera", one of the most important songs in Lola Flores career  was released for the very first time on this movie.'),
('52347',' Since Lola Flores, Paquita Rico and Carmen Sevilla were all huge  stars at the time this movie was released, the producers didnt know  which name had to come first on the credits. The solution was to  show the three names spinning as vanes of a mill.'),
('52348',' This short documentary is featured on the 2'),
('52349','Disc DVD for  _THX 1138 (1971)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('52350',' Colby Kane (qv) and Brett Sorenson (qv) appear in a short teaser  trailer for this film.'),
('52351',' The first Nintendo video game.'),
('52352',' Billy Wilder (qv) had already written the story in Germany, then  brought it to the USA when he emigrated and sold it to MGM.'),
('52353',' Kathleen Howard (qv) was left with a fractured jaw when the punch  that Barbara Stanwyck (qv) threw accidentally made contact.  Stanwyck was reportedly mortified by the incident.'),
('52354',' The roles of the seven professors (besides Gary Cooper (I) (qv))  were inspired by Disneys Seven Dwarfs. There is even a photograph  showing the actors sitting in front of a Disney poster, each one in  front of his corresponding dwarf: S.Z. Sakall (qv) '),
('52355',' Dopey;  Leonid Kinskey (qv) '),
('52356',' Sneezy; Richard Haydn (qv) '),
('52357',' Bashful;  Henry Travers (I) (qv) '),
('52358',' Sleepy; Aubrey Mather (qv) '),
('52359',' Happy;  Tully Marshall (qv) '),
('52360',' Grumpy, and Oskar Homolka (qv) '),
('52361',' Doc.'),
('52362',' In the scene where Pastrami and Asthma have the professors hostage  in the library, the gunmen begin shooting at random items. One  gunman (Pastrami) says something like, "I saw this in a movie," and  proceeds to lick his thumb and then rubs it on the sight of his gun.  This is a reference to star Gary Cooper (I) (qv)s previous movie  _Sergeant York (1941)_ (qv) in which York uses this as a technique  to improve his marksmanship.'),
('52363',' Ginger Rogers (qv) was the original choice for Katherine  Sugarpuss OShea, but Rogers declined.'),
('52364',' Lucille Ball (qv) was set to play Katherine Sugarpuss OShea,  but once producer Samuel Goldwyn (qv) found out that  Barbara Stanwyck (qv) was available he gave her the part instead.'),
('52365',' When Gary Cooper (I) (qv) is taking notes of the news boys slang,  the marquee on the theater across the street advertises  _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv), an inside joke that  refers to the scripts inspiration.'),
('52366',' Football sequences filmed at Leeds Uniteds Elland Road ground.'),
('52367',' The crew started eating the fake vomit thinking it was a delicious  Indian dahl.'),
('52368',' A moving van carries the company name "Margolin" '),
('52369',' a reference to  the films writer, Stuart Margolin (qv).'),
('52370',' Sam Peckinpah (qv) started work on this film almost immediately  after finishing work on the landmark _Wild Bunch, The (1969)_ (qv).  That is why Strother Martin (qv) and L.Q. Jones (qv) were cast  in similar roles in both films.'),
('52371',' This film fell weeks behind schedule due to bad weather. When they  could not film, director Sam Peckinpah (qv) and his cast and crew  would drink. When the film did wrap production, the bar bill came to  over $70,000.'),
('52372',' Several crew members were fired from this film. It was the job of  one crew member to have bus tickets back to Los Angeles for a fired  crew member. If someone lost their job, Sam Peckinpah (qv) would  ask, "Do you have a bus ticket for them?"'),
('52373',' This was the favorite film of the director. Often, when asked to  speak about his work, he brought a print of this film to show,  instead of one of his more famous works.'),
('52374',' The production base for the film was at Echo Bay, Nevada.'),
('52375',' Hogues Castle was a real'),
('52376','life hotel which was acquired in Bishop,  California. It was packed'),
('52377','up and transported along with its own  furniture to its shooting location across the border in Nevada.'),
('52378',' SPOILER: The film is more accurate than most based on real events,  but omits certain complexities. Many Tejano (Mexican'),
('52379','American  Texans) lawmen participated in the hunt for Cortez. After Cortezs  capture, his wife divorced him, alleging physical and mental abuse.  Cortez married another woman while in jail, and his jailers provided  him the entire upper story of the jail as a "honeymoon suite".'),
('52380',' The author of the book, Américo Paredes, hated this movie. According  to Paredes, Gregorio Cortez did not shed one tear while he was in  jail and yet, Cortez cries in the movie. Anytime someone would ask  him his thoughts about the movie, he would be so angry about it that  he would refuse to discuss the movie and instead, would have his  wife tell them why he disliked it.'),
('52381',' The film was such important a project to Edward James Olmos (qv)  that he actually ran it in an L.A. theater free of charge to  encourage attendance.'),
('52382',' William Talman (qv)s final movie role.'),
('52383',' Director Laurent Boutonnat (qv) was 17 when this film got  released. The film received an 18 certificate.'),
('52384',' Was quadruple platinum in combined video and DVD sales.'),
('52385',' The last scene takes place at the "Ballermann 6" where the director  wanted to portray drunk German tourists. Since it proved to be  impossible to get the extras to play drunk convincingly, the  producers used real alcohol to get convincing reactions.  Tom Gerhardt (qv) says that he took care of providing the extras  with enough alcohol himself.'),
('52386',' Emilia Fox (qv) plays the part of Sylvia Brown in this adaptation.  Emilias mother, Joanna David (qv), played the part of Theo Danes  in the 1975 BBC adaptation of the same story.'),
('52387',' George Antheil (qv) wrote the score for this film, but due to  various disagreements '),
('52388',' including that Antheils original version of  the music ran 30 minutes while the film was only 16 minutes '),
('52389',' the  film was premiered without the original music. The film and music  were first shown together on 25 August 2000 in Antwerp, Belgium, at  the Cultuurmarkt van Vlaanderen. The film print with music was  created by Paul Lehrman.'),
('52390',' Snipes, Wesley (qv) and Li, Jet (qv) were originally said to  star, then Diesel, Vin (qv) and Stallone, Sylvester (qv).'),
('52391',' The role of Agent Sever was originally written to be played by a  man.'),
('52392',' The 2001 Game Boy Advance game "Ecks vs. Sever" was actually based  on an early script draft for this film and not the other way around.  The games producers later made a sequel to that game that was based  on the finished version of the movie.'),
('52393',' Director, Brian Mitchell provided several voices for the production.'),
('52394',' The original cartoon finished with Bugs and Sam playing a game of  Russian Roulette after they find out they both lost the election.  This has been edited in most broadcasts, but the cartoon appears  complete in the and the earlier international available super8mm  releases and now in the new DVD release.'),
('52395',' Frank Mosley called the Tom Thumb Food Corporation for three weeks  straight everyday, until they allowed he and his crew to shoot in  the store for one night, from 7pm to 1 am.'),
('52396',' Mosley wrote the voiceover monologue originally as means of  "cathartic expression" back in high school because of a fight with  an ex. He saved it, revised it, and used it here.'),
('52397',' The film won AUDIENCE FAVORITE at the 2003 UTA Film and Video  Festival and won 1st place in the Video Category at the 2004 EXCEL  Arts Competition in Arlington. It has also screened at the 2004  Dallas Video Festival, the 2004 Midcities Festival (DFW), and was  showcased in 2003 at the Dallas Museum of Art.'),
('52398',' The Fishguard'),
('52399','Rosslare ferry was used during filming.'),
('52400',' The underwater footage really is that of the Estonia, taken during  one of Jutta Rabes expeditions in 2001'),
('52401',' Brendan Fraser (qv) was originally hired to provide the voice of  Steele, the evil dog. He did record his part but his voice'),
('52402','over was  subsequently discarded and the role went to Jim Cummings (I) (qv).'),
('52403',' The last feature by Amblimation, the animation studio run by  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) in the early 1990s. The studio closed  after Spielberg co'),
('52404','founded Dreamworks with David Geffen (qv) and  Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv), and most of the Amblimation staff  relocated to Dreamworks Animation.'),
('52405',' The full cast of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare '),
('52406','  Abridged do various other voice acting parts in the film.'),
('52407',' The real Balto can be found stuffed at the Cleveland Museum of  Natural History.'),
('52408',' CASTLE THUNDER: During the song, The Grand Design, with Niju and the  other wolves.'),
('52409',' The story is loosely based on Chos experience growing up in San  Francisco in the 1980s.'),
('52410',' Pre'),
('52411','production began in 1936 and was intended to be Disneys second  full'),
('52412','length animated film after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs  (1937). Disneys perfection and quest for realism delayed the  project significantly, so that _Pinocchio (1940)_ (qv),  _Fantasia (1940)_ (qv), _Reluctant Dragon, The (1941)_ (qv) and  _Dumbo (1941)_ (qv) were released earlier than Bambi.'),
('52413',' Sidney Franklin originally initiated "Bambi" as a film project in  1933, envisioning it as a live action film. He had even gone to the  stage of recording Margaret Sullivan and Victor Jorys voices for  the soundtrack. Eventually he realized that the technology simply  wasnt adequate enough to make the film. After seeing "Snow White  and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), it dawned on Franklin that there was  someone who could realize "Bambi" as a movie. So he contacted Walt  Disney who immediately leapt at the idea of working on the project.  Disney started work on the film in 1936, though he was also  developing "Fantasia", "Dumbo" and "Pinocchio" at the same time. All  this explains why there is a dedication in the films opening  credits "To Sidney A. Franklin '),
('52414',' our sincere appreciation for the  inspiring collaboration".'),
('52415',' A test animation of baby Bambi stuck on a fallen tree'),
('52416','trunk was  sufficiently charming to convince Walt Disney to make the film.'),
('52417',' The look of the film was inspired by the work of Tyrus Wong, a  Chinese animator whose sketches used softened backgrounds. This  meant that the focus was squarely on the beautifully drawn animals.'),
('52418',' The fifth animated Disney feature.'),
('52419',' Bambi and Thumper are the names of two female assassins that James  Bond encounters in "Diamonds are Forever" (1971).'),
('52420',' After "Dumbo" (1940), this is the second Disney animated feature to  be set in the present day.'),
('52421',' Two asteroids have been named after Bambi and Thumper.'),
('52422',' For the films DVD release in 2005, over 110,000 frames were cleaned  up individually, requiring more than 9,600 hours of work. This was  done from a copy of the original nitrate negative borrowed from the  Library of Congress.'),
('52423',' Unusually for the time, Disney insisted on children providing the  voices for the animals when they were young, instead of using adults  mimicking youngsters.'),
('52424',' Austrian writer Felix Salten (real name Siegmund Salzmann) '),
('52425',' an  insurance clerk who began to write out of boredom '),
('52426',' got the  inspiration for his novel during a trip to Italy when he became  fascinated with the Italian word "bambino".'),
('52427',' The Disney studios were walking a very precarious line financially,  and were constantly on the verge of bankruptcy. A studio strike and,  of course, the outbreak of war '),
('52428',' which deprived them of their  lucrative European market '),
('52429',' didnt help matters. Disney was able to  secure another loan from the Bank of America, but when both  "Fantasia" and "Dumbo" failed at the box office, a lot was riding on  "Bambi" to be a success.'),
('52430',' "Bambi" premiered August 8, 1942 in London '),
('52431',' a very daring move in  the midst of war '),
('52432',' and a few days later in New York. Despite glowing  reviews, it was an initial box office disappointment. This prompted  Disney to re'),
('52433','release "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in the summer  of 1944, a tactic that the studio regularly adopts now for all their  animated features.'),
('52434',' There are approximately only 1,000 words of dialog throughout the  entire film.'),
('52435',' One of the many rejected ideas was to show the hunter killed by the  very forest fire that he had accidentally started.'),
('52436',' Disney animators spent a year studying and drawing deers and fawns  to perfect the look of Bambi and his parents and friends. Deer are  notoriously difficult to render in human terms as their eyes are on  either side of their face, their mouth does not lend itself to  speech and they have no real chin. Ultimately animator Mark Davis  resolved these difficulties by infusing the character of Bambi with  the traits of a human baby.'),
('52437',' No matter how skilled the animator, the Disney cartoonists simply  could not draw Bambis fathers antlers accurately. This was because  of the very complicated perspectives required. To get round the  problem, a plaster cast was made of some real antlers which was then  filmed at all angles. This footage was then rotoscoped onto  animation cels.'),
('52438',' The character of Thumper does not appear in Felix Saltens original  novel. He was added by Walt Disney to bring some much'),
('52439','needed comic  relief to the script.'),
('52440',' This was Walt Disney (qv)s favorite film.'),
('52441',' Before Thumpers name was finalized, he was referred to as "Bobo" in  some sketches.'),
('52442',' Some scenes of woodland creatures and the forest fire are unused  footage from _Pinocchio (1940)_ (qv).'),
('52443',' The movie was set for a world premiere at Radio City Music Hall in  New York City on 30 July 1942, but was delayed due to the extended  run of _Mrs. Miniver (1942)_ (qv).'),
('52444',' The world premiere of this film was scheduled to be in the tiny  Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, Maine, USA. Day, Maurice (qv), an  animator with Disney, brought Felix Salten (qv)s book to the  attention of Disney, Walt (qv), and when Walt decided to make the  movie he thanked Maurice by planning to hold the premiere in  Maurices home town. However, the State of Maine objected, fearing  that hunters would be offended by the film, and the actual world  premiere was elsewhere.'),
('52445',' The movie lost money at the box office for the first run, but began  to recoup its considerable cost (over $2,000,000) during the 1947  re'),
('52446','release.'),
('52447',' The Maine Development Commission sent two fawns, appropriately named  Bambi and Faline, to the Disney studio, to be kept as pets while  artists studied their movements and behavior. When they were fully  grown, they were released in nearby Griffith Park. Other animals,  such as skunks and squirrels, were kept in the Disney zoo for  similar purposes.'),
('52448',' The film was dubbed into Russian with new lyrics, narration and  dialogue prepared by Russian'),
('52449','born Leonid Kinsky. It was also dubbed  into many other languages, including Arapaho, to help encourage  "Arapaho children to learn and preserve their language."'),
('52450',' The hunter who shoots Bambis mother was originally going to be  included as a character in the movie. But, for a man to shoot the  mother of the hero, he would have to be clearly cruel and villainous  for children to accept him. Since Disney didnt want to be seen as  maligning hunters as evil, the character was cut and never shown in  the final version of the film.'),
('52451',' To design Bambis scenes, Walt Disney traveled to Argentina in 1941,  and there he was inspired in the forests of Neuquéns province,  southwest of Argentina.'),
('52452',' Bambi was originally supposed to go back to his mother after she was  shot and find her in a pool of blood. This idea was scrapped.'),
('52453',' Donnie Dunagan, who was the voice for young Bambi, also was the  model for Bambis facial expressions.'),
('52454',' In the original script Bambi was shot instead of his mother, but  Walt Disney (qv) dismissed the idea and moved the shooting to  Bambis mother.'),
('52455',' The first and one of the few Disney features where the songs were  not sung by any of the films characters. Each song was either sung  off screen by a soloist or a choir.'),
('52456',' Six'),
('52457','year'),
('52458','old Peter Behn auditioned with several other children for  the voice roles of Mother Rabbits children. When Behn said the line  (in reference to Bambi), "Did the young prince fall down?", a  casting director who was watching the audition in another room  shouted, "Get that kid out of here! He cant act!" However, the  Disney animators who heard the audition tape loved the sound of  Behns voice. Behn was called back to the studio, and the character  of Thumper was created largely based on his vocal performance.'),
('52459',' Animation from this film has been reused more often than animation  from any other Disney film. Usually it is used as incidental  animation of birds, leaves and the like. Only a few of the major  characters have been reused. Bambis mother, for example, appears in  the very first shot of _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv), and is  the quarry of both Kay in _Sword in the Stone, The (1963)_ (qv) and  Shere Khan in _Jungle Book, The (1967)_ (qv). Bambi and his mother  fully appear then in _Rescuers, The (1977)_ (qv).'),
('52460',' The opening multiplane shot is one of Disneys biggest use of the  multiplane. It had been used on scenes in The Old Mill, Snow White  and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo.'),
('52461',' CASTLE THUNDER: Heard a few times when the storm in the "April  Shower" sequence is about to start. Its also heard when the storm  clouds are beginning to part and the sun begins coming out.'),
('52462',' In the original American version of the film, the music for the  opening song starts at the films opening. However, in all the  foreign versions, it oddly plays over the Walt Disney Pictures logo  and the singing wrongly begins when the word "Bambi" shows up,  whereas in the American versions, the singing begins at the "Walt  Disney presents" screen.'),
('52463',' "Man" was ranked the #20 villain on the American Film Institutes  list of the 100 greatest heroes and villains '),
('52464',' the only character on  the list not to appear on'),
('52465','screen.'),
('52466',' The film will use never implemented ideas meant for  _Bambi (1942)_ (qv).'),
('52467',' The background'),
('52468','paintings were painted with "Corel Photo Paint", but  some of the original oil'),
('52469','painting backgrounds from the 1942 original  movie were scanned with a computer, and parts of these scans were  reused in the new backgrounds.'),
('52470',' This movie breaks the record of the longest interval between a  sequel and its predecessor, previously held by  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv) and _Return to Oz (1985)_ (qv).  _Bambi (1942)_ (qv) was released in 1942, "Bambi II" in 2006, 64  years later.'),
('52471',' The film was released in theaters in 25 countries, but in the USA it  was a direct'),
('52472','to'),
('52473','video release.'),
('52474',' Its called "Bambi II" but it not a follow up to the first movie it  takes place in the middle of the first film.'),
('52475',' Included in the Rhino Home Video compilation "Bambi Meets Godzilla  and Other Weird Cartoons" and the Slingshot DVD "Spike and Mikes  Classic Festival of Animation". The latter video includes a sequel  (not by Marv Newland) titled "Son of Bambi Meets Godzilla"'),
('52476',' During the making of the short, Marv Newland (qv) was living in an  apartment rented out by Adriana Caselotti (qv), the voice of Snow  White in _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv).'),
('52477',' The sound at the end when Godzillas foot falls is the final  reverberating note of The Beatles song "A Day in the Life", from  "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band".'),
('52478',' Marv Newland created this short while be was a student at the Art  Center College of Design in Los Angeles.'),
('52479',' This became the first animated film to come out of the Art Center  College of Design in Los Angeles.'),
('52480',' Marv Newland submitted this animated short for his term project when  the live action film he had been working on for over a month  couldnt be completed on time.'),
('52481',' It reportedly took Marv Newland only two weeks to make this film.'),
('52482',' Made in 1942, the film was not released in Italy until 1944'),
('52483',' Marcello Mastroianni (qv) was extra in this film'),
('52484',' The two award ceremony scenes are parodies of two real award  recipients whom Spike Lee (qv) has publicly criticized: the first,  where DelaCroix is fumbling around and yelling "Show me the money!",  is a jab at Cuba Gooding Jr. (qv)s enthusiastic victory speech  for winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; the second scene,  in which DelaCroix becomes a teary'),
('52485','eyed brown'),
('52486','noser to  Matthew Modine (qv), is a shot at Ving Rhames (qv) Golden Globe  victory in which he gave teary'),
('52487','eyed kudos to Jack Lemmon (I) (qv).'),
('52488',' Most of this film was shot only on digital (Mini DV) camcorders, the  kind you can buy at any electronics store. While this sacrificed  quality, it allowed them to shoot with 15 cameras at a time, and it  also allowed Spike Lee (qv) to get all the footage he needed shot  within the films modest budget. The only scenes shot on film were  the "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show" sequences, which were  shot on 16mm film.'),
('52489',' At the end of the film where the rap group The Mau Maus get shot and  killed in a shootout with police and the only survivor was the only  white member of the group, was based on a true account from the  early 90s where a California street gang was also in a shootout  with police. Instead, there were two survivors, both were also  white. One had been shot in the leg but he lived.'),
('52490',' The names of two characters are based on real performers of the  past. "Mantan" came from Mantan Moreland (qv) and "Sleep n Eat"  was based on Willie Best (qv), who was sometimes credited only as  "Sleep n Eat" in early films.'),
('52491',' The band that plays on "Mantans New Millennium Minstrel Show" (the  "Alabama Porchmonkeys") is The Roots (qv), a hip'),
('52492','hop band from  Philadelphia.'),
('52493',' The name Bampinay comes from the Filipino dialect Tagalog. "Bamp" is  short for "Bampira" or "Vampira". "Pinay" is a Filipino woman.  Bampinay means Filipino woman vampire.'),
('52494',' This story was also used in the Bamse comic book. It was the last  paper Rune Andreasson (Bamses dad) worked on before he retired.'),
('52495',' Released as part of "Box of the Banned" five disc set of video  nasties'),
('52496',' Iza Calzado (qv) was originally tapped to play the female lead.  But since she was already in the other Metro Manila Film Festival  2007 entry, _Desperads_ (2007), she was pulled out from the project.'),
('52497',' Wendy Valdez (qv) was negotiated to replace Iza Calzado (qv),  but her mother studio, ABS'),
('52498','CBN, wanted Wendys first movie  appearance to be produced by its Star Cinema production.'),
('52499',' The original main cast submitted by the production to the Metro  Manila Film Festival is Marvin Agustin (qv),  Dingdong Dantes (qv), and Iza Calzado (qv). At a point, when the  three performers are not available, the production tapped  Christopher de Leon (qv), Alfred Vargas (qv) and  Wendy Valdez (qv) to take the lead roles.'),
('52500',' Only certain scenes of the film remain nowadays.'),
('52501',' Cosell, Howard (qv) was allowed to improvise most of his part.'),
('52502',' The rebels anthem is the same one used in _Sleeper (1973)_ (qv).'),
('52503',' The film was originally titled "El Weirdo".'),
('52504',' Woody Allen (qv) said he made a conscious decision not to show any  blood to maintain the light, farcical tone of the film.'),
('52505',' In an interview, Woody Allen (qv) was asked why he named the movie  "Bananas". His response: "Because there are no bananas in it."'),
('52506',' According to the Eric Lax biography, the musicians in the dinner  scene at General Vargas house were actually to be playing  instruments, but the rented instruments hadnt arrived, and rather  than wait, Allen decided the miming would fit with the tone of the  film.'),
('52507',' The majority of the scenes in the film were improvised. When Allen  felt he had captured the right shot, he would move on to the next  one.'),
('52508',' Woody Allen (qv) initially intended to end the movie with him  emerging from a riot with his face darkened from soot; the black  rioters would then mistakenly claim him as one of their own. As with  _Take the Money and Run (1969)_ (qv), Allens editor,  Ralph Rosenblum (qv), convinced him to go with an ending more  organic to the story that came before it.'),
('52509',' A very young Sylvester Stallone (qv) appears in the subway scene  playing a hoodlum with another youngster.'),
('52510',' The movies mock'),
('52511','TV ad for New Testament cigarettes earned the movie  a "Condemned" rating by the Catholic Church.'),
('52512',' While the rebels are watching Esposito make his first speech as the  new Presidente, Fielding asks, "Whats the Spanish word for  straitjacket?" The answer is "camisa de fuerza" or literally, "force  shirt" or "shirt of force".'),
('52513',' In the middle of the movie, during the turmoil that surrounds the  dictatorship at San Marcos, outside, an old baby'),
('52514','carriage can be  seen rolling off a stairs. This is a direct reference to the most  dramatic scene in Eisenstein?s classic  _Bronensots Potyomkin (1925)_ (qv).'),
('52515',' This was the final film for director Gerardo de Leon. He also wrote  the original story and screenplay.'),
('52516',' Vitaphone reel #2573.'),
('52517',' The first Mickey Mouse cartoon in color.'),
('52518',' The tune that Donald Duck plays, "Turkey in the Straw", is the same  tune that was played by Mickey Mouse in his first release  _Steamboat Willie (1928)_ (qv).'),
('52519',' Donalds sailor outfit holds a total of 45 flutes.'),
('52520',' Legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini (qv) so loved this cartoon  short that when he first saw it, he asked the theatre projectionist  if he could run it again, and the projectionist did.'),
('52521',' This is one of a handful of cartoons played constantly on a special  television channel at Walt Disney World resorts.'),
('52522',' In animation historian Jerry Becks 1994 poll of animators, film  historians and directors, this cartoon was rated the third greatest  cartoon of all time (the highest ranked Disney cartoon on the list).'),
('52523',' Filmed portion of the play "A Milk White Flag" by Charles Hoyt.'),
('52524',' Spin'),
('52525','off from a popular BBC Radio series.'),
('52526',' Cyd Charisse (qv)s singing was dubbed by India Adams (qv).'),
('52527',' A number for Cyd Charisse (qv) called "Two'),
('52528','Faced Woman" was cut  from the film, and the same exact recording (sung by  India Adams (qv)) was stuck into _Torch Song (1953)_ (qv) with  Joan Crawford (qv) lip'),
('52529','synching to it in blackface.'),
('52530',' After Les and Lilly have their fight in the alley, Les heads for the  bar across the street. In the background you can see a poster for  the play "Every Night At Seven". This was the title of the play that  Fred Astaire (qv) and Jane Powell (I) (qv) starred in in the  movie _Royal Wedding (1951)_ (qv).'),
('52531',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1995.'),
('52532',' Many of the props, sets, and costumes for the huge production number  that goes wrong in rehearsal in Boston are from  _Lovely to Look at (1952)_ (qv), _Ziegfeld Follies (1946)_ (qv) and  _American in Paris, An (1951)_ (qv).'),
('52533',' The movie reflects two real'),
('52534','life situations. In the movie Tony  Hunter (Fred Astaire (qv)) is washed up. In real life Astaires  career was at a standstill. In the movie much is made of whether  Cyd Charisse (qv)s character is too tall for Freds character.  This was also true in real life. Whenever Cyd and Fred are together  she is in shoes with low heels.'),
('52535',' During the production Jack Buchanan (I) (qv) had to undergo  extensive dental work, including three root canal operations and was  in pain for most of the filming.'),
('52536',' During the "Louisiana Hayride" number, Nanette Fabray (qv) gashed  her leg when she broke through the top of a prop crate she was  standing on. She said that shooting the "Triplets" number, which was  filmed later and where she was forced to stand on her knees, was so  painful that she had to take large numbers of pain pills.'),
('52537',' The characters reflect real life. Fred Astaire (qv) was indeed  considering retirement as his career was at a standstill, just like  his character in the movie. The characters played by  Nanette Fabray (qv) and Oscar Levant (qv) are based on the  films screenwriters, Betty Comden (qv) and Adolph Green (qv).  Jack Buchanan (I) (qv)s character is based on  José Ferrer (I) (qv), who at the time was producing four Broadway  shows and starring in a fifth.'),
('52538',' Several times in the film you see theatre marquees or posters  showing the title "The Proud Land" '),
('52539',' especially in the "Girl Hunt"  ballet number. This is the title of a novel featured in the plot of  Vincente Minnelli (qv)s film from the previous year  _Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)_ (qv).'),
('52540',' The title is from an original 1931 Broadway musical, by  Howard Dietz (qv) and Arthur Schwartz (qv), which starred  Fred Astaire (qv) and his sister, Adele Astaire (qv). Only the  title and some of the songs were borrowed for this production.'),
('52541',' The full'),
('52542','skirted white dress worn by Cyd Charisse (qv) in "Dancing  In The Dark" was actually copied from a dress worn by the films  costume designer Mary Ann Nyberg (qv). Director Minnelli tried to  buy it off the rack (it originally cost about $25.00), but no store  carried exactly that type of frock. It was finally created from  scratch for about $1,000.00.'),
('52543',' Betty Comden (qv) and Adolph Green (qv) made the characters  played by Nanette Fabray (qv) and Oscar Levant (qv) a married  couple because they felt that the audiences would not accept a  male/female writing team who werent married to each other, even  though the characters were based on Comden and Green, who were  themselves not married to each other.'),
('52544',' This may have been part of a series of sound films that Biograph  made, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior, of  classroom scenes, to be shown at the Pan'),
('52545','American Exhibition in  Buffalo, New York. The sound was recorded on "Graphaphone" records  by the Columbia Phonograph Co.'),
('52546',' It was released in theaters only after it failed as a pilot for a  network TV series.'),
('52547',' Famous French comedian Fernand Raynauds first film.'),
('52548',' Several sources erroneously list the presence of Albert Michel, Jean  Ozenne and Florence Blot in this film. It is erroneous: none of  these three actors appear.'),
('52549',' The "minute of silence" lasts 36 seconds.'),
('52550',' The principle actors rehearsed for the famous dance sequence in  nightclubs and bars in Paris Latin District.'),
('52551',' The story Franz refers to in the café scene, about something being  best hidden in the most obvious place, is "The Purloined Letter" by  Edgar Allen Poe.'),
('52552',' The voice narrations are provided by the director,  Jean'),
('52553','Luc Godard (qv).'),
('52554',' Available on the Vol. 2 (of 21) R2 DVD release of  _"Huset på Christianshavn" (1970)_ (qv), distributed by Nordisk Film  Video [dk] in 2003.'),
('52555',' First Argentinian movie.'),
('52556',' The movie was initially dedicated to Colonel Franco and his troops.  The dedication was removed after the Spanish civil war.'),
('52557',' Amitabh Bachchan (qv) played dual roles for the first time.'),
('52558',' Originally set for a wide US theatrical release in late 2005 and  then early 2006; the film was finally given a 22 September 2006 date  and was an exclusive Cinema Latino Theatres chain release.'),
('52559',' The film was shot on many of the actual battle sites of the 1916  Mexican revolution, the period during which this film is set. Many  of the older Mexicans hired as extras in the film were former  soldiers of Pancho Villa (I) (qv) and others were former  government troops who fought them.'),
('52560',' DIRCAMEO(Shekhar Kapur (qv)): truck driver with beard whom Phoolan  Devi (Seema Biswas) hits with the gun handle.'),
('52561',' This was the first of six movies hurriedly made by RKO between May  1942 and July 1942, before Tim Holt (qv) went into military  service.'),
('52562',' Cornel Wildes character is referred to as "Robert of Huntington,"  not "Robert of Nottingham".'),
('52563',' Character actor Miles Mander  (qv) appears very briefly early in  the film as "Lord Warrick". He is mentioned again late in the film,  implying that Mr. Mander ended up on the cutting room floor.'),
('52564',' The film was originally meant to be an adaptation of  Elmore Leonard (qv)s novel "Bandits", to which  Bruce Willis (qv) owns the film rights, but the producers felt it  was too weak and brought in writer Harley Peyton (qv) to write a  new script from scratch.'),
('52565',' When Terry wakes up saying "Beavers and Ducks", its a reference to  two arch'),
('52566','rival Oregon college football teams, the Oregon State  University Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks.'),
('52567',' Darren Heads house is the same house that was used as Jackie  Treehorns house in _Big Lebowski, The (1998)_ (qv).'),
('52568',' The little girl who belches during the dinner scene is  Bruce Willis (qv) daughter, Scout... and according to him, that  belch was not enhanced. The other girl is another one of Willis  daughters, Tallulah.'),
('52569',' Val Kilmer (qv) was originally considered for the part of Joe, and  Bruce Willis (qv) was originally going to play the part of Terry,  but due to scheduling conflicts, Kilmer backed out, and Willis took  over the part of Joe.'),
('52570',' Billy Bob Thornton (qv) has a phobia of antique furniture in real  life, and the producers wrote it in as part of his character.'),
('52571',' At the cabin right after they "pick up" Kate, Joe stretches a drape  between the two sides of the bed, saying he saw it in a movie once.  Kate asks, "How does [the movie] end?" Joe says, "With a wedding."  At the end of the movie Harvey marries the Pink Boots girl.'),
('52572',' DIRCAMEO(Barry Levinson (I) (qv)): The last staff to the right of  the camera in the studio room from Darrens point of view when he  presented "Criminals at Large" at the beginning of the film.'),
('52573',' Hans Zimmer (qv) was the only choice for the music composing.  However, Zimmer was just finishing _Hannibal (2001)_ (qv) and  _Pearl Harbor (2001)_ (qv) at the time in London, and he already  committed himself to _Black Hawk Down (2001)_ (qv), which was  recorded in the US. Barry Levinson (I) (qv) said that he would  move the film for a later release, waiting for the German composer,  since they are good friends since _Rain Man (1988)_ (qv). Zimmer  politely refused it.'),
('52574',' Darren Head, the host of "Criminals at Large" was supposed to be  based on John Walsh (I) (qv) from  _"Americas Most Wanted" (1988)_ (qv).'),
('52575',' Kates license plate number is 290OKH.'),
('52576',' The movie is based on two actual people who used to rob banks the  same way Joe and Terry did.'),
('52577',' Raquel Welch (qv) was signing autographs on the set for fans, when  James Stewart (I) (qv) heard her complain that she didnt like  doing it. Stewart told her "You better sign those, theyre the ones  paying your salary." Welch thought about this and from then on  willingly signed autographs.'),
('52578',' Won the Maverick award at the 2004 Newport Beach Film Festival.'),
('52579',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Origin of the Family Tree (1920)_ (qv).'),
('52580',' When the film was submitted to the Brazilian board of censors for  the first time, the military dictatorship allowed its exhibition,  but prohibited its exportation.'),
('52581',' Working title was "Bank Boom Bank".'),
('52582',' The two Skater Kids who try to sell Keek car'),
('52583','radios and destroy his  car later in the movie are the sons of Martin Semmelrogge (qv)  (Schlucke) and Ralf Richter (qv) (Kalle)'),
('52584',' The Cop who is interviewed in TV is the father of the director Peter  Thorwarth.'),
('52585',' First produced as an hour'),
('52586','long live TV drama in 1956 on the United  States Steel Hour, with Paul Newman as Henry Wiggen and Albert Salmi  as Bruce Pierson.'),
('52587',' Though the uniforms appear to be New York Yankee uniforms, theyre  actually the New York Mammoths.'),
('52588',' To prepare for his role, Robert De Niro (qv) went to Florida to  watch baseball teams in spring training, then traveled to Georgia  and tape recorded conversations to study their accents.'),
('52589',' Sarandon, Susan (qv) and Amurri, Eva (qv) are mother and  daughter, and this is their fourth film together.'),
('52590',' During the "Rock Cock" sequence, the girls were shown Polaroids of  the crew who had volunteered to be photographed especially for that  sequence. The surprise on Sarandon, Susan (qv)s face is quite  genuine when she saw who the photographs were of and recognized the  faces.'),
('52591',' Eva Amurri not only plays Susan Sarandons daughter, but can also be  seen as the younger version of Lavinia in Suzettes photo  collection.'),
('52592',' Directorial debut of Edgardo Reyes (qv)'),
('52593',' Zaldy set up his own production outfit, ZZ Productions [ph], in  making this film.'),
('52594',' The picture was shooting during the 19th September Coup detat.  Nonetheless, filming only stopped for six hours. The Armoury  department claim they fired the only shots in the coup.'),
('52595',' The story of the villagers of Bang Rachan is very famous in Thailand  and is often cited as an example of patriotism.'),
('52596',' The site of the village is now a tourist attraction near the old  capital of Thailand, Ayuttaya, north of Bangkok.'),
('52597',' Was the very first film to feature the group later known as "The  Keystone Cops". They got this name from the film company that  produced this title, Keystone.'),
('52598',' This film started out as a short film, but two years after the short  film was completed the director expanded it into a feature.'),
('52599',' This was the first film in which Barbara Stanwyck (qv) sung and  danced.'),
('52600',' This film was started as a side project while Don was still working  at Disney. He invited several other young animators to his house on  nights and weekends to discover secrets of animation that he felt  had been lost at Disney. Eventually, he resigned from Disney along  with 17 other animators to finish this film and begin "The Secret of  NIMH". That bold walk'),
('52601','out caused a delay in the release of Disneys  "Fox and the Hound", that was in mid production at the time.'),
('52602',' If you collect all 100 jiggys when you finish the game Mumbo will  give you a sneak peek of what to expect for the sequel  Banjo'),
('52603','Tooie (2000) (VG) (qv) (see Banjo'),
('52604','Tooie Trivia for more  info).'),
('52605',' Beneath the name of the ship in Rusty Bucket bay it says: "Twycross,  England" the location of Rareware HQ'),
('52606',' When Donkey Kong got his own video game on the SNES, Diddy Kong was  the side'),
('52607','kick. Diddy got a video game on the N64, called Diddy Kong  Racing. In this, another playable character was Banjo. Banjo'),
('52608','Tooie  is Banjos second game in which hes the main character. In this  game, One of Bottles children has a toy in his hands that closely  resembles Donkey Kong.'),
('52609',' Planned but initially scrapped was a data transfer plan that would  allow players to transfer data from _Banjo'),
('52610','Kazooie (1998) (VG)_ (qv)  to this game and back, however this was scrapped due to the fact  that Rare could not find a way to transfer data from one Nintendo 64  cartridge to another without going over'),
('52611','budget.'),
('52612',' Also planned but scrapped was Devil version of Bottles, the  character was modeled up ready to go, but was eventually cut from  the storyline. Although his face can still be seen in the Tower of  Tragedy quiz.'),
('52613',' Two Eggs and one Ice key is hidden in this game. Originally they  were to be part of the data transfer plan. There were originally  going to be four more eggs and a Fire key as well.'),
('52614',' A copy of this film survives at the Betzwood Film Archive in Blue  Bell, Pennsylvania.'),
('52615',' "Mahatma Kane Jeeves" is a play on words from old stage plays. "My  hat, my cane, Jeeves!"'),
('52616',' The newspaper being read by Egbert Souse is the Lompoc Picayune  Intelligencer.'),
('52617',' At the end of the movie Egbert Souse is whistling "Listen to the  Mockingbird" just as Joe the Bartender comes onto the screen. Joe is  played by Shemp Howard of Three Stooges fame and "Listen to the  Mockingbird" was the Three Stooges Theme music.'),
('52618',' Universals censors initially objected to W.C. Fields (qv) script  and demanded many changes. Director Eddie Cline (qv) suggested  that Fields should go ahead and film it their way, and that the  front office wouldnt notice the difference. They didnt.'),
('52619',' At one point, W.C. Fields (qv)s character falsely brags, "In the  old Sennett days, I used to direct Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton,  and the rest of em." This movies director Eddie Cline (qv) did  co'),
('52620','direct several of Buster Keaton (qv)s early short subjects.'),
('52621',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('52622',' One of the few instances where actors playing the lawmen and the  robbers actually were the lawmen and the robbers:  William Tilghman (qv) was a famous and respected U.S. marshal on  the Oklahoma frontier; Al J. Jennings (qv) was a convicted train  robber who took up acting after having been released from prison;  Frank Canton (qv) was a widely feared gunfighter;  Heck Thomas (qv) was a legendary sheriff; Quanah Parker (qv) was  the son of an Indian father and a white mother who led several  Indian revolts.'),
('52623',' Shot in the same location as a scene from  _Catch Me If You Can (2002)_ (qv).'),
('52624',' Some scenes were actually shot on the uppers floors of a major  banks corporate headquarters in Melbourne.'),
('52625',' SPOILER: The planned draft of the final scene did not include any  helicopters. The idea came to director Roland Gräf only when most of  the film had already been shot. His intention was to make the scene  less hopeless and more ambivalent.'),
('52626',' In 2007, Roland Gräf published a book which details his work on the  movie, the struggle for its release in East'),
('52627','Germany, and his  thoughts on the reception of the film.'),
('52628',' The whole movie took 10 months for production (idea, script,  casting, filming, etc). January 2004 '),
('52629',' October 2004'),
('52630',' There werent any special effects (wirework, computer graphics...)  used in 90% of the parkour scenes.'),
('52631',' The bomb code is: 9293709B13'),
('52632',' Alexandre Aja (qv) was originally hired to direct the movie.'),
('52633',' The movie features an unspecified extract from the UFC (Ultimate  Fighting Championship) series by Zuffa, LLC.'),
('52634',' Visa dexploitation en France: #110308'),
('52635',' Several members of the gang in B13 wear American National Football  League (NFL) jerseys from the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints,  and the New York Jets. The production did not secure permission from  the NFL Players Association to display any players name, thus per  the recommendation of the studios lawyers, the names on the back  were digitally removed before the film was released theatrically.'),
('52636',' Luc Besson (qv) wrote the part of Lola specifically for  Dany Verissimo (qv).'),
('52637',' In the scene where Leito (David Belle) is being chased near the  beginning of the film, the way in which he does it in is in fact an  activity called Parkour and was invented by David Belle himself,  influenced by his father Raymond Belle.'),
('52638',' Even though Bibi Naceri (qv) co'),
('52639','wrote the script, he still had to  audition for the part of Taha along with other actors.'),
('52640',' Tony DAmario (qv) was originally considered for the part of Taha,  but finally got an offer to play K2.'),
('52641',' This documentary is featured on second disc of  _Tin Drum, The (1979)_ (qv) DVD released in 2004 by the Criterion  Collection.'),
('52642',' In order to make this film, the director had to receive government  approval. She gave one script up for review, got approval, and  filmed another script.'),
('52643',' The character, Count Magnus Lee, is named as an homage to  Christopher Lee (I) (qv) who played Dracula in a long series of  Hammer Films.'),
('52644',' The English language track for this film was created first; unlike  almost every other anime in existence, English is Bloodlusts  original dialogue.'),
('52645',' The second language following English version was Cantonese, then  Japanese, thus it was released in Hong Kong before Japan.'),
('52646',' The official trailer of VHD: Bloodlust was done by Michael  McConnohie, the original english voice'),
('52647','actor for Vampire Hunter D,  the first film.'),
('52648',' The word "dunpeal" is the closest possible phonetic transposition of  the word "dhampir" (which means half'),
('52649','human, half'),
('52650','vampire) in  Japanese, which lacks distinction between the "l" and "r" consonant  sounds. This has carried over to the English soundtrack, and has  been misunderstood as a mis'),
('52651','translation by some.'),
('52652',' The character Carmilla is based on the novel with the same name by  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It was first published in 1872.'),
('52653',' The movie is based on creator Hideyuki Kikuchis third Vampire  Hunter D novel called Demon Deathchase. In the book, the young woman  (Charlotte)in love with Meier Link has no name.'),
('52654',' Director Antoine Desrosieres (qv) began shooting the film in 1995,  improvising with actors who created their own characters. Not  satisfied with the results, he threw out what had been done and  re'),
('52655','shot the entire film with a script.'),
('52656',' The film occupies an important place in the history of Belgian  cinema. It was Storck, Henri (qv)s first full'),
('52657','length fiction work  and the first international post'),
('52658','war co'),
('52659','production.'),
('52660',' For the "vomit" scene the director wanted absolute realism, so  Iris Palmer (qv) had to drink a concoction of blended spaghetti  bolognaise, milk and food coloring, then chase it with a mug of hot  water, salt and lemon juice, inducing projectile vomiting. Watching  the scene, a member of the Premiere screening fainted and had to be  dragged to the bathroom to be revived. Also at the Premiere an  audience member ran out crying and screaming when a very bloody  scene came on.'),
('52661',' Ben Cobb did a bit of modeling to pay for the film.'),
('52662',' The cast and crew were thrown out of the London Underground, even  though they had gotten prior permission from London Transport, after  scaring and emptying two train carriages. All the passengers had  witnesses the scene with the witch and the pigs heart, but hadnt  noticed the film camera, so were justifiably scared out of their  wits.'),
('52663',' The film is notable for the lack of any identifiable landmarks,  which caused a stir during its premier by local journalists who were  not used to surreal movies.'),
('52664',' A fund'),
('52665','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('52666',' A print of this short survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('52667',' Excluding Jillian ODowd, Nicolas Canadas and Chris A. Smirski the  cast had never acted before.'),
('52668',' The Onion City Film Festival awarded the movie with The Directors  Choice Award when it screened in 1996.'),
('52669',' All photographic materials used in the documentary where obtained  from government sources such as FEMA and NOAA.'),
('52670',' Hammad wrote this short after having a similar experience at a gas  station in California who actually attempted to baptize him at the  station in broad day light, leaving him wet and disappointed.'),
('52671',' A Dippy Doo Dad comedy with an all'),
('52672','animal cast.'),
('52673',' Chapter titles:  '),
('52674',' 1. A Heritage of Danger  '),
('52675',' 2. Perilous Paths  '),
('52676',' 3. The Midnight Raid  '),
('52677',' 4. Wheels of Doom  '),
('52678',' 5. Thundering Hoofs  '),
('52679',' 6. Against Desperate Odds  '),
('52680',' 7. Back from the Missing  '),
('52681',' 8. Fight for a Fortune  '),
('52682',' 9. The Wolfs Cunning  '),
('52683',' 10. A Six'),
('52684','Gun Wedding'),
('52685',' Two nitrate copies of this film survive at the UCLA Film and  Television Archive.'),
('52686',' Max von Sydow (qv)s first movie.'),
('52687',' The solar eclipse that takes place during the crucifixion scene was  the real thing, an event for which director Richard Fleischer (qv)  delayed shooting in order to capture the ethereal nature of the  phenomenon.'),
('52688',' Average Shot Length = ~8.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.4  seconds.'),
('52689',' Sharon Tate was an extra in the amphitheatre scene.'),
('52690',' There are two original versions of this film, one in Flemish (with  Naessens, Jet (qv) as Janine) and one in French (with  Poncin, Simone (qv) as Janine). Robert Lussacs real name was  Robert Timmermans but in the Flemish version he played the role of  Robert Bourdin under the pseudonym he always used in Flemish  movies "Bob Storm".'),
('52691',' Baraka was the first film in over twenty years to be photographed in  the 70mm Todd'),
('52692','AO format, an extremely high definition wide'),
('52693','screen  film format developed in the mid 1950s. The previous film filmed in  this particular format was _Last Valley, The (1971)_ (qv).'),
('52694',' Baraka is an ancient Sufi word, which can be translated as "a  blessing, or as the breath, or essence of life from which the  evolutionary process unfolds".'),
('52695',' Was filmed by a three person crew over a period of 14 months in 24  countries across 6 continents.'),
('52696',' This movie is based on the true life story of Choi Bae'),
('52697','dal (who  later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin  Karate. Choi was born in South Korea in 1923, immigrated to Japan in  1938, and founded the Kyokushin Karate organization in 1953.  Currently, Kyokushin Karate is practiced by more than 12 million  practitioners in over 120 countries around the world.'),
('52698',' Korean pop singer and actor Rain (IV) was initially cast for the  lead role of Choi Bae'),
('52699','dal, but had to pull out due to scheduling  conflicts.'),
('52700',' Baran, the female protagonist, does not say a single word throughout  the film.'),
('52701',' Selected as Irans submission in the Best Foreign Film category for  the 2001 Oscars.'),
('52702',' Caridad Sanchez (qv) rejected the role of mambabarang (witch)  since she doesnt like to play villain or heavy roles any more.  Liza Lorena (qv), originally tapped to play another role, was  given the role.'),
('52703',' Uma Khouny (qv) was replaced by Jay Manalo (qv).'),
('52704',' The role of Mike Tan (qv) was initially offered to  Alfred Vargas (qv). Vargas schedules full that time so he passed  the movie.'),
('52705',' Katherine Luna (qv) was initially attached in the movie.'),
('52706',' Elizabeth Oropesa (qv) was originally in the cast. In fact, her  name was included in the poster. However, her role went to  Maria Isabel Lopez (qv).'),
('52707',' The entire "Dont call me, Babe" leitmotif of Barb Wire comes from  the original advertising for the Barb Wire Dark Horse comic book, in  which she said those words to differentiate herself from a buxom,  slightly airy comic book heroine named Babe by  John Byrne (VI) (qv).'),
('52708',' Barbs motorcycle is a 885cc Triumph Thunderbird made as a  water'),
('52709','cooled three cylinder model by the new Triumph factory at  Hinckley in Leicestershire. In later scenes she rides a Triumph  Tiger which also had an 885cc water'),
('52710','cooled three cylinder engine.'),
('52711',' Miika J. Norvanto took a personal loan to cover the costs of this  movie. He got almost 10,000 euros for this movie from various  institutions and sponsors. He paid the remaining 24,000 euros  himself.'),
('52712',' None of the cast were not paid any money for being involved in the  making of the movie and there were 40 filming days. Ranu Kähkönens  grandmother thought they were making satanic film and would paid him  for not acting, but he did anyway.'),
('52713',' When Lisi, Virna (qv) was told to play the part of Barbarella, she  terminated her contract with United Artists and returned to Italy.'),
('52714',' SoGo, the evil city Barbarella travels to, is a reference to  Biblical cities Sodom and Gomorra.'),
('52715',' Future Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour (qv) was one of the  session musicians who performed the films original score.'),
('52716',' The scenes during the opening credits where Barbarella seems to  float around her spaceship were filmed by having Jane Fonda (qv)  lie on a huge piece of plexiglas with a picture of the spaceship  underneath her. It was then filmed from above, creating the illusion  that she is in zero gravity. (If you look carefully, you can see the  reflection in the glass as she removes her gloves.)'),
('52717',' Anita Pallenberg (qv) was dubbed by Joan Greenwood (qv).'),
('52718',' Dildanos password,  "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch", is the  name of a real village in Wales, United Kingdom (unsurprisingly,  its the longest place name in the UK).'),
('52719',' The names "Stomoxys" and "Glossina", the Great Tyrants nieces, are  actually the names of flies. Stomoxys calcitrans is the stable fly,  and glossina is the African (or tsetse) fly.'),
('52720',' The films missing scientist character famously inspired the band  name of 1980s pop stars Duran Duran (qv).'),
('52721',' Barbarellas costume was made by designer Paco Rabanne (qv)'),
('52722',' Barbarella was the first science fiction hero from the comics to be  adapted into a feature film as opposed to a serial (Flash Gordon and  Buck Rogers, her male predecessors, had only appeared in serials up  to this point).'),
('52723',' Most of the footage from Munkars "orgy" is actually footage taken  from the film _Deathstalker (1983)_ (qv). This includes all  sequences including the chained girl and the pig'),
('52724','faced warrior. Its  most noticeable in some of the faraway shots where the throne is  visible and it is clearly not Martin Kove sitting there.'),
('52725',' Child actor Yuri Danilchenko (qv), who plays Wooby, can be seen  unmasked as the Kitchen Boy who tries to steal the Chefs cake.'),
('52726',' Scenes were filmed in historic castles in remote areas of the Crimea  in southern Ukraine.'),
('52727',' The producers fired the first two directors after principal  photography. Henry Crum was hired months later to re'),
('52728','edit, re'),
('52729','write  and direct 45 pages of new material in seven days on location in the  Crimea.'),
('52730',' Based on the true story of American diplomat Townsend Harris, his  time in Japan in the 1850s and 60s, and his romance with a  17'),
('52731','year'),
('52732','old geisha named Kichi. Their story is one of the most  well'),
('52733','known folk tales in Japan. The real Harris died in New York in  1878, and the real Kichi committed suicide in Shimoda in 1892.'),
('52734',' Average Shot Length = ~10.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~9.7  seconds.'),
('52735',' Loy, Myrna (qv) wrote in her autobiography that she was wearing a  flesh'),
('52736','tinted body suit in the supposed nude scene.'),
('52737',' In wide shots of their characters riding across the desert on  camel'),
('52738','back, Myrna Loy (qv) and Louise Closser Hale (qv) were  doubled by Audrey Scott (qv).'),
('52739',' Even though this movie is titled "Boggy Creek II" it is actually the  third movie of the Boggy Creek series. The producer of the original  "Boggy Creek" didnt have anything to do with the first "Boggy Creek  II", so he decided to ignore that one and make this as the sequel.'),
('52740',' Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names): Ray Teal (qv) (Bouncer),  Ralph Sanford (I) (qv) (Bouncer), Jack Norton (I) (qv) (Drunk),  Will Stanton (I) (qv) (Drunk), Harry Rose (III) (qv) (Drunk),  Abigail Adams (I) (qv) (Vi) and Al Bridge (qv) (Businessman).  Other actors in news items and some production charts also not seen  in the movie were Jack Kenny (II) (qv), Kit Guard (qv),  May McAvoy (qv), Rose Langdon (II) (qv) and Joe Yule (qv).'),
('52741',' Finnish censorship certificate # 037671.'),
('52742',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Boarders and Bombs (1913)_ (qv).'),
('52743',' Vitaphone release #1551.'),
('52744',' May be a non'),
('52745','US production.'),
('52746',' The first Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to feature the new, more  appealing Woody re'),
('52747','design by Emery Hawkins (qv) and  Arthur Heinemann (qv). This design removed the buck teeth,  receding chin, an stubby legs of the original Alex Lovy design from  _Knock Knock (1940)_ (qv), and simplified Woodys color scheme.'),
('52748',' The first Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to use the famous "Woody pops  out of a log" opening title animated by Emery Hawkins (qv)'),
('52749',' Barbers Crossing was the winning screenplay of the 2005 An  Abbreviated Screenplay Contest.'),
('52750',' On the first day of filming, the town of Frazier Park had no power  due to fires in the area. The whole day had to be shot using  batteries and a gas'),
('52751','powered generator for the night shot.'),
('52752',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Ambitious Bootblack, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('52753',' The cast spent a month training at a barber college to prepare for  their roles. Only Troy Garity (qv) had had previous hair'),
('52754','cutting  experience.'),
('52755',' Jason Winston George (qv) (Kevin) originally auditioned for the  role of Ricky.'),
('52756',' Shortly after the films theatrical release in late September 2002,  Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton protested over some of the  statements made by Cedric the Entertainer (qv)s character Eddie  about African'),
('52757','American historical figures Rosa Parks ("Rosa Parks  aint do nuthin but sit her Black ass down; there was a whole lotta  other people that sat down on the bus, and they did it way before  Rosa did!"), Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ("Martin Luther King  was a ho [whore]!"), and Jackson himself ("Fuck Jesse Jackson").  Jackson and Sharpton pressured MGM to edit these scenes out of the  film before its DVD release in January 2003; the film was released  with the "controversial" scenes intact.'),
('52758',' Originally scheduled for release through Artisan Entertainment.'),
('52759',' On the DVD we see that it was Eddie that drank Teris apple juice.'),
('52760',' The football jersey that Ice Cube (qv) is wearing during the last  part of the movie is a Gale Sayers #40 Chicago Bears throwback  jersey made by Mitchell & Ness.'),
('52761',' 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.'),
('52762',' This is the first in a series of Barbie movies that is an original  musical.'),
('52763',' Until recently, the only footage known to exist (outside of its  trailer) of this film appears in the Marion Davies film  _Show People (1928)_ (qv). Now, approximately thirty minutes of the  film exists in a private collection.'),
('52764',' John Wayne (I) (qv)s debut.'),
('52765',' In Beas room there is a poster on the wall of the band "Surferosa",  the same band that did the music for the soundtrack.'),
('52766',' It was during this production that Genie Francis met Jonathan  Frakes. They would be married six years later.'),
('52767',' David Dencik (qv) did all his own stunt work. He broke a finger on  the second day of shooting when he crashed into a car door during  the title sequence.'),
('52768',' Actress Beate Bille took a day off from filming Drabet to make a  cameo appearance as a favor to her old friends David Dencik and  Kasper Gaardsøe'),
('52769',' The actress credited as Marilyn Savage (qv) was actually Joan  Brinkman, a popular nude and glamour model of the 50s and 60s.'),
('52770',' Biograph production number 486.'),
('52771',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('52772',' The character of Maria Vargas is said to be based on  Rita Hayworth (qv), who was actually offered the part.'),
('52773',' The name "Lloyd Richards" appears on the marquee of Marias first  film. "Lloyd Richards" is the name of Margo Channings playwright  friend in "All About Eve," also by written and directed by  Mankiewicz.'),
('52774',' Yvonne De Carlo (qv)s last film.'),
('52775',' A running gag is the absence of an elevator to get to the newlyweds  6th'),
('52776','floor apartment; new arrivals are out of breath throughout the  film. For its release in France, however, the dubbed dialogue placed  the apartment on the 9th floor (equivalent to the 10th floor in the  US), since in France, older buildings with six stories and no  elevator are not uncommon and audiences wouldnt have understood why  climbing the stairs was so arduous.'),
('52777',' Robert Redford (I) (qv) starred in both the Broadway play and this  film version. His leading lady on Broadway was  Elizabeth Ashley (I) (qv).'),
('52778',' Mildred Natwick (qv) and Herb Edelman (qv) also appeared in the  Broadway production of "Barefoot in the Park" (1963'),
('52779','67).'),
('52780',' The film role of Corie Bratter was originally offered to actress  Natalie Wood (I) (qv) who had already played opposite  Robert Redford (I) (qv) in two movies. Wood declined the offer  though, because she wanted to take time off.'),
('52781',' Was completed as director Ryan Witherspoons thesis film at Chapman  University. This is his third short film to date.'),
('52782',' The film is currently being adapted into a feature length version.'),
('52783',' Was shot in eight days with two cameras, resulting in fourteen hours  of footage.'),
('52784',' Featured the first toilet flush on TV. Robert Blake (I) (qv), in  an interview, stated that the script had him go into the bathroom at  his apartment and just for fun he flushed the toilet. The censors  had a fit, but in then end, it was allowed to stay in the recording.'),
('52785',' Charles Bukowski (qv) wanted Sean Penn (I) (qv) to star as  protagonist Henry Chinaski, but Penn insisted that  Dennis Hopper (qv) direct the film. Bukowski had written the  screenplay for Barbet Schroeder (qv), who had filmed him for  French TV years before, and would not surrender it to Hopper, whom  he despised as gold'),
('52786','chain'),
('52787','wearing Hollywood phony. Bukowski and Penn  became friends for the rest of his life.'),
('52788',' Sean Penn (I) (qv) was considered for the lead role.'),
('52789',' This film was almost never made because the financially'),
('52790','strapped  Cannon films was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time (it went out  of business a little more than a year later). Producer  Fred Fuchs (qv) brought his friend and producing partner  Francis Ford Coppola (qv)s into the project and got the film  made.'),
('52791',' There is no original score for this film. The films soundtrack was  mostly based on original source music specially selected by  Associate Producer/Music Supervisor Jack Baran (qv), with the  exception of a few classical pieces selected by  Mickey Rourke (qv).'),
('52792',' Composer Trevor Jones (I) (qv) was considered to write original  music for this film, but director Barbet Schroeder (qv) felt that  source music was more suited for the films authenticity.'),
('52793',' The film was shot using authentic locations around Los Angeles. All  the shots in the bar, the exteriors, and the apartments featured  throughout the film.'),
('52794',' The film is based on the real life experiences of  writer/poet/journalist Charles Bukowski (qv).'),
('52795',' Helen Hunt (qv) was originally cast as Tully Sorenson, but  Schroeder felt that the part needed an actress with a little more  experience to play opposite Mickey Rourke (qv) and  Faye Dunaway (qv).'),
('52796',' CAMEO (Charles Bukowski (qv)): in the bar where Henry and Wanda  meet for the first time.'),
('52797',' When they were filming the bar scene where Chinaski meets Wanda, as  Mickey Rourke (qv) passed along the bar past  Charles Bukowski (qv), who was making a cameo appearance, the Buk  spat the beer in his mouth right into the beer bottle in his hand,  something that he had never done before and felt couldnt be done  but once in a lifetime. Barbet Schroeder (qv) was unimpressed and  used an alternate take of the shot.'),
('52798',' The apartment building where Wandas apartment was located was an  actual building where Charles Bukowski (qv) and his lover Jane  Baker Cooley, the real'),
('52799','life counterparts to Henry and Wanda, had  lived. No one knew this until Bukowski, who was watching the  filming, remembered.'),
('52800',' Mickey Rourke (qv)s voice characterization is an approximation of  Charles Bukowski (qv)s own voice.'),
('52801',' In its obituary of Bukowski, "The New York Post" used a photo of  Mickey Rourke (qv) as Henry Chinaski in "Barfly" instead of a  photo of the poet himself.'),
('52802',' Jackie Cooper (qv) and Donald Haines (qv) do not appear in the  final scenes of this short; anonymous stand'),
('52803','ins are used. Cooper and  Haines were over at Paramount filming _Skippy (1931)_ (qv). This  would be Coopers final Our Gang comedy, as Hal Roach (qv) sold  his contract to MGM after Cooper completed work on  _Skippy (1931)_ (qv).'),
('52804',' The narrow'),
('52805','boats Banstead and Bellerophon which were used in the  film were built around 1935 and are still in existence (2005).  Bellerophon became a horse drawn trip'),
('52806','boat and was renamed Iona. In  this guise it made an appearance in the British TV soap  _"Coronation Street" (1960)_ (qv). Banstead was recently offered for  sale as one of a working pair of boats with a GBP75,000 price tag.'),
('52807',' This film was listed in "75 Hidden Gems '),
('52808',' The Great Films Time  Forgot" in the August 2007 issue of Sight & Sound Magazine (UK)'),
('52809',' With the success of this film, Fernando Poe Jr. (qv) was anointed  by movie press as the future king of Philippine movie.'),
('52810',' The Clowns (Elvermans) fall from the tree was completely  accidental and not in the script. The original script called for a  leap down from the tree.'),
('52811',' The presentation style of the short is inspired by the absurd  opening sketches of the Kids in the Hall.'),
('52812',' The shotgun used is not a prop, but a real shotgun that had been  disengaged from operating '),
('52813',' thus requiring police'),
('52814','supervised  filming.'),
('52815',' The short was filmed on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las  Vegas in only 4 hours.'),
('52816',' Elverman (Clown) completed much of the filming with an injured T'),
('52817','12  vertebrae.'),
('52818',' Astaire had sung "They Cant Take That Away from Me" to Rogers  previously in _Shall We Dance (1937)_ (qv), but they had never  danced to it. Rogers suggested that they use the song again (this  time dancing), and so it was included.'),
('52819',' There is music playing in the background when Astaire, Fred (qv)s  Josh Barkley tells Levant, Oscar (qv)s Ezra Millar that Jacques  Barredout is a bad director for Rogers, Ginger (qv)s Dinah  Barkley. The song is "This Heart of Mine," which Astaire performed  with Bremer, Lucille (qv) in _Ziegfeld Follies (1946)_ (qv).'),
('52820',' This was the last film to co'),
('52821','star Astaire, Fred (qv) and  Rogers, Ginger (qv); also their first in ten years, since  _Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939)_ (qv); also their only  film together in color.'),
('52822',' The only film Astaire, Fred (qv) and Rogers, Ginger (qv) made  for MGM.'),
('52823',' Originally planned to star Fred Astaire (qv) and  Judy Garland (I) (qv) after their success together in  _Easter Parade (1948)_ (qv), but when Garlands addiction to  over'),
('52824','the'),
('52825','counter drugs spiraled out of control, producer  Arthur Freed (qv) replaced her with Ginger Rogers (qv). The  original title of the film was supposed to be "You Made Me Love  You", after a hit song of Garlands.'),
('52826',' Mahlon Hamilton made an uncredited appearance as a doorman. He had  been making movies for years, way back in 1919 starring as Jarvis  Pendelton in Daddy Long Legs. Six years after this film Fred Astaire  went on to play the same role'),
('52827',' Monica Zetterlund, Halvar Björk and Pierre Lindstedt also starred  together in the Swedish movie Utvandrarna based on Vilhelm Mobergs  famous novel.'),
('52828',' In his 1982 book "Where Have I Been? An Autobiography", a sobered'),
('52829','up  Sid Caesar (qv) admits that by the time he did this film, he was  so far'),
('52830','gone because of his prescription drug and alcohol addiction,  he has no memory of making this movie, or of even being in  Australia.'),
('52831',' Visa dexploitation en France # 92587'),
('52832',' Biograph production number 3109.'),
('52833',' This movie marked the last time, for over a decade, that  Oliver Hardy (qv) would appear in a movie without  Stan Laurel (qv).'),
('52834',' The first film of Basil Radford.'),
('52835',' First episode in the Nick and Tony 2'),
('52836','reel comedy series'),
('52837',' This films reels was shipped to theaters under the codename  "Tipping".'),
('52838',' The "male" bovines having udders was explained in the October 2006  issue of Nickelodeons official magazine, "Nick Magazine". In the  letters page, one reader asked about the anatomically'),
('52839','incorrect  cows(bovine) and whether or not it was intentional or not, and the  magazine explained that the movies director "thought it would be  funny for the male cows(bulls) to have udders".'),
('52840',' In the scene where the farmer is knocked out, Otis gives him a copy  of the book “Charlottes Web” '),
('52841',' the next Nickelodeon Movie.'),
('52842',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Industrial China (1917)_ (qv).'),
('52843',' James Addison Reavis (1843'),
('52844','1914) was a real person who, as depicted  in the movie, was found guilty of attempting to steal most of  Arizona by forging land grant documents. He paid a fine of $5,000  and served two years in jail.'),
('52845',' Shot in 15 days.'),
('52846',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Villain Foiled, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('52847',' The original play, "Jean," opened in Vienna, Austria, on 23 December  1936. An English adaptation called "The Lady Has a Heart" by Edward  Roberts, opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 26  September 1937 and closed in December 1937 after 91 performances.  The opening cast included Elissa Landi (qv) as Countess Katrina,  Vincent Price (I) (qv) as Jean (name changed to Johann in the  movie), and Lumsden Hare (qv) as Count Albert.'),
('52848',' The end credits proudly says "This picture has presented the popular  young French actress Annabella (I) (qv) in her first American  picture". However, she starred in _Caravane (1934)_ (qv), the French  language version of _Caravan (1934/I)_ (qv), also made in Hollywood  by Fox.'),
('52849',' The film was rejected by the censors in Quebec, Canada. Romania  censors removed all references to Hungary.'),
('52850',' This film is presumed lost.'),
('52851',' Film shot in 2003'),
('52852',' Julien Bertheau replaced José Noguéro in the lead after Noguéro was  forced to pull out following a riding accident.'),
('52853',' Remade literally word'),
('52854','for'),
('52855','word and scene'),
('52856','for'),
('52857','scene by the very same  director, Franklin, Sidney (I) (qv), and by the same studio, MGM,  in 1957.'),
('52858',' When producer Irving Thalberg (qv) cast his wife,  Norma Shearer (qv), in the role of Elizabeth Barrett,  William Randolph Hearst (qv) was enraged that his protégé,  Marion Davies (qv) , was not given the role. So Hearst pulled  Davies out of MGM and placed her with Warner Brothers for the  remainder of her career, and for over a year the name "Norma  Shearer" did not appear in any Hearst newspapers.'),
('52859',' Concerned about the publics reaction, the disturbing subplot about  Father Barretts incestuous designs on his daughter was toned down  by the studio. However, Charles Laughton (qv) famously remarked  that they couldnt censor the "gleam" in his eye.'),
('52860',' The original play by Rudolf Besier was produced in Broadway and was  performed at the Empire Theatre from 9 February 1931 to December  1931.'),
('52861',' Director Sidney Franklin (qv), who also directed  _Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)_ (qv), used the script of  the earlier film word for word.'),
('52862',' There were extensive revisions and retakes which eliminated  J. Edward Bromberg (qv) and Joseph Schildkraut (qv) from the  cast. The song "Therell Be Other Nights" by Lew Brown (I) (qv)  and Lew Pollack (qv), recorded by Alice Faye (qv) also was cut  from the final print. (Faye does hum a tune which may have been from  that song.)'),
('52863',' A contemporary news item listed May Beatty (qv) in the cast, but  she was not seen in the movie.'),
('52864',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Two Overcoats (1911)_ (qv).'),
('52865',' Reel 1 of this 5 Reel film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('52866',' A nitrate print of this film with Dutch Intertitles survives in the  UCLA Film and Television Archives.'),
('52867',' "El Kucho, Sr." is played by Ronnie Canalas, the tax assessor for  Corpus Christi.'),
('52868',' All of the scenes involving the "Barrio Angelz" were shot in one 48  hour period between 5pm on a Friday and 5pm on that Sunday.'),
('52869',' Contrary to legend, this film did use artificial lighting.  Artificial lights were used, for example, in the scene where Brian  learns hes getting a horse. However, it is true that no artificial  lighting was used for candlelit scenes. A lens built by the Carl  Zeiss company for NASA, a 50mm Zeiss lens modified with the  Kollmorgen adaptor used in still cameras, was used to shoot scenes  lit only by candlelight.'),
('52870',' A myth grew up that the Academy Award'),
('52871','winning costumes used in the  film were genuine antique clothes, but this is only partly correct.  Some of the costumes were genuine antiques bought at auction by  costume designer Milena Canonero (qv), while others were custom  made specifically for the film and were based on clothing of the  period and costumes seen in period paintings.'),
('52872',' Production was moved from Ireland to England after  Stanley Kubrick (qv) received word that his name was on an IRA hit  list for directing a film featuring English soldiers in Ireland.'),
('52873',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[faces]: Capt. Quinns face during  his duel with Barry when he goes to raise his pistol.'),
('52874',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)) :[Bathrooms] : Barry Lyndon  apologizes to Lady Lyndon while she is in the bath.'),
('52875',' DIRTRADE (Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[zoom]: When the Grenadiers march  in formation toward the Barryville citizens and fire their weapons  into the air.'),
('52876',' CAMEO(John Alcott (qv)): the cinematographer is sleeping next to  Ryan ONeal (qv) and the two girls at the orgy.'),
('52877',' According to Stanley Kubrick (qv)s biographer,  Robert Redford (I) (qv) was the original choice for the role of  Barry Lyndon but turned it down.'),
('52878',' Warner Bros. would only finance the film on the condition that  Stanley Kubrick (qv) cast a Top 10 Box Office Star (from the  annual Quigley Poll of Top Money'),
('52879','Making Stars) in the lead. Ryan  ONeal (qv) was the #2 Box Office Star of 1973, topped only by  Clint Eastwood (qv). Ironically, this was his only time in the top  10, as exhibitors '),
('52880',' who voted the list '),
('52881',' attributed the success of  _Love Story (1970)_ (qv) (one of the top grossers at the time) to  ONeals co'),
('52882','star Ali MacGraw (qv), and named her to the list in  1971. The other top 10 stars were 3. Steve McQueen, 4. Burt  Reynolds, 5. Robert Redford (I) (qv), 6. Barbra Streisand, 7.  Paul Newman (I) (qv), 8. Charles Bronson, 9. John Wayne, and 10.  Marlon Brando (qv). Thus, the only actors Kubrick could cast in  the role and receive Warners financial backing for his decidedly  noncommercial project were ONeal and Redford. The other Top 10  stars were too old or inappropriate for the role (particularly in  the case of #7, who would not assay a "male" role until  _Yentl (1983)_ (qv) in 1983). Both ONeal and Redford were  ethnically Irish, both had box office appeal, and both were young  enough to play the role, though Redford was five years older than  the 32'),
('52883','year old ONeal in 1973. At the time, ONeal was the bigger  star, having also garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination for "Love  Story". However, Kubrick apparently offered the part to Redford  first, but he turned it down, and thus ONeal was cast. Redfords  star would soon eclipse ONeals, as he would zoom to the top of the  Box Office charts the next year after the successes of  _Sting, The (1973)_ (qv) and _Way We Were, The (1973)_ (qv),  clocking in at #1 in 1974, a position he also would anchor in 1975  and 1976. ONeal dropped off the Top 10 list after 1973. His 73  appearance to this day, represents his sole appearance on that  premier barometer of box office success for a thespian.'),
('52884',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) based his original screenplay on "The Luck of  Barry Lyndon" (republished as the novel "Memoirs of Barry Lyndon,  Esq."), a picaresque tale written in serial form in 1844 by  William Makepeace Thackeray (qv). The serial, which is told in the  first person and "edited" by the fictional George Savage FitzBoodle,  concerns a member of the Irish Irish gentry trying to become a  member of the English aristocracy. Thackeray based the novel on the  life and exploits of the Irish rakehell and fortunehunter Andrew  Robinson Stoney, who married (and subsequently was divorced by) Mary  Eleanor Bowes, the Countess of Strathmore, who became known as "The  Unhappy Countess" due to the tempestuous liaison. The Countess of  Strathmore is one of the ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II (qv). The  revised version, which is the novel that the world generally knows  as "Barry Lyndon", was shorter and tighter than the original  serialization, and dropped the FitzBoodle, Ed. device. It generally  is considered the first "novel without a hero" or novel with an  antihero in the English language. Upon its publication in 1856, it  was entitled by Thackerays publisher "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon,  Esq. Of The Kingdom Of Ireland Containing An Account of His  Extraordinary Adventures; Misfortunes; His Sufferings In The Service  Of His Late Prussian Majesty; His Visits To Many Courts of Europe;  His Marriage and Splendid Establishments in England And Ireland; And  The Many Cruel Persecutions, Conspiracies And Slanders Of Which He  Has Been A Victim."'),
('52885',' Filming took 300 days during a 2 year span, beginning around May or  June of 1973. The production suffered two major shutdowns and  resulted in a then bloated budget of $11 million. It was finally  released in December of 1975.'),
('52886',' Features the biggest aperture in film history (f 0,7).'),
('52887',' When Barry inquires about a painting, he is told it was painted by a  man named "Ludovico Corde". This is a misspelling in the DVD  subtitles, probably due to the pronunciation; the artists name was  Ludovico Cardi AKA "il Cigoli" and he actually was a disciple of  Alessandro Allori, as it said in the movie.'),
('52888',' Many of the shots were composed and filmed in order to evoke certain  eighteenth century paintings, especially those by Gainsborough.'),
('52889',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) initially wanted to film  William Makepeace Thackeray (qv)s most famous novel "Vanity  Fair", but then decided that he couldnt do justice to its expansive  plot within the limits of a three'),
('52890','hour film. He then decided to film  "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." instead. The announcement of a  TV miniseries production contributed to his decision.'),
('52891',' In a scene where Patrick Magee (I) (qv) was supposed to deal  cards, he began to sweat, and the sweat on his palms made it nearly  impossible to deal cards smoothly. Stanley Kubrick (qv) brought in  a professional card dealer, and then realized that the card dealers  hands were smooth while Magees were hairy. To prevent continuity  problems, Magees hands were shaved so the cuts would both look like  him.'),
('52892',' The young girl sitting behind Lady Lyndons left shoulder during the  magic show is Stanley Kubrick (qv)s daughter,  Vivian Kubrick (qv).'),
('52893',' Hardy Krüger (qv) replaced an actor who was fired.'),
('52894',' Brian Blessed (qv) was cut out of the final print.'),
('52895',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) used to play the soundtracks classical music  during takes to get the actors in a better mood. He was reportedly  influenced by Sergio Leone (I) (qv)s method in  _Cera una volta il West (1968)_ (qv).'),
('52896',' It took 42 days to edit the final duel between Barry and Lord  Bullingdon.'),
('52897',' According to Marisa Berenson (qv), actors involved in the  candlelight sequences were not allowed to move freely because the  focus range of the custom'),
('52898','built lens was too shallow. This justifies  John Alcott (qv)s claim that camera movement during those  sequences was minimal and thus required constant supervision on the  lens focus range.'),
('52899',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) called director Ken Russell (I) (qv) in the  early 1970s to ask him where he had found the locations for his  period films. Russell complied and Kubrick used the locations in  this movie. Years later Russell said, "I felt quite chuffed."'),
('52900',' The few bits of German and French dialogue in the film are  translated into English if you turn on English subtitles on the DVD,  although no subtitles were used in the standard print of the film.'),
('52901',' Australias then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (qv) and his wife,  Margaret Whitlam (qv), play themselves in the film.  Barry Humphries (qv) knew someone who lived in the Lodge (the  Prime Ministers official residence), who arranged it.'),
('52902',' Four Eyes Fentons voice isnt the actors the director did all his  lines and overdubbed them.'),
('52903',' In Australia, the film was never released on home video (VHS or  Betamax). It wasnt until June 2003, when it released on DVD, that  Australians had the film on the home entertainment market.'),
('52904',' Second Time Lily Tomlin and Colin Hanks have worked together on a  film. The first time being Orange County.'),
('52905',' The movie was initially entitled "Jaan". The title was changed to  "Meri Jaan", then "Jeet" and then "Saatwa Aasmaan" before the Deols  finally settled upon Barsaat.'),
('52906',' Director Suneel Darshan originally offered Aishwarya Rai (qv) and  Katrina Kaif (qv) the part of Anna, but they turned it down.'),
('52907',' Akshay Kumar (I) (qv) was originally offered the part of Araav,  but he wasnt able to provide the dates for filming.'),
('52908',' Nominated for a 2006 Academy Award for Best Short Live Action Film,  in the student category.'),
('52909',' John Turturro (qv) plays the title role. In  _Millers Crossing (1990)_ (qv) (also directed by Joel Coen (qv)),  Turturro played a character who met a man at an apartment building  called "The Barton Arms".'),
('52910',' Written by Coen, Joel (qv) and Coen, Ethan (qv) after a trip to  see _Baby Boom (1987)_ (qv) while suffering writers block writing  _Millers Crossing (1990)_ (qv).'),
('52911',' Is the Hotel Earle hell?  '),
('52912',' When Chet first appears he comes out of a door on the floor after    it takes him a long while to reach the top, like if he was    ascending from the underworld.  '),
('52913',' The word "six" is said three times in the elevator.'),
('52914',' The first film to win all three major awards (Palme Dor, Best  Director, and Best Actor) at the Cannes Film Festival. Also, it was  unanimously chosen for the Palme Dor.'),
('52915',' The wallpaper in Bartons room only peels when  John Goodman (I) (qv)s character is in or has just left Bartons  room.'),
('52916',' Barton Fink was an anecdote of the writer Clifford Odets (qv).'),
('52917',' The Coen brothers cite as a major influence for Barton Fink the 1976  Roman Polanski film The Tenant. (Watching The Tenant, according to  one writer, will give you a lot better idea of whats in the  mysterious kraft'),
('52918','paper'),
('52919','wrapped box in Barton Fink.)'),
('52920',' Joel Coen (qv) and Ethan Coen (qv)s first movie without  cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld (qv). Sonnenfeld appears in a  cameo early in the movie '),
('52921',' he is the page calling for Barton Fink in  the restaurant.'),
('52922',' The nickname of the suspected killer in the film is "Madman Mundt".  In Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s there was a flamboyant car  dealer, known for his outrageous (for the time) TV commercials,  named "Madman Muntz".'),
('52923',' The ending with the bird diving into the sea wasnt intentional.  According to Ethan Coen (qv) and Joel Coen (qv) the bird got in  the shot and they liked it so much, they decided to put it in. Birds  also helped the Coens in _Millers Crossing (1990)_ (qv).'),
('52924',' The character of W.P. Mayhew is based on  William Faulkner (I) (qv), whose first Hollywood contract was to  write a wrestling movie for Wallace Beery.'),
('52925',' The name Karl Mundt comes from John le Carré (qv)s book, "The Spy  Who Came in From the Cold", which was made into a film,  _Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The (1965)_ (qv).'),
('52926',' In his play, "Bare Ruined Choirs", Bartons characters are named  Lil, Maury, and Dave. According to the original script, these are  also the names of his parents and uncle, although in the film, his  fathers name is Sam.'),
('52927',' The last line of Bare Ruined Choirs '),
('52928',' "Well be hearing from that  kid, and I dont mean a postcard" '),
('52929',' is also the final line in  Bartons screenplay, "The Burlyman", although when the detective  reads the script, the line reads, "Well be hearing from that crazy  wrestler, and I dont mean a postcard."'),
('52930',' When Barton is watching dailies for "Devil on the Canvas", there is  a brief but clear glimpse of a slate for "Barton Fink", with the  names of Joel Coen (qv) and Roger Deakins (qv).'),
('52931',' The first voice heard in the movie, an actor on the stage performing  Bartons play, is John Turturros.'),
('52932',' Karl Mundt (Charlie Meadows murderous alter ego) is also the name  of the vice chairman of the House Un'),
('52933','American Activities Committee  (HUAC), responsible for the Hollywood blacklist. In the forties,  HUAC crushed the livelihood of screenwriters, actors, etc. who had  alleged socialist leanings, as Barton Fink clearly did in the film.'),
('52934',' First starring role of Zaldy Zschornack (qv).'),
('52935',' Many of the German soldiers in the movie were not Germans, but  Hungarians, Russians, Norwegians, Swedes, Americans, British and  Canadian people. Many of which were students from Universities from  around the Kansai area, like Osaka and Kyoto. Thus, when the  soldiers were going to shout and talk and make noises, only the  German people and people who could pronounce perfect, or good enough  German were allowed to say something.'),
('52936',' CAMEO(Jacques Becker): a silhouette.'),
('52937',' For her screen test, Menchu Morelli (qv) was required to have a  realistic kissing scene with Max Alvarado (qv).'),
('52938',' Chosen unanimously to be Nepals official entry for the Best  Foreign'),
('52939','Language Film category of the 2006 Academy Awards.  Unfortunately, the film did not meet the requirements but was  re'),
('52940','submitted the following year and accepted. It screened alongside  60 other films from around the world, but failed to get an Oscar  nomination.'),
('52941',' Tim Abell (Sergeant Gammon) was a United States Army Ranger before  he started acting.'),
('52942',' During the tank chase seen the resulting explosion from the tank  cannon "firing" actually destroyed the barracks.'),
('52943',' The entire movie, with the exception of the scenes in Los Angeles,  was shot at former Victorville Air Force Base.'),
('52944',' Among the ads on the fence is one for "Mike Maltese, Ace Detective"  featuring a picture of Michael Maltese (qv) (the writer of  "Baseball Bugs") with a fedora and a pistol.'),
('52945',' First film for Imogene Coca (qv).'),
('52946',' Before this cartoon finished production, Rogers, Kent (qv) was  killed in service. Accounts differ that either Freberg, Stan (qv)  or director Clampett, Robert (qv) recorded additional lines as  Beaky.'),
('52947',' In order to give Roselyn Sanchez (qv) the proper posture,  John McTiernan (I) (qv) had her wear a 50'),
('52948','pound bag of sand on the  front of her belt while at the same time told her to imagine herself  as a Las Vegas showgirl.'),
('52949',' "Everyone tells the story differently." This is a reference to the  story in _Rashômon (1950)_ (qv) where people give varying accounts  of the same event'),
('52950',' Every time the story of the bunker is retold, each person has a  different partner.'),
('52951',' Kim Basinger (qv), Emma Thompson (I) (qv),  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv), Greta Scacchi (qv), Julia Roberts (qv)  and Meg Ryan (qv) turned down the role of Catherine Tramell.  Kelly Lynch (I) (qv) was reportedly offered the role, and  Mariel Hemingway (qv) and Kelly McGillis (qv) both auditioned  for it. Lena Olin (qv) reportedly wanted the role, but refused to  work with Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv).'),
('52952',' Michael Douglas (I) (qv)s character watches  _Hellraiser (1987)_ (qv).'),
('52953',' SPOILER: Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) offered the role to  Sharon Stone (I) (qv) mainly because he admired her acting in  _Total Recall (1990)_ (qv) where she played an evil character  pretending to be innocent.'),
('52954',' Writer Joe Eszterhas (qv) and producer Irwin Winkler (qv) walked  off the picture after failing to reach agreement with Verhoeven over  how the film should be tackled. Verhoeven promptly hired  _Total Recall (1990)_ (qv) writer Gary Goldman (III) (qv) to come  up with some new scenes, most of which beefed up  Michael Douglas (I) (qv)s character and made him less wimpy.  These changes were largely made at the behest of  Michael Douglas (I) (qv). It was during this stage that Verhoeven  realized his changes werent going to work so he had to publicly  make up with Eszterhas. Problems reoccurred later when Eszterhas  wanted to make more changes to appease the gay and lesbian  communities. Verhoeven point blank refused to incorporate these  changes.'),
('52955',' The apartment complex where Detective Nick Curran lives is located  at 1158'),
('52956','1170 Montgomery Street at the Green Street L'),
('52957','Bend.'),
('52958',' The dresses that Sharon Stone (I) (qv) wears throughout the film  were designed to match, in the same order, the dresses that  Kim Novak (qv) wears in Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s  _Vertigo (1958)_ (qv).'),
('52959',' Michael Douglas (I) (qv) (a former race'),
('52960','car driver) did most of  his own stunt driving in the film.'),
('52961',' To get an R'),
('52962','rating, Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) had to re'),
('52963','cut the  movie a total of fourteen times.'),
('52964',' The Johnny Boz Club was a set built inside Warner Bros Studios.'),
('52965',' Writer Joe Eszterhas (qv) was paid a then'),
('52966','unheard'),
('52967','of sum of $3  million for his script.'),
('52968',' SPOILER: Gay rights activists were against the way the gay  characters were portrayed that they blocked the set numerous times  while in San Francisco. Director Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) had to  issue fake call sheets to trick the protesters into blocking unused  locations. When the movie was released, the activists paraded around  San Francisco theaters handing out flyers saying "Catherine did it"  to ruin the plot for moviegoers. This didnt seem to impact at all  as the movie opened #1 on that same weekend and went on to become  one of the highest grossing movies of the year.'),
('52969',' Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) briefly considered Peter Weller (I) (qv)  for the role of Nick Curran.'),
('52970',' Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) was on record when he first signed to do  the film as saying that he wanted to make it the first Hollywood  mainstream film with an erect penis in it. He didnt get his wish.  But he did get a limp penis on screen '),
('52971',' on Bozs cadaver when the  police examine his body.'),
('52972',' The first film of Jeanne Tripplehorn (qv).'),
('52973',' 50 San Francisco Police Department riot police had to be present at  every location every day to deal with picketing gay and lesbian  activists.'),
('52974',' So choreographed were the sex scenes that Sharon Stone (I) (qv)  referred to herself and Douglas as "the horizontal Fred and Ginger  of the 90s".'),
('52975',' SPOILER: Sharon Stone (I) (qv), when doing the interview circuit,  was really annoyed by the fact that everyone always asked her how  she felt about all the nudity, when she had real problems with the  fact that her character killed someone on screen. When filming this  sequence, a paramedic had to be on standby as she kept passing out,  and suffered nightmares.'),
('52976',' When first released, the viewers were in huge disagreements over who  the killer in the film really was. It wasnt until the director and  stars went public in interviews, telling the public who the killer  was and where the clues could be found, that the debate about the  ending finally was put to rest.'),
('52977',' While appearing on _"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994)_ (qv),  Sharon Stone (I) (qv) claimed that she had no idea that  Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) was filming up her dress during the  interrogation scene. She also claims that when she saw the rushes,  she slapped the director across the face and ordered him to remove  the shot. Verhoeven denies this.'),
('52978',' SPOILER: Brooke Shields (qv) turned down the role of Roxy  (Catherines girlfriend) because she feared the role called for  nudity.'),
('52979',' According to Sharon Stone (I) (qv), director  Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) asked her to remove her underwear for the  leg'),
('52980','crossing scene, as he said they too bright and reflected at the  camera. Stone agreed to do so under the assumption that her genitals  werent visible. It was only at an early preview that Stone  discovered Verhoeven chose to use this specific shot. Stone was  mainly cross with Verhoeven for not discussing the matter with her  beforehand, but decided to let the scene go without changes, as she  felt this conformed with her movie character.'),
('52981',' David Cronenberg (qv) was in talks to the direct the film for some  time.'),
('52982',' Was greenlit several years before it actually reached production,  but was halted because Sharon Stone (I) (qv) vetoed several actors  who auditioned for the Glass role, including the producers favorite  Benjamin Bratt (I) (qv).'),
('52983',' Robert Downey Jr. (qv) was set to star but had to drop out when he  was charged with drug possession. Kurt Russell (I) (qv) was  attached at some point but bailed out because he felt uncomfortable  with the nudity. Pierce Brosnan (qv) refused to play the male lead  role because of distasteful elements. Bruce Greenwood (I) (qv) was  set to star but dropped out because he hadnt been signed on yet and  feared the actors strike. Benjamin Bratt (I) (qv) was banned by  Sharon Stone (I) (qv) for not being a good actor.'),
('52984',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv) wanted Catherine Deneuve (qv) to star  alongside her at one point.'),
('52985',' John McTiernan (I) (qv) was set to direct after  David Cronenberg (qv) bailed out due to producer  Mario Kassar (qv) banning him from using his own cinematographer,  production designer, and the rest of his usual team.'),
('52986',' When Sharon Stone (I) (qv) refused to reprise her role at the  beginning of production, producers considered casting either  Demi Moore (qv) or Ashley Judd (qv).'),
('52987',' The setting was changed from New York to London.'),
('52988',' Jerry Goldsmith (qv) was attached to score the film before he  died.'),
('52989',' Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) considered directing the project for some  time before moving on to Dutch'),
('52990','language projects when it first  started production.'),
('52991',' Jan de Bont (qv) was considered to take directing duties for some  time.'),
('52992',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv) agreed to reprise her role of Catherine  Tremell in a "pay or play" arrangement, meaning she got fully paid,  whether the film would ultimately be made or not.'),
('52993',' Columnist Liz Smith said that actor Harrison Ford (I) (qv) was in  the running for the lead when the film was initially set in the  U.S.A.'),
('52994',' The film was delayed several times in pre'),
('52995','production in 2000 and  2001. Some of the largest problems were finding the right director  and the right male lead. Eventually the production was dropped and  the movie canceled. In June 2001, Sharon Stone (I) (qv) filed a  lawsuit against the movies producers, Andrew G. Vajna (qv) and  Mario Kassar (qv), for being responsible for the delays and  therefore making her unable to take other jobs. She filed for nearly  $100 million in damages. Three years later, during her promotion  tour for _Catwoman (2004)_ (qv), she stated that she had finally  dropped the charges and that Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction was  back on track. Both Stone and the same producers were still making  the film together.'),
('52996',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv)s lawsuit against producers  Andrew G. Vajna (qv) and Mario Kassar (qv) claiming that she had  been promised $14 million, with the assurance that shed get paid  even if the movie never got made. The producers had missed their  February 2001 deadline. It was settled out of court in 2004.'),
('52997',' Other actors who turned down the lead male roles were  Viggo Mortensen (qv), Benicio Del Toro (qv), and  Aaron Eckhart (qv).'),
('52998',' Michael Caton'),
('52999','Jones (qv) started shooting this film five days  after he finished _Shooting Dogs (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53000',' The car that Catherine Tramell drives in the film is a Spyker C8  Laviolette. It is a real car produced by a Dutch company. It has a  400 hp aluminum V'),
('53001','8 engine sourced from Audi and cost approximately  US$298,000 in 2006.'),
('53002',' Adrian Biddle (qv) shot some of the photography before he died in  December 2005.'),
('53003',' Basic Instinct 2 won the most Razzie Awards of 2007 including Worst  Picture of the Year.'),
('53004',' Created for the DVD release of _Doom (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53005',' This may have been part of a series of sound films that Biograph  made, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior, of  classroom scenes, to be shown at the Pan'),
('53006','American Exhibition in  Buffalo, New York. The sound was recorded on "Graphaphone" records  by the Columbia Phonograph Co.'),
('53007',' When Duane checks into the Hotel Broslin he takes out a wad of cash.  According to Frank Henenlotter (qv), the films director, this was  the films entire budget.'),
('53008',' There hotel Broslin doesnt actually exist, and the main lobby parts  were filmed in a propped'),
('53009','open service elevator on Franklin Street,  which is in the Tribeca section of New York. The scene at the end  where Duane and Belial are hanging from the hotel Broslin sign was  actually filmed on an exterior building Downtown on Hubert Street,  which is near Franklin Street. All of the interior shots were shot  at several other locations, which were mainly friends houses, etc.'),
('53010',' To try to make the film appeal to a comedy crowd, the original  distributor cut all the gore scenes out of the film. They were  eventually put back in and re'),
('53011','released in theaters with the subtitle  "The Full Uncut Version!"'),
('53012',' During the shooting of Terri Susan Smiths death scene the crew  became offended and walked out of the production. This would happen  again during the directors next film Brain Damage.'),
('53013',' The original ending included Belial walking around Manhattan. But  the director and crew soon realized that they did not have the  budget or technical requirements to pull off such a scene. Instead  Frank Henelotter wrote the scene with Duane streaking through New  York. He called Kevin Van Hentenryck to get his approval, Kevin  loved the idea and it was shot the next night.'),
('53014',' Duanes streaking scene was shot without permits on a cold winters  night. To shoot the scene the crew would first clear the sidewalks  of any objects that might hurt Kevin Van Hentenryck if he stepped  on them. Then he was let of out a heated van on one side of the  block and met on the other side by another heated van. Once picked  up the van would drive him to another block. This was repeated until  they got the desired amount of shots'),
('53015',' Most of the credits that appear on the end of the film are fake. The  crew was very small and rather then repeat the same names over and  over again they decided to just make up names.'),
('53016',' The Bar scenes were shot in a S&M club in Manhattan which is now  know as "The Hellfire Club". The bar was so big that they also used  it as the Bradleys basement and the crew had to hide all the sex  toys including a large swing (which is still in the club to this  day). The original buzz saw used to kill Duane and Belials father  used to hang above the door of the club until it was eventually  stolen.'),
('53017',' Was filmed in parts of Plainfield and Newark, New Jersey. The  mansion used in the movie was linked to a couple of urban legends in  Plainfield, New Jersey.'),
('53018',' Spokane basketball player #2 is Scott McQuilken, actual Athletic  Director at Whitworth College. McQuilken later made his stage debut  as Egeus in the schools fall 2003 production of A Midsummer Nights  Dream.'),
('53019',' CAMEO(Jim Carroll)'),
('53020',' After being nominated for an Oscar for  _Running on Empty (1988)_ (qv), MTV asked River Phoenix (qv) what  he wanted to do next. He responded by pulling out a beat up  paperback of "The Basketball Diaries" and stated "I wanted to play  Jim Carroll." Later, the Los Angeles Times declared, "River Phoenix  may have wanted it too much." Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) was a fan of  Phoenixs.'),
('53021',' Many links to The Sopranos '),
('53022',' Lorraine Bracco (Dr Melfi) plays Jims  mom. Micheal Imperoli (Christopher Moltisanti) plays the friend who  dies of Leukemia and Big Pussy is the guy that gets spat on whilst  on the ferry.'),
('53023',' Stephen Lang (qv) was offered the role of Jims Basketball Coach  named Swifty in the script. Lang declined citing the  misrepresentation of the book in the script. The part was  subsequently toned down as a result.'),
('53024',' Gary Oldman (qv)s character, Albert Milo, wasnt a real person,  but is actually a portrayal of director Julian Schnabel (qv).'),
('53025',' Christopher Walken (qv), Benicio Del Toro (qv) and  Vincent Gallo (qv) all co'),
('53026','starred in Abel Ferrara (qv)s  _Funeral, The (1996)_ (qv), also released in 1996.'),
('53027',' In the film, David Bowie (I) (qv) is adorned in the actual wigs  worn by the real Andy Warhol (qv).'),
('53028',' Near the end of the movie, Albert Milo (Gary Oldman (qv)) shows  Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright (I) (qv)) one of his paintings and tells  him that he painted it for a friend who died. "JMB AUG 12" appears  in white letters in the upper right corner. Those are Jean'),
('53029','Michel  Basquiats initials and the date of his death.'),
('53030',' Benicio Del Toro (qv) wanted to appear in the movie so much, he  did the movie for scale, but offered the producers the chance to not  pay him for his role.'),
('53031',' The average speed for this race was 145.847 mph.'),
('53032',' The margin of victory was .293 seconds.'),
('53033',' There were 16 lead changes.'),
('53034',' There were 6 cautions.'),
('53035',' A friend of the team, Timo van Leeuwen owned the Bassie & Adriaan  caravan. He had no use for it and wanted to give it away. He knew  the stunt group and donated the caravan to them so they could crash  it for a stunt. Thats how the idea for the story was born.'),
('53036',' Shot in 2 days at one location in Eindhoven, which was also were Bum  Fu was filmed and Kung Fu Idol.'),
('53037',' Johan Aders was to play Driaan, but he couldnt be there at the same  time as the rest of the team. Because of lack of time, Johan came  later and got a smaller part. Rudi v.d. Steen got to play Driaan  instead. He also had an extra part as a stunt ninja.'),
('53038',' Joan Crawford (qv) was originally going to play the lead role, but  dropped out do to disagreements over the script.'),
('53039',' Kazuhiko Nakamura (qv), who makes his film debut with this comedy,  draws upon his experience as an assistant in Japans adult video  industry.'),
('53040',' Alledgedly the movie that inspired Bob Kane (qv) to create Batman.'),
('53041',' The special effects were shot in 35mm. Process photography  techniques, not optical printing, was used to make the 70mm  negatives of this footage.'),
('53042',' The true storys ending was quite different. Navy SEAL LT Tom Norris  and Vietnamese SEAL Petty Officer Nguyen Van Kiet took a sampan in  to pick up Col. Hambleton after repeated attempts failed with major  losses of helicopters and men. LT Norris was awarded the Medal of  Honor for his actions.'),
('53043',' As a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, "Gene" Hambleton commanded  the 57first Missile Squadron at Davis'),
('53044','Monthan Air Force Base from  1965 to 1971. He is better known as by his tactical radio call'),
('53045','sign,  "Bat 21", he used in Vietnam when he was shot down in 1972 while  jamming enemy radar, and parachuted behind enemy lines. When on the  ground Col Hambleton found himself in the midst of an invasion force  of over 30,000 North Vietnamese troops. While evading capture for  eleven days he used his survival radio to call in air strikes  against the invasion force. Rescue crews gave him coded instructions  for where to go to be rescued based on golf course that he had  played at different air force bases. Hambletons harrowing ordeal  was recounted in the book Bat 21 (1980), which was made into a movie  of the same name in 1988. He died from cancer on September 19 2004  at age 85.'),
('53046',' The true events surrounding this story were still classified at the  time of production. Ltc Hambleton was rescued by Navy SEAL LT Tom  Norris and Vietnamese SEAL Petty Officer Nguyen Van Kiet using a  canoe to infiltrate to Hambletons position and rescue him. LT  Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.'),
('53047',' For many years this was regarded as a "lost film" with no known  prints or elements existing.'),
('53048',' This film was highly regarded for its visuals, especially for its  cinematography, elaborate sets and special effects.  Roland West (qv) could only top it by remaking it four years later  as _Bat Whispers, The (1930)_ (qv) with sound and in an early 70mm  process.'),
('53049',' Filming took place almost entirely at night.'),
('53050',' Her role as Judy became the final on'),
('53051','screen feature film role for  former child star Darla Hood (qv) of Our Gang/Little Rascals fame.'),
('53052',' This making'),
('53053','of is featured on the Two'),
('53054','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _Batman Returns (1992)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('53055',' The Call Bureau Cast Service lists Lynne Carver (qv) and  Dorothy Morris (qv) as "Nurses", but they were not identifiable in  the movie, although one nurse is seen from the rear and another in  long'),
('53056','shot. Also Richard Derr (qv) was said to be a cast member and  Mary Elliott (qv) a "Nurse" in contemporary news items; they also  were not seen in the movie.'),
('53057',' Metro'),
('53058','Goldwyn'),
('53059','Mayer paid RKO $6,500 for the right to use scenes from  _Lost Patrol, The (1934)_ (qv) in this movie. In his autobiography,  M'),
('53060','G'),
('53061','M executive producer Dore Schary (qv) refers to this film as a  remake of that one.'),
('53062',' Desi Arnaz (qv) has said it was his idea to recite the Latin  prayer "Mea Culpa" during his characters death scene. It was a  prayer he learned as a boy in Cuba.'),
('53063',' The NAACP gave M'),
('53064','G'),
('53065','M two awards for presenting an African American  in an intelligent and sympathetic manner. Dore Schary (qv)  deliberately did not tell writer Robert Hardy Andrews (qv) he was  planning to cast an African American as one of the soldiers, in  order to avoid any racial speeches in the script.'),
('53066',' French filmmaker Chris Marker sent film stock to Guzman to complete  this film after the U.S. pulled supplies due to ideological  differences. He told Guzman that what he was trying to do was  insane.'),
('53067',' Reygadas shot crowded street scenes in the middle of real crowds.  His cameraman sat in a wheelchair and they just pushed him through  everyone. Luckily, no one who passed by looked into the camera lens.'),
('53068',' For the US theatrical poster hair was digitally added to cover the  breasts of Anapola Mushkadiz (qv).'),
('53069',' The proceeds of the movies premiere were donated to the  constituents of the haven for street children, Hospicio de San Jose  and Nayong Kabataan.'),
('53070',' Serialized in dyHP.'),
('53071',' The success of this film led Sampaguita Pictures to sign  German Moreno (qv) for a four'),
('53072','year contract.'),
('53073',' Based on Bienvenido Noriegas Palanca award'),
('53074','winning play.'),
('53075',' Masato Kato, one of the writers for Baten Kaitos, was also the  writer for the well'),
('53076','known Square RPG Chrono Trigger and its sequel,  Chrono Cross.'),
('53077',' One of the end of dungeon bosses in Baten Kaitos is called the  Gnosis, which also features in the video game Xenosaga Episode 1:  Chikara he no ishi (2002) (VG) as the invading alien force. Both  games are developed and published by the same companies.'),
('53078',' This film was originally planned as a pilot (2'),
('53079','hr movie) for a  possible TV series. But due to low'),
('53080','ratings and lack of interest from  an audience, producers shelved the idea.'),
('53081',' The 100th and final Batfink cartoon produced.'),
('53082',' The headpiece of Batgirls costume was painful for Yvonne Craig to  wear, so when Batgirl joined the "Batman" TV series, the design was  modified. According to Adam West, had a "Batgirl" series been  produced, the plan was for the show to air prior to "Batman" with  cross'),
('53083','over storylines between the two programs.'),
('53084',' All the goodies which the mother places on the table during the bath  sequence where prepared by Ava Esfahani '),
('53085',' sister of director  Raha Esfahani (qv)'),
('53086',' This film was shot and editing in 11 days with a shoestring budget  of $92.50.'),
('53087',' Luke Rook actually drank 13 glasses of bath water in the making of  this film.'),
('53088',' In 1918, "boobs" did not mean what it means now; the dictionary  definition of a "boob" was a stupid person, referred to in the comic  sense.'),
('53089',' At the time of its release, this was MGMs third'),
('53090','highest grossing  film, after Ben'),
('53091','Hur and Gone With the Wind.'),
('53092',' Some initial credits are not in the second set of credits, so the  cast ordering uses the initial credits first and fills in the rest  with the subsequent credits, according to IMDb policy.'),
('53093',' The movie was initially to be titled "The Co'),
('53094','Ed" with Red Skelton  having the top billing. But once MGM watched the first cut of the  film, they realized that Esther Williamss role should be showcased  more, and so changed the movie name to "Bathing Beauty", giving her  top billing and featuring her bathing'),
('53095','suit clad figure on the  posters.'),
('53096',' In one sequence Red Skelton (qv)s character appears in a tutu. In  a later interview Red said it was uncomfortable because he had to  have his chest, back and underarms shaved for this costume.'),
('53097',' SPOILER: In one sequence Red Skelton (qv)s character is trapped  inside a house by a large dog. He escapes by removing the hinge pins  from the door, picking up the door and, as the dog comes inside he  holds the door between them and goes out. Red said that they had  written themselves into a corner and could not come up with a way  for him to get out. They were going to scrap the scene when the  comedian Buster Keaton (qv) visited the set, took one look and  told them how to do it.'),
('53098',' Janis Paige (qv)s film debut.'),
('53099',' Famke Janssen (qv) was originally signed on for the part of  Bathory, but for reasons unknown she backed out. Anna Friel (qv)  read the script and fell in love with it and sent the director a  letter convincing him to cast her.'),
('53100',' Interiors were shot entirely in the directors fathers two'),
('53101','car  garage.'),
('53102',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Pas Trip to Mars (1923)_ (qv) and the documentary  _How to Become a Toe Dancer (1923)_ (qv).'),
('53103',' The Batman costume weighed 90 pounds; with the material being  rubber, the entire body suit weighed 50 pounds plus a 40'),
('53104','pound piece  rubber cape attached to the headpiece.'),
('53105',' The Batgirl costume weighed 50 pounds.'),
('53106',' The Robin costume weighed 50 pounds the same as the bat girl  costume.'),
('53107',' The Mr. Freeze costume weighed 75 lbs.'),
('53108',' Anthony Hopkins (qv), who was one of Joel Schumacher (qv)s  other choices for Mr. Freeze, was also considered for the role of  Alfred in _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53109',' Anthony Hopkins (qv) was also considered for the role of Mr.  Freeze.'),
('53110',' Hulk Hogan (qv) was Joel Schumachers third choice to play Mr.  Freeze.'),
('53111',' A new form of light foam rubber was used to make the superhero  costumes. This helped the costumes weigh less than on any other  Batman film, but they ripped and tore very easily.'),
('53112',' Batgirl had a full'),
('53113','head costume designed for her much like Batmans  (complete with pointy ears) in this movie, but it was rejected in  favor of letting Silverstone, Alicia (qv)s hair flow freely  (except in one scene where she wears it as a crash helmet). Batgirl  action figures designed for the movie reflect the full'),
('53114','head costume,  before the toy makers were informed of the change.'),
('53115',' The sign on a club reads "The Head Room" just before the scene in  which Alfreds computer likeness talks to Barbara in a manner  resembling Max Headroom.'),
('53116',' The disease "MacGregor Syndrome" was named after producer  Peter Macgregor'),
('53117','Scott (qv).'),
('53118',' During the scene where Batman and Robin bid for Poison Ivy, Batman  pulls out his credit card. Its expiration date: FOREVER (a reference  to _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv)).'),
('53119',' Dr. Jason Woodrue appeared in DC Comics as another plant themed  super'),
('53120','villain, as himself and as The Floronic Man.'),
('53121',' Dr. Woodrue creates Bane with what he calls his "Super Soldier  Serum". This is a reference to the origin of the Marvel Comics  character Captain America. Created in the early 1940s (under  Marvelss previous incarnation as Timely Comics), Captain America  was Steve Rogers, a man too frail to enlist to fight in World War  II. He agreed to subject himself to the Super Soldier Serum which  heightened every ability and sense to the highest human limits. Of  course, as these things go, the doctor who created the formula was  promptly killed and Captain America would be the only Super Soldier.  Despite Timely/Marvel having been a somewhat popular line at the  time, Captain America was wildly succesful, rivaling Superman,  Captain Marvel, Batman, and Wonder Woman in popularity.'),
('53122',' Director Joel Schumacher (qv) first realized that  George Clooney (qv) would make a good Batman after drawing the  famous cowl over Clooneys face in an advertisement for  _From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)_ (qv).'),
('53123',' In the original theatrical trailer, Mr. Freeze says the line,  "Button up, boys. A storm is coming." That line is not present in  the final film.'),
('53124',' Julia Roberts (qv), Sharon Stone (I) (qv), and Demi Moore (qv)  were all rumored to be in the running for the part of Poison Ivy,  before Uma Thurman (qv) was cast.'),
('53125',' Joel Schumacher (qv) once said in an interview that if Arnold had  not wanted to play Mr. Freeze, Sylvester Stallone (qv) was his  second choice.'),
('53126',' Arkham Asylum was originally "made up" by horror writer  H.P. Lovecraft (qv), to use in his stories (and was located in  Arkham, not Gotham City).'),
('53127',' In the evidence room at the prison where Freeze is held and before  Bane breaks in, both the Riddlers and Two'),
('53128','Faces outfits can be  seen.'),
('53129',' Pat Hingle (qv) (Commissioner Gordon) and Michael Gough (I) (qv)  (Alfred Pennyworth) are the only actors to appear in all four of the  Batman films.'),
('53130',' One of three movies to feature two future United States Governors  acting in the same film. Jesse Ventura (qv), elected Governor in  Minnesota in 1998, and Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv), elected  Governor of California in 2003. (The other two films were  _Predator (1987)_ (qv), and _Running Man, The (1987)_ (qv). All  three of these movies featured Ventura and Schwarzenegger.)'),
('53131',' The computer in Alfreds room is a 20th anniversary Macintosh built  by Apple Computer.'),
('53132',' In an interview the cast members were asked what item from filming  they would like to take home with them. Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)  said that he would be taking Mr. Freezes armor home,  Uma Thurman (qv) said that she wanted Ivys floral throne, and  Elle Macpherson (qv) said that she just wanted a cap or something  with the "Batman & Robin" logo before anyone else. When asked,  George Clooney (qv) said he wanted Elle Macpherson.'),
('53133',' During shooting, George Clooney (qv) visited his friends on the  set of _"ER" (1994)_ (qv) in full costume.'),
('53134',' George Clooney (qv) injured his lower leg playing basketball,  while shooting _Batman & Robin (1997)_ (qv). Because of this, he  needed to cut the boot off of the Bat'),
('53135','suit in order to wear a cast.  You can tell when his leg was injured from his limping while inside  the freeze rocket.'),
('53136',' When Batgirl sneaks to the motorcycle contest, one of the gangs  there are dressed like the main characters in  Stanley Kubrick (qv)s _Clockwork Orange, A (1971)_ (qv). At the  same time, the background song is "Fun for Me", performed by  Moloko (qv). Moloko (qv) is Nadsat (Alex de Large and his  droogs language) for Milk.'),
('53137',' Rated #4 in Entertainment Weeklys Top 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made  (2006)'),
('53138',' Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) and Anthony Hopkins (qv) were both  considered for the role of Mr. Freeze till Joel Schumacher (qv)  decided that Mr. Freeze must be "big and strong like he was chiseled  out of a glacier".'),
('53139',' The film did so poorly in the box office that Warner Brothers  canceled the fifth Batman film, "Batman Triumphant".'),
('53140',' The villainous character Bane was created by comic book writer  Chuck Dixon (qv) and artist Graham Nolan (qv).'),
('53141',' Originally planned as the pilot film for the  _"Batman" (1966/II)_ (qv) TV series, the movie was instead produced  between the shows first and second seasons. The producers took  advantage of the larger budget to have a number of new Bat'),
('53142','gadgets  constructed, such as the BatBoat.'),
('53143',' Although Sterling Holloway (qv) is listed in the credits as Col.  Terry, all his scenes were, in fact, cut from the film as released.'),
('53144',' The BatBoat was built especially for the film by the Glastron boat  company. In exchange for their cooperation, the producers agreed to  hold the films world premiere in Austin, Texas, Glastrons  headquarters.'),
('53145',' The original trailer includes specially'),
('53146','shot footage of the 4  supervillains outlining their plans for the Dynamic Duo. Still  frames from these sequences are visible when Batman and Commissioner  Gordon watch a closed'),
('53147','circuit TV update on villains at large. The  trailer also includes specially'),
('53148','shot footage of Batman and Robin  addressing the audience about their first motion picture.'),
('53149',' Julie Newmar (qv) does not appear in this film because she did not  know about it and had signed to do another project. By the time she  was informed, she could not get out of the other commitment in time  to do this movie.'),
('53150',' The entire second season had already been shot before the movie was,  even though it actually came out before the second season.'),
('53151',' Reginald Denny(I) (qv)s last movie.'),
('53152',' Inside joke: Burgess Merediths line, "Run Silent, Run Deep" is the  title of a 1958 submarine movie in which Frank Gorshin might have  played a role had he been able to make it to the screen test.'),
('53153',' "Plaisir DAmour" by Johannes Paul Martini, is sung by a chanteuse  in the cabaret scene, but neither the song nor the singer are listed  in the credits.'),
('53154',' The supporting character Aunt Harriet (Madge Blake (qv)) does not  have a single line in the picture.'),
('53155',' First television appearance or film project of Burt Ward (qv).'),
('53156',' Sean Young (I) (qv) was originally cast as Vicki Vale, but broke  her collarbone while filming a horse'),
('53157','riding scene with  Michael Keaton (qv). The scene was subsequently written out of the  script.'),
('53158',' Willem Dafoe (qv), David Bowie (I) (qv), John Lithgow (qv) and  James Woods (I) (qv) were considered the Joker.'),
('53159',' The face of the Joker was initially inspired to Bob Kane (I) (qv)  and Bill Finger (II) (qv) by Conrad Veidt (qv) as Man  _Who Laughs, The (1928)_ (qv).'),
('53160',' Set designer Anton Furst (qv) deliberately mixed clashing  architectural styles to make Gotham City the ugliest and bleakest  metropolis imaginable.'),
('53161',' Michael Keaton (qv) worked out for two months to prepare for the  role, and learned kickboxing from his stunt double,  David Lea (qv). Keaton performed most of the fights himself, and  one of the few scenes in which Lea stood in for him is during the  fight in the alley with the swordsman.'),
('53162',' Director Tim Burton (I) (qv) and Michael Keaton (qv) did a lot  of re'),
('53163','writing during production. The most notable re'),
('53164','write is the  opening scene in which Batman says, "Im Batman." In the script  Batman was to reply "I am the night." The other notable re'),
('53165','write is  the showdown between Batman and the Joker.'),
('53166',' The first draft of this movie was written in 1980 by  _Superman (1978)_ (qv) co'),
('53167','writer Tom Mankiewicz (qv) and told the  story of Batmans and Robins origins. The villains were The Joker  and The Penguin, and Rupert Thorne and Barbara Gordon were also to  appear. At the end Robin was to appear in costume (much like  _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv)). It was going to be released in 1985  with a budget of $20 million, but with producers  Michael E. Uslan (qv) and Benjamin Melniker (qv) booted off the  production, the project was shelved until Jon Peters (I) (qv) and  Peter Guber (qv) picked it up. In 1985, after the surprise success  of _Pee'),
('53168','wees Big Adventure (1985)_ (qv), the studio offered the job  to Tim Burton (I) (qv). Unsatisfied with the Mankiewicz script,  Burton and his then girlfriend Julie Hickson (qv) wrote a 30'),
('53169','page  treatment of the project. This treatment was approved by both the  producers and studio. In 1986 Burton met Sam Hamm (qv), who had  just received a two'),
('53170','year contract with WB, and gave him the job of  writing a screenplay based on Burtons and Hicksons treatment.  However, the writing process stretched too long and Hamm couldnt  write further drafts of the script because of the writers strike. In  his place, Burton got _Beetle Juice (1988)_ (qv) co'),
('53171','writer  Warren Skaaren (qv) to continue writing. Nearly three years after  working on the project Burton didnt get the film green'),
('53172','lit until  the box'),
('53173','office result of Beetle Juice. _Batman (1989)_ (qv) began  filming in October and it only took 12 weeks to shoot.'),
('53174',' It made an estimated additional $750 million in merchandising alone.'),
('53175',' Ricky Addison Reed (qv) was cast as Robin when the character was  part of an earlier story treatment. Robin was eventually dropped,  and Reed lost the role.'),
('53176',' The plastic surgeons weird surgical tools are originally from  another Warner Brothers production,  _Little Shop of Horrors (1986)_ (qv). They were the dentist tools  owned by Orin Scrivello.'),
('53177',' The Batman costume weighed 70 lbs.'),
('53178',' The Batman symbol on the costume in this film is slightly different  than the version seen in the comic books. It has two extra "points"  on the bottom of the black bat emblem. However, the teaser poster  and other such promotional materials for the film depict the logo  just as it appears in the comics, for copyright purposes (because  that specific look for the logo is what DC comics had copyrighted).  The Batman costume was slightly modified for  _Batman Returns (1992)_ (qv) and sported the comic version of the  symbol.'),
('53179',' At one point during pre'),
('53180','production, director Tim Burton (I) (qv)  wanted to turn Frank Miller (II) (qv)s 1986 comic "The Dark  Knight Returns" into the new movie. However, Warner Bros. wanted to  introduce the "dark" Batman before having a movie about his last  days as a crime fighter. Not to mention that a DKR movie would be  about four hours long.'),
('53181',' Corto Maltese (where Vicki had been taking pictures) is the name of  a popular European comic character, starring in the adventure comic  books of Italian Hugo Pratt (qv).'),
('53182',' Heavy security surrounded The Jokers makeup.'),
('53183',' The throne that the Joker sits on when he spreads money over the  citizens of Gotham is a copy of the "Silver Throne", the Royal  Throne of Sweden which the King of Sweden used until 1974 at the  opening of the Swedish Parliament. The replica was made for the film  _Queen Christina (1933)_ (qv).'),
('53184',' Tim Curry (I) (qv) was an original choice to play the Joker.'),
('53185',' Ray Liotta (qv) was reportedly Tim Burton (I) (qv)s first  choice for the Joker, and then for the character of Harvey Dent  (later to become Two Face), but he turned down both due to his  commitment to make _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv).'),
('53186',' Robin Williams (I) (qv) was considered for the role of The Joker;  he would later be considered for The Riddler as well.  Jack Nicholson (qv) got the role of The Joker but demanded  top'),
('53187','billing and a lucrative deal that gave him royalties on all  merchandise.'),
('53188',' Billy Dee Williams (qv) appears as Harvey Dent, who in the comics  became Two'),
('53189','Face. Williams took the role with the expectation that he  would be brought back to play Two'),
('53190','Face and reportedly had a contract  clause added reserving the role for him. During casting for  _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv) Warner Bros. decided they would prefer  Tommy Lee Jones (qv) and bought out Williams contract.'),
('53191',' It is claimed that Adam West (I) (qv) was offered a cameo as Bruce  Waynes father but turned it down, though West denies being offered  the part.'),
('53192',' This was the first film to ever get a "12" rating in Great Britain.  The rating was created to prevent young children from seeing the  film. It had been in place up until 2002, where it was updated to  "12A" for _Bourne Identity, The (2002)_ (qv)'),
('53193',' Kim Basinger (qv) is only a few inches shorter than  Michael Keaton (qv). To make Keaton appear taller, she wears flat  heels or is in stocking feet in all the scenes in which they are  standing next to each other.'),
('53194',' Alec Baldwin (qv), Charlie Sheen (qv), Bill Murray (I) (qv),  Pierce Brosnan (qv) and Tom Selleck (qv) were considered for the  role of Bruce Wayne/Batman.'),
('53195',' Mel Gibson (I) (qv) was the original choice for Bruce Wayne/Batman  but was forced to turn down the role due to his commitment with  _Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)_ (qv).'),
('53196',' In the Globe office, a reporter hands Knox a drawing of a bat  dressed like a man, poking fun at his belief in Batman. The drawing  is signed "Bob Kane".'),
('53197',' Alfreds story of how Bruce sprained his ankle while  horseback'),
('53198','riding is a reference to Sean Young (I) (qv)s accident  when she was preparing for the film. It also refers to a deleted  scene from the script which had Bruce on horseback chasing the  Joker.'),
('53199',' Martin Landau (qv) turned down the role of Carl Grissom.'),
('53200',' Michael Jackson (I) (qv) was asked to write and perform the songs  for the movie, but he had to turn it down due to his concert  commitments.'),
('53201',' The producers wanted John Williams (I) (qv) to write the score,  but he had to turn it down due to his commitment to  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).'),
('53202',' The studio offered Joel Coen (qv) and Ethan Coen (qv) the  directors chair, before Tim Burton (I) (qv) got the job.'),
('53203',' Jack Nicholson (qv) received a percentage of the gross on the  film, and due to its massive box'),
('53204','office took home around $60  million. As of 2003 it is still the single'),
('53205','movie record for actors  salary.'),
('53206',' The flag of Gotham City closely resembles the state flag of Indiana.  It can be seen briefly in Harvey Dents office.'),
('53207',' When the Tom Mankiewicz (qv) script was in development, the  directors associated with the project included Joe Dante (I) (qv)  and Ivan Reitman (qv). Producers wanted an unknown to play Batman  and the cast wish'),
('53208','list included William Holden (I) (qv) as  Commissioner Gordon and David Niven (I) (qv) as Alfred, Bruce  Waynes faithful butler.'),
('53209',' SPOILER: In the film Jack Napier, The Joker, is the murderer of  Batmans parents. One of the facts not addressed in the film that  has its roots in the comic is that Batman would dream whichever  villain he was chasing at the time was the one who murdered his  parents.'),
('53210',' The movies "Vicki Vale" is actually based on 1970s Bruce Wayne  girlfriend Silver St. Cloud, a name deemed too silly for a movie  character. However, in the comics there was a character named Vicki  Vale, who was a reporter and appeared in the comics throughout the  40s and 60s.'),
('53211',' SPOILER: The character of Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl (qv)) was a  character created for the movie. In the script the character was  killed during the parade scene.'),
('53212',' In the original script, the paper Knox and Vicki worked for was the  Gotham Gazette, not the Gotham Globe.'),
('53213',' The original script featured a bitter rivalry between Bruce Wayne  and Knox over Vicki.'),
('53214',' In the original script, Bruce Wayne was described as a man with  "muscles on top of muscles and scarred from nightly combat".'),
('53215',' When Alfred receives Vicki Vales message a portrait of Thomas Wayne  can be seen in the background.'),
('53216',' It has been reported that Tim Burton (I) (qv) had an uncredited  cameo as one of The Jokers goons in the Museum scene.'),
('53217',' In the original script with Robin included, the Flying Graysons  (John, Mary, and Dick) are introduced at the parade scene. The Joker  shoots the trapeze artists sending John and Mary to their deaths and  leaving Dick to survive. Dick later becomes Robin in full costume at  the end.'),
('53218',' For its first video release, the film was graded slightly lighter as  cinema audiences had complained that it was filmed so darkly that  they could hardly see what was going on.'),
('53219',' Anton Furst (qv)s designs for Gotham City were incorporated into  the comics during the early 90s. The design was removed during the  "No Mans Land" arc.'),
('53220',' In a newsroom scene, Vicki Vale and Alexander Knox examine a map of  Gotham City which has been marked with Batman sightings. The map is  actually a map of Vancouver, British Columbia.'),
('53221',' In order to combat negative rumors about the production, a  theatrical trailer was hastily assembled to be distributed to  theaters. To test its effectiveness, Warner Bros. executives showed  it at a theater in Westwood, California to an unsuspecting audience.  The ninety'),
('53222','second trailer received a standing ovation. Later, it  would become a popular bootleg at comic book conventions, and  theater owners would report patrons paying full price for movie  tickets just to have an opportunity to see the trailer, and leaving  before the feature began.'),
('53223',' The Batmobile was built on the chassis of a Chevy Impala.'),
('53224',' Corto Maltese is also an island country in  Frank Miller (II) (qv)s The Dark Knight Returns, one of  Tim Burton (I) (qv)s inspirations for Batman.'),
('53225',' According to a Playboy interview with Robin Williams (I) (qv),  Jack Nicholson (qv) was offered the role of The Joker first. When  Nicholson kept delaying his answer, Williams was offered the role.  The producers immediately turned around and informed Nicholson that  Williams was considering the offer, and Nicholson accepted. Williams  has remained bitter about being "used as bait". See trivia for  _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv).'),
('53226',' The design of Gotham City is based on the work of architects Antoni  Gaudi, Otto Wagner, Shia Takamatsu (qv) and Louis H. Sullivan.'),
('53227',' Executive producers Benjamin Melniker (qv) and  Michael E. Uslan (qv) sued Warner Brothers for forcing them into  accepting a net profit agreement rather than the gross profit one  that was set up for other parties like Jack Nicholson (qv).  Warners then claimed that, although _Batman (1989)_ (qv) at the time  was the 5th biggest grossing film ever, it was still technically in  the red, and offered the two producers a $1 million out'),
('53228','of'),
('53229','court  settlement. They naturally rejected this.'),
('53230',' The painting that the Joker spares during his vandalism spree is  Francis Bacon (qv)s "Figure with Meat."'),
('53231',' During filming, a young Tim Burton (I) (qv) was having trouble  shooting a scene with Jack Palance (qv). An irritated Palance  asked Burton, "Ive made more than a hundred films, how many have  you made?" Burton said, years later, that it was a "whiteout"  experience he would never forget.'),
('53232',' SPOILER: A scene was cut from the parade sequence where the crowd  discovered that all the money that the Joker was handing out was  counterfeit. In a follow'),
('53233','up to the Jokers earlier line that he  wanted "My face on the one'),
('53234','dollar bill," all the dollar bills that  were thrown to the crowd had the Jokers picture in place of George  Washingtons.'),
('53235',' When the production design team arrived at Pinewood Studios in  England to build the sets, they discovered the atmosphere processor  set from _Aliens (1986)_ (qv) in one of the sound stages, with most  of the Aliens nest and eggs still intact.'),
('53236',' SPOILER: On'),
('53237','screen body count: 56'),
('53238',' The Jokers line "Take thy beak from out my heart" (said at Vales  apartment) is from Edgar Allan Poes "The Raven". The full line is  Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my  door! (the "beak" being of the raven)'),
('53239',' The theatrical trailer for Batman includes not only sequences  presented without music, but there are also some alternate takes  used in the trailer that were not used in the movie. Specifically:  (1) The Joker shoots his television after saying "I have given a  name to my pain." Nicholson loads his gun while speaking this line '),
('53240','  in the film, he reveals the gun after speaking the line, and the  explosion is also a different take. A wide shot was used in the  finished film, but in the trailer, a close'),
('53241','up is used for  Nicholsons line. (2) Michael Keatons line "My life is  really...complex" is shown here as a close'),
('53242','up which is a different  take than the one used in the film. Additionally, in the movie, the  take used is from a different camera position. (3) Robert Wuhl is  seen asking the question, "Lieutenant, is there a six foot bat in  Gotham City?" In the movie, a different take was used, with  different things occurring in the background. Regarding this  trailer, on the special edition DVD, Warner Bros. has removed the  final screen card which originally indicated the films release date  in North America: June 23 (1989).'),
('53243',' Jack Nicholson said of his role, "The thing I like about The Joker  is that his sense of humor is completely tasteless."'),
('53244',' The handwriting on the note that accompanies the gas mask in the  museum is that of director Tim Burton (I) (qv).'),
('53245',' The device, on the heel of his boot, that the Batman uses to summon  a swarm of bats is taken directly from Frank Miller (II) (qv)s  "Batman: Year One".'),
('53246',' A second stage Scarecrow look was created for the hallucination  scenes but was never shown on film. The mask was more organic and  tighter around the actors face.'),
('53247',' Before Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) took over, director  Darren Aronofsky (qv) was attached to make a Batman movie based on  the graphic novel "Batman: Year One" and have the author  Frank Miller (II) (qv) write the screenplay. By 2003 there was a  first draft screenplay with story boards, which are properties of  AOL Time Warner. Warners decision for not producing the film is  unknown, but based on the details that have since leaked out, it  would probably have to do with the screenplay, which strayed a  considerable amount from the source material, making Alfred an  African'),
('53248','American mechanic named "Big Al," the Batmobile being a  souped'),
('53249','up Lincoln Towncar, and Bruce Wayne being homeless, among  other things. This is all detailed in David Hughes (XIII) (qv)  book "Tales from Development Hell."'),
('53250',' The wide'),
('53251','shot of the house of the League of Shadows was entirely  computer'),
('53252','generated.'),
('53253',' Before Christian Bale (qv) was cast as Batman, many other actors  were considered for the role, including Ashton Kutcher (qv),  David Boreanaz (qv) and newcomer Hugh Dancy (qv).'),
('53254',' Only days before the role of Batman was cast, eight actors were  asked to audition for the part. The actors were  Christian Bale (qv), Joshua Jackson (qv), Eion Bailey (qv),  Hugh Dancy (qv), Billy Crudup (qv), Cillian Murphy (qv),  Henry Cavill (qv) and Jake Gyllenhaal (qv). While Bale won the  part, Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) liked Murphys audition so much,  he cast him as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow.'),
('53255',' Christian Bale (qv) lost his voice three times during filming  after altering his voice while playing Batman.'),
('53256',' During filming of the scene where Batman is being towed by a train  through the streets of Gotham, so much steam was used that after  each take that it would "rain" on the cast and crew for several  minutes.'),
('53257',' Marilyn Manson (qv) was considered for the role of Dr. Jonathan  Crane/The Scarecrow.'),
('53258',' The Batmobile, 9 feet wide and 16 feet long, has a top speed of 106  miles per hour and can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 6  seconds. The engine is a 5.7 liter V8 Chevy. It runs on unleaded gas  and can do about 7 miles per gallon. It has four 44'),
('53259','inch tires at  the rear, made by Interco Tire Corp, while the front is covered in  jagged plates of armor. It was designed and built by  Chris Corbould (qv) and Andrew Smith (V) (qv) at Shepperton  Studios in England. This Batmobile was built from the ground up and  is estimated to be worth half a million pounds. It was designed by  mashing together several different off'),
('53260','the'),
('53261','shelf model kits; its  construction was so exacting to the model that they even duplicated  the blobs of excess glue.'),
('53262',' Director Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) decided that there would be no  second unit, and so for the whole of the one hundred and twenty nine  shooting days Nolan oversaw every shot of the film personally.'),
('53263',' The name of the commissioner on the film is "Loeb". However, this is  NOT a reference to comic book writer Jeph Loeb (qv), author of the  graphic novels "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory", but rather  simply the canonical name of the Gotham City police commissioner  when Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham. This is shown in  Frank Miller (II) (qv)s Year One, which actually influenced both  "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" and was published nearly a  full decade before either of these.'),
('53264',' Christopher Eccleston (qv) was rumored for the role of Dr.  Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow before Cillian Murphy (qv) was  eventually cast.'),
('53265',' David S. Goyer (qv) said that the graphic novels "The Long  Halloween" and "Dark Victory" by Jeph Loeb (qv) were a huge  influence on his screenplay. When he was asked the question, "What  about Frank Miller (II) (qv)s Year One?", he replied, "Our story  is not Year One." An early draft of David S. Goyer (qv)s script  leaked onto the Internet in April of 2004.'),
('53266',' This is the first movie to use the new DC logo.'),
('53267',' Much of Batmans gear and apparel, including his cape and suit, is  based on actual military technology.'),
('53268',' During the interviews he performed to promote the movie,  Christian Bale (qv) continued using the American accent hed  adopted to play Bruce Wayne/Batman. He explained that he didnt want  potential moviegoers to be confused about why Batman, an American  institution, was being played by a Welshman.'),
('53269',' When the prisoners are all released from Arkham, briefly visible is  Mr. Zsaz, a serial killer from the comics with tally marks scarred  into his skin, representing each of his victims. Mr. Zsaz also  appears in the courtroom in the beginning of the film where he is  being transferred to Arkham Asylum by Dr. Crane.'),
('53270',' Contrary to the previous Batman films, in which the Batcave was  realized as a combination of a live set and matte paintings (done  either by hand or computer), no visual effects were used in this  film to show the Batcave. The entire Batcave is instead a massive  full'),
('53271','scale set.'),
('53272',' The score track names refer to Latin names of bat species. Also  notice that the first letters of track 4'),
('53273','9 spell B A T M A N.'),
('53274',' Christian Bale (qv) had previously screen tested and was  considered for the role of Robin in _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv).'),
('53275',' In the movie, Bruce Wayne is shown arriving at a fancy hotel in a  Lamborghini Murciélago. The word murciélago is Spanish for bat  (although the car itself was named after a prized bull owned by Don  Antonio Miura, who had nothing to do with bats).'),
('53276',' SPOILERS: Despite "not being Year One", there are a few references  to Year One. The line "Youre a good cop. One of the few," Batman  using sonar to call on the bats while being attacked by police, and  the ending (although done differently, both ended with Batmans next  "case" being The Joker).'),
('53277',' Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) stopped by at one of the sets during  filming.'),
('53278',' The sets were built in the Admiralty Hangar No. 2 at Cardington, one  of the largest hangars in the world. The floor area is the size of  16 Olympic'),
('53279','size swimming pools. The No. 2 shed was assembled at the  site in 1928 to house the British airship R100.'),
('53280',' The license plates for the Gotham related cars were designed in the  same style as the Illinois state license plates. This was done to  stay consistent with other vehicle license plates while filming the  car chases in Chicago.'),
('53281',' Ras Al Ghul is Arabic for "The Demons Head". This refers to his  position at the height of the Brotherhood of the Demon, also called  the League of Shadows.'),
('53282',' A quote from Christian Bale (qv) that some of the crew had on the  back of their t'),
('53283','shirts (the wardrobe department did it as a joke)  said: "Its hot, dark and sweaty and it gives me a headache."'),
('53284',' Chris Cooper (I) (qv) turned down the role of James Gordon.'),
('53285',' Kurt Russell (I) (qv) and Dennis Quaid (qv) were considered for  the role of James Gordon.'),
('53286',' Viggo Mortensen (qv) turned down Liam Neeson (qv)s role.  Daniel Day'),
('53287','Lewis (qv) was also approached.'),
('53288',' The title went through many changes. First, it was known as "Batman  5". It became "Batman: The Frightening" for a while. To prevent  script leaks, they were titled "Intimidation Game" to throw off the  public, before settling on "Batman Begins".'),
('53289',' Anthony Hopkins (qv) was offered the role of Alfred but declined.'),
('53290',' Laurence Fishburne (qv) was considered for the role of Lucius Fox.'),
('53291',' Filming was temporarily delayed on the London soundstage due to the  sound of amorous pigeons in the rafters above.'),
('53292',' The crime boss Carmine "The Roman" Falcone was a character from the  comics. He was Gotham Citys last "old school" gangster. He was  killed, and his empire wiped out, when Batmans familiar rogues  gallery came into prominence.'),
('53293',' On 22 May 2004 filming took place at Senate House (a property  belonging to the University of London, just off Russell Square). The  front of the building was made up as the Gotham City courts,  complete with New York'),
('53294','style taxis and Gotham Police Department  cars.'),
('53295',' Christian Bale (qv)s trailer didnt have his name on the door but  said "Bruce Wayne" instead.'),
('53296',' A full city block of Gotham '),
('53297',' much of it based on the slums of  Kowloon in Hong Kong which were torn down in 1994 '),
('53298',' was built in a  converted aircraft hangar.'),
('53299',' On the set, the costumed Christian Bale (qv) constantly had two  people trailing him to keep the Batsuit smudge'),
('53300','free.'),
('53301',' On a converted parking lot at Shepperton, the film crew built an  entire village of trailers where chemists and costume artists made  neoprene'),
('53302','and'),
('53303','foam'),
('53304','latex Batsuits. The place was dubbed "Cape Town."'),
('53305',' The script was written by David S. Goyer (qv) in the seven weeks  before he was due to direct _Blade: Trinity (2004)_ (qv), which he  also wrote. Director Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) took over the  writing chores from there.'),
('53306',' While shooting on the streets of Chicago, a person accidentally  crashed into the Batmobile. The driver was apparently drunk, and  said he hit the car in a state of panic, believing the Dark Knights  vehicle to be an invading alien spacecraft.'),
('53307',' David S. Goyer (qv) mentioned in an interview that his favorite  pre'),
('53308','audition choice for Batman was Jake Gyllenhaal (qv), but that  he was won over by Christian Bale (qv) after seeing his test.'),
('53309',' While filming in Lower Wacker Drive, in Chicago, Illinois, the  filmmakers were so concerned for the care of the Batmobile, that  they told the stunt driver to take as much time as he needed to make  any move. Therefore, when it came time to back the Batmobile up,  they went so slow as to cause traffic jams that had to be reported  on the news. Simply moving the Batmobile around Chicago took  numerous police as well as caused traffic jams where ever they went.'),
('53310',' Before the shooting began, Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) invited the  whole film crew to a private screening of  _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv). After the film he said to the whole  crew, "This is how were going to make Batman."'),
('53311',' Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) wrote in the character Rachel Dawes  with Katie Holmes (qv) in mind. No other actresses were in serious  consideration; it was hers to lose.'),
('53312',' Unlike most characters on the movie, Rachel Dawes, played by  Katie Holmes (qv), doesnt exist in "Batman" or any other DC  Comics series. She was created by director  Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) and screenwriter David S. Goyer (qv).'),
('53313',' Henri Ducard was created by _Batman (1989)_ (qv) screenwriter  Sam Hamm (qv). The character was in the movies original script,  however was dropped. Hamm later during his comic book writing debut  on Detective Comics series incorporated the character into the  Batman mythos.'),
('53314',' This is the first Batman film to be shot in 2.35:1 aspect ratio.'),
('53315',' Contains 400 VFX shots.'),
('53316',' The "daylight" coming through the windows of Wayne Manor was created  by a single 100,000'),
('53317','watt floodlight which weighed nearly 400 pounds.'),
('53318',' At the time of this films release, Forbes Magazine did a breakdown  of how much it would actually cost to become Batman. The magazine  estimated that total expenses in US dollars would be around $3.5  million.'),
('53319',' The gun Bruce Wayne tosses in the river is a Brazilian six'),
('53320','shot  Taurus.'),
('53321',' The calling card the Joker leaves is a replica of the Joker Card  from the 1989 graphic novel "Arkham Asylum".'),
('53322',' All the big name cast members were initially not told that the movie  was a Batman movie as the script they were sent was titled "The  Intimidation Game". Michael Caine (I) (qv) commented that when he  first saw the title, he assumed the script was some kind of gangster  movie.'),
('53323',' A pair of Batman pajama bottoms can be seen hanging from the line in  the scene where Batman talks to the little boy in the Narrows.'),
('53324',' The license plate on Bruce Waynes sports car is 375 265.'),
('53325',' Since Alfreds sense of duty and loyalty towards Bruce Wayne  reminded him of the comradeship that exists in the military, Sir  Michael Caine (I) (qv) based his characters voice on that of a  colonel he knew when he was in the army as an 18'),
('53326','year'),
('53327','old.'),
('53328',' Body count: 18'),
('53329',' The key "combination" that Bruce plays on the piano to open the  secret entrance to the Bat Cave is comprised of three, two'),
('53330','note  chords, starting three octaves above middle'),
('53331','C. The keys he presses  are D'),
('53332','E, D'),
('53333','E (up an octave), and G'),
('53334','A. However, the tones heard in  the soundtrack are actually a half'),
('53335','step down from the correct tones  for the notes he plays. This may simply be a post'),
('53336','production  soundtrack adjustment or variance, but could also be that the piano  was tuned a half'),
('53337','step down, which is sometimes done on older pianos  to reduce the 18'),
('53338','20 tons of string tension stress on their framing.'),
('53339',' The UK censors, the BBFC, viewed the film at the request of the  distributors during post'),
('53340','production. The sound mix was incomplete.  Warners were keen to get a 12A rating (to match the US PG'),
('53341','13) and  the BBFC advised them that in order to avoid a higher rating, "care  should be taken with the final sound mix so as not to play up the  sound of blows and to avoid more bone crunching sound effects" in a  number of scenes. Because the BBFC examiners did not advise the  distributors to specifically reduce any of the sound effects, as the  sound mix was incomplete at the time of the viewing, this film was  passed 12A with no cuts made. This same version was released  worldwide, with the cuts discussed in full on the SBBFC website for  students.'),
('53342',' When Warner Bros. was considering "Batman: The Frightening" as the  title, a script was released online that was widely believed to be  official. Two writers, Terry Hayes (I) (qv) and  Rafael Yglesias (qv), were credited on the draft, but both denied  writing it. The author was later discovered to be  Brandon Gaines (qv).'),
('53343',' Larry Wachowski (qv) and Andy Wachowski (qv) were approached to  direct, and even wrote their own treatment based on  Frank Miller (II) (qv)s graphic novel "Batman: Year One", but  turned down the offer and made the Matrix sequels instead.'),
('53344',' SPOILER: In the shot of the newspaper. the story about Bruce Waynes  mansion burning down is credited to Julie Ochipinti (qv), the name  of the movies assistant set decorator.'),
('53345',' Broke opening weekend box office record for IMAX theaters.'),
('53346',' SPOILER: The Joker playing card presented to Batman at the end of  the film carries an evidence label, this label reads that the  officer who discovered it was a J. Kerr.'),
('53347',' For the IMAX version, some of the theatres running older IMAX  equipment, the credits for the movie wouldnt fit on the platters.  IMAX and the theatres had to get special permission from Warner  Brothers to show the movie without the credits.'),
('53348',' During earlier developments of the movie, Ewan McGregor (qv) was  considered for the role of Scarecrow.'),
('53349',' During production, DC Comics commissioned well known Batman artists  to give their interpretation of the Dark Knight. The results were  shown to Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) and the cast to help give them  a better idea of where the comic artists were coming from. Among the  artists were James Jean, Jock, Tommy Lee Edwards and John Paul Leon.'),
('53350',' Early work on the script and the production design was conducted in  the back of Christopher Nolan (I) (qv)s garage. During the  writing process, Nolan and David S. Goyer (qv) sometimes took  walks near the site of the original Batcave from _"Batman"  (1966/II)_ .'),
('53351',' Due to his part in _Maquinista, El (2004)_ (qv) (aka The Machinist),  Christian Bale (qv) was vastly underweight (about 120 pounds on  his 6 foot+ frame) when he was under consideration for the part.  After being cast, he was told to become as "big as you could be" by  Christopher Nolan (I) (qv). Bale underwent a dietary and exercise  regimen and ending up weighing about 220 pounds (about 40 pounds  above his normal weight). It was decided that Bale had became too  large (friends of his on the films crew dubbed him "Fatman") and he  quickly shed about 20 pounds to have leaner, more muscular frame.'),
('53352',' Alfreds last name is Pennyworth.'),
('53353',' When Christian Bale (qv) and Liam Neeson (qv) were fighting on  the frozen lake they could hear the ice cracking beneath their feet.  The next day, the lake was completely melted.'),
('53354',' Production designer Nathan Crowley (qv) said that the design of  the Batmobile was largely influenced from the design seen in  Frank Miller (II) (qv)s graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns".  The incarnation of the Batmobile was given the nickname "The  Tumbler" by both filmmakers and Miller.'),
('53355',' Christopher Nolan originally didnt want to give Scarecrow a mask.  Screenwriter David S. Goyer was able to talk him into it.'),
('53356',' Wayne Tower is based on the Chicago Board of Trade Building.'),
('53357',' The name of Arkham Asylum is inspired by the works of H. P.  Lovecraft.'),
('53358',' The Gotham Police cruisers color scheme is based on that of the New  York Police Department. Gotham is meant by Bob Kane (I) (qv) to be  a caricature of New York City.'),
('53359',' The boy who Bruce Wayne gives the fruit to in the narrows is wearing  an old Sheffield United shirt. This is the only time football is  referenced in the movie.'),
('53360',' In an interview with Moviefone, Christian Bale said that he became  interested in playing Batman after a friend of his loaned him the  graphic novel "Arkham Asylum" in 2000. After he read it, he told his  agent that if anyone was making another Batman movie, he wanted in.'),
('53361',' The 2006 Forbes Fictional 15 ranks Bruce Wayne as the 7th richest  fictional character with a net worth of approximately $6.8 billion.'),
('53362',' Andrew Kevin Walker (I) (qv) was interviewed by Nolan to write the  script.'),
('53363',' Batmans journey to Tibet, and his ninja training, were both  elements introduced into the comic book by writer  James Owsley (qv) in Batman #431 (March, 1989). The series editor,  Denny ONeil (qv), made the issue part of the Batman Writers Bible  that he would hand out to each new writer on the series, thus  confirming the storys place in canon.'),
('53364',' According to DC Comics Batman stands 62" and weighs 210 lbs.  Christian Bales stands 60'),
('53365','1/2" (according to his IMDB profile) and  at the time of filming weighed 210 lbs.'),
('53366',' There is no reference in Batman Begins to Ras Al Ghul having any  daughters; however, his daughter Talia is mentioned in the  novelization by Ras & Talias creator Dennis ONeil.'),
('53367',' This is the third time Linus Roache (qv) and  Tom Wilkinson (I) (qv) appear in the same film. They had  previously appeared in _Priest (1994)_ (qv) and  _Gathering Storm, The (2002) (TV)_ (qv). They also appeared in the  TV series _"Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" (1992)_ (qv), but in  different episodes.'),
('53368',' Director Christopher Nolan is reputed to have been so fascinated  with Cillian Murphys bright blue eyes, that he kept trying to find  reasons/ways to have Crane remove his glasses.'),
('53369',' The opera that young Bruce attends with his parents is Mefistofele,  composed in the mid'),
('53370','1800s by Arrigo Boito.'),
('53371',' SPOILER: A clue to Ducards true identity is given by the fact that  his twin mustaches are the same shape as Ras Al Ghuls trademark  goatees.'),
('53372',' The average length of a shot is 1.9 seconds.'),
('53373',' The characters Dr. Emma Thomas and Walter Pfister are named after  (and voiced by) Emma Thomas (qv) and Wally Pfister (qv), the  producer and director of photography for  _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53374',' The car Bruce Wayne is driving when he and his fountain'),
('53375','swimming  dates arrive at the hotel is a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster.  Murcielago is Spanish for bat.'),
('53376',' Every main character from the film reprised their role voicing  themselves in this game with the exception of Gary Oldman who plays  Lieutenant Gordon.'),
('53377',' When you beat the game, you unlock three alternative batsuits. To  use the batsuits, pick the one you would like and then select new  game and choose any file aside from the one where you just beat the  game. Batman should be wearing the suit you chose instead of his all  black one.'),
('53378',' This short documentary is featured on the Two'),
('53379','Disc Deluxe Edition  DVD for _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53380',' When Bruce is checking the future'),
('53381','Jokers voice against that of the  past'),
('53382','Joker, the clip is a newly animated (but previously scripted)  segment from "Holiday Knights", which was the first episode of the  redesigned Batman cartoon that appeared on the WB network.'),
('53383',' The second time Terry confronts Tim Drake, he is a hologram. Dean  Stockwell, the voice of Drake, played a character who was usually a  hologram on _"Quantum Leap" (1989)_ (qv).'),
('53384',' Cameo:(Writer Paul Dini) appears during the course of the movie,  mainly the first few minutes.'),
('53385',' The orbital weapons platform that creates a beam of light before it  destroys is taken from the 1988 Japanese animated film  _Akira (1988)_ (qv) as is the basic design for the orbital weapons  platform itself. In fact, one of the directors of animation at Tokyo  Movie Shinsa (the Japanese animation company where most of the film  was done) was the actual animator of the scene in  _Akira (1988)_ (qv) when Kaneda was briefly chased by the beam from  the orbital system. When the scene of Terry being chased by the beam  came up, the director snagged the storyboarding duties on it for  himself, under the auspices of aiming to top himself.'),
('53386',' When Terry lists possible explanations for the Jokers return, he  mentions being "placed in suspended animation due to floating around  in a block of ice". This is a reference to the Marvel Comics  character Captain America, who was found floating in ice by the  Avengers in the 60s.'),
('53387',' The original cut of this film was much more violent than the final  version, including, among other things, the young Robin/Tim Drake  directly causing a characters death with a spear gun. After the  tragedy in Columbine, however, studio pressure forced a new cut of  the film be produced. Several scenes were snipped and re'),
('53388','edited to  produce the final "PG" rating. After the film had been released for  some time, the original "PG'),
('53389','13" version was released separately as a  Directors Cut.'),
('53390',' Before turning the orbital laser on Batman, the Joker admonishes  him, saying, "Poppa spank...!" which is a throwback to something the  Batman says in an early issue of the Detective Comics series.'),
('53391',' The voice of Ghoul was provided by Michael Rosenbaum (qv), who did  several voices for the television series "Batman Beyond". While in  the recording studio, he would often do a Christopher Walken (qv)  impression that the producers found hilarious. When they were  commissioned to create this film, they wrote the part of Ghoul for  Rosenbaums Walken impression.'),
('53392',' The high school, Hamilton Hill High, is named for Mayor Hamilton  Hill from _"Batman: The Animated Series" (1992)_ (qv).'),
('53393',' The scene were Batman lands at a flagpole by grabbing it and  spinning around it until he comes to a stop is a parody of an  animation cycle in the 1960s Spider'),
('53394','Man series, but that hero makes  a perfect landing, while Batman loses his grip and almost falls off  the building.'),
('53395',' Brad Dourif (qv) was considered for the role of the Riddler.'),
('53396',' Damon Wayans (qv) was considered for the role of The Riddler'),
('53397',' Mark Hamill (I) (qv) (who voiced the Joker in the  _"Batman" (1992)_ (qv) animated series) was briefly considered for  Riddler.'),
('53398',' While learning to twirl a cane, Jim Carrey (qv) reportedly broke  around a dozen prop canes and some of his trailer furniture.'),
('53399',' The Robin costume weighed 41 lbs.'),
('53400',' Dick Grayson suggests "Nightwing" for a hero name; an in'),
('53401','joke for  the comic books, where Dick Grayson now appears as Nightwing, an  identity he took after he abandoned the Robin costume in 1980s.'),
('53402',' In the film there is a doctor named Burton. Tim Burton (I) (qv)  directed the first two Batman films and produced this sequel.'),
('53403',' At one moment, to Batmans surprise, Robin exclaims: "Holey rusted  metal, Batman!", then explaining: "The ground, its all metal. Its  full of holes. You know, holey" '),
('53404',' a jokey reference to the old US TV  show _"Batman" (1966)_ (qv) with Adam West (I) (qv), where Robin  would yell his trademark exclamations of surprise every once in a  while: "Holy something'),
('53405','or'),
('53406','other, Batman!".'),
('53407',' The scratches on the tails side of Two'),
('53408','Faces coin form the letters  HD, the initials of Harvey Dent, Two'),
('53409','Faces former identity.'),
('53410',' Elizabeth Sanders (I) (qv), who plays Gossip Gerty, is the widow  of Bob Kane (I) (qv), the man who created the Batman character.'),
('53411',' The design of the Flying Graysons costumes was a reference to the  red, yellow and green spandex that Robin wears currently in the  comic books.'),
('53412',' In Canada, the French version of the Riddlers name is Le Sphinx.'),
('53413',' Chris ODonnell (I) (qv)s sister can be seen directly behind him  in the party scene where Robin is first introduced to the public.'),
('53414',' In the movie, there is a scene where Two'),
('53415','Face keeps flipping his  coin until he gets a result he wants. In the comics, a key element  of his split personality is that he unquestioningly accepts the  result of a single coin toss concerning any decision he makes.'),
('53416',' When Dick Grayson (Chris ODonnell (I) (qv)) drives the Batmobile  around Gotham, a McDonalds restaurant can be seen in one of the  shots. Director Joel Schumacher (qv) put it in the background,  despite pressure from McDonalds to have it more visible.'),
('53417',' Rene Russo (qv) was originally cast to play Dr. Chase Meridian  when Michael Keaton (qv) was still attached to the project as  Batman. However, when Keaton dropped out of the project and was  replaced by Val Kilmer (qv), Russo was deemed too old to play his  love interest and was replaced by Nicole Kidman (qv).'),
('53418',' Alec Baldwin (qv) was almost cast as Batman.'),
('53419',' In the original _Batman (1989)_ (qv), District Attorney Harvey Dent  was played by Billy Dee Williams (qv). Williams accepted the role  with the knowledge and expectation that Dent would eventually become  Two'),
('53420','Face: he reportedly had a clause put into his contract reserving  the role for him in any sequels, which Warner Bros. had to buy out  so they could cast Tommy Lee Jones (qv).'),
('53421',' Chase remarks about "Or do I need skin tight vinyl and a whip", an  obvious reference to the "Catwoman" character in  _Batman Returns (1992)_ (qv).'),
('53422',' When left at Wayne Manor, Grayson informs Wayne that he is leaving.  To this, Bruce replies that the circus would be halfway to  Metropolis, which is the city of Superman.'),
('53423',' The movie was going to be shot in Cincinnati, using the old subway  tunnel. The exterior of the Gotham City Hippodrome (the arena where  Dick Graysons family is killed) is based on the exterior of Union  Terminal, a famous 1930s Art Deco train station in Cincinnati.'),
('53424',' The role of the security guard Two'),
('53425','Face captures was written for  Wayne Knight (I) (qv), who was expected to accept it.'),
('53426',' The exterior set for Two'),
('53427','Faces hide out is the same set used in the  first disappearance of Max Schreck (Christopher Walken (qv)) in  _Batman Returns (1992)_ (qv).'),
('53428',' Exterior scenes of Wayne Manor were filmed at the Webb Institute of  Naval Architecture on Long Island, NY. The production team had to  change the schools "W" on the entrance gate because it had an  anchor behind it.'),
('53429',' Joel Schumacher (qv)s decision to put nipples on the Bat'),
('53430','costumes  and an earring on Robin caused controversy '),
('53431',' it even bothered Batman  creator Bob Kane (qv). Schumacher said he wanted the costumes to  have an anatomic look, while the earring was supposed to make Robin  more hip.'),
('53432',' Actors Kimberly Scott (I) (qv) (Bruces assistant) and  Michael Paul Chan (qv) (a worker at Wayne Enterprises) came back  for _Batman & Robin (1997)_ (qv), but in different roles, playing  scientists at the Gotham Observatory. Joel Schumacher (qv)  frequently uses them in his movies.'),
('53433',' Michael Worth (II) (qv) tested for the role of Robin.'),
('53434',' Olympic gymnast Mitchell Gaylord (qv) was a stunt double for  Chris ODonnell (I) (qv).'),
('53435',' Val Kilmer (qv) learned he was the new Batman while he was  literally in a bat cave in Africa, doing research for  _Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996)_ (qv) He accepted the role  without reading the script.'),
('53436',' 25 minutes of the film were digitally color corrected at 2K  resolution '),
('53437',' a very early example of digital grading for motion  pictures.'),
('53438',' Mel Gibson (I) (qv) was offered the role of Harvey Dent/Two'),
('53439','Face,  but was forced to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with  _Braveheart (1995)_ (qv).'),
('53440',' Clint Eastwood (qv) was considered for the role of Harvey  Dent/Two'),
('53441','Face.'),
('53442',' Christian Bale (qv), Corey Feldman (qv), Corey Haim (qv), and  Matt Damon (qv) all auditioned for the role of Dick Grayson/Robin.  Bale later went on to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in  _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53443',' The Scarecrow was originally going to make a cameo appearance but  was scrapped because there where too many villains.'),
('53444',' Scott Speedman (qv) tried out for the role of Robin.'),
('53445',' The scene where Dick Grayson sorts and dries his laundry using  kung'),
('53446','fu moves was taken shot'),
('53447','by'),
('53448','shot from a similar scene in the  Hong Kong film _Yong zhe wu ju (1981)_ (qv) (aka "Dreadnaught").'),
('53449',' Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) screen tested for the role of Robin.'),
('53450',' After Tim Burton (I) (qv) stepped down as director,  Sam Raimi (qv) (then a popular "cult" director) offered his  services to the studio. He never got the job because the studio felt  he wasnt a big enough name. Raimi went on to become a big name by  directing _Spider'),
('53451','Man (2002)_ (qv), _Spider'),
('53452','Man 2 (2004)_ (qv) and  _Spider'),
('53453','Man 3 (2007)_ (qv)'),
('53454',' Robin Williams (I) (qv) had been cast as The Riddler when  Tim Burton (I) (qv) was still attached to direct.'),
('53455',' After the Batmobile rides up the wall to escape from Two'),
('53456','Face, there  was going to be a car chase on the rooftops of Gotham. Due to time  and money constraints, this idea was scrapped and used in the next  film, _Batman & Robin (1997)_ (qv).'),
('53457',' The Batmobile was usually driven by stunt drivers, but Chris  ODonnell (I) (qv) insisted on driving it himself in the joyride  scene '),
('53458',' but he crashed it into a curb and dented a fender.'),
('53459',' Reportedly, the role of Robin was narrowed down to two finalists:  Chris ODonnell (I) (qv) and Leonardo DiCaprio (qv). In order to  decide who should get the role, the producers went to a comic book  convention and asked groups of 11 year old boys (the target audience  of the film) who would win a fight between the two actors. ODonnell  was overwhelmingly chosen by the boys as the winner of the fight and  ultimately he won the role.'),
('53460',' Will Shortz (qv), "puzzlemaster" on National Public Radio and  editor of the NY Times crossword puzzle, created the Riddlers  riddles.'),
('53461',' Early concepts of the final showdown on Claw Island had a huge,  muscled, Riddler sitting on his throne when Batman finds him. The  Riddler twists the two skulls on his armrests and the Riddlers  muscled body is revealed to be a shell which splits in two, from  which the real Riddler (wearing his white and green jumpsuit) steps  out. This description made it into the junior novelization of the  movie by Alan Grant (I) (qv), and was also featured in the video  game based on the movie.'),
('53462',' Before deciding not to don the cape and cowl for a third time,  Michael Keaton (qv) met with Joel Schumacher (qv) and declined  to join the project after deciding that he did not like the  direction in which Schumacher was looking to take the franchise. In  the brief time that Tim Burton (I) (qv) was still considering  doing a third Batman film, Riddler was the only villain that he  planned on using. The idea of using Two'),
('53463','Face did not come up until  Schumacher joined the project.'),
('53464',' After seeing him in this film, record producer  George Martin (I) (qv) approached Jim Carrey (qv) about  performing the song "I am the Walrus" for his The Beatles (qv)  tribute album "In My Life". Carrey accepted.'),
('53465',' Joel Schumacher (qv) had asked Bono (qv) of U2 (qv) to reprise  his role of Macphisto that he played during the bands ZOOTV tour,  but Bono (qv) denied, saying that when ZOOTV ended so did  Macphisto, so instead U2 (qv) contributed the song "Hold Me,  Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" to the soundtrack.'),
('53466',' John Malkovich (qv) was considered as a potential Riddler.'),
('53467',' Dean Cain (qv) was another choice to play Batman but was dropped  because he was too well'),
('53468','known as Superman in the series  _"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993)_ (qv) at the  time.'),
('53469',' John McTiernan (I) (qv) was Warner Brothers first choice to direct  the film, but he had to turn it down because he was busy working on  _Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)_ (qv)'),
('53470',' Irish actress Alison Doody  (qv) was considered for the role of  Dr. Chase Meridian but she was not committing to any movies at the  time, so the producers had to turn to other actresses.'),
('53471',' Johnny Depp (qv) was considered for the role of Batman/Bruce  Wayne.'),
('53472',' According to Tim Burton (I) (qv), he originally felt very  enthusiastic about the idea of directing a third Batman film.  However, when Warner Brothers executives expressed concern over the  direction of the franchise'),
('53473','namely that _Batman Returns (1992)_ (qv)  had been too dark to appeal to a family audience'),
('53474','Burton decided it  best to step down as director.'),
('53475',' Scott Shaw (I) (qv) was offered the role of the Gang Leader. When  he turned it down, the role eventually went to Don The  Dragon Wilson (qv).'),
('53476',' Danny DeVito (qv) was forbidden to describe the Penguins makeup  to anyone, including his family.'),
('53477',' Annette Bening (qv) was cast as Catwoman, but was replaced by  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) when she became pregnant. Pfeiffers $3  million salary was $2 million more than was offered to Bening.'),
('53478',' The primary antagonist is named Maximillian Shreck. In addition to  the fact that "schreck" is the German word meaning "terror," the  actor Max Schreck (qv) played the first'),
('53479','ever vampire depicted on  film in the silent'),
('53480','era classic  _Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)_ (qv).'),
('53481',' Sean Young (I) (qv) very much wanted the role of The Catwoman.  During preproduction she arrived at the studio in a Catwoman costume  to confront the makers of the movie. She used other people scouting  the studio grounds, using walkie'),
('53482','talkies to communicate, to track  down the producers. Tim Burton (I) (qv) hid behind his desk so as  to avoid seeing her. See also _Batman (1989)_ (qv).'),
('53483',' Composer Danny Elfman was one of the off'),
('53484','screen egg'),
('53485','throwers during  the Penguins botched speech.'),
('53486',' Christopher Walken (qv), remembering a film hed seen previously,  requested from director Tim Burton (I) (qv) cuff'),
('53487','links made from  human molars for his character, Max Shreck. The movie in question is  _Great Gatsby, The (1974)_ (qv), in which an unsavory friend of the  title character, who had been involved in 1912 World Series Black  Sox scandal, sports a pair of molar cuff'),
('53488','links.'),
('53489',' Reubens, Paul (qv) and Salinger, Diane (qv) from  _Pee'),
('53490','wees Big Adventure (1985)_ (qv) reunite briefly at the  beginning of the film as The Penguins father and mother.'),
('53491',' The Batman costume weighed 55 lbs.'),
('53492',' The first film made in Dolby Digital.'),
('53493',' Neither Tim Burton (I) (qv) nor Michael Keaton (qv) had been  signed up in advance for a sequel; Burton came on board only after  the script met all his demands (he hadnt been entirely happy with  the first films screenplay), whilst Keaton only agreed to do the  second film after a serious hike in salary.'),
('53494',' Sam Hamm (qv)s original screenplay draft had the Penguin and  Catwoman going after hidden treasure. Dissatisfied with that,  Tim Burton (I) (qv) brought in Daniel Waters (I) (qv), writer of  _Heathers (1989)_ (qv), who came up with the concept of an evil  business mogul backing a bid for the Mayors office by the Penguin.'),
('53495',' At least 50% of the Warner Brothers lot was taken up with Gotham  City sets.'),
('53496',' The set for the Penguins decrepit underground lair at the abandoned  Gotham City Zoo was filled with a half'),
('53497','million gallons of water and  a simulated ice floe island.'),
('53498',' Danny DeVito (qv) spent two hours a day in make'),
('53499','up.'),
('53500',' The massive Gotham City sets were all constructed to be mobile, and  were often shifted between days of filming. Michelle Pfeiffer (qv)  routinely got lost on her way to filming each day.'),
('53501',' SPOILER: The final shot of the film, in which Catwoman is seen  looking at the Bat'),
('53502','signal, was added as an afterthought, literally  weeks before the film opened. The shot had to be filmed on a  weekend, less than a day after conception, with a double for  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv). That single shot cost $250,000.'),
('53503',' The crew had a hard time getting the shot where the monkey delivers  the letter from Batman to the Penguin. Evidently,  Danny DeVito (qv)s make'),
('53504','up terrified the animal.'),
('53505',' Security was so tight on the production that even  Kevin Costner (qv) was refused permission to visit the set. Warner  Brothers employed a private investigator firm when some shots of  Danny DeVito (qv) in costume made it into the tabloids.'),
('53506',' Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) got through 60 catsuits during the 6 month  shoot, at a cost of $1,000 a time.'),
('53507',' The production wanted to use King Penguins but the only tame ones in  captivity were at a bird sanctuary in the Cotswolds deep in the  English countryside. So the birds were flown over to the States in  the refrigerated hold of a plane, they were given their own  refrigerated trailer, their own swimming pool with half a ton of  fresh ice every day, and had fresh fish delivered daily straight  from the docks. Even though the temperature outside frequently  topped 100 degrees, the entire set was refrigerated down to 35  degrees. The birds also had a round'),
('53508','the'),
('53509','clock bodyguard. Clearly the  birds enjoyed the experience as, following their stint in Hollywood,  most of them had mated and produced eggs '),
('53510',' the sure sign of a  contented penguin.'),
('53511',' In the US, McDonalds were forced to cancel a Happy Meals promotion  with the film, after parents protested about its violent and sexual  nature being inappropriate for young children.'),
('53512',' It made $47.7 million in its first 3 days, a record at the time.'),
('53513',' DIRTRADE(Tim Burton (I) (qv)): [music]: music by  Danny Elfman (qv)'),
('53514',' It was intended that the character of Robin be introduced in the  sequel to _Batman (1989)_ (qv). Reportedly, Tim Burton (I) (qv)  collaborated with DC Comics artist Norm Breyfogle to redesign the  Robin costume so that it would coincide with the one planned for the  film. Kenner Toys even went so far as to produce a corresponding  action figure, but when Robin was eventually written out of the  script, Kenner released the toy anyway, as the character newly  rendered in the comic books.'),
('53515',' SPOILER: Dan Waters  original script originally had the  Bat'),
('53516','Signal blinking on and off at the end of the film as a sign that  Selenas electrocution of Max had disrupted the power supply of the  city. Tim Burton (I) (qv) instead opted to end the film with  Catwoman looking out at the signal over a snowy sky, hinting at her  survival and possible appearance in a future film.'),
('53517',' Tim Burton (I) (qv) sought Marlon Brando (qv) for the role of  The Penguin. By then, Brando had become virtually impossible to cast  in motion pictures. Warner Bros. adamantly opposed casting Brando in  their beloved multimillion'),
('53518','dollar franchise, as did creator  Bob Kane (I) (qv), who said Brando was the worst possible choice  for the role.'),
('53519',' In order to get the cats to surround Selina when shes knocked out,  the filmmakers put tuna on a dummy version of Selina and tuna on  Selinas suit.'),
('53520',' Among the crowd waiting outside of the cemetery to watch the Penguin  make a pilgrimage to his parents grave'),
('53521','site, there is a man wearing  a leather jacket prominently featuring a character that could either  be the Do'),
('53522','do from Warner Brothers animated short  _Porky in Wackyland (1938)_ (qv), or Go'),
('53523','Go from  _"Tiny Toon Adventures" (1990)_ (qv).'),
('53524',' The first script draft of Batman Returns was intended to be a  direct'),
('53525','sequel to the previous film. As a result, sub plots and  continuity from the first film that would have been addressed  included gift shops selling fragments of the destroyed Bat'),
('53526','Wing,  further revelations into the past of the now deceased Jack Napier  AKA Joker, and even Bruce Wayne proposing to Vicki Vale by the end  of the film. However, Tim Burton (I) (qv) was uncomfortable in  making a direct sequel and as a result, the script was rewritten.  However, several plot elements from the original script did make it  into the final draft. This included the Penguin and Catwomans  alliance, their framing of Batman, and the Dark Knights escape via  Bat'),
('53527','Glider. Further elements even made their way into the third  film, _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv), most notably the storming of  Wayne Manor and the Batcave.'),
('53528',' During the scene where Penguins henchmen are wrecking a shop, there  is a reprise of the "Making Christmas" theme from  _Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)_ (qv), which  Danny Elfman (qv) also composed.'),
('53529',' The Penguins line: "I am an animal. I am *not* a human being," is a  work on John Hurt (qv)s line: "I am not an animal! I am a human  being! I am a man!" as John Merrick in  _Elephant Man, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('53530',' The character of Max Shreck was a re'),
('53531','write of District Attorney  Harvey Dent; accordingly, most of his plot points would have perhaps  made more sense if Shreck were D.A. instead of a corrupt  businessman. The explosion at the end of the film was a means to  injure Dent and produce the scars that would lead to his  transformation into Two'),
('53532','Face for the third movie in the series.  Reportedly, Billy Dee Williams (qv) took the role of Harvey Dent  in the first _Batman (1989)_ (qv) movie because he knew that the  character would eventually become Two'),
('53533','Face. Williams contract to  appear in the sequel is rumored to have been bought out by Warner  Bros. at a heavy price.'),
('53534',' Lena Olin (qv) and Madonna (I) (qv) were considered for the role  of Catwoman.'),
('53535',' Tim Burton (I) (qv) passed on directing _Stay Tuned (1992)_ (qv)  to direct this film.'),
('53536',' Marlon Wayans (qv) was signed on to play Robin in this movie and  _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv) '),
('53537',' he even went through costuming for  the five minutes that he appeared in the script. But when the script  was re'),
('53538','written and Joel Schumacher (qv) took over as director, the  role went to Chris ODonnell (I) (qv). Wayans was paid for both  movies.'),
('53539',' Burgess Meredith (qv) (the original Penguin from  _"Batman" (1966/II)_ (qv)) was asked to play The Penguins father at  the beginning of the movie, he accepted, but couldnt play him due  to illness.'),
('53540',' When Selina is seated at her desk in Shrecks office, the lamp casts  a shadow through her eyeglass frames, creating an outline of the  pointed "cats eye" mask that was worn by Catwoman in the original  DC comic series and had also been featured as part of the costumes  donned by Lee Meriwether (qv) and Eartha Kitt (qv) in the late  60s film and television series, respectively.'),
('53541',' SPOILER: In the scene where the Penguin is being persuaded to run  for mayor, Josh (Steve Witting (qv)) '),
('53542',' one of Shrecks hired image  consultants '),
('53543',' places a cigarette holder in his mouth, which he  promptly spits out. This not only serves as a reference to previous  incarnations of the Penguin from both the TV show and comic book  series, but also, with the corresponding line '),
('53544',' "Reclaim your  birthright." '),
('53545',' hints at what is more explicitly revealed in the  back'),
('53546','story: that Tucker Cobblepot, the Penguins birth father, once  occupied a high'),
('53547','level political office in Gotham City (of course,  not to disregard the obvious, this particular character is also seen  smoking a cigarette in a holder at the beginning of the film).'),
('53548',' When The Penguin first decides to run for mayor, someone puts a  cigarette in his mouth, with a cigarette holder. A reference The  Penguin from the batman TV show.'),
('53549',' In Tom Mankiewicz (qv)s script for the first movie which featured  the Penguin, he was described as "a tall, proper'),
('53550','looking, thin man".'),
('53551',' Several modifications were made to the Batsuit, including the color  scheme and chestplate logo. At the request of Michael Keaton (qv),  a zipper was also added to the pants.'),
('53552',' Warner Bros. had to constantly submit new Catwoman posters for  various cities as many of the bus stop ads were being stolen. It  soon got so bad that police officers had to patrol bus stops in  order to catch perpetrators before they could break the Plexiglas  containers. Today the large scale Catwoman bus ads are worth a great  deal of money.'),
('53553',' During an A&E Biography, Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) said that her  Catwoman costume was vacuum sealed once she was fitted into it for  scenes, so she actually had only a short amount of time to perform  before she would have to have it opened or she could become light  headed and pass out. She also admitted that when she first was  learning to use the whip she accidentally cut her trainers face  with it, at which he acted as a complete gentleman and continued  with their training.'),
('53554',' Danny DeVito (qv) refused a stand'),
('53555','in during the scene where the  Penguin gets pelted with rotten food by an angry mob.'),
('53556',' WILHELM SCREAM: Before Batman straps the dynamite to the fat clown,  he hurls a goon over a bridge. As the goon flies through the air, he  screams the famous Wilhelm scream.'),
('53557',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) was Warner Brothers first consideration for  the Penguin.'),
('53558',' Jack Nicholson (qv) convinced Danny DeVito (qv) to take the role  of the Penguin after Nicholson had gained a fair amount of acclaim  and a generous paycheck for his role as the Joker.'),
('53559',' In another version of the script, Max Shreck was discovered to be  the Penguins older brother.'),
('53560',' Christopher Lloyd (I) (qv) was considered for the Penguin when the  character was originally depicted as a tall, thin, ordinary'),
('53561','looking  man.'),
('53562',' Susan Sarandon (qv) showed great interest in the role of Catwoman,  but eventually opted to take a leading role in  _Lorenzos Oil (1992)_ (qv), a role that was vacated by  Michelle Pfeifer (I) (qv).'),
('53563',' In Selinas apartment, her neon sign read "Hello There". But after  she trashed her apartment, she knocked out the "O" in "Hello" and  the "T" in "There", which caused the sign to read "Hell Here".'),
('53564',' Michael Keaton was alleged to have earned $11 million for reprising  his role as the Caped Crusader.'),
('53565',' Vicki Vale would become a common character in the Batman comics  after this film. Bob Kane (qv) based her image on  Marilyn Monroe (qv), whom he met during the films banquet.'),
('53566',' An animated picture of Batman as played by Robert Lowery (qv)  appears in the opening credits of  _Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976)_ (qv).'),
('53567',' Chapter titles:  '),
('53568',' Chapter 1: Batman Takes Over (PCA #13671)  '),
('53569',' Chapter 2: Tunnel of Terror (PCA #13672)  '),
('53570',' Chapter 3: Robins Wild Ride (PCA #13673)  '),
('53571',' Chapter 4: Batman Trapped! (PCA #13674)  '),
('53572',' Chapter 5: Robin Rescues Batman! (PCA #13675)  '),
('53573',' Chapter 6: Target '),
('53574',' Robin! (PCA #13676)  '),
('53575',' Chapter 7: The Fatal Blast (PCA #13677)  '),
('53576',' Chapter 8: Robin Meets the Wizard! (PCA #13678)  '),
('53577',' Chapter 9: The Wizard Strikes Back! (PCA #13679)  '),
('53578',' Chapter 10: Batmans Last Chance! (PCA # 13680)  '),
('53579',' Chapter 11: Robins Ruse (PCA #13681)  '),
('53580',' Chapter 12: Robin Rides the Wind (PCA #13682)  '),
('53581',' Chapter 13: The Wizards Challenge (PCA #13683)  '),
('53582',' Chapter 14: Batman vs. Wizard! (PCA #13685)  '),
('53583',' Chapter 15: Batman Victorious (PCA #13685) Note: PCA #13684 was    given to some other film and the last two chapters of the serial    carried the same PCA number. Not unusual with serials for two or    more chapters to carry the same PCA number.'),
('53584',' This serial introduced the underground headquarters, the Batcave,  which was later incorporated into the comics.'),
('53585',' This serial was reissued under the title "An Evening With Batman and  Robin" in late 1965. There was no added footage. The program simply  consisted of all of the episodes (complete with titles, credits and  cliffhangers '),
('53586',' exactly as they were shown in theaters in 1943)  presented one after the other in one sitting. Contrary to popular  belief, this was not done in response to the success of the 1966  Batman TV show. The TV show began on January 12, 1966 and "An  Evening With Batman and Robin" was playing in theaters as early as  December 10, 1965.'),
('53587',' Because of the strict serial regulations, Batman and Robin were  portrayed as FBI agents in the serial. In the comic strip at the  time, however, they were vigilantes. The regulations also prevented  the writers from using the Batmans Rogues Gallery, so none of  Batmans villains appear in this serial and the one made in 1949.'),
('53588',' This serial had several racial slurs against the Japanese, as it was  made during World War II. For the original home video release, the  slurs were edited out. They have been "restored" for the DVD, as it  was made from original film stock and contains no editing from its  original theatrical run.'),
('53589',' With this release, Batman became the first DC Comics character to  have his own serial.'),
('53590',' This is the first filmed appearance of Batman.'),
('53591',' Because of the low budget, there is no Batmobile. Batman and Robin  use the same black Cadillac as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, and  Alfred can be seen chauffeuring the men under both identities.'),
('53592',' The character of Alfred in the comics was introduced to conform to  the fact that in the film Bruce Wayne had a butler. However, the  Alfred in the comics was drawn as very chubby and clean shaven,  while William Austin (I) (qv), who played Alfred, wore a mustache  and was slim. Soon after the release of the film, the comics  character grew a mustache and went to a health spa, where he lost  weight. From then on, the comics Alfred has resembled the Austin  image.'),
('53593',' Bob Kane (qv)s name does not appear on this serial (original  release.) The correct wording of the source'),
('53594','credit that DOES appear  on the serial (original release) was: "Based On The Batman Comic  Magazine Feature Appearing In Detective Comics and Batman  Magazines."'),
('53595',' Gary Owens (I) (qv) film debut.'),
('53596',' This movies original television title, "Worlds Finest," was the  title of a long'),
('53597','running (1941'),
('53598','1986) DC Comics series that teamed up  various DC characters, mainly Batman and Superman. The title was  later used for several Batman/Superman limited series and specials  in the 1990s.'),
('53599',' This movie was originally three episodes of the animated  _"Superman" (1996)_ (qv) show, aired during its second season.'),
('53600',' Filmed in four days.'),
('53601',' The film is dedicated to Theodore T. Tams Jr. and Ruth Tams Fuguen,  producer Simon Tams (qv)s father and sister. They both died in  December 2003. Sandy Collora (qv)s mother Jo died the following  summer.'),
('53602',' The chorale heard during the opening titles are actually chanting  several names backwards, including the last names (at least) of  production team members Burnett, Alan (qv), Radomski, Eric (qv)  and Timm, Bruce W. (qv).'),
('53603','  (qv), whom star Kevin Conroy (I) (qv) occasionally teased.'),
('53604',' The dummy corporations "ONeil Funding Corp." and "Adams Tool and  Die" shown on Batmans computer screen are references to Denny  ONeil (qv) and Neal Adams (qv), respective writer and artist for  Batman comics circa 1969. Their somber, camp'),
('53605','free stories have been  called "ground'),
('53606','breaking" and are considered a major turning point  for DC Comics Batman titles, which Denny ONeil currently edits and  oversees.'),
('53607',' Also seen on the computer screen are the names "Puckett & Peterson."  This is a reference to Kelley Pucket and Scott Peterson, writer and  editor of comic books based on the _"Batman" (1992)_ (qv) animated  series, including the comic adaptations of both this movie and  _Subzero (1998) (V)_ (qv).'),
('53608',' The computer generated version of Gotham City seen in the opening  credits was originally designed to be used in the TV show. The  purpose was to create a "virtual set" to replace hand'),
('53609','painted  backgrounds and help speed up production of the series. It was never  used for that purpose.'),
('53610',' Many of the items featured at the Gotham Worlds Fair were inspired  from items featured at the famous 1939 New York Worlds Fair. The  rocket and planet centerpiece echo New Yorks famous Trylon and  Perisphere exhibit.'),
('53611',' Early in production, Warner Bros. decided to make the movie a  theatrical release instead of the originally intended  direct'),
('53612','to'),
('53613','video feature. This left the shows creators with less  than a year of production time.'),
('53614',' Most of the movie is based on the graphic novels "Batman: Year One"  and "Batman: Year Two". The flashback to Batmans first night of  crime'),
('53615','fighting, donning a jacket and ski'),
('53616','hat is parallel to book one  of "Year One". The design and concept of the Phantasm was derived  from the Reaper, the primary villain of "Year Two".'),
('53617',' The character of Arthur Reeves originated in the comics. In  "Half'),
('53618','an'),
('53619','Evil", Arthur Reeves was a short'),
('53620','lived comic relief who had  a bone to pick with the Batman. He ceased all complaints, and  appearances, after the Batman frightened him senseless with one  well'),
('53621','timed "Boo!"'),
('53622',' When the Joker shoots the robots in the "Worlds Fair", the sound of  them winding down is the sound of the Millennium Falcon winding down  from _Star Wars: Episode V '),
('53623',' The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv).'),
('53624',' Under the main headline Mysterious Vigilante Repels Bandits.... on  the newspaper Alfred is holding in the flashback sequence is the  smaller headline Radomski to Press: Im Innocent!: probably a  reference to producer Eric Radomski (qv).'),
('53625',' The end credit song, "I Never Even Told You", is a rare singing  performance by Tia Carrere (qv).'),
('53626',' One of the characters suspected of being Batwoman is Kathy Duquesne  (pronounced Du'),
('53627','Kane). Kathy Kane was the name of the original comic  book Batwoman.'),
('53628',' David Ogden Stiers (qv) takes on the role of the Penguin, who was  played regularly throughout the various series by  Paul Williams (III) (qv). Williams was originally considered for  this movie, but the producers decided to use Stiers to give the  Penguin a more threatening ambience.'),
('53629',' The Batwoman costumes design is basically that of the  _"Batman Beyond" (1999)_ (qv) costume with some minor color changes.'),
('53630',' "Sin Tzu" is a play on the name of Sun Tzu, writer of "The Art of  War". Likewise, all of Sin Tzus defining characteristics (his  philosophical mentality, his obsession with war and strategy) are  also derived from the historical figure.'),
('53631',' This game is a landmark in the history of DC Comics: it is the first  time that a major super'),
('53632','villain has debuted in a video game.'),
('53633',' In one cut'),
('53634','scene, Batman sees Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Harley Quinn  and the Joker imprisoned in Arkham Asylum. These were the four  primary villains of the last major Batman video game "Batman:  Vengeance". Also, as he passes each one, the BGM tracks from the  villains individual settings (or levels) can be heard.'),
('53635',' Scott Menville, the voice of Robin, never portrayed his character on  "Gotham Knights", but he does currently do so on the new animated  series "Teen Titans".'),
('53636',' Robins "taunting" animation sequence is identical to that of a  taunting sequence of the Jokers in "Batman: Vengeance".'),
('53637',' This short documentary is featured on the Two'),
('53638','Disc Deluxe Edition  DVD for _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53639',' This short documentary is featured on the Two'),
('53640','Disc Deluxe Edition  DVD for _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('53641',' Despite being credited for "voice characterization",  Mel Blanc (qv)s only voice work in this short is that of the  "coughing bum". There is no actual dialog in the entire short.'),
('53642',' The computer code listing shown on the laptop during the hacking  scenes is from Fyodors nmap, a popular network auditing/hacking  tool.'),
('53643',' The director offered the role of Yoshitoki Kuninobu to popular  visual rock vocalist Kyo (from Dir en Grey). But Kyos management  forbad him to take it.'),
('53644',' Despite the popular belief that Battle Royale has been banned in the  United States, thats not the case. There are two conflicting (but  similar) stories as to why the film hasnt come out in the U.S.: The  production company, Toei, refuses to license the movie for North  American distribution and has already rejected offers from several  North American companies; or: The licensing price is unusually high  for this kind of film and smaller independent film companies  (Tartan, Synapse, Sundance) cant afford it, while larger companies  specializing in independent film (The Weinstein Company/Miramax,  Fine Line, Warner Independent, Fox Searchlight) wont buy it for  that price. A third story was that no distributor was willing to  pick the film up after the Columbine incident, due to the nature of  the film being teenage students killing each other.'),
('53645',' The films main villain, Kiriyama, does not utter one word  throughout the entire film. (He does however make a noise down the  megaphone at one point).'),
('53646',' The magazine containing bomb'),
('53647','making instruction that is used by  Shinji Mimura and his gang is titled "Hara Hara Tokei" ("The Ticking  Clock"). This magazine is a real bomb'),
('53648','making magazine published by  an anti'),
('53649','Japanese'),
('53650','Government activist group named "Higashi Ajia  Hannichi Buso Sensen" ("East Asia Anti'),
('53651','Japanese Armed Front") in  1970s.'),
('53652',' Although this movie is filled with lots of shooting rampages, only  two cast members in two scenes were shot using squib (small  explosive with fake blood pack to simulate bullet piercing), those  are Takayo Mimura (qv), who played Kayoko Kotohiki (in the scene  where she was shot by Mitsuko Souma) and Takeshi Kitano (qv), who  played Teacher Kitano (when he was shot by Shuya Nanahara).'),
('53653',' Ai Iwamura (qv), the actress that played Mai, the smiling winner,  only appears for about five seconds as her character. She was then  asked to do some stand'),
('53654','ins for some of the girls in the class  briefing scene. In that scene, she appeared as following characters:  Noriko Nakagawa, Haruka Tanizawa, Hirono Shimizu, and Izumi Kanai.  The total time of her appearances as stand'),
('53655','in exceeds the time of  her appearances as Mai, the smiling winner.'),
('53656',' The painting, featured in the movie, of all the students was painted  by Takeshi Kitano.'),
('53657',' The movie was shot in different locations all over Japan. The one  location that was actually a small island was Hachijo'),
('53658','Kojima, an  uninhabited island in the Izu chain hundreds of miles south of Tokyo  '),
('53659',' its used in many scenes where we see the students by the  seashore, as well as the shot of the island at the end.'),
('53660',' None of the actors/actresses had any stunt doubles, not even the  lead (Tatsuya Fujiwara (qv)).'),
('53661',' The truck that Shinji uses to build his car bomb is Honda Acty  pickup truck.'),
('53662',' One of the top 10 highest grossing films in Japan.'),
('53663',' Many people in Japanese Parliament tried to get the novel banned to  no avail. When the film came out, they attempted to ban the film.  Both times, this action only led to more success for the novel and  film.'),
('53664',' After director Kinji Fukasaku (qv)s death during filming, the  production continued with his son Kenta Fukasaku (qv) as the new  director.'),
('53665',' The name of the terrorist group, "Wild Seven", is Nanaharras  nickname in the original novel. It is also the name of the brand of  cigarettes that Kawada smokes in the novel, a nameplay of "Mild  Seven".'),
('53666',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) was offered a role but couldnt do it  because of scheduling. He said, "They wanted me to play the  President of the United States."'),
('53667',' "Jacta Alea Est", Wild Sevens slogan, is Latin for "The Die is  Cast".'),
('53668',' The local movie theatre is playing Nosferatu, the original vampire  movie.'),
('53669',' The original two bats in the film were brought from Indonesia.'),
('53670',' The stock USAF aircraft footage was taken from the movie  _Iron Eagle II (1988)_ (qv).'),
('53671',' The following wartime public service announcement "fades" into the  closing title card, sandwiched between "The End" and the miniature  MGM reclining'),
('53672','Leo'),
('53673','the'),
('53674','Lion'),
('53675','and'),
('53676','torches insignia logo: "America needs  your money. Buy War Bonds and Stamps in this theater." (Apparently  MGM attached this PSA to many of its short subjects released during  1942; it also appears at the closing of the cartoon "Chips Off the  Old Block" and Our Gangs "Surprised Parties," among others.)'),
('53677',' This film was shot like a documentary. It was banned in France, and  the torture scenes were cut in the US and UK.'),
('53678',' In 2003, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon screened this  film for officers and civilian experts who were discussing the  challenges faced by the US military forces in Iraq. The flier  inviting guests to the screening read: "How to win a battle against  terrorism and lose the war of ideas".'),
('53679',' The only film in Oscar history to be a nominee in two separate  non'),
('53680','consecutive years. It was a foreign film nominee for 1966, and  then a nominee for screenplay and direction for 1968.'),
('53681',' This became yet another film in which director of photography  Mario Bava (qv) had to step in as director (uncredited). Galatea  Film decided to finally reward Bava by giving him a chance to  develop his own project which he would direct. This led to the  production of _Maschera del demonio, La (1960)_ (qv), which began  Bavas career as a solo director.'),
('53682',' The game had originally been envisioned as an action'),
('53683','based spin'),
('53684','off  of Nintendos Advance Wars strategy game series. However, the games  title was changed from the original "Advance Wars: Under Fire" to  Battalion Wars in order to help differentiate it from the actual  Advance Wars games.'),
('53685',' Artwork from the games early development depicted Colonel Austin as  a Caucasian. In the final game, Austin is black.'),
('53686',' Second in a series of seven one'),
('53687','reel Booth Tarkington Juvenile  Stories.'),
('53688',' Vitaphone Production Reel Number 1287. Release Number 5802.'),
('53689',' The car driven by Michael Hawks (Mike Farrell) is a 1978 Ford  Thunderbird Diamond Jubilee Edition. This car was Fords flagship  vehicle which celebrated the companys seventy'),
('53690','fifth anniversary.  This vehicle was very rare (only six thousand were built) and this  is the only movie in which this particular vehicle was featured.'),
('53691',' One of the 50 films in the 4'),
('53692','disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures  from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film  Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film  was preserved by the New York City Library.'),
('53693',' Visa dexploitation en France #79952.'),
('53694',' Italian censorship visa #30477 delivered on 23 January 1939.'),
('53695',' The main character, even though its a live action film, will be  done with CG animation and will be shot in 3D using the stereo  imaging system that James Cameron (I) (qv) had been developing for  his documentaries.'),
('53696',' Will include roughly 1,500 visual effects shots.'),
('53697',' James Cameron (I) (qv) confirmed in an interview that this will be  a combination of the first three books in Yukito Kishiro (qv)s  series of graphic novels. In another interview, Cameron also said  that should this film be successful, he hopes to make another two  "Battle Angel" films.'),
('53698',' By the intended release date of Summer 2009, Cameron hopes that  around a thousand theaters across North America will have been  equipped with special 3D digital projectors that will be able to  screen the movie.'),
('53699',' Based on the Japanese manga, "Gunnm". The comic was released in  North America under the title "Battle Angel Alita".'),
('53700',' Robert Vaughn (I) plays essentially the same character he played  in _Magnificent Seven, The (1960)_ (qv).'),
('53701',' The main character, Shad, hails from the planet Akir. The natives of  Akir are known as the Akira. This is no doubt a tribute to legendary  director Akira Kurosawa (whose film "The Seven Samurai" served as  the inspiration for "Battle Beyond The Stars").'),
('53702',' Gelt is modeled closely after the character Lee from "The  Magnificent Seven" (both of whom were played by Robert Vaughn) and  some of Gelts dialogue is lifted almost verbatum from "The  Magnificent Seven".'),
('53703',' Most of the model shots were reused in another sci'),
('53704','fi movie "Space  Raiders".'),
('53705',' Screenwriter John Sayles had originally envisioned the character of  Cayman as a brooding dark humanoid, not the lizard alien seen in the  final product.'),
('53706',' This was Roger Corman (qv)s most expensive feature costing $2  million. Most of the budget was spent paying actors  Robert Vaughn (I) (qv) and George Peppard (qv) who both had high  asking prices.'),
('53707',' The main body of the Hephastus space station was made from a plastic  terrarium salvaged from a garbage dumpster'),
('53708',' Not only are the effects re'),
('53709','used in Space Raiders, but the entire  James Horner score is used as well.'),
('53710',' The film originally had a different title but the studio and the  director thought that title would mislead audiences, so the title  "Battle Circus" was instead chosen. The title that was rejected:  "MASH".'),
('53711',' Humphrey Bogart (qv) accidentally set his left thumb afire with  lighter fluid while filming the scene in which his character burns  some documents. The accident is visible in the film.'),
('53712',' The movie is based on the novel by Leon Uris (qv), who also wrote  the screenplay, and was produced and directed by Raoul Walsh (qv).  It received an Academy Award nomination for Scoring of a Dramatic or  Comedy Picture.'),
('53713',' Lt Maples accidentally strafes a truckload of civilian refugees that  happened to be near a convoy of North Korean troop trucks. In the  real life incident, it was a fishing junk full of civilian refugees  that happened to be near an amphibious assault by North Korean  landing craft.'),
('53714',' The gold flying helmet with the United Nations emblem that Rock  Hudson wears in the movie was Dean Hesss actual helmet. It was a  Navy'),
('53715','issue helmet that Hess scrounged from a Navy pilot who  crash'),
('53716','landed at their airfield in Korea (since the Navy pilot was  going to be issued a new helmet as a result of the crash'),
('53717','landing).  The helmet is now on display at the US Air Force Museum at  Wright'),
('53718','Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.'),
('53719',' The world premiere was held in Dean Hesss hometown of Marietta,  Ohio on 14 February 1957. Variety reviewed the film in its 19  December 1956 edition.'),
('53720',' Second episode, fourth and final series of The Gumps 2'),
('53721','reel comedy  series'),
('53722',' The film was released in Germany four and a half months before its  official premiere in the US.'),
('53723',' Six Marine Corps cameramen were killed while filming this  documentary.'),
('53724',' The scenes of Ape City in this film were filmed at the Fox Ranch,  now Malibu State Park.'),
('53725',' Eighth episode in the Girl from Frisco 2'),
('53726','reel series'),
('53727',' The film is based on Philip Roth (I) (qv)s short story "Expect  the Vandals", published in Esquire Magazine, December 1958.'),
('53728',' The large number of aircraft collected for this production made it  the 35th largest air force in the world.'),
('53729',' 27 Spitfires in various degrees of repair were found for the film,  12 of which could be made airworthy. Only six Hurricanes where  found, three of which were made flyable. The Messerschmitt 109 where  all retired from the Spanish Air Force. The production company  bought them all, about 50 of them, and put 17 of them back in flying  condition. They are in the movie flown by Spanish Air Force pilots,  and crop'),
('53730','dusters from Texas. The 32 Heinkels, with crews, were on  loan for free from the Spanish Air Force, where they still were used  for transport and target towing. Two of them were eventually bought  by the production company and flown together with the 17  Messerschmitts to England for further shooting. The two Junkers 52  were also on loan from the Spanish Air Force.'),
('53731',' According to the book written about the making of the movie the  production crew used more ammunition (blanks of course) to film the  movie '),
('53732',' due to the fact that directors re'),
('53733','shoot scenes numerous  times '),
('53734',' than were actually used in the real battle.'),
('53735',' Adolf Galland (qv), the Luftwaffe pilot who fought during Battle  of Britain, who later became the youngest German general at the age  of 29, was hired as a technical advisor.'),
('53736',' American special effects creator John P. Fulton (qv) was going to  do the special effects for this film. However, he died in England  before principal photography began.'),
('53737',' There were to have been scenes featuring Lord Beaverbrook.  Alec Guinness (qv) was hired to play Lord Beaverbrook, but these  scenes were cut from the script shortly before filming.'),
('53738',' Towards the end of the film, a British Spitfire flyer shoots down a  German bomber, which then falls over central London before crashing  into a railway station. This actually happened, (although the  fighter used in the real incident was a Hurricane, not a Spitfire).  The RAF pilot didnt shoot the bomber down, though; he had run out  of ammo when he spotted the bomber apparently trying to attack  Buckingham Palace. In desperation, he rammed the bomber which split  in two and crashed into Victoria Station. Incredibly, he managed to  parachute to safety. His own plane rammed into the ground at 350  mph. It was buried so deep that the authorities just left it there.  In May 2004 the former RAF pilot was on hand as the remains of his  aircraft were unearthed to make way for a new water main.'),
('53739',' Over 60% of RAF Fighter Command aircraft during the Battle of  Britain were Hawker Hurricanes. Due to the lack of Hurricanes in  flying condition when the movie was filmed, the bulk of the  air'),
('53740','to'),
('53741','air combat scenes use the more famous (and better fighter)  Supermarine Spitfire. During the actual battle, whenever possible  squadrons flying the Spitfire would engage the German fighters  escorting bomber formations while the lower'),
('53742','performance (but better  gun platform) Hurricanes engaged the bombers. Shooting down German  bombers was the critical key since the bombers were attacking RAF  airfields in the first phase of the battle and cities after the  Luftwaffe changed target priorities. The film accurately depicts the  British need (and desire) to destroy bombers to protect their air  defense infrastructure and later protect civilian targets. For  similar reasons (the lack of working aircraft of the right type)  Spitfires and Hurricanes are shown flying together in tactical  formations whereas in reality RAF squadrons flew one or the other  type of fighter exclusively. Due to different performance  characteristics, the two aircraft would not fly and fight together.'),
('53743',' In the real Battle of Britain, there were other German airplanes  used, mainly Messerschmitt 110 fighters, Dornier 17 bombers and  Junkers 88 bombers. At the time of making the film, there were no  flying examples of these aircraft.'),
('53744',' The Heinkel 111 bombers were in fact Spanish built CASA 2111  bombers, Heinkel 111 H constructed under license, but with  Rolls'),
('53745','Royce Merlin engines and many other modifications. The Rolls  engines were more powerful than the original Junkers Jumo and so the  planes had more performance. In fact, all the real airplanes used on  the film, except the Junkers Ju 52 (also Spanish built CASA 352) had  British'),
('53746','built Rolls Royce Merlin engines.'),
('53747',' The Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers used in the film are model  airplanes, the only ones not real. Their dive'),
('53748','bombing is not very  real: Stukas will usually dive to 60'),
('53749','90º and release their bombs  while diving (not pulling up).'),
('53750',' When Air'),
('53751','Marshal Göring asks what the two German Officers needed to  win the battle, the second officer says, "A Squadron of Spitfires."  That scene was based on Adolf Galland (qv)s request to  Hermann Göring (qv) during the actual event.'),
('53752',' Sir William Walton (qv) was first hired to write the score, which  would have been his last. Because of his advanced age, he turned to  friend Sir Malcolm Arnold (qv) for assistance with the  orchestrations (which Arnold supplied, as well as writing additional  cues). Producer Harry Saltzman (qv) rejected the score, stating it  wasnt long enough. Ron Goodwin (qv) was hired to write a new  score, but when told he would be replacing one of Waltons, his  first reaction was, "Why?" Goodwin eventually wrote the replacement  score, but Laurence Olivier (qv) threatened to have his name  removed from the credits if none of Waltons original was used. For  this reason, Waltons original music was kept for the "Battle in the  Air" sequence towards the end of the film.'),
('53753',' Trevor Howard (I) (qv) replaced Rex Harrison (qv) at the 11th  hour.'),
('53754',' When Air Vice Marshal Park first visits Squadron Leader Harvey, a  double was used in place of Trevor Howard (I) (qv) for the shot of  him jumping out of the Hurricane because, as Guy Hamilton (I) (qv)  said, "You dont have elderly actors jumping out of elderly planes".'),
('53755',' The St Katherines Dock area of East London was being demolished at  the time of filming to make way for a new housing estate. Many of  the partially demolished buildings were used to depict bombed out  houses and factories. Ironically, St Katherines Dock was one of the  few areas of Londons East End to survive the Blitz.'),
('53756',' Most of the extras in the scenes filmed in East London and Aldwich  underground station were survivors of the Blitz. Some of the extras  pulled out because the scenes were "too real" and brought back  painful memories.'),
('53757',' The scenes at Fighter Command were filmed on location at RAF Bentley  Priory, the actual headquarters of Fighter Command during WW2. Air  Chief Marshall Dowdings original office complete with the original  furniture were used.'),
('53758',' Many mock'),
('53759','ups of Spitfires and Hurricanes were made in the months  prior to filming. Some had lawn mower engines fitted and could be  taxied around the airfield, but if they braked too hard they would  flip up onto their nose. This happened several times in front of the  cameras and some of the footage was eventually used in the film.'),
('53760',' A B'),
('53761','25 Mitchell bomber, owned and piloted by Jeff Hawke (qv) and  his co'),
('53762','pilot Duane Egli, was converted into a camera plane. Cameras  were fitted into the nose, tail, dorsal and belly turrets, the nose  being fitted with an optically perfect dome. The plane was painted  in many bright colors so it would look different from all angles and  would be easily seen by other planes. It was nicknamed the  "Psychedelic Monster". Eventually flown back to USA it sat derelict  for many years in New Jersey before being restored back to flying  condition in Florida. Flown in air shows for many years as "Chapter  XI", referring to the high cost of flying, but later repainted as  "Lucky Lady".'),
('53763',' The Spitfires, Hurricanes, Messerschmitts and Heinkels were  repainted into authentic 1940 colors, but were so perfectly  camouflaged that they could not be seen against the ground or sky.  Most of the aerial scenes were filmed with cloud in the background  so the aircraft could be seen.'),
('53764',' The white "smoke" from damaged engines was made by injecting cooking  oil into the exhaust manifold.'),
('53765',' The scene of Göring accusing Kesselring of betrayal as his train  departed was based on a real event. In the actual event Göring had  left in such a hurry that electrical and telephone wires between  train and the station building were left connected. These were  broken and left trailing from the carriage when the train departed.  Director Guy Hamilton (I) (qv) had wanted to include this in the  scene but thought it would look too comic.'),
('53766',' The character of Section Officer Maggie Harvey is based on Air  Commodore Dame Felicity Peake, who was a young section officer at  RAF Biggin Hill in 1940. The scene of Harvey being ordered to put  her cigarette out, and Harvey yelling back Warrant Officer Warrick,  was based on a real event.'),
('53767',' The character that Harry Andrews (qv) plays is called Senior Civil  Servant in PR and cast lists. He is called Sir Austin Stokes in  paperwork regarding the film production.'),
('53768',' The planes used as Me'),
('53769','109s were actually Spanish Hispano HA'),
('53770','1112  Buchons. Basically an Me'),
('53771','109 with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, the  nose of the plane looks completely different that of a German 109.'),
('53772',' Timothy Dalton (qv) auditioned for a minor part of a RAF Pilot.'),
('53773',' The Heinkel 111 as shown in the movie had only three 7.92  machine'),
('53774','guns total. To the rear, front and belly. A common criticism  of the HE111 during the actual battle of Britain was that it was  inadequately armed to deal with the enemy fighters. Later models  added left and right machine'),
('53775','guns.'),
('53776',' This film is in the public domain; it was never registered or  renewed.'),
('53777',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('53778',' Writer/director Yoav Segal was inspired by his grandfather Ubby  Cowans involvement in the Battle of Cable Street, London, 1936.'),
('53779',' Vitaphone production reel #1500A'),
('53780',' Besides his credited role as "Union Courier and Guide", Stephen  Wolfsberger also appears as a Confederate color bearer, a Union  infantryman, a Confederate infantryman, and the aide to General  Robert E. Lee, a Confederate Major.'),
('53781',' Believed to be lost, except for stock footage used in  _Cohen Collects a Debt (1912)_ (qv). Please check your attic. See  also that film.'),
('53782',' The spectators were not allowed to smoke, because it could ruin the  filming.'),
('53783',' "Texas Jack" 2'),
('53784','reel western series.'),
('53785',' Two of the actors were injured, one of them badly lacerated and  burned.'),
('53786',' Won in documentary category at the 25th Telly Awards 2005'),
('53787',' The original title of the film was "Console".'),
('53788',' Director John Ford (I) (qv) was wounded by enemy fire while  filming the battle.'),
('53789',' The first movie musical with songs by Cole Porter (qv).'),
('53790',' Gertrude Lawrence (qv)s talking picture debut.'),
('53791',' This film was the result of the winning entries for  _"Project Greenlight 2" (2003)_ (qv).'),
('53792',' Christopher McDonald (I) (qv) was originally cast in the role of  Abe, but the role was recast (due to a scheduling conflict) and  given to William Sadler (I) (qv) the day before Abes first scene  was to be shot. McDonald was shown on  _"Project Greenlight 2" (2003)_ (qv) coming to the set for a  wardrobe fitting mere hours before he was replaced.'),
('53793',' Emile Hirsch (qv) was offered the role of Kelly but passed.'),
('53794',' Tyler, Liv (qv) was offered the role of Tabby but passed.  Kaczmarek, Jane (qv) was offered the role of Eve at Miramaxs  insistence '),
('53795',' over the objections of the directors '),
('53796',' but passed and  was replaced by the directors choice for the role:  Quinlan, Kathleen (qv).'),
('53797',' Shia LaBeouf (qv) had to learn to drive a stick shift for this  film.'),
('53798',' The test screenings showed that the audience had trouble figuring  out whether it was a comedy or a teen drama. Directors  Kyle Rankin (qv) and Efram Potelle (qv) and Miramax were  fighting towards the end of post production on what genre it should  be. The directors felt it should be a teen drama, Miramax thought it  should be a comedy (because it was a marketing genre). Rankin and  Potelle eventually gave in and cut it as a comedy.'),
('53799',' During the battle sequence in the opening of the movie, the actors  playing the German soldiers, including Shia Labeouf (qv) disguised  as one, all took lessons on how to speak German properly prior to  filming of the scene.'),
('53800',' The city of Shaker Heights is a city that boarders Cleveland, Ohio.'),
('53801',' A re'),
('53802','titled re'),
('53803','release of an earlier film, original title unknown.'),
('53804',' For the first time ever the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, who  control the Alamo, allowed filming at the actual site, and even  within the Alamo itself.'),
('53805',' The scene where Col. Travis gives his ring away was filmed within  the Alamo in the room where it actually happened, using Col. Travis  actual ring, from the Alamo museum.'),
('53806',' This film was denounced by former President (and Supreme Allied  Commander in Europe during WW2) Dwight D. Eisenhower (qv) soon  after its release in a press conference due to its glaring  historical inaccuracies.'),
('53807',' The character of the German Colonel was first intended to be the  real life Panzer officer Joachim Peiper, the youngest man in the  Nazi Army to be make the rank of full colonel (SS'),
('53808','Standartenführer,  the direct SS equivalent to an Oberst or full colonel in the German  army). However, since Peiper, a protégé of Reichsführer'),
('53809','SS Heinrich  Himmler , the head of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and the second most  powerful man in Germany after Adolf Hitler (qv), was promoted to  the ran at the age of 29. However, as he was still living at the  time the film was produced and was still a committed Nazi, his  character was quickly changed to a fictitious Regular German Army  officer, so as not to give Peiper any connection to the film or risk  a libel suit. It was Peipers unit of the Waffen'),
('53810','SS, Kampfgruppe  Peiper of the 1st SS Division, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (German  for "Adolf Hitlers Bodyguard Regiment") that was responsible for  the Malmedy massacre of American prisoners depicted in the film.  After the War, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to  death. The sentence was commuted by the American Occupation Force as  the trial had been fraught with illegalities, and he served only 11  years in prison, despite having perpetrated war'),
('53811','crimes on both the  Eastern and Western fronts. Peiper was assassinated at his home in  France, likely by French communists, in 1976.'),
('53812',' The name of the song that the Germans sing is "Panzerlied". However,  only the first four lines of the song are actually sung.'),
('53813',' This film was shot in Ultra Panavision for showing in Cinerama  venues.'),
('53814',' Although it is claimed by knowledgeable film people that so'),
('53815','called  Super'),
('53816','Cinerama was already in use as early as 1962, this was the  first film that was actually advertised in the trailers as being  shown in that format. The resulting image did not turn out to be  larger than ordinary Cinerama, since the film was actually shot in  Ultra Panavision, shown with one projector instead of three  electronically synchronized ones, and merely blown up in size to fit  the giant curved screen.'),
('53817',' The sequence of the train transporting the big guns was expanded  with additional footage shot after principal photography. The extra  footage consisted of POV shots from the front of the train and shot  at a lower frame rate to make the train appear to be traveling very  fast around the curves in the track. This was done to show off the  Cinerama process in much the same way as the famous rollercoaster  sequence in _This Is Cinerama (1952)_ (qv). Much of this footage was  removed from the general release version.'),
('53818',' The films senior military advisor, Maj. Gen.  Meinrad von Lauchert (qv), was the commander of the German 2nd  Panzer Division during the real Battle of the Bulge. He then had the  rank of Oberst (Colonel).'),
('53819',' The version of the film released on DVD contains approximately 1196  shots in 9397 seconds of action. This equates to an average shot  length of about 7.9 seconds.'),
('53820',' Stanley Baker (qv) was offered the Robert Shaw (I) (qv) part.'),
('53821',' In this movie the German "Panzers" are actually US WWII M47 Patton  tanks which went into production in 1951. The US tanks used were M24  Chaffees, which was in service from 1943'),
('53822','1953, and first made its  "debut" in WWII during the end of 1944. Also, the "German"  half'),
('53823','track in the movie thats damaged by a landmine is also a US  vehicle, a M3A1.'),
('53824',' An entire days production from the Los Angeles Pie Company '),
('53825',' some  3,000 pies '),
('53826',' was used in the famous pie fight.'),
('53827',' Recently, the long'),
('53828','lost entire first reel of the film (including the  boxing match business) was discovered. The pie fight sequence only  survives in a somewhat condensed version, as prepared for inclusion  in the Robert Youngson (qv) documentary  _Golden Age of Comedy, The (1957)_ (qv). For years, only the  condensed pie fight sequence survived. Blackhawk Films released this  sequence at one time. There was one video restoration that used  portions of the script, combined with still photographs, to give an  idea of what the first reel was like. However, the complete first  reel has been re'),
('53829','discovered and restored to new prints of the film.'),
('53830',' Lou Costello (qv) makes one of his earliest screen appearances as  an extra in the boxing match sequence. He is visible standing close  to the ring.'),
('53831',' The oldest contestant among the three teams was  Tony Randall (I) (qv) (58), while the youngest was  Melissa Gilbert (qv) (13)'),
('53832',' Ships used in the film: HMS Sheffield as HMS Ajax, INS Delhi  (formerly HMNZS Achilles) as HMS Achilles, HMS Cumberland as HMS  Cumberland, Heavy Cruiser USS Salem as the German pocket battleship  Admiral Graf Spee. HMS Jamaica played the played the part of HMS  Exeter.'),
('53833',' HMS Battleaxe was also used as a camera ship (off Malta).'),
('53834',' The US Navy would not allow any Nazi insignia to be displayed on the  USS Salem. Footage of the wartime German flag and other insignia was  filmed on British ships.'),
('53835',' HMS Birmingham was used as a camera ship.'),
('53836',' The Midshipmens quarters were empty because Captain Langsdorff had  promoted all of his Midshipmen to Ensigns in order to make room for  his prisoners.'),
('53837',' Location filming started on 13 December 1955, the 16th anniversary  of the battle. The River Plate Association in Auckland sent a  good'),
('53838','luck message to the crew. "Congratulations on choice of day.  Hope your shooting will be as successful as ours!"'),
('53839',' No information on the source of the movie, "The Single Standard,"  has been found.'),
('53840',' Adela Rogers St. Johns (qv) published a book entitled "The Single  Standard" in 1928, the same year this movie was released. It is not  known if this book is related to the movie in any way.'),
('53841',' Brigitte Nielsen (qv) was briefly considered for the role of Gayle'),
('53842',' Author L. Ron Hubbard (qv) is the founder of the controversial  Church of Scientology, to which John Travolta (qv) and  Kelly Preston (qv) belong.'),
('53843',' When the book was first written, John Travolta (qv) wanted to make  the movie, and star as Johnny Goodboy, the young hero. Of course, he  could get no investors to back him. By the time the movie was made,  he was too old to play the part of the hero and, instead, opted to  play the part of the villain, Terl.'),
('53844',' During a scene towards the end, Barry Pepper (qv) ( Johnny) is  being shot at as he runs by some pillars. The shots used strangely  resemble the lobby scene from The Matrix (1999).'),
('53845',' The film covers only the first half of the L. Ron Hubbard (qv)  book.'),
('53846',' The original plans called for a sequel to be produced, which would  be based on second half of the novel by L. Ron Hubbard (qv). These  plans were scrapped due to the poor critical and public reaction to  this film.'),
('53847',' John Travolta (qv)s contract for this movie had him take a large  up'),
('53848','front pay cut from his usual fee, to around $10 million, with  incentives that would have paid him about $15 million more when and  if the movie met standards at the North American box office.  Unfortunately, the film fell short of these standards.'),
('53849',' In an interview with Movieline magazine, Barry Pepper (qv) said  that the food provided on the set wasnt great and that  John Travolta (qv) decided to summon his personal chef to the  movies Canada location to feed the cast and crew.'),
('53850',' Forest Whitaker (qv) expressed his regret for participating in  this movie.'),
('53851',' Included on the _Battlefield Earth (2000)_ (qv) DVD.'),
('53852',' Screenwriter Robert Pirosh (qv) based this story on his  experiences as an infantryman during the Battle of the Bulge. Pirosh  did not serve with the 101st Airborne and wanted to create a script  that was faithful to their experiences. He used his fist hand  knowledge of the battle of write the script. This was done with the  blessing of General McAuliffe, who was commanding the 101st during  Bastogne. Consequently many of the incidents in the film '),
('53853',' such as  Pvt. Kipptons habit of always losing his false teeth, or the  Mexican soldier from Los Angeles who had never seen snow until he  got to Belgium '),
('53854',' that have always been derided as "typical Hollywood  phony baloney" actually happened.'),
('53855',' Douglas Fowley (qv), who plays Pvt. Kippton (he of the continually  lost false teeth) served in the Navy in the South Pacific in World  War II and lost all his own teeth in an explosion aboard his  aircraft carrier during battle.'),
('53856',' James Whitmore (qv) took over the role of Sgt. Kinnie after  James Mitchell (I) (qv) was fired for moving too much like a  dancer and not enough like a drill sergeant.'),
('53857',' 20 veterans of the 101st Airborne who fought in the Bastogne area  were hired to train the actors and were also used as extras.'),
('53858',' Producer Dore Schary (qv) had been recruited to rejoin MGM  following his successful run at RKO. This was one of the projects  (and one that RKO boss Howard Hughes (I) (qv) had rejected) that  Schary insisted on making as part of his employment at MGM, over the  protestations of MGM head Louis B. Mayer (qv) who believed that  movie audiences had had their fill of war in general and war films  in particular. Schary got his way. The movie was such a box office  hit that within months he was elected to the board at MGM and  MGM'),
('53859','parent Loews Inc. chief Nick Schenck would fire Mayer by the  summer of 1951.'),
('53860',' The Indians are played by members of a Sioux tribe from a  reservation near Rapid City, South Dakota, where this was filmed.  The British and Hessian troops were played by U.S. Air Force  soldiers from a local airbase.'),
('53861',' The largest American Revolutionary war re'),
('53862','enactment since the Battle  of Yorktown.'),
('53863',' Biograph production number 367.'),
('53864',' Biograph production number 368.'),
('53865',' In the beginning of this film, the Galactica is not the only  Battlestar. The others'),
('53866','identified in background radio chatter'),
('53867','are  Atlantia, Pacifica, Triton, Acropolis, and (offscreen) the Columbia.'),
('53868',' The producers were sued by Lucas, George (qv), who claimed that  some of his ideas from _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) had been used.'),
('53869',' There are numerous references to ancient Earth civilizations.  The helmets worn by Colonial Viper pilots are based on headdresses  work by ancient Egyptian kings.  Baltars name is a merger of the Norse god Baldur and the Summarian  god Baal.  The Cylon force structure is based on Roman legions.'),
('53870',' The character of Cassiopea was originally a prostitute, but became a  medtech overnight after complaints from viewers. A scene explained  that medical training was required in her field of work.'),
('53871',' Although Cassiopea was a prostitute in the pilot movie, she was  never identified as such. The euphemism "socialator" was used (in  the Battlestar Gallactica universe, a socialator is defined as a  female who is proficient in the arts of music, dance and  entertainment, and trained to engage in conversation on a variety of  subjects).'),
('53872',' Don Johnson (I) (qv) was originally offered the role of Starbuck.'),
('53873',' The Colonial military rank system is never explained in detail in  this (the original) version of the show. The official website for  the 2003 Sci'),
('53874','Fi Channel remake does give a detailed run'),
('53875','down of the  Galactica ranks. They are: Ensign, Lieutenant j.g., Lieutenant,  Captain, Major, Colonel, Commander, Admiral.'),
('53876',' The twelve human colonies have the same names as the signs of the  Zodiac.'),
('53877',' In addition to playing Starbuck, Dirk Benedict (qv) also served as  a stunt double for one of the Capricans being killed (falling to his  death as the result of the Cylons attack) in the "Destruction Of  Peace" sequence.'),
('53878',' John Dykstra (I) (qv), who worked on _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) used  much of the technology developed for ILM in this movie, including  his motion control camera, the so'),
('53879','called "Dykstraflex".'),
('53880',' Sophia Loren (qv) served as a model for a "likeness" (i.e.  picture) of Adamas wife Ila, which can be seen during the scene  where Adama sifts through the ruins of his familys home on Caprica  after the Cylons attack on Peace.'),
('53881',' The night of the original three'),
('53882','hour premiere was interrupted by the  signing on the peace accord between Begin (qv) (Prime Minister of  Israel) and Sadat (qv) (Prime Minister of Egypt) and mediated by  President Jimmy Carter (I) (qv).'),
('53883',' The name of the ruling council, Qurorum of the Twelve, is taken from  the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter'),
('53884','day Saints (Mormons) which has  a Quorum of the Twelve in its governing structure.'),
('53885',' None of the writers had a scientific background.'),
('53886',' The insignia on the collars of the leather pilot jackets is actually  the pin on insignia for a commissioned U.S. Army Military  Intelligence Officer.'),
('53887',' The numbers in the Ovian elevator are Mayan '),
('53888',' a combination of dots  and bars, with the rows of dots representing 1'),
('53889','4 and a bar  representing 5.'),
('53890',' Almost all of the outdoors shooting was done at night.'),
('53891',' Was originally conceived as a script titled "Adams Ark," where  Earth is destroyed and the survivors must go find a new home out  among the stars.'),
('53892',' Set decorator Mickey S. Michaels (qv) contacted computer hardware  giant Tektronix, Inc. and got them to donate some three million  dollars worth of hardware, as well as a large number of television  monitors worth about $35.000 at the time, to be used on the  Galactica bride and other sets, in return for a prominent screen  credit.'),
('53893',' Terry Carter (I) (qv) was initially cast as Lt. Boomer but broke  his ankle while skating at Venice Beach with his daughter. Unable to  play the more physical part of Boomer with a cast on his leg, Glen  A. Larson cast Carter as Col. Tigh instead. All during the three  hour pilot, Colonel Tigh has his left leg in a cast.'),
('53894',' To construct the rag tag fleet that follows the Galactica on its  lonely quest, the model makers were given a free hand to let their  imaginations run wild. Ken Swenson (qv) constructed the livery  ship (that was supposed to carry all the livestock) out of three  film cans, one behind the other.'),
('53895',' As part of the settlement with George Lucas (qv), they were not  allowed to show laser trails when they use their blasters. All you  see is the weapon lighting and then whatever damage was caused. The  only time you see a laser or light trail is when theyre in space,  the Colonial Vipers and Cylon fighters.'),
('53896',' The original shooting model, restored for a display at Universal  Studios several years after "Galactica 1980" wrapped production,  went missing when the display was removed. The model, viewed as  stolen property by Universal, has yet to be recovered.'),
('53897',' Plans for a revival of the 1970s TV series date back to the late  1990s when original series star Richard Hatch (I) (qv) went so far  as to produce a short film suggesting what an updated Galactica  might look like. In 2000'),
('53898','01 plans to film a new Galactica movie were  shelved at the last minute. This new version is described as a  "reimagining" of the original story as opposed to a continuation and  includes many obvious and subtle references to the 1978 series.'),
('53899',' The characters of Starbuck and Boomer are female in this version;  they were male in the original TV series. None of the characters in  the original series had last or family names.'),
('53900',' Roslin calls Apollo "Captain Apollo", a nod to the original series.'),
('53901',' The music accompanying the Viper flyby during the decommissioning  ceremony is fanfare from the original  _"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)_ (qv).'),
('53902',' On the original _"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)_ (qv), Apollo,  Starbuck and Boomer were the characters real names. Here, theyre  their "call signs" (pilot nicknames).'),
('53903',' During the first Viper/Cylon engagement, the lead pilot calls for  his wingman, "Jolly". Jolly was one of the pilots on the original  _"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)_ (qv).'),
('53904',' The hand held camera shot of Secretary Roslin being sworn in as the  new President of the Twelve Colonies is a direct reference to the  historic photograph of Vice President Lyndon Johnson taking the oath  of office aboard Air Force 1 following the assassination of  President John F. Kennedy (qv).'),
('53905',' Numerous props from the original series appear as items on display  in the newly constructed museum in the starboard landing bay of the  Galactica. They are all labeled in the typeface style used for the  main title of the original series. The props which can be seen  include a Cylon Centurion, a Cylon Raider, a Cylon Basestar, a  Colonial Shuttle, a Landram and even an original Colonial Viper from  the 1978 series.'),
('53906',' The officer aboard the contact station at the beginning of the first  episode is reading a file on the Cylons which features the design of  a Cylon Centurion from the original series. The shuttle which  transports him to the station also closely resembles the shuttle  craft from the original series.'),
('53907',' According to the official website, the officer ranks in the Colonial  fleet are: Ensign, Lieutenant j.g., Lieutenant, Captain, Major,  Colonel, Commander, Admiral. There are also Colonial Marines, but  their rank structure is unknown '),
('53908',' they only appear in the weekly  series _"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)_ (qv), and there are very few  left.'),
('53909',' The wedge shaped, wired handsets used on the Galactica are US  military issue TA'),
('53910','1/PT field telephones.'),
('53911',' An early version of the script had the twelve colonies as cities on  the mother planet Kobol, not separate worlds all colonized from  Kobol (as it is in the final version). In the miniseries, Kobol is  mentioned, but its fate is unknown '),
('53912',' we never knew if it was an  inhabited world, or an abandoned desert wasteland as in the  original. (Some fans speculate that, in the remake, Kobol might  actually be Earth, or at least a colony of Earth.)'),
('53913',' Commander Adamas final speech to his crew (including his repeated  use of the phrase "So say we all!" to rally them to action) was  largely improvised by Edward James Olmos (qv).'),
('53914',' Grace Park (qv) originally auditioned for both Dualla and  Starbuck.'),
('53915',' The Cylon Basestar in the display case in the museum originally  contained the Galactica from the 1978 series with a sign that read  "The First Battlestar Galactica". The Galactica was eventually  dropped in favor of the 1978 Cylon Basestar.'),
('53916',' Richard Hatch (qv) was offered the role of the doctor who delivers  the bad news to Laura Roslin but declined the offer.'),
('53917',' A Viper from the 1978 series is clearly visible in a long shot of  the landing bay during the decommissioning ceremony (to the left of  the screen near the LandRam).'),
('53918',' A CGI rendering of the 1978 Galactica was to be used for the  mini'),
('53919','series but a decision was made to go in a different direction  with the Galacticas design.'),
('53920',' When Adama reaches for his glasses after having been summoned to the  tribunal, the book from which he retrieves his glasses reads  "Readers Digest Condensed Books".'),
('53921',' Ragnar Anchorage, the hidden supply dump, is named for Ragnarok, the  Norse legend of the final battle at the end of the world.'),
('53922',' The Raptors design is loosely based on the AH'),
('53923','64 Apache.'),
('53924',' DVD features deleted scenes with incomplete visual effects:  '),
('53925',' Laura meeting Billy for the first time on the space liner before    it lifts off  '),
('53926',' Extended scene of Apollo arriving on Galactica: up in Pri'),
('53927','Fly,    Aaron Doral explains why manned Vipers are still used; added shots    from Apollos point of view of the landing  '),
('53928',' Boomer lands the Raptor on Galactica, actually bouncing it on the    deck a couple of times  '),
('53929',' Cally stops Socinus from going into the tool room where Tyrol and    Boomer are having sex  '),
('53930',' Extended scene of Billy meeting Dualla: she explains why the    Galactica has unisex bathrooms and helps him get to where he    needed to be  '),
('53931',' The actual decommissioning of Galactica, involving the jettisoning    of all her live ordnance into space for remote destruction  '),
('53932',' Extended scene of Apollo dealing with the missile fired at the    space liner: he takes it on a chase through the canyons of a moon,    using up all his fuel in the process, before flipping over and    shooting it down  '),
('53933',' The space liner picks up Apollo after hed flamed out Just as    Galactica is preparing for the FTL jump to Ragnar Anchorage,    Starbuck and her flight group have to deal with three more Cylon    raiders and another nuke attack; she shoots it down this time    Cally berates Tyrol for his affair with Boomer  '),
('53934',' Tyrol takes Boxey to his new bunk in pilots quarters, saying it    used to belong to a pilot with the call sign of Carrot  '),
('53935',' In the Galacticas wardroom, Billy explains to Laura that shes    going to have to think in more military terms if shes ever going    to win over Tigh and Adama'),
('53936',' Some of the small arms in the miniseries are actually famous anime  weapons, such as the Seburo MN'),
('53937','23 (from Masamune Shirows Dominion  Conflict) which were used by Galacticas boarding party at Ragnar  Station.'),
('53938',' The MkII Viper that Starbuck flies in the miniseries has "Raymond  Raygun Lai on the side of the cockpit. Ray Lai (qv) was one of  the preproduction concept artists for the miniseries.'),
('53939',' Donnelly Rhodes (qv), who plays Galacticas doctor Major Cottle in  the series, originally auditioned for Tigh.'),
('53940',' When Col. Tigh burns the photo of his wife, the woman pictured was  originally executive producer David Eicks wife Jenny. However, his  wife was brought back as a character in the series (played by  actress Kate Vernon), the scene had to be reshot with a photo of  Vernon so it could be inserted into the recap for her debut episode.'),
('53941',' Ryan Robbins, who plays the officer on Armistice Station (identified  as Colonel Wakefield in the novelization), is seen with  age'),
('53942','enhancing makeup in his sole onscreen scene. This was because  the original version of the opening teaser would have featured his  character visiting Armistice Station several times over 40 years,  each time appearing progressively older. However, all scenes but the  final one were cut after filming.'),
('53943',' According to the DVD commentary, the agriculture ship (with all the  plants) and the little girl was intended to reference the agro ship  from the movie _Silent Running (1972)_ (qv). However, reused footage  from that movie was used in the original Battlestar Galactica series  to depict their agro ship, thus becoming a double homage.'),
('53944',' When Roslin finds out that she has cancer, there are ships flying  above the Doctors office. One is making a landing and is the  “Firefly” ship, Serenity.'),
('53945',' The humans dwell in twelve planets known as the Colonies, whose  names are reminiscent of the Zodiac signs (in Battlestar Galacticas  Season 2, Laura Roslin mentions the Zodiac signs as the old names of  the colonies): Aerelon, Tauron, Gemenon, Canceron, Leonis, Virgon,  Libris, Scorpia, Sagittaron, Caprica, Aquaria and Pykon. In the end  of the mini series we discover theres a 13th colony called the  Earth. This amount of 13 colonies is reminiscent of the 13th  colonies which got independent from Great Britain in North America  and became the United States.'),
('53946',' Fans were able to vote for the cover of the DVD, which had a street  date shortly after the TV'),
('53947','premiere. On the official site three  different covers were on'),
('53948','line to vote on. After voting fans got an  exclusive look in special clips from "Razor".'),
('53949',' Although public showing at sci'),
('53950','fi conventions is allowed, licensing  restrictions prevent this short from being televised or made  available over the Internet. Another 1970s sci'),
('53951','fi cult classic,  _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv), was also the subject of a one'),
('53952','time'),
('53953','only  revival in 1999 (_Message from Moonbase Alpha (1999)_ (qv)).'),
('53954',' All of the original artwork for this game depicted all three Toads  as being the same shade of green. In the game itself, Rash and  Pimple were the same shade of green and Zitz was tan. The Toads  colors would be switched around several times throughout the series  before Rare finally settled on giving Rash green skin, Zitz viridian  skin and Pimple brown skin.'),
('53955',' The first chapter was titled "Crashing to Eternity". Other chapter  titles are unknown.'),
('53956',' Eighth episode in the Texas Rangers 2'),
('53957','reel series.'),
('53958',' Sterling Holloway (qv)s film debut.'),
('53959',' Filmed in 1947, not released until 1950.'),
('53960',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('53961',' 1. Cornered By Redskins  '),
('53962',' 2. Circling Death  '),
('53963',' 3. Between Hostile Tribes  '),
('53964',' 4. The Savage Horde  '),
('53965',' 5. The Fatal Plunge  '),
('53966',' 6. Trapped  '),
('53967',' 7. The Unseen Killer  '),
('53968',' 8. Sentenced To Death  '),
('53969',' 9. The Death Trap  '),
('53970',' 10.A Shot From Ambush  '),
('53971',' 11.The Flaming Death  '),
('53972',' 12.Cheyenne Vengeance'),
('53973',' Arri, the world biggest motion picture camera manufacturer, provided  their state of the Art ArriCam Studio free of charge for the eight  day production of "Bauhaus '),
('53974',' Broken Wings."'),
('53975',' Through the help of Hollywood Orchestra Contractors Sandy De  Crescent and Peter Rotter "Bauhaus '),
('53976',' Broken Wings" was able to  record its score with a prestigious Hollywood Orchestra at Capitol  Records.'),
('53977',' Other high profile companies such as Kodak, Matchframe Digital  Intermediate, FotoKem, JL Fisher, Illumination Dynamics, Wilshire  Stages, and Dolby Digital, also provided free services towards the  completion of this social important film.'),
('53978',' A Jewel Production. Universal, not owning its own theater chain,  devised a 3'),
('53979','tiered brand system to market its feature product to  independent theater owners: Red Feather (low budget), Bluebird  (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige productions). Jewels were  often marketed as special engagements, commanding higher roadshow  ticket prices. Universal utilized this system for over 15 years,  ending it in late 1929 after talkies became fully incorporated.'),
('53980',' The film has no title cards. Instead the titles and credits are  narrated using a voice over by Amitabh Bachchan (qv).'),
('53981',' The last film of James Hayter.'),
('53982',' The last film of William Meryvn.'),
('53983',' Michael Ian Black and Catherine Lloyd Burns play a couple named "Ed"  and "Stella". These are the names of two television shows starring  Michael Ian Black.'),
('53984',' One of the bumper stickers on the rear of Dan Abbott (Paul Rudd)s  car is a faculty sticker from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island  University  As he enters Shermans apartment, Benson Hedges (Peter Dinklage)  compares it to a railroad apartment. This might be a reference to  the film The Station Agent, in which Dinklages character lived in a  remodeled train station. The film also starred Michelle Williams,  who played Cecil in The Baxter.'),
('53985',' Repackaged as "Poor White Trash", The film ran for years on the  souths drive'),
('53986','in circuit on a successful double feature with the  similarly themed "I Hate Your Guts" (aka Shame).'),
('53987',' DIRCAMEO(Gardner Compton (qv)): the priest that comes in with the  reminder note in the beginning of the movie.'),
('53988',' The film was an Italian'),
('53989','Greek co'),
('53990','production. The name of the Greek  production company does not appear in the Italian. There is no known  copy of the Greek version available nowadays.'),
('53991',' The first horror movie directed by a woman in Argentina.'),
('53992',' Erroneously believed to be in the Public Domain by a few video  distributors, due to the fact it was copyrighted (and renewed) under  the title "The Chiselers".'),
('53993',' The scenes at the NBA game with John Travolta (qv) and  Uma Thurman (qv) were filmed at the Staples Center during a game  between the Lakers and the Sacramento Kings on 26 February 2004.  Although the film depicts the Lakers winning the game, they lost  101'),
('53994','103.'),
('53995',' This was Robert Pastorelli (qv)s last film. He died from an  accidental drug overdose during production.'),
('53996',' Even though the film clearly deviates from the novel, there were  some moments in the film which serves as a nod to the source novel:  1) The burn'),
('53997','out photo that Tiffany has (later picked up by Chili) is  a nod to the fact that in the novel, the Russians operate a one'),
('53998','hour  photo shop instead of the pawn shop. 2) The confrontation between  DubMDs and the Russians in Nicks office is a nod to the intended  shoot'),
('53999','out between the two. In the novel, neither parties appear in  the second half. 3) When Raji tries to setup Sin LaSalle against  Nick, Raji deliberately spell Carrs last name as CAR. In the novel,  Nicks full last name is Carcaterra.'),
('54000',' The infamous monologue that Sin LaSalle delivered was neither in the  novel nor in the early drafts of the script. The idea was put on by  director F. Gary Gray who wanted Sin to be likable but serious at  the same time as well.'),
('54001',' John Travolta (qv) suggested Uma Thurman (qv) for the role of  Edie, wanting to re'),
('54002','create their chemistry from  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) all over again.'),
('54003',' Brett Ratner (qv) was originally set to direct the project, but  pulled out.'),
('54004',' Footage for a concert scene featuring Aerosmith (qv) and  Christina Milian (qv) was filmed at the Tweeter Center in  Mansfield, Massachusetts on 24 June 2004.'),
('54005',' In the beginning of the film, Chili mentions how a film needs to  only use the "F" word more than once in order to get an R rating. He  then uses the "F" word '),
('54006',' the only use of it in the film '),
('54007',' and thus,  it gets a PG'),
('54008','13 rating.'),
('54009',' Joe Pesci (qv) was part of the cast before filming began. But, for  reasons unknown, he left the project shortly before production  started.'),
('54010',' Elmore Leonard named The Rocks character after real'),
('54011','life film  critic and Detroit Institute of Arts film curator Elliot Wilhelm  (the real Wilhelm makes an uncredited appearance early in the film  as a patron at the Viper Room).'),
('54012',' When Sin LaSalle goes to call Raji after the threatening "prank"  call, we get to see two of the numbers in Sins cell phone  directory. One is R. Lowenthal (Raji), the other is G. Gray '),
('54013',' an  obvious reference to director F. Gary Gray.'),
('54014',' There is a brief appearance of Dan Brown (VI) (qv) and his wife,  in the front row at the Aerosmith concert.'),
('54015',' In the scene when Elliot (The Rock(I) (qv)) is chasing Raji  (Vince Vaughn (qv)) around the car, most of the scene was  improvised. At the end, when Raji was saying, "E. Weasy" and started  to dance, once the camera moves back, you can see Elliot smiling.'),
('54016',' When Chili asks Edie to dance, she asks if he can dance, and he says  he’s from Brooklyn, which is a nod to John Travolta (qv)s role in  _Saturday Night Fever (1977)_ (qv).'),
('54017',' A Dippy Doo Dad comedy with an all'),
('54018','animal cast.'),
('54019',' The production was funded by a filmmaking grant from Film/Video Arts  New York. The entire production was overseen by acclaimed  cinematographer Larry Banks.'),
('54020',' The film earned a short filmmaking award at the 2001 Film Fest New  Haven in Connecticut.'),
('54021',' After one festival screening the producers were greeted by three  police officers who being moved by the film joined the question and  answer session with the audience.'),
('54022',' In October 2001, the film was officially selected to the first  annual Damah Film Festival which celebrates spiritual experiences in  film.'),
('54023',' Was an official selection to the 2001 Method Fest Film Festival in  Pasadena, California '),
('54024',' an independent film festival celebrating  breakout acting performances.'),
('54025',' After this episode originally aired, children all over America sent  valentines to Charlie Brown out of sympathy. (See also  _Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) (TV)_ (qv))'),
('54026',' Winner Best Film and Best Director at the 2003 Hofstra Film  Festival.'),
('54027',' Film pioneer Max Linder (I) (qv)s first of four features.'),
('54028',' Although only an excerpt is available today, Be My Wife was  originally a feature'),
('54029','length film.'),
('54030',' Excuse Maker 2'),
('54031','reel comedy series'),
('54032',' The car used in the film is a 1934 Ford Roadster, the same make and  model as frequently driven by legendary American criminals Bonnie  and Clyde.'),
('54033',' The filmmakers chose to shoot the film with a Sepiatone tint in  order to capture the essence of the 1930s.'),
('54034',' Mark Hall (VI) (qv) auditioned for the role of Stuart.'),
('54035',' The 37th Selection Directors Fortnights Opening Film at the 58th  Cannes Film Festival.'),
('54036',' Received a five'),
('54037','minute standing ovation when it premiered at the  Noga Hilton hotel under the Directors Fortnight at Cannes.'),
('54038',' This film features a theater scene where two schoolgirls are  watching a Japanese film. However, we merely hear the dialog but do  not see the visual of the film thats supposed to be on the screen.  In fact, it was the films sound man who rounded up some Japanese  friends and improvised it during post'),
('54039','production.'),
('54040',' The Singapore Film Commission selected this as their submission to  the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film was  approved by the Academy and screened for the Foreign Language Film  Committee. Several days after the official screening, the Academy  disqualified the film saying that although the film featured  characters speaking three languages (plus one lead deaf and blind  character who could not speak), they had "measured" each one and  found that there was too much English spoken for them to consider it  a Foreign Language Film.'),
('54041',' When DJ Lexy takes to the Turntables at the Siegessaeule the trance  being heard is actually dubbed with the set from DJ Westbam from  that years Loveparade.'),
('54042',' Was finished in 1994, but not released until 1998.'),
('54043',' Dell Comics put out a 12 cent comic book version of Beach Blanket  Bingo in conjunction with the movies release.'),
('54044',' This was the final full appearance in a "Beach Party" movie for  Frankie Avalon (qv). He only appears in six minutes of the  follow'),
('54045','up, _How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)_ (qv).'),
('54046',' Nancy Sinatra (qv) was the original choice to play Sugar Kane.  However, she backed out just before production was supposed to begin  because a few months earlier her brother Frank Sinatra Jr. (qv)  was kidnapped and when she found out that part of the plot involved  a kidnapping she decided to back out. Interestingly, it would have  been her motion picture debut.'),
('54047',' Burton Gilliam (qv)s film debut.'),
('54048',' A couple of songs in the film, "Surfs Up" and "Fire" (aka. "Mrs.  OLearys Cow") were recorded for the famous, unreleased "SMiLE"  album which was supposed to be released in the summer of 1967.'),
('54049',' Edward D. Wood Jr. (qv)s last film'),
('54050',' Most of the interior shots were filmed at Jon Hall (I) (qv)s  house.'),
('54051',' Released as a split reel along with _Help Wanted (1922)_ (qv).'),
('54052',' Made between 1925 and 1927. The dates of production and release are  unclear.'),
('54053',' Believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('54054',' The film starred Anita Page (qv), who at first was cast as the  second female lead, but who eventually got the leading role. Anita  has spoken about this film and states it was never released.'),
('54055',' Second in the series of six Traveling Man two'),
('54056','reel comedy shorts.'),
('54057',' Was intended as a low'),
('54058','budget imitation of Elvis Presley (qv)s  musical movies, with added teen appeal, but the series took on a  life of its own.'),
('54059',' Average Shot Length = ~7.1 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.4  seconds.'),
('54060',' Most of the film was shot on Pensacola Beach, Florida in July with  an average heat index of 110 degrees.'),
('54061',' Two weeks after the end of shooting many of the locations were  submerged by Hurricane Ivan.'),
('54062',' Most of the cast and crew were flown to Florida from New York and  Los Angeles where they lived in the homes of volunteers for the  month long shoot.'),
('54063',' The film is said to resemble a twisted history channel documentary.'),
('54064',' The map that Daffy gives to Richard was made by the books author  Alex Garland.'),
('54065',' During filming, a boat accident endangered the life of several crew  members, including director Danny Boyle and Leonardo DiCaprio.  fortunately, no one was seriously hurt.'),
('54066',' The actual beach is not totally surrounded and enclosed by  mountains, hiding it from the sea. In fact there is a large gap  between two gigantic boulders and the films editors superimposed a  fake mountain there in post'),
('54067','production.'),
('54068',' Ewan McGregor (qv) was Danny Boyle (qv)s first choice to play  the part of Richard. The studio wanted Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) and  cast him before Boyle could intervene. While McGregor blames the  studio, he has reportedly not spoken to Boyle since.'),
('54069',' Two of the beaches (Ko Phi Phi Leh and Phuket in Thailand) where  this was filmed were affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami on 26  December 2004.'),
('54070',' During the filming of the movie the film crew remodeled and  flattened the beach using a tractor, making it unstable. The Boxing  Day Tsunami of 2004 allowed the beach to be naturally restored to  its previous state, much to the relief of the locals.'),
('54071',' The Game Boy game Richard was playing was a Game Boy version of  "Rampage World Tour".'),
('54072',' The videogame recreation scene in the jungle was inspired upon the  game Banjo'),
('54073','Kazooie (1998), developed by Rare Ltd., according to  Danny Boyle.'),
('54074',' CAMEO(Hector Elizondo): Justice of the Peace'),
('54075',' Barbara Hershey (qv) had collagen lip injections to make herself  look younger (she was 40 at the time and was playing Hilary from  college age to mid'),
('54076','thirties).'),
('54077',' A planned television movie sequel, starring Barbara Eden (qv) in  the Bette Midler (qv) role, was never filmed.'),
('54078',' The library where Barbara Hershey researches her disease in is  called Dennison Library. It is located at Scripps College, a  competitive womens liberal arts college in Claremont, California.  The library was originally designed to be a chapel before becoming a  library, which is why it has such a unique and beautiful look.'),
('54079',' The title comes from a quote from "The Princess Bride": "If your  love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches."'),
('54080',' The disorder Barbara Hershey develops is known as, "Viral  Cardiomyophathy". The most common cause of this disorder is  infection from the, "Coxsackie B" virus, which drastically weakens  the heart, eventually keeping it from pumping the sufficient amount  of blood necessary to keep the patient alive. As depicted in the  film, it truly is fatal in all reported cases.'),
('54081',' The song about Otto Titsling, the inventor of the brassiere, was  first introduced by Bette Midler (qv) on a 1986 album called "Mud  Will Be Flung Tonight."'),
('54082',' Various skits from the _"Mr. Bean" (1990)_ (qv) TV show are featured  in the movie, like: On an airplane, Mr. Bean blows up a barf bag  full of barf and then pops it; a turkey gets stuck on his head; gets  bored on a fast ride;'),
('54083',' The soundtrack album for this film contains "(I Want To Be) Elected"  by Alice Cooper (I) (qv), as sung by Bruce Dickinson (I) (qv).  Rowan Atkinson (qv) appears in the song, making comments  throughout as Mr. Bean, who is running for British prime'),
('54084','minister.  His lines contain many references to Atkinsons series  _"Blackadder the Third" (1987)_ (qv). For example,  Vincent Hanna (qv) appears reading off the votes, like he did on  the first episode of Blackadder III. Like in that episode, all the  parties listed off "no votes" until Atkinsons, who received all the  votes (so Bean gets elected in the song). Also, Beans speech starts  off "Unacustomed as I am to public speaking..." like Prince Georges  did in the episode "Sense and Senility".'),
('54085',' This was the first movie ever to gross $100m before being released  in the U.S.'),
('54086',' The producers were initially looking for an unknown actor to play  General Newton. But being a fan of the TV series,  Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) asked for a role and was then cast to  appear as Newton.'),
('54087',' Steve Martin (I) (qv), a self'),
('54088','confessed huge fan of Mr. Bean,  wanted to play David Langley.'),
('54089',' John Hillerman (qv) was asked to read the part of Mr. Peacock.  When he failed to show up for the reading, co'),
('54090','creator  Jeremy Lloyd (qv) read the lines instead. He was immediately  offered the role. When the pilot didnt sell, producer  Garry Marshall (qv) instead offered Lloyd a part on his current  series _"Happy Days" (1974)_ (qv). Lloyd turned it down to pursue  other projects.'),
('54091',' This film is named after the writers family coffee shop, Beanheads  (a real place in Sacramento, California), but was temporarily  changed due to concerns by producers and potential cast that the  name may be considered derogatory toward the Latino audience.  Concerns were diminished after further discussions with Latino cast  members and a Latino marketing consultant.'),
('54092',' Originally the filmmakers were considering making a crime caper  movie in the vein of  _Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)_ (qv) or  _Snatch. (2000)_ (qv) called "Imperfect Crime," many characters from  which made it into "Beantown." Ed Zeppelin, Sheep'),
('54093','Shaggin Sean,  Fancy Dan Medici and others were originally from that script, as  were several of the gags including that of a character continually  fixing himself up with duct tape and other objects as he is more and  more injured.'),
('54094',' Many of the character names in the film are references to history,  traditional music, and pop culture: '),
('54095','Molly Finn gets her first name  from the Celtic rock band Flogging Molly. '),
('54096','Sergio "The Director" is  clearly named after the Italian director, but the Leone family is  also a reference to the video game  _Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)_ (qv). '),
('54097','Fancy Dan is named after  an obscure Spider'),
('54098','Man villain and the infamous Medici family from  Renaissance'),
('54099','era Italian politics. '),
('54100','Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno is  the name of an infamous Mafioso stoolpigeon. '),
('54101','Mikey Killeen takes  his surname from the Killeen brothers of Bostons Irish Mob Wars of  the 1960s. '),
('54102','Dion Moran takes the first and last names of two members  of Chicagos Prohibition'),
('54103','era Northside Mob: Dion OBanion and George  "Bugs" Moran. '),
('54104','Ed "Zeppelin" Battimo takes his name from the rock  band Led Zeppelin. '),
('54105','Alphonse Machiavelli clearly takes his name from  the infamous author of "The Prince." '),
('54106','Silvio Manfredi is the real  name of the Spider'),
('54107','Man supervillain Silvermane. '),
('54108','Tony Lupino is  named after one of the bosses from the computer game  _Max Payne (2001) (VG)_ (qv). '),
('54109','Fry McFly takes his names from the  lead characters of the television show _"Futurama" (1999)_ (qv) and  the _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv) film series. '),
('54110','Speranza "Snakes"  Zilioni takes his nickname from the fake gangster movie made for the  film _Home Alone (1990)_ (qv). '),
('54111','Slaughter OToole is a name taken  from the traditional Irish song "The Irish Rover." '),
('54112','Il Mercenarios  name is taken directly from the title for  _Mercenario, Il (1968)_ (qv). '),
('54113','Big Joe Vanzetti and Frankie "Shades"  Sacco take their names from the famous Italian anarchists Sacco and  Vanzetti. '),
('54114','Dublin OShea is the name of the titular character from  the traditional Irish song. '),
('54115','Spike ODonnell was the name of another  Prohibition'),
('54116','era Irish mobster from Chicago, and was similar in name  to the South Boston Irish gangster Spike OToole. '),
('54117','Tim Finnegan was  the name of the corpse from the traditional Irish song "Finnegans  Wake." '),
('54118','The Fallon Brothers are named after the criminal Fallon from  the Daredevil comics. '),
('54119','Bobby "Jaws" Killane takes his nickname from  the famous henchmen of the Roger Moore Bond films. '),
('54120','Dicey Riley  takes his name from a song by the Tossers, another Celtic rock band.  '),
('54121','Blackie Flanagan takes his first name from the obscure Spider'),
('54122','Man  villain Blackie Gaxton. '),
('54123','William "The Kid" McBrides name comes from  the traditional Irish song "The Green Fields Of France." '),
('54124','Vitales  bodyguard Pietro "Mustache Pete" Morricone takes his nickname from  the Mustache Petes, a group of Old World Italian gangsters who  immigrated to America during the early 20th Century, and his surname  from the famous Italian composer Ennio Morricone (qv), who scored  many of Sergio Leone (I) (qv)s films.'),
('54125',' The BMW used in the opening credits was found through Craigslist.  The shots of Bob Ondek (qv) riding inside the sedan were shot with  another car in downtown Manchester, CT, while the shots of the car  itself were shot in Boston a year later.'),
('54126',' Director Timothy Norman (II) (qv) let actors name their own  characters if they wanted to in return for their free performances.'),
('54127',' Derek Armstrong (II) (qv) was originally set to play the part of  Sergio, but when he decided to move to LA shortly after graduating  from high school he took the smaller role of Buccerelli, and the  part went to Randy Paradis (qv). Before the recasting was made,  Armstrong shot a few scenes as Sergio.'),
('54128',' The scenes in the accountants basement were shot in two halves, six  months apart. All the shots of Derek Armstrong (II) (qv) and  Matt Cagnetta (qv) were done in the summer of 2004, and the shots  of Randy Paradis (qv) and Drew Paradis (qv) werent filmed until  six months later.'),
('54129',' Kristen Savage (qv) and Matt Reardon (II) (qv)s scene in the  hockey rink scene was shot during the summer when the rink was  empty, and the hockey game and spectators were filmed much later.  The summer footage became damaged, and director  Timothy Norman (II) (qv) had to go through each shot frame by  frame to repair it.'),
('54130',' The photo Timothy Norman (II) (qv)s character Stormin is holding  is a picture of him and his younger brother Connor Norman (qv) in  Ireland from years before. The plaque they are pointing to says "On  this site in 1897 nothing happened".'),
('54131',' Due to the near'),
('54132','impossibility to get away with filming on the T in  Boston, to shoot the scene of Kristen Savage (qv) on the red line,  director Timothy Norman (II) (qv) had all the other actors with  them that day form a human wall between the conductor and him to  block what they were doing from view.'),
('54133',' Almost immediately after filming the scene of Kristen Savage (qv),  Sean Fowler (qv), Matt Reardon (II) (qv), and  Timothy Norman (II) (qv) assembling in the warehouse to leave for  the first gunfight, the main cast and crew members there that night  were involved in a huge, horrific car accident that left Savage and  Ed Reed (IV) (qv) seriously injured. Everyone involved  miraculously survived, but the fate of the movie was uncertain for a  long time. After the accident Savage kept her hair short for years,  which required both the addition of moments to explain her  characters change of appearance and required that they disguise the  short hair in first act scenes shot later on.'),
('54134',' Originally Kristen Savage (qv) was going to change her appearance  again in the third act, this time to have a mohawk, and while scenes  with the mohawk were shot they were eventually discarded.'),
('54135',' Chris Tracy (I) (qv) went up to Boston to shoot the footage of his  character walking towards the Public Library but it didnt match up  in continuity, and so most of the footage was re'),
('54136','shot later on with  Ian Rodriguez (qv) as his double, or fake shemp.'),
('54137',' The drug deal and following gunfight in the library basement was the  first footage shot for the film, in January 2004. At the time many  of the actors were still in high school.'),
('54138',' The effects of debris shooting into frame from stray gunshots were  achieved by having actors standing outside of shot blowing dust off  of pieces of paper.'),
('54139',' To achieve the brain'),
('54140','splattering shot in the library basement  gunfight initially Kristen Savage (qv) tried the local butcher  shop with no success, and so the brains were constructed with  chewed'),
('54141','up chewing gum and paper towels soaked in blood.'),
('54142',' When shooting the storage shed assassination scene some fake blood  stains were accidentally left behind. The next morning the blood was  discovered by the landowner, who called the police. The area was  immediately flooded with local police, homicide detectives, and  corpse'),
('54143','sniffing dogs, and the police quickly found actor  Matt Jenkins (VII) (qv), who awoke director  Timothy Norman (II) (qv) with a phone call saying the police were  at his apartment. Fortunately the misunderstanding was quickly  smoothed over with the words "student film."'),
('54144',' The minigun the character "The Revolver" uses was built out of a  vacuum cleaner engine, a mailbox, PVC piping, a Lazy Susan, and a  computer game joystick, among other things.'),
('54145',' Director Timothy Norman (II) (qv) instructed actor  William Prenetta (qv) to play his character as though he was  already planning on writing his tell'),
('54146','all autobiography, as it is  common for retired gangsters to publish them today. The reason he  acts so noble and pontificates and monologues is due to the fact  that hes writing the book in his head as he goes, and behaves as he  wants to appear in his book.'),
('54147',' Timothy Norman (II) (qv) informed actors from both the Irish and  the Italian sides of the movie that their characters were the  protagonists and that the opposing group were the movies villains,  in an attempt to keep the movie from having any clear'),
('54148','cut heroes or  villains.'),
('54149',' The final conference of the remaining Irish gangsters was originally  shot on the beaches overlooking Dorchester Bay, in the same place  where years before members of the actual Winter Hill Gang buried  multiple bodies. Eventually the scene was re'),
('54150','shot during the middle  of an intense snowstorm, and to hide this fact it was done  underneath the overhang of an abandoned factory further north in  Southie. Almost every time there is a cut in the scene it is due to  the fact that one frame later a gust of wind would blow a swarm of  snowflakes into shot.'),
('54151',' SPOILER: While filming the scene of Brad Champagne (qv),  Chris Faiella (qv) and Joe Bernardi (qv) getting sniped in  Bostons notorious "stripper alley," a policeman on a bicycle showed  up after hearing people were lying in pools of blood on the  pavement, followed by a policeman on a motorcycle, and then a squad  car. When the fire engine arrived on the scene the actors and  director decided it was time to split.'),
('54152',' SPOILER: When actor Ethan Amarant (qv) got a stomach infection and  was unable to take part in the filming of the movies climactic  scenes, the subplot of his character quitting the Winter Hill Gang  and getting beaten to death was created. A few scenes featuring  Amarant set after his death scene had to be re'),
('54153','shot without him to  facilitate this.'),
('54154',' At White River Ontario (on the north shore of Lake Superior) there  is a park and a large monument to Winnie the bear who became Winnie  The Pooh.'),
('54155',' To avoid infringing on Disneys copyright and trademark of Milnes  work, the phrase "Winnie the Pooh" was never mentioned throughout  the movie.'),
('54156',' First appearance of Barney Bear.'),
('54157',' Originally colored in Metrocolor.'),
('54158',' Won the award for "Best Animated Film" at the Los Angeles, Mini DV  Festival, 12 December 2004.'),
('54159',' Gene Stallings, who played for Bear Bryant at Texas A&M and went on  to become head football coach at Alabama, was the technical advisor  on the film.'),
('54160',' The poster above Tillys bed is Ursa Major, the constellation better  known as the Great Bear.'),
('54161',' There are representations of the key crew members dotted throughout  the film:  '),
('54162','Raymond Briggs (the Author) is the smiling face in the moon.  '),
('54163','John Coates (the Producer) is the baby in the cot, he has JC on his  babygrow.  '),
('54164','Hilary Audus (the Director) is the woman at the zoo with her  family.  '),
('54165','Joanna Harrison (the Art Director) is the woman serving in the  zoos shop.  '),
('54166','Paul Madden (the Executive Producer) is the sailor who spots the  little bear on the ice'),
('54167','floe.  '),
('54168','Howard Blake (the Composer) is the pianist at the window'),
('54169',' The film that Tilly and her family are watching on TV is  _Snowman, The (1982)_ (qv), a previous Raymond Briggs production.'),
('54170',' The exact date of production is unknown, but judging by the clothes  and hairstyles, it was made in the late twenties or early thirties.'),
('54171',' A re'),
('54172','titled re'),
('54173','release of an earlier film, original title  undetermined. Most likely, it is _Forecast, The (1915)_ (qv).'),
('54174',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Delayed Proposal, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('54175',' Ellsworth E. Rosen, who produced this film, was himself a liberator  of the camps.'),
('54176',' This film won the Golden Eagle Award for best educational film at  the 2002 Cine Awards.'),
('54177',' This film won first place at the 2002 Telly Awards.'),
('54178',' This film won first place at the 2002 Videographer Awards.'),
('54179',' This film won the Platinum Best of Show Award at the 2002 Aurora  Awards.'),
('54180',' This is the first movie in which a dog actually tackles and fights a  werewolf. The more famous example is Eric Reds  _Bad Moon (1996)_ (qv), but this is the first. Sadly, the  dog'),
('54181','character dies; the actual dog lived a long life, happily.'),
('54182',' Marlene Clark (qv) was dubbed by Annie Ross (qv).'),
('54183',' Robert Quarry (qv) was originally slated to play the lead, but at  the last minute the films producers went with Calvin Lockhart  instead in order to capitalize on the then hot blaxploitation craze.'),
('54184',' The names "Curwin" and "Dexter Ward" are characters from the horror  novel "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by Howard Phillips  Lovecraft.'),
('54185',' The game (like many American movies) uses phone numbers starting  with 555 which are invalid in the US. However in Germany numbers  starting with 555 do exist.'),
('54186',' The character Gabriel Knight ranked #2 in Computer Gaming Worlds  November 1996 listing of the 15 most memorable game heroes.'),
('54187',' Although all the in'),
('54188','game video sequences were shot in front of a  blue screen and none of the actors actually went to Germany, the  German game package still had a sticker on it, saying: "Exclusively  filmed in Germany!" to attract more buyers.'),
('54189',' This feature'),
('54190','length documentary is featured in the DVD set The  Alien Quadrilogy and on the 2'),
('54191','disc edition of _Alien (1979)_ (qv).'),
('54192',' Vera Miles (qv) and Paul Picerni (I) (qv) appear in the trailer  for this film, but not in the film itself.'),
('54193',' While visiting his friend Ray Harryhausen (qv) on the set,  Ray Bradbury (qv) was given a copy of the script and was asked if  he could possibly do some rewriting on it. After reading the script,  Bradbury remarked that the story seemed very similar to one he had  published in "The Saturday Evening Post" several years earlier. The  next day Bradbury received a telegram offering to buy the film  rights to the story.'),
('54194',' The dinosaur skeleton in the museum sequence is artificial. It was  obtained from storage at RKO where it had been constructed for  _Bringing Up Baby (1938)_ (qv).'),
('54195',' The "Coney Island Amusement Park" in the film is actually The Long  Beach Amusement Park in Long Beach, California. The production was  able to film at the park from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.'),
('54196',' The film is based on a short story by Ray Bradbury (qv).'),
('54197',' This film (which was inspired by the successful 1952 re'),
('54198','release of  KING KONG) was the first film to feature a giant creature awakened  or mutated by a Nuclear Bomb.'),
('54199',' Deleted Scene: The 2003 DVD release reveals one shot of the  Rhedasaurus that was omitted from the final film. That shot can be  found in the trailer for "The Black Scorpion" (in special features)  about 1/2 through the preview. (Spoiler: The Beast is walking,  breast high, toward screen right. The background shows 2 buildings;  one of them with fire escapes. Superimposed title card states,  "Youve thrilled to the terror of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms."'),
('54200',' When the radio announcer is reading the news about the monsters  rampage through New York, various shots of the city are shown,  mostly with panicked citizens in the street. When the announcer  mentions the situation at Times Square, the accompanying footage  shows the Palace Theater, whose marquee reads "Judy Garland '),
('54201',' Live  and in Person."'),
('54202',' This Roger Corman (qv)'),
('54203','produced "quickie" was the first directing  job for Monte Hellman (qv).'),
('54204',' Paul Verhoeven (qv) was long attached to direct.'),
('54205',' It is possible that this film was an unacknowledged reissue of the  1934 film of the same title; further research is needed before a  conclusion can be reached, however.'),
('54206',' Willis OBrien (qv) was originally to have also provided the  special effects for the film'),
('54207',' The beast was animated through "replacement animation", a technique  involving several different models of the same character, each  slightly different to represent a particular action. When filmed in  sequence for a few frames per second, the illusion of motion is  achieved.'),
('54208',' The first feature film to combine stop'),
('54209','motion animation with  widescreen and color.'),
('54210',' The fire commands and terminology used by the tank crew in combat  are the same as used by U.S. Army tank crews. This was to add  military flavor to the movie, and give it a very realistic feel.'),
('54211',' When the film was made at Columbia, David Puttnam (qv) was head of  the studio. By the time the film was released, Puttnam was out and  Dawn Steel (I) (qv) was head of the studio. As a result, the film  was released in a small number of theaters under the title "The  Beast".'),
('54212',' The words "Badal" and "Nanawatai" that are spoken by the rebels in  the film mean "Revenge" and "Mercy".'),
('54213',' According to producer/actor Anthony Cardoza (qv), the rabbit at  the end was actually a wild baby bunny who wandered into the shot  unscripted. Tor Johnson (qv) improvised and kissed the bunny.'),
('54214',' Tor Johnson (qv)s final film performance.'),
('54215',' DIRTRADE(Francis, Coleman (qv)): [location]: Yucca Mountain'),
('54216',' The Geiger counter in the movie was provided by Howard Morrison, who  also loaned the piece of equipment to be used on the set of  _Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966)_ (qv).'),
('54217',' DIRTRADE(Francis, Coleman (qv)): [location]: Yucca Flats airstrip'),
('54218',' DIRTRADE(Francis, Coleman (qv)): [props]: Light aircraft used to  transport main characters'),
('54219',' DIRTRADE(Coleman Francis (qv)): [vigilante shooting]: The  character of Hank Radcliffe, the father of the two boys, mistaken  for the killer, is shot and wounded by a policeman from an airplane.'),
('54220',' DIRTRADE(Francis, Coleman (qv)): [coffee as calming influence]:  The patrolmen relax by having coffee.'),
('54221',' This film was shot without sound. To avoid having to sync a lot of  the sound during post production, the actors would turn away from  the camera when speaking or cup their hands over their mouths when  shouting.'),
('54222',' Fifty'),
('54223','two minutes into the film Daisy (Jean Harlow (qv)) has a  party at her place. On a small table against the back wall is a  photo of Clark Gable (qv), her co'),
('54224','star in _Red Dust (1932)_ (qv)  the same year.'),
('54225',' Opened in NYC in 1971, as part of a double bill with the German  slasher film, "Creature With The Blue Hand", starring Klaus Kinski.'),
('54226',' Luis Buñuel (qv) wrote in his autobiography ("My Last Sigh"), he  was employed by Warner Bros. and submitted a story idea for a horror  movie about a disembodied hand.'),
('54227',' This was Peter Lorre (I) (qv)s last film for Warner Bros.'),
('54228',' James H. Nicholson (qv) had come up with a tremendous ad and title  and pre'),
('54229','sold the movie to exhibitors. Then they made the movie. When  the distributors viewed the finished film, they were disappointed  because the ads were so much more interesting.'),
('54230',' The jury consisted of 6 sets of identical twins.'),
('54231',' Port Angeles, the town that Howard & Elizabeth Griffin (Chad  Tyler’ (qv) & Angie Milliken’ (qv)) called from the "Occupational  Hazard" is on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, across the Juan  de Fuca Strait from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. A  major fault line runs along the middle of the strait, with the  result that the two cities are on different tectonic plates.'),
('54232',' The first movie under the Rapid Heart Extreme label.'),
('54233',' Dars black tiger is actually a regular striped tiger dyed black.  The dye would wash off around the mouth whenever the tiger took a  drink, so throughout the film the stripes are often visible around  the mouth.'),
('54234',' The eagle often refused to fly on cue so in order to shoot footage  of it in the air it was dropped from a trapdoor in a hot air  balloon.'),
('54235',' The actor playing the young deposed prince was not allowed to be on  the set at the same time as the tiger, so a short stunt person in a  wig, photographed from behind, was used in those shots.'),
('54236',' Props from this film are on display at the Studio Diner which is  located next door to the Stu Segall Productions Studio where  “Beastmaster: The Eye of Braxus” was filmed.'),
('54237',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('54238',' 1. The Mystery Ship  '),
('54239',' 2. Unseen Perils  '),
('54240',' 3. The Typhoon  '),
('54241',' 4. The Sea Raider  '),
('54242',' 5. The Tidewater Trap  '),
('54243',' 6. The Alligator Attacks  '),
('54244',' 7. The Deluge  '),
('54245',' 8. The Mutiny  '),
('54246',' 9. Ship Aflame  '),
('54247',' 10.The Mad Elephant Charge  '),
('54248',' 11.Smothered in the Sands  '),
('54249',' 12.Millions in Gold  '),
('54250',' 13.Into the Bloodhounds Jaws  '),
('54251',' 14.Into the Whirlpool  '),
('54252',' 15.The Trails End'),
('54253',' The shows original pilot was in limbo for two years, before being  re'),
('54254','shot for FOX. Conan OBriens backing is credited with getting  the pilot re'),
('54255','shot and aired.'),
('54256',' "On the Road" author Jack Kerouac (qv) was disturbed that his  friend, author John Clellon Holmes (qv), managed to get his "Beat  Generation" novel "Go" into print before his own was published  ("Go", in which Kerouac is a main character, was published in 1952,  while "On the Road" was not published until 1957). Kerouac was  worried that Holmes was plagiarizing him, although Holmes was  careful to credit Kerouac with creating the term "Beat" for their  generation, and much of the material was common amongst them and  other writers of their circle, such as Allen Ginsberg (qv).  Ironically, producer Albert Zugsmith (qv) outfoxed Kerouac by  copyrighting the term "The Beat Generation", which he used as the  title of this egregious exploitation film, which was released by  Metro'),
('54257','Goldwyn'),
('54258','Mayer in 1959. A year later, M.G.M. released a film of  Kerouacs novel "The Subterraneans", made by with top talent: It  proved to be a major disappointment as it grossly misrepresented the  scene (as well as Kerouacs novel). Ironically, "The Subterraneans"  probably is the premier contemporary movie about the Beats, as so  few "Beat" movies were made ("On the Road" has never been filmed),  the phenomenon occurring during a time of strict screen censorship  in the United States. By the time censorship was lifted in 1967, the  Beats had been supplanted by the Hippies.'),
('54259',' Kadeem Hardison (qv) is credited as "High School Student" in the  film. His shots were cut completely along with the classroom  uprocking battle scene.'),
('54260',' About 80% of the footage in the original theatrical trailer is not  included in the final cut. Examples include Ramon getting his bag  ripped off while walking with Kenny and Charlie, several battle  outtakes including the classroom up'),
('54261','rocking scene, Ramon on a set of  drums, and one dancer flipping off against a wall at the Burning  Spear nightclub. Several other pieces of footage were included as  well but were in freeze frame in the opening credits of the film.  The trailer also includes an alternate version of title song  performed by Kool Moe Dee (qv) (who appears in the film in the  "Christmas Rappin" sequence with the rest of the Treacherous  Three), which also did not appear in the movie nor on the original  soundtrack albums.'),
('54262',' Most of the graffiti art that was displayed all throughout the film  was not done by real graffiti artists '),
('54263',' it was airbrushed by set  decorators.'),
('54264',' It was the producers idea for the main cast to wear Kangol hats and  Puma sneakers all throughout production of the film even though many  of the dancers felt that it wasnt authentic.'),
('54265',' According to Fast Break (qv) (who appeared in the Treacherous  Three sequence), there was a classroom uprocking battle scene that  involved The New York City Breakers and The Rock Steady Crew, but it  was cut. There was also more of the climatic battle between The New  York City Breakers and The Rock Steady Crew at The Roxy Nightclub.'),
('54266',' Crazy Legs (qv) later said that during the filming of the battle  scene at The Roxy he wanted to battle to Jimmy Castor (qv)s song  "Its Just Begun", but was disappointed to find out that the crews  were going to battle to a record called "Breakers Revenge" due to  clearance issues.'),
('54267',' This project was sponsored by Puma. The original soundtrack LPs have  the Puma logo printed on them reading "Puma as seen in Beat Street".'),
('54268',' Jack Clayton, the Scotland Yard inspector played by  Bernard Lee (I) (qv), is named after the films cameraman,  Jack Clayton (I) (qv), who later became a well'),
('54269','known director.'),
('54270',' Claud Cockburn (aka James Helvick (qv)) wrote the screenplay based  on his novel. Truman Capote (qv) was purportedly brought to  complete the script late in the piece when Cockburn left or was  fired.'),
('54271',' Humphrey Bogart (qv) was involved in a serious automobile accident  during production of this film, which knocked out several of his  teeth and hindered his ability to speak. John Huston (I) (qv)  hired a young British actor noted for his mimicry skills to rerecord  some of Bogarts spoken lines during post'),
('54272','production looping.  Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is  Peter Sellers (qv) who provides Bogarts voice during some of the  scenes in this movie.'),
('54273',' William Styron (qv)s second novel, "Set This House on Fire",  describes a film crew on location'),
('54274','obviously based on director  John Huston (I) (qv) and gang during the shooting of this film.  The town in the novel is Ravello on Italys Amalfi Drive, where most  of the film was shot.'),
('54275',' John Huston (I) (qv) was star/producer Humphrey Bogart (qv)s  first choice to direct. However, Huston had some scheduling  conflicts '),
('54276',' he was due to make a movie with  Katharine Hepburn (qv) (which was never made, as Hepburn  graciously stepped stepped aside to help out Huston), not to mention  that he had to finish his then'),
('54277','current project  _Moulin Rouge (1952)_ (qv). Nicholas Ray (qv), who Bogart had  worked with twice before, was considered to direct in case Huston  could not finish in time.'),
('54278',' The movie was shot with spoken lines. That didnt work out and the  director/editor Elwin Rijken decided to leave out all the text.'),
('54279',' Shot in one day at Heidis original gymnastics club. Young gymnasts  can be seen in the background.'),
('54280',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Babys New Pin (1913)_ (qv).'),
('54281',' The 48hr Film Challenge National Winner (Runner Up)'),
('54282',' John Lennon (I) (qv) can be heard playing the opening notes to  "Strawberry Fields Forever" during one scene in a hotel room. The  song would not be released until years later, but this is an  indication that Lennon had the melody in his head for quite some  time.'),
('54283',' Episode titles were:  '),
('54284',' 1. The Missing Watchman  '),
('54285',' 2. Adventures of the Jealous Wife  '),
('54286',' 3. Billies Romance  '),
('54287',' 4. The Stone God  '),
('54288',' 5. Mimosa San  '),
('54289',' 6. The Forbidden Room  '),
('54290',' 7. A Name for the Baby  '),
('54291',' 8. At the Ainsley Ball  '),
('54292',' 9. Outside the Law  '),
('54293',' 10. Playball  '),
('54294',' 11. The Wages of Sin  '),
('54295',' 12. Curiosity  '),
('54296',' 13. The Ringer  '),
('54297',' 14. The Hidden Menace  '),
('54298',' 15. Wristwatches'),
('54299',' Beatrice Lillie (qv)s film debut.'),
('54300',' Contrary to reference books on the subject, the film did not have  Technicolor inserts according to Technicolors records.'),
('54301',' Paramounts biggest hit of 1926.'),
('54302',' Gary Cooper (I) (qv) was not in the original  _Beau Geste (1926)_ (qv), but he did appear both in this remake of  it and in the sequel to it, _Beau Sabreur (1928)_ (qv).  William A. Wellman (qv) declined the job of directing the latter  film but did direct this one.'),
('54303',' Film was honored on one of four 25¢ US commemorative postage stamps  issued 23 March 1990 honoring classic films released in 1939. The  stamp featured Gary Cooper (I) (qv) as Beau Geste. The other films  honored were _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv),  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv), and  _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv).'),
('54304',' At the films world premiere, the first reel of the 1926 silent  version of "Beau Geste" was shown just before the entire 1939 sound  version, in an effort to demonstrate how far films had advanced in  thirteen years. This almost backfired because the 1939 film  apparently followed the 1926 one extremely closely, and some of the  first'),
('54305','night critics were annoyed rather than pleased at this,  feeling that the 1939 version should have been more imaginative.  However, this did not keep the 1939 version from becoming a smash  hit and a film classic.'),
('54306',' CAMEO(Jean Harlow (qv)): "Jeanie'),
('54307','Weenie", in photo.'),
('54308',' CAMEO(Marvin Hatley (qv)): a Riffian.'),
('54309',' According to producer Hal Roach (qv), this film was to have been  only a two'),
('54310','reeler, but the comedy was expanded so well that he  financed the movie at twice its proposed length.'),
('54311',' A colossal flop, the film lost nearly $350,000, an astronomical  amount of money in the early 1930s. As a result, the story of the  Geste family was considered such a financial risk that producers  werent sure that making _Beau Geste (1939)_ (qv) eight years later  was a good idea.'),
('54312',' The directors job was first given to Cruze, James (qv), then  Wellman, William A. (qv), and finally John Waters (I).'),
('54313',' Wellman asked to be released because, after _Wings (1927)_ (qv), he  thought he deserved better than a cut'),
('54314','rate sequel using stock  footage. He was taken off this movie and assigned  _Legion of the Condemned, The (1928)_ (qv) '),
('54315',' a cut'),
('54316','rate followup  using stock footage. See also _Beau Geste (1939)_ (qv).'),
('54317',' Ralston, Esther (qv) was originally cast as Mary before the part  went to Brent, Evelyn (qv).'),
('54318',' The characters of Beery, Noah (qv) and Powell, William (qv) died  in the original _Beau Geste (1926)_ (qv); in this sequel the actors  return but play different characters.'),
('54319',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('54320',' Although a lost film, the trailer survived and is one of the 50  films in the 3'),
('54321','disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from  American Film Archives, 1894'),
('54322','1931" (2004), compiled by the National  Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is  preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and has a running  time of 55 seconds.'),
('54323',' Generally considered to be the first film in the French Nouvelle  Vague movement.'),
('54324',' The second of Rohmers six'),
('54325','part Comedies et Proverbes series.'),
('54326',' This film was also distributed in a shorter sound version of 350m.'),
('54327',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Bob Buys an Auto (1913)_ (qv).'),
('54328',' Most signs in the movie are written in Czech, albeit nonsensically  and mostly without the proper diacritics. The banner at the secret  resistance meeting says "to unite correct"; the warning signs in the  factory read "Danger: Steam"; and the scribbles on the newspaper  mean "From our readers letters". The labor decree that Pochenko  draws up is only seen for a split second in one shot, but part of it  says "further site updates are hereby postponed".'),
('54329',' Fran Drescher (qv) took voice lessons to alter the nasal quality  of her voice for the part of Joy Miller. When she arrived on set  using her new "normal" voice, producers insisted that she revert to  her natural trademark one, as it was one of the reasons she was  asked to play the part.'),
('54330',' Early in development, Fran Drescher (qv) planned the movie to be a  spin on _King and I, The (1956)_ (qv), titled "The King And Oy" but  legislatively faced the problem that FOX owned the rights.  Therefore, she decided to pay homage to  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv) instead.'),
('54331',' The newspaper Timothy Dalton is reading on the breakfast table is a  Turkish newspaper named "Hurriyet". The word means "Freedom" in the  Turkish language.'),
('54332',' The writer Jen Frankel used to be a model for the artist who painted  Lees portrait Ken Nutt. His studio was also used for the main set.'),
('54333',' The other location, Down the Street cafe is a popular Actors  hangout for the Stratford actors working at the theatre festival.'),
('54334',' Based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol'),
('54335',' After the sex change op, Nong Toom is currently working as an  actress cum model based in Bangkok.'),
('54336',' CAMEO(Parinya Charoenphol): the facial masseuse in the beauty parlor  scene.'),
('54337',' A print of this short survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('54338',' This had originally been intended as a feature film. The filmmaker  does have plans to do so in the future.'),
('54339',' Raul Zaragosa (qv) was introduced in this film.'),
('54340',' At the meeting for the second beauty pageant, a girl gives Becca a  can of hairspray and says, "Hairspray will make you a star!" The can  of hairsprays brand name is "Turn Blad". Marissa  Jaret Winokur (qv), who plays Becca, won a Tony award in 2003 for  her role as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray.'),
('54341',' In the scene featuring Pauls (Michael Rappaport) fumbled proposal  to Jan (Martha Plimpton), she says, "So stupid, Paul!" This is a  reference to Plimptons role 11 years earlier in The Goonies, when  she tells Mouth (Corey Feldman) "So stupid, Mouth!" in the cave  beneath the Fratelli hideout.'),
('54342',' Pauls monologue to Will, "A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like  youve been drinking Jack and Coke all morning. She can make you  feel high full of the single greatest commodity known to man '),
('54343','  promise. Promise of a better day. Promise of a greater hope. Promise  of a new tomorrow. This particular aura can be found in the gait of  a beautiful girl. In her smile, in her soul, the way she makes every  rotten little thing about life seem like its going to be okay." is  in the intro to the demo version of a Taking Back Sunday song  called, "Great Romances of the Twentieth Century".'),
('54344',' Ted Demme (qv) told Timothy Hutton (qv) to kiss  Natalie Portman (qv) on the cheek. She did not know it so her  reaction in the film is spontaneous.'),
('54345',' Adult'),
('54346','film debut of Mandy Bright (qv).'),
('54347',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _His First Sweetheart (1911)_ (qv).'),
('54348',' One of the 50 films in the 4'),
('54349','disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures  from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film  Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film  was preserved by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian  Institution. The excerpt shown on Turner Classic Movies had an  uncredited piano music score and runs 15 minutes.'),
('54350',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Ascent to Mt. Rainier, The (1916)_ (qv).'),
('54351',' Joshua Caldwell won an MTV Movie Award for this film. He was one of  five nominated student filmmakers from around the country and was  chosen as the winner through on'),
('54352','line voting. He accepted his award  on stage at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.'),
('54353',' This film was shot in 2 1/2 days but it took nearly 10 months to  edit, mix the sound and score.'),
('54354',' Robert Redford (I) (qv) was considered as director, but withdrew  due to scheduling conflicts.'),
('54355',' Cruise, Tom (qv) was considered to play Nash.'),
('54356',' The Pentagon office scene was filmed in the basement of Keating Hall  on Fordham Universitys Bronx campus (the same room was used in the  filming of the Georgetown University language lab scene in  _Exorcist, The (1973)_ (qv)).'),
('54357',' The Nobel Prize ceremony was filmed in Prudential Hall at the New  Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ. The filming for  that one scene, including set up, make up, etc, took over 8 hours.  However, the scene in the lobby afterwards was filmed at another  location.'),
('54358',' In the scene on the veranda with Richard Sol, Nash is kidding about  an imaginary person called "Harvey". This is a reference to  _Harvey (1950)_ (qv).'),
('54359',' When Nash first sees Parcher, he refers to him as "Big Brother", a  reference to George Orwell (qv)s "Nineteen Eighty'),
('54360','Four". Later,  we see that the room number of Nashs office is 101, another  reference to the book. When Nash gets accepted into Wheeler, its  1948, coincidentally the year Nineteen Eighty'),
('54361','Four was written.  (Although technically it was published in 1949)'),
('54362',' One of John Nashs sons plays the orderly on the right in the scene  where Nash is being dragged down the hall.'),
('54363',' The scene towards the end of the film where John Nash contemplates  drinking tea is based on a true event when Russell Crowe (I) (qv)  met the real John Nash (V) (qv). He spent 15 minutes contemplating  whether to drink tea or coffee.'),
('54364',' Nashs mutterings after he loses the board game (along the lines of  "the game is flawed" "I had the first move, I should have won") are  in reference to "Game Theory" '),
('54365',' the economic theory that Nash is  probably most famous for.'),
('54366',' Anthony Rapp (qv) and Adam Goldberg (I) (qv) play Nashs  assistants Sol and Bender, who are usually seen in the film  together. The two actors also played rarely'),
('54367','separated best friends  Tony and Mike in Richard Linklater (qv)s  _Dazed and Confused (1993)_ (qv)'),
('54368',' John Nash (V) (qv) visited the set, and Russell Crowe (I) (qv)  said later that he had been fascinated by the way he moved his  hands, and he had tried to do the same thing in the movie.'),
('54369',' Salma Hayek (qv) was originally considered for the part of Alicia  Larde because Alicia is from El Salvador.'),
('54370',' The Harvard scene is actually filmed at Manhattan College.'),
('54371',' After coming up with the idea for his revolutionary paper, John Nash  goes and shows a manuscript of it to Helinger (Judd Hirsch (qv)).  The manuscript is an actual copy of the original article, published  in the specialized journal "Econometrica", under the title "The  Bargaining Problem". (Figure 1 of the original paper, appears in the  manuscript shown in the movie).'),
('54372',' Producer Brian Grazer (qv) won the rights to the project after  John Nash (V) (qv) and Alicia Nash (qv) chose him over  competitor Scott Rudin (qv); the Nashes had long resisted having a  film made of their story.'),
('54373',' Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (qv) had plenty of personal experience  to draw on in developing the story; he had previosuly worked as a  child care counselor and had developed a method for training mental  health workers, and had also grown up in a house where his parents  had established a group home for emotionally disturbed children.'),
('54374',' Barnard College professor Dave Bayer (I) (qv) served as the math  advisor on the film, and also was Russell Crowe (I) (qv)s hand  double for the scenes where he is writing equations on windows, etc.'),
('54375',' The film was shot in sequence in order to help  Russell Crowe (I) (qv) develop a consistently progressing manner  of behavior.'),
('54376',' To create the "golden" look of the campus scenes early in the film,  the filmmakers took a low'),
('54377','contrast stock (Fuji F'),
('54378','400 8582) and  exposed it to an orange light before loading it into the camera for  shooting.'),
('54379',' The problem that John Nash writes on the blackboard in his lecture  is a real one (unlike in other movies, where math on boards is  usually either too simple or fake). There is an important theorem in  mathematical physics that directly says the answer to this is 1.  Later, when he discusses the problem with Alicia, he makes  additional restrictions for the solution, without which the problem  is much harder, so he is pretty confident she didnt solve it.'),
('54380',' While this film is inspired by the life of John Nash (V) (qv),  there were elements from his life that were deliberately omitted: a)  he was married several times; b) in the past, he had several hetero'),
('54381','  and homosexual affairs; c) He fathered a child out'),
('54382','of'),
('54383','wedlock in his  twenties.'),
('54384',' According to a 2001 Entertainment Weekly article on this film, the  filmmakers originally wanted to mention Nashs homosexuality, but  they feared the film would make the wrong connection between  homosexuality and schizophrenia, so they abandoned it. This  connection, according to the article, was based on several  now'),
('54385','discredited psychological studies that first appeared in the  late 1950s.'),
('54386',' DIRCAMEO(Ron Howard (qv)): guest at Governors Ball, talking to  another guest on the right of the screen.'),
('54387',' John Nash (V) (qv) didnt receive the Nobel prize alone, but with  colleague Reinhard Selten and Hungarian'),
('54388','born János Harsányi. "Game  Theory" was initiated by Hungarian born John von Neumann and  Austrian born Oskar Morgenstern in 1944.'),
('54389',' A love scene with Russell Crowe (qv) and Jennifer Connelly (qv)  was cut from the film.'),
('54390',' When John Nash is shown in the car riding from The Pentagon to  Wheeler Labs, the voice on the radio is that of Sen. Joseph  McCarthy, the infamous Communist hunter.'),
('54391',' The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All  Time" by Premiere.'),
('54392',' Strictly speaking, John Nash didnt win the Nobel Prize because  there isnt a prize for Economics or Mathematics. (Alfred Nobel who  willed his estate to the Nobel foundation saw no need for a prize in  mathematics.) In 1969 the Swedish Central Bank established the "The  Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred  Nobel". This prize is presented in the same ceremony and is  therefore often mistaken for a proper Nobel Prize. It is even often  referred to as the "Nobel Prize in Economics" in daily conversation.'),
('54393',' This featurette is featured on the A Beautiful Mind DVD, released  in 2002.'),
('54394',' This featurette is featured on the A Beautiful Mind DVD, released  in 2002.'),
('54395',' This featurette is featured on the A Beautiful Mind DVD, released  in 2002.'),
('54396',' Author Ethan Canin (qv)s original short story "Batorsag &  Szerelem", which this movie is based on, originally took place in  Iowa. When director Chad Lowe (I) (qv) became interested in the  project, and plans were made to film a movie based on the story, the  action of "Batorsag & Szerelem" was moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio,  which is a suburb of Cleveland.'),
('54397',' CAMEO(Jonathan Harvey): screenwriter appears as the Wheelchair Queen  in the scene in the Gloucester pub.'),
('54398',' When Sandra recalls that Cass Elliot died by choking on a sandwich  she is repeating an urban legend. "Mama" Cass actually died of heart  failure. Reports immediately after her death (before the autopsy)  apparently quoted her doctor as saying she probably died by choking  on a sandwich. Despite the results of the autopsy, the sandwich  story has stuck.'),
('54399',' The rainbow depicted early in the movie foreshadows to the nature of  the movie. The gay community associates itself with the rainbow.'),
('54400',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _All on a Summers Day (1912)_ (qv).'),
('54401',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Mr. Peck Goes Calling (1911)_ (qv).'),
('54402',' This is the second in a trilogy of comedy dramas (with  _Von Trapped (2004) (TV)_ (qv) and  _King of Fridges (2004) (TV)_ (qv)) based on the theme of being  trapped.'),
('54403',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress Paper Print  Collection.'),
('54404',' CAMEO(Trenyce (qv)): Brief appearance during the club scene'),
('54405',' Although Glenn Strange (qv) has a fine voice, and sang very well  in a number of B'),
('54406','Westerns, his voice is dubbed when his character,  Sailor Bill, "sings" "Blow the Man Down".'),
('54407',' The first American film version of this classic fairytale.'),
('54408',' This is the second in the Merrie Melodies series made in Cinecolor,  with Warner Bros. having to use this inferior two'),
('54409','color process  because Disney still had an exclusive contract with Technicolor for  animation produced in three'),
('54410','color Technicolor.'),
('54411',' Legendary make'),
('54412','up man Jack Pierces final film.'),
('54413',' Stoner, Sherri (qv) was used as the model for Belle.'),
('54414',' "Be Our Guest" was originally animated with Maurice (not Belle) as  the guest, but they decided not to waste such a wonderful song on a  secondary character.'),
('54415',' Chip originally had only one line, but the producers liked  Bradley Pierce (qv)s voice so much that extra dialogue and  business was written and storyboarded for the character.'),
('54416',' The original "cute" character of the movie was a music box, which  was supposed to be a musical version of Dopey. But when the  character Chips role was expanded, the music box idea was scrapped.  However the music box can be seen for a brief moment on a table next  to Lumière just before the fight between the enchanted objects and  the villagers in the Beasts castle.'),
('54417',' The last phrase of Cogsworths line "Flowers, chocolates, promises  you dont intend to keep... " was ad'),
('54418','libbed by  Stiers, David Ogden (qv).'),
('54419',' Nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, losing to  _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv). It was, however, the first  full length animated feature to win the Golden Globe for Best  Picture (Musical or Comedy).'),
('54420',' A song sung by the enchanted objects entitled "Human Again" was cut  before production started. The song was later added to the Disney on  Ice and theatrical productions and was recorded and animated for the  2001 Imax re'),
('54421','release. It was also added to the special edition  released in October 8th 2002, making the movie a bit longer.'),
('54422',' Art director Brian McEntee (qv) color keyed Belle so that she is  the only person in her town who wears blue. This is symbolic of how  different she is from everyone else around. Later, she encounters  the Beast, another misfit, also wearing blue.'),
('54423',' While songwriters are writing the melody to a song they often use  dummy lyrics to help with writing the melody. In the song "Gaston"  the writers liked the dummy lyrics so much that they used those in  the final production.'),
('54424',' Computer technology was considered for the rooftop fight and the  forest chase, but the primitive state of the technology only allowed  time to use it for the ballroom scene. Even for that scene, they had  a fallback strategy: what they called the "Ice Capades" version,  with just a spotlight on the two characters against a black  background.'),
('54425',' In the French release, Cogsworths name is Big Ben, after the famous  clock in London (extra, completely irrelevant, detail for trivia  fans: the landmarks real name is "The Clock Tower of the New Palace  of Westminster", while Big Ben is actually the name of the large  bell that strikes the hours '),
('54426',' nevertheless, the clock is seldom  referred to by any name other than Big Ben).'),
('54427',' The Beast/Princes real name is never mentioned. According to the  Official Encyclopedia of Disney by Dave Smith, the Beasts name is  "Adam".'),
('54428',' When Beast and Gaston are having their life'),
('54429','or'),
('54430','death struggle on the  castle, Gaston yells, "Belle is mine!" Originally he was supposed to  say, "Time to die!" but the writer changed it to fit Belle back in  the scene.'),
('54431',' Chip is the only object in the movie to mention Belle by her name.  All of the other objects refer to her as "mademoiselle," "she," her,  "the girl," etc.'),
('54432',' This was the first Disney animated movie to use a fully developed  script prior to animation. In previous films, story was developed  through the use of storyboards only, and was further developed  during animation. Several previous films had gone way over budget  when the animators spent time and effort animating scenes that, it  was eventually decided, did not fit the movie, and producers  realized that they could save money by having a script written  first.'),
('54433',' The dance between Belle and her Prince in the finale is actually  reused animation of the dance between Princess Aurora and Prince  Phillip in _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv). The original  _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv) pair had been drawn over to become the  new _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv) pair, and this was done  because they were running out of time during the production of the  movie.'),
('54434',' When Gaston is falling at the very end, there is close'),
('54435','up of his  eyes. For a few frames a tiny skull flashes in each of his eyes.'),
('54436',' In the 1930s and again in the 1950s, Walt Disney (qv) attempted to  adapt "Beauty and the Beast" into a feature but could not come up  with a suitable treatment, so the project was shelved. It wasnt  until _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv) became hugely successful  that they decided to try it a third time.'),
('54437',' The second Disney animated feature to use their proprietary CAPS  (Computer Animation Production System) system entirely, a digital  ink, paint, animation and camera process.  _Rescuers Down Under, The (1990)_ (qv) was the first Disney film to  use the system.'),
('54438',' Angela Lansbury (qv), the voice of Mrs. Potts, thought that  another character would be better suited to sing the ballad "Beauty  and the Beast". The director asked her to make at least one  recording to have for a back up if nothing else worked, and that one  recording ended up in the film.'),
('54439',' The first Disney animated feature to use fully rendered and textured  3'),
('54440','D CGI moving backgrounds in combination with the traditionally  animated character animation, a technique that was expanded upon in  the Disney short _Off His Rockers (1992)_ (qv) and later in  _Aladdin (1992)_ (qv).'),
('54441',' The film was previewed at the New York Film Festival in September  1991 in a "Work'),
('54442','In'),
('54443','Progress" format. Approximately 70% of the  footage was the final color animation. The other 30% consisted of  storyboard reels, rough animation pencil tests, clean'),
('54444','up (final  line) animation pencil tests, and computer animation tests of the  ballroom sequence. This marked the first time that Disney had done a  large'),
('54445','scale preview of an unfinished film.'),
('54446',' Julie Andrews (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Mrs. Potts'),
('54447',' Among the trophy heads on Gastons tavern is what appears to be a  frogs head, visible in the scene where Gaston spits.'),
('54448',' When The Beast is getting his hair cut for Belle, the hair style he  is given is the same as Lions in _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv).'),
('54449',' The smoke seen during the transformation of the Beast to the Prince  is actually real smoke, not animated. It was originally used in  _Black Cauldron, The (1985)_ (qv) and was re'),
('54450','used for  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv).'),
('54451',' Linda Woolverton (qv) drew her inspiration for the screenplay, not  from Jean Cocteau (qv)s _Belle et la bête, La (1946)_ (qv), but  from _Little Women (1933)_ (qv), admitting that theres a lot of  Katharine Hepburn (qv) in the characterization of Belle.'),
('54452',' Many of paintings on the walls of the castle are undetailed versions  of famous paintings by such artists as Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Goya.'),
('54453',' Art directors working on the film traveled to the Loire valley in  France for inspiration, and studied the great French romantic  painters like Fragonard and Boucher to give their settings a  European look.'),
('54454',' It was lyricist Howard Ashman (qv) who came up with the idea of  turning the enchanted objects into living creatures with unique  personalities.'),
('54455',' Glen Keane (qv), the supervising animator on the Beast, created  his own hybrid beast by combining the mane of a lion, the beard and  head structure of a buffalo, the tusks and nose bridge of a wild  boar, the heavily muscled brow of a gorilla, the legs and tail of a  wolf, and the big and bulky body of a bear.'),
('54456',' WILHELM SCREAM: during the raid on the castle, when a villager is  thrown through the front doors.'),
('54457',' Songs take up twenty'),
('54458','five minutes of the film and only five minutes  were without any musical score at all.'),
('54459',' 370 men and women were involved in the films production of whom, 43  were animators.'),
('54460',' The movie uses 1,295 painted backgrounds and 120,000 drawings.'),
('54461',' Caricatures of the directors, Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, can be  seen in the scene where Belle is given the book as a gift. As she is  leaving the store three men are seen pretending to not look through  the window and then they sing, "Look there she goes. The girl whos  so peculiar. I wonder if shes feeling well." They are the two men  on the outside of the large blonde man.'),
('54462',' Robby Bensons voice was altered by the growls of real panthers and  lions so that it is virtually unrecognizable. This is why near the  end when the Beast transforms into the prince his voice changes. His  voice is also not changed on the original motion picture soundtrack.'),
('54463',' This was the first Disney animated feature to have a pop version of  the films main song play over the end credits.'),
('54464',' The film is dedicated to Howard Ashman, the lyricist, who died  before the movies completion. At the end of the final credits, you  can read the dedication: "To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid  her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful."'),
('54465',' Many scenes were storyboarded but never animated. Those include a  scene where Gaston visits the Asylum and a scene where the Beast is  seen dragging a carcass of an animal he killed. Both where  considered too gruesome for the film and the ideas were dropped.'),
('54466',' The majority of the sculptures seen in the castle are different  earlier versions of the Beast.'),
('54467',' In the beginning the Beast is more monster than man. He walks on all  fours, leaps across whole balconies, and his wardrobe is not  complete. At the same time Gaston starts off as a man and slowly  becomes more of a monster.'),
('54468',' Alan Menken composed two different musical scores for the Beasts  death scene. The original (which is part of the Transformation piece  on the original motion picture soundtrack) was considered too happy  for the feeling needed so Alan Menken changed it to the version now  heard in the film.'),
('54469',' Disney was originally going to have Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel  in _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv) also provide the voice for  Belle. However, it was decided that Belle needed a more "European"  sounding voice. Howard Ashman remembered working with Paige OHara  and suggested she try out for the part.'),
('54470',' All of the dialog spoken by Tony Jay (qv) (Monsieur DArque) heard  in the film was recorded during his audition'),
('54471',' Schedueling conflicts with Star Trek: The Next Generation forced  Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) to turn down the role of Cogsworth.'),
('54472',' The first Disney animation movie to have Spanish dubbing. Until  that, all Disney animation movies were sent to Spain with Mexican  dubbing.'),
('54473',' The signs that Maurice comes upon when going to the fair, according  to movie commentary, read from top to bottom: Sagas, Valencia,  Ruehaul, and Anaheim.'),
('54474',' In the opening narration, it is said that the Beast has until his  21st birthday to have a girl fall in love with him. In the song Be  Our Guest, Lumiere mentions that it has been 10 years since they  had someone to serve. This would mean that the Prince was only 11  years old when he was cursed.'),
('54475',' When Paige OHara was auditioning, a bit of her hair flew in her  face and she tucked it back. The animators liked this so they put it  in the movie.'),
('54476',' Tony Jay (qv)s brief role as the asylum owner led to him being  cast as Judge Claude Frollo in  _Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996)_ (qv).'),
('54477',' The stained glass window that is seen at the very end of the movie  was built in Disneyland after the films release.'),
('54478',' Part of the original wave of GoodTimes Animation Video releases in  1992. These were the seven animated films to be produced by Golden  Films, which included _Aladdin (1992/II) (V)_ (qv),  _Pinocchio (1992) (V)_ (qv),  _Three Musketeers, The (1992/II) (V)_ (qv),  _Sinbad (1992) (V)_ (qv), _Thumbelina (1992) (V)_ (qv),  _Beauty and the Beast (1992/I) (V)_ (qv) and  _Little Mermaid, The (1992) (V)_ (qv).'),
('54479',' The characters of Clara, the beasts servant and her sister, the  mysterious fairy, did not feature in the original story. Instead,  the beast in his human form as a handsome prince appeared in  Beautys dreams instead of the wicked fairy, telling her to see past  ugliness instead of warning her about the cruel heart of the beast.'),
('54480',' The original play opened in Budapest, Hungary, on 2 December 1927.'),
('54481',' An English'),
('54482','language adaptation of the play by Benn W. Levy (qv),  entitled "A Church Mouse", opened in London in early May, 1931.'),
('54483',' Another English'),
('54484','language adaptation by Frederic Hatton (qv) and  Fanny Hatton (qv), also called "A Church Mouse", opened in New  York on 12 October 1931.'),
('54485',' Loosely based on the career of cosmetics giant  Helena Rubenstein (qv).'),
('54486',' The production shot nine scenes on the Universal backlot.'),
('54487',' This is the youngest production to shoot on the Universal backlot.'),
('54488',' 765 feet of Blimpe sandwiches were consumed by the cast and crew  during the duration of the production.'),
('54489',' The part of Charles father, Edward was played by Alex Carpenters  real father, Charles.'),
('54490',' The most demanding scenes (the opening and closing battle) were shot  back to back.'),
('54491',' Originally scheduled to be shot over four months, the film ended up  taking eleven months to wrap'),
('54492',' The movie went through three writers before Alex Carpenter, the lead  actor in the film, finished it.'),
('54493',' During the underwater sequences, Brandon Nicholas and Alex Carpenter  were only able to shoot for 5'),
('54494','7 second intervals due to extremely  cold temperatures. The temperature of the tank they were shooting in  was measured to be under 50 degrees Fahrenheit.'),
('54495',' Visual effects director, Brian Hahn, completed the 49 complicated  effects shots within three months.'),
('54496',' Lilys Assistant was played by Mali Elfman, daughter of Academy  Award Nominated Film Composer, Danny Elfman.'),
('54497',' Some sequences were shot on the same set that Pirates of the  Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl was shot on.'),
('54498',' Nicholas grandmother plays the old lady at orphanage. Much of the  story is based on Nicholas grandparents experiences during WWII.'),
('54499',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('54500',' The interviews with Lynda Carter and Les Daniels were done at the DC  Comics offices in New York City.'),
('54501',' This was included on the Wonder Woman season one DVD set.'),
('54502',' Won the Audience Award at the 6th bi'),
('54503','annual Extreme Filmmaker 48  Hour Film Festival.'),
('54504',' When Ken is naming the cast of "Leave It To Beaver", he mistakenly  calls actor Tony Dowd as Hugh Downs. This was an intentional mistake  by writer John Paul Middlesworth. He felt the Ken character is not a  true enough fan to actually know the real names of the actors in the  TV show.'),
('54505',' At the time of filming, Jerry Mathers was actually in North  Carolina, working on the film, Will To Power.'),
('54506',' When Ken and Tim leave the kitchen, there is a picture of Martin  Scorsese in the background.'),
('54507',' Paramount executives considered making this a live'),
('54508','action movie.'),
('54509',' In the desert scene, where Beavis and Butthead hallucinate, voices  are heard in the background. When the soundtrack is played  backwards, Beavis and Butthead are heard speaking clearly, including  phrases such as "Everybody go to college, study hard, study hard."'),
('54510',' One of the people sitting in the circle when the teacher sings  "Lesbian Seagull" is Daria Morgendorfer, who later got her own  series.'),
('54511',' Theres a line in the script that indicates that if  Bill Clinton (qv) lost his re'),
('54512','election campaign in 1996, there  would be a change to the scene where Butt'),
('54513','head meets  Chelsea Clinton (qv). In the regular movie, shes folding clothes.  But the scene was written so she could also be packing a suitcase  instead with only a minor addition to the scene.'),
('54514',' Beaviss hallucination scene in the desert was inspired by artwork  drawn by Rob Zombie. The music of the scene is White Zombies "Rat  Finks, Suicide Tanks and Cannible Girls".'),
('54515',' When Beavis and Butt'),
('54516','Head try to steal the TV from the high school,  and their teacher stops them the Geffen Prodctions logo can be seen  on the chalkboard'),
('54517',' Muddys red car is a 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV.'),
('54518',' Owing to the success of the film, a sequel was planned to be  released in 1999, but plans were eventually scrapped.'),
('54519',' Broke the box office receipts record for an opening weekend in  December until _Titanic (1997)_ (qv) was released in December the  following year.'),
('54520',' The version of "Walk on Water" on the official soundtrack is not the  version that is heard in the movie. The version you hear in the  movie is actually the demo version, and it appears on Disc 2 of  Ozzy Osbournes Prince of Darkness boxed set.'),
('54521',' The name David Letterman chose as his credit for his voice'),
('54522','work in  the film, Earl Hofert, is actually the name of his uncle, the same  "Uncle Earl" Letterman routinely mocks on his show, especially for  an incident where a drunk Uncle Earl supposedly said "Here, kitty  kitty kitty" to the Thanksgiving turkey.'),
('54523',' A reference to Butane made by the Tom Anderson character was changed  from Propane to avoid a connection to Mike Judges other animated  series King of the Hill.'),
('54524',' Stephen Collins and Diane Keaton played husband and wife in the  movie "The First Wives Club".'),
('54525',' In one scene at the restaurant, Johnny says to Daphne, played by  Diane Keaton, "I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype." This  same line is said by a character in Woody Allens 1977 film "Annie  Hall," which starred Diane Keaton.'),
('54526',' The names of the daughters (Maggie '),
('54527',' Lauren Graham (qv), Milly '),
('54528','  Mandy Moore (qv), and Mae '),
('54529',' Piper Perabo (qv)) come from an e.e.  cummings poem that starts "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May went  to he beach to play one day."'),
('54530',' The title song was not written by John Williams, but rather Don  Costa, with lyrics by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold. The song  "Because Theyre Young" was released by Duane Eddy (who appears  playing the song in the film) and became one of the rare  all'),
('54531','instrumental hits of the era, going to number 4 on the American  charts in the summer of 1960. The combination of Duane Eddys  "twang" guitar style and string orchestration was a different one  for Eddy and it ironically became the biggest hit of his career.'),
('54532',' Based on an early review of the movie in the September, 1959 issue  of Stardust Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 1) ...apparently the working title  was the same as the John Farris novel, HARRISON HIGH, on which it  was based (no mention of BECAUSE THEYRE YOUNG). The review also  mentioned that Dick Clarks character was that of the principal, not  a teacher.'),
('54533',' The older woman who asks for Renaldos autograph is played by Mario  Lanzas real'),
('54534','life mother; the unspeaking man with her is Marios  father.'),
('54535',' The title of the movie comes from Charles Trenets song "Que  reste'),
('54536','t'),
('54537','il de nos amours?", the main song in this film. This is the  verse where the title is taken from: "Bonheurs fanes, cheveux au  vent, baisers voles, reves emouvants..." (Withered happiness, hair  in the wind, stolen kisses, moving dreams...).'),
('54538',' Winn'),
('54539','Dixie was played by two different Picardy Shepherds, a rare  breed from France.'),
('54540',' To make sure both dogs got on well with AnnaSophia Robb (qv), who  played Opal, she was brought in early to get acquainted with the  dogs and give them treats. By the time shooting started, they  considered her a "safe" area.'),
('54541',' The bunny that Ottis hands Opal is a Netherlands Dwarf. They only  get to be between 6 to 8 inches long.'),
('54542',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Chocolate Dynamite (1914)_ (qv).'),
('54543',' Empress Matilda (Maud), King Henrys mother, had been chosen by her  father King Henry I to rule after his death; but the ruling Council  of England decided it would be inappropriate for a woman to rule,  and named her cousin Stephen as king. This set off decades of war,  during which Matilda captured much of western England and was  proclaimed Lady of England. Though she never became queen, she  successfully established her son Henrys claim to the throne. She  died in 1167, three years before Beckets murder.'),
('54544',' King Henry actually was very close with his son Henry, choosing to  have him raised in his close friend Beckets home '),
('54545',' a common  practice for royalty in that era. The princes resentment over his  fathers possible causation of Beckets death (intentional or not)  was a major reason he became distanced from his father in later  years, although the prince eventually died three years before his  father.'),
('54546',' Queen Eleanor was in actuality perhaps the wealthiest and most  powerful woman in Europe, and hardly the figure portrayed in the  play. Although here she remarks that she will complain to her uncle  the emperor, she was not related to Frederick Barbarossa.  Complaining to Frederick would have been awkward for a devout  Catholic anyway, as he had himself been excommunicated in 1160 and  was in a power struggle with the pope, establishing several rival  antipopes before reconciling with Rome in 1177.'),
('54547',' A point not mentioned in the play is that Queen Eleanors first  marriage had been with King Louis VII of France; the marriage was  later dissolved for reasons of common ancestry, although Henry was  exactly as close a relation as Louis had been.'),
('54548',' Beckets tomb became a popular destination for pilgrimages for  centuries, but it was looted and destroyed in the early 16th century  in the Dissolution of the Monasteries during Henry VIIIs reign, as  part of the Church of Englands break from Rome. A shrine was later  created at the site.'),
('54549',' Originally produced on Broadway in 1959 with Laurence Olivier as  Becket and Anthony Quinn as King Henry. When Quinn left the play to  make films, Olivier took over the role of Henry and Arthur Kennedy  was brought in to play Becket.'),
('54550',' The first film of Peter Jeffery (I) (qv).'),
('54551',' This film was taped in color and released in both color  black'),
('54552','and'),
('54553','white versions, the latter in keeping with the directors  chosen aeshtetic.'),
('54554',' After only a few weeks filming, director Sherman, Lowell (qv)  developed pneumonia and died. His replacement,  Mamoulian, Rouben (qv), scrapped his footage and began again from  scratch.'),
('54555',' The first feature'),
('54556','length three'),
('54557','color film.'),
('54558',' After the tremendous success of the short  _La Cucaracha (1934)_ (qv), John Hay Whitney (qv) and his cousin  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney formed Pioneer Pictures to produce  color films, of which this was the first.'),
('54559',' Being the first Technicolor film, the color at the time did not look  too realistic; one critic commented that the cast looked like  "boiled salmon dipped in mayonnaise".'),
('54560',' The restored version is being preserved by the UCLA Film Archives.'),
('54561',' The play by Langdon Mitchell (qv), "Becky Sharp", opened in New  York City, New York, USA on 12 September 1899 and had 116  performances. There were 3 revivals, the last in 1929. Another play  with the title "Vanity Fair", by different authors opened in New  York in 1911.'),
('54562',' Preview audiences complained that the sound was unintelligible. RKO  re'),
('54563','recorded the entire soundtrack by re'),
('54564','recording their Photophone  track on a Western Electric rival process, and then transferred it  to the Photophone system for the release print.'),
('54565',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Maltese Falcon, The (1941)_ (qv), released in 2000.'),
('54566',' This documentary is featured on the "Two'),
('54567','Disc Special Edition" DVD  for _Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('54568',' Created for the DVD release of _Walk the Line (2005)_ (qv).'),
('54569',' Kate Winslet, Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley were also  considered for the role of Jane Austen.'),
('54570',' Anne Hathaway learned to play the piano and worked with a dialect  coach for the preparation of this movie.'),
('54571',' Up to 300 extras were used in the ballroom scene which was visited  by John ODonoghue, the Irish Minister for the Arts.'),
('54572',' The final film role of Ian Richardson.'),
('54573',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for _I Am Sam (2001)_ (qv),  released in 2002.'),
('54574',' The revised National Anthem lyrics are.... God save Mrs Ethel  Shroake, Long live Mrs Ethel Shroake, God save Mrs Ethel Shroake of  393A High Street, Leytonstone'),
('54575',' According to Ronnie Barkers authorized biography Jack Shepard is  dubbed by Barker.'),
('54576',' No prints of this film can be found. Please check your attic.'),
('54577',' Michael Convertino (I) (qv)s score for this film, was composed  for and recorded by two orchestras in different locations. Then the  two separate pieces were mixed and overlaid with each other in the  studio to create the final product.'),
('54578',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('54579',' Dudley Moore (qv) adopted the moniker Stanley Moon in this film  after John Gielgud (qv) wrote him a letter of introduction because  he was impressed with Moores work in the stage revue "Beyond the  Fringe". Gielgud obliviously referred to Moore as Stanley Moon in  the letter, and an amused Moore adopted the name as an alter ego for  the rest of his life. After they worked on _Arthur (1981)_ (qv) and  _Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)_ (qv) together, Gielgud  good'),
('54580','naturedly said that he "got to know Stanley Moon rather well."'),
('54581',' "Mister Spiggot" was the name of a one'),
('54582','legged character played by  Dudley Moore who applied for the role of Tarzan in a TV sketch with  Peter Cook (I) (qv).'),
('54583',' The Devils dogs in the beach scene are named Dudley and Peter, a  reference to the writer/stars of the original  _Bedazzled (1967)_ (qv), Dudley Moore (qv) and  Peter Cook (I) (qv).'),
('54584',' The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley (I) (qv)) gives Elliot  (Brendan Fraser (qv)) a business card with the name "The Devil" on  it to prove she is the devil. It is just like "Oh, God!" when God  (George Burns (qv)) gives Jerry Landers (John Denver (qv)) a  business card with "God" written on it to prove he is God.'),
('54585',' The mix of real'),
('54586','time and greatly sped'),
('54587','up shots of things like  clouds, traffic, and people in subway stations at the beginning and  end of the film was previously used in the documentary  _Baraka (1992)_ (qv).'),
('54588',' The black sports car that Elizabeth Hurley (I) (qv) (the Devil)  drives in the beginning of the film is a Lamborghini Diablo.'),
('54589',' The mathematics homework that the Devil removes from the classroom  blackboard was effectively to prove Fermats Last Theorem '),
('54590',' a  legendary problem from 1630 that was often the subject of stories  about people selling their souls to solve it. The problem was  eventually solved in 1995 by Andrew Wiles and colleagues (with  computer, not satanic, assistance).'),
('54591',' In the basketball game, the name on the opposing teams jerseys is  "Shirts".'),
('54592',' The business card joke was also used in the original version of  _Bedazzled (1967)_ (qv), where the writing on the card was never  seen.'),
('54593',' According to producer Trevor Albert (qv), the schoolgirl outfit  The Devil wears was actually owned by Elizabeth Hurley (I) (qv).'),
('54594',' There is a deleted scene that can be seen on the DVD which shows  Elliot using one of his wishes to become a rock star, playing in a  metal band and using an English accent. It was cut out due to images  of drug use (Elliot takes a bong'),
('54595','hit on stage and Alison tries to  kill herself by swallowing pills), foul language (Elliot says a  certain four'),
('54596','letter word a number of times), and sexual content  (Elliot and Alison start to have sex right in the back room). It can  be accessed on the DVD by going to the second Special Features page,  highlighting the top choice, and clicking right. A devil on  Elizabeth Hurley (I) (qv)s shoulder should light up.'),
('54597',' The Devil mentions that on November 16, shell have been doing this  for 6000 years. This is a reference to Archbishop James Ussher, who  in the seventeenth century calculated that the birth of the world  was on Sunday 23 October 4004BC. According to his calculations, Adam  and Eve were thrown out of Paradise on Monday, 10 November.'),
('54598',' When the emotionally sensitive Elliot is playing guitar for Allison,  the playing we hear is actually that of Harold Ramis.'),
('54599',' Elizabeth Hurleys double can be seen as an extra in the party after  Elliot wishes to be intelligent. She is on the right when Allison is  saying, "I had no idea he was so handsome".'),
('54600',' An additional scene shot involved the rich and powerful Elliot  giving Allison a diamond ring as a gift. Allison remarks that it is  lovely and tosses it away. Elliot later tosses the ring into a  fountain in disappointment and servants dive in to retrieve it. This  seemed like overkill so it was left out.'),
('54601',' In longer versions of the film, Elliot was so pathetic that preview  audiences squirmed. It was decided that a little went a long way so  it was trimmed down.'),
('54602',' The glasses worn by the devil when she and Elliot are on the bus are  similar to those worn by Peter Cook (I) (qv) when he played the  devil in the original version of _Bedazzled (1967)_ (qv).'),
('54603',' The math homework that The Devil erases from the blackboard when she  is the schoolteacher is Fermats Last Theorem '),
('54604',' Solve for n>2, x^n +  y^n = z^n, an extremely difficult mathematical problem that was only  proved conclusively in the early 1990s, after four hundred years of  it stumping the most brilliant mathematical minds in the world.'),
('54605',' A non'),
('54606','U.S. production, country unknown.'),
('54607',' Donald Sutherland (I) (qv)s feature film debut.'),
('54608',' Based upon the play by Dave Freeman.'),
('54609',' The armor in the climactic battle with the Nazis was authentic  medieval armor, previously used in _Camelot (1967)_ (qv) and  _El Cid (1961)_ (qv). When any item of armor was to be destroyed,  exact fiberglass replicas were created and used.'),
('54610',' Julie Andrews (I) (qv), Leslie Caron (qv), Lynn Redgrave (qv),  and Judy Carne (qv) were considered for the role of Miss Price  before Angela Lansbury (qv) was cast.'),
('54611',' Ron Moody (qv) was considered for the role of Mr. Browne before  David Tomlinson (I) (qv) was cast.'),
('54612',' In the establishing shot of the animated soccer game, a bear wearing  a Mickey Mouse T'),
('54613','shirt can be spotted in the crowd on the right side  of the picture.'),
('54614',' The films opening credits sequence is a homage to the Bayeux  Tapestry, a seamless linen cloth made by the French in Medieval  times which tells the story of the Norman Conquest of England.'),
('54615',' The only non'),
('54616','European cast member is Sam Jaffe (I) (qv), who was  born in New York.'),
('54617',' The castle in the background of the town is real and situated in  Dorset, England. Both the castle and the town where it resides are  called Corfe Castle, where many Thomas Hardy (I) (qv) adaptations  have been filmed since.'),
('54618',' The song "The Beautiful Briny" was originally written for a sequence  in _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv) but ultimately dropped.'),
('54619',' This is the last feature film that longtime Disney studio  songwriters Richard M. Sherman (qv) and Robert B. Sherman (qv)  wrote songs for until _Tigger Movie, The (2000)_ (qv)'),
('54620',' This was Reginald Owen (qv)s final film.'),
('54621',' This was the last film from the Disney studios to receive an Academy  Award until _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv).'),
('54622',' GOOFY HOLLER: heard during the soccer game when the king kicks the  hyena.'),
('54623',' The falling inmates scream at the beginning of the movie was from  one of the falling sailors in _King Kong (1933)_ (qv)'),
('54624',' The dress Anna Lee (I) (qv) is wearing as she mounts her horse is  the one Vivien Leigh (qv) made from the curtains in  _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv).'),
('54625',' A video copy of this film is at the University of East Anglia  library.'),
('54626',' Adam Sandler played an architect in another of his movies, Click.'),
('54627',' Marlon Brando (qv) said that he found co'),
('54628','star  David Niven (I) (qv) so funny, he often broke into uncontrollable  laughter during filming, thus ruining many takes. It was so bad he  would have to force himself not to look Niven in the eye during  filming.'),
('54629',' Almost 25 years after the film was released, it was remade as  _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)_ (qv).'),
('54630',' Baby LeRoys debut. He did eight more films until 1935 always as a  baby.'),
('54631',' Dakota Fanning (qv) was originally going to play Eliza, but  directors thought that Flora Cross (qv) looked like  Juliette Binoche (qv) and selected Cross instead.'),
('54632',' Jonathan Murphy auditioned for the part of Aaron Naumann.'),
('54633',' Ninth episode in The Telephone Girl 2'),
('54634','reel comedy series.'),
('54635',' Secrets of Life documentary series.'),
('54636',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('54637','packers Armour & Co.'),
('54638',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('54639','packers Armour & Co.'),
('54640',' For the first Road Runner short _Fast and Furry'),
('54641','ous (1949)_ (qv),  the birds "Beep! Beep!" was produced by special effects man  Treg Brown (qv) with a Klaxon horn. When the gadget disappeared,  Mel Blanc (qv) mimicked the sound for this short. Blancs voice  was used for all Road Runner cartoons thereafter.'),
('54642',' A sign at the entrance to the mine says "Selzer Mining Co."  Edward Selzer (qv) was the films producer.'),
('54643',' Sandra Bernhard (qv) was fired and replaced by  Loretta Swit (qv).'),
('54644',' "Beer Friday" aka "Corporate Lackey" was a finalist for the  International Filmakers Screenwriting Award.'),
('54645',' Ione Skye (qv) auditioned for the role of Linda.'),
('54646',' Scott Baio (qv) auditioned for the role of Maz. After casting  Ralph Macchio (qv), Baio was considered for another role but the  producers felt it would be "too much" to have two icons of the  1980s in the film.'),
('54647',' During the filming, the cast and crew endured (in no particular  order) a broken hand, a nail through the foot, eviction,  unemployment, car accidents, ghostly encounters, band breakups,  stolen jewelry, lost love, burnt flesh, embarrassing one night  stands, and kidney failure.'),
('54648',' The DP appears as Kirt Bradley.'),
('54649',' When Sheriff Bentley (Steve Sherwin) asks Bob if hes "seen a gun  around here", you can hear Steve singing with his band "The  Underdogs" on the soundtrack in the background.'),
('54650',' Set at the fictional RS University, inspired by the aliases of the  writers "Rodriguez" and "Sandbag".'),
('54651',' The characters Gwen and Stacey are named after the popular  Spider'),
('54652','Man love interest.'),
('54653',' The feet in the scene where the hot angel rubs Theos feet are not  those of Theo. He was unavailable on the day of shooting as this  scene was shot a month after principle photography ended.'),
('54654',' This documentary is featured on the Warner Brothers DVD for _Public  Enemy, The (1931), released in 2005.'),
('54655',' The first Stooges "episode".'),
('54656',' Now available on DVD as an extra with "Flying Down To Rio"'),
('54657',' Jürgen Prochnow (qv) makes a comment about how he "had a bad  experience in one of these before" when in the submarine. This  obviously refers to _Boot, Das (1981)_ (qv).'),
('54658',' The techno song played during the Germans "training" scene is same  song played in _Super Troopers (2001)_ (qv) when they pull over the  Porsche. The song is "Bidibodi Bidibu" by Bubbles.'),
('54659',' "Schniedelwichsen" is a name put together from vulgar German words.  The literal translation is "cock jerking".'),
('54660',' While in the Beerfest "arena" they show portraits of the Von  Wolfhaus ancestors. One of the portraits is of the 11th President of  the United States James K. Polk.'),
('54661',' Erik Stolhanske (Todd Wolfhouse) is the only man left in the Broken  Lizard comedy group who has yet to do a nude scene.'),
('54662',' Steve Lemmes character, Charlie Fink Finklestein, is named after  the character Barton Fink, a Coen Brothers movie of the same name.  Steve wears the same glasses and has the same curly hairstyle as  Barton Fink.'),
('54663',' All three of the senior Von Wolfhausens were named for classical  music composers. They are named for Ludwig Von Beethoven, Johan  Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'),
('54664',' The character names "Hammacher" and "Schlemmer" are, together, the  name of an upscale mail'),
('54665','order catalog.'),
('54666',' When Paul Stoter (qv) and Erik Stolhanske (qv) are initially  being led to the Beerfest arena, the other members of  Broken Lizard (qv) have cameos. Kevin Heffernan (I) (qv) is a  German woman putting a human leg through a meat grinder,  Jay Chandresekhar (qv) is a blind bearded man being circled by s  singing boy on a tricycle, and Steve Lemme (qv) appears as a  clown'),
('54667','like character sporting a strap'),
('54668','on.'),
('54669',' A documentary in The Voice of the Land series.'),
('54670',' The character of Dr. Allen, Dr. Saxon, Dr. Haggarty, Dr. Zimbalist  and Dr. Parks are all homages to previous killer bee films.  Irwin Allen (I) (qv) directed The Swarm (1978) (qv),  John Saxon (qv) starred in The Bees (1978) (qv),  Dan Haggerty (I) (qv) and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (qv) starred in  Terror out of the Sky (1978) (qv), and Michael Parks (I) (qv)  starred in The Savage Bees. (1976) (qv)'),
('54671',' Screenwriter John Hughes (I) (qv) is credited as "Edmond Dantes."  The pseudonym is a homage to a character in "The Count of Monte  Cristo."'),
('54672',' Brian Levant (qv) took over as director just after the start of  filming, replacing Steve Rash (qv).'),
('54673',' Eleanor Keaton (qv), Buster Keaton (qv)s widow, trained the dog  Beethoven for this movie.'),
('54674',' So incensed were the American Veterinary Association about the  depiction of a vet as leader of a dog'),
('54675','napping ring, they fired off a  letter of protest to Jack Valenti (qv), head of the Motion Picture  Association of America.'),
('54676',' In his autobiography, writer Günter Kunert (qv) details how this  film first passed through East German censorship and was then  suddenly taken out of theaters because somebody finally noticed  dialog which could be interpreted as critical of the ruling  Socialist Party.'),
('54677',' Eleanor Keaton (qv), Buster Keaton (qv)s widow, trained the dog  Bethoven for this movie.'),
('54678',' Christopher Masterson (qv) a small role in the film, however his  older brother, Danny Masterson (qv), had a leading role in the  film. The two were not playing brothers in the movie, so neither one  mentioned to anyone that they were related. When producers went to  view the film they noticed the resemblance and re'),
('54679','shot all of  Chriss scenes with another actor.'),
('54680',' Screenwriter John Hughes is credited (for "characters created by")  as "Edmond Dantès". Dantes is the central character in "The Count of  Monte Cristo" and is the same credit John Hughes had on  _Beethoven (1992)_ (qv) and _Beethovens 2nd (1993)_ (qv).'),
('54681',' Director Martin Koolhoven (qv) had already met Dutch rapper  Yes'),
('54682','r (qv) a year before when he did a casting for his film  _Schnitzelparadijs, Het (2005)_ (qv). He saw the talent of the young  Morrocan, but thought it was a bit to early for Yes'),
('54683','r (qv). A year  later he called him back to give him the lead in his new production.'),
('54684',' Originally planned as a supernatural drama entitled "The Maitlands",  about a deceased couple dealing with the troubles of the afterlife.  The scenes were scripted much more morbidly than they appear (most  notably the waiting room scenes, which were supposed to be  particularly ghoulish), and most of the characters were much darker.  Only when Michael Keaton (qv) began filming his scenes and asked  for creative freedom did Tim Burton (I) (qv) realize the potential  of a dark comedy.'),
('54685',' The receptionist in the waiting room is Miss Argentina.'),
('54686',' Tim Burton (I) (qv) originally wanted Sammy Davis Jr. (qv), a  favorite star of his since childhood, to play the role of Betelgeuse  but studio executives didnt like that idea at all.'),
('54687',' When Betelgeuse comes through the table at the end of the film, Jack  Skellington, from _Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)_ (qv), can  be seen at the top of his hat.'),
('54688',' DIRTRADE(Tim Burton (I) (qv)): [music]: music by  Danny Elfman (qv)'),
('54689',' The only cast member who would initially commit to the project was  Geena Davis (qv). Michael Keaton (qv), Winona Ryder (qv),  Catherine OHara (I) (qv), and Sylvia Sidney (qv) all said no at  least once. Producer David Geffen (qv) convinced Michael Keatons  manager to convince Michael to meet with director  Tim Burton (I) (qv). Once Michael said yes, Tim Burton personally  called Sylvia Sidney and begged her to do the movie, and he flew out  to meet with Catherine OHara to convince her as well.'),
('54690',' In the wedding scene, Lydias dress is a bright red. According to  the old rhyme about wedding dress colors, its "Married in red,  better off dead."'),
('54691',' During the sequence where Adam and Barbara enter Junos office and  see her speaking to a recently deceased football team, a room full  of ghosts can be seen through Junos office window. Among the ghosts  in the audience are a red skeleton and a green skeleton (identical  to the ones seen in Tim Burton (I) (qv)s later movie,  _Mars Attacks! (1996)_ (qv)), a woman with red hair, and two men in  suits and Ray'),
('54692','Ban style sunglasses.'),
('54693',' Over the door in the waiting room, the sign reads "No Exit" in the  same lettering as the standard "Exit" signs over most doorways, a  reference to a play with that title by Jean'),
('54694','Paul Sartre (qv). The  play deals with three people who find themselves trapped with one  another in a room shortly after they die.'),
('54695',' The studio disliked the title "Beetlejuice" and wanted to call the  film "House Ghosts". As a joke, Tim Burton (I) (qv) suggested the  name "Scared Sheetless" and was horrified when the studio actually  considered using it.'),
('54696',' DIRTRADE (Tim Burton (I) (qv)): [dogs] The Maitlands deaths are  caused by a stray dog wandering around the bridge their car topples  over.'),
('54697',' Michael Keaton (qv) spent only two weeks filming his part in the  film.'),
('54698',' Michael Keaton (qv) only appears in 17.5 minutes of the films  entire 92'),
('54699','minute running time.'),
('54700',' DIRTRADE(Tim Burton (I) (qv)): [TV commercials] Betelgeuses TV  commercial.'),
('54701',' DIRTRADE(Tim Burton (I) (qv)): [stop'),
('54702','motion animation] The  sculptures, sandworms, and various effects.'),
('54703',' Wes Craven (qv) was set to direct the film at one time, when it  was still more of a horror film. When things fell apart he went on  to write _Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987)_ (qv)  (but not direct).'),
('54704',' Juliette Lewis (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Lydia.'),
('54705',' In early versions of the script, Lydia was a minor character.  Originally, her adorable 6'),
('54706','year'),
('54707','old half sister, called Cathy, was  meant to be the girl who befriended the Maitlands. Eventually the  two characters were combined.'),
('54708',' This is Michael Keaton (qv)s favorite film of his own.'),
('54709',' SPOILER: Betelgeuses name is said only 15 times. Barbara said it 8  times, Juno said it 2 times, and Lydia said it 5 times.'),
('54710',' Catherine OHara (I) (qv) was a replacement for an ill  Anjelica Huston (qv) as Delia. It was on the set that she met her  husband, production designer Bo Welch (qv).'),
('54711',' The original plan for the dinner party was to have the guests dance  to "a song by The Ink Spots (qv)," but Jeffrey Jones (I) (qv)  and Catherine OHara (I) (qv) suggested the music be calypso.'),
('54712',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('54713',' Set in Cuba, the film was made entirely in Mexico, with Mexico City  doubling as Havana. Julian Schnabel said the crew was so pleasant to  work with that, if he was making a film in the arctic, he would use  a Mexican crew.'),
('54714',' Almost every scene, according to Guillermo Rosas (qv), was  photographed with a chocolate'),
('54715','colored filter on the camera lens. The  contributed a great deal to distinctive colors and textures in the  film, especially the skin tones, and the vibrancy in green hues.'),
('54716',' The directors wife plays Javier Bardems mother. All of Schnabels  children have bit roles as well.'),
('54717',' The Ferris wheel Hawke and Delpy ride in Vienna is the same one used  in _Third Man, The (1949)_ (qv) and  _Living Daylights, The (1987)_ (qv)'),
('54718',' The idea for the movie came from a night Richard Linklater (qv)  spent walking around Philadelphia with Amy, a woman he met.'),
('54719',' Critic Anthony Lane remarked that this film could be alternately  titled "Schlacker".'),
('54720',' DIRCAMEO(Richard Linklater (qv)): playing "fussball" in the club  scene.'),
('54721',' In the scene where Jesse complains about fortune tellers never  telling the truth, he quotes almost exactly from a scene in the book  "The Circus of Dr. Lao" by Charles Finney. In the book the magician  Appollonius of Tyana tells a widow that her next day and the day  after will be exactly the same as the day before, "a tedious  collection of hours". (Page 81, Grey Walls Press edition)'),
('54722',' One of the albums Jesse flicks through in the record shop (the blue  album with the face at the top) is "Sleepwalkers" by  The Kinks (qv).'),
('54723',' When Jesse quotes Audens poem, "As I Walked out One Evening", he  skips over one stanza about time watching from the shadows, and  coughing when you would kiss.'),
('54724',' At the end of the film, Jesse reveals that the date is June 16th.  This is the same date in James Joyces novel "Ulysses," which  follows Leopold Bloom around Dublin for one day. June 16th is  celebrated as "Bloomsday."'),
('54725',' Shooting took a mere 15 days.'),
('54726',' Though this movie was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, the  screenplay is not based upon any existing text. However, the Academy  rule book says that all sequels are adaptations.'),
('54727',' The man and woman that Celine speaks to in the courtyard of her  apartment are played by Julie Delpy (qv)s real parents,  Albert Delpy (qv) and Marie Pillet (qv).'),
('54728',' Julie Delpy (qv) wrote and performed three songs for the  soundtrack.'),
('54729',' Since the film takes place during the mid'),
('54730','late afternoon, it was the  only time of day director Richard Linklater (qv) would shoot the  scenes in the film. He felt it added to the hyper reality of the  film, and often relied on the actors to get perfect takes at the  right time.'),
('54731',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 10.1 seconds'),
('54732',' Jesses last name is Wallace.'),
('54733',' The CD they listen to in Celines apartment is "Tomato Collection"  by Nina Simone.'),
('54734',' Celine says to Jesse "Youre a Scorpio, Im a Sag, so we get along."  These are Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpys signs in real life.'),
('54735',' This film was made 9 years after the first film, which is the length  of time between the events in each story.'),
('54736',' Second episode in the Hunkey'),
('54737','Dorey one reel comedy series'),
('54738',' Title taken from the Irish toast: "May you be in heaven half an  hour... before the devil knows youre dead."'),
('54739',' This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers 2004 DVD for  _Suspicion (1941)_ (qv).'),
('54740',' Peter Bonerz (qv) gave direction and production advise to Bolger  prior to filming.'),
('54741',' Kristen Johnston (qv) ran lines with actor Kevin Casper prior to  filming.'),
('54742',' First Macedonian movie that was nominated for Oscar'),
('54743',' The man being shot on Alexandars photo is the director of the  movie, Milcho Manchevski.'),
('54744',' Created for the "Gilligans Island: The Complete First Season" DVD  box set'),
('54745',' All the added sounds on the soundtrack came from the sound of a  single tennis ball hit by Lars Ulrich. From that sound, 10 pitch  variations were made in the computer, with those sounds connected to  triggers on drum pads, which in turn were played by Lars Ulrich.'),
('54746',' Cast was assembled from the Crow and Cheyenne Indian tribes.'),
('54747',' This documentary is featured on the New Line Platinum Series DVD for  _After the Sunset (2004)_ (qv).'),
('54748',' This is an "Easter Egg" on disc 2 of the 4'),
('54749','disc R2 DVD release of  the Europa Trilogy (collecting  _Forbrydelsens element (1984)_ (qv), _Epidemic (1987)_ (qv) and  _Europa (1991)_ (qv)), distributed on June 13, 2005 by Electric Parc  ApS [dk]. To find it: On the Special Features menu, move the  selection icon over to DVD Credits and select up with your remote.  This will move the icon to the Alka'),
('54750','Seltzer logo, and the egg will  come up.'),
('54751',' Original production of "Beg" at the Moscow Art Theater was banned,  because Stalin was critical about the portrayal of the White Army  officers. Even Gorky tried to help the movie, but the ban was not  lifted.'),
('54752',' The General Commander of the "White Army" Baron Vrangel and General  Yakov Slashchev, who was the second in command, were the prototypes  for the characters in the film. The real General Slashchev returned  to the Soviet Russia in 1924 and was later killed in Moscow.'),
('54753',' The film was voted "Best of the Fest" at the Edinburgh Film Festival  1994.'),
('54754',' This short documentary is featured on the 2'),
('54755','Disc Criterion  Collection DVD for _Mépris, Le (1963)_ (qv), released in 2002.'),
('54756',' Based on the book with the same title written by the Flemish author  Piet Van Aken.'),
('54757',' A video copy of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('54758',' In early 1953, it was inaccurately announced that  Audrey Hepburn (qv) would star opposite Laurence Olivier (qv) in  this production.'),
('54759',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Chinese Orphanage, A (1920)_ (qv).'),
('54760',' The stage play on which the film was based, "Outside Looking In",  was much admired by Charles Chaplin (qv), who saw it several  times. On one such occasion his guest was Louise Brooks (I) (qv),  who many years later would play the main role in the film version.'),
('54761',' To give the film authenticity, actual hobos '),
('54762',' homeless, unemployed  men '),
('54763',' were employed as extras during the production.'),
('54764',' During the filming of the scene in which Nancy runs alongside of and  boards the moving train, no stunt double was employed.  Louise Brooks (I) (qv) actually performed the stunt.'),
('54765',' Thanks to a few lines of dialog being added to the music/special  effects track (similar to Warners _Jazz Singer, The (1927)_ (qv)),  this was Paramounts first feature with spoken words. The studios  first all'),
('54766','talking feature, _Interference (1928)_ (qv) would be  released at the end of 1928.'),
('54767',' The train wreck in this movie (an actual derailment) was filmed in  Carrizo Gorge in the Southern California desert; the wreckage is  still there.'),
('54768',' The first "Our Gang" short of Carl Alfalfa Switzer (qv).'),
('54769',' 200 grasshoppers were used for the film. During the filming, they  began to cannibalize one another, so by the time the last shots were  done, only a dozen were left.'),
('54770',' The National Guardsmen wear the insignia of the U.S. 33rd Infantry  Division, which is indeed the designated unit of the Illinois  National Guard. The soldiers in Chicago wear the insignia of the  U.S. Fifth Army, which at the time was headquartered in Chicago,  where the film takes place.'),
('54771',' There really is a town called Ludlow and a town called Paxton, in  the right area in Champaign County, Illinois. They are also near  Chanute AFB, where reporter Peggy Castle was headed at the beginning  of the film.'),
('54772',' Austen Seaholm won the 2002 Vans Triple Crown.'),
('54773',' Steve Webber went on to be a well know hair stylist.'),
('54774',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('54775','Disc DVD for  _Star Wars: Episode I '),
('54776',' The Phantom Menace (1999)_ (qv).'),
('54777',' The title of this film, was taken from a common Scottish phrase  often heard by director Norman McLaren (qv) as a boy in Scotland.'),
('54778',' "Begone dull care" is a common Scottish phrase Norman McLaren used  to hear as a boy in Scotland.'),
('54779',' Award: Prix Spécial du Cinéma Canadien 1950.'),
('54780',' The technique used to create the images in the film is called  camera'),
('54781','less animation. Images are painted directly on blank film  stock or, in some instances, etched from the black emulsion of  exposed film stock.'),
('54782',' McLaren and Lambert hung some of the film to dry in windows of their  work space in Montreal. Because of the pollution, dirt ended up  drying onto the film as well. Lanbert suggested projecting the film  to see what it looked like. They ended up using this "dirty film" in  parts of the finished work.'),
('54783',' Approximately eight to ten hours of optical work '),
('54784',' re'),
('54785','photographing,  visual treatments, and filtering '),
('54786',' was required to produce one  minute of film. The total postproduction period for the 78'),
('54787','minute  movie was eight months.'),
('54788',' Don Siegel (I) (qv)s favorite of all his films.'),
('54789',' Other titles contemplated by Universal Pictures were "Pussy'),
('54790','footing  Down at the Old Plantation" and "On One I Walked".'),
('54791',' SPOILER: This is one of only two films to date in which  Clint Eastwood (qv)s character dies. Both Eastwood and director  Don Siegel (I) (qv) had to fight with the bosses at Universal  Pictures to keep this ending.'),
('54792',' Classic pin'),
('54793','up artist, Vargas, painted the films original poster.'),
('54794',' As Master Chief OMalley (David Keith (I) (qv)) leads Lt. Burnett  to see Admiral Reigart, Burnett asks him if he caught the University  of Tennessees football game loss the previous Saturday. OMalley  replied, "I dont know anything about that." David Keith graduated  from the University of Tennessee.'),
('54795',' This is the first movie to feature the US Navys new F/A'),
('54796','18E/F Super  Hornet.'),
('54797',' In the very beginning when the reporter speaks, he speaks of a  Cincinnati Accord that brought a cease fire. There was a real  agreement like this, only it was the Dayton Accord.'),
('54798',' The film is based loosely on the experiences of USAF Captain Scott  OGrady, who was shot down over Bosnia.'),
('54799',' USAF Captain Scott OGrady brought a lawsuit down on 20th Century  Fox for damages to his character. He claims he didnt curse as much  and never disobeyed orders.'),
('54800',' When the crew of the carrier are linking a satellite to view  Burnett, as the thermal image appears on the screen, the sound  effect is the same as in _Predator (1987)_ (qv) when the screen  shows the Predators thermal view.'),
('54801',' In the football scene, the filmmakers actually tried to have the  catapult shuttle kick the football off. Unfortunately, the shuttle  completely obliterated the ball, forcing a Navy Master Chief to just  chuck the ball in the air for the desired shot.'),
('54802',' The US Navy Ship used is the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) which has been  used in several other films.'),
('54803',' Lt. Burnetts call sign is "Longhorn". Stackhouses is "Smoke".'),
('54804',' British news channel Sky News features prominently in the film. Sky  News and 20th Century Fox (the studio that produced the movie) are  both owned by Rupert Murdoch (qv)s News Corporation.'),
('54805',' This feature is included in the first wave of Blu'),
('54806','Ray releases by  Fox. A total of five movies were included in this initial wave. The  others being: "Fantastic Four", "Ice Age", "The League of  Extraordinary Men" and "Kiss of the Dragon".'),
('54807',' In the opening scene when the Lt. Chris Burnett (Owen Wilsons)  character loses the football over the side of the Navy ship, you can  hear someone scream Wilson. A possible reference to the Tom Hanks  film Cast Away (2000)'),
('54808',' During the period while filming, was the first time in 104 years  that Slovakia did not get snow, so all the snow seen in the film was  created by special effects.'),
('54809',' As the tank busts through the wall, Director John Moore (V) (qv)  was nearly killed. He was pulled away by a stuntman just in time.'),
('54810',' The flashback of civilians being unloaded from a bus to be shot is  taken from the movie “Saviour”.'),
('54811',' The filmmaker, Nicolai Ursin (qv) , made no other films aside from  this one.'),
('54812',' This is not a feature film. It is two episodes of the  _"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951)_ (qv) TV show edited  together and released as a feature.'),
('54813',' This film was premiered at the grand opening of the Fox Theater at  1350 Market Street in San Francisco on 28 June 1929.'),
('54814',' The first Charlie Chan film at Fox studios.'),
('54815',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('54816',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Nantes (1910)_ (qv).'),
('54817',' This documentary is featured on the 4th DVD bonus disc in the Scream  Trilogy boxed set.'),
('54818',' Documentary about the making of Barricade .. made for DVD extras and  for broadcasting on TV'),
('54819',' This movie was filmed in Kettering in October 1986 and as it was set  in 1960, vehicles from the time were needed and parked in the street  outside the grammar school. A keen'),
('54820','eyed Kettering cop noticed that  the road tax on the vehicles was out of date and started to issue  tickets.'),
('54821',' This documentary is featured on both the First Run Features and  Anchor Bay Entertainment DVDs for  _Forgotten Silver (1995) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('54822',' Every outfit worn by Ben Browder (qv), playing  Lee Majors (I) (qv) in this film, is identical to outfits the real  Majors wore in episodes of  _"Six Million Dollar Man, The" (1974)_ (qv)'),
('54823',' Lee Majors (I) (qv), says that he never told then wife  Farrah Fawcett (qv) that she had to quit the show because he  needed his food on the table when he got home from shooting his  series _"Six Million Dollar Man, The" (1974)_ (qv). This was a rumor  that had been floating around Hollywood for sometime that made its  way into this production.'),
('54824',' In the scene at the club, where an NBC talent exec is there to see  Jay Leno but finds Robin Williams instead, a quick shot is shown of  someone playing Jay Leno in his younger days. The actor is  actually the winner of a "Jay Leno Look'),
('54825','alike" contest run in 2004  on The Tonight Show.'),
('54826',' Bronze Remi Award Houston International Film Festival'),
('54827',' Platinum Best of Show Aurora Award'),
('54828',' Telly Award'),
('54829',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('54830','disc Vista Series DVD for  _Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)_ (qv), released in 2003.'),
('54831',' Silver Screen Award '),
('54832',' U.S. International Film & Video Festival  (1999)'),
('54833',' 1st Place '),
('54834',' 32nd Annual Media Awards Competition'),
('54835',' After seeing her (under the name Marilyn Briggs) in  Wes Craven (qv)s 1971 film _Together (1971)_ (qv), the Mitchell  Brothers offered Marilyn Chambers (I) (qv) a role in this movie,  giving her the option of taking a role in which she wasnt required  to have sex. Originally, Chambers chose a non'),
('54836','sex role, but allowed  the Brothers to talk her into taking the lead. For her gig, she was  paid $25,000 and 1% of earnings (which in 1974, brought her between  $2,000 and $2,500 per month), the highest amount ever paid a porn  performer. Chambers said that her experience was a good one as the  Brothers treated her as an actress, with respect.'),
('54837',' This was publicized as the first "safe sex" porn film, with all male  performers using condoms.'),
('54838',' The radio truck used in the film was borrowed from  J. Roy Hunt (qv) who had built it for his own use.'),
('54839',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _House of the Dead (2003)_ (qv).'),
('54840',' The first time Taylor interviews Eugene and his wife, a Lament  Configuration puzzle box from Hellraiser (1987)_ (qv) can be seen  sitting on a table.'),
('54841',' Doc Hallorans wardrobe (and beard) is nearly identical to that of  Donald Pleasences character Doctor Loomis from the Halloween films.'),
('54842',' When Leslie is applying his makeup, being interviewed about his  target, the music that you can just make out in the background is  the same heard at the end of _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv), where Jack  Torrence appears in the photo.'),
('54843',' At the beginning Taylor is standing in front of the Red Rabbit Pub.  This is reference to the Red Rabbit matchbook found by Dr. Loomis in  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv).'),
('54844',' Kane Hodder (qv) (Jason Voorhies), in seen walking into 1428 Elm  Street. This was the address that Nancy lived in, in the original  Nightmare on Elm St.'),
('54845',' When Leslie and the graduate students are scoping out potential  victims at the school, Leslie makes eye contact with a young woman.  As this happens, three girls can be spotted playing jump rope in the  background. This is a reference to the “Nightmare on Elm Street”  series.'),
('54846',' Leslies real surname is exposed to be Mancuso.  Frank Mancuso Jr. (qv) is the producer of most "Friday the 13th"  movies.'),
('54847',' This documentary is available on the 2'),
('54848','disc DVD release of  _Phantom of the Opera, The (2004)_ (qv).'),
('54849',' This title is featured on the DVD of  _Mission: Impossible II (2000)_ (qv), released in November 2000.'),
('54850',' Film is considered to be lost.'),
('54851',' The films title is taken from the lyric of the song "Oklahoma".'),
('54852',' Film debut of Benson Fong (qv).'),
('54853',' Nancy Gates (I) (qv) (Tamas Sister) and Daisy Lee (I) (qv)  (Takahashis Servant) are in studio records/casting call lists, but  do not appear in the movie.'),
('54854',' This documentary is featured on the New Line Platinum Series DVD for  _Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)_ (qv).'),
('54855',' This making'),
('54856','of is featured on the DVD for  _House of Sand and Fog (2003)_ (qv).'),
('54857',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Outfoxed: Rupert Murdochs War on Journalism (2004)_ (qv).'),
('54858',' This documentary is featured on the _Wisegirls (2002)_ (qv) DVD.'),
('54859',' Created for the DVD release of the second series of  _"Life on Mars" (2006)_ (qv).'),
('54860',' Created for the DVD release of the second series of  _"Life on Mars" (2006)_ (qv).'),
('54861',' Created for the DVD release of the second series of  _"Life on Mars" (2006)_ (qv).'),
('54862',' Created for the DVD release of the second series of  _"Life on Mars" (2006)_ (qv).'),
('54863',' Created for the DVD release of the second series of  _"Life on Mars" (2006)_ (qv).'),
('54864',' The vault door used in the Fort Knox scene is now located in Bank Of  The West '),
('54865',' Los Altos, California.'),
('54866',' This short is found on the 2002 DVD release of  _Great Race, The (1965)_ (qv).'),
('54867',' This making'),
('54868','of is featured on the 2 disc DVD release of  _Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)_ (qv) released in 2001.'),
('54869',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2" DVD box  set.'),
('54870',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 3" DVD box  set.'),
('54871',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54872',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54873',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 3" DVD box  set.'),
('54874',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54875',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2" DVD box  set.'),
('54876',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 3" DVD box  set.'),
('54877',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54878',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54879',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2" DVD box  set.'),
('54880',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2" DVD box  set.'),
('54881',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 3" DVD box  set.'),
('54882',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2" DVD box  set.'),
('54883',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54884',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54885',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54886',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54887',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54888',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54889',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 3" DVD box  set.'),
('54890',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 3" DVD box  set.'),
('54891',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 3" DVD box  set.'),
('54892',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 1" DVD box  set.'),
('54893',' Created for the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2" DVD box  set.'),
('54894',' Golden Spire Winner 2000 San Francisco International Film Festival'),
('54895',' Actor Adolph Caesar provided the narration for the American TV  spots.'),
('54896',' Then unknown actor/stuntman Yuen Biao provided the acrobatic  doubling for actor Ku Feng in the final fight.'),
('54897',' The psychiatric nurse, who supervises an interview about John Lennon  inspired psychotic delusions, is played by Lennons real life  personal assistant, Fred Seaman (qv).'),
('54898',' This is Saif Ali Khans first English feature film. Jon Harris who  edited Guy Richies cult classic Snatch has re'),
('54899','edited the movie in a  record time frame of 21 days.'),
('54900',' The movie was originally titled Akoori, a traditional Parsi  scrambled'),
('54901','eggs'),
('54902','like side dish, to reflect the scrambled Sethna  family. The name was changed as majority of audience wont get the  meaning. The director, however, has included a scene of Akoori being  prepared where a thousand eggs are broken in a large vessel.'),
('54903',' Created for the DVD release of _Severance (2006)_ (qv).'),
('54904',' The language spoken by the woman Hector encounters and falls in love  with in the Middle Ages is Friulan, a variety of Ladino which is  spoken in north'),
('54905','eastern Italy.'),
('54906',' Feature film debut of Ewan McGregor (qv).'),
('54907',' This was the first feature film of Tony Curran (qv).'),
('54908',' Due to adverse reaction at preview screenings, Warner Bros  instructed the director, Bill Forsyth, to trim the film by 40  minutes as well as adding narration and a happy ending. Forsyth  subsequently disowned the film as a result.'),
('54909',' Malkovich, John (qv)s real middle name is Gavin '),
('54910',' in the movie,  his characters middle name is Horatio.'),
('54911',' According to the script, the song intended to be played over the  closing credits was "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppethead" by They  Might Be Giants.'),
('54912',' The play that Malkovich is reading into a tape recorder is Chekhovs  "The Cherry Orchard." The line beginning "Im as hungry as the  winter..." is at the end of Act Two, where Trofimov is speaking to  Anya, pontificating on his rejection of materialism.'),
('54913',' The play that John Malkovich (qv) is rehearsing on stage is  Shakespeares "Richard III." The lines "Was ever a woman in this  humour wood? / Was ever a woman in this humour won?" are  I.ii.239'),
('54914','240, where Richard is gloating over his use of power, lies  and crime to obtain the woman he desires, Lady Anne. This rehearsal  scene is immediately followed by the first time that Craig has sex  with Maxine via Malkovich.'),
('54915',' Craig discovers that LesterCorp is on the 7 1/2 floor of the Mertin  Flemmer building by seeing a "7 1/2" on a building directory in the  lobby '),
('54916',' at the 7 1/2'),
('54917','minute point of the film.'),
('54918',' At the beginning of the film when Craig is trying to guess Maxines  name, one of the names he mumbles is "Emily", the name of the child  that Maxine gives birth to at the end of the film. The names Craig  mumbles is an allusion to Dr. Lester and his group of friends that  can exist within other souls.'),
('54919',' Willie Garson (qv) (Guy in Restaurant) improvised the scene where  he encounters John Malkovich (qv) and says, "You were really great  in that movie where you play that retard." According to Garson,  director Spike Jonze (qv) had instructed Garson to use the word  "retard" as many times as he could.'),
('54920',' The 1990 Steppenwolf Theatre building in Chicago (Malkovich was one  of the first members of Steppenwolf, and remains one today) includes  a half'),
('54921','floor used for storage.'),
('54922',' Charlie Kaufman (qv) sent the screenplay to  Francis Ford Coppola (qv) after he wrote it. Coppola liked it very  much and showed it to his daughters husband, Spike Jonze (qv).  Jonze liked the screenplay so much that he approached Kaufman about  directing the movie.'),
('54923',' Several characters in the movie remember Malkovich as having played  a jewel thief, even though, as he correctly points out, he never  did. However, Malkovich did eventually play a jewel thief in  _Johnny English (2003)_ (qv).'),
('54924',' The original script has Kevin Bacon (qv) in place of  Charlie Sheen (qv), as Malkovichs actor friend.'),
('54925',' In the first draft of the script, Lester and his friends werent  using Malkovichs portal as a means for extending their lives, but  in a plot to take over the world in the name of Satan. Satan was the  mysterious Flemmer that the Merton'),
('54926','Flemmer building was half named  after.'),
('54927',' In the scene in the Merton'),
('54928','Flemmer building lobby, when Craig  browses the floor listings to find LesterCorp, the camera scrolls  past the listing "Eric Zumbrunnen, CPA". Eric Zumbrunnen (qv) is  the films editor.'),
('54929',' DIRCAMEO(Spike Jonze (qv)): Derek Mantinis assistant'),
('54930',' CAMEO(David Fincher (qv)): Appears as Christopher Bing, when Craig  is watching television through Malkovich toward the end of the film.'),
('54931',' The play that Craig was performing with his puppets (when he gets  smacked by an angry parent) is based on the letters of Abelard and  Heloise, written between 1115 and 1117 AD, which were found, copied  and abridged by Johannes de Vepria, a 15th century Cistercian monk,  into "Ex Epistolis duorum amantium" ("From the Letters of Two  Lovers"). This became a classic document of early romantic (tragic)  love used by many artists in their work including  William Shakespeare (I) (qv) in Romeo and Juliet. In addition,  screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (qv)s later project  _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)_ (qv) took its title,  and no small amount of inspiration, from Alexander Pope (qv)s  "Eloisa to Abelard."'),
('54932',' A fictional behind'),
('54933','the'),
('54934','scenes glimpse of the making of this movie  appears in screenwriter Charlie Kaufmans subsequent movie,  _Adaptation (2002)_ (qv).'),
('54935',' Orson Bean had a role in the film _Innerspace (1987)_ (qv); also  about a man taking control of another mans body.'),
('54936',' John Cusack (qv) actually took some marionette'),
('54937','puppeteering  lessons in order to prepare for the film.'),
('54938',' John Malkovich was approached about this film several times and  loved the script, but he and his production crew felt that another  actor would fit the role better. Malkovich offered to help produce  the film, and aid Spike Jonze in any way, but refused to star in it.  Eventually after a couple of years Malkovichs will was worn down  and he agreed to star in the film.'),
('54939',' Miranda Richardson (qv) was originally attached to play Julia  Lambert.'),
('54940',' Every contract that Sellers, Peter (qv) signs includes a clause  which stipulates that his accommodation must have the bed facing  East'),
('54941','West. Chance says: "I like to sleep with my head facing North".  The attorney hes with says "But this bed is facing west!"'),
('54942',' In different versions, the credits are either shown over retakes of  Chance saying a line that was not in the movie, or (for TV and  video) shown over TV white noise.'),
('54943',' Henry B. Dawkins (qv), who plays Billings'),
('54944','the X'),
('54945','Ray Technician,  really was an X'),
('54946','Ray Technician. He was the head of the Radiology  Department at Asheville'),
('54947','Buncombe Technical Community College (in  Asheville, North Carolina, one of the shooting locations of this  film) in the early 1990s.'),
('54948',' Despite Sellers repeated requests, the producers would not remove  the out'),
('54949','takes from the version they submitted to Cannes.'),
('54950',' Peter Sellers (qv) patterned the voice for Chance the gardener  after his idol, Stan Laurel (qv).'),
('54951',' The Mansion used in the movie was The Biltmore Mansion in North  Carolina.'),
('54952',' Laurence Olivier (qv) was offered the role of Benjamin Rand, but  passed when he read the completed script. He said he didnt want to  be in a movie where Shirley MacLaine (qv) has to masturbate.'),
('54953',' Originally there was a different last shot planned for the funeral  sequence at the end of the film. Director Hal Ashby (qv) was  chatting with another director one day about filming when he  commented how well everything was going. "Its like walking on air,"  he said, then suddenly was struck with a thought. He changed the  last shot to the one that appears now in the movie.'),
('54954',' The inscription "Life is a state of mind" is on Rands tomb and also  serves as the last line in the movie. These words were also  inscribed on Sellers own tomb, when he died a year after the movie  was released.'),
('54955',' It took Sellers nearly nine years to get this movie made by a  studio, mostly because by the 1970s Sellers career had hit rock  bottom and no studio in Hollywood would dare work with him. After  the revival (and success) of the Pink Panther movies, Lorimar  pictures finally greenlit the project.'),
('54956',' Peter Sellers was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. Some said  the reason Sellers lost was because of the outtakes at the very end  of the movie as the credits are rolling. Sellers himself later said  the outtakes "broke the spell" of the movie.'),
('54957',' Shirley MacLaine (qv)s masturbation scene was shot seventeen  times.'),
('54958',' After the novels release and the subsequent purchase of rights to  the book, Peter Sellers successfully lobbied for the lead role by  sending a telegram to author Jerzy Kozinski with the message  "Gardener available for work". It was during casting and after the  success of the later Pink Panther movies that Sellers was the only  choice for the lead role.'),
('54959',' SPOILER: The South African Publications Control Board ordered that  the final minutes of this film be cut from the South African release  print as the scene showing Chance walking on the water surface  “might offend many South African Christians".'),
('54960',' This film was made in 1980 as "Easter Sunday," but sat on the shelf  for three years and finally received a brief theatrical release as  "The Being."'),
('54961',' The foley artists in this film were students from a performing arts  course in Cardiff, South Wales. They did all the background  voiceovers in an afternoon for 20 pounds each and some sandwiches.'),
('54962',' This was the first Taiwanese film to be shot in direct sound.  Director Hsiao'),
('54963','hsien Hou (qv) wanted to capture the varied  dialects and accents of his actors, reflecting the films concern  for the complex, heterogeneous origins of modern Taiwan.'),
('54964',' No.5 in the Hong Kong Film Awards List of The Best 100 Chinese  Motion Pictures'),
('54965',' As revealed in scriptwriter Chu Tien'),
('54966','Wens book, the original  premise of this film is the reunion of an ex'),
('54967','gangster (which Hou  Hsiao'),
('54968','Hsien intended to cast Chow Yun'),
('54969','fat for the role) and his  former lover (supposedly played by Yang Li'),
('54970','Hua, the top Taiwanese  Opera actress in real'),
('54971','life) in 1970s. Hou and Chu then extended the  story to involve substantial flashbacks of the calamity of the  womans family in late 1940s (where the woman was the teenage  daughter of Chen Song'),
('54972','Yongs character). They then abandoned the  former premise and instead focused on the 1940s story.'),
('54973',' Average shot length (ASL): 158 minutes / 222 shots = 43 seconds  (some takes last over 3 minutes).'),
('54974',' Tony Leung Chiu Wai (qv)s character was made a deaf'),
('54975','mute because  the film used direct sound and Leung could not convincingly speak  Mandarin or Taiwanese.'),
('54976',' In 1989, Hou Hsiao'),
('54977','hsiens A City of Sadness, the first film to  touch on the 228 Incident, a taboo subject in Taiwan, became a big  hit in the theaters. As a result Jioufen, where the film was set,  revived due to the films popularity. The nostalgic scenery of  Jioufen as seen in the film, as well as appearances in other media,  charmed many people into visiting Jioufen. For the beginning of the  90s, Jioufen experienced a tourist boom that has shaped the town as  a tourist attraction. Soon retro'),
('54978','Chinese style cafés, tea houses,  and souvenir stores bearing the name "City of Sadness" were built.'),
('54979',' The first feature film to be shot in the Iban language.'),
('54980',' The movie was shown as a series in the German show "Disney Club"  (1991).'),
('54981',' Number 3 out of 6 in Murat Özers book series on Turkish director  Ali Özgentürks films.'),
('54982',' The American distributor billed Horst Buchholz (qv) as "Henry  Bookholt" to help disguise the foreign origins of the film.'),
('54983',' .'),
('54984',' Simultaneously filmed in Austria from May to July 1954, in both  Austrian and French versions, with separate German and French  speaking casts in each.'),
('54985',' Won the silver medal at the "Torino Film Festival" (1987, Italy)'),
('54986',' Last screen appearance by Jairo Ferreira (qv).'),
('54987',' Filmed in nine days on a budget of $50,000.'),
('54988',' This is the only known existing filmed record showing  Duke Mitchell (qv) and Sammy Petrillo (qv) doing their act,  which was a blatant imitation of Dean Martin (I) (qv) and  Jerry Lewis (I) (qv) (Lewis, in fact, later sued Petrillo for  copying his act so closely).'),
('54989',' In his research and preparation for playing Bela Lugosi in  _Ed Wood (1994)_ (qv), Martin Landau (qv) watched this film three  times stunned, saying that it was so bad "it made the Ed Wood films  look like _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv)".'),
('54990',' Ramona the chimp was played by Cheeta (qv), from the Tarzan  movies.'),
('54991',' Released in October 1952, this film attempted to take advantage of  the very successful Dean Martin (I) (qv)'),
('54992','Jerry Lewis (I) (qv)  films: _My Friend Irma (1949)_ (qv),  _My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)_ (qv),  _At War with the Army (1950)_ (qv), _Thats My Boy (1951)_ (qv),  _Sailor Beware (1952)_ (qv) and _Jumping Jacks (1952)_ (qv).'),
('54993',' DIRCAMEO(Dana Nechushtan (qv)): the addicted prostitute in the  item Nicky is editing when she is surprised by Marcel.'),
('54994',' The film was made in 1975.'),
('54995',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('54996',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Jesting Princess, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('54997',' This film is the shortened documentary version of  _Carillons et dentelles, chansons de rivières (1929)_ (qv).'),
('54998',' Despite the seizure of the negative by the German police in 1943, De  Kempeneers sons managed to reconstruct the film from original  records and grant it a theatrical release in September 1944, one  month after their fathers death.'),
('54999',' Vitaphone Production Reel #1005.'),
('55000',' Vitaphone Production Reel #1038.'),
('55001',' Vitaphone Production Reel #1053.'),
('55002',' The cast listed are all credited orally.'),
('55003',' Vitaphone release #1282.'),
('55004',' Vitaphone release #1304.'),
('55005',' Vitaphone release #1320'),
('55006',' Vitaphone release #1427'),
('55007',' "Robert L. Ripley (qv) has visited 122 countries in search of  material for his Believe It or Not pictures."'),
('55008',' "Mr. Robert L. Ripley (qv) is making a world tour in search of the  strange, mysterious and unbelievable. During his absence,  Leo Donnelly (qv) will act as your guide to the mythical land of  Believe It or Not."'),
('55009',' John G. Avildsen was called in to direct the re'),
('55010','shoots of a few  scenes at the behest of Metro'),
('55011','Goldwyn'),
('55012','Mayer.'),
('55013',' The original title was "Speed is of the Essence". This was also the  title of the Gail Sheehys story published in New York magazine upon  which the movie was based. Gail Sheehy wrote the article about her  sisters addiction.'),
('55014',' Fifty minutes of Stuart Hagmanns original version hit the cutting  room floor after re'),
('55015','shoots, including a scene featuring George Rose  and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Jacqueline Bissets parents. Bissets  character goes to visit them at their Connecticut home.'),
('55016',' The character of Clay Driscoll is based on the legendary girls  coach from Oklahoma, Jim Keith.'),
('55017',' Many of the towns in the movie, including the town of Middleton, are  made up but based on actual towns. The town of Middleton is based on  the western'),
('55018','Oklahoma town of Sayre. The towns of Okeene, Byng, and  Lawton are real, while the towns of Dellaplaine, Medfield, and  Placerita are made'),
('55019','up.'),
('55020',' Critically acclaimed, grand'),
('55021','jury prize winner at Sundance Festival  in January 2001, then appeared on Showtime pay'),
('55022','cable in March 2002,  before finally being released theatrically in NYC, May 2002.'),
('55023',' Features the Cajun music and singing of Michael Doucet and  Beausoleil.'),
('55024',' Gillians cat is named Pyewacket. This name has become a popular one  for cats because of this movie, but few know its origin: Pyewacket  was one of the familiar spirits of a witch detected by the  "witchfinder general" Matthew Hopkins in March 1644 in the town of  Maningtree, Essex, UK. He claimed he spied on the witches as they  held their meeting close by his house, and heard them mention the  name of a local woman. She was arrested and deprived of sleep for  four nights, at the end of which she confessed and named her  familiars, describing their forms. They were:  '),
('55025',' Holt  '),
('55026',' Jarmara  '),
('55027',' Vinegar Tom  '),
('55028',' Sacke and Sugar  '),
('55029',' Newes  '),
('55030',' Ilemauzer  '),
('55031',' Pyewacket  '),
('55032',' Pecke in the Crowne  '),
('55033',' Griezzel Greedigutt  '),
('55034',' Hopkins says he and nine other witnesses saw the first five of    these, which appeared in the forms described by the witch. Only    the first of these was a cat; the next two were dogs, and the    others were a black rabbit and a polecat. So its not clear    whether Pyewacket was a cats name or not. As for the meanings,    Hopkins says only that they were such that "no mortall could    invent." The incident is described in Hopkinss pamphlet "The    Discovery of Witches" (1647).'),
('55035',' The title "Bell, Book and Candle" is a reference to excommunication,  which is performed by bell, book and candle. It is opened with "Ring  the bell, open the book, light the candle," and closed with "Ring  the bell, close the book, quench the candle."'),
('55036',' This was James Stewart (I) (qv)s final appearance as a romantic  lead. This was because many of the leading ladies that were playing  his romantic interest were becoming younger and a few were half his  age. After this film he would concentrate more on roles that  portrayed him as an everyman or as a father figure.'),
('55037',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 14  November 1950 and closed on 2 June 1951 after 233 performances. The  opening night cast consisted of Rex Harrison (I) (qv) as Shepherd  Henderson, Lilli Palmer (qv) as Gillian Holroyd,  Jean Adair (I) (qv) as Miss Queeny Holroyd , Larry Gates (qv) as  Sidney Redlitch and Scott McKay (qv) as Nicky Holroyd. There were  no other characters in the play.'),
('55038',' Virtually all reviews use the original title of the play, "Bell,  Book and Candle," instead of the title of the movie, which omits the  comma.'),
('55039',' Julia Stiles (qv) is seen reading the novel the film is based on  in _10 Things I Hate About You (1999)_ (qv).'),
('55040',' Final film of Henry Armetta (qv).'),
('55041',' Filmed in Niles, California, USA.'),
('55042',' Film shown in DeForest Phonofilm sound'),
('55043','on'),
('55044','film process only at  presentations of the film at the Rivoli Theater in New York City,  premiering 1 April 1923.'),
('55045',' Sergio Castellitto (qv)s german wasnt good enough so  Frank Glaubrecht (qv) was brought in to dub his voice for the  German version.'),
('55046',' Selected for:  '),
('55047',' Cabourg Film Festival (2001)  '),
('55048',' Villerupt Italian Film Festival (October'),
('55049','November 2001)'),
('55050',' After the official premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2002, the  production company RAI (Italian public television) never released  it. It was broadcast on television only in 2006, after the  government change.'),
('55051',' Jerry Lewis (I) (qv) shot the movie in four weeks at Miami Beachs  Fontainebleau Hotel while he also was performing there. He edited it  during his subsequent engagement in Las Vegas.'),
('55052',' Jerry Lewis (I) (qv) is credited with having created the  video'),
('55053','assist technique for this film. At the time it was called  "Closed Circuit Television Applied to Motion Pictures," for which he  was awarded a patent.'),
('55054',' _Cinderfella (1960)_ (qv) was ready to be released that summer, but  Jerry Lewis (I) (qv) wanted it to wait until Christmas, being a  family'),
('55055','oriented film. Regardless, Paramount demanded a summer film,  so Lewis shot this film in four weeks, directing himself because  nobody else could do it as quickly as needed.'),
('55056',' The cast of this film is largely nightclub performers who were  appearing in or near the Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami, Florida during  the time of filming. Lewis was under tremendous pressure to finish  the film quickly in order to release in time for the summer season.  Despite writing a 165 page script (enough for a roughly 2 1/2 hour  film), Lewiss final cut ran 71 minutes.'),
('55057',' Jerry Lewis as the bellboy had exactly 24 words, all coming in the  last scene of the movie, he played the bellboy and himself in the  movie, but as the bellboy had only 16 words.'),
('55058',' Both Jerry Lewis and Milton Burle played both themselves and a  Bellboy, a cute sight gag as each of the comics seen the other as a  bellboy and themselves, Berle seen The bellboy just before Jerry met  him in the lobby, and when Milton left the scene , Jerry got a  message from the bellboy played by Burle.'),
('55059',' In the film, Lewis frequent co'),
('55060','writer Bill Richmond does a quick  walk'),
('55061','on as Stan Laurel, one of Lewis idols. The Laurel imitation,  Lewis non'),
('55062','speaking bellboy, and the black'),
('55063','and'),
('55064','white photography  show Lewis intention to make a silent'),
('55065','movie'),
('55066','type comedy.'),
('55067',' Muriel Lawrence (qv)s first film'),
('55068',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('55069',' Banned in 1943 by the German Occupation authorities because it  starred Dauphin, Claude (qv), who had by then joined the F.F.L.  (French Liberation Forces).'),
('55070',' In the rape scene, her dress was fitted with Velcro to give off a  tearing sound as it was ripped away.'),
('55071',' In most subtitled versions of the film, an italicized font is used  to help the audience spot Séverines fantasies from reality.'),
('55072',' According to Luis Buñuel (qv) scholar Julie Jones, Buñuel once  said that he himself doesnt know what the end exactly means.'),
('55073',' DIRCAMEO(Luis Buñuel (qv)): Sitting in the outdoor café when the  Duke gets off his carriage.'),
('55074',' "Belle de jour" is a day lily in French, a flower that blooms only  by day, as Severine is available only during the afternoons.'),
('55075',' When Juanito comes to serenade Rocìo, he sings "Las Mañanitas" which  in México is used to celebrate a birthday instead of the classic  "Happy Birthday To You".'),
('55076',' When accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film,  director (Fernando Trueba (qv)) said: "I would like to believe in  God in order to thank him for this prize, but I only believe in  (Billy Wilder (qv)), so... Thank you, Mr. Wilder!". Wilder himself  reportedly phoned Trueba a few days later for acknowledgment and  told him: "Hello Fernando, Im God".'),
('55077',' The very first film version of this classic fairytale.'),
('55078',' Philip Glass (qv) composed an opera perfectly synchronized to the  film. The original soundtrack was eliminated, and he composed the  opera to be performed along with the film projected behind the  orchestra and voice talent. The compact disc recording of Glasss  "La Belle et la Bête" can be played alongside the film with a very  similar effect. Note: the opera is recorded on two compact discs;  hence it will be necessary to pause the film once while changing  discs. In the USA, the second DVD release of this film by the  Criterion Collection gives the viewer the option of hearing the  original soundtrack or the Philip Glass opera version, which, in a  sense, gives you two movies for the price of one. Glass has composed  similar works for two other Jean Cocteau (qv) films:  _Orphée (1949)_ (qv) and _Enfants terribles, Les (1950)_ (qv).'),
('55079',' The costumes were manufactured at the workshop of the famous Paris  couture house of Jeanne Lanvin (qv), with the mens costumes under  the supervision of Lanvin designer Pierre Cardin (qv)'),
('55080',' It took five hours for Jean Marais (qv) to put on his make'),
('55081','up as  the Beast.'),
('55082',' During the shooting of the film, Jean Cocteau (qv) became very ill  and eventually had to be hospitalized. While he was recovering,  René Clément (qv) served as the director.'),
('55083',' Jean Cocteau (qv) used several different kinds of film stock  because of the difficulty of getting stock immediately after the  war. He claimed that the different visual textures added to the  poetic effect of the film.'),
('55084',' The stream that the Beast tries to drink from when he is weak and  dying is actually a sewage runoff behind the studio.'),
('55085',' The effect of the candles lighting themselves as the merchant passes  them was achieved by blowing them out and then running the film in  reverse as he walked backward past them. The entire sequence was  done in one long take and reversed '),
('55086',' a quick glimpse of the  fireplace shows the flames appearing to move downward.'),
('55087',' The popular song "Beauty and the Beast" by Stevie Nicks (qv) was  inspired by this film. In 2007, she got the rights for the movie and  it plays behind her as she sings the song. It is the last song in  her set list.'),
('55088',' This musical was shot in March 2003 at the Op»ra Comique in Paris'),
('55089',' This was the first film photographed in the Rouxcolor process.'),
('55090',' There was no script per se. The film was shot in sequential order  and the days shooting was dictated by what had been filmed the day  before.'),
('55091',' Mae West (qv) was considered for the part of Mrs. Hill, but wanted  too much money. Fifi DOrsay (qv) and Beatrice Lillie (qv) were  the next choices, but both turned down the role before it went to  Marjorie Main (qv).'),
('55092',' The song "I Love to Beat the Big Bass Drum" was written for the film  but not used.'),
('55093',' A scene with a dance to "When Im Out With the Belle of New York,"  by Vera'),
('55094',' Ellen and chorus, was cut from the film.'),
('55095',' Based on the first American stage musical to play Londons West End,  where it was a big hit in 1897.'),
('55096',' Fred Astaire (qv) had been set for the lead for this film since  the mid'),
('55097','1940s by producer Arthur Freed (qv). The film was  originated as a project for Astaire and Judy Garland (I) (qv). But  since the two stars had overlapping film schedules, the project  never materialized until the early 1950s with Astaire and  Vera'),
('55098','Ellen (qv).'),
('55099',' There are two versions of Fred Astaire (qv)s "I Wanna be a Dancin  Man" number. The first was shot in front of a red curtain in a more  casual attire. Other than that it had the exact same choreography.  MGM wasnt pleased with the costume, so they reshot the number in  front of a different backdrop, with Astaire in a far more debonair  suit. When they made "Thats Entertainment III" they did a split  screen comparison of the two numbers.'),
('55100',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Election Day in California (1912)_ (qv).'),
('55101',' Penny Singleton (qv)s first movie.'),
('55102',' According to David Niven (I) (qv), this film was to have been  called "It Aint No Sin" and, as a publicity stunt, 40 parrots were  trained to repeat "it aint no sin." Then the Hays office made them  change the title!'),
('55103',' Debut of Mike Mazurki (qv).'),
('55104',' American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1941'),
('55105','1950,  erroneously lists the release date as 1 January 1944, instead of the  correct date of 1 January 1945.'),
('55106',' Director Manoel de Oliveira made this film at the age of 97.'),
('55107',' Shot in only 2 days, but post'),
('55108','production (mostly the special  effects) took 8 months to complete.'),
('55109',' This "making'),
('55110','of" featurette is included as an extra on the DVD of  _Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003)_ (qv).'),
('55111',' Short filmed specifically for Doves "Real Beauty" campaign'),
('55112',' Italian censorship visa # 83072 dated 11 November 1987'),
('55113',' The title is taken from the 18th century ballad "Do Ye Ken John  Peel", a song about fox'),
('55114','hunting. It is presumably a rather obscure  allusion to the way that the bank robbers have hunted down Hiller  and wont let him go again.'),
('55115',' Except for two uncredited parts in her first two films, this was the  only color film Judy Holliday (qv) made.'),
('55116',' This was Arthur Freed (qv) and Vincente Minnelli (qv)s last  musical for MGM.'),
('55117',' Judy Holliday (qv)s last film.'),
('55118',' Hal Linden (qv)s movie debut. He played the understudy for  Sydney Chaplin (qv)s Jeffery Moss on Broadway and eventually  performed the role with Judy Holliday (qv).'),
('55119',' Matthew (Chuck Norris)s horse is called Old Nick in the film, the  French subtitled version translates this more straightforwardly as  Satan.'),
('55120',' The production was overseen by a Catholic priest who served as an  advisor during the shooting. While the final farewell sequence was  being filmed, Bing Crosby (qv) and Ingrid Bergman (I) (qv)  decided to play a prank on him. They asked director  Leo McCarey (qv) to allow one more take, and, as "Father OMalley"  and "Sister Benedict" said their last goodbyes, they embraced in a  passionate kiss, while the offscreen priest'),
('55121','advisor jumped up  roaring in protest.'),
('55122',' Bing Crosby (qv)s performance as Father OMalley earned an Oscar  nomination for Best Actor, the first time a person received a  nomination for playing the same character in two different films (he  had been nominated '),
('55123',' and won '),
('55124',' for _Going My Way (1944)_ (qv) the  previous year).'),
('55125',' The first sequel to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture.'),
('55126',' Although this movie was a sequel to "Going My Way", it was released  by a different studio. "Going My Way" had been released by  Paramount, to whom Bing Crosby was under contract. "The Bells of St.  Marys" was released by RKO, a studio for which Crosby had never  worked.'),
('55127',' This was actually written before "Going My Way" (1944) which was  originally intended to be a sequel to "The Bells of St Marys".'),
('55128',' The song that Ingrid Bergman sings is "Varvindar Friska (Spring  Breezes)", a traditional Swedish folk song for Walpurgisnight, which  marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.'),
('55129',' Leo McCarey (qv) was inspired to write the original story in  tribute to his own aunt and childhood counselor Sister Mary  Benedict, one of the Sisters who helped to build the Immaculate  Heart Convent in Hollywood and who died in a typhoid fever epidemic.'),
('55130',' Many of the original theatrical posters and lobby cards portrayed  Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in non'),
('55131','clerical garb.'),
('55132',' This is a lost film, and no print is said to survive. It is the only  original film score composed by Gustav Holst (qv), and his work  was praised by contemporary critics.'),
('55133',' The first film of Ralph Truman (qv).'),
('55134',' The film they watch at DMXs house is _Gummo (1997)_ (qv)'),
('55135',' Shameek escapes a shootout with the police by getting in a car. The  driver is his fellow Wu'),
('55136','Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah.'),
('55137',' The music video playing on the television when Kisha (Taral Hicks)  is in bed, is actually Tarals own video for her second single  "Silly" which was released before the movie came out.'),
('55138',' The scene of Sincere (Nas) and the 12 year old boy on the park bench  is a direct reference to the last verse from Nas song "One Love",  off his 1994 debut album Illmatic.'),
('55139',' Method Mans characters name, Shameek, comes from the introduction  to "7th Chamber" from the Wu'),
('55140','Tang Clans 1993 debut, Enter the 36  Chambers.'),
('55141',' Dedicated to Trevor Murray (qv).'),
('55142',' The phrase and title "Belly on Fire" refers to the pigeon language  name for the enteritis stomach disease also known as Pikbel or  Pigbel.'),
('55143',' Pikbel is pidgeon language for pigs belly.'),
('55144',' Based upon the stage play "The Beautiful Indifferent" by  Jean Cocteau (qv)'),
('55145',' It is an unbreakable tradition that Russian cosmonauts and foreign  guests watch this movie the day before they blast off aboard a Soyuz  rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome.'),
('55146',' Pavel Luspekaev sings the main song Gospozha Udacha (Lady Luck)  written by Bulat Okudzhava (qv).'),
('55147',' A print of this film survives the Library of Congress.'),
('55148',' Serialized in King Komiks.'),
('55149',' To prepare for her role as a slave, Winfrey, Oprah (qv) went  through a 24'),
('55150','hour simulation of the experience of slavery, which  included being tied up and blindfolded and left alone in the woods.'),
('55151',' Thandie Newton (qv)s African first name means, interestingly  enough, "beloved."'),
('55152',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('55153',' Neil Hamilton (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('55154',' At a studio preview, Scott and Sheila view the finale of  _That Night in Rio (1941)_ (qv).'),
('55155',' Fifth release in the "Secrets of the Beauty Parlor" 2'),
('55156','reel comedy  series.'),
('55157',' Darren Aronofsky (qv), who co'),
('55158','wrote the screenplay, was originally  going to direct the film in 1999 but instead made  _Requiem for a Dream (2000)_ (qv).'),
('55159',' Originally Frank Sinatra (qv) singing "Ill Be Seeing You" was  supposed to be mysteriously playing on the record player. When the  studio had difficulties obtaining the rights, the song was replaced  by Benny Goodman (qv)s "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)".'),
('55160',' Holt McCallany (qv) learned how to do several yo'),
('55161','yo tricks for his  character Loomis. Some of the tricks he performs in the film are the  Brain Twister, Around the World, and Walk the Dog. His instructor,  Brian Cabildo (qv), is listed in the final credits.'),
('55162',' Some filming for this movie took place on an actual WW2 submarine.  The USS Silversides (which is available for tours) located in  Muskegon Michigan was towed out into the middle of Lake Michigan  where scenes with Bruce Greenwood (I) (qv) were filmed. The  Silversides had some minor re'),
('55163','painting done (rust coloration), but  is now back to her original gray color. The rest of the sets and  models used in this movie were all based on the look and layout of  the Silversides.'),
('55164',' Ice'),
('55165','T (qv) had composed an instrumental musical score for this  film that wasnt used. The compositions instead appeared on an CD  entitled "Below Utopia: The Lost Score".'),
('55166',' Filmed in 1974, not released until 1980.'),
('55167',' Jason Schwartzmann was considered for the lead role.  Winner of the Great American International Film Festival (March  2007)'),
('55168',' This documentary was organized in order to celebrated the 450th  anniversary of the city of São Paulo.'),
('55169',' The role of Victor (played by Mike Haboush) was originally Victoria.  Victoria was supposed to be the older mother of Arthur.'),
('55170',' The stunt double used was actually a blow up male sex doll purchased  up the street from Bens studio for $19.75'),
('55171',' During the filming of the scene where Turpin, Ben (qv) tries to  steal the duck from the fountain, a real police officer happened to  come by, saw what was going on and, not believing Turpins story  about his only pretending to steal the duck because they were  filming a movie, actually arrested Turpin (the arrest was left in  the picture). Turpin spent several hours in jail before the  producers convinced the police that they were, in reality, only  making a movie.'),
('55172',' This version was unauthorized, and its makers were successfully sued  for copyright infringement.'),
('55173',' This interview segment is featured on the DVD for  _Gandhi (1982)_ (qv), released in 2001.'),
('55174',' Shot and completed in the 1965, but never broadcast until 2003.  Danmarks Radio discovered it in their archives, and broadcast it in  their re'),
('55175','run slot Gyldne Timer on DR2 on April 21, 2003.'),
('55176',' MGM wanted an authentic'),
('55177','looking Roman boat for the live battle  scenes. To design the boats, they hired a person who had spent his  whole career studying Roman naval architecture. When he presented  his designs to the MGM engineers, Mauro Zambuto (qv) (set  engineer) exclaimed, "But this is top heavy! It will sink!" They  built the boat anyway and launched it in the ocean, and at first it  seemed to float. Then however, a little wave came along, a wake from  another boat, splashed against the highly unstable boat, and tipped  it over. MGM then put the boat in a large pond with a huge painted  sky backdrop. To steady the boat, they ran cables from the bottom of  the boat to anchors on the bottom of the pond.'),
('55178',' Another problem concerned the color of the water in the pond holding  the boat; it was too brown and murky. They hired a chemist to  develop a dye to color the water Azure Mediterranean blue. The  chemist dumped a huge sack of some powder into the pond, which,  instead of turning the water blue, formed a hard crust on the  surface of the water, which had to be chiselled off the boat at  great expense. They finally found some dye that would make the water  blue. During one of the battle scenes, an extra who fell into the  water and spent a bit too much time there turned blue, and was kept  on the MGM payroll until it wore off.'),
('55179',' When it came time to film inside the boat, it was discovered that  the large 65mm cameras wouldnt fit. The boat had to be taken out of  the pond, cut in half lengthwise, and placed in an Italian sound  stage. The oars wouldnt fit in the soundstage, so they had to cut  them off just beyond the hull. This resulted in an extremely light  oars which, when rowed by the actors, didnt look believable, since  you could move them with one hand. To solve the problem, Zambuto  sent an army of production assistants to all of the hardware stores  in Rome to buy the kind of spring'),
('55180','and'),
('55181','hydraulic piston mechanisms  that are normally attached to doors to force them closed but to keep  them from slamming. Placing these devices on the oars and the hull  gave enough resistance to make the rowing scenes look realistic.'),
('55182',' Although there were presumably white horses in Italy, the white  horses used in the film were brought in from Lipica, Slovenia, the  original home of the snow'),
('55183','white "Lipizzaner" horse breed.  Glenn H. Randall Sr. (qv) trained 78 horses for the film, starting  months before photography began.'),
('55184',' Charlton Heston (qv) was taught to drive a chariot by the stunt  crew, who offered to teach the entire cast. Heston was the only one  who took them up on the offer. At the beginning of the chariot race,  Heston shook the reins and nothing happened; the horses remained  motionless. Finally someone way up on top of the set yelled,  "Giddy'),
('55185','up!" The horses then roared into action, and Heston was flung  backward off of the chariot.'),
('55186',' The chariot race segment was directed by legendary stuntman  Yakima Canutt (qv). Joe Canutt (qv) (Yaks son) doubled for  Charlton Heston (qv). During one of the crashes, in which Judah  Ben'),
('55187','Hurs horses jump over a crashed chariot, the younger Canutt was  thrown from his chariot onto the tongue of his chariot. He managed  to climb back into his chariot and bring it back under control. The  sequence looked so good that it was included in the film, with a  close'),
('55188','up of Heston climbing back into the chariot. Canutt got a  slight cut on his chin, but it was the only injury in the incredibly  dangerous sequence.'),
('55189',' The design of the stadium was another major bone of contention. MGM  asked an archaeologist what the stadium in Jerusalem had looked  like. "Roman," came the reply. A second archaeologist was asked. "It  was in a Phoenician style," he said. A third archaeologist was  consulted, who said: "Stadium? I was not aware that Jerusalem had  one!" MGM engineers eventually sat down and carefully studied  _Ben'),
('55190','Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)_ (qv), and based their design  on that.'),
('55191',' The large "island" in the stadium was great for filming, since a  backdrop of a stone wall is cheaper to film than a backdrop of  thousands of extras. However, such an "island" in a real stadium  prevents spectators from viewing the race properly at all angles and  would not normally exist.'),
('55192',' When the production was over, MGM was afraid that small'),
('55193','time local  Italian producers would use the leftover sets as backgrounds to  their own low'),
('55194','budget epics, so they destroyed all of the sets.'),
('55195',' Rózsa, Miklós (qv) wrote the musical score in eight weeks.'),
('55196',' The chariot race has a 263'),
('55197','to'),
('55198','1 cutting ratio (263 feet of film for  every one foot kept), probably the highest for any 65mm sequence  ever filmed.'),
('55199',' Burt Lancaster (qv), a self'),
('55200','described atheist, claimed he turned  down the role of Judah Ben'),
('55201','Hur because he "didnt like the violent  morals in the story" and because he did not want to promote  Christianity.'),
('55202',' Robert Ryan (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Messala, with  Burt Lancaster (qv) as Ben'),
('55203','Hur.'),
('55204',' Paul Newman (I) (qv) was offered the role of Judah Ben'),
('55205','Hur but  turned it down because he said he didnt have the legs to wear a  tunic.'),
('55206',' Besides Burt Lancaster (qv), Rock Hudson (qv) was also offered  the role of Ben Hur.'),
('55207',' Stephen Boyd (I) (qv) wore dark contact lenses for this film.'),
('55208',' This is the only one, as of 2005, of the three movies which have won  11 Academy Awards (the others being _Titanic (1997)_ (qv) and  _Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)_ (qv)) to  have won Oscars for acting performances. It is the only one of the  three to have won Oscars for acting performances.'),
('55209',' Gore Vidal (qv) was uncredited as a screenwriter, although  producer Sam Zimbalist (qv) promised he and  Christopher Fry (I) (qv), who worked on the script independently  from Vidal, a screen credit. Karl Tunberg (qv), who wrote the  original screenplay that had been very much rewritten into a  shooting script by Vidal and Fry, claimed the credit. Zimbalist died  before the movie ended, and thus could not testify at the guild  arbitration hearing. Tunberg won the credit, but failed to win the  Oscar. The film had been nominated for 12 Oscars, and won a record  11 (since tied). The movies sole loss was for Best Writing,  Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and usually is  attributed to the fallout from the credit dispute, which Vidal made  widely known.'),
('55210',' According to Gore Vidal (qv), as recounted in  _Celluloid Closet, The (1995)_ (qv) one of the script elements he  was brought in to re'),
('55211','write was the relationship between Messalah and  Ben'),
('55212','Hur. Director _William Wyler_ (qv) was concerned that two men  who had been close friends as youths would not simply hate one  another as a result of disagreeing over politics. Thus, Vidal  devised a thinly veiled subtext suggesting the Messalah and Ben'),
('55213','Hur  had been lovers as teenagers, and their fighting was a result of  Ben'),
('55214','Hur spurning Messalah. Wyler was initially hesitant to implement  the subtext, but agreed on the conditions that no direct reference  ever be made to the characters sexuality in the script, that Vidal  personally discuss the idea with Stephen Boyd (I) (qv), and not  mention the subtext to Charlton Heston (qv) who, Wyler feared,  would panic at the idea. After Vidal admitted to adding the  homosexual subtext in public, Heston denied the claim, going so far  as to suggest Vidal had little input into the final script, and his  lack of screen credit was a result of his being fired for trying to  add gay innuendo. Vidal rebutted by citing passages from Hestons  1978 autobiography, where the actor admitted that Vidal had authored  much of the final shooting script.'),
('55215',' One of only two films shot in the MGM Camera 65 cinematographic  process (the other being _Raintree County (1957)_ (qv), which was  only released in 35mm prints). The MGM Camera 65 process used 65mm  negative stock, but the 70mm prints intended for projection  contained additional space for a stereophonic track that was printed  in magnetic stripes directly on the film in the sprocket'),
('55216','hole area.  Magnetic stripes were superior to optical soundtracks in that they  could provide four channels of sound (six in the Todd'),
('55217','AO process)  compared to the single sound channel of optical prints. The MGM  Camera 65 used an anamorphic lens akin to CinemaScope that squeezed  the image by 10%. Exhibitors rejected the new system as they had  already made huge capital outlays of money to equip their theaters  with CinemaScope lenses, stereophonic sound systems and 70mm  projectors.'),
('55218',' During the 18'),
('55219','day auction of MGM props, costumes, and memorabilia  that took place in May 1970 when new owner Kirk Kerkorian (qv) was  liquidating the studios assets, a Sacramento restaurateur paid  $4,000 for a chariot used in the film. Three years later, during the  energy crisis, he was arrested for driving the chariot on the  highway.'),
('55220',' The rumor that Stephen Boyd (I) (qv)s double was killed during  the chariot race is false. According to second'),
('55221','unit director  Yakima Canutt (qv), the "Messala" that was run over, a Roman  soldier standing on the center island who was hit by a chariot and  the driver of a spilled rig who jumped out of the way of one chariot  but was immediately run over by another one were all articulated and  weighted dummies (made with movable arm and leg joints), so when  they were hit they "reacted" the way a normal human body would in  that situation. A combination of adroit placement and expert editing  made the dummies look like real people being run over.'),
('55222',' For some sequences in the chariot race, some of the chariots had  three horses instead of four. This enabled the camera car to move in  closer.'),
('55223',' One of the very few (and very expensive) 65mm cameras in the world  was wrecked during the filming of the chariot race.'),
('55224',' An infirmary was created especially for the filming of the dangerous  chariot race scenes. However, in the end, very few injuries were  actually sustained, most of them being sunburns.'),
('55225',' This film was a (successful) effort to save MGM from bankruptcy.'),
('55226',' MGM acquired over 40 scripts for the film.'),
('55227',' The films credits appear with the Sistine Chapel ceiling as  background. Charlton Heston played Michelangelo, the painter of the  Sistine Chapel ceiling, in the film "The Agony and the Ecstasy".'),
('55228',' Leslie Nielsen (qv) made a screen test for the part of Messala,  part of which can be seen in the documentary  _Ben'),
('55229','Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993) (V)_ (qv).'),
('55230',' Audrey Hepburn (qv) visited the set during the filming of the  chariot race (she was in the midst of shooting  _Nuns Story, The (1959)_ (qv)). This led to the false legend that  she was an extra in the crowd scenes, as a favor to her former  director, William Wyler (qv).'),
('55231',' Producer Sam Zimbalist (qv) died two months before production  ended, with William Wyler (qv) handling his duties afterward.'),
('55232',' The film was one of the first to involve huge marketing tie'),
('55233','ins,  including hundreds of toys as well as Ben'),
('55234','His and Ben'),
('55235','Hers  towels.'),
('55236',' The chariot race required 15,000 extras, on a set constructed on 18  acres of backlot at Cinecitta Studios outside Rome. Tour buses  visited the set every hour. Eighteen chariots were built, with half  being used for practice. The race took five weeks to film.'),
('55237',' Director William Wyler (qv) decided that the Romans should have  British accents, and that the four Americans in the cast would play  Hebrews. This was a technique later used in the TV miniseries  _"Masada" (1981) (mini)_ (qv).'),
('55238',' It was the first "remake" to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The  film held this title until "The Departed" (2006) became the second  "remake" to do so, 47 years later.'),
('55239',' According to his memoirs Stewart Granger (I) (qv) was offered the  role of Messala but claimed that he turned it down on the advice of  his agent who recommended Granger not to play a supporting role to  Charlton Heston (qv).'),
('55240',' Producer Sam Zimbalist (qv) offered William Wyler (qv)  $1,000,000 to direct this film. This was the highest directors fee  ever paid up to that time.'),
('55241',' Director William Wyler had previous experience with Ben'),
('55242','Hur. He  served as an assistant director under action specialist Breezy Eason  (B. Reeves Eason (qv)) who was one of the directors for the  chariot race in MGMs mammoth silent version of the story,  _Ben'),
('55243','Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)_ (qv).'),
('55244',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #100  Greatest Movie of All Time.'),
('55245',' The sea battle was filmed near Livorno, Italy. Many extras  apparently lied about being able to swim, and due to political  troubles engulfing Italy at the time, tension between Fascist  supporters of Benito Mussolini (qv) and their opponents was  evident.'),
('55246',' Forty'),
('55247','eight cameras were used to film the sea battle, a record for a  single scene.'),
('55248',' A staged fire on one of the ships got out of control. Armor'),
('55249','clad  extras had to jump in the water. There is conflicting information as  to whether any of them were killed.'),
('55250',' The first attempt to film the chariot race was on a set in Rome, but  there were problems with shadows and the racetrack surface. Then one  of the chariots wheels came apart and the stuntman driving it was  thrown in the air and killed. See also _Ben'),
('55251','Hur (1959)_ (qv).'),
('55252',' The set was abandoned and a new one built in Culver City. 42 cameras  were used to film the race and 50,000 feet of film consumed. Second  unit director Eason, B. Reeves (qv) offered a bonus to the winning  driver. The final pile'),
