('55253','up was filmed later. No humans were seriously  injured during the US production, but several horses were killed.'),
('55254',' At $3.9 million, the most expensive silent movie ever.'),
('55255',' MGM inherited the production when the company was founded in 1924;  with the film over budget and getting out of control, the studio  halted production and relocated the shoot from Italy to California,  under the supervision of Irving Thalberg (qv).  William Wyler (qv), one of sixty assistant directors for the  chariot race, went on to direct the remake _Ben'),
('55256','Hur (1959)_ (qv).'),
('55257',' The religious scenes, plus Ben Hurs entrance into Rome and some  interior scenes that occur thereafter, were shot in two'),
('55258','strip  Technicolor.'),
('55259',' The famous chariot scene was filmed at what is now the intersection  of LaCienega and Venice Boulevards in Los Angeles.'),
('55260',' This production used more that 600 gallons of Max Factors Liquid  Body Make'),
('55261','up.'),
('55262',' According to The Guinness Book of World Records (2002), the movie  contains the most edited scene in cinema history. Editor  Lloyd Nosler (qv) compressed 200,000 feet (60,960 meters) of film  into a mere 750 feet (228.6 meters) for the chariot race scene '),
('55263',' a  ratio of 267:1 (film shot to film shown).'),
('55264',' Both Rudolph Valentino (qv) and Buck Jones (qv) were considered  for the role of Judah Ben Hur.'),
('55265',' All the religious scenes are in Technicolor, but the chariot race is  not '),
('55266',' an intense amount of lighting was required to shoot  Technicolor, making it extremely difficult.'),
('55267',' Second'),
('55268','unit director B. Reeves Eason (qv) had 62 assistants when  working on the chariot race.'),
('55269',' F. Scott Fitzgerald (qv) and Zelda Fitzgerald became friendly with  many of the cast and crew while in Rome revising "The Great Gatsby".  They attended a cast/crew dinner on Christmas Eve, honoring  Fred Niblo (qv) and his wife. Zelda Fitzgerald, among others,  signed one of the dinner menus, which became the possession of  Carmel Myers (qv), who played Iras in the film. The menu is now in  the archives of the University of South Carolina library.'),
('55270',' Many of the scenes in this film, interestingly enough, were NOT  remade in the more popular 1959 version of the story. Among these  are the three Wise Mens journey through the desert, Mary and Joseph  seeking refuge in the manger, and the scene in which Messala enlists  the help of Iris to discover the identity of his chariot'),
('55271','racing  opponent.'),
('55272',' This documentary is featured on the Four'),
('55273','Disc Collectors Edition  DVD for _Ben Hur (1959)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('55274',' Kader Khan (qv) did the voice'),
('55275','over for Prem Chopra.'),
('55276',' In this film Amitabh Bachchan (qv) uses his real family name which  is Amit Shrivastav. Bachchan incidentally was adopted by his poet  father Harivansh Rai as his pen name through publication.'),
('55277',' "World Geography" documentary series.'),
('55278',' Filmed in 1996.'),
('55279',' This short documentary is featured on the Best Buy bonus DVD for  _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('55280',' The Batmobile from _"Batman" (1966)_ (qv) makes an appearance.'),
('55281',' K.I.T.T. from _"Knight Rider" (1982)_ (qv) makes an appearance.'),
('55282',' After their first game, David Spade walks out of the field with the  other two wearing his sunglasses. This is the only scene where  "Richie" wears sunglasses, because the director didnt allow the  character to wear them. However, in this scene, he had forgotten to  take his glasses off after being backstage and the director thought  that the take was so good, he didnt bother re'),
('55283','doing the take.'),
('55284',' The stadium built for the final game features architectural details  borrowed from several Major League parks: Yankee Stadium since 70s  (the "wedding'),
('55285','cake" trim on top of the bleachers wall), Wrigley  Field (the brick'),
('55286','and'),
('55287','ivy fences), Fenway Park (the Green Monster  fence) and Chase Field (the pool area behind right field).'),
('55288',' The issue with the player with the fake birth certificate really  happened. Danny Almonte, originally from the Dominican Republic,  playing for a US team from New York was found to be too old. He was  actually 14, not 12, the cut'),
('55289','off age. He had a forged birth  certificate. His team had won their regional competition and were  set to go to the Little League World Series but, as a result of the  scandal, the entire team was disqualified and the coach banned for  life from Little League baseball.'),
('55290',' Mels (Jon Lovitz (qv)) home is the same building used as Michael  Newmans (Adam Sandler (I) (qv)) future home in the film  _Click (2006/I)_ (qv).'),
('55291',' The actresses were coached by Simon Clifford, who runs Futbol De  Salao, a Brazilian soccer school.'),
('55292',' The Hounslow Harriers team doesnt exists, but almost all the  players are professional footballers.'),
('55293',' Many of the wedding guests are relatives of director  Chadha, Gurinder (qv) and added realism by throwing themselves  wholeheartedly into the scenes and treating the shoot as if it were  a real wedding.'),
('55294',' Jess wears number 7 for the Hounslow Harriers, the same number David  Beckham wears for England and once wore for Manchester United.'),
('55295',' Juless jersey number for the Hounslow Harriers is 9, the same  number as Mia Hamms.'),
('55296',' Star Parminder Nagra (qv) was worried that the scar on her leg  would prevent her from getting the role of Jess. Instead, the scar '),
('55297','  and the story behind it '),
('55298',' were worked into the script.'),
('55299',' The aircraft shown that transported the team to Hamburg (a Boeing  707'),
('55300','430 reg. D'),
('55301','AFHG Ex Lufthansa D'),
('55302','ABOD) is a static display at the  Hamburg airport.'),
('55303',' Although football star David Beckham (qv) and the term "bend" are  well'),
('55304','known in the U.K., they were virtually unknown in the U.S. As  such, when the time came for the films U.S release, 20th Century  Fox marketing execs suggested changing the title to "Move it like  Mia", alluding to U.S. football star Mia Hamm (qv). Director  Gurinder Chadha objected to the name change and the film was  released with its original title.'),
('55305',' Anupam Kher (qv) (Mr. Bhamra) is one of the superstars of Hindi  cinema (aka "Bollywood") with a career that spans almost 20 years  and nearly 150 feature films.'),
('55306',' Melanie C wanted her song "Independence Day" to be used in the film  but the lyrics didnt work so she rewrote them so the song could be  used.'),
('55307',' Though their characters are roughly the same age, in reality there  is a 10 year age gap between Parminder Nagra (b. 1975) and Kiera  Knightly (b. 1985)'),
('55308',' DIRCAMEO(Gurinder Chadha (qv)): The younger of the two women that  Jules and Jesminder jog past in the park.'),
('55309',' DIRCAMEO(Gurinder Chadha (qv)): A wedding guest dressed in pink in  the conga line.'),
('55310',' DIRCAMEO(Gurinder Chadha (qv)): At the party the night before the  wedding she is in the circle of relatives clapping, wearing a blue  suit.'),
('55311',' Much of the movies plot centers around the main characters goal of  going to the USA to play professional soccer for the Womens United  Soccer Association (WUSA), and highlight clips are shown of several  of the leagues superstars. On 18 September 2003 '),
('55312',' just seven weeks  after the movies official release in the United States '),
('55313',' WUSA  suspended operations due to financial problems.'),
('55314',' The team that Manchester United are playing at the beginning is the  Belgian side RSC Anderlecht'),
('55315',' Kulvinder Ghir (qv) was a last minute replacement for the role of  Teetu.'),
('55316',' Actor Damian Pitt (qv) had no previous acting experience and was  spotted by director Ivan Sen (qv) in Moree in a group of 20 boys.  Sen said he "had the perfect look".'),
('55317',' In the city of Marienbad before it floods, the boys throw rocks at a  poster for "El Rostro de la Bestia," which has credits for  Paul Naschy (qv) and Brian Yuzna (qv). There is no such movie,  but Yuzna did direct Naschy in Rottweiler (2004) (qv).'),
('55318',' This was Twentieth Century'),
('55319','Foxs third CinemaScope production.'),
('55320',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 10 seconds'),
('55321',' Is part of the Public Domain.'),
('55322',' The last four digits in Nincos phone number are 1138, reference to  _THX 1138 (1971)_ (qv).'),
('55323',' The title on the marquee, "Malcom Xs Heist", is from a short  amateur film by Justin Bowsher. Grip Taylor Vinson showed the film  to some of the crew on the night that the Chinese food scene was  filmed, and they decided to use the title in the movie.'),
('55324',' The only film in the original series of five that does not star  Roddy McDowall (qv). Despite this, McDowall is often pictured on  video and DVD packaging for this film.'),
('55325',' The final scene where Taylor hangs onto the detonator by his fingers  is an elaborate reference to a scene from Fritz Lang (I) (qv)s  _Metropolis (1927)_ (qv) where a worker collapses in the factory in  a similar fashion.'),
('55326',' McDowall, Roddy (qv) was unable to appear in this film because he  was committed to another project. He can, however, be spotted  briefly in the opening prologue, even though another actor plays the  role later in the film.'),
('55327',' Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) was considered the lead role of John Brent.'),
('55328',' Orson Welles (qv) was offered the role of General Ursus which he  turned down.'),
('55329',' The original title was "Planet of the Apes Revisited".'),
('55330',' An early draft of the script, called "Planet of the Men", and  written by Pierre Boulle (qv) in his native French, featured a  messianic Taylor 14 years after the events of the 1968 original. It  involved an uprising against the apes, following which they revert  back to their primal states.'),
('55331',' James Franciscus (qv) was cast as Brent due to his resemblance to  Charlton Heston (qv).'),
('55332',' Due to the smaller budget of this film, many of the extras cast as  apes wore masks instead of the famous ape make up.'),
('55333',' An alternate ending was written where Taylor, Brent and Nova escape  the underground prior to the bombs detonation (it wasnt written as  a doomsday bomb yet). They return to Ape City and, along with Zira  and Cornelius, release the humans from the cages and a new order is  begun. The script ends hundreds of years later with the Lawgiver  teaching a group of ape and human children sitting in harmony  together. The "Lawgiver Scene" was resurrected as the framing  structure for _Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)_ (qv). The  final shot of the script shows a mutated gorilla emerging from the  underground and fatally shooting a flying dove.'),
('55334',' This was the first appearance of Natalie Trundy (qv) in the "Apes"  series. She is the only person to play both a human and an ape in  the series.'),
('55335',' Originally, there was going to be a scene featuring a  half'),
('55336','human/half'),
('55337','ape child. However, the producers were afraid that  not only would the scene be too confusing, but that they would also  lose their "G" rating.'),
('55338',' SPOILER: Charlton Heston (qv) was reluctant to reprise the role of  George Taylor for this movie. He eventually agreed on condition that  his scenes had to be shot within a two week period. He also insisted  that Taylor had to be killed.'),
('55339',' Don Medford (qv) agreed to direct the movie, but walked out after  the budget was halved.'),
('55340',' Final film of Thomas Gomez (qv).'),
('55341',' 20th'),
('55342','Fox Producer Irwin Allen (I) (qv) used the tiled tubular set  of subterranean New York for an episode of  _"Land of the Giants" (1968)_ (qv), and as an electrical power'),
('55343','duct  in his TV'),
('55344','movie _"City Beneath the Sea" (1969)_ (qv). In both cases,  panels of red lights were inset into the tiled tube making it more  useful in these later projects. The same set would be used in  _Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)_ (qv) as corridors  between sections of the Ape Management complex (utilizing white  lights).'),
('55345',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Abbey of Pavia, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('55346',' The house used in the opening sequence actually belonged to director  Russ Meyer (I) (qv).'),
('55347',' The character names Flovilla, Eufaula, and Lavonia were all inspired  by places in Atlanta. The name Lamar was inspired by comedian  Jonathan Winters (I) (qv).'),
('55348',' This would be the last of Russ Meyer (I) (qv)s theatrical feature  films. He made one more film, a video feature, 22 years later in  2001.'),
('55349',' Split reel with Indian Basket Making (1909).'),
('55350',' Although credited in the cast, the actor Giovanni Grasso (qv) does  not appear in the film. The scenes he appeared in were most probably  cut from the final release print.'),
('55351',' The film was re'),
('55352','issued in 1955 as "Bengasi Anno "41" and include  extra scenes with Vivi Gioi (qv), Laura Redi (qv) and  Fedele Gentile (qv). A new character was also added to the film:  Charles Wilson, the English officer, played by Peter Trent (qv).'),
('55353',' The child actors had to have ice placed in their mouths during  outdoors shooting in order to prevent their breath from registering  on camera due to the cold.'),
('55354',' The "notebook", the cover of which is eaten during class, was  fabricated from an edible paste colored with food dye to make it  look like the real thing.'),
('55355',' Alison Doody (qv), who worked for free on this project, said she  was attracted by the script, but also decided to get involved after  she read that 45 per cent of UK adults had never heard of Auschwitz.'),
('55356',' All money raised by the film, without ever covering its costs, will  go directly to the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre and to the Lidice  Memorial.'),
('55357',' Final film of Edgar Buchanan (qv).'),
('55358',' Final film of Frances Bavier (qv).'),
('55359',' Sams dancing bread rolls gag is from Charles Chaplin (qv)s  _Gold Rush, The (1925)_ (qv).'),
('55360',' Mary Stuart Masterson (qv) asked that the song "Im Gonna Be (500  Miles)" (by the Proclaimers) be used in this film.'),
('55361',' Ruthies movie "Prom Queen Muitlator" only took 45 minutes to shoot.'),
('55362',' Mary Stuart Masterson did a lot of the paintings herself.'),
('55363',' Bennys character was originally scripted to be a New York  psychiatrist.'),
('55364',' Sam tasting the paint was totally improvised by Johnny Depp.'),
('55365',' Originally in the script, Sam was supposed to leave dried flowers on  the porch after Joon threw him out. A hour before shooting the  scene, the director, Jeremiah S. Chechik, changed it to Sam leaving  the Jack In The Box instead.'),
('55366',' Mary Stuart Masterson told director Jeremiah S. Chechik that she did  not remember filming the bus scene.'),
('55367',' Behind Sam, at the American Classic Video counter, is a picture of  Buster Keaton (qv) from _Navigator, The (1924)_ (qv).'),
('55368',' The apartment used as Ruthies was a disaster area when the  production crew found it. They had to renovate the entire apartment.'),
('55369',' Johnny Depp (qv) did all of the stunts for the physical comedy  sequence in the park himself.'),
('55370',' In order to make it seem as if he is an inexperienced writer,  Johnny Depp (qv) used his left hand in the writing sequence. Being  right handed himself, using his left hand gave off the squiggly  impressions of a childs writing.'),
('55371',' In addition to the ironed grilled cheese sandwiches and the tennis  racket mashed potatoes, there was a scene where Sam made crab in the  dishwasher. It was cut for time.'),
('55372',' First choice for the leads were Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts,  followed by Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. Eventually MGM had their  dream casting in place: Johnny Depp, Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern.  Harrelsons contract would have given him top billing. When Dern (a  recent Oscar nominee) found out that she would be third billed, she  quit the picture. Harrelson followed soon after, having landed the  young male lead in "Indecent Proposal". MGM promptly slapped him  with a $5 million lawsuit for breach of contract (which was  ultimately settled out of court).'),
('55373',' The train featured in the opening sequence is operated by the  Northern Pend Oreille Lions Club. Train rides are available from  July through October in Ione, Washington.'),
('55374',' In the original script, Joon was supposed to have burned the house  down towards the end of the movie.'),
('55375',' Available on VHS at the Danish Public Libraries (De danske  Folkebiblioteker).'),
('55376',' Already an accomplished piano player, Steve Allen learned how to  play the clarinet for this film.'),
('55377',' Benny Goodman (qv) played all the clarinet music heard on the  soundtrack himself.'),
('55378',' Filmed entirely in Australia with an all'),
('55379','Australian cast and crew,  save for Benny Hill (qv) himself.'),
('55380',' Several sketches from this show appeared in various episodes of the  U.S. syndicated version of _"Benny Hill Show, The" (1969)_ (qv)'),
('55381',' This was the only one of Benny Hill (qv)s shows to have actual  outright nudity, as was seen during the "Benny Kelly, Son of Ned  Kelly" sketch as he was being chased through the Australian outback.  While home video compilations showed this sketch uncut, TV stations  that ran the sketch usually cut out the nudity.'),
('55382',' Benny Hill (qv) produced this one'),
('55383','off special for ATV as part of a  bid by Lew Grade (qv) to lure the comedian from the BBC; however,  as part of the deal, Hill was to also host two episodes of an  Anglo'),
('55384','American variety show called "Spotlight" (ITV, 1967'),
('55385','68; CBS,  summer 1967) over which he had no control over the circumstances of  production, and which featured such American guests as  Abbe Lane (qv), Paul Anka (qv) and Lana Cantrell (qv). This  latter part of the deal eventually soured Hill over ATV permanently,  and he did not return to the ITV network until he signed with Thames  Television in 1969.'),
('55386',' This special was produced in color, but aired in Britain in  black'),
('55387','and'),
('55388','white as the ITV network did not go color until 1969.'),
('55389',' Nicholas Parsons (qv), Rita Webb (qv) and  Bettina Le Beau (qv), all featured players in the early years of  _"Benny Hill Show, The" (1969)_ (qv), made their first appearances  with Hill on this special; on the other end of the spectrum  Dave Freeman (I) (qv), his on'),
('55390','and'),
('55391','off writing and performing  partner since the 1950s, ended his involvement with Hills show  after this effort, and only here as a performer.'),
('55392',' Dennis Kirkland (qv) worked as an assistant on this and the other  two shows Benny Hill (qv) hosted for ATV in 1967. It was there  that Hill and Kirkland, who was to produce the final ten years of  _"Benny Hill Show, The" (1969)_ (qv), first met.'),
('55393',' In addition to sketches from the made'),
('55394','in'),
('55395','Australia  _Benny Hill Down Under (1977) (TV)_ (qv), this video compilation  also featured segments from the following editions of  _"Benny Hill Show, The" (1969)_ (qv): 26 January 1977 (Episode  #8.1), 26 December 1978 (Episode 10.1) and 11 February 1981 (Episode  12.2).'),
('55396',' This set was originally marketed under the title "Best of The Benny  Hill Show, Vol. 3".'),
('55397',' This, Benny Hill (qv)s last comedy'),
('55398','variety special, was not aired  in Britain until two years after his death, upon which it was shown  in two parts under the title "Benny Hill '),
('55399',' Unseen," on 12 April 1994  and 16 May 1994.'),
('55400',' This documentary aired in 2001 in the US as an edition of  _"Biography" (1987)_ (qv), with narration provided by  Peter Graves (I) (qv).'),
('55401',' Available on VHS at the Danish Public Libraries (De danske  Folkebiblioteker).'),
('55402',' The film went through several names whilst in production, including  "El Barbaro del Ritmo" ("The Wildman of Rhythm") and "Divina  Desmesura" (~ "Divine Excess"). Other ideas included "Oh Vida!" ("Oh  Life!") and "Los dioses mueres jóvenes" ("Gods Die Young").'),
('55403',' When the Orishas recorded their version of the song "Soy Guajiro" it  was intended for inclusion only in the CD of the soundtrack '),
('55404',' as a  bonus '),
('55405',' not within the film. However, once he heard it, the director  decided to include it over the closing titles.'),
('55406',' Initial entry in the four year Collegians series.'),
('55407',' McKellen, Ian (qv), who appears as Uncle Freddie in the film,  starred in the role of Max in the original London West End theatre  production in 1979.'),
('55408',' Italian censorship visa #7044 dated 12 January 1950.'),
('55409',' A short scene of Grendel having sexual contact with Rhona Mitras  character in her room was shot but left out because it didnt really  work and the director later felt that it also wouldnt match with  the story.'),
('55410',' Screenwriters Neil Gaiman (qv) and Roger Avary (qv) began  writing the script in May 1997.'),
('55411',' Detochkin, Smoktunovskys character, plays Hamlet in an amateur  production. Smoktunovsky himself played Hamlet in  _Gamlet (1964)_ (qv), and is famous for this role.'),
('55412',' Yuri Nikulin (qv) was first considered to play Yury Detochkin and  almost signed the contract, but his Circus sent him on tour to South  America for almost half a year. The project could not be postponed  for such a long period, so Oleg Yefremov (qv) was invited, but  after long debates the role was given to  Innokenti Smoktunovsky (qv), and Yefremov became Maxim  Podberezovikov.'),
('55413',' USSRs Minister of Art & Culture, Romanov, forbade  Innokenti Smoktunovsky (qv) to play the part of Detochkin because  a couple of years before Smoktunovsky had played V.I. Lenin (qv).  And, according to Romanov, Smoktunovsky could not play someone who  steals cars; in fact, he thought that a man, who once played Lenin,  could not play in movies any longer. But, luckily, Romanov retired  in the same month his statement was made and a new minister allowed  Innokenti to continue his work.'),
('55414',' Is Pavel Pronins favourite comedy.'),
('55415',' The movie was shot back'),
('55416','to'),
('55417','back with _Challenge, The (1938)_ (qv)  with Luis Trenker (qv) as the only actor appearing in both  versions. So it was a British'),
('55418','German co'),
('55419','production just one year  before the war.'),
('55420',' This film was never completed. Production began it in 1948, but  producer André Sarrut (qv) showed the film unfinished in 1952,  against Paul Grimault (qv)s wishes. This caused the production to  stop. In 1967, Grimault got possession of the film and was able to  complete it under a new title, _Le Roi et lOiseau_ (1980).'),
('55421',' The film was criticized by many party officials for its negative  portrayal of youth and life in East'),
('55422','Germany. Film critics, however,  praised its authenticity. After much debate, the film was released  in August 1957 '),
('55423',' three months later it had already attracted over  1,5 million viewers.'),
('55424',' This was one of the films censored by the 11th Plenum of the SEDs  central committee in December of 1965 for its supposed subversive  content. After the decision, Gerhard Klein fell ill and did not  complete another feature'),
('55425','length film'),
('55426',' Ilse Pagè was granted her first role in this film (as Angela)  despite being from West'),
('55427','Berlin. Due to her lack of  acting'),
('55428','experience, she even received extra coaching '),
('55429',' which was in  turn heavily criticized by SED officials. Since then, she has become  a well'),
('55430','known German actress.'),
('55431',' This film was produced in 1930, but wasnt shown until 1950'),
('55432',' The name of the main character ("Otto Normalverbraucher") became a  idiomatic phrase in German for a absolutely average, normal person,  in a positive sense.'),
('55433',' Gert Fröbe (qv)s first film.'),
('55434',' Filmed in Westminster Cathedral, London, October 1993.'),
('55435',' Esmond Knight (qv) was knocked out by Harry Mason (III) (qv)  (European middleweight boxing champion) when Harry got carried away  and forgot to pull his punches.'),
('55436',' There is a theatre in Lourdes, France, dedicated exclusively to  showing this film.'),
('55437',' The name of the star, Bernardo De Pace (qv), is also the title of  the movie '),
('55438',' but is misspelled on'),
('55439','screen.'),
('55440',' Vitaphone production reel #443'),
('55441',' Movie debut of Pat Boone (I) (qv).'),
('55442',' This was Bernsteins final performance of Beethovens Ninth  Symphony; he died ten months after this program was telecast.'),
('55443',' The captain, who was 19 years old, sailed on to Antarctica after  finding Cape Town extremely disappointing. Neither of his first  mates had ever sailed before in their lives.'),
('55444',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) supplied her own wardrobe for the film,  with the exception of the leotard which was designed by  Edith Head (qv).'),
('55445',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) was asked by producer  Herman Cohen (II) (qv) to not drink alcohol during filming. She  informed Cohen that she was "just a sipper", however she respected  his wishes.'),
('55446',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) changed some of the dialogue in the script  saying it was too British. For example changing the word solicitor  to attorney.'),
('55447',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) was early on the set every day in order to  personally make breakfast for some of the crew members.'),
('55448',' George Nader, rather than Ty Hardin, was reportedly the first choice  to play the part of "Frank Hawkins."'),
('55449',' As indicated in the goofs section, the elephants were wearing  headdress with the incorrect initials of BS on them. That stands for  Billy Smart’s Circus which is listed in the credits at the end.'),
('55450',' There is a scene on a bus where Bert is "receiving unwanted  attention" from a woman. Unable to take it any more he stands up and  shouts, "Are we at Ilkeston yet?" This is a reference to  Robert Lindsay (II) (qv)s home town in Derbyshire in the United  Kingdom. The role of Bert Rigby was written for him, and the  characters background mirrored his own. Originally he wanted a  portion of the movie to be filmed in Ilkeston, but the producers  thought Ilkeston no longer looked "industrial enough" to match the  characters background. So the bus scene is the only bit of Ilkeston  that made it to the final product.'),
('55451',' It is not known if this TV Pilot of some sorts exists.'),
('55452',' This movie was supposed to be lost, but was found in 2000'),
('55453','2002 while  making an inventory of the film collection of Joop van Liemt.'),
('55454',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Making Them Cough Up (1914)_ (qv).'),
('55455',' 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.'),
('55456',' 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.'),
('55457',' First Visayan picture released in the Philippines. It was shot in  Cebu, Philippines.'),
('55458',' Miriam Quiambao (qv) was the original choice to play the role of  Rochelle Pangilinan (qv) as the leading lady.'),
('55459',' The game actually has 64,000 different levels.'),
('55460',' Was one of the first arcade games to use speech synthesis. It cost  Stern $1,000 per word to digitize and compress the audio data.'),
('55461',' A documentary in the Outdoor Sketches series.'),
('55462',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Many Wings (1927)_ (qv).'),
('55463',' Second episode in the Bess the Detectress series of one'),
('55464','reel  comedies.'),
('55465',' Third Episode in the Bess the Detectress Series.'),
('55466',' First Episode in the Bess the Detectress series.'),
('55467',' Martin E. Johnson (qv)s "South Sea Adventures" series.'),
('55468',' Filmed and completed in 1998, but is now (2002) in the process of  being re'),
('55469','edited by Tommy Chong (qv). On September 12th, 2000,  Chongs lawsuit against Coyote Films was settled out of court and  Chong is now in possession of the original reels. He had sued Coyote  Films because he disagreed with the way the film had been edited,  and plans to release the movie in 2003.'),
('55470',' The first film of Margot Kidder (qv).'),
('55471',' When Capshaw, Kate (qv) is waiting in a pick'),
('55472','up truck, she is  humming the theme song from  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv), a movie (also  released in 1984) that she appeared in.'),
('55473',' In this film, Iraq invades Kuwait. Six years later it actually  happened!'),
('55474',' Eddie Murphy (I) (qv)s character was added to the film after an  original version was complete and tested poorly with audiences.'),
('55475',' Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) was credited as "Strategic Guest Star".'),
('55476',' When Kate Capshaw (qv) is humming the Raiders March (the Indiana  Jones theme), not only does it refer to her starring role, but it  also alludes to the fact that Best Defense director  Willard Huyck (qv) was the screenwriter for  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv).'),
('55477',' There was a scene shot with both Dudley Moore (qv) and  Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) together, but was edited from the final cut.'),
('55478',' "Our World Today" documentary series.'),
('55479',' The Top 10 moments were:  '),
('55480',' 10. "Bond... James Bond" (_Dr. No (1962)_ (qv))  '),
('55481',' 9. The parachute fight (_Moonraker (1979)_ (qv))  '),
('55482',' 8. Blofeld revealed (_You Only Live Twice (1967)_ (qv))  '),
('55483',' 7. Mrs Bond is murdered    (_On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv))  '),
('55484',' 6. The ultimate ski jump (_Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_ (qv))  '),
('55485',' 5. Jill Masterson is painted gold (_Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv))  '),
('55486',' 4. St. Petersburg tank chase (_GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv))  '),
('55487',' 3. Honey Rider emerges from the sea (_Dr. No (1962)_ (qv))  '),
('55488',' 2. River Thames boat chase    (_World Is Not Enough, The (1999)_ (qv))  '),
('55489',' 1. Goldfingers laser torture: "Do you expect me to talk?"    (_Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv))'),
('55490',' SPOILER: Results:  '),
('55491',' 10. _How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)_ (qv)  '),
('55492',' 9. _Muppet Christmas Carol, The (1992)_ (qv)  '),
('55493',' 8. _Elf (2003)_ (qv)  '),
('55494',' 7. _Santa Claus (1985)_ (qv)  '),
('55495',' 6. _Polar Express, The (2004)_ (qv)  '),
('55496',' 5. _Home Alone (1990)_ (qv)  '),
('55497',' 4. _Its a Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv)  '),
('55498',' 3. _Snowman, The (1982)_ (qv)  '),
('55499',' 2. _White Christmas (1954)_ (qv)  '),
('55500',' 1. _Miracle on 34th Street (1994)_ (qv)'),
('55501',' SPOILER: Results:  '),
('55502',' 10. _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv)  '),
('55503',' 9. _Sound of Music, The (1965)_ (qv)  '),
('55504',' 8. _Shrek (2001)_ (qv)  '),
('55505',' 7. _Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)_ (qv)  '),
('55506',' 6. _Jungle Book, The (1967)_ (qv)  '),
('55507',' 5. _Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001)_ (qv)  '),
('55508',' 4. _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv)  '),
('55509',' 3. _Toy Story (1995)_ (qv)  '),
('55510',' 2. _E.T. the Extra'),
('55511','Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv)  '),
('55512',' 1. _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv)'),
('55513',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 1  October 1941 and had 326 performances. The opening night cast  included Nancy Walker (I) (qv), who originated her movie role in  the play, and June Allyson (qv), Kenny Bowers (I) (qv),  Tommy Dix (qv), Jack Jordan (I) (qv) and Stanley Donen (qv),  all of whom are also in this film but with different roles; and  Rosemary Lane (qv). Gil Stratton (qv) was brought out to  Hollywood at the same time but appeared in _Girl Crazy (1943)_ (qv)  instead, although some say he had a small role in this film. A 1963  off'),
('55514','Broadway revival starred Liza Minnelli (qv).'),
('55515',' MGM bought the rights to the musical for $150,000.'),
('55516',' Lana Turner (qv) was going to star in this movie but once she  discovered she was pregnant Lucille Ball (qv) was given her role.'),
('55517',' Nancy Walkers film debut.'),
('55518',' The films writers Barry Levinson (I) (qv) and  Valerie Curtin (qv) based the script on their very own marriage.'),
('55519',' Shot in 1985, not released until 1988.'),
('55520',' Adult'),
('55521','film debut of Brandy Alexandre (I) (qv).'),
('55522',' The last feature film of Martita Hunt.'),
('55523',' Under medical supervision, Jennifer Jason Leigh (qv) wasted down  to 87 pounds for her role.'),
('55524',' Other people that were up for Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) and  Dolly Parton (qv)s roles in the film included  Willie Nelson (qv) for the role of Ed Earl Dodd and  Barbara Mandrell (qv) and Crystal Gayle (qv) for the role Miss  Mona Stangley.'),
('55525',' The exterior of the Chicken Ranch was erected on the Universal lot  where the Bates house from _Psycho (1960)_ (qv) originally stood.  The Bates house was moved to a more permanent location when filming  began on _Psycho II (1983)_ (qv).'),
('55526',' The Chicken Ranch house went on to be the Firefly residence in  _House of 1000 Corpses (2003)_ (qv).'),
('55527',' The film went over budget because of the various production  problems. Several directors came and went, the script was always  being rewritten and Dolly Parton (qv) wrote several more songs  than were eventually included.'),
('55528',' This was based upon a true story in which investigative reporter  Marvin Zindler (qv) (who inspired Dom DeLuise (qv)s "Melvin P.  Thorpe" character), still with ABC affiliate KTRK'),
('55529','TV in Houston,  closed down the "Chicken Ranch" brothel in LaGrange, Texas, in 1973.'),
('55530',' Because of the films provocative title the movie was briefly seized  by Slough Police in the UK during the 1980s UK video nasty craze  after they believed it to be a sex film.'),
('55531',' In terms of box'),
('55532','office "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" was the  most successful movie'),
('55533','musical of the 1980s.'),
('55534',' Dom DeLuises character, Melvin P. Thorpe is based on the real  newsman, Marvin Zindler (qv) (b. 1921, d. 7/29/07) who brought  down the real Chicken Ranch. The incident where the sheriff snatches  the wig off Thorpes head and holds it high really happened between  the La Grange county sheriff and Zindler. Zindler also pioneered  "rat and roach" reports about restaurant cleanliness ("Slime in the  Ice Machine!"),'),
('55535',' Marvin Zindler (qv), on which Melvin P. Thorpe is based, liked the  play but didnt like the film. Zindler said that his crusade against  the Chicken Ranch has been taken out of context. He wasnt trying to  get it closed down because of the prostitution, but because of the  Ranchs reported ties to organized crime and other shady business  dealings.'),
('55536',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Bite of a Snake, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('55537',' Lee Tracy (qv) repeats the role that he created on Broadway.'),
('55538',' Ronald Reagan was rejected for a role in this film because a studio  executive didnt think he had "that presidential look."'),
('55539',' George Furth (qv)s first movie.'),
('55540',' The number of the bus they get on at the end is 2525, the same as in  Speed (1994/I).'),
('55541',' Cain, Dean (qv) dedicated his performance to the memory of his  uncle, Lt. Col. George Eynon "Buzz" Thomas, USAF and his family.  Deans character in the movie shares the same name as his uncle.'),
('55542',' The character played by Ray Teal (qv) (the Axis sympathizer at the  soda fountain) is listed in the credits as "Mr. Mollett". However,  the characters name is never mentioned or otherwise alluded to.'),
('55543',' Director William Wyler (qv) was furious when he learned that  Samuel Goldwyn (qv) had sent Harold Russell (qv) for acting  lessons; he preferred Russells untrained, natural acting.'),
('55544',' William Wyler (qv) wanted a completely unglamorous look, requiring  all costumes to be bought off the rack and worn by the cast before  filming, and making sure all sets were built smaller than life'),
('55545','size.'),
('55546',' In order to give the film a documentary'),
('55547','style realism, the director  drew each member of the crew '),
('55548',' props, grips, mixers, etc. '),
('55549',' from the  ranks of WWII veterans.'),
('55550',' William Wyler (qv)s first post'),
('55551','war movie.'),
('55552',' Harold Russell (qv) was first discovered by William Wyler (qv)  when he saw an army training film called "Diary of a Sergeant" that  Russell had appeared in about the rehabilitation of wounded  servicemen.'),
('55553',' This was William Wyler (qv)s last film for producer  Samuel Goldwyn (qv).'),
('55554',' This was the first time Myrna Loy (qv) had worked with  William Wyler (qv) and she was wary of his reputation as "90'),
('55555','Take  Willy". As it turned out, the two got along very well.'),
('55556',' This is the first film role for which Cathy ODonnell (I) (qv), in  the role of Wilma Cameron, receives screen credit. Her film debut  was in _Wonder Man (1945)_ (qv) as an uncredited extra in a  nightclub scene.'),
('55557',' In 1946 this became the most successful film at the box office since  _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv) which was released 7 years earlier.'),
('55558',' Myrna Loy (qv) receives top billing as she was the most successful  female star at the time.'),
('55559',' One of the very first films to be selected by the Library of  Congress to go into their newly created National Film Registry in  1989.'),
('55560',' The novel "Glory for Me" by MacKinlay Kantor (qv), upon which  Robert E. Sherwood (I) (qv) based his screenplay, is written in  blank verse.'),
('55561',' Writer Robert E. Sherwood (I) (qv) had been the head of the Office  of War Information during the Second World War, one of the reasons  why Samuel Goldwyn (qv) approached him to write the script.'),
('55562',' Harold Russell (qv)s character was originally written as a war  veteran suffering from combat trauma. This was changed to a physical  disability when Russell joined the cast.'),
('55563',' To avoid awkwardness when he first met his fellow cast members,  Harold Russell (qv) made a point of reaching out with his hooks  and taking their hands, thus putting them at ease with his  disability.'),
('55564',' William Wyler (qv) pattered the fictional Boone City after  Cincinnati, Ohio.'),
('55565',' For his performance as Homer Parrish, Harold Russell (qv) became  the only actor to win two Academy Awards for the same role.'),
('55566',' Came sixth in the UKs Ultimate Film, in which films were placed in  order of how many seats they sold at cinemas'),
('55567',' In a scene at Butchs bar, Homer asks Butch if he would play a song  for him. "How about Lazy River?" Homer asks. "Remember that?"  Hoagy Carmichael (qv), who plays Butch, composed "Lazy River."'),
('55568',' Director William Wyler (qv) despised Hugo Friedhofer (qv)s  Oscar'),
('55569','winning score for this film.'),
('55570',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #37 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('55571',' One of the Shih Tzus belonging to Scott and Stefan is named Tyrone.  Tyrone is also the first name of the six'),
('55572','fingered Count Rugen, the  character Christopher Guest (I) (qv) played in  _Princess Bride, The (1987)_ (qv).'),
('55573',' Gerry and Cookie Flecks license plate reads "WINKY."'),
('55574',' The bloodhound is named Hubert. The name for bloodhounds in French  are Saint Hubert.'),
('55575',' Parker Posey (qv) actually got real braces for her character to  wear.'),
('55576',' Jane Lynch (qv) (Christy Cummings) was also in the 1992 TV movie  _In the Best Interest of the Children (1992) (TV)_ (qv) (credited as  Jany Lynch), which also had a character named Harlan Pepper.'),
('55577',' When the owner of the poodle playing Rhapsody in White was presented  with this movie, she didnt read the full script. When she realized  that her dog would not be winning Best in Show at the end of the  movie, she quickly pulled the dog out of production. The crew had to  get a dog that looked similar to the original dog, and spray paint  its fur so it looked exactly the same.'),
('55578',' The shot of the arena where the dog show is taking place is actually  stock footage from the Jean'),
('55579','Claude Van Damme (qv) film  _Sudden Death (1995)_ (qv) which takes place at what is now the  Mellon Arena where the Pittsburgh Penguins play, but at that point  it was called the Civic Arena. This is why the arena is surrounded  by police cars which would be necessary in a terrorist situation,  but not for a dog show.'),
('55580',' Years before work on this film began, Christopher Guest (I) (qv)  wrote down the words "catalog people" on a piece of paper. That  simple idea eventually became Parker Posey (qv) and  Michael Hitchcock (I) (qv)s characters in this film.'),
('55581',' All the scenes featuring numerous dogs went remarkably smoothly.  There is only one unscripted bark in the film, heard in the  background as Christy and Sherri Ann argue over Christys makeup  backstage.'),
('55582',' Fred Willards character Buck Laughlin was based on baseball legend  Joe Garagiola, who had co'),
('55583','hosted the Westminster Kennel Club dog  show in years past, to similar effect.'),
('55584',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('55585',' The clocks on the wall behind the reception counter at the hotel are  all deliberately set to Eastern Standard Time for the cities of  Boston, New York, Baltimore, Miami, and Philadelphia.'),
('55586',' This film was culled from nine of the first eleven editions of  _"Benny Hill Show, The" (1969)_ (qv) that were produced and directed  by John Robins (qv) (none of the sketches from shows produced by  others within its first four years on Thames Television were  included in this compilation). The programs in question originally  aired on 19 November 1969, 25 December 1969, 4 February 1970, 11  March 1970, 28 October 1970, 27 January 1971 (the only  black'),
('55587','and'),
('55588','white show to have a sketch featured), 24 March 1971, 23  February 1972 and 22 March 1972. In addition, the version of "Yakety  Sax" as heard in this film originated from the close of the 27  December 1973 telecast (also produced and directed by Robins).'),
('55589',' Among the cast listed in the credits, David Prowse (qv),  Arthur Hewlett (qv), Rona Newton'),
('55590','John (qv), Tom Sye (qv),  Freddie Wiles (qv), Tessa Scopes (qv) and Pamela Beckman (qv)  were not credited on any of the editions of  _"Benny Hill Show, The" (1969)_ (qv) on which they originally  appeared. Ken Sedd (qv), credited in the film as Ted Senton, did  not receive screen credit on the program until 1976.'),
('55591',' This short documentary can be found on the BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE  DOLLS SPECIAL EDITION DVD.'),
('55592',' Participation by: DreamWorks, Manga, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network,  Disney, Sony, Pixar'),
('55593',' Judges over the years included: Randy Myers (Cartoon Network), Barry  Weiss (Sr. VP Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks), Butch Hartman  (Fairly OddParents), Roger Gould (Director, "Mikes New Car",  Pixar), Igor Kovalyov (Director, "Wild Thornberries", Klasky Csupo,  Frank Gladstone (DreamWorks), Randy Haycock (Disney), Peter Gal  (Nickelodeon).'),
('55594',' Participation by 120+ Countries'),
('55595',' On the DVD, if you press the right button on your remote, it will  highlight the 2 in the corner. Press enter to see a spoof of "Sex  and the City" (1998).'),
('55596',' Original air dates/Live performances: '),
('55597',' Wild and Crazy guys: 22  April 1978 '),
('55598',' Super Bass'),
('55599','o matic 76: 17 April 1976 '),
('55600',' Bad Ballet: 14  May 1977 '),
('55601',' Consumer Probe: 29 October 1977 '),
('55602',' Corrida: 14 February  1976 '),
('55603',' Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute: 17 March 1979 '),
('55604',' Looks at books:  4 November 1978 '),
('55605',' The Decabet: 24 April 1976 '),
('55606',' E. Buzz Millers  Animal kingdom: 25 February 1978 '),
('55607',' Nixon, The Final Years: 8 May  1976 '),
('55608',' Crazy Ernie/Crazy Frank: 22 January 1977 '),
('55609',' The Coneheads at  Halloween: 29 October 1977 '),
('55610',' Pocket Pal: 8 October 1977 '),
('55611',' The French  Chef: 9 December 1978'),
('55612',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('55613',' Noel Harrisons film debut.'),
('55614',' This was the first time Joan Crawford (I) (qv) accepted a  supporting role in a movie, supposedly because she found herself in  debt after the death of husband Alfred Steele (II) (qv) early in  1959. According to cast member Diane Baker (qv), Crawfords role  was cut even further before release, causing the removal of a  show'),
('55615','stopping drunk scene by Crawford. Bits of this scene are in the  trailer included on the DVD.'),
('55616',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) was originally set to act as onscreen  "hostess" for the films coming'),
('55617','attractions trailer, but this was  scrapped when Fox refused to accede to Crawfords request that the  trailer also feature a prominently displayed Pepsi'),
('55618','Cola bottle.'),
('55619',' In the first scene of the film, Caroline (Hope Lange (qv)) is  reading a "Help Wanted '),
('55620',' Female" ad in the paper which shows the  real'),
('55621','life address of the building in front of which she is standing  and later goes to work. This is the famous Seagram Building in NYC  at 375 Park Avenue.'),
('55622',' This film features many important Manhattan sites. Thirty'),
('55623','three  minutes into the film, Caroline Bender (Hope Lange (qv)) and April  Morison (Diane Baker (qv)) are crossing Christopher Street from  south to north near where Waverly Place comes into Christopher  Street east of Sheridan Square. They walk east on Christopher  Street, while carrying on a conversation. Look above their heads. In  the rear, you will see the red neon sign of The Stonewall Inn lit  up, even though the afternoon sun is still shining. Yes, this is the  same Stonewall Inn where a decade later the modern gay liberation  movement began when drag queens confronted police who had come to  raid the bar.'),
('55624',' Original air dates/live performances:  '),
('55625',' "Soul man": 18 November 1978  '),
('55626',' Samurai Delicatessen: 17 January 1976  '),
('55627',' Beethoven part I: 22 November 1975  '),
('55628',' Bill Murrays Celebrity Corner: 11 November 1978  '),
('55629',' "Im a King Bee": 17 January 1976  '),
('55630',' The Godfather group therapy: 10 January 1976  '),
('55631',' Beethoven part II: 22 November 1975  '),
('55632',' Little Chocolat donuts: 19 November 1977  '),
('55633',' "B Movie Boxcar Blues": 18 November 1978  '),
('55634',' Olympia Restaurant: 28 January 1978  '),
('55635',' The Thing that wouldnt leave: 25 March 1978  '),
('55636',' Weekend Update rant: 19 March 1977  '),
('55637',' Beethoven part III: 22 November 1975  '),
('55638',' "With a little help from my friends": 25 October 1975  '),
('55639',' The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise: 29 May 1976  '),
('55640',' Shillers reel: Dont look back in anger: 11 March 1978'),
('55641',' The film was made in 2003 and first screened in 2004 at Film Kitchen  (Pittsburgh, PA).'),
('55642',' This game is a collection of 13 other games that include Tetris,  Freecell, Pipe Dream, Chips Challenge, Taipei, Tuts Tomb, Rodents  Revenge, TriPeaks, Golf, SkiFree, JezzBall, Dr. Black Jack, and  TetraVex.'),
('55643',' This special was put together to fill time due to the writers  strike of 1988.'),
('55644',' Crispin Glover (qv)s TV debut.'),
('55645',' Taft High Schools actual mascot is the Wildcats (not the Rockets,  as in the film). Bakersfield High Schools real mascot is the  Drillers.'),
('55646',' Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Herman Edwards was one of the extras  used in the football scenes.'),
('55647',' Culled from the episodes "Tracey Takes On... Fame", "... Romance",  "... Nostalgia", "... Charity", "... Royalty", "... Family", and  "... Health".'),
('55648',' "Chicas" is the Spanish version of "Le Donne"'),
('55649',' "My Love" is the English version of "Il Volo"'),
('55650',' This video consists of sketches from the following episodes of  _"Benny Hill Show, The" (1969)_ (qv): 24 March 1976 (Episode 7.3),  30 May 1978 (Episode 9.1) and 5 March 1980 (Episode 11.2).'),
('55651',' This compilation was later re'),
('55652','titled "Benny Hills Video Revue".'),
('55653',' The Grammy Award ceremonies werent televised in the 1960s. The  awards were handed out and later a TV special featuring the winning  performers/songs was broadcast under the title "The Best on Record"  on NBC. For this year the awards were announced in April except for  the Record of the Year which was announced by Sammy Davis Jr. on the  telecast. Davis had taped an announcement for each of the five  nominees so even he didnt know until the broadcast which song  won'),
('55654','Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In by The Fifth Dimension.'),
('55655',' Was inspired by Arbeiderpartiet (the Labour Party) in Norway.'),
('55656',' Part of the omnibus survey of international shorts, "The World  According to Shorts"'),
('55657',' The first airing in Germany had an audience rating of 81%.'),
('55658',' The city of Cleveland allowed production crews to shut down Euclid  Ave. between East 9th and East 14th streets from midnight to 4 or  5am, a location known as the Theater District, where Playhouse  Square and The Second Citys are housed.'),
('55659',' This movie is the end result of a national search for Americas next  male and female action stars as part of NBCs  _"Next Action Star" (2004)_ (qv) reality TV show produced by  Joel Silver (I) (qv). The two winners star opposite  Billy Zane (qv).'),
('55660',' Interiors were made in the studio of Belga Films in Machelen.'),
('55661',' This film is missing.'),
('55662',' Shot in one day.'),
('55663',' The line James delivers before attacking The Girl, "Whats it going  to be then, huh?" is from the Directors favorite novel, ‘A  Clockwork Orange’ '),
('55664',' "Whats it going to be then, eh?".'),
('55665',' The film is based on a short story by co'),
('55666','writer/director Michael  Dunn. The first version of the story was written in 1987 and was  inspired by his wifes (whom he was dating at the time) recurring  nightmare as a teenager. The nightmares structure was identical to  the story (and film) where a young woman is dragged back and forth  between two rooms, with a bet placed on which room shell die in.  Part of the three'),
('55667','page story was lost and Michael rewrote it in  1993, expanding it to explore what was going on in the girls mind.  The story was published in 2005 in the UK'),
('55668','based horror anthology  "Thirteen." When writing the first draft of the script, Michael  shifted the focus from The Girl to the two men, since the sole  dialog in the story was a mumbled "Please" by The Girl. Michael felt  it would be more interesting to explore the characters of the men,  since, without gags, theyd actually be able to speak.'),
('55669',' Due to tight schedules, parts of the film were shot even while the  set was being deconstructed off camera. The reveal of the angels in  the closet, the overhead shots in the hallway and James scenes at  the table under the window were the last shots of each day, filmed  while the rest of the set was dismantled.'),
('55670',' Beteta is a real person. He plays himself in the satanic ceremony  sequence.'),
('55671',' The part of "Sussi" was originally intended to be played by  Simone Madsen (qv) (or in Denmark better known as Stripper'),
('55672','Simone)  but she was pregnant and went into labor and got hospitalized on the  day before the shooting of the film started. Anna Bård (qv) jumped  on the wagon in the last minute, saving the day for the project.'),
('55673',' On 20 November 2004, only one and a half months after finishing the  shooting of the film, one of the films leading actors,  Amar El'),
('55674','Khatib (qv) went underground because he was being hunted  nationwide by the police. El'),
('55675','Khatib was a reformed criminal from the  very society the film is portraying and still had a sentence to  complete. Danish newspaper "Ekstra Bladet" somehow managed to track  him down and interview him anyway, and he explained he simply had to  attend a wedding and would turn himself in in December.'),
('55676',' The scene with the little boy in Afghanistan who have been shot in  the throat is actually authentic real'),
('55677','life recordings taken 17 years  earlier that was used. The little 4'),
('55678','year'),
('55679','old boy is actually the  actor who plays the role of Muhammed in the film,  Amar El'),
('55680','Khatib (qv).'),
('55681',' Tom Bell and Ian McKellen were contenders for the role of Robert.'),
('55682',' Helen Mirren and Patricia Hodge were both tested for the role of  Emma. Sam Spiegel eventually chose Hodge because Mirrens "butt was  too big for the part".'),
('55683',' Filmed as part of the 2005 48Hr Dojo Film Challenge, where the  production team had only 48 hours to plan, film and edit a 5 minute  film. The team where given to Genre Drama and had to have a theme of  Betrayal.'),
('55684',' Clark Gable (qv)s last picture under his MGM contract. He first  signed with the studio in 1930 (hed first appeared at the studio as  an extra in _Merry Widow, The (1925)_ (qv)). By the 1950s his box  office was spotty and MGM found it difficult to justify his $500,000  per year salary. Gable too was anxious to enter into far more  lucrative percentage deals and would do so exclusively for the  remaining 6 years of his life.'),
('55685',' Gregory Peck (qv) was originally slated for the lead part, with  Richard Widmark (qv) (borrowed from Twentieth Century'),
('55686','Fox) and  Ava Gardner (qv) co'),
('55687','starring.'),
('55688',' Although the story is based on the real events in Walkerton Ontario  in 2000, the movie is set in the fictional Saskatchewan town of  Bullman.'),
('55689',' Based on the true story of the murder of informant Susan Daniels  Smith by FBI agent Mark Putnam, who was also her lover. Putnam was  later convicted of manslaughter and served ten years in prison.'),
('55690',' Inspired by Alan Alda (qv)s own daughters wedding.'),
('55691',' The "assembly line" scenes for BMC were actually filmed at the AMC  (American Motors Corporation) plant located at Kenosha, Wisconsin.  In several shots you can catch glimpses of a 1978 Gremlin, Pacer,  and Concord being built and painted. The plant was destroyed by  Chrysler in the early'),
('55692','90s. Also, some shots of contemporary "BMC"  automobiles are actually badly redecorated Fords; a Granada and LTD  are among the unfortunate victims of a very hideous restyle.'),
('55693',' Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coburn (qv) both starred and produced the  original play, which opened in New York on 19 October 1918 and ran  for 353 performances.'),
('55694',' The second Vitaphone feature, with a music and sound effects, after  Don Juan (1926) (qv).'),
('55695',' Meggie Albanesi (qv) was on a tour of the studio, when the actress  playing the French waitress failed to turn up. Albanesi grabbed an  apron, and took over the role.'),
('55696',' It was over a hundred degrees in Agoura when the movie was filmed.'),
('55697',' All of James golf swings were one'),
('55698','takes in succession.'),
('55699',' Stuart Halperin  (qv) was the voice of the Gopher.'),
('55700',' Uncredited Fred Astaire (qv) sings the opening song "Youre never  too young to try".'),
('55701',' Third episode, third series, of The Gumps 2'),
('55702','reel comedy series'),
('55703',' The first independent film to be picked up by MTV Films for  distribution.'),
('55704',' The film was financed with credit cards and with money raised  independently by the filmmakers. The actors deferred their salaries.'),
('55705',' Although some people thought that the film was inspired by the 1992  murder of Stuart Tay, an Asian'),
('55706','American youth who was killed by four  of his peers on New Years Eve in Orange County, California,  filmmaker Justin Lin has stated that "at the very beginning of the  writing process, [he] made a conscious decision not to base it on  that, or any other, real event."'),
('55707',' According to an April 2003 NPR radio interview with Elvis Mitchell,  Justin Lins production company was on the verge of folding unless  he could secure a certain amount of funding. Lin had essentially  resigned himself to failure; but on a whim called a celebrity he had  met once in Las Vegas. Lin got a call the day before the deadline  from the celeb saying that he had read the script and wanted to  provide some backing. Two hours later, the new investor had wired  Lin the money and saved the production. The celebrity: MC Hammer.'),
('55708',' Original prints of the films theatrical poster misspelled Parry  Shens name as "Perry Shen".'),
('55709',' Though not physically correct for any roles, producer/performer  Anthony Begonia (qv) was encouraged to audition.'),
('55710',' The voice of Yuji Okumoto (qv) doing Howard Cosell (qv) was  dubbed by impressionist Rich Little (I) (qv).'),
('55711',' Lanes little brother, Badger, has no lines in the entire film.'),
('55712',' People protested the films original tagline, "Sometimes...youre  Better Off Dead," so it was changed to "Relax...youre never Better  Off Dead."'),
('55713',' During the Christmas presents scene at Lanes house we see a large  toy robot. It is Twiki from the TV show "Buck Rogers In The 25th  Century"'),
('55714',' When Beth (Amanda Wyss) shows up at the high school dance, the  person standing behind her is wearing Freddy Kruegers sweater  (Nightmare on Elm Street). Wyss played Kruegers first victim in  Nightmare on Elm Street.'),
('55715',' In the grocery store scene, Nintendos arcade game Punch Out can be  seen up front.'),
('55716',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Lessons in Courtship (1912)_ (qv).'),
('55717',' Films credits state "Introducing Bobby Astyr."'),
('55718',' Henry was the title character of a long'),
('55719','running feature created by  cartoonist Carl Anderson (IV) (qv). Henry first appeared in the  Saturday Evening Post in 1932. As a comic strip, Henry debuted in  King Features Syndicate funny pages in 1934, and old strips are  still distributed to about 75 papers.'),
('55720',' This was Henrys only animated appearance.'),
('55721',' Jack Mercer (qv)s first film.'),
('55722',' Though "Betty Co'),
('55723','ed" is often erroneously referred to as a Betty  Boop vehicle, the titular Betty is actually a completely different  character.'),
('55724',' The Writer/Director/Producer, Alan Tanner actually appears in the  film as one of the characters.'),
('55725',' There is no character named Betty. The lead characters name is  Sally, and she is the one who dreams and wakes up.'),
('55726',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Two of a Kind (1913)_ (qv).'),
('55727',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Silent Tongue, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('55728',' The entire movie is shot in real time, on one location, by 5  surveillance cameras.'),
('55729',' SPOILER: The original ending had Paul walking into the ocean and  killing himself. He thought he had passed the HIV Virus on to Karen  and couldnt live with the guilt. At the same time he enters the  water Karen and the rest of the gang have made their way to the  water and Karen rushes in after him, eventually pulling him to shore  and tries to resuscitate him but its too late. Although this was  the original scripted ending, director James McDonald (IV) (qv)  felt it would have dragged the film out too much and he went with an  alternative ending. Instead of Paul committing suicide, Karen is  informed that the results of her blood test are weeks away and she  takes her own life because she cant stand the wait.'),
('55730',' Student'),
('55731','produced at the School of Cinema'),
('55732','Television, University of  Southern California.'),
('55733',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  An Innocent Sandwich Man (1917) (qv).'),
('55734',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  An Innocent Sandwich Man (1915) (qv).'),
('55735',' Filmed in 1921 and copyrighted in 1922, but not released until 1926.'),
('55736',' Spalding Gray  (qv)was considered for Michael Nouris  (qv)role.'),
('55737',' The films working title was "Mother and Son". When a Russian film  of the same name appeared in the late'),
('55738','1990s, Steven Woodcock (qv)  changed the title.'),
('55739',' A lot of the props seen in the film belonged to the directors  grandmother. After she died he emptied her home and put everything  into storage for safe'),
('55740','keeping. When the film was made he brought  everything out of storage to dress the sets, deliberately featuring  key props in prominent vision that he had grown up with since he was  an infant, such as curtains.'),
('55741',' A lot of the props seen in the film had belonged to the directors  grandmother. After she died he emptied her home and put everything  into storage for safe'),
('55742','keeping. When the film was made he brought  everything out of storage to dress the sets, deliberately featuring  key props in prominent camera vision that he had grown up with since  he was an infant, such as curtains.'),
('55743',' Director Steven Woodcock (II) (qv) had two actresses in mind for  the lead character of Ellen Hardy: Lesley Dunlop (qv) and  Barbara Marten (qv). Barbara Marten was unavailable because she  was a regular in the BBC TV series _"Casualty" (1986)_ (qv). Lesley  Dunlop accepted the role but dropped out at the last minute because  she was offered a regular part in the ITV TV series  _"Where the Heart Is" (2000)_ (qv). By this time Barbara Marten had  decided to leave Casualty and Steven Woodcock delayed filming so she  could take the part, her first after leaving the BBC.'),
('55744',' Unusually for a Directors Cut, the re'),
('55745','mastered version of the film  for the British DVD release is nearly 15 minutes shorter than the  American original. Most Directors cuts are longer.'),
('55746',' The play "Outward Bound" opened on Broadway in New York City, New  York, USA on 7 January 1924 and closed in May 1924 after 144  performances. The opening night cast included Dudley Digges (qv),  Leslie Howard (I) (qv), J.M. Kerrigan (qv), Alfred Lunt (qv)  and Beryl Mercer (qv). There was one Broadway revival in 1938,  directed by Otto Preminger (qv).'),
('55747',' This documentary on the paranormal is featured on the 2'),
('55748','disc Vista  Series DVD for _Sixth Sense, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('55749',' This documentary is featured on the Special Collectors Edition DVD  for _Witness (1985)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('55750',' Shot with a still camera in the cameras "burst" mode.'),
('55751',' Vitaphone Reel #349'),
('55752',' This featurette is featured on the _"Millennium" (1996)_ (qv)  Complete Third Season DVD set.'),
('55753',' The Tiger Tank is in fact just a shell over the Russian T55. The  tank was also used in the highly acclaimed  _"Band of Brothers" (2001)_ (qv).'),
('55754',' Originally recorded as an audio play, with Showerman, Zelda  Rubenstein, and Chris Durand among the voice cast,'),
('55755',' The writer reportedly wrote the role of Boss with  Sam Elliot  (qv)in mind, but changed his mind immediately upon  meeting with Muse Watson.'),
('55756',' The original title of the film was "Last Cowboy", but the title was  changed as to not mislead people into thinking it was linked, or a  remake of, films of the same title.'),
('55757',' Gregory Smith (brother of Douglas Smith (qv), who appears in the  film), was also approached about a role in the film at one stage.'),
('55758',' James Keach  (qv)was approached to direct'),
('55759',' The entire Deluise family took part.'),
('55760',' Entire production filmed in 11 1/2 days.'),
('55761',' Idina Menzel (qv) was originally cast as Bev but was dropped  before production began.'),
('55762',' Ebsen, Buddy (qv) played Jed Clampett for 9 years on the TV  version of _"Beverly Hillbillies, The" (1962)_ (qv), then played the  title character of _"Barnaby Jones" (1973)_ (qv) for 7 years '),
('55763',' and  returns in the latter role in this movie.'),
('55764',' The Clampetts automobile is a 1921 Oldsmobile.'),
('55765',' The final film appearance of Buddy Ebsen (qv).'),
('55766',' Final project of Ruby Keeler (qv).'),
('55767',' During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be  writing an article called "Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the  World" for Rolling Stone magazine. In real life, Playboy ran an  article called "Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World."'),
('55768',' Axel Foley was originally going to be played by  Stallone, Sylvester (qv) or Rourke, Mickey (qv). Stallone left  the project and used some of his script ideas to make  _Cobra (1986)_ (qv).'),
('55769',' Inspector Todd of the Detroit Police was played by then Detroit City  Commissioner Gilbert R. Hill (qv).'),
('55770',' The earliest version of the script involved a cop in East L.A. who  was transferred to Beverly Hills, before evolving into the story of  a cop from the East Coast who came to Beverly Hills to avenge the  death of his friend. Drafts before the script was locked in (and  became more of the comedy it ended up being) gave the cops name as  Axel Elly and set the out'),
('55771','of'),
('55772','Beverly Hills action in Pittsburgh.'),
('55773',' The T'),
('55774','shirt that Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) wears in the film is from  Mumford, an actual Detroit area school attended by one of the  filmmakers. When film came out, the school received orders for the  shirts from customers all over the world.'),
('55775',' The shooting script was literally pasted together from the half  dozen or so scripts written for this project over the years. When  they were stuck, Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) would improvise dialog or  create a scene.'),
('55776',' Bronson Pinchot (qv) got the accent and mannerisms for his  character Serge from a crew member he worked with on a earlier  project. Like his character, that crew member always said, "Dont be  stupid."'),
('55777',' DIRCAMEO(Martin Brest (qv)): appears at the end of the movie as  the clerk who checks Axel out of the hotel.'),
('55778',' In the art gallery, there is a large art piece containing several  figures. One of the figures, a maitre d with a chain around its  neck, is modeled after director Martin Brest (qv).'),
('55779',' Originally, two men were supposed to be working in the art gallery  scenes. When the director heard Bronson Pinchot (qv)s Serge  impersonation, however, he thought it was so hysterical he scaled  back the other part to give Pinchot more screen time. The second  actor shows up only briefly with his shirt collar open too wide, on  which Serge comments.'),
('55780',' Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) improvised much of his comic lines, as did  John Ashton (I) (qv) and Judge Reinhold (qv). Literally hundreds  of takes were ruined by cast members or actors or the director  himself, who were unable to stop laughing during shooting because of  this. During the "super'),
('55781','cops" monologue, Ashton is pinching his face  hard and looking down in apparent frustration. If you look closely,  you can see that he is actually laughing. Reinhold put his hand in  his pocket and pinched his thigh really hard to prevent himself from  laughing.'),
('55782',' Police Chief Hubbard (Stephen Elliott (qv)) walks into his first  scene carrying some rolled'),
('55783','up sheets of paper. It is actually one of  many reworked scripts, which was given to him to memorize and  rehearse only minutes before the shooting of the scene started.'),
('55784',' The song which plays during the strip club scene is "Nasty Girl", by  Vanity (I) (qv), and was recommended by the real'),
('55785','life stripper who  was hired for the scene.'),
('55786',' David Cronenberg (qv) was asked to direct but turned it down.'),
('55787',' When trying to find Foley and Rosewood, the LAPD use a "satellite  tracking system". Such a system did not exist at the time and was  made up to advance the plot, but later did come into existence in  real life.'),
('55788',' The movie was written for Sylvester Stallone (qv), with the  character of Michael Tandino being his brother, and Jenny Summers  being his love interest. Two weeks before filming was to start,  Stallone was suddenly out and Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) was in,  prompting massive rewrites.'),
('55789',' The first film to be shown at over 2,000 theatres in the U.S.'),
('55790',' When asked by the producers, director Martin Brest (qv) flipped a  quarter to decide whether to undertake the direction of the film or  not. As the movie proved to be an enormous hit, he framed the  quarter and hung it upon his wall.'),
('55791',' Besides Sylvester Stalone, other actors who were considered for the  role of Axel Foley were Al Pacino, James Caan and Mickey Rourke.'),
('55792',' Danilo Bach completed his draft in 1977, six years prior to  production.'),
('55793',' In the process of casting the characters of Rosewood and Taggart,  the director paired up various finalists and asked them to do some  improvisation to get a feel for the chemistry between the actors. He  paired up Judge Reinhold and John Ashton and gave them the following  direction: "You are a middle aged couple, married for years. You are  having a conversation on an average evening." Judge Reinhold  immediately picked up a nearby magazine and the two improvised the  "5 pounds of red meat in his bowels" bit almost verbatim as it  eventually appeared in the movie. This got them the parts.'),
('55794',' The Axel F theme was done with 3 synthesizers (a Roland Jupiter 8  synthesizer as well as a Roland JX'),
('55795','3P synthesizer and a Yamaha DX'),
('55796','7  synthesizer).'),
('55797',' Many of the opening shots were filmed in real'),
('55798','life Detroit,  unbeknownst to the "actors", who later gave their consent. In fact,  Martin Brest was escorted by the police, who would refuse to follow  him when they thought it was too dangerous. Brest and crew, however,  soldiered on with their work, unescorted.'),
('55799',' When filming the scenes in the police station sequences, Eddie  Murphy became very tired. The crew offered him coffee but he refused  to drink any because he refuses to take drugs of any kind.  Eventually, Murphy relented and took small sips of coffee to stay  awake. As a result of his first caffeine intake, Murphy became very  energized and ad'),
('55800','libbed the "super'),
('55801','cops" monologue.'),
('55802',' In addition to getting the inspiration of Serge from a crew member  on Beverly Hills Cop. Bronson Pinchot would later go on to play  Balki on Perfect Strangers and use a variation of the "Dont be  stupid" line. Every time he was asked something he would reply "Of  course I do, Dont be ridiculous"'),
('55803',' The city hall building seen in the film is the actual Beverly Hills  City Hall. However, the exterior was very run'),
('55804','down and the plants  were dying, so the film crew had to clean it up and grow new plants  so it would look better on film.'),
('55805',' Axel (Eddie Murphy (I) (qv)) introduces himself at the gun club as  "Richard James", the name of Murphys musician friend who produced  his 1986 album.'),
('55806',' Billy Rosewood has posters in his apartment of  _Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)_ (qv) and _Cobra (1986)_ (qv),  both starring Sylvester Stallone (qv). Stallones then'),
('55807','wife  Brigitte Nielsen (qv) appears in the film as Karla Fry and  Stallone was the original choice to play the lead in the original  _Beverly Hills Cop (1984)_ (qv). His script ideas were incorporated  in the movie _Cobra (1986)_ (qv).'),
('55808',' Axel Foley was originally going to be played by Sylvester Stallone.  Stallone left the project and used some of his script ideas to make  Cobra (1986).'),
('55809',' The cement truck that Billy drives has a sticker saying DS/JB  Construction Company. DS and JB stand for the films producers,  Don Simpson (I) (qv) and Jerry Bruckheimer (qv).'),
('55810',' The DVD contains a deleted scene where Axel has Taggert blow cigar  smoke into a hallway to expose a laser alarm. The scene was cut  because it was considered to be too far out there, but since then,  smoke has been used numerous times in films to expose lasers. It is  most notable for being the first film to use this trick, even though  it never made the finished cut.'),
('55811',' The name of the villain, Maxwell Dent, is a combination of two names  that were used as "house pseudonyms" by Street & Smith Publishing  for its 1930s pulp fiction magazines: Maxwell Grant (aka Walter  Gibson), author of "The Shadow", and Lester Dent (aka Kenneth  Robeson), author of "Doc Savage".'),
('55812',' SPOILER: The Alphabet crimes are:  '),
('55813',' A: Adriannas (jewellery store)  '),
('55814',' B: Bogomil (Taggart and Rosewoods commanding officer)  '),
('55815',' C and D: City Deposit  '),
('55816',' E: Empyrian Fields (race track)  '),
('55817',' F: Foley'),
('55818',' The California license plate 2GAT123 also appears in  _Traffic (2000)_ (qv), _L.A. Story (1991)_ (qv),  _Mulholland Dr. (2001)_ (qv), _Pay It Forward (2000)_ (qv) and  _Crazy/Beautiful (2001)_ (qv). (source:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/trivia) It is the standard  California fictional license plate, similar to a "555" telephone  number.'),
('55819',' According to the DVD Documentary, Paramount originally wanted to  produce a TV series of Beverly Hills Cop after the success of the  first film but Eddie Murphy didnt want to go back to TV so a movie  was made instead.'),
('55820',' Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer hired Tony Scott to  direct because of the good job he did on "Top Gun".'),
('55821',' In the scene at Billys apartment where both Axel and Billy sing the  theme to "The Dating Game", the singing was improvised by Eddie  Murphy and Judge Reinhold.'),
('55822',' Chris Rock (I) (qv) makes an appearance as the valet at the  Playboy Mansion who complains about Axel bringing in a cement truck.  This is his first role on the big screen.'),
('55823',' DIRTRADE(John Landis ): [filmmakers] Appearances by directors  Martha Coolidge (qv), Joe Dante (I) (qv), Arthur Hiller (qv),  George Lucas (qv), Peter Medak (qv), Barbet Schroeder (qv),  George Schaefer (I) (qv) and John Singleton (I) (qv) and  filmmaker Ray Harryhausen (qv).'),
('55824',' The theme park in the movie is Paramounts Great America in Santa  Clara, CA. Paramount is the production company and distributor.'),
('55825',' The Annihilator 2000 shown off by Serge at the security convention  is actually a dressed up 5.56mm Colt M16, with extras.'),
('55826',' The Alien Attack ride that Janice (Theresa Randle (qv))  demonstrates to Axel when he first comes to Wonderworld is actually  the Earthquake section of the Studio Tour at Universal Studios in  Hollywood. The alien robots are similar to the Cylons from  _"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)_ (qv).'),
('55827',' While Harold Faltermeyer did not return to scoring duties on Beverly  Hills Cop 3, his song co'),
('55828','producer from the previous franchise  entries, Keith Forsey, did produce and co'),
('55829','write a new song. "Keep  The Peace", performed by INXS was suppose to be in the vein of  previous Faltermeyer/Forsey Beverly Hills Cop techno'),
('55830','pop stadium  anthems such as "The Heat Is On" and "Shakedown".'),
('55831',' Production was temporarily shut down to allow the Paramount top  brass the chance to get to grips with the films spiraling budget.  Originally estimated at $55 million, it was soon in excess of $70  million. Of that budget, $15 million was Eddie Murphys paycheck.'),
('55832',' This is a special feature on the Special Collectors Edition DVD of  _Beverly Hills Cop (1984)_ (qv).'),
('55833',' According to an A&E biography, Chris Farley (qv) hated the film  upon seeing it for the very first time and told his agent that he  never wanted to do such a film again. Farleys stance was justified  as it arguably attributed to the exploitation of his manic, physical  humor by dumbing it down and playing it out to an almost tiring and  foolish degree.'),
('55834',' Chris Farley was injured on the set while doing one of his own  stunts. (The scene where he is trying to hide like a ninja and jumps  through the wall.)'),
('55835',' The title role was originally written for Dana Carvey (qv).'),
('55836',' Pamela Clay is now known as Pamela Clay Magathan.'),
('55837',' The names Anjali and were taken from _Dhadkan (2000)_ (qv), while  the names of Raja and Aarti and the term of "Indian Raja" were taken  from _Raja Hindustani (1996)_ (qv), both films directed by Dharmesh  Darshan (qv).'),
('55838',' A 35mm copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in  Washington, D.C., and a 16mm copy survives at the University of  Wisconsin at Madison.'),
('55839',' This 1950 release was the last in the "Blondie" series of feature  films. It would become a television series seven years later.'),
('55840',' This became the last feature film for Arthur Lake (I) (qv),  Larry Simms (qv) and Marjorie Ann Mutchie (qv). Lake would  reprise the role of Dagwood in the television series seven years  later.'),
('55841',' Director Paul Davis had the inspiration to make the documentary  while writing the Retrospective article on American Werewolf in  issue 5 of HorrorHound magazine.'),
('55842',' American Werewolf In London was the first horror movie the director  ever saw back in 1984. His parents taped it from the BBC television  premier the night before.'),
('55843',' Horror director Eli Roth couldnt take part due to the promotion of  Hostel Part 2 in the Summer of 2007.'),
('55844',' Other members of the cast and crew who have been located by the  director, but are not taking part for reasons beyond their control  include Ray Freeborn (Location Manager), John Poyner (Sound Editor)  and Paul Kember (Sgt. McManus).'),
('55845',' The director discovered that actor Don McKillop (Inspector Villiers)  and Don Sharpe (Sound Editor) have since passed away since appearing  in An American Werewolf In London.'),
('55846',' The enormous success of _Blob, The (1958)_ (qv) led producer  Jack H. Harris (qv) to try and do a sequel. The project had been  shelved for many years. The next door neighbor at his beach house,  Larry Hagman (qv), admitted that he had never seen "The Blob".  Harris projected his personal 16mm print of the film for him. Hagman  showed such interest and asked about doing a sequel to the film that  Harris resurrected the project. Larry Hagman wound up directing this  sequel and doing a small role in it as well.'),
('55847',' The film Godfrey Cambridge is watching on his TV when attacked by  the Blob is _Blob, The (1958)_ (qv). The audio'),
('55848','only tracks are from  the film within the film, "Daughter of Horror", a re'),
('55849','title of  Dementia, from which stock footage is used in the theater sequences  in The Blob.'),
('55850',' Contemporary Christian music pioneers Randy Stonehill and Larry  Norman can be seen with bit roles in this film. Norman included a  cross necklace as part of his wardrobe.'),
('55851',' In an interview in Fangoria magazine, screenwriter  Anthony Harris (II) (qv) stated that a good portion of the filmed  material was improvised on the set and that the script was ignored.'),
('55852',' This story was originally done on the CBS radio show Suspense as "To  Find Help" on 18 January 1945 with Frank Sinatra (qv) as Howard  and Agnes Moorehead (qv) as Mrs. Gillis (Mrs. Gordon in the film).  This was Sinatras "dramatic debut" on radio. It was done again on  _"Suspense" (1949)_ (qv) with Gene Kelly (I) (qv) and  Ethel Barrymore (qv) on 6 January 1949.'),
('55853',' Original movie title was "Day Without End".'),
('55854',' Based on the books "Der Bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby", written by  cartoonist König, Ralf (qv), who appears as a drag'),
('55855','queen.'),
('55856',' Probably a non'),
('55857','US production.'),
('55858',' This was Zoje Stages first film. It was made in 2002, but didnt  screen until 2006. The budget of the film was just over $5,000 '),
('55859','  most of which was the video camera package with which she shot it  and the iMac on which she edited it.'),
('55860',' Nicole Kidman (qv) was told not to twitch her nose in public until  after the film was released, but did after much pestering from  Jonathan Ross (I) (qv) on  _"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" (2001)_ (qv).'),
('55861',' Joan Plowright (qv) was originally cast as Aunt Clara, but had to  pull out. By Kristin Chenoweth (qv)s recommendation, the role was  given to Carole Shelley (qv); the two had costarred in the  Broadway production of "Wicked". Shelley took a week off appearing  in the show to film her scenes.'),
('55862',' Jim Carrey (qv) was approached to play Jack Wyatt/Darrin Stephens,  but had to decline because of other commitments.'),
('55863',' Broomsticks were sent out to movie theaters as promotional items for  the film.'),
('55864',' Before Nicole Kidman (qv) was cast as Samantha,  Jennifer Aniston (qv), Gwyneth Paltrow (qv), Cameron Diaz (qv)  and Alicia Silverstone (qv) were also considered.'),
('55865',' Kristin Chenoweth (qv)s part was written specifically for her,  because Nicole Kidman (qv) very much enjoyed her performance as  Glinda in the Broadway musical "Wicked."'),
('55866',' The part of Nigel Bigelow was written specifically for  Michael Caine (I) (qv).'),
('55867',' While the old Columbia lot house from the television show was not  used in the movie, the house exterior on the sound stage was labeled  1164. The normally accepted address for the Stephens was 1164  Morning Glory Circle, Westport, Connecticut.'),
('55868',' When Aunt Claras bag drops from the chimney, a whole bunch of  doorknobs fall out of it. This is in reference to the original  series in which Aunt Clara collected doorknobs.'),
('55869',' Some deleted and alternate footage appears in the movies trailer:  '),
('55870',' In Bed Bath & Beyond theres an exchange between Nigel and Isabel    in which he says, "But youre a witch." To which she replies, "I    know, but Im not gonna be one anymore."  '),
('55871',' Footage of Jack in an arctic movie is displayed full screen not    within a TV set like in the film.  '),
('55872',' Footage of the new animated "Bewitched" opening credits are shown    on a TV set, not full screen like in the film.  '),
('55873',' The dialog between Jack and Isabel outside of the café is    different.  Jack: "Just come and show everybody what you look like when you..."  Isabel: "What?" Jack: "...wiggle your nose." In the film Jack says  "Just come and show everybody what you look like when you do it"  without an interruption by Isabel.  '),
('55874',' Theres some extra shots during the Bed Bath & Beyond checkout    scene: Isabels hand in her shopping cart, then a close'),
('55875','up of the    credit card swiping machine while the cashier pushes a button on    the cash register in the background to bring up the total    displayed on the machine.'),
('55876',' After Isabel tells Jacks that shes a witch, he asks, "Am I gonna  get pregnant? Because I cannot get pregnant right now!" Endora cast  a spell causing Darrin to feel the same pregnancy symptoms that  Samantha was feeling in an early episode of the original series,  _"Bewitched" (1964)_ (qv).'),
('55877',' The house that Isabel rents was chosen by director  Nora Ephron (qv) because it had belonged to friends of her parents  and she visited it many times as a child. By pure coincidence, those  friends were Larry Berns and his wife, Sandra Gould (I) , who  played the second, better'),
('55878','known Gladys Kravitz. Alice Pearce (qv),  the first Gladys Kravitz, died after the second season and was  replaced with Gould. Ephron claims in the DVD commentary that she  didnt realize this until after the movie was made.'),
('55879',' The Bewitched theme that we hear about halfway through the film,  complete with lyrics, sounds like Frank Sinatra (qv) but it was  actually a 1964 recording done by Steve Lawrence (I) (qv) who was  known for his uncanny impersonation of Sinatra.'),
('55880',' When they play "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" at the party, the roses  on the table are Judy Garland (I) (qv) roses.'),
('55881',' In one scene, Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell (qv)) is on  _"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994)_ (qv), being interviewed by James  Lipton. Will Ferrell is known for doing an imitation of  James Lipton (qv) and parodying Inside the Actors Studio on  _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('55882',' First appearance of Witch Hazel.'),
('55883',' The spices in Witch Hazels spice rack are:  '),
('55884',' Bee stingers with chutney  '),
('55885',' Worm sweat residue  '),
('55886',' Centipede bunions with chive  '),
('55887',' Pickled tarantula elbows.'),
('55888',' This was the first time that Mel Blanc (qv) and June Foray (qv)  recorded together in the same session, a tradition that continued  through the years.'),
('55889',' Despite the fact that the movie isnt connected to the storyline of  the TV'),
('55890','series and since the movie came out in theaters in Japan  before G'),
('55891','Revolution started in Japan, this is Daichis first  animated appearance.'),
('55892',' Ece Temelkuran, who plays the reporter at the end of the film, is  actually a columnist in Milliyet Newspaper.'),
('55893',' This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers "Two'),
('55894','Disc Special  Edition" DVD for _JFK (1991)_ (qv), released in 2003.'),
('55895',' Annelise Hesme (qv) was cast after the director saw her in a  series of UK Renault Clio commercials.'),
('55896',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('55897',' Faith Kent replaced Rachel Kempson.'),
('55898',' First announced in the UK trades with a different cast many of these  dropped out before filming started.'),
('55899',' At one point, Oliver Stone (I) (qv) was slated to direct this film  as his last, but decided to make _Alexander (2004)_ (qv) instead.'),
('55900',' Amputees shown in the scene at Khmer Rouge were actual land'),
('55901','mine  victims.'),
('55902',' Angelina Jolie (qv) adopted her son Maddox during filming of this  movie while in Cambodia.'),
('55903',' Prior to making this film, Angelina Jolie (qv) did volunteer work  for the same United Nations organization her character plays in the  film. She was ultimately named a UN goodwill ambassador and in 2003  published some journals she wrote of her experiences, titled "Notes  from My Travels", to raise funds for refugee relief. Some of the  places she writes about are featured in this movie.'),
('55904',' Adult'),
('55905','film debut of Erica Boyer (qv).'),
('55906',' This documentary is featured on the 2000 DVD release for  _Shadow of a Doubt (1943)_ (qv).'),
('55907',' On the Iris MDisks (Iris 511, 512, and 513), theres a URL of  irisnetwork.net. Going to this site shows a promotional site for the  game, which adds some back'),
('55908','story to the Alpha Sections activity.'),
('55909',' In the beginning of the game, when you hear the news report, the  woman speaking talks about www.hillyannews.com. This is a real  website that gives information about Beyond Good and Evil in a news  report style.'),
('55910',' In the Factory section of the game, there is an abandoned laboratory  where the Domz have performed nefarious biological experiments. One  of the animals you may photograph in this area is "Aedis  Raymanis"... That is, Moskito from Michel Ancels Rayman games.'),
('55911',' Distributed to churches and other civic organizations in 100 cities.'),
('55912',' Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep and Michelle Pfeiffer were all considered  for the lead role.'),
('55913',' Patricia Arquettes role was originally intended for Meg Ryan.'),
('55914',' Jason Barry (qv)s character is named Howard Phillips. The movie  is based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft (qv), whose full name is  Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Also, the last name of  Elsa Pataky (qv)s character is Olney, which is the last name of  the main character (Thomas Olney) in Lovecrafts story "The Strange  High House in the Mist."'),
('55915',' The movie was inspired by the movie, _State Secret (1950)_ (qv), and  features scenes shot in the same Italian village as the original.'),
('55916',' The last film that Fritz Lang (qv) made in the USA before  returning to Germany.'),
('55917',' Created for the DVD release of _Open Range (2003)_ (qv).'),
('55918',' In some parts of the US the scene in which Rosa induces a  miscarriage by jumping from an embankment were cut.'),
('55919',' Bette Davis (qv) was so unhappy over being cast in this film that  she threatened Warner Bros. studio chief Jack L. Warner (qv) that  she would walk off the production with the picture only half  finished. Warner was forced to cancel her contract and Davis  completed the film, ending 18 years with the studio.'),
('55920',' Bette Davis (qv) begged the studio to use Virginia Mayo (qv)  instead, saying, "Shes good at those sorts of roles."'),
('55921',' The movies line "What a dump." was voted as the #62 movie quote by  the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('55922',' The full recording of this show was believed lost or erased, but it  has been found. The Museum of Television and Radio showed it in  March, 2005.'),
('55923',' The small film team spent 17 days filming interviews in the Amazon  basin in Ecuador. They arrived there slowly, as anyone else arrives  there. First by bus, then propeller plane, then hours in a canoe.'),
('55924',' When the tribe was asked permission to film their story, they said  no. Only after hearing about the school shootings happening in the  US did they grant permission for their story to be told. They hoped  their turn from violence to peace could be an example for others.'),
('55925',' A documentary in The Voice of the Land series.'),
('55926',' The real Dan Saxon was an extra in the movie.'),
('55927',' Vitaphone production reels #A1064'),
('55928','A1065'),
('55929',' Since the initial release of the film, Extreme Championship  Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) were closed  down and purchased by World Wrestling Entertainment.'),
('55930',' Since the release of the film, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)  lost a lawsuit to the World Wildlife Fund and was forced to change  their name from WWF to World Wrestling Entertainment.'),
('55931',' CAMEO(Eric Mabius): In the farewell pub scene in the opening of the  movie.'),
('55932',' The movie was filmed based on the ending of the movie  _Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)_ (qv) when the ship still remains  afloat. The original script called for the ship to sink after the  survivors take off in a helicopter, but when it did not turn out  right, it was therefore decided to keep the ship afloat.'),
('55933',' The cast had to learn how to scuba dive in preparation for the final  act.'),
('55934',' After the movie was released, Angela Cartwright was quoted with  saying, "I was disappointed in certain aspects of the film and in  hindsight I realize it was really a film about water, fire and  stunts."'),
('55935',' After submitting her photo in a magazine contest, Bow, Clara (qv)  was declared national winner and won a part in this motion picture.  Her acting was deemed so amateurish, however, that her scenes were  cut before the pictures release. When she later became a star, her  scenes were reinstated and the film was re'),
('55936','issued.'),
('55937',' Lost for most of the 20th century, a copy of this film was  discovered in April 2003 in Haarlem (The Netherlands) in a private  collection. It was restored by the Nederlands Film Museum and the  Hagheflim Conservation and was screened in 2005, complete with  English dialogue screens in place of the original Dutch, at the  Cannes film festival. It made its television debut on May 21, 2006,  on Turner Classic Movies as part of a nine'),
('55938','film tribute to  Rudolph Valentino (qv).'),
('55939',' Kevin Spacey (I) (qv) does his own singing.'),
('55940',' When the film was in being planned by Paramount, executives thought  that Kevin Spacey (I) (qv) was too old to portray  Bobby Darin (qv), who died at 37, and wanted  Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) instead.'),
('55941',' The lead role was offered to Tom Cruise (qv) who rejected the  script.'),
('55942',' In 1987, Bruce Willis (qv) was set to play Bobby Darin (qv).'),
('55943',' Initially, Barry Levinson (I) (qv) was set to direct.'),
('55944',' Many writers have requested WGA not to associate them with credits  for the screenplay. Some of them include Tom Epperson (I) (qv) and  James Toback (qv) who worked with Barry Levinson (I) (qv).'),
('55945',' Paul Schrader (I) (qv) was also once attached to direct the movie.'),
('55946',' The lead was offered to Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) who chose to do  _Beach, The (2000)_ (qv) instead.'),
('55947',' At one point, Barry Levinson (I) (qv) wanted Johnny Depp (qv)  for the lead role.'),
('55948',' The project took 17 years to be realized during which time six  A'),
('55949','List writers and 20 producers were involved at one point or  another.'),
('55950',' The Writers Guild of America, after sorting through the mess of  writes, rewrites, and re'),
('55951','rewrites, decided that the screenplay is  credited to Kevin Spacey (I) (qv) and Lewis Colick (qv) who  worked on it back in 1987 when Warner Bros. hired him.'),
('55952',' The James Toback (qv) draft which followed an earlier draft by  Paul Attanasio (qv) concentrated on Sandra Dee (I) (qv)s  alcoholism and childhood molestation by her stepfather. This draft  was then given to Lorenzo Carcaterra (qv). His draft, the last  before Warner Bros. and Barry Levinson (I) (qv) left the project,  was 164 pages long.'),
('55953',' As research for his role of pop crooner Bobby Darin (qv),  Kevin Spacey (qv) attended several of Michael Bublé (qv)s  performances.'),
('55954',' The was shot at the same time as Edgar G. Ulmer (qv)s  _Amazing Transparent Man, The (1960)_ (qv). The combined shooting  time for the double feature was only two weeks. This film was also  meant to cash in the popularity of George Pal (qv)s  _Time Machine, The (1960)_ (qv).'),
('55955',' Screenwriter Arthur C. Pierce (qv) appears briefly as one of the  mutants escaping from the jail cell in the underground citadel.'),
('55956',' Originally intended as a sequel to _Valley of the Dolls (1967)_ (qv)  but written instead as a pastiche of it, the studio insisted on the  disclaimer at the beginning distancing it from the earlier movie.'),
('55957',' The ending was not in the script. Roger Ebert (qv) and  Russ Meyer (I) (qv) came up with the idea on the day of shooting.'),
('55958',' In the original script, the Susan Lake and Baxter Wolfe characters  were called Anne Welles and Lyon Burke.'),
('55959',' The character of Ronnie "Z'),
('55960','Man" Barzell was based loosely on  legendary record producer Phil Spector (qv). While neither  Russ Meyer (I) (qv) nor Roger Ebert (qv) had ever met Spector,  they were told by acquaintances of his that theyd caught his  essence very well.'),
('55961',' Jacqueline Susann (qv) submitted a screenplay for a sequel to  _Valley of the Dolls (1967)_ (qv), but when Fox found it  unsatisfactory, Susanns contract gave them the right to concoct a  follow'),
('55962','up of their own. This was the result.'),
('55963',' Two women wear costumes in the film inspired by another hit  production of 20th'),
('55964','Century'),
('55965','Fox, _"Batman" (1966)_ (qv).'),
('55966',' Budgeted at a modest $900,000 (approximately $4.5 million in 2005  dollars), the film grossed ten times the amount in the US market,  qualifying it as a hit for the beleaguered 20th Century'),
('55967','Fox. Though  tame by modern standards, "Dolls" was slapped with an "X" rating,  and there was much negative publicity generated by the fact a major  studio had allowed a "pornographer", Russ Meyer (I) (qv) (labeled  "King Leer" by the mainstream press at the time) to make a Hollywood  film under its aegis. Grace Kelly (I) (qv), who was a member of  the board of directors of Fox, was outraged and lobbied to have the  studios contract with Meyer terminated. After his next Fox film,  _Seven Minutes, The (1971)_ (qv) flopped at the box office (possibly  due to its LACK of nudity and titillation), the studio terminated  its relationship with Meyer. He never made another film for a  studio.'),
('55968',' Director Russ Meyer (I) (qv) once said he considers this film to  be his "most important".'),
('55969',' While frequently touted as Pam Grier (qv)s film debut (she  received an on'),
('55970','screen credit and a photo of her in a party scene was  prominently featured in a 1970 Playboy layout on the film), her role  in the film is non'),
('55971','existent and she cant even be spotted as an  extra.'),
('55972',' During a bedroom scene, Kelly wears the same filmsy red nightgown  worn by heroines of at least two earlier Russ Meyer (I) (qv)  pictures (_Vixen! (1968)_ (qv) and  _Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! (1968)_ (qv)).'),
('55973',' This is the first Dutch English spoken film.'),
('55974',' The first German'),
('55975','Dutch co'),
('55976','production since the Second World War  (1939'),
('55977','1945) in which Germany occupied the Netherlands.'),
('55978',' Production was stopped by Soviet officials in 1937.  Sergei M. Eisenstein (qv) had spent two years filming the movie  and at times had up to 3 different completed versions. The shot  material in movie form was taken to a film storage which was  destroyed during a German bombing raid in the war. The film to  confirmed to be destroyed at this time, however the government is  thought to have destroyed it earlier on. Eisenstein, however saves  two frames from the beginning and end of all of his shots and in the  mid 1960s these were put together according to script, story board,  and notes on the film to a 31'),
('55979','minute reconstruction of film stills.'),
('55980',' Eisenstein was initially unimpressed by the screen test for  Viktor Kartashov (I) (qv), but after seeing his interactions with  other cast members, he decided the child was right for the part.'),
('55981',' Valentina Ganibalova was the Prima Ballerina of the Kirov Ballet in  Leningrad at that time.'),
('55982',' Bollywoods first movie with more than half its screen runtime being  animated.'),
('55983',' The first Indian film to introduce the playback system. The song was  "Mora Pulak Jachi". The playback singers were Krishna Chandra Dey,  Parul Ghosh, Suprabha Sarkar.'),
('55984',' First Telugu language sound feature.'),
('55985',' The film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.'),
('55986',' "Bhakti", the original ballet by Mayrice Béjart, opened in Avignon  on 26 July 1968.'),
('55987',' Mohammed Rafi is the playback singer.'),
('55988',' The film broke several rules of Bollywood formula films and was  nonetheless successful. There were no songs, it was only two hours  long, it was heroine'),
('55989','centered, and it was a horror story, not a love  story.'),
('55990',' Alhough the movie has no songs, a separate soundtrack album of the  movie was released to promote the movie'),
('55991','a first for a  Hindi'),
('55992','language Bollywood film. This, however, did not work, and the  soundtrack sales were disappointing despite the success of the  movie.'),
('55993',' Francis Matthews (qv) has said in interviews that huge chunks of  his part ended up on the cutting room floor'),
('55994',' Stewart Granger (I) (qv)s motorcycle upon which  Ava Gardner (qv) hitches a ride is a Norton. Bill Travers rides  the same model when visiting Stewart Grangers residence later in  the film.'),
('55995',' After the restaurant dance, the soldiers speak Pushtu (native to  north Pakistan and Afghanistan) to Ava Gardners and Stewart  Grangers characters.'),
('55996',' SPOILER: The filming took place in Pakistan rather than India for  political reasons due to the scenes of Hindu terrorism including  against Ghandi himself.'),
('55997',' The giant glass was really filled with chocolate cream (several  liters of it!). After the shots were taken, cast and crew promptly  proceeded to empty it.'),
('55998',' When Jonathan raids the Philistine camp in the 2 versus 20 fight,  Jonathan (Brian Danner) throws his shield at an oncoming Philistine.  That Philistine soldier is also played by Brian Danner. The scene  was edited together using a quick pan and separate wardrobe, hair  and make'),
('55999','up.'),
('56000',' In the Japanese version, the "college" was originally a high school.'),
('56001',' In the Japanese version, the worshipers in the beginning chanting  "Satan" were, in the original, chanting, "Jesus."'),
('56002',' It was John Huston (I) (qv)s original idea to have  Charles Chaplin (qv) play Noah. However, Chaplin didnt much like  the idea of appearing in a picture directed by someone else, and  Huston wound up playing the role himself. Similarly, Huston wanted  Igor Stravinsky (qv) to score the film. For unspecified reasons,  this was never done, either.'),
('56003',' Dino De Laurentiis (I) (qv) originally announced that this would  be the first in a series of feature films based on the books of the  bible.'),
('56004',' One of the first mainstream American films to feature male and  female nudity (albeit artfully filmed in a light'),
('56005','and'),
('56006','shadow style)  in the Garden of Eden sequences. Reportedly, neither  Michael Parks (I) (qv) nor Ulla Bergryd (qv) used body doubles  for these scenes.'),
('56007',' This was the first film shot in the Dimension 150 process. This  process was credited as simply "D'),
('56008','150".'),
('56009',' In some cities (such as Atlanta, GA) this film, which was shot in  Dimension 150, a "curved screen" process, was not shown on a curved  screen during its first run, despite the fact that there existed  Cinerama theaters in those cities. This did not happen with the  second and last film released in Dimension 150, the much more  successful _Patton (1970)_ (qv).'),
('56010',' Promo material for the US release listed the title as "The  Bible...in the Beginning." The actual on'),
('56011','screen title is "THE BIBLE  in the Beginning..."'),
('56012',' Franco Nero (qv) was dubbed by an uncredited actor in this film.  It is possible, though, not confirmed, that several of the other  Italian actors were dubbed as well, although the actors themselves  can be seen mouthing the words.'),
('56013',' Alec Guinness (qv) was also offered the role of Noah.'),
('56014',' Filming of The Tower of Babel sequence was disrupted when Egyptian  extras staged a rock'),
('56015','throwing riot.'),
('56016',' On 17 June 1999, crews filming in the brand new San Francisco City  Hall building set off the sprinkler system, flooding hallways,  causing serious damage, and angering San Francisco mayor Willie  Brown.'),
('56017',' The futuristic headquarters of "NorthAm Robotics" are actually the  headquarters of Oracle Corporation, in Redwood Shores, CA.'),
('56018',' Andrew is a NDR'),
('56019','114. This may be a tribute to  Kubrick, Stanley (qv), who used the number 114 in multiple films  (such as _Clockwork Orange, A (1971)_ (qv) and  _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv)).'),
('56020',' Sirs actual name (revealed when he and Andrew go to NorthAm  Robotics for the first time) is Richard Martin. Miss and Little Miss  are named Amanda and Grace. When "Sir" and "Maam" are sitting on  the bench in the yard, you can hear him say, "Rachel," and since the  girls names are revealed, this can be seen as "Maam"s name.'),
('56021',' The aria that Andrew is listening to when he first uses the record  player is from Dvoraks opera "Rusalka." The opera is concerned with  the fairy'),
('56022','tale story of a water nymph who wants to become mortal for  love.'),
('56023',' The female robot, Galatea, is named after the statue brought to life  by the gods in the Pygmalion myth.'),
('56024',' The three rules that govern Andrews behavior are the Three Laws of  Robotics, originally defined by Asimov, Isaac (qv) in his science  fiction stories.'),
('56025',' In the original "Bicentennial Man" story by Isaac Asimov (qv), the  robot manufacturer was named "U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men".  Around 1971, a new modem'),
('56026','manufacturing company took the name "U.S.  Robotics", partly to honor Asimov. Unfortunately, since in the movie  the robot manufacturing company is not portrayed positively, the  real'),
('56027','world company asked the filmmakers to use a different name.  Hence, "NorthAm Robotics". There are a few places in the film where  you can see the old name and logo.'),
('56028',' The car that Maam drives in the film is the same car used in  _Demolition Man (1993)_ (qv).'),
('56029',' Contains music from the Queen soundtrack to Flash Gordon.'),
('56030',' The odd title ("animal with seven heads") is actually a popular  expression in Brazil, and is used to describe something very  complicated or complex.'),
('56031',' Based on real events.'),
('56032',' DIRCAMEO(Scott Lew (qv)): the guy in the automated wheelchair that  beeps at Bickford as he is standing outside the College Services  building.'),
('56033',' Includes the following games: Backgammon, Checkers, Chess, Chinese  Checkers, Color Match, Cross and Circles, Dominoes, Five Dice, Four  In a Row, Mahjong, Mancala, Mill, Reversi, Sink the Ships, Vanish,  and Word Wizard.'),
('56034',' Biograph production numbers 15 and 16.'),
('56035',' Biograph production #15 & #16.'),
('56036',' Was shown at over 30 film festivals.'),
('56037',' Team Hoyt have competed in 21 Boston Marathons.'),
('56038',' The only decent copy (nitrate) of this film survived in the Finnish  Film Archives possession and was used for the new restored version  (2004) done by Bundesarchiv'),
('56039','Filmarchiv (Berlin) with the support of  Waldemar Bonsels'),
('56040','Stiftung.'),
('56041',' Filmed in May 1924, completed in 1925, released in 1926.'),
('56042',' The film was declared "de interés nacional" (of national interest).'),
('56043',' When the film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival, the  production company had the idea of distributing $1 bills with the  images of José Isbert and Lolita Sevilla in place of George  Washington.'),
('56044',' According to production manager Vicente Sempere (I) (qv),  playwright Miguel Mihura (qv) wrote nothing or next to nothing of  the screenplay, and was hired just to put his name in the credits  because of his prestige.'),
('56045',' Voted fifth best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996  Spanish cinema centenary.'),
('56046',' The film was started in 1939 but stopped when war broke out. The  production only resumed on 10 January 1944 with a complete different  cast and crew. The original cast consisted of: André Luguet (qv),  François Périer (qv), Annie Vernay (qv),  Conchita Montenegro (qv), François Richard (qv) and  Jacques Janvier (qv). The original crew had René Gaveau (qv) as  the cinematographer and Marcel Lattès (qv) (who died in a  concentration camp) as the composer.'),
('56047',' Tom Hanks (qv) was the first choice to play Josh Baskin but was  unavailable due to scheduling conflicts with the films  _Dragnet (1987)_ (qv) and _Punchline (1988)_ (qv).  Robert De Niro (qv) was then offered the lead role, and was  rejected because his salary demand ($6 million) was too high.  Tom Hanks (qv) then became available and accepted the lead role  for $2 million. David Moscow (qv) was originally cast not as young  Josh, but as Billy, since he didnt look like Robert De Niro (qv).  When Tom Hanks (qv) was given the role, David Moscow (qv) was  recast as young Josh.'),
('56048',' David Moscow (qv) wore colored contact lenses to match the eye  color of Tom Hanks (qv).'),
('56049',' For the two missing social security numbers on Joshuas employment  application, he gives his age (12).'),
('56050',' The first pair of clothes that Joshua puts on is a NY Giants jacket.'),
('56051',' One of four body'),
('56052','swap movies all released around the same time. The  others were _18 Again! (1988)_ (qv), _Vice Versa (1988)_ (qv),  _Like Father Like Son (1987)_ (qv).'),
('56053',' The script was first developed in 1984.'),
('56054',' To give star Tom Hanks (qv) an idea of how a 12 year'),
('56055','old would  behave, director Penny Marshall (I) (qv) filmed each "grown'),
('56056','up"  scene with David Moscow (qv) (Young Josh) playing  Tom Hanks (qv)s part, who then copied David Moscow (qv)s  behavior.'),
('56057',' In preparation for the role, Tom Hanks (qv) met  David Moscow (qv) and studied videotapes of him to see how he  behaved and spoke. Tom Hanks (qv) also felt that  David Moscow (qv) should just be himself so that the Josh Baskin  character persona would be that of a real 12'),
('56058','year'),
('56059','old.'),
('56060',' Penny Marshall (I) (qv) became the first female director to ever  direct a movie that grossed more than $100 million at the box office  with this movie.'),
('56061',' The scenes in Joshs neighborhood were filmed in Cliffside Park, New  Jersey. The amusement park scenes were filmed at Rye Playland, in  New Yorks Westchester County.'),
('56062',' When "big" Josh is eating Oreos in the hotel room, the movie he is  watching on TV is _French Connection, The (1971)_ (qv).'),
('56063',' Jared Rushton (qv)s (Billy) hair was dyed for the film. Hes a  natural blonde.'),
('56064',' According to Monica Rushton, Jared Rushton (qv) (Billy),  David Moscow (qv) (little Josh) and Tom Hanks (qv) (big Josh)  were put in a room with a bunch of toys to play with. Having silly  string, they tried to use it to gross each other out and that is how  the silly string scene between Jared Rushton (qv) and  Tom Hanks (qv) appeared in the movie.'),
('56065',' The films budget was estimated at $17 million.'),
('56066',' Debra Winger (qv) was original considered for the Susan Lawrence  role but could not take the part because she was pregnant at the  time. She recommended Elizabeth Perkins (qv).'),
('56067',' The offices of an actual advertising agency on 23rd Street in the  Chelsea district in New York City was used for the scenes involving  the fictitious "MacMillon Toys Company", which were very hard on  both the film crew and the actual workers of the agency. The  location fee of $25,000 was donated to the American Craft Museum by  the agency and Twentieth Century'),
('56068','Fox.'),
('56069',' The original ending for this film included a scene in which Josh is  in class, and a "new girl in school" is brought into the classroom.  Her similarity to Elizabeth Perkins (qv) and a reaction shot from  Josh imply that this is Susan, having also become young. The scene  was cut after poor response in test screenings.'),
('56070',' Susans car is a 1988 Subaru XT6.'),
('56071',' Robert Loggia (qv)s MacMillan, the big Joshs boss, is based on  the former CEO of F.A.O. Schwartz, Peter Harris. Harris is credited  for inventing the foot piano, on which Hanks and Loggia dance in the  films trademark scene.'),
('56072',' The martini shot of the film was Josh Medeiros feet as he walked to  the club. The "sexy legs" he checks out are director Leanne Smiths.'),
('56073',' Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead performed most of the guitar and  banjo music in the movie.'),
('56074',' Richard Tyson (qv)s characters name is Toblat, an anagram of  Talbot, the name of Lon Chaney Jr. (qv)s character from  _Wolf Man, The (1941)_ (qv).'),
('56075',' All of the wolf grunts, growls and the wolfs howl were performed by  the director.'),
('56076',' While Reds Mothers cottage was a real location '),
('56077',' shot in a  historic, 150 year old cottage '),
('56078',' Grannys cottage was built inside  the living room of a dilapidated, 90'),
('56079','year'),
('56080','old home. The fireplace  had a false front, two doorways were boarded up and a new door was  hung '),
('56081',' all of which was found in a garbage heap next to the house  itself.'),
('56082',' The film is 13 minutes long, features 13 actors, cost $13,000NZ to  make and took just over 13 months to complete.'),
('56083',' None of the fantasy sequences existed in the original screenplay '),
('56084','  they were added during preproduction.'),
('56085',' The forest sequences are actually shot in a cemetery located in the  middle of Aucklands central business district. If the camera were  to tilt up or pan too far away; skyscrapers, billboards and a  massive overpass would be visible.'),
('56086',' Despite searching for almost 4 months and advertising in as many  publications as possible, the actress portraying Little Red Riding  Hood (Brooke Petersen) was the only person who responded and tried  out for the role. It was pure coincidence that she happened to be  perfect for the part.'),
('56087',' The films score was composed and recorded via correspondence. The  composer and the rest of the film crew never met.'),
('56088',' Composer Mark Farago, a great lover of horror movies, is the nephew  of "Frankenstein" screenwriter, Francis Faragoh.'),
('56089',' Vitaphone production reel #A214'),
('56090',' At the beginning of the film, when Terry (Anitra Ford (qv)) is  taken to the prison by boat. The cove that she is dropped off at is  the same one that was subsequently used for the location of the  Kurtz compound in _Apocalypse Now (1979)_ (qv) (both films were shot  in the Philippines).'),
('56091',' Made with the co'),
('56092','operation of The Ministry of Economic Warfare, The  Royal Navy and the RAF.'),
('56093',' Initially intended as a MOI (wartime Ministry of Information)  two'),
('56094','reeler about economic warfare.'),
('56095',' First broadcast on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('56096',' This film is often confused with the Luc Besson (qv) film,  _Grand Bleu, Le (1988)_ (qv) '),
('56097',' also known as ‘The Big Blue’ '),
('56098',' but  they are two completely different films. Oddly enough, when the  French film came out, it was reviewed in New York magazine and  mistakenly credited to Andrew Horn (I) (qv), who directed the  American ‘The Big Blue’.'),
('56099',' Ninth episodes in the "Keeping Up with the Joneses" 2'),
('56100','reel comedy  series'),
('56101',' Director W. Lee Wilders brother Billy covered a similar'),
('56102','themed  story eleven years earlier with his classic "Double Indemnity."'),
('56103',' Richard Arlen and Bobby Driscoll play brothers in this film despite  a nearly forty years difference in their ages.'),
('56104',' Several bits from the trailer do not appear in the finished film.  These include Nancy pulling a gun on Jack (and the resulting dialog  of her asking, "What kind of girl do you think I am?" with Jack  replying, "The kind of girl who had a gun on me thirty seconds ago,"  and Nancy saying "Yeah, but I didnt SHOOT you..."); Nancy and Jack  actually getting into the car as they steal it (she playfully says,  "Lets make out!" and Jack replies, "Eaaasy..."); a couple shots of  Jack and Nancy kissing; Jack and Nancy on a skateboard; and finally  Jack making a playful growling sound.'),
('56105',' The finished PG'),
('56106','13 rated film appears to have a great deal of  censoring from what was probably originally cut as an R film. As  such several "f" words are overdubbed with much less strong words  (with their mouths visibly saying something else). Also, it appears  the romance between Jack and Nancy had been toned down slightly by  removing scenes and moments that appear in the films theatrical  trailer.'),
('56107',' Elmore Leonard (qv) hated the original movie adaptation of his  novel, _Big Bounce, The (1969)_ (qv). He did not like this version  either.'),
('56108',' Nancy tells Jack that hes "all right in a sort of a limited way for  an off'),
('56109','night", a line from "I Know What I Know" from Paul Simons  "Graceland" album.'),
('56110',' Sixth and final entry in the 2'),
('56111','reel New Leather Pushers fourth  series.'),
('56112',' Jackie Chan (I) (qv)s first American film.'),
('56113',' Despite training in martial arts since the age of six, and having  choreographed his own fight scenes in many previous films,  Jackie Chan (I) (qv) assigned a fight choreographer with only six  years experience.'),
('56114',' Jackie Chans first English speaking role, learning all the dialogue  by sound only.'),
('56115',' The number "Its the Animal in Me" was originally intended for the  movie _Were Not Dressing (1934)_ (qv), but was cut from that film  before release.'),
('56116',' Carlos Gardel was killed in a plane crash three months before the  release of this film.'),
('56117',' Shortly after arriving in the US from Germany,  Oskar Fischinger  (qv) was contracted by Paramount Pictures to  create an animated sequence (in Technicolor or Gasparcolor, sources  differ) for this movie. The movie was scored to a jazz piece "Radio  Dynamics" by studio musician Ralph Rainger. Unfortunately, Paramount  switched the production to black'),
('56118','and'),
('56119','white, and Fischingers  animation became a sequence within the film, showing consumer  products emanating from a radio broadcasting tower, rather than pure  abstract imagery. Fischinger later released his color version as  Allegretto (1936).'),
('56120',' First full length movie for Bob Hope (I) (qv), where he first  sings his future theme song "Thanks for the Memories" with  Shirley Ross (I) (qv).'),
('56121',' According to director Allen Dwan, mane of the supporting and  background roles were taken by real rough'),
('56122','and'),
('56123','tumble gangsters. A  large party sequence was filmed where two rival gangs were hired  simultaneously but sworn to keep the peace, which they did until  Dwan gave them the signal.'),
('56124',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('56125',' The last time that Bill Carruthers (qv) was interviewed before his  death.'),
('56126',' The episodes on which Michael Larson (III) (qv) appeared were  filmed on 19 May 1984.'),
('56127',' Marlon Brando (qv) recorded lines for this film a month before he  died.'),
('56128',' On the news van that appears near the beginning of the film, the  call letters are WZAZ. These call letters also appear in many Zucker  Bros./Jim Abrahams movies (Zucker'),
('56129','Abrahams'),
('56130','Zucker), though they had  nothing to do with this film. See _Airplane! (1980)_ (qv).'),
('56131',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1992.'),
('56132',' Hal Roach (qv) bought a house and its contents from a man, and  sent him on his way in his Model T. When it came time to film this  short, Roach arrived on location late in the afternoon and found  that the actors and crew had actually destroyed the house next door.'),
('56133',' Stan Laurel (qv) contradicted Hal Roach (qv)s story about the  crew demolishing the wrong house during filming. According to Stan,  "... the chap who owned the house was employed at the studio and  worked on the film with us."'),
('56134',' This movie was written for Barbra Streisand (qv)  (Bette Midler (qv)s role) and Goldie Hawn (qv)  (Lily Tomlin (qv)s role).'),
('56135',' The structure of the film was based loosely on "The Comedy of  Errors" by William Shakespeare (I) (qv).'),
('56136',' The production company couldnt get the rights to film at the actual  Plaza hotel in New York, so it had it recreated on sound stages. To  recoup construction costs, Disney built a sitcom around it,  _"Nutt House, The" (1989)_ (qv). It was an expensive flop.'),
('56137',' Jim Abrahams (qv) said he staged one of the boardroom scenes based  on an experience he had when a large agency used many employees to  get him to sign with them.'),
('56138',' Although Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin play twins, Tomlin is actually  six years older than Midler.'),
('56139',' Movies prologue says, "For the first time in history, lions and  tigers are worked together in the "Big Cage".'),
('56140',' The American Film Institute Catalog erroneously credits  Eleanor Boardman (qv) as "Singer". Eleanor Boardman is not in the  film. Virginia True Boardman (qv) plays Mrs. Wilson, and  Marian Mansfield (qv) is the Singer; AFI also credits 6th billed  J. Carrol Naish (qv) as "Mr. Wilson." Naish, through credited in  the films opening credits, does not appear in the film;  Frank LaRue (qv) (uncredited) plays "Mr. Wilson."'),
('56141',' The main cast members lived together for a few weeks before filming  began. The night before filming began they all stayed in character.'),
('56142',' Flashback scenes with Costner, Kevin (qv) as Alex were filmed, but  cut. He is still visible as the body being dressed at the beginning  of the film.'),
('56143',' As he fights off the bat, Harold hums the theme from  _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv), a movie also written by  Kasdan, Lawrence (qv).'),
('56144',' Director Kasdan, Lawrence (qv)s wife, Kasdan, Meg (qv), plays  the airline stewardess flirting with Sam Weber at the beginning of  the film. His two sons also have roles: Kasdan, Jon (qv) plays  Harold and Sarahs son in the bathtub, and Jacob Kasdan plays the  boy seeking Sams autograph at the wake.'),
('56145',' The main house in the film is in Beaufort, South Carolina. It is the  same house where The _Great Santini, The (1979)_ (qv) was shot.  Lawerence Kasdan liked The Great Santini so much, he decided to  shoot his film in the same house.'),
('56146',' The name of Harolds "Running Dog" shoe'),
('56147','store chain is a play on the  Maoist phrase, "the running dogs of capitalism".'),
('56148',' The Characters were based on people Lawrence Kasden lived with in  the Eugene V. Debs co'),
('56149','op in Ann Arbor, Michigan while attending the  University of Michigan. Co'),
('56150','ops are co'),
('56151','ed housing in which the  residents share household duties like cooking. This explains why the  characters are so comfortable sharing the house, cooking, and so  attached to the Michigan football game.'),
('56152',' Kevin Kline (I) (qv) met future wife Phoebe Cates (qv) when she  auditioned for the part of Chloe that went to Meg Tilly (qv)'),
('56153',' The soundtrack of the movie consisted of many 1960s era pop songs.  Because of the success of the soundtrack, dozens of TV commercials  used music from the same period.'),
('56154',' The character of Nick, played by William Hurt, is never seen asleep,  indicating that he may suffer from insomnia. Scenes show him as the  first one up, and the last one awake at night.'),
('56155',' This documentary is featured on the 15th Anniversary DVD for  _Big Chill, The (1983)_ (qv), released in 1999.'),
('56156',' SPOILER: David Nelson (I) (qv) was cast due his clean'),
('56157','cut image  from his years on the television series  _"Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, The" (1952)_ (qv). Using him in the  role of Tommy made the character the one the audience would least  suspect.'),
('56158',' Betty Garrett (qv)s first film.'),
('56159',' The play, "New York Town" was copyrighted in 1932, but had no known  performances.'),
('56160',' This is considered a lost film. Please check your attic.'),
('56161',' "Shes My Baby" is the English version of "Cosi Celeste"'),
('56162',' When producer Richard Maibaum (qv) first came on the set, director  John Farrow (I) (qv) who liked to intimidate people who worked  with him, kept him at a distance by using a walking stick. Maibaum  turned around, went to the props department and returned with a  baseball bat. As if a spell were broken, the situation immediately  improved and Maibaum and Farrow would go on to have an excellent  working relationship.'),
('56163',' During the making of the film, co'),
('56164','stars Elsa Lanchester (qv) and  Charles Laughton (qv) were married, as were star Maureen  OSullivan (qv) and director John Farrow (I) (qv).'),
('56165',' According to Gregory Peck (qv), the film was intended to be a  left'),
('56166','wing allegory for the Cold War.'),
('56167',' The character played by Charles Bickford (qv) was supposed to  represent then US President Dwight D. Eisenhower (qv).'),
('56168',' Filmed in 1965, not released until 1969.'),
('56169',' Cole Sprouse (qv) and Dylan Sprouse (qv) both lost baby teeth  during production and had to be fitted with temporary replacements.  Dylan Sprouses tooth fell out in the middle of a take. Near the end  of the movie, just after entering Hooters for his birthday, Sonny  makes a reference to Julian about dealing with a missing tooth.'),
('56170',' In the courtroom scene, Mr. Brooks attorney is named Ted  Castelucci. This is also the name of the films composer,  Teddy Castellucci (qv).'),
('56171',' The "Scuba Steve" action figure in this movie is a fictional doll  made up by Adam Sandler (I) (qv). "Scuba Steve" is based on a doll  that Adam Sandler owned when he was a child, called Diver Dan.'),
('56172',' Arthur Brooks is named after Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s producer  Brooks Arthur (qv), who produced all of Sandlers albums as well  as the score for this movie.'),
('56173',' Allen Covert (qv) has appeared in fourteen Adam Sandler (I) (qv)  films.'),
('56174',' Sonnys friend, Mr. Herlihy, is named after the films co'),
('56175','writer  Tim Herlihy (qv).'),
('56176',' Adam Sandler (I) (qv) provided the voice of the rollerblader who  fell over a stick and yells "Goddamn stick!"'),
('56177',' The movie that Sonny and Julian have a good time watching is  _Young Frankenstein (1974)_ (qv).'),
('56178',' Co'),
('56179','writer Tim Herlihy (qv) appears as the singing kangaroo in  Julians favorite video, singing the "Kangaroo Song".'),
('56180',' The video'),
('56181','game that is being played in Sonnys apartment is  _Twisted Metal III (1998) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('56182',' DIRCAMEO(Dennis Dugan (qv)): the guy unprepared for Halloween.'),
('56183',' DIRCAMEO(Dennis Dugan (qv)): On the boat behind Columbo; and the  reluctant treat giver.'),
('56184',' Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s wife, Jackie Sandler (I) (qv) (Jackie  Titone), plays the waitress in the bar that gets Julian a root beer.  This was her first movie with her husband.'),
('56185',' This short was nominated in 2001 for a Pacific/Southwest Regional  EMMY for excellence in Student Entertainment Production.'),
('56186',' Director Jack Hill (I) (qv) named the sadistic prison warden  "Dietrich" after German producer Erwin C. Dietrich (qv), with whom  Hill had had a very unpleasant experience after Dietrich hired him  to shoot a film in Switzerland.'),
('56187',' Ended with gag involving the Paramount logo. This gag was removed by  television distributor National Telefilm Associates.'),
('56188',' The first Malaysian movie to screen at the Sundance Film Festival.'),
('56189',' The orchestral music playing on the stereo while Anne is on the  phone is from the fourth act of Giacomo Puccini (qv)s "Manon  Lescaut", which takes place on an arid plain just outside New  Orleans.'),
('56190',' The films title was suggested by star Dennis Quaid (qv).'),
('56191',' According to Robert Redford (I) (qv), this was the first film ever  "sold" at a Sundance Film Festival.'),
('56192',' Both Ellen Barkin (qv) and Dennis Quaid (qv) consider this the  favorite of all the films theyve made.'),
('56193',' The production company was aided greatly in its ability to film in  and around New Orleans by the states Film Commission. Shortly after  this film (which is about political corruption) premiered, several  members of the Film Commission were indicted in a kickback scandal.'),
('56194',' The signature New Orleans setting was actually a late change in the  development of the film. The original title of the script was Windy  City, and set in Chicago. The change in location is attributed to a  suggestion by then Production Executive Ken Aguado (qv), who was a  recent graduate of Tulane University.'),
('56195',' Jim Garrison (I) (qv), the judge in Remys bribery case, is an  actual lawyer and judge who worked in New Orleans. He was, for a  time, the citys district attorney. A case he had while in that  position was the subject of Oliver Stone (I) (qv)s film  _JFK (1991)_ (qv). Garrison was played by Kevin Costner (qv).'),
('56196',' Based on the short story "The Specialist" by Alison Smith published  in McSweeneys Quarterly Concern issue #11, "The Big Empty" was  included in the inaugural issue of the DVD magazine Wholphin, also  published by McSweeneys.'),
('56197',' Selma Blairs aunt and uncle are extras in the bar scene (the blond  woman and bald man).'),
('56198',' Majors, Lee (qv) plays a studio stuntman. He portrayed a stuntman  in the TV series _"Fall Guy, The" (1981)_ (qv)'),
('56199',' Filmed on some of the same sets as _"Sliders" (1995)_ (qv).'),
('56200',' The set that Jason and Kaylee walk through while on the studio lot  is the set used for _Scorpion King, The (2002)_ (qv). Memnons  statue can be seen in the background at one point.'),
('56201',' Although this movie takes place in a fake movie studio there are  many props and set pieces from a number of different Universal  Studios releases. For example, the DeLorean from  _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv), a raptor from The Lost World:  Jurassic Park, E.T., and set pieces from The Mummy series. These are  just a few of many.'),
('56202',' After the flood water is turned on and trips up Marty Wolf, he  crashes into a sign at a fork in the road. The sign reads, Isla  Nublar which is the island in which Jurassic Park takes place.'),
('56203',' When Jason and Kaylee are walking through the storage unit, the  costume for the Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" can be  seen right before the Jurassic Park Raptor.'),
('56204',' Andre Rosey Browns last film appearance.'),
('56205',' During one of the chase sequences between Marty and Jason before the  big climax, there are two round skeleton heads on the set with  motorcycles; the two round skeletons were used in the film Batman  Returns (1992).'),
('56206',' When talking to Monty, Kaylee mentions the Wb program Charmed. "when  Alyssa Milano was about to cast a spell on her super hot demon  boyfriend..."'),
('56207',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoons  _Artist Palette, An (1921)_ (qv), Proving the Theory of Evolution (1921)_ (qv),  and _Clothing Problem, The (1921)_ (qv).'),
('56208',' The city of Cairo was initially considered as a possible host to the  fight. The August 1975 issue of Ring Magazine had a fictitious  fight'),
('56209','poster of Ali'),
('56210','Frazier III on its cover, and the poster listed  Nasser Stadium in Cairo as the place the fight was taking place.'),
('56211',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) was attached to this project and wanted  Jack Nicholson (qv) to star, but dropped out due to his full  schedule, soon after which Tim Burton (I) (qv) signed on.'),
('56212',' Ewan McGregor (qv) was cast as Young Ed Bloom when producers  noticed the striking similarity between him and pictures of a young  Albert Finney (qv), who plays Senior Ed Bloom.'),
('56213',' While in the plane, Edward Bloom is reading an English translation  book. It is titled "English to Asian".'),
('56214',' The Banjo Man is played by Billy Redden (qv) who played the boy  playing the banjo in _Deliverance (1972)_ (qv).'),
('56215',' When William and Edward are driving through town on the way to the  river, they pass a movie theater that is playing the movie  _Identity (2003)_ (qv) (with John Cusack (qv)).'),
('56216',' The breakfast machine that Young Ed Bloom shows off at the science  fair is the same machine used in  _Pee'),
('56217','wees Big Adventure (1985)_ (qv),'),
('56218',' Young Edward Bloom is seen wearing a tie featuring a graphic  reminiscent of the spiral hill of  _Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)_ (qv). Tim Burton (I) (qv)  picked it out of the tie selection the costume designer offered him.'),
('56219',' Young Edward becomes a traveling salesman for a company that sells  hands with metal tools as fingers, all held together by a plastic  base. The crew were aware that people would draw connections between  it and _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ (qv), and therefore purposely  did not include scissors in the design.'),
('56220',' DIRTRADE(Tim Burton (I) (qv)):[music]: Danny Elfman (qv) score'),
('56221',' In the middle of the lettered board in the bank that Norther Winslow  robs reads "ROMANS 12:1'),
('56222','2." This refers to the passages in the Bible  that says, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods mercy,  to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God,  this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to  the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of  your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will  is '),
('56223',' his good, pleasing and perfect will."'),
('56224',' While Spectre is a fictional town, the ZIP Code shown on the deed to  Jennys house is real. 36104 is one of the ZIP Codes for Montgomery,  Alabama.'),
('56225',' The television commercial shown while the older Ed Bloom is eating  pancakes is, in fact, an actual commercial for Larry Puckett  Chevrolet in Prattville, Alabama.'),
('56226',' When Young Edward first visits Spectre, the camera pans upwards and  we see shoes hanging from a wire above the city. On the left'),
('56227','hand  side hangs a pair of ruby slippers, a reference to  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv).'),
('56228',' Even though Young Edward lands in Korea, the ventriloquist and his  puppet speak in Tagalog (language of the Philippines) while the  Siamese twins and Edward speak in Cantonese (a Chinese dialect). The  soldiers who pull the ventriloquist off the stage speak Mandarin  Chinese (language of mainland China and Taiwan) while the other  soldiers speak in Korean.'),
('56229',' When Ed Bloom is being given the key to the city, the marching band  is playing "The Victors", fight song of The University of Michigan  and Bloomington High School North, Indiana.'),
('56230',' The scenes at Auburn were originally supposed to be shot on location  on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, but the  school officials asked for script approval and the production didnt  have time to wait so they filmed the scenes at Huntingdon College in  Montgomery, Alabama instead.'),
('56231',' When Edward Bloom arrives home from the Korean War in his dress  uniform the patch on his shoulder shows that he was assigned to the  187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, known as the Rakkasans.'),
('56232',' The company that makes the "Handi'),
('56233','Matic" is Confederated Products.  This is a reference to the pyramid scheme ambush at the strange  dinner that Adam and Zack invited to in the movie _Go (1999)_ (qv),  which was also written by John August (qv).'),
('56234',' The twins played by Ada Tai (qv) and Arlene Tai (qv) previously  appeared as extras in _Ed Wood (1994)_ (qv) (theyre standing by  Vampira when Ed Wood first meets her at a party).'),
('56235',' Joseph Campbell (III) (qv)s book, "The Hero With A Thousand  Faces" appears in this film. It is shown first on a sleeping Edward  Bloom (before being picked up and placed on the nightstand by  Josephine) and then later its still on the nightstand during a  scene between Ed and Will. Daniel Wallace (II) (qv) is an  outspoken fan of Campbells.'),
('56236',' When Josephine asks for Ed Blooms permission to take his picture  she holds a cult rangefinder camera, the Leica M6.'),
('56237',' The town of Ashton, Alabama is actually Wetumpka, Alabama and  Prattville, Alabama combined.'),
('56238',' The joke with the elephant defecating while Edward daydreams was  unscripted. The filming crew found it hilarious, and quickly zoomed  out to get the whole thing.'),
('56239',' The door to the vault used in the bank robbery scene is the same  that was used for the vault which was used to hold the batsuit in  Burtons earlier movie _Batman (1989)_ (qv).'),
('56240',' When Norther Winslow shows his half finished poem to Edward, (Grass  so green / Skies so blue / Spectre is really great!) the handwriting  is director Tim Burtons.'),
('56241',' The two portraits on the walls in the bank scene are actually of the  founders of Bishop'),
('56242','Parker Furniture Co., Montgomery, Alabama.  Several props were purchased there. The buyer noticed the portraits  and thought they would pass as old bankers.'),
('56243',' When young Edward Bloom is singing in the church and his voice  breaks, that single note that we hear is actually  Ewan McGregor (qv) singing.'),
('56244',' When Young Edward and Karl are leaving Ashton, the local Movie  Theater is showing the movie _From Here to Eternity (1953)_ (qv).'),
('56245',' Hurricane Isabelle hit Middlesex Virginia two days after shooting,  leaving the cast and crew with no power or running water for three  weeks. During that time most of the exteriors were shot during the  day in close'),
('56246','ups to avoid seeing the damage from the hurricane. At  night the cast would rehearse under candle light. The camera  batteries were charged through a car lighter converter.  The original actress to play Paige was replaced a week before  filming with the Director’s sister, Alexis Katherine.'),
('56247',' Thomas Williams shot the sex scene between Leap and Paige due to the  fact that Jonathan Straiton was uncomfortable filming his sister,  who played Paige.'),
('56248',' This was the first film shot in Super Panavision 70, but the process  is credited on'),
('56249','screen as "Panavision 70".'),
('56250',' Walt Disney originally rejected the filming of the novel, due to his  distaste for religious film. His brother Roy backed the production,  releasing it using the studios Buena Viasta arm.'),
('56251',' This was a failed pilot from NBC directed by Lasse Hallstrom'),
('56252',' This was PRCs last release. After this all PRC productions would be  released by Eagle Lion Films.'),
('56253',' This film is the last entry in director Jeremy Paul Kagans trilogy  about the aftermath of the 1960s and 1970s malaise after a  particularly volatile historical period. The other two in the  trilogy were _Katherine (1975)_ (qv) and _Heroes (1977)_ (qv).'),
('56254',' The last film role of Spike Milligan.'),
('56255',' Stephen Boyd (I) (qv) nearly drowned while shooting this film. He  was saved by co'),
('56256','star David Wayne (I) (qv), according to Boyd in a  December 11, 1960 appearance as a Mystery Guest on  _"Whats My Line?" (1950)_ (qv).'),
('56257',' 27th episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('56258','reel comedy series.'),
('56259',' The last Big Game. The following season, they were replaced with the  1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Award Show Program Special... Live!...  in Stereo, which was itself an abortive attempt that left no  successor.'),
('56260',' The novel "Big Game" by Francis Wallace (qv) was first published  as a serial entitled "Odds Against Honor" in Colliers magazine in  1935. The idea for the riot scene came from an actual riot at a New  York University'),
('56261','Fordham University football game. RKO bought 1000  feet of the 1935 Rose Bowl game footage for use in the film.'),
('56262',' Much of the supporting cast are members of senior softball leagues  in Oxnard, CA and were friends or acquaintances with the director,  who also plays on a senior softball team.'),
('56263',' Utilizing many Loyola Marymount University students in key crew  positions, many scenes of the film are also shot on the LMU main  campus.'),
('56264',' This movie was initially written for television as "Big Deal in  Laredo".'),
('56265',' Fielder Cook had liked his performance so much that he insisted  James Kenny reprise his television role of barman Sam Rhine in this  big screen version, despite his lack of cinema experience. This was  James Kennys only screen role of any note, all other appearances  were bit parts.'),
('56266',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 1  January 1934 and closed in May 1934 after 154 performances. The  opening night cast included J.C. Nugent (qv) as Herbert and  Elisabeth Risdon (qv) as Elizabeth.'),
('56267',' When Lee Marvin (qv) first sees Glenn Ford (I) (qv) face to  face, the music in the background is "Put the Blame on Mame," a  reference to Fords performance in _Gilda (1946)_ (qv).'),
('56268',' Bannions wife Katie is played by Jocelyn Brando (qv), older  sister of Marlon.'),
('56269',' The fictional city where the story takes place is named Kenport.'),
('56270',' Ben Affleck agreed to take a role in this film based on reading the  script while on the set of Chasing Amy. However due to his schedule  with Armageddon, he had to drop out of the production.'),
('56271',' When Gump (Robin Dunne (qv)) is busted by the  Trace'),
('56272','Buster'),
('56273','Buster'),
('56274','Buster, the name that is listed on his criminal  record is Eric S. Potechin (qv), the name of the second assistant  director.'),
('56275',' Christina Applegate (qv) also had a gag in which she wore  cucumbers over her eyes in 1991s  _Dont Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead (1991)_ (qv).'),
('56276',' As a practical joke on the set, Woodbine, Bokeem (qv), stuffed the  front of his pants with socks for the scenes that took place in the  gym locker room.'),
('56277',' The scene with the car chase through the forest was filmed in a  public park in Pickering, Ontario, a small suburb near Toronto.  Filming took about two weeks, during which the public was not  allowed near the park. Residents of the town were understandably  upset.'),
('56278',' Almost all movie covers and posters at the video rental store are  from Troma Entertainment.'),
('56279',' An original scene had Bugs running up a gallows to escape Sam; he  uses the trap door like an elevator, and when Sam tries, he gets  hung in the noose (he kicks and curses in the rope). This was edited  from most broadcasts. However, the fully uncut version appears on  the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD.'),
('56280',' Director Hill, George W. (qv) threatened to fire anyone who  "acted", and forbade makeup.'),
('56281',' In Frances Marions original script, the character played by Leila  Hyams was Robert Montgomerys wife. After the film flopped in a  preview screening, MGM studio head Irving Thalberg decided the  problem was that audiences, especially women, didnt want to see the  Chester Morris character have an affair with a married woman. So the  script was rewritten to make Montgomery and Hyams brother and  sister, retakes were made and the film in altered form was a major  hit.'),
('56282',' Lon Chaney (qv) was originally cast in the role of Butch Schmidt.  But due to his untimely death, the role was given to  Wallace Beery (qv).'),
('56283',' Bobby Jones probably has the highlight shot of the entire series on  this episode as he blasts his iron shot directly into the camera  with a subsequent super close'),
('56284','up of the ball. According to a  newspaper account by his biographer O. B. Keeler, his 2 iron shot  was fired right into the center of the four inch square opening of  the cameras lens hood. The camera was stationed 50 feet away from  Bobby and about 7 feet off the ground. The cameraman and sound crew  were equipped with padded outfits as was the camera. He damaged the  lens hood on his very first shot, although the scene was later  edited to show him hitting the camera after a few shots.'),
('56285',' This was to be the final film in which John Wayne (I) (qv) and  Maureen OHara (qv) would work together; they had previously  collaborated in _Rio Grande (1950)_ (qv),  _Quiet Man, The (1952)_ (qv), _Wings of Eagles, The (1957)_ (qv),  and _McLintock! (1963)_ (qv).'),
('56286',' Director George Sherman (I) (qv) had health problems throughout  the picture. Producer/star John Wayne (I) (qv), an old friend of  Shermans from when they made westerns at Republic together back in  the 1930s, would not allow Sherman to be taken off the picture, and  wound up directing much of the film himself.'),
('56287',' The boy that plays Big Jakes grandson is actually  John Wayne (I) (qv)s son in real life.'),
('56288',' 70mm blow'),
('56289','up version released in Spain under the title "El Gran  Jack".'),
('56290',' The ranch house used for the McCandles ranch in this film is the  exact same house that is used for the Chisum ranch in "Chisum", a  John Wayne film that was made a year earlier. Note the scenery  around the ranch.'),
('56291',' This was the first of only 3 John Wayne films (the others being  _Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)_ (qv) and _McQ (1974)_ (qv)) to receive  AA certificates by the UK censor, meaning that they could only be  seen by persons 14 and over. All other Wayne movies were rated A  (PG) or under.'),
('56292',' Edwin Layton (qv) has a cameo that was arranged by the studio as a  favor for getting permission for John Ford (I) (qv) to film the  actual Midway battle. Layton was the Pacific Fleets Fleet  Intelligence Officer at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.'),
('56293',' In the German version, Big Jim McLain (John Wayne) fights against  marihuana dealers, not communist spies.'),
('56294',' The first film produced by Wayne'),
('56295','Fellows Productions (later renamed  Batjac Productions), John Wayne (I) (qv)s independent production  company.'),
('56296',' Many scenes filmed in public places such as the restaurant scene  with Gordon Jones appear to be "stolen" as the bystanders seem to be  watching the scenes being played out rather than act like extras who  normally do not pay attention to the action.'),
('56297',' The German title is "Mathuana". In this dubbed version for the  German market John Wayne plays a hunter of drug smugglers, not an  investigator for the Unamerican Activities Commitee as in the  original film.'),
('56298',' Nancy Olson (qv) hated the script but she figured six weeks in  Hawaii and a chance to work with an icon like Wayne seemed a good  enough reason to accept. Besides, she thought the film would flop  and nobody would see it. She didnt count on the constant TV  exposure the film has had and says people stop her all the time to  say theyve seen her in the film. Olson, a staunch liberal Democrat,  said she and Wayne would often have political arguments but she  would always let Wayne have the last word.'),
('56299',' Burt Lancaster (qv) turned down the role of Charles Castle.'),
('56300',' Shot in 15 days.'),
('56301',' Stubby Kaye (qv)s final performance.'),
('56302',' The screenplay was written with Jeff Bridges (I) (qv),  John Goodman (I) (qv), Steve Buscemi (qv) and Sam Elliott (qv)  in mind.'),
('56303',' Filming began on 27 January 1997 and ended on 24 April 1997.'),
('56304',' The bowling alley scenes were filmed at Hollywood Bowl at Santa  Monica and Western according to cinematographer Roger Deakins as  quoted in the March, 1998 issue of International Photographers  Magazine (Now International Cinematographers Magazine '),
('56305',' Trade  magazine for the International Cinematographers Guild)'),
('56306',' The house in which the dude meets with Jackie Treehorn was designed  by architect John Lautner. The movie makes it look as though it sits  on the beach, in actuality it sits on the side of a hill overlooking  the city of Los Angeles.'),
('56307',' A lot of the Dudes clothes in the movie were  Jeff Bridges (I) (qv)s own clothes.'),
('56308',' The Dude never actually bowls.'),
('56309',' The Jellies sandals that Jeff Bridges (I) (qv) wears in the movie  were his own.'),
('56310',' Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (qv) makes a background cameo  appearance during the interpretive dance scene as another member of  the theater audience. Kaufmans own script,  _Being John Malkovich (1999)_ (qv), also contains an interpretive  dance sequence.'),
('56311',' Almost all the music on the soundtrack is revealed to be playing on  a radio at some point. Examples: "The Man in Me" in the first dream  sequence fades out after The Dude wakes up, but we still hear it,  tinny and distant on his Walkman. "Hotel California" plays through  out the entire scene with Jesus at the bowling alley, and even  during the brief flashback, apparently as a song playing on the  alleys PA system. The big band music that plays as The Dude leaves  his house fades and is heard playing on Da Finos car radio as they  talk. Additionally, at the beginning of the film, the opening song,  "Tumblin Tumbleweeds", fades into a muzak version of itself as the  Dude shops for his creamer in the grocery store; when it cuts to the  Dude outside the store, the song has faded back into its original  version.'),
('56312',' The blue Volkswagen driven by the private eye is a reference to the  Coen brothers first film, _Blood Simple. (1984)_ (qv), in which a  private investigator drives the same car.'),
('56313',' The Dude was based on independent film promoter Jeff Dowd (qv)  (aka Jeff "The Dude" Dowd), who helped the Coen brothers secure  distribution for their first feature, _Blood Simple. (1984)_ (qv).  Like his fictional counterpart, Dowd was a member of the Seattle  Seven and takes a casual approach to grooming and dress.'),
('56314',' The fictional German techno'),
('56315','pop band in the movie, "Autobahn", is a  parody of/homage to the 70s band, Kraftwerk (qv). The "Autobahn"  album cover is almost a carbon copy of a Kraftwerk album cover and  the group name "Autobahn" is the name of a Kraftwerk song.  Translated into English, the title of their album, "Nagelbett," is  "nail bed." Translated from Swedish, Peter Stormares native tongue,  it means "nail bite".'),
('56316',' The fast food restaurant "In & Out Burger" is referred to during the  movie. John Goodman (I) (qv) once did a commercial for the "In &  Out" fast food chain.'),
('56317',' The Dudes shirt with Chinese characters and an Asian holding a  baseball bat, worn during the scene in which the Big Lebowski  describes Bunnys kidnapping, is the same shirt worn by  Jeff Bridges (I) (qv) in part of _Fisher King, The (1991)_ (qv).'),
('56318',' Asia Carrera (qv), the girl appearing opposite Bunny Lebowski and  the nihilist in the porno movie that Maude shows The Dude is an  actual porn star.'),
('56319',' The private detective thats following Lebowski says that Bunnys  family is from a farm "outside Moorhead, Minnesota". Moorhead is the  home town of Jeff Bridges (I) (qv) wife and is located directly  across the state line from Fargo. (_Fargo (1996)_ (qv) was the title  of the Coen brothers previous film).'),
('56320',' SPOILER: Steve Buscemi (qv) dies in three of the five Coen  Brothers films in which he appears (with the notable exceptions of  _Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)_ (qv) and _Barton Fink (1991)_ (qv),).  Additionally, with each successive role his remains are smaller: in  this film, his ashes blow all over The Dude when Walter scatters  them at the ocean. (See also _Millers Crossing (1990)_ (qv),  _Barton Fink (1991)_ (qv), _Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)_ (qv) and  _Fargo (1996)_ (qv).)'),
('56321',' The reason Steve Buscemi (qv)s character, Donny, is constantly  being told to "Shut the fuck up!" by Walter  (John Goodman (I) (qv)), is because Buscemis character in  _Fargo (1996)_ (qv) would not shut up.'),
('56322',' The word "dude" is used around 161 times in the movie. 160 spoken  and once in text in the credits for "Gutterballs" the second dream  sequence.'),
('56323',' The Dude says "man" 147 times in the movie, nearly 1.5 times a  minute.'),
('56324',' The Dude has a habit of repeating phrases he hears. The George Bush  speech "This aggression will not stand" is repeated by the Dude.  Maude Lebowski uses the phrase "Parlance of our times" Dude repeats  this one in the limo. The Big Lebowski says he "Will not abide  another toe!" at the end of the movie "The Dude abides"'),
('56325',' The Photo that the Private Eye shows the Dude of Bunny Lebowskis  farm is that from Truman Capotes "In Cold Blood"'),
('56326',' In the beginning when the Dude writes a check in the supermarket the  date is 9'),
('56327','11'),
('56328','1991. Paired with George H.W. Bush saying "This  aggression will not stand." Now thats interesting!'),
('56329',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('56330',' Bunny Lebowskis high school cheer'),
('56331','leading photo shows her wearing  orange and black, which are actually the school colors for Moorhead,  Minnesota, where the private eye reveals that she came from.'),
('56332',' The only time Donny doesnt get a strike is before they fight the  Nihilists at the end of the movie.'),
('56333',' Norwegian posters and video cassettes carried the text "anbefales av  norsk bowling forbund" (recommended by the Norwegian Bowling  Association).'),
('56334',' The Dude drinks nine White Russians during the course of the movie.  (He drops one of them at Jackie Treehorns mansion.)'),
('56335',' Nearly all of the visible symbols in The Dudes second dream  sequence are taken from earlier scenes:  '),
('56336',' the black and white tile is seen earlier in the Big Lebowskis    entry way when The Dude walks with Brandt and again at the end  '),
('56337',' the tool belt and workman outfit The Dude is seen wearing is    identical to the one worn by Karl Hungus in Logjammin  '),
('56338',' Saddam is mentioned briefly by Walter in the car outside the    bowling alley; in the opening credits, we see a man looking a bit    similar to Saddam spraying the bowling shoes at the alley  '),
('56339',' Maudes gold bowling ball bra cups are taken from bowling balls    seen on the rack behind Walter in an earlier scene at the bowling    alley  '),
('56340',' the scissors wielded by the red'),
('56341','clad Nihilists are seen in a    painting with a red background on Maudes wall  '),
('56342',' the red'),
('56343','on'),
('56344','black bowling ball is the same as the one in the    earlier dream sequence and is also visible on the rack behind    Walter and The Dude at the bowling alley.'),
('56345',' A high percentage of the Dudes vocabulary and dialogue is taken  from other characters in other scenes.'),
('56346',' In the opening credits, a big black guy throws a seven'),
('56347','ten split  (his ball changing color from the throw to the strike, as noted in  "goofs"). The first frame showing the ball striking the leftmost pin  reveals that the pin isnt on the dot marking its official position.  Its a little ahead of and to the left of the dot, hanging over the  gutter, and the ball strikes it from the gutter: the shot is rigged.'),
('56348',' The animal referred to in the film as a marmot (and by Walter  Sobchak as an amphibious rodent) is actually a ferret. It is  illegal to keep ferrets as pets in California, a fact alluded to by  Walter a short time later.'),
('56349',' Possibly uniquely for an American movie, a bad guy wields a cricket  bat rather than a baseball bat.'),
('56350',' CAMEO(Aimee Mann (qv)): The musician is the nine'),
('56351','toed Nihilist  woman who we see briefly at the diner.'),
('56352',' The trident that Maude Lebowski has during the Dudes dream sequence  is seen in a statue at The Big Lebowskis home.'),
('56353',' The second time we see Treehorns thugs, theyve swapped clothing!'),
('56354',' The nihilists are seen in a diner ordering pancakes.  Peter Stormare (qv), who plays the lead nihilist also appears in  another Coen brothers movie (_Fargo (1996)_ (qv)) where his  character of Gaear Grimsrud loves pancakes (noted by the line to  Steve Buscemi (qv)s character, "Where is the pancakes house?"  during the drive from Fargo to Brainerd).'),
('56355',' Theron, Charlize (qv) was considered for the role of Bunny  Lebowski.'),
('56356',' The name on the Dudes last shirt is "Art".'),
('56357',' The Coens were inspired by Robert Altman (I) (qv)s movie,  _Long Goodbye, The (1973)_ (qv), which also features a  down'),
('56358','on'),
('56359','his'),
('56360','luck protagonist. Both films are radical tweakings of  Raymond Chandler (qv). Both films parody and pay homage to Los  Angeles culture. Altmans film even features a gangster who is a  devout Jew much like John Goodman (I) (qv)s character in  _Big Lebowski, The (1998)_ (qv). Interesting to note also is a  bowling pin on the shelf of Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould (qv))s  apartment.'),
('56361',' The character of Walter was based on that of John Milius (qv) the  writer/director of _Conan the Barbarian (1982)_ (qv).'),
('56362',' The Dudes car is a 4'),
('56363','door 1973 Ford Torino. Two vehicles were used  in filming: one was destroyed during the filming, the other was  destroyed in Season 8 of "The X'),
('56364','Files" in an episode called  "Salvage".'),
('56365',' The title is a reference to the novel "The Big Sleep" by  Raymond Chandler (qv). The wheelchair'),
('56366','bound Big Lebowski is  largely based on the character General Sternwood in "The Big Sleep".'),
('56367',' Of all the different personalized bowling shirts Donny wears  throughout the film, none of them bears his name.'),
('56368',' Recipe for making a White Russian: 2 parts vodka, 1 part coffee  liqueur (such as Kahlúa) and 1 part cream. Served with ice in a low  ball glass.'),
('56369',' The Dude is in every scene of the movie, with the exception of the  scene where the Nihilists are ordering pancakes. This is in keeping  with the traditional film'),
('56370','noir, in which the protagonist is the  narrator and acts as the audiences guide throughout the film.'),
('56371',' The Port Huron Statement that The Dude refers to himself as being  one of the original authors of, is a real document/statement written  by The Students for a Democratic Society at a national convention  meeting in, Michigan, June 11'),
('56372','15, 1962.'),
('56373',' The man shown bowling in the picture on The Dudes wall is President  Richard Nixon (qv). Nixon was an avid bowler.'),
('56374',' When the Jesus, John Turturro (qv), has to go door to door,  sharing that he is a convicted sex offender, he has a large bulge in  his tight pants. The bulge was formed by a bag of birdseed.'),
('56375',' The Coen brothers were inspired by several sources and stories. At  one time they had a friend named Pete, who was very happy about a  rug, because "It really tied the room together". Pete also told them  about a story where a friends car was stolen, and the thief dropped  his homework in the car. Instead of telling the police they put the  homework in a bag and drove out to the kids home to confront him.'),
('56376',' Before filming a scene, Jeff Bridges (I) (qv) would frequently ask  the Coen Brothers "Did the Dude burn one on the way over?" If they  said he had, he would rub his knuckles in his eyes before doing a  take.'),
('56377',' John Goodman (I) (qv) has sold peace of mind twice while working  with the Coens. In _Barton Fink (1991)_ (qv), he verbally tells  John Turturro (qv)s character and in  _Big Lebowski, The (1998)_ (qv), we see Peace of Mind written on  the Sobchak Security sign just before the Dude and Walter head to  the money'),
('56378','drop.'),
('56379',' The Dude tells Maude he was a roadie for Metallica (qv) on their  (fictional) “Speed of Sound” tour and refers to the band members as  a "bunch of assholes." Metallica themselves were flattered to be  referred to in a Coen Brothers movie, with guitarist  Kirk Hammett (qv) once noting in an interview that theyd tried to  think of a way to incorporate that scene into their live shows.'),
('56380',' When The Dude is thumbing through Maudes albums and pulls out the  fictional "Autobahn" album, the album directly behind it is  Herb Alpert (qv)s "Whipped Cream & Other Delights", an actual  album.'),
('56381',' The license plate of Bunnys red convertible spells "LAPIN", this  means rabbit in french'),
('56382',' When Comedy Central was attempting to edit the scene where Walter is  destroying the car which he thinks belongs to Larry Sellars they  didnt know how to cut Walter saying "do you see what happens when  you fuck a stranger in the ass" without having to do severe editing  which would ruin any flow in the scene. To solve this they decided  just to re'),
('56383','dub it, and the phrase they chose? "Do you see what  happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?".'),
('56384',' During the opening scene, in which the camera moves back to show  several bowlers release at the foul line, several bowlers are seen  to drop their bowling balls well before the foul line, which is  frowned upon in league bowling.'),
('56385',' In an early draft of the script, The Dudes source of income was  revealed. He was an heir to the inventor of the Rubiks cube. It was  Joels idea to drop this and never say.'),
('56386',' Flea (qv) from The Red Hot Chili Peppers (qv) plays a character  in a band called Autobahn, with is a jab at the German band  Kraftwerk (qv) (Kraftwerk had a single called “Autobahn”). The two  bands have played venues together in the 80s.'),
('56387',' The lawyers that the dude mentions, are both real attorneys.  Kuntsler, who died in 1995, was a self proclaimed radical lawyer. In  1983, he took on Ron Kuby, another radical lawyer, as a junior  partner. Their claim to fame mainly came from defending numerous  controversial defendants including suspected terrorist leaders and  the daughter of Malcolm X (qv).'),
('56388',' The film was made in occupied Germany. All scenes were photographed  in the real locations associated with the story, including episodes  in the American, French, British and Russian sectors of Berlin.'),
('56389',' With the exception of Montgomery Clift (qv) and  Paul Douglas (I) (qv), all military personnel in the film were  actual members of the US military on duty in Germany at the time.'),
('56390',' Associated Press correspondent Richard OMalley (qv) and ABC News  correspondent Lyford Moore (qv) play themselves in the film.'),
('56391',' All the US officers appearing in the movie kept their actual rank  except one, Captain John R. Mason (qv), who was "demoted" to the  rank of sergeant for the story.'),
('56392',' During the filming, they would get waivers signed by those who were  in a shot and they thought would be in the finished film and paid  them $500. Some men appeared but were never paid and some who were  paid had their appearances end up on the cutting room floor.'),
('56393',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('56394',' Although the films original title was "The Hunchback of UCLA," it  was actually shot across town at the University of Southern  California (UCLAs rival).'),
('56395',' Filming and postproduction took place over a period of only 5  months.'),
('56396',' Screenwriter Darryl Quarles (qv) came up with the idea for the  name "Big Momma" because it was what the neighborhood kids used to  call his own real life mother.'),
('56397',' The number that flashes on the screen when Hazad is presenting his  product is actually the ICP fan club phone number.'),
('56398',' Mick Foley (I) (qv)s character is named "Cactus Sac". This is his  JCW (Juggalo Championship Wrestling) ring name, a parody of his WWE  persona.'),
('56399',' During filming, funding ran out and Island refused to pay any more  money for it. ICP used $100,000 of their own money so that they  could finish filming.'),
('56400',' Both Big Baby Sweets and Sugar Bear (ICP) wore their trademark  makeup in the movie, even though its not mentioned. But Big Stank  and Lil Poot (Twiztid) are in the movie without their makeup.'),
('56401',' Although Violent J wrote the script, all of his lines where made as  he went along.'),
('56402',' The woman singing in the competing restaurant is played by  Christine Tucci (qv), who is Stanley Tucci (qv)s sister.'),
('56403',' Unlike their earlier work for Hal Roach, and because of the war, the  duo decided not to include "destructive" scenes '),
('56404',' like pies in the  face, smashing props, and so forth. Where it was necessary, they  actually enforced a policy of "one take" to minimizes the  destruction.'),
('56405',' The train'),
('56406','berth scene is a reworking of Laurel & Hardys short  subject _Berth Marks (1929)_ (qv). Laurel requested that the setting  be changed to a turbulent plane, but producer Sol Wurtzel refused to  accommodate him. At the end of the scene, you can hear the camera  crew laughing in the background.'),
('56407',' According to Laurel and Hardy biographer Randy Skretvedt, the films  finale, in which Laurel drops a bomb on a Japanese spy submarine,  got cheers from wartime audiences.'),
('56408',' Working title was "Good Neighbors."'),
('56409',' DIRTRADE(Michael Moore (II) (qv)): [flint]: Moore tries to  convince Phil Knight (I) (qv) to open a factory in Flint,  Michigan.'),
('56410',' The montage showing emergency services getting ready includes Squad  51 and Engine 51 from _"Emergency!" (1972)_ (qv) backing in the  station.'),
('56411',' Clare Winslows house is the same house used for "I Dream Of  Jeannie"'),
('56412',' Studio electrician Carl Barlow (I) (qv) died during production  when he slipped and fell off a platform.'),
('56413',' Is the highest grossing silent film of all time, making $22 million  during its worldwide release'),
('56414',' After director King Vidor (qv) complained to MGM production chief  Irving Thalberg (qv) that he was tired of shooting pictures that  played in theaters for just one week, he told Thalberg about a new  kind of realistic war movie he had envisioned. Thalberg was  enthusiastic about Vidors vision, and tried to buy the rights to  the hit Broadway play "What Price Glory?" co'),
('56415','written by  Maxwell Anderson (I) (qv) and World War I Marine veteran  Laurence Stallings (qv). Since the rights to the popular anti'),
('56416','war  play had already been acquired, Thalberg hired Stallings to come to  Hollywood and write a screenplay for the new, realistic war picture  that Vidor had dreamed about making. Stallings came up with "The Big  Parade", an anti'),
('56417','war story that dispensed with traditional concepts  of heroism, focusing instead on a love story between a Yank soldier  and a French girl. After Vidor completed principal photography (at a  cost of $200,000, approximately $2.1 million in 2003 dollars),  Thalberg took the rough cut and previewed it before live audiences  in Colorado. The audiences responded favorably, and Thalberg decided  to expand the scope of the picture, as Vidor had created a war  picture without many scenes of war. He had Vidor restage the famous  marching army column sequence with 3000 extras, 200 trucks and 100  airplanes. After Vidor moved on to another project, Thalberg had  other battle scenes shot by director George W. Hill (qv). The  result was a major hit that proved to be MGMs most profitable  silent picture.'),
('56418',' The U.S. War Department'),
('56419','the predecessor of the Department of  Defense'),
('56420','loaned the films producers over 200 army trucks,  approximately 4,000 soldiers and over 100 airplanes for use in the  film.'),
('56421',' The movie was a huge hit. When MGM discovered that a clause in  director King Vidor (qv)s contract entitled him to 20% of the net  profits, studio lawyers called a meeting with him. At the meeting,  MGM accountants played up the costs of the picture while downgrading  the studio forecast of its potential success. Vidor was persuaded to  sell his stake in the film for a small sum. The film ran for 96  weeks at the Astor Theater and grossed $5 million (approximately $50  million in 2003 dollars) domestically by 1930, making it the most  profitable release in MGM history at that point. Said Vidor, "I thus  spared myself from becoming a millionaire instead of a struggling  young director trying to do something interesting and better with a  camera."'),
('56422',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('56423',' CAMEO(Martin Short): agent.'),
('56424',' CAMEO(Elliot Gould): lawyer in the first student film.'),
('56425',' During filming they rented a luxury house for three days to shoot  in, not knowing that actor Charles Bronson (qv) had just purchased  a home across the street. Before the three days were up the crew had  managed to kill Bronsons cat by accident. The story is related in  the book "I Killed Charles Bronsons Cat", written by the movies  location manager Barry Gremillion (qv).'),
('56426',' Teri Hatcher (qv)s first movie.'),
('56427',' Peter and Michael Spierig shot the film using left over film stock  from TV commercials.'),
('56428',' Gordon MacRae (qv)s first film.'),
('56429',' Greg, the dog present during the whole film is a half dog'),
('56430','half wolf  who has never been trained, his owner is the assistant director,  Nando Irene (qv).'),
('56431',' More than 200 interviews were shot.'),
('56432',' The bulk of the picture was shot in Israel, and director  Samuel Fuller (qv) remarked that it was unsettling after a scene  was shot when the German soldiers and SS troops pull would take off  their helmets and Fuller would see them wearing yarmulkes, and  between takes they would be sitting around the set in full Nazi  uniform speaking Hebrew or reading the Torah.'),
('56433',' DIRTRADE(Samuel Fuller (qv)): [Lemchek]: A recurring character  name in Fullers films; also, uncredited, in  _Merrills Marauders (1962)_ (qv),  _Tanks Are Coming, The (1951)_ (qv) and  _Steel Helmet, The (1951)_ (qv).'),
('56434',' Reportedly Samuel Fuller (qv) wanted Martin Scorsese (qv) for  the role of Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad, but Scorsese moved on to do  _Raging Bull (1980)_ (qv).'),
('56435',' The screams from the foxholes as the tanks roll over them seem  strangely out of place, but actually happened. Samuel Fuller (qv)  said, "When we were in those holes, and the tanks were rolling over  us, it was our only chance to scream all the terror out and not be  heard. We got it all out in those holes..."'),
('56436',' In the Reconstructed version, the Captain in the World War I  prologue reappears in a short segment as the Commanding General of  the Big Red One just prior to the Battle of Hurgten Forest in the  Fall of 1944. The actual Commanding General during that time period,  Major General Clarence R. Huebner, really was a Captain in the Big  Red One at the end of World War I, so this is historically accurate  rather than just poetic license.'),
('56437',' Director Sam Fuller served in World War II. He was a member of "The  Big Red One" and many of the moments in this movie are based upon  his own experiences.'),
('56438',' DIRCAMEO(Sam Fuller): as a military cameraman documenting the  troops. Hes the older man with the cigar asking the troops to wave  at the camera.'),
('56439',' During the UK clampdown on video nasties in the 80s the film was  briefly seized by Manchester Police who believed it to be a sex  film.'),
('56440',' Lee Marvin fought in WWII, but in the Pacific at Saipan.'),
('56441',' In the "Reconstruction" Documentary, Robert Carradine (qv) says  that when he, Mark Hamill (I) (qv), Bobby Di Cicco (qv) and  Kelly Ward (qv) first met Lee Marvin (qv), Marvin didnt say  anything at first. After they got into a taxi to drive out to the  shooting range where they would hone their skills, Marvin finally  said "Which one of you is Carradine?" To which Robert Carradine  answered dutifully "I am." Lee Marvins response: "Fuck you,  Carradine." A short time later, after theyd been working together,  Carradine asked Marvin why he said that to him to which Marvin  replied "Cause yours was the only name I recognized."'),
('56442',' During the course of filming, Lee Marvin and Perry Lang (qv) got  into an argument. While filming the scene where they come to  Crucifix Hill (where the Nazis are planning an ambush), Lang kept  waving and gesturing his arms while he spoke. After the scene was  finished, Lee Marvin growled at Lang "What the fuck was all that  crap about?" To which Perry Lang cursed out Marvin. According to the  other actors in the Reconstruction Documentary, neither Marvin nor  Lang spoke to one another for the next week. Finally, Marvin began  talking to Lang and treated him with respect for standing up to him.'),
('56443',' Awarded Best Director at Lights! Canberra! Action! Film Festival'),
('56444',' Written, shot and edited in ten days for "Lights! Canberra! Action!"  competition'),
('56445',' Bell Bennett (qv)s last movie.'),
('56446',' The story involves the Rascals performing in a make'),
('56447','believe movie  theater where they imitate Chaplin, Charles (qv),  Lloyd, Harold (qv), Fairbanks, Douglas (qv),  Hart, William S. (qv), Uncle Tom and the security guard character  played by Gilbert, Dick (qv). The Chaplin imitation includes a gag  repeated from _Shoulder Arms (1918)_ (qv) wherein The Little Tramp  disguises himself as a tree. The Fairbanks imitation (courtesy of  Daniels, Mickey (qv)) specifically refers to  _Three Musketeers, The (1921)_ (qv). The Lloyd imitation borrows  from _Grandmas Boy (1922)_ (qv).'),
('56448',' The make'),
('56449','believe movie theater sports a real movie poster, which  advertises Chaplins _Idle Class, The (1921)_ (qv).'),
('56450',' As in other early Hal Roach Rascals shorts, the Farina character is  a girl.'),
('56451',' Interesting piece for anyone who lives or has lived in Dallas.  Almost all the scenes were filmed on location at the (then) brand  new Fair Park which served as the location of the 1936 Texas  Centennial and has served as the location of the Texas State Fair  since. Many of the buildings in the film still exist in what has  been called the largest collection of art deco buildings in the  world. Also seen is the WRR radio building. WRR is the only city  owned radio station in the country and still broadcasts from the  original building, the lagoon which was pretty barren back then, and  Dallas trolley cars which served downtown at the time and had just  been expanded to Fair Park to service the Centennial. Not seen is  the Cotton Bowl which was not constructed until years later.'),
('56452',' The film was cut to 54 minutes for television release in the  mid'),
('56453','1950s and has only recently been restored to its original  running time, thanks to the combined efforts of The Western Movie  Channel, the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage, and the  University of California, Los Angeles.'),
('56454',' Roy Rogers appears in this movie as one of the "Sons of the  Pioneers" singing group.'),
('56455',' Esther Williams(I) (qv) last major movie.'),
('56456',' Fifth title in Paramounts Musical Parade Featurette Series #5  (1947'),
('56457','1948).'),
('56458',' While working on the script, writers William Faulkner (I) (qv) and  Leigh Brackett (qv) couldnt figure out from the novel who  murdered a particular character. So they phoned  Raymond Chandler (qv), who angrily told them the answer was right  there in the book. They shrugged and returned to their work.  Chandler soon phoned to say that he looked at the book himself and  couldnt figure out who killed the character, so he left it up to  them to decide. In the original cut, shown to the armed services,  this question is resolved; in the film as released, it isnt.'),
('56459',' The scene where Humphrey Bogart (qv) and Lauren Bacall (qv) make  suggestive talk about horses was added almost a year after filming  was otherwise complete, in an attempt to inject the film with the  kind of risqué innuendos that had made  _To Have and Have Not (1944)_ (qv), and Bacall, so popular a few  years earlier.'),
('56460',' Mars henchman are named Sidney and Pete, a tribute to Bogies  frequent costars Sydney Greenstreet (qv) and  Peter Lorre (I) (qv).'),
('56461',' Eager to repeat the success of _To Have and Have Not (1944)_ (qv),  Warner Bros. studio chief Jack L. Warner (qv) gave  Howard Hawks (qv) $50,000 to purchase the rights for "The Big  Sleep." Hawks bought the rights for $5,000 and pocketed the rest.'),
('56462',' SPOILER: Howard Hawks (qv) reused the way Eddie Mars meets his  demise (shot by his own men after opening a door) with that of the  character Milt in Hawks later western _El Dorado (1966)_ (qv).'),
('56463',' Raymond Chandler (qv) claimed that Martha Vickers (qv) gave such  an intense performance as Carmen Sternwood that she completely  overshadowed Lauren Bacall (qv), and that much of Vickers  performance ended up on the cutting room floor as a result.'),
('56464',' References are made by both sisters about Marlowes height at the  beginning of the film. Back then it was film convention for the male  lead to be taller than the female and Humphrey Bogart (qv) was  shorter than both leading actresses, a problem corrected on screen  through giving Bogart platform shoes as well as trick photography.'),
('56465',' Rumors that Andy Williams (I) (qv) dubbed Lauren Bacall (qv)s  singing voice are untrue. Both director Howard Hawks (qv) and  Bacall confirm that she did her own singing.'),
('56466',' Many of the cars in the film have a "B" sticker in the lower'),
('56467','right  corner of their windshields. This is a reflection of the wartime  rationing of gasoline. Gas was rationed primarily to save rubber,  because Japan had occupied Indochina, Malaysia, and Indonesia.  (There was a shortage of gas on the East Coast until a pipeline from  Texas was constructed to replace the transport of crude oil by sea.)  The B sticker was the second lowest category, entitling the holder  to only 8 gallons of gas a week. Marlowe seems to use more than one  weeks allotment during a 72'),
('56468','hour period, which may be intended to  reflect a black market in ration books. However, since Marlowe still  has a deputy badge, at least in a deleted scene which existed in the  1945 version, he would be entitled to an X sticker (unlimited gas)  as a peace officer. Perhaps the B sticker on the windshield was  camouflage, since an X sticker would make the car extremely  noteworthy. Marlowe also refers to "three red points," and speaks of  a dead body as "cold meat" which refers to the red tokens used to  acquire a familys allotment of meat during WWII.'),
('56469',' This movie was Dorothy Malone (qv)s first movie. She was so  nervous that when she is handling the paper cup, her hand was  shaking, so weights had to be put at the bottom of the cups.'),
('56470',' Director Dan Martin (I) (qv) used the pseudonym "Ronnie  Runningboard" because, at the time, he was a deputy sheriff with the  Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, which did not look kindly  upon its deputies making softcore porn flicks.'),
('56471',' Elmer tears up his contract with Warner and leaves. This cartoon was  also the last made by Clampett, Robert (qv) before he left  Warners, though there were some others in the pipeline that came out  later.'),
('56472',' The opening sequence, in which Bugs traps Elmer inside a log and  rolls it toward a cliff each time Elmer tries to exit, reuses the  animation from the 1941 Tex Avery cartoon  _All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)_ (qv). Instead of Elmer, though,  the previous film features a black hunter chasing Bugs. Elmer was  simply drawn in over the animation of the black hunter, right down  to the same body poses and facial expressions. This has confused a  number of people into thinking the former film was completely  re'),
('56473','done with Elmer, whereas its only the one scene.'),
('56474',' The "sick horse" was actually saved by the film. At one point she  was starting to look to good to play sick.'),
('56475',' Five horses played the part of Big Spender.'),
('56476',' Rob Schneider collapsed secondary to heat exhaustion and food  poisoning when soaring temperatures on the set left him struggling  to keep up with filming.'),
('56477',' A TV can be heard to be showing _Malcolm (1986)_ (qv), which has the  same producers.'),
('56478',' The car yard (set up in for the film in Victoria St Richmond an  inner suburb of Melbourne) was so real that the crew kept receiving  genuine offers from the public wishing to purchase the vehicles.'),
('56479',' "The Big Store" is American con artists jargon for an elaborate  type of confidence game. A well'),
('56480','known film example of a "Big Store"  con is the one played on Robert Shaw (I) (qv) by  Robert Redford (I) (qv) and Paul Newman (I) (qv) in  _Sting, The (1973)_ (qv).'),
('56481',' There are a number of links with the 1932'),
('56482','1933 radio series  Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel, which starred Groucho and Chico  Marx. (For obvious reasons, Harpo didnt participate in the radio  show). In the series, Groucho played Waldorf T. Flywheel, a lawyer;  in _Big Store, The (1941)_ (qv), he plays Wolf J. Flywheel, a  private detective. On radio, Chico played Emmanuel Ravelli,  Flywheels assistant; in the film, he is simply known as Ravelli,  and teams up with Flywheel midway through the story to help solve  the case. Nat Perrin, who receives story credit for the film, was  also the co'),
('56483','writer of the radio series. One episode of the radio  series took place in a large department store, although beyond this  basic premise there is little similarity between the two narratives.'),
('56484',' The Brothers announced that this would be their last film, but  indeed they made two more officially.'),
('56485',' The last time the Brothers worked with Margaret Dumont (qv).'),
('56486',' This is the only Marx Brothers movie where Harpo is initially teamed  with Groucho instead of Chico.'),
('56487',' 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): Elliott Sullivan (qv) (Tramp),  Al Hill (I) (qv) (Tramp) and Donald Kirke (qv) (Surgeon).'),
('56488',' Fourth episode, third series, of The Gumps 2'),
('56489','reel comedy series'),
('56490',' Director James Williamson (I) (qv)s 1901 catalog describes the  film thusly: "I wont! I wont! Ill eat the camera first."'),
('56491',' Banned in Sinapore for its hedonistic immorality.'),
('56492',' A condensed version of this film and  _T.A.M.I. Show, The (1964)_ (qv) was released on tape in 1984 as  "Born to Rock" and hosted by Chuck Berry (I) (qv).'),
('56493',' The inspiration for this film arose out of Craig Fergusons desire  to make a cheerful film that celebrates Scottishness, as opposed to  the epic nature of films like "Braveheart" and "Rob Roy", and the  downbeat quality of "Trainspotting" and "Shallow Grave".'),
('56494',' The script was snapped up by Warner Brothers after a five day  bidding war.'),
('56495',' Warner Brothers was the only studio prepared to immediately  greenlight the film. A fast turnaround was required so it could be  shot while Ferguson was on hiatus from The Drew Carey Show.'),
('56496',' Frances Fisher was originally to read for the part of Monique, a  role which went to Mary McCormack. Instead she opted to play Candy,  the publicist.'),
('56497',' It took the casting director about 5 weeks to fill all 70 roles in  the film.'),
('56498',' Craig Ferguson attended a hairdressing institute to learn all about  the art of hairdressing.'),
('56499',' The hairpieces used in the final Platinum Scissors competition are  made from real human hair. Acrylic (which is normally used in wigs)  doesnt photograph well and ends up looking like plastic. Each  hairpiece weighed about 4 pounds.'),
('56500',' Sebastian Feldman (qv) used audio recordings from  _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv) to help him get into character.'),
('56501',' The title of the film was a fluke; for five months the script had no  title. So on a Thursday when the final draft was due, the title was  quickly found.'),
('56502',' Mae Clarke (qv)s film debut.'),
('56503',' Originally, the story was to be pitched to Fil'),
('56504','Am actor  Ernie Reyes Jr. (qv) at the time the Hollywood actor was in Manila  looking for material. But nothing had come of it. The day before the  deadline of the Cinemalaya competition for scripts, director Mario  Cornejo, who co'),
('56505','wrote the screenplay with producer Monster Jimenez,  filed the storyline on a whim. A few months after that, the movie  made it into the list of ten finalists.'),
('56506',' Midway into the shoot, one of the cameras stopped functioning,  forcing the production to find a new camera and pushing the schedule  back five hours. Despite everything, the production continued to  beat the festivals deadline.'),
('56507',' Originally made as a pilot for a TV Series, but was never  commissioned.'),
('56508',' One of Pee'),
('56509','Wees biggest successes is a Hot Dog tree. Years later on  "The Simpsons" (qv), when Grandpa and Homer return to their  childhood house, Homer seeks out "that hot dog tree I planted"'),
('56510',' Benicio Del Toro (qv)s film debut'),
('56511',' The scenes shot on location in New York feature doubles for Our Gang  either in long shot or with backs to camera. Mary Kornman (qv)  wore hair extensions in this picture to match the hairstyle of her  double.'),
('56512',' Gary Cooper (I) (qv) turned down the role of Breck Coleman.'),
('56513',' As of 2002, the rights to this film became public domain, and DVD  copies that were "digitally remastered" began appearing in 99 Cent  stores in LA area in 2004.'),
('56514',' John Cassavetes (qv) last film as director'),
('56515',' Was supposed to be released in late 2001, but was postponed  following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 because of  terrorist plotlines in the film.'),
('56516',' Holmes, Katie (qv) originally signed on to play Jenny Herk.'),
('56517',' DIRCAMEO:(Barry Sonnenfeld) voice'),
('56518','only cameo as a Gators fan on a  radio sports show.'),
('56519',' CAMEO: Writer/Director David Koepp (voice of the Sports Show host  heard arguing with Director Barry Sonnenfeld over the radio)'),
('56520',' The film was delayed after the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11  September 2001 due to the films climax in which the suitcase bomb  that both Tom Sizemore and Johnny Knoxville unwittingly handle for  the last half of the film is on board a small airplane.'),
('56521',' The song heard in the Hummer that Dwight "Heavy D" Myers, Omar Epps  and Jeanene Garafolo sequester on the way to the airport, is "Big  Trouble" sung by Myers himself.'),
('56522',' Tim Allens character is largely based on Dave Barry (i.e.  profession, newspaper he works for, etc.).'),
('56523',' Arthur Herk pictures Martha Stewart when he hallucinates. In the  book, he saw Elizabeth Dole.'),
('56524',' Warburton, Patrick (qv), who plays Officer Walter Kramitz, played  in _"Daves World" (1993)_ (qv), a sitcom based around  writer/journalist Dave Barry, who wrote the book on which this movie  was based. He was Daves neighbor Eric.'),
('56525',' Director Barry Sonnenfelds daughter, Chloe, can be seen riding a  scooter as Puggy and Anna run through the airport.'),
('56526',' The interior shots of the Miami Herald office building were actually  shot at the Miami Herald. The crew ran overtime a few hours but were  allowed to stay through the intervention of Dave Barry (II) (qv),  upon whose book the movie is based (he also works as a columnist for  the Miami Herald).'),
('56527',' Patrick Warburton (qv)s line, "Its built by Ford now" in  relation to the Jaguar automobiles, was also used in  _Crew, The (2000/I)_ (qv). Barry Sonnenfeld (qv) suspects the line  is cursed, as neither film did well at the box office.'),
('56528',' Barry Sonnenfeld (qv) delivered the film to the studio $1 million  under budget.'),
('56529',' Johnny Knoxville characters name in the film is Eddie Leadbetter.  This derives from the lead singer of rock band, Pearl Jam whose lead  singers name is Eddie Vedder and one of the bands well known songs  being, Yellow Ledbetter. Hence the combination, Eddie Leadbetter.'),
('56530',' As Lightning (the character, one of the Three Storms) is crushed to  death near the end of the film, some of the lightning he emits forms  a small Chinese symbol as it disappears (near the top middle of the  screen). The symbol translates as "carpenter". This film was  directed by John Carpenter (I) (qv).'),
('56531',' The ending song is written and sung by The Coupe De Ville. A band  formed with: John Carpenter, Nick Castle and Tommy Lee Wallace  (second unit director on this picture)'),
('56532',' According to director John Carpenter, the postproduction process on  this movie was merely four months.'),
('56533',' SPOILER: According to DVD Commentary John Carpenter joking says  Kurt Russells Character Jack Burton is the hero of the movie, but  other than killing LoPan he does absolutely nothing heroic though  out the movie.'),
('56534',' The Chinese characters in the main title translate to "Evil Spirits  Make a Big Scene in Little Spiritual State".'),
('56535',' The characters on the front of "Egg" Shens bus say, "Uncle Eggs  Tours Guarantee a Good Time".'),
('56536',' In the wedding Scene where LoPan is putting the Needle of Love in  Miao Yin, James Hong actually jabbed Suzee Pai too hard. You can  even see her jump as he puts it in her.'),
('56537',' Although Kurt Russell (I) (qv) was John Carpenter (I) (qv)s  only choice for the lead role the studio suggested  Jack Nicholson (qv) or Clint Eastwood (qv). Once they proved  unavailable, Carpenter was able to cast Russell.'),
('56538',' According to John Carpenter and Kurt Russell in the DVD Commentary,  the story was originally written as a western but Carpenter decided  to set it during modern times. They even mention that instead of  Jack Burtons truck being stolen, it was originally his horse.'),
('56539',' Body count: 46'),
('56540',' Kurt Russell suffered a bad case of the flu during shooting so the  sweat on this body is real, caused by the fever.'),
('56541',' In the scene where Kurt Russell (I) (qv) is attempting to  infiltrate the brothel, he is wearing the same outfit that he wore  in _Used Cars (1980)_ (qv).'),
('56542',' The role of the "Enforcer" was loosely based on longtime Malibu icon  and waterman Ray Kunze who looked out for John Milus (director) and  Dennis Aaberg (co'),
('56543','writer) in the late 50s.'),
('56544',' Based on a true story of actor Damian Bailey who was inspired to  make the film while performing monologues on the streets of New York  City for a dollar while his wife was 5 months pregnant.'),
('56545',' The pregnant receptionist who has a confrontation with Trevor Dane  at the audition is played by Jesenia Bailey, the wife of Damian  Bailey. She was seven months pregnant during filming.'),
('56546',' The script was completed in one day after Damian Bailey quit  performing monologues on the street for a dollar in NYC, on his  birthday.'),
('56547',' Hattie McDaniel (qv)s last movie.'),
('56548',' While filming in Winnipeg, the set dressers had an unusual problem.  They had spent an entire day covering a location in fake snow for a  scene when mother nature decided to dump 30 cm (12 inches) of the  real stuff in a rare May snow storm.'),
('56549',' At one filming location in Winnipeg there was a playground behind  the set. Robin Williams (I) (qv) spent some time amusing the kids,  telling jokes and autographing everything from movies to childrens  shoes.'),
('56550',' According to the directors audio commentary on the DVD, financiers  wanted Meg Ryan (I) (qv) to play Holly Hunter (qv)s role. She  flirted with the idea for about a year, before eventually dropping  it.'),
('56551',' Chan, Jackie (qv)s first film role. He was only eight years old  when he was hired out as an extra in this film. No remaining prints  of the movie are known to exist.'),
('56552',' This would be the last feature film directed by Ida Lupino (qv)  for more than 12 years until _Trouble with Angels, The (1966)_ (qv).'),
('56553',' During the tour of the Hollywood stars, the driver points out the  home of Edmund Gwenn (qv), the star of  _Miracle on 34th Street (1947)_ (qv). Gwenn is in fact also in the  film, playing Mr Jordan.'),
('56554',' Introduced Vanessa Ferrari (qv), Rizza Licaros (qv), and  Red Riviera (qv).'),
('56555',' After the credits, theres a section of bloopers, recorded during  the shooting of "Bigco". The blooper'),
('56556','footage lasts as long as the  film itself.'),
('56557',' Shot with a 16mm Cine Kodak K100 with a mobilgrip handle. 952 frames  of bigfoot were shot, amounting to approximately 39.7 seconds (at 24  frames per second). It was strongly rumored that special makeup  effects wizard John Chambers (I) (qv) created a suit that was used  in this film, as part of an elaborate hoax. Both the filmmakers and  Chambers himself have denied this accusation.'),
('56558',' The part of Charlie Sullivan was originally intended to be a boy.  The boy who was cast dropped out two days before filming.'),
('56559',' In the first bar scene those were real shots of whiskey the actors  were drinking. They switched to tea after take 7.'),
('56560',' Shot in one day.'),
('56561',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 11 seconds'),
('56562',' Playwright Clifford Odets was invited on the set by the director  Nicholas Ray, where he worked on re'),
('56563','writing the final scene of the  film. Ed Avery (Jamese Mason), still delirious out of his coma,  starting to talk about Abraham Lincoln was Odets contribution.'),
('56564',' Though only Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum are credited for the  screenplay, the shooting script was entirely re'),
('56565','worked by director  Nicholas Ray and actor/producer James Mason, who added the first 20  minutes of the film depicting Ed Averys daily life before being  hospitalized. Re'),
('56566','writes by Ray, his friend Gavin Lambert (who at  that time was living together with Ray, recently confessing that  they were actually lovers) and Clifford Odets went on all through  the shooting process.'),
('56567',' Second episode in the Boy Friends 2'),
('56568','reel comedy series'),
('56569',' Biograph production number 250.'),
('56570',' A fund'),
('56571','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('56572',' Features Peter Cushing (qv)s last screen performance.'),
('56573',' A late 1930s Boeing Stearman and a modified late 1940s Belgian  Stampe SV'),
('56574','4 were used to stand in for the WW1 aircraft flown and  craft from the Shuttleworth collection added authenticity to the  ground sequences.'),
('56575',' Skysport Engineering was commissioned to build a replica Sopwith Pup  which could be suspended from a crane and "flown" and crashed with a  stuntman inside for the opening sequences of Biggless rescue.  Attention was given to every detail of its construction so that even  when it was burnt the charred remains would look authentic. The  wings and frame had to be selectively strengthened and weakened so  that it would crumple and break to look as though it has fallen from  1000ft, not 10ft as in reality.'),
('56576',' The scene where the helicopter lands and then takes off again from a  flat wagon on a train traveling at over 40mph had never been attempt  before this film and had to be repeated 15 times over two days  before the directors were satisfied that it looked just right.'),
('56577',' The weapon testing ground scene was filmed in the now disused  Beckton Gas Works in London, Which was also used for the Vietnam  scenes in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket a year later.'),
('56578',' The helicopter used in the film is a Bell 206 JetRnger, G'),
('56579','BAKF.  Later on, it was involved in a thankfully non'),
('56580','fatal accident in 1989  after colliding with electrical wires when the pilot was preparing  to land. The crew escaped with minor injuries, but the helicopter  was written off and broken up for spare parts.'),
('56581',' The first starring role of Rosa Rosal (qv).'),
('56582',' Serialized in Pinoy Komicks.'),
('56583',' Yumi Shirakawa (qv)s singing voice (for the two songs in the  film) is provided by noted Japanese jazz starlet Martha Miyake.'),
('56584',' The production was plagued with problems. Everything from the  weather (some of the worst in Spanish history) to thespian  temperament (Stephen Boyd (qv) and Brigitte Bardot (qv) loathed  each other).'),
('56585',' Joe Spencer was an actual member of a motorcycle gang in real'),
('56586','life.'),
('56587',' Actual motorcycle clubs were on the set to aid with tricks, stunts,  and racing. They include Valiant Riders, Black Sabbath, G'),
('56588','Zer Tribe,  Ruff Ryders, Soul Brothers, Total Package, Chosen Few, Rare Breed,  Brothers of the Sun, Sisters of the Sun, Deuces, and Black Sabbath  New Breed.'),
('56589',' Danielle Aubry (I) (qv)s voice was dubbed by director  William Asher (I) (qv)s wife Elizabeth Montgomery (I) (qv)'),
('56590',' Jessica Kaplans first and only film.'),
('56591',' Professor Shipwrecks astrophysics lecture on "solaronite" was  borrowed from Edward D. Wood Jr.s "Plan 9 from Outer Space."'),
('56592',' Some, if not all, of the space CGI effects in this movie are lifted  from stock CGI frequently used in episodes of the TV series Babylon  5. Primarily used is the Jump Gate spiral, with a ship coming out of  it.'),
('56593',' According to the directors 2002 DVD commentary, most of the casting  was done on the spot for this six'),
('56594','day shoot at the Black Sea in  Romania. The hotel receptionist was played by the real hotel  receptionist, the waiter by the real waiter, and so on. In their  only known screen appearance, the three lead actresses are  uncredited and the director claims not to even remember their names.'),
('56595',' Stuntman Currin, Jay C. (qv) was killed the first day of filming  when a stunt'),
('56596','fall went wrong and he landed on rocks.'),
('56597',' Darling Lavina (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('56598',' Brads full name is Brad Linaweaver, named after science'),
('56599','fiction  author Brad Linaweaver (qv), a longtime friend and associate of  director Fred Olen Ray (qv).'),
('56600',' Director Kim Yu'),
('56601','min (qv) worked on this movie while simultaneously  directing _Deugeoun bada (1992)_ (qv) and released them within one  month of each other.'),
('56602',' Leroy Salvador (qv) asked one peso as fee from his producer'),
('56603','friend  to appear in the movie. But Armida Siguion'),
('56604','Reyna (qv) gave him a  gold necklace worth thousands of pesos when the movie became a hit.'),
('56605',' Writer'),
('56606','director Mario OHara left the production before shooting  ended; the picture was finished without him.'),
('56607',' Comeback movie of Eddie Fernandez (qv) after he was jailed.'),
('56608',' Theme song "Dito" was the first song recorded by  Pops Fernandez (qv). Eddie wanted his daughter to sing the song.'),
('56609',' Filmed from 19 to 22 July 1983 at the Studio of the magazine  "Playboy" Munich.'),
('56610',' The film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.'),
('56611',' Bill and Ted playing a game with Death to win back their lives is a  reference to the classic Ingmar Bergman (qv) film,  _Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)_ (qv) (aka The Seventh Seal), in which  a knight plays chess with Death for his life.'),
('56612',' The mountain to which Bill and Ted are brought to be killed by the  evil robots is the same mountain Captain Kirk climbs in "Arena", the  episode of _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv) that Bill and Ted watched in  their apartment.'),
('56613',' The evil robots arrive in the parking lot of the Circle'),
('56614','K  convenience store, the same place where Bill and Ted first meet  Rufus in _Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure (1989)_ (qv).'),
('56615',' The evil character from the future is called "De Nomolos", which is  writer and producer Ed Solomon (I) (qv)s name spelt backwards.'),
('56616',' The original title was "Bill and Ted go to Hell" but was changed  because of American objections to the use of the word "hell".'),
('56617',' William Sadler (I) (qv) ("Death"), also plays a bit role as an  Englishman when we see various spots around the world when the  Battle of the Bands is shown.'),
('56618',' When Missy and her friends are trying to send Bill and Teds ghosts  to hell, the words they chant spell, "Ed and Chris will rule the  world," backwards.'),
('56619',' When Bill and Ted go to Missys séance, you can see  Chris Matheson (I) (qv) and Ed Solomon (I) (qv), the creators  and writers of Bill and Ted. Theyre the only men that are attending  the séance. (Ed is the guy with the glasses and Chris is the guy  with the white shirt.)'),
('56620',' The band that plays before the Wyld Stallyns at the Battle of the  Bands is Primus from El Sobrante, California. They play "Tommy the  Cat".'),
('56621',' In the scene where Bill and Ted are addressing God, there are 2  statues at the base of the staircase. One is of  Michael Powell (I) (qv) and the other is of  David Niven (I) (qv), a homage to Powell and  Emeric Pressburger (qv)s afterlife classic  _Matter of Life and Death, A (1946)_ (qv).'),
('56622',' When Ted attempts to get into Heaven by proving himself worthy, he  says, "Every rose has its thorn. Every night has a dawn. Every  cowboy sings a sad sad song." These are the key lyrics of "Every  Rose Has Its Thorn", a song sung by the popular 1980s/1990s heavy  metal band Poison.'),
('56623',' The games that Bill and Ted play with the Grim Reaper are  Battleship, Clue (aka Cluedo), NFL Super Bowl Electric Football and  Twister.'),
('56624',' DIRCAMEO(Peter Hewitt (qv)): The smoker in the Builders Emporium  to whom Death says, "Ill see you soon." In the cast credits The  Smoker is credited as "Max Magenta".'),
('56625',' The guitars that Bill and Ted play are a Gibson SG Standard and a  Gibson 59 Flying V. Ted plays two different color schemes on the V,  while Bills SG was the same throughout the movie'),
('56626',' The guitar solo before Kiss "God Gave Rock And Roll To You", is  performed by guitar legend Steve Vai (qv) The footage had already  been shot and the world premiere was a week away, when he was asked  to do it. He also contributed various music in the film, including  "The Reaper Rap", which features on the end credits.'),
('56627',' The number that Rufus dials to take Bill and Ted to Austria in 1805  is 1'),
('56628','323'),
('56629','459'),
('56630','4303.'),
('56631',' Every scene shot during the section of the film at the San Dimas  mall, including the ice rink, were all filmed on location at the  MetroCenter Mall in Phoenix, Arizona.'),
('56632',' The punk band The Ataris wrote a song based on Oxs report. The  song is titled "San Dimas High School Football Rules!" but has  nothing to do with the film.'),
('56633',' Originally, Alex Winter (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Ted  and Reeves, Keanu (qv) auditioned for the role of Bill.'),
('56634',' Bill and Ted introduce Rufus to themselves '),
('56635',' Rufus never tells them  his name.'),
('56636',' The rescue scene of Bill and Ted (their comrades pretending to be  executioners and escaping on a horse'),
('56637','drawn carriage) is the same way  that DArtagnan is rescued in _Three Musketeers, The (1993)_ (qv),  which was also directed by Stephen Herek (qv).'),
('56638',' The scene when Napoleon slides down the waterslides at "Waterloo",  was filmed at Golfland/Sunsplash waterpark in Mesa, Arizona.'),
('56639',' The exterior shots of Bill and Teds high school are of Coronado  High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. The striking mosaic is featured  on the schools auditorium facade and was designed by art teacher  Mr. Gatti and the students in the early 1960s.'),
('56640',' When Bill reads the assignment to Ted, he says, "Express to the  class how an important historical figure from each of your time  periods would view the world of San Dimas, 1988." His lips are  actually saying, "San Dimas, 1987" and the "1988" was dubbed later  because of a delay in the movies release.'),
('56641',' The "Ziggy Pig" dish in the ice'),
('56642','cream restaurant is a reference to a  comic book character put out by Timely Comics (later Marvel) during  World War II. By the time this movie was made, it and its image  (which appears on the badge they place on Napoleons chest) were  public domain.'),
('56643',' In the original script, the time machine was a 1969 Chevy Van, but  the filmmakers thought that it would be a rip'),
('56644','off of  _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv). So, they changed it to a phone  booth (apparently unconcerned that _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv) uses a  police telephone box as its time machine). Also, when they used the  van, Bill and Ted picked up more historical figures than they did in  the final film.'),
('56645',' Principal photography was completed in 1987, but the films release  was delayed because the films original distributor, DEG, went  bankrupt before it could be released. Finally, Orion Pictures and  Nelson Entertainment bought the rights to the movie in 1988, and it  was released in 1989.'),
('56646',' On the cover of the British VHS re'),
('56647','release of the film (by BMG  Entertainment International U.K. and Ireland Ltd. by Canal+  distribution) in 1997, there is a picture of Bill and Ted wearing  tuxedos, linking arms with the Princess Babes. This is clearly from  a deleted high school prom scene, which would have appeared near the  end of the film.'),
('56648',' The Three Most Important People In The World are played by Clarence  Clemons, Fee Waybill, and Martha Davis. Joan of Arc was played by  Jane Wiedlin, guitarist for the Go'),
('56649','Gos. And Stevie Salas provides  the fingering for Rufus during the jam session at the end of the  movie.'),
('56650',' The footage for Napoleons battle in Austria (presumably Austerlitz)  was taken from the American movie _War and Peace (1956)_ (qv).'),
('56651',' In the film, Bill and Ted claim that they need  Edward Van Halen (qv) in their band to make it better. After the  film was released, he jokingly said he would have joined their band  if they had asked.'),
('56652',' Bill and Ted began as a stand'),
('56653','up act in which the characters would  discuss current events without knowing what they were talking about.  Originally there was a third character named Bob, but the comedian  who played him lost interest after a few performances'),
('56654',' In the original outline for the movie, Rufus was a 28'),
('56655','year'),
('56656','old high  school sophomore who befriended Bill and Ted. There was also a  character named John the Serf, whom Bill and Ted picked up in  medieval England.'),
('56657',' At the time some of the German dubbed catch phrases (ie. "Volle  Kanne, Hoschi") became so popular that they were adapted by many  people and used as common language.'),
('56658',' The Circle K is in San Dimas at the corner of Walnut and Arrow  Highway'),
('56659',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Days Outing, A (1912)_ (qv).'),
('56660',' Some modern sources often list this title as "Bill Brannans Claim",  but "Brennans" is correct.'),
('56661',' Having already spent twenty years on the cutting edge of modern rock  percussion with groups like Yes and King Crimson, Bill Bruford  formed Earthworks in 1986, as a deliberate return to his roots in  jazz. In 2002 Footloose in NYC was filmed at the Bottom Line in NYC.'),
('56662',' Much of the material from this performance, including the "Come  here" bit and the mother speaking to no one in particular, were used  in the pilot episode of "The Cosby Show."'),
('56663',' Bill Fillmaff did indeed win the Worldwide Poker Championship in  1998... but it was a strike year and a total of only 29 people '),
('56664','  mostly elderly slot'),
('56665','playing scabs '),
('56666',' played in the tournament.'),
('56667',' 18th Episode in the Bill one'),
('56668','reel comedy series.'),
('56669',' This was the last recorded interview with Bill Hicks (II) (qv)  before his death.'),
('56670',' The ninth film in the "Bill the office boy" series.'),
('56671',' This special was broadcast live.'),
('56672',' This special was broadcast live.'),
('56673',' The seventh film in the "Bill the office boy" series.'),
('56674',' The eighth film in the "Bill the office boy" series.'),
('56675',' Jet pack flights have been seen in _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv),  _"Lost in Space" (1965)_ (qv) and the Opening Ceremony of the Los  Angeles Olympics [See:  _"Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad" (1984) (mini)_ (qv)].'),
('56676',' After used for flying, the jet pack apparatus is so hot that in  reality, one would not be able to put it into the boot of a car as  seen in this film.'),
('56677',' The rocket'),
('56678','propulsion Jet Pack seen in the film  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) was originally designed and invented for  military use. The original intention as conceived during the 1950s  was for soldiers to be able to improve their agility, depth of field  and ability to commandeer terrain by being able to jump over  impeding landmarks and waterways.'),
('56679',' The original name of the rocket'),
('56680','propulsion Jet Pack seen in the film  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) was the Small Rocket Lift Device (SRLD).  The technical model name for the jet pack seen in  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) was the Bell Aerosystems Rocketbelt  jet'),
('56681','pack.'),
('56682',' The third film in the "Bill the office boy" series.'),
('56683',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Skelleys Birthday (1914)_ (qv).'),
('56684',' Sixteenth Episode in the "Bill" Series.'),
('56685',' This episode was due to premiere in the UK on ITV3 at 9pm on 27  April 2005, but was dropped from the schedules a few days before  airing. As of February 2007, it has still not aired in the UK.'),
('56686',' The players are real birds dressed like humans.'),
('56687',' The film holds the world record for the smallest film set. It was  filmed entirely in a model village mounted on a table measuring 30  ft x 15 ft (9.14 m x 4.57 m). The success of the film was rewarded  with an Honorary Academy Award in 1948.'),
('56688',' The original play opened in London on 14 March 1921.'),
('56689',' The premiere in New York on 30 September 1932 was a benefit for the  "Free Milk Fund for Babies, Inc.". The price of a ticket was $10.00.'),
('56690',' Katharine Hepburn (qv)s first film.'),
('56691',' The car that Hepburn drives in the film was purchased by Jay Leno in  1997.'),
('56692',' Despite the death of Billie Burkes husband, the great Florenz  Ziegfeld, during the films production, she resumed filming shortly  after his funeral.'),
('56693',' The original play by Clemence Dane (qv) opened 14 March 1921 in  London.'),
('56694',' The first film in the "Bill the office boy" series.'),
('56695',' A copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New  York.'),
('56696',' Available on the R2 DVD release of _Pelle erobreren (1987)_ (qv),  released 2003 by Nordisk Film Video [dk].'),
('56697',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Tour from Bergen to Bandak, A (1916)_ (qv).'),
('56698',' Michael Caine (I) (qv) performed most of his own stunts. During  the final ice floe scene, he almost slipped and fell into freezing  water.'),
('56699',' This was the third Harry Palmer film, after  _Ipcress File, The (1965)_ (qv) and _Funeral in Berlin (1966)_ (qv).  Michael Caine (I) (qv) had originally signed a five'),
('56700','picture deal,  but when he was reluctant to return to the role, producer  Harry Saltzman (qv) let him out of the contract. Much later,  though, he did make two more Harry Palmer films:  _Bullet to Beijing (1995)_ (qv) and  _Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)_ (qv).'),
('56701',' Although the film follows the novel quite closely, for unknown  reasons Karl Malden (qv)s character name was changed from "Harvey  Newbegin" in the book, to "Leo Newbigen" for the film.'),
('56702',' Ken Russell (I) (qv) was contractually obligated to direct the  film. He did not want to do it, but according to him "it was shoved  down my throat".'),
('56703',' The bombers that General Stok sends to sink the convoy are actually  British Canberras.'),
('56704',' Shown to prospective U.S. casualty actuaries as part of the Casualty  Actuarial Societys Course on Professionalism.'),
('56705',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('56706',' Based on the true story of the Billionare Boys Club which formed in  1983.'),
('56707',' In 2003, BBC leader, Joe Hunt filed a habeus corpus petition in the  Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge his life sentence  without possibility of parole. The Court upheld the sentence.'),
('56708',' The real Joe Hunt claimed that The BBC referred to The Bombay  Bicycle Club, named after a Chicago club. The media gave it the  name, The Billionaire Boys Club.'),
('56709',' This is one of a handful of cartoons played constantly on a special  television channel at Walt Disney World resorts.'),
('56710',' Then Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv) opted to produce this  gangster epic instead of Warren Beatty (qv)s _Bugsy (1991)_ (qv)  as he figured Beattys film was too expensive at $40 million. This  movie ultimately came in at $50 million and grossed a mere $15  million on its American release.'),
('56711',' At 54, Dustin Hoffman (qv) was more than 20 years older than the  real Dutch Schultz (qv) was when he was killed.'),
('56712',' To date, remains one of the most accurate recreations of the  Chophouse Massacre that took the life of Arthur  "Dutch Schultz (qv)" Fleggenheimer and several of his men.'),
('56713',' In a 2004 interview, William Shatner (qv) recalled that this live  production got off to a shaky start when star Basil Rathbone (qv)  got his foot caught in a bucket and was unable to deliver his first  few lines.'),
('56714',' Terence Stamp (qv)s film debut.'),
('56715',' Filmed in February 2005 at the Town Hall, New York during Billy  Connollys "Too Old To Die Young 2005 Tour".'),
('56716',' After three decades of touring the USA this is Billy Connollys  first concert filmed in America.'),
('56717',' Filmed on location in Billy Wilds home town of Portland, Oregon, a  fact that the video and its publicity material make a big deal  about.'),
('56718',' The financing for the film is being raised through an initial public  offering (IP0). The initial purchase price for a share is $8.75 and  900,000 shares are being offered to the public.'),
('56719',' Originally filmed in five rounds, with each round exhibited  separately in adjoining kinetoscopes. Only one round survives.'),
('56720',' Partly inspired by Royal Ballet dancer Philip Marsden whom writer  Lee Hall (I) (qv) met while researching the script. Marsden is  from the North of England, and his family had a militant mining  background.'),
('56721',' Originally titled "Dancer".'),
('56722',' Jamie Bell (I) (qv) took ballet and other dance classes while in  secondary school, which caused him to often be ridiculed by his  peers. He used some of these experiences as inspiration while  playing Billy Elliot.'),
('56723',' The ballet that Billy performs in in the final scene is Mathew  Bournes version of "Swan Lake" where all the Swans are played by  men. Billy plays the part of the Swan, the same part he discusses  with Mrs Wilkinson earlier in the film.'),
('56724',' The Part of the Frankenstein Monster was originally offered to  British actor and former strongman David Prowse (qv) (Darth  Vader), who declined due to health problems. The part then went to  Brian Carrillo (qv) who had played the Monster on stage during a  four year run in BEETLEJUICES GRAVEYARD REVIEW at the Universal  Studios theme park in Hollywood. The Monster makeup design was  altered to avoid copyright infringement issues with Universal  Studios.'),
('56725',' The only BGEA'),
('56726','Authorized video biography (BGEA=Billy Graham  Evangelistic Association)'),
('56727',' Contract disputes between Laughlin and various producers caused the  film to change hands between three different film studios, and  delaying its release for three years. In 1973, Laughlin filed a  fifty'),
('56728','one million dollar lawsuit against Warner studios for  "improperly publicizing" Billy Jack.'),
('56729',' The unusual kick that Billy Jack uses in the fight in the park is  known in Hapkido Karate as an "Outside Crescent Kick", a technique  in which the leg is raised and swung outward striking with the  outside edge of the foot.'),
('56730',' Elizabeth James (I) (qv) was originally cast in the film but was  later fired and replaced by Delores Taylor (qv).'),
('56731',' The Hapkido fights in the film were choreographed by Hapkido master  Bong Soo Han. Master Han not only choreographed but also body  doubled for Tom Laughlin in the fight scenes.'),
('56732',' This picture never had a regular theatrical run. The showing on 16  April 1977 in Los Angeles was a sneak preview, and another sneak was  held the next night on 17 April 1977 at the Admiral Theatre in  Omaha, Nebraska. The North Central Edition of Boxoffice Magazine,  dated 2 May 1977 had an article about the Omaha showing.'),
('56733',' Husband and wife Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor kept the mail'),
('56734','bags  brought into the Senate at the finale as souvenirs. They used them  for duffel'),
('56735','bags on skiing trips. The bags were confiscated by  airport officials when they protested that the bags were property of  the U.S. Mail (the bags were created for the sole purpose of the  film).'),
('56736',' The Senate had to be recreated because the film crew was denied the  right to film in the real Senate chambers. As filming progressed,  Laughlin found it increasingly difficult to film in Washington, D.C.  They were wrongly accused of desecrating grave'),
('56737','sites in Arlington  Cemetery.'),
('56738',' Suzanne Somers (qv) originally had a more extensive part in this  film. It was cut prior to the films release.'),
('56739',' This is the fifth disc of the "Billy Joel: My Lives" box set.'),
('56740',' Topsy Jane (qv) was cast as Liz but became ill during filming and  was replaced by Julie Christie (I) (qv)'),
('56741',' Topsy Jane (qv) can still be seen in long'),
('56742','shot in some sequences,  notably when Billy and Liz wave to the people of Ambrosia from the  balcony.'),
('56743',' Was filmed at Parkwood Estates in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.'),
('56744',' All of the names on Danny McGraths People To Kill List (except for  Billy Madison and Eric) are those of the crew, directors, or  producers of the movie'),
('56745',' Billy grabs Erics face, kisses him and says, "You broke my heart."  This is a reference to _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv), where Michael  (Al Pacino (qv)) does the same to his brother.'),
('56746',' Charles Bronson (qv) turned down the role of Billy Madisons  father.'),
('56747',' The lunch lady serving sloppy joes is a reference to  Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s popular song "Lunch Lady Land", which is  from his 1993 album, "Theyre All Gonna Laugh At You".'),
('56748',' Available on the VHS compilation "Three Films By The Billy Nayer  Show" featuring _Billy Nayer (1992)_ (qv),  _Man on the Moon, The (1993)_ (qv) and  _Ketchup and Mustard Man, The (1994)_ (qv) (distributed by BNS  Productions, 1999)'),
('56749',' Available on the DVD compilation "The Billy Nayer Show: The Early  Years" featuring _Billy Nayer (1992)_ (qv),  _Man on the Moon, The (1993)_ (qv) and  _Ketchup and Mustard Man, The (1994)_ (qv) (distributed by Factory  515, 2003)'),
('56750',' Production completed in 1990.'),
('56751',' Song Listing: 1: "Should I stay or Should I Go" 2: "These Boots are  Made for Walking" 3: "Shes Not Crying Anymore" 4: "Wherm I Gonna  Live ?" 5: "Someday, Somewhere, Somehow" 6: "Couldve Been Me" 7:  "Im So Miserable" 8: "Never Thought Id Fall in Love with You" 9:  "Aint No Good Goodbye" 10: "Some Gave All" 11: "Only Time Will  Tell" 12: "It Wont be the Last" 13: "Achy Breaky Heart" 14: "The  Star Spangled Banner" is sung acappella over the titles. Total  running time is about 1 hour.'),
('56752',' This musical marked the end of Busby Berkeley (qv)s movie career.'),
('56753',' This was Doris Day (I) (qv)s last appearance in a full'),
('56754','on musical  '),
('56755',' and one of the last of the lavishly'),
('56756','budgeted MGM musicals as well.  Despite Day being ranked the #1 box office star at the time of its  release, it was widely considered a box office failure.'),
('56757',' This movie was based on Billy Rose (I) (qv)s 1934 musical  extravaganza and he insisted that the full title be used on the  movie.'),
('56758',' The 1934 Theatrical production of "Billy Roses Jumbo" on which this  film was based was the final stage presentation at New York Citys  venerable Hippodrome Theatre, which was torn down to make room for a  parking lot.'),
('56759',' The fact that this was a Western filmed in Israel was fodder for a  number of comedians, who dubbed it "Shalom on the Range".'),
('56760',' The pistols carried by Johnny Mack Brown (qv) were the actual  pistols that belonged to the real Billy the Kid. They were loaned to  the studio for the picture by William S. Hart (qv), who had them  in his private collection.'),
('56761',' Maureen OSullivan (qv) was initially cast in the role of "Edith  Keating" but left to be with her husband, director  John Farrow (I) (qv), who was with the RCAF in Canada.'),
('56762',' Right'),
('56763','handed Robert Taylor (I) (qv) spent weeks perfecting his  ability to draw a gun with his left hand in preparation for this  film.'),
('56764',' Anne Jeffreys (qv) first movie.'),
('56765',' This film, and its companion piece,  _Jesse James Meets Frankensteins Daughter (1966)_ (qv), were the  final films for William Beaudine (qv). This marked the end of a  career that included approximately 250 (known) films beginning in  the silent period.'),
('56766',' Shot in eight days.'),
('56767',' Jack Lewis (I) (qv) actually wrote the script for "Billy the Kid  versus Dracula" (1966), but sold all rights to credited screenwriter  Carl K. Hittleman (qv) for $250.'),
('56768',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Monuments and Cascades in Rome (1911)_ (qv).'),
('56769',' This film was originally banned by the Trinidad and Tobago censor  board.'),
('56770',' When Bimbo sings "Hello Beautiful" its with the voice of  Maurice Chevalier (qv).'),
('56771',' The final cartoon featuring Betty Boop to be animated by her  creator, Myron Natwick (I) (qv).'),
('56772',' SPOILER: The protagonists remain silent until the last scene.'),
('56773',' Director Kim ki'),
('56774','Duk wrote the screenplay of the movie in one month,  the movie was filmed in 16 days and the film editing was done in 10  days.'),
('56775',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Joys of a Jealous Wife, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('56776',' Following a long line of female dogs portraying males in films/TV '),
('56777','  Bingo was actually an female found by Hollywood Animals in a  shelter.'),
('56778',' A scene with Bunny shown in the trailer did not make it into the  theatrical release. It shows her throwing raw hamburger onto a  window which Bingo is looking out with her saying, "raw meat". The  context for this joke is unclear.'),
('56779',' Prompted a lawsuit from Bing Crosby (qv) against Warner Brothers  for having a cowardly character in the cartoon based on his voice  and image.'),
('56780',' Steven Spielberg (qv) was initially very interesting in directing,  but the massive success of _Jaws (1975)_ (qv) meant that he was able  to get any project of his own off the ground, and decided to make  _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv)instead.'),
('56781',' Since the lead star, Ruffa Gutierrez, stood 5 feet 9 inches, casting  the male lead required someone taller, so production looked into the  roster of basketball stars and chose the Jayvee Gayoso.'),
('56782',' Troy Montero (qv) initially declined the offer of the lead role  saying he was concentrating on learning how to direct. He later  reconsidered.'),
('56783',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _How the Day Was Saved (1913)_ (qv).'),
('56784',' Actors Jack Black (I) (qv) and Kyle Gass (qv) perform together  as the musical group Tenacious D (qv) in real life.'),
('56785',' During the final sequence with the remote control and the exploding  coconuts, the timers on the remote and the computer sync up with the  time in the film.'),
('56786',' Kylie Minogue called this film her "worst career move". She said  that it is the only thing she has done in her professional life that  her father ridicules her for.'),
('56787',' During the "restoration of the dome" sequence near the end of the  film in which Safety Dance is playing, a dwarf dressed in medieval  attire is following the group. This is a direct reference to the  original music video for Safety Dance, which features a dwarf in  those same clothes.'),
('56788',' At one point the game was to feature bosses known as Savants, which  were basically brains in a jar which had evolved beyond having  physical bodies. This was scrapped when they realized fighting  brains in a jar was just not fun game play.'),
('56789',' A third Big Daddy model was scrapped prior to release, much to the  dismay of some of the developers. Called SLOPRO this Big Daddy was  modeled to be wheelchair bound and wouldve been very good in melee  but very slow with movements.'),
('56790',' The game went through multiple incarnations during development  ranging in time periods from the 1930s to the future. Rapture was  intended to be very functional, looking more like an underground  subway system rather than an underwater base. The style was  considered just too bland and Art Deco was decided on.'),
('56791',' "Biography," the play by S.N. Behrman (qv), opened in New York on  12 December 1932.'),
('56792',' The line "You used to be quite a nice boy '),
('56793',' fun occasionally"  prompted a complaint letter to the Hays office from the  International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, the members of which  heard "You used to be quite a nice boy '),
('56794',' fornicationally."'),
('56795',' The monster was played by the directors five'),
('56796','year'),
('56797','old son.'),
('56798',' The horror film _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv) was credited by  Shinji Mikami (qv) as inspiration for this, the first game in the  series.'),
('56799',' Completely redone for the Nintendo GameCube. Including better  graphics, CG FMVs (rather than live'),
('56800','action), item placement  different and other goodies. Part of Resident Evil/Biohazard  exclusive GameCube deal which includes ports of Biohazard 2,3 and  Code:Veronica as well as Biohazard 0.'),
('56801',' The game series has worldwide sales of more than 24 million copies  as of mid'),
('56802','2004.'),
('56803',' Along with the remake, this is the only "Biohazard"/"Resident Evil"  to feature a "best'),
('56804','case'),
('56805','scenario" ending which does not elude to a  possible sequel or spin'),
('56806','off and suggests that "everything is finally  over". The reason for this is possibly because the company was  uncertain how well the game would be received, so this game could  stand on its own story'),
('56807','wise if it failed economically.'),
('56808',' Bravo Teams pilot, Dewey, was originally conceived as a thin  African'),
('56809','American member of STARS who wouldve also served as the  games comic relief. He and another character named Gelzer (a giant  man with cybernetic implants) were planned to appear in the game,  but were discarded from the final version. The Edward Dewey in  Biohazard 0 is a tall Caucasian and is a departure from the  characters initial concept.'),
('56810',' A full remake of the original _Biohazard (1996) (VG)_ (qv), the new  version includes an altered mansion layout with brand new rooms and  enemies and new plot elements that take into account developments in  the later Biohazard games. Also, the entire script was retranslated,  eliminating the notoriously poor English dialogue that was present  in the original.'),
('56811',' The devices in which you have to put the MO discs (to release the  door to the prison cell) are actually slightly modified GameCube  consoles.'),
('56812',' The previous Biohazard games released for the PlayStation and  Dreamcast used a logo style consisting of red bold letters in  upper'),
('56813','case. However, when the series was moved to the GameCube with  the Biohazard remake, the logo style was changed to dark and  stylized lower'),
('56814','case letters.'),
('56815',' Originally planned for release on the Nintendo 64 console, Resident  Evil Zero was going to be released in the Fall/Winter of 2000, but  production shifted to the Nintendo GameCube sometime in early 2001.'),
('56816',' Edward Dewey (Bravo Teams co'),
('56817','pilot) is the only supporting human  character in the game who appears in a real'),
('56818','time cut'),
('56819','scene. All the  other side'),
('56820','characters (Wesker, Birkin and Enrico) are only shown  during FMV sequences.'),
('56821',' The original design for Rebecca Chambers in the discarded N64  version featured her wearing a beret. While she no longer wore one  in the finished GameCube version, an action figure based on her N64  incarnation was actually released prior to the release of the game  which kept the beret.'),
('56822',' Developed by Capcoms Production Team 3, this is the only canonical  Biohazard game developed outside of Shinji Mikamis team (Production  Team 4).'),
('56823',' The data for Rebeccas polygonal model (including one of her  alternate costumes) was actually carried over from the Biohazard  remake.'),
('56824',' Redrum is painted on a wall in blood in the police station.'),
('56825',' Robert Kendo, the gun shop owner, is a good friend of Barry Burton,  a character from the first game.'),
('56826',' If you check Weskers desk in the S.T.A.R.S office 50 times you will  find a roll of film that can be developed in the dark room. It is a  picture of Rebecca Chambers from the Bravo Team.'),
('56827',' In a B game, a report can be found in Rebeccas desk that details  the events of Resident Evil 0 (released several years later). This  however is not for all versions, this was stated in a file available  in only the Nintendo 64 version of the game.'),
('56828',' Leon crashes the police car next to the Arukas Tailor. "Arukas"  spelled backwards is "Sakura", a character in another Capcom game,  Street Fighter Alpha 2.'),
('56829',' After the tanker crashes into the police car during the opening  cinematic, a "No Trucks" sign can be seen among the burning truck  wreckage.'),
('56830',' As Claire Redfield drives the motorcycle on the highway, the sign  saying "Welcome to Raccoon City" has the words "Raccoon City" typed  in a Gamefan font, the title font used by the cancelled magazine  company Gamefan.'),
('56831',' You can unlock special costumes if you do the following. Start the  game in Normal Mode with any characters, dont pick up any items  until you reach the Police Station courtyard. Go to the underground  passage way to fight the zombie Brad Vickers, then you get the  Locker Key from his corpse. Brad Vickers will only appear if you do  not pick up anything before you reach here. Use the key to unlock  the cabinet in Dark Room. You get new costumes and weapons for Leon  and Claire.'),
('56832',' You can unlock hidden characters Hunk and Tofu only after you have  got an A score in the game and beaten the normal game 4 times to  recieve Hunk and another four more times to receive Tofu.'),
('56833',' The wounded cop you encounter early on in the police station is  sitting against a locker with the name "JoJo" on it, a reference to  Capcoms earlier JoJos Bizarre Adventure game.'),
('56834',' SPOILER: During the end boss battle, Ada Wong suddenly appears and  throws a rocket launcher weapon that can be used to kill the boss.  The same thing happens at the end of Resident Evil 4.'),
('56835',' Producer Shinji Mikami was originally against calling this game  "Biohazard 3". He felt that  _Biohazard Code: Veronica (2000) (VG)_ (qv), which advanced the  story more than this game did, was the "true Biohazard 3" and that  Biohazard 3 shouldve been called "Biohazard 1.9". According to  Japanese sources, the name of the female hostage in the Mad Jackal  mini'),
('56836','game is Lucia Rosso, Dario Rossos daughter (whom is killed in  the main game).'),
('56837',' The Design for the Nemesis was originally a rejected design for the  Tyrant 02 (better known to some fans as Mr. X) in  _Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)_ (qv)'),
('56838',' The movie theater near the restaurant is showing the movie Biohazard  4'),
('56839',' The earliest version of the game was announced for the PlayStation 2  under _Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)_ (qv) (Resident Evil 2) director  Hideki Kamiya (qv). This build was eventually cancelled as a  Resident Evil installment and became the title known as  _Devil May Cry (2001) (VG)_ (qv). Eventually, development was moved  to the GameCube console and another build emerged. This was the  first version to feature Leon from RE2. The first version shown had  Leon sporting a variation of his current costume and fighting a  mist'),
('56840','like virus. The second shown versions showed one bad guy in  particular that sported a hook on one of its hands, and the logo for  the game reflected this (this can still be seen in the final logo).  One more version was created and cancelled before  Shinji Mikami (qv) took over and transformed the title into what  it is today. Of all the builds developed, only one of them was never  unveiled to the public (it was the one that was being worked on  right before Mikami took over). In Japan, an exclusive DVD bonus  disc included with the game has footage from the second version that  was made.'),
('56841',' This game was originally Gamecube exclusive but was later changed to  be on the PlayStation 2 and Wii as well.'),
('56842',' The Killer 7 handgun was named after _Killer7 (2005) (VG)_ (qv),  another Capcom game produced by Shinji Mikami (qv).'),
('56843',' Resident Evil 4 was in production for many years due to the constant  changes it went through. The game was scrapped and started again  four times.'),
('56844',' The Matilda handgun was named after the character with the same name  from the movie _Léon (1994)_ (qv).'),
('56845',' The story is supposed to take place in Spain, but the Spanish spoken  by the village people is the Mexican dialect (which has a very  different pronunciation).'),
('56846',' SPOILER: During the end boss battle, Ada Wong suddenly appears and  throws a rocket launcher weapon that can be used to kill the boss.  The same thing happens at the end of Resident Evil (aka Bio Hazard)  2.'),
('56847',' The updated version for the Dreamcast (in Japan only) and  PlayStation 2 (Titled Code: Veronica X) included a non'),
('56848','interactive  DVD titled "Weskers Report". This was a short film which brought  players up to speed on the events in the series thus far. Its  release coincided with the original Resident Evils 5 year  anniversary.'),
('56849',' Alfred and Alexia Ashford were both born in 1971; this is also the  password used to access Alfreds secret house.'),
('56850',' This was last of the canonical Resident Evil titles to use the names  of actual gun manufacturers (excluding Magnum) and firearms within  the game. All the subsequent Resident Evil titles (Resident Evil  remake, Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil 4) used generic or made'),
('56851','up  names for their weapons (i.e: Silver Serpent, Broken Butterfly,  Blacktail).'),
('56852',' During the early development stages of the game, Alfred and Alexia  were named Hilbert and Hilda respectively.'),
('56853',' Each of the scenarios had a different designer.'),
('56854',' The game revisits two areas seen in previous Biohazard/Resident Evil  games. The underground laboratory from Biohazard 2/Resident Evil 2  is found in the "Below Freezing Point" scenario and the hospital  from Biohazard: Last Escape/Resident Evil 3: Nemesis appears in the  scenario "The Hive".'),
('56855',' A file in the scenario "The Hive" says that floors 4F and B3F of the  hospital can only be accessed through a number code and voice print.  This is exactly how Carlos accesses those floors in Biohazard: Last  Escape/Resident Evil 3:Nemesis.'),
('56856',' In Japan, the game requires a monthly fee for online gameplay, while  North Americas version doesnt.'),
('56857',' The original Outbreak game was to feature 20 levels, however, as  time pass, the development team only finished 5 and packaged them in  the first Outbreak. File 2 contains 5 of those unfinished levels, as  well as 6 bonus levels made just for this game.'),
('56858',' Just as with the other Biohazards and the first Outbreak game, each  scenario has a director, not including End of the Road and  Flashback.'),
('56859',' Vincent Van Patten (qv)s (The Bionic Boy) real father Dick came  in to play a shoe salesman.'),
('56860',' This was one of Greg Evigan (qv)s very first acting jobs. He got  the job because the writer had written the character "Joe Hamilton"  after a real person he knew in High School who was just as  obnoxious. He showed a photo of the real "Joe Hamilton" from his  High School Yearbook to Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Harve  loved the look so much that he gave yearbook to the casting director  and said: find someone who looks just like this!'),
('56861',' Writer Tom Greene, had written in a part for Frank Gifford, then a  football great. In the story, Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar  Man), wants to help Andy, the Bionic Boy, regain the strength in his  now bionic legs, so he has Andys hero (Gifford) fly out to his home  in Utah to surprise him and give him the confidence he needs to walk  again. Greene wanted to make sure all the football jargon in his  script was accurate, so he turned to his then five year old nephew  Dana Greene, for just the right dialogue (Dana was already a  fanatical sports fan!). When Gifford read the script he was so  impressed with the football "speak" that he asked Greene if he  played football in school! (Greene only played on the sidelines,  that is, playing trumpet in the James Monroe High School Marching  Band). Twenty years later Dana continues his interest in sports and  has become a popular sports announcer, currently doing Sports on the  ABC News affiliate in Salt Lake City. (Greene named the Bionic Boy  "Andy" after Danas older brother).'),
('56862',' There was a bit concern, since in the script everyone has to sing  "Happy Birthday" to the Bionic Boy, but Universal didnt want to pay  for the royalties, so writer Tom Greene came up with a clever  alternative at the last minute. He had Andy (the Bionic Boy) come to  the party late, and have his sister all annoyed say: "Youre always  late; even to your own birthday, so we already sang the song,  because everyone wanted to eat the cake!" To give it some heart when  asked to blow out the candles Andy just stands there, and then says:  "You only blow out candles when you want to make a wish, but looking  around I have everything I could ever wish for; so let them burn!"'),
('56863',' This is the last appearance of Lindsay Wagner as the bionic woman  and Lee Majors as the 6 million dollar man, except for Trojan War  (1997), where he acts as a certain Officer Austin: the "bionic"  audio effect is even heard once.'),
('56864',' CAMEO(Dave Thomas VII (qv)), the late fast'),
('56865','food mogul and founder  of Wendys restaurants, is among the hostages in the embassy  basement. Steve asks him how hes doing, and he replies "Im OK,  Steve."'),
('56866',' Pilot for a never'),
('56867','produced spin'),
('56868','off series featuring  Sandra Bullock (qv).'),
('56869',' Although many episodes of  _"Six Million Dollar Man, The" (1974)_ (qv) and  _"Bionic Woman, The" (1976)_ (qv) took place in exotic countries,  this is the only episode actually filmed outside the United States  (it was filmed in Toronto).'),
('56870',' At one point in the movie, Oscar Goldman states that there are only  four bionic human beings: Steve Austin, Jamie Sommers, Michael  Austin and Kate Mason. In the bionic universe there are actually  supposed to be six: Barney Miller / Hiller, the Seven Million Dollar  Man, (played by Monte Markham) and Andy Sheffield (played by Vincent  Van Patten) who became the Bionic Boy in 1976. But then again,  Barney and Andy may have died somewhere between the 1970s and this  movie (1989), leaving indeed only four bionic human beings: Steve  Austin, Jamie Sommers, Michael Austin and Kate Mason.'),
('56871',' Originally broadcast as a two'),
('56872','part episode of  _"Six Million Dollar Man, The" (1974)_ (qv) and released to video as  a 100'),
('56873','minute movie in the 1980s.'),
('56874',' The huge poster of Turaga Dume that Toa Matau crashes into in  Ko'),
('56875','Metru has the Matoran writing for "play well", the official  slogan of the Lego company. The company name "Lego" comes from the  two Danish words "LEg GOdt", which means "play well".'),
('56876',' At the beginning of the kohli match, the competitors salute each  other by saying "play well." Lego, the company that produces the  Bionicle toys, takes its name from the Danish phrase "leg godt",  which means "play well".'),
('56877',' Though the Bionicle toys had been around for several years by the  time of this films release, the characters were designed to look as  if they inspired the toys, rather than being inspired by them: while  the animators could have recreated the exact look of the toys, they  gave the characters a more biological look.'),
('56878',' And, in fact, several of the creatures in the film, including Pewku  the crab and the gukko bird, actually were the inspiration for the  toys '),
('56879',' the film versions came first, with the Lego designers  creating the toys based loosely on the animators work.'),
('56880',' At the end of the credits, a small message in Bionicle symbols can  be seen. It translates to "No Rahi (Bionicle animals) were harmed  during the making of this film." This is a reference to when Jaller  is about to kill a Graalok Ash Bear but Lewa stops him.'),
('56881',' Final film of Anne Revere (qv).'),
('56882',' Clint Eastwood, a lifelong jazz fan, had been fascinated by  Charlie Parker (I) (qv) and his music since seeing him play in  Oakland in 1945.'),
('56883',' The project was originally intended for Richard Pryor (qv) at  Columbia Pictures eight years earlier. Persuaded by Clint Eastwood,  Columbia traded it to Warner Bros. for _Revenge (1990/I)_ (qv) which  he was originally the director of.'),
('56884',' Clint Eastwood approached Chan Richardson, Charlie Parkers  common'),
('56885','law wife on whose memoirs the script was based, for input.  She gave Eastwood a collection of lost recordings unlocked from a  bank vault.'),
('56886',' Though the actual saxophone playing is original Charlie Parker  performances, the body and fingering during those are performed by  Charles McPherson, who had to learn to breathe exactly like Parker  did in the recordings.'),
('56887',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Puppys Talk, A (1923)_ (qv) and a color fashion show  _20th Century Fig Leaves (1923)_ (qv).'),
('56888',' First appearance of Conrad Cat, a short'),
('56889','lived character patterned  after comedian Ben Blue (qv).'),
('56890',' An incomplete nitrate print of this film (Reel 2 out from 2 Reels)  survives in the UCLA Film And Television Archives, and is not listed  for preservation.'),
('56891',' The animation of the cuckoo clock inside Curly Howard (qv)s head  was done by Tex Avery (qv).'),
('56892',' This is longtime Stooge sound man Edward Bernds (qv) debut as a  director, a position he would have for the next 7 years although  "Micro'),
('56893','Phonies" was released earlier than this short'),
('56894',' The first sound film with a full symphonic score. Also the first  complete film score to be issued on disc.'),
('56895',' A sequel entitled "Green Mansions" was planned, which was to feature  the same leads and creative team, but that project was scrapped due  to bad receipts for this film.'),
('56896',' King Vidor (qv) originally took his cast and crew to Hawaii to  shoot exteriors. After numerous technical problems, the weather took  a turn for the worst, so hopes of shooting the picture in authentic  locations was never realized.'),
('56897',' The production began principal photography without an complete  script.'),
('56898',' Dolores del Rio (qv) supposedly appears nude in the underwater  love scene. This maybe the case, but the lighting makes it hard to  tell.'),
('56899',' Best Production Design nomination (2006 168'),
('56900','Hour Film Festival)'),
('56901',' Official Selection 2006 Los Angeles International Short Film  Festival '),
('56902',' L.A. Filmmakers Showcase.'),
('56903',' The final negotiating point to convince Mel Gibson (qv) to do this  film was the offer of a use of a producers house for the summer,  allowing Gibson to shoot the film and give his large family an  excellent summer vacation home.'),
('56904',' Feature film debut of Christopher Judge (qv).'),
('56905',' The name of the man who runs the hotel that Mel and Goldie check  into following the helicopter chase is Norman as it is in Psycho'),
('56906',' Last appearance of Barney Bear.'),
('56907',' Aired originally as part of Hollywood Television Theatre in 1971  then re'),
('56908','aired on 7 January 1974 on Conflicts.'),
('56909',' The original working title of the film was "Birds of a Feather" and  the first drafts of the script still bear this title.'),
('56910',' Filmmaker and PBS producer Rick McKay (qv) was hired by director  Mike Nichols (I) (qv), months before filming of "Birdcage" began,  to go to Paris, London, San Francisco and Atlanta to make a feature  length documentary about drag queens. McKay did thorough research to  find drag queens all over the world to interview and to film in  performance. This finished documentary was used to train  Nathan Lane (qv) and Robin Williams (I) (qv).'),
('56911',' In his guise as "Mother", Albert tells the Senator that "she" grew  up in "Grovers Corners". Grovers Corners is the fictional, idyllic  small town in Thornton Wilder (qv)s famous stage play "Our Town."'),
('56912',' The song sung by Armand and Katherine in her office, "Love is in the  Air", is a song that was cut from the Stephen Sondheim (qv)  musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". Originally  supposed to be the first number in the show, it was replaced by the  song "Comedy Tonight", sung by Nathan Lane in the 1996 Broadway  Revival.'),
('56913',' The Stephen Sondheim (qv) song "Can that Boy Foxtrot", used in the  film, was a song cut from the original stage production of  Sondheims musical, "Follies".'),
('56914',' Agador Spartacus is based upon Hank Azaria (qv)s grandmother'),
('56915',' Hank Azaria (qv) created two different voices for the character of  Agador Spartacus, one being somewhat of a more masculine voice and  the other one being higher pitched. He was worried about the second  one being too stereotypical until he asked a gay friend of his, who  thought it was more realistic.'),
('56916',' The Jonathan Swift (I) (qv) piece about Irish peasants eating  their babies that Val refers to is "A Modest Proposal".'),
('56917',' The two'),
('56918','minute opening sequence looks like one continuous Steadicam  shot when, in fact, the sequence consisted of three separate shots  seamlessly combined through the magic of dissolves, matting, and  morphing:  '),
('56919',' Shot one began in a helicopter out over the Atlantic and ended    over the street in Miamis South Beach area where the club was    located  '),
('56920',' Shot two began on a crane (simulating a chopper) where the    Steadicam operator was gradually lowered to ground level before    stepping off the crane; he then traversed the street and proceeded    through the clubs front door  '),
('56921',' Shot three was executed on a studio soundstage where the Steadicam    operator began just outside the "club" exterior, and then    proceeded inside for the shots conclusion. According to    cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (qv), the most difficult aspect    of the process was matching the speed of the crane with that of    the helicopter.'),
('56922',' Robin Williams (I) (qv) was originally cast as Albert, but he  wanted a change from flamboyant characters, and asked to be cast as  Armand. Mike Nichols (I) (qv) agreed, and re'),
('56923','cast him.'),
('56924',' Hank Azaria (qv) realized after filming that he had actually based  his voice on his grandmothers.'),
('56925',' Mike Nichols (I) (qv) required that Nathan Lane (qv) and  Robin Williams (I) (qv) filmed at least one good take of each  scene sticking to the script before he would allow them to improvise  (something both of the two actors are known for)'),
('56926',' Stroud really should be known as the "Birdman of Leavenworth," since  it was there that he kept his birds and did his research. He was not  actually allowed any birds during his time at Alcatraz.'),
('56927',' Robert Stroud (qv) died the day before the assassination of  President John F. Kennedy (qv); therefore news of his death was  not well publicized.'),
('56928',' Stroud was actually imprisoned in cell #42 located in the D Block.  According to Frank Heaney (II) (qv), a former prison guard  (1948'),
('56929','51), Stroud was anything but the sympathetic character as  portrayed by Burt Lancaster (qv). He was an extremely difficult  and demented inmate who, though highly intelligent, was a villain  and a psychopath.'),
('56930',' Karl Malden (qv) (Leavenworth warden Harvey Shoemaker) introduces  a new warden to the institution. He identifies one of the prisoners  as "Sekulovich", Maldens own real name.'),
('56931',' Due to this popular movie, the real Robert Stroud (qv) became one  of the most famous inmates of the federal prison at Alcatraz, second  only to mob boss Al Capone (I) (qv).'),
('56932',' At one point, the real Robert Stroud had over 400 birds in his cell.'),
('56933',' Charles Crichton (qv) was fired several weeks into production to  be replaced by John Frankenheimer (qv).'),
('56934',' According to the biography of Robert Stroud on the Court TV website,  Stroud killed the prison guard because he was denied a visit from  his bother, not his mother as portrayed in the film.'),
('56935',' During a prisoner roll call, the German guard calls the name  "Hogan", a reference to _"Hogans Heroes" (1965)_ (qv), which also  featured Knight, Don (I) (qv). The name "Baer" is also called, a  reference to Baer, Max (qv), who stars in the film.'),
('56936',' All of the main prisoner characters have last names that begin with  the letters "A" through "D" so that they could be called quickly  during roll call scenes.'),
('56937',' The cab driver is played by Frank Nastasi (qv) who was the  puppeteer that did White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie on  _"Soupy Sales Show, The" (1976)_ (qv).'),
('56938',' SMITHEE(Rick Rosenthal): Disowned the directors cut.'),
('56939',' Several internal references to color and an ominous black spot on  the opening credits makes it suspect that the TCM library copy is  possibly an early TV 16mm transfer in B&W.'),
('56940',' Vitaphone production reel #A1288'),
('56941',' Released as a split reel along with a color fashion show.'),
('56942',' The cast and crew were caught in a real typhoon storm for 3 days on  the Pacific Ocean.'),
('56943',' No. 8 of 15 in "The Perils of Our Girl Reporters" series.'),
('56944',' All the main cast and crew were trained in Michael Chekhovs acting  techniques and wherever possible in the production, his theories  were applied.'),
('56945',' EASTER EGG: go to Mallard in the Index, and then press the Left  button and then Enter on your remote.'),
('56946',' Hedren, Tippi (qv) was actually cut in the face by a bird in one  of the shots.'),
('56947',' There is no musical score for the film except for the sounds created  on the mixtrautonium, an early electronic musical instrument, by  Oskar Sala (qv), and the children singing in the school.'),
('56948',' Though there is no musical score for this film, composer and  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) collaborator Bernard Herrmann (qv) is  credited as a "sound consultant."'),
('56949',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) tried to hire Joseph Stefano (I) (qv)  (writer of _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)) to write the script, but he wasnt  interested in the story. The final screenplay (from a  Daphne Du Maurier (qv) story) was written by Evan Hunter (qv),  best known to detective story fans under his pen name "Ed McBain".'),
('56950',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) spotted Tippi Hedren (qv) in a diet  drink commercial.'),
('56951',' The scene where Tippi Hedren (qv) is ravaged by birds near the end  of the movie took a week to shoot. The birds were attached to her  clothes by long nylon threads so they could not get away.'),
('56952',' The film does not finish with the usual "THE END" title because  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) wanted to give the impression of  unending terror.'),
('56953',' Tippi Hedren (qv)s daughter Melanie Griffith (qv) was given a  present by Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) during the filming: a doll  that looked exactly like Hedren, eerily so. The creepiness was  compounded by the ornate wooden box it came in, which the young girl  took to be a coffin.'),
('56954',' The automobile driven by Hedren, Tippi (qv) is an Aston Martin  DB2/4 drop'),
('56955','head coupe.'),
('56956',' Dinar, France, hosts a British Film Festival, with a Golden  Hitchcock as the prize. There is also a statue of  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) (standing on what appears to be a very  large egg, and with birds on each shoulder) near the beach in  Dinard. The statue is moved down to the beach for the actual  festival.'),
('56957',' The movie features 370 effects shots. The final shot is a composite  of 32 separately filmed elements.'),
('56958',' The production design makes much use of the color green.'),
('56959',' This was not the first dramatization of Daphne Du Maurier (qv)s  short story. It was previously adapted for radio at least twice,  once starring Herbert Marshall (I) (qv), and again in 1954.  Furthermore, it was adapted by writer James P. Cavanagh (qv) for a  half'),
('56960','hour episode of the TV series _"Danger" (1950)_ (qv). Cavanaugh  also wrote at least five episodes of  _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv), including two directed by  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv), and was the first writer to adapt  Robert Bloch (qv)s novel of _Psycho (1960)_ (qv) for Hitchcocks  production. However, his script was jettisoned in favor of the  Joseph Stefano (I) (qv) adaptation.'),
('56961',' Daphne Du Maurier (qv)s story, "The Birds", was originally  purchased for use on Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s television  series, _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv).'),
('56962',' SPOILER: Near the end of the film, when Mitch carries Melanie down  the stairs, it is actually Tippi Hedren (qv)s stand'),
('56963','in being  carried by Rod Taylor (I) (qv). Hedren was in the hospital  recovering from exhaustion after a week of shooting the scene where  Melanie is trapped in the upstairs room with the birds.'),
('56964',' A number of endings were being considered for this film. One that  was considered would have showed the Golden Gate Bridge completely  covered by birds.'),
('56965',' In May 2001, the son of "The Birds" novelist  Daphne Du Maurier (qv) reported that he and his wife were being  terrorized by seagulls nesting outside their cottage in Cornwall,  England.'),
('56966',' In the film, it appears as if the schoolhouse is within the bay town  limits. The frightened children are clearly shown running downhill  towards the town and water. In real life, the schoolhouse used for  those shots is located 5 miles southeast and inland of Bodega Bay in  the separate township of Bodega, California.'),
('56967',' The crow that sits on Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s shoulder in all  of the promo photos was not in the movie. It was purchased after the  movie had wrapped. A studio staff member bought it when he spotted  the tamed bird on the shoulder of a 12 year old boy walking down the  street. The boy was offered about $10, but was hesitant until he  discovered why it was needed.'),
('56968',' This was the first film to carry the Universal Pictures name after  dropping the Universal'),
('56969','International name.'),
('56970',' Originally, a scene took place between Melanie and Mitch, after  Lydia Brenner left for the Fawcett farm. This scene was shot but  ultimately cut from the film. All that survive are the script pages  and some production photographs. The script pages and photographs  appear as a bonus feature on the DVD version the movie.'),
('56971',' Although it was never shot, another ending was scripted by  Evan Hunter (qv) and sketched by Harold Michelson (qv). The  script and sketches appear as a bonus feature on the DVD version.'),
('56972',' The famous poster art for the film where a woman is pictured  screaming is not Tippi Hedren (qv) but is in fact  Jessica Tandy (qv) taken from the scene where the birds come down  the chimney.'),
('56973',' The schoolhouse in the film is the Potter Schoolhouse, which served  Bodega, California from 1873 to 1961. The building is now a private  residence.'),
('56974',' When the film was aired on NBC'),
('56975','TV in the USA on 6 January 1968, it  became the highest rated film shown on television up to that time.  The record held until _Love Story (1970)_ (qv) overtook it on 1  October 1972.'),
('56976',' The climactic scene, in which Tippi Hedren (qv)s character is  attacked in the bedroom, took seven days to shoot. Hedren has been  quoted as saying it was "the worst week of my life". The physical  and emotional tolls of filming this scene were so strong on her,  production was shut down for a week afterward.'),
('56977',' Rod Taylor (I) (qv) claims that the seagulls were fed a mixture of  wheat and whiskey. It was the only way to get them to stand around  so much.'),
('56978',' When audiences left the films UK premiere at the Odeon, Leicester  Square, London, they were greeted by the sound of screeching and  flapping birds from loudspeakers hidden in the trees to scare them  further.'),
('56979',' Tippi Hedren (qv)s character plays some of  Claude Debussy (qv)s Arabesque No. 1 while at the Brenner house  for dinner.'),
('56980',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) disliked filming on location, so he  filmed as much as possible in the studio.'),
('56981',' DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)): at the start of the film  walking two dogs past the pet shop (the dogs were actually his own).'),
('56982',' In one of the first scenes, Tippi Hedren (qv) can be seen crossing  the street to the pet shop. As she does, she disappears behind a  sign for a moment and reappears on the other side.  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) so hated working on location, he used  this moment to seamlessly cut to a studio shot.'),
('56983',' As Tippi Hedren (qv) walks to the pet shop, a man passes her on  the street and wolf whistles. This is an inside joke because Tippi  was discovered from a diet drink advert where the same thing  happened.'),
('56984',' The sound of reel'),
('56985','to'),
('56986','reel tape being run backwards and forwards was  used to help create the frightening bird squawking sounds in the  film'),
('56987',' Melanie wears the same green suit throughout the movie, so  Tippi Hedren (qv) was provided with six identical green suits for  the shoot.'),
('56988',' SPOILER: In the end, when Melanie is carried outside, Mitch opens a  door. There was no door used in filming, and it was all done with  light effects to make it look as if Mitch opened the front door.'),
('56989',' Also attending the London premiere were two flamingos, 50 red  cardinals and starlings, and six penguins.'),
('56990',' The use of standard blue screen techniques for doing matte shots of  the birds proved to be unacceptable. The rapid movement of the  birds, especially their wings, caused excessive blue fringing in the  shots. It was determined that the sodium vapor process could be used  to do the composites. The only studio in America that was equipped  for this process was the Walt Disney studio. Ub Iwerks (qv), who  had become the worlds leading expert on the sodium vapor process,  was assigned to this production.'),
('56991',' A scene in the film shows a service station where a bird knocks over  an attendant filling a car with gas. The gas flows across the street  where a man lights his cigarette igniting the gas. The fire follows  the gas stream to the pump and explodes. The service station was  located across from "The Tides" restaurant and pier. In reality this  service station did not exist at the time of the filming. However,  several years later a service station was built and is still located  at the spot shown in the film.'),
('56992',' SPOILER: For the scene in which Annie is killed,  Suzanne Pleshette (qv) who played her told Hitchcock it would look  good if her ear was all bloody and hanging off, so he sent her to  the prop department. When it came to shooting the scene, Hitchcock  had Annie facing the other way, so the viewer never sees the ear,  which Pleshette recalled "was part of his delicious sense of humor."'),
('56993',' In the novel, the veterans served in World War II. This was changed  to Vietnam for the film.'),
('56994',' Birdys real name is never revealed. (It was never revealed in the  original novel, either.)'),
('56995',' First use of the skycam in a feature film. It was a camera held by  wires supported by four cranes and controlled by computer, and was  used in Birdys dream sequence of actually being able to fly.'),
('56996',' The soundtrack was composed and recorded in one weekend. Peter  Gabriel used tracks from his third and fourth albums as bases for  much of the music, including excerpts from "Not One Of Us", "Family  Snapshot", "The Family and the Fishing Net", and "San Jacinto." One  cue was simply an instrumental version of "The Rhythm of the Heat",  and the main theme was a variation of "Wallflower."'),
('56997',' Then'),
('56998','unknown Danny Glover (qv) was scheduled to make a speech as a  bit player, but because he kept botching his lines his scenes had to  be cut from the movie.'),
('56999',' This was a replacement movie project for director/producer Ben  Yalung. He was supposed to do a film on the Lady of Guadalupe but it  was very expensive since it needed filming on locations in Mexico.  Through Father Sonny Ramirezs advice, he looked at the Birhen ng  Manaog as a good film on the Virgin Mary.'),
('57000',' Planned as early as 2002 but it met a lot of problems. The script  was rewritten six times.'),
('57001',' Supported by Smart, Jag, and Bioessence.'),
('57002',' Shot in a New York City hospital. When the film played in New York,  it was advertised as being "for women only".'),
('57003',' The type of cake served at Eleanors birthday and which Sean has a  left'),
('57004','over piece of is a Red Velvet Cake which is also known as a  Waldorf Astoria Cake.'),
('57005',' The Birth of Voltron is a DVD extra on Voltron: Defender Of The  Universe Collection One DVD released by Media Blasters in 2006.'),
('57006',' Cincinnati, Ohio, May 14, 1938: Despite the fact the film had been  okayed by the Ohio State Board of Censors, local police yesterday  halted the exhibition of "Birth of a Baby" at Keiths theatre by  direction of Cincinnati City Manager C. O. Sherrill.'),
('57007',' Director Griffith, D.W. (qv) visualized the whole film in his mind  and did not write out a script or keep written notes.'),
('57008',' Premiered in Los Angeles with the title "The Clansman", after the  novel on which it was based.'),
('57009',' Some of the black characters are played by white actors with  make'),
('57010','up, particularly those characters who were required to come in  contact with a white actress. The person playing the Camerons maid  is not only clearly white, but is also obviously male.'),
('57011',' The character of Austin Stoneman is based on Thaddeus Stevens, a  representative from Pennsylvania, including the details of his wig  and clubfoot.'),
('57012',' D.W. Griffith (qv) directed 13 Civil War'),
('57013','based one'),
('57014','reelers before  undertaking this film.'),
('57015',' The Western Costume Co. received one of its first tasks on this  film, to provide Civil War costumes. The costumes were also supplied  by Goldstein and Co. The designs were made by  Robert Goldstein (VI) (qv) and celebrated early costume designer  Clare West (qv).'),
('57016',' Because of the huge importance of this film, it is suspected that  some actors may have exaggerated claims to have worked on the film  in order to bolster their resume. Among the unconfirmed cast members  are John Ford (I) (qv), who claimed to have played a Klansman  riding with one hand holding up his hood over one eye so he could  see better. Such a Klansman is visible in the film and may indeed  have been Ford. Despite frequently being credited as a "Piedmont  Girl", actress Bessie Love (qv) denied claims that she ever  appeared in this film. Erich von Stroheim (qv) for years claimed  to be the stunt man who falls from a roof (breaking two ribs in the  process), but assistant director Joseph Henabery (qv) strongly  denied that von Stroheim was ever on a D.W. Griffith (qv) set  until after  _Intolerance: Loves Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)_ (qv). Some  have claimed to spot what appears to be a blackfaced von Stroheim as  a voter in the election poll scene. Herbert V. Walker (qv), who  was on the set of the film in 1915, claimed that the actor who did  the roof'),
('57017','fall stunt was in fact Indian actor  Charles Eagle Eye (qv). George Beranger (qv) was credited as  "John French" in the original program notes for some reason.'),
('57018',' The actor who played the sentry in the hospital was a bit player  whose performance touched audiences all over the country in his  scene where he wistfully sighs at the sight of Lillian Gish (qv)  entering the hospital. In fact, audiences loved the actors  performance so much so that D.W. Griffith (qv) tried to track him  down, supposedly to no avail. Some filmographies credit William  Freeman in this role. Gish corroborates this credit in her  autobiography, writing that she met Freeman years later when she was  riding in a parade.'),
('57019',' Due to the chaotic nature of film distribution of the time, numerous  fortunes were made on this film by men who had nothing to do with  the actual production. Louis B. Mayer (qv) was one such  beneficiary, who obtained states right distribution rights for the  film on the east coast and the profits allowed him to launch Louis  B. Mayer Productions, which soon relocated to East Los Angeles.'),
('57020',' After D.W. Griffith (qv)s death, Donald Crisp (I) (qv) claimed  to have personally directed the battlefield sequences. Historians  dismiss this claim as total nonsense, as Griffith did not delegate  second units but directed every scene himself. Crisp may or may not  have been one of the dozen or so assistant directors who were sent  into the action to help maneuver the extras.'),
('57021',' Jennie Lees character is referred to as "Mammy" in the films  titles, but original press material called the character "Cyndy",  while other sources over the years have listed the characters name  as "Dixie".'),
('57022',' Historian Kevin Brownlow (qv) has expressed doubt concerning  Fireworks Wilson (qv), whom Karl Brown (I) (qv), the assistant  cameraman, named as the special effects man in interviews.  Brownlows doubt is caused by the fact that there are no references  to Wilson in any other accounts from any period, and he has  suggested that Brown may have invented the name since he could not  recall the name of the films documented special effects supervisor,  Walter Hoffman (I) (qv).'),
('57023',' In original program material, George Beranger (qv) is listed as  "J.A. Beringer" and the character of Duke Cameron is credited to  "John French". Also, Wallace Reid (qv)s name is misspelled "Reed"  in original programs.'),
('57024',' Joseph Henabery (qv), who was one of D.W. Griffith (qv)s chief  assistant directors as well as contributing research, played 13  roles in the film in addition to his main role as  Abraham Lincoln (I) (qv).'),
('57025',' Elmo Lincoln (qv), who plays "White'),
('57026','Arm Joe" in the film, also  played eight additional bit parts.'),
('57027',' The name of the character played by William De Vaull (qv) is  listed as "Nelse", while the character played by  William Freeman (qv) is officially listed as "Jake." Many cast  lists omit the character of "Nelse", and credit De Vaull instead as  "Jake", while changing Freemans character to that of the "Sentry".'),
('57028',' The battlefield sequences were shot on the property on which now  stands Universal Studios.'),
('57029',' The film was made with only a single retake of a single scene, due  to a continuity error involving Mae Marsh (qv) and the piece of  cotton pinned to her shirt during the homecoming sequence.'),
('57030',' D.W. Griffith (qv)s father served as an officer in the  Confederate army during the Civil War.'),
('57031',' Klansmen in full robes were used to publicize the opening in Los  Angeles.'),
('57032',' First film to be shown in the White House (to President  Woodrow Wilson (I) (qv)).'),
('57033',' First film to run over 100 minutes.'),
('57034',' Because of the lax accounting methods of its distributors, it was  difficult to determine how much the film actually made at the box  office. As a result, those connected with its making ludicrously  exaggerated its box office take (Lillian Gish (qv) wrote in her  autobiography that it made over a hundred million dollars). Its  actual take is now estimated to be about ten million dollars, a  fantastic sum for its time.'),
('57035',' When it opened in New York City, ticket prices were $2.00 each,  which was considered astronomical at the time. In todays currency,  accounting for inflation, that would be about $17 '),
('57036',' $20. One million  people saw the film within a year after its release.'),
('57037',' The excessive use of smoke'),
('57038','bombs in the battle scenes were to  obscure the mostly empty battlefield.'),
('57039',' The Fords Theatre scene was filmed on an outdoor set.'),
('57040',' A huge demand for film prints quickly wore out the one and only  negative. All later copies of the film had to be made from prints,  causing reduced quality.'),
('57041',' Because of the racist overtones of the movie, it was banned in  several major cities, such as Los Angeles and Chicago.'),
('57042',' Most Civil War scenes were based on actual photos of scenes they  depict. However, postwar reconstruction scenes were not historically  accurate, and many were in fact based on political cartoons rather  than photographs (such as the legislature scenes).'),
('57043',' The original budget for the film was $40,000, but  D.W. Griffith (qv) spent $110,000, the largest amount ever spent  on a film up to that time.'),
('57044',' The original title "The Clansman" was jettisoned for being too tame  given the breadth and scope of the subject matter.'),
('57045',' Future directors Erich von Stroheim (qv), John Ford (I) (qv),  Raoul Walsh (qv), Elmer Clifton (qv), Joseph Henabery (qv),  Karl Brown (I) (qv) and Donald Crisp (I) (qv) worked on this  film as actors and/or crew members.'),
('57046',' The film was 12 reels long.'),
('57047',' During filming, camera operator Karl Brown (I) (qv) was sure that  the movie was just another typical melodrama. At the films  premiere, D.W. Griffith (qv) had hired the entire Los Angeles  Philharmonic Orchestra to play the score for the film. Brown was  amazed; nothing like this has been done before. When the conductor  raised his baton, and the orchestra started playing, he said it was  so amazing and loud he was shaking his head, "It was like nothing I  ever heard." Brown additionally remembers that Griffith hummed  certain themes to the composer of the original score that he wanted.'),
('57048',' Each major character in the film had a particular musical theme, to  be played by either an orchestra or a theater organ during  theatrical engagements. While D.W. Griffith (qv) was choosing  musical themes for the characters, he allowed Lillian Gish (qv) to  choose her own, or Elsie Stonemans, theme. Later, that same melody  was re'),
('57049','titled "The Perfect Song", and was used as a theme song for  the radio and television versions of "Amos and Andy".'),
('57050',' Although some sources place Bessie Love (qv) in the cast as a  Piedmont girl, during her lifetime Love emphatically denied this.'),
('57051',' Rated #7 of the 25 most controversial movies of all time.  Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2006.'),
('57052',' May 14, 1938, East Orange, New Jersey: While refusing to discontinue  showing the reissued "The Birth of a Nation," as requested by the  East Oraange City Council, the Ormont Theater deleted sections of  the film termed "objectionable" in a petition signed by 608 people.  A.J.Rettig, manager, hit back at the petitioners, saying agitation  had been started to "cause unnecessary harassing of an orderly and  peaceful business."'),
('57053',' Debut of Monte Blue (qv), Charles King (I) (qv).'),
('57054',' At the time of this films original premiere, it bore a title card  that read something like, "This is a depiction of the events of the  civil war and of the formation of the Ku Klux Klan from the point of  view of the American South." This title card has since been lost.'),
('57055',' This making'),
('57056','of segment is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _School Daze (1988)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('57057',' This featurette is on the 4th bonus disc in the Star Wars Trilogy  DVD set, released in 2004.'),
('57058',' This is in the Top 30 most watched films of all time on the Net with  over 5 million views by March 2007.'),
('57059',' Official Screening Selection of 2004 Indiefest Chicago'),
('57060',' Official Screening Selection of 2004 L.A. International Shorts Film  Festival'),
('57061',' Official Screening Selection of 2005 O.C. Film & Music Festival'),
('57062',' Official Screening Selection of 2005 Canadian Film Centres  Worldwide Short FIlm Festival Midnight Mania Freaky Program'),
('57063',' Part of a series of 10 short movies called Kort! 2006'),
('57064',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _According to Advice (1913)_ (qv).'),
('57065',' No actor in the movie actually speaks Russian, nor does the  director.'),
('57066',' Nicole Kidman (qv) went to the Russian Embassy in Australia for  help in speaking Russian. She didnt work with any other coach on  the set except the woman from the embassy.'),
('57067',' This film was shot and edited in 168 hours.'),
('57068',' This project was shot using the Viper HD Camera.'),
('57069',' It took 14 years and $23 million for Wim Wenders (qv) to bring his  vision to the screen, shooting in 15 different cities in seven  different countries on four different continents.'),
('57070',' Wenders pitched his story idea to Australian author Peter Carey,  hoping that Carey would write the screenplay. It took him six hours  to tell Carey the story.'),
('57071',' It was only after "Wings of Desire" turned out to be a sleeper hit,  that Wim Wenders was able to get funding for this film.'),
('57072',' Wenders original cut for the film came in at eight hours long.'),
('57073',' Wim Wender (qv)s original rough cut for this film was twenty  hours long ("It will never be seen!").'),
('57074',' The filming was done with a core group of talent, picking up new  crews and production personnel in new locations as they traveled  around the world.'),
('57075',' The money just ran out to shoot in China, so actress Solveig  Dommartin and one camera person surreptitiously shot the Chinese  scenes in the film (seen on VideoFax in Paris by Eugene) completely  on their own.'),
('57076',' Wenders sent out a call to his favorite musicians for original  compositions for the film and received so much good music he decided  not to choose a winner but to use it all. Wenders later admitted  without a hint of regret that it was a decision that locked him into  epic length.'),
('57077',' When filming ended, Wenders confessed, his producers had to  literally pull the plug on him for his own good because he wanted to  take the film to a conclusion in the African Congo. There, the  Pygmies "dream music" would have brought his characters and themes  full circle. As it is, he hit every continent in the film except  Africa and South America.'),
('57078',' The songs are performed by Lilia Silvi (qv) and  Francesco Albanese (qv).'),
('57079',' The carpet on Lisas "sick room" was fake. It was just painted on  the floor to accomplish the stunt where Lisas bed gets pulled out  of the room with a tractor.'),
('57080',' The first sound movie to be filmed entirely on location, as well as  the first sound movie to be filmed in the state of Georgia, USA.'),
('57081',' Abbott and Costello awarded "Promise" the Boscar, a fire hydrant  shaped award, for Best Male Dog Actor of 1940 for his work in  Biscuit Eater. Promise also attended the Second Annual Tailwaggers  Dinner held at Charley Foys Club.'),
('57082',' Alastair Aitchisons character walks directly from this film into the  first shot of another film entitled "Photo Me".'),
('57083',' Film was written, shot and edited in the one afternoon along with  companion film "Photo Me".'),
('57084',' The play originally opened in New York on 20 February 1935 and ran  121 performances. Walter Connolly (qv) played the bishop and  Jane Wyatt (qv) and Alan Marshall (I) (qv) were the romantic  leads.'),
('57085',' Since The Bishop Murder Case was released 3 January 1930, this  categorizes it as a "1930" film, a "fact" mentioned by several of  the comments. More correctly, it was produced in the fall of 1929,  and is truly a 1929 film in every sense of the word.'),
('57086',' This first filming was directed by William A. Seiter (qv), but  producer Samuel Goldwyn (qv) didnt like it and asked  Henry Koster (qv) for a completely new film. The preview'),
('57087','audience  didnt like the new version, so Billy Wilder (qv) and  Charles Brackett (qv) had to rewrite a couple of scenes without  screen credit.'),
('57088',' One scene shows Grant and Loretta Young (qv) in a conversation.  Koster staged this with the two facing each other, but both  complained that this showed the "wrong" side of their faces. In  order to show the "right" side, they both had to be looking screen  left, which made a face'),
('57089','to'),
('57090','face talk impossible to film. Koster had  a window set piece brought in, and he filmed it from outside, with  both looking out in the same direction, Grant behind Young. The next  day, producer Samuel Goldwyn (qv) visited the set after seeing  dailies and berated Koster for shooting the scene in that manner.  Koster replied by asking Young and Grant to explain why the scene  was shot that way. After both told Goldwyn about the "right" and  "wrong" sides of their faces, Goldwyn said "Look, if Im only  getting half a face, youre only getting half a salary!" and stormed  off the set. The subject of "right" and "wrong" sides never came up  again.'),
('57091',' In the version of the Christmas sermon dictated to the typewriter by  Dudley, the following is shown typed onto the paper: "You give me a  tie. I give you a book." However, in the pulpit on Christmas morning  the Bishop reverses these two sentences when he reads, "I give you a  book. You give me a tie."'),
('57092',' Teresa Wright (qv) was playing the bishops wife in the  William A. Seiter (qv) version until the director was abruptly  fired. She was not recast as she was then pregnant. Goldwyns  decision to start the film over again was a costly one, as a million  dollars had already been spent.'),
('57093',' Cary Grants 51st credited film.'),
('57094',' Originally Cary Grant played the Bishop and David Niven the angel.  When Seiter left the film, Henry Koster took over and saw the film  shot to that point. He realized that the two were in the wrong  roles. It took some convincing because Cary Grant wanted the title  role of the Bishop. He soon accepted the change and his role as the  angel was one of the most widely praised roles of Grants career.'),
('57095',' Perurus flute playing is not actually a flute, but the sound of a  B'),
('57096','flat clarinet.'),
('57097',' During the shooting of the film, there were actually three dogs used  for the role of Mackie. Ruckus and Chivas were agility trained,  well'),
('57098','behaved champion'),
('57099','quality show dogs, and Mackie himself was "The  Rogue Terrier". Mackie ended up biting several of the actresses and  even his own owner received a nip when an attempt to place a muzzle  on him was made.'),
('57100',' Apparently the production company had serious discussions regarding  the use of a real, severed human arm for the final prop. They are  not revealing the final outcome of those discussions.'),
('57101',' The crypt that the characters enter and exit labeled "J C Looper" is  a real crypt but is actually empty. The body was moved to Chicago  long ago by family members and this is used by the actual cemetery  caretaker "Harold" who uses it to store tools and graveside ceremony  set'),
('57102','up pieces.'),
('57103',' It was originally intended that the character "Weed", who was almost  300 lbs, would be hanged in the tree. When they tried strap the  hanging harness around Weed and do a "hanging test", they had Weed  step off the ladder wearing the harness. It was so painful due to  his weight and it cutting into his body that decided to hang Jeremy  instead. After almost 12 minutes, the harness cut into him as well,  so much so that he passed out and they had to pull down and revive  him.'),
('57104',' They filmed each cemetery scene from 4:00 pm until 4:00 am each day  for two weeks in November 2004.'),
('57105',' Tim Alexander is the drummer from the band PRIMUS and Fata Morgana'),
('57106',' First movie of Amy Austria (qv).'),
('57107',' First major movie of Rudy Fernandez (I) (qv) after appearing in  several second lead role.'),
('57108',' The film watched by Fontaine and Nico on the flight to London is  _Stud, The (1978)_ (qv)'),
('57109',' The first full Length cinema feature film of Bill Nighy.'),
('57110',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Best Man Wins, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('57111',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 5.5 seconds'),
('57112',' Charles Bronson (qv) turned down the leading role.'),
('57113',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Curiosity (1912)_ (qv).'),
('57114',' At the time of its production, this was the most expensive film ever  made in Eastern Europe (outside the Soviet Union).'),
('57115',' Pablo Picasso (qv) designed one of original posters.'),
('57116',' Italian censorship visa # 55075 dated 29 November 1969.'),
('57117',' German'),
('57118','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('57119',' Released as a split reel along with  _Polly Wolly Doodle (1923)_ (qv), _Slow Motion (1923)_ (qv),  _Amusing the Baby (1923)_ (qv), and _One Summer Day (1923)_ (qv).'),
('57120',' No copy of this film is known to exist. Please check your attic.'),
('57121',' This is a collection of four different films, directors , casts and  filmed at different times.  '),
('57122',' Episode 1: The Bad Samritan by Thomas McMorrow  '),
('57123',' Episode 2: The Man who heard everything by Walter Trumbull  '),
('57124',' Episode 3: Hop by Hugh Wiley  '),
('57125',' Episode 4: The Intrigue by Marshall Neilan'),
('57126',' Grand Prize Winner of the 1998 Coca Cola Refreshing Filmmakers  Award'),
('57127',' Distributed Nationally on 20,000 screens by the Coca'),
('57128','Cola  Corporation'),
('57129',' Debuted at ShowWest 1998'),
('57130',' James Woods (I) (qv) was cast in the Peter Coyote (qv) part but  dropped out.'),
('57131',' Large selections of Peter Coyotes wardrobe were supplied by  Parisian luxury clothing company Cerruti 1881.'),
('57132',' The movie is based upon Pascal Bruckners 1981 novel "Lune de fiel"  '),
('57133',' a pun on "Lune de miel", the French word for "honeymoon". "Lune de  fiel" literally means "poison moon".'),
('57134',' Initially shot in January 2001, and re'),
('57135','shot in July 2001 because the  black & white film was ruined in processing.'),
('57136',' Except for a few shots where she was doubled by Audrey Scott (qv),  Jeanette MacDonald (qv) did most of her own horseback riding.'),
('57137',' Was filmed back to back with the English version  _Hwerow Hweg (2002)_ (qv).'),
('57138',' Was never officially released in the UK.'),
('57139',' Was the first film to play Radio City Music Hall.'),
('57140',' Ballet based on the dances from Agnes de Milles "Brigadoon".'),
('57141',' Filmed within two days. Writing and pre'),
('57142','production took almost two  months and post'),
('57143','production was finished after three weeks.'),
('57144',' Almost all sound in the movie was recorded on the set. Some  background sounds were added (wind and sea). The only prominent  sound'),
('57145','effect that was added is the sound of a barking dog (park  scene).'),
('57146',' The first filming day was postponed due to heavy rainfall all day  long.'),
('57147',' The beach shots were filmed with terrible weather conditions (a  couple of degrees Celsius above freezing). Blankets prevented the  actors becoming too cold between shots.'),
('57148',' The bed in the living room is a small stretcher, with four  mattresses on top of it.'),
('57149',' Film was shot in ten days.'),
('57150',' Lori Chism and Bryan Krandles interviews were done in January 2003,  as was the commentary with Chism, Heath McKnight and Grant A.  Balfour. Balfours interview was conducted in August 2003, followed  by McKnights at the putt'),
('57151','putt golf course.'),
('57152',' First movie of Susan Roces (qv).'),
('57153',' Zsa Zsa Padilla (qv) was offered to play Lavinia Arguelles. But  since the script required her to wear swimsuit and have a kissing  scene, she turned down the role which went to Cherie Gil (qv).'),
('57154',' Based on a story serialized in Liwayway Magazine.'),
('57155',' Film debut of Tessie Concepcion (qv)'),
('57156',' The song being sung by President Hwang at the end of the movie (that  ends up fading into the end credits) is Alan Parsons Projects "Old  and Wise".'),
('57157',' Hickenlooper directed this as an exercise for producer Cary Woods  and his Plum TV network.'),
('57158',' Due to a strict completion deadline combined with numerous  post'),
('57159','production problems, editing of the original cut of the film  was completed in only three days.'),
('57160',' Industrial band Analogue Satellite performed the music for the  original cut of the film.'),
('57161',' The film was the experimental first movie produced under the Sub  Rosa Extreme banner.'),
('57162',' One of the rare missionary films to enjoy runs in both colonial and  Belgian cinemas. Indeed, the film was a great success, with 25  prints distributed in both Dutch and French'),
('57163','language versions.'),
('57164',' No prints of this film can be found. Please check your attic.'),
('57165',' During the 70s, the film was banned in Brazil by the military  governments censorship, and even its exportation was prohibited.'),
('57166',' Has the most complex character in a computer game. The player  controls a god'),
('57167','like character that trains an artificially  intelligent giant creature. During the course of a game, the  creature learns from the player and develops its own distinct  personality. The size of the creatures mind increases from 6 '),
('57168',' 7 KB  up to 500 KB. This is the first time a computer game character has  been programmed with such empathic learning capabilities.'),
('57169',' The first in'),
('57170','game creature still exists in the game, as the Ogre.'),
('57171',' The Horned Demon from an earlier game, Dungeon Keeper, was used as  an example of how large a Creature would be, in relation to the  mortal cities. Some people saw these pictures, and believed that  Black & White was simply a cover name for a new Dungeon Keeper game.'),
('57172',' Debut of Lilli Xene (qv).'),
('57173',' The film was shot in a cemetery in Sydney during the worst drought  in 30 years. Filming was delayed three times, twice by rain (the  only two days of rain in 90 days) and once by a forest fire that  surrounded the cemetery.'),
('57174',' The shooting of the movie ran into trouble in Scenic Hill Resort,  with authorities refusing to allow shooting in the premises of a  heritage building. Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) refused  permission to shoot in the 120'),
('57175','year'),
('57176','old building as the arc lights  could affect the vice regal lodge heritage structure. The building  was home to British viceroys from 1886 until 1947, after which it  became the summer home of the president of India and since 30 years  houses the IIAS.'),
('57177',' A fire broke out on the sets at Mumbais Film City and four fire  brigades were required to put out the fire.'),
('57178',' After declining Sanjay Leela Bhansali (qv)s first three films,  Kareena Kapoor (qv) was finally accepted to do his film. Later on,  Amitabh Bachchan (qv) refused to work with her because of the  broken engagement of his son, Abhishek Bachchan (qv) and her  sister, Karisma Kapoor (qv) so Rani Mukherjee (qv) stepped in.'),
('57179',' Rani Mukherjee wore dark'),
('57180','tinted contact lenses to cover up her  famous green eyes.'),
('57181',' Sanjay Leela Bhansali named the film after his favorite color.'),
('57182',' The movies title was registered with Kumar Gaurav; Sanjay Leela  Bhansali approached him and requested him to relinquish the title,  as he wanted it for his movies. Kumar felt that the film was bold  and path breaking and wanted to render any help that he could to the  film. Hence the reason Sanjay expressed his gratitude to Kumar  Gaurav in the opening credits.'),
('57183',' At first, Rani Mukerjee refused to step in, because she felt that  she was unable to play the character she was proposed'),
('57184',' Unusually for a work by Bhansali, there are no songs featured in  this film. So the background score became of paramount importance to  the composer, Monty (qv). To create more of an uplifting aura for  the deaf'),
('57185','blind'),
('57186','mute character of Michelle McNally, he used pianos  and strings, but kept the voices in the chorus at a low octave. For  Debraj Sehais character, a fighting spirit needed to be vocalized,  so Monty used a little'),
('57187','known Middle Eastern instrument called a  duduk.'),
('57188',' The film is based on screenwriter Prakash Kapadias Gujarati play  "Aatam Vinjhe Paankh", which was inspired from "The Miracle Worker"'),
('57189',' Director Bhansali hoped to make a film that was an extension of his  critically acclaimed (box office flop) debut film  _Khamoshi: The Musical (1996)_ (qv). Both were based on a visit he  made to the Helen Keller Institute.'),
('57190',' Snow was essential for the story, so for the first part of the  shoot, the entire unit went to Simla in mid'),
('57191','January. It was cold but  there was no sign of snow. Since the unit could not wait around,  kilos of salt bags bought from the local market and snow making  machines from Bombay helped complete that schedule. The shooting  would be done early at 4 am. And when the locals emerged theyd be  amazed to see so much snow; it looked so authentic that they would  touch it to check whether it was real. Dogs would come and lick the  salt. The day after the unit left Simla, it snowed heavily.'),
('57192',' While the movie is supposedly set in Simla, and has an undefined  time period, the time period is variable, and can be measured in  part by the presence of Charlie Chaplin movies, which are being  presented in the background. These movies include  _Kid, The (1921)_ (qv) and _Gold Rush, The (1925)_ (qv), and while  we do not know when they were released in India, they give us a  general time period, although this might not fully explain the  extravagant European setting of the area, even though the British  Raj was still in force.'),
('57193',' Barney Phillips film debut.'),
('57194',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Cleaning Time (1915)_ (qv).'),
('57195',' Debut of Frank Lovejoy (qv).'),
('57196',' Reels 3, 4 and 6 of this 7 Reel film survive in the Library of  Congress.'),
('57197',' Eskay Harris Films produced this film in an attempt to capitalize on  Vitagraphs planned production of _Black Beauty (1921/I)_ (qv),  based on the Sewell, Anna (qv) novel. They re'),
('57198','edited the existing  film _Your Obedient Servant (1917)_ (qv) with added footage and  released it under the same title "Black Beauty". Vitagraph  complained to the Federal Trade Commission, but not in time.'),
('57199',' The horse playing Black Beauty, a stallion called Fury, was the  highest paid animal star after Lassie the dog.'),
('57200',' James Cosmo (qv) was cut out of this film.'),
('57201',' Peter Davison (I) (qv) filmed his scenes in ten days.'),
('57202',' Peter Cook (I) (qv)s last film.'),
('57203',' Has Won 4 Cinematography Awards Including Temecula Valley  International Film Fest California 2004, 2004 Critics Circle and  2004 Australia wide Kodak award.'),
('57204',' The movie is named after the continual references to "the black  bird" in the conversation between Spade and Gutman in "The Maltese  Falcon".'),
('57205',' Lee Patrick and Elisha Cook Jr. reprise their roles from  _Maltese Falcon, The (1941)_ (qv).'),
('57206',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('57207',' 1. Secret of the Vault  '),
('57208',' 2. The Death Rail  '),
('57209',' 3. A Shot in the Night  '),
('57210',' 4. The Danger Sign  '),
('57211',' 5. The Flaming Trap  '),
('57212',' 6. The Black Van  '),
('57213',' 7. The Fatal Hour  '),
('57214',' 8. The Mystery Mill  '),
('57215',' 9. The Assassin Strikes  '),
('57216',' 10.Out of the Shadows'),
('57217',' NZ actress Emma Deakin also appeared as a featured hobbit in Peter  Jacksons Return of the King.'),
('57218',' Chapter titles: 1. An Apartment House Case 2. The Hidden Hands 3.  The Pocket Wireless 4. An Old Grudge 5. On the Rack 6. The Unseen  Terror 7. The House of Mystery 8. The Inherited Sin 9. Lost in  London 10. The Ship of Horror 11. A Desert Vengeance 12. Neath Iron  Wheels 13. Tongues of Flame 14. A Bolt from the Blue 15. The Black  Box'),
('57219',' Spoiler: In several scenes, a black 57 Series 62 Sedan is  substituted for the Series 75 limousine. Since the roof and rear  window is completely different on the two cars, a fake roof  extension had to be created for the Series 62 model. It was this car  and not the limousine that drove off the cliff into the frozen lake  at the end of the film.'),
('57220',' The film is loosely based on an experience form the Directors past.  In the early eighties, while he and a few friends were driving home,  they were chased by a car, for several hours, through backwoods  roads.'),
('57221',' Originally offered to Sammy Davis Jr. (qv), who turned it down.'),
('57222',' Some sources have identified this as a "lost film". Prints of this  film still exist but this title has not been included in the  syndication package containing the other Fox produced Charlie Chan  films.'),
('57223',' Boris Karloffcharacter is named after Austrian architect and art  director Hans Poelzig. Poelzig worked on  _Golem, Wei Er in die Welt kam, Der (1920)_ (qv) where Ulmer was set  designer.'),
('57224',' The satanic prayer Poelzig chants during the black mass scene  consists of phrases in Latin, the most recognizable being "cum grano  salis" (with a grain of salt).'),
('57225',' Ulmer dubbed Karloffs line at the end of the chess match; "You  lose, Vitus."'),
('57226',' Ulmer, Edgar G. (qv) admitted in an interview that  Poe, Edgar Allan (qv)s story was credited to draw public  attention, despite the fact it had nothing to do with the story in  the movie.'),
('57227',' Censors in Italy, Finland and Austria banned the movie outright,  while others required cuts of the more gruesome sequences.'),
('57228',' This was Universals biggest hit of 1934.'),
('57229',' The set of the main room in Poelzigs house were built for $1,500.'),
('57230',' The first of eight movies to pair Boris Karloff (qv) and  Bela Lugosi (qv).'),
('57231',' Among the unconventional elements of this film was the soundtrack.  At a time (early 1930s) when movie music was usually limited to the  titles and credits, Edgar G. Ulmer (qv) had an almost continuous  background score throughout the entire film.'),
('57232',' Ulmer dubbed Lugosis voice instructing his servant to "Wait here"  before accompanying Karloff down to be shown his preserved dead  wife.'),
('57233',' The ill'),
('57234','fated bus driver is a direct homage to the doorman in "The  Last Laugh", where Ulmer worked as Production Designer.'),
('57235',' Associate producer Burt Kelly (qv) was tasked with delivering both  this film and "Oh, Charlie" (released as  _Hold That Ghost (1941)_ (qv)) in nearly simultaneously.'),
('57236',' Both Broderick Crawford (qv) (replacing  Richard Carlson (I) (qv)) and Basil Rathbone (qv) (replacing  Paul Cavanaugh (qv)) were late casting changes. Production was  delayed nearly a month to accommodate these changes and other  production scheduling problems.'),
('57237',' Marlene Dietrich (qv)s from'),
('57238','the'),
('57239','back cameo in the film is due to  her stopping by on a break from filming  _Flame of New Orleans, The (1941)_ (qv) to visit her then'),
('57240','boyfriend,  Broderick Crawford. She graciously volunteered to fill in for  Claire Dodd (qv) in a non'),
('57241','dialog scene after the actress left the  studio for the day.'),
('57242',' Universal ordered Alan Ladd (I) (qv)s billing increased to take  advantage of his notoriety in the current Paramount hit  _This Gun for Hire (1942)_ (qv).'),
('57243',' The first Disney animated theatrical feature to receive a PG rating.'),
('57244',' During the beginning of the film when Dallben uses Hen Wens magic  to find the Horned King, the first image that appears in the water  was a recycled section from "The Night On Bald Mountain" sequence  from _Fantasia (1940)_ (qv).'),
('57245',' This was the first animated Disney film made in cooperation with  Silver Screen Partners II.'),
('57246',' This was the first (and last) movie since  _Jungle Book, The (1967)_ (qv) where the old multi'),
('57247','plane cameras  were brought briefly out of retirement (with a few improvements this  time). New technologies such as computer generated imagery now  available to all studios have made multi'),
('57248','plane photography obsolete.'),
('57249',' The film took over 12 years to make, 5 years of actual production,  and cost over $25 million. Over 1,165 different hues and colors were  used and 34 miles of film stock was utilized.'),
('57250',' This was the first Disney animated movie in which the characters did  not sing.'),
('57251',' This was the first animated Disney movie to be filmed in widescreen  since _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv). Movies released prior to  _Black Cauldron, The (1985)_ (qv) and after  _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv) involved matting of the top and bottom  of the filmed image in order to make a widescreen image suitable for  the movie theatres.'),
('57252',' First full'),
('57253','length Disney animated film since  _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv) to have completed  scenes cut prior to release.'),
('57254',' The first Disney movie to have closing credits since  _Alice in Wonderland (1951)_ (qv).'),
('57255',' The first Disney animated feature to use computer technology.'),
('57256',' Suspended from video release for years due to its dark content.'),
('57257',' When the Horned King activates the power of the Black Cauldron the  sound of a space shuttle launch was used.'),
('57258',' Tim Burton (I) (qv), who worked as a conceptual artist on this  film, wanted to incorporate minions of the Horned King that were  akin to the "facehuggers" from the Alien movie series. Some samples  of his work can be seen on Disneys 2000 DVD of this title.'),
('57259',' Hayley Mills (qv) was originally considered for the role of  Eilonwy.'),
('57260',' The management team at Disney changed during Cauldrons production.  New studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg made several cuts in the film  before its release to prevent it getting an R or PG'),
('57261','13 rating.'),
('57262',' The movie is based upon the first two books in  Lloyd Alexander (qv)s Prydain Chronicles ("The Book of Three" and  "The Black Cauldron"). The Chronicles, in turn, are loosely based on  the mythology of ancient Wales, a collection of tales known as the  Mabinogion.'),
('57263',' Various members of Disneys "Nine Old Men" took stabs at making this  film during the 70s, as well as Don Bluth (qv).'),
('57264',' Another technological breakthrough in this movie was the development  of the APT (Animation Photo Transfer) process. The first major  change in the Studios method of transferring the artists drawings  to a cel since Xerox copying replaced hand'),
('57265','inking over 20 years  earlier, the APT greatly improved the quality of the animators art.  David W. Spencer was awarded an Oscar for his development of the APT  process.'),
('57266',' Video cameras gave animators and directors an immediate and  inexpensive record of what their efforts might look like. And the  dimensions and volume of the objects were fed into a computer and  then their shapes were perfectly maintained as their movement was  generated by programming.'),
('57267',' The production of this film can be traced back to 1971, when the  Disney Studio purchased the screen rights to  Lloyd Alexander (qv)s "The Chronicles of Prydain".'),
('57268',' Although it was first released to video in 1998 as part of the Walt  Disney Masterpieces line, it was originally going to have its home  video debut in 1989 as part of The Classics video collection which  ran from 1980 to 1994. It was even mastered on tape, but didnt make  it due to the success of The Little Mermaid.'),
('57269',' When Taran looks for Hen in the Forbidden Forest, we see him crawl  under a small branch and weave in and out of a few small trees. This  animation was recycled from _Sword in the Stone, The (1963)_ (qv)  when Wart goes into the forest to retrieve Kays arrow'),
('57270',' The redheaded henchman who shakes Creeper and yells "More women!" is  a self'),
('57271','caricature of animator Phil Nibbelink, who also voiced the  character.'),
('57272',' Dullea, Keir (qv) worked only for a week on this film, never  meeting Kidder, Margot (qv) and barely meeting Saxon, John (qv),  but the film is edited in such a way that he appears to be present  throughout.'),
('57273',' SPOILER: After seeing the ending of the film, studio executives  asked director Bob Clark to change the ending. The proposed idea was  to have the cops leaving Jess alone with Chris, Claires boyfriend.  She wakes up and he says, "Agnes, dont tell them what we did." Then  he kills her. However, Clark refused and insisted that the ending be  ambiguous.'),
('57274',' The role of Mrs. Mac was offered to Davis, Bette (qv)'),
('57275',' The role of Peter was originally offered to Malcolm McDowell (qv),  but he turned it down.'),
('57276',' The role of Lieutenant Fuller was originally supposed to be played  by Edmond OBrien (qv), but due to failing health he had to be  replaced. John Saxon (qv) was brought in at the last minute.'),
('57277',' According to Bob Clark (III) (qv) about five people were  responsible for voicing the frightening phone calls, including  director Bob Clark, actor Nick Mancuso (qv) and one actress. The  actress has not been named to this date.'),
('57278',' Gilda Radner (qv) was attached to play Phyllis, but dropped out  one month before filming began.'),
('57279',' Gilda Radner (qv) was offered the role of Phyllis Carlson. She was  attached, but dropped out one month before filming began owing to  _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) commitments.'),
('57280',' Andrea Martin (I) (qv), who played Phyllis in  _Black Christmas (1974)_ (qv), said in an interview that she hadnt  thought about Black Christmas for 32 years and it "came out of the  blue" when Glen Morgan (qv) offered her the role as the house  mother in the movie.'),
('57281',' Glen Morgan (qv) approached Mary Elizabeth Winstead (qv) about  the movie at 4 AM in the airport after finishing  _Final Destination 3 (2006)_ (qv) with her. After being hesitant at  first after only just finishing a horror movie, she agreed to the  role of "Heather" because she is a fan of the 1974 version.'),
('57282',' Crystal Lowe (qv)s first leading role.'),
('57283',' Glen Morgan (qv) wanted either Margot Kidder (qv) or  Andrea Martin (I) (qv) (who were both in the  _Black Christmas (1974)_ (qv)) to play the house mother in this  movie, to pay respect to the 1974 version.'),
('57284',' Glen Morgan (qv) didnt specifically have any male actors  considered for the role of Kyle in the movie. Instead, during  auditions, his 14'),
('57285','year'),
('57286','old daughter (stepdaughter of Glens actress  wife Kristen Cloke (qv), who also has a role in the movie), picked  out Oliver Hudson (I) (qv) shouting out "That one!"'),
('57287',' Lacey Chabert (qv) injured her leg on the first day of shooting.  The actress flew back to Los Angeles to see a doctor, and  coincidentally enough, the doctor who treated her was the stepfather  of her co'),
('57288','star, Katie Cassidy (qv).'),
('57289',' SPOILER: In the UK version of the film, Melissa dies when Agnes bags  her and takes out one of her eyes and eats it. She then drags  Melissa down the hall while she is helplessly screaming. In the U.S.  version, the back of her head is cut off.'),
('57290',' SPOILER: Melissas original death was Agnes ripping her eye out and  dragging her down the hall by her eye socket as she screams  helplessly. Glen Morgan decided to re shoot her death to being  chased and having part of her head sliced off by an ice skate. The  eye death became the UK Version death, while the ice skate death was  the US Version death.'),
('57291',' SPOILER: The original screenplay was much more serious, and Leigh  lived in the end. Also, Billy had died in the mental asylum. The  original ending ended as Kelli and Leigh killing Agnes, and being  rushed to the hospital. Kelli and Leigh have a heart warming talk,  and Kellis cell phone rings and the caller i.d reads Kyle Aurtys  Cell.'),
('57292',' SPOILER: There were reshoots that changed the death of Melissa and  the ending hospital scene.'),
('57293',' SPOILER: The UK ending ended with Leigh being killed, and Kelli  electrocuting Agnes. The US ending ended with Kelli killing Billy  after killing Agnes.'),
('57294',' Kristin Cavallari turned down the role of "Kelli" while Camilla  Belle and Amber Tamblyn turned down the role of "Heather" due to  scheduling conflicts. Belle was working on another film while  Tamblyn was committed to The Grudge 2.'),
('57295',' The scene in which Billy puts on a Santa Claus suit upon leaving the  mental institute is a reference to the character Billy Chapman in  the movie Silent Night, Deadly Night.'),
('57296',' The film was shot in Canada and was shot in 29 days'),
('57297',' Amanda Seyfried (qv) auditioned for the lead role of Kelli, but  lost to Katie Cassidy (qv).'),
('57298',' In the beginning of the film Ms. Mac asks who is not present for the  secret Santa gift exchange. Two of the names mentioned are Chelsea  and Greer. Chelsea is the name of Glen Morgan (qv)s daughter from  his marriage to Cindy Morgan (qv) who is also  Kristen Cloke (qv)s stepdaughter. Greer is the name of  Kristen Cloke (qv) and Glen Morgan (qv)s youngest child.'),
('57299',' All the girls did their own stunts.'),
('57300',' During one scene the famous "leg lamp" from A Christmas Story can be  seen in the background. This may be a reference to Bob Clark, the  director of the original Black Christmas. He also directed A  Christmas Story in 1983.'),
('57301',' The head of the frog that Shane bites into was made of Jello and  fruit. The rest of the body was real.'),
('57302',' The name/word "Satan" is not used once throughout the entire film.  "The Father" is used instead.'),
('57303',' Most of the swimmers had no competitive swimming experience.'),
('57304',' The song that Black Clouds father and the girl are singing with the  Karaoke machine is Tim McGraws “I Like it, I Love it”.'),
('57305',' Stock archive footage from _Atlantic (1929)_ (qv) is used during two  shipwreck sequences.'),
('57306',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('57307',' 1. Dangerous Men  '),
('57308',' 2. The Mystery Ship  '),
('57309',' 3. The Fatal Plunge  '),
('57310',' 4. Monsters of the Deep  '),
('57311',' 5. Wolves of the Night  '),
('57312',' 6. Sharks Fang  '),
('57313',' 7. Midnight Menace  '),
('57314',' 8. Flames of Death  '),
('57315',' 9. Smugglers Lair  '),
('57316',' 10.Flaming Guns  '),
('57317',' 11.Wheels of Death  '),
('57318',' 12.The Crash  '),
('57319',' 13.Danger Ahead  '),
('57320',' 14.Hidden Peril  '),
('57321',' 15.The Phantom Treasure'),
('57322',' This marked the first time chorus numbers were created exclusively  for a film.'),
('57323',' Filmed before any of the other films about the Black Dahlia,  including Brian De Palma and Ulli Lommels films about the subject.'),
('57324',' Actresses, Kristen Kerr and Masuimi Max, were both cast in Ramzi  Abeds “Black Dahlia Movie” before later being cast in David Lynchs  film, “Inland Empire”.'),
('57325',' David Fincher (qv) had originally planned to direct and intended  to make a three hour version shot entirely in black and white.  Fincher subsequently left the project apparently because he doubted  that he would be able to make the film exactly the way he envisaged.'),
('57326',' Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv) had initially signed on to play Lee  Blanchard opposite Josh Hartnett (qv), but scheduling conflicts  with the planned _Brazilian Job, The (2008)_ (qv) prevented him from  taking part even though production on the Italian Job sequel was  eventually pushed back.'),
('57327',' When _Brazilian Job, The (2008)_ (qv) was pushed further back in  development, Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv), director  Brian De Palma (qv)s first choice, was once again available for  shooting. However, Wahlberg was offered the chance to work with  Martin Scorsese (qv) on _Departed, The (2006)_ (qv) and thusly  turned down the role, which eventually went to Aaron Eckhart (qv).'),
('57328',' In the earlier drafts, the Linscotts were written as the Spragues.'),
('57329',' Mia Kirshner was originally intended to be feeding lines to  potential actors in screen tests. However, her performance so caught  the attention of director Brian De Palma and writer Josh Friedman  that she was cast as Elizabeth Short and her role expanded  significantly compared to the novel.'),
('57330',' Brian De Palma (qv) met Rose McGowan (qv) a year before the  filming of this movie, and offered her the role of Sherryl Saddon.'),
('57331',' James Horner (qv) was previously attached, before  Mark Isham (qv) was hired to score the film.'),
('57332',' Gwen Stefani (qv) was considered for the role of Kay Lake.'),
('57333',' The film opened the 63rd Venice Film Festival in 2006.'),
('57334',' The book was optioned in 1986. It took twenty years for it to be  made.'),
('57335',' The voice behind the camera interviewing the Black Dahlia is  Brian De Palma (qv) himself'),
('57336',' Average Shot Length = ~7.3 seconds.'),
('57337',' Fairuza Balk (qv) was considered for the role of Madeleine  Linscott.'),
('57338',' Eva Green (qv) turned down a role in this film.'),
('57339',' Brian De Palma (qv) offered the role of Madeleine Linscott to  Eva Green (qv), but she turned it down because she didnt want to  be typecast as a "femme fatale" and the role went to  Hilary Swank (qv).'),
('57340',' James Ellroy (qv)s book was based in part on the true story of  the murder of Elizabeth Short (I) (qv), an aspiring actress whod  moved to Hollywood in the late 1940s from Medford, Massachusetts. A  drifter and hanger'),
('57341','on who never managed to break into films, she  disappeared in early January 1947. On January 15, 1947 her horribly  mutilated corpse was found in an empty lot in South Central Los  Angeles. Her murderer was never publicly identified or apprehended.'),
('57342',' Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) was offered the part of  Elizabeth Short (I) (qv) but turned it down.'),
('57343',' When Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert goes searching through some  photographs, you can see a real autopsy photo of  Elizabeth Short (I) (qv).'),
('57344',' The silent film Bleichert, Lake and Blanchard attend is  _Man Who Laughs, The (1928)_ (qv) starring Conrad Veidt (qv).'),
('57345',' The screen test that characters keep watching are not in the James  Elroy novel. They were a plot device created by screenwriter  Josh Friedman (I) (qv). The real Elizabeth Short claimed to have  screen tested at major studios but no such footage has ever been  found.'),
('57346',' The character of Lorna Mertz, played by Jemima Rooper (qv), was  based on a figure in the real case named Norma Lee Myer. Under the  name Lynn Martin, she had been living with Elizabeth Short and  another girl named Marjorie Graham in a hotel shortly before the  murder. At the time of the investigation, Martin was fifteen years  old and had several arrests on her record.'),
('57347',' Rose McGowan (qv)s character Sheryl Saddon appears to be inspired  by a real person, one Sherryl Maylond, who had shared a room with  Elizabeth Short and six other girls.'),
('57348',' The longest day of shooting was 20 hours.'),
('57349',' Characters were named after famous musicians.'),
('57350',' The bar scenes were all filmed in a short four'),
('57351','hour time span. The  bar was opened during shooting and they had to be done by the time  Karoke was supposed to start.'),
('57352',' Despite the incredibly low budget, every cast and crew member was  paid for their time and hard work.'),
('57353',' The film is involved with the charity Genesis House and is donating  proceeds from merchandise sales to help prostitutes get off the  street.'),
('57354',' The bar scene was filmed during regular hours and patrons were used  as extras. This of course made things harder on the crew as  unexpected noise from entering customers often brought the shooting  to an abrupt halt.'),
('57355',' Filming for the bar scene while they were open caused more problems  as the machines to keep the alcohol cold couldnt be turned off.  This resulted in an awful background noise that took over a year to  clean up in post. So much work went into this scene that only two  lines of voice over work was necessary.'),
('57356',' The title of the film comes from the song "Fell On Black Days" by  writer/director Michael Urnikiss favorite band Soundgarden.'),
('57357',' Cinematographer Jeremy Christen was the firth person to sign on to  that position and did so only one day before principle photography.'),
('57358',' The story originated for writer/director Michael Urnikis when he ran  into an old high school friend who had fallen on some really hard  times and turned out to be a prostitute desperate to start over.'),
('57359',' Auditions took place in the dirty Chicago apartment that would later  be used as Trents place in the film. Despite the cramped  accommodations and rundown apartment a large number of actors came  out to audition.'),
('57360',' Several ex'),
('57361','prostitutes appear in the film and helped add a great  deal of realism to the project. They also gave their expert opinion  on certain depictions of prostitutes in the film.'),
('57362',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _He Waited (1913)_ (qv).'),
('57363',' Sorbo, Kevin (qv) was originally signed to star, but had to pull  out due to medical problems.'),
('57364',' On 6 January 1998, a truck filled with explosives caught fire in  downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, as crew members prepared  to film a final scene. Three people were injured.'),
('57365',' The bridge where the FBI pull the truck over is the Cape Fear  Memorial Bridge, one of the few "center span" drawbridges left in  the USA. The bridge opens by the entire center section being lifted  straight up in the air between the two towers where, these days, it  often gets stuck.'),
('57366',' A Crime Club Mystery. In 1937, Universal had acquired the rights to  select 4 books from the publisher of the pulp whodunits annual  output of 52 novels. This was the second one produced in the deal. A  total of 7 Crime Club mysteries would be filmed. The Crime Club deal  ended with the release of _Witness Vanishes, The (1939)_ (qv) in  September, 1939.'),
('57367',' No. 2 of 15 in "The Perils of Our Girl Reporters" series.'),
('57368',' Accepted and screened at the 2004 San Francisco Black Independent  Film Festival'),
('57369',' Screened at the 2006 Black Independent Film Festival in Atlanta, GA  (March 2006).'),
('57370',' 2005 '),
('57371',' Honorable Mention, "Accolade Award Winner"'),
('57372',' This is Bela Lugosi (qv)s only spy movie. At the time, he was  addicted to morphine and suffering from very bad arthritis, and had  to work to keep the money rolling in.'),
('57373',' SPOILER: Before the surgery, the members of the Black Dragon Society  are played by six Chinese actors. After the surgery, they are played  by the same six gentlemen who play the six businessmen later (i.e.,  earlier in the film). One of the Chinese actors is Keye Luke (qv),  in a bit role. He is the man on whose face Bela Lugosi (qv)s  character is seen operating.'),
('57374',' Despite one of the original titles being "The Black Streetfighter",  this film bears no connection to Sonny Chiba (qv)s series of  martial arts pictures, including  _Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken (1974)_ (qv) (The Streetfighter) and  _Onna hissatsu ken (1974)_ (qv) (Sister Streetfighter).'),
('57375',' Bela Lugosi (qv) was originally cast as Dr. Sovac and  Boris Karloff (qv) as Kingsley/Cannon, but Karloffs  interpretation of the gangster was unconvincing and he was replaced  by Stanley Ridges (qv). Karloff instead got the role as Dr. Sovac  and Lugosi got a minor role, although his second billing remained.  (Bojarski, "The Films of Bela Lugosi", 1980)'),
('57376',' According to contemporary publicity reports, Bela Lugosi (qv) was  put under hypnosis by technical advisor Manly P. Hall (qv) to make  his death scene more realistic and harrowing.'),
('57377',' The only one of the eight films featuring Boris Karloff (qv) and  Bela Lugosi (qv) in which the two stars have no scenes together.'),
('57378',' Despite problems with Boris Karloff, who steadfastly insisted that  the studio comply with the union'),
('57379','mandated 8'),
('57380','hour day (a rule largely  ignored, except when a major star demanded compliance), director  Arthur Lubin (qv) was able to bring the picture in on schedule and  $5,000 under budget.'),
('57381',' Originally budgeted at $130,750.'),
('57382',' Charles C. Wilson (qv) is credited in studio records for the role  of "Welch", but that role was played by Willard Robertson (qv).  Also, Harry Tyler (qv) in the role of "Johnny" was not seen in the  print.'),
('57383',' The film was banned outright in Chicago, Guatemala, Spain, Peru,  Venezuela, Trinidad and other countries. Many other locales required  cuts in police brutality, Mikes murder and the mine explosions. The  Hays office was concerned about Joes criminal behavior in setting  off the mine explosions not being punished, but eventually issued a  certificate of approval.'),
('57384',' Mikes murder was based on an actual strike case in which a miner  was killed by three company policemen.'),
('57385',' Michael A. Musmanno (qv)s story, "Jan Volkanik", may have been  unpublished when this film was released, but it was published as a  novel in 1966 with the title "Black Fury". Harry R. Irving (qv)s  play, "Bohunk" was unproduced and possibly unpublished.'),
('57386',' Took three years to make.'),
('57387',' According to the titles, the story was based on actual events that  had recently taken place in New York.'),
('57388',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('57389',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Egyptian Mummy, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('57390',' All Black Hawks and Little Birds used during the filming were from  the 160th SOAR, (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) and most of  the pilots were involved in the actual battle on 3/4 October 1993. A  lot of the extra Rangers in the film were current Rangers, serving  with the 3/75 Ranger Regiment'),
('57391',' The photo of a wife and child that one of the soldiers is looking at  is actually a photo of Eric Bana (I) (qv)s wife and child. The  props department forgot to take a photo of a wife and child with  them, so asked Banas wife and child who were traveling with him if  they could use a photo of them in the movie.'),
('57392',' Zaillian, Steven (qv), as script doctor, did an uncredited  re'),
('57393','write on the script.'),
('57394',' Disney passed on distributing this film because of its violent R  rating. Its eventual distributor, Revolution, is run by ex'),
('57395','Disney  studios chairman Joe Roth.'),
('57396',' This project was originally the idea of director  West, Simon (I) (qv) who urged producer Bruckheimer, Jerry (qv)  to obtain the rights of the book with a view to directing it  himself. However, West abandoned the project to direct  _Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)_ (qv).'),
('57397',' Hartnett, Josh (qv), Sizmore, Tom (qv),  Bremner, Ewan (qv)Fichtner, William (qv) and Coates, Kim (qv)  all previously worked together in another movie about war,  _Pearl Harbor (2001)_ (qv).'),
('57398',' Eighteen soldiers lost their lives during the raid. The epilogue  lists 19. Eighteen of the soldiers who died were Rangers and Delta  operators. There was also two soldiers, PFC James Martin from 2'),
('57399','14  Infantry, and Sgt. Cornell Houston of the 41st Engineer Battalion  which was attached to the 2'),
('57400','14, 10th Mountain Division, who died  during the battles of 3/4 October. The combined task force of 2'),
('57401','14  along with members of the 41st Engineer Battalion were the Army unit  sent in to rescue the Rangers. As well, Matt Rierson, who is also in  the list, died two days after the battle when Somali mortar'),
('57402','men  bombarded the base (as they always did every evening, to no effect)'),
('57403',' Department of Defense gave the producer a platoon of Army Rangers  who did the fast rope scenes'),
('57404',' Some of the scenes on the monitors behind Major General Garrison are  actual satellite images of the battle.'),
('57405',' 40 of the actors who were portraying Rangers were sent to Fort  Benning to attend a two week crash course in becoming Rangers, 15 of  the actors portraying Delta Operators were sent to Ft. Bragg and  were given a two week Commando Course by members of the 1st Special  Warfare Training Group. Ron Eldard went to Fort Campbell and was  given a lecture by several Little Bird and Black Hawk pilots,  including Michael Durant, about flying and and the battle.'),
('57406',' On the last day of their week long Army Ranger orientation at Fort  Benning, the actors who portrayed the Rangers received a letter  which had been anonymously slipped under their door. The letter  thanked them for all their hard work, and asked them to "tell our  story true", signed with the names of the Rangers who died in the  Mogadishu firefight.'),
('57407',' The massive shoot of the "target building insert" sequence was  intended to be among the first sequences shot in principal  photography, due to its complex nature. However, negotiations to  borrow four Black Hawk helicopters from the United States military  were so arduous that an agreement was not reached until a month  after shooting had commenced. Director Ridley Scott had prepared a  rental of four Hueys from Germany that were ready to be painted  black and work as substitutes in the event an agreement with the US  Department of Defense could not be reached. Fortunately, the US  Government was eventually satisfied that the film would portray the  incident in a positive light, and shipped the helicopters to the  location in two C'),
('57408','5 Galaxy transports. Ridley Scott says this was  very fortunate for the film, since the title is "Black Hawk Down"  and Hueys have no resemblance to Black Hawks.'),
('57409',' Two of the Black Hawk helicopters used in the film were named the  "Armageddon" (film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer) and the  "Gladiator" (directed by Ridley Scott). Producer Jerry Bruckheimer  believed this to be a sign of good luck.'),
('57410',' The scene where a U.S. soldiers falls out of the truck in the convoy  was an outtake, but director Ridley Scott felt that it was funny and  should be left in the movie.'),
('57411',' The film features soldiers wearing helmets with their last names on  them. Although this was an inaccuracy, Ridley Scott felt it was  necessary to have the helmets to help the audience to distinguish  between the characters because they all look the same once the  uniforms are on.'),
('57412',' Specialist Grimes, portrayed by Ewan McGregor (qv), is a fictional  character, though given his administrative position and penchant for  coffee, he is unabashedly based on the real'),
('57413','life Ranger clerk Spc  John Stebbins, who was awarded the Silver Star for his actions  during the battle. However, Stebbins was convicted in 2000 for child  molestation and is currently serving a 30'),
('57414','year jail term. As a  result, the Pentagon apparently pressured screenwriters to alter his  name in the film, although a spokeswoman for the movie defended the  change as "a creative decision made by the producers."'),
('57415',' As the soldiers prepare to take off Wolcott plays a version of  Voodoo Chile (slight return) in the helicopter. This version was  performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan (qv) who died in a helicopter  crash.'),
('57416',' Despite the fact that Ken Nolan is the only credited writer there  were others that contributed uncredited. Sam Shepard (qv) wrote a  some pages of dialogue, but they were not used; Eric Roth (qv)  wrote crucial speeches for Josh Hartnett (qv) and Eric Bana (qv)  to deliver in the closing minutes; Steven Zaillian (qv) made a  dialogue'),
('57417','driven rewrite; and Stephen Gaghan (qv) did one rewrite  early on in the development. Nolan was the writer on the set for  four months, and worked on the script for over two years.'),
('57418',' The movie opens with a quote from Plato: "Only the dead have seen an  end to war." An earlier cut of the movie opened with a quote from TS  Eliot: "All our ignorance brings us closer to death."'),
('57419',' The sequence of events portrayed near the end of the movie, where  some of the US Rangers were forced to run, unprotected, behind the  rescue convoy did, indeed, happen. This unfortunate turn of events  was named by the soldiers after the battle as "The Mogadishu Mile".'),
('57420',' Ben Foster (I) (qv) had to drop out of the role as Cpl. James  Jamie Smith due to a serious injury sustained during basic  training.'),
('57421',' The donkey that Sergeant Ed Yurek briefly pets was almost not able  to be in the film because of budget cuts. In fact, during the  rewriting and reediting of the script Ken Nolan, the screenwriter  found a note by Ridley Scott saying, "I miss the donkey". The donkey  was eventually kept.'),
('57422',' Some of the radio chatter in the movie was taken from actual radio  transmissions made during the battle.'),
('57423',' The soldiers who volunteer repeatedly to be inserted into the crash  site to protect the injured pilot are Gary Gordon and Randall  Shughart. They both received the Medal of Honor for their actions.  Not shown is the third sniper, SFC. Brad Hallings, who alongside  Shugart and Gordon volunteered to be dropped to secure Crash Site  Two. Halling eventually found himself manning a mini'),
('57424','gun when one of  the crew chiefs was injured. He would eventually lose a leg when  Super 6'),
('57425','2 crash landed later on in the battle but miraculously  learned how to use his artificial leg and stayed with Delta.'),
('57426',' Ridley Scott (qv) offered Russell Crowe (I) (qv) the role of  Sgt. Norm Hoot Hooten, the Delta squad leader. However, Crowe had  to turn down the role due to scheduling conflicts with  Ron Howard (qv)s _A Beautiful Mind (2001)_ (qv).'),
('57427',' Disneys first PG'),
('57428','rated movie.'),
('57429',' To film the special effects, Disney originally wanted to rent the  Dykstraflex camera system (the first computer controlled camera)  from Industrial Light & Magic. However, the price and rental terms  were unacceptable so Disney went to their acclaimed engineering  division to come up with their own version. What resulted was  Disneys A.C.E.S. (Automated Camera Effects System), which was  radically superior to the Dykstraflex system, the "Mattescan"  system, which enabled the camera to move on a matte painting (which  was previously impossible), and a computer'),
('57430','controlled modeling  stand. At the time, this put Disney technologically ahead of ILM.'),
('57431',' Dr. Reinhardts ship is called the "U.S.S. Cygnus." The first black  hole was discovered in the constellation Cygnus.'),
('57432',' Spaceship USS Cygnus was originally called Centaurus.'),
('57433',' The film contains over 550 visual effects shots, including over 150  matte paintings.'),
('57434',' At the time of its release, the movie featured the longest computer  graphics sequence that had ever appeared in a film.'),
('57435',' The spaceship Cygnus was actually a 12'),
('57436','foot'),
('57437','long model weighing 175  pounds.'),
('57438',' The movie was renamed in the Soviet Union, because black hole is  an obscene term in Russian.'),
('57439',' The character of V.I.N.CENT. was originally to have more elaborate  electronic eyes (based on electronic stock ticker type billboards),  which would have given him a greater range of "facial" expression.  Unfortunately, the electro'),
('57440','mechanical eyes simply didnt work  properly and the effect was abandoned at the beginning of principal  photography.'),
('57441',' Disney regarded the quality of the special effects to be so crucial  that they called Peter Ellenshaw (qv) out of a 10 year retirement  to work on the film.'),
('57442',' Dr. Reinhardts dying words "more light" are supposedly  Johann Wolfgang Goethe (qv)s final words as well.'),
('57443',' A fixture in Disneys special effects department for more than 40  years, Eustace Lycett (qv) (then head of the Photographic Effects  Department) retired after completing the composite work on this  film.'),
('57444',' It was popular around this time to release a 12'),
('57445','inch, 33 1/3  long'),
('57446','playing record containing a films dialogue, sound effects, and  score, with narration taking the listener from scene to scene. The  record released of _Black Hole, The (1979)_ (qv) featured dialogue  not present in the theatrical release of the film.'),
('57447',' Jennifer ONeill (I) (qv) was originally cast as Dr. Kate McCrae,  but later replaced by Yvette Mimieux (qv).'),
('57448',' Practically all the dialogue in the film was re'),
('57449','recorded by the cast  during post'),
('57450','production "looping" '),
('57451',' with the exception of only a  couple lines.'),
('57452',' The helmets of robot sentinels had a very limited vision, making it  difficult to direct and coordinate the actors, particularly when  they were firing the lasers.'),
('57453',' Robert Forster (I) (qv) was slightly hurt on the head during the  storm in the greenhouse.'),
('57454',' The film was originally supposed to take place in a completely  weightless environment. The technical difficulties prompted a  re'),
('57455','write of the script so that when the Palomino ties up the Cygnus  gravity returned.'),
('57456',' Tommy McLoughlin (qv) (STAR) also coordinated for the mimes who  play the sentinels and the humanoids. His wife doubled  Yvette Mimieux (qv) for stunts.'),
('57457',' Reinhardts robot was already called Maximilian before  Maximilian Schell (qv) was chosen for the role of Reinhardt.'),
('57458',' Neither Roddy McDowall (qv) nor Slim Pickens (I) (qv) are  credited for their voice work in the film in either the opening or  closing sequences.'),
('57459',' According to press at the time, the score from the film was the  worlds first digitally recorded soundtrack.'),
('57460',' Elizabeth and Kayleys house and Erics apartment were both filmed  in the same house.'),
('57461',' Soldiers Memorial is a World War I museum built during the  Depression and so neglected that the elevators dont work. It is  situated on Chestnut Street in downtown St. Louis, however, which is  low'),
('57462','traffic yet double the width of other downtown streets, which  means a movie company can show a rented helicopter landing in the  middle of downtown without messing up local traffic too much.'),
('57463',' About three minutes into the film you can see Windows Media Player  playing the animation of starting the experiment.'),
('57464',' Inspired by Stan Brakhage (qv)s fall on a patch of black ice that  resulted in his developing and having to be operated on for  cataracts in both eyes.'),
('57465',' Italian censorship visa #52341 dated 24 October 1968.'),
('57466',' The last film of Russell Waters.'),
('57467',' "Johannes Brost" talks about a police colleague named "Bengtsson".  In the TV'),
('57468','series "Rederiet" (1992) where "Johannes Brost" plays a  bartender there is also character named "Bengtsson" that is a former  police.'),
('57469',' The scene where Princess Regina trips over her bed sheets was not  scripted, Jeannette Weegar really did trip and fall, but the  director liked it so it was kept and put in the final cut.'),
('57470',' Final film of Al St. John (qv).'),
('57471',' The movie was inspired by a real case involving the Black Legion in  Michigan, where a WPA worker was killed.'),
('57472',' A complete print was discovered in Russia in 2000, and was in good  condition.'),
('57473',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('57474',' Shot in three days.'),
('57475',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Landmarks of France (1917)_ (qv).'),
('57476',' Although Charlie Chans daughters appeared with him in previous  films (including "Charlie Chan in Honolulu" and "Charlie Chan at the  Circus") this is the only film in which a daughter (Frances) plays  the assistant role usually done by one of Chans sons (Lee, Jimmy,  Tommy).'),
('57477',' Actress Frances Chan didnt have to stretch too far in this role.  Frances Chan played a character named...Frances Chan!'),
('57478',' Initially, the film was to be directed in the USA by Douglas Sirk  starring George Sanders.'),
('57479',' Italian censorship visa # 5644 dated 20 April 1949.'),
('57480',' Several VW Country Buggies are seen in the film '),
('57481',' these were  manufactured by Volkswagen of Australia between 1968'),
('57482','72. Fewer than  2,000 were manufactured '),
('57483',' these vehicles were imported into the  Philippines and have been sought'),
('57484','after by classic vehicle  collectors.'),
('57485',' The title of this movie was suggested by "The Blackmans Guide to  Understanding the Blackwoman," [sic] a 1989 book by controversial  author Shahrazad Ali.'),
('57486',' First film project of Annie Potts (qv).'),
('57487',' Rob Van Dam (qv) injured his knee while performing one of his own  stunts.'),
('57488',' Raymond Wong Ho'),
('57489','Yin (qv) and Louis Koo (qv) were considered to  play Black Mask, before Hark Tsui (qv) settled on newcomer  Andy On (qv).'),
('57490',' The movie was released in Hong Kong in early January 2003, and  featured a dubbed Cantonese soundtrack with many HK celebrities in  the main roles. Most notably, Andy Lau was the voice of Black Mask  and Jordan Chan voiced bad guy Lang. In an amusing turn, Cecilia  Cheung provided the voice of Raymond, the annoying little kid. Other  roles were filled out by Louis Koo, Lau Ching'),
('57491','Wan, Cherrie Ying,  Chapman To, Michael Tse, Patrick Tam and Raymond Wong Ho'),
('57492','Yin.'),
('57493',' Director of Photography Matthew S. Smith (qv), composer  Parker Breckenridge (qv), and screenwriter John Oak Dalton (qv)  all have cameos as Nazi soldiers.'),
('57494',' Olga Lowe auditioned for this film.'),
('57495',' In the lobby of Black Manor, the portraits of Mordred and Marcus  Gordon are placed in accordance to the medieval belief that the left  side is evil and the right side is good. Mordred, the evil brother,  is on the left or sinister side of the lobby, when viewed with your  back to the front door. Marcus, the hero, is on the right or dexter  side of the lobby.'),
('57496',' All the soldiers in the cast have been required to train at Fort  Benning Georgia with the United States Army Rangers for seven to ten  days.'),
('57497',' First episode in the Buck & Bubbles 2'),
('57498','reel comedy series.'),
('57499',' The much admired Himalayan scenery was all created in the studio  (with glass shots and hanging miniatures).'),
('57500',' Jack Cardiff (qv) came up with the idea of starting the rainfall  end scene by first having a few drops hit the rhubarb leaves before  cueing a full'),
('57501','force rainstorm. He personally created the first drops  with water from a cup when the scene was shot.  Michael Powell (I) (qv) was so pleased with the effect that he  decided to make the scene, originally the penultimate one, the  closing shot. Cardiff, however, was a great fan of the original  scene (which had already been shot) that was supposed to follow this  one and close the film. To this day Cardiff amusingly calls the  opening drops of the rainfall "the worst idea I ever had".'),
('57502',' The backdrops were blown'),
('57503','up black and white photographs. The art  department then gave them their breathtaking colors by using pastel  chalks on top of them.'),
('57504',' Because of the Technicolor camera and film stock, the sets needed an  astounding 800 foot'),
('57505','candles of light just to operate at T2.8, which  was the widest lens aperture setting.'),
('57506',' The films title is a satirical reference to radios National  Broadcasting Company (NBC), which divided its programming between  two networks, "The Red Network" and "The Blue Network."'),
('57507',' The first film scored by Jerry Goldsmith.'),
('57508',' Winner of best short film at New York Short Film Festival'),
('57509',' Nino Cochise (qv), grandson of the famous Apache chief Cochise,  was an extra in this movie. It was his second extra job in  Hollywood, his first one being in Douglas Fairbanks (qv)  _Robin Hood (1922)_ (qv). He would appear in three other Hollywood  productions.'),
('57510',' According to the commentary on the Kino Video DVD, the crew of  Douglas Fairbanks (qv) longboat in the climactic chase and battle  were members of the crew of the USS Arizona.'),
('57511',' The double'),
('57512','thick Technicolor prints (two strips of dyed film,  cemented together) presented numerous screening problems for  untrained projectionists. If screened improperly, they would warp,  scratch, etc. and due to the expense of printing in Technicolor at  this time (since there were no optical printers, or any easier way  of printing such technology in those days) forced the Fairbanks  studio to issue a black'),
('57513','and'),
('57514','white version as well.'),
('57515',' "Jackie Chan (I)" (qv) turned down a role, as he didnt want to play  a "bad" character.'),
('57516',' When the crew ran a few minutes over filming at a location in Japan,  they were not only told to leave, a man physically walked in front  of the camera and forbade them from continuing filming.'),
('57517',' The "Osaka police office" is in fact the "Office of Prevention of  Natural Disasters", next door.'),
('57518',' Yusaku Matsuda (qv), who plays the villain, Sato, was best known  as a television comedian in Japan prior to BLACK RAIN. He knew he  had bladder cancer, and that his condition would be aggravated by  acting in the movie. He elected to do so anyway, unbeknownst to  director Ridley Scott, reportedly saying, "This way, I will live  forever." He died on 9 November 1989, less than seven weeks after  the films American premiere.'),
('57519',' DIRTRADE(Ridley Scott (qv)): [score]: Hans Zimmer (qv) and  Ridley Scott collaborated for the first time in this movie.'),
('57520',' The winery where the final battle takes place is not in Japan, but  in Napa County, California. The filmmakers visa had run out, so  final filming was shifted to the United States.'),
('57521',' Originally Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) signed on to direct the film.'),
('57522',' Howard Atherton shot most of the film, but he got so frustrated in  Japan that he resigned. Jan de Bont was brought in to finish the  rest of the film.'),
('57523',' Average Shot Length & Median Shot Length = ~3.5 seconds'),
('57524',' The Chinese character at the end of the movie reads "van". This has  been used in many old Japanese movies. It means "The End", but  roughly translated it means "completed".'),
('57525',' Yusaku Matsudas final film appearance.'),
('57526',' Ridley Scotts first cut of the film was 2 hours and 40 minutes  long.'),
('57527',' SPOILER: At the end of the movie we see Nick apprehend the bad guy.  Ridley Scott also shot an alternative ending where the bad guy is  impaled on a spike.'),
('57528',' This featurette is included on the Special Collectors Edition DVD  for _Black Rain (1989/I)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('57529',' This featurette is included on the Special Collectors Edition DVD  for _Black Rain (1989/I)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('57530',' This featurette is included on the Special Collectors Edition DVD  for _Black Rain (1989/I)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('57531',' This featurette is included on the Special Collectors Edition DVD  for _Black Rain (1989/I)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('57532',' First release in Kalems American Girl series.'),
('57533',' This movie was filmed "in sequence", that is to say, all of the  scenes were filmed in the order in which they appear on the screen.'),
('57534',' It took over four years to find financing for the film. No American  studio was interested in doing it because it was about religion, so  eventually the finance was drummed up from European and Canadian  sources. Even with Oscar nominee Bruce Beresford (qv) expressing a  desire to be at the helm, the Canadian investors were still very  hard to convince. Until Beresfords film  _Driving Miss Daisy (1989)_ (qv) scooped the 1989 Oscar for Best  Film. The success of "Dances with Wolves" was also instrumental in  helping the film to get made.'),
('57535',' The ferocity of the torture scenes prompted accusations of racism  from Native Americans. However, Brian Moore (III) (qv), who had  done extensive research on the subject, had actually toned down the  documented violence for both his book and his screenplay.'),
('57536',' According to Rich Little (I) (qv), the voice of Alfonso Bedoya was  dubbed by Peter Sellers (qv).'),
('57537',' Leslie Caron (qv) was offered the role of Maryam later played in  the film by Cécile Aubry (qv).'),
('57538',' A documentary in the Bruce Scenic Novelties series.'),
('57539',' Released as a split reel with the documentaries,  _Hawaii from the Car Window (1927)_ (qv) and  _Harbor Beacon, The (1927)_ (qv).'),
('57540',' The producers ran out of money during production, so the special  effect of the scorpion attacking Mexico City is actually an empty  travelling matte.'),
('57541',' The sounds of the scorpions are the same sounds as the ant chirps in  _Them! (1954)_ (qv).'),
('57542',' The trapdoor spider that attacks Juanito in the scorpions  underground home is one of the original models left over from the  famous deleted spider sequence in _King Kong (1933)_ (qv)'),
('57543',' Many of the screams heard are stock sound effects that can also be  heard in many Republic movie serials.'),
('57544',' That giant worm with the "octopus like arms" seen in this film is a  prop from the unused spider pit sequence from the original KING  KONG.'),
('57545',' Serial had fifteen chapters, released in late 1919 and early 1920.  All chapters were 2 reels with the exception of the very first  chapter, which was three reels.'),
('57546',' Believed to be lost.'),
('57547',' Chapter titles: 1. The Great Secret 2. Marked for Death 3. The Gas  Chamber 4. Below the Waterline 5. The Acid Bath 6. The Unknown 7.  The Betrayal 8. A Crippled Hand 9. Woes of Deceit 10. The Inn of  Dread 11. The Death Studio 12. The Chance Trail 13. Wings of Mystery  14. The Hidden Way 15. The Secret Host'),
('57548',' Film critic Gene Siskel said that this was the first film he walked  out on in 26 years of reviewing movies.'),
('57549',' Chris Farley (qv) uses the same football play with the kids at the  youth center '),
('57550',' "32 belly option" '),
('57551',' as he did when he and  Rob Lowe (I) (qv) went cow'),
('57552','tipping in _Tommy Boy (1995)_ (qv).'),
('57553',' The same car Chris Farley and David Spade drive in  _Tommy Boy (1995)_ (qv) can be seen parked in front of the Rec  Center Farleys character works at.'),
('57554',' At the Governors Press conference, the television stations  attending are real Seattle TV stations: KING'),
('57555','TV, KCPQ'),
('57556','TV, and  KOMO'),
('57557','TV. KOMO even went as far a actually being on location and  loaning equipment for the shoot. They have done this before and  since: _Harry and the Hendersons (1987)_ (qv) and  _Life or Something Like It (2002)_ (qv)'),
('57558',' The band playing at the concert is Mudhoney.'),
('57559',' Special effects were done by Weta Workshops, the same crew who did  the Lord of the Rings trilogy.'),
('57560',' Just before Mike (Mick Rose) is attacked by a killer sheep, he is  seen reading "The Penguin History of New Zealand", a well known book  written by the late Dr Michael King, the father of "Black Sheep"  director Jonathan King.'),
('57561',' WILHELM SCREAM: While the people at Anguss speech are being  attacked by the sheep, two men try to get into a car, and the guy on  the passenger side gets pulled down by a sheep and screams.'),
('57562',' This was Universal'),
('57563','Internationals first feature in CinemaScope.'),
('57564',' When shooting in Shaniko, Oregon the cast and crew were left with no  choice but to spend the night in the town hall, which was being  remodelled. In the middle of the night they decided to get a hotel  in Madras instead, which is where they shot several scenes for the  film.'),
('57565',' Actor Jordan DeNoce wore a red wig and learned how to play guitar  for the part of James P. Cotton.'),
('57566',' Filmed on location in a 130 year'),
('57567','old Victorian house that had a  reputation of being haunted. During production, many strange  accidents occurred including $22,000 of damage to a Panaflex camera.'),
('57568',' The last film project of actor Bela Lugosi (qv).'),
('57569',' Director Russ Meyer (I) (qv) stated in an interview that this film  was his "statement" film against racial bigotry.'),
('57570',' Russ Meyer (I) (qv) was reportedly so disappointed about the size  of Anouska Hempel (qv)s chest that he edited footage of larger  breasts into her nude scenes.'),
('57571',' Cedric Burnside (qv) and Kenny Brown (I) (qv), the members of  Lazarus band, are the grandchildren of legendary (but relatively  unknown) blues singer R.L Burnside (qv). They played in his band  while he toured up until his death in 2005. Additionally, the  reverend (played by John Cothran Jr.  (qv)) is named R.L. On a  side note, features of Lazarus (played by Samuel L Jackson (qv)),  such as his hair and his history with the Juke Joint, are remarkably  similar to Burnsides.'),
('57572',' The electric guitar that Lazarus plays is a Gibson ES'),
('57573','335.'),
('57574',' Shipped to theaters as "Bible School Mission".'),
('57575',' The title of the film derives from the Blind Lemon Jefferson song  recorded in 1927.'),
('57576',' Christina Ricci (qv) wore an actual forty pound chain during  filming.'),
('57577',' The panties Christina Ricci (qv) wore in the film were bought by  herself at Dillards department store. She also contributed cowboy  boots, a Wrangler jacket, and a pair of shorts from her own closet.'),
('57578',' Samuel L. Jackson (qv) learned to play the guitar for this film,  while completing production of _Snakes on a Plane (2006)_ (qv).'),
('57579',' Linda Darnell (qv)s last film.'),
('57580',' Two horses played the black stallion in this movie: Cass Ole, who  played the horse in the first movie; and El Mokhtar, a famous  Egyptian Arab racer who was used in the racing scenes. Sadly, El  Mokhtar died of colic during the making of the film.'),
('57581',' The Black was portrayed by a champion Arabian stallion from Texas  named Cass'),
('57582','Ole; his friend, the old white horse named Napoleon, was  portrayed by Junior '),
('57583',' who had previously appeared in National  Lampoons _Animal House (1978)_ (qv) as Trooper, Niedermeyers  horse.'),
('57584',' Cass Ole, like most horses, had his mane trimmed into whats called  a bridle path. This makes it easier to fit a bridle. For the movie,  Cass Ole had to wear "hair extensions" to make his mane look like a  wild horses mane. He also had white markings on his legs and  forehead and the white needed to be covered with a black hair dye to  transform Cass Ole into the Black Stallion.'),
('57585',' There is a scene in which Alec opens the door of Henry Daileys  office and looks around at all the old memorabilia Henry acquired as  a winning jockey. One of the photos is a shot of a younger  Mickey Rooney (I) (qv) atop the horse that looks to be the one  featured in _National Velvet (1944)_ (qv). Perhaps it was a promo  shot from that movie because Rooney only rode the horse once in  National Velvet, and that scene took place at night.'),
('57586',' The black model horse seen in Alecs bedroom is a Breyer Animal  Creations Foundation Stallion #64, produced for 11 years starting in  1977 and retired in 1987.'),
('57587',' There is a scene after The Black has jumped overboard and Alec is in  the water yelling for help and The Black is swimming towards him.  Suddenly the horse begins to tip over, his head plunges underwater  and he starts to thrash in the water and his hooves are pawing in  the air. This was an accident due to the guide wires being used to  control the horse. Too much force was applied on the turn and the  horse went under, a serious cause for alarm on the set. To  everyones relief, the horse righted himself and popped up out of  the water just fine.'),
('57588',' Black Sun was shot on just about every video format Director Andrew  Copp could get his hands on, from DVCPro to VHS to Digital 8 to  Mini'),
('57589','DV'),
('57590',' The actual game that was being played in the film was Superbowl X  between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys at Miami.  Respective scores: 21 to 17.'),
('57591',' Movie cameras used in filming during the Super Bowl game were  disguised as TV cameras with CBS logos.'),
('57592',' (John Frankenheimer (qv)) was able to secure permission from  Goodyear to use their blimp in the film because of his relationship  with the companys public relations department from making "Grand  Prix". He had to promise them that the blimp itself would not kill  anybody, for example that nobody would be torn up in its propellers.  In addition, the pilot was changed from a Goodyear employee to a  freelance pilot only hired by Goodyear. Miami Dolphins owner Joe  Robbie got the NFL to allow extensive filming at a real Super Bowl  and the use of copyrighted team names and logos. Additional footage  of the stampede at the game was shot at the Orange Bowl after the  game with thousands of extras provided for free by The United Way.  In exchange for providing the extras, Frankenheimer agreed to direct  a short film for them with star Robert Shaw narrating it.'),
('57593',' Three Goodyear blimps are used in the film, one based in Miami, one  in Houston and one in Los Angeles.'),
('57594',' The climactic scene in which the blimp descends onto the Orange Bowl  was filmed the day before the actual game to avoid setting off a  real panic.'),
('57595',' At least some parts of the climatic scene were filmed after the  Superbowl, including shots of the nose of the blimp coming onto the  field as extras ran about wildly. Only the front portion of the  blimp and gondola were recreated for this "head'),
('57596','on" shot and the  whole thing was controlled by a crane.'),
('57597',' DIRCAMEO(John Frankenheimer (qv)): the TV director covering the  Miami Superbowl game.'),
('57598',' Average Shot Length = ~5.3 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.4  seconds.'),
('57599',' Lynn Swann (qv)s (Super Bowl MVP) touchdown can be seen from  behind the end zone in one of the scenes.'),
('57600',' To help out the war effort, the actors tried hard to keep the number  of takes low so as to conserve film. Roughly thirty of the scenes  were done in one take.'),
('57601',' The ship in the picture was also used in the films  _That Hamilton Woman (1941)_ (qv),  _Princess and the Pirate, The (1944)_ (qv) and  _Captain Kidd (1945)_ (qv).'),
('57602',' Although it is supposed to be based on Raphael Sabatinis novel "The  Black Swan", in fact, the story is completely original, and the only  character retained from the original novel is the historical  personage Henry Morgan.'),
('57603',' Italian actress Anna'),
('57604','Maria Sandri (qv)s English was so poor, her  dialogue had to be completely dubbed by Nanette Newman (qv), wife  of the films screenwriter, Bryan Forbes (qv). Forbes himself  played a dying enemy soldier, a role that took three days to shoot,  but the footage ended up on the cutting room floor'),
('57605',' When revelations about Traci Lords (I) (qv) age became known, VCA  withdrew the movie. Rather than being stuck with a title they  couldnt make money on, they went back and re'),
('57606','edited the video to  remove Ms. Lords single scene, then re'),
('57607','released it. They also  issued the new version in a box cover with very different artwork,  as the original box cover main photo included Lords.'),
('57608',' Valen, Nancy (qv) (Mela) used body double Susan More for her nude  scene.'),
('57609',' Shots of the SR'),
('57610','71 taking off are from Dudikoff, Michael (qv)s  _Strategic Command (1997)_ (qv), and the scenes on board the  aircraft carrier are from Dudikoffs Crash Dive.'),
('57611',' During production of the film, temperatures dipped as low as 15F and  snow was common. The winter conditions during the shoot, which are  common to many inner cities across America, added great realism to  the shoot.'),
('57612',' The original UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to edit the  opening murder. All later releases feature the same cut print.'),
('57613',' The last film of Joseph Tomelty (qv).'),
('57614',' This was the first sound feature that John Ford (I) (qv) directed.  Unable to shout orders to the actors, he had his brother, First  Assistant Edward OFearna dress up as a rifleman and mingle with the  crowd whispering Fords instructions to the principal actors.'),
('57615',' In late 2005, Bruce Willis (qv) was set to star as well as produce  with Samuel Bayer (I) (qv) making his directorial debut.'),
('57616',' Vin Diesel (qv) signed on to star in May 2006, with  Kevin Bacon (qv), James Franco (qv), and Sophie Okonedo (qv)  set to co'),
('57617','star. Diesel left the project in June, with filming  starting in July, causing the project to be shelved.'),
('57618',' Bruce Willis resurrected the project in November of 2006, with  Samuel L. Jackson (qv) joining him with filming to start in  February 2007.'),
('57619',' In February 2007, Tony Kaye (I) (qv) replaced Samuel Bayer as the  director, causing the filming to be postponed to April.'),
('57620',' Although this was the first talking picture produced by a British  company, it was filmed in the United States because suitable sound  equipment could not be found in England.'),
('57621',' CAMEO(David Mamet (qv)): Playing poker with Debra Winger (qv).'),
('57622',' Cinematographer, Conrad Halls return to filmmaking after a ten'),
('57623','year  absence.'),
('57624',' Chapter Titles: 1. Deadly Prophecy 2. The Stolen Formula 3. Hidden  Death 4. Peril in the Sky 5. The Spiders Lair 6. Glass Guillotine  7. Wheels of Death 8. False Information 9. The Spiders Venom 10.The  Stolen Corpse 11.Death Dials a Number 12.The Talking Mirror 13.A  Life for a Life'),
('57625',' In his memoirs Joss Ackland (qv) writes he was working on three  other films as well as playing Wray in this film.'),
('57626',' According to a book on Michael Reeves (I) (qv),  Nicky Henson (qv) was interviewed for a role.'),
('57627',' Lew Wasserman (qv), Don Siegel (I) (qv)s boss, wanted  Edward Fox (I) (qv) for the role of John Tarrant.'),
('57628',' The machine pistols used by Tarrant and McKee at the end are Ingram  MAC'),
('57629','10s, probably in 9mm. The pistols were known for their high rate  of fire, making them popular for movie work in the early 1970s.'),
('57630',' The last film role of Russell Napier.'),
('57631',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Objections Overruled (1913)_ (qv).'),
('57632',' This video was the first to show the "morphing" technique, when each  person at the end of the song, morphs into a different person.'),
('57633',' The video gotten a lot of controversy at the end when Jackson grabs  his crotch, unzips his pants and changes into a panther. After this,  he made a public apology for the video. In his defense, he said that  it symbolized of metamorphosis.'),
('57634',' CAMEO(Tyra Banks (qv)) one of the extras who morphs into another  person.'),
('57635',' CAMEO(John Landis (I) (qv)) the director at the end of the song.'),
('57636',' A scene where the students visit an Arab village and were stoned by  the residents was filmed but not included.'),
('57637',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _History of the Big Tree (1915)_ (qv) and the cartoon  _Hicks in Nightmareland (1915)_ (qv).'),
('57638',' The mercenary "Happy Jack" is played by the writer, producer and  director '),
('57639',' James Riffel.'),
('57640',' At the dinner party at the beginning, a portrait of Captain  Blackadder from _"Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989)_ (qv) is positioned  on the wall behind the present Blackadder.'),
('57641',' The new lyrics for the closing credits (using a Bouncing Ball) are:  Let joy fill every Britons heart / For now the countrys going to  make it / At last a King who looks the part / At last a Queen who  looks good naked / Blackadder, Blackadder, A monarch with panache /  Blackadder, Blackadder Hes got a nice moustache / Everything he  wants hell get / The world is now Blackadders oyster / Most Prime  Ministers are wet / But Baldrick he is even moister / Blackadder,  Blackadder, A dog whos got his bone / Blackadder, Blackadder, A  bastard on the throne / Blackadder, Blackadder, His beard is neatly  curled / Blackadder, Blackadder, Hes going to rule the world.'),
('57642',' Writers trademark (random black extras). Although they are not  correct to the period, black extras can be seen in the Robin Hood  and Elizabethan scenes because of a long'),
('57643','running joke between  Richard Curtis (I) (qv) and Lenny Henry (qv) who apparently  always complains that he could have been the extra instead.'),
('57644',' Was shown at SkyScape attraction at Londons Millenium Dome eight  times a day for the whole of 2000.'),
('57645',' This film and _Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)_ (qv) are the only two  to actively reprise characters from previous Blackadder incarnations  (namely new segments for _"Blackadder II" (1986)_ (qv) and  _"Blackadder the Third" (1987)_ (qv)).'),
('57646',' Filmed as part of the British version of the "Comic Relief" charity  show.'),
('57647',' Stephen Fry (qv), who plays King Charles I, plays the character as  an impression of the current Prince of Wales, Prince Charles (qv),  who when crowned king, would be King Charles III (although it is  believed to be unlikely he will continue to use the name Charles).'),
('57648',' Mel Smith (qv) confessed that five minutes before they started  filming they realized everyone was absolutely useless at playing  lawn bowls.'),
('57649',' Johnny Vegas (qv) is the only cast member who can actually play  bowls and does not do so in the film.'),
('57650',' The bowling green used is actually in Torquay, where the film is  mostly set. It is famous for being one of the few actually placed  between a cultivated gardens behind it and the sea in front.'),
('57651',' Based on a true story of Griff Sanders who was thrown out of the  Torquay Bowls Club for "improper conduct" (including writing  "tosser" on the back of a score card).'),
('57652',' The "supercar" that Cliff and pals test out is the TVR Tuscan.'),
('57653',' Won the "Audience Award" at the SXSW Film Festival 2004'),
('57654',' In the opening scene Dannah Feinglass really got shot in the crotch.  The paintballs were supposed to explode on her chest.'),
('57655',' Ed Helms brought his own kayaking paddle and wetsuit to the shoot.  The paddle was tied to the roof of his car.'),
('57656',' The town of New Providence was built from scratch on a coconut  plantation in a small town in southern Thailand.'),
('57657',' The fight scenes were choreographed by the same choreographer that  helped on _Ong'),
('57658','bak (2003)_ (qv) and _Tom yum goong (2005)_ (qv).'),
('57659',' Final film of William Fawcett (qv).'),
('57660',' The name of the narrator character, Israel Hands, is the name of a  pirate in Robert Louis Stevenson (qv)s "Treasure Island".'),
('57661',' Included as a special feature on the _Blackboard Jungle (1955)_ (qv)  DVD released in 2005 by Warner Home Video.'),
('57662',' This film launched the Rock and Roll era by using "Rock Around the  Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets (qv) as its theme music. The  song was chosen for the theme after it was heard among records owned  by Peter Ford (I) (qv), the son of the films star,  Glenn Ford (qv). For years it was thought the producers daughter  had discovered the song, but this has since been proven incorrect.  "Rock Around the Clock" went to No. 1 around the world and  eventually sold an estimated 25 million copies.'),
('57663',' The original novel was based on author Evan Hunter (qv)s own  experiences as a teacher in South Bronx. Hunter, who found fame as  crime writer Ed McBain, said "I thought I was going to give these  kids who want to be motor mechanics Shakespeare and they were going  to appreciate it and they werent buying it. I went home in tears  night after night".'),
('57664',' Clare Boothe Luce (qv), then US Ambassador to Italy, prevented the  film from being shown at the Venice Film Festival. A Senate  committee had decided that the film would not have beneficial  effects on the youth of the day.'),
('57665',' Film debuts of Vic Morrow (qv) and Jamie Farr (qv).'),
('57666',' The lead "juvenile delinquents" were played by Vic Morrow (qv) and  Sidney Poitier (qv); year of films release, Morrow was well into  his twenties and Poitier was thirty.'),
('57667',' The set used for Dr. Steins lab uses items from Universals  original _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv).'),
('57668',' Blackhawk was a creation of the Late Will Eisner for Quality Comics,  which was later bought out by DC Comics. According to the "Whos Who  In The DC Universe" update, Blachawks real name is Janos Prohaska,  sometimes said to be Polish, other times said to be US'),
('57669','born. Hes  the leader of the seven'),
('57670','man Blackhawks team, a group of WW2 ace  pilots who travel the world combating evil.'),
('57671',' Based on the 1915 Colorado mine strike.'),
('57672',' Ondra, Anny (qv)s voice was dubbed by Barry, Joan (I) (qv)  because Ondra had a thick German accent. Barry had to stand just off  the set and read the lines into a microphone as the film was shot.'),
('57673',' In one key shot, the villain Ritchard, Cyril (qv) is photographed  with a thick shadow (caused by the arm of an overhead chandelier)  across his upper lip. Hitchcock wanted the image to evoke the  old'),
('57674','fashioned, heavily mustached villain found in many silent films.  He later called this touch "my farewell to silent pictures".'),
('57675',' Much of the film was originally shot silent; when sound became  available during the course of shooting, director  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) re'),
('57676','shot certain scenes with sound, thus  making it the Master of Suspenses first talkie.'),
('57677',' Generally acknowledged as the first British talkie, and definitely  the first sound'),
('57678','on'),
('57679','film British talkie.  _Clue of the New Pin, The (1929)_ (qv), was released in March 1929  in the British Phototone system, a sound'),
('57680','on'),
('57681','disc system using  12'),
('57682','inch phonograph records synchronized with the film.'),
('57683',' DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)): being bothered by a small boy  on the subway.'),
('57684',' With _Jazz Singer, The (1927)_ (qv) doing spectacular business, the  producers decided that the last reel of this predominantly silent  film should have sound. Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) thought that  this was an absurd idea and so he secretly filmed the whole thing  with sound.'),
('57685',' The light levels in the British Museum were insufficient to allow  Hitchcock to film the final chase scene in the museum. Without  informing the producer, Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) used the  Schufftan process (developed by German cinematographer  Eugen Schüfftan (qv)). This involved taking still photos of the  interior of the museum, then reflecting the photos in a mirror with  certain parts of the silvering of the mirror scraped away to allow  people (entering a door, for example) to be filmed through the  mirror so that they appeared to be present in the museum (in later  years, American development of traveling matte and other process  photography methods largely replaced the Shufftan process).'),
('57686',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) filmed the silent version with  Sam Livesey (qv) as the Chief Inspector, but when filming the  sound version replaced Livesey with Harvey Braban (qv).'),
('57687',' Michael Powell (I) (qv) claims to have suggested the use of The  British Museum as the location for the final pursuit, thus beginning  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s use of famous landmarks in his "chase"  films.'),
('57688',' A poster of _Mystery of Cobblestone Way, The (1999)_ (qv),  Maurer, David Michael (qv)s award'),
('57689','winning directorial debut, can  be seen hanging in Peters room.'),
('57690',' June Allyson (qv)s last movie.'),
('57691',' Produced in 1992.'),
('57692',' Commissioned by NYC Visionfests 5 X 5 Series.'),
('57693',' Originally submitted for the 25 December 2006 Metro Manial Film  Festival, the film initially failed to enter in the top 10. When one  of the top 10 entries failed to make it, the organizer asked Unitel  to include this in the official entries. The production outfit,  however, refused the offer.'),
('57694',' Angel Locsin (qv) was supposed to star in the movie. Her hectic  schedule forced the production to fill in Iza Calzado (qv) for her  role.'),
('57695',' Based on a true story.'),
('57696',' The first film that the Edison company made for commercial  distribution; hence its place on the National Film Registry as the  starting point in the American motion picture industry.'),
('57697',' 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.'),
('57698',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1995.'),
('57699',' One of the 50 films in the 4'),
('57700','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 Museum of Modern Art.'),
('57701',' The mixing of work and alcohol was commonplace in the early 19th  century, especially amongst heavy laborers. By the 1890s, however,  the practice had died away. The use of the bottle of beer in this  film is intended to invoke a sense of comic nostalgia of a bygone  era.'),
('57702',' A film by Scottsdale Community College students, made possible by  backing from the Kodak 35mm Project.'),
('57703',' The gleaming Rolls'),
('57704','Royce which is destroyed in the film was  reportedly a wedding present given to Buster Keaton (qv) by his  in'),
('57705','laws. By the time this film was made, relations with them had  soured considerably.'),
('57706',' The white mare that appears in the movie is the same animal as the  broken'),
('57707','down old horse that pulls the wagon in _Cops (1922)_ (qv);  she had dropped an unexpected foal in the interim.'),
('57708',' The first press screening was held at the Welfare Island Prison.'),
('57709',' The group performing in the club is The Hues Corporation (qv).'),
('57710',' Denise Nicholas (qv) film debut.'),
('57711',' LL Cool J (qv) was originally considered for the part of Blade.'),
('57712',' Logue, Donal (qv) reinjured his jaw in the scene where he is  struggling with Wright, NBushe (qv) in the hospital. He had  originally broken his jaw in a motorcycle accident years before.'),
('57713',' A great many handheld shots were accomplished with a special  anamorphic'),
('57714','lens camera that also had single'),
('57715','unit sound '),
('57716',' the only  one of its kind in the world.'),
('57717',' In the scene where Blade is chased to the subway, and the subway  train is passing by, all the passengers are cardboard cutouts with  the special FX man among them.'),
('57718',' Blades silently'),
('57719','mouthed "What... the... fuck?" is a direct  reference to the "A Fistful of Yen" segment from  _Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)_ (qv).'),
('57720',' In the last fight scene in the temple, Deacon says "My turn" '),
('57721',' this  is a reference to _Lost Boys, The (1987)_ (qv).'),
('57722',' Udo Kier (qv) played Count Dracula in  _Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete!!! (1974)_ (qv).'),
('57723',' The true name of the Blade character is Eric Brooks. (Another  character calls Blade "Eric," and Blades mothers drivers license  says "Vanessa Brooks." It also says shes from Bradenton, FL).'),
('57724',' The vampires at Frosts party are watching  _Mortal Kombat (1995)_ (qv).'),
('57725',' The Vampire Bible is referred to as "The Book of Erebus". Erebus is  a god of darkness according to Greek mythology.'),
('57726',' "La Magra" is Spanish and Italian for "the thin one".'),
('57727',' Blades car is a 1968 Dodge Charger with various modifications.'),
('57728',' The first cut of the film had a disastrous test screening with  audiences, and heavy edits and re'),
('57729','shoots were implemented which  delayed the release date more than half a year. The most significant  change was the addition of the final sword fight between Blade and  Deacon Frost, which did not exist in the original version of the  movie.'),
('57730',' In the ending as it was originally planned, Frost turned into La  Magra and became a large swirling mass of blood instead of keeping  his form. This was scrapped because they couldnt get the special  effects to look right. It can be seen as a special feature on the  DVD.'),
('57731',' Body count: 88'),
('57732',' Stan Lee (I) (qv) originally had a cameo that was ultimately cut  from the film. He played one of the cops that come in to the blood  club during the aftermath and discover Quinns body on fire.'),
('57733',' When the film was first being developed, David Fincher (qv) was  supposed to direct. He later dropped out to pursue other projects.'),
('57734',' In the alternate ending on the DVD, the blue figure in the black  coat on the roof is director Stephen Norrington as an unnamed  vampire.'),
('57735',' When David S. Goyer (qv) first pitched the idea of doing a Blade  movie, the executives of New Line felt there were only three actors  who could possible do the role: Wesley Snipes (qv),  Denzel Washington (qv) and Laurence Fishburne (qv), but in  Goyers mind, Snipes was always the perfect choice for the character  of Blade.'),
('57736',' DIRCAMEO(Stephen Norrington (qv)): During the chase with officer  Krieger, the vampire on the side of the road biting the girls neck.'),
('57737',' The scene where Karen and Deacon are talking about the cure for  vampirism initially ran a bit longer and answered the question of  how the vampires would feed if everybody was turned into a vampire.  They would keep some humans alive in giant blood bags to harvest  them. The bags can still be seen in a doorway during the scene, and  later played an integral part of the plot in  _Blade: Trinity (2004)_ (qv)'),
('57738',' Wesley Snipes (qv) became attached to the project because he was  in discussions with Marvel Comics to be Black Panther, a project  that is still pending as of 2005.'),
('57739',' Kris Kristofferson (I) (qv)s character Whistler was created for  Blades cameo on the Spider Man cartoon show. He was liked so much  by Marvel CEOs that he was adopted into the Marvel universe.'),
('57740',' Comic Book Artists Mike Mignola and Tim Bradstreet worked as  conceptual artists.'),
('57741',' When Blade returns to his headquarters early in the movie, Scud  remarks, "The Dark Knight Returns!" This is a reference to another  comic book character that hunts by night, Batman, who was the  subject of a classic comic book miniseries.'),
('57742',' Scuds name is a reference to yet another comic book, "Scud: The  Disposable Assassin."'),
('57743',' SPOILER: In the scene when Blade cuts the vampire, Reinhardt, in  half, this is a reference to the anime film Vampire Hunter D in  which a similar scene occurred.'),
('57744',' The early scene in which Scud is watching  _"Powerpuff Girls, The" (1998)_ (qv) was originally written with him  watching an episode of _"Mahha GoGoGo" (1967)_ (qv) ("Speed Racer").  However, the owners of the domestic rights wouldnt allow it.'),
('57745',' In the scene where Blade and the bloodpack are walking towards the  house of pain, you see briefly through Whistlers thermal'),
('57746','scope that  Blade is hot blooded unlike the other vampires.'),
('57747',' The corporate artwork in the Caliban building, which is knocked over  in the climactic fight scene, represents a DNA double helix.'),
('57748',' The lobby of the Caliban building is said to be inspired by the  lobby of the offices of Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills,  which were designed by renowed architect IM Pei.'),
('57749',' Scud wears a T'),
('57750','shirt featuring the logo of the Bureau of Paranormal  Research and Defense, a reference to Mike Mignolas "Hellboy" comic,  the film adaptation of which del Toro directs and Ron Perlman stars.'),
('57751',' Donnie Yen (qv), a martial arts star who plays a member of the  Bloodpack (Snowman,) was also the films fight choreographer.'),
('57752',' The name Caliban is a reference to the monster in Shakespeares "The  Tempest."'),
('57753',' The New Line Platinum Series DVD contains several deleted scenes,  including: An extended opening scene establishing Prague A flashback  sequence showing Blades first encounter with Whistler, part of  which can be seen in the films title credits. An extended version  of the ninja fight in the warehouse, with Blade using some fencing  tactics to keep Asad at bay. A scene of Whistler shying away from  the growing daylight outside. An alternate take of Blades first  meeting with Damaskinos, with Damaskinos wearing, according to  Guillermo Del Toro (qv), a "Michael Bolton wig". A scene in which  Damaskinos explains the effects vampirism has had on him. A much  longer version of the House of Pain sequence, including a scene with  Nyssa finding a room upstairs with a man unpacking human entrails  from a box, a scene that was meant for Michael Jackson. A line by  Whistler about "the power of the pussy" A Bloodpack "meeting" of  sorts, with Chupa attempting to urge the others to kill Blade and go  after the Reapers on their own. A scene in a bathroom after the  House of Pain sequence of Lighthammer discovering how far his  infection with the Reaper strain has gone. An extended scene of  Damaskinos dinner and blood bath, in which he tells of the fate of  his human heart. An extended scene of the lawyers torture of Blade  A "dirty" version of the final scene, in which semen is streaked on  the windows that was digitally removed in the final cut of the film  because test audiences complained.'),
('57754',' The name "Chupa" comes from the Spanish word chupar, which means "to  suck."'),
('57755',' In the scene before while entering the vampire club with the  Bloodpack, a large neon sign can be seen on top of a building that  says in large red letters "Radoo". In the history of Vlad the  Impaler (who the legend of Dracula is largely based) history talks  of his brother Radu. This name is also often associated with vampire  movies as it is deeply ingrained in the Dracula story.'),
('57756',' Sanaa Lathan (qv) who played Blades mother in the original  _Blade (1998)_ (qv), reprises her role in an uncredited cameo during  the opening film credits.'),
('57757',' Reinhardts sunglasses are never taken off throughout the course of  the film.'),
('57758',' Blade himself wears Oakley Four sunglasses, the ninja'),
('57759','style vampires  who descend near the start of the film to offer Blade a truce are  wearing heavily modified Oakley Overthetops, Reinhardt sunglasses  are Oakley Square Wires and a further appearance can be seen  fleetingly being worn by the fat, bearded vampire towards the end of  the film, he is wearing Oakley Mars. All these appearance of Oakley  sunglasses throughout of the film are apparently down to Wesley  Snipes being big fan of the brand though his sunglasses in the first  film were a pair of BlackFlyz.'),
('57760',' Over 30 members of the cast and crew were temporarily blinded by the  misuse of UV lights in the vampire autopsy scene.'),
('57761',' The character on Snowmans armor is the Japanese kanji yuki which  means snow.'),
('57762',' Stephen Norrington (qv) turned down the chance to direct as he  wanted to move onto other things.'),
('57763',' David S. Goyer (qv)s original idea was to use Morbius as a  primary villain, but Marvel decided they wanted to retain the rights  to make an entirely separate franchise out of Morbius '),
('57764',' i.e. a  Morbius film, so the story was changed slightly and Jared Nomak was  created to be used as the primary villain instead.'),
('57765',' The only movie in the Blade trilogy that used its original written  ending. The other two movies, that came before and after Blade 2,  went through reshoots to improve and/or replace their respective  original climaxes.'),
('57766',' The phrase "a man without fear" is used in this film. This is  another comic book reference, this one a reference to Daredevil,  which is to become a Ben Affleck (qv) film.'),
('57767',' Wesley Snipes quoting of Sun Tzu '),
('57768',' "Keep your friends close, and  your enemies closer," follows references to the works of Sun Tzu in  many other Snipes movies including _Passenger 57 (1992)_ (qv),  _Rising Sun (1993)_ (qv) and _Art of War, The (2000/I)_ .'),
('57769',' Pop Icon Michael Jackson (I) (qv) was originally going to have a  cameo in the "House of Pain" sequence as a "Vampire Pimp" that Nyssa  encounters as she searches the upstairs hall. Jackson had to drop  out due to scheduling conflicts and the part was played by a Czech  actor. The sequence was ultimately cut out entirely for pacing  reasons.'),
('57770',' Much of Karel Roden (I) (qv)s dialogue is dubbed by an uncredited  English actor since audiences found his Czech accent too thick.'),
('57771',' Snowman has a Chinese character ("xue") on his armor. It means  "snow" in Chinese.'),
('57772',' To get the movie with an R'),
('57773','Rating, green blood was used for the  reapers.'),
('57774',' During the Fight With Nomac in the church part of the House of Pain  the stain glass wind is a replica of Dr. Stranges (another Marvel  character who battles the occult) Medallion the Magical Eye of  Amagotto'),
('57775',' When Rush (Santiago Segura) is knocking at the door, one of the  things he say is: "Torrente Tres", in Spanish. Torrente is a  character of several films directed and interpreted by Santiago  Segura.'),
('57776',' The Bloodpack character Verlaine was originally scripted to be the  twin sister of Racquel, the vampire in the first Blade film that was  played by Traci Lords (I) (qv).'),
('57777',' Edited from episodes of the Chuck Connors TV series,  _"Branded" (1965)_ (qv).'),
('57778',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) was the original choice to play Deckard,  although he wondered why he was asked to play a "macho character".  According to Ridley Scott (qv), Hoffman was interested, but wanted  to make it a whole different kind of character.'),
('57779',' Deborah Harry (I) (qv) was reputedly the original choice to play  Pris.'),
('57780',' The shooting of the film was supposedly such a strain on the cast  and crew that crew members had T'),
('57781','Shirts made saying "WILL ROGERS  NEVER MET RIDLEY SCOTT" (a reference to Will Rogers (I) (qv)  famous statement that he never met a man he didnt like).'),
('57782',' While the film is loosely based on Philip K. Dick (qv)s "Do  Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", the title comes from a book by  Alan Nourse (qv) called "The Bladerunner".  William S. Burroughs (qv) wrote a screenplay based on the Nourse  book, and a novella entitled "Blade Runner: A Movie."  Ridley Scott (qv) bought the rights to the title but not the  screenplay or the book. The Burroughs composition defines a blade  runner as a person who sells illegal surgical instruments.'),
('57783',' Philip K. Dick (qv) claimed that footage of the film was exactly  what he had envisioned when he wrote the book. However,  Ridley Scott (qv), who was notorious for having gotten exactly the  visual look he wanted, claimed to have never read Dicks source  novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"'),
('57784',' Exasperated crews often referred to the film as "Blood Runner".'),
('57785',' The Bradbury, the building used in the final chase scene between  Decker and Roy, was the same building used in the 1964 episode of  the original _"Outer Limits, The" (1963)_ (qv) titled "The Demon  With a Glass Hand" starring Robert Culp (qv).'),
('57786',' The ending titles contains unused footage from  Stanley Kubrick (qv)s _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv). These were  extra shots of the main title sequence and none of the shots contain  the road that was seen in The Shining.'),
('57787',' The opening sequence has been identified as a shot of the I.C.I.  Chemical Plant in Wilton, Teesside, UK. It was actually a  diminishing perspective miniature landscape set nicknamed "Hades".  It measured 18 feet wide by 13 feet deep.'),
('57788',' In the sequence where Deckard and Gaff approach police headquarters  in a spinner, a model of the Millennium Falcon  (Harrison Ford (I) (qv)s spaceship in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv)),  disguised as a building, can be seen in the lower left corner of the  frame. The model was a personal project of one of the films model  builders, and was used as a building at the last minute.'),
('57789',' A model of the Dark Star spaceship from the film  _Dark Star (1974)_ (qv) is also used as a building. It can be seen  behind the Asian billboard when Gaffs spinner is approaching the  Police building.'),
('57790',' The mold used for the rooftop of the Police Headquarters building  was originally a mold used in the Special Edition of  _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv). It is the  saucer'),
('57791','like ceiling Richard Dreyfuss (qv) stands under after he  enters the Mothership.'),
('57792',' The dialogue in all releases of the movie alludes to another  replicant who dies before Deckards final battles with Pris and  Batty. The conflicting dialogue occurs in the first conversation  between Deckard and Bryant. Bryant initially tells Deckard there are  four "skin jobs" on the loose, but minutes later says six escaped,  and one was killed by the "electronic gate", which should leave  five. The explanation is that the script originally contained an  additional replicant named "Mary", but time and budgetary  constraints resulted in her being written out. M. Emmet Walsh (qv)  who plays Bryant, reports that new dialogue was recorded to change  the number of replicants in this scene, but Scott inexplicably only  used half of the new dialogue, resulting in the inconsistency.'),
('57793',' SPOILER: There are at least three major drafts of the screenplay.  While they all have the same storyline, many details differ between  them. The first draft, dated July 24, 1980, was written by  Hampton Fancher (qv) alone. It refers to replicants as "androids"  and makes it clear that Deckard is human; at one point, he has a  physical, hoping to qualify for an off'),
('57794','world flight. The  Voight'),
('57795','Kampff test can spot "androids" after five or six questions,  (not the thirty questions required in later drafts); Rachael is  detected after thirteen questions, not a hundred. Deckard recognizes  Zhora fairly quickly in this draft (her appearance has changed in  later drafts). The fifth "android" Mary has a part in this draft.  Instead of finding Tyrell at the Tyrell building, Batty goes to  Tyrells mansion, and he kills Tyrell, along with his bodyguard, a  maid, and his entire family; he kills Sebastian later. Deckard kills  Mary, Pris, and Batty. Deckard and Rachael escape from the city. In  the woods in the country, Deckard kills Rachael, knowing that  another Blade Runner would have done it sooner or later. The second  draft, dated December 22, 1980, was co'),
('57796','written by  David Webb Peoples (qv). It does not have the chess game featured  in the final film, but it is the most cohesive of the three draft  (there are no continuity problems, and the story is virtually  complete, with details missing from the final film). Batty and  company are known as replicants by this time. Also, a sixth  replicant, Hodge, is in the mix; he attacks Deckard and Gaff at  Leons flat. Mary is also in this draft; as before, she is killed by  Deckard in Sebastians apartment. Chew is shown after he freezes to  death. In this draft, the Tyrell Corporation is called "the Nekko  Corporation". Instead of praising Deckards skills as a Blade  Runner, Bryant chastises him for shooting a replicant in public view  after Deckard kills Zhora. Leon disguises himself as a Russian in a  bar sitting next to Deckard before attacking him; Deckard isnt  fooled, but Leon is still faster than him, and Deckard needs to be  rescued by Rachael. In this draft, "Tyrell" turns out to be another  replicant; after Roy kills him, Roy demands that Sebastian take him  to the real Tyrell, and Sebastian reveals that Tyrell has an unnamed  disease and is now in hibernation unit awaiting a cure. Roy demands  that Sebastian wake Tyrell up, and Sebastian reveals that Tyrell  died a year ago; Roy kills Sebastian after learning this. In both of  these two drafts, the entire replicant line is put on hold after  Tyrell is killed, as Batty is now public knowledge. Bryant reveals  Gaff is planning to kill Rachael. In this draft, Batty saves Deckard  and lets his lifespan run out. After Deckard returns home, Bryant  calls to warn him that Gaff is coming, hinting that Deckard should  get out of town. Deckard and Rachael leave town. Rachael asks  Deckard to kill her, so another Blade Runner cant do it; Deckard  does so. While Deckard is probably human in this draft, he  empathizes with the replicants, comparing himself to them at the  end, saying "Roy Batty was my late brother." The third draft, dated  February 23, 1981, is VERY close to the final film. It has some  spare narration, and it also has the continuity problem of Bryant  saying there are five replicants in the city. In the final battle,  Deckard tries to back out, saying he doesnt want to kill Pris or  Batty. At the end, Deckard and Rachael flee the city; Gaffs spinner  is seen in the distance chasing them.'),
('57797',' SPOILER: Deckard does not say one word to Roy Batty during their  confrontation at the end of the film.'),
('57798',' Securing financing the film was very complicated after Filmways  Pictures abruptly pulled out. Initially budgeted at $13 million, it  was now estimated to cost about $20 million. Ladd Co., who would  release the film (through Warner Bros.) agree to a $8.5 million  deal. Hong Kong film mogul Run Run Shaw put in another $8.5 million  for foreign rights. Finally, the rest was to be covered by Tandem  Productions in exchange to the rights to video and other ancillary  rights.'),
('57799',' Titles considered for the film included Android, Animal, Mechanismo,  and Dangerous Days.'),
('57800',' Originally, the novel (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) was set  in 1992, although later editions brought the date forward to 2021.  The film makers initially identified the date as 2020, but settled  on 2019 because 2020 sounded too much like the common term for  perfect vision, 20:20.'),
('57801',' At first, Ridley Scotts original cut, without the voice'),
('57802','over, among  other things, was thought to be non'),
('57803','existent. It was in 1989 that  Michael Arick, the director of assent management at Warner Bros.  stumbled about a 70'),
('57804','millimeter print of the film while looking for  footage from "Gypsy". Several months later, Cineplex Odeon Fairfax  theater was having a classic'),
('57805','film festival featuring specifically  70'),
('57806','millimeter prints. This print was slated to be screened one  morning in May.. However, no one has seen it and the surprise during  the show was great. The director came in to see it and said that it  was not his final cut. More screenings of this version, where  theaters were fully packed, convinced Warner Bros. to pay for a real  Directors Cut, released in 150 cities in 1992.'),
('57807',' SPOILER: At some point of the movie, each replicant has a red  brightness in their eyes (Rachael in Deckards home, Pris in  Sebastians). Deckard also has the shining in his eyes while talking  to Rachael in his house.'),
('57808',' Philip K. Dick (qv)s ideal choice for Rachel was  Victoria Principal (qv).'),
('57809',' According to a vintage "Starburst magazine" of the time,  James Caan (qv) was also a possible for the role of Rick Deckard.'),
('57810',' The computer screen in Gaffs police spinner shows the same computer  sequence (with the word "Purge") that the Nostromo displays in the  film _Alien (1979)_ (qv) (also directed by Ridley Scott (qv)).'),
('57811',' SPOILER: In July 2000, director Ridley Scott (qv) said that  Deckard is, in fact, a replicant.'),
('57812',' SPOILER: Harrison Ford (I) (qv) takes issue with  Ridley Scott (qv)s revelation that Deckard is a replicant. "We  had agreed that he definitely was not a replicant," Ford said.'),
('57813',' The movie was given poor ratings by most critics in 1982, including  Siskel & Ebert. In 1992, the two critics re'),
('57814','evaluated their  attitudes toward the film and gave it two enthusiastic thumbs'),
('57815','up.'),
('57816',' A female gymnast was hired as a stunt double for Daryl Hannah (qv)  in the scene where Pris attacks Deckard, but director  Ridley Scott (qv) rehearsed the scene so many times that when they  were ready to shoot the scene she was too exhausted to do anything.  The scene was filmed with a male gymnast that they had been able to  track down during the lunch break.'),
('57817',' The incept (birth) date of Pris (Daryl Hannah (qv)) is 14 February  2016.'),
('57818',' Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer (qv))s odd meld of "father" and "fucker"  after he says to Tyrell, "I want more life" is deliberate. Hauer was  instructed to pronounce it in such a way that it could be both.'),
('57819',' When Gaff talks to Deckard in the Japanese restaurant he speaks  partly in Hungarian, he says: "Azonnal kövessen engem" which means  "Follow me immediately", and "Lófasz" which can mean "bullshit" or  "no way", although more rude (verbatim: horse penis). Evidently,  Hungarian moviegoers find this fantastically funny. Gaff continues  in Hungarian. He says, "Nehogy már, te vagy a Blade Runner," which  means, "No way, you are the Blade Runner." After this, he switches  to another language.'),
('57820',' Deckards apartment, drawn by set designer Charles Breen (qv) and  built on stage at Warner Bros., was inspired by the  Frank Lloyd Wright (qv)'),
('57821','designed Ennis'),
('57822','Brown House in Los Angeles.  Breen actually had plaster casts taken from the textile blocks of  the Wright'),
('57823','designed house and used them for the walls in the stage  set.'),
('57824',' In the final scene where Deckard believes Rachael to be dead, there  are televisions in the background which have interference  superimposed on them and the eerie wind noise, both effects are  taken from _Alien (1979)_ (qv), a previous Ridley Scott (qv) film.'),
('57825',' This was one of the first major films to be reissued years later in  a "directors edition" in which the director was allowed to restore  edited footage or otherwise make changes more closely reflecting his  original vision. Today, such later "revision" of films is  commonplace.'),
('57826',' When Deckard (Harrison Ford (I) (qv)) stops Rachael  (Sean Young (I) (qv)) from leaving his apartment, he pushes her  away from him. The expression of pain and shock on her face was  real. She said Ford pushed her too hard and she was angry with him.'),
('57827',' In a survey conducted by the UK newspaper The Guardian in 2004, 60  scientists selected this movie as the best science fiction movie of  all time, just ahead of _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv).'),
('57828',' It has been rumored for years that Harrison Ford (I) (qv)  purposefully gave a bad reading of the voiceover narration added  during post production in hopes that the studio wouldnt use it.  Ford has denied this vehemently, stating that he gave the voice over  six different readings and neither version came out sounding right  and that the narration didnt work simply because the film wasnt  originally made to have one.'),
('57829',' DIRTRADE(Ridley Scott (qv)):[Mothers]: Leon shoots his interviewer  just as he is asked a question about his mother.'),
('57830',' Ridley Scott (qv) carried a photo of Edward Hoppers famous  painting "Nighthawks" with him during shooting to show it to the  crew members, to give them a feeling what kind of mood he wanted to  create in the film.'),
('57831',' Batty paraphrases William Blakes poem "America '),
('57832',' a Prophecy" when  he appears in Chews laboratory. The original phrasing from the poem  is "Fiery the Angels rose, and as they rose deep thunder rolld  around their shores: indignant burning with the fires of Orc."'),
('57833',' Rutger Hauer (qv) (Roy Batty) improvised the "Tears in the rain"  bit of his final speech.'),
('57834',' Joanna Cassidy (Zhora) was at ease with the snake around her neck  because it was her pet, a Burmese python named Darling.'),
('57835',' The moves that Roy plays to checkmate Tyrell are from a famous game  played in 1851 by the German chess master Adolf Anderssen. It is  known to chess enthusiasts as "The Immortal Game" where Anderssen  does actually sacrifice his Queen in order to force checkmate the  very next move as in the movie.'),
('57836',' Producers Bud Yorkin and Jerry Perenchio were the movies  bond'),
('57837','completion guarantors, which meant that they received rights to  the movie when it went over budget.'),
('57838',' It was editor Terry Rawlings who suggested that the voice'),
('57839','over  should be excluded. Prior to the release of the directors cut,  Ridley Scott eliminated all the voice'),
('57840','overs and the result was a  better rating given by film critics.'),
('57841',' Outside of the eye scientists lab, on the left hand side of the  door is some graffiti in Japanese/Chinese characters that reads:  "Chinese good, Americans bad."'),
('57842',' The brand of cigarettes smoked by the characters Rachael, Holden,  and Pris are Boyard, French cigarettes.'),
('57843',' On the right side of the door to the eye specialist is the sign, "l  a Eyeworks" which is a reference to a trendy eyeglass store in LA.  The type'),
('57844','style is the same as the store.'),
('57845',' The story includes a character named Runciter, who owns a pet store.  There is also a man of the same name and occupation in the book Do  Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, written by  Philip K. Dick (qv), who wrote the original novel upon which the  movie Blade Runner was based.'),
('57846',' Rutger Hauer (qv) was scheduled to make an appearance as Roy  Batty, but the scene was cut.'),
('57847',' The game takes place at the same time as the film, and features some  of the same locations. As a result, if you do the right things at  the right time, you may see Rick Dekard and/or evidence of his  investigation. The most noteworthy place this may happen is when the  man takes a photo of you to blind you with the flash. Upon  examination of the photo in the Esper, Dekard may be seen in the  background questioning someone. This does not always happen,  however. Depending on what decisions you make in the game before the  photo is taken, Dekard may *not* appear in the image. If Dekard is  in the picture, McCoy will say that "That guy looks familiar" when  you zoom in on him with the Esper.'),
('57848',' The subplot involving two police forces operating in the same town  without any knowledge of each other, each believing itself to be the  legit police, and McCoy being captured by the one he does not work  for is taken directly from the novel "Do Androids Dream Of Electric  Sheep?" the book upon which the film _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv) was  based, however no trace of this plotline appears in the movie.'),
('57849',' The message that Clovis leaves on McCoys answering machine is a  quote from "A Poison Tree", a poem by William Blake.'),
('57850',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('57851',' _Blade II (2002)_ (qv) director Guillermo del Toro (qv) passed on  the film when _Hellboy (2004)_ (qv), his dream project, was  greenlighted.'),
('57852',' An early idea by David S. Goyer (qv) for the film was to be set  many years after the events of the last film, where vampires finally  had achieved world domination and enslaved all humans, with Blade  being the last hope for humanity. Blades slower aging could be  explained by his vampire blood. The storyline was deemed too dark  and was later dropped.'),
('57853',' This marks David S. Goyer (qv)s directorial debut for a major  motion picture.'),
('57854',' German director Oliver Hirschbiegel (qv) was once under  consideration for the job of directing the film, but could not due  to a conflict with another film. He directed  _Untergang, Der (2004)_ (qv) instead.'),
('57855',' Ryan Reynolds (I) (qv) gained 25 pounds of muscle for his role as  Hannibal King.'),
('57856',' Paul Michael Levesque (qv) (aka professional wrestler Triple H)  impressed the producers with his work rate and camera presence. New  Line insisted that extra lines were written to the script to make  his role bigger.'),
('57857',' Jessica Biel (qv) inadvertently destroyed a camera, costing an  estimated $300,000 worth of damage, when she shot it with a bow and  arrow during a scene (she was directed to "aim for the camera").  Director David S. Goyer (qv) intends to include it on the DVD  release.'),
('57858',' The vampire dogs mouthparts are the same as the Reapers from  _Blade II (2002)_ (qv).'),
('57859',' When Hannibal King is telling Blade about the return of Dracula, he  shows Blade a copy of Tomb of Dracula #55. Marvels "Tomb of  Dracula" comic (#10 to be precise) was the title in which Blade made  his first appearance in the early'),
('57860','1970s.'),
('57861',' The character of Hannibal King was created by comic book writer Marv  Wolfman, who also created Blade himself. Hannibal King made his  first appearance in "Tomb of Dracula" #25.'),
('57862',' Hannibal Kings line to Blade, "You might wanna try blinking", was  improvised.'),
('57863',' The film crew was forced to be selective in their shots for various  green'),
('57864','screen segments because neighboring stages were being used for  the filming of _I, Robot (2004)_ (qv) and  _Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004)_ (qv) and those sets would  sometimes appear within the frames (and edited out later).'),
('57865',' After the car crash that ends the opening chase scene, one of the  benches at the bus stop in the background displays a poster with the  word "esperanto" on it. This is the language being spoken in the  subtitled film that King is watching later on in the movie while  recovering from his wound (_Incubus (1965)_ (qv)).'),
('57866',' One of the television commercials for the film was recalled after  one day of airing because it accidentally credited  Jessica Biel (qv) as Jessica Alba (qv).'),
('57867',' Colin Farrell (I) (qv) was offered the role of Hannibal King, but  turned it down.'),
('57868',' The Whistler character (Kris Kristofferson (qv)) and the newspaper  vendor are speaking in Esperanto, with English subtitles provided.  The scene on and in the police headquarters is in both English and  Esperanto. The movie watched by Hannibal King when he is recovering  from his wounds on the boat is also in Esperanto. The Esperanto  League for North America was contacted and asked to provide the  necessary translations for the movie.'),
('57869',' An early idea of David S. Goyer (qv) was to include not only  Hannibal King, but a female character called Rachel Van Helsing from  the Tomb of Dracula comics, but then he heard about the movie  _Van Helsing (2004)_ (qv) and decided against it. He ended up  creating the character of Abigail Whistler, Whistlers daughter, in  her place.'),
('57870',' The PDA used at the beginning of the movie is a PalmOne Tungsten T3.'),
('57871',' The girl in the vampire gift shop is wearing a Motorhead tank top.  Motorhead is the band who recorded Triple Hs theme music for the  WWE, and Triple H appears in this film as Jarko Grimwood.'),
('57872',' Having just been saved by the Nightstalkers, Blade ridicules his  rescuers as "rookies" and asks them if they think of the vampire  hunt as a "sitcom". At that moment, the camera cuts to  Patton Oswalt (qv) who had been a cast member of the sitcom,  _"King of Queens, The" (1998)_ (qv) for several years. In addition,  Ryan Reynolds (I) (qv) was one of the stars of "Two Guys, a Girl,  and a Pizza Place" and Jessica Biel one of the daughters in "7th  Heaven" (1996).'),
('57873',' The vampire "final Solution" in this film originally came from an  idea in the first blade film. In a deleted scene Deacon Frost shows  Karen Jensen a prototype of harvesting human bodies. This can be  found on the blade 1 DVD.'),
('57874',' CAMEO(Gabriel Beristain (qv)): The films director of photography  appears as the one'),
('57875','eyed newspaper vendor speaking to Whistler.'),
('57876',' Based on Marvel Comics characters.'),
('57877',' One of young vampires that attack Abby in the beginning of the movie  is wearing a _Lost Boys, The (1987)_ (qv) t'),
('57878','shirt.'),
('57879',' A deleted ending had the group hunting a werewolf/vampire hybrid in  a casino, possibly a look into the direction a 4th movie may take.'),
('57880',' EASTER EGG: On the special features, disk click up and when the  vampire hieroglyphics is highlighted then Click it to access a  hidden movie'),
('57881',' The name of the talk'),
('57882','show host Bentley Tittle is a reference to  horror writer Bentley Little.'),
('57883',' Dominic Purcell (Drake) did all of his stunts in the sword fight  sequence against Blade.'),
('57884',' When Blade and Whistler return to find Sommerfield dead, the phrase  "Immortality will come to such as are fit for it" is painted in  blood on the shower curtain. This is a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson.  The full quote reads: "Immortality will come to such as are fit for  it; and he who would be a great soul in the future must be a great  soul now."'),
('57885',' The car Blade drives in all three movies is a 1968 Dodge Charger  modified with UV lights behind the front grille as well as numerous  switches inside the car. After the movie the car was purchased by a  man in Vancouver who kept the car virtually the same except for  adding a 440 under the hood.'),
('57886',' The old barge that the Nightstalkers use as their lair, was  originally a floating McDonalds Restaurant built for Expo 86, held  in Vancouver.'),
('57887',' The building that Blade goes into when searching for Dr. Vance is  the same building that Leon rescues Matilda from Stansfields men in  _Professional, The (1994)_ (qv).'),
('57888',' The sunglasses worn by Abigail Whistler (Jessica Biel) are Oakley  Half'),
('57889','wires, this is a continuation of the brands many appearances in  the trilogy, mostly in Blade II. This has been attributed to Wesley  Snipes love of the brand, Oakley sunglasses also make regular  appearances in the Blade TV series'),
('57890',' The shot where the camera quickly zooms in on the couple was  actually done in reverse. A camera was attached to a truck and  driven in reverse, starting from the couple until they cant be seen  anymore.'),
('57891',' DIRCAMEO(Thomas R. Rondinella (qv)): the TV director in the  control room'),
('57892',' Jon Heder broke his ankle while training to ice'),
('57893','skate.'),
('57894',' 1980 Olympian Lisa Marie Allen (qv) was not only the assistant  skating choreographer on this movie, but she also appears in the  film as the blond "Sweater Mom" who gets licked on the face by Will  Ferrells character during his Stockholm solo.'),
('57895',' Will Ferrells made a cameo in Wedding Crashers as "Chazz Reinhold".  His character in Blades of Glory is named "Chazz Michael Michaels".'),
('57896',' According to the flags being raised, the four medalists at Worlds  were from the United States, South Korea, and Sweden. South Korea  has never medaled in mens singles at the World Championships, and  Sweden has not medaled in that discipline since 1929. Furthermore,  in the event of a first place tie, there would be no silver medal  handed out, only the bronze, meaning that Sweden would have been  left emptied handed.'),
('57897',' All of the scenes at the World Figure Skating Championships were  shot at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.'),
('57898',' Many of the lifts Chazz and Jimmy perform are dance lifts, not pairs  lifts. These are not illegal in pairs competition and have been  performed by many pairs skaters in international competition, and  therefore would not be something Scott Hamilton had never seen  before. (Unless Hamilton has never watched ice dance.) Despite what  Coach claims, there is no specific lift named a "dance lift".  Rather, the term refers to a variety of lifts done in ice dancing.'),
('57899',' Will Arnett and Amy Poehler (who play siblings in the film) are  actually married.'),
('57900',' The van Waldenberg name was taken from the family name of one of the  writers.'),
('57901',' The writers claim that "88.773% of Will Ferrells dialogue is  improvised or changed in some way to suit his persona."'),
('57902',' The coach in the movie is played by Craig T. Nelson who also starred  as Coach Hayden Fox in the sitcom "Coach."'),
('57903',' The hotel that Jimmy and Chazz stay in when theyre in Montreal is  actually a famous building called "Habitat 67", designed by Moshe  Safdie in honor of Canadas centennial. In reality it is not a  hotel, but a privately owned condominium complex.'),
('57904',' Chazz Michael Michaels skating style was inspired by the skating  style of Elvis Stojko.'),
('57905',' For a hint to where Coach got the idea of two men ice dancing, note  the stained plastic artwork in the kitchen of his cabin.'),
('57906',' In a website online, Johnny Weir (qv) comments on the fact that  Jimmy and him have the same style. The peacock outfit was actually  based on Weirs swan outfit from the 2006 Winter Olympics. Both of  the costumes incorporated the skaters arms as the necks and the  hands as the beaks of the birds.'),
('57907',' Ben Stiller was considered for the role of Chazz Michael Michaels  but he decided the character was too much like other roles he had  played.'),
('57908',' Real skaters making cameos include, Sasha Cohen, Scott Hamilton,  Peggy Fleming, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill, Nancy Kerrigan, Kyoko  Ina, Yuka Sato, Jamie Sale, and David Pelletier'),
('57909',' Due to problems with the 6.0 system, Chazz and Jimmy are forced to  share a gold medal, a reference to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games  figure skating scandal.'),
('57910',' Stranz and Fairchild plot to injure Chazz "below the knee and above  the ankle", references Tonya Hardings attack on Nancy Kerrigan.'),
('57911',' The Iron Lotus is a parody of the Pamchenko from The Cutting Edge.'),
('57912',' The "loophole" at the center of the movie does not actually exist.  International Skating Union regulations state that a pair team on  the senior (Olympic) level is made up of a man and a lady (note that  "lady" is the official terminology for a female skater).'),
('57913',' Both Jon Heder and Will Ferrell learned how to ice skate for the  movie. They trained extensively with the Michele Kwans coach Sarah  Kawahara.'),
('57914',' Directed by the same duo who are responsible for the Geico "Caveman  Commercials."'),
('57915',' Shipped to theaters under the name "Partners"'),
('57916',' Jon Heder (I) (qv) spent two years in Japan as a Mormon  missionary, and learned to speak Japanese fluently. He showcases  this talent during the press conference when he responds flawlessly  to a reporters question posed in Japanese.'),
('57917',' Jon Heder came up with the idea for the peacock costume after  watching Johnny Weirs "Swan" routine. He apparently made an offhand  suggestion and was surprised to find that the costume was being  created for him'),
('57918',' During the opening of the movie, when Jimmy is discovered skating as  a child, the song that is playing is "Time to Say Goodbye (Con te  partirò)", a duet by Sarah Brightman (qv) and  Andrea Bocelli (qv), which was also featured during an ice skating  routine performed by Katarina Witt (qv) in _Ronin (1998)_ (qv).'),
('57919',' The three principal actors, Heather Donahue (qv),  Joshua Leonard (qv), and Michael C. Williams (qv), shot nearly  all of the completed film.'),
('57920',' The actors were requested to interview the townspeople, who often,  unbeknownst to the actors, were planted by the directors. As a  result, the expressions on the actors faces were unrehearsed.'),
('57921',' The working title was "The Black Hills Project."'),
('57922',' The actors were given no more than a 35'),
('57923','page outline of the  mythology behind the plot before shooting began. All lines were  improvised and nearly all the events in the film were unknown to the  three actors beforehand, and were often on'),
('57924','camera surprises to them  all.'),
('57925',' Some theatergoers experienced nausea from the handheld camera  movements and actually had to leave to vomit. In some Toronto  theatres, ushers asked patrons who where prone to motion sickness to  sit in the aisle seat and to try not to "throw up on other people."'),
('57926',' The production company Haxan Films borrowed its named from  Christensen, Benjamin (qv)s witchcraft documentary,  _Häxan (1922)_ (qv), a source of inspiration for the film.'),
('57927',' The house that Heather is in during the opening shot is owned by  Lonnie Glerum (qv), the films key production assistant. He is  also operating the camera during the opening shot.'),
('57928',' When promoting the film, the producers claimed it was real footage.  Some people still believe it.'),
('57929',' Before the film was released, the three main actors were listed as  "missing, presumed dead" on the IMDb.'),
('57930',' One of the video cameras used by the actors was bought at Circuit  City. After filming was completed, the producers returned the camera  for a refund, making their budget money go even further.'),
('57931',' When Joshua Leonard (qv) and Heather Donahue (qv) pick up  Michael C. Williams (qv), they were originally listening to the  song "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by The Animals on the radio.  However, Haxan Films couldnt get the rights to keep it in the film.'),
('57932',' In the supermarket scene near the start of the film, you hear in the  background, the line "Youre Rick Derris?". This is taken from  Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s 1994 film _Clerks. (1994)_ (qv).'),
('57933',' Heather Donahue (qv)s discovery of Joshua Leonard (qv)s  (presumed) tongue and teeth wrapped in his handkerchief bears a  striking similarity to Washington Irving (qv)s story "The Devil  and Tom Walker". Toms wife goes to find the devil in the swamp, and  never returns home. When Tom goes to find her, he discovers her  apron with her heart and liver inside.'),
('57934',' The 16'),
('57935','millimeter camera was broken during filming;  Joshua Leonard (qv) (who had the camera in his pack) rolled down a  hill, causing the lens to pop off the camera.'),
('57936',' This film was in the Guinness Book Of World Records for "Top  Budget:Box Office Ratio" (for a mainstream feature film). The film  cost $22,000 to make and made back $240.5 million, a ratio of $1  spent for every $10,931 made.'),
('57937',' The sign for Burkitsville at the beginning of the movie has been  stolen three times, and was stolen opening night of the movie.'),
('57938',' The waitress asking about Blair High School is played by  Sandra Sánchez (II) (qv), the sister of director  Eduardo Sánchez (II) (qv).'),
('57939',' The three leads believed the Blair Witch was a real legend during  filming, though of course they knew the film was going to be fake.  Only after the films release did they discover that the entire  mythology was made up by the films creators.'),
('57940',' Held the record for the highest'),
('57941','grossing independent movie of all  time until October 2002, when it was surpassed by  _My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)_ (qv).'),
('57942',' This film uses the word "fuck" 133 times.'),
('57943',' The filmmakers placed flyers around Cannes for the film festival  that were "Missing" posters, stating that the cast was missing. All  the flyers were taken down by the next day. It turns out that a  television executive had been kidnapped just prior, and they were  taken down out of respect. The executive was since recovered safely.'),
('57944',' It took a mere 8 days to shoot this film.'),
('57945',' Apparently, Heather Donahue (qv) brought a knife into the forest  while filming was taking place because she didnt like the idea of  sleeping with two guys.'),
('57946',' To promote discord between actors, the directors deliberately gave  them less food each day of shooting.'),
('57947',' In a scene where the main actors are sleeping in a tent at night,  the tent suddenly shakes violently and they all get scared. This was  unscripted and the director shook the tent; they were really scared.'),
('57948',' The first cut of the movie to be screened was 2.5 hours in length.'),
('57949',' Other endings shot in post'),
('57950','production that were scrapped included  Mike being hanged, another had him bound to the wall with twigs in  the manner of a stick figure. Stick figures themselves were  experimented with as decorations in the final scene.'),
('57951',' The crackling sounds in the woods were made by the director and  friends walking up to the camps perimeter, breaking sticks, and  then tossing them in various directions.'),
('57952',' The band HIM shot parts of their music video for the song And  love said no... directly outside the house seen at the end of the  movie'),
('57953',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('57954',' 1. The Mystery of the Blooming Gardenias  '),
('57955',' 2. Death in the Laboratory  '),
('57956',' 3. Cleared Mysteries  '),
('57957',' 4. Mystery of the Silver Fox  '),
('57958',' 5. Death in the River  '),
('57959',' 6. The Criminal Shadow  '),
('57960',' 7. Face To Face  '),
('57961',' 8. The Fatal Trap  '),
('57962',' 9. Parisian Rooftops  '),
('57963',' 10.Battle Royal  '),
('57964',' 11.The Burning Fuse  '),
('57965',' 12.The Roofs of Limehouse  '),
('57966',' 13.The Sting of the Scorpion  '),
('57967',' 14.The Scorpion Unmasked  '),
('57968',' 15.The Trap is Sprung'),
('57969',' According to contemporary news stories, special parental consent was  required in order to allow the nude scenes featuring  Michelle Johnson (I) (qv) as she was not yet 18 at the time they  were filmed.'),
('57970',' The theatrical movie poster, featuring the rear view of a girl in a  "Brazilian cut" bikini caused such a stir that an altered,  airbrushed version of the same poster with a less revealing bikini  was issued.'),
('57971',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Daylight Burglar, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('57972',' Production took one and a half years. Script was started in January  2002, casting in July 2002, shooting in November 2002 and finally  the film was finished and released in June 2003.'),
('57973',' This film was originally intended to be released in a trilogy named  "The Bizarre Method of Death", to be released in very limited  amounts and a few festivals. However, the idea was dropped by the  director Jesper Maintz Andersen (qv) because he thought that  everybody should have the opportunity to see it.'),
('57974',' The sequence on the video wall of the virtual reality room is from  animated short "Frankens Gears" from the collection  _Robotto kânibaru (1987)_ (qv).'),
('57975',' The Amusement Park is Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas.'),
('57976',' In the last shot of the film, the gunman is a body double who is the  writer, Ben Seery.'),
('57977',' The service station used in the film, is fake. It is an assault  coarse for police in training at the West Australian Police Academy.'),
('57978',' Most expensive Dutch film at the time: 1,100,000 guilders. Return:  20,000 Dutch guilders.'),
('57979',' Wilderness Tales documentary series.'),
('57980',' Greg Kinnear (qv)s feature film debut.'),
('57981',' Javier Bardem (qv) was originally supposed to play the role of  Blasco Ibáñez, but backed out and was replaced by  Ramón Langa (qv).'),
('57982',' The train trestle used in the film is part of the Vernonia'),
('57983','Banks  Linear Park Trail. The trestle was burnt down in the 1980s. It was a  major trestle used for the railroad to Vernonias once'),
('57984','running saw  mill that was well known as the worlds largest at one time. The  place that the group is seen meeting a couple times throughout the  movie with graffiti on the walls is the site where the saw mill was,  which is now known as the "Mill Pond" in Vernonia, Oregon.'),
('57985',' All of the songs in the game except for the main title theme are  covers of popular dance tunes of the time including Rednexs Cotton  Eye Joe (Dance Mix) and Frontline Assemblys Circuitry.'),
('57986',' All of Adams "valuable" baseball cards are actually reprints that  are worth only a few dollars in total.'),
('57987',' When Mr Webber first goes back up after 35 years he meets a  transvestite prostitute who says to him "Like the song says, a  country boy can survive". The song he was referring to was "A  Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams, Jr.'),
('57988',' Part of the movie was shot during the middle of a real hurricane '),
('57989','  the wind seen during the fistfight is not artificial. It was filmed  on Long Island during Hurricane Donna (September 10'),
('57990','12, 1960), the  only hurricane of the 20th Century to strike the entire East Coast  from south Florida to Maine.'),
('57991',' The jet fighter scenes are footage from _Top Gun (1986)_ (qv). In  one close'),
('57992','up of the fighter, the words "Lt. Pete Mitchell" and  "Maverick" can be seen stenciled under the canopy.'),
('57993',' Post'),
('57994','production ADR was apparently performed when some of the actors  were not available. Thus, there are several points where they have  been looped by other performers who only sound vaguely like them. In  addition, Hannes Jaenickes entire performance has been re'),
('57995','voiced by  someone else.'),
('57996',' When the kids play outside a Col. Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken  restaurant, the old gentleman with the bucket of chicken who comes  out and dances with them really is Col. Harland Sanders (qv).'),
('57997',' The film was originally slated to be a science fiction film, but  complications in production forced it to be scrapped and  Dardano Sacchetti (qv) was commissioned to write a new script.  Since the film had already been announced (and was being sold) under  the title "BlastFighter", it was kept the same.'),
('57998',' Lucio Fulci (qv)was originally attached to direct, but eventually  backed out to make _New Gladiators, The (1984)_ (qv)'),
('57999',' Director Lamberto Bava stated in an interview that the story came to  him while he was reading a newspaper in which an article told how,  in American National parks, the game wardens were worse than the  poachers and were selling off the animals. As he then went to  America to shoot the movie, he realized that these parks were made  more for men than animals; nobody could care less about the  creatures! Though no animals were hurt deliberately during the  production of the movie '),
('58000',' the shooting being stock footage '),
('58001',', a  young deer died of heart failure whilst being moved in a cage from  one place to another.'),
('58002',' German censorship visa # 03350 delivered on 22'),
('58003','10'),
('58004','1951.'),
('58005',' Marlene Dietrich (qv)s screen test for this film survives. In it,  she upbraids an unidentified piano player for his bad playing and  sings two songs, the first of which is "Youre the Cream In My  Coffee."'),
('58006',' This was Emil Jannings (qv) final English'),
('58007','language film (it was  released in both German and English versions '),
('58008',' see Alternate  Versions).'),
('58009',' Marlene Dietrich (qv) (Lola Lola) was, contrary to common belief,  not the "star" of the film. She was not even a known actress. She  was one of several students at an acting academy who were auditioned  by director Josef von Sternberg (qv) for the role. Each of the  girls was told to bring with them "a naughty song" which they would  perform. Dietrich was so nervous and so sure that she would not get  the role that she showed up without a song.'),
('58010',' Many actresses from the stage and screen were considered for the  role of Lola Lola. Early contenders were Gloria Swanson (qv),  Phyllis Haver (qv), Louise Brooks (I) (qv),  Brigitte Helm (qv), Lya De Putti (qv), Leni Riefenstahl (qv),  Lotte Lenya (qv), and many young German starlets.'),
('58011',' On the movie poster of the Italian release Diana Körner (qv) and  Harald Leipnitz (qv) were credited as Diana Cornell and Harald  Leipniz.'),
('58012',' Adolf Hitler counted this film among his favorites. It prompted him  to ask director Leni Riefenstahl (qv) to shoot  _Triumph des Willens (1934)_ (qv), the famous documentary of the  Sixth Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg.'),
('58013',' This was a groundbreaking film at the time. It was a sound film shot  all on location high in the mountains. Real mountain people were  used as supporting players.'),
('58014',' DEFA'),
('58015','ID'),
('58016','Number: 1282'),
('58017',' The year this film was shot there was an election in Louisiana. One  of the items to vote on was bill that had many different state  projects. It was defeated the same day the crew was filming the  funeral scene overnight in the Capital Building in Baton Rouge. The  crew had to leave before all the props could be removed, including  the coffin. The defeated bill was laid in the coffin by someone  before the next daily legislative session began.'),
('58018',' Ernest K. Gann (qv)s source novel was the Dollar Book Club  selection for December 1946.'),
('58019',' The role of Bart was intended for Richard Pryor (qv), but due to  the controversial nature of Pryors stand'),
('58020','up routines of the day and  his background, Mel Brooks (I) (qv) couldnt secure financing for  the project with Pryor in that role. So Pryor was made a co'),
('58021','writer  of the script, and Cleavon Little (qv) played Bart. Pryor later  got to star in a different western comedy '),
('58022','  _Adiós Amigo (1976)_ (qv).'),
('58023',' Richard Pryor (qv) came up with the character "Mongo".'),
('58024',' Production began with Gig Young (qv) as the Waco Kid. On the first  day of shooting, the scene where the drunk Waco Kid hangs from a  bunk asking if Bart is black, Young revealed that he really was  indeed drunk (he had had an alcohol problem for years) and proceeded  to undergo a physical collapse on set. Brooks shut down production  for a day and Gene Wilder (qv) flew cross country to take over the  role.'),
('58025',' In the shot where the show bill for "Lili Von Schtupp, The Teutonic  Titwillow" appears, the tune played on the honky'),
('58026','tonk piano in the  background is "Springtime for Hitler" from  _Producers, The (1968)_ (qv), also directed by  Mel Brooks (I) (qv).'),
('58027',' Scriptwriter Bergman, Andrew (qv) originally named the lead  character "Tex X".'),
('58028',' Director Mel Brooks (I) (qv) plays a character called "Le  Petomane", which was the stage name of a popular French performer  (Joseph Pujol) from the beginning of the 20th century, who told  stories punctuated with flatulence, demonstrated his ability to blow  out candle flames from two feet way with his back turned, and  performed "La Marseillaise" and popular tunes.'),
('58029',' The Indian Chief played by Mel Brooks (I) (qv) speaks Yiddish. He  says: "Blacks!" "Let them go!" "Have you ever seen in your life?"'),
('58030',' One day in the Warner Bros. commissary, Mel Brooks (I) (qv) and  the other writers were seated at a table opposite  John Wayne (I) (qv). The Duke turned and said he had heard about  their Western, the one where people say stuff like "blow it out your  ass". Mel handed The Duke a copy of the script and said, "Yes, and  wed like you to be in it." According to Brooks, the Duke turned  down the offer the next day by saying, "Naw, I cant do a movie like  that but Ill be first in line to see it!"'),
('58031',' Gene Wilder (qv) was originally offered the role of Hedley Lamarr  but he didnt feel right for it and told Mel Brooks (I) (qv) that  he wanted The Waco Kid instead. However, Brooks wanted someone older  for The Waco Kid, someone like Dan Dailey (qv). Dailey was  originally considered for the role of the Waco Kid but got cold feet  at the last moment.'),
('58032',' The TV release has several extra scenes that werent in the  theatrical release.  '),
('58033',' When Sheriff Bart is trying to capture Mongo, after he delivers    the "CandyGram for Mongo", it then shows a "draw on the dummy    sheriff" game that fires a cannon at Mongo.  '),
('58034',' A scene where Bart convinces Mongo to go diving down a well for    Spanish Doubloons and Bart stops pumping air to the diving suit    because its time for his lunch break.  '),
('58035',' Escaping from the "bad guy queue", Jim and Bart encounter a    Baptism ceremony.  '),
('58036',' Governor Le Petomane rides into the fake Rock Ridge in a    stagecoach and tries to talk to the fake people.'),
('58037',' The Hebrew writing on headband worn by Mel Brooks (I) (qv) on the  movie poster should translate to "Kosher for Passover", but it has a  (deliberate) mistake: the first letters were switched, which  translates it to something like "Posher for Kassover".'),
('58038',' CAMEO(Count Basie (qv)): leader of the jazz band in the desert.'),
('58039',' CAMEO(Gilda Radner (qv)): appears in a scene in the church. She  would later become the wife of Gene Wilder (qv) (The Waco Kid).'),
('58040',' DIRTRADE(Mel Brooks (I) (qv)): created mob noise by having people  say, "harrumph." We can hear an example of this moment after the  townspeople refuse to give land to the Irish. In the ensuing hubbub,  Mel Brooks can be heard to say "Everybody, harrumph!"'),
('58041',' Hedy Lamarr (qv) sued Mel Brooks (I) (qv) over the use of the  name Hedley Lamarr and settled out of court.'),
('58042',' On the marquee at Graumanns Chinese Theater, the flashing title  "Blazing Saddles" is a matte lay'),
('58043','in, covering the films original  title, "Black Bart". The final title of the movie wasnt decided  until after principal photography.'),
('58044',' When Mongo rides into town, one Mexican says, "Mongo! Santa Maria!"  Santamaría, Mongo (qv) was a famous Cuban musician.'),
('58045',' When Mel Brooks (I) (qv) advertised in the show business trade  papers for a "Frankie Laine'),
('58046','type" voice to sing the films title  song, he was hoping for a good imitator. Instead,  Frankie Laine (I) (qv) himself showed at Brooks office two days  later, ready to do the job but nobody told him the movie was a  parody.'),
('58047',' The world premiere was screened at the (now gone) Pickwick Drive'),
('58048','In,  in Burbank, California. The guests rode horses into the drive'),
('58049','in for  the show.'),
('58050',' Filmed on the same outdoor sets as _Westworld (1973)_ (qv).'),
('58051',' The huge coin on the poster is inscribed "Hi! Im Mel, Trust Me!"'),
('58052',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv)s first movie filmed in Panavision scope;  2.35:1'),
('58053',' The original plan for the film was to have Alan Arkin (qv) to  direct the film with James Earl Jones (qv) playing the role of  Bart.'),
('58054',' Though credited on screen as "Gum Chewer", Don Megowan (qv)  actually played a different role in the film: he was the man who  Madeline Kahn pushed into the audience after he lurched drunkenly  toward her while she was on stage.'),
('58055',' When handing out the paddles to everyone at the table, Gov. William  J. LePetomaine calls them by name as Frankie, Johnny, Patsy and  Kelly. "Frankie & Johnny" was a popular song in the 1930s and  Patsy Kelly (qv) was a popular comic actress at that time.'),
('58056',' According to Mel Brooks (I) (qv) (in the commentary for  _Spaceballs (1987)_ (qv)) when Gene Wilder (qv) came on the cast  for this movie, he requested that Mel Brooks do his movie idea next.  Gene Wilders idea was _Young Frankenstein (1974)_ (qv).'),
('58057',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv) also asked Johnny Carson (I) (qv) to play  the Waco Kid; he refused.'),
('58058',' The voices for the drunk that Lili Von Shtupp kicks off the stage  and the German Soldier that joins her later in the show are both  provided by Mel Brooks (I) (qv).'),
('58059',' Madeline Kahn (qv) started working on the movie the day after  being fired from the role of Agnes Gooch in _Mame (1974)_ (qv).  Lucille Ball (qv) believed that Kahn got herself fired (by  deliberately acting poorly) so that she could take the role of Lili  Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles, but still get paid for the Gooch role  in Mame, which by her contract wouldnt have happened if shed  merely quit.'),
('58060',' The bull that Mongo rides has "YES" painted on one side and "NO"  painted on the other. This is apparently a reference to the practice  in the 1950s of marking the back of school buses for which side was  safe to pass on, essentially inferring that Mongo and his mount are  as big as a bus.'),
('58061',' A large photo of Edward G. Robinson (qv) can be seen hanging on  the commissary wall during the pie fight.'),
('58062',' The scene in which Mongo knocks out a horse has a basis in reality.  Mel Brooks former "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesars Hour" boss,  Sid Caesar, a physically imposing and somewhat violent man, reported  in his 1982 autobiography, "Where Have I Been?" that while trail  riding with his wife, her horse caused trouble and he punched it  once between the eyes. The horse collapsed, unconscious. He notes  that this event was Mel Brooks inspiration for the Mongo vs. horse  scene in Blazing Saddles.'),
('58063',' Is #9 on Bravos list of the 100 Funniest Movies.'),
('58064',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('58065',' According to Mel Brooks (I) (qv) audio commentary, Warner Bros  released it again in the summer of 1975 because they didnt have any  other big pictures to release.'),
('58066',' CAMEO(Mel Brooks (I) (qv)): In the outlaw recruitment line,  smiling and wearing motorcycle goggles.'),
('58067',' Originally entitled "The Jet'),
('58068','Set"'),
('58069',' First film for the Ritz Brothers comedy duo since 1943. Originally  conceived as a comeback film for The Three Stooges, which at this  time consisted of Moe Howard (I) (qv), Joe DeRita (qv) and  newcomer Emil Sitka (qv). Howard died before production began,  which was when the Ritz Brothers were brought in.'),
('58070',' The last motion picture serial made in the United States.'),
('58071',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('58072',' 1. Gun Emperor of the West  '),
('58073',' 2. Riding the Danger Trail  '),
('58074',' 3. The Black Raiders  '),
('58075',' 4. Into the Flames  '),
('58076',' 5. Trapped in a Runaway Wagon  '),
('58077',' 6. Rifles for Redskins  '),
('58078',' 7. Midnight Attack  '),
('58079',' 8. Blast at Gunstock Pass  '),
('58080',' 9. War at the Wagon Camp  '),
('58081',' 10.Buffalo Stampede  '),
('58082',' 11.Into the Fiery Blast  '),
('58083',' 12.Cave'),
('58084','In  '),
('58085',' 13.Bugle Call  '),
('58086',' 14.Blazing Peril  '),
('58087',' 15.Raiders Unmasked'),
('58088',' DIRCAMEO(Saul Rubinek (qv)): as Reid, the Chicago Bruins manager'),
('58089',' This title is featured on the 2'),
('58090','disc Criterion Collection DVD for  _Blechtrommel, Die (1979)_ (qv).'),
('58091',' In June 1997, at the urging of a Christian fundamentalist group and  after viewing only a few isolated scenes, an Oklahoma County  District Court judge declared that this film contained child  pornography (as defined by Oklahomas obscenity laws) and as such  was illegal. Without obtaining the necessary search warrants or  court orders, police in Oklahoma City confiscated all copies of the  film from libraries and rental outlets. They intimidated video store  managers into supplying them with the addresses of those currently  renting the movie, went to those homes, and confiscated those tapes  as well. The local District Attorney declared that anyone possessing  a copy of the movie would be arrested. Within weeks the D.A. was  forced to back down on this statement, and by December most of the  seized videos had been returned. By October of 1998, over the course  of rulings in several related lawsuits, the U.S. federal courts  found that the confiscation of the tapes had been unconstitutional,  and ruled that the movie did not violate Oklahomas state laws. The  U.S. Court of Appeals closed the final case in May 2001, and the  movie is once again available for rental in Oklahoma County.'),
('58092',' Also banned in parts of Canada for its depiction of underage  sexuality.'),
('58093',' Acclaimed Polish'),
('58094','British actress Beata Pozniak (qv) made her movie  debut as an extra when scenes were shot right outside her home.'),
('58095',' The production company, Full Moon Pictures, changed its name to  Shadow Entertainment following the release of that labels last  film, _Jigsaw (2002)_ (qv), making this the first movie to hold the  new company logo, Shadow Entertainment.'),
('58096',' At the office building where Shawn and Maddy work has framed posters  of earlier Charles Band productions, such as  _Curse of the Puppet Master (1998)_ (qv) and  _Crash And Burn (1990)_ (qv).'),
('58097',' Kitjo (Zlatko Buric (qv)) wanting three Tuborg beers, before  watching a movie with the guys, is a reference to his role in a  Tuborg commercial campaign playing a foreign kiosk owner, also  directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (qv). Especially noted for his  accent pronouncing Tuborg with a hard g (Which is not correct in  Danish).'),
('58098',' Was first titled "Mismatch.com"'),
('58099',' Robin Askwith (qv) replaced Robin Stewart (I) (qv) as Mike  Abbott'),
('58100',' Peter Butterworth (qv) replaced Anthony Jackson (I) (qv) as  Trevor Lewis'),
('58101',' The bridge where the car "accident" takes place is actually the Blue  Water Bridge between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan. It  was being "twinned" at the time so the whole bridge was closed down  for repairs and was available for numerous re'),
('58102','takes. The scenery  shots of NYC were then placed in the background, although people who  grew up there recognize the shores as being Sarnia and Pt. Huron,  respectively, not NYC.'),
('58103','  In the original script, a character is deliberately pushed off a  subway platform. This had to be changed to an accidental fall before  the Toronto Transit Commission would allow filming on its property.'),
('58104',' When the candles in the cathedral ignite together, the camera pulls  back and Maggies shirt can be seen blowing, as if the candles were  in fact being blown out, and film was run backwards.'),
('58105',' The subway station where the attack on Meg takes place is a "ghost"  station on the Toronto subway that is used frequently as a stand in  for New York subways. The citys film office wanted to leave it set  up as a NYC station but the Toronto fire department nixed that idea.  The station is below the Bay station on the Bloor line, on the track  connecting the Bloor and Yonge lines. At one time trains went from  one line to the other '),
('58106',' thus the station '),
('58107',' but the practice was  discontinued because of switching problems. (There is also a "ghost"  station beneath the Queen Street station. It was roughed in 1954 for  a planned Queen Street subway which never was built.)'),
('58108',' The line "the devils greatest trick was convincing man that he  didnt exist" is a reference to a similar line in another movie of  the same Genre, _End of Days (1999)_ (qv). In which Father Kovak  (Rod Steiger (qv)) says: "Satans greatest trick was convincing  man that he didnt exist". It is also a reference to  _Usual Suspects, The (1995)_ (qv) where the line is "The greatest  trick the devil ever pulled was convincing man that he didnt exist"  shows up. In fact, that sentence goes back to  Charles Baudelaire (qv) (1821'),
('58109','1867): "La plus belle des ruses du  Diable est de vous persuader quil nexiste pas!" (English: "The  finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not  exist."'),
('58110',' The last film of David Hemmings (qv).'),
('58111',' The character of Alvin was based on the popular newspaper columnist  Walter Winchell (qv).'),
('58112',' The original play opened in New York on 12 February 1932.'),
('58113',' This movie was originally intended to star James Cagney (qv).'),
('58114',' The film debut for Dick Powell (I) (qv).'),
('58115',' Visa dexploitation en France # 96540.'),
('58116',' There is no music whatsoever in the film.'),
('58117',' First film of Alice Isner (qv), debuting at age 98. First  full'),
('58118','length picture of Stéphane Brizé (qv).'),
('58119',' Visa dexploitation en France: #91796'),
('58120',' Thies movie was based on the novel "De blijde dag" written by the  Flemish author Stijn Streuvels.'),
('58121',' Schiele, Otto (qv), the blind man, did not know the plot during  filming. He was not told because it was his first acting job (he was  aged 82 at the time) and the director did not want him to run off  the set screaming. His scenes were dubbed later and he believed he  was in a romantic tragedy about an blind old man and a beautiful  young woman.'),
('58122',' Neck slash prosthetic used by KNB EFX on the "Alley Bum" was the  same used on Daryl Hannah (qv)s character in  _Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)_ (qv)'),
('58123',' Finger extensions used on main actress Marta McGonagle by KNB EFX  were the same used in _John Carpenters Vampires (1998)_ (qv).'),
('58124',' The severed head also makes an appearance in  Steven Spielberg (qv)s movie _Amistad (1997)_ (qv).'),
('58125',' Tommy Bupp (qv) is in casting call lists for the role of Freddy,  but he is not seen in the movie. Contemporary news items lists  several cast members not seen either: Gladden James (qv),  Clyde Willson (qv), Pat OMalley (I) (qv) and  Monte Montague (I) (qv).'),
('58126',' TV'),
('58127','pilot for an unproduced USA Network series produced by  John Woo (I) (qv).'),
('58128',' This film is considered lost. Please check your attic.'),
('58129',' Negative destroyed in 1931 by MGM, after takeover of Goldwyn  Studios.'),
('58130',' The film was tinted and toned various colors, including blue  tone/flesh tint, blue tint, night amber, straw amber, light  lavender, green tint, and one sequence at a party was stencil  colored using the Handschiegl Color Process, in multi'),
('58131','coloring  bubbles that were made during a ballet.'),
('58132',' The last print perished in the same vault fire that took out  _London after Midnight (1927)_ (qv) in the late 1960s.'),
('58133',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Caseys Birthday (1914)_ (qv).'),
('58134',' Madonna (I) (qv) and Sean Penn (qv) were approached to star  together in this movie, but producers wanted to cast  Bruce Willis (I) (qv) in the male lead, so Madonna backed out.'),
('58135',' If the pool at the end of the movie looks familiar, its the same  one from The Cars (qv) video for the song "Magic".'),
('58136',' The script was rewritten so much that writer Dale Launer (qv), who  wrote the original script, pretty much disowned the finished film.'),
('58137',' Blake Edwards (qv), Leslie Dixon (qv), Tom Ropelewski (qv),  and Michael Alan Eddy (qv) all did uncredited rewrites on the  script.'),
('58138',' This was Bruce Willis (qv)s first credited film.'),
('58139',' Shot in forty eight hours for the 2001 Reel Fast 48 Hour Film Fest  in Vancouver, Canada.'),
('58140',' DIRCAMEO(Jake Ross (qv)): appears four times: the bouncer outside  the club; the bartender inside the club; a mover; one of the muggers  alongside Dylan Ramsey and "Lixx".'),
('58141',' The film was inspired by Stanley Kubrick (qv)s  _Eyes Wide Shut (1999)_ (qv).'),
('58142',' Director Jake Ross house was redressed a total of 10 times to give  the appearance of different locations.'),
('58143',' Three different leads were hired before they found  Adam Korson (qv).'),
('58144',' Kerns, Joanna (qv) plays the mother of Robbie Marshall in this  movie. Joanna Kerns also played the mother of Gold, Tracey (qv)s  character on the TV series "Growing Pains". The real life Robbie  Marshall married Tracey Gold.'),
('58145',' The name of the high school that Felice Richmond (Rob Marshalls  lover) was an administrator at was changed for the film. The real  name of the school is Pinelands Regional High School (now Pinelands  Regional Senior High School, as of 2002).'),
('58146',' The picnic area that Maria Marshall was killed in Ocean County, New  Jersey (between Manahawkin and Toms River).'),
('58147',' The 1986 death sentence received by Robert Marshall, the inspiration  for this movie, was overturned by the third U.S. Circuit Court of  Appeals in Philadelphia on November 2, 2005.'),
('58148',' The characters Lyle Pike and Tector Pike were named after three  characters from _Wild Bunch, The (1969)_ (qv): Lyle and Tector Gorch  (Ben Johnson (I) (qv), Warren Oates (qv)) and Pike Bishop  (William Holden (I) (qv)).'),
('58149',' Based on the Zatoichi film/TV series from Japan.'),
('58150',' The film debut of Martin Benson.'),
('58151',' The movie was funded in conjunction with New Mexicos Film  Investment Program. The production completely paid off the loan  following robust international box office and DVD sales.'),
('58152',' Val Kilmer (qv) who lives on a nearby New Mexico ranch agreed to  participate in this film secondary to his work with New Mexicos  Film Investment Program.'),
('58153',' Noble Willingham (qv)s final, completed film.'),
('58154',' The film was originally going to be titled "Black Point" after the  small desert town in New Mexico where the story takes place.'),
('58155',' Machine Head was commissioned to write songs for this film.'),
('58156',' Steve'),
('58157','O (Stephen Glover) was originally set to cameo in a fight with  Val Kilmers character in the film, but the director elected to  changed the scene the night before and Glovers cameo involved him  simply wearing a cowboy hat and smiling.'),
('58158',' A majority of the cast were non'),
('58159','professionals at the time.'),
('58160',' 422 different titles were considered for the adaptation of "The  Pinacle". The eventual choice was made by New York exhibitors from a  shortlist of eight.'),
('58161',' This documentary is featured on the Columbia Pictures DVD for  _Remains of the Day, The (1993)_ (qv), released in 2001.'),
('58162',' While silent films usually only gave running time in length in reels  or footage, the music cue sheet, arranged by Joseph E. Zivelli, that  came with this film noted that the 5'),
('58163','reels came to "53 minutes when  scored".'),
('58164',' Blindsight is based on a real neurological disorder called  prosopagnosia, or face blindness.'),
('58165',' Stevens, Dana (qv)s research into the screenplay revealed that  delayed vision is not fictitious.'),
('58166',' Madeleine Stowe (qv) visited doctors at UCLA to study blindness.  Aidan Quinn (I) (qv) and James Remar (qv) spent time with  members of the Chicago Police Department, and the line "We will  solve no crime before theres overtime" was provided by some of the  officers.'),
('58167',' Madeleine Stowe (qv)s character was originally a poet, but Stowe  asked if the script could be changed to make her a musician. Stowe  then learned how to play the violin for the role.'),
('58168',' Julia Roberts (qv) passed on the lead role.'),
('58169',' After the completion of this film, some individuals approached the  director about developing the concept into a feature, and he wrote  several versions, including one where the supernatural shooter was a  16 year old boy.'),
('58170',' The only Blink 182 footage used is from a New Zealand television  show.'),
('58171',' The film is (loosely) based on a real incident. In the late 1910s  and early 1920s, Dolly Oesterreich kept her lover, Otto Sanhuber in  the attic where he lived for many years. Her husband Fred ran a  company that made aprons. Otto even moved with the couple from  Milwaukee to Los Angeles to stay above his lover. Unfortunately, the  real story doesnt have the happy ending of the movie.'),
('58172',' 11th release in the "Bill Grimms Progress" 2'),
('58173','reel comedy series.'),
('58174',' Tex Avery (qv)s first cartoon for MGM.'),
('58175',' In his autobiography "Chuck Amuck", animator Chuck Jones (I) (qv)  relates that while this cartoon was in production, MGM producer  Fred Quimby (qv) told director Tex Avery (qv) to be careful when  caricaturing Adolf Hitler (qv), saying, "After all, we dont know  whos going to win the war".'),
('58176',' When the Wolf telephones headquarters and stops to ask "Is that you  Myrt?" that is a direct reference to the popular "Fibber McGee &  Molly" radio show. McGee would always begin his telephone  conversations by asking the Wistful Vista telephone operator that  question.'),
('58177',' Filming took 38 days.'),
('58178',' Southern Ontario was experiencing one of the warmest winters in  recent history, forcing the filmmakers to truck in blocks ice from  Quebec to make snow.'),
('58179',' DIRCAMEO(LeVar Burton (qv)): the night watchman elf that Blizzard  eludes to "borrow" the skates for Katie.'),
('58180',' Of the three main characters who did the most figure skating (Erin,  Katie and Otto), only Brittany Bristow (qv) as Erin had any  significant experience and skill on the ice. In Erins final  competitive scenes, a double was used, but otherwise she did most of  the skating. Doubles did almost all the skating for the other two  characters.'),
('58181',' The last time Steve McQueen (I) (qv) was billed as "Steven".'),
('58182',' The monster is referred to as "the mass" in the shooting script.'),
('58183',' Partially filmed in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The theater everyone  is seen running from is the Colonial Theater.'),
('58184',' The movie being shown at the Colonial Theatre was "Daughter of  Horror", originally released as _Dementia (1955)_ (qv).'),
('58185',' The Colonial Theatre sequence shows a poster for a film titled "The  Vampire and the Robot". Although this was one of the proposed U.S.  titles for _Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)_ (qv), the movie  is a phoney. It is a doctored poster for  _Forbidden Planet (1956)_ (qv)'),
('58186',' The Blob was created with a modified weather balloon in the early  shots, and in the later shots with colored silicone gel.'),
('58187',' This independent production was originally picked up by Paramount  for use on the bottom half of a double bill with their in'),
('58188','house  production of _I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)_ (qv).  Early marketing tests and initial bookings indicated that a larger  share of the ticket buyers were coming for this film rather than "I  Married a Monster," so it became the main feature and more money was  spent on its promotion.'),
('58189',' Producer Jack H. Harris (qv) claimed that this film cost $240.000.  This has been the source of some controversy. It is generally  believed to have cost substantially less to produce.'),
('58190',' Although producer Jack H. Harris (qv) always claimed that this  film cost $240,000 to produce, years later director Irvin S.  Yeaworth Jr. said that the actual cost was only $120,000.'),
('58191',' The popular title song that was used over the opening credits was  credited to "The Five Blobs". There was only one Blob, studio singer  Bernie Knee who did all the vocal tracks.'),
('58192',' In some of the promo material, the character played by  Aneta Corsaut (qv) is referred to as "Judy". Her character in the  film is named "Jane".'),
('58193',' The producers originally signed Steve McQueen (I) (qv) to a  three'),
('58194','film deal with this being the first project. McQueen was so  difficult to work with during filming that he was released from his  contract for the other two films.'),
('58195',' This film was originally going to be called "The Glob". It was  changed when it was discovered that cartoonist Walt Kelly (qv) had  already used that title.'),
('58196',' Dick Powell (I) (qv), who was the head of Four Star Productions,  asked to see a rough cut of this film. This led to the casting of  Steve McQueen (I) (qv) in the television series  _"Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1958)_ (qv).'),
('58197',' The old man who discovers and becomes the first victim of the Blob  was played by veteran character actor Olin Howland (qv). This  would be his final film in a career than spanned almost 200 films  going back to the silent era.'),
('58198',' When Steve and Jane go to the police station to report the death of  Dr. Hallen, the calendar on the wall reveals that it is July 1957.'),
('58199',' Steve McQueen was offered $2,500 or 10% of the profits. He took the  $2,500 because wasnt expected to make much. It ended up grossing  over 4 million dollars.'),
('58200',' In an attempt to profit from Steve McQueens success in "The  Towering Inferno" (1974), "The Blob" was re'),
('58201','released in various  countries during the mid 1970s, falsely promoted as an Irvin Allens  style new disaster movie.'),
('58202',' Rock salt was dyed purple to create the crystallized Blob for the  ending of the movie.'),
('58203',' All of the exteriors for the movie were shot in a small south  Louisiana town called Abbeville. Abbeville is laid out almost  exactly the same as Arbeville, Colorado, where the movie takes  place. Abbeville was used because filming took place in late 1987  and Arbeville was covered in snow. Its just a weird coincedence  that the names are so similar.'),
('58204',' The sheriff was named after famous jazz musician Herb Geller (qv).'),
('58205',' The motorcycles used by Kevin Dillon (I) (qv) in the film are a  500cc T100R Triumph Tiger and a 200cc T20 Triumph Tiger Cub for the  jumps.'),
('58206',' Donovan Leitch (qv), who plays Paul Taylor, had to have a full  body cast made of himself for one of the more complicated scene  where Paul underneath the blob. There were about 50 people running  the unstrung Paul. However, Chuck Russell (qv) did not tell  Shawnee Smith (qv) it was really Donovan Leitch (qv) underneath  the Blob for the first part of the scene. She believed it was going  to be an unstrung person. This was so he could get more of a shock  out of her. That is the take that is now seen in the movie when Meg  screams out Pauls name upon discovering him.'),
('58207',' DIRCAMEO(Chuck Russell (qv)): a theater patron in the second row,  left of center, during the wide shot of the theater audience  reacting to an on'),
('58208','screen fright.'),
('58209',' James Wan (qv) and Leigh Whannell (qv) were offered the chance  to make this film. They rejected the idea though, since neither are  fond of the recent slew of remakes.'),
('58210',' Concertgoers had to register on'),
('58211','line, then were told to meet at a  secret location in the Chinatown section of Manhattan. From there,  they were bussed to the concert location, which was also kept  secret. The majority of the acts that would be appearing were also  kept secret from the concertgoers. Admission to the concert was  free.'),
('58212',' Dave Chappelle (qv) funded this project with his own money.'),
('58213',' The actual concert was shot on Downing Street in Brooklyn, NY on  September 18, 2004. The scenes in Ohio leading up to the concert  were shot three days in advance.'),
('58214',' The college marching band used is Central State University from  Wilberforce, Ohio.'),
('58215',' This was the first time The Fugees (qv) (Wyclef Jean (qv),  Lauryn Hill (qv), Pras (qv)) performed together in seven years.'),
('58216',' The director barely avoided a near fatal injury when he felt through  false flooring in an abandoned water treatment plant during a  location scouting trip. Luckily he caught onto a gird before falling  into a 30 feet shaft. A cameraman suffered serious injuries when he  felt through the loose floor at the very same spot a year before  while he was location scouting for a different production.'),
('58217',' SPOILER: The movie ends with big'),
('58218','game hunter Billy Gilbert chasing  and shooting at Stan and Ollie. The original ending, nixed by  producer Hal Roach, was to show Stan and Ollies stuffed heads on  Gilberts wall, with a stuffed Ollie telling Stan, "Heres another  nice mess youve gotten me into!"'),
('58219',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('58220','Disc Criterion Collection DVD  for _8½ (1963)_ (qv).'),
('58221',' Disclaimer on film and connected paper '),
('58222',' Note: Care has been taken  to prevent any costume of the production from being accurately that  of either side in the Spanish civil war. The story does not attempt  to favor any cause in the present conflict,'),
('58223',' The original title of this film was "The River is Blue" and the  original director was Lewis Milestone. Kurt Weill even wrote music  for the original project that was never used (lyrics by Ann Ronell).  The title was changed to "Castles in Spain," then to "Blockade." The  topic of the Spanish Civil War was politically sensitive and there  is some hint that the upheavals of the original project were due to  the political content of the film.'),
