('42929',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv) bought Anne Bancroft (I) (qv) the rights to  the book "84 Charing Cross Road" for her birthday one year.'),
('42930',' The real bookstore, Marks & Co., is now a wine bar. There is a  plaque on the building commemorating the store,  Helene Hanff (qv)s book and the movie. Today (2003), 84 Charing  Cross Road is a bar called All Bar One. The site is where Charing  Cross Road crosses Shaftesbury Avenue on the north'),
('42931','east corner of  the junction.'),
('42932',' The bookshop Marks & Co. at 84 Charing Cross Road was owned (in  part) by the father of Leo Marks (I) (qv), the writer of  _Peeping Tom (1960)_ (qv).'),
('42933',' Although claimed to be a true story, at least one source implies  that there was a bit of artistic license. Leo Marks, later a  screenwriter, was the son of the bookstores owner, and the head of  codes and communication for Britains special operatives and the  underground during WWII, despite being barely old enough for  college. In his book "Between Silk and Cyanide" he says of his  father: "He never read the gentle little myth by Helene Hanff; Long  before it was published hed become one himself."'),
('42934',' Comedian Jamblan sued the producers of the film for allegedly  plagiarizing a radio play he wrote in 1937.'),
('42935',' "84 Charlie MoPic" comes from the Army Military Occupational  Specialty code "84C20", which is a Motion Picture Cameraman (MoPic).'),
('42936',' Naomi Watts was long linked to the leading role '),
('42937',' she ultimately  passed.'),
('42938',' Writer Trebilcook, a huge fan of the James Bond films, has long  expressed his interest in having some of the former 007s appear in  the movie.'),
('42939',' Envisioned as the first in a series of Daisy Scarlett films.'),
('42940',' At the moment Jack Gramm is first told he has only 88 minutes to  live, the remaining running time of the motion picture, including  final credits, is 88 minutes.'),
('42941',' Jon Avnet (qv) replaced James Foley (I) (qv) as director.'),
('42942',' Play around with word puns, Guan Ying’s name is actually means "off  sound" in literal translation. In the show, Guan Ying is a mute.'),
('42943',' Shot in one day in a warehouse in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The set,  which took over three weeks to construct and prepare, was torn down  the following day.'),
('42944',' First screened as part of the Whitney Biennial in 2004.'),
('42945',' Fincher, David (qv) was the first choice to direct this film.'),
('42946',' The plot is extremely similar to that of _Hardcore (1979)_ (qv) in  which a man (Scott, George C. (qv)) hires a private detective to  track down his daughter after she runs away and he sees her in a 8MM  porno movie.'),
('42947',' The actress (Powell, Jenny (I) (qv)) playing the character of Mary  Ann Mathews was originally a stripper hired in to act as a stand'),
('42948','in.  Schumacher, Joel (qv) gave her the part of the victim on the 8mm  film as she had a suitably "haunted" look about her.'),
('42949',' The enema porno film seen at the porn swap meet is a genuine S&M  film that was heavily edited for inclusion in the main movie.'),
('42950',' The graffiti'),
('42951','covered buildings shown in the film are all that is  left of some radar buildings built by Howard Hughes.'),
('42952',' Creech, Don (I) (qv) ("Mr. Anderson") is the keeper of the Muppets  for the Jim Henson company. He takes care of and repairs the  thousands of Muppets created over the years.'),
('42953',' The actual script by Andrew Kevin Walker (qv) was reworked by  Joel Schumacher (qv) and Nicholas Kazan (qv) after Walker left  the project in disagreement with the director.'),
('42954',' The Aphex Twin (qv) song, "Come to Daddy", is played twice in 8MM.  The first time it is played as the theme song to a hardcore porn  flick, and the second time it is actually played as the background  music to 8MM, upon Nicolas Cage (qv)s entering of the "bad guys"  house. Also, the music video for "Come to Daddy" is being played on  a small TV in Dino Velvets office.'),
('42955',' Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv) turned down the role of Max California.'),
('42956',' Nicolas Cage (qv)s Oscar award (for  _Leaving Las Vegas (1995)_ (qv)) makes a cameo in the film. Look for  it, wrapped up in black string/laces on Eddie Pooles desk when Cage  breaks in to tap Pooles phone.'),
('42957',' The car belonging to Eddie Poole is a Stutz Blackhawk, a very rare  high'),
('42958','status car of the 70s and 80s, owned by such luminaries as  Elvis (he had five) and the Rat Pack.'),
('42959',' The title refers to the number of movies Federico Fellini (qv) had  directed up until that point '),
('42960',' six features, two short (1/2) films  and "half a picture" ("Luci del Varieta" his first, co'),
('42961','directed  with Alberto Lattuada (qv)), for a total of 7 1/2. So this one is  number 8 1/2.'),
('42962',' The films working title was "La Bella Confusione", "The Beautiful  Confusion".'),
('42963',' Fellini attached a note to himself below the cameras eyepiece which  read, "Remember, this is a comedy."'),
('42964',' Was the basis for the Broadway Musical "Nine", which won the Tony  for best musical in 1982 and for best musical revival in 2003.'),
('42965',' At one point, Fellini wanted to cast Laurence Olivier (qv) in the  lead role.'),
('42966',' In 2002, named by "Positif" (France) as one of the 50 best films of  the last 50 years (critics choice: #3)'),
('42967',' This is the only game developed by Tribeca Interactive.'),
('42968',' The word "fuck" is used 18 times in the film.'),
('42969',' Gareth Myles was considered for the part of Bryon.'),
('42970',' Originally offered to Regal Films.'),
('42971',' Actor Fauzi Baadillas belly button and the films tagline "Manusia  terbaik di Indonesia adalah seorang penjahat" (The best man in  Indonesia is a criminal) on posters had to be covered with red tape  a month before the films release when the countrys film censor  board complained. The covers of the 9 Naga DVD and VCD do not  contain the tagline but do, however, have a large red "X" posted  over Baadillas body part.'),
('42972',' Margot Stilley never wanted to be credited in the film because of  the un'),
('42973','simulated, explicit sex scenes. She asked the director to  refer to her in interviews as "Lisa", the name of her character in  the film.'),
('42974',' This was the first film featuring explicit sex scenes to receive a  certificate in the Republic of Ireland.'),
('42975',' The first sexually explicit film to be directly awarded a French  mainstream certificate (and not the "X classification" created in  1975 for "pornographic or violence'),
('42976','inciting movies").'),
('42977',' According to the "Variety" review, the transfer of the film, which  was shot in DV, was done by photographing a digital projection of  the movie on a white wall, to create a negative from which prints  for release could be made.'),
('42978',' The sex scenes were shot with only the two actors, the director, the  cameraman, and the soundman on the set.'),
('42979',' The two leads only had three days to get acquainted before filming.'),
('42980',' Director Winterbottom shot over 200 hours of digital video.'),
('42981',' Kieran OBrien (qv) and Margo Stilley (qv) did not communicate  with each other between filming so that their off'),
('42982','screen  relationship would not affect the one they had on screen.'),
('42983',' Shooting time for the film was projected as ten weeks. The cast and  crew ended up shooting for five months.'),
('42984',' Before the film was shot, young artists met veterans of the Afghan  War '),
('42985',' the soldiers of the legendary 9th company. Some were  introduced to the prototypes of their characters.'),
('42986',' Set domestic box office record in Russia, in 2005, generating $  7,700,000 in five days. Surpassed _Turetskiy gambit (2005)_ (qv) in  October 2005 to become the highest'),
('42987','grossing movie in post'),
('42988','communist  Russia.'),
('42989',' Was a Russian candidate for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language  Film nomination in 2007.'),
('42990',' It is the first movie in post'),
('42991','communist Russia to surpass the $20  million mark at the box office.'),
('42992',' In reality, only 6 of 39 soviet soldiers from the 9th company were  killed on hill 3234. There were over 200 dead on the opposite side.'),
('42993',' Presidents of Ukraine and Uzbekistan extended their patronage over  the production of the film.'),
('42994',' 2,000 extras were used in battle scenes.'),
('42995',' The movie was written as a star'),
('42996','vehicle for Iván Fenyö (qv).'),
('42997',' Gábor Máté (qv) was considered and announced for the role of  Vilmos, but he dropped out.'),
('42998',' Vica Kerekes (qv) was chosen for the role of the Stewardess, but  she dropped out.'),
('42999',' Titánia Valentin (qv) was considered for the role of IQ'),
('43000','Light  Girl, but dropped out.'),
('43001',' First movie role of musical actress Anna Györfi (qv).'),
('43002',' The film was made as part of the forty'),
('43003','eight hour film project. The  seven minute version was edited to meet this deadline.'),
('43004',' Originally made for web content but changed to theatrical release.'),
('43005',' This documentary contains what was believed to be the only footage  of the first plane crashing into Tower One of the World Trade  Center. However, an amateur video released to the press in September  2003 showed another angle of the crash.'),
('43006',' This documentary contains the only footage from the lobby of Tower  One after flight 11 hit until the collapse of Tower Two.'),
('43007',' Remarkably, the firehouse featured in this documentary lost no  lives, although the firefighters and cameramen were separated into  three groups. Some were among the first firefighters on the scene.'),
('43008',' The music used in the montage after the buildings collapsed is from  Hans Zimmer (qv)s _Gladiator (2000)_ (qv) score, sung by Lisa  Gerrard.'),
('43009',' Had the largest audience ever for a TV Documentary '),
('43010',' 39 million  viewers '),
('43011',' when broadcast on CBS on 10 March 2002, six months after  the attack.'),
('43012',' The camera that Gideon is operating captures then mayor  Rudolph W. Giuliani (qv) walking north on Broadway with his staff  and news cameras. The footage was shot while riding down to the  World Trade Center with off'),
('43013','duty firemen in a pickup truck.'),
('43014',' Won Screenplay Of The Year (out of 4000) on Kevin Spaceys  TriggerStreet.com'),
('43015',' Honored with a staged reading at the 2005 Nantucket Film Festival'),
('43016',' Because of its explicit nature director Kurt Kren (qv) had great  difficulty finding labs willing to develop this film.'),
('43017',' The original script was entitled "The Ninety Second Minute" and was  written by Faisal A. Qureshi (qv). The script was originally  written with ethnic minority characters and his name was removed  from the film when it was re'),
('43018','written without his knowledge or  consent.'),
('43019',' Short Circuit had originally selected the film for exclusive  worldwide distribution. Free DVD copies were handed out at the  Cannes Film Festival after the screenings but were recalled by the  UK Film Council and North West Vision.'),
('43020',' The issues concerning the production of this film was settled out of  court. The UK Film Council and North West Vision agreed to withdraw  the film from distribution and all copies have been destroyed.'),
('43021',' Shown on new years eve in many countries, including Germany,  Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Austria. In Norway however  its shown the 23rd of December instead of new years eve.'),
('43022',' Freddie Frinton didnt originally like the sketch at all, and almost  refused to do it. But after seeing it several times he agreed to  adopt it and make it his own. It was recorded in Hamburgs Theater  am Besenbinderhof on 8 July 1963. It was recorded in English as  Freddie Frinton refused to do it in German due to his long'),
('43023','standing  hate of Germany because of WW2. To this day Germany still shows the  original English version in respect of Freddie Frinton (making it  one of the only shows presented that way on German TV).'),
('43024',' The infamous tiger which the butler stumbles over several times  wasnt originally in the sketch. It was added by request of a local  mayor in a town the show was being played in. When Freddie Frinton  stumbled over it by accident during a show it produced such a  laughter among the audience that they decided to keep the tiger and  make it a part of the show.'),
('43025',' While both the actors in the sketch and dialogue are in English, the  UK remains one of the few countries in Europe where the sketch is  totally unknown. Its never been shown on TV in Britain.'),
('43026',' The Dinner for One sketch was originally written by  Lauri Wylie (qv), born Morris Laurence Samuelson, and premiered at  Duke of Yorks Theatre in London in 1948. It was performed on  Broadway in 1953 as part of John Murray Andersons ALMANAC revue  with Hermione Gingold (qv) as the lady and Billy De Wolfe (qv)  as the butler. When Englishman Freddie Frinton (qv) began  performing it on various English stages the role of the lady was  played by a young actress called Audrey Maye. When she decided to  leave the circuit she suggested her mother May Warden (qv) for the  part, and it was in that version that the sketch became most famous  and was filmed for television.'),
('43027',' It was when German TV personality Peter Frankenfeld (qv) and his  producer Heinz Dunkhase (qv) visited The Winter Gardens in  Blackpool, England, in 1963 that they saw the sketch and persuaded  Frinton and Warden to come to Germany to perform it for their  television program on NDR.'),
('43028',' Has aired on Swedish television (SVT) every New Years Eve since  1976.'),
('43029',' This owns the Guinness Book of Records entry for one single show  with the most reruns.'),
('43030',' In 1999 the NDR created a computer colorized version and showed it  on that years New Years Eve. This resulted in massive protests  from many fans demanding the original version to be shown.'),
('43031',' Until 1988 the original NDR version featured a grammatical error in  the introduction by narrator Heinz Piper (qv). He quoted Frinton  with "Same procedure than last year?" and Warden with "Same  procedure than every year!". It was then replaced with the correct  "Same procedure as every year" from a rehearsal recording.'),
('43032',' In a Hamburg shopping arcade the sketch is performed live every  year.'),
('43033',' At first, the program was only used as a filler on German TV. It was  shown four times between 1963 and 1972 before it finally got its now  famous regular airing on New Years Eve in 1972. It is so popular in  Germany that it is shown multiple times on New Years Eve so that  everybody can watch it, when it best fits their schedule. In 2003 it  aired a total of 19 times on different stations in Germany.'),
('43034',' Although the film was primarily made for video, it was shown on the  big screen 16 February 2003 at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Austin,  Texas. The film was shown a second time at the same venue, due to  popular demand, on 30 March 2003.'),
('43035',' When Hoax casts the spell that makes spiders come out of Suzies TV  dinner, theres a box of snack cakes behind the TV dinner called  "Devil Twins".'),
('43036',' The crowd at the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image was so large the  Tampa Fire Inspector had to OK the size of the audience.'),
('43037',' Shot with a crew of six during hurricane season in Florida.'),
('43038',' Falcon lost 20 pounds in 17 days starving himself for the movie.'),
('43039',' Richard Harris (I) (qv) married his leading lady Ann Turkel (qv)  after this one wrapped.'),
('43040',' The title parodies the Ivory Soap advertising slogan "99 '),
('43041',' 44/100%  Pure"'),
('43042',' Ann Turkel (qv) was a last minute replacement for  Jacqueline Bisset (qv).'),
('43043',' This is the last film project for Edmund OBrien (qv).'),
('43044',' Push/Pull (2003), a short film once known as 9:04 pm, is a "sequel"  of sorts to this feature film. It tells the story of two 9:04 AM  characters, many years in the future. 3 Sisters (2005) is a prequel  with the 3 sisters of 9:04 AM, Amanda, Christie and Billie. However,  the actress playing Christie in 3 Sisters plays a Goth in 9:04 AM.'),
('43045',' 9:04 AM was originally conceived in 1995 and the first draft was  written in 1997. However, director Heath McKnight put the script  away and focused on the feature Skye Falling (2001)(V) and several  shorts, before pulling the script out in 2003 to begin work on it.'),
('43046',' Its no coincidence that both 9:04 AM (2007) and Skye Falling (2001)  share some traits, including sequences in and around the 4th of  July; and main characters who love comic books (Carson in Skye  Falling, Justin in 9:04 AM). Producer/Director Heath McKnight has  stated that 9:04 AM is the last chapter in an unofficial trilogy  that began with Skye Falling and carried into the short  Conversations... (1997). Each film represents a specific part of how  some relationships work, in order: the end of a relationship (Skye  Falling), recovery (Conversations...) and new love (9:04 AM). Other  than each movie takes place in Wellington, Florida, none of the  characters are ever seen in the other films. Hence the unofficial  capacity of the trilogy, dubbed "Lost and Found."'),
('43047',' WILHELM SCREAM used twice: first while Justin (Mike W. Leavitt),  Suzy (Laura Arias), and Phil (Brock Harris Hill) are playing video  games, then in the final comic book shop scene with Billie (Sarah  Elizabeth Kenny) and Mark Lang (Conor Timmis).'),
('43048',' The voice of the baseball announcer on the TV as Dan and George  watch, is co'),
('43049','writer Grant A. Balfour (qv).'),
('43050',' The woman in a straight'),
('43051','jacket in the poster, found in Moniques  room, is production coordinator Kathie Ward (qv).'),
('43052',' The person walking into the first establishing shot of the coffee  shop is co'),
('43053','writer/director Heath McKnight (qv).'),
('43054',' The "milf" in the park is production coordinator Kathie Ward (qv),  who had to be talked into doing the small part. Shes wearing the  sound supervisors head phones. Shes credited as "Hottie McBabe."'),
('43055',' When Mark Lang (played by Conor Timmis (qv)) is getting his mail,  he waves to the disinterested neighbor. This is assistant director  Theresa Piorkowski (qv), credited as "Danger Girl."'),
('43056',' The little girl was represented by a blanket and a hair piece.  Falcon wanted to refrain from putting a child through the scene.'),
('43057',' This is Buck Jones first film.'),
('43058',' Debut of Amy Smart (qv).'),
('43059',' The action scenes were so violent and bloody that the film was shown  in France with censorship cuts.'),
('43060',' No. 3 in the Hong Kong Film Awards List of The Best 100 Chinese  Motion Pictures'),
('43061',' One of the love scenes in the film took 57 takes to complete.'),
('43062',' The film was supposed to be the first part of a project. But due to  its relatively poor performance at the box office when it was first  released, the producers decided not to finish the second part. The  nameless character that appears in the last scene played by  Tony Leung Chiu Wai (qv) is supposedly the main character in the  second part.'),
('43063',' Su Lizhen also appears in another Kar Wai Wong (qv)s film  Fa yeung nin wa (2000) (qv). Both Su Lizhens are played by  Maggie Cheung (qv) although it has never been clearly indicated  that both Lizhens are the same character.'),
('43064',' This short interview is featured on the Anchor Bay DVD for  _Macabro (1980)_ (qv), released in 2001.'),
('43065',' Michelle Yeoh (qv) suffered a serious injury when she misjudged  18'),
('43066','foot jump off a bridge onto a truck. She fractured a vertebra and  was in traction for a month.'),
('43067',' First Film made about Nick Drake shown on the BBC and the Modal  Festival in Sheffield and Cube Cinema in Bristol'),
('43068',' The entire film was shot in one weekend in co'),
('43069','star  Ciaran Gallagher (qv)s house in Clondalkin, a suburb of County  Dublin.'),
('43070',' No complete copies of this film are believed to exist.'),
('43071',' The silent negative print is conserved in the Centro Sperimentale di  Cinematografia, Rome.'),
('43072',' Italian censorship visa # 84675 dated May 13th 1989.'),
('43073',' This title is featured on the 2'),
('43074','Disc Criterion Collection DVD for  _Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Le (1972)_ (qv), released in  2000.'),
('43075',' This program originally aired on the A&E network in the USA on 5  December 2002, with a recent repeat airing on 14 November 2004. The  program also aired on the BBC network in England. A DVD of this  program was made under the title "Rod Stewart (I) (qv): The Great  American Songbook".'),
('43076',' Filmed in 3 days, with a 5 person crew.'),
('43077',' All shots, including weapons firing (missiles, machine guns, bombs)  are real; no visual effects were added.'),
('43078',' Just moments after director Bryan Perraud (qv) told an actress he  was amazed that she had not dropped a brimming martini glass  throughout the entire shoot, she dropped it.'),
('43079',' Dante the Magician (Dante (I) (qv)) was hired for the movie after  one of the writers saw him performing on a street corner in Los  Angeles.'),
('43080',' Brenda Joyce (qv)s reluctance to appear in "A'),
('43081','Haunting We Will  Go" led to the termination of her Fox contract. Her role was played  by Sheila Ryan (I) (qv).'),
('43082',' The town of Milledgeville is mentioned. There is no Milledgeville in  California, but there is in Oliver Hardy (qv)s home state of  Georgia. Hardy sometimes referred to place names near his home in  his films as an "in'),
('43083','joke,"'),
('43084',' This is the last Looney Tunes cartoon where June Foray (qv) is one  of the voice actors'),
('43085',' Most of the films budget was the result of overdue library books  about Lincoln.'),
('43086',' Miguel, the character name of Mikey Macapagal Arroyo (qv), is from  the name of the actors father.'),
('43087',' During the shoot, the cast and crew were mistaken for real Nazi  activists, and were held at gunpoint in the streets of Tulsa by the  Police, despite repeated assurances from the Tulsa PD that there  would be no incidences.'),
('43088',' The actor who was originally slated to play Jack Ripper disappeared  at the last second and Drew Allen, originally slated to play Nazi  #1, was picked to play the part.'),
('43089',' The M'),
('43090','16 that Stephen Hanan (Nazi #1) held in the film was dropped  just prior to shooting that day. With no time to spare, A.G. Pierce  and Oscar Ray taped the gun back together and it made its screen  debut in two pieces.'),
('43091',' This documentary will be included as part of the Criterion  Collection DVD edition of _Ran (1985)_ (qv).'),
('43092',' Erich Silva (qv)s daughter Emily Silva makes her film debut in  A.M. playing the toddler in the stroller as well as the sleeping  baby later on with mom, Sofia Johansson (III) (qv) towards the end  of the film.'),
('43093',' Festivals 2004: Argos Festival, Brussels (BE) 2005: International  Film Festival Rotterdam (NL) / International Film Festival Berlin  (DE) / Argos Festival Musea: Van Abbemuseum / Kunsthall Bergen /  Witte de With, Rotterdam / Courtisane Festival Ghent (BE) awards  CANVAS Prize at Courtisane'),
('43094',' In a little Scene, you can see a "Futuristic Truck". This is the  Landmaster from Damnation Alley (1977).'),
('43095',' Festivals:  '),
('43096',' Finalist, 2006 UK Horror Film Festival  '),
('43097',' Official Selection, The 2006 Santa Fe Film Festival  '),
('43098',' Winner, Best Short Film, The Short Film Festival of India  '),
('43099',' Silver Medal for Excellence, 2007 Park City Film Music Festival  '),
('43100',' Official Selection, 2007 Show Off Your Shorts Festival  '),
('43101',' Official Selection, The 2007 Beaufort Film Festival  '),
('43102',' Official Selection, The 2007 Gasparilla Film Festival  '),
('43103',' Official Selection, The 2007 George Lindsay UNA Film Festival  '),
('43104',' Official Selection, The 2007 San Luis Obispo International Film    Festival  '),
('43105',' Official Selection, 2007 Golden Star Shorts Festival  '),
('43106',' Official Selection, The 2007 DC Independent Film Festival  '),
('43107',' Official Selection, The 2007 Lake County Film Festival  '),
('43108',' Official Selection, 2007 Other Venice Film Festival  '),
('43109',' Official Selection, The 2007 Memphis International Film Festival  '),
('43110',' Official Selection, The 2007 Boston International Film Festival'),
('43111',' The character Patrick ONeal plays was simply called "Tow'),
('43112','Headed  Soldier" in the original script. Director Jack Swanstrom and editor  Sue Hoover decided during post'),
('43113','production to rename him "Grif," as  an homage to director Samuel L. Fuller. Fullers films often  included a doomed character named Grif.'),
('43114',' Following _Outlet (2000)_ (qv), this is the second in a series of  military'),
('43115','based experimental tableaux based on director  Robert C. Banks (I) (qv)s experience in the United States Air  Force.'),
('43116',' Libero De Rienzo (qv)s character name (Dante Cruciani) is a  reference to the character that Totò (qv) played in  _Soliti ignoti, I (1958)_ (qv). In that movie, Dante was the safe  box expert supposed to train the gang for the robbery.'),
('43117',' Ugo Conti (qv)s hotel room is number 1138. This is a reference to  THX1138, George Lucas (qv) first movie, to which Lucas refers to  in each of his successive movies.'),
('43118',' This video was part of  _Eurovision Song Contest, The (2004) (TV)_ (qv) and was broadcast in  the semi'),
('43119','final interval act in some countries of Europe (in other  countries, for example Spain, it was replaced by a commercial break)  while people were voting. It was a way to celebrate the 30th  anniversary of Abba (I) (qv)s victory in the  _Eurovision Song Contest, The (2004) (TV)_ (qv) with "Waterloo".'),
('43120',' Although Agnetha Fältskog (qv) and Anni'),
('43121','Frid Lyngstad (qv) seem  to be onscreen together, their appearances were filmed separately  and merged together via computer.'),
('43122',' DIRCAMEO(Lasse Hallström (qv)): sitting in the background on a  park bench when the DJ is interviewing a man about Abba (I) (qv).  Being in the far left part of the screen, he can only be seen in the  letterbox version.'),
('43123',' In 2003, The Swedish Film Institute restored the film to its  original soundtrack after the original stereo sound had been lost  for years. The film was premiered in its new version on 2 December  2003, at Stockholms Film House.'),
('43124',' Cut by 3 minutes and 36 seconds to pass the Australian Censorship  Board.'),
('43125',' Created as a result of the success of Nemours Marketings  _Acting 101 (2000) (V)_ (qv) video. Many people wanted a similar  type of educational video, but geared just towards children and  their parents.'),
('43126',' Arnold Schwarzeneggers interview was taken from footage of his  interview during "AFIs 100 Years, 100 Thrills: Americas Most Heart  Pounding Movies" (2001)'),
('43127',' The interviews of Jim Carrey (qv), Bridget Fonda (qv),  Morgan Freeman (I) (qv) and Kevin Spacey (qv) are taken from  unused footage of their interviews for  _AFIs 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999) (TV)_ (qv).  Dustin Hoffman (qv)s interview is from  _AFIs 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('43128',' The interviews of Martin Scorsese (qv) and  Samuel L. Jackson (qv) are taken from  _AFIs 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)_ (qv).  Morgan Freeman (I) (qv)s interview is an outtake from  _AFIs 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('43129',' Atticus Finch from _To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)_ (qv) and Dr.  Hannibal Lecter from _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv),  _Hannibal (2001)_ (qv), _Red Dragon (2002)_ (qv), and  _Hannibal Rising (2007)_ (qv) were listed as the #1 hero and  villain.'),
('43130',' Only one character appears on both the heroes and villains list. The  Terminator is the 48th ranked hero for  _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv), and the 22nd villain for  _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv).'),
('43131',' Villain #20 '),
('43132',' "Man" from _Bambi (1942)_ (qv) '),
('43133',' is the only character  on the list that does not appear on'),
('43134','screen.'),
('43135',' After the American Film Institute announced that  _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv) was the best movie, rentals for it shot  up 1600 percent.'),
('43136',' No copy of this broadcast is known to exist, as both NBC and CBS  later taped over their copies.'),
('43137',' This short featurette is on the 2'),
('43138','disc Special Edition DVD for  _Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)_ (qv).'),
('43139',' This short featurette is on the 2'),
('43140','disc Special Edition DVD for  _Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)_ (qv).'),
('43141',' This short featurette is on the 2'),
('43142','disc Special Edition DVD for  _Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)_ (qv).'),
('43143',' The inspiration for this game came in 1985 when Frank and Susan  Wimmer decided to spend their honeymoon at Myrtle Plantation in  Saint Francisville, Louisianna, because of the known hauntings.  Their experiences changed their minds about the existence of ghosts  and led to the creation of the game.'),
('43144',' One of the main puzzles in the game has to do with adjusting a radio  tuner to transport between different times in the past. The deejays  heard on the radio are none other than John Isley and Billy James '),
('43145','  stars of The John Boy and Billy Big Show.'),
('43146',' While filming in Makati, (Manila) the onlookers were told Barry  Manilow was in the make'),
('43147','up van. It was in fact the director who  looked very much like Barry Manilow. Chaos ensued, delaying the  shooting. it was a joke perpetrated by the three members of the Apo  Hiking Society.'),
('43148',' This film was made in 48 hours from script to screen.'),
('43149',' This film won the award for the "Most Promising Filmmaker" at the  International Horror Sci'),
('43150','Fi Film Festival 2005'),
('43151',' Antwon Fisher wrote the story line for ATL and for Antwon Fisher,  his autobiographical movie. In both movies, the main characters say  the phrase, "I can eat." Antwon Fisher says it twice: once with  Denzel and again with his girlfriend. When he says the phrase to his  girlfriend, he chuckles because he remembers saying it to Denzel. In  ATL, Jackie Longs character, Esquire, says the same line to John  Garnett.'),
('43152',' The original title of the movie was going to be "Jellybean" which is  the nickname of the character Ant'),
('43153',' Paul W.S. Anderson (qv) stepped down from directing  _Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)_ (qv) (although he did stay on as  producer) and directing _Mortal Kombat: Devastation (2008)_ (qv) to  write and direct this film.'),
('43154',' Was rumored to be in development ever since a skull from the title  characters in the Alien film series appeared in the spaceship trophy  room in _Predator 2 (1990)_ (qv).'),
('43155',' Except for scenes with stand'),
('43156','ins, Ian Whyte (II) (qv) played all  of the Predators.'),
('43157',' The theatrical trailer includes soundbite samples from the original  trailer for _Alien (1979)_ (qv) and Bret (Harry Dean Stanton (qv))  screaming.'),
('43158',' A title near the beginning of the film identifies the ice cutter  transporting the exploration team as "The Piper Maru". The ships  name comes from episode 3.15 of _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv). The  _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv) episode was named after  Gillian Anderson (I) (qv)s daughter.'),
('43159',' AVP had both the shortest filming & post'),
('43160','production schedules of any  "major studio" film in 2004; filming was given 2 1/2 months, while  post'),
('43161','production was given just 4 months to complete.'),
('43162',' The character played by Lance Henriksen (qv), Charles Bishop  Weyland, is a co'),
('43163','founder of the Weyland Yutani Corporation. This is  "the company" referred to in the earlier "Alien" movies. The Bishop  Android from _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), and Bishop II from  _Alien³ (1992)_ (qv) were also played by Henriksen.'),
('43164',' When Charles Bishop Weyland is sitting in his office on the ship, we  can very briefly see him playing with his pen in a similar manner to  the way the android Bishop (also played by Lance Henriksen (qv))  is playing with a knife in _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).'),
('43165',' When one of the explorers is searching the whaling compound and  walks past a door to a building, there is a shot from within the  building in which the red light from the guys flare comes through  the crack in the door to form a flat vertical beam thats picked up  by the dust/snow from inside the room, just like the blue'),
('43166','green  scanner from the salvage scene at the beginning of  _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).'),
('43167',' The Alien Vs. Predator story crossed over virtually all forms of  media before becoming a feature film. There was a successful comic  book series, toy line, multiple video games, sound track (of the PC  game) and even a card series.'),
('43168',' The role of Max Stafford was written specifically for  Colin Salmon (qv).'),
('43169',' Screenwriter Shane Salerno (qv) was the last writer and "closer"  on "Alien vs. Predator". He worked on the film for 15 months,  including prior to production, through filming in Prague and all the  way through post production without receiving the co'),
('43170','screenplay by  credit that 20th Century Fox recommended him for to the WGA. Shane  has a co'),
('43171','screenplay credit on the novelization of the film, dozens  of magazine articles, and many of the original theatre posters.'),
('43172',' At one stage Peter Weller (I) (qv) was attached to do a cameo as  John Yutani, the other half of the infamous "Weyland'),
('43173','Yutani" Company  from the "Alien" films.'),
('43174',' This is the first Alien film, and also the first Predator film, to  get a rating other than R.'),
('43175',' The character of Verheiden was named after comic book writer  Mark Verheiden (qv), creator of the first Aliens vs Predator comic  series and first story ever involving both species. It was released  prior to the infamous alien "skull" in _Predator 2 (1990)_ (qv),  contrary to popular belief.'),
('43176',' The drawings that Paul W.S. Anderson (qv) used for his original  presentation to 20th Century Fox were done by  Patrick Tatopoulos (I) (qv).'),
('43177',' First Predator movie to feature a left'),
('43178','handed predator.'),
('43179',' The scene in which Weylands team discovers the sacrificial chamber  inside the pyramid was originally longer than seen in the theatrical  cut. After Rousseau and Thomas discuss the hole in the corpses  chest, Sebastian finds a calcified facehugger. Lex and Sebastian  then theorize as to what the creatures origin could be.'),
('43180',' After the opening credits are shown, SFX designers  Tom Woodruff Jr. (qv) and Alec Gillis (qv) have brief cameos as  technicians who discover the heat bloom coming from the pyramid.'),
('43181',' Paul W.S. Anderson (qv) rewarded hardcore Alien and Predator fans  by scattering references to the individual franchises with his film.  The opening shot of the movie is a silhouette of the Alien Queen  from _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), before being completely revealed as a  Weyland Satellite.'),
('43182',' The altars where victims were placed in the Chamber of Sacrifices of  the pyramid is arranged exactly the same as the hibernation pods in  the original _Alien (1979)_ (qv) movie.'),
('43183',' The black & white movie playing in the beginning of the film is  another popular monster face'),
('43184','off,  _Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)_ (qv).'),
('43185',' The heroine calling an Alien an "ugly mother..." is a reference to  the two previous Predator films, in which both  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) and Danny Glover (qv) refer to the  Predators as such.'),
('43186',' The first film in the "Alien" franchise to not feature  Sigourney Weaver (qv), who has said in interviews the idea of the  crossover "sounded awful".'),
('43187',' While this film languished in so'),
('43188','called "development hell" for  years, 20th'),
('43189','Century Fox considered producing a fifth film in the  "Alien" franchise instead. James Cameron (I) (qv), who wrote and  directed _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), had written a script and even  approached Sigourney Weaver (qv) to star and Ridley Scott (qv)  to direct, both of whom expressed interest. When the studio decided  to use the Alien/Preadator crossover story instead, Cameron, Weaver  and Scott all distanced themselves from the project, and later,  declared they would never work on either franchise again.'),
('43190',' Around the time of the films release, it was reported that at a  special industry screening director Paul W.S. Anderson (qv) said  that the film was always planned as an R'),
('43191','rated movie and shot that  way, but only three weeks prior to release the studio changed that  by severely cutting the film for a lower PG'),
('43192','13 rating. This account  has been heavily disputed by original "AVP" writer  Peter Briggs (qv). It was later revealed that this  "press'),
('43193','screening" never took place, and was only an Internet rumor  started by fans. Anderson has said in interviews that the film seen  in theaters is the version he intended audiences to see.'),
('43194',' In an interview, director Paul W.S. Anderson (qv) said that  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) offered to reprise his role as Dutch  Schaeffer (from _Predator (1987)_ (qv)) at the end of this movie as  a cameo, but only if he lost the election for California governor.'),
('43195',' At the beginning of the film in the satellite control station, the  technician has a "drinky drinky" bird among the Tweety Pie dolls.  These are the same birds that were seen on the dining room table in  _Alien (1979)_ (qv), and also in the abandoned prison canteen at the  end of _Alien³ (1992)_ (qv).'),
('43196',' The readout of the predator ship at the beginning of the film, is  shown reflected in the visor of the predator mask, as the readouts  of the Nostromo in _Alien (1979)_ (qv) were reflected on the space  helmets.'),
('43197',' The shot of the team approaching the top of the pyramid, with their  flashlights, taken from inside it references the shot of the of the  Nostromos expedition team walking up to the entrance of the  derelict.'),
('43198',' The design in the center of the floor in the sacrificial chamber is  almost identical to the artwork of the _Alien³ (1992)_ (qv) poster.'),
('43199',' The words "alien" and "predator" are never said in this movie.  Aliens are called "things", "creatures", and "serpents". Predators  are referred to as "hunters" and "humanoids".'),
('43200',' When Lex asks Sebastian how to say "scared shitless" in Italian, he  replies "Non vedo lora di uscire da questa piramide con te, perché  mi sto cagando addosso." Translated, this literally means "I cant  wait to get out of this pyramid with you, because Im shitting  myself."'),
('43201',' The green glow stick dropped down the shaft contains the fluorescent  liquid used by the effects departments of all the Predator movies as  the Predators blood. According to director  John McTiernan (I) (qv), on _Predator (1987)_ (qv) they stumbled  on the effect after unconvincing attempts to make the blood look  orange forced the crew to look for alternatives.'),
('43202',' Gary Busey (qv) was also approached to play John Yutani.'),
('43203',' In the official "AvP" theatrical trailer, theres a brief shot of  the prison planet Fury 161 from _Alien³ (1992)_ (qv).'),
('43204',' The morse code picked up by the satellite at the beginning of the  film spells out the words, "Whoever wins, we lose". This is, of  course, the tagline used to promote the film.'),
('43205',' At Amalgamated Dynamics Incorporated, the workshop crew nicknamed  the 3 Predator characters Scar (main Predator), Celtic, and Chopper.'),
('43206',' Theres a shot where the heroine pulls herself up a cliff. Its  filmed exactly like the shot in _Alien (1979)_ (qv) where Ripley  (Sigourney Weaver (qv)) does the same, looking for the Alien, and  in _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), when Ripley pulls herself out of the  airlock at the end. In both shots the characters are sweating  heavily and one of their hands in front of their faces can be seen.'),
('43207',' The animatronic Queen was controlled by a motion'),
('43208','control rig which  could save her movements digitally. So, if the Queen made a nice  looking move in rehearsal, the move could be replayed verbatim in  front of the camera.'),
('43209',' On the official movie poster for the movie, with the Predator in the  lower right corner and the alien in the upper right, drooling; the  raised black parts of the aliens jaw, along with the opening in its  mouth, spell out the letters AVP in an organic version of the font  used for the movies title.'),
('43210',' This card was one of the co'),
('43211','promotional efforts by the AWA, CWA, and  WCCW to attempt and compete with the WWFs increasing national  popularity.'),
('43212',' This show marked the first pay'),
('43213','per'),
('43214','view appearance of Mick Foley,  who was wrestling as Cactus Jack at the time.'),
('43215',' Masked Spymaster #2 defeated Babi Slymm (Tony Drake (qv)) to  become the second AWS Heavyweight Champion.'),
('43216',' Belldandy and her sisters are based on the Norns, who were the  goddesses of fate in Norse mythology. Belldandy (Verthandi) was the  goddess of the present. Urd (Urthr, Urdr) controlled the past, and  Skuld represented the future. They lived at the base of Yggdrasil,  the World Tree. In the original "Aa! Megamisama!" manga, the  computer system used by the goddesses is also named Yggdrasil.'),
('43217',' Kikuko Inoue (qv) actually did most of Belldandys voice work,  actually voicing about a dozen of the 48 shorts in the Mini'),
('43218','Goddess  series, as well as Belldandy herself in both the OAV and the TV  series.'),
('43219',' Sonali Bendres debut movie'),
('43220',' The original title of the movie was "Kaun Sune Fariyaad".'),
('43221',' The mystery vignette was based on the Hercule Poirot romance/mystery  "The Arcadian Deer."'),
('43222',' For the black'),
('43223','and'),
('43224','white sequences, the work of cinematographic  genius V.K. Murthy (I) (qv) was studied carefully. He was even  contacted in retirement and gave some valuable advice.'),
('43225',' The film is based on Ingmar Bergman (qv)s  _Efter repetitionen (1984) (TV)_ (qv), which was based on playwright  August Strindbergs "A Dream Play," which told the story of the  return of the Hindu god Indras daughter to earth.'),
('43226',' Anil Mehtas directing debut.'),
('43227',' On the DVD version of Aakhri Raasta, Sridevis voice is actually  dubbed by Rekha (I) (qv). This is not the only time this has  happened. Soundarya (qv)s voice was dubbed by Rekha (I) (qv) in  Amitabh Bachchan (qv)s _Sooryavansham (1999)_ (qv).'),
('43228',' This film originally featured a nude scene by Kamal Hassan (qv),  but this was not permitted by the Indian censor board (CBFC). So, it  was deleted from the final print.'),
('43229',' According to Kari Uusitalo (qv), Matti Kassila (qv) directed  more this film than Edvin Laine (qv).'),
('43230',' Nargis (I) (qv) was the original choice for the role of Princess  Rajshree before she dropped out and newcomer Nadira (qv) replaced  her.'),
('43231',' Amitabh Bachchan was the directors first choice to play Sr.  Inspector Vikram Singh.'),
('43232',' The original title of the movie was "All The Best", but while in  production, the filmmakers decided to change it to a Hindi title,  believing that an English title wouldnt be so appealing to the  Indian audience.'),
('43233',' Bipasha Basu (qv) had a larger role, but her scenes were edited  out, leaving her with just a special appearance in one of the songs.'),
('43234',' The thumri "Paa Laagu Kar Jori Re" sung by Lata Mangeshkar (qv)  for this movie is her first credited playback song because an  earlier song she had sung for a Marathi movie  _Kiti Hasaal (1942)_ (qv) was deleted from the film.'),
('43235',' This movie is an Indo'),
('43236','Bangla Desh co'),
('43237','production and includes  casteand crew from both countries.'),
('43238',' It was never made clear during production what produced the sound  causing Liz Gordon (II) (qv) to laugh at towards the end of the  film. She maintains Benjamin Pollack (qv) "shushed" her, while  Benjamin Pollack (qv) maintains he didnt.'),
('43239',' Director Lerone D. Wilson (qv), and Yaron Guez (qv) share  similar sounding first names, thus Lerone was arbitrarily assigned  the nickname "Doug" for usage throughout production.'),
('43240',' The words to The Tomato Song were written by director  Lerone Wilson (qv) weeks prior to recording. However the music was  written by Nonso Ugbode (qv) while riding the subway to the  recording session.'),
('43241',' DIRTRADE(Lerone D. Wilson (qv)): [End Sequence]: Towards the end  of the film, sequence involves static shots of empty rooms  accompanied by music.'),
('43242',' Robert Merrill (I) (qv) broke his contract with the Metropolitan  Opera in order to make this film.'),
('43243',' This film was in need of second hero and this was announced to the  public. There were nearly 3000 applicants for this contest. Several  tests were conducted and Praveen Kumar, residing in Chennai is given  the golden opportunity of acting with Madhavan in Aarya. The judges  for this competition were Prakash Raj, producers of Aarya movie  Manoj Kumar & Vijay Anand, Directors Balasekaran and Mathesh.'),
('43244',' The movie is a remake of the Telugu super hit movie Arya (2004)'),
('43245',' The titles include the following tribute: "This film is respectfully  dedicated to the cherished and everlasting memory of our dear friend  late CHANDER SAIGAL who flew to his heavenly abode in a tragic jeep  accident on 29th May 1960 at Madras. We greatly miss our true friend  and a dependable associate. May God bless his noble soul."'),
('43246',' The producers took care to avoid inflaming nationalist sentiment by  adding this caveat to the credits: ".......The enemy shown or  referred to in the war scenes is just imaginary and has no relation  whatsoever with any country or state".'),
('43247',' Aishwarya Rai (qv) and Urmila Matondkar (qv) were considered for  the role of Pooja.'),
('43248',' Himesh Reshammiyas debut as a playback singer.'),
('43249',' Tanushree Duttas debut.'),
('43250',' When the film was originally announced (as Aatank) it starred  Sunny Deol (I) (qv) and Rajnikant (qv) in lead roles.'),
('43251',' This film was delayed over 3 years due to financial problems'),
('43252',' Realesed on 4th August 1995, on the same day as Hulchul and Crimnal'),
('43253',' This movie is in Black and White, but the last about 30 minutes are  in full color.'),
('43254',' The graveyard in which the final sequences were shot had to be built  for the production, as no cemetery would allow the film crew access.'),
('43255',' The title is Berlin street slang meaning "hop in the box", the  English equivalent would be "drop dead!"'),
('43256',' The scene where a car is hurtling down the street and nearly runs  over several bystanders and a little old lady was accomplished by  separately filming the extras, an empty street and finally the car  and combining them all digitally.'),
('43257',' Because of the problems finding suitable locations, the production  took over an agricultural college in the Lake District and converted  the huge hangers used for storing combine harvesters and tractors  into special effects blue screen stages. Cottages, a bar and meadows  all on campus were used as sets.'),
('43258',' When filming the car crash, a little old lady appeared out of  nowhere with a tray on which she had tea and cookies for the film  crew.'),
('43259',' Lee Saczack (qv), who offered to double for the little old lady  who gets knocked out by a flying severed leg, had to endure the  ordeal 22 times. Afterwards he complained of feeling dizzy.'),
('43260',' Principal photography took place during the foot'),
('43261','and'),
('43262','mouth crisis.  At one point, shooting ground to a halt because a trainee groundsman  driving an industrial lawnmower hadnt turned off the blades as he  drove over a huge mat used to sterilize the tires of vehicles  entering the location. The mat became chewed up in the lawnmower and  he lost control. The crew couldnt stop laughing.'),
('43263',' In India, an "encounter" is a shootout between the police and  criminals. The term gained notoriety when the country implemented  its controversial "encounter specialist" branch. These specialists  are trained to engage in gang'),
('43264','like, urban warfare and virtually have  an unchecked license to kill. Their primary objective isnt to  apprehend, its to engage and kill.'),
('43265',' Although high, 56 is not an unheard of kill count for an encounter  specialist. The record "score" is around 110.'),
('43266',' Akshay Kumar (I) (qv) asked director Anil Sharma (I) (qv) to  give a disabled fan of his a role in the movie. The fan,  Puran Chauhan (qv), who lost his leg in a roadside accident at the  age of five, was given a small part.'),
('43267',' This marks the debut of Anil Sharma (qv)s younger brother  Kapil Sharma (II) (qv).'),
('43268',' Akshay Kumar (I) (qv) was ready to opt out of the film if he had  to mouth anti'),
('43269','Pakistani lines '),
('43270',' he didnt want to hurt the feelings  of his Pakistani fans. He rejoined the cast when his lines were  rewritten.'),
('43271',' Five ships were used for the starting scene and sailed from  Vishakapatnam, with shooting happening as far as 200 km from land.  Quite a few of the crew were noted to have gotten sea sick.'),
('43272',' The scene where sea water gushes into the ship after being  torpedoed, was shot inside the Indian Navys "Damage Control  Simulator" at the land base INS Shivaji.'),
('43273',' Nagmas screen name is never mentioned throughout the whole film'),
('43274',' Released as a split reel along with a Katzenjammer Kids cartoon.'),
('43275',' The screenplay was suggested by the book "Adams Fall" by  Sean Desmond (II) (qv).'),
('43276',' Stephen Gaghan (qv) wrote the part of Katie Burke with  Katie Holmes (qv) in mind.'),
('43277',' Italian censorship visa #31039 delivered on 5 July 1940.'),
('43278',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Beneath the Tower Ruins (1911)_ (qv).'),
('43279',' Writer and producer of the film, Vincent Jennings, was in a  religious cult for seven years and then was a cult exit counselor  for two years. He also lectured on cults, and was considered a cult  expert during that time period.'),
('43280',' Susan Elaine, who plays Alma Hirsig, just finished her first full  length novel.'),
('43281',' John Paul, the film editor, started his film career at the age of  five, when big brother Chris used to "borrow" Moms video camera.'),
('43282',' A very young Harry Shearer (qv) appears as one of the boys seen  near the beginning.'),
('43283',' In Britain it was given an X certificate though it later played on  childrens television.'),
('43284',' Unlike other versions of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, this time Jekyll is  pretty evil in his own right. He seems to have no qualms about  deliberately becoming Mr. Hyde so he can commit a murder.'),
('43285',' This was originally intended to be a straight film in the Invisible  Man series. After the huge grosses from  _Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)_ (qv), the script  was rewritten to make it another thrill comedy with  Bud Abbott (qv) and Lou Costello (qv). As it happened,  Bud Abbott (qv) & Lou Costello (qv) met an invisible man in the  earlier film, too, but it was a different character.'),
('43286',' The last names of Bud Abbott (qv) and Lou Costello (qv)s  characters, Bud Alexander and Lou Francis, are actually their real  middle names.'),
('43287',' The picture in Dr. Grays laboratory of Griffin, the inventor of the  invisibility serum, is a photo of Claude Rains (qv), who played  the title role in _Invisible Man, The (1933)_ (qv).'),
('43288',' Several shots in this film are stock footage from Universals "The  Invisible Man Returns". Namely: the scenes where the Guinea Pig is  turned Invisible (reversed footage from the Invisible Man Returns),  the harness of the invisible guinea pig moving around its cage, and  the scene where the invisible man is unpacking a suitcase of clothes  left outside in the woods.'),
('43289',' CAMEO(Mack Sennett (qv)): seminal silent'),
('43290','picture director directs  a pie'),
('43291','throwing sequence.'),
('43292',' Three members of the original Keystone Cops of silent films worked  on the picture: Hank Mann (I) (qv), Harold Goodwin (I) (qv) and  Heinie Conklin (qv).'),
('43293',' The chase at the end was sold by Castle Films in 8 and 16mm film  under the title "Have Badge, Will Chase."'),
('43294',' When Willie (Lou Costello (qv)) goes to the theatre, the pretty  lady in the box office is actually Lou Costello (qv)s real'),
('43295','life  daughter Carole Costello (I) (qv). She was made up to look much  older than her real age.'),
('43296',' When Costello arrives at Edisons Black Maria studio in West Orange,  NJ and finds he has been duped into buying it by Fred Clark, his new  studio sign gets thrown into a pile of others representing the  others who were defrauded into thinking they were buying a working  movie studio. Among the discarded signs is "Grant Productions", an  in'),
('43297','joke on the name of long'),
('43298','time A&C collaborator, writer  John Grant (I) (qv), who received credit on 31 of their films as  well as their TV work.'),
('43299',' Although the film is not one of the teams best efforts, it does  contain one note of authenticity. Fred Clark refers to the film  editor as a "cutter", the term used during the era depicted.'),
('43300',' This was originally intended as a vehicle for Bob Hope (qv). After  the huge success of  _Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)_ (qv),  Universal'),
('43301','International wanted another thrill comedy with  Bud Abbott (qv) and Lou Costello (qv) so the script was  rewritten for them. Oddly enough, the role played by  Boris Karloff (qv) was originally written for a woman.'),
('43302',' Though Abbott, Bud (qv)s character in this film was named Peter  Patterson and Costello, Lou (qv)s characters name was Freddie  Franklin, they addressed each other by their own, real names  ("Heeeeey Abbott!") throughout much of the picture.'),
('43303',' This was Bud Abbott (qv) and Lou Costello (qv)s last film for  Universal.'),
('43304',' In this film, the name of the mummy has been changed from "Kharis"  to "Klaris."'),
('43305',' Out of circulation for years after Warner Bros. sued American  International claiming it was a rip off of their film  _Exorcist, The (1973)_ (qv).'),
('43306',' Filmed in Louisville, Kentucky, the production was temporarily  halted when a series of tornadoes ripped through Louisville on 4  April 1974. Carol Speed (qv) recalled taking refuge with  Juanita Moore (qv) in the lobby of a hotel that had no tornado  shelter. They weathered the storm wrapped in blankets to protect  them in case one of the large glass windows exploded.'),
('43307',' In addition to the devastating tornadoes that struck during filming,  there were more instances of bad luck on the set. Actor  Terry Carter (I) (qv) broke his ribs filming one scene, and  whenever Carol Speed (qv) would appear on the set dressed as the  demon, the generators would fail.'),
('43308',' The song that Abby sings in church, "Is Your Soul A Witness?", was  written and performed by the actress herself, Carol Speed (qv).'),
('43309',' The infamous "helicopter" shot was actually taken from a ski'),
('43310','lift  during the middle of summer.'),
('43311',' There was no script used during any part of the filming.'),
('43312',' John C. Reilly (I) (qv) and Daniel Day'),
('43313','Lewis (qv) can be seen in  the background wandering around during a Brad Pitt (qv) scene.'),
('43314',' Shot entirely on the Canon XL'),
('43315','1 digital camera. Five cameras were  borrowed over a two'),
('43316','year period to make the film and over 110 hours  of footage was shot on 83 tapes.'),
('43317',' Roger Ebert (qv)s scene took over 45 minutes to shoot.  Roger Ebert (qv) recited the "White Parasol" monologue from  _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv) four times so that  Ryan R. Williams (qv) could get the proper coverage.'),
('43318',' The aspen "dolly shot" was done from a Honda Civic on the roadside.  The aspens are above Robert Redford (I) (qv)s Sundance resort in  an area called Aspen Grove in Provo Canyon, Utah.'),
('43319',' There is a flying pig in the Hollywood montage sequence.'),
('43320',' Michael Dunn (I) (qv)s final film.'),
('43321',' The documentary "The Abbey of Tongerloo" is still kept in the abbey  itself.'),
('43322',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _Golden Cloud, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('43323',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Why He Gave Up (1911)_ (qv).'),
('43324',' Based on Robert E. Sherwood (I) (qv)s Pulitzer Prize'),
('43325','winning  play.'),
('43326',' Raymond Massey (I) (qv) and Howard Da Silva (qv) repeat their  roles from the original Broadway production in this film.'),
('43327',' Herbert Rudley (qv) repeats his role from the original stage  production.'),
('43328',' DIRCAMEO(John Cromwell (qv)): abolitionist John Brown.'),
('43329',' Herbert Rudleys film debut.'),
('43330',' Only the first act of Robert E. Sherwood (I) (qv)s play was  performed.'),
('43331',' Vitaphone production reel #2274.'),
('43332',' Alejandro Jodorowsky (qv)s long awaited sequel to  _Topo, El (1970)_ (qv) was originally supposed to be called "The  Sons of El Topo" but disputes over ownership with Allen Klein (qv)  forced Alejandro Jodorowsky (qv) to change the title to "Abelcain"  and the name "Topo" to "Toro." On the subject,  Alejandro Jodorowsky (qv) had the following to say: "I am now  working on a Franco'),
('43333','Canadian production called Abelcain, which is a  new version of the same project. The character El Topo has become El  Toro. A single slash added on letter P changed a subterranean rat  into a charging bull. For a true artist, difficulties become  opportunities. And clouds become solid present."'),
('43334',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('43335',' The oldest existing (and possibly first) full'),
('43336','length animated film.'),
('43337',' Lotte Reiniger (qv) cut figures out of black cardboard with a pair  of scissors, and joined movable parts with thread in order to  animate them. In the years 1923'),
('43338','1926, about 250,000 frame'),
('43339','by'),
('43340','frame  stills were made and 96,000 were used in the film. Her husband,  Carl Koch (qv), was responsible for the photography in all her  films until his death in 1963.'),
('43341',' Although some non'),
('43342','public screenings of the completed film occurred  in Berlin, Germany as early as 2 May 1926, the first public  screening was in Paris in July 1926, through the mediation of  Jean Renoir (qv).'),
('43343',' This German film was the first to be based on an  Christie, Agatha (qv) story.'),
('43344',' First Champion Film Company release.'),
('43345',' Abezara was premiered on 30 December 1956 at the opening of regular  broadcasting of Georgian Television. Leila Abashidze (qv)  personally presented the movie.'),
('43346',' The writer of this story, Ihsan Abd al'),
('43347','Qudus (qv), often  incorporated autobiographical tidbits into his stories. When he was  a young man, he had an affair with a dancer which distressed his  mother and led her to come retrieve him. In this movie, it is his  father who comes to retrieve him.'),
('43348',' This movie was immensely popular when it was released in 1969  because of its many kissing scenes '),
('43349',' it was rumored to contain over  100 kisses. Today, Egypt is much more conservative and movies rarely  feature more than one or two kisses in the entire show. Because it  is considered too racy by todays standards, this movie is censored  from being shown on Egyptian television.'),
('43350',' Nadia Lutfi (qv), the actress who played the role of the dancer  Ferdous, never actually worked as a dancer herself. This is why the  camera shows very little of her performing.'),
('43351',' Although he isnt listed in the credits, Hamada Hossam El'),
('43352','Din  created the choreography for the ensemble dances. He had been one of  the original seven male members of the world'),
('43353','renowned dance company,  Reda Troupe.'),
('43354',' Only reels 3'),
('43355','7 and 9'),
('43356','12 (8,047 feet) are known to survive in a  silent version. There may also be an incomplete copy of reel 8. They  are at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.'),
('43357',' There was a silent version of this film called  _Abies Irish Rose (1928)_ (qv), and the plot was borrowed for a  television series _"Bridget Loves Bernie" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('43358',' Luis Buñuel (qv), in collaboration with Pierre Unik (qv), wrote  the first draft of a screenplay based on Emily Brontë (qv)s  "Wuthering Heights" in 1931.'),
('43359',' Producer Óscar Dancigers (qv) would only allow Luis Buñuel (qv)  to make the film if he used a stock cast Óscar Dancigers (qv) had  prepared for a musical comedy. Ultimately, Luis Buñuel was very  displeased with their acting.'),
('43360',' The film was started in early 1943, was interrupted during most of  the war. The shooting only resumed once Rome was liberated (June  1944). It was only released in 1945.'),
('43361',' Shot entirely against a green screen.'),
('43362',' When on camera, every actor is standing on the same marker (within a  six foot radius). The camera never moved from its position.'),
('43363',' Shot in 15 days.'),
('43364',' Karem Abdel'),
('43365','Azeez (qv) lost over 15kg for the role'),
('43366',' Sheriff Halderman (Paul Gleason (I) (qv)) is seen taking a sip  from a mug with the quote "Dont mess with the bull".  Paul Gleason (I) (qv)s famous character of Principal Richard  Vernon from _Breakfast Club, The (1985)_ (qv) (and reprised in  _Not Another Teen Movie (2001)_ (qv)) has a line "Dont mess with  the bull, young man. Youll get the horns" as hes reprimanding John  Bender (Judd Nelson (qv)).'),
('43367',' This was Paul Gleasons last role.'),
('43368',' The movie, although they dont say it outright, is set in 1925,  quite obviously because the characters refer to the deaths of Anton  and Victoria Phibes as having happened 4 years previously, and it  says "1921" on the Phibes tombstones.'),
('43369',' Sean Bury (qv) is dubbed.'),
('43370',' At one point, Phibes quotes "The Good Morrow" by  John Donne (III) (qv).'),
('43371',' Vincent Price (I) (qv) wore several layers of plastic makeup over  his face, so that when he spoke his dialogue his lips would not  move.'),
('43372',' Vincent Price (I) (qv) often cracked up during filming, and needed  to have his make up reapplied a lot as his laughing wrecked it.'),
('43373',' Peter Cushing (qv) was originally meant to play Vesalius, but he  declined as he was occupied with nursing his wife, who was in poor  health at this time.'),
('43374',' The piece of music Vulnavia plays when Longstreet is being killed is  called "Close Your Eyes".'),
('43375',' In order to gain more publicity this film was advertised as  Vincent Price (I) (qv)s 100th feature film.'),
('43376',' The ending for the film was rewritten by Robert Fuest (qv) and a  writer on _"Avengers, The" (1961)_ (qv). Neither received credit for  it.'),
('43377',' The rat curse was originally intended to take place on a boat.  Robert Fuest (qv) changed it to inside a plane, as he felt the  boat could have been escaped from.'),
('43378',' In the script Phibes was abusive to Vulnavia, eventually stabbing  her to death. It was decided to make Phibes a more sympathetic  character, so these sequences were removed.'),
('43379',' Vulnavia was originally meant to be another clockwork device, who  simply looked more human.'),
('43380',' One of the only sequences left in from the original script was Trout  consulting the rabbi.'),
('43381',' Dr. Phibes first words are spoken 32 minutes into the movie.'),
('43382',' The name "Vulnavia" is spoken only once '),
('43383',' 10 minutes before the end.'),
('43384',' The music played on the organ at the beginning of the movie is "War  March of the Priests" by Felix Mendelssohn.'),
('43385',' Like the "Quatermass" films produced by Hammer, this was also based  on one of Nigel Kneale (qv)s television serials (mini'),
('43386','series)  originally titled "The Creature".'),
('43387',' Although the final scene appears to be in summer, the film crew had  to clear inches of crusted snow from the shrubs before the shot  could be made. It was February in New England with two feet of snow  on the ground.'),
('43388',' Joel Grey (qv)s film debut.'),
('43389',' The original title of this film was "Sexual Perversity in Chicago"  (taken from the play it is based on). The title was changed after  many newspapers and TV stations refused to run ads for a film with  such a title.'),
('43390',' Phoebe Cates (qv) auditioned for the role of Debbie, which  eventually went to Demi Moore (qv).'),
('43391',' Originally this movie was to be made with John Belushi (qv) and  Dan Aykroyd (qv), but after John Belushi (qv) asked his brother  James Belushi (qv), who had starred in the play previously,  James Belushi (qv) said that he didnt want John Belushi (qv) to  take the part because James Belushi (qv) didnt want to be  compared with his brother.'),
('43392',' The cartoon Danny is watching after he gets fired is Beany & Cecil.  (_"Mattys Funday Funnies" (1959)_ (qv)).'),
('43393',' Elizabeth Perkins (I) (qv) film debut.'),
('43394',' The shot where Schmidt has dozed off while writing a letter in his  bathtub is supposed to resemble the Jacques'),
('43395','Louis David painting  "Death of Marat".'),
('43396',' Listed on a cinema marquee: (Left) Closed for repairs / (Right)  _Sideways (2004)_ (qv), the next movie directed by  Alexander Payne (I) (qv).'),
('43397',' The church shown during the wedding rehearsal is in Boulder,  Colorado, 20 miles northwest of Denver. The church can be seen on  the right from Hwy. 36 just as you enter town.'),
('43398',' Scenes supposedly taking place at the University of Kansas were  actually shot at the University of Nebraska '),
('43399',' Lincoln.'),
('43400',' The production crew created a lifetime Endowed Scholarship for the  real'),
('43401','life Ndugu, Abdallah Mtulu (qv), through the real Childreach  organization.'),
('43402',' The scene where Warren is swinging on the monkey bars was filmed at  Steinhart Park, in Nebraska City, Nebraska.'),
('43403',' A scene that echoes Jack Nicholson (qv)s famous diner scene in  _Five Easy Pieces (1970)_ (qv) (his exchange with the waitress) was  in an early cut of the movie in which Schmidt concedes in a cowardly  fashion to the dictates of the waitress. Though the preview audience  went wild over it, director Alexander Payne (I) (qv) cut it from  the final film because he felt that the scene was too much of a  pointed reference to Nicholsons iconography and that something so  referential took the audience out of the film.'),
('43404',' The movie theater that Warren drives by before he goes to the museum  to look at the arrowheads is the Pioneer 3 in Nebraska City,  Nebraska. The "museum" is a Civil War museum in the same town, just  down the street.'),
('43405',' The Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society is an actual  organization. Jack Nicholson (qv) filmed his scenes at the  companys offices and was given a plaque making him an honorary  Woodmen member.'),
('43406',' The word "Ndugu" means "brother" literally in Kiswahili (same as  Swahili). It is also used as slang for "friend" as in the US.'),
('43407',' The films plot involves the childrens charity "Childreach". Since  2002, the year of the films release, the organization has  referenced the film and featured its poster in its literature for  prospective child sponsors.'),
('43408',' Once the filmmakers bought the rights to the Louis Begley (qv)  novel, they kept the title and the main character but changed just  about everything else. In the book, the main character lived in the  Hamptons and his daughter was about to marry a lawyer.'),
('43409',' The person Warren listens to on his car stereo is famous  conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh (qv).'),
('43410',' Melissa Hanna (qv), who plays "Dairy Queen Employee", is an actual  employee of the Dairy Queen in Omaha, Nebraska where her scene was  filmed.'),
('43411',' Other actors were also in the movie but cut before release. These  were (with their character names): Tim Driscoll (I) (qv) (Grocery  Store Manager) and Jeff Morris (I) (qv) (Farmer at Gas Station).'),
('43412',' Thomas Haden Church (qv) was originally considered for Randall.'),
('43413',' Nationally syndicated political cartoonist Jeff Koterba (qv) had a  walk'),
('43414','on role in the film; however, it was cut from the final  version.'),
('43415',' For the role of Roberta Hertzel, Shirley Jones was considered but  lost the part to Kathy Bates.'),
('43416',' Emma Thompson (I) (qv) was offered a role.'),
('43417',' Pitt, Brad (qv) turned down the lead role of Will Freeman on the  grounds that it was implausible that someone so attractive would  need to pretend to be a single father to meet women. He nevertheless  appears in the film (sort of) '),
('43418',' he is on the cover of an issue of  "Esquire" magazine that Will is reading in his flat.'),
('43419',' At the beginning of the film Marcus says he would be able to take  care of his mum (Toni Collette (qv)) if he were  Haley Joel Osment (qv). Toni Collette (qv) played  Haley Joel Osment (qv)s mother in _Sixth Sense, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('43420',' In Alis room you can see a flag for the football (soccer) team  Arsenal. Nick Hornby (I) (qv), author of the book on which the  movie is based, is a die'),
('43421','hard Arsenal supporter.'),
('43422',' As Will describes web'),
('43423','based research as a "unit of time" in his day,  he is seen typing the URL supermodelswithseethroughtops.com. This is  actually an active Web site consisting of only a picture of the  Pope, Pope John Paul II (qv), in his "Pope'),
('43424','mobile".'),
('43425',' The quote "No man is an island" which Will jokingly attributes to  Jon Bon Jovi (qv), was actually written by John Donne (III) (qv)  in 1624, in his work "Meditation XVII".'),
('43426',' This was intended to be a pilot for a TV series which never went to  series.'),
('43427',' Female bit players were not allowed to wear makeup in scenes that  took place in Germany, as Adolf Hitler (qv) had banned it in 1933.'),
('43428',' In this film, Christopher Reeve (qv) plays a paralyzed man. Six  days after this films theatrical release, Christopher Reeve (qv)  broke his neck in a horse'),
('43429','riding accident, leaving him paralyzed for  the rest of his life.'),
('43430',' The attack by midget submarines did considerable damage, and  actually put the Tirpitz out of action. The Tirpitz was later sunk  using gigantic 6 ton bombs by R.A.F. Sqn. 617.'),
('43431',' The watch on Commander Frasers wrist is the famous Jaeger'),
('43432','LeCoultre  Reverso, a watch with a case that can be turned around so that the  front faces downwards, thus protecting the glass from hard knocks.  This robust watch is nowadays considered as an ultra'),
('43433','luxury item.'),
('43434',' When the film was made Queen Elizabeth II was on the throne, but  throughout the war it was her father, King George VI who was the  monarch. Whether by design or chance most of the cast in the film  have historically accurate cap badges, which is to say they include  a Kings crown. The notable exception is John Mills, whose cap badge  has a Queens crown.'),
('43435',' Due to film schedule constraints, the sequences at "Chicago Summer  CES" (Consumer Electronic Show) were actually filmed at the November  Comdex (Computer Dealer Expo) in Las Vegas. The film crew carried  press credentials and pretended to be a news show filming about the  products in the booth.'),
('43436',' Steven Seagal (qv)s film debut. Steven Seagal (qv) also  co'),
('43437','wrote and co'),
('43438','produced.'),
('43439',' At the start when Shep awakes from the nightmare, you hear the intro  to Tupac Shakur (qv)s "Pain" '),
('43440',' "I Couldnt help but notice your  pain" '),
('43441',' "My pain?" '),
('43442',' "It runs deep, share it with me!". This  voice'),
('43443','over is from _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)_ (qv).'),
('43444',' This short documentary can be found on the Beyond The Valley Of The  Dolls Special Edition DVD.'),
('43445',' This was Griffith, D.W. (qv)s first sound film.'),
('43446',' D.W. Griffith (qv) had previously filmed Lincolns assassination  at Fords Theater in _Birth of a Nation, The (1915)_ (qv).'),
('43447',' Actor E. Alyn Warren (qv) plays Stephen A. Douglas, and then later  in the film, credited as Fred Warren also plays Ulysses S. Grant.'),
('43448',' Jason Robards (qv), the son of the actor appearing here as  Lincolns law partner, has played Abe Lincoln three times on the  small screen: in a 1964 Hallmark Hall of Fame special, a 1991  made'),
('43449','for'),
('43450','TV movie and a 1992 documentary. He has also played three  other US presidents.'),
('43451',' Documentary in the Pilgrimages to Palestine series.'),
('43452',' James Belushi (qv) appeared in a cameo role as Principal Latimer,  as a favour to his then wife Marjorie Bransfield (qv), who plays  Sonia in the film.'),
('43453',' Francis Mitchell (I) (qv)s (Tommy Murray) debut role.'),
('43454',' Was originally rated R by the MPAA, but was given the PG'),
('43455','13 rating  after a topless scene was cut.'),
('43456',' It is Argentinas official choice for the 2004 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('43457',' Shot in Madrid in only four hours'),
('43458',' Alejandro Amenábar (qv) imagined the script after having horrible  nightmares while ill with the flu.'),
('43459',' When César (Eduardo Noriega (II) (qv)) goes to Sofia  (Penélope Cruz (qv))s apartment and starts to rip down her photos  on the wall, there is a picture of "The Sandman," a popular comic  book that deals with the world of dreams, created by  Neil Gaiman (qv).'),
('43460',' Penélope Cruz (qv) also stars in _Vanilla Sky (2001)_ (qv),  Cameron Crowe (qv)s remake of this film, playing the same  character, Sofia.'),
('43461',' Césars apartment uses same set used by the character of David in  Pedro Almodóvar (qv)s movie _Carne trémula (1997)_ (qv), which  also starred Penélope Cruz (qv).'),
('43462',' DIRCAMEO(Alejandro Amenábar (qv)): with other two people in the  bathroom of the disco, when César goes there. He is the last one  that gets out.'),
('43463',' The films title translates to "open your eyes," which is a repeated  motif.'),
('43464',' The song playing at the nightclub when César first arrives is  "Rising Son" by Massive Attack (qv), in which the phrase "dream  on" is frequently repeated.'),
('43465',' Tom Cruise (qv) said that he was on his mobile phone trying to buy  the remake rights during the end credits the first time he saw the  film.'),
('43466',' Movie restored in 1938.'),
('43467',' The first sound film to be made by UFA '),
('43468',' and they made the most of  it including sounds from almost everything possible, vacuum  cleaners, telephones, clocks, passing traffic etc.'),
('43469',' The film was adapted from a short story by Jack Ritchie (I) (qv),  who was the recipient of the Edgar award in 1982, the most  prestigious honour for mystery stories in the world.'),
('43470',' Writer Kurt Luedtke (qv), a veteran newspaperman, based the  protagonist of this film on the real'),
('43471','life son of a reputed gangster  in Detroit. The alleged gangster was tried and convicted of the  crime. At his retrial potential jurors were asked if they had seen  this movie, to determine if they would be prejudiced in their  evaluation of the evidence. Ultimately the gangster and his partner  were both convicted and sentenced to jail terms for labor'),
('43472','related  extortion.'),
('43473',' Paul Newman (I) (qv) and director Sydney Pollack (qv) were both  gourmet chefs and had a running culinary competition throughout  filming with Sally Field (qv) as the judge. Though a good sport at  first, Sally grew tired of eating gourmet night after night, and  began begging off her judging duties in favor of hamburgers and  omelettes at local diners.'),
('43474',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _Open Switch, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('43475',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _After the Honeymoon (1912)_ (qv).'),
('43476',' At the height of the films popularity, Time Magazine printed the  Disney Special Effects Departments recipe for Flubber, as used in  the movie. It read as follows: "To one pound of salt water taffy add  one heaping tablespoon polyurethane foam, one cake crumbled yeast.  Mix till smooth, allow to rise. Then pour into saucepan over one cup  cracked rice with one cup water. Add topping of molasses. Boil till  lid lifts and says Qurlp." It is not recorded whether this also  carried the standard warning "do not try this at home".'),
('43477',' Three generations of the Wynn family act in this film:  Ed Wynn (qv); his son Keenan Wynn (qv); and Keenan Wynns son,  Ned Wynn (qv).'),
('43478',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('43479',' David Barto (qv)s first studio film.'),
('43480',' The man behind the bar where the main character and his friend go  for beers is the real'),
('43481','life barman of that venue.'),
('43482',' The production, in common with the rest of the British film industry  at the time, had severe financial problems. Shooting stopped for  several weeks due to lack of funds.'),
('43483',' Paul Weller (I) (qv) was originally offered the role of Dean Swift  but turned it down.'),
('43484',' The film is based on a novel first published in 1959. One of the  incidents portrayed in the story was based on the Notting Hill race  riots of August, 1958.'),
('43485',' A tracking shot that occurs early in the film was inspired by the  long tracking used by Orson Welles (qv) in the opening of  _Touch of Evil (1958)_ (qv).'),
('43486',' After submitting the film for a 15 certificate producer "Stephen  Woolley" (qv) was contacted by the BBFC and told that  Patsy Kensit (qv) had revealed a nipple in one of the films  scenes. Despite Woolleys assurance that this was not the case  because Kensit had been insistent during filming about not revealing  her body, UK censor James Ferman (qv) painstakingly trawled  through the movie using a BBFC "freeze frame" machine until he was  finally convinced that the original information was incorrect. Only  then did he grant the film an uncut certificate.'),
('43487',' The last feature film of Irene Handl.'),
('43488',' This adaptation of Baldacci, David (qv)s novel omits the novels  hero: Jack Graham, a lawyer and good friend of both Luther and Kate  Whitney. In the novel, he outlives Luther and carries on the battle  to clear Luthers name of the murder charge.'),
('43489',' The team that scores a touchdown in the game that  Eastwood, Clint (qv) watches is James Madison University.'),
('43490',' Gene Hackman (qv) plays the President of the United States and  E.G. Marshall (qv) co'),
('43491','stars. In _Superman II (1980)_ (qv),  E.G. Marshall (qv) played the President and Gene Hackman (qv)  co'),
('43492','starred.'),
('43493',' At the Cafe Alonzo, when policeman Seth Frank (Ed Harris (I) (qv))  and Secret Service agent Bill Burton (Scott Glenn (qv)) are  standing inside a building foyer, a plaque on the door of the foyer  reads "This Week Only: Carol Glenn Watercolor Exhibition". Carol  Glenn is an artist and Scott Glenn (qv)s wife of many years. Some  of her watercolors can just be glimpsed.'),
('43494',' The house in the beginning of the film is actually a real castle in  Brooklandville, Maryland. It belongs to Maryvale Preparatory school.  Classes are held inside, as well as some administration and offices.  The carpet and the painting seen hanging were left in the Castle  after filming was finished.'),
('43495',' The Hospital scenes were filmed using the set for  _"ER" (1994)_ (qv).'),
('43496',' E.G. Marshalls final appearance in a theatrical film.'),
('43497',' Johnny Valiant and Jimmy Valiant are not really brothers. Johnny  wrestled previously as John L. Sullivan before joining forces with  Jimmy Valiant. Jimmy runs a wrestling camp in Shawsville, Virginia.'),
('43498',' Christopher Lee (I) (qv) was considered for the lead before  Richard Burton (I) (qv) agreed to it.'),
('43499',' Filmed in 1978, not released in the US until 1988.'),
('43500',' The last film of Hilda Fenemore (qv).'),
('43501',' Debut movie of Francine Prieto (qv).'),
('43502',' The original negative is incomplete. One reel is lost. The film was  reconstructed and completed from fragmented prints in 1998.'),
('43503',' A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking its own theater chain,  devised a 3'),
('43504','tiered branding system to assist marketing its feature  product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low'),
('43505','budget  programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige  productions). Jewels were produced in hopes of drawing higher  roadshow ticket prices, a tactic that would sometimes misfire.  Universal ended brand identifying its features in late 1929.'),
('43506',' Director James Cameron (I) (qv) contacted Orson Scott Card (qv)  before filming began with the possibility of producing a book based  on the film. Card initially told his agent that he doesnt do  "novelizations", but when she told him that the director was James  Cameron, he agreed to consider it. The script arrived, and Card  signed on after receiving assurances from Cameron that he would be  free to develop his "novel" the way he wanted to. After a meeting  with Cameron, Card immediately wrote the first three chapters, which  dealt with events concerning Bud and Lindsay Brigman that occurred  before the events in the film. Cameron gave these chapters to  Ed Harris (I) (qv) and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (qv), who  used it to develop their characters.'),
('43507',' Cast members had to become certified divers before filming began.'),
('43508',' The masks were specially designed to show the actors faces, and had  microphones fitted so that dialogue spoken at the time by the actors  could be used in the film. The noises made by the regulators in the  helmets were erased during sound post'),
('43509','production.'),
('43510',' Most of the underwater filming took place in a half'),
('43511','completed  nuclear reactor facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, including the  largest underwater set in the world at 7 million gallons.'),
('43512',' The crew frequently spent enough time underwater to force them to  undergo decompression before surfacing. James Cameron (I) (qv)  would often watch dailies through a glass window, while  decompressing and hanging upside down to relieve the stress on his  shoulders from the weight of the helmet.'),
('43513',' The tank was filled to a depth of 40 feet, but there was still too  much light from the surface, so a giant tarpaulin and billions of  tiny black plastic beads were floated on the surface to block the  light. During a violent storm the tarpaulin was destroyed, thus  shifting production to night time.'),
('43514',' Fluid breathing is a reality. Five rats were used for five different  takes, all of whom survived and were given shots by a vet. The rat  that actually appeared in the film died of natural causes a few  weeks before the film opened. According to James Cameron (I) (qv),  the scene with the rat had to be edited out of the UK movie version  because "the Royal Veterinarian felt that it was painful for the  rat". James Cameron (I) (qv) repeatedly assures that the rats used  for this take didnt suffer any harm.'),
('43515',' Michael Biehn (qv)s character gets bitten on the arm by another  character. This happens to him in every James Cameron (I) (qv)  movie hes in '),
('43516',' see _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv) and  _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).'),
('43517',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)):[nice cut]: at the beginning of  the movie, the blue "Y" from the opening credits extends and then  fades to the underwater scenery with the submarine.'),
('43518',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)):[feet]: when the soldiers arrive  at the supply ship and jump out of the helicopters. See also  _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).'),
('43519',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)):[nuke]'),
('43520',' James Cameron (I) (qv)s brother, Mike Cameron (I) (qv), plays a  dead crewman inside the sunken submarine. To accomplish this he had  to hold his breath under 15 feet of water while also allowing a crab  to crawl out of his mouth.'),
('43521',' The first movie released under the THX Laserdisc Program.'),
('43522',' Very few scenes involved stunt people. When Bud drags Lindsey back  to the rig, thats really Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth (qv)  holding her breath. When the rig is being flooded and characters are  running from water, drowning behind closed doors, and dodging  exploding parts of the rig, those are all actors, not stunt people.'),
('43523',' The scene with the water tentacle coming up through the moon pool  was written so that it could be removed without interfering with the  story, because no one knew how the effect would come out. The actors  were interacting with a length of heater hose being held up by the  crewmen. When the effects were completed, though, they exceeded  everyones expectations and wildest hopes.'),
('43524',' During the TV news report of the US and Russian ships colliding, the  accompanying pictures are actually those taken of ships from the  British Task Force hit during the Falkland Islands campaign.'),
('43525',' During the rigorous and problematic shoot, the cast and crew began  calling the film by various derogatory names such as "Son Of Abyss",  "The Abuse" and "Lifes Abyss And Then You Dive".  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (qv) reportedly suffered a physical  and emotional breakdown because she was pushed so hard on the set,  and Ed Harris (I) (qv) had to pull over his car at one time while  driving home, because he burst into spontaneous crying.'),
('43526',' The original theatrical version was forced to cut the pre'),
('43527','credits  Nietzsche quote "...when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also  looks into you." because _Criminal Law (1988)_ (qv) used it, and  they didnt want to seem like imitators. The quote was restored in  the directors cut.'),
('43528',' The company mentioned in the film is named Benthic Petroleum. In  oceanographic terms, the word "benthic" means on or in the ocean  bottom.'),
('43529',' For financial reasons, the "Deepcore" set was never dismantled. It  stands in the abandoned (and drained) South Carolina nuclear power  plant, where the film was shot. 20th Century Fox has posted signs  around the set informing potential photographers that Fox still owns  the set (and the designs) and that any photographs or video shooting  of the set is prohibited by copyright law. Their official copyright  information is on the Deepcore rig itself.'),
('43530',' In the end shot where the alien ship surfaces, its supposed to be  spring or summer. However, the film was being shot towards the  beginning of winter, so the actors put ice cubes in their mouths so  they wouldnt breathe out mist.'),
('43531',' Actor Joe Farago (qv), who plays the news anchorman reporting on  the escalating world events, also played a similar role in a  previous James Cameron (I) (qv) film,  _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv).'),
('43532',' The studio pushed hard for an Academy Award nomination for  Michael Biehn (qv) as best supporting actor.'),
('43533',' There are no opening credits save the title of the film.'),
('43534',' Since the "Benthic Explorer" model ship was so large and filmed on  open seas, the production company was required to register it with  the Coast Guard.'),
('43535',' The fictional company "Benthic Petroleum" also owns the gas station  shown in James Cameron (I) (qv)s  _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv) and the flying oil tanker  in Jan de Bont (qv)s _Twister (1996)_ (qv).'),
('43536',' Set in 1994 (evident from in'),
('43537','film on'),
('43538','monitor time stamps when the  crew enters the submarine).'),
('43539',' To heat the water in the unfinished nuclear power plant,  James Cameron (I) (qv) brought in several tanker trucks of natural  gas, and attached them directly to burners.'),
('43540',' The American Humane Association rated this film "unacceptable"  because of the rat that was submerged in oxygenated liquid in one  scene. It wasnt an effect. The rat really was "subjected to the  anxiety of being submerged in this liquid, where it panics and  struggles and is then pulled out by its tail as it expels the liquid  from its lungs."'),
('43541',' The role of Commodore DeMarco was originally meant for  Lance Henriksen (qv), but he couldnt appear due to a scheduling  conflict.'),
('43542',' The sequence in which Catfish fires a submachine gun into the moon  pool at a departing Lt. Coffey was filmed using live ammunition. The  underwater camera was locked down and unmanned, and extreme safety  precautions were in effect.'),
('43543',' The sub called "Flatbed" in the movie was built around a real  submarine called "Deep Rover" which was designed by the Canadian  company Nuytco Research.'),
('43544',' The mini'),
('43545','subs in the wide shots were actually models suspended on  wires in a smoky environment and filmed in slow motion'),
('43546',' The water in the two tanks was chlorinated heavily, to prevent  microbes growing in it. This caused many of the actors hair to  become green and even white.'),
('43547',' A scene at the beginning showing the crew rounding up at the moon  pool had to be re'),
('43548','shot, because the Flatbed submersible was parked  in the pool. Flatbed was supposed to be out in the water pulling the  rig during that particular scene.'),
('43549',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Trouvaille de Bébé, La (1910)_ (qv).'),
('43550',' This documentary is frequently confused with  _Acapulco Gold (1978)_ (qv), as both films deal with similar subject  matter. Acapulco Gold (1973) was released on DVD by Program Power  Entertainment in 2000; Acapulco Gold (1978) was released on DVD by  Trinity Home Entertainment in 2006.'),
('43551',' The films producers were unhappy with the original score, so they  hired Craig Safan (qv) at the last minute to compose a new score  for the movie. He was given only one week to get it done.'),
('43552',' Has had more showings in museums and art galleries around the world  than in venues dedicated to film.'),
('43553',' Shot with only 2,800 feet of Kodak Vision negative film.'),
('43554',' This was Bernardo Bertolucci (qv)s first work in movies. He was  an assistant director.'),
('43555',' Real'),
('43556','life racing skills are incorporated into the racing sequences.  Professional race car drivers consulted for the producers.'),
('43557',' John Banners film debut.'),
('43558',' Before TV transmission this film had a charity screening with all  proceeds donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust.'),
('43559',' WILHELM SCREAM: Heard from the person on the skateboard, just after  Bartleby samples one of Glens "wads".'),
('43560',' Lewis Blacks character says the word "fuck" twice, but one was  literally bleeped out in order to make the movie PG'),
('43561','13.'),
('43562',' There are 39 shots of Apple Computers in the movie. The star, Justin  Long, became a spokesman for Apple Computers (the "Im a Mac, Im a  PC" commercials) just prior to the release of this movie.'),
('43563',' Most of the movie was improvised, and a lot of the gags were pitched  by the actors on the day of shooting.'),
('43564',' The skateboarder who jumps into the pool behind the motorcycle is  professional skateboarder Chad Fernandez.'),
('43565',' Adam Huffingtons actual parents were on hand during the "Parents  Day Scene," and were placed in the film as Glens parents.'),
('43566',' During the hot dog costume scene, Schrader mentions how James  Garfield even wore the suit, though not a member of the fictional  BKE fraternity in the movie James Garfield was in fact a member of  the Delta Upsilon International Fraternity'),
('43567',' The red fruits that Glen screamed, "What are you!" at are rambutans,  a kind of tropical fruit.'),
('43568',' As part of the promotion for the movie at the Comiccon in San Diego,  promoters threw a huge "Welcome" party open to the public, with  barbeque, beer, skateboarding demos, and a wall where people could  write "subjects" theyd like to study. Justin Long and other cast  members mixed in with the crowd, to the point that you couldnt pick  them out.'),
('43569',' Since the school/colleges name is "South Harmon Institute of  Technology (S.H.I.T.), the "S'),
('43570','word" is the most frequently used  word, being used 62 times throughout the entire movie.'),
('43571',' The name used on the fake IDs being created at the beginning of the  movie is Jason Wilson (I) (qv), one of the film’s Associate  Producers.'),
('43572',' Clips of Indy Filmmaker Johnny White (II) (qv)s pilot for "Double  Decker Detour... an interstate variety show" appear at the end of  the documentary.'),
('43573',' Marta Abba, the authoritarian Pirandellos lover, competed fiercely  for the role of Gina, but she wasnt given the role.'),
('43574',' Pirandello, who is one of the greatest Italian writers and later won  a Nobel Prize for literature, was asked to write the story by  politicians who were very close to Benito Mussolini. He did not  appreciate the movie because he thought it revolved too much around  the factorys life than around the drama itself.'),
('43575',' While they were shooting the movie, an assistant director fled with  two films.'),
('43576',' Alan Barry (qv) was first offered the Police Sergeant role finally  played by Brian Phelan (qv)'),
('43577',' Britt Ekland (qv) was favored for a key role'),
('43578',' Dirk Bogarde (qv) was second choice for Stephen.'),
('43579',' Barry Justice (qv) was on the list of possibles for William.'),
('43580',' Alexander Knox (qv) was second choice for the cameo of The  Provost.'),
('43581',' This movie was shot in one day.'),
('43582',' The movie is based in part on "The Lysistrata Project", which was  one of the largest anti'),
('43583','war protests in history.'),
('43584',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Making Hay with Modern Machinery (1913)_ (qv).'),
('43585',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Stage'),
('43586','Struck Sally (1913)_ (qv).'),
('43587',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('43588',' Filmed entirely in the directors house.'),
('43589',' This film was previously titled "The Killing Of A Stranger".'),
('43590',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _How Jim Proposed (1912)_ (qv).'),
('43591',' Jeffrey Sayre (qv) (Electric company man). Allan Conrad (qv)  (Book salesman) and Milton Kibbee (qv) (Lineman) are in studio  records/casting call lists for their roles, but do not appear in the  movie.'),
('43592',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _Birthday Gift, A (1913)_ (qv).'),
('43593',' The original title of this movie was "Garage Sale".'),
('43594',' One of the 50 films in the 4'),
('43595','disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures  from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film  Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film  was preserved by the National Museum of American History,  Smithsonian Institution. This version is an excerpt with an  uncredited piano music score and runs 5 minutes.'),
('43596',' Two episodes of the TV series  _"Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" (1953)_ (qv).'),
('43597',' To prepare for her role, Jodie Foster (qv) attended meetings of  rape support groups and read stories of rape experiences.'),
('43598',' The films original title was "Reckless Endangerment", which is the  charge the accused rapists initially plea'),
('43599','bargain their convictions  down to.'),
('43600',' According Jodie Foster (qv) in her interview in  _Boffo! Tinseltowns Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)_ (qv), producer  Stanley R. Jaffe (qv) felt she was "not sexy enough" for the role  and wanted to cast another actress.'),
('43601',' A re'),
('43602','release of an earlier film, original title unknown.'),
('43603',' May be re'),
('43604','cut from two earlier films Lon Chaney (qv) made with  Allan Dwan and Pauline Bush. It also can be filmed in 1913, but  released three years later than the other two features.'),
('43605',' After completing the game, the player is allowed to play through the  storyline again with all the planes and special weapons they  purchased in the previous run'),
('43606','through. However, the developers took  special care to make sure the storyline would not be skewed by  having a better than anticipated fighter at certain points in the  game. For example, at the conclusion of the "Lifeline" mission, the  Yellow Squadron planes cannot be shot down, as they are invincible.'),
('43607',' Chapter titles:  '),
('43608',' Chapter 1: Where East meets West  '),
('43609',' Chapter 2: The Invisible Enemy  '),
('43610',' Chapter 3: The Doorway of Doom  '),
('43611',' Chapter 4: The Radio Riddle  '),
('43612',' Chapter 5: Bullets of Sand  '),
('43613',' Chapter 6: Evil Spirits  '),
('43614',' Chapter 7: The Trackless Trail  '),
('43615',' Chapter 8: The Sign in the Sky  '),
('43616',' Chapter 9: Secret Service  '),
('43617',' Chapter 10: The Mountain of Jade  '),
('43618',' Chapter 11: The Dragon Commands  '),
('43619',' Chapter 12: The Squadron of Death  '),
('43620',' Chapter 13: The Worlds Akin'),
('43621',' No. 3 of 15 in "The Perils of Our Girl Reporters" series.'),
('43622',' The name "Shady Acres Mental Hospital" is a reference to the name of  the director: Shadyac, Tom (qv).'),
('43623',' Holly, Lauren (qv) screen'),
('43624','tested for the female lead role, but  turned it down.'),
('43625',' A note found in Lt. Einhorns desk is dated January 17, which is  also Jim Carrey (qv)s birthday.'),
('43626',' Jim Carrey (qv) insisted on having Cannibal Corpse perform in the  movie because they were his favorite band.'),
('43627',' The idea for Ray Finkle missing a game winning field goal in the  Superbowl came from Scott Norwoods kick going wide right in  Superbowl 25 that cost the Buffalo Bills a victory, as the  New York Giants Football Team (qv) defeated the Bills 20'),
('43628','19.'),
('43629',' The real final score of Super Bowl 19 was San Francisco 38 Miami 16.'),
('43630',' The song performed by Cannibal Corpse, "Hammer Smashed Face", is  taken from their third album "Tomb of the Mutilated".'),
('43631',' Aces car is a 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.'),
('43632',' The Super Bowl as shown at the end of the film is between the Miami  Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles.'),
('43633',' Jim Carrey came up with the idea of ripping off Sean Youngs clothes  to reveal her in her bra and underwear in the end.'),
('43634',' Courteney Cox  (qv)character, Melissa Robinson, was named after  original writer Jack Bernstein (qv)s daughter Melissa.'),
('43635',' John Capodice’s character, Sgt. Aguado, named after producer Ken  Aguado.'),
('43636',' The voice of Ace Venutura and the manner in which he speaks, was  added by Jim Carrey only after several read thrus of the script. The  voice was something Carrey used in his stand up routine. The "All  righty then" was the catch phrase of one of his stand up characters  and after the lines from the script werent feeling right, he added  it to the script and read through it again using that voice for all  the lines. It was such an improvement that it became the main Ace  Ventura personality trait.'),
('43637',' Ace Ventura fools the Chief and his son saying "Shawshank  Redemption", in which Bob Gunton (qv) ("Quinn") played the Warden  in _Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)_ (qv).'),
('43638',' Director Tom DeCerchio (qv) left after shooting began, to be  replaced by writer Steve Oedekerk (qv).'),
('43639',' Actor Victor Desny (qv) brought a lawsuit against this film while  the script was being written. Victor Desny (qv) claimed the film  was an unauthorized version of the Floyd Collins story. Collins was  actually stuck in a cave years earlier, as mentioned in the film.  Since Victor Desny (qv) had the rights to the story, he claimed  copyright infringement. The lawsuit was settled before production  began.'),
('43640',' When the film was released, it got bad reviews and lost money. The  studio, without Billy Wilder (qv)s permission, changed the title  to "The Big Carnival" to increase the box office take of the film.  It didnt work. On top of that, Billy Wilder (qv)s next picture  _Stalag 17 (1953)_ (qv) was a hit and Billy Wilder (qv) expected a  share of the _Stalag 17 (1953)_ (qv)s profits. Paramount  accountants told him that since this picture lost money, the money  it lost would be subtracted from the profits of  _Stalag 17 (1953)_ (qv).'),
('43641',' The studio constructed a replica cliff dwelling at a cost of  $30,000. The set was located behind the Lookout Point Trading Post  on U.S. Route 66, west of Gallup, New Mexico. After filming was  completed, the set was left intact and the owner of the trading post  used it to draw tourists to his store.'),
('43642',' Residents of Gallup, New Mexico were hired as extras. They were paid  75 cents an hour for a ten'),
('43643','hour day. Extras earned an additional  three dollars if they could bring an automobile to the set.'),
('43644',' The original ending to the film picked up after the bomb explodes at  the meeting headquarters. Forrest and Lillith are living in a cabin  in the woods, and believe that they are safe thanks to Farralone.  Rushing back to the cabin to warn Lillith, he sees Morgridge, who  tells him that they have nothing to fear '),
('43645',' Farralones sacrifice has  taught him that love is the solution, not destruction. This ending  was cut on the request of Samuel Goldwyn (qv), who felt that it  was too contrived and that the lovers reading about it in the  newspaper was a much more satisfying ending.'),
('43646',' Lon Chaney (qv)s character was originally called Rattavich, but  the name was softened to Farralone to appease censors, who felt that  the original name was too unsubtle as to the origins of the group.'),
('43647',' Second of four films Lon Chaney (qv) made for Goldwyn Pictures.'),
('43648',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('43649',' 1. The Fatal Circlet  '),
('43650',' 2. A Cry in the Night  '),
('43651',' 3. The Dungeon of Doom  '),
('43652',' 4. Menace of the Mummy  '),
('43653',' 5. The Depths of Limehouse  '),
('43654',' 6. Dead or Alive  '),
('43655',' 7. Shadows of Fear  '),
('43656',' 9. A Battle of Wits  '),
('43657',' 10.The Fatal Judgement'),
('43658',' Presumed lost.'),
('43659',' Released in both silent and sound versions.'),
('43660',' Chapter titles: 1. The Fatal Card 2. No Greater Love 3. Whirling  Waters 4. Fires of Sacrifice 5. Thundering Hoofs 6. Flung from the  Sky 7. The Trail of Terror 8. The Lariat of Death 9. Fingers of Fate  10. The Road to Ruin 11. The Chasm of Peril 12. The Avalanche 13.  The Fury of Fate 14. The Chasm of Courage 15. A Deal of Destiny'),
('43661',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Caretakers, C., and the Living Dead (1916)_ (qv).'),
('43662',' The scene with the balloon observer jumping out with a parachute is  reused footage from _Blue Max, The (1966)_ (qv)'),
('43663',' Hardy Krüger (qv) turned down the Paul Freeman part'),
('43664',' Contrary to common belief, the long staircase in this film is not  the same one used in Stan Laurel (qv) and Oliver Hardy (qv)s  Oscar'),
('43665','winning short, _The Music Box (1932)_ (qv). It is however in  the same Silver Lake district of Los Angeles, about two miles away.'),
('43666',' Music by the Band "Gruppe Express".'),
('43667',' Generally considered the first independent Korean movie.'),
('43668',' Queen mother Emma was present at the official premiere in The Hague.'),
('43669',' Motive for the filming was a film competition dealing with "Wine".'),
('43670',' The game author or authors are unknown, and the game is supposedly  from 1995, being written in Borland C++.'),
('43671',' The movie was produced entirely without outside financing and took  two years to complete.'),
('43672',' In total, all of the actors contributed over 425 man'),
('43673','hours to the  production. The crew hours still have not been calculated.'),
('43674',' One of the actresses cast as a hooker backed out on the day of  shooting because she wasnt comfortable with the subject matter in  the dialog.'),
('43675',' Propsmaster Bill McDonald worked over 40 hours in his garage late at  night during the off hours from his full time job. His most notable  contribution is the rocket launcher showcased in "Tommys" grand  finale.'),
('43676',' The film was deemed deeply offensive by the UK tabloid press for its  inclusion of a swearing, foul'),
('43677','mouthed God.'),
('43678',' This film was shot entirely during Joe Christ (qv)s cross'),
('43679','country  screening tour for his previous film _Crippled (1992)_ (qv). The  footage used in this film was from over ten different locations  across the United States.'),
('43680',' Most, if not all, of the children who acted in this movie were from  The Bachman Recreation Center of Dallas TX. It is a learning and  activity center for handicapped persons.'),
('43681',' Shawn Timothy Kennedy (qv) ("Voicebox Charlie") could actually  talk. The twins in the unloading scene are his real'),
('43682','life brothers.'),
('43683',' The only one of the children who was not physically challenged in  real life was Christian McIntire (qv) who played the role of  Hobson. Mr. McIntire has gone on to become a writer, director and  producer after leaving the acting field.'),
('43684',' This film was shot and completed in 1949 but because a disagreement  between producers it was never released.'),
('43685',' The cast consisted essentially of non'),
('43686','professional actors.'),
('43687',' More than 1,000 tons of sand were used to make the sets.'),
('43688',' By day, 656 meals was served.'),
('43689',' A Jewel Production. Universal, unlike many of its peers, did not own  a theater chain. In order to distinguish its feature releases to  independent theater owners, it created a 3'),
('43690','tiered branding system:  Red Feather (low'),
('43691','budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases)  and Jewel (prestige productions). Jewels were often given special  promotion as limited engagements, commanding higher roadshow ticket  prices. Universal would cease to brand its feature films after 1929.'),
('43692',' TV adaptation of a hit theater play filmed in 2005 but only  broadcast in 2007.'),
('43693',' The play this movie is adapted was originally named "Um espirito  baixou em mim". Producers convinced the author to change the title,  as it was the same of Brazilian version of the film "All of me".'),
('43694',' Grace McHugh (qv) and Owen Carter (qv) lost their lives in the  production of this film on location on the Arkansas River in  Colorado. While re'),
('43695','shooting a scene of Grace McHugh (qv) fording  the river on horseback her horse lost its footing and she was thrown  into the swift current. Owen Carter (qv) stopped filming and  plunged into the river to save her. Together they succeeded to  reaching a sandbar, which proved to be quicksand, and both perished.  Shooting of the picture was otherwise complete and the film was  released with the body of work by Grace McHugh (qv) and  Owen Carter (qv) intact.'),
('43696',' Selected by Curator Chrisie Isles for exhibition at the Whitney  Museum of American Art for the Color of Ritual, The Color of Women,  Avant'),
('43697','Garde Filmmakers in America 1930'),
('43698','2000, "Across the Border took  the First Prize, Experimental Santa Fe Winter Film Expo; Bronze  Award, Houston International Film Festival; First Prize Experimental  Universiade International Film Festival; Cash Award, Ann Arbor Film  Festival; Cash Award, San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival. It  also aired on WTTW Chicago and KQED San Franciso and screened at the  Edinburgh International Film Festival; Women in the Directors Chair  Festival; Baltimore International Film Festival; Anti'),
('43699','WW III  Festival; SF Bay Area Showcase, SF International Film Festival at  the Pacific Film Archive; San Francisco Cinematheque; East Meets  West; University of Southern Florida; A.T.A., Other Cinema; Humboldt  State University; Womens Film Festival; Pushing the Margins, Women  in Experimental Film, Salt Lake City Utah; Women of the Americas;  Film Video Festival, U.C Theatre; Festival of International and  Progressive Film and Video, among other venues.'),
('43700',' The dog was credited in the main titles as "Delores", the name of  the character. It was found in a dogs home in Liverpool. Its  trainer gained enough publicity from the film that he was able to  set up the Delores Dog Home.'),
('43701',' This was the opening night film presented at the Castro Theatre, San  Francisco on 22 June 1922.'),
('43702',' Director John Huston (I) (qv) went off to join the war effort  before the film was finished, and Vincent Sherman (qv) directed  the final scenes.'),
('43703',' This movie was originally about a Japanese plot to blow up Pearl  Harbor, but while they were making it, the Japanese actually did  blow up Pearl Harbor, so they changed it to the Panama Canal.'),
('43704',' The last'),
('43705','minute screenplay change from Pearl Harbor to the Panama  Canal was not implausible. Until the mid 1930s US military exercises  concentrated on defending the Panama Canal from air, amphibious &  small craft attack and were extensively covered by the press.'),
('43706',' This featurette is included on the DVD for _Sahara (2005)_ (qv).'),
('43707',' Recorded in Ultra'),
('43708','Stereo.'),
('43709',' Although in the scene outside the high school everyone was dressed  in jackets, coats, hats etc... It was actually near 80 degrees while  filming. In fact, when the camera cut, they brought umbrellas over  the principle actors to keep them in the shade.'),
('43710',' Even though this is an obvious observation, most of the characters  are named after different Beatles songs (Jude, Mr. Kite, Dr. Robert,  Lucy), along with the title of the movie.'),
('43711',' 90% of the songs were recorded live on'),
('43712','set and were not dubbed with  studio recordings in post'),
('43713','production. Evan Rachel Wood (qv)s  version of "If I Fell" is totally live, and was successfully  completed on the first take.'),
('43714',' Early versions of the script included a segment involving a prison  guard named Sgt. Pepper, with "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club  Band" set to accompany the scene. The entire idea was scrapped as  the script was finalized for production.'),
('43715',' During the filming, Ricardo Montalban (qv) received a spinal  injury which required a 9'),
('43716','1/2 hour operation and which has left him  in constant pain ever since.'),
('43717',' Most of the "Native Americans" in this movie are all portrayed by  Hispanic or Caucasian actors, because there was a noticeable lack of  Native American actors at MGM at the time this movie was made.'),
('43718',' Olaf was so taken with Rober that he decided to make a film about  him without knowing why. Due to filmmaking good fortune, they got  the whole cycle of a monk visiting the laymans world, when Robert  disrobed, married, divorced and became a monk again.'),
('43719',' Due to the long filming period the film was shot on many different  video formats, standard Beta, SP Beta, DV and HDV. About 178 hours  were filmed during the 10 years.'),
('43720',' A polish man was having doubt regarding becoming a monk, he  contacted the director and was allowed seeing a preliminary cut of  the film '),
('43721',' after seeing the film his doubts were erased and he is  now in Sri Lanka in a monastery.'),
('43722',' The youngest cast member was 18 months and the oldest 91 years old.'),
('43723',' The title is the literal translation of the greek word "autopsia",  i.e. autopsy (from auto=self and opsis=sight).'),
('43724',' Third part of "The Pittsburgh Trilogy".'),
('43725',' In order to obtain entry to the morgue, Stan Brakhage (qv) had to  agree that he would not show any of the faces of the deceased. Also,  the film had to be approved by all the medical examiners who were  captured on film.'),
('43726',' Winner of Best Comedy Short Award at Houston Film Festival.'),
('43727',' For the first time, Hoot Gibson (qv) had star billing.'),
('43728',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('43729',' Winner: Best Short Film, Dixie Film Festival '),
('43730',' Atlanta, Georgia'),
('43731',' The car seen at the mansion, the Halley, is actually a 1987 Pontiac  Fiero with body effects that make the car resemble a Ferrari  Testarossa coupe.'),
('43732',' Released theatrically in the USA with _Good Burger (1997)_ (qv)'),
('43733',' Filmed on two 24p Panasonics borrowed from the creators of  _Blair Witch Project, The (1999)_ (qv), and friends at Discovery  Health Networks _"Dr. G: Medical Examiner" (2004)_ (qv).'),
('43734',' Permission to use the song "Butterfly", originally recorded in 1966  by British band "The Fox", was granted by songwriter Stephen Brayne  via countless e'),
('43735','mails. Upon seeing the finished film, Stephen Brayne  was quoted as saying "I watched it over and over again. Youve made  me see my song in a whole new light."'),
('43736',' Desert footage was shot by Merian C. Cooper (qv) and  Ernest B. Schoedsack (qv) in 1937 for an unmade film.'),
('43737',' Michael Ansaras film debut.'),
('43738',' Director Lloyd Bacon (qv)s contract with Warner Bros. expired  during production. Jack L. Warner (qv) told him, "Finish the  picture and well talk about it," but Bacon wasnt willing to  continue without a contract. Warner fired him and brought in  Byron Haskin (qv) to finish the film.'),
('43739',' When shooting the scene early in the movie, when their characters  abandoned ship from their burning tanker, Humphrey Bogart (qv) and  Raymond Massey (I) (qv) got into a friendly argument over who had  the better stunt double. In the end, the two stars decided to do  away with their stunt doubles altogether and wound up doing the  stunt themselves.'),
('43740',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Coasting from the Clouds (1921)_ (qv).'),
('43741',' Included as a special feature on the DVD  _Americanization of Emily, The (1964)_ (qv) released in 2005 by  Warner Home Video.'),
('43742',' Chapter Titles: 1. The Perfect Truth 2. The Ghost of Mother Eve 3.  An Affair of Dress 4. Putting One Over 5. The Chinese Fan 6. On the  Heights 7. The End of the Umbrella 8. A Tight Squeeze 9. A Terror of  the Night 10. Dolly Plays Detective 11. Dolly at the Helm 12. The  Last Assignment'),
('43743',' Features people from Portugal and Guinea'),
('43744','Bissau, filmed in 1969 and  1970.'),
('43745',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Crab Industry, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('43746',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _His Pipe Dreams (1915)_ (qv).'),
('43747',' This featurette is available on the DVD for  _Shes So Lovely (1997)_ (qv).'),
('43748',' Italian production; original title, cast and crew unknown.'),
('43749',' The character of Costica Caratase is based on legendary real'),
('43750','life  actor and theatre director Constantin Tanase. Whats more, the name  of the character is a composite made up of Toma Caragiu, the actor  who plays Caratase, and Constantin Tanase.'),
('43751',' Images of Witchfinder General album sleeves appear scattered  throughout the film in tribute to the bands influence on director  Richard R. Anasky (qv).'),
('43752',' The film is based on Richard R. Anasky (qv)s own actual  filmmaking experiences (and the impressions regarding those  experiences) from the set of I Am Vengeance (2007)_ (qv).'),
('43753',' The version of Actress Apocalypse which was released (95 min) was  supposed to be a limited edition version of the film. This 95 min  version had extra padding which the director did NOT wish to include  in the finished film but reluctantly agreed to keep it in as he was  assured it was for a limited edition release ONLY. The TRUE (and  preferred by the director) version of Actress Apocalypse was never  released.'),
('43754',' The cover art was initially supposed to feature Vance Lincoln and  Lily Walker beside Kenzie Lovelays face. The producers of the film  saw fit to change the artwork from Vance and Lily to a nude shot of  another actress. This ill conceived choice (amongst many other  ridiculous choices) by the producers of the film buried Actress  Apocalypse as most chains would not put the film on their shelves  due to the nude actress on the front cover.'),
('43755',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('43756',' During first'),
('43757','run engagements of The Actress, selected movie houses  around the country projected the films opening sequence '),
('43758',' a  recreation of a production number from the play, "The Pink Lady", in  wide screen to emphasize the larger'),
('43759','than'),
('43760','life quality of  Ruth Gordon (I) (qv)s fascination with the stage.'),
('43761',' Anthony Perkins film debut.'),
('43762',' Based on a book written by Samuel Beckett (qv).'),
('43763',' DIRCAMEO(Rudy Soedjarwo (qv)): as Cintas brother. A rear shot of  him can be seen when Cinta told her brother that she was going to  leave the house, and in some photos in Cintas room.'),
('43764',' The lead characters name, Cinta, in English translates as "Love".'),
('43765',' While shooting this movie, the director also had to keep shooting  commercial video clips, his regular money job, because of the very  low film budget.'),
('43766',' The two lead actors, Tom Murphy (I) (qv) who plays Paul (the short  one) and Mark OHalloran (qv) who plays Adam (the tall one), were  told by the local Garda ( Irish Police) to leave the set as the  Garda thought they were real junkies looking to steal items from the  set.'),
('43767',' The films unit was tiny '),
('43768',' one truck for camera, props and make'),
('43769','up  and one minivan for the cast and crew.'),
('43770',' One of the photos for the abducted children shown at the end of this  movie, named Bryon Anthony McCane, is of rapper Bizzy Bone (qv),  who is a former member of Bone Thugs N Harmony. He was abducted at  age 4 by his father in the 80s.'),
('43771',' Based on the true story of the kidnapping of Adam Walsh, son of  John Walsh (I) (qv), host of  _"Americas Most Wanted" (1988)_ (qv).'),
('43772',' The photo in the opening montage, of Adam Hart  (Jesper Hyldegaard (qv)) and Victor Janis (Per Diemer (qv))  seated on a bench, recreates an illustration in the first edition of  the first Adam Hart'),
('43773','novel, "Adam Harts opdagelser". In that  illustration Adam Hart and Victor Janis were portrayed by author  Erwin Neutzsky'),
('43774','Wulff (qv) and his friend Palle Toft (qv), who  both have cameo appearances in this film. Covers and other  illustrations from the four original Adam Hart'),
('43775','novels can be  glimpsed on the walls of the apartment shared by Adam Hart and  Victor Janis, which makes sense as the novels are written as if they  were the published diaries of Victor Janis.'),
('43776',' In his opening narration, Victor Janis mentions his lost love, the  vampire Alicia. The portrait of Alicia standing by his bedside is  really a photo of Barbara Steele (qv). As we see the photo,  Søren Hyldgaard (qv)s score quotes the love theme from  _Maschera del demonio, La (1960)_ (qv), in which  Barbara Steele (qv) played a vampire. Although "Adam Hart i  Sahara" is not about vampires, it has several other  vampire'),
('43777','references: On a board behind Myra can be glimpsed a photo  of Bela Lugosi (qv) as Dracula, and in Adam Harts bedroom hangs  the Danish posters from the vampire films  _House of Dark Shadows (1970)_ (qv), _Twins of Evil (1971)_ (qv) and  _Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1974)_ (qv).'),
('43778',' Pasted on a board behind Myra, as she asks Adam Hart and Victor  Janis for help, is a flier for the video magazine "Tracking", which  was edited by Nicolas Barbano (qv), the producer/director of this  film, and featured articles by the films screenwriter,  Erwin Neutzsky'),
('43779','Wulff (qv).'),
('43780',' Moni Moshonov (qv) was cast as Arthur but had to drop due to  schedule conflict and was replaced by comedian'),
('43781','actor  Idan Alterman (qv).'),
('43782',' Filmed in 3'),
('43783','D but released "flat."'),
('43784',' Filmed in 1960 but not released until 1962.'),
('43785',' Gary Graver, the Director of Photography, agreed to shoot the movie  for free. In exchange, he was given a set of master tapes, from a  previously unfinished project the director made in 1999, featuring  Kenneth Anger and Forrest Ackerman.'),
('43786',' In her early monologue scene with Katharine Hepburn (qv),  Judy Holliday (qv) can be seen trembling. This was not acting, but  nervousness. The inexperienced Judy Holliday (qv) was terrified of  performing with Katharine Hepburn (qv).'),
('43787',' Katharine Hepburn (qv) reportedly urged director  George Cukor (qv) to focus the camera on Judy Holliday (qv)  during a number of their shared scenes, not only because she was a  fan of the new'),
('43788','to'),
('43789','movies Judy Holliday (qv) but because it was  hoped the studios would see how terrific Judy Holliday (qv) was  and cast her as the lead in _Born Yesterday (1950)_ (qv), the role  shed created on Broadway. (It worked.)'),
('43790',' The movies line "Licorice, mmmm. If theres anything Im a sucker  for, its licorice." was voted as the #60 of "The 100 Greatest Movie  Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('43791',' In the scene in which Amanda is driving Adam to work, he tells her:  "Oh, youre giving me the Bryn Mawr accent". Bryn Mawr College was  Katharine Hepburns alma mater where she claimed to have gained her  distinctive voice.'),
('43792',' Madge Blakes first film.'),
('43793',' The Danish Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film 2006.'),
('43794',' The first movie of Star Cinema Productions Inc.[ph]. The  productions, a subsidiary of the Philippines broadcasting network,  ABS'),
('43795','CBN, formally started on 8 May 1993, with the showing of this  big'),
('43796','budget action picture.'),
('43797',' Based on writer Charlie Kaufman (qv)s struggle to adapt the  best'),
('43798','selling book "The Orchid Thief".'),
('43799',' This film received an Oscar nomination for "Best Adapted  Screenplay," even though the film is not actually an adaptation of  "The Orchid Thief", but rather a fictionalized account of an attempt  to adapt the book into film.'),
('43800',' The credits include Donald Kaufman (qv) as the co'),
('43801','writer. He is  also featured as a character in the movie, and the movie is  dedicated "In loving memory" of Donald (at the end of the credits).  But Donald is just a fictional character himself.'),
('43802',' Donald Kaufman (qv) was nominated for a Golden Globe with  Charlie Kaufman (qv), despite being a fictional character. They  were also both nominated for an Academy Award and the Academy made  it known that, in the event of a victory, the two brothers would  have to share one statue.'),
('43803',' In one scene, Charlie comes home and checks his mail. He is in front  of a mirror, and Donald is talking to him behind him. The reflection  of Donald in the mirror is actually the real Charlie Kaufman (qv).'),
('43804',' The photographer of the back flap of "The Orchid Thief" is  Howard Shur (qv), assistant to director Spike Jonze (qv).'),
('43805',' To portray John Laroche, Chris Cooper (I) (qv) grew out his hair,  shed weight and used a prosthesis to create the illusion of a  toothless mouth. Director Spike Jonze (qv) granted  Chris Cooper (I) (qv)s request for numerous takes so he could  find the right tone for the eccentric character.'),
('43806',' Susan Orlean (qv) was supposed to be in the film as one of two  women that Charlie thinks are making fun of him in a supermarket,  but this scene was cut before the film made it to theaters.'),
('43807',' Donald suggests _Flowers for Algernon (2000) (TV)_ (qv) as an  example of a movie about flowers, to which Charlie replies, "Its  not about flowers; besides its not a movie." In fact, the book had  been filmed twice '),
('43808',' once as _Charly (1968)_ (qv) and for television  as _Flowers for Algernon (2000) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('43809',' The "filmography" link in the DVD includes a page for the fictional  Donald Kaufman (qv), listing his works as  _Adaptation. (2002)_ (qv) and "The Three". There is a hidden link in  the DVD main page. Scroll up from the main set of links and there is  a telephone icon which appears, linking to a page with an  "Adaptation Answering Machine" phone number, which had an answering  machine with a message to leave your comments. Unfortunately, that  phone number is no longer active.'),
('43810',' Nicolas Cage (qv)s brother, New York radio personality  Marc Coppola (qv), often stood in for one of the Kaufman brothers  during the shooting of the movie.'),
('43811',' The flower shown during the time'),
('43812','lapse sequence at the end of the  movie is called Amelia (an Osteospermum).'),
('43813',' The character of Robert McKee played by Brian Cox (I) (qv), is a  real script guru, Robert McKee (I) (qv).'),
('43814',' Nicolas Cage (qv) has said that during the filming of this movie,  he ignored all of his acting instincts and played the part of  Charlie Kaufman exactly as director Spike Jonze (qv) asked him to.  He then received an Academy Award nomination for it.'),
('43815',' Nicolas Cage (qv) was given completely separate credits for  Charlie and Donald Kaufman. The credits were given in order of  appearance and each of Nicolas Cage (qv)s credits appeared in the  order that Charlie and Donald appeared.'),
('43816',' The book'),
('43817','on'),
('43818','tape, which is playing in the background of the orchid  thiefs van as Meryl Streep (qv) and Chris Cooper (I) (qv)  drive, is shown on the dashboard momentarily. It appears to be "The  Writings of Charles Darwin (qv), as read by Brian OKelley".  There is no such book, no such audio tape. Brian OKelley (qv) is  the assistant director of this movie.'),
('43819',' All the crew members identified in the fictional Behind the scenes  sequence of _Being John Malkovich (1999)_ (qv) are actually the same  crew members playing themselves.'),
('43820',' Robert McKee (I) (qv) personally suggested Brian Cox (I) (qv) to  the producers to play him in the movie.'),
('43821',' The tropical fish species that Laroche refers to while riding in the  van with Orlean are Anisotremus virginicus, Holacanthus ciliaris,  and Chaetadon capistratus or the porkfish, queen angelfish, and  foureye butterflyfish respectively.'),
('43822',' A paragraph from Donald Kaufman (qv)s script "The Three" is shown  at the very end of the credits. It reads: "Were all one thing,  Lieutenant. Thats what Ive come to realize. Like cells in a body.  Cept we cant see the body. The way fish cant see the ocean. And  so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly  is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell." '),
('43823',' Cassie from THE THREE'),
('43824',' Weezer (qv) recorded an acoustic version of "Happy Together" to be  included in the film. However, Spike Jonze (qv) felt the original  version by The Turtles (qv) was a better fit for the film.'),
('43825',' The church mentioned by Amelia at the end of the film is the Sedlec  Ossuary located in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. About 40,000 bones  are arranged to form decorations, including chandeliers in the  church.'),
('43826',' The scene where Susan gets high in the hotel room, up until John  rings her, was written in the script simply as, "Susan gets high."  Meryl Streep improvised the whole thing, saying in interviews that  somewhere there will be a tape of her pretending to be high for 3  hours.'),
('43827',' Praised by survivors as the best documentary made about Hungarian  Jews in death camps.'),
('43828',' John Astin (qv) (the original Gomez) was offered the role of  Grandpa Addams.'),
('43829',' The babys name, Pubert, was the name originally suggested (and  rejected) for Pugsley by Charles Addams (qv) when he was asked by  the producers of _"Addams Family, The" (1964)_ (qv) to name the  hitherto unnamed characters in his cartoons.'),
('43830',' The character of Pubert Addams (a boy) was played by two twin girls,  Kaitlyn Hooper (qv) and Kristen Hooper (qv).'),
('43831',' Carol Kane (I) (qv), who plays Grandmama, is almost a year younger  than Anjelica Huston (qv), who plays her daughter, Morticia  Addams.'),
('43832',' David Krumholtz (qv)s character says at one point he has every  card for his Serial Killer Card Collections "except Jack the Ripper  and that Zodiac Guy." Jack the Ripper and The Zodiac Killer are the  real worlds most famous uncaught serial killers.'),
('43833',' In the TV series, _"Addams Family, The" (1964)_ (qv), Fester is  Morticias uncle. In the films, however, Fester is Gomezs brother.'),
('43834',' CAMEO(Barry Sonnenfeld (qv)): Mr. Glicker.'),
('43835',' The book that Joel Glicker (David Krumholtz (qv)) is holding when  he enters the Harmony Hut only for it to be taken away is  Stephen Hawking (qv)s "A Brief History of Time".'),
('43836',' Wednesday bitterly quips that "Chippewa" in Camp Chippewa means  "orphan". This is pure sarcasm; Chippewa is actually a form of the  name Ojibwa (a Native American nation), the original meaning of  which is unknown.'),
('43837',' Director Sonnenfeld, Barry (qv) had not originally planned to use  the theme music from the television series in the movie. He included  it in the opening sequence after positive reactions to the early  trailer, which included the theme.'),
('43838',' Production began at Orion, which owned the rights to the Filmways TV  library and hence the 1960s TV series. However, during production,  Orions financial troubles, which ultimately led to the studios  demise and purchase by MGM, began. Paramount bought the film rights,  finished the production, and even produced a sequel.'),
('43839',' The Addamses house was built for US$100,000.'),
('43840',' Writer Paul Rudnick (qv) did rewrites on the film and subsequently  wrote the sequel, _Addams Family Values (1993)_ (qv).'),
('43841',' Uncle Fester powering a light bulb with his mouth is a reference to  the original TV series, where he does the same thing.'),
('43842',' Several scenes reference original Charles Addams (qv)  illustrations, most notably the introduction sequence where the  Addams family pours a cauldron of oil on the Christmas carolers, the  passenger on Gomezs toy train, the octopus painted on the footboard  of Wednesdays bed, and Pugsley with the road sign.'),
('43843',' The house set was built on Stage 3/8, the same stage as the house  set from The "The Addams Family" (1964)_ (qv) TV series. For the TV  series, it was known General Service Studios and for the movie, it  is now known as Hollywood Center Studios.'),
('43844',' Bruno Kirby (qv) offered his fat suit from  _Godfather: Part II, The (1974)_ (qv) to  Christopher Lloyd (I) (qv) in order to play Uncle Fester.'),
('43845',' The auction scene in which Morticia and Gomez take turns bidding for  an item they themselves donated is based on a similar scene from the  episode "Morticias Favorite Charity" from  _"Addams Family, The" (1964)_ (qv).'),
('43846',' In the television series, Fester was Morticias uncle (and hence not  technically an Addams), but in the films, he is Gomezs brother and  is referred to as Fester Addams.'),
('43847',' The film had an opening weekend of $25 million in the USA.'),
('43848',' The original director of photography, Owen Roizman (qv), quit the  production after about a month to go work on another film. His  replacement, Gale Tattersall (qv), had his contribution cut short  not long afterwards when he had to quit after being rushed to  hospital with a severe sinus infection. Fed up with the situation,  director Barry Sonnenfeld (qv) took over the cinematography  himself, reasoning that if anything happened to him then production  would be shut down, so he didnt have much to lose.'),
('43849',' Producer Scott Rudin (qv) got the idea of making the movie after  shuttling various leading executives around in a van one day. One of  them spontaneously started humming the theme song of  _"Addams Family, The" (1964)_ (qv), only for the rest of the vans  occupants to start the singing the lyrics. This led  Scott Rudin (qv) to believe that there was sufficient residual  interest and memory of the show and cartoon for him to attempt a  feature film.'),
('43850',' Anjelica Huston (qv) drew inspiration for her portrayal of  Morticia Adams not from Carolyn Jones (I) (qv) from the TV series  but by watching _Grey Gardens (1975)_ (qv), David Maysles (qv) and  Albert Maysles (qv)s documentary about two eccentric old women  found living in a decaying mansion. The women,  Edith Bouvier Beale (qv) (AKA "Big Edie") and Edith Little  Edie Bouvier Beale (qv), are, respectively, the aunt and cousin of  the late Jacqueline Kennedy (I).'),
('43851',' The name Wednesday is a reference to the line in the Mother Goose  poem that goes, "Wednesdays child is full of woe."'),
('43852',' DIRCAMEO(Barry Sonnenfeld (qv)): the passenger on the model train  that a giant Gomez looks into the window and laughs at before the  two model trains crash into each other.'),
('43853',' In the original TV series Grandmama was Gomezs mother and her name  was Eudora Addams. In the films she is Morticias mother and he name  was changed to Esmerelda Frump (Morticias mother in the series was  Hestor Frump).'),
('43854',' One of the carolers in the opening sequence is Diane Burt (qv),  daughter of Alfred Burt, who wrote many famous Christmas carols.'),
('43855',' Early makeup designs for Gomez included dark circles around his  eyes, similar to Festers. This was eliminated before filming, but  can still be seen on the films posters and other publicity  material.'),
('43856',' Pouring the pot of boiling water on carolers is derived from an  Addams family cartoon published 21 December 1946.'),
('43857',' Cher (I) (qv) wanted to play the role of "Morticia", but  Anjelica Huston (qv) was cast instead.'),
('43858',' Included as a bonus feature in Warner Home Videos 2006 2'),
('43859','disc DVD  release "TCM Archives '),
('43860',' Laurel and Hardy Collection".'),
('43861',' None of the characters have names.'),
('43862',' Shot in twenty days.'),
('43863',' Film critic Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian placed the film at #1 in  his top ten films of all time (as submitted for the 2002 Sight &  Sound Poll)'),
('43864',' Billie Whitelaw (qv) was cast after seven high profile US leading  ladies passed.'),
('43865',' Joe Mantell (qv) was offered a key role.'),
('43866',' Topol was offered a major role.'),
('43867',' Patricia Phoenix was on the shortlist for Mrs Zero.'),
('43868',' Paul McCarthey was offered Shrdlu, Alan Bennent was thought suitable  for Shrdlu.'),
('43869',' Muhamed Ali was suggested for Lt Charles.'),
('43870',' Ringo Starr was sought in vain for a major role.'),
('43871',' Official Selection into the George Eastman House Film Museum in  Rochester, New York.'),
('43872',' This film was adapted from a feature length script of the same  title.'),
('43873',' Due to financial problems, this film was never finished. The music  hasnt been recorded and the film hasnt been synchronized.'),
('43874',' Filmed in 1930 as a silent movie. Subsequently post'),
('43875','synchronized  with a few scenes added with direct sound.'),
('43876',' Constanze Engelbrecht (qv), who plays the adult Dagmar is the  mother of Julie Engelbrecht (qv), who plays the young Dagmar.'),
('43877',' Visa dexploitation en France #44331'),
('43878',' Richard Pryor (qv)s lines were mostly ad'),
('43879','libbed.'),
('43880',' Although a silent film, this was Argentinas first film with a  soundtrack. The sound was recorded in Vitaphone discs. In one of  those discs Libertad Lamarque (qv) performs the title song, "Adiós  Argentina", a tango written by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (qv). That  recording was preserved by tango collector Héctor Lorenzo Lucci.'),
('43881',' The first advertising film lodged for copyright at the Library of  Congress, 5 August 1897.'),
('43882',' One of the films in the 3'),
('43883','disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures  from American Film Archives (2004)", compiled by the National Film  Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is  preserved by the Library of Congress, has a running time of 29  seconds and an added piano score.'),
('43884',' Although made by the Edison Manufacturing Company, a few years after  its release Thomas Edison (qv) himself became a very ardent  anti'),
('43885','smoking "campaigner". He said that, despite what the ad had  promoted, that "We All Smoke", he would not hire someone who did. A  very unusual stance for the very early'),
('43886','1900s.'),
('43887',' One of the ads exhibited for free on New York rooftops in 1897 for  free. The nightly spectacles attracted so many people (reportedly,  thousands) that the projectionist, Edwin S. Porter (qv) was  detained by police for "blacking traffic on Broadway at  Thirty'),
('43888','Fourth Street."'),
('43889',' Biograph production number 1234.'),
('43890',' This film was presented at the Rivoli Theater in New York City on 15  April 1923 as part of a program of DeForest Phonofilm shorts and the  feature _Bella Donna (1923)_ (qv), produced by Paramount Pictures,  then headed by Adolph Zukor (qv).'),
('43891',' All the colorful shirts worn by the background chorus came from  director Chris Orfs closet. So did the Dads tuxedo. No costume  rentals.'),
('43892',' Director Chris Orf and cinematographer Christopher Webb met each  other through a bartender at a bowling alley who specializes in  making such connections.'),
('43893',' Only two reels of this film are known to survive.'),
('43894',' 90 minute continuous shot. No edits in entire film.'),
('43895',' Post'),
('43896','production was just as spread out as the actual shoot. With the  Director in Paris, France, the Motion Graphics Artist was based in  Annecy, France. The Editor lives in L.A. The Sound Editor/Mixer is  always shuttling between NYC, Paris, Berlin and Istanbul. They were  able to produce the film thanks to Final Cut Pro, iChat,  Yousendit.com, and a high'),
('43897','speed Internet connection.'),
('43898',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('43899',' Traci Lords scenes here are archive footage from  _Talk Dirty to Me Part III (1984)_ (qv),  _Sister Dearest (1984)_ (qv) and _Kinky Business (1984)_ (qv), all  from Dreamland.'),
('43900',' This is the directors first film. It is the first Malaysian short  film and the first fully'),
('43901','Malaysian produced film of any kind to  compete at the Venice Film Festival.'),
('43902',' Part of the Nazi film series "Die Frontschau" (The Front Show),  which focused shorts on the 1941 German campaign in Russia. Produced  and shown only to German troops; the series was censored from the  public.'),
('43903',' First entry of the series to be released in North America.'),
('43904',' Contains footage from _Guided Mouse'),
('43905','ille (1967)_ (qv).'),
('43906',' The steamboat used in this movie was originally built and used as  the Cotton Blossom, in M'),
('43907','G'),
('43908','Ms film version of  _Show Boat (1951)_ (qv). It was also used in  _Raintree County (1957)_ (qv). In the 1970s, it was one of the props  auctioned off by the studio.'),
('43909',' Michael Weatherly carries a Swiss Army knife which they use in a  variety of escape plans. In real life, his father, Michael Weatherly  Sr, is a millionaire exporter known for introducing the Swiss Army  knife to America.'),
('43910',' The Bum was really using spit to wash the windows'),
('43911',' When the time of day is shown (8:29am and 10:09am) the numbers  intentionally add up to 19.'),
('43912',' The entire short was written, filmed, and edited in under 48 hours.'),
('43913',' The bartender in the film is the real bartender who works at the bar  where the scene was shot. She was also responsible for securing the  bar location for the film.'),
('43914',' Contained the first ever video game Easter Egg: if you drop the  correct items in specific spots, the game gives you access to a  secret room that shows the name of the programmer. In the late 70s  and early 80s, Atari frowned on the programmers giving themselves  individual credit for their games, so Warren Robinett (qv) snuck  this feature in Adventure in order to give himself the credit he  felt he deserved.'),
('43915',' George Fitzmaurice (qv)s last movie to work on.'),
('43916',' This short making'),
('43917','of is on the Special Edition DVD for  _Blue Lagoon, The (1980)_ (qv), released in 1999.'),
('43918',' According to the Variety review, the film included library stock and  duplicate footage.'),
('43919',' All copies of the film were thought to be lost until an American  film fan found a copy in a rubbish skip outside a Chicago television  studio. He sold it to a UK enthusiast who showed it for the first  time in fifty years on 8 March 2002 in the village hall at  Goudhurst, Kent where it was originally filmed.'),
('43920',' This film was originally finished in 1976 but was not ready for  release until ten years later.'),
('43921',' CAMEO(Mel Brooks (I) (qv)): voice of departing assassin after  choosing the "lady" door over the "tiger" door only to discover  theyre both tiger doors.'),
('43922',' Sigerson Holmes and Orville Sacker were the names used in  Arthur Conan Doyle (qv)s first draft of a Holmes story. Also see  Holmes parting comment to Watson in  _Seven'),
('43923','Per'),
('43924','Cent Solution, The (1976)_ (qv) (quotes).'),
('43925',' Filmed in 1982, not released until 1987.'),
('43926',' Worldview Entertainment and the Killiam Collection has released a  set of nine early movies about Christmas collectively called "A  Christmas Past," with an original score by Al Kryszak. This movie is  the fifth one, and has a running time of 14 minutes.'),
('43927',' Twelfth, and final episode in the Octavius '),
('43928',' Amateur Detective  series.'),
('43929',' The chauffeur was played by Toraichi Kono (qv), who was  Charles Chaplin (qv)s own butler, chauffeur, secretary, and  bodyguard from 1916 to 1934.'),
('43930',' The South American country of Corteguay does not exist. However,  much of the film was shot in Colombia and many of the events  pictured in the film parallel events that happened in Colombias  history.'),
('43931',' George Hamilton (I) (qv) and Alain Delon (qv) turned down the  role of Dax Xenos. Mia Farrow (qv) was the original choice for Sue  Ann Daley and Ali MacGraw (qv) also declined the role after  disliking the script.'),
('43932',' Kate OMara (qv) tested for a role in the movie.'),
('43933',' Chapter Titles: 1. Edgar and Teachers Pet 2. Edgar and Hamlet 3.  Edgars Jonah Day 4. Edgar Takes the Cake 5. David and Goliath 6.  Edgars Sunday Courtship 7. Edgar Camps Out 8. Edgars Little Saw 9.  Get'),
('43934','Rich'),
('43935','Quick Edgar 10. Edgar the Explorer 11. Edgars Country  Cousin 12. Edgars Feast Day 13. Edgar the Detective'),
('43936',' Sara wears a backpack with a picture of Gizmo on it. This is a  reference to _Gremlins (1984)_ (qv) which was written by  Chris Columbus (qv).'),
('43937',' Served as the basis for a 1989 CBS unsold pilot starring  Jennifer Guthrie (qv), Brian Austin Green (qv) and  Joey/Joseph Lawrence (II) (qv).'),
('43938',' One of the movies producers is Debra Hill (I) (qv), who teamed up  with John Carpenter (I) (qv) to make _Halloween (1978)_ (qv), a  horror movie about murdered babysitters. Listen carefully when Sara  and Kris watch television. The music you can hear is John  Carpenters chilling _Halloween (1978)_ (qv) theme, an in'),
('43939','joke.'),
('43940',' Right before shooting a scene in which the group runs through a  dirty, trash'),
('43941','filled alley, the Toronto Sanitation department came by  and cleaned it up, so the crew had to dig through local dumpsters  for more trash.'),
('43942',' Elisabeth Shue (qv)s brother, actor Andrew Shue (qv), has a  role as an extra at the frat party. He is at the bar laughing at  Daryl.'),
('43943',' Elisabeth Shue (qv) landed the lead role after Jodie Foster (qv)  and Justine Bateman (qv) both declined.'),
('43944',' An early draft of the script has the part of Dawson, the garage  owner, played by an extremely unfeminine woman and the scene  emphasizes the humor of Sara and Brads confusion over Dawsons  gender. This part ultimately went to Vincent DOnofrio (I) (qv)  and the scene as it appears in the film plays with Saras  fascination with the comic book hero Thor and has her confusing  Dawson with her comic book hero (to Sara hes cleverly disguised as  an everyday garage mechanic).'),
('43945',' In an early draft (third rewrite) of the script, there is no mention  of Saras fascination with Thor. What is included instead is a funny  scene at Soldier Field with The Chicago Bears Players (qv) stars  Jim McMahon (I) (qv), Walter Payton (qv),  William Perry (II) (qv) (William "The Refrigerator" Perry) and  Mike Singletary (qv). The boys invite the team members to come to  the Anderson House to watch _Mummys Curse, The (1944) and when they  finally leave, Daryl smuggles out several of the teams jockstraps  as souvenirs. The jockstraps later are used to make up the shortage  of cash needed to get the station wagon out of (Miss) Dawsons  garage. None of the Chicago Bears appear in and no references to the  team occur in the film.'),
('43946',' The two rival gangs on the El Train challenge each other to a fight  when the train crosses "Devereux" street, an in'),
('43947','joke towards  director Chris Columbus (qv) wife Monica Devereux (qv) and  father in law Clarke Devereux (qv) who both appear in the movie.'),
('43948',' In both this film and in Back to the Future Part II (1989),  Elisabeth Shue plays a character who faints and says the line, "I  had the worst nightmare!" upon waking up again.'),
('43949',' When the kids are at the chop shop, Bleak refers to them as the  Brady Bunch. In the following scene, when Brenda is still at the bus  station, on one of the portable TVs, the theme music from  _"Brady Bunch, The" (1969)_ (qv) can be heard.'),
('43950',' Best Director, Trenton Film Festival (2006)'),
('43951',' Best Documentary (Amateur), Real to Reel Film and Video Festival  (2006)'),
('43952',' Was initially supposed to shoot in 2001, but Paul Dooley (qv) was  shooting _Insomnia (2002)_ (qv) so the start date had to be pushed  back.'),
('43953',' In the dinner scene, no two Hemples have the same meal on their  plate. Due to a sudden shift in the shooting schedule, the planned  meal was not available when the scene was to be shot. Thinking  quickly, the production team made use of the leftovers from lunch.  The catch? There wasnt enough to go around. So, while one Hemple  has garlic bread for dinner, another has green beans, a third has  spaghetti, and so on.'),
('43954',' In a cut scene, Gus surprises the kids of the house by treating them  to a limo on prom night. They rush outside and clamber into the  waiting car '),
('43955',' which takes them 10 feet further down the driveway.  The kids pile out of the limo and race into the Hemple garage '),
('43956',' for  their prom.'),
('43957',' Vitaphone production reel #1460A'),
('43958',' This Documentary was made before Bob Papenbrook passed away.'),
('43959',' First use of motion blur in computer animation.'),
('43960',' The modeling program used at the time could only produce simple  geometric designs (cones, cubes, spheres). John Lasseter (qv)  wanted a flexible pear shape for the characters bodies, as is found  in most cartoon characters. Eventually a teardrop shape was achieved  by stretching the point of a sphere to infinity.'),
('43961',' John Lasseter (qv) made this film for his children; ironically, it  frightened them instead.'),
('43962',' Chapter Titles: 1. Andy Gets a Job 2. Andy Plays Hero 3. Andy Goes  on the Stage 4. Andy, the Actor 5. Andy and the Hypnotist 6. Andy  Plays Cupid 7. Andy Goes a'),
('43963','Pirating 8. Andy Has a Toothache 9. Andy  Learns to Swim 10. Getting Andys Goat 11. Andy and the Redskins 12.  Andy Falls in Love'),
('43964',' Forms an informal trilogy with director Gilliam, Terry (qv)s  previous films, _Time Bandits (1981)_ (qv) and _Brazil (1985)_ (qv).  The three movies represent the three stages of Man (youth, middle  age, and elderly) and the impact of imagination on each.'),
('43965',' The role of the King of the Moon was intended for  Sean Connery (qv) until the role was largely cut. Sean Connery  didnt think it was "kingly" enough, thus the role was played by  Robin Williams (I) (qv).'),
('43966',' Robin Williams (I) (qv) played the King of the Moon. The credits  list "Ray D. Tutto". This is the English transliteration of the  Italian phrase "Re di Tutto", which means "King of Everything",  which was how the King of the Moon introduces himself to the Baron.  Robin Williams performed the part as soon as he arrived in England  after a transatlantic flight.'),
('43967',' Director Gilliam, Terry (qv) originally filmed a cameo for  himself. He appeared in an additional scene set inside the fish,  where he sat against the wall of the ship, coughing, and died almost  immediately.'),
('43968',' In the scene in the King of the Moons bedroom, above the headboard  is a small bust. In a close'),
('43969','up shot, the eyes of the bust are seen  to contain lights that blink on and off, accompanied by the sound of  a camera whirring and clicking. This is line producer  David Tomblin (qv)s homage to _"Prisoner, The" (1967)_ (qv),  which he helped produce and direct in the late 1960s.'),
('43970',' Christopher Lambert (I) (qv) filmed scenes that were cut from the  final print.'),
('43971',' This film became notorious for its many production problems and cost  overruns. Making matters worse was the change in regimes at Columbia  Pictures. The new regime, not wanting any production from the old  regime to "shine", simply buried the film during its U.S. release.  There were many markets, especially the smaller ones, in the U.S.  where this movie was not booked at all.'),
('43972',' The name of the Barons horse is "Bucephalus". This was the name of  Alexander the Greats horse.'),
('43973',' One of the gunners is played by Michael Polley (qv), the father of  Sarah Polley (qv) who plays Sally.'),
('43974',' Munchausen throws out roses to all the women except one; when Sally  asks for a flower, he throws her a scarlet pimpernel.'),
('43975',' DIRTRADE(Terry Gilliam (qv)):[burst] the Baron and his horse.'),
('43976',' Part of the reason why the production ran into lot of problems was  due to the climate in Rome. Most scenes in Rome could only be shot  at night. When the new regime at Columbia took over, producer  Arnon Milchan (qv), whom Gilliam worked with on  _Brazil (1985)_ (qv), was fired. To this day, Gilliam blames the  late Dawn Steel (I) (qv), former Columbia Pictures president for  burying the film.'),
('43977',' DIRCAMEO(Bruce Beresford (qv)): When Bazza first goes to the pub,  hes the one who gets him to try a local drop.'),
('43978',' When Bazza is talking to Groove Courtneay about the commercial, in  the background on the wall you can see a photo of  Barry Humphries (qv).'),
('43979',' This was the first Australian film to earn $1 million, and kept the  Australian film Industry alive.'),
('43980',' In his book "North Face Of Soho", Clive James (qv) says he was an  extra in the movie and because his part involved lying down, and was  classified as stuntwork, he obtained a higher rate of pay.'),
('43981',' The final film of Judith Furse (qv).'),
('43982',' DIRTRADE(Rick Moranis (qv) &  Dave Thomas (I) (qv)):[Rush (I) (qv)]: Bumper sticker on the  van, and reference to Rush song "Lakeside Park" in driving  directions just after the vans brake lines are cut.'),
('43983',' At one point, Bob says, "He saw Jedi 17 times, eh!" What isnt  obvious two decades later, is that  _Star Wars: Episode VI '),
('43984',' Return of the Jedi (1983)_ (qv) opened in  May 1983, while production of "Strange Brew" had wrapped five months  earlier, in December 1982. Not only hadnt the McKenzie brothers  seen "Jedi" '),
('43985',' but they couldnt refer to it by its full title, since  the "Revenge"/"Return" issue was still up in the air while they were  filming.'),
('43986',' The name of the brewery in this film is Elsinore Brewery.  Max von Sydow (I) (qv), who played the Brewmeister in this movie,  was also in the film _Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)_ (qv). In that  film he and his squire were heading towards the village of Elsinore,  but decided not to because the plague was there.'),
('43987',' The basic plot as well as many of the name of the brewing company  are references to William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s "Hamlet". The  castle in "Hamlet" was Elsinore. The heir to Elsinores father was  murdered by her uncle, who then comes to her as a ghost.'),
('43988',' Rick Moranis (qv) feature film debut.'),
('43989',' When it came time to film the end titles sequence, where Buckaroo  and pals are walking around a dry L.A. aqueduct in step to the  music, the music wasnt ready. Composer Michael Boddicker (qv)  told the film crew to use "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel (qv) as a  placeholder because it was the exact same tempo. Those scenes were  filmed with "Uptown Girl" blaring from a boom box tied to the back  of the camera truck.'),
('43990',' Overall concept and several names appear to be taken from the Doc  Savage pulp magazines of the 30s and 40s: both main characters are  multi'),
('43991','talented surgeons, adventurers, and musicians; and both have  an inner circle of sidekicks with nicknames (Renny, Ham, Monk, Long  Tom, and Johnny, compared to Reno, New Jersey, Perfect Tommy, and  Rawhide).'),
('43992',' Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) played Buckaroos mother in a flashback, but  this scene was cut. The scene is available on the recent DVD release  as an optional prequel to the theatrical version, and as a special  feature. Jamie Lee Curtis is visible in a photo on the dashboard of  the jet car in the wide'),
('43993','screen version.'),
('43994',' The latitude and longitude recited by the technicians during the  "alignment" of the Oscillation Overthruster are the coordinates of  Cape Canaveral, Florida.'),
('43995',' The "oscillation overthruster" device reappeared as a "spectral  analyzer" in the _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv)  episode "Pen Pals."'),
('43996',' The US DVD release includes a caption portion entitled "Pinky  Caruthers Unknown Facts", which actually adds to the storyline and  character development of the film.'),
('43997',' The "jet car" shown in the film (reportedly a 1982 Ford F'),
('43998','350  pick'),
('43999','up truck) included an actual Cold War'),
('44000','era General Electric  turbo jet engine that was borrowed from Northrop University in  Inglewood, California.'),
('44001',' The end of the movie invites the viewer to watch for the upcoming  film "Buckaroo Banzai vs. The World Crime League". This was the real  title for a sequel that Sherwood Studios planned to make if this  film had been successful. Unfortunately, it was a box'),
('44002','office bomb,  and Sherwood Studios went bankrupt. After its release on video and  cable, however, BB became a cult favorite, much in the same way as  _Mad Max (1979)_ (qv) (which crawled from obscurity to spawn two  sequels). Legal wranglings due to the bankruptcy prevented any other  studios from picking up the sequel rights, and even years later MGM  had to fight through a pile of red tape simply to get the OK to  release it on DVD.'),
('44003',' Some of the dialogue used in the Jet Car sequence is taken directly  from Mission Control chatter heard during a shuttle launch  countdown.'),
('44004',' In the original script, Buckaroo was supposed to have an arch enemy  named Hanoi Xan, who was never seen but referenced to by Buckaroo  and the other characters. All scenes containing dialogue regarding  Xan were deleted from the films theatrical release but are now  available on DVD. Xan was supposed to be the mysterious head of a  crime syndicate called the World Crime League and also the man who  murdered Buckaroos parents and wife Peggy.'),
('44005',' During the jetcar test, the computer screen that has the graphics  shows three different words: SINED, SEELED, and DELIVERED.'),
('44006',' Lord John Whorfins line, "Character is what you are in the dark,"  is a quote from the 19th Century evangelist Dwight L. Moody.'),
('44007',' Many names and terms were taken from Thomas Pynchon (qv)s book  "The Crying of Lot 49", most notably the company name Yoyodyne. To  this day, there is a yoyodyne.com, which serves as a fan site for  the film. "Yoyodyne" itself was Pynchons thinly veiled reference to  Rocketdyne, a major defense industry contractor and manufacturer of  rocket engines, founded just after WW II to reverse'),
('44008','engineer German  V'),
('44009','2 rockets '),
('44010',' thereby also making this a further veiled reference  to Pynchons novel ‘Gravitys Rainbow’.'),
('44011',' When John Whorfin calls collect for John Bigboote, he tells the  operator he is calling "Grovers Mill." Grovers Mill was a real'),
('44012','life  community in New Jersey which was used in Orson Welles (qv)  famous radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" and is now a part of  West Windsor Township in Mercer county.'),
('44013',' The kanji lettering on Buckaroo Banzais headband as he drives the  jet car reads "seikatsu bei" ("the joy of living").'),
('44014',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('44015',' The film utilizes footage from the Cody'),
('44016','Essanay co'),
('44017','production The  Indian Wars (1914); the film was reedited and released to cash'),
('44018','in on  Codys 10 January 1917 death.'),
('44019',' Richard Haydn (I) (qv) replaced Tony Hancock (qv) due to  Hancocks erratic on'),
('44020','set behavior'),
('44021',' Originally meant to be a sequel to _Phantom, The (1943)_ (qv)  serial, but the rights were unattainable, so the story was switched  to a similar "original" character instead.'),
('44022',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('44023',' 1. Mystery Man of the Jungle!  '),
('44024',' 2. Captain Africa to the Rescue!  '),
('44025',' 3. Midnight Attack!  '),
('44026',' 4. Into the Crocodile Pit!  '),
('44027',' 5. Jungle War Drums!  '),
('44028',' 6. Slave Traders!  '),
('44029',' 7. Saved by Captain Africa!  '),
('44030',' 8. The Bridge in the Sky!  '),
('44031',' 9. Blasted by Captain Africa!  '),
('44032',' 10. The Vanishing Princess!  '),
('44033',' 11. The Tunnel of Terror!  '),
('44034',' 12. Fangs of the Beast!  '),
('44035',' 13. Renegades at Bay!  '),
('44036',' 14. Captain Africa and the Wolf Dog!  '),
('44037',' 15. Captain Africas Final Move!'),
('44038',' Robert Florey (qv) directed part of this film, uncredited.'),
('44039',' Superman was originally considered for this project, however, when  National Periodical Publications (now known as DC Comics) turned  Republic down, the producers made the offer to Fawcett Comics for  their top character and was accepted.'),
('44040',' This was the first depiction of a classic super hero on film.'),
('44041',' The effect of Captain Marvel flying was achieved by filming an  over'),
('44042','sized dummy that was slid along a fine wire'),
('44043',' Captain Marvels costume, which is red in comic books, was actually  blue/gray in order to photograph better in black and white'),
('44044',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('44045',' 1. Curse of the Scorpion  '),
('44046',' 2. The Guillotine  '),
('44047',' 3. Time Bomb  '),
('44048',' 4. Death Takes the Wheel  '),
('44049',' 5. The Scorpion Strikes  '),
('44050',' 6. Lens of Death  '),
('44051',' 7. Human Targets  '),
('44052',' 8. Boomerang  '),
('44053',' 9. Dead Mans Trap  '),
('44054',' 10.Doom Ship  '),
('44055',' 11.Valley of Death  '),
('44056',' 12.Captain Marvels Secret'),
('44057',' The Golden Scorpion weapon featured in this serial would be  reintroduced in Captain Marvels 1990 series, "The Power of Shazam!"'),
('44058',' In his appearance as the priest, Stan Lee (I) (qv) ends  Cinderellas wedding with his famous catchphrase "Excelsior".'),
('44059',' Adriana Sage (qv) (as Rosa) was only fourteen when she appeared in  this film.'),
('44060',' Vicky Powell (qv) was cast in this movie but refused to do a scene  so was omitted from the movie. However she was listed in the trailer  as being part of the cast.'),
('44061',' The film represents D.W. Griffith (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('44062',' Rains, Claude (qv) was originally cast as the Duke de Lorca.'),
('44063',' At the end of the film, the young woman in the coach asking Don Juan  for directions is Errol Flynn (I) (qv)s wife,  Nora Eddington (qv).'),
('44064',' The last of 13 films that Alan Hale (I) (qv) appeared in with  close friend Errol Flynn (I) (qv). Alan Hale died on 22 January  1950, just over a year following its release.'),
('44065',' The scene when Don Juan (Errol Flynn (I) (qv)) is seen escaping on  horseback over the castle drawbridge and into the forest through a  triangular beam of light shining through the trees is footage taken  from the _Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)_ (qv).'),
('44066',' Erich Wolfgang Korngold was assigned to score this film when  shooting began in 1945 and even sketched some themes. When  production was postponed until 1947 (due to Flynns illness and  other problems) Max Steiner replaced him because, by then, Korngold  had announced his retirement from motion pictures. In October 1947  he suffered a heart attack and, in spite of pleas from Leo  Forbstein, Music Chief at Warners, Korngold refused to return to the  studio.'),
('44067',' Warners considered filming "Don Juan" with Flynn twice previously '),
('44068','  in 1939 and 1945. The 1945 proposed production was scuttled by a  labor dispute. It was to be directed by Raoul Walsh, scored by Erich  Wolfganf Korngold and to co'),
('44069','star Victor Francen and Rosemary DeCamp  as the King and Queen, and George Colouris as the Duke. Only Jerry  Austin and Alan Hale survived from the 1945 production although S.  Z. Sakall was also considered for the Leporello role.'),
('44070',' Flynn did not wear a wig and let his naturally curly hair grow for  the role. The producers were worried about it becoming unruly during  the climactic fight scenes, so it was decided that he wear a  bandanna.'),
('44071',' The father of film editor Alan Crosland, Jr., was the director of  John Barrymores 1926 "Don Juan."'),
('44072',' A 1945 trade publication announced that Claudette Colbert was being  considered for a role as a French aristocrat, a role that did not  appear in the 1948 version.'),
('44073',' In "The Films of Errol Flynn," it was alleged that Flynns drinking  necessitated a good deal of "shooting around" him, but on the DVD  commentary Director Vincent Sherman says that this only happened  once.'),
('44074',' Although Raoul Walsh was originally slated to helm this project in  1945, Flynn had had a falling'),
('44075','out with him, and by 1947 Michael  Curtiz, who had directed some of Flynns greatest early films until  Flynn refused to work with him too, was assigned to the project. As  production neared, Jean Negelusco replaced him, but Negulesco bowed  out in favor of the films ultimate director, Vincent Sherman.'),
('44076',' Frederick Faust (Max Brand) and William Faulkner both worked on  early versions of the script.'),
('44077',' With the failure of Flynns non'),
('44078','action films, "Escape Me Never" and  "Never Say Goodbye," Jerry Wald argued that the star should return  to a large'),
('44079','scale swashbuckler especially after "Captain Blood," "The  Sea Hawk," and "Robin Hood" enjoyed recent successful theatrical  revivals. Unfortunately "Don Juan" did not meet with the anticipated  popularity and the budgets of subsequent Flynn films were reduced  considerably.'),
('44080',' February 2000: Soundtrack album won Best Musical Album for Children  at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.'),
('44081',' The list of bands from Grendels bogus "Freds Condom Factory"  company is:  '),
('44082',' Ellen Aim and the Attackers  '),
('44083',' Brain of the Scarecrow  '),
('44084',' Alba Varden  '),
('44085',' Heather, Corey, Heather Cory and Young  '),
('44086',' Todd Times Two  '),
('44087',' Black Plague  '),
('44088',' 5000 Schizophrenics  '),
('44089',' Hot Tub Johnny and his Feline Friends  '),
('44090',' Hamma Waters Sings the Blues  '),
('44091',' Nine Sisters  '),
('44092',' Horses on Fire  '),
('44093',' The Silver Belles  '),
('44094',' Fred and Ethyl  '),
('44095',' The Professor and Mary'),
('44096','Ann  '),
('44097',' The Nakatomi Boys Choir  '),
('44098',' The Doctor Bellows Funk Machine  '),
('44099',' The Redheaded Gardner and his Flower  Also listed are the songs for the three "Black Plague" albums:  '),
('44100',' Tatoo (10/3/88)  '),
('44101',' Your Wow...  '),
('44102',' The Bio Nude  '),
('44103',' My Nazi Wench  '),
('44104',' Suck the Bunny  '),
('44105',' Hon, I Screwed the Kids  '),
('44106',' Bruce Poked Maud  '),
('44107',' Requiem of Paco the Shoe'),
('44108','Shine Boy by Wolfgang Binky  '),
('44109',' Devils Ghost (2/3/88)  '),
('44110',' Auldbrass Antics  '),
('44111',' Objectionable Bimbo  '),
('44112',' Desecrated Diane  '),
('44113',' Polanski Nursery  '),
('44114',' Redheads on Fire  '),
('44115',' Cum to Me, Baby  '),
('44116',' Requiem of Paco the Shoe'),
('44117','Shine Boy by Wolfgang Binky  '),
('44118',' Requiem (1/1/88)  '),
('44119',' I Love You  '),
('44120',' Suck the Bunny  '),
('44121',' Teenage Suicide  '),
('44122',' Hot Juice  '),
('44123',' Sexual Pudding  '),
('44124',' Violation'),
('44125',' At least three of the band names listed above feature references to  earlier movies produced by Joel Silver (I) (qv): "Ellen Aim and  the Attackers" is the band fronted by Diane Lane (I) (qv) in  _Streets of Fire (1984)_ (qv), "Nakatomi Boys Choir" is a reference  to _Die Hard (1988)_ (qv), as the main location of that story was  Nakatomi Plaza, and "Alba Varden" is the name of the South Africans  vessel in _Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)_ (qv).'),
('44126',' After many letters of protest from classic'),
('44127','car enthusiasts, the  films production company said that an actual 57 Ford Fairlane was  not blown up in the explosion; it was a fiberglass replica body  placed on a newer Ford chassis.'),
('44128',' Maddie Corman (qv)s character is named "Zuzu Petals", a reference  to _Its a Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv). In that movie, George  Baileys daughter, Zuzu, had brought home a flower she had got at  school. She shows it to her father and complains that some of the  petals are falling off. He puts these in his pocket. Later, when he  "has never been born", he reaches into his pocket and Clarence the  Angel, says, "Theyre not there." "What?" asks George. "Zuzus  petals."'),
('44129',' DIRTRADE(Renny Harlin (qv)): [Finland]: Finlandia Vodka'),
('44130',' While reviewing dailies, Fox was so impressed they offered director  Renny Harlin (qv) _Die Hard 2 (1990)_ (qv) immediately. He began  shooting that film while this one was in post'),
('44131','production.'),
('44132',' Renny Harlin (qv) used his own Ferrari in the beginning of the  film as the car in which the blonde twins are picked up.'),
('44133',' Fairlane comments about being banned by MTV. Andrew Dice Clay (qv)  really was banned for life from MTV in 1988 (the "lifetime" ban was  lifted several years later).'),
('44134',' The original adventures of Frank Merriwell took place in the 1890s,  but for the serial, the writers set the story in the then present  day.'),
('44135',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('44136',' 1. College Hero  '),
('44137',' 2. The Death Plunge  '),
('44138',' 3. Death at the Crossroads  '),
('44139',' 4. Wreck of the "Viking"  '),
('44140',' 5. Capsized in the Cataract  '),
('44141',' 6. Descending Doom  '),
('44142',' 7. Monster of the Deep  '),
('44143',' 8. The Tragic Victory  '),
('44144',' 9. Between Strange Foes  '),
('44145',' 10. Imprisoned in the Dungeon  '),
('44146',' 11. The Crash in the Chasm  '),
('44147',' 12. The Winning Play'),
('44148',' Chapter Titles: 1. Agent of Treachery 2. The Hidden Witness 3. The  Lost Tunnel 4. Blades of Death 5. Roaring Wheels 6. Passage to  Danger 7. The Secret Code 8. Doomed Cargo 9. The Eyes of the Law  10.The Stolen Body 11.The Death Trap 12.Talk of Die! 13.Unmasked'),
('44149',' Filmed secretly over a period of 5 years at BAFTA headquarters in  Piccadilly, London. Every area from the ground floor to the roof was  used to create almost all the locations required for the film,  including: Projection Room, Arabian Palace, Job Centre, Cinecittà  Film Studio, Parisian Bar, Cinema, New York and London Production  Offices, Elevator, Toilets, Cleaners Cupboard and special sets for  the dream sequences. George Warner also kept all of his costumes  (including pajamas) at work in his locker for several years, as most  filming was unscheduled and had to be fitted in around official  bookings within the building.'),
('44150',' In the opening scenes Andrei Basilashvili arrives by parachute after  falling from the undercarriage bay of an Aeroflot flight from  Moscow. To simulate his landing, the camera was wrapped in copious  amounts of bubble'),
('44151','wrap and launched into a tree on Wimbledon Common.  It fell through the branches as planned but landed in some dog poo,  although this is not actually visible in the final shot.'),
('44152',' Georges guide book to Paris is in fact a book about helicopters,  albeit with a specially printed front cover.'),
('44153',' The gun used by Bitch with Pink Uzi is an inaccurate replica  welded together with pieces of scrap metal by the director  Tim Higham (qv).'),
('44154',' DIRCAMEO(Tim Higham (qv)): film delivery man'),
('44155',' 21 members or ex'),
('44156','members of BAFTA staff appear in the film, either  as actors or extras.'),
('44157',' Approximately 90% of all dialog was dubbed afterwards due to the  noisy 16mm camera used. All Foley and FX (except gunshots and  footsteps) were recorded by the director and edited using a  Steenbeck.'),
('44158',' The recipe used for Georges camera accident scene was cocoa  powder, butter and marmite.'),
('44159',' The 35mm projectors featured in Georges cinema are Victoria 8r '),
('44160','  the same make as the one featured in Nuovo cinema Paradiso (qv)  although this model was a Victoria IV (manufactured by Cinemeccanica  S.p.a, Milano, Italy).'),
('44161',' The film premiered in the same 200 seat theatre that it was shot in  '),
('44162',' the Princess Anne Theatre at BAFTA in London.'),
('44163',' Tom Sawyer has just one shot in this version of the film where he  yells "Go for the glory!", even though he is a major character in  Mark Twain (qv)s book.'),
('44164',' DIRCAMEO(Stephen Sommers (qv)): the man silhouetted against the  fog banging a pot.'),
('44165',' The water at the waterfall had to be pumped in as the water source  isnt as free'),
('44166','flowing as it was in the past, and can be visited by  tourists today at Owens Creek on the Natchez Trace Parkway in  Mississippi.'),
('44167',' MGM bought the rights to Mark Twain (qv)s novel specifically for  Mickey Rooney (I) (qv).'),
('44168',' When the con'),
('44169','men Walter Connolly (qv) and William Frawley (qv)  advertise "Romeo & Juliet" as the play they were to present, they  say it stars "David Garrick (I) (qv)" and "Mrs.  Sarah Kemble Siddons (qv)", two of the most famous British actors  of the 18th century. David Garrick and Sarah Kemble Siddons were  both long dead by the year in which "The Adventures of Huckleberry  Finn" is supposed to take place.'),
('44170',' The four songs included in the film were originally intended for an  M'),
('44171','G'),
('44172','M Technicolor musical version of "Huckleberry Finn" which was  supposed to have been filmed in 1952, but was never made. It was  supposed to have starred Dean Stockwell (qv) as Huck,  William Warfield (qv) (fresh from his triumph as Joe in  _Show Boat (1951)_ (qv)) as Jim, and Gene Kelly (I) (qv) and  Danny Kaye (qv) as the two con men.'),
('44173',' Filmed in 1979 but not broadcast until 1981.'),
('44174',' One of Disneys four "Package Films". During the second World War,  the studio lost a lot of manpower and resources which left them with  countless unfinished ideas too long for shorts, too short for  features. So, inventive as they are, they stuck short ideas together  into feature length movies. See also _Make Mine Music (1946)_ (qv),  _Melody Time (1948)_ (qv), and _Fun and Fancy Free (1947)_ (qv).'),
('44175',' The two segments featured herein were subsequently released as  independent featurettes on video.'),
('44176',' Apparently, the only reason these two stories are linked together is  the fact that their main characters are "prone to disaster".'),
('44177',' In "The Wind in the Willows", Angus MacBadger tells Ratty and Mole  that something has to be done about Toad as hes spending too much  money. This was a sly dig at Roy O. Disney (qv) who was always  complaining to the animators about his brother Walt Disney (qv)  for spending too much money.'),
('44178',' During the Ichabod tale, the title character is frightened by some  reeds whistling in the wind. The same drawings were first used in  the Disney short _Old Mill, The (1937)_ (qv).'),
('44179',' To save money on animation, Katrina was modeled closely after Grace  Martin from "Make Mine Music".'),
('44180',' Disney composer Oliver Wallace voices Mr. Winky.'),
('44181',' Rat describes Toads latest obsession as "Motor Mania". This is the  title of a classic Goofy short which would be released the following  year (_Motor Mania (1950)_ (qv)).'),
('44182',' The original working title of this movie was "Two Fabulous  Characters."'),
('44183',' This is considered to be the first true "cliffhanger" serial. Many  early serials were more like what would today be called a series '),
('44184','  each episodes story was self'),
('44185','contained. However, each episode of  this serial had a suspenseful ending (i.e., a "cliffhanger"), and  viewers had to return to the theatre to watch the next chapter and  see how the characters escaped the danger in which they were left.'),
('44186',' The chapter titles were: '),
('44187',' 1. The Unwelcome Throne '),
('44188',' 2. The Two  Ordeals '),
('44189',' 3. The Temple of the Lion '),
('44190',' 4. The Royal Slave '),
('44191',' 5. A  Colonel in Chains '),
('44192',' 6. Three Bags of Silver '),
('44193',' 7. The Garden of  Brides '),
('44194',' 8. The Cruel Crown '),
('44195',' 9. The Spellbound Multitude '),
('44196',' 10. The  Warrior Maid '),
('44197',' 11. The Forged Parchment '),
('44198',' 12. The Kings Will '),
('44199',' 13.  The Court of Death'),
('44200',' The first episode was released in three reels. Subsequent episodes  were two reels each.'),
('44201',' John Cromwell (qv) began directing on June 15th, 1937 but soon  left the project after just five days of shooting, due to  "differences of opinion on story treatment," according to a press  release. The films producer Samuel Goldwyn (qv) then attempted to  rope in William Wyler (qv) for the job.'),
('44202',' This marked the screen debut of Goldwyns protégé  Sigrid Gurie (qv), whom he publicly labeled, "the Norwegian  Garbo."'),
('44203',' Lana Turner (qv) later recalled in a Gary Cooper (I) (qv)  biography that her "fancy black oriental wig" had been glued around  her face with spirit gum, while she felt extremely uncomfortable in  her costumes, and worse yet, had her eyebrows shaved off, at the  insistence of Goldwyn himself, and replaced them with false slanting  black ones.'),
('44204',' The film was received poorly at the box'),
('44205','office, becoming the biggest  flop to date for both Cooper and for Goldwyn; it was estimated that  the picture lost close to $700,000.'),
('44206',' Mrs. Ng (qv) as "Chen Tsus Mother" is in studio records/casting  call lists, but the character did not appear in the movie. Because  of period and location makeup, some of the other actors are  difficult to recognize.'),
('44207',' The scene where Clemens receives an honorary degree from Oxford  University in 1907 was the recreation of an event that  Smith, C. Aubrey (qv) actually witnessed.'),
('44208',' The brief Civil War fight scene at the bridge and the image of  President Grant are from  _They Died with Their Boots On (1942)_ (qv).'),
('44209',' The segments based on "The Diary of Adam and Eve" had been released  earlier as a separate short to procure investors for the final  feature film.'),
('44210',' When they are ejecting ballast from the airship to catch the comet,  one of the items thrown overboard is a Paige typesetter, of which  Mark Twain comments, "Worst damn investment I ever made." In  reality, Mark Twain (qv) did invest '),
('44211',' and lost '),
('44212',' a lot of money on  an automatic typesetter.'),
('44213',' The first full length feature in the magic of claymation.'),
('44214',' Chapter Titles: 1. Amazing Mazie 2. The Constant Simp 3. Or What  Have You 4. Mazies Wont Tell 5. Sos Your Old Man 6. Pikes Pique  7. The Vanishing Armenian 8. Tea for Toomey 9. High But Not Handsome  10. Little Andy Looney 11. A Snitch in Time 12. Mazies Married'),
('44215',' The movie is based around the real TV kids game'),
('44216','show, Virtual  Memory, hosted by Jamie Alexander.'),
('44217',' Filmed in 1979 but not broadcast until 1981.'),
('44218',' Ociee Nash was an actual person, the grandmother of author  Milam McGraw Propst (qv), who penned the novel "A Flower Blooms on  Charlotte Street" from which the screenplay was drawn. The real  Ociee Nash was born in 1889 and was 9 years old in 1898 '),
('44219',' the year  in which the film is set, and the age of the on'),
('44220','screen title  character.'),
('44221',' Based on a popular BBC radio series. Eric Phillips (I) (qv) is the  only actor to re'),
('44222','create his radio role, however  Brian Reece (I) (qv) and Joy Shelton (qv) took over their roles  for the sequel.'),
('44223',' The titles of the episodes for this film serial were as follows: [1]  "The Leopards Mark," released 1 May 1916 (three reels); [2] "A  Strange Inheritance"; [3] "In the Lions Den"; [4] "The Circus  Mongrels"; [5] "The House of Mystery"; [6] "The Cry for Help; or,  Cry of the Ring"; [7] "The Wreck"; [8] "Outwitted"; [9] "The Leap";  [10] "In the Hands of the Enemy"; [11] "The Stampede"; [12] "On the  High Seas"; [13] "The Clown Act"; [14] "The Will"; [15]  "Retribution." Each episode was two reels, with the exception of the  first episode, which was three reels.'),
('44224',' This film is believed to be lost.'),
('44225',' This parody of Charles Weston (qv)s  _Battle of Waterloo, The (1913)_ (qv) was produced and released  within a month of the original film.'),
('44226',' The villain, Lorenzini, played by Udo Kier (qv), gets his name  from the novels author, Carlo Collodi (qv), whose real surname  was Lorenzini.'),
('44227',' This movie was shelved for almost two years before it was released.'),
('44228',' In absolute terms, this movie made the largest financial loss of any  movie to date, with a budget of $100 million and a total US gross of  $4.41 million (total loss, $95.59 million).'),
('44229',' The original script was written in 1985. A dozen other writers wrote  treatments of it, but Neil Cuthbert (qv) was the only one  credited.'),
('44230',' In the video store is a poster for _Frauds (1993)_ (qv), also  directed by Elliott, Stephan (qv) and also starring  Weaving, Hugo (qv).'),
('44231',' The line in the closing credits "Shown in Dragarama at select  theatres" is a reference to some theatres using a mirror'),
('44232','ball and  colored lighting during the "Finally" dance number.'),
('44233',' The famous thong dress, which helped win the movie an Academy Award,  cost only $7.'),
('44234',' Hugo Weaving (qv)s character was based on Sydney drag'),
('44235','queen Cindy  Pastel, who like the character has a son and female companion.'),
('44236',' Tim Curry (I) (qv) turned down the role of Mitzy.'),
('44237',' The opening and closing scenes were both filmed on the same day.'),
('44238',' The drag'),
('44239','queen in the barbers chair during the closing credits, is  actually costume designer Tim Chappel (qv).'),
('44240',' Most of the crew can be seen in the movie at some point. Costumer  designer Lizzy Gardiner (qv) played the "Naughty" maid at the  hotel, and director Stephan Elliott (qv) was the doorman.'),
('44241',' Bill Hunter (I) (qv) was filming _Muriels Wedding (1994)_ (qv)  and Priscilla at the same time, each requiring him to have different  length hair, beard and to be in different parts of the country.'),
('44242',' Due to a heavy filming schedule, lots of filming was done while the  entire crew was on the road. But because the bus was such a small  set, there was no room for the crew. As such in many scenes, they  are actually in shot, hiding under clothes and other props.'),
('44243',' Red Ryder was originally a character called Bronc Peeler; the name  Red Ryder was a registered trademark, administered by a firm called  Red Ryder Inc. that protected the trademark and oversaw any use of  that character in other media than the original comic strip. The  company ceased operations in the 1960s.'),
('44244',' Originally planned with Cagney, James (qv) playing the title role,  but he quit Warner Brothers and production was postponed for three  years.'),
('44245',' The golden palomino that Olivia de Havilland (qv) rides in this  film is Trigger (I) (qv), shortly before he became the mount of  Roy Rogers (I) (qv).'),
('44246',' At the time Olivia de Havilland (qv) rode the palomino, its  registered name was "Golden Cloud" and was owned by Hudkins Stables,  an outfit that leased horses and Western equipment for films.  Roy Rogers (I) (qv) bought "Golden Cloud" for $2,500. Character  actor Smiley Burnette (qv), who was Roy Rogerss sidekick in his  early movies, suggested the name of Trigger (I) (qv) to Roy  Rogers, as the horse was "quick'),
('44247','on'),
('44248','the'),
('44249','trigger". Roy Rogers rode  Trigger in his first starring Western,  _Under Western Stars (1938)_ (qv).'),
('44250',' Curtiz, Michael (qv) took over from director  Keighley, William (qv) when the producers felt that the action  scenes lacked impact.'),
('44251',' SPOILER: Heavily padded stunt players and actors were paid $150 per  arrow for being shot by professional archer Howard Hill (I) (qv),  who also played the captain of the archers, whom Robin Hood defeats  in the tournament by splitting his own arrow. Splitting the arrow  was Hills feat, too, done in one take with no trick photography.'),
('44252',' Howard Hill (I) (qv), who is listed in the credits as "Captain of  Archers", also played "Owen the Welshman" in the archery contest.  Hill actually made the shot where we see one arrow split another and  he did all the shots which required hitting human targets. He also  worked closely with the sound department to produce the distinctive  arrow sounds by using specially made arrows.'),
('44253',' German audiences will wait in vain for the notorious lines "You  speak treason!" '),
('44254',' "Fluently." In the German version, it is dubbed as  "Ihr sprecht unbedacht!" '),
('44255',' "Weiß ich." ("You speak before you  think!" '),
('44256',' "I know.") Probably they chose this quip (clever in its  own right, but in a different vein than the original) because a more  faithful translation would have lost the play on words completely.'),
('44257',' Eugene Pallette (qv) was not the first choice for the role of  Friar Tuck. Guy Kibbee (qv) was originally slated for the part.'),
('44258',' The sound of Robins arrow is the favorite sound of Skywalker  Sounds Ben Burtt (qv). He has used that sound in almost all the  Star Wars films.'),
('44259',' The theatrical trailer contains footage of Robin and Marian kissing  on horseback. This footage is from the deleted final scene of the  film, immediately following the closing of the great doors, where  the film now ends.'),
('44260',' At the time of its release, this was Warners most expensive film,  costing over $2 million.'),
('44261',' The film plays very fancifully with real history. Even the opening  titles are full of inaccuracies.'),
('44262',' The role of Will Scarlett was originally intended for  David Niven (I) (qv), but he was vacationing in England at the  time, so the part went to Patric Knowles (qv).'),
('44263',' Originally set to open with an elaborate jousting sequence, just as  Douglas Fairbanks (qv) _Robin Hood (1922)_ (qv) did, but it was  decided that this would be too expensive and the plans were  scotched.'),
('44264',' One of the original writers on the project was Rowland Leigh (qv).'),
('44265',' Erich Wolfgang Korngold (qv) used much of a classical piece hed  written in 1919 for his score.'),
('44266',' The stunt players wore heavy padding underneath a steel breastplate  overlaid with some balsa wood to absorb the impact of arrows.'),
('44267',' The production used all 11 of the Technicolor cameras in existence  in 1938 and they were all returned to Technicolor at the end of each  days filming.'),
('44268',' At the time this film held the distinction of employing the largest  number of stuntmen on any one production.'),
('44269',' Olivia de Havilland (qv) has only one scene in which she is not  wearing a headpiece.'),
('44270',' Despite his flamboyant performance as Robin Hood,  Errol Flynn (I) (qv) privately professed that he found the role a  boring one.'),
('44271',' In an effort to assuage the Production Code Administration, aka the  Breen Office '),
('44272',' which was the official censorship authority at the  time and was coming down especially hard on Warner Bros. popular  gangster films '),
('44273',' the studio gave the go'),
('44274','ahead for this project,  figuring that a harmless historical tale wouldnt cause them to run  afoul of the censors.'),
('44275',' William Keighley (qv) had directed Errol Flynn (I) (qv) the year  before in _Prince and the Pauper, The (1937)_ (qv), which had turned  out well for Warner Brothers. The studio had high hopes for this  second teaming, but upon viewing the dailies coming in from the  location shoot in Chico, California, they found the action scenes to  be lacking in vigor and excitement. Michael Curtiz (qv), who had  effectively made Flynn a star with his agile handling of the actor  in _Captain Blood (1935)_ (qv) and cemented his reputation as a  swashbuckling hero in  _Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1936)_ (qv), was brought in to  complete the picture. Consequently when Keighley returned to  Hollywood from Chico, he found himself out of a job. Ironically,  Keighley and Flynn got along quite well, but Curtiz and Flynn  despised each other.'),
('44276',' Errol Flynn (I) (qv) was not happy when Michael Curtiz (qv) was  assigned to the film, as he didnt care for Michael Curtizs  dictatorial methods and the two clashed often while filming  _Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1936)_ (qv).'),
('44277',' William Keighley (qv) was initially assigned to the project  because he had made Warners first excursion into three'),
('44278','strip  Technicolor, when he directed  _Gods Country and the Woman (1937)_ (qv).'),
('44279',' Feature film debut of Michael Hordern (qv).'),
('44280',' One of the original story concepts had Robin Hood die at the end of  the film.'),
('44281',' Warner Brothers owned the rights to the original "Robin Hood"  operetta, while MGM announced at the same time to film a Robin Hood  movie based on the operetta with Nelson Eddy (qv) as Robin and  Jeanette MacDonald (qv) as Maid Marian. Warner Brothers agreed,  providing they could film a movie called "The Adventures of Robin  Hood" with James Cagney (qv) as Robin. The MGM film was eventually  abandoned'),
('44282',' The ending that exists now in the film is not the one that was  originally written. In the original ending, King Richard and his  forces help battle Prince Johns and Guy of Gisburnes forces  outside the castle '),
('44283',' this ending was scrapped because it was too  expensive to film. In the back'),
('44284','up ending, Prince John and Guy of  Gisbournes forces chased Robin Hoods and King Richards forces  into Sherwood forest and the climax took place there. This second  ending was really never satisfactory, and was scrapped too. Finally,  a third ending was written, in which the climactic battle takes  place inside the Castle of Nottingham. Now King Richards forces  could be pared down to a handful of faithful retainers, and the new  ending proved to be less expensive to shoot. To prepare the audience  for the new ending, the abbots scenes were given to the Bishop of  the Black Canons.'),
('44285',' The scenes in which Marian is captured by Sir Guy of Gisbourne and  then tried for treason are lifts from the Douglas Fairbanks movie,  _Robin Hood (1923)_ (qv).'),
('44286',' Although shot on location in California, indigenous English plants  were added and the grass was painted to give a greener, more English  look.'),
('44287',' Erich Wolfgang Korngold (qv) was invited by Warner Brothers to  come from his native Austria to Hollywood to see the film with a  view to scoring it. He initially turned down the chance as he felt  that his musical style was ill'),
('44288','suited for adventure spectaculars.  However, while in Hollywood, he learned that the Nazis were about to  invade Austria and, feeling he had to secure a source of revenue in  the United States, he accepted the assignment. He would go on to win  the Oscar.'),
('44289',' While filming Robin Hoods escape from the castle, actor  Basil Rathbone (qv) was knocked down and trampled by extras,  causing a spear wound in his right foot which required eight  stitches to close.'),
('44290',' Originally budgeted at $1.6 million, the budget eventually ballooned  to $2.0 million but proved Warner Brothers biggest hit for 1938.'),
('44291',' The Sir Joseph Hooker Oak (called the Gallows Oak in the film) where  Robin Hood forms his outlaw band was supposedly the largest living  oak tree in the world at the time of filming in 1937. The rock that  Errol Flynn (I) (qv) stands on in front of the tree is a prop.'),
('44292',' The swords used in the film were made of Duralumin, invented in 1908  by Alfred Wilm.'),
('44293',' SPOILER: Although it is said that the tournament winning arrow  shoots the other arrow in two, in fact when the arrow shot by  Howard Hill (I) (qv) strikes the arrow embedded in the target, it  splits the arrow into three pieces. It sounds better to split  something in half or in two, but the details in the movie are real  and not just a saying.'),
('44294',' During one fight sequence, Errol Flynn (I) (qv) was jabbed by an  actor who was using an unprotected sword '),
('44295',' he asked him why he  didnt have a guard on the point. The other player apologized and  explained that the director, Michael Curtiz (qv), had instructed  him to remove the safety feature in order to make the action "more  exciting". Errol Flynn (I) (qv) reportedly climbed up a gantry  where Michael Curtiz (qv) was standing next to the camera, took  him by the throat and asked him if he found that "exciting enough".'),
('44296',' Two scenes '),
('44297',' a boxing tournament and a christening '),
('44298',' were cut from  the script to save money and were never filmed.'),
('44299',' A scene was filmed that was to have taken place before the scene  where Will Scarlet comes riding into the forest clearing with Much  the Millers Son on his saddle. This was the scene where King  Richard challenges Friar Tuck to a fistfight and wins, after which  Robin himself agrees to fight King Richard. The scene was deleted  from the final version of the film, making it appear that King  Richard and Robin are about to fight for no reason.'),
('44300',' The preview audience reaction was so positive that the film was  released without any alterations to the plot.'),
('44301',' Chapter Titles: 1. The Sea Raiders 2. Shipwrecked 3. The Cannibals  Captives 4. Hidden Gold 5. The Ship of Despair 6. Fridays Faith 7.  The Swamp of Terror 8. Marooned 9. The Jaguar Trap 10. A Prisoner of  the Sun 11. No Greater Love 12. The Island of Happiness 13. The  Sword of Courage 14. The Buccaneers 15. The Jolly Roger 16. The  Idols Bride 17. When the Heart Calls 18. Back to the Primitive'),
('44302',' The University infirmary is labeled "J. Ward", a homage to Rocky and  Bullwinkle creator, Jay Ward (I) (qv).'),
('44303',' Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro (qv)) says to Boris & Natasha "You  talkin to me?...Theres no one else here, so you must be talking to  me". This is a reference to his most famous lines in  _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv).'),
('44304',' DIRCAMEO(Des McAnuff (qv)): The first person to turn off their TV  after Bullwinkles speech.'),
('44305',' The businesses lining the highways have some rather unusual names.  Among them are "Lotta Room Motel", "Pump Her Up" (gas station),  "Beefy Buns" (fast food), and (glimpsed briefly through the drivers  window of the truck) "Boob Mart".'),
('44306',' The name of Bullwinkles alma matter is Whassamatta U.'),
('44307',' This film was originally in pre'),
('44308','production in the early 1990s, with  Danny DeVito (qv) and Meryl Streep (qv) set to play Boris and  Natasha. Legal problems with copyrights prevented the film being  made until several years later.'),
('44309',' The students in the film were actually real students of Chapman  University, where part of the film takes place.'),
('44310',' Palm trees that were left on the Chapman University campus after the  filming of _Crimson Tide (1995)_ (qv) were covered and disguised as  redwood trees.'),
('44311',' June Foray (qv), one of the surviving members of the original  _"Rocky and His Friends" (1959)_ (qv), who created the voice of  Rocket J. Squirrel, does Rockys voice for this film. She also  recreates the voice of Natasha (when Natasha is in cartoon form) and  her ubiquitous "old woman" voice from the old series as the voice of  the narrators mother.'),
('44312',' For the narration, Keith Scott (I) (qv) is doing an imitation of  the voice of the late William Conrad (I) (qv), who had been the  narrator for the original animated adventures of Rocky and  Bullwinkle, _"Rocky and His Friends" (1959)_ (qv).'),
('44313',' The film is dedicated to the memory of Donald OConnor (qv) and  Ray Bolger (qv).'),
('44314',' Chapter Titles: 1. The Wrong Countess 2. The Celestial Maiden 3. The  Bewitching Spy 4. The Stolen Picture 5. The Bank Robbery 6. The  Border Fury 7. The Substitute Messenger 8. The Harem Model 9. The  Cellar Gangsters 10. The Forged Check 11. The Trap 12. The Vault of  Terror 13. Within Hollow Walls 14. The Fighting Chance 15. The Key  to Victory'),
('44315',' A color stereoscopic 3'),
('44316','D stop motion animated short.'),
('44317',' All four chapters were shot at the same time primarily during  weekends of August 2004. Scenes involving the same locations were  shot on the same day.'),
('44318',' Sass Parillas Chapter IV killing spree and the Chilapuna boat  scenes were shot at the directors parents home in Oxford, Georgia.'),
('44319',' The opening credits were inspired by an excised scene in which Gary  describes many of Sass Parillas past accomplishments.'),
('44320',' Most of the filming took place in the Candler Smith Warehouses,  warehouse space that had been converted into residential living. The  warehouse C'),
('44321','10 served as the primary location as well as production  studios. It was also known as "The Hall of Immortals" and "The  Rubber Bat Studios."'),
('44322',' The film grew out of an idea for Sass Parillas nightclub act in  which he would fight a robot gorilla in front of drawings of  buildings.'),
('44323',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('44324','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _King of New York (1990)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('44325',' The story was conceived by Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv)s then  seven'),
('44326','year'),
('44327','old son Racer Rodriguez (qv), who receives an on'),
('44328','screen  "Story By" credit.'),
('44329',' While Max is on the dock before he runs into Sharkboy you can see a  fast food bag for "Big Kahuna Burgers" a fictional burger joint used  in a lot of Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv)s films as well as those of  his buddy Quentin Tarantino (qv).'),
('44330',' The character of "Max" is named after the middle name of  Racer Rodriguez (qv).'),
('44331',' The movie was shot and completed so quickly that by the time  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv) was ready to ship it, the advertisements  werent finished.'),
('44332',' The face of the boy from the Troublemaker Studios logo can be seen  as a design or sticker on the cover of Linus binder in multiple  scenes.'),
('44333',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('44334',' Although William Gillette (I) (qv)s name appears in the credits,  this film bears little or no resemblance to his 1899 play "Sherlock  Holmes".'),
('44335',' The movies line "Elementary, my dear Watson." was voted as the #65  movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('44336',' In the opening of Chapter 10, a group of men in the "Department of  Internal Affairs '),
('44337',' Territorial Division" are going over a list of  names of civilian/military casualties the previous day during the  attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the names mentioned is William  Sickner. William A. Sickner (qv) was the cinematographer on this  chapter play.'),
('44338',' "Fraulein von Teufel" translates more or less as "Devil Woman". This  is alluded to in the final (13th) episode, where Kageyamas last  words before dying are "Teufel. Devil."'),
('44339',' This pilot was filmed after the death of George Reeves (I) (qv),  who had already agreed to do another season of  _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv).'),
('44340',' Although only the pilot was made, 12 additional episodes were  written. The screenplays for which are included in the book,  "Superboy and Superpup: the Lost Pilots".'),
('44341',' Filmed in part on the same sets used for  _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv).'),
('44342',' This short film was actually a pilot for a proposed series. It was  created in an effort by the network to salvage the Superman  television series after the suicide of George Reeves. The characters  were all animal parodies of those from the series starring little  people in large masks. The series was never picked up and this short  was never broadcast.'),
('44343',' The scene of Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln (qv)) fighting and killing the  lion was a real one. The lion became annoyed at having its tail  pulled and attacked Lincoln, who was forced to fight for his life  and managed to kill the animal after stabbing it several times. The  scene was left in the film.'),
('44344',' Episode titles were:  '),
('44345',' 1. Jungle Romance  '),
('44346',' 2. City of Gold  '),
('44347',' 3. Sun Death  '),
('44348',' 4. The Stalking Death  '),
('44349',' 5. Flames of Hate  '),
('44350',' 6. The Ivory Tomb  '),
('44351',' 7. The Jungle Trap  '),
('44352',' 8. The Tornado  '),
('44353',' 9. Fangs of the Lion  '),
('44354',' 10. The Simoon  '),
('44355',' 11. The Hidden Arrows  '),
('44356',' 12. The Dynamite Trail  '),
('44357',' 13. The Jungles Prey  '),
('44358',' 14. Flaming Arrows  '),
('44359',' 15. The Last Adventure'),
('44360',' This serial is not lost. Some parts of it are missing. 16mm  reduction positive prints of the feature film and the Artclass 1928  re'),
('44361','release versions exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive  film archive, in the Library of Congress film archive, in the  International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House film  archive and in the Academy Film Archive film archive. Recently, it  has been released in a 10 chapter restored version.'),
('44362',' A jungle fire sequence filmed at the Great Western Studio nearly  burned down the studio buildings.'),
('44363',' Numa Pictures claimed that more time had been given to the  production of this film than any serial yet produced.'),
('44364',' On July 15, 1921 five actors were hospitalized, three cameras  destroyed, the film from the days shoot was ruined and the many  people on the set narrowly escaped injury when three lions ran amok.'),
('44365',' The production wrapped up by August 13, 1921'),
('44366',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Cecropia Moth, The (1916)_ (qv).'),
('44367',' This game was created for the Atari 2600. This game was released  under the M Network and, later, INTV labels. This game was  originally going to be an Atari 2600 version of the Intellivision  game "TRON Maze'),
('44368','A'),
('44369','Tron" but after they finished converting the game  to the 2600, it was so different that Mattel just gave it a new  name.'),
('44370',' This game was created for use with the Atari 2600 Video Computer  System or the Sears Tele'),
('44371','Game Arcade System.'),
('44372',' Released on video as part seven of "The complete adventures of  Indiana Jones" in October 1999, this entry consists of the  _"Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The" (1992)_ (qv) second season  episode "Princeton, February 1916" and the "Mexico, March 1916" half  of the pilot episode (Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the  Jackal). As such, the second half heavily relies on knowledge from  the first part (Egypt, May 1908), which has not yet been released.'),
('44373',' In the "Mexico, March 1916" section, Sean Patrick Flanery (qv)  rides Tornado, the horse Harrison Ford (I) (qv)s used in  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).'),
('44374',' Mike Moroff (qv), who plays Pancho Villa, had a personal  connection to the part: his grandfather actually rode with Villa,  and his aunt received love letters from the legendary revolutionary  (which Moroff eventually inherited).'),
('44375',' Frederick Selous (played by Paul Freeman (I) (qv)) was the real  life basis for H. Rider Haggard (qv)s fictional hero Alan  Quatermain, who in turn inspired the character of Indiana Jones.'),
('44376',' Selections of Joel McNeely (qv)s score, some of them greatly  inspired by John Williams (I) (qv)s  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv), can be heard on  the Varese Sarabande CD "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Volume  Four" (1994), produced by Robert Townson (qv). This was the firs  full length score performed and recorded by The Western Australian  Symphony Orchestra.'),
('44377',' Tomm Bauer (qv) gained 40 pounds for the role of Danny Morgan.'),
('44378',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Stolen Dog, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('44379',' Elaine Paige (qv) attempted to have her name removed from the  advertisements for the film after she became famous in  Tim Rice (I) (qv) and Andrew Lloyd Webber (qv)s "Evita".'),
('44380',' Irwin Allen (I) (qv) wanted to develop a television series based  on this movie, but CBS turned down the offer.'),
('44381',' According to legendary SFX technician L.B. Abbott (qv), this film  used some out'),
('44382','take footage of the model of the S.S. Queen Mary used  in _Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)_ (qv). In this TV'),
('44383','movie the scene  is where the ship is listing to one side and then begins to right  itself. This was actually a rejected special effects scene because  the miniature wave that was supposed to capsize the model in  "Poseidon" was too small and had to be re'),
('44384','shot. Luckily that bad  footage was saved and came in handy for this TV'),
('44385','movie. Also, every  scene of the ship at sea was footage from "Poseidon Adventure"  (mostly establishing shots) since the original model of the Queen  Mary was no longer available for filming.'),
('44386',' Actors David Hedison (qv) and Burr DeBenning (qv) did some of  their own underwater stunts in this film. They both performance  similar work in previous Irwin Allen productions: Hedison in "Voyage  to the Bottom of the Sea", and De Benning in "City Beneath the Sea".'),
('44387',' This short was originally produced as a television pilot for an ABC  series, "Road Runner Show, The" (1966)_ (qv), which ultimately did  not sell, thus was reformatted as a theatrical short.'),
('44388',' Later this was re'),
('44389','edited and split into two separate shorts,  _Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)_ (qv) and Roadrunner a Go'),
('44390','Go (1965)_ (qv).  The footage that had since been left on the cutting room floor was  unseen for decades until some of this appeared in Cartoon Networks  "Toonheads" special _Toonheads: The Lost Cartoons (2000) (TV)_ (qv).  This short had not been seen in its original 26'),
('44391','minute form since  its original theatrical release, but has now been released on the  DVD collection "Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 2".'),
('44392',' Wile E. Coyote has a chart on his wall at home labeled "Genius  Chart". Positions 1'),
('44393','4 are occupied by Wile E. Coyote, 5 is  Albert Einstein (qv), 6 is Sir Isaac Newton (qv), 7 is Galileo  and 8 is Leonardo Da Vinci (qv).'),
('44394',' In 2004, the complete 26'),
('44395','minute short was released as a bonus  feature on the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 2" DVD set.'),
('44396',' First released and shown as a featurette in theaters along with the  full'),
('44397','length Warner Bros. live'),
('44398','action film _Lad: A Dog (1962)_ (qv).'),
('44399',' The original film featured the then unknown  Rudolph Valentino (qv). To cash in on his rise to stardom, it was  re'),
('44400','edited to feature more of him. Various shots were repeated  several times; long shots were blown up into close'),
('44401','ups and inter'),
('44402','cut  with other footage; some scenes were projected on a loop, so that  Rudolph Valentino (qv) repeated the same motions several times  over; one scene was used as a flashback; and out'),
('44403','takes from the  original were inserted into the new film. In addition, the locale of  the new picture was switched from World War 1 Germany to a desert  island by the simple expedient of inserting shots of bathing  beauties on a palm'),
('44404','fringed beach throughout the film.'),
('44405',' Originally shot in 1918, but re'),
('44406','edited, retitled and re'),
('44407','released in  1920 and again in 1922.'),
('44408',' Jack Mower (qv) (Driver), Robert Barrat (qv) and Hugh  OConnell (qv) are in studio records/casting call lists as actors  in this movie, but were not seen in the print.'),
('44409',' The reporter in the original stories was Kennedy, a male character.'),
('44410',' This film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.'),
('44411',' A Print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('44412',' Based on a true story, that of Jean'),
('44413','Claude Romand, who on January 9,  1993, killed his wife, two children and both his parents.'),
('44414',' When the completed film was put before the military commission to be  vetted, it emerged that the director had been arrested at the time  of Liberation for collaboration, as had the director of photography,  Pée, Antoine (qv). Permission for distribution of the film was  withdrawn in January 1946, sparking a long controversy. The  allegation that this director had collaborated with the Germans at  an artistic level whilst head of the Verviers Opera was contested on  the grounds that his case had been dismissed due to lack of  evidence; nevertheless, his name was removed from the credits for  the final release of the film.'),
('44415',' El Cuervo (Alejandro Federiccis character) is a reference to  Brandon Lees character in "The Crow" (1994). Cuervo means crow in  Spanish.'),
('44416',' Director Otto Preminger (qv) offered the role of a southern  Senator to Martin Luther King Jr., believing that the casting could  have a positive impact (despite the fact that there were no black  senators at the time). Martin Luther King Jr. declined after serious  consideration, as he felt playing the role could cause hostility and  hurt the civil rights movement.'),
('44417',' The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize'),
('44418','winning novel by  Allen Drury (qv), who was a congressional correspondent for The  New York Times during the 1950s, while he was writing the book.  Nearly every character is based on a real person (Lafe Smith is  based on John F. Kennedy (qv); Orrin Knox is based on  Robert A. Taft (qv), Fred Van Ackerman is based on  Joseph McCarthy (II) (qv) and the president is modeled on  Franklin Delano Roosevelt (qv). Even the blackmailing on Brig  Anderson, and how its resolved, is based on a real incident. And  the Leffingwell nomination is based on the House Un'),
('44419','American  Activities Committee investigation of Alger Hiss (qv).'),
('44420',' Although the character of The President (played by  Franchot Tone (qv)) carries no role name, at one point in the  script, Munson (played by Walter Pidgeon (qv)), calls him "Russ".'),
('44421',' The man who is seen turning down a drink from a passing waiter is  then'),
('44422','U.S. Senator and future Democratic presidential candidate  Henry Jackson (I) (qv), (Henry "Scoop" Jackson) who appears  uncredited. At a special private preview of the film for members of  Congress, the sight of Henry Jackson (I) (qv) refusing a drink  drew gales of laughter from his colleagues.'),
('44423',' Burgess Meredith (qv), as Herbert Gelman, testifies against  Leffingwell at the latters confirmation hearing, claiming that the  two of them were members of a communist cell. In real life,  Burgess Meredith (qv) was himself named an unfriendly witness by  the House Un'),
('44424','American Activities Committee, which nearly ruined his  acting career.'),
('44425',' Charles Laughton (qv)s final film.'),
('44426',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 18 seconds'),
('44427',' Punks disrupted the shooting, forcing producer  Matthijs van Heijningen (qv) to put a disclaimer at the end of the  film that stated it was not based on the real'),
('44428','life story of  Hans Kok (qv).'),
('44429',' This film had its world premiere at a nudist camp.'),
('44430',' Christiane Martel (qv), who played Eve, was a former Miss France  who, after she made this film, married a very influential Mexican  politician, who then had the film banned from showing in Mexico, and  it subsequently disappeared for more than 40 years. It only  resurfaced within the past few years.'),
('44431',' Bustorff, Ana (qv)s part was originally intended for  Silveira, Leonor (qv) who had to turn it down because of college.'),
('44432',' Carnivorous plant named Adela was not a prop, but real plant (though  not, of course, carnivorous). A specialist from a local university  was required to take care about the plant during the filming.'),
('44433',' This movie became such a hit in the Soviet Union that many new  parents named their little girls "Aelita".'),
('44434',' This was director Yakov Protazanov (qv)s first film after  returning to the Soviet Union from his exile in Paris.'),
('44435',' The name Aema does not translate exactly as Emma, and may be  confusing as no character in any of the Emma series are called Emma.  Aema is based on Chinese characters. "Ae" means "love" and "ma"  means horse and the name has a very sexual connotation.'),
('44436',' The characters in nearly all the installments of the series have the  same names. Generally the heroine is "Su'),
('44437','bi", her husband who  usually is cheating on her is called Hyeon'),
('44438','woo and the man who  becomes her lover is Dong'),
('44439','won, although he changes occupations in  each movie.'),
('44440',' There have been 11 movies in the series to date, made between  1982'),
('44441','1995.'),
('44442',' One of a series of filmed vaudeville acts produced by Powers Picture  Plays in 1915'),
('44443','1916.'),
('44444',' Tami Torok (qv) and Tommy Cannon (II) (qv) were picked up due to  their work in The Charles Darwin (qv) Experience Improv comedy  troupe.'),
('44445',' Walter Belcher (qv) came into the cast based on  Tommy Cannon (II) (qv)s recommendation.'),
('44446',' Part one of the Caswallon Trilogy'),
('44447',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Bébé roi (1911)_ (qv).'),
('44448',' Plane was piloted by M. Cody (qv). This would make him one of the  very first stunt pilots committed to film.'),
('44449',' The filmmakers identity remains a mystery.'),
('44450',' Probably the only overtly fascist film produced in Italy during the  Republic of Salò, its only remaining copy is kept in the Archivio  Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza (National Film Archives  of the Resistance) in Turin.'),
('44451',' First shown on 26 April 2005 in Wellington (NZ) at the Camperdown  theater to the Weta Workshop team while they were working on  Peter Jackson (I) (qv)s _King Kong (2005)_ (qv).'),
('44452',' Amitabh Bachchan (qv) only committed to this project due to his  personal association with the movies former producer  Sujit Kumar (qv), who approached him for the role.'),
('44453',' Originally Zayed Khan (qv) was approached to play the obsessive  boyfriends role, but because of his commitment to another movie he  declined.'),
('44454',' At the launch of the movie Vikram Bhatt (qv) claimed he had  written the story of the movie himself and was inspired by his  relationship with his daughter whom he had separated because of his  divorce.'),
('44455',' The movie was shelved whilst in production, due to its producer  Sujit Kumar (II) (qv) falling in financial difficulties. However  it was reviewed once Cutting Edge Entertainment got involved with  the project.'),
('44456',' In a scene in the mountains you can see the registration letter  C'),
('44457','GEJC on a small yellow float plane. This aircraft (Cessna A185F)  is registered to Whistler Air, a Canadian company. This suggests  that the mountain scenes were shot in British Columbia, which would  explain the west coast architecture of the holiday house.'),
('44458',' The song "Tum agar bas", is inspired by the Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali  khans Qawaali "Tum agar younhi nazrein".'),
('44459',' Due to quarrels whether this should be a social realistic film or a  family film and the last of the two options won, a key scene had to  be cut; it featured Torbens lawyer, Jannik (played by  Kim Sønderholm (qv) (Kim Sonderholm Andersen)) and Malenes lawyer  Lisbeth (played by Maj'),
('44460','Britt Mathiesen (qv)) in a struggle over  their clients divorce. This scene was deemed inappropriate for a  family film, therefore cut, but it will be among the bonus material  on the DVD when released in the fall of 2005.'),
('44461',' CAMEO(Carry Slee (qv)): Woman leaving the bus.'),
('44462',' In the time period that the story was set, America in fact  maintained two naval bases in Trinidad, one at the western peninsula  called Chagaramas and the other in the east of the country, called  Wallerfield. They were closed in 1962, the year the country gained  independence from Great Britain. There is still a lot of evidence of  their presence to this day i.e., airstrips, the deep water harbor,  and several still'),
('44463','standing buildings. Chagaramas is now host to a  thriving boating industry. It is well known in the sailing world as  a shelter during the hurricane season, and hundreds of yachts and  private craft are anchored there every year. It is considered to be  out of the Caribbeans hurricane belt.'),
('44464',' The song "Rum and Coca Cola" by The Andrews Sisters (qv) was  originally a calypso song composed and performed by a Trinidad  calypso band in the mid'),
('44465','1940s. At that time the American military  maintained two bases in Trinidad. The song is about the soldiers  from these bases and how a mother and daughter provided "pleasure"  for the "Yankee dollar". Actually, if one walked around Port of  Spain '),
('44466',' Trinidads capital city '),
('44467',' during this period it was a common  sight to see American soldiers and sailors with local women at  hotels and bars.'),
('44468',' The production of "Affair in Trinidad" is credited to the Beckworth  Corporation, named for Rita Hayworth (qv) and her daughter Rebecca  Welles, but Beckworth wasnt an actual production company. It was a  tax dodge set up by Hayworth and Columbia Pictures president  Harry Cohn (I) (qv) to allow her fee for the film to be considered  a capital gain rather than a salary, and therefore taxed at a lower  rate.'),
('44469',' Biograph production number 238.'),
('44470',' First episode in the Girl Detective 2'),
('44471','reel series.'),
('44472',' Ingrid Bergman (qv) was the first choice to play Terry McKay.'),
('44473',' Nickie and Terry make their conditional promise to meet in six  months at exactly the halfway point of the movie (59 1/2 minutes  elapsed in the 119 minute movie).'),
('44474',' Deborah Kerr (qv)s singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon (qv), who  also dubbed her in _King and I, The (1956)_ (qv) the previous year.'),
('44475',' Deborah Kerr (qv) plays Terry McKay, previously played by  Irene Dunne (qv) in _Love Affair (1939)_ (qv), of which this film  is a remake. The year before this film was made, Deborah Kerr (qv)  played Anna Leonowens in _King and I, The (1956)_ (qv) '),
('44476',' also a role  that had previously been played by Irene Dunne (qv) in the  black'),
('44477','and'),
('44478','white classic _Anna and the King of Siam (1946)_ (qv).  "The King and I" is a musical based on the same book.'),
('44479',' Deborah Kerr (qv) and Cary Grant (qv) improvised many of their  scenes throughout filming, and a number of lines that made it to the  final cut of the film came from the actors improvisation.'),
('44480',' References to this movie in Nora Ephron (qv)s  _Sleepless in Seattle (1993)_ (qv), revitalized interest in the  film, and led to 2 million additional sales of the 1957 classic on  VHS.'),
('44481',' A Bollywood film with the title _Mann (1999)_ (qv) starring  Aamir Khan (qv) and Manisha Koirala (qv) is inspired by this  movie.'),
('44482',' SPOILER: Was voted the #5 greatest romance of all time by the  American Film Institute. This is the highest voted film in which the  two lovers end up together in the end.'),
('44483',' A somewhat different version of this film figures prominently in  Howard Waldrops alternate'),
('44484','history story "Fin de Cycle," in which  the films creative team includes some of the most noted artists and  writers of the day: composer Erik Satie (qv), painter  Jean'),
('44485','Jacques Rousseau (qv), novelist Marcel Proust (qv), and  playwright Alfred Jarry (qv), as well as the young  Pablo Picasso (qv).'),
('44486',' This film was banned in France in 1899 because, during showings, it  caused fights between pro and anti'),
('44487','Dreyfusards.'),
('44488',' The movie portrays Marie Chapelle, who was accused of having  poisoned her husband Charles Lafarge in the 1850s. The grand'),
('44489','niece  of Charles Lafarge sued the film producer for defamation of the  memory of her grand'),
('44490','uncle.'),
('44491',' This is the only film directed by actor Charles Vanel (qv).'),
('44492',' The film was re'),
('44493','released in 1935 under the tile "Le coup de minuit".'),
('44494',' The actors workshoped the script for a year.'),
('44495',' Most of the time of the artists was donated.'),
('44496',' The film was filmed entirely on weekends over the course of three  months.'),
('44497',' Arthur Schnitzler (qv)s original one'),
('44498','act play, "Anatol," was  written in 1893. Harley Granville'),
('44499','Barker (qv)s English adaptation  opened in New York City on 14 October 1912 with  John Barrymore (I) (qv) in the title role, and it lasted 72  performances.'),
('44500',' The play, "The Firebrand," opened on Broadway in New York City, New  York, USA on 15 October 1924 and closed in May 1925 after 261  performances. The opening night cast included Nana Bryant (qv) as  the Duchess, Frank Morgan (I) (qv) as Allessandro (same role as in  the movie), Edward G. Robinson (qv) as Ottaviano and  Joseph Schildkraut (qv) as Cellini.'),
('44501',' Margarat Thatcher voice over and picture was none other than UK  impersonator Steve Nallon.'),
('44502',' There very few details available about the film as it was not widely  distributed. It was released in some Italian cities in November 1942  and in January 1944 in Rome.'),
('44503',' The short movie is based on the short story "The Koffiekamer van de  U.B. te Amsterdam" (1980) by the Dutch writer L.H. Wiener.'),
('44504',' The movie is shot within three days, mainly using the Central  Library and the coffee'),
('44505','room of the Central Museum in Alkmaar as  locations. For the intro of the movie one of the directors his  bathroom at home was used, as another locations could not met the  space and natural light requirements.'),
('44506',' First'),
('44507','ever Danish feature to be filmed in HDTV.  (_Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)_ (qv) and  _Askepop '),
('44508',' The Movie (2003)_ (qv), which were also filmed in HDTV,  were released before Afgrunden, but produced later.)'),
('44509',' festivals 2005: Alternative Festival Barcelona (ES) 2004:  Filmfestival Utrecht (NL), CUT!Festival Antwerp (BE), Contravision  Berlin (DE), Uppsala International Filmfestival (SU) TV Broadcasts:  KinoPolska (PO/USA) awards 2004: Best Film CUT!Festival (BE)'),
('44510',' The film was released without any expectations for it to bring a lot  of money. But the film got extremely popular with USSR citizens and  became one of the highest grossing films in the USSR history of  movie'),
('44511','making.'),
('44512',' The film was said to be based on Mrs. John Russell (qv)s own  experience (of common'),
('44513','law marriage).'),
('44514',' This film was intended as a theatrical release but went straight to  video instead.'),
('44515',' There is a scene where Bud Abbott (qv) and Lou Costello (qv) are  talking in their tent and Joe Besser (qv) dashes into the tent,  grabs a glass of water and dashes out again. He repeats this several  times until Abbott stops him and asks why hes so thirsty. Besser  replies that hes not thirsty, its that his tent is on fire. That  was based on an incident in Costellos childhood, when he  accidentally set some clothes in his bedroom on fire. His father was  in the living room, which was between the kitchen and Costellos  bedroom. Costello, not wanting to let his father know that he had  set his room on fire, dashed back and forth between the kitchen and  his bedroom with glasses of water until his father finally asked  what he was doing, whereupon he was forced to tell what he had done.'),
('44516',' 13th episode in the 1932'),
('44517','1933 Pepper Pot one'),
('44518','reel comedy series.'),
('44519',' Vitaphone production reel #1482'),
('44520',' Despite having almost half of the original material removed, the  English print under the title Africa Blood and Guts is noted as  being more gruesome than the original, uncut print, as any scenes of  pleasantness or history have been removed, leaving only the most  violent and disturbing footage untouched.'),
('44521',' Forerunner of the TV series, _"Cowboy in Africa" (1967/II)_ (qv).'),
('44522',' Producer Roscoe C. Behrmann (qv) can be glimpsed in the film as  one of the surveyors who rescue Darren McGavin (qv) in the desert  (he is the one holding the measuring pole).'),
('44523',' The tune that Alison Seebohm (qv) plays on the piano is the films  title theme tune.'),
('44524',' Michael McGovern (I) (qv) ("Jack") sings the title theme tune.'),
('44525',' David Millin (qv) made his mark as a cameraman in the long running  African Mirror newsreel, made by African Film Productions in  Johannesburg, South Africa.'),
('44526',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Susies Suitors (1915)_ (qv).'),
('44527',' Re'),
('44528','titled re'),
('44529','release of an earlier Charles Ray film, original title  unknown.'),
('44530',' The first choices for the lead roles were Mills, John (I) (qv) and  Davis, Bette (qv).'),
('44531',' The scenes in the reed'),
('44532','filled riverbank were filmed in Dalyan,  Turkey.'),
('44533',' Originally offered to Bette Davis (qv) in 1938, the film would  have co'),
('44534','starred David Niven (I) (qv) as Charlie. It was offered to  Bette Davis (qv) again in 1947, this time to co'),
('44535','star  James Mason (I) (qv), but she had to pull out of the project due  to pregnancy. In 1949, Bette Davis (qv) tried again to make the  film, but by that time plans were under way for  Katharine Hepburn (qv) to star.'),
('44536',' This is the role that won Bogart, Humphrey (qv) the only Oscar of  his career.'),
('44537',' Known as the "LS Livingston", the "Queen of Africa" was a working  steam boat for 40 years prior to it being "cast" in the movie.'),
('44538',' The boat is now docked next to the Holiday Inn just off US Highway  1, in Key Largo, Florida.'),
('44539',' Walt Disney (qv) used this film as the basis for the Disneylands  "Jungle Cruise" attraction.'),
('44540',' To show her disgust with the amount of alcohol that  John Huston (I) (qv) and Humphrey Bogart (qv) consumed during  filming, Katharine Hepburn (qv) drank only water. As a result, she  suffered a severe bout of dysentery.'),
('44541',' Katharine Hepburn (qv), in her written account of the films  production entitled "The Making of "The African Queen," or How I  Went to Africa with Bogie, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My  Mind", described the first day of shooting, which required five cars  and trucks to take the cast, crew and equipment three and a half  miles from Biondo to the Ruiki river, at which point they loaded  everything onto boats and sailed another two and a half miles to the  shooting location. Press materials and contemporary articles detail  the various perils of shooting on location in Africa, including  dysentery, malaria, bacteria'),
('44542','filled drinking water and several close  brushes with wild animals and poisonous snakes. Most of the cast and  crew were sick for much of the filming. In a February 1952 New York  Times article, John Huston (I) (qv) declared that he hired local  natives to help the crew, but many would not show up for fear that  the filmmakers were cannibals.'),
('44543',' Columbia originally bought the novel as a vehicle for  Charles Laughton (qv) and his wife Elsa Lanchester (qv) while  that duo instead made _Vessel of Wrath (1938)_ (qv), which was same  story but became box office failure. And at one point  David Niven (I) (qv) and Paul Henreid (qv) were each considered  for the male lead.'),
('44544',' According to United Artists press materials and  John Huston (I) (qv)s autobiography, the director built a camp to  house the cast and crew in Biondo, outside the town of Stanleyville,  which included a bar, a restaurant and several one'),
('44545','room bungalows.'),
('44546',' Because the African Queen boat used in the film was too small to  carry cameras and equipment, portions of the boat were reproduced on  a large raft in order to shoot close'),
('44547','ups of Humphrey Bogart (qv)  and Katharine Hepburn (qv). Interior and water'),
('44548','tank scenes were  filmed in London, as were most of the scenes containing secondary  characters. Robert Morley (I) (qv) shot all of his scenes in  London, including the footage of him preaching, which was then  edited together with shots of the natives praying, that had been  filmed in Africa.'),
('44549',' During the writing of the screenplay, James Agee (qv) suffered a  serious heart attack, and uncredited writer Peter Viertel (qv)  wrote the films final scenes with John Huston (I) (qv).'),
('44550',' C.S. Forester (qv) had written two different final scenes for his  book, one of which was published in England and the other in  America. In the more widely published American version, "Rose Sayer"  and "Charlie Allnut" are turned over to British officers, who then  blow up the Louisa . Another final scenes were, the African Queen  hits the Louisa and destroys it, after which Rose and Charlie walk  down the beach to inform the British Army that their way is now  clear. In a modern interview, Peter Viertel (qv) stated that since  he and John Huston (I) (qv) wanted Rose and Charlie to be together  at the final scene, they anticipated possible censorship problems by  inventing a way for the couple to be married on the German ship.'),
('44551',' Shortly after filming was completed, Belgian fan magazine Cine'),
('44552','Revue  published an article allegedly written by Lauren Bacall (qv), who  had accompanied her husband, Humphrey Bogart (qv), on location,  which included behind'),
('44553','the'),
('44554','scenes photographs. According to a Mar  1952 Daily Variety story, Romulus Films protested the publication of  the photos, which they said "dispelled the films illusion" by  exposing private shooting information. Lauren Bacall (qv) denied  having written the story.'),
('44555',' Berlins film trade union requested that  _African Queen, The (1951)_ (qv) be withdrawn from the Berlin Film  Festival because of its "anti'),
('44556','German tendencies".'),
('44557',' In 1953, Peter Viertel (qv) published the book White Hunter, Black  Heart , a thinly fictionalized account of his experience writing the  script for _African Queen, The (1951)_ (qv) with  John Huston (I) (qv). The book follows the exploits of a  tyrannical director who stalls the production of his African'),
('44558','set  film by obsessively hunting an elephant. It was made into a film in  1990 by Clint Eastwood (qv) and starred Eastwood and  Jeff Fahey (qv).'),
('44559',' Katharine Hepburn (qv)s 1987 book The Making of the African  Queen details John Huston (qv)s obsession with hunting. One day  he even convinced Hepburn to join him, and he inadvertently led her  into the middle of a herd of wild animals from which they were lucky  to escape alive.'),
('44560',' Sources claimed that everyone in the cast and crew got sick '),
('44561',' except  for Humphrey Bogart (qv) and John Huston (I) (qv), which they  attributed to the fact that they basically lived on imported Scotch.  Bogart later said, "All I ate was baked beans, canned asparagus and  Scotch whiskey. Whenever a fly bit Huston or me, it dropped dead."'),
('44562',' The scene in which Humphrey Bogart (qv) finds his body entirely  covered with leeches (This was actually shot in the studio in  London), Bogart insisted on using rubber leeches.  John Huston (I) (qv) refused, and brought a leech'),
('44563','breeder to the  studio with a tank full of them. This made Bogart queasy and nervous  '),
('44564',' qualities Huston wanted for his close'),
('44565','ups. Ultimately, rubber  leeches were placed on Bogart, and a close'),
('44566','up of a real leech was  shot on the breeders chest.'),
('44567',' In Katharine Hepburn (qv) autobiography, John Huston (I) (qv)  had been dissatisfied with Hepburns performance, finding it too  serious'),
('44568','minded. He came calling at her hut one day and suggested  that she model her performance on Eleanor Roosevelt (qv) '),
('44569',' to put  on her "society smile" in the face of all adversity. Huston left the  hut, and Hepburn sat for a moment before deciding, "That is the best  piece of direction I have ever heard."'),
('44570',' The leeches were first modeled in Plasticine before moulds were made  and the leeches Humphrey Bogart (qv) pulls off were made of  rubber.'),
('44571',' Katharine Hepburn (qv)s first color film.'),
('44572',' Debut of Theodore Bikel (qv).'),
('44573',' Lauren Bacall famously ventured along for the filming in Africa to  be with husband Bogart. She played den mother during the trip,  making camp and cooking. This also marked the beginning of her  life'),
('44574','long friendship with Hepburn.'),
('44575',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #65 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('44576',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Giving the High Sign to Woman Haters (1911)_ (qv).'),
('44577',' This film, featuring the same musicians and many of the same  locations, was made before _Buena Vista Social Club (1999)_ (qv).'),
('44578',' Available on the R2 DVD En aften med John & Aage/Huller i suppen.'),
('44579',' Debuted in the arcades during the same year as its predecessor,  _After Burner (1987) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('44580',' The first film role of Henry Oscar.'),
('44581',' Several of the interviews were shot in May of 2004 around the  swimming pool of producer John Harrison (I) (qv)s home in Los  Angeles, California.'),
('44582',' The Pittsburgh interviews were filmed at the Mind Over Media  production facility'),
('44583',' Available on the Synapse Films DVD Special Edition of EFFECTS,  which was released on 25 October 2005.'),
('44584',' The conversation between Paul and the bouncer at Club Berlin is  mostly from Franz Kafka (qv)s "Before The Law."'),
('44585',' DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese (qv)): shining a spotlight from a  platform in the club.'),
('44586',' Test audiences rejected an alternate ending in which Paul remains  trapped in the statue.'),
('44587',' The scene with Griffin Dunne (qv) at the subway station is a  reference to his earlier appearance in  _American Werewolf in London, An (1981)_ (qv).'),
('44588',' Martin Scorsese (qv) told Griffin Dunne (qv) to refrain from sex  and sleep during filming in order to get a more realistic feeling of  paranoia.'),
('44589',' The building used for Hacketts office building is the Met Life  Tower near Madison Square Park.'),
('44590',' Tim Burton (I) (qv) was the second choice for director, but  Martin Scorsese (qv) became available after production delays on  _Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)_ (qv)'),
('44591',' Many ideas were considered for the films ending. One idea that made  it to the storyboard stage had Paul crawling into Junes womb to  hide from the angry mob, with June giving "birth" to him on the West  Side Highway.'),
('44592',' A technique known as "end slating" was used to capture Pauls  reaction as he enters the nearly'),
('44593','vacant Club Berlin. Right before  filming the shot, Griffin Dunne (qv) went to a bar around the  corner, ordered drinks for the customers, then ran out without  paying. The scene opens on him after this had just happened  off'),
('44594','camera.'),
('44595',' Joseph Minion (qv)s script was his thesis for Columbia Film  School.'),
('44596',' The shot of the keys being thrown to Paul was accomplished by  putting the camera lens through a wooden board, then dropping the  board from the roof with bungee cords.'),
('44597',' British director Michael Powell (I) (qv) was around quite a lot  while the film was being made (he and editor  Thelma Schoonmaker (qv) married soon afterwards). Nobody was sure  how the film should end. Michael Powell (I) (qv) said "He must  finish up back at work" but this was initially dismissed as too  unlikely and difficult. They tried many other endings, a few were  even filmed. But the only one that everyone felt really worked was  to have Paul finish up back at work just as the new day was  starting.'),
('44598',' This is the only film by Martin Scorsese to be released on a Friday  the 13th, long considered to be an unlucky day for studios to  release films.'),
('44599',' When Paul rings Kikis doorbell, one of the buzzers is labeled  "Czapsky Gallery". This is in honor of Stefan Czapsky (qv), who  served as gaffer on this film. (He would later go on to shoot  critical darlings like "Ed Wood" and box'),
('44600','office blockbusters like  "Blades of Glory").'),
('44601',' In the first draft of the script, the writers chose  Kate Hudson (I) (qv) as a basis for the lead female '),
('44602',' not writing  the part *for* her, but writing it as if the part *were* her.'),
('44603',' Sidney Lanfield (qv) was originally signed to direct.'),
('44604',' Ed Binns final role.'),
('44605',' Vic Ramalot is based on the real life porn actor Ron Jeremy (qv).'),
('44606',' Largest on campus screening at the University of Illinois.'),
('44607',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _His Wifes Sweethearts (1910)_ (qv).'),
('44608',' Was available for purchase in 50'),
('44609','foot, 100'),
('44610','foot, and 200'),
('44611','foot  lengths.'),
('44612',' Originally planned to be a feature, Sneuwbal Films lost access to  the equipment the film was being made on, so it was released as a  short, "After the End, act I". This is just the first act of the  film, with some previews from the 2nd and 3rd acts.'),
('44613',' Brooke Shields (qv) TV debut.'),
('44614',' Shot in 12 different locations between Brooklyn to Harlem within a  time frame of 7 hours for a film assignment at NYUs Tisch School of  the Arts.'),
('44615',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Absent'),
('44616','Minded Burglar, An (1912)_ (qv).'),
('44617',' Re'),
('44618','titled re'),
('44619','release of an earlier Charles Ray film, original title  unknown.'),
('44620',' John Stockwell (qv) was originally slated to direct, but dropped  out of the production in the summer of 2003.'),
('44621',' It was so cold during filming of some beach scenes, that the actors  breath was visible.'),
('44622',' The beach house (exteriors) were filmed at Sycamore Cove State  Beach, just north of Malibu. The structure is actually the regional  state lifeguard headquarters.'),
('44623',' The pier to which Max (Pierce Brosnan (qv)) ties the inflatable  boat was a set piece fabricated just for the film. However, there  was once a pier at this location (Sycamore Cove State Beach) in a  different location. Occasionally the old pier pilings are visible  protruding through the sand.'),
('44624',' AMC theaters and New Line promoted this movie by placing an ad for a  sweepstakes on their large popcorn bags. They misspelled  Salma Hayek (qv)s last name as "Hayak" on the initial print run  but the error was quickly caught and rectified.'),
('44625',' After the fishing trip where they caught the shark, drunken Max and  Stan sing the same song that was sung by drunken Quint, Hooper, and  Brody in _Jaws (1975)_ (qv).'),
('44626',' Had a 60'),
('44627','day shoot.'),
('44628',' Max and Lolas beach house was built from scratch on a beach.'),
('44629',' The directors grandparents were sitting behind Max in the  basketball game.'),
('44630',' Edward Norton (I) (qv) appeared in the audience at the basketball  game.'),
('44631',' The lobsters were flown in from Australia.'),
('44632',' Although it doesnt seem to be such a special effects'),
('44633','heavy movie,  there were over 150 such shots.'),
('44634',' Pierce Brosnan (qv) and Brett Ratner (qv) were hoping to  collaborate on the next James Bond movie, but after that fell  through with Bond producers they decided to maintain their  relationship and do this instead.'),
('44635',' The watch that Max and later Stan wears is a Swiss made Panerai  Luminor watch.'),
('44636',' AfterThought was scored by Tim Williams, who later conducted and  orchestrated the movie 300'),
('44637',' The home of Young Elliott Smithe was the actual house that Alfred  Hitchcock modeled the Norman Bates Psycho House off of. Located in  Waupaca, WI.'),
('44638',' Lara Flynn Boyle (qv) is named after Julie Christie (I) (qv)s  character in _Doctor Zhivago (1965)_ (qv). This is the first time  they act together.'),
('44639',' In the demo version of Afterlife, a low grade gluttony punishment  was named "Taco Hell". In the full retail version, the same  punishment was called Taco Inferno.'),
('44640',' When Hell is suffering from a "Disco Inferno", the planet between  Heaven and Hell is temporarily replaced with a Disco Ball.'),
('44641',' Typing the phrase SAMNMAX (capitals required) three times will cause  Sam the Bunny (from an earlier Lucasarts game) to stomp around Hell.'),
('44642',' The "Bats out of Hell" disaster is not actually a disaster at all.  When a structure has Bat Guano on it, it emits Very Bad Vibes '),
('44643','  exactly what Hell structures need to grow into better structures.  Many players do not put the first "prize" structure into Hell,  specifically because it destroys the Bats.'),
('44644',' This film contains no dialogue.'),
('44645',' The opening credits sequence took several months to film.'),
('44646',' There was no script. The entire film was improvisation.'),
('44647',' Principal photography took only four days.'),
('44648',' The second part of Anthony Spadaccini (qv)s three'),
('44649','part "Film  Truth Collection", a cinéma vérité story about the consequences of  ones careless actions. This is preceded by Unstable (2005) (qv)  and followed by Hatred (2006) (qv).'),
('44650',' Scheduling conflicts on the last day of shooting forced  Anthony Spadaccini (qv) and James J. Ward (qv) to re'),
('44651','write the  films entire second half.'),
('44652',' Brads cocaine was created from a mixture of flour and powdered  sugar.'),
('44653',' At test screenings, several members of the audience were unaware  that the film was a work of fiction and became outraged that  Anthony Spadaccini (qv) would exploit someones real'),
('44654','life HIV  status for entertainment purposes.'),
('44655',' Last movie for actor Chris Penn (I) (qv). He died before the movie  made it out of post'),
('44656','production.'),
('44657',' Based on Gary Kinders book about the victims of the Hi'),
('44658','Fi murders  that took place in Ogden, Utah on April 22, 1974.'),
('44659',' This picture was shot in 16MM and blown up to 35MM for theatrical  distribution. The budget was around $45,000.'),
('44660',' From the Regular Kids series of 2'),
('44661','reel comedies with a juvenile  cast.'),
('44662',' Director David Padrusch, makes a cameo appearance as a Freedmen  Bureau Agent who is executed by the Ku Klux Klan.'),
('44663',' Scarborough, Chuck (qv), the author of the novel, is a veteran  local news anchorman in New York City.'),
('44664',' Faten Hamama (qv) won two awards in her role, one from Cairo  international festival and one from Tehran festival'),
('44665',' Faten Hamama (qv) played same role in a series for the Radio,  after its success, it was decided to switch it to a theatrical  movie.'),
('44666',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('44667',' In her autobiography “Tis Herself”, Maureen OHara (qv) says that  Errol Flynn (I) (qv) was always prepared, always knew his lines,  and was a pleasure to work with in the mornings. But he drank and by  4pm was in no shape to continue. She did all the romantic closeups  at the end of the day with a black flag marked "X" to represent  Flynn.'),
('44668',' Jane Greer (qv), who played the "mother" in this movie, played the  "daughter," Kathie Moffat, in the original version,  _Out of the Past (1947)_ (qv). The daughter in this version was  renamed Jessie Wyler and played by Rachel Ward (I) (qv).  Paul Valentine (I) (qv), who played Councilman Wienberg, played  Joe Stephanos in the original.'),
('44669',' Phil Collins (I) (qv) was contacted by director  Taylor Hackford (qv) to record a song for the movie.  Phil Collins (I) (qv) had written "Against All Odds" in 1981 for  his first solo album, "Face Value", and the song was originally  entitled, "How Can You Just Sit There". Phil Collins (I) (qv) left  the song off of the album because he felt he had too many ballads on  "Face Value" already. After Phil Collins (I) (qv)s contact with  Taylor Hackford (qv), he recorded the song in two days, one day in  New York, the other in Los Angeles.'),
('44670',' The title is from the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"  by Dylan Thomas (I) (qv).'),
('44671',' Literally translated, the Welsh title "Rhif Dyfod y Ser" means  "Against the Switching Off Of The Stars."'),
('44672',' Guest appearances, via archive footage, include  Richard Burton (I) (qv) and Adolf Hitler (qv).'),
('44673',' This was Satyajit Ray (qv)s final film. He was so ill during the  production of it that most of it was directed from an oxygen tent.'),
('44674',' First Greek talking feature.'),
('44675',' David Puttnam (qv) was involved with the production but left when  much of the script was re'),
('44676','written to accommodate  Dustin Hoffman (qv). David Puttnam (qv) vowed never to work with  Dustin Hoffman (qv) again.'),
('44677',' Vanessa Redgrave (qv) was an 11th hour casting choice replaced  another actress who bowed out with an broken wrist.'),
('44678',' In a scene early in the game, two characters in the dining car are  conversing. As the train heads into a tunnel, the word "Froy"  appears on the window beside them. This is a reference to another  mystery set aboard a train, Alfred Hitchcocks  _Lady Vanishes, The (1938)_ (qv).'),
('44679',' According to Mahmoud Reda, he was paid 1,000 Egyptian pounds to be  in this movie as actor, choreographer, and dancer. At the time this  movie was made, the currency exchange rate would have made that  equivalent to about $4,000 US dollars.'),
('44680',' Like many films produced and directed by Sid Davis (I) (qv), this  one was recorded silently. The sound was recorded later and synched  to fit the picture; in many cases, Arthur Swerdloff (qv), the  editor, cut to another shot to allow him to re'),
('44681','sync the audio and  the video. See also, _Gang Boy (1954)_ (qv).'),
('44682',' Shot under a SAG contract in just four days but then professionally  edited for 6 months, resulting in a film that looks good enough to  have won its first festival prize '),
('44683',' a special jury award '),
('44684',' prior to  its official premiere.'),
('44685',' Based on the life of Norman Lindsay (qv), later the subject of  _Sirens (1994)_ (qv)'),
('44686',' The play opened in New York City, New York, USA, on 11 November 1929  and had 28 performances. In the cast were Sylvia Sidney (qv),  Franchot Tone (qv) and Dennie Moore (qv).'),
('44687',' A print of this film survives at the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('44688',' Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names, if any): Bert Roach (qv) (Rotarian),  Ginger Connolly (qv) (Jimmy), Ray Cooke (qv) (Bellhop) and  Paul Stanton (II) (qv). The character of Jimmy is mentioned as  working in Lenharts office. The Hollywood Rerporters production  charts also listed Samuel S. Hinds (qv) and Mary Jo Mathews (qv)  as cast members, but they also were not seen.'),
('44689',' The original play based on the novel by Edith Wharton (qv) and  written by Margaret Ayer Barnes (qv) opened in New York on 27  November 1928.'),
('44690',' Originally to be released in fall of 1992, but was held back by over  a year to allow director Scorsese, Martin (qv) more time to edit.'),
('44691',' DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese (qv)): the photographer taking Mays  wedding picture.'),
('44692',' The painting in Mrs. Mingotts room of two Indian warriors about to  kill a young woman depicts the murder of Jane McCrea, an actual  historical event that happened in upstate New York during the  Revolutionary War. The event took place in 1777, shortly before the  battle of Saratoga, and was a key event in rallying Patriot militia.'),
('44693',' The lady standing to the right of Winona Ryder (qv) and admiring  her engagement ring at the Beauforts ball (just before Archer  approaches and bows) is Tamasin Day'),
('44694','Lewis (qv), sister of  Daniel Day'),
('44695','Lewis (qv), who was in town to visit her brother and  drafted by Martin Scorsese (qv) to take the part. Shes better  known as the author of a series of cookbooks.'),
('44696',' The interior of Mrs. Mingotts house was filmed at Rensselaer  Polytechnic Institutes Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house in downtown  Troy, NY, home to about 35 men at the time. Setup and filming took  approximately three weeks and was done while school was still in  session. The first floor was the only one used for filming and  during shoots members of the house had to remain silent upstairs or  leave the house. The shot of the house as a solitary structure on a  small hill is movie magic, as the house is surrounded on both sides  by other buildings.'),
('44697',' Jay Cocks (qv) first gave his friend Martin Scorsese (qv) a copy  of Edith Wharton (qv)s novel back in 1980. At the time, he told  Scorsese "When you do that romantic piece, this one is you". It took  Scorsese seven years to finally get round to reading the book.'),
('44698',' Martin Scorsese (qv) set up a deal with 20th Century Fox to write  the screenplay with Jay Cocks (qv). Fox attached a budget of $32  million to the project. Before anything came of it, however, Fox  head Joe Roth told Scorsese that he would be first in line to see  the picture, he just couldnt finance it. Universal then stepped in,  although they were not prepared to spend any more than $30 million.  Finally Mark Canton (qv) of Columbia '),
('44699',' with whom Scorsese had made  _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv) '),
('44700',' offered the full budget.'),
('44701',' The three lead actors (Daniel Day'),
('44702','Lewis (qv),  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv), and Winona Ryder (qv)) were all  Martin Scorsese (qv)s first choices for the parts.'),
('44703',' Winona Ryder (qv) had written a book report in ninth grade on this  very novel.'),
('44704',' The painting of two Native Americans about to kill a young woman is  a depiction of the death of Jane McRea. Jane McRea was the woman on  whom James Fenimore Cooper (qv) based the character of Cora in  "Last of the Mohicans". This book was made into the film  _Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)_ (qv), which also starred  Daniel Day'),
('44705','Lewis (qv).'),
('44706',' The film is dedicated to Charles Scorsese (qv), father of director  Martin Scorsese (qv), who died just before the film was completed.  He and his wife Catherine Scorsese (qv) (the directors mother)  have a cameo appearance in the scene at the station.'),
('44707',' Just past the middle of the movie, an exterior image of New York is  shown. One of the buildings has "Schoonmakers Painters Supply  Store" painted on it. Thelma Schoonmaker (qv) has been  Martin Scorsese (qv)s editor for years.'),
('44708',' The Agenda was part of the Kids With A Camera boot camp in Austin,  Texas. The program teaches young filmmakers, ages 8'),
('44709','14, how to  write, direct, act'),
('44710','in and edit a short film in four days.'),
('44711',' Cody and Natalie attend the "William Donovan Preparatory School".  William Donovan was in charge of the US Office of Strategic Services  (OSS) in World War II. The OSS eventually became the CIA.'),
('44712',' At the very end of the film, Codys hologram'),
('44713','projecting phone rings.  Its the ring from _Our Man Flint (1966)_ (qv), also used by Austin  Powers.'),
('44714',' The photograph of Frankie Muniz (qv) that accompanies Codys CIA  profile is a _"Malcolm in the Middle" (2000)_ (qv) publicity still.'),
('44715',' When Cody and Natalie are meeting in the café, the Norwegian  ice'),
('44716','cream brand Diplom is is shown in the background on the wall  behind Natalie. Also the Diplom'),
('44717','Is jenta is seen on the floor to  the left behind Natalie. Harald Zwart (qv) always puts in a couple  of items from Norway in his movies. He has also put in the scarf  from his local soccer team, FFK (Fredrikstad Fotballklubb), which  you can see hangs from the door to his room. There is even a pennant  on the wall of his (Cody Banks) room from the same soccer team. The  colors are red and white on both the scarf and the pennant.'),
('44718',' The evil organization is named E.R.I.S. which is also the name of  the Greek goddess of discord and strife. In mythology, she was the  sister of Ares, god of war.'),
('44719',' In addition to the Norwegian "Diplom Is" sign at the café, a scarf  of Harald Zwart (qv)s hometown football team, Fredrikstad  Fotballkubb, is hanging over Codys bedroom door.'),
('44720',' The exterior of the CIA headquarters was shot on location in the  Academic Quadrangle at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver. This  location is popular for films in Vancouver, and once doubled as an  alien planet in an episode of _"Stargate SG'),
('44721','1" (1997)_ (qv).'),
('44722',' SPOILER: The number on Francois Molays coat at the end of the film  in the CIA headquarter is 1138. A reference to George Lucas (qv)s  _THX 1138 (1971)_ (qv).'),
('44723',' WILHELM SCREAM: As a henchman falls while the E.R.I.S. facility is  destructing.'),
('44724',' Schools nurse is "Nurse Ratched" '),
('44725',' same name as in  _One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975)_ (qv)'),
('44726',' At one point at CIA headquarters you hear the intercom announce "To  the driver of a silver Aston Martin please move your car". James  Bond, a definite reference for the film, is seen driving a silver  Aston Martin in Goldfinger.'),
('44727',' Natalie Connors was named Natalie after producer Dylan Sellers  daughter Natalie. Natalie Sellers was also the one who asked for  Hilary Duff to play the role.'),
('44728',' Hilary Duff first heard of the movie when Frankie Muinz was guest  starring in her show "Lizzie McGuire"'),
('44729',' The makers wanted to use "London Calling" by The Clash (qv), but  couldnt afford the rights. Director Kevin Allen (I) (qv) got hold  of fellow Jack*, Martin Ace (qv) of "Man", to write "Destination  London" instead. (*native of Swansea).'),
('44730',' Original director Harald Zwart (qv) quit after disagreeing with  the studio over the amount of budget allocated to the film (only $1  million more than the first film). Harald Zwart (qv) wanted to use  a lot of CGI effects which would have brought the budget up to about  $30 million, a figure that MGM (rightly) deemed to be too high.'),
('44731',' Frankie Muniz (qv) was paid $5 million for reprising his role as  Agent Cody Banks, $3 million more than the original.'),
('44732',' There are 15 credited producers on the film.'),
('44733',' Kevin Allen (I) (qv) wanted to direct the film to prove that he  could make a popcorn movie as well as the indie fare hes more  associated with.'),
('44734',' Hannah Spearritt (qv) wanted her character and Cody Banks to be an  item, but this idea was nixed by the producers.'),
('44735',' Shot during Frankie Muniz (qv)s summer hiatus from  _"Malcolm in the Middle" (2000)_ (qv).'),
('44736',' The script was being written as filming took place.'),
('44737',' Frankie Muniz (qv) underwent two months of martial arts training  before filming began.'),
('44738',' Warwick Davis (qv) originally started writing the script while  filming _Willow (1988)_ (qv).'),
('44739',' Producer Jim Wynorski had to re'),
('44740','shoot about forty minutes of footage  in three days.'),
('44741',' Due to the success of _D Anothers (2005)_ (qv), the production  wanted another team'),
('44742','up of Vhong Navarro (qv) and  Toni Gonzaga (qv). However, Tonis previous commitments forced her  to drop the movie. Mariel Rodriguez (qv) was the replacement.'),
('44743',' ABS'),
('44744','CBN paid Tony Ferrer (qv) for the right of the film. In  exchange, Tony agreed to appear in the movie which he popularized in  the 70s.'),
('44745',' Jason Gainza (qv) was billed as the main villain in the earlier promotional materials. His role later went to Jeffrey Quizon (qv).'),
('44746',' Produced as a television pilot for a new spy series, it was given a  theatrical release instead.'),
('44747',' H.A.R.M. stands for Human Aetiological Relations Machine. Aetiology  is a British variant of etiology which is the branch of medical  science concerned with causes and origins of diseases. This full  wording is seen at the top of the world map in the very last scene  of the movie.'),
('44748',' More than fifty percent of the cast and crew are either 19 or  younger.'),
('44749',' The final render for the film took 100 consecutive days of non'),
('44750','stop  rendering.'),
('44751',' The stars that revolve around Quincy the Dogs head are the stars  from Super Mario Bros.'),
('44752',' DIRCAMEO(Ed Word Price (qv)): a delivery'),
('44753','man for EDS, Eds  Delivery Service.'),
('44754',' When Agent Angie Orange cuts open the fruit basket, her laser watch  is a miniature scale of the Death Star (with different colors and a  different laser beam).'),
('44755',' The school bus has this school name on it: "Melville Public School."  It was named after Melvin Gonsalez, an instructor at DigiPen  Institute of Technology. He was a teacher of the videos animators:  Ed, Chris, Armando, Bryan, Aric, Scott, and Andy.'),
('44756',' John Gielgud (qv) received a special Tony Award for this one'),
('44757','man  show when he first performed it on Broadway in 1959.'),
('44758',' The play was copyrighted on 3 December 1932, but had no Broadway  performances.'),
('44759',' Fourth episode, first series, of The Gumps 2'),
('44760','reel comedy series'),
('44761',' The film is presumed lost.'),
('44762',' The film was based on a book by Leo Tolstoy (qv), who in turn  based the book on his experiences in the Russian army in Chechnya  when his unit was sent to help subdue Chechen guerrillas.'),
('44763',' For the 2001 video release by Platinum Disc Corporation, the box  correctly lists Steve Reeves (qv) as the star. However, the photo  on the box is of Gordon Scott (I) (qv). The photograph was from  another movie, Sergio Corbucci (qv)s _Romolo e Remo (1961)_ (qv),  in which both Reeves and Scott appear.'),
('44764',' For the U.S. English dubbed version, released through Warner  Brothers, the name of director Riccardo Freda (qv) was listed in  the credits as Richard Freda (qv).'),
('44765',' The role played by Gina Alajar (qv) was initially intended for  Alma Moreno (I) (qv).'),
('44766',' The role played by Nancy Castiglione (qv) was initially intended  for Ara Mina (qv) who backed out to due conflict of schedule.'),
('44767',' Tinnu Anand (qv) had to shave his head bald to make the age  difference between him and Amitabh Bachchan (qv), as he played the  role of his uncle.'),
('44768',' To give Amitabh Bachchan (qv) the gangster look, his mouth was  stuffed with cotton wool underneath both cheeks, as was  Marlon Brando (qv)s in _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv)'),
('44769',' The movie is inspired by a poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan (qv).'),
('44770',' Deepak Shirke made his debut with the film.'),
('44771',' There was a bedroom scene in the original script after Amitabh has  an argument with his mother he goes to Madhavi for comfort. Amitabh  Bachchan didnt feel comfortable about it and when he asked the  director to alter the scene it was removed.'),
('44772',' Based on events that led to the last executions in Iceland.'),
('44773',' During the filming of the movie, Anjelica Huston (qv) was  "arrested" on Dublins Moore Street. She had been convinced by some  of the street stall owners to try doing her sales pitch for real. As  a joke someone informed the local beat Garda that there was someone  selling on Moore Street without a traders licence. Not recognizing  Anjelica Huston (qv), the officer in question detained her. He saw  the funny side of it when it was revealed who she was and what she  was doing and let her go.'),
('44774',' Brendan OCarroll (qv), the author of the book on which the film  is based, appears throughout the film as the drunk character first  at the cemetery he is the man who races into the pub for a pint  ahead of the Brown cortège, then he is putting up the  Tom Jones (I) (qv) posters, then he is on the bridge where Agnes  and the Frenchman stop on their date and finally the character who  asks who the owner of the fancy car is at the end.'),
('44775',' This film was never finished.'),
('44776',' The role of Mother Superior was originated on Broadway by  Geraldine Page (qv). Page was passed over for the film version, in  favor of Anne Bancroft (I) (qv). Bancroft was nominated for an  Academy Award, but lost, ironically, to Page.'),
('44777',' The roles given to Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly were  portrayed on Broadway by Elizabeth Ashley, Geraldine Page and Amanda  Plummer.'),
('44778',' Jane Fonda had to start chain'),
('44779','smoking for her part even though she  hates to smoke.'),
('44780',' Anne Pitoniak (qv) who portrays Jane Fondas mother in Agnes of  God, was the original Mother Miriam Ruth when the play was first  produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville.'),
('44781',' Volker Spengler (qv) was the original choice for the role of  Günther.'),
('44782',' DIRCAMEO (Oskar Roehler (qv)): man sitting next to Hans'),
('44783','Jörg in  the first group therapy scene'),
('44784',' The filming was partly done in a very dangerous neighborhood of  Lodz. Reinforced security was hired to protect the crew and  equipment.'),
('44785',' Chiefly screened in cinema clubs with the filmmakers present to  discuss the film with the audience.'),
('44786',' Cardinal Giovanni de Medici succeeded to the papacy after the death  of Julius II in 1513, becoming Pope Leo X.'),
('44787',' Charlton Heston (qv) put a steel rod in his nose to make it  resemble Michelangelos broken one, but Rex Harrison (I) (qv)  steadfastly refused to grow a beard, even though the real'),
('44788','life  Julius II had one.'),
('44789',' Average Shot Length = ~7.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.8  seconds.'),
('44790',' The material used as the wet plaster that drips into the mouth of  Michelangelo (Charlton Heston (qv)) was chocolate pudding.'),
('44791',' In the film, the quarries that Michelangelo (Charlton Heston (qv))  sourced for the marble for his sculptures were the actual quarries  attended by the real Michelangelo at Carrara, Massa'),
('44792','Carrara,  Tuscany, Italy.'),
('44793',' The Sistine Chapel could not be used for filming the painting of its  ceiling so it was recreated on a sound stage at Cinecittà Studios,  Rome, Italy.'),
('44794',' Heston was asked in an interview, which of all the characters hed  portrayed would he like to have as a dinner guest. He said  Michaelangelo, but acknowledged that, as the painter did in the  film, Michaelangelo would certainly not show up.'),
('44795',' The picture has been shot in HDCAM and mainly at night. This is the  first feature film shot on HD in Southeastern Europe.'),
('44796',' Official Competition Locarno International Film Festival 2006'),
('44797',' Official Competition Amiens International Film Festival 2006'),
('44798',' First movie of Aga Muhlach (qv).'),
('44799',' Although the opening titles claim the film was based on "the diary  of the monk Gaspar de Carvajal", director Werner Herzog (qv) has  stated that there is no historical basis for the story and that the  monks diary was invented to lend it more credence. However, a diary  of Carvajal does in fact exist, but Carvajal was not part of any  expedition with Aguirre, but rather part of one 20 years earlier to  the interior.'),
('44800',' According to director Werner Herzog (qv), Klaus Kinski (qv)  threatened to abandon the film entirely at one point during the  shooting. Werner Herzog (qv) says he threatened to kill  Klaus Kinski (qv) and then turn the gun on himself if  Klaus Kinski (qv) left '),
('44801',' and later declared he was quite prepared  to do so. Klaus Kinski (qv) stated in interviews that  Werner Herzog (qv) wielded a pistol to emphasize the threat, but  Werner Herzog (qv) denies this.'),
('44802',' Near the end of the shooting, Werner Herzog (qv) thought he had  lost all the negatives that the film was shot on. He later  discovered that the shipping agency at the Lima airport had  completed all paperwork that accompanied the transportation of the  film cans, but had not actually shipped them. The cans were thought  lost for several weeks before the oversight was revealed.'),
('44803',' Most of the film, as well as several other features by  Werner Herzog (qv), was shot on a 35mm camera that he stole from  his film school. He readily admits to the theft but also attempts to  justify it with the significance of the films hes made with the  camera.'),
('44804',' Many of the scenes depicted in the film were unrehearsed and  unstaged, and the dividing line between the cast acting in character  and simply reacting to their situations as people became very  blurry. For example, in one of the opening scenes, when the carriage  holding Aguirres daughter tips over and threatens to collapse, a  hand comes in from the right side of the frame to assist the actors  in steadying their hold. That hand belongs to director  Werner Herzog (qv).'),
('44805',' Werner Herzog (qv) claims to have written the screenplay in two  and a half days. He wrote a good portion of it while traveling with  his soccer team, during games and on bus rides. Following one game,  the team was very drunk, and the player seated behind  Werner Herzog (qv) vomited on his typewriter, ruining many pages  of the script. Werner Herzog (qv) was unable to salvage the pages,  and tossed them out the window. He was also unable to recall what  hed written on them.'),
('44806',' During one scene set in a native village, Klaus Kinski (qv) hits  one of the crewmen over the head with his sword. The blow nearly  killed the man, and only his helmet saved his life.'),
('44807',' Kinski, Klaus (qv) claimed at one time that while filming the  final scene, he was actually bitten by some of the monkeys.'),
('44808',' Ranked #46 on Entertainment Weeklys "Top 50 Cult Films of All'),
('44809','Time"'),
('44810',' This was the first Werner Herzog (qv) film with  Klaus Kinski (qv). It was the start of an extremely stormy, and  sometimes violent, professional relationship that lasted 15 years,'),
('44811',' The complete crew comprised only eight people.'),
('44812',' During a particularly rowdy night of production, Klaus Kinski  repeatedly fired a Winchester rifle into an occupied tent. One of  the bullets took the tip of an unnamed extras finger off. Herzog  immediately confiscated the weapon and it remains his property to  this day.'),
('44813',' Herzog did not storyboard a single frame of the film. All of it was  shot and framed spontaneously.'),
('44814',' DIRCAMEO(Beto Gómez (qv)): the guy who talks with Pachuco on the  bus at the beginning of the film.'),
('44815',' Shot in only one week'),
('44816',' Sound recordist Alberto Tejada (qv) replaced famed Mexican singer  Gualberto Castro (qv) in a leading role when  Gualberto Castro (qv) was taken ill at the last moment.'),
('44817',' Will Rogers (I) (qv) planned to play Nat Miller in this film, but  eventually backed out of the project, enabling him to make the  ill'),
('44818','fated airplane trip with Wiley Post (qv) to Alaska. The plane  crashed, killing them both.'),
('44819',' The gazebo in this film, a symbol of the typical American town, was  built specially for the movie.'),
('44820',' This film was the first to have media ads taken out campaigning for  an Academy Award. The ads depicted MGMs Leo the Lion holding an  Oscar, reading "Youve given so much, Leo '),
('44821',' now get ready to  receive!" Despite the ads (or perhaps because of them) the film  received no Academy Award nominations.'),
('44822',' First broadcast on PBSs "Theater in America".'),
('44823',' Linda Hunt (qv)s TV debut.'),
('44824',' Magda El'),
('44825','Khatib died after shooting her role in the film.'),
('44826',' After the German premiere at the "Berlinale" the movie was  confiscated as suspected pornography. However, 18 months later a  German federal court permitted release in cinemas without any cuts.'),
('44827',' Shot in Japan, the undeveloped film had to be shipped to France for  development, due to Japans strict censorship policies.'),
('44828',' SPOILER: The writing on Kichizos chest, that Sada wrote using  Kichizos own blood, reads "Sada Kichi futari kiri" ("Sada and  Kichi, just two of us together"). This was the actual writing seen  on the real Kichizos body when the police found his corpse on 19  May 1936.'),
('44829',' The film was banned by Israeli censors in 1987. The ban was  eventually overturned by the Supreme Court. See also  _Jenin, Jenin (2002)_ (qv).'),
('44830',' The film was not submitted for British classification until 1989.'),
('44831',' First official Japanese production to be shown in theaters  uncensored and with full frontal nudity unfogged.'),
('44832',' Italian censorship visa #30518 delivered on 28 February 1939.'),
('44833',' The debut film for actor Pitisak Yaowananon (qv)'),
('44834',' No animals were harmed in the making of this film. In the  dog'),
('44835','beating scene, two dogs played the role of the "mad" dog '),
('44836',' a  professional dog actor named James Bond and Nam Tan, a disabled dog  from the Disabled Animal Aid Pak Kret Foundation.'),
('44837',' Like in "Crouching tiger, Hidden dragon" (2000) Martial Art director  Xian Gao stars in this film. He plays the role of Sifu, the Kung'),
('44838','Fu  teacher.'),
('44839',' First ever Danish movie with Martial Arts elements.'),
('44840',' Most of the actors in the movie are amateurs.'),
('44841',' The singing of Sophia Loren (qv) is dubbed by  Renata Tebaldi (qv).'),
('44842',' Renata Tebaldi (qv) was originally going to play Aida herself, but  backed out.'),
('44843',' Has the longest monologue in a dramatic film.  Edwige Feuillère (qv) (Natasha) gives a 20'),
('44844','minute speech.'),
('44845',' This film is based on short story that was written in 1994.'),
('44846',' The film was shot in 2003.'),
('44847',' Louis de Funes (qv) had had a heart attack one year earlier and  this marked his return to movies. The ads were supposed to have only  his name above the title with Coluche (qv)s name in the lower  credits. It was Louis de Funès (qv) himself who insisted that the  posters should announce "De Funes and Coluche" above the title'),
('44848',' The service area shown in the lead credits is the "Aire de Nemours"  at motorway A6, direction Lyon, about 80 kilometers southeast of  Paris (km 74).'),
('44849',' The ferry scenes were actually shot on the Isle of Wight ferry  England.'),
('44850',' The scene where Emma, (Etienne Eckert (qv)), hysterically tells  Aimees mother she is missing, was shot in one take by  Richard Rossi (qv) with a hand'),
('44851','held camera because  Etienne Eckert (qv) just suffered an accident, injuring her ankle.  Richard Rossi (qv) cleaned her wounds and blood with hydrogen  peroxide, and suggested she put her hysteria into the scene. The  bandage on her ankle is the bandage Richard Rossi (qv) put on her  real wound.'),
('44852',' Richard Rossi (qv) was offered the lead in a remake of  _Elmer Gantry (1960)_ (qv) but decided the 1960 film was a classic  that should not be remade. Since _Elmer Gantry (1960)_ (qv) was  inspired by Aimee McPherson, he decided to do the true historical  story and focus on Aimee McPherson as the lead.'),
('44853',' Rene Russo (qv), Andie MacDowell (qv), and Laura Dern (qv) all  expressed interest in playing the role of Aimee.'),
('44854',' Director Richard Rossi (qv) chose an actor'),
('44855','friend with long hair  and a beard to play Jesus at the end of the film. The Jesus actor  relapsed with an addiction to heroin and was a no'),
('44856','show. The Jesus  role is uncredited and it is a mystery who played Christ embracing  Aimee, but rumors persist Richard Rossi (qv) wore the wig and  played Christ himself in the final scene.'),
('44857',' The speakeasy where David Hutton gives a sermon and collects money  from the callgirls, is the actual 1920s historic Hollywood speakeasy  where the events occurred, located on Hollywood Boulevard.'),
('44858',' Richard Rossi (qv) was offered two million dollars to finance the  film by Aimee loyalists if he would omit from the script any  reference to Aimees two failed marriages, 1920s disappearance, and  death by overdose. He decided to make a truthful version and finance  the film on his own, resulting in church officials calling the film  "misleading" and disappointing" in the December 2004 article in the  Christian Examiner.'),
('44859',' Mimi Michaels (qv) attended a Pentecostal service in Santa Monica,  California, for the first time to prepare for the role of Aimee. She  walked up to the pulpit and gave an impromptu sermon, leading the  congregation into ecstatic praise. Several audience members at test  screenings claim they experienced miracle faith healings when Aimee  (Mimi Michaels (qv)) prays in the film.'),
('44860',' In May 2006, the movie was chosen for the #1 spot on the IGFA List  of the 100 Greatest Guerrilla films of all time. (Films shot for a  budget of less than $75,000)'),
('44861',' The brief film footage of Harry holding the original 1933 King Kong  in his trembling hands was actually shot by LOTR Director Peter  Jackson using Harrys "Spy" camera. The film shots of Harry talking  with Green Goblin actor Defoe were made in part by AICNs evil  professor Moriarty. The footage shot on the LOTR set of the last  shot of principle filming for the entire trilogy (a scene from  Return of the King) was made in Dec. of 2000 by Harry with a "micro"  digital camera he hid in his shirt.'),
('44862',' Victor Moore (I) (qv) did the voice of the hunter in this cartoon  for free. When approached by Friz Freleng (qv), he was shown a  caricature of him as the hunter. Moore replied, "I love it, if youd  just put more hair on my head."'),
('44863',' Shortly after filming began the original title "Thekken" was changed  to "Ainoa" to avoid confusion with the similarly titled video game  "Tekken". Although "Thekken" was the name of one of the main  characters no dialogue lines mentioning the name were shot then.'),
('44864',' The film is dedicated to Mike Katzin (qv).'),
('44865',' The dog that plays Buddy died a year after this movie was made.'),
('44866',' Six dogs played Bud.'),
('44867',' Sniffer is Don Knotts last role.'),
('44868',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('44869',' The first sound'),
('44870','on'),
('44871','film feature. The dialogue sequence lasted 15  minutes.'),
('44872',' Third release in the "Russ Farrell, Aviator" 2'),
('44873','reel series.'),
('44874',' The real Mary Ann was lost in combat just after this film was  released.'),
('44875',' One of the top three money makers for Warner Brothers in 1943.'),
('44876',' An uncredited William Faulkner (qv) wrote the emotional death bed  scene for the Mary Anns pilot.'),
('44877',' Actual newsreel footage was expertly inserted into the film,  including scenes from the Battle of the Coral Sea.'),
('44878',' Henry Blair (qv) is in studio records/casting call lists playing  "Quincannons Son" and hes called Michael in the film, but he does  not appear.'),
('44879',' Aerial scenes were filmed in Texas and Florida because airplanes  appearing to be Japanese were not allowed on the west coast due to a  fear of Japanese invasion.'),
('44880',' The U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft that appeared in the film were:  '),
('44881',' Ten Boeing B'),
('44882','17C/D Flying Fortresses from Hendrick Field, Sebring,    Florida.  '),
('44883',' North American AT'),
('44884','6 Texans (as Japanese fighters) and Bell P'),
('44885','39    Airacobras, Curtiss P'),
('44886','40Cs and Republic P'),
('44887','43A Lancers from Drew    Field.  '),
('44888',' Six Martin B'),
('44889','26C Marauders from McDill Field, Tampa, Florida, as    the Japanese bombers.'),
('44890',' In the scene on Wake Island where a marine hands the dog to  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg (George Tobias), a voice can be heard  telling the dog to give Weinberg a kiss. The voice was from the  dogs owner and trainer, Frank Weatherwax. The dog, named Rommy, had  appeared in numerous other movies including Reap the Wild Wind  (1942), George Washington Slept Here (1942), and Without Love  (1945).'),
('44891',' The aircraft that played the parts of Zeros in the film were  actually Republic P'),
('44892','43A Lancers.'),
('44893',' The lead role was written for Kevin Costner (qv), but he was  heavily committed to _Postman, The (1997)_ (qv), and suggested  Harrison Ford (I) (qv) for the part.'),
('44894',' When Valera gives his thumbprint for a background check near the  beginning of the film, the date of birth that comes up among his  info (3/21/58) is actor Oldman, Gary (qv)s real birthday.'),
('44895',' The usual Air Force One is one of two modified Boeing 747'),
('44896','200s. To  represent it, the filmmakers rented and repainted a Boeing 747'),
('44897','146,  which had originally belonged to Japan Air Lines, from the cargo  carrier American International Airways (AIA). The paint job cost  $300,000. The 747s pilot, Paul Bishop (I) (qv), also came from  AIA. See also the goofs entry.'),
('44898',' The sequence set at Ramstein AB, Germany, was filmed at Rickenbacker  International Airport, Columbus, OH. Because the aircraft had to be  visible even though the scene was supposedly taking place at night,  a small amount of sky light was required; this restricted filming to  two 15'),
('44899','minute intervals each day, at dusk and dawn.'),
('44900',' One morning, the frantic activity of taxiing and braking during this  period caused the 747s wheels to overheat '),
('44901',' triggering a safety  device that deflates all the tires rather than risk a blowout.'),
('44902',' The shot where the 747 swerves on the ground at Ramstein was  performed at half speed.'),
('44903',' The final sequence where a cable is extended from an MC'),
('44904','130 to the  747 was filmed near Californias Channel Islands.  Paul Bishop (I) (qv) flew the 747 in formation within a few feet  of the MC'),
('44905','130. The camera plane, a modified B'),
('44906','25, had a top speed of  about 230 mph, so the sequence was filmed at about 200 mph and the  747 had to be flown with flaps extended. This sequence is a nearly a  shot'),
('44907','for'),
('44908','shot copy of a similar air to air rescue involving an  MC'),
('44909','130 and a Boeing 747 in _Airport 1975 (1974)_ (qv).'),
('44910',' The cable really was trailed behind the MC'),
('44911','130, but its connection  to the 747 was a special effect.'),
('44912',' Harrison Ford (I) (qv) told Gary Oldman (qv) to actually hit him  during the filming of the fight scenes.'),
('44913',' When a dummy was put on the cable, the 747s bow wave blew off its  coat and tie. Rather than put the planes engines at risk, the  filmmakers decided to use special effects for all shots of the  people on the cable.'),
('44914',' One day during filming, two F/A'),
('44915','18 fighters appeared and radioed in  a surprised report that the plane theyd been asked to identify was  Air Force One and there were bullet holes in it. (They were actually  decals). The air traffic control center in Los Angeles knew about  the filming and was able to set them straight.'),
('44916',' Randy Newman (I) (qv)s score was cut late in post'),
('44917','production by  director Wolfgang Petersen (I) (qv) for being "too loud and  blatty." Bootleg copies are in circulation.'),
('44918',' After Randy Newman (I) (qv)s score was rejected, a new composer  had to be found to do the score in the two weeks that were left. In  the end, longtime film composer Jerry Goldsmith (qv) got the  assignment, but was so daunted by the amount of time he had to write  the score that he began requesting that his assignments be given to  him months in advance of the finishing of a films final cut.'),
('44919',' The outdoor, nighttime shots of the military invading Radeks palace  were filmed at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  The building that is supposed to be Radeks palace is actually  Severance Hall. In some shots, you can see part of CWRUs Thwing  Student Union behind Severance Hall.'),
('44920',' The Russian prison where Radek is held during the movie was filmed  at the Mansfield Penitentiary, the same location as the prison in  _Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)_ (qv).'),
('44921',' Distributors wanted a PG'),
('44922','13 rating, but were denied it by the  MPAA.'),
('44923',' The interiors for Radeks Palace were filmed inside the County  Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio. The scene were the U.S. team is  running down the stairs in front of the statue is in the lobby.  There is also a scene in a narrow hallway that takes place in the  Law Library in the same building.'),
('44924',' The production was allowed to use CNNs actual Los Angeles studio  for its mock CNN segments.'),
('44925',' Gary Oldman (qv)s (Ivan Korshunov) chilling performance earned  him the nickname "Scary Gary" during production.'),
('44926',' The painting of the plane used as Air Force One was done at a  facility in Amarillo, Texas that specialized in refurbishing older  jet planes for use by other airlines.'),
('44927',' SPOILER: The execution of Press Secretary Melanie Mitchel was  omitted from the final cut as the director Wolfgang Petersen (qv)  thought it was too intense.'),
('44928',' The filmmakers were denied access to the real Air Force One planes,  so they had to rely on descriptions from people who had actually  been aboard, and the set designers imaginations.'),
('44929',' SPOILER: Wolfgang Petersen (I) (qv)s commentary and some other  stories on the movie say that the original script explained that  Secret Service Agent Gibbs had been a CIA Spook and had lost a lot  due to the end of the Cold War so was angry at the US Government and  knew the terrorists from his CIA days. It was decided it took too  long to tell so it was cut from the script.'),
('44930',' Although there are two specific 747s used and maintained by the Air  Force for the presidents use, the "Air Force One" designation is  the air traffic control sign of any US Air Force aircraft carrying  the President of the United States.'),
('44931',' SPOILER: One of the producers wanted Ivan Korshunov to die by being  thrown out of the plane by President James Marshall. But the writer  thought it would be too obvious, so they stuck with his idea that  Marshall snaps Ivans neck by wrapping a strap around his neck and  opening his parachute. Although Marshall releasing his grasp on Ivan  was the producers idea.'),
('44932',' The actor Ilia Volokh, who plays the first Russian killed by  Harrison Ford, stars in an episode of Friends where he plays a  Russian Launderette owner who has pictures of famous people on the  wall who use his store. Joey tries to get his picture put up but the  store owner is offended by how Russians are portrayed in his show.  Joey points out that there is a picture of Harrison Ford on the wall  and that he was in Air Force One where Russians are terrorists. The  owner says he hasnt seen the film and Joey says he should because  its great.'),
('44933',' Mexican actress Claudia Soberón (qv) auditioned for a supporting  role.'),
('44934',' The short was shot and edited in ten days in Cannes, France as part  of the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival.'),
('44935',' Four of eight reels survive at the Library of Congress in  Washington, D.C.'),
('44936',' In 1976, Fairchild issued an MGM "Film Classic" puzzle series which  included "Air Raid Wardens". The photo used for the 250 piece puzzle  is obviously a publicity still(#1287) not an actual scene, as it  depicts in color Stan & Ollie seated in a demolished antique car  that is up against a tree. The car has no tires, only rims, although  1 back tire is shown laying on the ground in the rear.'),
('44937',' Seventh episode in the Boy Friends 2'),
('44938','reel comedy series'),
('44939',' David Sharpe (I) (qv) gets top billed in this one, and has several  opportunities to show off his stunt expertise.'),
('44940',' Central High school is actually Western Hills High School, alma  mater of baseball greats Pete Rose (qv) and Whitey Herzog.'),
('44941',' Climax scene used tanks and actual military crews from nearby  Canadian Forces Base'),
('44942',' CAMEO(Lemmy (qv)): Front man for the band Motorhead is the  "Newspaper Editor" in the parking lot. Hes credited as Lemmy Von  Motorhead.'),
('44943',' The members of the band "Sons of Thunder" (Monty Colvin (qv),  Alan Doss (qv), Ben Huggins (qv), and  Mitchell Dane Sonnier (qv)) are actually members of another group  called the Galactic Cowboys (qv).'),
('44944',' Rob Zombie (qv) (Robert Cummings), Phil Philo Buerstatte (qv),  Sean Yseult (qv), and Jay Yuenger (qv) are members of the metal  band, White Zombie (qv).'),
('44945',' The Lone Rangers hit single "Degenerated" is actually a song by  80s punk'),
('44946','turned'),
('44947','metal group Reagan Youth (qv).'),
('44948',' The character Rex, who plays the bass player in the Lone Rangers, is  an apparent representation of the bass player Rex Brown (I) (qv)  from the band Pantera (II) (qv).'),
('44949',' During the intro sequence, a picture of Lemmy (qv) can be seen  hanging on a wall in the Palatine Records building. Lemmy (qv)  appears later in the movie.'),
('44950',' The building in which the main characters take hostages, is right  across the street from the building used in _Die Hard (1988)_ (qv).  (Both buildings are seen in both movies.)'),
('44951',' When Chaz tells Yvonne to get her stuff and go, he says, "Youll be  home in time for The Simpsons." Joe Mantegna  (qv) (Ian) has a  recurring character on _"Simpsons, The" (1989)_ (qv).'),
('44952',' Alexandre Rockwell  (qv)was originally slated to direct.'),
('44953',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('44954',' 1. Pirate of the Air  '),
('44955',' 2. Hovering Death  '),
('44956',' 3. A Leap For Life  '),
('44957',' 4. A Fatal Crash  '),
('44958',' 5. The Hawk Strikes  '),
('44959',' 6. Bridge of Destruction  '),
('44960',' 7. The Hawks Treachery  '),
('44961',' 8. The Aerial Third Degree  '),
('44962',' 9. Attack on the Mine  '),
('44963',' 10.The Hawks Lair  '),
('44964',' 11.The Law Strikes  '),
('44965',' 12.The Mail Must Go Through'),
('44966',' Universal released films of several Italian producers, although  these were rumored to have been actually produced on the East Coast.  The Italian title and cast are unknown.'),
('44967',' The first film in Zach Hortons Disaster Trilogy.'),
('44968',' The window behind the "Transcendental Air" desk shows the cityscape  from _Logans Run (1976)_ (qv).'),
('44969',' William Shatner (qv)s character orders a profile on everyone  whos seen _Sound of Music, The (1965)_ (qv) more than four times.  That film was directed by Robert Wise (I) (qv), who also directed  _Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)_ (qv), which starred  William Shatner (qv) three years earlier.'),
('44970',' The truck that Ted leaps out of to get into the skyport is named  "Kens Trucking" and has a Canadian maple leaf on it. This is an  inside joke since "Ken" is Writer'),
('44971','Director Finkleman, Ken (qv) who  is from Canada, hence the Maple Leaf.'),
('44972',' The theme music used in this movie is from the TV series  _"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)_ (qv).'),
('44973',' The hanging lady in the first airplane movie reprises her role as  the first victim of Strikers anecdotes as the vomiting lady.'),
('44974',' The sound effects as the boy in the control room is "playing" with  the incoming planes radar are from the Atari 2600 game  _Yars Revenge (1981) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('44975',' When the shuttle takes off the music from  _"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)_ (qv) is played. The navigator is  played by Kent McCord (qv) who played Captain Troy on  _"Galactica 1980" (1980)_ (qv).'),
('44976',' The Zucker/Abrahams directing trio (Jerry Zucker (qv),  David Zucker (I) (qv) & Jim Abrahams (qv)) claim (on the audio  commentary on the DVD release of _Airplane! (1980)_ (qv)) never to  have seen this film. They initially agreed to a sequel and then  balked at the idea at a later date. The movie went ahead without  their permission and despite their protests '),
('44977',' thus, they refused to  watch a single frame of it upon its release '),
('44978',' and still havent over  20 years later.'),
('44979',' This film was created with the obligation that its creative team  return for a third installment. Expectations were so high that the  next film was promised at the end of the credits of this one. When  the film was released to mediocre box office plans for Airplane III  were cancelled but the ad remains in most prints.'),
('44980',' At one point Stryker, speaking to William Shatner (qv)s character  Buck Murdoch, says "Roger, Murdoch..." Roger Murdoch was the  co'),
('44981','pilot in the first film played by Kareem Abdul'),
('44982','Jabbar (I) (qv).'),
('44983',' At the Alpha Beta base, a technician tells Buck Murdock that the  piece of equipment he is working on has red lights that go back and  forth, but no other apparent purpose. This piece of equipment has  been seen in many science fiction movies and television shows  (including _Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)_ (qv), and an  episode of _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv)), but its  function is never explained.'),
('44984',' The car they used to jump'),
('44985','start the Space Shuttle prior to launch is  a 1958 Ford Edsel, noteworthy as one of the biggest marketing flops  in automotive history.'),
('44986',' The computer keyboards in Mission Control are from the early home  computers, the Commodore Vic'),
('44987','20'),
('44988',' This is the first film to use the "starstreak" patterns that later  became a familiar sight in the later STAR TREK series and films.  They appear when Stryker activates the Warp Drive.'),
('44989',' The "navigation chart" Simon is reviewing in preparation for takeoff  is the Thomas Bros. Map Guide for Los Angeles County.'),
('44990',' The truck that Striker jumps out of contains giant pods similar to  the pods seen in _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)_ (qv).'),
('44991',' Sonny Bono (qv)s briefcase is covered with stickers from his  previous destinations, which are all cities destroyed by bombs:  Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Pearl Harbor, and Dresden.'),
('44992',' Letterman, David (qv) screen'),
('44993','tested for the role of Ted Striker.'),
('44994',' Lloyd Bridges (qv) as Steve McCroskey spoofs his role as Jim  Conrad in the TV series  _"San Francisco International Airport" (1970)_ (qv).'),
('44995',' Rex Kramer and Steve McCroskey were also character names in  _Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)_ (qv).'),
('44996',' William Tregoe (qv), who plays Jack Kirkpatrick, the TV anchorman  ("I say, let em crash"), plays an almost identical character in the  "Count/Pointercount" segment of  _Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)_ (qv). His character name is the  similar'),
('44997','sounding John Fitzsimmons, and he is arguing for "count."  Both roles parody James J. Kilpatrick (qv) on  _"60 Minutes" (1968)_ (qv).'),
('44998',' A disco station in the film is called WZAZ, a reference to  filmmakers David Zucker (qv), Jim Abrahams (qv), and  Jerry Zucker (qv). The same initials appear on one of the  microphones in the scene with the reporters in the control tower.'),
('44999',' The airplane model used for the flying shots hangs in the museum at  the Studios at Los Colinas (Texas).'),
('45000',' When Striker takes control of the airplane, among the "voices" he  hears is the announcement "Now batting for Pedro Borbon, Manny  Mota... Mota... Mota..." Manny Mota was a pinch hitter for the  Dodgers and Pirates '),
('45001',' and was never on a team with Pedro Borbon.'),
('45002',' All the exterior shots of the plane while flying use a sound track  of a propeller plane although it is a jet because the studio would  not let the producers use a propeller plane in the movie.'),
('45003',' Lieutenant Hurwitz was the final screen role for  Ethel Merman (qv).'),
('45004',' Jill Whelan (qv), who plays the sick child, also played the  daughter of Capt. Stubing (Gavin MacLeod (qv)) on  _"Love Boat, The" (1977)_ (qv). Joyce Bulifant (qv), who plays her  mother, played MacLeods wife on _"Mary Tyler Moore" (1970)_ (qv).'),
('45005',' The entire production took just over a month. Robert Hays (I) (qv)  was doing the television show _"Angie" (1979)_ (qv) at the same  time.'),
('45006',' The Boeing 707 used in the movie was a re'),
('45007','painted TWA airliner.'),
('45008',' DIRCAMEO(Jerry Zucker (I) (qv) and David Zucker (qv)): appear as  the ground crew at the beginning of the film. (Theyre the ones that  direct the plane into the window of the terminal.)'),
('45009',' The film is mostly a parody of _Zero Hour! (1957)_ (qv), a film that  had a main character named Ted Stryker and such famous "not meant to  be funny" lines like "We have to find someone who can not only fly  this plane, but who didnt have fish for dinner."'),
('45010',' The _Jaws (1975)_ (qv) spoof in the beginning of the film was made  of layers of cotton on a piece of plywood with a hidden wire track  for the airplane to "fly" around.'),
('45011',' Kareem Abdul'),
('45012','Jabbar (I) (qv)s role was originally to be played by  Pete Rose (qv).'),
('45013',' "Stayin Alive" was speeded up for the dance scene of the film.'),
('45014',' To get the film green'),
('45015','lighted by Paramount, Jim Abrahams (qv),  David Zucker (qv) and Jerry Zucker (I) (qv) pitched it as  "_Animal House (1978)_ (qv) on a plane". Which, of course, was far  from the truth, but the only way they could get the studio execs to  understand it was a zany comedy.'),
('45016',' The film was specially geared to spoof the Airport series, but  chiefly spoofs _Airport 1975 (1974)_ (qv), where  Karen Black (I) (qv) is a stewardess forced to pilot a plane after  both pilots are incapacitated, Linda Blair (qv) is a girl needing  a kidney transplant, and Helen Reddy (qv) plays a singing nun.'),
('45017',' Universal threatened to sue when they found out that the directors  were trying to get Helen Reddy (qv) to repeat her role as the  singing nun from _Airport 1975 (1974)_ (qv).  George Kennedy (I) (qv) from the original Airport movies was also  being courted for the film but thought better of running afoul of  Universal.'),
('45018',' The video game played by the air traffic controllers is the Atari  2600s _Basketball (1978) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('45019',' DIRCAMEO(Jim Abrahams (qv)): as the second religious zealot who is  pushed aside by Rex Kramer upon his arrival in the Chicago Airport  terminal.'),
('45020',' Singer/Songwriter Barry Manilow (qv) was considered for the role  of Ted Stryker before Robert Hays (I) (qv) was hired.'),
('45021',' The casting of professional basketball player  Kareem Abdul'),
('45022','Jabbar (I) (qv) as a member of the flight crew was a  reference to pro football player Elroy Crazylegs Hirsch (qv)s  role as a pilot in the serious airplane disaster film  _Zero Hour! (1957)_ (qv)'),
('45023',' The producers bought the rights to the movie  _Zero Hour! (1957)_ (qv), the film that this movie is based on.'),
('45024',' To get inspiration for the ZAZ Kentucky Fried Theatre skits, the  Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams (qv) would leave a videotape  running all night, recording late night television with the aim of  spoofing the commercials. One night they recorded the film  _Zero Hour! (1957)_ (qv), which ultimately acted as the main  inspiration for _Airplane! (1980)_ (qv).'),
('45025',' The first draft for the movie was written in 1974. Even then,  Robert Stack (qv) was first choice for the part of Rex Kramer.'),
('45026',' Julie Hagerty (qv)s first movie.'),
('45027',' Kareem Abdul'),
('45028','Jabbar (I) was offered $30,000 to appear in the film.  But he asked for $35,000 because he wanted to buy a $35,000 rug.'),
('45029',' The film cost $3.5 million and only took 34 days to make.'),
('45030',' Most of the jive talk between the two black passengers was  improvised by the actors as the ZAZ team werent sufficiently au  fait with black street language.'),
('45031',' In the Italian version, the talk between the two black passengers  was dubbed in Neapolitan dialect.'),
('45032',' In the German version, the talk between the two black passengers was  dubbed in heavy Bavarian dialect (with subtitles in standard  German).'),
('45033',' Co'),
('45034','writer/director David Zucker (qv) said that years after the  movies release, Woody Allen (qv) came up to him at a New York  Knicks game and told David Zucker (qv) how much he loved the  movie. David Zucker (qv) said that, since he and the movies other  writer'),
('45035','directors were heavily influenced by Woody Allen (qv)s  early comedies, Zucker was very touched.'),
('45036',' CASTLE THUNDER: Heard every time lightning flashes during the storm  sequence.'),
('45037',' The doctor role was Leslie Nielsen (I) (qv)s first comedic part.  He later said he was delighted to get the offer, fearing that he was  getting too old for anything but "elderly grandfather" parts.'),
('45038',' Despite featuring a spoof of the beach scene of  _From Here to Eternity (1953)_ (qv), none of the three directors had  actually seen the original film.'),
('45039',' SPOILER: Captain Oveurs line to the little boy "Have you ever seen  a grown man naked?" was originally "Have you ever sucked a grown  mans cock?" which was dropped for obvious reasons.'),
('45040',' Ethel Merman (qv) insisted on bringing her own hairdresser to set.'),
('45041',' The automatic pilot blow'),
('45042','up doll ultimately disintegrated after  spending several years in Jerry Zucker (qv)s garage.'),
('45043',' The singing nun is Maureen McGovern (qv) who sings the theme song  to the sitcom _"Angie" (1979)_ (qv) which Robert Hays (I) (qv) was  co'),
('45044','starring in at the time of filming.'),
('45045',' The obligatory copyright notice at the end of the film which warns  against piracy or unauthorized duplication ends with the comment "So  there!"'),
('45046',' According to his autobiography, Christopher Lee (I) (qv) turned  down the role of Dr Rumack.'),
('45047',' The argument between the two P.A. voice'),
('45048','overs about an abortion  comes from "a cheap, dime'),
('45049','store novel" according to the trivia track  of the DVD version. That "novel" is actually Arthur Haileys  "Airport" (which inspired the movie Airport (1970) (qv)).'),
('45050',' The music for the love scenes with Elaine and Ted was taken from the  1958 Drama film "The Hunters" where Robert Mitchum plays a fighter  pilot leader and May Britt his lover.'),
('45051',' The movies dialog between Stricker and Rumack "Surely you cant be  serious '),
('45052',' I am serious, and dont call me Shirley." was voted as the  #79 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('45053',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('45054',' The Mustang used in the scene where Rex is being brought to the  airport was owned by Robert Hayes. He got paid 35 dollars a day for  its use and they used it 2 days.'),
('45055',' In the scene where the husband turns on the air for his sick wife,  you see in the background a man wearing a large beard, it was  supposed to fly off in the wind, but the adhesive they used wouldnt  let the beard come loose. The man can be seen moving his face back  and forth and scrunching his face trying to help it come off.'),
('45056',' The picture of the boy in the spinning newspaper that had the  headline, Boy Trapped in Refrigerator, eats own foot, is Billy Koch,  Grandson of Producer Howard W Koch.'),
('45057',' The Magnavox Magnavision VLP optical videodisc player shown in the  film was Lew Wasserman (qv)s personal player and was borrowed  from his office for the day of shooting. It was a hand'),
('45058','built  pre'),
('45059','production model that was given the "7000" model number. The  entire top of the player opens instead of just a small "lid" portion  and the disc area has a clear window so you can see the disc  spinning. For the final player release (model 8000), the lid was  shrunk to only the disc area and the transparent window was  eliminated. The player used in the film could not play CLV Extended  Play discs as the the CLV format had not yet been finalized. The  single'),
('45060','sided disc placed on the player contained the actual  recording of James Stewart (I) (qv) seen in the film '),
('45061',' MCA  Disco'),
('45062','Vision pressed the one'),
('45063','off disc just for the film. The  packaging for the disc is a so'),
('45064','called "Nautilus Box" inside a  standard cardboard box used to transport MCA Records Nickel'),
('45065','plated  LP stampers. Monica Lewis (I) (qv) uses the player incorrectly.  She doesnt shut the lid completely and presses one of the "audio"  buttons instead of the "Play Forward" button.'),
('45066',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) was approached to play the role of Emily  Livingston. However, she refused.'),
('45067',' To prepare for his role, Jack Lemmon (qv) attended both diving  school and flight training school. As Jack Lemmon (qv) stated for  his flight training, "I wanted to know what all the knobs and dials  were for."'),
('45068',' For full effectiveness, Christopher Lee (I) (qv) did the "dead"  stunt himself, and as a result was awarded the Stuntmens Unions  belt buckle.'),
('45069',' The real star of the show, the Boeing 707 (a 707'),
('45070','349C, serial no.  19351 [503rd 707 off the production line], originally registered  N324F), was leased to MCA/Universal Pictures from Flying Tiger Line  (now merged with Fedex) for the filming of the exterior shots. After  filming was completed, the aircraft returned to Flying Tigers and  was later sold, going through various owners before meeting a tragic  end while on an approach to landing accident on 21 March 1989 in Sao  Paulo, Brazil.'),
('45071',' Trans Global Airlines was the name of the notional airline for the  film. For many years it was not unusual to see props from the movie  (with the fictional TGA logo) in other Universal films where  airliner interior scenes were shot.'),
('45072',' Expanded from a Canadian TV production Arthur Hailey (qv) wrote  called _Flight Into Danger (1956) (TV)_ (qv) whos cast included  Canadian actor and future Star Trek (1965) engineer James Doohan.'),
('45073',' At the request of Dean Martin (I) (qv), Petula Clark (qv) was  originally offered the role of Gwen Meighen.'),
('45074',' Dean Martin (I) (qv) received 10% of the films gross, which added  an additional $7,000,000 to his salary.'),
('45075',' Burt Lancaster (qv), who headlined the film above the title with  Dean Martin (I) (qv), made a great deal of money from the film,  which was a huge hit. Lancasters contract gave him a 10% profit  participation once the movie hit $50 million, and the film grossed  $45.3 million in North America alone. Despite the financial  windfall, Lancaster said that the movie was "the worst piece of junk  ever made."'),
('45076',' Final film of Jessie Royce Landis (qv).'),
('45077',' Final film of Thomas Browne Henry (qv).'),
('45078',' Actress Patty Poulsen, who played Joan, one of the Stewardesses  aboard the "Golden Argosy", was an actual stewardess for American  Airlines. She was the winner of a Stewardess beauty contest of which  one of the prizes was a role in the film Airport. She was also  used heavily in American Airlines advertising of its new uniforms  during the mid to late sixties, photos that have, more recently,  appeared in several different coffee table books celebrating the  history of the airline hostess.'),
('45079',' The field and terminal scenes were filmed entirely at the  Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport due to the abundance of  snowfall during the winter months there, although at first the  films producers were forced to use bleached sawdust as a  supplement, to make up for the lack of falling snow, until a  snowstorm hit the Twin Cities area during the production of the  film.'),
('45080',' Swanson, Gloria (qv) appears and wrote all her own dialogue. This  was her first film in 22 years. She explained, "I was holding out  for a picture I could take my grandchildren to see, something  exciting and contemporary without senseless violence."'),
('45081',' Greta Garbo (qv) was considered to play the Gloria Swanson (qv)  role.'),
('45082',' Final film of Gloria Swanson (qv).'),
('45083',' Heston, Charlton (qv) spent time on the American Airlines 747  simulator in Fort Worth, Texas, in preparation for the role.'),
('45084',' The script was originally submitted to Universal studios TV  division. Executive producer Lang, Jennings (qv) liked it so much  he thought he could pass it off as a theatrical release.'),
('45085',' The Boeing 747 used in the film was originally delivered to American  Airlines in 1971. It was a 747'),
('45086','123, registration number N9675,  serial number 20390; the 136th 747 off the production line. Its  basic American Airlines color scheme was modified to the notional  Columbia Airlines colors for filming of exterior sequences. The  aircraft was flown by United Parcel Services as a freighter,  re'),
('45087','registered N675UP until 2005.The aircraft, N9675, is now stored  in Roswell aircraft storage facility, and has been withdrawn from  active service with UPS.'),
('45088',' The aircraft, a Boeing 747'),
('45089','123, registration number N9675, is now  stored in a Roswell, New Mexico aircraft storage facility, and has  been withdrawn from active service with UPS, which operated this  particular 747 until 2005.'),
('45090',' The 747 used in the film cost $30,000 per day to hire.'),
('45091',' One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and  how they got that way)" by Harry Medved (qv) and  Randy Lowell (qv).'),
('45092',' The small plane which (in the movie) collides with the 747, a  Beechcraft Baron, tail number N9750Y, was actually destroyed in a  real midair collision with a Cessna 180 over Tracy, California, on  24 August 1989.'),
('45093',' The mid'),
('45094','air transfer double for Charlton Heston (qv) was  Joe Canutt (qv), who doubled for Heston in _Ben'),
('45095','Hur (1959)_ (qv).'),
('45096',' Shooting overlapped somewhat with the tail'),
('45097','end of production on  Universals "other" disaster film of 1974, _Earthquake (1974)_ (qv),  forcing Charlton Heston (qv), George Kennedy (I) (qv),  cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop (qv) and producer  Jennings Lang (qv) to juggle their schedules between the two  films. This movie was released first.'),
('45098',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) was approached to play the role of an  "aging alcoholic actress". However, she refused and the character  was played by Myrna Loy (qv).'),
('45099',' The scene with Urias (Roy Thinnes (qv)) being ejected from the  flight deck during the collision was originally supposed to be  handled by a stuntman (not an obvious "dummy", as in the final  film). Stuntman Joe Canutt (qv) felt he could handle the stunt  safely, but the director opted for the fake to make the scene more  violent and dramatic.'),
('45100',' The in'),
('45101','flight movie was _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv).'),
('45102',' Some of the footage was later used as stock footage in an episode of  _"Incredible Hulk, The" (1978)_ (qv). The episode, titled "747", had  an airport'),
('45103','style plot.'),
('45104',' George Kennedy (I) (qv) broke his glasses while riding on the  running'),
('45105','board of the fire truck at the airport in Salt Lake City.'),
('45106',' An ironic role reversal as the private plane flown by Dana Andrews  collides with the airliner piloted by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. In 1960s  The Crowded Sky, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is at the controls of a fighter  jet that collides with an airliner piloted by Dana Andrews.'),
('45107',' Produced by Wallace McCutcheon (qv) and Frank Marion (I) (qv) of  the American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. for the patented peephole  mutoscopes viewer. Considered a "Blue Movie".'),
('45108',' Originally planned as another entry in the "Stranger" series,  starring Colin Baker (I) (qv).'),
('45109',' Supported by Yes FM, Love Radio, Globe, Pacific Blue, Mercury and  imanila.'),
('45110',' Got a B rating from Cinema Evaluation Board (Philippines).'),
('45111',' Onemig Bondoc (qv) was the first choice to play the gay Ignacio.  He turned down the role which won Dennis Trillo a Best Actor trophy.'),
('45112',' Filmed in six days.'),
('45113',' All of the grocery store scenes were shot during store hours. Some  of the shoppers, minus Adam Koch (I) (qv) and Christi Koch (qv),  are actual shoppers.'),
('45114',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fugue de Bébé, La (1911)_ (qv).'),
('45115',' Director of Ajans'),
('45116','E Shisheh'),
('45117','I , Ebrahim Hatamikia , had dream about  making a film that has just one gunshot in it. Ajans'),
('45118','E Shisheh'),
('45119','I has  just one gunshot.'),
('45120',' Filming of Ajans'),
('45121','E Shisheh'),
('45122','I took 60 days. 55 days of it was in a  just one location (Agency).'),
('45123',' Withdrawn from Dutch movie theaters after rival soccer teams  threatened to demolish theaters that showed it.'),
('45124',' The crew spent more than 3 years in the making due to the style of  shooting which consisted of lots of rewriting and re'),
('45125','shooting.  Theres more deleted scenes than the number of scenes in a final  cut.'),
('45126',' Director Shashi Kapoor (I) (qv) had initially approached Sridevi  to play the leading lady in Ajooba, co'),
('45127','starring  Amitabh Bachchan (qv) and Rishi Kapoor (qv).  Dimple Kapadia (qv) was signed eventually.'),
('45128',' Some of the stars in this movie were Georgian.'),
('45129',' Principal photography took two years.'),
('45130',' This movie marked the end of Akira Kurosawa (qv)s collaboration  with Toshirô Mifune (qv).'),
('45131',' Akira Kurosawa (qv)s last Black & White film.'),
('45132',' Period construction of the hospital went as far as to use the right  kind of aged wood that would have been used in the region at the  time the film is set, per Akira Kurosawa (qv)s request.'),
('45133',' According to the DVD commentary by film scholar  Stephen Prince (qv), this is the only Akira Kurosawa (qv) film  to feature nudity.'),
('45134',' First Georgian full'),
('45135','length documentary.'),
('45136',' The first'),
('45137','ever Cypriot film to be selected for the Venice Film  Festival. Despite this honor, the Cypriot government asked the  director to withdraw the film for political reasons, and the film  has still not been allowed to be shown in its native Cyprus. The  European Parliament has sent an open letter to the Cyprus Ministry  of Culture lauding the film and asking that it be allowed to be  shown. As of mid'),
('45138','2007, the government has not relented.'),
('45139',' The large group of jellyfish in the Tokyo River was filmed in an  aquarium and digitally added to the film.'),
('45140',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('45141',' Laurence Fishburnes character, Mr Larabee, is based on director  Doug Atchisons teacher, Mr. Larabell.'),
('45142',' The first film to be produced by Starbucks Coffee.'),
('45143',' The quote that Dr. Larabee has Akeelah read from a plaque on his  wall is an excerpt from "A Return To Love: Reflections on the  Principles of a Course in Miracles" by Marianne Williamson.'),
('45144',' Filming lasted 31 days at a budget of six million dollars.'),
('45145',' Among the spelling words in the film are: prestidigitation,  ambidextrous, pterodactyl, pulchritude, pastiche, xanthosis,  cabalistic, soliterraneous, grandiloquent, catastasis, endentulous,  quinquevir, bioluminescent, objugatory, kookaburra, effervescible,  quiddity, pyrophanous, mountebank, numismatics, arboriculture,  argillaceous, serpiginous, and logorrhea.'),
('45146',' As part of its strategy to promote the music of this film, Venus put  up giant hoardings throughout Mumbai city, which read: "What are  Aamir Khan (qv) and Manisha Koirala (qv) doing at Hotel Centaur  [Juhu] on 29th July 1995? Its a big surprise." Young and old alike  flocked in large numbers to have a look at the stars and have the  audio cassettes of the film autographed by them.'),
('45147',' This was one of the first Japanese anime films to have the  characters voices recorded before they were animated. While this is  the typical practice in U.S. animation, in Japan the animation is  generally produced first.'),
('45148',' The film was re'),
('45149','released in 2001 with a new voice dub and  soundtrack, reportedly costing over $1 million US Dollars.'),
('45150',' At one point in the 1990s, Sony contemplated a live'),
('45151','action version  of the film, but scrapped the idea when the projected budget went  north of US$300 million.'),
('45152',' The music for the film was completed before any of the composers saw  a frame of film or read the script. The music did have to be edited  to fit some scenes though.'),
('45153',' The production budget was nearly $10 Million US Dollars, a record  sum in Japanese animation film.'),
('45154',' The movie consists of 2,212 shots and 160,000 single pictures, 2'),
('45155','3  times more than usual, using 327 different colors (another record in  animation film), 50 of which were exclusively created for the film.  The reason for this statistic is that most of the movie takes place  at night, a setting that is traditionally avoided by animators  because of the increased color requirements.'),
('45156',' Katsuhiro Ôtomo (qv) originally created the AKIRA manga as an  homage to manga artist Mitsuteru Yokoyama (qv), who created  _"Tetsujin nijû'),
('45157','hachi gô" (1963)_ (qv) (Tetsujin 28). Both AKIRA and  Tetsujin 28 have a main character named Shotaro Kaneda and Akiras  no. 28 designation compares with the robots no.28 designation.'),
('45158',' The 1940s'),
('45159','style song heard following the terrorist bombing is "Tokyo  Shoe Shine Boy", released in 1951 by jazz singer Teruko Akatsuki.  The song was not included in either the Japanese, or American  releases of the Akira soundtrack; however, it had previously  appeared on the release of the soundtrack from _MASH (1970)_ (qv).'),
('45160',' Because Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. licensed Akira through Manga  Entertainment rather than Pioneer/Geneon, the Australian DVD release  of Akira has both the original Streamline dub (which Manga has the  license to) and Pioneer/Geneons new English dub.'),
('45161',' Yoshishige Yoshida (qv)s first collaboration with his future  wife, legendary Japanese actress Mariko Okada (qv).'),
('45162',' One of the films chosen to be part of the "Magic 7" in the 2005  Metro Manila Film Festival.'),
('45163',' The title is taken from the words Zsa Zsa Padilla (qv) said in  _Mano po 2: My home (2003)_ (qv). Just like in that movie, Zsa Zsa  again says the now famous, "Ako legal wife," in this movie.'),
('45164',' At the age of 58, Amitabh Bachchan (qv) jumped from a height of 30  feet, along with co'),
('45165','star Manoj Bajpai (qv), for the waterfall  scene in this movie.'),
('45166',' While filming the wolf chase scene, the wolf was actually running  after its trainer (who isnt shown in the film) and Manoj was  running after the wolf, who was unaware of Manoj running behind him  with a knife in his hand. When the wolf realized this, it started  chasing Manoj, who just about escaped the wolfs clutches and ran  inside his van.'),
('45167',' DIRCAMEO(Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (qv)): as a passerby in the  climactic scene.'),
('45168',' Nandita Das (qv) was unhappy the way her role shaped up in the end  product and felt cheated by the makers, she stated in a press  conference that the role was the complete opposite of what was  explained to her.'),
('45169',' Banned in Finland after World War II for reasons relating to foreign  policy. The ban was lifted in 1986.'),
('45170',' "Akumajô Dracula" means "Demon Castle Dracula".'),
('45171',' One of very few third'),
('45172','party games that was reissued as a Classic NES  Series title for the Game Boy Advance.'),
('45173',' The original NES game had no way of saving your game. However, the  Classic NES version did incorporate a save feature.'),
('45174',' In this game the Watch freezes bosses. In nearly all subsequent  Castlevania titles, this weapon has no effect on bosses.'),
('45175',' The sound effect of Holy Water exploding was reused in Castlevania  II and III. This sound was also used in the Nintendo television  series, Captain N The Game Master, in a sequence in the Quest For  The Potion Of Power episode when Moblins were killed.'),
('45176',' The sprite of Simon in this game is virtually identical to the  Trevor sprite used in Castlevania III.'),
('45177',' Adrian Tepess last name "Tepes" (pron. "tse'),
('45178','pesh") is Romanian for  "impaler", a name attached to Count Vlad Dracul, aka Vlad Tepes  (Vlad the Impaler), who was Bram Stoker (qv)s inspiration for  Count Dracula.'),
('45179',' The Japanese version used a new kind of data technology which  resulted in far greater sound quality than older Famicom games. This  technology was not used on the American version.'),
('45180',' The Japanese version used the standard NES font for text, while the  American version had a new, "gothic" looking font.'),
('45181',' In the American version only, you could enter different names and  get different effects from them. These included starting with  additional lives, or starting with one of the spirit helpers.'),
('45182',' First Castlevania game to feature the "symbols" password system  almost every game henceforth to use passwords has used.'),
('45183',' First appearance of Alucard, the son of Dracula.'),
('45184',' "Alucard" is "Dracula" spelled backwards.'),
('45185',' The character of Sypha/Syfa has long been a source of confusion in  this game. The instruction manual spells the name the former way,  while the game itself uses the latter. Likewise, the gender of the  character has long been under debate.'),
('45186',' Stage 8'),
('45187','1 is supposed to be the same corridor where you started the  original Castlevania game.'),
('45188',' One of the very few early Castlevania games to include a "choose  your path" feature. The feature returned in slightly different form  in the Super Nintendo title Castlevania: Dracula X (Dracula XX in  Japan.)'),
('45189',' The real Al Capone (I) (qv) died of advanced syphilis which had  become neurosyphilis. Due to the production code, the narrator  (James Gregory (I) (qv)) attributes Al Capone (I) (qv)s death  to an "incurable disease".'),
('45190',' Ed Harris, John Goodman and Jon Voight were also presenters at the  event, but were cut from the AMC telecast for time.'),
('45191',' Afghani'),
('45192','American coming of age tale.'),
('45193',' This was Libyas first feature film.'),
('45194',' First Panamanian fiction film known to date. An example of regional  cinema, it was made in Santiago de Veraguas by the owner of the  local theatre.'),
('45195',' Selected by the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  as the Official Entry for Mexico in the 78th Annual Academy Awards  in the Foreign Language Film category.'),
('45196',' The movie was awarded the prize of the Jury at the 4. Lateinamerika  Filmfestival in Bremen 2006.'),
('45197',' The long empty road in the film was actually very busy with trucks  on the day of the shoot. Almost every shot was stolen between each  truck and the other passing by.'),
('45198',' The movie was one of the biggest disasters. Soon after its release,  the film'),
('45199','maker re'),
('45200','shot some portions of the film on 15 April 1977 at  Mohan Studios, but that didnt change the fate of the film.'),
('45201',' Dedicated in memory of Mukesh who passed away the year before during  a concert tour in the Detroit area.'),
('45202',' Counsultant Joe Taruc (qv) was a former leader of the  Communist'),
('45203','led Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon who led Filipino  guerillas against Japanese in the second World War.'),
('45204',' Endorsed by the Department of Education Culture and Culture, the  movies was recommended to all students for viewing.'),
('45205',' In her interview during the closing credits, Deanna Merryman  mentions "A NASCAR driver" during one of her replies. That NASCAR  driver is Jeff Gordon, whom Merryman had an affair with, leading to  Gordons highly publicized divorce from his then'),
('45206','wife Brooke in  2003.'),
('45207',' The company, most of which had played their roles on stage, was well  rehearsed and filming was a fairly easy three day process. The cast  was plagued by a nasty flu bug, which tried to strike down  Will B. Able (qv) (The Genie). He performed the Genie dance with a  temperature of 103F. And they had to do three takes, not because he  was ill but for technical reasons '),
('45208',' he was perfect in each one.'),
('45209',' Will B. Able (qv) (The Genie) Choreographed the Genie and Fatima  dances.'),
('45210',' Animator Eric Goldberg (I) (qv) based the Genie on the drawings of  caricaturist Al Hirschfeld (qv).'),
('45211',' The opening scene with the street merchant was completely  unscripted. Robin Williams (I) (qv) was brought into the sound  stage and was asked to stand behind a table that had several objects  on it and a bed sheet covering them all. The animators asked him to  lift the sheet, and without looking take an object from the table  and describe it in character. Much of the material in that recording  session was not appropriate for a Disney film.'),
('45212',' Some of the Genies imitations were cut from the film, including  John Wayne (I) (qv), George Bush (qv) and  Dr. Ruth Westheimer (qv).'),
('45213',' Robin Williams (I) (qv) provided the voice for the Genie, at union  scale rate (the lowest legal pay rate a studio can give an actor),  on the provisos that his voice was not used for merchandising (i.e.  toys and such) and that the Genie character not take up more than  25% of the space of a poster, ad, billboard, or trailer. When these  wishes were not granted, he withdrew his support for Disney and the  film. As a result, his name was not included in "The Art of Aladdin"  book (it makes constant references to "the voice of the Genie"), and  he was not available for the direct'),
('45214','to'),
('45215','video sequel  _Return of Jafar, The (1994) (V)_ (qv) or the  _"Aladdin" (1994)_ (qv) TV show (Dan Castellaneta (qv) filled in  as the voice of the Genie for these productions). In an attempt to  get back on good terms with Robin Williams (I) (qv), Walt Disney  Co. CEO Michael Eisner (qv) apologized to  Robin Williams (I) (qv) with a peace offering of an original  Pablo Picasso (qv) painting. Still angered and betrayed by Disney,  Robin Williams (I) (qv) would not accept the gift. It was not  until Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv) was fired and a new producer hired  did Robin Williams (I) (qv) return to Disney. Through this new  producer, a public apology was given (by the producer). Promises  were made to right wrongs, and Robin Williams (I) (qv) was so  touched that he came back as the Genie for the second  direct'),
('45216','to'),
('45217','video sequel,  _Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) (V)_ (qv). Disney was so  thrilled that they threw out the previously completed recording  sessions with Dan Castellaneta (qv).'),
('45218',' "Aladdin" became the 14th film (and the first animated movie) to  gross more than $200,000,000.'),
('45219',' The most successful film of 1992, earning over $217 million at the  US box office and over $504 million worldwide.'),
('45220',' This was the first major animated film which was advertised on the  strength of having a major movie star providing one of its voices.  This has since become the norm with animated features.'),
('45221',' John Candy (qv), Steve Martin (qv) and Eddie Murphy (I) (qv)  were all considered at one point to provide the voice of the Genie.'),
('45222',' Robin Williams recorded most of his scenes in between filming breaks  on _Hook (1991)_ (qv) and _Toys (1992)_ (qv).'),
('45223',' Eight other songs were written for the film but were later removed.'),
('45224',' When it was first released on VHS in October 1993, "Aladdin" sold  over 10.8 million copies in its first week and went on to sell over  25 million in total. This record stood for only two years when it  was beaten by the release of _Lion King, The (1994)_ (qv).'),
('45225',' An IMAX version was planned but never released.'),
('45226',' Linda Woolverton, who had written the screenplay to  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv), did a first draft screenplay for  "Aladdin".'),
('45227',' Howard Ashman (qv) and Alan Menken (qv) originally conceived the  opening song "Arabian Nights" to be recurrent throughout the film,  acting as narration. This idea was dropped when the visuals and  storytelling proved strong enough in their own right.'),
('45228',' The color design of the film was inspired by old Persian miniatures  and Victorian paintings of the Middle East.'),
('45229',' Layout supervisor Rasoul Azadani (qv) traveled to his hometown of  Ispahan in Iran in 1991 to get a feel for the look of the film. He  took nearly 2000 pictures there.  The artists videotaped capuchin monkeys at the Los Angeles Zoo to  give them an understanding of the physical characteristics of Abu.'),
('45230',' To capture the movement of Aladdins low'),
('45231','cut baggy pants, animator  Glen Keane (qv) looked at videos of rap star M.C. Hammer (qv).'),
('45232',' Alan Menken (qv) had tentatively written a love song for Aladdin  and Jasmines magic carpet ride called "The World at Your Feet".  When lyricist Tim Rice (I) (qv) came on board, he changed it to "A  Whole New World".'),
('45233',' The genie appears in the following guises:  '),
('45234',' a nightclub entertainer  '),
('45235',' a Scotsman  '),
('45236',' a Scottish terrier  '),
('45237',' Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)  '),
('45238',' Ed Sullivan (I) (qv)  '),
('45239',' a slot machine  '),
('45240',' Groucho Marx (qv)  '),
('45241',' a boxing trainer  '),
('45242',' a fireworks rocket  '),
('45243',' a French maître d  '),
('45244',' a roast turkey  '),
('45245',' a pink rabbit  '),
('45246',' a dragon  '),
('45247',' a certificate  '),
('45248',' a pair of lips  '),
('45249',' Robert De Niro (qv)  '),
('45250',' a flight attendant  '),
('45251',' Carol Channing (qv)  '),
('45252',' a sheep  '),
('45253',' a hammock  '),
('45254',' a muscle man  '),
('45255',' Pinocchio  '),
('45256',' a magician  '),
('45257',' a Frenchman in a beret and striped shirt  '),
('45258',' a chef  '),
('45259',' Julius Caesar  '),
('45260',' Arsenio Hall (qv)  '),
('45261',' a tailor  '),
('45262',' a game'),
('45263','show host  '),
('45264',' a drum major  '),
('45265',' Walter Brennan (qv)  '),
('45266',' a little boy  '),
('45267',' a fat man  '),
('45268',' TV parade hosts  '),
('45269',' a tiger  '),
('45270',' a goat  '),
('45271',' a harem girl  '),
('45272',' Ethel Merman (qv)  '),
('45273',' Rodney Dangerfield (qv)  '),
('45274',' Jack Nicholson (qv)  '),
('45275',' a teacher  '),
('45276',' a talking lampshade  '),
('45277',' a bee  '),
('45278',' a submarine  '),
('45279',' a one'),
('45280','man band  '),
('45281',' a script prompter  '),
('45282',' a ventriloquist  '),
('45283',' a _Fantasia (1940)_ (qv)'),
('45284','like devil  '),
('45285',' William F. Buckley (qv)  '),
('45286',' Jafar  '),
('45287',' cheerleaders  '),
('45288',' a baseball pitcher  '),
('45289',' a tourist with a Goofy hat  '),
('45290',' and the moon.  '),
('45291',' a zombie which strongly resembles Peter Lorre (I) (qv)  '),
('45292',' For release in India, Disney replaced the game show host with a    cricket commentator.'),
('45293',' In early visual development, Aladdin resembled  Michael J. Fox (I) (qv). As the film developed,  Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv) didnt think Aladdin had enough appeal to  women, so he asked that Aladdin be beefed up a bit to resemble  Tom Cruise (qv).'),
('45294',' Jasmines appearance was influenced by Connelly, Jennifer (qv), as  well as the sister of her animator, Henn, Mark (qv).'),
('45295',' The stack of wooden toy animals that Jasmines father plays with is  sitting on a toy of the Beast from  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv), another Disney animated movie.  Sebastian from _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv) and  _Pinocchio (1940)_ (qv) can also be spotted.'),
('45296',' When the Genie changes Abu into a car, the license plate reads "ABU  1".'),
('45297',' The two men in the crowd that Aladdin pushes through are caricatures  of a couple of the directors (Musker, John (qv) and  Clements, Ron (qv)); the original plan was to use film critics  Siskel, Gene (qv) and Ebert, Roger (qv), but they couldnt get  permission.'),
('45298',' A rumor circulated in late 2001 that during Aladdins balcony scene  he says, "Take off your clothes." He is talking to Raja at the time,  and his exact words are, "Nice kitty, take off and go, go on." This  has been cut in the DVD version.'),
('45299',' The idea of adapting the Aladdin story as a Disney animated musical  was first proposed by Howard Ashman (qv) in 1988 at the time that  he and Alan Menken (qv) were still working on  _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv) and before work had begun on  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv). Howard Ashman (qv) wrote an  initial treatment for the project and collaborated on six songs with  Alan Menken (qv). When John Musker (qv) and Ron Clements (qv)  finished directing duties on _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv), they  turned their attention to writing a first draft of the  _Aladdin (1992)_ (qv) script, and became eventually directors for  it.'),
('45300',' WILHELM SCREAM: As the villagers flee in terror when the Genie  (under Jafars control) lifts the palace into the air.'),
('45301',' In the first draft, Aladdin had three friends (Babkak, Omar, and  Kassim), a magic ring and two genies.'),
('45302',' Some of the original songs before the story was rewritten and half  of the characters were cut: "Proud of Your Boy" (suppose to be sung  by Aladdin to his mother (later removed from the story) while she  was sleeping) "Call Me A Princess" "Omar, Babkak, Aladdin, Kassim"  "Humiliate The Boy" (sung by Jafar, cut as it was considered too  cruel for the film) "High Adventure" "Count on Me" (which was  something Aladdin sung to his friends and family, then it was  changed to "A Whole New World")'),
('45303',' When Aladdin puts Jafar back into the lamp, the spell on the other  characters is broken '),
('45304',' the Magic Carpet gets returned to normal, and  Jasmines dress turns back from red to blue. Start watching when  Jasmines tiger cub jumps into the Sultans arms. When the cub hits  his arms and starts to grow back into a tiger, just before he  becomes normal, the tigers face appears as Mickey Mouse for one  frame.'),
('45305',' Not only is the plot similar to _Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)_ (qv)  but character names Jafar (Jaffar) and Abu were apparently borrowed  from the 1939 script by Lajos Biró (qv). The characters in the  silent original, _Thief of Bagdad, The (1924)_ (qv) were not given  names.'),
('45306',' In the original folktale, Aladdin is actually Chinese.'),
('45307',' During the course of recording the voices, Robin Williams (I) (qv)  improvised so much they had almost 16 hours of material.'),
('45308',' Andreas Deja (qv) based Jafar on Marc Davis (I) (qv)s design  for Maleficent in _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv). The two villains  share more than just looks: both carry a staff which they use to  execute evil magic; both have bird henchman (Maleficents is a  raven, Jafars a parrot), and both turn themselves into gigantic  animals in their respective films '),
('45309',' Maleficent as a dragon, Jafar as  a snake.'),
('45310',' Bill Plympton (qv) turned down a seven'),
('45311','figure offer to work on  this film, because any ideas and concepts he developed for his other  projects while under contract with Disney would become their  intellectual property.'),
('45312',' While filming this movie, Robin Williams (I) (qv) frequently  received calls from Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) who at the time was  working on _Schindlers List (1993)_ (qv). He would put him on  speaker phone so he could tell jokes to the cast and crew to cheer  them up. Some of the material that he used was material that he was  using for this film.'),
('45313',' Originally, the peddler who introduces the movie would be revealed  to be the Genie at the end '),
('45314',' hence the fact that  Robin Williams (I) (qv) voiced him, too. Notice the similarities  in the design of the two, especially the eyebrows, the beard and the  four'),
('45315','fingered hands. (All the other human characters have five  fingers.)'),
('45316',' Jafar at first was more hot'),
('45317','tempered, while Iago was a cool, haughty  British type. The filmakers felt that having Jafar losing his temper  too much made him less menacing, so the personalities of the two  characters were switched around.'),
('45318',' Production designer Richard Vander Wende (qv) devised a simple  color scheme for the film, inspired by its desert setting. Blue  (water) stands for good, red (heat) for evil, and yellow (sand) is  neutral. For example, the villainous Jafar is clad in blacks and  reds, while the virtuous Jasmine wears blue. Another example is in  the Cave of Wonders, where the lamps chamber is blue, and the ruby  that tempts Abu is bright red.'),
('45319',' The fire walker in the "One Jump Ahead" number is a caricature of  T. Hee (qv), a former Disney story man who later taught caricature  at CalArts, where many of the films artists studied.'),
('45320',' Crazy Hakim, the "discount fertilizer" salesman in the opening  chase, is a caricature of animator Tom Sito (qv).'),
('45321',' Whenever Aladdin tells a lie, the plume on his hat falls and covers  his face.'),
('45322',' The fireworks seen at the end of the film are reused special effects  from _Rescuers, The (1977)_ (qv).'),
('45323',' When Howard Ashman (qv) began work on the movie, he developed the  story as a fast'),
('45324','paced comic adventure about a young boy trying to  prove his worth to his parents. But, in 1991, Ashman died, and the  story problems stalled the movie. So, the plot was reworked to be  about a teenager, Aladdin, seeking self'),
('45325','respect instead of the  approval of others.'),
('45326',' In the original recording for the opening song "Arabian Nights",  part of the song originally went "where they cut off your ear, if  they dont like your face". After the movies release Arabic  Americans took offense so the line was changed to: "where its flat  and immense, and the heat is intense". If you listen closely, you  can hear a distinct vocal change when he sings: "its barbaric, but  hey its home!"'),
('45327',' There are 513 people listed in the credits.'),
('45328',' Animator Eric Goldberg based the Genie on the drawings of  caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.'),
('45329',' In the throne scenes, the decorations at the top of the columns are  the same designs used for Mrs. Potts and her teacups in  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv).'),
('45330',' During script and storyboard development, the writers were already  considering Robin Williams (I) (qv) for the role of the Genie but  had not approached him for the project. In order to convince  Williams to do the role, Eric Goldberg (qv) animated the Genie  doing several minutes of Williamss stand'),
('45331','up routines and screened  it for him. Williams was so impressed that he signed almost  immediately.'),
('45332',' This is (as of 2006) the only traditionally animated film to be  nominated for the MTV Movie Award for best picture.'),
('45333',' When Aladdin asks Genie if he can make him into a prince, and Genie  consults his "cookbook", one of the things he pulls out of the book  is Sebastian from _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv)'),
('45334',' Scheduling conflicts with  _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv) forced  Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) to turn down the role of Jafar. He has  said in interviews that this is his biggest regret.'),
('45335',' In the preview screenings for the movie, nobody applauded after the  big song numbers. The animators wanted applause and so somebody  stuck the Genie with an "Applause sign" at the end of "Friend Like  Me." The joke worked and the "Applause sign" was kept for the movie.'),
('45336',' Because Robin Williams (I) (qv) ad'),
('45337','libbed so many of his lines,  the script was turned down for a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy  Award nomination.'),
('45338',' The second Disney animated feature to use fully rendered and  textured 3'),
('45339','D CGI moving backgrounds in combination with the  traditionally animated character animation, a technique that was  expanded upon in the Disney short _Off His Rockers (1992)_ (qv) and  previously in _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv). This led to the  creation of "Deep Canvas" a brand'),
('45340','new technique created by Disney 7  years later for use in _Tarzan (1999)_ (qv), which allows 2D  hand'),
('45341','drawn characters to exist seamlessly in a fully 3D environment.'),
('45342',' Right before the song "One Step Ahead," Aladdin says "All this for a  loaf of bread" which is a reference to the musical ‘Les Miserables’  (where the main character is imprisoned for 20 years for stealing a  loaf of bread). Lea Salonga (qv), Jasmines singing voice, starred  as Eponine in Les Miserables.'),
('45343',' Part of the original wave of GoodTimes Animation Video releases in  1992. These were the seven animated films to be produced by Golden  Films, which included _Aladdin (1992/II) (V)_ (qv),  _Pinocchio (1992) (V)_ (qv),  _Three Musketeers, The (1992/II) (V)_ (qv),  _Sinbad (1992) (V)_ (qv), _Thumbelina (1992) (V)_ (qv),  _Beauty and the Beast (1992/I) (V)_ (qv) and  _Little Mermaid, The (1992) (V)_ (qv).'),
('45344',' This is one of two of the seven Golden Films productions to make a  reference or feature the legendary Roc bird; the second one was  _Sinbad (1992) (V)_ (qv).'),
('45345',' The only one of the seven Golden Films productions to feature a sung  reprise of the theme song played during the ending credits, also  featuring different lyrics from the opening song. All other Golden  Films titles had an instrumental reprise of their theme song played  during the ending credits.'),
('45346',' The animation for Aladdin and other characters was done by actual  Disney animators who worked on the movie.'),
('45347',' This version of the game, by Capcom, for the Super Nintendo  Entertainment System is completely different from the versions made  by Virgin available on all other game systems at the time. Unlike  the Virgin title, this game did not involve Disney animators and it  is a typical "jump and bump" game.'),
('45348',' Fourth release in the "Grimms Fairy Tales" 3'),
('45349','reel series.'),
('45350',' The third (and final) of the Technicolor two'),
('45351','reel "Popeye Specials."'),
('45352',' At 22 minutes, this is the longest theatrically released Popeye  cartoon.'),
('45353',' SPOILER: Popeye eats four cans of spinach in ninety seconds '),
('45354',' this  appears to be his highest'),
('45355','ever consumption for one cartoon.'),
('45356',' The first idea for this story line involved a villain from the  Aladdin TV series named Mozenrath. The plot was that the hero and  villain would turn out to be brothers. However (according to one of  the writers) everyone thought they should steer away from the TV  show and that, and the fact that they couldnt get in touch with  Johnathan Brandis (qv) (Mozenraths voice), prompted them to move  on to another relative of Aladdins '),
('45357',' his father.'),
('45358',' "The Arabian Nights Reprise", written by Alan Menken (qv) and  Howard Ashman (qv), was originally written and recorded for the  first Aladdin.'),
('45359',' After a contract dispute with the Disney company over likeness  rights, Robin Williams (I) (qv) agreed to return for this film as  the voice of the Genie. As a result, many of the ideas and gags that  were not used in _Aladdin (1992)_ (qv) could be retried in the  making of this film.'),
('45360',' Among the Genies many transformations is an old, grandmotherly  woman, clearly meant to be "Mrs. Doubtfire" a character played by  Robin Williams (I) (qv) in the film of the same title,  _Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)_ (qv). The character originated as  "Andy Kaufman (qv)s Grandmother" at his famous Carnegie Hall Show  and was adapted for the movie.'),
('45361',' As Aladdin and Jasmine walk down the aisle together, Prince  Uncouthma, his wife, and his son Bud are at the front of the crowd.  Uncouthma was a reoccurring character from the Aladdin TV series.'),
('45362',' Sean Connery (qv) was originally cast in the role of Cassim, but  scheduling conflicts with another film forced him to pull out.'),
('45363',' Kishore Kumar (qv) always asked for his payment in advance before  he rendered a song. But he made an exception this film. Neither did  he demand his payment in advance, nor did he ask for it even after  the song was recorded. When a shocked Rajesh Khanna (qv) asked him  why, Kishore Kumar (qv)s reply was that he had got a fresh lease  of life as a singer with _Aradhana (1969)_ (qv) and since this was  Rajesh Khanna (qv)s first film as producer, he had no right to  accept any money.'),
('45364',' Rajesh Khanna (qv)s daughter, Baby Twinkle Khanna (qv) sounded  the clapper board, Mrs. Yash Chopra (qv) directed the first shot,  Mrs. Mohan Kumar broke the coconut and Mrs. J. Om Prakash (qv)  switched on the camera. The reason for an "all ladies" show was  attributed to the fact that since the film is full of ladies appeal,  it was the right to start the film that way.'),
('45365',' The accident that Shakthi (Shalini) faces towards the end of the  movie is filmed in exactly the same way as the accident that Brad  Pitt faces in Meet Joe Black.'),
('45366',' This was the first Indian full'),
('45367','length sound film.'),
('45368',' Presently, no copy of this film officially exists.'),
('45369',' Robert M. Young (I) (qv)s first feature film.'),
('45370',' LeJean Eldridge (qv) was murdered during filming by her boyfriend.'),
('45371',' Lieutenant Finns fall from his horse was unscripted and  unintentional.'),
('45372',' The huge Alamo set took two years to construct.'),
('45373',' John Wayne (I) (qv) originally intended that  Richard Widmark (qv) should play Davy Crockett, while Wayne  himself would have taken the small role of Sam Houston so he could  focus his energy on directing the picture. However, Wayne was only  able to get financial backing if he played one of the main parts, so  he decided to play Crockett and cast Widmark as Jim Bowie.'),
('45374',' John Wayne (I) (qv) and Richard Widmark (qv) did not get along  during filming. Widmark later blamed the feud on Waynes lack of  directing skills.'),
('45375',' Before those changes, Sonny Tufts (qv) was considered for the role  of Jim Bowie, and Clark Gable (qv) for the role of William Travis.'),
('45376',' During the battle sequence, one of the cannons rolled over the foot  of Laurence Harvey (I) (qv), breaking it at the instep. He  continued with the scene, eventually treating the injury himself.'),
('45377',' The Ybarra set was in mostly ruin by 1985. The set was used in  several films and each made additions. In 1985, the set was mostly  pulled down and using plans and period drawings, the  _Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988)_ (qv) set was rebuilt on its old  foundations, this time to full scale under Production Designer/Art  Director Roger Ragland (qv). The new set is still in use. Both  _"Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini)_ (qv) and _Bad Girls (1994/I)_ (qv)  have used the historically correct facade.'),
('45378',' John Wayne (I) (qv) was a fan of The Kingston Trio (qv)s  recording of "Remember the Alamo", composed by Jane Bowers (qv),  and wanted to use the song in the film. When, for various reasons,  the rights to the song couldnt be obtained, Dimitri Tiomkin (qv),  who scored the film, and Paul Francis Webster (qv) wrote their own  song for the film, "The Green Leaves of Summer".'),
('45379',' Director John Ford (I) (qv) showed up on the set, and let  John Wayne (I) (qv) know that he wanted to direct some of the  picture. Wayne sent him out with a small crew to do some second'),
('45380','unit  work, mostly of Mexican cavalry riding through the countryside as  they approached the Alamo, and Frankie Avalon (qv) estimated that  the footage filmed by Ford made up approximately ten to fifteen per  cent of the finished film.'),
('45381',' John Wayne (I) (qv) partially financed this film himself. During  shooting, the film was delayed due to various production problems.  Wayne was under so much pressure, he smoked cigarettes almost  non'),
('45382','stop when not acting.'),
('45383',' When Chill Wills (qv) was nominated for an Oscar, he campaigned so  aggressively for the award, many felt he lost because voters grew  tired of seeing his trade paper ads.'),
('45384',' Despite being a top'),
('45385','ten money maker for 1960, John Wayne assumed  huge personal debt to get the film finished after United Artists  refused to pay for cost overruns during production. It wasnt until  the television rights sale in 1971 that Waynes personal debts were  finally paid off. It premiered on the U.S. network NBC in September  1971.'),
('45386',' Charlton Heston (qv) was among the actors who were sent the script  and John Wayne (I) (qv) wanted him to play Jim Bowie. Heston later  said there seemed good reasons for him not to do the film and, when  pressed further, stated having John Wayne as director to be one of  them.'),
('45387',' Sammy Davis Jr. (qv) managed to obtain a copy of the script and  asked John Wayne (I) (qv) if he could play the straight role of a  Negro slave. Wayne considered him but eventually declined Davis  offer. Davis recalled, "There were a lot of influential Texans  investing in the film and they didnt like the idea that I was  seeing [his future wife] May Britt (qv) at the time. They  disapproved of a man of color going out with a girl who was white,  though Duke [Wayne] was upfront with me about it and I respected him  for it".'),
('45388',' John Wayne (I) (qv) intended this film to be an allegory for  Americas Cold War with the Soviet Union.'),
('45389',' Charlton Heston (qv), then a liberal Democrat, turned down the  role of Jim Bowie because he feared the critical response to the  movie.'),
('45390',' Clark Gable (qv) turned down the role played by  Laurence Harvey (I) (qv). Though Gable was a Republican who shared  Waynes anti'),
('45391','communist views, he did not want to commit to an  expensive project with a first'),
('45392','time director.'),
('45393',' Banned in Mexico.'),
('45394',' Ethan Hawke (qv) was up for the role of William Barett Travis but  eventually dropped out.'),
('45395',' At 51 acres, the set was the largest and most expensive set built in  North America to date.'),
('45396',' It took seven months to shoot the movie. The final battle, which  actually lasted less than 6 hours in the pre'),
('45397','dawn morning of 6 March  1836, took over a month to shoot.'),
('45398',' Disney had originally planned to release the film at Christmas 2003  but revised the date, citing that director John Lee Hancock (qv)  was still working on the film.'),
('45399',' Ron Howard (qv) was originally set to direct, with  Russell Crowe (I) (qv) set to star, but both left the film when  Ron Howard (qv) and Disney had a major disagreement over the  films budget (Howard had sought $200 million).  John Lee Hancock (qv) was then brought on board as director with  Howard as the films co'),
('45400','producer and the budget reduced to $95  million.'),
('45401',' During production, local news stations sent helicopters to get  aerial footage of the Alamo set. This was causing so much  interference that everyone on the set was told to give the copters  "the finger" so they could not use any footage.'),
('45402',' Production wrapped $82,000 dollars under budget.'),
('45403',' Billy Bob Thornton (qv) learned to play the violin for some scenes  that required it.'),
('45404',' An extra had grabbed a bag of Doritos from Craft Services before  being called to the set. He stuffed it into his costume and got into  formation. When action was called, the group charged across the  field. When he was "shot" and fell dead to the ground, his bag of  Doritos popped out. The scene had to be re'),
('45405','shot and from then on  everyone had to be checked frequently.'),
('45406',' Crockett plays the "Mockingbird Quick Step" on his fiddle. The song  is a version of "Listen to the Mockingbird". It was composed in 1855  and later used by The Three Stooges (qv) as a theme song.'),
('45407',' During the battle of San Jacinto the Texans yelled, "Remember the  Alamo." During the actual battle they also yelled, "Remember  Goliad." The massacre at Goliad was left out of the movie. Goliad  was where Colonel Fannin and his unarmed men were executed at the  order of Santa Ana.'),
('45408',' Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson (qv) was an extra and  appears after the Battle of San Jacinto in a crowd scene shouting,  "Hang him!" Patterson is shown briefly in costume in a cut'),
('45409','away shot  with another extra while Houston makes a speech. Patterson also did  several "PSA" announcements from the Alamo set to promote the "Save  Texas History" web site.'),
('45410',' The death of David Crockett as depicted in this film is corroborated  by the account of a Mexican soldier, Jose Enrique de la Pena. Though  not translated into English until after the earlier Alamo film was  made, his account makes the claim that Crockett was recognized by  the Mexicans, and was executed after the battle rather than killed  during it.'),
('45411',' Several people that played in the movie as Texan extras in the  movie, are actual descendants of the defenders of the Alamo.'),
('45412',' The role of Susanna Dickinson, the only adult Anglo survivor of the  siege and the mother of the only child Anglo survivor, was much  larger in the script than what it ended up being in the final  version of the film. The role was one of the major roles in the  script and the actress who portrayed Susanna, Laura Clifton, was the  only female member of the permanent cast for the film. After Disney  finished editing the theatrical release of the film, the character  has only one line (screaming for her husband, Almaron Dickinson,  during a cattle stampede) and a few appearances in other scenes  (during Travis speech and in the chapel during the siege) and is  not even identified anywhere in the movie so that audiences would  know who this significant figure in Texas history was. In fact, the  role, far from being Laura Cliftons big break, actually hurt her  career because of how insignificant it ended up being in the  theatrical release.'),
('45413',' Filmed entirely at Mission San Jose in San Antonio, Texas. Many of  the extras were recruited at the local employment office. The film  was shot without dialog; the soundtrack consists entirely of  narration and an organ score.'),
('45414',' One day during shooting when the "Mexican Forces" (reenactors from  across the USA) were forming in the field, a B'),
('45415','52 from the nearby  USAF base in San Antonio "buzzed the deck" to have a look at the  movie being made. What the B'),
('45416','52 crew thought of hundreds of  "Soldados" happily waving, no one has ever found out.'),
('45417',' The final charge consists mostly of footage from  _Last Command, The (1955)_ (qv).'),
('45418',' Final film appearance of Lorne Greene (qv).'),
('45419',' Created for the DVD release of  _Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy (2005) (V)_ (qv).'),
('45420',' The show was originally commissioned as part of a week of charity  events to raise money for Roger Daltrey (qv)s Teenage Cancer  Trust. It raised £750,000.'),
('45421',' Available on the DVD release of  _Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy (2005) (V)_ (qv).'),
('45422',' Originally shown as five separate interstitials on VH1.'),
('45423',' The original script specified Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) and  Bruce Willis (qv).'),
('45424',' Arthur Hiller (qv) removed his name from the credits after the  films production company, Cinergi Pictures, preferred the cut made  by producer/writer Joe Eszterhas (qv) over Arthur Hiller (qv)s  cut.'),
('45425',' Joe Eszterhas (qv) announced through the media during  post'),
('45426','production that Cinergi Pictures didnt have the money to pay  for soundtrack. He said that he would finance the soundtrack from  his own money and asked to submit tracks for it to him. He received  9,200 CDs and cassettes from mostly unknown and unsigned artists,  listened to all that was sent (at least a couple of tracks from each  record) and compiled the soundtrack.'),
('45427',' Alan Smithee exclaims that the film is "worse than  _Showgirls (1995)_ (qv)", also written by Joe Eszterhas (qv).'),
('45428',' After Arthur Hiller (qv) had his credit changed to Alan Smithee,  the Directors Guild of America unregistered the name Alan Smithee,  therefore this film is the last film to ever bear that pseudonym.'),
('45429',' Is part of the special features in the two'),
('45430','disk, 25th anniversary  DVD of _Cannibal Holocaust (1980)_ (qv) from Grindhouse Releasing.'),
('45431',' This documentary was shot with the last rolls of 16mm film leftover  from Vincent Gallo (qv)s _Brown Bunny, The (2003)_ (qv). Stallone  had bought Gallos Aaton XTR camera with 2 of 6 magazines still  loaded with film.'),
('45432',' This may be part of the film _Life of a Fireman, The (1901)_ (qv).'),
('45433',' DEFA'),
('45434','ID'),
('45435','Number: 12020'),
('45436',' Believed to be Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (qv)s first film  appearance in drag.'),
('45437',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fascinating Model, The (1916)_ (qv).'),
('45438',' Released as a split reel with the cartoon  _Canimated Nooz Pictorial, No. 23 (1917)_ (qv).'),
('45439',' Gael García Bernal (qv) was the first choice for the role played  by Unax Ugalde.'),
('45440',' Leonor Watling (qv) was offered a role but turned it down.'),
('45441',' Antonio Resines (qv) was attached to star as one of Alatristes  partners but was injured in a car accident few weeks before the  shooting. However, he didnt withdraw and went to the set with one  crutch. Finally, he appears in the last scene, as one of the Spanish  soldiers in the battle of Rocroi.'),
('45442',' Several years before the film was almost made with  Antonio Banderas (qv) set to direct and star with a script by  Enrique Urbizu (qv).'),
('45443',' The film is based in a series of novels written by former Spanish  war correspondent Arturo Pérez'),
('45444','Reverte. He had the idea for the  books when he had a look at his daughter Carlotas History book from  school and saw that only one page was devoted to the Siglo de Oro,  the years in the 16th'),
('45445','17th centuries when Spain was the worlds  dominating superpower. Carlota, then 12, helped her father research  the period, and the first novel, published in 1996, was published  with Arturo y Carlota Pérez'),
('45446','Reverte as the author. Five novels  were published before the film was shot, and the film is based in  the most important episodes in all of them... and beyond. The sixth  novel was published in Spain in December 2006, and Pérez'),
('45447','Reverte has  said he has drawn some inspiration from the film for the upcoming  novels.'),
('45448',' Spanish composer Roque Baños is the author of the music soundtrack  for the film, but the piece that sounds during the climactic last  scene was substituted with a march called La madrugá used in many  Easter week processions in Spain, giving it an undercurrent of  suffering, inevitability of defeat and and end'),
('45449','of'),
('45450','the'),
('45451','road feeling.  Baños has never been happy that the music he composed for the scene  was not used, although it is included in the soundtrack cd.'),
('45452',' At a cost of 24 million Euros, this is the most expensive Spanish  film ever made. Director Agustín Díaz Yanes called that amount  enough for a European super'),
('45453','production and an American  rubbish'),
('45454','production.'),
('45455',' The role of Inquisitor Emilio Bocanegra is played by a woman,  veteran actress Blanca Portillo (qv). This caused controversy, not  so much because it might look disrespectful towards the Church, but  because many fans could not see the point in doing something like  this. Díaz Yanes said that he had had the idea of using a female  actress from the beginning, because he saw that Great Inquisitor  role as something too cartoonish and black'),
('45456','and'),
('45457','white and wanted to  introduce a fresh, less recognizable element to it, and still make  viewers suitably uneasy about so powerful and fearful a character.  He cited the Oscar'),
('45458','winning supporting role of Linda Hunt (qv) in  _Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982)_ (qv), where she played a  man, as an example of what he wanted to achieve. Incidentally,  Blanca Portillo wears her hair very short in her next film,  _Volver (2006/I)_ (qv), as a result of having had it cut for this  role.'),
('45459',' The title is a reference to Samuel Taylor Coleridge (qv)s "The  Rime of the Ancient Mariner" but the movie was premiered and  initially released as "Driven To Guilt" after a majority vote of the  producers decided that Neal J. Gauger (qv)s original title was  too obscure a reference. Subsequent releases have the title of "The  Albatross," as per Neal J. Gauger (qv)s idea.'),
('45460',' Actors Michael A. Jackson (II) (qv) and M. Alex Jackson (qv),  who respectively portray a father and son in the picture, are father  and son in real life. The tense argument scene towards the pictures  end between Michael A. Jackson (II) (qv) and  M. Alex Jackson (qv) was largely improvised, with  M. Alex Jackson (qv) reading keeping to the script, and  Michael A. Jackson (II) (qv) screaming improvised reactions back  at him.'),
('45461',' The credit erroneously lists Eugenio Duse (qv) as Carlo Duse,  who was his brother.'),
('45462',' Italian censorship visa #30361 delivered on 31 October December  1938.'),
('45463',' All the actors were real peasants from the Bergamo province, in  Italy. They had no acting experience at all.'),
('45464',' DIRCAMEO(Jørn Faurschou (qv)): sticks his head out of a window and  tells Albert to be quiet.'),
('45465',' Tony Jays final acting role.'),
('45466',' The protagonist, Albert Pinto, is so named because it was at the  Pinto residence that most of the interior shots were done. This was  the payment for use of the house.'),
('45467',' The screenplay was written in 1980 but was rejected by the communist  censors until the fall of communism.'),
('45468',' Originally scheduled for broadcast on 20 April 1964, but delayed 24  hours due to a power failure.'),
('45469',' DIRCAMEO(Kevin Spacey (qv)): ATF agent giving pointing out Agent  Browning to TV newswoman'),
('45470',' The film was made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishing  communism in Poland.'),
('45471',' This was the first film set in the prison on Alcatraz Island, which  had opened in 1934.'),
('45472',' Main character, Dion, was portrayed by NYC progressive'),
('45473','darkwave  band, Braindance lead singer, Sebastian Elliott (qv).'),
('45474',' Producer and Composer, Vora Vor (qv), is also the Producer and  Guitarist of NYC progressive'),
('45475','darkwave band, Braindance.'),
('45476',' During the dramatic holdup scene, a passerby was convinced an actual  holdup was taking place and ran to get assistance from the  authorities.'),
('45477',' In the last minute of the last day of production, during the final  crane shot that lifts out from Dion, all power in the Deli and on  Thompson Street suddenly shut off before completing the shot. Clever  editing during post'),
('45478','production saved the shot.'),
('45479',' The shot of the mini'),
('45480','skirt girl during the music sequence was  originally suggested by Jason Chalk (qv) ("Mars") spontaneously  during shooting as she passed by. Nobody knows who she is.'),
('45481',' The credits claim the screenplay is based on a novel by Judith  Wexley. It seems that this novel does not exist and researchers  claim they could not locate such a novel.'),
('45482',' The cast consist exclusively of non'),
('45483','professional actors.'),
('45484',' This is the personal favorite of the ten movies directed by  Edith Carlmar (qv), mainly because the story has similarities with  her own growing'),
('45485','up in Oslo, Norway.'),
('45486',' In 2002 about 3 million Afghan Refugee were living in Iran. From  those about 700,000 were Afghan Children who were not allowed to go  to Iranian schools because of their illegal status in Iran. After  this movie was made, this subject became controversial and finally  the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) passed a bill in which the Afghani  children were allowed to go to school and it resulted in 500,000  kids getting education.'),
('45487',' Based on William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s "The Merry Wives of  Windsor".'),
('45488',' Joseph Stalin (qv) wanted this film to be a propaganda tool to  warn Soviet citizens to be wary of German aggression. However, it  was rejected at first due to it being "too anti'),
('45489','German", as it came  out shortly before the Soviet'),
('45490','German non'),
('45491','aggression pact of 1939 was  Stalin reportedly demanded that it be shown in every Soviet movie  theater as a rallying cry against the invasion.'),
('45492',' The battle on the ice was inspired by Sergei M. Eisenstein (qv)s  love for the D.W. Griffith (qv) film _Way Down East (1920)_ (qv),  in which the climax is a chase over a vast river of melting ice  heading toward a waterfall.'),
('45493',' The battle is reflected in both Old Russian and German chronicles.  But information about specific details differs. One of the main  differences is the amount of warriors on Teutonic side, presented as  300 in German chronicles and 2000 in Old Russian. One of the  assumptions is that only Teutonic knights were mentioned as battle  units in the German, not their servants. Historians still seek for  the exact place of the battle.'),
('45494',' The film was restored at the Gorky Film Studio in 1987. It was  restored again in the early 2000s and released on DVD by the Russian  company "Krupnyy Plan".'),
('45495',' The film is an example of the Socialist Realism period in Russian  animation, which lasted from the 1930s to 1950s and featured heavy  use of rotoscoping as well as a focus on adapting traditional  Russian folk tales. Nearly all of the character animation in the  film was first performed by live actors or animals and then traced  by the animators.'),
('45496',' Italian censorship visa #31052 delivered on 16 July 1940.'),
('45497',' Despite what Emma believes, Ylva *is* a Swedish name.'),
('45498',' During the scene when Alex changes the Swedish Au'),
('45499','Pair Ylva to a  German Elsa, the German version of the film substitutes a Russian  Elsa. When discussing "Russians with edge", its  Joseph Stalin (qv) who comes to mind.'),
('45500',' The bio on the back of Alexs first book reads, "Alex Sheldon has  worked for many years in the Boston area. He is currently not  married and lives very much alone."'),
('45501',' When Alex and Emma go outside for a walk, after they go on the boat,  they are walking and there is a flash visible. It was a paparazzo  taking a picture.'),
('45502',' Jack Lemmon (I) (qv) attended a disastrous preview with his friend  Walter Matthau (qv). When the screening finished a distraught  Lemmon asked his friend for advice about the picture, Matthau  advised that Lemmon should "Get out of it"!'),
('45503',' The name of the main actress, "Antavleva", means "I didnt want you"  in the dialect of the Italian region Romagna. Years ago there  actually was a woman with that name, born in the country near  Ravenna. The name was probably given because the family wanted a  male instead, or maybe no children at all.'),
('45504',' Used all real police officers from the ranks of the Eureka,  California Police Department.'),
('45505',' While filming, a severed hand was discovered by the officers working  on the film in a vacant lot.'),
('45506',' Festival awards:  '),
('45507',' Winner: Fantasia Festival: Best Quebec DIY Short Film  '),
('45508',' Winner: Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre: Audience Award for Best Film  '),
('45509',' Winner: Spasm Festival: Grand Jury Prize  '),
('45510',' Winner: Spasm Festival: Audience Award for Best Film  '),
('45511',' Winner: Quintus Montreal Italian Film Festival: Best Short Comedy  '),
('45512',' Winner: Bearded Child Festival: Best Narrative Film'),
('45513',' In December 2003, a group of homeless people in Stockholm, Sweden,  started queuing for tickets to "Alexander", scheduled to premiere in  November 2004. They intended to live in tents outside a movie  theater in the city center for a year. This silent protest, intended  to draw attention to the homeless in the Swedish capitol, was  inspired by a local politician who said it is both legal and fully  acceptable for fans to camp out for weeks in central Stockholm to  get tickets to a movie premiere. At the time, the movie in question  was _Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)_ (qv).'),
('45514',' Some scenes from the film were supposed to be shot in India but the  Indian elephants werent well trained so they had to shoot it in  Thailand instead.'),
('45515',' Colin Farrell (I) (qv) broke his ankle and arm during filming when  he fell down a stairway.'),
('45516',' Val Kilmer (qv) gained over 50 pounds and stopped working out for  the plump role of Philip.'),
('45517',' The biography of Alexander by Oxford University professor  Robin Lane Fox (qv) was an original inspiration and source of  information for director Oliver Stone (I) (qv). As an historical  advisor, Professor Fox didnt get an on screen credit; his price for  giving his advice was to be allowed to take a place at the head of  what is one of the largest cavalry charges ever filmed. Professor  Fox was used to riding around the English countryside, but gladly  dressed up as a Macedonean cavalry officer to live his dream of  charging for Alexander.'),
('45518',' Brad Pitt (qv) was considered for the role of Hephaestion, but  turned down the role due to personal concerns with the character.'),
('45519',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv) previously tried to mount the project with  Tom Cruise (qv) in the title role.'),
('45520',' Sean Connery (qv) was originally considered for the role that was  eventually offered to Val Kilmer (qv).'),
('45521',' The movie was originally scheduled for release on 5 November 2004 in  the USA, but was moved to 24 November 2004. Studio executives stated  that the move was to put it in a more competitive position for Oscar  consideration.'),
('45522',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv) and Val Kilmer (qv) originally discussed  Alexander while filming _Doors, The (1991)_ (qv).'),
('45523',' During the battle of Gaugamela, the command "Back and to the left!  Back and to the left!" is shouted, which is the same as a famous  line in an earlier Oliver Stone (I) (qv) movie, _JFK (1991)_ (qv).'),
('45524',' Val Kilmer (qv) had to undergo over an hour of daily makeup to  look older and don the scar tissue that covers the eye that Philip  lost in battle.'),
('45525',' Early posters and trailers did not credit Christopher Kyle (qv) as  a writer; Oliver Stone (I) (qv) and Laeta Kalogridis (qv) were  credited for the story and Oliver Stone (I) (qv) for the  screenplay.'),
('45526',' Heath Ledger (qv) was originally considered for the role of  Alexander before Colin Farrell (I) (qv) was cast.'),
('45527',' Alexander is commonly depicted in statues with eyes raised upwards  towards the sun, and hence the many visual references of Alexander  always looking towards the sun.'),
('45528',' Angelina Jolie (qv) plays Colin Farrell (I) (qv)s mother even  though she is less than a year older than he is.'),
('45529',' The film almost never made it to the theatres in Greece. A group of  Greek lawyers decided to try to ban the film on the grounds that  Oliver Stone (I) (qv) was denigrating the figure of Alexander the  Great by making reference to his bisexuality. The film was  ultimately given a theatrical release in Greece and premiered at #1.'),
('45530',' The Irish accents you hear from the Macedonian soldiers were not  there to accommodate Colin Farrell (qv) as some have asserted. As  Macedonians were mostly from more remote hill tribes and were  coarser and less civilized than the Greeks, the Celtic accents used  in the movie serve to portray fictionally the difference between  them and the more refined Greeks, such as Aristotle, played by  Christopher Plummer (qv), who speaks in a more upper class,  English accent. Many critics and audience members failed to  understand this device.'),
('45531',' Was nominated for six Razzies, but did not "win" any.'),
('45532',' Val Kilmer (qv) noted that the most challenging parts of the  production were actually gaining the weight needed for the role, and  the loss of depth perception secondary to mono'),
('45533','vision from the scar  tissue makeup covering one eye.'),
('45534',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv)s first choice for the role of King Philip  was Liam Neeson (qv), who turned it down.'),
('45535',' Director Oliver Stone (I) (qv)s first choice for the role of  Alexander the Great was Russell Crowe (qv), who turned it down.'),
('45536',' The final scenes of the film had originally been shot in Bangkok,  but the dailies revealed that all the film they had used was  damaged, forcing Oliver Stone (I) (qv) to re'),
('45537','shoot the end of the  film.'),
('45538',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress, and the  Yale University Film Archives.'),
('45539',' Arliss also starred in the original stage version (entitled  "Hamilton").'),
('45540',' Peter Wyngarde (qv) was originally tested for the lead role of  Alexander, but ended up in the smaller role of Pausanias.'),
('45541',' Helmut Dantine (qv)s role is dubbed by Christopher Lee (I) (qv)  (uncredited).'),
('45542',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 7 seconds (135 minute version)'),
('45543',' Charlton Heston (qv) turned down the title role.'),
('45544',' This was actually shot in 1964, but it was deemed to be unairable,  so it was shelved for four years until Adam West (I) (qv) and  William Shatner (qv) had each reached a certain level of fame to  get respectable ratings for the show. At the time of this aired  Adam West (I) (qv) was in the throws of Batman'),
('45545','mania from the  success of his show, and William Shatner (qv) was the star of  _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv).'),
('45546',' This was an unsold pilot film re'),
('45547','creating the historic "Battle of  Issus" (333 B.C.) in which Alexanders Greek forces met with the  Persian Army.'),
('45548',' Grady Sutton (I) (qv) (Babe), James Gordon (I) (qv) (Equity  President) and Joan Castle (qv) (Equity Secretary) were in studio  records/casting call lists for those roles, but they did not appear  in the film.'),
('45549',' In her autobiography, Ethel Merman (qv) said that the original  lyrics to "Heat Wave": "She started a heat wave by letting her seat  wave" was changed for the movie to "She started a heat wave by  letting her feet wave"'),
('45550',' After the preview in Los Angeles on 24 May 1938, there were sporadic  opening across the United States before the national release on 16  August 1938. Some of these were 5 August in New York City, New York;  11 August in Boston, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and San  Francisco, California; 12 August in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  Chicago, Illinois and Dallas, Texas; and 13 August in Cleveland,  Ohio.'),
('45551',' Jean Hagen (qv)s final performance.'),
('45552',' The film crew and director Marc Boettcher (qv) received several  anonymous threats when they researched the circumstances of  Alexandra (II) (qv)s death.'),
('45553',' Director Jeanne Mascolo Filippis (qv) was the personal assistant  of Alexandra David'),
('45554','Neel, during the last ten years of her long  adventurous life.'),
('45555',' Alexandra David'),
('45556','Neel died at 101 years old, few months after she had  renewed her passport.'),
('45557',' The film was originally going to be an ultra'),
('45558','low budget feature'),
('45559',' A number of actresses turned down the leading female role due to the  explicit nature of the script.'),
('45560',' Most of the film was shot "in continuity".'),
('45561',' Director Rolf de Heer (qv) visited the Crazy Horse Strip Joint in  Adelaide to inform his script'),
('45562','writing for writing of the strip  scene.'),
('45563',' Anthony Quinn (qv) had a broken foot during filming, and thus  couldnt perform the dance on the beach as scripted, which called  for much leaping around. Instead, he did a slow shuffle. Director  Michael Cacoyannis (qv) asked Anthony Quinn (qv) what the dance  was, and Anthony Quinn (qv) made up a name and claimed it was  traditional.'),
('45564',' CAMEO(George P. Cosmatos (qv)): the disgruntled boy who writes  down the illiterate Zorbas thoughts for him.'),
('45565',' Simone Signoret (qv) was the original choice for Madame Hortense.  After filming began, director Michael Cacoyannis realized that she  wasnt what he wanted for the part and asked permission from  Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) to replace her. He agreed and he proposed  Bette Davis (qv). Michael Cacoyannis though had  Lila Kedrova (qv) in mind. Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) had no idea who  Lila Kedrova (qv) was, or how she even looked, but he trusted  Michael Cacoyannis very much, so he agreed.'),
('45566',' Theatrical premiere together with the western movie Django kennt  kein Erbarmen (Pochi dollari per Django)'),
('45567',' The film was entirely filmed on the submarine "Enrico Toti". All the  cast consists of officers and crew members on duty on the ship.'),
('45568',' The title "Alfa Tau" refers to a star in the galaxy which is used as  a symbol for the Navy.'),
('45569',' Alferd Packer is Colorados only convicted cannibal. The short order  grill in the UMC (Student Union) at the University of Colorado at  Boulder, which Trey Parker (I) (qv) and Matt Stone (I) (qv)  attended, is named after him. The University also has an annual  festival, Alferd Packer Days, with contests including a  raw'),
('45570','meat'),
('45571','eating contest.'),
('45572',' This film was released by Troma in 1996 but it was actually filmed  in 1993 while Trey Parker (I) (qv) was attending the University of  Colorado at Boulder. Contrary to popular belief, Parker was not  expelled due to missing class while making the movie, and went on to  graduate.'),
('45573',' The tribe of Japanese Indians that Packer and his group encounter on  their journey is referred to as the Nihonjin tribe. Nihonjin is  Japanese for "Japanese people." They were played by Japanese  exchange students. While at UCB, Parker had a double major in music  and Japanese.'),
('45574',' When Humphrey translates what the Indian says to the group as  "Welcome to the land of blue light," his gesturing is actually sign  language for "Jesus Christ is dead."'),
('45575',' As the Nihonjin "Indians" walk away with the group at sword point,  one of them is heard saying in Japanese (loosely translated), "This  movie is really stupid!"'),
('45576',' The movie was originally titled "Alferd Packer: The Musical."  Lloyd Kaufman (qv), owner of Troma, convinced  Trey Parker (I) (qv) to change the title to "Cannibal: The  Musical" because, though Packer is well'),
('45577','known in Colorado, very few  outside of the state know who he is.'),
('45578',' Trey Parker (I) (qv) uses the alias of Juan Schwartz in the  credits. This is a variation of John Schwartze, an alias Alferd  Packer used while he was in hiding.'),
('45579',' During the first "Lets Build a Snowman" scene, there is a close'),
('45580','up  of the tap'),
('45581','dancing. The next shot is a brief wide shot. In the  background, the snowmans head is replaced with an alien head.'),
('45582',' Moira Kelly (I) (qv) was slated to play the part of Polly Pry, but  it was decided not to use her as it might damage serious Hollywood  aspirations. Various versions of the movie credit M.K.'),
('45583',' Trey Parker (I) (qv) was very shy and uncomfortable regarding  kissing scenes with Toddy Walters (qv). After the two dated,  Trey Parker (I) (qv) went back and re'),
('45584','shot the ending and end  title.'),
('45585',' The woman seen in a black skirt and white blouse as two men begin  "Hang the Bastard" is actually Matt Stone (I) (qv) dressed in  drag.'),
('45586',' The courtroom dialogue is based on actual court transcripts, and  contemporary newspaper reports mention an old lady throwing a tomato  at Packer.'),
('45587',' Trey Parker (I) (qv) dubbed the singing voice of Frenchy  (Robert Muratore (qv)), as well as the voice of The Voice of Doom  (Aubrey Strafferd (qv)) and the two Indian braves Japanese  dialogue.'),
('45588',' Masao Maki (qv), who plays the Indian chief, is actually the owner  of Sushi Zanmai in downtown Boulder, where UCB is located and where  Trey Parker (I) (qv) and Matt Stone (I) (qv) attended college  while this movie was being made.'),
('45589',' If you listen closely in the beginning of the general store scene,  you will hear someone singing. It sounds very much like Eric Cartman  singing a line from "Shpadoinkle Day", but is actually Trey Parker  doing the voice of the woman leaving the store. The woman was played  by Brody McHugh (qv), the sister of Jason McHugh (qv), who  played Frank Miller in the film. Jason also filled the roles of  publicist, producer and executive producer.'),
('45590',' Some of the extras appearing in the movie were  Trey Parker (I) (qv)s professors.'),
('45591',' When Alferd wakes up from the bizarre dream about Frenchy, he  screams "IKE!" for no apparent reason. Trey Parker (I) (qv) later  explained that this was an obscure reference to the film  _Legend of Alfred Packer, The (1980)_ (qv), which was the first  biopic about Packers life. In one scene, Packer also wakes from a  dream and screams the exact same words, yet it is never explained  why.'),
('45592',' Packers horse is named Liane after Liane Adamo (qv), Trey  Parkers former fiancée.'),
('45593',' According to Trey Parker (I) (qv), he based the script partially  on "The Odyssey". In the film, Shannon Bell (I) (qv) is seen  reading "The Odyssey".'),
('45594',' The judge in the courtroom is played by Randy Parker (I) (qv),  Trey Parker (I) (qv)s father.'),
('45595',' Several aliens can be seen throughout the film. Among them: One in  the opening courtroom scene in the back. One behind Moon (Dian  Bachar) as he pulls a shoelace out of his mouth. And one peeking out  of the barn during the Lets Hang the Bastard! dance scene.'),
('45596',' Several well'),
('45597','known actors (including Laurence Harvey (I) (qv),  James Booth (I) (qv) and Anthony Newley (qv)) turned down the  title role due to the then taboo subject matter of abortion. Despite  having played "Alfie" on Broadway, Terence Stamp (qv)  categorically declined to reprise the role on film, thus giving his  good friend and then roommate Michael Caine (I) (qv) the  breakthrough role of his career.'),
('45598',' The Jay twins, Helen Jay (qv) and Catherine Jay, (daughters of  former UK ambassador to the USA, Peter Jay (III) (qv), and  great'),
('45599','grand'),
('45600','daughters of Ernest Jay (qv)) made one of their first  public appearances in this film.'),
('45601',' The hospital scene was filmed in what is now York House the Town  Hall in Twickenham, Middlesex, UK'),
('45602',' The picture in Rubys flat is Vladimir Tretchikoffs "Chinese Girl",  popularly called "The Green Lady". It was one of the most popular  and highest'),
('45603','selling prints of the 1960s.'),
('45604',' On its original release, the film had an all instrumental  soundtrack, by Sonny Rollins (qv). The Oscar nominated song, by  Bacharach and David, was added for the American release, and to a  British re'),
('45605','release.'),
('45606',' When filming was taking place in Manchester, England in 2003, a  local resident who lived across the street recorded set  construction, and on'),
('45607','set activity from his window with a camcorder.  When the director, Charles Shyer (qv), found out the local  resident was doing this he threatened to "sue his ass" but the  resident reminded him that they were filming outside his very house.'),
('45608',' According to director Charles Shyer (qv), in the shot where Alfie  (Jude Law (qv)) punches a car windshield, Law actually cracked the  windshield. Apparently, the actor wasnt able to put as much effort  into punching it until Shyer told him to imagine that it was the  paparazzi. As a result, Law punched so hard that a sledgehammer had  to destroy the cracked windshield.'),
('45609',' Alfies Vespa is painted blue and white as an inside joke. The  colors pay homage to Jude Law (qv)s favorite football team,  Tottenham Hotspur.'),
('45610',' Susan Sarandon (qv) gave pictures of herself in the 1970s to  British artist Russel Oxley (qv), who used them to paint an  acrylic portrait of her character, supposedly from that era. After  filming, the canvas went home with Sarandon.'),
('45611',' Nia Long (qv) who plays Lonette had a no'),
('45612','nudity clause in the  contract for this film.'),
('45613',' Billie Piper (qv) auditioned for the role of Nikki.'),
('45614',' Director Charles Shyer (qv) was inspired by the skinny suits that  the Beatles wore in _Hard Days Night, A (1964)_ (qv) for Alfies  wardrobe and the brown sweater that Alfie wears in several scenes  was Jude Law (qv)s own.'),
('45615',' This was the first of two films that featured Jude Law (qv) in a  role originally played by Michael Caine (I) (qv). The second was  _Sleuth (2008)_ (qv).'),
('45616',' This documentary is featured on the 2005 Twentieth Century'),
('45617','Fox  Special Edition DVD release of Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s  _Lifeboat (1944)_ (qv).'),
('45618',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Teddy and the Angel Cake (1916)_ (qv).'),
('45619',' Released as a split reel along with a color fashion show.'),
('45620',' Animator Chuck Jones (I) (qv) based the Warner Brothers cartoon  character "Pepe le Pew" on the "Pepe le Moko" character played by  Charles Boyer (I) (qv) in this film.'),
('45621',' Charles Boyer (I) (qv)s often repeated, and parodied, line "Come  with me to the Casbah" was in the trailers but was never actually  said in the film. According to an article in Smithsonian Magazine  (July 2007), the line came from an impersonation of Boyer by the  cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, in _Cats Bah, The (1954)_ (qv), an  animated short."'),
('45622',' The cast and credits are based on the 98'),
('45623','minute print shown on  Turner Classic Movies, but the AFI Catalogue lists slightly  different changes which suggest that their print may have been a  re'),
('45624','release. In the AFI Catalogue listing, Sigrid Gurie (qv)s name  is above the title with the rest of the cast list the same. The crew  credits are identical, except that James Wong Howe (I) (qv) is  credited for "photography" instead of "director of photography." The  latter terminology was rare in 1938, but not unheard of.'),
('45625',' Was shot in 2 hours.'),
('45626',' Locations and situations where chosen randomly'),
('45627',' The movie was completed in 2 days'),
('45628',' Was part of the Bogota Film Festival'),
('45629',' There is no reliable documentation that Harold Lloyd (qv) appears  in this film; the film is extant and there is no sign of him in it.'),
('45630',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Tomboy Bessie (1912)_ (qv).'),
('45631',' Rivele, Stephen J. (qv)s and Wilkinson, Christopher (I) (qv)s  first draft sprawled across 200 pages, taking Ali from childhood up  to the present.'),
('45632',' Michael Mann (I) (qv) and Eric Roth (I) (qv), the writing team  behind _Insider, The (1999)_ (qv), heavily revised  Stephen J. Rivele (qv) and Christopher Wilkinson (I) (qv)s  script (a Writers Guild arbitration ruled on 1 October 2001 that  all four would have credit for the screenplay).'),
('45633',' Producer Jon Peters (I) (qv) first commissioned an Ali screenplay  from writer Gregory Allen Howard (qv)  (_Remember the Titans (2000)_ (qv)) in 1994. Though  Gregory Allen Howard (qv)s screenplay, titled "Power and Grace",  was an expansive study of Ali from childhood on, it languished for  three years without securing A'),
('45634','list talent.'),
('45635',' Will Smith (I) (qv) gained 35 pounds to match Alis 220.'),
('45636',' Shufford, Charles (qv), a real'),
('45637','life 235 pound heavyweight boxer  with a 17'),
('45638','2 record who plays George Foreman, was given license to  make his punches as real as possible, short of incapacitating the  films star.'),
('45639',' Shortly after Ali knocks out George Foreman, there is a close'),
('45640','up of  Ali with what appears to be a lone white butterfly flying behind  him. This is no doubt an allusion to Float like a butterfly, Sting  like a bee.'),
('45641',' Both Will Smith (I) (qv) and Michael Mann (I) (qv) offered to  put up their salaries in case the film went over'),
('45642','budget.'),
('45643',' As the project lay in "development hell" for more than a decade,  several directors attempted to make the film until  Michael Mann (I) (qv) was finally chosen. The list included:  Oliver Stone (I) (qv), Spike Lee (qv), and  Norman Jewison (qv).'),
('45644',' Michael Mann (I) (qv) and Will Smith (I) (qv) always wanted  Jon Voight (qv) for the role of Howard Cosell.'),
('45645',' In the edited TV version, director Michael Mann (I) (qv) is  credited instead as "Alan Smith", an obvious variant of  Alan Smithee (qv).'),
('45646',' While this film was in development through the 90s,  Oliver Stone (I) (qv) at one point was commissioned at the  projects director. Stones very first choice for the role of  Muhammad Ali (qv) was Denzel Washington (qv). However, when  Washington signed on to another boxer biopic,  _Hurricane, The (1999)_ (qv), Stone opted to instead make  _Any Given Sunday (1999)_ (qv).'),
('45647',' Eddie Cantor (qv) appears in the films final sequence with  Tony Martin (I) (qv).'),
('45648',' The movie does not follow the plot of the original story except in  the scene where the forty thieves are stuffed in jars and then  brought to the palace as a gift for the villain, Hulagu Khan.'),
('45649',' Hulagu Khan was a real person '),
('45650',' he was the brother of Kublai Khan,  the conqueror of Asia, and the Mongol leader who conquered Iran and  Baghdad, as shown in the movie. But he appears to have died of  natural causes, not by murder.'),
('45651',' The reason the plot of the fairy tale wasnt used for the movie may  have had something to do with the fact that in the original fairy  tale, there are some 42 murders; the first is Ali Babas cousin, and  the other forty'),
('45652','one are those of the forty thieves themselves and  later, their ringleader who arrives at Ali Babas disguised as a  merchant and thirsting for revenge. He is the last of the Forty  Thieves to die. The other forty thieves die when, after smuggling  themselves into Ali Babas house in wine casks, broiling hot water  is poured into each of the casks containing a bandit.'),
('45653',' Members of the Paris Opera were the dancers in the film.'),
('45654',' It is thought that part of the coloring process used Charles Pathes  stencil process.'),
('45655',' Is an incomplete copy of the Ali Baba film first produced in 1902.  However this film includes updated technology of added dialog  titles. This titling process did not exist in 1902.'),
('45656',' SPOILER: At the end of the film, the airport building plan is  switched from Alis home in Staines to Slough, another town nearby.  Both towns have a dismal reputation in the UK (as a policeman says  to Ali, "Staines is shit hole." See also poem by John Betjeman:  "Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough"). So it is a natural joke  for UK viewers.'),
('45657',' Body count: 11'),
('45658',' This features the only media interview Jerry Perenchio (qv) has  given since 1981. Perenchio is notorious for refusing all  interviews.'),
('45659',' Ward Bond (qv)s final film.'),
('45660',' The climactic gunfight features, among cameos by Bing Crosby and  Gary Cooper, surprise appearances by actors who, at the time, were  starring, or had recently starred, in extremely popular Western  television series ("Maverick", "The Roy Rogers Show", "Annie  Oakley", etc.). They appeared playing the same roles that they had  respectively played on their shows.'),
('45661',' MGMs first sound picture. It was completed as a silent film before  Irving Thalberg (qv) sent back Lionel Barrymore (qv) and  William Haines (I) (qv) to repeat their performances for the last  two reels with sound.'),
('45662',' The last feature of Betty Ann Davies (qv).'),
('45663',' First appearance of Little Cheeser.'),
('45664',' This was the only feature film appearance for George Wagner as his  professional wrestling persona, Gorgeous George (qv). His flair  for showmanship made him a national sensation at the time and one of  the first superstars on the new medium of television.'),
('45665',' Several actors are in studio records/casting call lists as cast  members, but do not appear in the movie. These are (with their  character names): Boris Karloff (qv) (autopsy surgeon),  Claire Dodd (qv) (Mrs. Beverly) and Reginald Barlow (I) (qv)  (professor of the university). Karloff was replaced by  Nigel De Brulier (qv) when he was not available for retakes and  the British censors objected to the gruesomeness of his scenes.'),
('45666',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('45667',' _"Alias" (2001)_ (qv) creator J.J. Abrams (qv) saw the short and  like it so much he mailed personal letters of praise to each member  of our cast and crew'),
('45668',' The first full'),
('45669','length Tamil'),
('45670','language color film.'),
('45671',' Harrison, Irma (qv)s singing was dubbed by  Flohri, Virginia (qv).'),
('45672',' Alternative scenes were shot for a silent version of the film which  was released simultaneously.'),
('45673',' All the uncredited roles of major league players were played by  current or former professional baseball players.'),
('45674',' Movie debut of Olivia de Havilland (qv).'),
('45675',' The idea came from a New York Times article about real'),
('45676','life alibi  networks.'),
('45677',' When we see Mia outside the office, there are cameos from the  director Tom Bennett (II) (qv), his wife Linda and daughter Hope  as well as the makeup artist. During the lunch scene, there are  cameos from the gaffer, camera assistant and co'),
('45678','producer  James Marcus (I) (qv).'),
('45679',' Pre'),
('45680','production and principal photography took place in the US but  James Tauber (qv) edited and scored the film back in Australia.'),
('45681',' The Chez Quis maitre d was Tom Bennett (II) (qv). He recorded his  lines and emailed the audio files to editor James Tauber (qv) who  was back in Australia by that stage.'),
('45682',' There are numerous references to  _Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)_ (qv): the characters are named  after actors in _Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)_ (qv); the  restaurant Alan calls is Chez Quis which is the restaurant from  _Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)_ (qv); The maitre d claims Matt  was having lunch with Abe Froman who is the famed "sausage king of  Chicago" in _Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)_ (qv); Matt has a book  by Ben Stein (qv) on his desk '),
('45683',' Ben Stein (qv) played the  economics teacher in _Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)_ (qv).'),
('45684',' His role as Dr. Yang was the final film role for Keye Luke (qv).  He died only weeks after this film was released.'),
('45685',' CAMEO(Lisa Marie (I) (qv)): Making her debut as a guest at the  office Christmas party.'),
('45686',' This film was pre'),
('45687','selected for Cannes Film Festival (04)'),
('45688',' The film score is composed by Bernardo Sassetti, married to Beatriz  Batarda, who plays the female lead role.'),
('45689',' Jane Loring (qv), the frequent editor of Katharine Hepburn (qv),  did not receive onscreen credit, and studio files indicate she was  paid out of the directing budget.'),
('45690',' Katharine Hepburn (qv) wanted William Wyler (qv) to direct the  movie (at the suggestion of George Cukor (qv)), but producer  Pandro S. Berman (qv) favored George Stevens (I) (qv). Rumor has  it that it was decided by the toss of a coin. In fact, Berman  remembers that Wyler actually won the coin toss, but Stevens had  completely won Hepburn over by that time, so when she saw that Wyler  won the toss she had a look of disappointment on her face. The coin  was tossed again, and this time Stevens won and he directed the  picture.'),
('45691',' RKO executives wanted Randolph Scott (I) (qv) for the  Fred MacMurray (qv) role, but he was involved in the production of  _So Red the Rose (1935)_ (qv).'),
('45692',' Katharine Hepburn (qv) always viewed Alice as one of her personal  favorite roles.'),
('45693',' There was a disagreement among Katharine Hepburn (qv) and  George Stevens (I) (qv) about the post'),
('45694','party scene. The script  called for Hepburn to fall onto the bed and break into sobs, but  Stevens wanted her to walk to the window and cry, with the rain  falling outside. Hepburn could not produce the tears required, so  she asked Stevens if she could do the scene as scripted. Stevens  yelled furiously at Hepburn, which did the trick and the scene was  filmed Stevens way, and Hepburns tears are real.'),
('45695',' SPOILERS: The original script ending was for Alice to grow up and  get a job '),
('45696',' she does not get Arthur in the end.  Katharine Hepburn (qv) and George Stevens (I) (qv) both much  preferred this ending, but the studio made Stevens film a happier  ending in which Alice and Arthur end up together, which is seen in  the final cut.'),
('45697',' A fund'),
('45698','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('45699',' The actual restaurant that this movie is based on is located in  Phoenix, Arizona at 1747 NW Grand Ave. This restaurant was at one  time known as Mels Diner, then later on Pats Diner. It has  recently changed again, and it is again Mels Diner (as of May  2006).'),
('45700',' The opening sequence was designed to be an homage to  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv).'),
('45701',' At the beginning of the film, Alice promises Tommy that shell take  him to Monterey, California, before his birthday; the last shot of  the film shows Alice and Tommy walking down a road in Tucson towards  a big sign for a shopping center called "Monterey Village". The  shopping center is at the intersection of Speedway and Wilmot in  Tucson.'),
('45702',' Barbra Streisand (qv) was originally offered the lead role, but  turned it down because she thought she was too young at the time.  Also, she didnt think people would accept her as a failed lounge  singer.'),
('45703',' Diane Ladd (qv)s daughter Laura Dern (qv) can be seen in the  final diner scene '),
('45704',' she is the little blonde girl with glasses  sitting at the end of the counter eating an ice cream cone.'),
('45705',' Diane Ladd (qv) played Flo in this movie. In the television series  _"Alice" (1976)_ (qv) the part was played by Polly Holliday (qv).  When Holiday left the series Ladd stepped in to portray Belle.'),
('45706',' This show is the bands first world tour since reforming after nine  years.'),
('45707',' Virginia Davis (I) (qv) final entry as Alice in the "Alice"  series.'),
('45708',' Margie Gay (qv)s initial entry as Alice in the "Alice" series.'),
('45709',' First appearance of Margie Gay (qv) as Alice.'),
('45710',' Lester the Jester does not appear in Lewis Carrolls original novel.  He was intended by the writers of this TV version to be a direct  imitation of the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz", which, at the time  that this "Alice" was telecast, was rapidly becoming the most  popular theatrical film on television. ("Oz" was, at that time,  telecast annually by CBS.)'),
('45711',' Vitaphone production reels #88A'),
('45712','89A.'),
('45713',' Photos hanging on the wall of the studio include Bette Davis (qv),  Ida Lupino (qv) and Ann Sheridan (qv).'),
('45714',' Over 7,000 applicants were screened for the role of Alice on a  five'),
('45715','month period before Henry, Charlotte (qv) was chosen.'),
('45716',' Lupino, Ida (qv) was considered for the role of Alice.'),
('45717',' Mary Pickford (qv) and Walt Disney (qv) planned a combination  live action and animated feature, but Paramount beat them in  securing the rights to the story on 9 May 1933.'),
('45718',' Many theatrical productions were produced nationwide starting in  1931, anticipating the celebration of Carroll, Lewis (qv)s 100th  birthday in 1932, which helped the box office enormously.'),
('45719',' The failure of the film at the box office was attributed to the fact  that although a top'),
('45720','rank cast was used, many of them were virtually  unrecognizable under their heavy makeup and costuming.'),
('45721',' The screenplay was heavily influenced by Eva Le Gallienne (qv)s  and Florida Friebus (qv) Broadway version of the novel, which had  premiered on'),
('45722','stage in 1932, starring Ms. Eva Le Gallienne (qv) as  the White Queen and featuring Josephine Hutchinson (qv) in the  leading role of Alice.'),
('45723',' Bing Crosby (qv) was originally sought for the role of the Mock  Turtle but refused it because he felt the role was demeaning to his  career.'),
('45724',' Virtually the entire star stable was thrown into this movie because  Paramount was trying to keep from going bankrupt and thought that  such a star'),
('45725','laden movie could save the studio from failing. It  didnt work since most of the stars couldnt be recognized because  of their costumes. Instead, two Mae West (qv) movies,  _She Done Him Wrong (1933)_ (qv) and _Im No Angel (1933)_ (qv)  saved the studio from bankruptcy instead.'),
('45726',' When Paramount released the film in 1933, the original running time  was 90 min. Universal Studios bought the television rights in the  late 1950s, and cut it to 77 minutes. The film has never been  released as a legal home video or DVD release.'),
('45727',' The film was one of several theatrical films based on literary  classics which were released to US schools in the 1950s and 60s,  for showing to children. The others included _Heidi (1937)_ (qv) and  _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1939)_ (qv). They were all  released to the schools in heavily cut versions that had a running  time of no more than forty'),
('45728','five minutes.'),
('45729',' Due to damage to the films original negative, the color quality is  not consistent.'),
('45730',' The opening scenes were filmed in Oxford, near the homes of book  author Lewis Carroll (qv) and Alice Liddell (the inspiration for  the Alice character). In fact, the actual Liddell garden was used.'),
('45731',' Carol Marsh (I) (qv) is the only live actor in the main story.  Marsh acted most of the Wonderland scenes all alone on an empty set,  with the puppets added later.'),
('45732',' Two versions of this film, one in English and one in French, were  produced simultaneously. It was not until 1951 that this film was  released in the United States, where it received a few showings. It  was overshadowed by the Disney version, released only a month  earlier.'),
('45733',' Carol Marsh (I) (qv) insisted on doing some of the most difficult  sequences herself, when a double would have been permissible.  Falling down the rabbit hole to Wonderland entailed a hair'),
('45734','raising  thirty'),
('45735','foot drop into a net. A famous French trapeze artist, Mile  Roselie, showed her how to make the fall, but Carol completed the  scene with bruised knees, scratched legs and six ruined pairs of  stockings. Carol found the most difficult scene was the one where  she slides down an enormous table leg. It was an almost  perpendicular drop, and Carol admits she was very frightened while  doing it.'),
('45736',' Color screen tests of Pickford, Mary (qv) as Alice were made for a  proposed live'),
('45737','action/animation version of the story.'),
('45738',' Beaumont, Kathryn (qv), who was the voice of Alice, narrates the  "Alice in Wonderland" ride at Disneyland.'),
('45739',' Sterling Holloway (qv), who performed the voice of the Cheshire  Cat, played the Frog in the 1933 version of  _Alice in Wonderland (1933)_ (qv).'),
('45740',' The first Disney animated feature in which the voice talent is  credited on'),
('45741','screen with the characters they each play. This would  not occur again until _Jungle Book, The (1967/I)_ (qv).'),
('45742',' In the Walrus and the Carpenter sequence, the R in the word "March"  on the mother oysters calendar flashes. This alludes to the old  adage about only eating oysters in a month with an R in its name.  That is because those months without an R are the summer months,  when oysters would not keep due to the heat, in the days before  refrigeration.'),
('45743',' This movie contained Dink Trout (qv)s final role.'),
('45744',' Originally, Alice was to sing a song different from "In a World of  My Own". It would be a slow ballad entitled "Beyond the Laughing  Sky", and it was a song about Alice dreaming of a new world, a world  better than her own, very much in the spirit of Dorothy Gale in  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv). However, Kathryn Beaumont (qv)  had difficulty singing, and it was decided that starting the film  off with a slow ballad would be a little risky on audiences. The  song we hear today, "In a World of My Own", is livelier, and was  easier for Kathryn Beaumont (qv) to sing.'),
('45745',' Continuing the pattern of film versions of "Alice in Wonderland" not  being commercially successful, this movie was a huge box office  failure. However, it did become something of a cult film during the  1960s, where it was viewed as a "head film".'),
('45746',' The movie took five years to complete, but was in development for  over ten years before it entered active production.'),
('45747',' This movie is actually a combination of Lewis Carroll (qv)s  "Alice" books, "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking  Glass".'),
('45748',' The Doorknob was the only character in Disneys  _Alice in Wonderland (1951)_ (qv) that did not appear in  Lewis Carroll (qv)s books.'),
('45749',' This was the first Disney theatrical film to be shown on television,  in 1954. It was shown as the second installment of the  _"Disneyland" (1954)_ (qv) TV show, edited to fit into a one hour  time slot.'),
('45750',' This is the only Disney feature'),
('45751','length cartoon film to have its  first theatrical re'),
('45752','release after it had already been shown on  television (although the film had been televised only in an edited,  one'),
('45753','hour version).'),
('45754',' The fish watching the Walrus lure the oysters away are the same fish  that watch Pinocchio search for Monstro the whale in  _Pinocchio (1940)_ (qv).'),
('45755',' Early drafts of the script had Alice encounter the Jabberwock (to  have been voiced by Stan Freberg (qv)), from  Lewis Carroll (qv)s poem "Jabberwocky". The sequence was  rejected, either because it slowed the story down, or because of  concerns that it would be too frightening. Elements of "Jabberwocky"  remain in the film, however: the Cheshire Cats song "Twas Brillig",  consisting of the opening stanza; and the Tulgey Wood sequence,  which includes at least one of the creatures mentioned in the poem,  the Mome Raths.'),
('45756',' Lewis Carroll (qv) wrote the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing  desk?" as nonsense '),
('45757',' it has no answer. This has not stopped people,  despite being repeatedly told that there is not, nor should there  be, any answer, from trying to contrive one. Among the suggestions  are, "because Edgar Allan Poe (qv) wrote on both" and "because the  notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical  notes" (the second of which is very similar to a solution that  Lewis Carroll (qv) himself wearily suggested when he grew tired of  people asking him about it).'),
('45758',' Though the film was a box'),
('45759','office flop when first released, several  years later it became the Disney studios most requested 16mm film  rental title for colleges and private individuals. In 1974, the  studio took note of this fact, withdrew the rental prints, and  reissued the film nationally themselves.'),
('45760',' This was the first feature film for which Walt Disney (qv) was  able to use television for cross'),
('45761','promotion. Walt Disney (qv)s  very first television program,  _One Hour in Wonderland (1950) (TV)_ (qv), which was broadcast on  Christmas evening of 1950, was devoted to the production of this  film. Naturally, the entire program, including the clips from the  movie, were in black and white.'),
('45762',' Walt Disney (qv) had considered doing a feature film of this story  for years. During the very early part of his career, throughout the  1920s, Walt Disney (qv) created a number of shorts with a live  action Alice placed in an animated world. Walt Disney (qv)  continued to make this series, generally referred to as "The Alice  Comedies", which were all silent, right up to time he made  _Steamboat Willie (1928)_ (qv).'),
('45763',' Disney also explored the Wonderland stories in the black'),
('45764','and'),
('45765','white  Mickey Mouse short, _Thru the Mirror (1936)_ (qv), in which Mickey  falls asleep reading "Alice in Wonderland", and dreams himself  jumping through the looking'),
('45766','glass into Wonderland. Although there  are many similarities between the two, the short was much more of a  slapstick version (in keeping with the Mickey shorts of the 30s)  than the later film. The short is included as a supplemental on some  DVD releases of Alice.'),
('45767',' "Alice" was filmed in Canada; most of the scenes which take place in  Wonderland were filmed on location in British Columbias most famous  provincial park, Stanley Park.'),
('45768',' The humorous background artwork on the original theatrical poster  for "Alice In Wonderland" was provided by Jack Davis '),
('45769',' one of Mad  Magazines "usual gang of idiots".'),
('45770',' Heather ORourke (qv) was offered the part of Alice, but she  turned it down.'),
('45771',' Martha Raye (qv)s final performance.'),
('45772',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) was originally cast in the film, but had to  drop out due to a conflicting schedule.'),
('45773',' The asymmetrical'),
('45774','eyed costume for the March Hare scared Tina  Majorino. Director Nick Willing thought this a success, since he had  wanted the March Hare to be creepy.'),
('45775',' Martin Short (I) (qv)s head was digitally enlarged to three times  its normal size, so to better replicate the Mad Hatter in the Tennil  illustrations.'),
('45776',' Henry Corden (qv) (Harry Corden), who provides Fred Flintstones  singing voice, would go on to replace Alan Reed (I) (qv) as the  voice of Fred Flintstone full'),
('45777','time.'),
('45778',' The final entry in the "Alice" series.'),
('45779',' The truck seen was actually a 1965 Army Truck. Three trucks were  utilized for the production. One of the trucks took six weeks to  build due to the number of modifications. One of the trucks had to  be converted to diesel so it could drive through water for the river  crossing sequences.'),
('45780',' This featurette is available on the Walt Disney Treasures: Disney  Rarities DVD.'),
('45781',' Debut of Lois Hardwick (qv) as Alice.'),
('45782',' According to the Guinness Book Of World Records, the poster for this  film was sold for $36,534 at Christies auction, the Most Valuable  Cartoon Poster of all time.'),
('45783',' Only appearance of Anne Shirley (qv) as Alice.'),
('45784',' Tina Chen (I) (qv), who played Arlo Guthrie (qv)s on'),
('45785','screen  girlfriend, wore an authentic Chinese dress that had belonged to her  grandmother. When they wrapped up the shoot, the film crew put the  dress in storage. She never got it back.'),
('45786',' The real Alice Brock (qv) and Ray Brock (I) (qv) appear as  extras in the film. How to spot the real Alice Brock (qv): in the  scene where "Ray" is putting up insulation she is wearing a brown  turtleneck and her hair in a ponytail. In the Thanksgiving scene she  wears a bright pink satin blouse. In the party scene shes wearing a  Western'),
('45787','style dress.'),
('45788',' Arlo Guthrie (qv)s costume in the party scene is meant to be the  King of Cups from a pack of tarot cards.'),
('45789',' After discovering that the character "Officer Obie" was modeled  after him, actual Stockbridge MA Sheriff Obanhein, William (qv)  demanded that he play the role himself. His reason: "If anyone is  going to make a fool out of me, it might as well be me!"'),
('45790',' Although many people regarded Arlo Guthrie (qv)s recording of  "The Alices Restaurant Massacre" to be fiction, Arthur Penn (qv),  who owns a home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts where the story takes  place, realized it was for the most part based on events that had  actually taken place. Therefore, what appears to be a continuity  problem is in fact a correct representation of the facts. The movie  portrays the actual photos used as evidence at the trial. The real  life "blind judge" in Arlo Guthrie (qv)s song, "Judge James  Hannon", also plays himself (Judge James Hannon (qv)) in the film.'),
('45791',' Arlo Guthrie (qv)s co'),
('45792','defendant in the littering incident  actually was named Richard (Ricky) Rhodes, a local 19'),
('45793','year'),
('45794','old.  (Arlo Guthrie (qv) was 18 at the time.)'),
('45795',' Since the last part of the only known print of the film is missing,  for an airing on the Disney Channels Vault Disney program, composer  Alexander Rannie (qv) created a conjectural ending, adding an  additional 30 seconds to the film and returning Alice safely home to  her mother. Margaret Davis (III) (qv), who played Alices mother  in the film, was the real'),
('45796','life mother of Virginia Davis (I) (qv),  who played Alice.'),
('45797',' This short film was never released theatrically; it was shown  privately to Walt Disney (qv)s earliest distributors in 1923.'),
('45798',' Some interaction between the live actors and animated characters was  so complicated that Virginia Davis (I) (qv)s movements were  composed of animated still photos.'),
('45799',' One scene in this film features a group of animated mice, one of  whom is believed to be a precursor to Mickey Mouse.'),
('45800',' Scene using a Coca'),
('45801','Cola bottle during masturbation was reshot with a  generic bottle after the Coca'),
('45802','Cola company sued.'),
('45803',' Originally to be directed by Walter Hill (I) (qv), but he pulled  out and gave the job to Ridley Scott (qv).'),
('45804',' Cartwright, Veronica (qv) was originally to play Ripley, but  producers opted for Weaver, Sigourney (qv).'),
('45805',' An early draft of the script had a male Ripley.'),
('45806',' All of the names of the main characters were changed by  Walter Hill (I) (qv) and David Giler (qv) during the revision of  the original script by Dan OBannon (qv) and  Ronald Shusett (qv). The script by OBannon and Shusett also had a  clause indicating that all of the characters are "unisex", meaning  they could be cast with male or female actors. However, Shusett and  OBannon never thought of casting Ripley as a female character.'),
('45807',' Conceptual artist Giger, H.R. (qv)s designs were changed several  times because of their blatant sexuality.'),
('45808',' Much of the dialogue was developed through improvisation.'),
('45809',' The front (face) part of the alien costumes head is made from a  cast of a real human skull.'),
('45810',' Ridley Scott (qv) is reportedly quoted as saying that originally  he wanted a much darker ending. He planned on having the alien bite  off Ripleys head in the escape shuttle, sit in her chair, and then  start speaking with her voice in a message to Earth. Apparently,  20th Century Fox wasnt too pleased with such a dark ending.'),
('45811',' During production an attempt was made to make the alien character  transparent or at least translucent.'),
('45812',' Three aliens were made: a model and two suits. One of the suits was  for the seven foot tall Masai tribesman Bolaji Badejo (qv), and  the other was for a trained stunt man.'),
('45813',' The models had to be repainted every evening of the shoot because  the slime used on'),
('45814','set removed the acrylic paint from their surfaces.'),
('45815',' The rumor that the cast, except for Hurt, John (qv), did not know  what would happen during the "chestburster" scene is partly true.  The scene had been explained for them, but they did not know  specifics. For example, Cartwright, Veronica (qv) did not expect  to be sprayed with blood.'),
('45816',' "Nostromo" is the title of a Joseph Conrad (I) (qv) book. The  shuttle that Ripley escapes on is called the "Narcissus", a  reference to another Joseph Conrad (I) (qv) book. See also  _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).'),
('45817',' The vector graphics that appear on Ripleys screen showing the  undocking sequence for the Nostromo were also used for the aircar  launch sequence in _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv).'),
('45818',' Extra scenes filmed but not included, due to pacing problems:  '),
('45819',' Ripley finds Dallas and Brett cocooned. Dallas is covered in    maggots and begs Ripley to kill him. She does so with a flame    thrower.  '),
('45820',' Ripley and Lambert discuss whether Ash has sex or not.  '),
('45821',' Alternative death scene for Brett: Ripley and Parker come across    an alive Brett being lifted from the ground.'),
('45822',' Many of the non'),
('45823','English versions of the films title translate as  something similar to "Alien: The 8th Passenger".'),
('45824',' The aliens habit of laying eggs in the stomach (which then burst  out) was inspired by spider wasps, which are said to lay their eggs  "in the abdomen of spiders." This image gave Dan OBannon (qv)  nightmares, which he used to create the story. But spider wasps  (pompilidae) lay eggs on their prey, not inside them, after which  the wasp maggots simply snack on the sting'),
('45825','paralyzed spiders.  OBannon may instead have been thinking of either ichneumon wasps or  braconid wasps. The ichneumon drills a single egg into a wood'),
('45826','boring  beetle larva, whereas braconids inject eggs inside certain  caterpillars. Both result in fatal hatch'),
('45827','outs more alike to  OBannons alien.'),
('45828',' 130 alien eggs were made for the egg chamber inside the downed  spacecraft.'),
('45829',' Conceptual artist H.R. Giger (qv) would successfully sue 20th  Century Fox 18 years later over his lack of screen credit on  _Alien: Resurrection (1997)_ (qv).'),
('45830',' Ridley Scott (qv)s 2003 directors cut largely came about when  over 100 boxes of footage of his 1979 original were discovered in a  London vault.'),
('45831',' Many of the interior features of the Nostromo came from airplane  graveyards.'),
('45832',' For the awakening from hypersleep segment,  Veronica Cartwright (qv) and Sigourney Weaver (qv) had to wear  white surgical tape over their nipples so as not to offend certain  countries.'),
('45833',' Jon Finch (qv) was originally cast as Kane but on the first day of  shooting, he looked extremely ill. Medics were called and  Jon Finch (qv) was immediately taken to hospital where it was  discovered that he had an extreme case of diabetes.  Ridley Scott (qv) knew that John Hurt (qv) was in town, so he  approached him that night about playing Kane. John Hurt (qv) was  on set the following day.'),
('45834',' To simulate the thrust of engines on the Nostromo,  Ridley Scott (qv) had crew members shake and wobble the seats the  actors were sitting in.'),
('45835',' H.R. Giger (qv)s initial designs for the face'),
('45836','hugger were held by  US Customs who were alarmed at what they saw. Writer Dan  OBannon (qv) had to go to LAX to explain to them that they were  designs for a horror movie.'),
('45837',' The chestbursting scene was filmed in one take with four cameras.'),
('45838',' To get Jones the cat react fearfully to the descending Alien, a  German Shepherd was placed in front of him with a screen between the  two, so the cat wouldnt see it at first, and came over. The screen  was then suddenly removed to make Jones stop, and start hissing.'),
('45839',' Dallas pursuit of the alien down the ventilator shafts, and the  intercut scenes of the rest of the crew urging him on, was shot in  one day.'),
('45840',' It was conceptual artist Ron Cobb (I) (qv) who came up with the  idea that the Alien should bleed acid. This came about when Dan  OBannon (qv) couldnt find a reason why the Nostromo crew just  wouldnt shoot the Alien with a gun.'),
('45841',' Ridley Scott (qv) did all the hand'),
('45842','held camera'),
('45843','work himself.'),
('45844',' According to Ridley Scott (qv), the mechanism that was used to  make the alien egg open was so strong, that it could tear off a  hand.'),
('45845',' Jerry Goldsmith (qv) was most aggrieved by the changes that  Ridley Scott (qv) and his editor Terry Rawlings (qv) wrought  upon his score. Scott felt that Goldsmiths first attempt at the  score was far too lush and needed to be a bit more minimalist. Even  then, Goldsmith was horrified to discover that his amended score had  been dropped in places by Rawlings who inserted segments from  Goldsmiths score to _Freud (1962)_ (qv) instead. (Rawlings had  initially used these as a guide track only, and ended up preferring  them to Goldsmiths revised work.) Goldsmith harbored a grudge  against the two right up to his death in 2004.'),
('45846',' The character of Ash did not appear in Dan OBannon (qv)s  original script.'),
('45847',' Ashs blood is colored water. Milk was not used as it would have  gotten very smelly very quickly under the hot studio lights. Milk  was used though for the close'),
('45848','up of his innards, along with pasta  and glass marbles.'),
('45849',' Dan OBannon (qv) first encountered H.R. Giger (qv)s unique  style when the two were briefly working on  Alejandro Jodorowsky (qv)s ill'),
('45850','fated attempt at making "Dune".'),
('45851',' The screen test that bagged Sigourney Weaver (qv) the role of  Ripley was her closing off speech aboard the Nostromos shuttle at  the end of the film.'),
('45852',' The genesis of the film arose out of Dan OBannon (qv)s  dissatisfaction with his first feature, _Dark Star (1974)_ (qv)  which John Carpenter (I) (qv) directed in 1974. Because of that  films severe low budget, the alien was quite patently a beach ball.  For his second attempt, OBannon wanted to craft an altogether more  convincing specimen. The goofiness of _Dark Star (1974)_ (qv) also  led him in the direction of an intense horror movie.'),
('45853',' The writing partnership between Dan OBannon (qv) and  Ronald Shusett (qv) came about when Shusett approached OBannon  about helping him adapt a Philip K. Dick (qv) story that he had  acquired the rights to. That was "We Can Remember It for You  Wholesale" which later became _Total Recall (1990)_ (qv). OBannon  then said that he had an idea that he was stuck on about an alien  aboard a spaceship and that he needed some assistance. Shusett  agreed to help out and they tackled the alien movie first as they  felt it would have been the cheaper of the two to make.'),
('45854',' The original title was "Star Beast".'),
('45855',' Walter Hill (I) (qv) and David Giler (qv)s contribution to the  script was to make Ash a robot.'),
('45856',' There is no dialog for the first 6 minutes.'),
('45857',' The word "fuck" is used five times in the film, four of them by  Ripley.'),
('45858',' 20th Century Fox doubled the budget from $4.2 million to $8.4  million on the strength of seeing Ridley Scott (qv)s storyboards.'),
('45859',' Ridley Scott (qv) was keen to take on the project as the one that  he had been previously working on at Paramount,  _Tristan + Isolde (2006)_ (qv), was stuck in development hell.'),
('45860',' Three Nostromos were built for the production: a 12" version for  long shots, a 48" version for the landing sequence and a seven ton  rig for showing the ship at rest on the planets surface.'),
('45861',' The producers of the 1950s potboiler  _It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)_ (qv) considered suing for  plagiarism but didnt.'),
('45862',' The original name for the spaceship was Snark. This was later  changed to Leviathan before they finally settled for Nostromo.'),
('45863',' The Nostromos computer is called Mother. In the third sequel,  _Alien: Resurrection (1997)_ (qv), the spaceships computer is  called Father.'),
('45864',' Mothers two 30 second countdowns take 36 and 37 seconds  respectively.'),
('45865',' According to John Hurt (qv) in the DVD Documentary, he was  considered at the beginning of casting to play Kane but had already  committed to another film that was set to take place in South  Africa, so John Finch got the role instead. However, two separate  incidents occurred which got Hurt the role. First was the fact that  he was banned from South Africa because the country mistook him for  actor John Herd who strongly opposed the Apartied (Hurt points out  that he was opposed to it too, but was lucky enough not to get  blacklisted) so he was unable to do the other film. Second, actor  John Finch became seriously ill from diabetes and had to pull out.  Ridley Scott immediately contacted Hurt, pitched him the script over  a weekend and John Hurt arrived on the set Monday morning with  little to no sleep to begin filming.'),
('45866',' The blue laser lights that were used in the alien ships egg chamber  were borrowed from The Who (qv). The band was testing out the  lasers for their stage show in the soundstage next door.'),
('45867',' The stylized artwork that Ridley Scott used to create the  storyboards that got Fox to double the budget were inspired by the  artwork of famed comic book artist Mobius.'),
('45868',' The screech of the alien as it bursts from the stomach of  John Hurt (qv) was actually voiced by animal impersonator  Percy Edwards (qv). He was personally requested by director  Ridley Scott (qv) to do the sound effect and it was recorded in  one take.'),
('45869',' Veronica Cartwright (qv) only found out that she wasnt playing  the part of Ripley when she was first called in to do some costume  tests for the character of Lambert.'),
('45870',' The Nostromo is supposed to be 800 feet long, while the craft she is  towing is a mile and a half long.'),
('45871',' The spacesuits worn by Tom Skerritt (qv), John Hurt (qv) and  Veronica Cartwright (qv) were huge, bulky items lined with nylon  and with no outlets for breath or condensation. As the actors were  working under hot studio lights in conditions in excess of 100  degrees, they spent most of their time passing out. A nurse had to  be on hand at all times to keep supplying them with oxygen. It was  only after Ridley Scott (qv)s and cinematographer  Derek Vanlint (qv)s children were used in the suits for  long'),
('45872','shots and they passed out too, that some modifications were  made to the costumes.'),
('45873',' At the start of production, Ridley Scott (qv) had to contend with  9 producers being onset at all times, querying the length of time he  was taking over each shot.'),
('45874',' The first day that she shot a scene involving Jones the cat,  Sigourney Weaver (qv)s skin started reacting badly. Horrified,  the young actress immediately thought that she might be allergic to  cats, and that it would be easier for the production to recast her  instead of trying to find 4 more identical cats. As it transpired,  Weaver was reacting to glycerin sprayed on her skin to make her look  hot and sweaty.'),
('45875',' After the first week of shooting, Dan OBannon (qv) asked if he  could attend the viewing of the dailies, and was somewhat staggered  when Gordon Carroll (qv) refused him. To get past that ban, Dan  OBannon (qv) viewed the dailies by standing beside the  projectionist whilst he screened them for everyone else.'),
('45876',' For the chestburster sequence, John Hurt (qv) stuck his head,  shoulders and arms through a hole in the mess table, linking up with  a mechanical torso that was packed with compressed air (to create  the forceful exit of the alien) and lots of animal guts. The rest of  the cast were not told that real guts were being used so as to  provoke genuine reactions of shock and disgust.'),
('45877',' The "Company" referred to in the film is Weylan Yutani. It would  become Weyland Yutani in James Cameron (I) (qv)s sequel 7 years  later.'),
('45878',' Among some of the ingredients of the alien costume are Plasticine  and Rolls Royce motor parts.'),
('45879',' While he was working on the visual effects for this film,  Brian Johnson (I) (qv) was simultaneously working in the same  capacity on  _Star Wars: Episode V '),
('45880',' The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv).'),
('45881',' The space jockey prop was 26 feet tall.'),
('45882',' For Parkers death, a fiberglass cast of Yaphet Kotto (qv)s head  was made, and then filled with pigs brains. The forehead was made  of wax so that the aliens teeth could penetrate it easily. Indeed  barbed hooks were fastened to the end of the teeth to make sure it  broke the wax surface effectively.'),
('45883',' For the aliens appearance in the shuttle, the set was built around  Bolaji Badejo (qv), giving him an effective hiding place. However,  extricating himself from the hiding place proved more difficult than  anticipated. The alien suit tore several times, and, in one  instance, the whole tail came off.'),
('45884',' A sex scene between Dallas and Ripley was in the script, but was not  filmed.'),
('45885',' The face hugger carcass that Ash autopsies was made using fresh  shellfish, four oysters and a sheep kidney to recreate the internal  organs.'),
('45886',' The Nostromo was built to then'),
('45887','current NASA specifications for  spacecraft. Some of the displays from the Nostromo are reused in  _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv).'),
('45888',' The decal on the door of the Nostromo is a "checkerboard square",  the symbol on Purinas pet food label; it designated Alien Chow.'),
('45889',' According to a quote from Cartwright, Veronica (qv) in a film  magazine, in the scene where the aliens tail wraps around her legs,  they are actually Stanton, Harry Dean (qv)s legs, in a shot  originally filmed for another scene entirely.'),
('45890',' The embryonic movements of the "face hugger" (prior to bursting out  of its egg) were created by Ridley Scott (qv) using both his  rubber'),
('45891','gloved hands.'),
('45892',' In the space jockey scene, the three crew members Lambert, Dallas,  and Kane are portrayed by Ridley Scott (qv)s two children and  another child; this was done to make the model appear larger.'),
('45893',' In _"Blue Planet, The" (2001) (mini)_ (qv),  David Attenborough (qv) said the Alien monster was modeled after  the Phronima, a creature spotted by submersibles at great depths.  Its only an inch long, mostly transparent, and it looks like a  shrimp with head, eyes, jaws and teeth just like the  H.R. Giger (qv) monster.'),
('45894',' The computer screen displaying Nostromos orbit around the planet  contains a hidden credit to Dr. Brian Wyvill, one of the programmers  for the animation. Within the top frame entitled Deorbital Descent,  it is possible to isolate the letters "BLOB", Dr. Brian Wyvills  common nickname.'),
('45895',' The words "Weylan Yutani" (the name of The Company) appear at the  bottom of one of the computer screens during the landing sequence  (in green).'),
('45896',' The background sound that is heard in the laboratory where Kane has  the face hugger "on", is heard also in Deckards room in  _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv).'),
('45897',' The grid'),
('45898','like flooring on the Nostromo was achieved using upturned  milk crates, painted over.'),
('45899',' In an interview for Métal Hurlant, Ridley Scott (qv) revealed that  to make the action more realistic, the flight deck was wired so that  flipping a switch in at one console would trigger lights somewhere  else. The cast then developed "work routines" for themselves where  one would trip a switch, leading another to respond to the changes  at his work station and so on.'),
('45900',' The original design for the Alien by H.R. Giger (qv) had eyes,  which were eliminated to make the creature look even more menacing.'),
('45901',' Originally, no film companies wanted to make this film, 20th  Century'),
('45902','Fox had even passed on it. They stated various reasons, most  being that it was too bloody. The only producer who wanted to make  the film was Roger Corman (qv), and it was not until  Walter Hill (I) (qv) came on board that it all changed. 20th  Century'),
('45903','Fox agreed to make the film as long as the violence was  toned down; even after that they still rejected the first cut for  being "too bloody".'),
('45904',' The original cut of the film ran 3 hours and 12 minutes.'),
('45905',' Despite releasing a new version of the film titled "Alien: The  Directors Cut", Ridley Scott (qv) wrote in a statement in the  films packaging that he still feels the original Alien was his  perfect vision of the film. The newer version is titled "The  Directors Cut" for marketing purposes, featuring deleted scenes  many fans wanted to see incorporated into the film (such as the  scene where Lambert and Ripley discuss whether or not theyve slept  with Ash, suggesting theres something not quite right about Ash).'),
('45906',' Director Ridley Scott (qv) and composer Jerry Goldsmith (qv)  were at odds with each other on the usage of the original music  score. As a result, many crucial cues were either rescored,  ill'),
('45907','placed, or deleted altogether, and the intended end title  replaced with Howard Hanson (I) (qv)s "Symphony No. 2  (Romantic)". The original intended score was featured as an isolated  track on the now out'),
('45908','of'),
('45909','print 20th Anniversary DVD.'),
('45910',' The vapor released from the top of the spacesuit helmets (presumably  exhausted air from the breathing apparatus) was actually aerosol  sprayed from inside the helmets. In one case, the mechanism broke  and started spraying inside the helmet.'),
('45911',' A closer look at the alien eggs in the scene right before the  facehugger reveals that slime on the eggs is dripping from bottom to  top. Ridley Scott (qv) did this intentionally by shooting with the  camera upside down.'),
('45912',' The engine plasma that blasts the alien away from the shuttle at the  end of the movie is actually just tons of water pouring over the  camera.'),
('45913',' 20th Century Fox Studios almost did not allow the "space jockey", or  the giant alien pilot, to be in the film. This was because, at the  time, props for movies werent so large.'),
('45914',' According to Ian Holm (qv), Ashs head contained spaghetti, cheap  caviar and onion rings.'),
('45915',' Yaphet Kotto (qv) (Parker) actually picked fights with  Bolaji Badejo (qv) who played the Alien, in order to help his  onscreen hatred of the creature.'),
('45916',' Bolaji Badejo (qv) beat Peter Mayhew (II) (qv) to the part of  the alien.'),
('45917',' Copywriter Barbara Gips came up with the famed tagline: "In space,  no one can hear you scream."'),
('45918',' The engines of the Narcissus coming to life was created by having  water pour out of showers with strong arc lights around it. This  gave the illusion that it was plasma.'),
('45919',' Bolaji Badejo (qv) who plays the Alien in the movie was a graphic  artist who was discovered at a pub by one of the casting directors.  Being a Masai he was about 7 feet tall with thin arms '),
('45920',' just what  they needed to fit into the Alien costume. He was sent for Tai Chi  and Mime classes to learn how to slow down his movements. A special  swing had to be constructed for him to sit down during filming as he  could not sit down on a regular chair once he was suited up because  of the Aliens tail.'),
('45921',' The slime used on the Alien was K'),
('45922','Y jelly.'),
('45923',' DIRTRADE(Ridley Scott (qv)):[mothers]: The Nostromos computer is  named "Mother". The incubation of the alien has also been  interpreted as a metaphor for pregnancy.'),
('45924',' During the opening sequence, as the camera wanders around the  corridors of the Nostromo, we can clearly see a Krups coffee grinder  mounted to a wall; this is the same model that became the "Mr.  Fusion" in _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv).'),
('45925',' Many producers have professional "readers" that read and summarize  scripts for them. The reader in this case summarized it as "Its  like _Jaws (1975)_ (qv), but in space."'),
('45926',' Roger Dicken (qv), who designed and operated the "face hugger" and  the "chest burster," had originally wanted the latter to pull itself  out of Kanes torso with its own little hands, a sequence he felt  would have produced a much more horrifying effect than the  gratuitous blood and guts in the release print.'),
('45927',' The thin layer of mist that "notified the eggs" was made possible  using a pulsating laser and smoke, borrowed from the band  The Who (qv).'),
('45928',' A lawsuit by A.E. van Vogt (qv), claiming plagiarism of his 1939  story "Discord in Scarlet" (which he had also incorporated in the  1950 novel "Voyage of the Space Beagle"), was settled out of court.'),
('45929',' Potential directors, who either were considered by the studio or  wanted to direct, included Robert Aldrich (qv),  Peter Yates (I) (qv), Jack Clayton (I) (qv), Dan OBannon (qv)  and Walter Hill (I) (qv).'),
('45930',' The inside of the "eggs" as seen by Kane was composed of real  organic material. Director Ridley Scott (qv) used cattle hearts  and stomachs. The tail of the "face hugger" was sheep intestine.'),
('45931',' Bill Paterson (I) (qv) turned down a part.'),
('45932',' When casting the role of Ripley, Ridley Scott (qv) invited several  women from the production office to watch screen tests, and thus  gain a female perspective. The women were unanimously impressed with  then'),
('45933','unknown actress Sigourney Weaver (qv), whose screen presence  they compared to Jane Fonda (qv)s.'),
('45934',' Ridley Scott (qv) cites three films as the shaping influences on  his movie: _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) and  _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv) for their depiction of outer  space, and Tobe Hooper (qv)s  _Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)_ (qv) (1974) for its treatment  of horror.'),
('45935',' Shredded condoms were used to create tendons of the beasts  ferocious jaws'),
('45936',' Entertainment Weekly voted this as the third scariest film of all  time.'),
('45937',' While the crew is eating, if you freeze the frame, you can clearly  see the "Weylan Yutani" brand on the can Kane is drinking from.'),
('45938',' The chest bursting scene was considered the second scariest movie  moment of all time on Bravos  _"100 Scariest Movie Moments, The" (2004)_ (qv).'),
('45939',' In issue 73 of Your Sinclair magazine in January 1992, this game  with Paul Clancy was voted the 21st best game of all time.'),
('45940',' Was previously developed as a Dolph Lundgren vehicle.'),
('45941',' Lucy Lawless (qv) was originally offered Renée OConnor (qv)s  role but turned it down.'),
('45942',' One of two movies pitched to the Sci'),
('45943','Fi Channel by  Josh Becker (I) (qv) and Bruce Campbell (I) (qv). The other was  _Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)_ (qv).'),
('45944',' This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway"  and "War Games") of _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('45945',' The house used for Josephs home is also used in  _Project Viper (2002)_ (qv).'),
('45946',' Carl J. Sukenick (qv) is standing in for Joe LaPenna (I) (qv) in  the "I will punish you" scene that involves the touching of breasts.'),
('45947',' SSS (Triple S) stands for the Solar System Shipping company.'),
('45948',' The war scenes included 300 members of the California National  Guard.'),
('45949',' This documentary is featured on the 9th disc of the Alien Quadrilogy  DVD set, released in 2003.'),
('45950',' Originated as a flash game on newgrounds.com, and one of the  creators, Tom Fulp (qv), owns the website.'),
('45951',' 3D graphics were designed for the game, but in the end it was  decided to keep it 2D.'),
('45952',' At one point, Robert Benfer (qv) was gonna do voice work as some  of the FBI men.'),
('45953',' The black and white footage shown to Julian Rome is some of the same  footage that R.J. MacReady finds in the destroyed Norwegian camp in  _Thing, The (1982)_ (qv).'),
('45954',' The film is Richmanclub Studios official first film after becoming  a fully registered private limited company, and gained a nomination  in the prestigious "Chinese Oscars", the Golden Horse Awards, in the  International Digital Shorts category.'),
('45955',' Director, Rich Ho Kok Tai (qv) is the only Asian nominee outside  of Taiwan, and first Singaporean to have a short film nominated in  the Golden Horse of 2004.'),
('45956',' The film was originally a commissioning for Singapore Management  Universitys first Commencement Ceremony. Rich submitted the  proposal of an alien battle short film to present the University,  instead of their original concept of a corporate video.'),
('45957',' Close to 20 re'),
('45958','works in terms of extra footage, effects, re'),
('45959','editing,  music were made before the final cut was produced.'),
('45960',' The title of the film, "The Alien Invasion", was a tentative working  title that became the official title after it became a constant  reference to the film.'),
('45961',' The script was modified almost before every shoot due to the huge  challenges of scheduling and location from working with the immense  cast.'),
('45962',' The original ending to the film had to be changed to the one shown  in the final version, as the actors for the last scene decided they  could not make it down, a day before.'),
('45963',' Due to the limited budget, all the crew and cast were working on a  voluntary basis.'),
('45964',' The tight production schedule meant that Rich Ho Kok Tai (qv) only  had less than 20 days to edit, create all the visual effects, and  music by himself. A further 1 month was spent on the final version  after the commencement.'),
('45965',' As a trademark of Rich Ho Kok Tai (qv)s films, all the crew  members made appearances in the film.'),
('45966',' Made 20 years after the release of _Alien (1979)_ (qv) and features  previously unreleased material from that film.'),
('45967',' Originally meant to be one of three 30'),
('45968','minute shorts shown together  by Miramax as a sci'),
('45969','fi/horror/comedy feature. This segment was  originally going to be written and directed by  Kevin Smith (I) (qv). The project was cancelled when the other two  segments, _Mimic (1997)_ (qv) and _Impostor (2002)_ (qv), grew into  full'),
('45970','length features of their own.'),
('45971',' The alien character played by Mandy Patinkin (qv) was originally  going to be named George Jetson but Hanna'),
('45972','Barbera wouldnt give the  rights to the name. The decision to call his character George in  the movie was kept as an in'),
('45973','joke.'),
('45974',' Jerry Goldsmith (qv)s synthetic and score was rejected early in  post production for being "too weird" and replaced with music by  Curt Sobel (qv). Jerry Goldsmith (qv)s rejected score was  released in Spring 2005 as a Varese Sarabande CD Club Release  limited to 3000 copies.'),
('45975',' The October 1987 draft of the screenplay credits a rewrite to  James Cameron (I) (qv). He is not credited in the final film.'),
('45976',' The trailer shows a portion of a fight scene between George and  Rudyard Kipling with a burning car in the background, meaning that  in an earlier edit Kipling exits the car before it explodes (you see  him regain consciousness at one point with a groan) and then fights  with George. This would also explain why it is that Sykes  compliments George on showing "some good moves back there".'),
('45977',' When George is comforting the old woman a poster of former boxing  champion Sugar Ray Leonard can be seen hanging next to the Pepsi  cooler.'),
('45978',' The alien ship that lands is called the Gruza. "Gruza" is a Russian  word that means "cargo".'),
('45979',' Resolves the cliffhanger ending of _"Alien Nation" (1989)_ (qv)  which had been cancelled unexpectedly after its first season. The  success of this film led to several more Alien Nation telefilms over  the next few years.'),
('45980',' The name of the Tenctonese slave ship is "Gruza". Gruza is a Russian  word that means "cargo".'),
('45981',' The long time President of The Alien Nation Appreciation Society,  Pete Chambers, has a cameo role in this production as a Vagrant  called Cliff Hanger. It was a thank'),
('45982','you from Producer  Kenneth Johnson (I) (qv) for all his work. Pete Chamberss face  also appears on a wanted poster in Alien Nation'),
('45983','Millennium.'),
('45984',' Filmed in 1984.'),
('45985',' The film was mostly shot in an abandoned trolley barn in Colorado  Springs, Colorado.'),
('45986',' The strip joint in the movie is real, and yes, those are real  strippers.'),
('45987',' The group Uakti performed with Paul Simon.'),
('45988',' The Harbor Symphony is performed using foghorns and bells on all the  ships in St. Johns harbor.'),
('45989',' The night scenes were shot on location along Los Angeles "Skid Row"  between sundown and sunset and the production company had to hire  security to prevent the crew from being mugged during the shooting.'),
('45990',' The password to activate the self'),
('45991','destruct device on the undersea  platform is shown on the screen to be "Nostromo". Nostromo was also  the name of the interstellar mining ship from the original  _Alien (1979)_ (qv) movie; a movie from which The Alien Within  borrows heavily.'),
('45992',' Contains scenes from _BrainWaves (1983)_ (qv) and  _Heaven and Earth (1987)_ (qv).'),
('45993',' The last name for the main character is taken from Arne Sakneusemm,  the Icelandic scientist who traveled to center of the earth in  Verne, Jules (qv)s "Journey to the Center of the Earth".'),
('45994',' Nominated for best documentary at the Sundeis Film Festival, 2005'),
('45995',' Joss Whedon (qv) originally scripted the Newborn creature as a  four'),
('45996','legged, eyeless, bone'),
('45997','white creature with red veins running  along the sides of its head. It had an inner jaw, similar to the all  the other aliens. It also had a pair of pincers on the sides of his  head. These pincers were used to hold its prey still as it drained  the prey of blood with its inner jaw. The creature was also larger,  nearly the size of the queen alien. In later script revisions, the  creature was changed into a "more believable" hybrid of human and  alien.'),
('45998',' The first draft of the script contained an action sequence that took  place in a garden contained within the spaceship "Auriga," with  Ripley driving an electrically'),
('45999','powered jeep to avoid aliens  attacking from all sides. This was to take place after the scene in  the chapel but before the sequence where the Newborn is introduced.  The sequence was cut due largely to budget constraints.'),
('46000',' The first draft of the script included a different climactic fight  between Ripley, Call, and the Newborn. Originally, after the Betty  crash'),
('46001','landed on Earth, Ripley and Call were to battle the Newborn on  a snowy mountain, using a "Harvester", a reaper'),
('46002','like farm machine  which they had found during the garden chase sequence (which was  also cut from the film due to budget limits).'),
('46003',' Nigel Phelps (qv) based the design of the spaceship "Betty" on a  jackhammer. The "Auriga" was originally to be a vertical structure,  but he abandoned this idea once he realized the difficulty of  capturing the scope of such a ship design on film.'),
('46004',' Winona Ryder (qv) nearly drowned during the filming of the  underwater scene.'),
('46005',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) made the behind'),
('46006','the'),
('46007','back half'),
('46008','court  basketball shot successfully after two weeks of basketball practice,  tutored by a basketball coach. Her conversion rate during that two  weeks was about one shot in from every six. When the day came to  shoot the scene, director Jean'),
('46009','Pierre Jeunet (qv) wanted to have  the ball dropped in from above, rather than wait for Weaver to sink  the shot herself, which "would probably take about 200 takes".  Weaver insisted that the she could get the shot in herself, which  she was finally allowed to do. She sunk the shot on the very first  take, even though she was six feet further past the three'),
('46010','point  line. Ron Perlman (qv) was completely stunned (and thoroughly  impressed), and turned directly at the camera and broke character,  saying, "Oh my God!" The editors looked at the shot and decided that  there was "enough room to get the scissors in". Weaver was excited  about making the shot, but Jeunet was concerned that audiences would  believe the shot to be faked due to the ball leaving the frame. Upon  Weavers insistence, he kept the shot as it was. Weaver described  the miracle shot as "one of the best moments in her life", after her  wedding day and the birth of her daughter, of course.'),
('46011',' Jean'),
('46012','Pierre Jeunet (qv)s first solo credit as a director.'),
('46013',' The alien eggs were made to appear more vivid and pulsating at the  request of director Jean'),
('46014','Pierre Jeunet (qv). After watching  _Alien (1979)_ (qv), he thought the eggs were too static.'),
('46015',' SPOILER: The character of Dan Hedaya (qv) (General Perez) was  initially going to die in a decompression scene, with him being  sucked through a small hole in a window. However, Jean'),
('46016','Pierre Jeunet  thought this was a much too spectacular death for such a minor  character, so this idea was used for the death of the Newborn.  Hedayas eventual death scene (with him being bitten in the back of  his head, and observing a piece of his own brain) was not approved  by the studio, but was kept in the movie after the response of a  test audience proved quite favorably.'),
('46017',' In the scene where Dominique Pinon (qv) appears out of an  elevator, his line originally was "Who were you expecting? The  Easter Bunny?" However, Pinon kept saying "Eastern Bunny", to which  his fellow actors would break out in laughter. The crew even started  to print T'),
('46018','shirts with this line.'),
('46019',' The opening shot of Ripley cloned, albeit as a young girl, was based  on photographs that Sigourney Weaver had given the special effects  crew of herself as a child.'),
('46020',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) was paid $11 million to come back as Ripley,  more than the entire cost of _Alien (1979)_ (qv).'),
('46021',' Jean'),
('46022','Pierre Jeunet (qv) originally wanted to cast a woman as the  main villain but the studio refused, seeing as the film already had  two female leads.'),
('46023',' Although it appears that the cast spend most of the time wandering  up and down endless spaceship corridors, in reality there were only  two built for the film.'),
('46024',' As the film progresses, the walls of the ships corridors become  darker and more ominous.'),
('46025',' Milk had to be added to the underwater set as the water was simply  too transparent to be convincing.'),
('46026',' The underwater scenes took three weeks to film.'),
('46027',' The Newborn was specifically given eyes to answer some of the  criticism that had been made earlier about how the alien could  actually see, as it had no apparent eyes.'),
('46028',' The genitals of the Newborn had to be digitally removed.'),
('46029',' SPOILER: The film ends with the Newborn being sucked out of a tiny  hole in the spaceships hull, an idea that was considered for the  first film but abandoned because of budgetary constraints.'),
('46030',' The underwater segment was shot on a specially constructed sound  stage on the Fox lot, which was converted into a permanent  water'),
('46031','tank. It took nearly a week to fill it with water.'),
('46032',' The actors were subjected to about 15 underwater training sessions  in swimming pools around the Los Angeles area before arriving at the  underwater set where they underwent a further 2 weeks of training  before anything was shot. Sigourney Weaver missed most of this  because she had been appearing in a play on Broadway just prior to  filming.'),
('46033',' Actor Perlman, Ron (qv) nearly drowned while filming the  underwater sequence. At one point, when trying to surface, he hit  his head on a sprinkler in the ceiling, knocking him out cold. He  was rescued by nearby film crew members.'),
('46034',' Whedon, Joss (qv) went through five different versions of the  final battle with the "Newborn" creature, the first four versions of  which all took place on Earth in such settings as a hospital  maternity ward, a giant junkyard, a snowy forest and cliffside, and  a desert.'),
('46035',' The Auriga interactive computer is named "Father." In the original  _Alien (1979)_ (qv), the computers name was "Mother." There are  even compatible scenes where people yell at Mother or Father for not  responding to them.'),
('46036',' Writer Joss Whedon (qv) wrote Christies character with  Yun'),
('46037','Fat Chow (qv) in mind. Yun'),
('46038','Fats manager and producer  Terence Chang (qv) turned down the role for him.'),
('46039',' The androids names in the Alien films follow a pattern'),
('46040','in _Alien  (1979)_ , the name is Ash; in _Aliens (1986)_ (qv) its Bishop; and  the third android in _Alien Resurrection (1997)_ is Call '),
('46041',' (A...  B... C...).'),
('46042',' Leland Orser (qv) has "crazed convulsions" when the Alien is about  to burst out of his chest, similar to what his character experiences  in _Se7en (1995)_ (qv).'),
('46043',' In the theatrical release, H.R. Giger (qv) is not credited for his  part in the design of the Aliens. The video release has his name in  the closing credits.'),
('46044',' Originally, the fourth alien movie was to be a rendition of the  popular comic Aliens Vs. Predator.'),
('46045',' Jean'),
('46046','Pierre Jeunet (qv) wanted to have a scene where a mosquito  stings Ripley, then vanishes into smoke because of her acid blood.  Eventually, he dropped the idea after the SFX team told him how much  it would cost.'),
('46047',' Elgyns spoken landing code for the Auriga is, of course, "EA'),
('46048','TM'),
('46049','E".'),
('46050',' The character of Dr. Wren was originally written for  Bill Murray (I) (qv), with the intent of reuniting him with  Sigourney Weaver (qv), his co'),
('46051','star from  _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv).'),
('46052',' Winona Ryder (qv) agreed to do this film even before reading the  script. She stated that she "didnt care if she died in the first  scene", shed do it. Ryder claimed that then she could boast about  being in an "Alien" movie to her younger brothers.'),
('46053',' When pre'),
('46054','production was underway, the original Alien Queen could  not be located and the molds that were used to build the original  were damaged beyond usefulness. Fortunately, the original life'),
('46055','size  puppet was located... in the personal collection of an avid  _Alien(1979)_ (qv) fan.'),
('46056',' During the production of the Alien Quadrilogy DVD set, Frantic Films  was brought in to re'),
('46057','shoot the title sequence where the bugs teeth  gives way to a shot of the Auriga.'),
('46058',' The studio wanted to cut the scene preceding Ripleys encounter with  the alien queen that can be interpreted as a love scene, but decided  to keep it only after Sigourney Weaver (qv) told them she would  not promote the film if the scene was cut.'),
('46059',' Ripleys outfit was going to be a different one than the dark red  uniform she is wearing for the most of the film. After she saw  Kim Flowers (I) (qv)s character, Hillard, on the set, she wanted  to wear the same costume. Hillard can be seen in the exact same  outfit in the underwater scene.'),
('46060',' Director Jean'),
('46061','Pierre Jeunet (qv) spoke almost no English at the  time of shooting and had translators on set at all times.'),
('46062',' Jean'),
('46063','Pierre Jeunet (qv) wanted to shoot additional action scenes  using a fully digital Newborn creature. He wanted Ripley to be  chased by the Newborn in the escape from the Betty scene, but could  not realize it due to budget constraints. In the final film, a  full'),
('46064','size Newborn creature can be seen in only one scene and almost  all of the scenes involving the creature are animatronic.'),
('46065',' The $50'),
('46066','60 million budget was significantly lower than the director  and writers originally imagined. Therefore, sets were toned down in  scale and a more claustrophobic shooting approach with a lot of  close'),
('46067','ups to characters faces was taken.'),
('46068',' Danny Boyle (qv) was Foxs first choice to direct. He turned it  down to work on _Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)_ (qv).'),
('46069',' David Cronenberg (qv) was also an early choice to direct but later  passed.'),
('46070',' The part where the two aliens kill the third to get out of their  cell, the intestines and guts and blood melting through the floor  was actually a platform descending with the intestines over top of  it to give the impression of it melting through the floor.'),
('46071',' H.R. Giger (qv) was openly displeased that he wasnt given a  credit for his alien designs and fired off a letter of protest to  20th Century Fox.'),
('46072',' The ricocheting bullet that takes out a soldier standing behind  Gary Dourdan (qv) was an unused idea from  Jean'),
('46073','Pierre Jeunet (qv)s  _Cité des enfants perdus, La (1995)_ (qv).'),
('46074',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) signed on to the film largely because of one  scene in particular '),
('46075',' when Ripley 8 encounters her previous 7  aborted genetic incarnations.'),
('46076',' To play Ripley 7, Sigourney Weaver (qv) stuck her head up through  a hole in the floor so it could be seamlessly grafted onto the  grotesque body that the make'),
('46077','up department had created for her.'),
('46078',' For the luckless human victims which the renegades find, already  having had the aliens burst out of their stomachs, the crew devised  costumes which had stomach entrails stitched onto the outside. This  was directly inspired by a T'),
('46079','shirt that was popular around the time  of the release of _Alien (1979)_ (qv) in which an alien fetus (and a  lot of blood) was attached to the front.'),
('46080',' Ron Perlman (qv) actually did his own stunt of hanging upside down  off a ladder with his legs wrapped around the rung, firing two guns.  The next day, when he came to take a shower, he discovered that he  had severely lacerated the backs of his knees in doing so.'),
('46081',' To achieve the shot where the camera travels inside  Leland Orser (qv) to see the alien fetus about to be birthed,  Orser had a camera shoved down his throat and then pulled out. This  was then reversed.'),
('46082',' In her initial scenes with the Newborn, Sigourney Weaver (qv)  makes a point of not looking in its eyes. This was a lesson learned  from when she made  _Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)_ (qv) in not  making initial eye contact with a potentially dangerous animal.'),
