('97060',' Roy Roberts first film.'),
('97061',' Original Italian title is unknown.'),
('97062',' Animated over a period of three years, with Fred Perry (II) (qv)  himself drawing every frame by hand'),
('97063',' Tex Avery (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('97064',' Second appearance of Porky Pig, and the first in which he plays an  adult.'),
('97065',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2006 6'),
('97066','disc DVD release "The Busby  Berkeley Collection".'),
('97067',' Originally was planned to end with the production number "Petting in  the Park", but after seeing the complete numbers, the studio to  added the politically charged "My Forgotten Man" at the end,  pointing up that while the cast is "in the money", many others were  not in depression era America. Remains of the old order are visible;  in the final backstage scene, Ruby Keeler (qv) and the chorus  girls are all wearing costumes for the number "Pettin in the Park".'),
('97068',' A further production number with Rogers, Ginger (qv) singing "Ive  Got to Sing a Torch Song" was planed, but didnt made it in the  movie.'),
('97069',' The musical numbers were added to the film after it was already  finished due to the enormous success of Berkeley, Busby (qv)s  routines in _42nd Street (1933)_ (qv).'),
('97070',' At one point Barney Hopkins yells, "Cancel my contract with Warren  and Dubin!" Harry Warren (qv) and Al Dubin (qv) were the most  successful songwriting team in Hollywood at that time, and Warren in  fact wrote all the songs for this picture.'),
('97071',' Various people, including director Mervyn LeRoy (qv) and  choreographer Busby Berkeley (qv) have claimed credit for  Ginger Rogers (qv)s pig'),
('97072','Latin rendition of "Were in the Money".  In her autobiography, Rogers gives the credit to then Warner Bros  executive Darryl F. Zanuck (qv).'),
('97073',' In the same scene where actor Ned Sparks (I) (qv) yells, "Cancel  my contract with Warren and Dubin!" he refers in passing to "the  Astiares". At the time this film was being made, Fred Astaire (qv)  and his sister Adele were theatrical legends on Broadway. Fred  Astaires next partner Ginger Rogers (qv) happens to be in this  scene where the Astiares are mentioned.'),
('97074',' Only small fragments of the movie (last reel except the final  minute) and parts of the soundtracks on disks are known to exist.  Please check your attic. (May 1999 update: reel 1 and a further one  were recently found.)'),
('97075',' Four sound discs and one sound reel and trailer sound disc plus  excerpts are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archives. The  excerpts are also featured on a MGM/Au release called the dawn of  sound which a copy is held in the Library of Congress.'),
('97076','  On'),
('97077','screen credit: "Brunswick radios were used exclusively."'),
('97078',' American Film Institute Catalog erroneously reverses the role names  of the characters played by Olsen and Johnson.'),
('97079',' Maudie Pricketts film debut.'),
('97080',' Norman Taurog (qv) and J. Walter Ruben (qv) took over  directorial duties during Edwin L. Marin (qv)s illness.'),
('97081',' Sierra On'),
('97082','Line stopped selling the game when it wasnt profitable  anymore. Game authors Ken MacNeill (qv) and Doug MacNeill (qv)  acquired the rights from Sierra to this game so that they could sell  the game themselves.'),
('97083',' The 2,500 men playing prospectors were real vagrants who were hired  for one days pay.'),
('97084',' There was 27 times more film shot than appeared in the final cut.'),
('97085',' The only location shot used in the final cut of the film is opening  shot of the miners heading up Chilkoot Pass.'),
('97086',' The scene where The Lone Prospector and Big Jim have a boot for  supper took three days and 63 takes to suit director  Chaplin, Charles (qv). The boot was made of licorice, and Chaplin  was later rushed to hospital suffering insulin shock.'),
('97087',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1992.'),
('97088',' The part of Georgia (the showgirl) was originally written for  Chaplins new wife Lita Grey (qv), but she was replaced by  Georgia Hale (qv) when she became pregnant.'),
('97089',' The "dancing rolls" sequence was so popular with audiences that, in  some cases (such as the films Berlin premiere), projectionists  stopped the film and replayed the scene.'),
('97090',' The only Charles Chaplin (qv) silent comedy in which he began to  shoot with a story fully worked out.'),
('97091',' The first of Charles Chaplin (qv)s silent films which he revived  with the addition of sound for new audiences.'),
('97092',' Was voted the 15th Greatest Film of all time by Entertainment  Weekly.'),
('97093',' Originally a stagehand wore the chicken suit from Jims  hallucination. But when he couldnt mime Charles Chaplin (qv)s  walk and manners, Chaplin himself donned the suit.'),
('97094',' A real American Black Bear was used for the scene where the "Lone  Prospector" encounters the beast. This was unusual for the time,  when it was normal for very phoney'),
('97095','looking costumed men to play  large animals.'),
('97096',' This movie was re'),
('97097','released in theaters in 1943 with a new musical  score by Max Terr. The new release of the film received two Oscar  nominations in 1944 '),
('97098',' for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy  Picture, and (ironically) for Best Sound.'),
('97099',' In his autobiography, Charles Chaplin (qv) revealed he had the  idea for this film at Pickfair, the home of Mary Pickford (qv) and  Douglas Fairbanks (qv). Indeed, his two friends and associates  were showing him pictures of Alaska and Klondike. One of them was  picturing prospectors climbing the Chilkoot col, which gave Chaplin  the subject of his next movie.'),
('97100',' According to the Travel Channel, the shoes that Chaplin eats in the  movie were made of licorice.'),
('97101',' At the time of filming, Charles Chaplin (qv) and  Georgia Hale (qv) were having an affair, so that when their  finales lingering kiss was filmed, it was (according to Hale in  Unknown Chaplin [1983]) "not acting". By the time the movie was  re'),
('97102','issued in 1942, Chaplin was long done with Hale, and he trimmed  their final scene to exclude the long kiss.'),
('97103',' When shot silent, the film would utilize the entire image area  available measuring 1.33:1. When reissued in 1942 with sound the  sound strip was overlaid over the left part of the film, and the top  and bottom were cropped as well to maintain the 1.37:1 academy ratio  resulting in sometimes awkward image composition. This can be seen  on the Warner DVD releases of the reissue, while the previous Image  entertainment disc was mastered from the full silent aperture  negative and does not contain the cropping.'),
('97104',' The movies poster was as #13 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by  Premiere.'),
('97105',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('97106',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #58 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('97107',' Seventh release in the Broadway Star "O. Henry Stories" series.'),
('97108',' A documentary in the Bruce Scenic Novelties series.'),
('97109',' Released as a split reel along with the documentaries  _Falling Water Valley (1926)_ (qv) and  _Little Brown Rug, The (1926)_ (qv).'),
('97110',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('97111',' The films company was based in Moab, Utah during the shooting '),
('97112','  much of which took place inside nearby Arches National Park.'),
('97113',' Was never released in America.'),
('97114',' The play originally opened in New York on 4 November 1937 and had  250 performances. Luther Adler (qv) played Joe Bonaparte,  Frances Farmer (qv) played Lorna Moon and Roman Bohnen (qv)  played Tom Moody. Lee J. Cobb (qv) was also in the play as Mr.  Carp.'),
('97115',' When Clifford Odets wrote his play, he had John Garfield in mind for  the Joe Bonaparte part, but the Group Theatre company chose Luther  Adler instead. Shortly afterward, Garfield left the Group Theater  and was Hollywood bound.'),
('97116',' Columbia could not use Richard Carlson, its first choice for the  title role, because Carlson was appearing in a Broadway play, "Stars  in Your Eyes". The studio then cast William Holden in the part.'),
('97117',' Lee J. Cobb, playing 20'),
('97118','year'),
('97119','old William Holdens middle'),
('97120','aged  father, was only 27 years old at the time of filming.'),
('97121',' William Holden (I) (qv) was considered not to be up to the role in  the film, however Barbara Stanwyck (qv) urged producers to keep  him in the picture, and succeeded. In 1978, at the  _50th Annual Academy Awards, The (1978) (TV)_ (qv), before starting  the presentation of the sound award, William Holden (I) (qv)  publicly thanked Stanwyck for what she did.'),
('97122',' The first film of Cecil Parker.'),
('97123',' The role of "Mary Denby" was first assigned to Edna Goodrich (qv),  and a good portion of the film was in the can when her drinking  problem became so severe that Cecil B. DeMille (qv) fired her and  shut down production long enough to find a new star,  Cleo Ridgely (qv). DeMille was then forced to continue directing  _Cheat, The (1915)_ (qv) during the day while directing the  re'),
('97124','shoots of this movie at night.'),
('97125',' John Carpenter (I) (qv) was offered the job as director.'),
('97126',' Originally intended as a serious adventure drama with  Mel Gibson (I) (qv) in the lead role. After Gibson turned the film  down and Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) replaced him, the script was  rewritten as a partial comedy.'),
('97127',' Although the Golden Child is referred to as a boy throughout the  film, the character was actually played by a girl.'),
('97128',' John Barry (I) (qv) was originally hired to compose the score, but  backed out of the project during production. Although  Michel Colombier (qv) completed the score, a few cues by Barry  remain in the film, and one, "Wisdom of the Ages" was released on  the soundtrack LP.'),
('97129',' According to an early'),
('97130','1990s interview with Eddie Murphy (I) (qv),  a love scene between him and Charlotte Lewis (I) (qv) was filmed,  but cut from the final print.'),
('97131',' The Aja'),
('97132','Yee Dagger Chandler Jerrold (Eddie Murphy (I) (qv)) goes  to Nepal to find, later defeating Sardo (Charles Dance (I) (qv))  with, was named after fellow comedian Franklyn Ajaye (qv).'),
('97133',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Abduction of Pinkie, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('97134',' Philip Pullman (qv), the author of the "His Dark Materials"  trilogy, had originally wanted Jason Isaacs (qv) to play Lord  Asriel, Nicole Kidman (qv) to play Mrs. Coulter and  Samuel L. Jackson (qv) to play Lee Scoresby. But as the author has  no role in casting, in the event only Kidman made it into the film.'),
('97135',' The name "Serafina Pekkala" originated when Philip Pullman (qv)  browsed through a Finnish telephone directory.'),
('97136',' Director Chris Weitz (qv) has himself adapted  Philip Pullman (qv)’s work, citing the film and its sequels to be  influenced by _Barry Lyndon (1975)_ (qv) and  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv). He also mentioned that the film would make  no direct mention of religion or God, two of the key themes of the  books '),
('97137',' a decision attacked by fans of the trilogy. According to  Weitz, New Line Cinema feared that "perceived anti'),
('97138','religiosity"  would make the film financially unviable in the USA. However, Weitz  reassured fans by saying that religion would appear in euphemistic  terms.'),
('97139',' Some scenes were shot in Scandinavian locations like as Norway and  Svalbard, but none of the actors were allowed to perform there, as  the producers didnt want them to fall ill due from the extreme  cold.'),
('97140',' In December 2004, Chris Weitz (qv) resigned from directing the  film, claiming he was daunted by the technical challenges of the  story. In August 2005 Anand Tucker (qv) was hired to replace  Weitz, with the 24'),
('97141','carat approval of Philip Pullman (qv) himself.  Tucker felt that the film would have as its central theme "Lyras  search for self'),
('97142','discovery and for a family." In May 2006, however,  he resigned, citing creative disagreements with New Line Cinema, and  Weitz returned to direct.'),
('97143',' Ten thousand girls turned up for open auditions in Cambridge,  Oxford, Exeter and Kendal for the role of Lyra Belacqua. In June  2006, twelve'),
('97144','year'),
('97145','old London schoolgirl Dakota Blue Richards (qv)  won the part meeting the approval of the Philip Pullman, the author  of the novel.'),
('97146',' In July 2003 Tom Stoppard (qv) was hired to write the screenplay.  A year later, when Chris Weitz (qv) was hired to direct, he  rejected Stoppards script, preferring to adapt Pullmans work  himself.'),
('97147',' "The Golden Compass" is the American title of the book which  Philip Pullman (qv) published in the UK as "Northern Lights".'),
('97148',' Daniel Craig (I) (qv) was a fan of the books before he was  involved with the movie, as was Dakota Blue Richards (qv) who has  read the books and saw the National Theatre stage play.'),
('97149',' A ten'),
('97150','minute preview of the film was shown to audiences at the 2007  Cannes Film Festival.'),
('97151',' According to Deborah Forte (qv), she and Philip Pullman (qv)  discussed Nicole Kidman (qv) for the role of Marisa Coulter 10  years before the movie went into production in 2006.'),
('97152',' Originally, Adam Godley (qv) was hired to voice Pantalaimon, but  he was replaced by Freddie Highmore (qv).'),
('97153',' The operetta opened in New York on 30 November 1927 and had 184  performances.'),
('97154',' Eleven consultants, including historians, professors, authors and  librarians participated in this shows development.'),
('97155',' The "Picture Bride" scene was filmed on Mare Island, Vallejo,  California. The set included a partial reconstruction of a steamship  for the arrival of the brides down a gangplank.'),
('97156',' 16th release in Kalems American Girl series.'),
('97157',' Due to a labor dispute, the principal actors had to "live" on the  set for a few weeks to avoid crossing picket lines.  Marlene Dietrich (qv) took the time to learn how to play the  zither; it was said she drove the rest of the cast and crew mad with  her attempts to perfect her technique. Her efforts paid off,  however, as illustrated in the scene where she plays the zither very  competently.'),
('97158',' In the scene with Lydia and the stew pot, dry ice was used to give  the impression of vapors and heat. However, a small fire was lit  under it, and when filming resumed, between takes  Marlene Dietrich (qv) assumed there was no real heat and suffered  third'),
('97159','degree burns to her hand. She refused to hold up production  and instead kept dipping her hand in the pot that had been refilled  with ice water.'),
('97160',' In the climax where Lydia is escaping though the wilderness from the  Nazis, in some shots she is seen wearing high heels and at other  times appears in bare feet. This was because Marlene Dietrich (qv)  refused to wear high'),
('97161','heeled shoes in spite of the fact that shots  had already been filmed with her stunt double wearing heeled shoes.'),
('97162',' German'),
('97163','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('97164',' This was a TV pilot aired by NBC in January 1994. It is significant  because it was the last TV project that David James Elliot (qv),  Chris Meloni (qv) and Wayne Knight (qv) did before they really  broke out as TV stars.'),
('97165',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('97166',' Estelle Getty (qv) was unable to appear due to her illness.  However, she can be seen in flashback sequences as Sophia Petrillo.'),
('97167',' When Lifetime aired this special, it earned the network an all'),
('97168','time  high rating.'),
('97169',' Quentin "Baby" Breese a professional boxer and ranked as one of the  first ten light weights in the world and losing only 15 of 100  fights in his career was the boxing stand in for this movie.'),
('97170',' Richard Thorpe (I) (qv) replaced original director  James Hill (I) (qv). At the same time, Lorraine Power (qv)  replaced Hayley Mills (qv), and George Sanders (I) (qv) replaced  Lionel Jeffries (qv), although it is unclear whether either Mills  or Jeffries ever stepped before the cameras.'),
('97171',' Before director James Hill (I) (qv) was replaced,  Otto Preminger (qv) filmed an unbilled cameo as a favor to  producer Alexander Paal (qv), who had been a still photographer on  Premingers films _Exodus (1960)_ (qv) and  _Cardinal, The (1963)_ (qv). Preminger believed his cameo was  discarded when Hills scenes were reshot by replacement director  Richard Thorpe (I) (qv).'),
('97172',' As of 2004, this US'),
('97173','Hungary co'),
('97174','production has never been released in  the United States.'),
('97175',' Production began in three'),
('97176','camera Super Cinerama but switched to  one'),
('97177','camera Super Technirama 70. Some of the three'),
('97178','panel footage was  converted to 70mm and appears in the film.'),
('97179',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('97180',' This British'),
('97181','Italian co'),
('97182','production was edited to run 88 min. in the  UK and 94 min. in Italy. Evidently Italian audiences of that era  were less quick to become bored and were willing to sit through more  leisurely pacing.'),
('97183',' John Vernon (qv) replaced Christopher Lee (I) (qv)'),
('97184',' Freddie Francis (qv) directed the opening minutes of the film.'),
('97185',' Christopher Lee (I) (qv) was fired by Richard Harris (I) (qv).'),
('97186',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('97187',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Felling a Chimney (1911)_ (qv).'),
('97188',' Sixth title in Paramounts Musical Parade Featurette Series #3  (1945'),
('97189','1946).'),
('97190',' Director/Producer Kevin Powis (qv) originally met with co'),
('97191','producer  Helen Knott (qv) and screenwriter David J. Nock to come up with a  possible plotline, for what became The Golden Sphere. After  several stories were dropped, Nock and Powis opted for a plot which  would make use of the local area, be filmed on a low budget and fit  easily into a one week schedule. After conception, the script took  four weeks to complete.'),
('97192',' Being a fan of Quentin Tarantino (qv), screenwriter  David J. Nock (qv) referenced the famous "car boot shot" in  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv) and _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv), for the  opening of this movie.'),
('97193',' The budget and equipment was collected from organizations local to  the filmmakers. With a £15,000 budget (collected from Screen West  Midlands and The Lighthouse Media Centre), Powis and his team  delivered the film on time and on budget. The shoot lasted for only  a week.'),
('97194',' Shooting was temporarily halted during a street sequence, since the  police believed that cast member Micheal A. Hunter (qv) was  causing trouble on the roads. The problem was soon solved.'),
('97195',' Shooting was temporarily halted during a street sequence, since the  police believed that cast member Micheal A. Hunter was causing  trouble on the roads. The problem was soon solved.'),
('97196',' Screenwriter David J. Nock (qv) has an uncredited cameo as a  drummer in Mikes band The Wet Dog Project. He is also an extra in  the exact same club sequence. The film also features real'),
('97197','life band  Riley.'),
('97198',' During the club sequences, screenwriter David J. Nock has uncredited  cameos as a drummer in Mikes band, and as a member of the audience.'),
('97199',' The character of Marlon "Moose" Jennings was based on a real'),
('97200','life  acquaintance of screenwriter David J. Nock.'),
('97201',' The make'),
('97202','up used on actor Mat Fernandez (qv), was so convincing  that people really believed hed been hurt.'),
('97203',' The scar make'),
('97204','up applied to Mat Fernandez (qv), was so  realistic'),
('97205','looking, that family members believed hed been beaten up.'),
('97206',' In the scene featuring Michael A. Hunter (qv), the actor/musician  improvised most of his lines. Despite the fact that this provided  realism, it was living hell making sense of his lines when the film  was being edited.'),
('97207',' The Golden Sphere itself, was created using a tennis ball that had  been sprayed brown, for the films surprising conclusion.'),
('97208',' Cast and crew members were recruited from the local area, where the  film was shot, in Stourbridge, Great Britain.'),
('97209',' The shooting lasted only a week, but five months was taken to edit  the 20'),
('97210','minute feature.'),
('97211',' The "Golden Sphere" was actually a tennis ball, painted brown to  resemble an onion barjee.'),
('97212',' The car driven by Mat Fernandez (qv) and Saranjit Birdi (qv),  actually belongs to director Kevin Powis (qv).'),
('97213',' An early draft of the script had characters Meg and Sam as brother  and sister, but they were later changed to a couple.'),
('97214',' Siddique Hussain (qv) was actually Michael A. Hunter (qv)s  manager in a previous job and ended up in the film by pure  coincidence.'),
('97215',' The song "Just" was included in the film by mistake when the CD that  Michael A. Hunter (qv) gave the director had included the track by  accident. Michael didnt find out until the final cut was viewed at  an advance showing.'),
('97216',' Walt Disney (qv)s last film as director.'),
('97217',' Childrens fantasy musical, originally staged by Wendy Toye at the  Barn Theatre, Dartington Hall, Devon in 1953.'),
('97218',' The title, Golden Triangle, refers to the (in)famous area where the  borders of three countries, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos, meet, which  used to be the area where a lot of opium'),
('97219','producing poppies were  grown. Now it has become a very famous tourist attraction where an  Opium Museum can be visited to remain people of its past.'),
('97220',' One of the two movies Nora Aunor made when she traveled Asia aboard  a cruise ship. The other was _Around Asia with Nora (1970)_ (qv)'),
('97221',' The production of this film was the first time that  Nora Aunor (qv) traveled outside the Philippines.'),
('97222',' The captioner for this movie decided to have some fun with Prince  Kouras lines. When he is mumbling "foreign words" to cast a spell,  the captions are backwards lines from Cocoa Puffs and Trix  commercials.'),
('97223',' Takis Emmanuel (qv) is dubbed by Robert Rietty (qv)'),
('97224',' This film helped Tom Baker (I) (qv) get the lead role in  _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv)'),
('97225',' Christopher Lee (I) (qv) was a front runner for the role of Koura.'),
('97226',' Robert Shaw (I) (qv) desperately wanted the role of Sinbad but was  placated by being cast uncredited as the Oracle. His face was  heavily swathed in make'),
('97227','up and his voice electronically altered by a  sound engineer.'),
('97228',' First appearance of Rocky.'),
('97229',' Pierce Brosnan (qv)s first appearance as James Bond. He was  offered the role in _Living Daylights, The (1987)_ (qv), but lost it  due to his contractual obligations to  _"Remington Steele" (1982)_ (qv).'),
('97230',' Before Pierce Brosnan (qv) was cast as James Bond,  Liam Neeson (qv), Mel Gibson (I) (qv), Sam Neill (qv),  Hugh Grant (I) (qv) and Lambert Wilson (qv) were all rumoured to  be in the running for the role.'),
('97231',' Actresses considered as Bond girls were Elizabeth Hurley (I) (qv)  and Elle Macpherson (qv). Paulina Porizkova (qv) and  Eva Herzigova (qv) were offered the role of Natalya but turned it  down.'),
('97232',' Several changes had to be made to the script during production  because the plot was virtually identical to _True Lies (1994)_ (qv)  which was being released at the time.'),
('97233',' The Bond film to follow _Licence to Kill (1989)_ (qv) (intended to  be Colonel Sun but which eventually became  _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv)) was supposed to be released in 1991, but  legal squabbles over the ownership of James Bond, disappointing box  office results on _Licence to Kill (1989)_ (qv), and the death of  longtime screenwriter Richard Maibaum (qv), delayed the start of  production for several years. Although he was contracted to play  Bond a third time, after several years elapsed with no new film,  Timothy Dalton (qv) announced he didnt want to play the role  again. This opened the door for Pierce Brosnan (qv).'),
('97234',' First opening titles sequence directed by title designer  Daniel Kleinman (qv) picking up the baton after  Maurice Binder (qv). In between the making of this film and the  last Bond movie _Licence to Kill (1989)_ (qv), long'),
('97235','time series  title designer Maurice Binder (qv) passed away.'),
('97236',' The gap in time between the opening sequence and the main section of  the movie was nine years.'),
('97237',' The nickname given to Natalya by Boris was "Borscht for Brains".'),
('97238',' Alec Trevelyans Mi6 double'),
('97239','O code number when he was an agent with  the British Government was 006.'),
('97240',' SPOILER: The card game played at the casino in Monte Carlo was  Baccarat/Chemin de Fer. Xenias hand when James Bond arrives is two  face cards and a seven. Bonds final hand when he plays with Xenia  is two face cards and a six. Face cards in this card game are worth  zero. So Xenias hand connotates O '),
('97241',' O '),
('97242',' 7 which is James Bonds Mi6  code number. Bonds hand connotates O '),
('97243',' O '),
('97244',' 6 which was villain Alec  Trevelyans Mi6 code number when he was an agent.'),
('97245',' This is the first time that the Bill Tanner Mi6 Chief of Staff  character has appeared in the series since  _For Your Eyes Only (1981)_ (qv). The character was meant to return  for the next Bond movie _Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)_ (qv) but the  actor Michael Kitchen (I) (qv) who had played him here was  unavailable to return. But Kitchen did get to return as Tanner in  _World Is Not Enough, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('97246',' Mi6 Chief of Staff Bill Tanners nickname for M was: "the Evil Queen  of Numbers".'),
('97247',' The name of the winged horse St. Petersburg statue that ended on a  top of the T'),
('97248','55 tank was Pegasus. Pegasus was also the name of Max  Zorins pedigree racing horse in _View to a Kill, A (1985)_ (qv).'),
('97249',' The Jack Wade character was apparently named after James Bond  scriptwriter Robert Wade (I) (qv).'),
('97250',' The name of the people that Alec Trevelyan was said to have  descended from were the Lienz Cossacks.'),
('97251',' After the scene where the tank crashes through the Perrier truck,  the company allegedly had every single can collected off the ground.  Whether the can was perfect, crumpled, or flattened, the company  apparently didnt want its product placements to be used for selling  of false non'),
('97252','Perrier mineral water.'),
('97253',' The title had previously been used as a title of the name of a  tele'),
('97254','movie biopic about the life of James Bond creator  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) entitled  _Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1989) (TV)_ (qv). The  Goldeneye title would later be used as a title for a James Bond  video game _GoldenEye (1997) (VG)_ (qv) and then its sequel  _GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) (VG)_ (qv). These all make Goldeneye  the most ever used title for movies and video games in the James  Bond universe.'),
('97255',' SPOILER: Janus was the Roman God of gates, doors, doorways,  beginnings, and endings. Alec Trevelyans Janus code name was  so'),
('97256','called because the name of this two'),
('97257','faced Roman God in mythology  is said to have come to life. Alec comes to life after the opening  sequence and has two identities in the movie. The criminal syndicate  in the film was also named after Janus.'),
('97258',' The name of the hydroelectric dam complex set in the northern USSR  during opening sequence was called the Arkangel Chemical Weapons  Facility.'),
('97259',' The time that the timer was set for the blast to go off in the  opening sequence was for six minutes. Bond actually then set it to  three minutes.'),
('97260',' It took about ten minutes for crew to walk along the walkway from  the periphery to the center of the Goldeneye Satellite Dish at the  Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico filming location.'),
('97261',' First James Bond movie produced by Barbara Broccoli (I) (qv) (with  Michael G. Wilson (qv)) as a fully fledged main producer.'),
('97262',' First James Bond movie in the official series to be directed by a  non'),
('97263','English director. This was Martin Campbell (I) (qv) and later,  _Die Another Day (2002)_ (qv) would be directed by New Zealander  Lee Tamahori (qv) whilst Campbell would go on to direct  _Casino Royale (2006)_ (qv).'),
('97264',' The film is credited with having the largest amount of model and  miniature work ever utilized in a James Bond movie.'),
('97265',' The films MacGuffin, the "GoldenEye", was the code name for the  technical apparatus that authorizes access to a secret space based  weapons system.'),
('97266',' First ever James Bond movie to actually shoot in the traditional spy  genre cold war country of Russia. St. Petersburg was the actual  filming location.'),
('97267',' Vehicles featured included Xenia Onatopps red Ferrari Spider F 355  GTS sports car; a surprise tractor; a blue BMW Z3 roadster  convertible; the return of the silver birch Aston Martin DB5 which  had originally appeared in _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv) and  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv); a British Rail Class 20 No. D8188  locomotive with additional Russian'),
('97268','looking armoured plating; a T'),
('97269','55  tank adapted to look like a T'),
('97270','80BV Russian tank; four helicopter  makes: Eurocopter 355 Twin Star, Robinson R'),
('97271','22 Beta, Bell 204 HUEY,  and Eurocopter PAH'),
('97272','2 Tiger Stealth helicopters; a speedboat; a  Mercedes'),
('97273','Benz 280E; the Manticore Yacht; a GAZ'),
('97274','3102 Volga passenger  car; a Mera Cagiva 600 W 16 motorbike; a Zabrosh (Moskvich); a  Pilatus PC'),
('97275','6/B2'),
('97276','H4 Turbo'),
('97277','Porter airplane; three Mikoyan MiG'),
('97278','29  aircraft and Jack Wades Cessna 172 aeroplane .'),
('97279',' Xenia Onatopps accent was Georgian.'),
('97280',' CIA Agent Jack Wades Russian motor car in St. Petersburg was a  Moskvich.'),
('97281',' The type of drink that Xenia Onatopp orders at the casino was a  vodka martini straight up with a twist. This was a play on James  Bonds traditional favorite drink a vodka martini shaken not stirred  which is what he orders at the casino.'),
('97282',' The license plate number of the red Ferrari 355 Berlinetta GTS  sports car that Xenia Onatopp races with James Bond during the  beginning of the movie was 437 NAC 75.'),
('97283',' The satellite dish used in the end of the film is the same one used  in the film _Contact (1997)_ (qv). It is the Arecibo radio telescope  in Puerto Rico.'),
('97284',' Near the end of the film a computer displays "Pevsner Commerzbank  GmBH", a reference to executive producer Pevsner, Tom (qv).'),
('97285',' The Rolling Stones (qv) were offered the chance to sing the title  song, but declined.'),
('97286',' "Goldeneye" is the nickname of Bond creator Ian Fleming (I) (qv)s  beachfront house in Jamaica where (between 1952 and 1964) he wrote  the Bond novels and short stories.'),
('97287',' Long'),
('97288','standing visual effects supervisor Derek Meddings (qv) died  of natural causes a few months after filming was completed, hence  the dedication of the film to him.'),
('97289',' First completely original James Bond film, without reference to any  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) novel or short story.'),
('97290',' Second and last Bond film to be turned into a novel by then'),
('97291','current  James Bond writer, John Gardner (VIII) (qv).'),
('97292',' In the script, Ms real name is Barbara Mawdsley.'),
('97293',' One of the sounds/noises during the attack on the GoldenEye control  station by GoldenEye itself, seems to be exactly the same humming  noise the CRM'),
('97294','114 makes, when it receives a message in the movie  _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv).'),
('97295',' The Bond series traditional home at Pinewood Studios was  unavailable, having being booked to shoot _First Knight (1995)_ (qv)  ironically starring original James Bond '),
('97296',' Sean Connery (qv). So,  the producers created a new studio from a former Rolls Royce  aircraft engine factory and aerodrome. This studio, at Leavesden in  Hertfordshire, was named Leavesden Studios. It was subsequently used  for _Sleepy Hollow (1999)_ (qv) and  _Star Wars: Episode I '),
('97297',' The Phantom Menace (1999)_ (qv).  _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv) was the first film to shoot at Leavesden  Studios and when built, it was nicknamed by the production as  "Cubbywood".'),
('97298',' Although it is alleged that Pierce Brosnan (qv)s contract to play  James Bond specifically prohibited him from appearing in other  movies wearing a tuxedo, he nevertheless appears in a tuxedo in  _Mirror Has Two Faces, The (1996)_ (qv) which followed Brosnans  first James Bond appearance in Goldeneye by more than a year.'),
('97299',' The black'),
('97300','haired Tiger helicopter pilot Onatopp shoots before she  steals it is the same man who performed the bungee stunt in the  opening sequence.'),
('97301',' The pen grenade given to 007 by Q in this movie is actually a  stainless steel Parker Jotter.'),
('97302',' CAMEO(Michael G. Wilson (qv)): the producer appears as a member of  the Russian Security Council.'),
('97303',' The tank chase took approximately six weeks to film.'),
('97304',' Boris Grishenkos email address was madvlad@mosu.comp.math.edu'),
('97305',' The license plate number of the motorbike in the motorcycle jump in  the opening sequence was 11'),
('97306','21 '),
('97307',' HC.'),
('97308',' The ID number on the badge of Admiral Chuck Farrell  (Billy J. Mitchell (qv)) of the Canadian National Defence was No.  2488. Mitchell had previously played the Yacht Commander of "The  Flying Saucer" in _Never Say Never Again (1983)_ (qv).'),
('97309',' The Russian Space Satellites were called Mischa and Petya.'),
('97310',' The song sung by Zukovskys girlfriend Irina (Minnie Driver (qv))  in the nightclub was "Stand By Your Man".'),
('97311',' Boris computer passwords were CHAIR and KNOCKERS.'),
('97312',' The idea to make the M character a woman was a concept devised by  director Martin Campbell (I) (qv).'),
('97313',' The co'),
('97314','ordinates of the Space Weapons Control Centre Facility in  Severnaya, Russia were latitude 62° 08 North and longitude 102° 58  East.'),
('97315',' James Bonds flight number to St. Petersburg, Russia was Flight No.  878.'),
('97316',' The name of the yacht that Onatopp and the Admiral boarded was  Manticore V.C.M.'),
('97317',' The name of the criminal organization was the Janus Crime Syndicate.'),
('97318',' For the first time, computer graphics were used to create the famous  "gun barrel" opening.'),
('97319',' The new arrangement of the Bond theme used in the opening was  disliked by many fans and was replaced by a more traditional version  in future films.'),
('97320',' During years that the Bond film that eventually became GoldenEye was  in a legal quagmire, it went through several title and concept  changes. Initially, Michael G. Wilson (qv) and  Alfonse Ruggiero (qv) wrote a script treatment under the title  "Property of a Lady" which would have seen the Bond film series  briefly return to using Ian Fleming (I) (qv) titles. According to  what little evidence is available about this script (and is printed  in the book The Bond Files by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson), the film  would have taken place in Hong Kong.'),
('97321',' Swedish pop music group Ace of Base (qv) was originally slated to  perform the title theme song. Ace of Base (qv) recorded the song,  written by the bands own Jonas Berggren (qv), but it was pulled  out of the project by their then record label. Ace of Base (qv)  later re'),
('97322','wrote the lyrics to the song, renaming it "The Juvenile",  and put it on their album, "Da Capo", released in Europe in late  2002. The song was even released as a single off of that album in  Germany in December 2002.'),
('97323',' Features the highest bungee jump from a structure in a movie. The  drop was over 722 ft.'),
('97324',' The first of the James Bond films ever to be released on DVD.'),
('97325',' Because the series was caught up in litigation, the  six'),
('97326','and'),
('97327','a'),
('97328','half'),
('97329','year hiatus between the release of  _Licence to Kill (1989)_ (qv) and _Goldeneye (1995)_ (qv) was the  longest gap between Bond films since the series first started in  1962.'),
('97330',' First MGM/UA Dolby Digital release.'),
('97331',' SPOILER: The German release of the movie apparently did not show  Alec Trevelyans death when the satellite dish fell on him. It only  shows up to him falling from the dish.'),
('97332',' The body count is around 100.'),
('97333',' "Goldeneye" was also the code name of a contingency plan that the  Allies devised in the event of a Nazi invasion of Spain. This plan  was concocted in part by Ian Fleming (I) (qv) himself, as an SIS  agent.'),
('97334',' The plane that Wade delivers to Bond (borrowed from a friend in the  DEA) is a reference to _Licence to Kill (1989)_ (qv). Franz Sanchez  attempts to escape in a plane of the same make, model, and series  (but with a different registration) before his capture by the DEA.'),
('97335',' Composer John Altman (I) (qv) provided the music for the tank  chase, after it was decided that Eric Serra (qv)s initial  arrangement was not to be used. It appears on the soundtrack CD as  "Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg".'),
('97336',' The theme song was written by Bono (qv) and The Edge (qv) of  U2 (qv) and performed by Tina Turner (qv). Bonos inspiration  for writing the song was his stay with his wife in  Ian Fleming (I) (qv)s Jamaican beach house, named Goldeneye.'),
('97337',' The song "The Experience of Love", which appears during the end  credits is actually a sped'),
('97338','up version with lyrics of a select  sequence from Eric Serra (qv)s score from his previous film,  _Léon (1994)_ (qv)'),
('97339',' At the time the script was being written the producers were under  the assumption that Timothy Dalton (qv) would be renewing the role  of Bond. It was written to match Daltons darker, more realistic  portrayal of 007.'),
('97340',' Alan Rickman (qv) turned down the role of Alec Trevelyan, stating  that he was tired of playing villains.'),
('97341',' Final James Bond movie viewed by Albert R. Broccoli (qv).'),
('97342',' Whilst on the set of _"Scarlett" (1994) (mini)_ (qv),  Timothy Dalton (qv) officially announced his resignation from the  role of James Bond on 11 April 1994. The script for this movie was  originally earmarked for Dalton in the role of James Bond.'),
('97343',' The Manticore seen in the Monte Carlo sequence was actually called  Northern Cross. The $15 Million yacht was owned by Finnish  businessman Jorma Lillbacka of the power machine company Finn'),
('97344','Power.'),
('97345',' Pierce Brosnan (qv) was officially introduced to the press as the  new James Bond on 8 June 1994 at the Regent Hotel in London. He was  sporting a full beard as he was about to start production on  _Robinson Crusoe (1997)_ (qv) the next day.'),
('97346',' Pierce Brosnan (qv) hurt his hand in his bathroom at home in  Malibu before shooting began, so in several shots his hands were  doubled by his 22 year old son Christopher, who was the third  assistant trainee on the second unit. These include: pulling on a  hand'),
('97347','brake in the Aston Martin DB5, flipping open the glove  compartment to reveal a bottle of chilled Bollinger champagne, using  the laser in the opening bungee jump and cutting through the floor  of the train with the laser in 007s wristwatch.'),
('97348',' Robbie Coltrane (qv)s scenes were shot on the first day of  production, 16 January 1995.'),
('97349',' Judi Dench (qv)s glass of bourbon is really apple juice with two  lumps of light glass passing for ice cubes. Pierce Brosnan (qv)  drank iced water instead of the famous Vodka Martini.'),
('97350',' For the scenes in which Xenia Onatopp is seen flying the Tiger  helicopter, a male pilot had to be made up to look like  Famke Janssen (qv).'),
('97351',' Aston Martin DB5 that Brosnan drove in the first car chase scene has  license plate BMT 214A. The Aston Martin used in  _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv) and _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) had plate BMT  216A.'),
('97352',' CAMEO(Martin Campbell (I) (qv)) The director as one of the  cyclists who get toppled over when James Bond and Xenia Onatopp race  past them.'),
('97353',' CAMEO(Minnie Driver (qv)) As Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovskys  (Robbie Coltrane (qv)) mistress, Irina. She can be seen in the  scene at the nightclub singing behind the microphone.'),
('97354',' In the original script, Admiral Farrell was to be an American.  According to David L. Robb (qv)s book "Operation Hollywood" this  was changed at the request of the US Pentagon.'),
('97355',' Renny Harlin (qv) was offered to direct this film.'),
('97356',' The opening weekend box office gross was slightly altered to  $26,205,007. The same last three digits were used in the reports for  the opening weekends of the next two Bond films as well.'),
('97357',' Alec Trevelyans dark colored locomotive in the movie was nicknamed  on the set as "Darth Train".'),
('97358',' The name of Jack Wades third wife which was tattooed on his buttock  was Muffy Rose.'),
('97359',' The code for the magnetic pulse blast was 194668PT.'),
('97360',' The registration identifier for Jack Wades plane was N96816.'),
('97361',' A 5'),
('97362','blade buzz'),
('97363','saw device was originally intended to be in this film  but inevitably did not '),
('97364',' it would later appear in  _World Is Not Enough, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('97365',' The literal translations of some of the movies foreign language  titles include Operation GoldenEye (Greece); 007 Against GoldenEye  (Brazil); 007 And The GoldenEye (Finland) and Agent 007 GoldenEye  (Italy)'),
('97366',' Product placements and promotional tie'),
('97367','ins seen in the movie  included Perrier Mineral Water, British Airways, IBM Computers,  Parker Pens, Omega Watches, BMW, Smirnoff, and British Telecom.'),
('97368',' Originally the game was to have a gun called the "Spider" but it was  too much like a real gun so Rare changed it to the "Klobb" after  Nintendos Devolopement and Evaluation Manager, Ken Lobb.'),
('97369',' A reference to every Bond movie (except, of course, those made after  GoldenEyes release) is made in some form throughout the game.'),
('97370',' On the first level, the Dam mission, it is possible to see what has  been dubbed the "GoldenIsland", a distant platform with a tower and  a gun turret. Go to the very edge of the levels end, to an  outcropping pier at the base of the dam. Use the fullest zoom of a  sniper rifle to see it.'),
('97371',' In the January 2000 issue of the long'),
('97372','running British video games  magazine "Computer and Video Games", a list of the "100 greatest  games of all time" was printed, voted for by readers of the  magazine. GoldenEye was voted number 1.'),
('97373',' The videotape that Bond must steal from the Severnaya bunker (during  his escape with Natalya) is a copy of the movie  _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv).'),
('97374',' The single'),
('97375','controller and double'),
('97376','controller button schemes are named  after various Bond girls in the 007 movie series:  '),
('97377',' 1.1, Honey: Honey Ryder from _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv)  '),
('97378',' 1.2, Solitaire: Solitaire from _Live and Let Die (1973)_ (qv)  '),
('97379',' 1.3, Kissy: Kissy Suzuki from _You Only Live Twice (1967)_ (qv)  '),
('97380',' 1.4, Goodnight: Mary Goodnight from    _Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)_ (qv)  '),
('97381',' 2.1, Plenty: Plenty OToole from    _Diamonds Are Forever (1971)_ (qv)  '),
('97382',' 2.2, Galore: Pussy Galore from _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv)  '),
('97383',' 2.3, Domino: Dominique "Domino" Derval from    _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv)  '),
('97384',' 2.4, Goodhead: Holly Goodhead from _Moonraker (1979)_ (qv)'),
('97385',' The "GoldenIsle" in the first level was actually a section of stage  designed to be accessible via boat, and there were plans for a  mission objective to require traveling there. However, the idea was  dropped, and the GoldenIsle remained simply as a visual Easter egg.'),
('97386',' One of the best selling video games for the Nintendo 64 with over a  million copies sold, allowing it to become a Players Choice title.'),
('97387',' The sound of the rocket launcher firing is the same as the sound of  the depth charges from _Operation Petticoat (1959)_ (qv)'),
('97388',' In several instance, the actual set plans from the film were used as  the basis for the level layouts in this game. The two clearest  examples are when Bond enters the dam through the bathroom, and when  he escapes from the interrogation room.'),
('97389',' The game was originally planned as a Super Nintendo title.'),
('97390',' The faces of the standard enemies in the game are actually the faces  of the Rareware staff.'),
('97391',' Dr. Doak, the scientist you must get the unlocking mechanism from in  the Facility, was named for Rareware staff member David Doak.'),
('97392',' The game was published by Nintendo, developed by Rare Ltd and  available only on the Nintendo 64 platform.'),
('97393',' "Goldeneye" was also the code name of a contingency plan that the  Allies devised in the event of a Nazi invasion of Spain. This plan  was concocted in part by Ian Fleming (I) (qv) himself, as an SIS  agent.'),
('97394',' "Goldeneye" is the nickname of James Bond creator  Ian Fleming (I) (qv)s beach'),
('97395','front house in Jamaica where (between  1952 and 1964) he wrote the James Bond novels and short stories.'),
('97396',' The helicopter called the Tiger Eurocopter in the movie is called  the Pirate in the game.'),
('97397',' Many missions were made up exclusively for the game and were not in  the film. Examples include both visits to Severnaya, the Silo, the  Frigate, and the Water Caverns.'),
('97398',' In the Silo you can get Ourumovs briefcase, but it serves no  purpose. The programmers originally intended to have an easter egg  you could unlock by getting it, but ultimately didnt go through  with it.'),
('97399',' The two post'),
('97400','Cradle bonus missions were not in the film Goldeneye.  They are, however, based on events in previous Bond films.'),
('97401',' Bonds signature gun is the Walther PPK in the films, but this was  changed to PP7 for the game.'),
('97402',' During the games production, it was rumored that the original  Goldeneye 64 (1997) video game would be buried within the games code  and accessed via a special Easter Egg type of command. The idea was  dreamt up by designers who felt that Electronic Arts was trying to  piggyback off the success of Goldeneye 64 by calling their newest  game "GoldenEye 2", which has no resemblance.'),
('97403',' Although one of the villains from the James Bond film,  _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv) appears in the game, the stories have no  real ties to each other. The plot of the film revolved around a  weapon called the GoldenEye which used a nuclear bomb detonated in  the upper atmosphere to create a damaging electromagnetic pulse on  earth.'),
('97404',' "Goldeneye" is the nickname of James Bond creator  Ian Fleming (I) (qv)s beach'),
('97405','front house in Jamaica where (between  1952 and 1964) he wrote the James Bond novels and short stories.  "Goldeneye" was also the code name of a contingency plan that the  Allies devised in the event of a Nazi invasion of Spain. This plan  was concocted in part by Ian Fleming (I) (qv) himself, as an SIS  agent.'),
('97406',' OMEN stood for Organic Mass Energy Neutralizer.'),
('97407',' The game is published and was developed by Electronic Arts and  available on the Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft  Xbox, and Nintendo DS platforms.'),
('97408',' "Goldeneye" is the nickname of James Bond creator  Ian Fleming (I) (qv)s beach'),
('97409','front house in Jamaica where (between  1952 and 1964) he wrote the James Bond novels and short stories.'),
('97410',' "Goldeneye" was also the code name of a contingency plan that the  Allies devised in the event of a Nazi invasion of Spain. This plan  was concocted in part by Ian Fleming (I) (qv) himself, as an SIS  agent.'),
('97411',' Produced and released prior to the 1980 Olympics boycott, this film  depicts American athletes competing at the Moscow games.'),
('97412',' Al Oerter, the only athlete to win four consecutive gold medals in  an individual Olympic event (discus, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968), loaned  the producers his 1968 gold medal for use in the filming. It was  "ruined" Oerter said later in an interview.'),
('97413',' Theodore Bikel (qv) and Titos Vandis (qv) were both screen  tested for the title role of the villain Goldfinger. Both their  screen tests can be seen on the DVD Ultimate Edition.'),
('97414',' Although many of the locations in the film are American,  Connery, Sean (qv) never set foot in America during filming. All  scenes where hes apparently in America were shot at Pinewood  Studios, London.'),
('97415',' Connery, Sean (qv) hurt his back during the fight sequence with  Oddjob in Fort Knox. The incident delayed filming and some say that  Connery used the injury to get a better deal out of the producers  for the next 007 film.'),
('97416',' The producers had to pay for the Aston Martin, but after the success  of the film, both at the box office and for the company, they never  had to spend money on a car again.'),
('97417',' To remove the gold paint from all over her body,  Shirley Eaton (qv) was scrubbed down by the wardrobe mistress and  the make'),
('97418','up girl, and then had to sweat off the remaining gold in a  number of Turkish baths.'),
('97419',' Body count: 62'),
('97420',' The various revolving license plate numbers for James Bonds Aston  Martin DB5 were 4711'),
('97421','EA'),
('97422','62 (France), LU 6789 (Switzerland) and BMT  216A (UK).'),
('97423',' Bonds near castration by laser beam was originally supposed to be a  buzzsaw until it was decided that a spinning blade was overly  dramatic.'),
('97424',' Goldfinger wears yellow or a golden item of clothing in virtually  every scene. In the one that he appears not to '),
('97425',' in which he wears a  US Army Colonels uniform '),
('97426',' he carries a golden revolver.'),
('97427',' Harry Saltzman (qv) and Albert R. Broccoli (qv) wanted to cast  Gert Fröbe (qv) after seeing him in a German thriller,  _Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958)_ (qv). In that film, Frobe  played a psychopathic serial killer.'),
('97428',' The Ford Motor Company happily supplied a Lincoln Continental for  the car compactor scene in exchange for featuring their new model  Ford Mustang in the Swiss mountain driving sequence. During the  crushing of the Lincoln, the crew remained totally silent, in awe of  what they were doing.'),
('97429',' Aston Martin were initially reluctant to part with two of their cars  for the production.'),
('97430',' The original choice for the spy car of the film was not the Aston  Martin DB5 but an E'),
('97431','Type Jaguar, which cost half as much. The E'),
('97432','Type  Jaguar was a car model actually driven by production designer  Ken Adam (qv). Jaguar declined and the producers went to Aston  Martins David Brown. He gave them two production prototypes of the  newly released Aston Martin DB5. One was used for straight driving  and the other was for adding various gadgets and features by  Ken Adam (qv).'),
('97433',' A thermos with a built'),
('97434','in hand grenade was one of the accessories  planned for the Aston Martin.'),
('97435',' Cec Linder (qv) was the only actor from the cast who was actually  in Florida for the Miami sequences. Sean Connery (qv) was in the  midst of shooting of Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s  _Marnie (1964)_ (qv) and was unable to be on the  _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv) set at the time.'),
('97436',' The combination that opens the vault door at Fort Knox is 36104.'),
('97437',' The vault door used in the Fort Knox scene is now located in Bank Of  The West in Los Altos, California.'),
('97438',' The movie was the fastest grossing picture in film history when it  was released and even entered the Guiness Book of World Records to  mark this.'),
('97439',' Pussy Galores Flying Circus was supposedly comprised solely of  women but was actually made up of men wearing blonde wigs. The  number of airplanes in Pussy Galores Flying Circus totaled five.'),
('97440',' The budget was more than the budgets for the first two Bond films  combined.'),
('97441',' First opening credits sequence to show the actor playing James Bond.  This is by utilizing footage from the first two James Bond films  _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv) and _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv). This  technique would be repeated in  _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv). The first time an  image of the actor playing James Bond would be part of the actual  title sequence itself (i.e. not by way of footage edited into it)  would not occur until _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_ (qv).'),
('97442',' The Goldfinger character is reprized in the James Bond video'),
('97443','game  _GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) (VG)_ (qv). The villains Goldfinger  and Oddjob also feature in a story in the League of Extraordinary  Gentleman comic book.'),
('97444',' Goldfinger was adapted as a comic strip and published in the English  "Daily Express" newspaper from 3 October 1960 to 1 April 1961. It  was written by Henry Gammidge and illustrated by John McLusky. It  has had world'),
('97445','wide syndication and was reprinted in 2004.'),
('97446',' Auric Goldfinger is the first major villain in the film series not  to be associated with the criminal spy organization SPECTRE (SPecial  Executive for Counter'),
('97447','intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and  Extortion). Ironically, Goldfinger is actually linked to the SPECTRE  organization in the video'),
('97448','game  _GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('97449',' The Auric Goldfinger villain character is parodied as "Goldmember"  in _Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)_ (qv). Ironically, when Ernö  Goldfinger sought legal advice in regard to Ian Fleming (I) (qv)  using his surname in the "Goldfinger" novel, Fleming allegedly  considered re'),
('97450','naming the character "Goldprick".'),
('97451',' The Masterton surname of Tilly Masterton and Jill Masterton in the  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) novel was changed to Masterson for the film.  Tilly Mastersons alias in the movie was Tilly Soames and the T.M.  initials on her case stood for her real name. Ian Fleming (I) (qv)  is said to have based the Masterton name on Sir John Masterman, a  leading Oxford University academic and former Mi5 agent.'),
('97452',' The literal translations of some of this films foreign language  titles include 007 Against Goldfinger (Brazil & Portugal); Mission  Goldfinger (Italy); 007 Versus Goldfinger (China) and Agent 007  Against Goldfinger (Spain)'),
('97453',' Producers Harry Saltzman (qv) and Albert R. Broccoli (qv) were  so determined to get Honor Blackman (qv) for the part of Pussy  Galore that they had the actresss ability to perform judo written  into the script.'),
('97454',' Gert Fröbe (qv) had serious reservations about Goldfinger using  nerve gas to get rid of his opponents. Frobe felt that with him  being a German, this scene would have Nazi concentration camp  implications.'),
('97455',' James Bond creator Ian Fleming (I) (qv) borrowed the notion of  someone being suffocated by being covered in gold paint from the  horror film _Bedlam (1946)_ (qv).'),
('97456',' In the Ian Fleming (I) (qv) novel, Pussy Galore is a lesbian,  which is why she gives Bond the cold shoulder to start with. Her  team are known as the Cement Mixers. Ian Fleming (I) (qv) based  the character of Pussy Galore on neighbor, friend and lover  Blanche Blackwell (qv). The "Pussy" name itself was derived from  agent Pussy Deakin aka Livia Stela. The Pussy name is also said to  have been named after Flemings pet octopus. The octopus also  inspired the title of the James Bond short story and then film  _Octopussy (1983)_ (qv). Octopussy was also the name of a coracle  given to Ian Fleming (I) (qv) by Blanche Blackwell (qv) as a  present for staying at Goldeneye.'),
('97457',' Honor Blackman (qv) is the oldest ever Bond Girl; she was thirty  seven years of age at the time of filming.'),
('97458',' Vehicles featured in the film included the most famous of all the  James Bond cars, the silver birch Aston Martin DB5 which would  return for _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv); Tilly Mastersons white 1965  Ford Mustang convertible, the first appearance of this make in a  movie; a yellow and black 1937 Rolls Royce Phantom III Sedance de  Ville, Goldfingers 12 cylinder made'),
('97459','of'),
('97460','gold car weighing 7000 lb  (n.b. not a Phantom 337 model); a Hiller UH'),
('97461','12E4; black  Mercedes'),
('97462','Benz 180, 190 and 220 models which pursue 007; a Ford  Country Squire station wagon; Ford military pickup truck; a Lockheed  C'),
('97463','140 Jetstar piloted by Pussy Galore; a Piper Cherokee PA'),
('97464','28; a  1964 Lincoln Continental convertible sedan and a Ford Ranchero  (delivery vehicle), both used by Oddjob; another Lincoln Continental  and a 1964 Ford Thunderbird ridden by Felix Leiter and his CIA  partner.'),
('97465',' First appearance of a laser beam in a movie.'),
('97466',' During the opening titles sequence, all excerpts are scenes from  this movie except some footage from the  _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv) helicopter chase sequence and  the Crab Key explosion from _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv). All these scenes  in the opening titles are projected onto the gilded body of  Margaret Nolan (I) (qv).'),
('97467',' The Miami Hotel room number which Felix Leiter was staying in was  Room No. 119. Its telephone number was 879 432.'),
('97468',' Sean Connery (qv)s first day of filming was 19 March 1964 at  Stage D, Pinewood Studios for shooting of the South American El  Scorpio Nightclub opening sequence.'),
('97469',' The opening titles sequence featuring a gilded girl runs for longer  screen time than the actual shots in the film in which the golden  girl appears.'),
('97470',' The note that James Bond writes whilst spying on the Operation  Grandslam speech says "OO7 to C'),
('97471','I'),
('97472','A. AERIAL NERVE GAS PRECEDES DAWN  RAID FORT KNOX".'),
('97473',' CAMEO(Bob Simmons (I) (qv)): The series regular stuntman is the  actor appearing as James Bond in the opening gun barrel sequence.  The same footage was used for the first three James Bond movies, the  others being _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv) and  _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv).'),
('97474',' The regular James Bond girl character Syliva Trench character was  originally intended to return in this movie after appearing in  _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv) and _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv).  However, this was scrapped when Guy Hamilton (I) (qv) became  director.'),
('97475',' The card game played at the beginning of the movie between  Goldfinger and Mr. Simmons was Gin. The amount of money that James  Bond makes Goldfinger lose back at the Gin Game was $15,000.'),
('97476',' The movies soundtrack album was a No. #1 hit in the USA charting on  12 December 1964 and staying there for three weeks. The title song  "Goldfinger" single sung by Shirley Bassey (qv) charted in the UK  on 15 October 1964 and went to the No. #21 rank. The single entered  the charts in the USA on 30 January 1965 and peaked at the No. #8  position.'),
('97477',' Goldfinger cheats at two games in this movie. They were the card  game Gin and the ball game Golf.'),
('97478',' Goldfinger had 20 million pound hordes of gold stashed in a number  of cities across the world. These included: Amsterdam, Caracas, Hong  Kong and Zurich.'),
('97479',' The gilded girl appeared in a still on the cover of the movies  soundtrack in a blue bikini, but she is never seen wearing this  during the movies main section, only during the opening titles.'),
('97480',' The name of the US military unit assigned the mission of assisting  the bomb disposal unit at Fort Knox was Dog Company.'),
('97481',' The nickname given to the meeting of mobsters, mafia and gangsters  in the Gaming Room at Auric Stud was the Hoods Convention.'),
('97482',' The name of Goldfingers scheme to make the worlds chief supply of  gold radioactive by setting'),
('97483','off an atomic bomb inside Fort Knox and  thereby increasing the value of his gold was Operation Grand Slam.  The name of the support scheme to spray nerve gas above Fort Knox  and render Fort Knoxs military defense useless was Operation  Rockabye Baby. The code'),
('97484','name for the five Cherokee monoplanes  scheduled to spray the gas and be captained by Pussy Galore was  Champagne Section. The code name for the Fort Knox military convoy  was Grand Slam Task Force. The name of the nerve gas was Delta Nine  nerve gas.'),
('97485',' Nadja Regin (qv) (Bonita the nightclub dancer) previously appeared  in _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv) as Kerim Beys girl.'),
('97486',' Gert Fröbe (qv) spoke very little English, so  Michael Collins (III) (qv) dubbed his voice. Director  Guy Hamilton (I) (qv) instructed him to speak quickly which would  assist the looping. A line in the film says of Goldfinger: "Hes a  Brit, but doesnt sound like it." Due to the dubbing, this is not  accurate. In the Switzerland factory scene, Fröbes mouth does not  move, thereby making the dubbing obvious. Reportedly though, Fröbe  was acting in some English which reduces the awareness of the  dubbing. In the films trailer, however, Fröbes own voice is heard  when Goldfinger tells James, "Choose your next witticism carefully,  Mr. Bond, it may be your last," and when meeting with the mobsters,  when he says, "Except crime!"'),
('97487',' Auric Goldfingers 3D Model Map used for his Operation Grandslam is  now housed at the actual Fort Knox and is permanently on exhibition.'),
('97488',' A 24'),
('97489','hour guard was placed on the Fort Knox set at Pinewood Studios  so that pilferers would not steal the gold bar props. The filmmakers  had wanted to film interiors at the actual Fort Knox but were  declined due to security reasons.'),
('97490',' CAMEO(Alf Joint (qv)): The stuntman played the henchman in the  opening sequence due to the original actor not being able to do the  role at the last minute. This was because he was a cat'),
('97491','burglar and  had just been arrested. Joint was burnt on the leg by a smoldering  coil whilst filming this pre'),
('97492','credits sequence.'),
('97493',' The recreation of the Fort Knox repository at Pinewood Studios was  incredibly accurate considering no one involved in the film had been  inside the real location. A letter to the production from the Fort  Knox Controller congratulated Ken Adam (qv) and his team on the  recreation.'),
('97494',' Albert R. Broccoli (qv) once named this film along with  _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_ (qv) and  _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv) as his three favorite James Bond  movies, according to an interview with the Hollywood Reporters  Robert Osborne (II) (qv) on 12 April 1982.'),
('97495',' The sign on Ft. Knox bears the name "Gen. Russhon".  Charles Russhon (qv) was the technical advisor for the film.'),
('97496',' Margaret Nolan (I) (qv) (Dink) also appears in the opening credits  sequence.'),
('97497',' Pussy Galore introduces herself to Bond, who replies "I must be  dreaming." The original script had Bond replying "I know you are,  but whats your name?" This was deemed too suggestive.'),
('97498',' The villains first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold  (from the Latin word for gold, aurum).'),
('97499',' In the original cut of the film, the bombs timer was stopped at  003, explaining Bonds line about "three more clicks." It was later  changed to 007 for obvious reasons. However, this produced a  continuity gaffe as James Bond says "Three more ticks and Mr.  Goldfinger would have hit the jackpot."'),
('97500',' Honor Blackman (qv) quit her role as Cathy Gale on  _"Avengers, The" (1961)_ (qv) to appear in Goldfinger. A 1965  episode of _"Avengers, The" (1961)_ (qv) made sly reference to this  by having John Steed receive a postcard from Cathy Gale '),
('97501',' sent from  Fort Knox.'),
('97502',' Despite her impressive film debut as Tilly, this was model  Tania Mallet (qv)s only major film appearance. She had previously  tested for the Tatiana Romanova part in  _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv).'),
('97503',' After their golf match, 007 follows Goldfinger to the airport. The  map on the scanner clearly shows Southend'),
('97504','on'),
('97505','Sea, Essex, England.'),
('97506',' Look for a very young Marshall, Garry (qv) (the successful future  producer/director) as one of the American gangsters gathered to hear  about "Project Grand Slam."'),
('97507',' Ian Fleming (I) (qv) got the name "Goldfinger" from his hatred of  Hungarian modernist architect Erno Goldfinger. Among other things  Erno Goldfinger designed Londons Trellick Tower, built in 1968.'),
('97508',' As with many car shots in movies, the sun visors have been removed  from Bonds Aston Martin, but the mounting holes were not covered  and they are visible on the in car shots above the windscreen.'),
('97509',' Goldfinger was intended to be lighter in tone and less political  than the first two Bond films. It was released in the UK and USA the  same year.'),
('97510',' As with the first two James Bond movies, creator and author  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) visited the set during April 1964. He visited  D Stage at Pinewood Studios where they were filming the UK set of  the Fontainebleu Hotel pool scene. Sadly, he died a little less than  a month before the films release on 12th August 1964.'),
('97511',' Cameo: [Michael G. Wilson (qv)]: future Bond producer as one of  the technicians at the Kentucky airfield.'),
('97512',' Worried Studio Executives from United Artists considered changing  the name of Pussy Galore to Kitty Galore.'),
('97513',' Terence Young (qv), the director of the first two James Bond  movies, worked on the film during the very early stages of  pre'),
('97514','production, including early drafts of the screenplay. However,  an agreement could not be reached regarding the terms of his  contract, and he left the production.'),
('97515',' The name Pussy Galore was not included on any trading cards during  the films original release as they were aimed at youth. However,  later released cards such as those as part of the "007 Spy Files" in  2002 do specify the name Pussy Galore.'),
('97516',' Harold Sakata (qv) burnt his hand when reaching for his hat during  the Fort Knox bars and fireworks sequence. He said that director  Guy Hamilton (I) (qv) didnt say cut so he kept on acting.'),
('97517',' Equipment and gadgetry was developed for the Aston Martin car which  was not used in the finished movie. This included: Front and back  over'),
('97518','riders for jamming other vehicles; a weapons tray under the  drivers seat; a headlights chamber containing triple'),
('97519','spiked nail  clusters for firing at enemies, a radio telephone inside the  drivers door paneling, and a thermos with a built'),
('97520','in hand grenade.'),
('97521',' "Goldfinger" was the seventh and longest of the  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) James Bond novels at 270 pages. It was  written at Goldeneye, Jamaica during January and February of 1958.  Its working title was The Richest Man In The World" and it was  first published on 23 March 23 1959.'),
('97522',' This won the first Academy Award for a James Bond movie. It was for  Best Sound Effects and it was won by Norman Wanstall (qv).  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) won a Special Visual Effects Oscar the  following year and producer Albert R. Broccoli (qv) was awarded  the Irving Thalberg (qv) Award in 1982. Ironically, the gilded  Oscar statuette and the gilded girl in the film have such an uncanny  resemblance making Goldfinger fittingly the first Bond movie to  receive an Oscar.'),
('97523',' A specially designed "gold finger" piece of jewelery was designed  for Honor Blackman (qv). British Designer Dipples designed the  gold fingered piece of jewelery for the premiere and the stars  promotional tour for the movie.'),
('97524',' Toy car manufacturer Corgi manufactured a special miniature Aston  Martin DB 5 car for Prince Charles (qv) who was aged 15'),
('97525','16 at the  time. Corgi then produced Aston Martin James Bond toy cars for  decades after the release of the movie _Goldfinger_ (qv). A 30th  Anniversary Edition Goldfinger Aston Martin DB 5 toy car was  released in 1994 by Corgi.'),
('97526',' The film earned back its production costs outlay of $3 million in  just two weeks.'),
('97527',' The typeface of "Pussy Galores Flying Circus" on the banner is the  same as that on Monty Pythons Flying Circus. The logo emblem had a  red airplane on a yellow background shaped like a louvered shell  stating Blue Grass Airfield and Pussy Galores Flying Circus. The  badge also states Frills, Spills and Free Flights.'),
('97528',' The exchange between Bond and his caddy about Goldfingers golf ball  ("If thats his original ball, Im Arnold Palmer (qv).") had the  caddy standing on the ball in the novel. This is switched so Bond  hid the ball for the film as Harry Saltzman (qv) thought it would  give Bond a more cheeky image.'),
('97529',' The song "Goldfinger", rewritten as "Gold Label", was featured in a  long'),
('97530','running series of cigarette commercials.'),
('97531',' The aircraft (which has a profile similar to a Boeing 747) that  transports Goldfinger and his car out of England is actually an  Aviation Traders ATL'),
('97532','98 Carvair. This was a heavily modified Douglas  DC'),
('97533','4. The 747 didnt make its first flight until 1969 but the  Carvair entered service in 1962 (two years before Goldfinger). The  flight number for the flight in the movie was British United Air  Ferry Flight VS 400 to Geneva, Switzerland.'),
('97534',' Tilly Mastersons Ford Mustang was supposedly the first appearance  by a Mustang in a major motion picture. The Mustang was introduced  in April of 1964 and Goldfinger was released in December. Ford  supplied many cars to the film including the CIA agents  Thunderbird, all of Goldfingers goons cars, and the Lincoln  Continental that is crushed.'),
('97535',' First appearance of the Q'),
('97536','Branch workshop and its gadget testing  gags.'),
('97537',' Shirley Eaton (qv) underwent two hours of make'),
('97538','up application  which involved being gild painted to become a gold painted corpse. A  doctor was on set at all times in fear of possible skin suffocation.  Her shots lasted less than five minutes in the finished film and the  filming of them was shot quickly, wrapped in a mornings work.'),
('97539',' The producers wanted Orson Welles (qv) to play Auric Goldfinger,  but Welles was too expensive. Then Gert Fröbe (qv) began arguing  over his salary (he wanted 10% from the movies earnings), prompting  the producers to wonder whether Welles would have been cheaper after  all.'),
('97540',' The first Bond film to be shown on U.S. commercial TV, on Sunday, 17  September 1972, earning the highest Nielsen ratings for a single  movie on TV up to that time. 49% of the nations viewers tuned in  that night, and ABC'),
('97541','TV, which showed the film, would retain the  exclusive commercial U.S. TV rights to the Bond series for the next  28 years.'),
('97542',' The golf scenes in the film were shot at the Stoke Poges Golf Club  in England, not far from Pinewood Studios. There is now a James Bond  themed bar at the golf course. The interest in golf developed by  Sean Connery (qv) is said to have spawned during this filming.'),
('97543',' Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton (qv)) dies of "skin suffocation" by  being coated in gold, a complication that, despite popular belief,  has no basis in fact. The belief depends on the incorrect  supposition that respiration occurs, at least in part, through the  skin, a fallacy that has been discredited in scientific circles  since the Renaissance. Despite periodic debunking in the popular  media (especially noteworthy is a 1978 column of the syndicated  newspaper feature, "The Straight Dope", and a 2003 episode of the  Discovery Channel series, _"MythBusters" (2003)_ (qv)), a widespread  belief in the myth of "skin suffocation" still exists. The myth was  further bolstered by rumors that Shirley Eaton had actually died on  set from asphyxiation due to the gold paint.'),
('97544',' Banned in Israel for many years after Gert Fröbe (qv) revealed he  had been a member of the Nazi Party. The ban was lifted after a  Jewish family came forward to praise Fröbe for protecting them from  persecution during World War II.'),
('97545',' Milton Reid (qv) lobbied unsuccessfully for the role of Oddjob. He  would later be successful in gaining the part of the henchman Sandor  in _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_ (qv), a character based on the  hood Slugsy from the novel. His part was similar to that of Oddjob  in that they both are stocky and rarely talk. Reid also played a  guard in _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv), but was uncredited.'),
('97546',' Jack Lord (I) (qv) was approached to return as CIA agent Felix  Leiter, but he declined. He had played him in _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv).  The role was recast, beginning a succession of different actors in  the role (only David Hedison (qv) would play the role more than  once). In _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv), Austin Willis (I) (qv) was  originally cast as Felix Leiter and Cec Linder (qv) as Simmons.  However, they were asked to swap parts shortly before production.'),
('97547',' The registration number of Goldfingers car is AU 1.'),
('97548',' After the film was released, rumors circulated that  Shirley Eaton (qv) had actually died on set, owing to the  misconception that the gold paint caused asphyxiation.'),
('97549',' The original choice for the spy car of the film was not the Aston  Martin DB5 but an E'),
('97550','Type Jaguar, which cost half as much. The E'),
('97551','Type  Jaguar was a car model actually driven by production designer Ken  Adam" (qv). Jaguar declined and the producers went to Aston Martins  David Brown. He gave them two production prototypes of the newly  released Aston Martin DB5. One was used for straight driving and the  other was for adding various gadgets and features by  Ken Adam (qv).'),
('97552',' Sean Connery (qv) drove an Aston Martin DB5 down the famous  Parisian promenade of the Champs'),
('97553','Elysees for the French Premiere of  the film. For the occasion, sixty women were gilded in gold like the  Shirley Eaton (qv) character of the movie. One woman mobbed  Connery and got into the car. After this incident, Connery stopped  attending James Bond premieres.'),
('97554',' Sales of the Aston Martin DB5 increased by fifty per cent after the  release of the movie. The Bond movie  _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_ (qv) featured the Lotus Esprit and  sales would also increase for that car after the movie premiered.'),
('97555',' In the original James Bond novel "Goldfinger", the car driven by  Bond is not an Aston Martin DB5 but an earlier model, an Aston  Martin DB3. There were significantly less gadgets and features in  this make. All James Bond had were reinforced bumper guards and a  secret compartment for a Colt 45 pistol.'),
('97556',' The Aston Martin was originally supposed to release tacks to  puncture the villains tires. But the idea was discarded after the  producers worried that children would start putting tacks in the  road.'),
('97557',' Honor Blackman (qv) was the first Bond girl actress with a prior  acting career.'),
('97558',' The title song is the first of three title songs sung by  Shirley Bassey (qv) for Bond movies, the others being title songs  for _Diamonds Are Forever (1971)_ (qv) and _Moonraker (1979)_ (qv).  She also sang an unused version of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which  can be heard on the James Bond 30th Anniversary CD. The "Goldfinger"  song was the first James Bond title song to crack the Billboard Top  10, peaking at #8 in February 1965.'),
('97559',' The role of Oddjob was the first screen role for weightlifter and  professional wrestler Harold Sakata (qv). It was such a success  that it started a second career in films, television and  commercials. For some of these appearances, he would be billed as  "Harold Oddjob Sakata". He also later appeared in  _Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966)_ (qv) which was based on an  Ian Fleming (qv) story and directed by Bond director  Terence Young (qv).'),
('97560',' The part of Jill Masterson was initially offered to  Shirley Anne Field (qv), who turned it down.'),
('97561',' In the original end title credits, which featured the famous "James  Bond will return in..." teaser, the next film advertised was  _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv). However, when the  producers began pre'),
('97562','production, they were unable to secure the Swiss  locations needed for the film and decided to make  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) instead. The end title teaser was later  changed to advertise "Thunderball".'),
('97563',' In order to simulate the sound of crumpling metal in the car  compactor, sound effects editor Norman Wanstall (qv) used the  sound of crumpling beer cans.'),
('97564',' The idea of the Aston Martins revolving number plates came from  director Guy Hamilton (I) (qv) who had just been frustrated at  receiving a parking ticket.'),
('97565',' When she was wearing the gold paint, Shirley Eaton (qv) had her  stomach left bare to let her skin breathe.'),
('97566',' Sean Connery (qv) never traveled to the United States to film this  movie. Every scene in which he appears to be in the USA was filmed  in Pinewood Studios outside London. This explains why Bond flips a  light switch down to discover the golden corpse of Jill, as English  light switches are generally turned on by flicking them down instead  of up.'),
('97567',' The movies line "A martini. Shaken, not stirred." was voted as the  #90 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('97568',' This is the only one of the Sean Connery'),
('97569','era Bond films whose plot  does not involve SPECTRE or Blofeld.'),
('97570',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) cites this as his personal favorite of  all the Bond movies and even owns an Aston Martin DB9 due to the  impact _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv) had on him.'),
('97571',' Gert Fröbe (qv) once said of his role as Goldfinger: "I am a big  man, and I have a laugh to match my size. The ridiculous thing is  that since I played Goldfinger in the James Bond film there are some  people who still insist on seeing me as a cold, ruthless villain '),
('97572',' a  man without laughs."'),
('97573',' Shirley Eaton (qv), gilded completely in gold, featured on the  cover of Life Magazine on 6 November 1964. The headline read: "A  Matter for James Bond '),
('97574',' Shirley Eaton, Gilded Victim in Goldfinger,  Funniest and Money'),
('97575','Makingest of the OO7 Movies".'),
('97576',' For the huge, Wagnerian orchestral opening to the title song,  John Barry (I) (qv) employed five trombones, four trumpets, four  French horns and a tuba.'),
('97577',' Alongside _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv), this is the equal shortest James  Bond movie in the EON Productions official series with a running  time of 111 minutes approx.'),
('97578',' The name of Goldfingers ranch in Kentucky was Auric Stud. The name  of his company was Auric Enterprises. The name on the sign on his  factory in Switzerland was Auric Enterprises A.C.'),
('97579',' The amount of gold held in Fort Knox in the movie was valued at $15  billion.'),
('97580',' Goldfingers favorite drink was Mint Julep.'),
('97581',' The name of the Hotel in Miami Beach was the Fontainebleau Hotel  which is now called the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort.'),
('97582',' Goldfingers smuggling operation between Switzerland and England was  worth $20 million.'),
('97583',' The stakes in the golf game between James Bond and Goldfinger were a  £5000 Nazi gold bar.'),
('97584',' This was the second most popular Bond movie with paying audiences,  racking up 130 million ticket sales. The next Bond film,  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv), surpassed it in popularity, with 140  million paid admissions. The success of "Goldfinger" and  "Thunderball" propelled Sean Connery (qv) to the top of Quigley  Publications annual Top Ten Money Making Stars poll in 1965, the  only British male star to be #1.'),
('97585',' SPOILER: At the end of the film, when the bomb is stopped, the timer  stops at 007'),
('97586',' Gareth Myles father Denis is an extra as the Lord Mayor of Belfast.'),
('97587',' The only copy of this film that is known to survive is believed to  be incomplete.'),
('97588',' One of the "Censored 11" banned from T.V. syndication by United  Artists in 1968 (then the owners of the Looney Tunes film library)  for alleged racism. Ted Turner (I) (qv) continued the ban when he  was hired and stated that these films will not be re'),
('97589','issued and will  not be put on Home Video. These cartoons will probably never air on  television again, and only non'),
('97590','Warner Bros. licensed public domain  video tapes will probably ever have these cartoons on them.'),
('97591',' This was the last film for George Gershwin (qv), who died before  filming had begun. He and his brother Ira Gershwin (qv) had been  hired to write the songs, which were not yet completed. Composer  Vernon Duke (qv) took his place and co'),
('97592','wrote "Spring Again" with  Ira, as well as the music for "Romeo and Juliet Ballet" and "Water  Nymph Ballet." In his autobiography, Duke also claims to have worked  on the hit song "Love Is Here to Stay."'),
('97593',' A large number of writers were hired at one time or another to write  the script, including Bert Kalmar (qv), Harry Ruby (qv),  George Jessel (qv), Harry W. Conn (qv),  Alan Campbell (I) (qv), Anita Loos (qv),  John Emerson (I) (qv), Alice Duer Miller (qv) and  Dorothy Parker (qv). Samuel Goldwyn (qv) rejected their scripts  and finally hired Ben Hecht (I) (qv) (who wrote his script in two  weeks) for the final version. It is not known if any of the earlier  work was used in Hechts version.'),
('97594',' George Balanchine (qv) wanted to film a ballet of Gershwins "An  American in Paris" for this movie, He choreographed and rehearsed it  for three weeks but was told by Goldwyn that "the miners in  Harrisburg wouldnt understand it." The ballet was later used in  _American in Paris, An (1951)_ (qv), choreographed by  Gene Kelly (I) (qv).'),
('97595',' The American Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera (qv) is listed in  the cast in the opening credits, but not in the end credits. Because  of this, the IMDb cast listing uses the opening credits first, and  fills in the rest of the cast from the end credits.'),
('97596',' The film lost $727,500 at the box office.'),
('97597',' This lost film (please check your attic) is often confused with  director Paul Wegener (qv) second and readily available  interpretation of the legend;  _Golem, wie er in die Welt kam, Der (1920)_ (qv). To add to the  confusion, Danish director Urban Gad (qv) reportedly made his own  Golem movie in 1916, although it is doubtful that Gads movie was  ever completed or even made it into production.'),
('97598',' Debut of Fritz Feld (qv).'),
('97599',' The final cast was selected after screening several thousand  children from all over Macedonia.'),
('97600',' After unsuccessfully searching for a boy who could play Isaacs  character director has decided to give the part to a girl,  Maja Stankovska (qv).'),
('97601',' Three main locations: the courtyard, the factory and the lake are  actually more than 100 miles from each other. Blending all three  locations into one was done by very carefully selected camera angles  and set pieces.'),
('97602',' Shot for the 16mm film program at De Anza College.'),
('97603',' Still used for instruction in the 16mm film program at De Anza  College.'),
('97604',' The picture of Bellweather on the wanted poster shows Fields in  costume for his "Fatal Glass of Beer" sketch. It obviously is taken  from a stage presentation of the well'),
('97605','tried routine as the comedian  would not film it until 1933.'),
('97606',' According to the wanted poster among the offenses that Bellweather  has committed are "Eating spaghetti in public" and "Telling the  facts of life to an Indian."'),
('97607',' First Greek feature film.'),
('97608',' Portions of the movie were filmed aboard the Queen Mary.'),
('97609',' The scenes of the "Goliath" at sea are taken from  _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)_ (qv). The model was first used in  _Titanic (1953)_ (qv), and refurbished to resemble the Queen Mary.'),
('97610',' Some of the elephant animation in this short was reused in  _Jungle Book, The (1967)_ (qv).'),
('97611',' This was the first Walt Disney production to be fully animated by  the Xerox process for transferring pencil drawings to cells.'),
('97612',' Richard Farnsworth (qv) had attached to the film before his death.  This stopped all development at the time.'),
('97613',' Winner BBC Talent New Film'),
('97614','makers Award 2003'),
('97615',' This is the first German movie/short to be shot and distributed  completely in HDTV.'),
('97616',' The original hat that John Wayne (I) (qv) wore in  _Rio Bravo (1959)_ (qv) is used as set decoration in the Mercantile  and the jail house. This prop was provided by the production  designer Jay Gammon whos father was a close associate of John  Waynes.'),
('97617',' Eighth in a series of 13 Whirlwind Comedies produced by Charles R.  Bowers.'),
('97618',' Based upon the play "Purlie Victorious" by Ossie Davis (qv), which  ran on Broadway from 28 September 1961 to 12 May 1962 (261  performances). All actors in the play, except Hilda Haynes (qv)  recreated their roles for this movie. A musical version entitled  "Purlie!" later appeared.'),
('97619',' Alan Alda (qv)s first movie.'),
('97620',' Ben Affleck (qv)s directorial debut in a major motion picture,  although he did direct two other movies that never made it to the  big screen.'),
('97621',' Angie is based on Dennis Lehanes (II) (qv) own wife.'),
('97622',' A stunt accident during the production of the picture killed  stuntwoman Janet Wilder and injured her husband stuntman Scott  (IIII) Wilder and his father, stuntman Wilder, Glenn R. (qv). A  boat was to go over a ramp, fly over a mangrove hedge, land between  two other boats and stop in the water; instead the boat came off the  side of the ramp, flipped over, and landed in a crowd of extras and  other crew.'),
('97623',' John G. Avildsen (qv) was the films original director. After two  weeks, he was fired, paid his $2 million dollar salary, and replaced  by Christopher Cain (qv).'),
('97624',' This short is included on the _Ice Age (2002)_ (qv) DVD.'),
('97625',' 93 cars are crashed in this 97 minute movie.'),
('97626',' The scene where the Mustang tags a car on the highway and spins into  a telephone pole was a real accident. Star/director  H.B. Halicki (qv) was badly hurt and filming was stopped while he  recovered. The scene was left in.'),
('97627',' The license plate of the Rolls'),
('97628','Royce outside the airport reads "HBH"  '),
('97629',' the initials of the films star/director/writer,  H.B. Halicki (qv).'),
('97630',' Director and star H.B. Halicki (qv) drove at least two of the cars  during the crash scene on the Vincent Thomas Bridge.'),
('97631',' The fire trucks seen on the Vincent Thomas Bridge during the main  chase were real Long Beach FD units on their way to an emergency  call. The "crash" staged for the film was blocking both lanes and  they could not get past until the cars were cleared. Director  H.B. Halicki (qv) asked the camera crew to film them in case there  was somewhere to fit the shot into the movie. There was.'),
('97632',' Nearly every civilian vehicle seen in close proximity to the main  chase (especially in downtown Long Beach) was owned by director  H.B. Halicki (qv). This resulted in several of them being seen  multiple times throughout the 40'),
('97633','minute sequence. The second  "Eleanor" (that Maindrian steals from the car wash) and the white  Ford that he and Stanley spend much of their time in are visible  parked in one street that Maindrian turns into before hitting the  boat in Long Beach. The white Ford also shows up in many other  shots.'),
('97634',' When Maindrian is first telling Atlee about the new contract, a  message on the blackboard behind them is visible saying, "Sgt.  Hawkins called about Vacek case" '),
('97635',' a reference to director of  photography Jack Vacek (qv).'),
('97636',' Harold Smiths dog was actually owned by cinematographer  Jack Vacek (qv), and called Flash. All of the hats Maindrian wears  in the film also belonged to Vacek, as did the black Pontiac Trans  Am being cleaned in the scene where Atlee steals Lyle Waggoners  car.'),
('97637',' According to director of photography Jack Vacek (qv), only  1'),
('97638','Baker'),
('97639','11 was supposed to crash in the final scene. The drivers of  the other police cars decided to all wreck as well "for the hell of  it".'),
('97640',' The complete list of 48 cars stolen by Maindrian and his crew for  the contract, with the celebrity/business owners, where applicable,  is as follows (piecedtogether from the blackboard in Maindrians  office and the list he gives Atlee and Stanley, as well as dialog  throughout the film):  '),
('97641',' 1. Donna: 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine  '),
('97642',' 2. Karen: 1973 Stutz Blackhawk (The Upstairs Art Gallery)  '),
('97643',' 3. Marilyn: 1970 De Tomaso Mangusta  '),
('97644',' 4. Judy: 1962 Ferrari 340 America  '),
('97645',' 5. Kathy: 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I  '),
('97646',' 6. Nancy: 1971 Cadillac El Dorado  '),
('97647',' 7. Terry: 1971 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I (Willie Davis)  '),
('97648',' 8. Dianne: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine (Morgan Limousine    Service)  '),
('97649',' 9. Christy: 1971 Chevrolet Vega  '),
('97650',' 10. Patti: 1971 Citroen SM  '),
('97651',' 11. Marion: 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Limousine (The Gamby    Mortuary)  '),
('97652',' 12. Janet: 1971 Ford "Big Oly" Bronco (Parnelli Jones)  '),
('97653',' 13. Annie: 1969 Manta Mirage (Whittlesey Motors)  '),
('97654',' 14. Maxine: 1969 De Tomaso Pantera  '),
('97655',' 15. Claudia: 1970 Jaguar XK1500  '),
('97656',' 16. Leona: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood Station Wagon (Bruce    Industries)  '),
('97657',' 17. Ruth: 1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV  '),
('97658',' 18. Sandy: 1972 Maserati Ghibli Coupe  '),
('97659',' 19. Laurie: 1973 Cadillac El Dorado  '),
('97660',' 20. Patricia: 1974 Cadillac Coupe DeVille  '),
('97661',' 21. Tracie: 1967 Lamborghini Miura (Tayco)  '),
('97662',' 22. Kelly: 1971 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I (J.C. Agajanian)  '),
('97663',' 23. Rosie: 1959 Rolls Royce Phantom V  '),
('97664',' 24. Dorothy: 1957 MercedesBenz 300SL  '),
('97665',' 25. Eleanor: 1973 Ford Mustang Mach I (Hal McClain)  '),
('97666',' 26. Martha: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine (Morgan Limousine    Service)  '),
('97667',' 27. Beverly: 1930 Hudson Great Eight  '),
('97668',' 28. Jean: 1971 Chevrolet Corvette C3  '),
('97669',' 29. Betty: 1973 Jensen Interceptor  '),
('97670',' 30. Joanne: 1972 MercedesBenz 200SE  '),
('97671',' 31. Carey: 1966 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II  '),
('97672',' 32. Mary: 1973 Cadillac Coupe DeVille  '),
('97673',' 33. Dorie: 1973 Stutz Blackhawk (FlorenceWestern Medical Center)  '),
('97674',' 34. Frances: 1971 White Freightliner (Transall Trucking Co.)  '),
('97675',' 35. Maria: 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I  '),
('97676',' 36. Sharon: 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB  '),
('97677',' 37. Ruby: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine (Morgan Limousine    Service)  '),
('97678',' 38. Michelle: 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray  '),
('97679',' 39. Susan: 1972 Plymouth Barracuda  '),
('97680',' 40. Alice: 1953 Chrysler Coupe Elegance  '),
('97681',' 41. Paula: 1949 Ferrari V12  '),
('97682',' 42. Julie: 1973 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Limousine  '),
('97683',' 43. Renee: 1966 Lotus Europa S1  '),
('97684',' 44. Jackie: 1966 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III  '),
('97685',' 45. Eileen: 1924 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost  '),
('97686',' 46. Elizabeth: 1927 Citroen B14 Conduite  '),
('97687',' 47. Lorna: 1968 Intermeccanica Italia GFX (Lyle Waggoner)  '),
('97688',' 48. Nicole: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine (Morgan Limousine    Service)'),
('97689',' Director/star H.B. Halicki (qv) compacted ten vertebrae performing  the "big jump" in the Mustang at the end of the movie. Fortunately  the injury was not very serious, although according to director of  photography Jack Vacek (qv), Halicki never walked the same again.'),
('97690',' All of the police cars damaged in the film, as well as the garbage  truck that overturns, were bought at city auction by director  H.B. Halicki (qv) in 1972, for an average price of $200 each. They  sat in an empty lot for over a year until production on the movie  began in 1973.'),
('97691',' There was no official script for the movie, apart from several pages  outlining main dialog sequences. Much of the action/dialog was  improvised and made up by the cast and crew as they went along. This  caused many problems for the editor, Warner E. Leighton (qv), who  never knew what footage was being dumped on him or where in the  movie it belonged. In the DVD audio commentary, he described the  script for the construction site portion of the main pursuit as a  piece of cardboard with a circle on it. Director H.B. Halicki (qv)  pointed at it and said, "Thats the dust bowl. We went around it  twice. Theres your script."'),
('97692',' With the exception of a few extras, the bulk of the  by'),
('97693','standers/public in the movie are real people just going about  their business who had no idea that a film was being made. This  caused several incidents where people assumed a real police pursuit  was in progress, with many trying to help the accident "victims". In  the scene at the Carson Street off'),
('97694','ramp where the two cars collide  after Maindrian drives against traffic, a pedestrian can be seen in  the background shouting angrily at the passing police cars for not  stopping to help the occupants.'),
('97695',' The featured car in this film, affectionately named "Eleanor," is a  1973 Ford Mustang Mach I.'),
('97696',' The scene in which a train derailment is observed in the film was  not part of the original shooting script but it is in fact a real  train that derailed and when the director heard about this he wanted  to incorporate it into the film.'),
('97697',' The 2001 video release features an all new musical score and all new  sound effects. In the original video release, the sound effects made  by the cars (engines, tires, crashes, etc.) is authentic.'),
('97698',' Ronald Halicki (qv), the directors real'),
('97699','life brother and Corlis  Pace in the film, operated the crane that lifted "Jill", the red  Challenger, to its fate in the car'),
('97700','crusher at the junkyard.'),
('97701',' The workshop scenes at Chase Research were filmed at director  H.B. Halicki (qv)s real'),
('97702','life workshop, and occasionally filming  would stop for several days so he could repair cars to earn money  and continue production.'),
('97703',' J.C. Agajanian, Jr. (qv), who plays a detective in the roadblock  sequence at Torrance Mazda Agency, was almost killed when a stunt  with "Eleanor" went wrong and the Mustang slammed into his unmarked  police car, which he was standing behind. The scene was left in the  film.'),
('97704',' The car that flips during the earlier night'),
('97705','time chase in Torrance  was actually overturned by six men lifting it up from one side. The  film was later skip'),
('97706','framed to create the desired effect.'),
('97707',' The garbage truck that overturns when two police cars smash into the  side of it was actually pulled over at the precise moment the cars  hit by two tow trucks. Cables can be seen attached to the top of the  garbage truck as it topples.'),
('97708',' Much of the crowd at the gas station where Harold Smith is pulled  over after the night'),
('97709','time Torrance chase were part of a real biker  gang, who verbally abused the police officers "arresting" the actor  and demanding they leave him alone. Being an independent production,  the film used real civilians who happened to be wherever they were  filming. It was the police officers bad luck that at the gas  station there was a real biker gang filling up.'),
('97710',' In one scene at the construction area where the Mustang has been  surrounded, a patrol car roars up a hill in pursuit and overturns.  This was a real accident, and the officer inside was nearly crushed  when the siren "can" on the roof caved the roof in. The scene was  left in.'),
('97711',' To achieve the effect of cars sliding into each other when hit by  the patrol car at Moran Cadillac, the filmmakers put oil under the  tires of the first few cars to help them slide. When it came time to  do the stunt, it worked too well and many of the agencys own  Cadillacs that were for sale were badly damaged. Director  H.B. Halicki (qv) had to purchase all of them.'),
('97712',' 1'),
('97713','Baker'),
('97714','11 is a 1970 Mercury Montego.'),
('97715',' Parnelli Jones still owns his Big Oly Ford Bronco, and often brings  it out to car shows.'),
('97716',' The final "big jump" went 30 feet high and cleared 128 feet; Halicki  suffered a compressed spine in the landing.'),
('97717',' According to people on the set, after the mishap when a driver  missed a mark and caused "Eleanor" to hit a real light post at  100mph, the first thing that Halicki said when he regained  consciousness was "Did we get coverage?"'),
('97718',' When Pumpkin tells Maindrian that they have to give Eleanor back  because the car is not insured, Maindrian reads the owners address  from a newspaper '),
('97719',' 18511 Mariposa, Gardena. This was in fact  director/star H.B. Halicki (qv)s own real home address at the  time.'),
('97720',' The six original songs by Philip Kachaturian (qv) featured in  pre'),
('97721','1999 releases of the film (but since removed in the remastering  process) are:  '),
('97722',' "Gone in 60 Seconds"  '),
('97723',' "Lois Lane Blues"  '),
('97724',' "I Do Hope the Man Doesnt Catch Me"  '),
('97725',' "Big Town, Big City"  '),
('97726',' "Charriot Ride"  '),
('97727',' "Low Rider"'),
('97728',' Angelina Jolie (qv), Delroy Lindo (qv), Giovanni Ribisi (qv),  and Scott Caan (qv) were also trained in stunt driving by  Bobby Ore (qv), albeit not as extensively as Nicolas Cage (qv).'),
('97729',' During the scene where Sphinx and Mirror Man are stealing the HumVee  2'),
('97730','Door Pickup, it was not originally scripted for the police car to  fall off of the ramp. Jones, Vinnie (qv) had pushed the stunt  driver just a little off of the ramp but did not have enough room to  drive the HumVee past. He gave it a little more gas and the HumVee  smashed the car off the ramp. In the elevator afterwards Jones said  to the stuntman, "Thatll teach ya!"'),
('97731',' The road runner decal in the window of Otto Halliwells (Robert  Duvall) shop is the same as the tattoo that Nicholas Cages  character had in _Raising Arizona (1987)_ (qv).'),
('97732',' While only basic plot elements are shared with the original  _Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)_ (qv), one is the location of the last  car. Eleanor, a classic Mustang (a 1973 model in the original, a  1967 in the remake), was parked at the International Towers in Long  Beach.'),
('97733',' When the crew finds the heroin, a toolbox in the background bears  the name "Binford Tools", the name the company that sponsors the  show hosted by Tim Taylor (Tim Allen (I) (qv)) on  _"Home Improvement" (1991)_ (qv), which was produced by Touchstone  Pictures television division.'),
('97734',' When Mirror Man is talking to the clerk at the police impound yard,  a sign can be seen in the background that reads "Gone in Sixty  Seconds".'),
('97735',' The ultra'),
('97736','rare McLaren F1 was originally supposed to be in the  movie, but after the producers couldnt get their hands on one it  was replaced with another supercar, the Jaguar XJ220.'),
('97737',' The list of cars, with their codenames, is as follows: (Note: Some  of the codenames listed here do not correlate with what is actually  said in the movie as each car arrives, for an explanation of this  phenomenon, please see "goofs" for this film)  '),
('97738',' 1 1999 Aston Martin DB7 '),
('97739',' Mary  '),
('97740',' 2 1962 Aston Martin DB1 '),
('97741',' Barbara  '),
('97742',' 3 1999 Bentley Arnage '),
('97743',' Lindsey  '),
('97744',' 4 1999 Bentley Azure '),
('97745',' Laura  '),
('97746',' 5 1964 Bentley Continental '),
('97747',' Alma  '),
('97748',' 6 1959 Cadillac El Dorado '),
('97749',' Madeline  '),
('97750',' 7 1958 Cadillac El Dorado Brougham '),
('97751',' Patricia  '),
('97752',' 8 1999 Cadillac Escalade '),
('97753',' Carol  '),
('97754',' 9 2000 Cadillac El Dorado ETC (El Dorado Touring Coupe) '),
('97755',' Daniela  '),
('97756',' 10 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible '),
('97757',' Stefanie  '),
('97758',' 11 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 '),
('97759',' Erin  '),
('97760',' 12 1953 Chevrolet Corvette '),
('97761',' Pamela  '),
('97762',' 13 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Big Block '),
('97763',' Stacey  '),
('97764',' 14 2000 Ford F350 4x4 modified pick'),
('97765','up '),
('97766',' Anne  '),
('97767',' 15 1971 DeTomaso Pantera '),
('97768',' Kate  '),
('97769',' 16 1969 Dodge Daytona '),
('97770',' Vanessa  '),
('97771',' 17 1998 Dodge Viper Coupe GTS '),
('97772',' Denise  '),
('97773',' 18 1995 Ferrari 355 B '),
('97774',' Diane  '),
('97775',' 19 1997 Ferrari 355 F1 '),
('97776',' Iris  '),
('97777',' 20 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB4 '),
('97778',' Nadine  '),
('97779',' 21 1999 Ferrari 550 Maranello '),
('97780',' Angelina  '),
('97781',' 22 1987 Ferrari Testarosa '),
('97782',' Rose  '),
('97783',' 23 1956 Ford T'),
('97784','Bird '),
('97785',' Susan  '),
('97786',' 24 2000 GMC Yukon '),
('97787',' Megan  '),
('97788',' 25 1999 HumVee 2'),
('97789','Door Pickup '),
('97790',' Tracy  '),
('97791',' 26 1999 Infiniti Q45 '),
('97792',' Rachel  '),
('97793',' 27 1994 Jaguar XJ 220 '),
('97794',' Bernadene  '),
('97795',' 28 1999 Jaguar XK8 Coupe '),
('97796',' Deborah  '),
('97797',' 29 1990 Lamborghini Diablo '),
('97798',' Gina  '),
('97799',' 30 1999 Lexus LS 400 '),
('97800',' Hillary  '),
('97801',' 31 1999 Lincoln Navigator '),
('97802',' Kimberley  '),
('97803',' 32 1957 Mercedes Benz 300 SL/Gullwing '),
('97804',' Dorothy  '),
('97805',' 33 1999 Mercedes Benz CL 500 '),
('97806',' Donna  '),
('97807',' 34 1999 Mercedes Benz S 600 '),
('97808',' Samantha  '),
('97809',' 35 1998 Mercedes Benz SL 600 '),
('97810',' Ellen  '),
('97811',' 36 1950 Mercury Custom '),
('97812',' Gabriela  '),
('97813',' 37 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda '),
('97814',' Shannon  '),
('97815',' 38 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner '),
('97816',' Jessica  '),
('97817',' 39 1965 Pontiac GTO '),
('97818',' Sharon  '),
('97819',' 40 1999 Porsche 996 '),
('97820',' Tina  '),
('97821',' 41 2000 Porsche Boxster '),
('97822',' Marsha  '),
('97823',' 42 1961 Porsche Speedster '),
('97824',' Natalie  '),
('97825',' 43 1988 Porsche 959 '),
('97826',' Virginia  '),
('97827',' 44 1997 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo '),
('97828',' Tanya  '),
('97829',' 45 2000 Rolls Royce Stretch Limousine '),
('97830',' Grace  '),
('97831',' 46 1966 Shelby AC Cobra '),
('97832',' Ashley  '),
('97833',' 47 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500 '),
('97834',' Eleanor  '),
('97835',' 48 2000 Toyota Landcruiser '),
('97836',' Cathy  '),
('97837',' 49 1998 Toyota Supra Turbo '),
('97838',' Lynn  '),
('97839',' 50 2000 Volvo Turbo Wagon R '),
('97840',' Lisa'),
('97841',' The scene in the movie where the whole crew has to get the detective  (Delroy Lindo (qv)) to blow away drug evidence with a cars  exhaust, is the one portion of the film that is virtually identical  to the original _Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)_ (qv). This might help  explain why the scene was included in this version, as it was  completely extraneous with regards to the films plot. This scene is  not "completely extraneous" to the plot of the film. This scene is  where the detective spots a list of police call signs on a table as  he walks around the Cadillac that lets him know that Memphis will be  stealing the cars that night.'),
('97842',' After some disagreements with the director about re'),
('97843','writing process,  Scott Rosenberg (qv) left the project. The writers  Jonathan Hensleigh (qv) and J.J. Abrams (qv) came in and did  uncredited re'),
('97844','write on the script.'),
('97845',' In one of the earlier drafts of the script, it included various  things from the original film. For example, Memphis puts on a  disguise that makes him look like an old man when he goes to steal  Eleanor (the same way the lead character in the original did). Also,  the reason why Sphinx was called Sphinx was because he originally  was written to have no nose (similar to the famous structure in  Egpyt), and that he had a pair of glasses that added on a fake nose  that he wore only during the overnight boost.'),
('97846',' Cinema Vehicle Services actually produced 12 different "Eleanors"  for use in the production of this film. None of the 12 were actual  Shelby Mustangs but converted standard 1967 Mustang fastbacks. Of  those cars, seven survived the filming in various states of repair.  A 13th Eleanor, based on a real 1967 Shelby GT500 was prepared by  Cinema Vehicle Services for producer Jerry Bruckheimer (qv), but  that car did not appear in the film.'),
('97847',' Seven Eleanor replicas were made for use in this movie. Five of them  were totaled during stunt sequences. Nicolas Cage (qv) and  Jerry Bruckheimer (qv) kept the remaining two. Cage regularly  takes Eleanor out for joy rides while Bruckheimer is afraid of  driving her.'),
('97848',' Nicolas Cage (qv) did most of his own stunt driving for the film.  He attended the Bondurant Driving School in Phoenix, Arizona, Willow  Springs (another car driving school), and the Bobby Ore Stunt  Driving School in preparation for the film. He liked the race car  driving school so much that he continued to pursue it as a hobby  after shooting was completed.'),
('97849',' The only true Shelby GT500 in the movie was given to  Nicolas Cage (qv)s character by Giovanni Ribisi (qv)s  character at the end of the movie. The owner consented to the  vehicle being used as long as it was returned in the original  condition. Every part that could be unbolted, was and replaced by a  junked replacement part.'),
('97850',' Christopher Eccleston (qv) did not actually have his drivers  license during the shoot. He did not choose to take the drivers test  until several years after the film was released.'),
('97851',' The motorcycle that Sways rides in the movie when she offers to  help is a 1999 MV Agusta Serie ORO (Gold Series). Its one of only  300 produced worldwide. Its a 750cc, in'),
('97852','line 4'),
('97853','cylinder engine which  produces 125 hp and a top speed +175 mph.'),
('97854',' The scene where Sphinx, Vinnie Jones character, takes out a knife  to cut the dog open after they found out it ate the keys to the cars  is a play off of the scene in Snatch where Vinnies character,  Bullet'),
('97855','Tooth Tony, is told by another character to cut a dog open  after they are led to believe that it swallowed a diamond.'),
('97856',' In some Greek theaters, the title was translated to "Come in 60  Seconds".'),
('97857',' The brass band that plays in the film was the Fundover Brass Band,  with actor Dunlop, Peter (qv) playing the part of the cornet  player.'),
('97858',' The choir was the real choir from the local Methodist chapel. When  he heard them singing, director Michael Powell (I) (qv) said they  were too good and he wanted them to sound "more ragged, like a choir  of country folk" only to be told "But we ARE country folk, Mr.  Powell."'),
('97859',' When Gary Cooper (I) (qv) turned down the role for Rhett Butler,  he was passionately against it. He is quoted saying both, "Gone  With The Wind is going to be the biggest flop in Hollywood  history," and, "Im just glad itll be Clark Gable (qv) whos  falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."'),
('97860',' Clark Gable (qv)s line "Frankly, my dear, I dont give a damn"  was voted as the #1 movie quote by the American Film Institute'),
('97861',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #6 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('97862',' The movies line "Frankly my dear, I dont give a damn." was voted  as the #2 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('97863',' The movies line "As God is my witness, Ill never be hungry again!"  was voted as the #76 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere  in 2007.'),
('97864',' The movies line "I dont know nothin bout birthing babies!" was  voted as the #28 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in  2007.'),
('97865',' The movies line "As God is my witness, Ill never be hungry again."  was voted as the #59 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out  of 100).'),
('97866',' First color film to win the Best Picture Oscar'),
('97867',' Of all the many actresses who tested for the part of Scarlett, only  Paulette Goddard (qv) and Vivien Leigh (qv) were filmed in  color.'),
('97868',' Although he was booted off the production, George Cukor (qv)  continued to privately coach both Vivien Leigh and Olivia de  Havilland.'),
('97869',' Cinematographer Lee Garmes was fired a month into production because  his footage was deemed to be too dark. He was replaced by Ernest  Haller and Ray Rennahan.'),
('97870',' The estimated production costs were $3.9 million. At the time, only  _Ben'),
('97871','Hur (1925)_ (qv) and _Hells Angels (1930)_ (qv) had cost more.'),
('97872',' The film had its first preview on 9 September 1939 at the Fox  Theatre in Riverside, California. In attendance were David O.  Selznick, his wife Irene, investor Jock Whitney and editor Hal C.  Kern. The latter called for the manager and explained that his  theater had been chosen for the first public screening of "Gone With  the Wind" though the identity of the film was to remain undisclosed  to the audience until the very moment it began. People were  permitted to leave if they didnt want to hang around for a film  that they didnt know the name of, but after theyd gone, the  theater was to be sealed with no re'),
('97873','admissions and no phone calls.  The manager was reluctant but eventually agreed. His one request was  to call his wife to come to the theater immediately, although he was  forbidden to tell her what film she was about to see. Indeed, Kern  stood by him while he made his phone call to ensure he maintained  the secret. When the film began, the audience started yelling with  excitement. They had been reading about this film for nearly 2  years, so were naturally thrilled to see it for themselves.'),
('97874',' The fact that Hattie McDaniel would be unable to attend the premiere  in racially segregated Atlanta annoyed Clark Gable so much that he  threatened to boycott the premiere unless she could attend. He later  relented when she convinced him to go.'),
('97875',' Sidney Howard agreed to write the screenplay, but from his home in  Massachusetts, 3000 miles away from studio interference. His first  draft would have made a 5 1/2 hour movie. Howard reluctantly agreed  to leave his Massachusetts farm and come to Hollywood to work on  another draft with Selznick and then'),
('97876','attached director George Cukor.  As Selznick was preoccupied with problems on the set of "The  Prisoner of Zenda" (1937), Howard had to wait 5 weeks before he was  able to start working on another draft (in the meantime contributing  some rewrites for "Zenda"). The second draft turned out to be 15  pages longer than the first.'),
('97877',' Selznick traveled to Bermuda in September 1938 to finalize the  script. He brought four suitcases full of drafts with him.'),
('97878',' When Victor Fleming came on board in February 1939, he rejected the  script. Production was shut down for 17 days while it was rewritten  by Ben Hecht. Hecht used Sidney Howards original script (which he  felt was superb) as the basis for his rewrite.'),
('97879',' After rumblings of dissatisfaction from the black members of the  cast, the word "nigger" was excised from the script.'),
('97880',' The Ku Klux Klan was written out of the screenplay as the  organization to which Frank Kennedy turns after Scarlett is attacked  in Shantytown. Producer Selznick said that he had no desire to  remake _Birth of a Nation, The (1915)_ (qv), telling screenwriter  Sidney Howard in 1937, "I do hope you will agree with me on this  omission of what might come out as an unintentional advertisement  for intolerant societies in these fascist'),
('97881','ridden times. . . ."'),
('97882',' Olivia de Havilland was a contract player at Warner Brothers when  MGM made the call to her for the part of Melanie. De Havilland was  very keen to take the part and managed to convince Jack Warner to  let her out of her contract, mainly by getting his wife to exert her  influence.'),
('97883',' Half a million feet of film were shot. This was all edited down to  20,000 feet.'),
('97884',' Leslie Howard was one of the few cast members not to attend the  premiere in Atlanta.'),
('97885',' Vivien Leigh wasnt happy with Victor Flemings brusque style after  the careful nurturing she had enjoyed with George Cukor. When she  asked him for direction in one scene, he told her "Ham it up". On  another occasion when she asked for his constructive advice, he told  her to "take the script and stick it up her royal British ass".  After Cukors departure, Leigh had to fight hard to keep the movies  Scarlett true to the same character from the novel. Flemings  interpretation of her was that she was an out'),
('97886','and'),
('97887','out bitch and that  he had no desire to create any sympathy or insight for her.'),
('97888',' Margaret Mitchell personally approved of Vivien Leighs  interpretation of Scarlett.'),
('97889',' Leslie Howard privately felt that he was much too old to play Ashley  Wilkes. He wore extra make'),
('97890','up and wigs to make him seem younger.  Selznick was only able to persuade him to take the part by offering  him a producer credit on "Intermezzo" (1939).'),
('97891',' Vincent Price tested for the part of Ashley.'),
('97892',' There are more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras in the film.'),
('97893',' Contrary to popular belief, this is not the first film to use the  word "damn". The expletive was used in numerous silent intertitles  and in several talkies, including _Cavalcade (1933)_ (qv) and  _Pygmalion (1938)_ (qv).'),
('97894',' Margaret Mitchells first choice to play Rhett Butler was Basil  Rathbone.'),
('97895',' The four principals were billed in this order: Clark Gable, followed  by Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland and then "presenting"  Vivien Leigh. This changed when Leigh won the Oscar.'),
('97896',' For the premiere in Atlanta in December 15, 1939, the governor  declared a state holiday. Ticket prices for the premiere were 40  times the usual going rate.'),
('97897',' One of the remaining scenes directed by George Cukor to survive into  the final cut of the film is the birth of Melanies baby.'),
('97898',' At one point, five film units were shooting scenes. Directors  involved were Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin and leading stuntman Yakima  Canutt.'),
('97899',' The first film to credit a Production Designer, mainly to highlight  the major contribution from William Cameron Menzies who not only art  directed the film but also directed some of the second units.'),
('97900',' After the opening titles, there is a scene'),
('97901','setting crawl which was  originally written by Ben Hecht. Nothing like this appears in the  novel and, privately, Margaret Mitchell was none too enthused by it.'),
('97902',' Lillian Gish had originally been approached to take on the part of  Scarletts mother.'),
('97903',' Olivia de Havilland always meticulously researched her roles. As she  had not yet had a baby in real life, she visited a maternity  hospital to study how various women coped with the stresses of  childbirth for the scene where Melanie has her baby. Off'),
('97904','camera, the  scenes director, George Cukor, would occasionally pinch her toes to  make her feel pain.'),
('97905',' David O. Selznick only ever considered four actors for the part of  Rhett Butler. They were Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Erroll Flynn and  Ronald Colman. The chief impediment to Gables casting was his MGM  contract. Gable was not drawn to the material '),
('97906',' he didnt see  himself in a period production and didnt believe that he could live  up to the publics anticipation of the character '),
('97907',' but was  "sweetened" by a $50,000 bonus which would enable him to divorce his  second wife and marry Carole Lombard.'),
('97908',' Selznick bought the book rights for $50,000.00  Louis B. Mayer (qv), Selznicks father'),
('97909','in'),
('97910','law set out to make GWTW  an MGM picture, initially offering to buy him out at a profit.  Although other studios, notably Warner Brothers (who had proposed  Bette Davis (qv)/Errol Flynn (I) (qv) and advantageous  financing) or Selznicks own distributor, United Artists, were  interested in providing a production financing package, none of them  had an actor capable of filling Rhett Butlers boots except MGMs  Clark Gable (qv). After much vacillating on Selzicks part, a deal  was struck with Mayer on January 19, 1938 that gave Selznick Gable  and $1.25 million toward production in return for distribution  rights and 50% of the profits, which were further shrunk by Loews  Inc.s 15% interest and requirement to pay Gables $4,500.00 per  week salary and 1/3rd of Gables $50,000 loan'),
('97911','out bonus. GWTW was,  of course, a monster hit, grossing some $20 million during its  initial release. Selznick eventually earned $4 million on the  picture and a few years later sold his rights to  John Hay Whitney (qv) for a paltry $400,000.00 in order to keep  his independent production company afloat. Whitney would turn around  and sell these rights back to MGM for a cool $2.4 million.'),
('97912',' Theres only one scene in the entire film where all four stars  appear together '),
('97913',' when Rhett Butler informs the anxious group as the  whereabouts of Scarletts husband after the KKK run'),
('97914','in with the law.'),
('97915',' One of the reasons why Clark Gable didnt want to do the film was  because he was still smarting from the failure of his last costume  drama, "Parnell" in 1937.'),
('97916',' Playing Melanie meant that Olivia de Havilland spent most of the  film in dowdy clothes or widows weeds. She did sport 2 elaborate  dresses in the film, one when Melanie and Ashley announce their  engagement, and another striking blue taffeta dress which Melanie  wears to the first of Scarletts weddings. Unfortunately because of  the camera ratio at the time '),
('97917',' this was long before the advent of  widescreen '),
('97918',' the picture ratio simply could not accommodate two  dresses built up with hoop skirts so they had to be removed. So de  Havillands big moment in a beautiful dress actually consisted of  her being shot from the waist up with the remains of her dress  hanging limply down.'),
('97919',' In 1939, the Hollywood Production Code dictated what could and could  not be shown or said on screen, and Rhett Butlers memorable last  line raised red flags. A few of the suggested alternatives were  "Frankly my dear... I just dont care," "... it makes my gorge  rise," "... my indifference is boundless," "... I dont give a  hoot," and "... nothing could interest me less." Although legend  persists that the Hays Office fined Selznick $5,000 for using the  word "damn", in fact the Motion Picture Association board passed an  amendment to the Production Code on November 1, 1939, to insure that  Selznick would be in compliance with the code. Henceforth, the words  "hell" and "damn" would be banned except when their use "shall be  essential and required for portrayal, in proper historical context,  of any scene or dialogue based upon historical fact or folklore...  or a quotation from a literary work, provided that no such use shall  be permitted which is intrinsically objectionable or offends good  taste." With that amendment, the Production Code Administration had  no further objection to Rhetts closing line, "Frankly, my dear, I  dont give a damn."'),
('97920',' 1,400 actresses were interviewed for the part of Scarlett OHara.  400 were asked to do readings.'),
('97921',' Among the many famous actress considered for the part of Scarlett  were Jean Arthur (I) (qv), Lucille Ball (qv),  Tallulah Bankhead (qv), Bette Davis (qv),  Claudette Colbert (qv), Joan Crawford (I) (qv),  Paulette Goddard (qv), Katharine Hepburn (qv),  Olivia de Havilland (qv), Carole Lombard (I) (qv),  Norma Shearer (qv), Barbara Stanwyck (qv), and  Margaret Sullavan (qv). Bankhead (an authentic "Southern Belle"  from Alabama) was the clear front'),
('97922','runner, but her unsavory personal  life made producers reluctant to hire her.'),
('97923',' Of all the actresses considered for the role, Louise Platt (qv),  Tallulah Bankhead (qv), Linda Watkins (I) (qv),  Adele Longmire (qv), Haila Stoddard (qv),  Susan Hayward (I) (qv), Dorothy Mathews (qv),  Brenda Marshall (qv), Paulette Goddard (qv),  Anita Louise (qv), Margaret Tallichet (qv), Frances Dee (qv),  Nancy Coleman (qv), Marcella Martin (I) (qv),  Lana Turner (qv), Diana Barrymore (qv), Jean Arthur (I) (qv),  Joan Bennett (I) (qv) and Vivien Leigh (qv) were tested for the  role of Scarlett OHara.'),
('97924',' Judy Garland (I) (qv) was the leading contender for the role of  Carreen OHara before her "Andy Hardy" co'),
('97925','star  Ann Rutherford (I) (qv) was cast, but she was tied up with  commitments to another film directed by Victor Fleming (qv): _The  Wizard of Oz (1939)_. Ironically, Fleming would replace  George Cukor (qv) on both "Oz" and "Wind".'),
('97926',' Production began with Gleckler, Robert (qv) playing Jonas  Wilkerson. After a month of filming, Gleckler died. His scenes were  re'),
('97927','shot with replacement cast member Jory, Victor (I) (qv).'),
('97928',' One month after the book was published, David O. Selznick (qv)  purchased the movie rights from Margaret Mitchell (I) (qv) for an  unprecedented $50,000. At the time it was the highest sum that had  ever been paid for an authors first novel. Selznick gave her an  additional $50,000 as a bonus when he dissolved  Selznick'),
('97929','International Pictures in 1942.'),
('97930',' The premiere was held in Atlanta, Georgia on December 15, 1939. It  was supposedly the first time that David O. Selznick (qv) had been  in the South.'),
('97931',' Nothing in the internal memos of David O. Selznick (qv) indicates  that Clark Gable (qv) played any role in the firing of director  George Cukor (qv). Rather, they show Selznicks mounting  dissatisfaction with Cukors output (and almost half of Cukors  scenes were scrapped or later re'),
('97932','shot by others). From a private  letter from journalist Susan Myrick to Margaret Mitchell (I) (qv)  in February 1939: "George [Cukor] finally told me all about it. He  hated [leaving the production] very much he said but he could not do  otherwise. In effect he said he is an honest craftsman and he cannot  do a job unless he knows it is a good job and he feels the present  job is not right. For days, he told me he has looked at the rushes  and felt he was failing... the things did not click as it should.  Gradually he became convinced that the script was the trouble... So  George just told David he would not work any longer if the script  was not better and he wanted the [Sidney] Howard script back... he  would not let his name go out over a lousy picture... And  bull'),
('97933','headed David said OK get out!" Selznick had already been  unhappy with Cukor ("a very expensive luxury") for not being more  receptive to directing other Selznick assignments, even though Cukor  had remained on salary since early 1937; and in a confidential memo  written in September 1938, four months before principal photography  began, Selznick flirted with the idea of replacing him with Victor  Fleming. "I think the biggest black mark against our management to  date is the Cukor situation and we can no longer be sentimental  about it.... We are a business concern and not patrons of the  arts... ."'),
('97934',' Margaret Mitchell (I) (qv) was dismayed at the scale of the Tara  and Twelve Oaks sets, writing to her friend, technical advisor  Susan Myrick (qv), "I had feared, of course that [Twelve Oaks]  would end up looking like the Grand Central Station, and your  description confirms my worst apprehensions. I did not know whether  to laugh or to throw up at the TWO staircases.... God help me when  the reporters get me after Ive seen the picture. I will have to  tell the truth, and if Tara has columns and Twelve Oaks is such an  elegant affair I will have to say that nothing like that was ever  seen in Clayton County, or, for that matter, on land or sea.... When  I think of the healthy, hardy, country and somewhat crude  civilization I depicted and then of the elegance that is to be  presented, I cannot help yelping with laughter... "'),
('97935',' This film had three directors, George Cukor (qv) being the first.  Victor Fleming (qv), who had just finished  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv), was brought in but several weeks  later was temporarily replaced by Sam Wood (I) (qv) while he  recovered from exhaustion. Cukor filmed about 33 minutes of footage,  17 of which appear in the first half of the film. They are: Ellen  OHara returns home (except for Victor Jory (I) (qv) and closeup  of Thomas Mitchell (I) (qv)); evening prayer services at Tara;  Mammy and Scarlett prepare for the Twelve Oaks barbecue; the widow  Hamilton tries on a bonnet in her bedroom (single shot); various  non'),
('97936','dialog shots at the Atlanta Bazaar, including far shots of  Scarlett and Rhett waltzing; Scarlett gives Ashley a sash and begs  his love; and all scenes in and around Aunt Pittypats house on the  day of evacuation (except for Scarlett stops a dispatch rider).'),
('97937',' With Vivien Leigh (qv) already secured (secretly) in the role of  Scarlett by David O. Selznick (qv) as early as February 1938,  others actresses had little chance for the role even though  thousands of dollars were spent on "testing" them, an investment  considered well spent for all the publicity it generated.'),
('97938',' The 222 minute running time excludes the Overture Music (played  before the credits), the Entracte Music (played during the  intermission) and the Exit Music (played after the film ends). All  three were especially recorded for the film soundtrack, and were  heard at the films original 1939 world premiere. They were seldom  played by exhibitors until the 1997 New Line Cinema edition of the  film restored them. They are also included on the DVD.'),
('97939',' The recent releases of the film are longer because of the added  Overture, intermission and exit music, not because any deleted  scenes have been restored. The film has never been cut and has  always been shown at its full length.'),
('97940',' Very few of the cast members liked the characters they were playing.  Clark Gable (qv) was appeased into taking his role by letting him  make arrangements to marry Carole Lombard (I) (qv);  Rand Brooks (qv) was a rough outdoorsman who had to play a wimpy  character; Butterfly McQueen (qv) was a very shy person;  Leslie Howard (I) (qv) felt he was too old for his role; etc.'),
('97941',' David O. Selznick (qv), in a memo from October 1939, about the  movies writing credits: " [Y]ou can say frankly that of the  comparatively small amount of material in the picture which is not  from the book, most is my own personally, and the only original  lines of dialog which are not my own are a few from  Sidney Howard (I) (qv) and a few from Ben Hecht (qv) and a  couple more from John Van Druten (qv). Offhand I doubt that there  are ten original words of [Oliver] Garretts in the whole script. As  to construction, this is about eighty per cent my own, and the rest  divided between Jo Swerling (qv) and Sidney Howard (I) (qv),  with Hecht having contributed materially to the construction of one  sequence."'),
('97942',' Hattie McDaniel (qv) would have been prevented from attending the  films Atlanta premiere because of Georgias racial segregation  laws. So as not to put David O. Selznick (qv) in the awkward  position of having to fight for her right to attend, she wrote to  him, saying that she would be "unavailable".'),
('97943',' Margaret Mitchell (I) (qv), author of the novel, was begged by  producer David O. Selznick (qv) to critique every aspect of the  production. An intensely private person, Mrs. Mitchell gave one  criticism of the facade of the design for Tara (which was ignored),  and thereafter refused to make any comment whatsoever on the film '),
('97944','  before, during, and after production.'),
('97945',' Producer David O. Selznick (qv) and production designer  William Cameron Menzies (qv) also directed parts of this film,  uncredited.'),
('97946',' One of the first promising candidates for the role of Scarlett was  Adele Longmire (qv), who was seventeen at the time. Her parents  did not permit her to travel to New York for a screen test, so  Longmire did not appear in a film until several years later.'),
('97947',' In a March 1939 newspaper article, David O. Selznick (qv) was  reported to be considering producing Gone with the Wind as a serial,  as it was felt the novel was too long and too complex to be  successfully made into a single motion picture...'),
('97948',' For the scene in which Scarlett escapes the burning of the Atlanta  Depot, a horse was needed to play Woebegone, an old nag on the verge  of collapse. A suitable candidate was finally found, but weeks  later, when the horse was brought to the set, it had gained weight  and its ribs were no longer visible. There was no time to find a  replacement, so the makeup department painted dark shadows on its  ribs to give the appearance of malnourishment.'),
('97949',' In the scene where Scarlett searches for Dr. Meade, making her way  among 1,600 suffering and dying Confederate soldiers, to cut costs  and still comply with a union rule that dictated the use of a  certain percentage of extras in the cast, 800 dummies were scattered  among 800 extras.'),
('97950',' The crane shot where Scarlett searches for Dr. Meade, making her way  among suffering and dying Confederate soldiers, was  Val Lewton (qv)s idea. He had previously been Selznicks  assistant editor and went on to produce a string of B movies though  the 1940s.'),
('97951',' In the scene where Rhett pours Mammy a drink after the birth of  Bonnie, for a joke during a take, Gable, Clark (qv) actually  poured alcohol instead of the usual tea into the decanter without  McDaniel, Hattie (qv) knowing it until she took a swig.'),
('97952',' First scene to be shot was the burning of the Atlanta Depot, filmed  on 10 December 1938. If there was a major mistake during the  filming, the entire film might have been scrapped. What was actually  burned were a lot of old sets on the studio backlot, including the  "Great Gate" from _King Kong (1933)_ (qv). There were 113 minutes of  footage shot, the cost of the blaze coming to more than $25,000. The  fire was so intense that the unwarned public of Culver City jammed  the telephones lines, thinking MGM was burning down. Scarlett was  doubled by Aileen Goodwin (qv) and Lila Finn (qv), while Rhett  was doubled by Yakima Canutt (qv) and Jay Wilsey (qv).'),
('97953',' The first rough cut in July 1939 ran four and a half hours '),
('97954',' 48  minutes longer than the final release.'),
('97955',' All seven of Hollywoods then'),
('97956','existing Technicolor cameras were used  to film the Burning of the Atlanta Depot. Flames 500 feet high  leaped from a set that covered 40 acres. Ten pieces of fire  equipment from the Los Angeles Fire Department, 50 studio firemen  and 200 studio helpers stood by throughout the filming of this  sequence in case the fire should get out of hand. Three 5,000'),
('97957','gallon  water tanks were used to quench the flames after shooting.'),
('97958',' Female costumes were made complete with petticoats, although they  wouldnt have been missed had they not been there.'),
('97959',' The scene where Scarlett digs up a turnip then retches and gives her  "As God is my witness" line, the vomiting sounds were actually made  by Olivia de Havilland (qv) since Vivien Leigh (qv) could not  produce a convincing enough retch.'),
('97960',' Vivien Leigh (qv) worked for 125 days and received about $25,000.  Clark Gable (qv) worked for 71 days and received over $120,000.'),
('97961',' Mitchell, Margaret (I) (qv) wrote her novel between 1926 and 1929.  In her early drafts, the main character was named "Pansy OHara" and  the OHara plantation we know as Tara was called "Fountenoy Hall."'),
('97962',' A few of Margaret Mitchell (I) (qv)s working titles for the novel  included "Tomorrow is Another Day," "Not in Our Stars", "Bugles Sang  True" and "Tote the Weary Load". The most famous working title was,  "Ba! Ba! Black Sheep".'),
('97963',' Clark Gables line "Frankly my dear... I dont give a damn" was  voted as the #1 movie quote by the American Film Institute'),
('97964',' The movies line "After all, tomorrow is another day!" was voted as  the #31 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('97965',' The film sequence that is commonly referred to as "the Burning of  Atlanta" was not the actual burning of the city by General Sherman  in November 1864. Instead, the scene represents the night, two  months earlier, when the retreating Confederate army torched its  ammunition dumps to keep the Union army from capturing them.'),
('97966',' David O. Selznick (qv) asked Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) for help  with the scene in which the women wait for the men from the raid on  Shantytown and Melanie reads "David Copperfield". Hitchcock  delivered a precise treatment, complete with descriptions of shots  and camera angles. Hitchcock wanted to show Rhett, Ashley, etc.  outside the house, dodging the Union soldiers. He also wanted an  exchange of meaningful glances between Melanie and Rhett inside the  house. Virtually nothing of this treatment was used.'),
('97967',' Clark Gable (qv) was so distressed over the requirement that he  cry on film (during the scene where Melanie is comforting Rhett  after Scarletts miscarriage) that he almost quit.  Olivia de Havilland (qv) convinced him to stay.'),
('97968',' The final shooting script dated 24 January 1939 had a price tag of  $25,000 by late 1939.'),
('97969',' The horse that Thomas Mitchell (I) (qv) rode was later Silver of  "The Lone Ranger" fame.'),
('97970',' Hattie McDaniel (qv) became the first African'),
('97971','American to be  nominated for, and win, an Academy Award.'),
('97972',' Lane, Priscilla (qv) was considered for the role of Melanie  Wilkes.'),
('97973',' Mickey Kuhn (qv), who played Vivien Leigh (qv)s nephew Beau  Wilkes, also played the young sailor who helps her onto the  streetcar in _Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)_ (qv). Its not  recorded as to whether or not they recognized each other after 12  years.'),
('97974',' F. Scott Fitzgerald (qv) was asked to write for the film, but none  of his work remains on it.'),
('97975',' Rhett was not allowed to say, on film, "Maybe youll have a  miscarriage" right before Scarlett falls down the stairs; the line  is changed to "Maybe youll have an accident."'),
('97976',' If box office receipts for the movie were adjusted for inflation, it  would be the top grossing movie of all time; _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv)  would only be the second most successful movie of all time.  According to the Guinness World Records homepage the total gross in  2005 figures would be $3,785,107,801.'),
('97977',' The Reminiscent Soldier was played by Edwards, Cliff (qv), who was  also the voice of Jiminy Cricket.'),
('97978',' If the number of total admissions are calculated, this is the most  popular movie of all time in the US. While having the advantage of  being released several times in theaters, the shocking thing is that  there were half as many Americans alive when it was released,  compared with _Titanic (1997)_ (qv), _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) and  _Jaws (1975)_ (qv).'),
('97979',' Out of the four leads, three of them (Howard, Leigh, and Gable) died  young. Olivia de Havilland (qv) is the only one who is still  alive. Ironically, her character was the only one who died in the  film.'),
('97980',' Vivien Leigh (qv) reportedly did not like kissing  Clark Gable (qv) because she said that he had excessively bad  breath due to smoking.'),
('97981',' David O. Selznick (qv) was required to give MGM the distribution  rights in exchange for the use of Clark Gable (qv) and $1,250,000  in financing.'),
('97982',' The interior sets of Tara were built without ceilings. These were  later added using matte paintings.'),
('97983',' Sidney Howard (I) (qv)s screenwriting Oscar was the Academy s  first posthumous award. Howard died in an accident in August 1939  while the Civil War epic was still being filmed.'),
('97984',' When Melanie says that Bonnies eyes are "as blue as the Bonnie  Blue flag", she is referring to the popular name of the single'),
('97985','star  secession flag that was flown over Georgia after it seceded from the  union (as well as over all other states that did so). Is consisted  of a single white star over a field of blue. Tradition holds that it  flew over Georgia for the first few months of 1861 before being  replaced by the better'),
('97986','known "Stars And Bars" Confederate flags of  later years.'),
('97987',' Billie Burke (qv) was considered for Aunt Pittypat Hamilton, but  the producers thought she was too young (she was 54).'),
('97988',' When Scarlett receives the letter that her husband Charles has died,  the letter is signed by Wade Hampton. Wade Hampton is the name of  Scarlett and Charles son. It is explained in Margaret Mitchells  book that the first'),
('97989','born son would be named after the fathers  commander. Hence, the name signing the letter.'),
('97990',' Barbara ONeil (qv) was only 28 when she appeared as Ellen OHara  (Scarletts mother). Vivien Leigh (qv) was 25 when she appeared as  Scarlett, who is only 16 at the beginning of the film.'),
('97991',' Prominent Atlanta preacher Martin Luther King, Sr. was invited to  the cotillion ball held in honor of the premiere. He was urged to  boycott by other community leaders because none of the black actors  in the film were allowed to attend. A forward thinker, King attended  because he was invited, and he brought his son,  Martin Luther King (qv), with him.'),
('97992',' At nearly four hours long, this is longest running of all movies to  win the Best Picture Academy Award.'),
('97993',' Was voted the eighth greatest film of all time by Entertainment  Weekly.'),
('97994',' Voted #4 film of all time by the American Film Institute.'),
('97995',' The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1931'),
('97996','1940,  lists this movie as having been filmed in Black and White instead of  Technicolor.'),
('97997',' In 2004 the movie was completely restored from the original three  Technicolor negatives. This time digital technology was used to  create results impossible to achieve with traditional methods. The  negatives were scanned in at 2K resolution and digitally combined to  remove all previous alignment problems and achieve perfect  registration despite different amounts of shrinkage in the masters.  The resulting digital master is of higher quality than any prints  available so far, including the original prints from 1939. The color  was timed to be identical to the surviving answer print of Selznick  himself which is the color reference for the film. It was believed  lost but turned up five weeks into the color timing of the digital  master which was subsequently stopped and started all over again  from scratch. This restored version looks fabulous, especially when  projected with a digital projector. An improved version, this time  working at 4K resolution is already approved and should be finished  in 2005.'),
('97998',' Before casting had actually started, Margaret Mitchell (I) (qv)  was asked (during an interview) who, she felt, should play Rhett  Butler. She replied, "Groucho Marx (qv)."'),
('97999',' To add to the publicity, fans were asked to vote for the actress  they think should play Scarlett. Out of hundreds of ballots cast,  Vivien Leigh (qv) got two votes.'),
('98000',' Came first in the UKs Ultimate Film, in which films were placed in  order of how many seats they sold at cinemas, with an estimated  two'),
('98001','thirds of the UKs population going to see it'),
('98002',' Ranks third in the Academy Award most nominated films list with 13  nominations.'),
('98003',' The character of Ashley Wilkes was based on  Margaret Mitchell (I) (qv)s cousin by marriage John "Doc"  Holliday. Melanie was based on Mitchells third'),
('98004','cousin, Docs  one'),
('98005','time wife Mattie "Sister Melanie" Holliday. Doc and Mattie were  never married. They were cousins, and staunch Catholics. Marrying a  blood relative was strictly forbidden by the church. Doc left  Georgia, heartbroken, when they couldnt be together, moved West and  became the outlaw we know. Mattie joined a convent and became a nun,  thus the title of "Sister Melanie".'),
('98006',' The character of Rhett Butler was partially inspired by Mitchells  husband nicknamed "Red", to whom she had a short and passionate  marriage. Rhett Butlers initials on the handkerchief given to  Melanie by Belle are "R.B." or "R.K.B." in the novel, which were the  same as Reds'),
('98007',' only rearranged.'),
('98008',' Hattie McDaniel (qv) was cast as Mammy after  Louise Beavers (qv), Etta McDaniel (qv), Ruby Dandridge (qv),  and Hattie Noel (qv) were briefly considered.'),
('98009',' Vivien Leigh (qv) was instructed to really hit  Butterfly McQueen (qv) in the scene when Melanie is in labor.  After many takes, McQueen started to cry, refused to be hit again,  and Leigh (who refused to do the scene in the first place) could not  go on with the scene. Someone in the back clapped while Leigh  pretended to hit McQueen from then on.'),
('98010',' Writer Sidney Howard was paid $2,000 a week to do the screenplay.  Many other writers contributed to the final script with the final  sum paid to every one of them being $126,000.'),
('98011',' David Selznick decided many years later to sell his 44.9 percent  share in the movie to Jock Whitney for a sum of $704,000. Whitney  and his sister Joan Payson would also later sell their combined 86  percent share of the film for $2.2 million to MGM.'),
('98012',' Months before the official gala premiere, the movie was given an  unannounced preview screening in a small theater outside Los Angeles  (who were supposed to be showing _Beau Geste (1939)_), so Selznick  Productions could get audience feedback. However, it was still in  post'),
('98013','production with many scenes yet to be filmed. One of these was  the opening title sequence and the musical score by  Max Steiner (I) (qv). Quick animations were created for the  opening titles, and the opening music from David O. Selznicks own  production of _The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)_ was used.'),
('98014',' During the filming of Gone with the Wind, Vivien Leigh reportedly  smoked four packets of cigarettes a day.'),
('98015',' In 2005, the American Film Institute released the top 100 movie  quotes of the last 100 years. Three quotes from Gone with the Wind  made the list: "Frankly, my dear, I dont give a damn" (#1), "After  all, tomorrow is another day!" (#31), and "As God is my witness,  Ill never be hungry again" (#59).'),
('98016',' During the wheelchair race, you can see a film production going on  down the hallway. That movie is another gay film  _Latter Days (2003)_ (qv) that was shooting at the same time in the  same hospital.'),
('98017',' The whole cast and crew stayed in the cabin where Drew takes Mark.  Matthew Montgomery (Mark) and Aaron Orr (Drew) shared a room. It can  be seen in the film: Its the room Mark sleeps in.'),
('98018',' The footage of Jaye P. Morgan (qv) flashing her breasts was taken  from an actual "Gong Show" taping, from which it had been deleted  for obvious reasons.'),
('98019',' The gag where Barris tries to help a woman being abused by her  husband, only to be assaulted by the woman and the husband, was  originally done by Buster Keaton (qv) in  _Our Hospitality (1923)_ (qv).'),
('98020',' Since filming at the real JSA is impossible, an exact replica was  built at the studio, which still stands.'),
('98021',' The scene in which Andy Cheung hops on a black motorcycle contains a  musical score by Lowell Lo (qv), which is used in the films  _A Lang de gu shi (1989)_ (qv) (All About Ah Long) and  _Cheng shi te jing (1988)_ (qv) (The Big Heat). Both films were also  directed by Johnny To (qv).'),
('98022',' Charlie Sheen (qv) met his future wife, Denise Richards (qv), on  this movie.'),
('98023',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('98024',' Mal Bacon was considered by Lance Comfort for Alma (Virginia Clay)'),
('98025',' The movie was going to made in 1950 with a mostly different A'),
('98026','List  cast but before shooting at the 11th hour finance was pulled. Lana  Morris was in the cast but the director was Going to be Lance  Comfort'),
('98027',' Appeared on AMCs Short Screamers series Halloween 2003'),
('98028',' Appeared in Fearless Tales Genre Festival 2004'),
('98029',' Liam Aiken (qv) was given his own Italian greyhound puppy (which  he named Kes) as a gift for working on the film. It was to be  presented on his last day of filming, but was withheld until the end  of the day as his saddest scene was to be filmed on that day and the  crew didnt want him to be happy.'),
('98030',' The hat Owen (Liam Aiken (qv)) wears says "GB03" on the badge, a  reference tot he films title and year of release.'),
('98031',' Liam Aiken (qv) was allowed to hold the camera and film one shot  in the film, but it ended up being cut.'),
('98032',' Based on the skit "Good Burger" from the Nickelodeon series,  _"All That" (1994)_ (qv).'),
('98033',' Sinbads character "Mr. Wheat" is named after writer and producer  Dan Schneiders high school math teacher, Gough Wheat, at White  Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee.'),
('98034',' The building Alex and Dennis use in their "Coca Cola news bulletin"  is the same one Billy Wilder (qv) used for  _One, Two, Three (1961)_ (qv).'),
('98035',' Jürgen Vogel (qv) has two appearances in the film. First he has a  cameo as one of the arrested protesters (in the front row, wearing a  blue jacket) and later he appears as the chicken in the supermarket  (a reference to Wolfgang Becker (II) s earlier film  _Leben ist eine Baustelle., Das (1997)_ (qv)) for which he is  credited as "Das Küken" ("young chicken").'),
('98036',' CGI was used extensively to "de'),
('98037','Westernize" Berlin. Even though its  mostly shot in the former East Berlin and much of the film takes  place after the fall of the wall, its been Westernized since at a  furious rate. Many ads for Western products had to be removed, and  many colors had to be lightened or grayed significantly.'),
('98038',' The reason Dennis is seen wearing a T'),
('98039','shirt that resembles the  computer code from _Matrix, The (1999)_ (qv) is because there was  initially a scene where he talked about a movie idea of his called  "Planet of the Forgotten" which bore a striking resemblance to the  plot of The Matrix. This scene can be viewed in the deleted scenes  of the DVD.'),
('98040',' Florian Lukas (qv) was originally cast as Alex. When director  Wolfgang Becker (qv) chose Daniel Brühl (qv) for that role, he  offered Lukas the role of Denis.'),
('98041',' Sigmund Jähn (qv) gave permission to be featured in the movie, but  refused to play himself. It was very difficult to find an actor who  looked like Jähn and spoke his typical dialect but after filming had  begun, Wolfgang Becker (II) (qv) chose Swiss actor  Stefan Walz (II) (qv). He was given complex make'),
('98042','up and was dubbed  by another actor who came from Jähns home region, the Vogtland.'),
('98043',' In the original script, Denis was a fat Turkish character.'),
('98044',' All letters in the movie were written by a young woman from Cologne  who did practical training with the film crew.'),
('98045',' As Chulpan Khamatova (qv) did not speak enough German to improvise  properly, she had to learn her (grammatically correct) sentences  word for word. Because this did not sound natural, all of her  phrases were translated into Russian and then translated back word  for word to get a natural Russian accent with all typical grammar  mistakes.'),
('98046',' The scene in the bank was filmed on 11 September 2001.  Maria Simon (qv) later said that she found it very difficult to  distinguish between acting and the unbelievable TV news from the  real world.'),
('98047',' The T'),
('98048','shirt Alex wears for most of the film bears the  pre'),
('98049','unification logo of Motorradwerk Zschopau, better known as the  MZ motorcycle company.'),
('98050',' At the birthday party when Rainer tries to hide from Christiane his  West German origin, he almost says he was a Gauleiter in the  childrens Pioneer movement. A Gauleiter was the name given to a  regional Nazi party leader'),
('98051',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Shell Comb Industry, The (1914)_ (qv).'),
('98052',' Originally broadcast on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('98053',' When Irving Thalberg (qv), MGMs production chief, negotiated with  Warner Bros. to cast Paul Muni (I) (qv), Muni told him, "Im about  as Chinese as Herbert Hoover (I) (qv)." Thalberg had to lend  Clark Gable (qv) and Leslie Howard (I) (qv) to Warners to secure  Munis services.'),
('98054',' The first time that Irving Thalberg (qv)s name appeared onscreen.  The movie '),
('98055',' the last one he produced'),
('98056','was dedicated to him "as his  last great achievement."'),
('98057',' Irving Thalberg (qv) envisioned casting only Chinese actors for  the movie, but gave up the idea because there were not enough  suitable Chinese actors.'),
('98058',' Because the Sino'),
('98059','Japanese war was in progress, the Chinese  government threatened not to approve the movie if any Japanese  actors were cast in any role.'),
('98060',' The play by Owen Davis (qv) and Donald Davis (V) (qv), based on  Pearl S. Buck (qv)s novel, opened in New York on 18 October 1933  with Claude Rains (qv) and Alla Nazimova (qv) in the lead roles.'),
('98061',' James Stewart (I) (qv), who worked as a contract player in the  1930s, almost got the part of a Chinese man.'),
('98062',' Victor Adams (I) (qv), who was Paul Muni (I) (qv)s stand'),
('98063','in,  also played Wang Lung (Munis character) in long shots when Muni  went AWOL from the set.'),
('98064',' Special effects experts were unable to produce an authentic looking  locust plague. Just as they were about to abandon the scene, they  received word that a real locust plague was taking place several  states away. A camera crew was rushed to the scene to capture it on  film.'),
('98065',' The location shots in China were filmed by director  George W. Hill (qv) for a movie that was later abandoned. Hill had  died by the time this film went into production.'),
('98066',' For the second year in a row, Luise Rainer (qv) won a Best Actress  Oscar, becoming the first performer to win two Academy Awards and  the first to win two Oscars in two years.'),
('98067',' According to Peter Hays 1991 book "When the Lion Roars", when MGM  studio boss Louis B. Mayer (qv) learned of production chief  Irving Thalberg (qv)s desire to film Pearl S. Buck (qv)s novel  about Chinese peasants, he told him, "The public wont buy pictures  about American farmers, and you want to give them Chinese farmers?"  Opposed by Mayer, Thalberg had to appeal to Nicholas Schenck, the  chief executive of MGM parent Loews Theaters Inc. and President of  MGM, to make the film. Permission was given, but Thalberg never  lived to see the film completed. This is the only film that bears a  Thalberg producer credit.'),
('98068',' When Irving Thalberg (qv), MGMs production chief, negotiated with  Warner Bros. to cast Paul Muni (I) (qv), Muni told him, "Im about  as Chinese as Herbert Hoover (I) (qv)." Thalberg had to lend out  Clark Gable (qv) and Leslie Howard (I) (qv)to Warners to secure  Munis services.'),
('98069',' An "Acme Toaster" is used as an incubator'),
('98070',' David Holmes (IV) (qv) composed a complete score which was  rejected.'),
('98071',' So that the film could be in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio, which modern  theaters are not equipped to handle, the prints are in 1.85:1, with  black bars on the sides.'),
('98072',' The film was shot as if it had been made in 1945. Only studio back  lots, sets and local Los Angeles locations were used. No radio  microphones were used, the film was lit with only incandescent  lights and period lenses were used on the cameras. The actors were  directed to perform in a presentational, stage style. The only  allowance was the inclusion of nudity, violence and cursing which  would have been forbidden by the Production Code.'),
('98073',' Steven Soderbergh (qv), wishing to shoot this film the old  Hollywood way, banned the use of sophisticated zoom lenses used by  todays cinematographers, returning to the fixed focal'),
('98074','length lenses  used in the past. Furthermore, only incandescent lights were used  which provided harsh, unnatural lighting. There were also no  wireless body microphones, which would allow the faintest whispers  to be heard, on set. Sound was recorded the old'),
('98075','fashioned way, with  a hand'),
('98076','operated boom mike held above the actors head, which  consequently forced the actors to speak in loud, crisp English.'),
('98077',' Cate Blanchett (qv) studied Marlene Dietrich (qv) and  Ingrid Bergman (I) (qv) in order to play a German character.  Ingrid Bergman, however, was Swedish.'),
('98078',' The movie poster is an homage to a poster for the classic Warner  Bros. film _Casablanca (1942)_ (qv), as is the closing scene at the  airport.'),
('98079',' The cartoon Phil and Bubba were watching on the television when  Justine comes home is "Happy Tree Friends".'),
('98080',' The Texas flag in Bubbas apartment is upside down.'),
('98081',' To make Jennifer Aniston (qv) look more worn down,  Miguel Arteta (qv) made her wear wrist weights for several weeks  prior to filming, she also wore them during some of the scenes.'),
('98082',' According to Jennifer Aniston (qv), from the first draft of the  script to the shooting almost no changes were made.'),
('98083',' Holden is named after a J.D. Salinger (qv) character.  Zooey Deschanel (qv), who plays Cheryl in this film, was herself  named after a J.D.Salinger character.'),
('98084',' The film was shot in 33 days, often with six scenes being shot a  day.'),
('98085',' Originally titled "Good Girls Go To Paris, Too," but the censors  objected.'),
('98086',' Aired the night before Charles M. Schulz (qv)s death.'),
('98087',' Director'),
('98088','writer Frank Novak (IV) (qv), a co'),
('98089','owner of the Modernica  furniture company, used furniture from that company throughout the  films interior settings.'),
('98090',' The movie poster for "Good Luck Chuck" is a take on a very famous  “Rolling Stone” magazine cover of Yoko Ono (I) (qv) and  John Lennon (I) (qv) (in which John was completely naked).'),
('98091',' Jennifer Love Hewitt (qv) was offered the role of "Cam Wexler",  but turned it down because of scheduling conflicts. The role then  went to Jessica Alba (qv).'),
('98092',' The original script was titled "The Warm'),
('98093','Up Guy".'),
('98094',' The director is a big fan of the Rugby League Sydney Roosters Club.  Rugby League Superstar Fullback and International Golden Boot holder  Anthony Minichiello, was approached for a cameo appearance. After  some though negotiations and "minis" busy playing schedule, the  cameo never happened.'),
('98095',' Visa dexploitation en France : # 86827.'),
('98096',' Colin Friels (qv) was cast after Gary Oldman (qv) dropped out of  the production.'),
('98097',' Trilby Beresford was not the only Christmas Girl. Herbert Pinters  (production designer) daughter also played a/the Christmas Girl.'),
('98098',' The body being carried away in the ambulance at the end of the movie  is actually the director, who was hit on the head by the falling  dummy used in the previous shot. Because of time restraints, the two  assistant directors continued shooting while the director was in the  hospital. The director returned to work two hours later.'),
('98099',' This was actually the first three'),
('98100','strip Technicolor live'),
('98101','action  film, completed and released four months before  _La Cucaracha (1934)_ (qv), which is often called the first  Technicolor film.'),
('98102',' Vitaphone Production Reels #1702'),
('98103','1703.'),
('98104',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2006 6'),
('98105','disc DVD release "The Busby  Berkeley Collection".'),
('98106',' Robin Williams (I) (qv) ad'),
('98107','libbed all of Adrian Cronauer (qv)s  broadcasts.'),
('98108',' Robin Williams (I) (qv)s portrayal of Adrian Cronauer (qv) has  led to confusion as to the beliefs of the real Cronauer. Cronauer  has said that the film is about 45 percent accurate, according to a  biography on Robin Williams. Cronauer has said that the film  misrepresented him to make him seem anti'),
('98109','war, when he was, in his  own words, "anti'),
('98110','stupidity". In fact, today Cronauer '),
('98111',' who is now a  lawyer '),
('98112',' remains an active Republican and was a vice'),
('98113','chairman of  the 2004 Bush'),
('98114','Cheney re'),
('98115','election campaign. Furthermore, Cronauer has  also said that if hed done half the things Williams did in the  film, he wouldve been court'),
('98116','martialed and sent to Fort Leavenworth.'),
('98117',' In order to give the trailers a more military feel, scenes of  Cronauer on the air in military fatigues were shot specifically for  the trailers.'),
('98118',' Contrary to the character in the movie, the real  Adrian Cronauer (qv) did not use comedy in his radio broadcast,  nor was he kicked out of the military. He left Vietnam because his  tour of duty was over.'),
('98119',' As Adrian chases Tuan through the alley, the background music is  actually a cut from Alex Norths unused score for  _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv).'),
('98120',' The script went through a number of revisions after it was  originally drafted by Adrian Cronauer (qv) in 1979. Cronauer first  pitched it as a TV series, then a Movie'),
('98121','of'),
('98122','the'),
('98123','Week. It was the  latter treatment that landed in the lap of Robin Williams (qv),  who realized the DJ role would be the perfect outlet for his brand  of comedy. The original treatment by Cronauer was completely  re'),
('98124','tooled for Williams.'),
('98125',' During the filming of an emotional court room scene with Diane  Keaton concerning the custody of her daughter, it was found out that  one of the cameras shooting did not have the proper film, and didnt  not film the scene. Director Leonard Nimoy felt bad about having to  have Diane Keaton film it again because she had done it so well. He  showed up at her dressing room door with two dozen roses in his  arms. He gave the roses to her first, then gave her the bad news  about having to re'),
('98126','shoot the scene. Diane Keaton took it well, and  had no problem with having to re'),
('98127','shoot the scene.'),
('98128',' During filming, Asia Vieira became very fond of Leonard Nimoy. While  filming she had seen the ending of Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Kahn,  and became very upset when she saw Spock had died. Being only six at  the time, she thought it was Leonard Nimoy dying in the movie. The  next day on the set she was very happy to find out that he was okay  and it was just part of the movie. She ran over to him and gave him  a big hug, and told him she was glad to see that he was better.'),
('98129',' The original musical comedy opened in New York on 6 September 1927  and had 551 performances. The opening night cast included  Gus Shy (qv) and Mary Lawlor (qv), both of whom originated their  movie roles in the play, and Inez Courtney (qv) as Babe and  John Sheehan (I) (qv) as Pooch. The 1975 revival starred  Alice Faye (qv) as Professor Kenyon!'),
('98130',' The on'),
('98131','screen credit for Nacio Herb Brown (qv),  Arthur Freed (qv), Felix E. Feist (qv), George Ward (V) (qv)  and Reggie Montgomery (II) (qv) was for "interpolations", which  meant song insertions at the time the movie was released. However,  no song by Felix E. Feist (qv) was heard.'),
('98132',' There is conflicting information for the original (1927) song  credits. Some references list music by Ray Henderson (I) (qv);  lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva (qv) and Lew Brown (I) (qv). However,  sheet music published in connection with that show, and the 1947  movie list all three for music and lyrics. The on'),
('98133','screen credits  also lists all three for music and lyrics.'),
('98134',' The last 300'),
('98135','400 feet (about 3'),
('98136','4 minutes), which is the big musical  finale, was filmed in two'),
('98137','strip Technicolor, is missing from  surviving prints and is apparently lost.'),
('98138',' Since Peter Lawford (qv) spoke French fluently and  June Allyson (qv) did not, Lawford had to teach Allyson how to  teach him to speak French in the French Lesson scene.'),
('98139',' Judy Garland (I) (qv), Mickey Rooney (I) (qv), director  Busby Berkeley (qv), and producer Arthur Freed (qv) were  planning to remake this as a follow'),
('98140','up to  _Babes in Arms (1939)_ (qv). But when Louis B. Mayer suggested  instead to Freed to capitalize on the swing music craze, they  switched gears into the production of  _Strike Up the Band (1940)_ (qv).'),
('98141',' One song called "An Easier Way" was cut prior to release but it can  be seen on the DVD of the film.'),
('98142',' The original musical was based on the an actual sorority, Pi Beta  Phi. The song, "The Girl of the Pi Beta Phi" was kept on the 1996  soundtrack, but deleted from the 1947 film. The name of the sorority  was changed in the 1947 movie to the fictitious "Phi Gamma Gamma".'),
('98143',' One of the three films June Allyson (qv) considered her personal  favorites of her films.'),
('98144',' Part of the permanent archive at the Academy of Motion Pictures.'),
('98145',' Director/star George Clooney (qv) had said they opted to use  archive footage of Joseph McCarthy (II) (qv) instead of using an  actor to portray the senator. Clooney had said that when the movie  had undergone test screenings, audience members felt that the  McCarthy character was overacting a bit, not realizing that it was  the actual McCarthy through archive footage.'),
('98146',' The band playing throughout the movie is actually Matt Catingubs  band and Matt Catingub did all the arrangements. Matt Catingub  produced Rosemary Clooneys last album and George Clooney was so  impressed, he personally asked Matt to do the music for this film.'),
('98147',' The real William Paley (qv) had a collection of microphones in his  office. The crew put microphones that George Clooney (qv) used in  _O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)_ (qv) in the Paley office set as  a surprise for Clooney.'),
('98148',' The man introducing Edward R. Murrow (I) (qv)s keynote address to  the 1958 convention of the Radio'),
('98149','Television News Directors  Association cites Murrows reporting on, among other topics, the  plight of migrant workers. In fact, Murrow did not report on the  conditions of migrant workers until 1960. His documentary on the  subject, _Harvest of Shame (1960) (TV)_ (qv), was the last project  he worked on as a CBS broadcaster.'),
('98150',' Most of the text of Edward R. Murrow (I) (qv)s speech bookending  the movie is taken word'),
('98151','for'),
('98152','word from the actual keynote address he  delivered to the 1958 RTNDA convention. The actual conclusion to the  speech, after Murrows line about television, used strictly for  entertainment rather than education, being nothing more than wires  and lights in a box, went as follows: "There is a great and perhaps  decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and  indifference. This weapon of television could be useful. Stonewall  Jackson, who knew something about the use of weapons, is reported to  have said, When war comes, you must draw the sword and throw away  the scabbard. The trouble with television is that it is rusting in  the scabbard during a battle for survival."'),
('98153',' The movies title was the phrase Edward R. Murrow (I) (qv) used at  the end of his TV broadcasts.'),
('98154',' The film was shot on color film on a grayscale set, then  color'),
('98155','corrected in post.'),
('98156',' Was originally conceived as a live broadcast special for CBS.'),
('98157',' During the actual footage of John L. McClellan (qv) questioning  Joseph McCarthy (II) (qv), a very young Robert F. Kennedy (qv)  can be seen when the camera pans to the right. Kennedy was minority  counsel to the committee.'),
('98158',' The first completely black'),
('98159','and'),
('98160','white film to be nominated for Best  Picture since _Elephant Man, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('98161',' The entire budget for this 2006 Best Picture Nominee (as well as 5  other nominations): $7 million.'),
('98162',' The entire set was built on one floor. The elevator interior was  built on a turntable, so it could be rotated to a new "floor" during  unbroken shots. (In one scene, the CBS Records office is represented  by a false wall that was then raised out of shot while the door was  closed.)'),
('98163',' Original director of photography Newton Thomas Sigel (qv) was  unable to shoot the film due to his commitment to  _Superman Returns (2006)_ (qv). Director George Clooney (qv)  decided on Robert Elswit (qv) as the replacement after working  with him on _Syriana (2005)_ (qv).'),
('98164',' Second in the poll for FIPRESCI GRAND PRIX OF THE YEAR 2006.'),
('98165',' A video copy of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('98166',' Did not make the final edit: During the finale, shot in the tiny,  crowded studio, Sam Phillips went wild when he saw Little Milton  enter the room. He called out to Milton to PLEASE set the record  straight and contradict what Rufus Thomas was saying about Phillips  lack of honesty. "Milton here knows the truth and hell tell you. I  never cheated my artists."'),
('98167',' Director McCarey, Leo (qv) shot two different endings and let  remarks by preview audiences determine which one to use.'),
('98168',' SPOILER: The script calls for Shane Richie (qv)s character to  contemplate suicide by jumping off a high building. During filming,  the landlady in the guest house where Richie was staying found the  relevant page of the script in his room and thought it was a real  suicide note. She called the police who found Richie on top of the  building, apparently about to jump for real, and were about to  starting talking him down when they saw the camera and crew, and  realised that it was just a film.'),
('98169',' 35th episode in the Buster Brown 2'),
('98170','reel comedy series.'),
('98171',' From the Regular Kids series of 2'),
('98172','reel comedies with a juvenile  cast.'),
('98173',' Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) was originally cast as the younger Edward  Wilson but dropped out.'),
('98174',' Matt Damon (qv)s character, Edward Wilson, is partly based upon  the founder of the CIAs counterintelligence operations, James Jesus  Angelton.'),
('98175',' Robert De Niro (qv), had been working on this film for ten years  as his "pet project."'),
('98176',' SPOILER: Billy Crudup (qv)s character, Archy Cummings, is partly  based on real life British traitor Kim Philby, who attended  Cambridge University, rose through the ranks of British  Intelligence, and subsequently was discovered to be a Soviet spy. He  later fled to Moscow, where he lived out the rest of his life. The  movie reflects this, having Wilson speaking by phone to Cummings who  is in the Soviet Union.'),
('98177',' The violinist providing the solo soundtrack near the end of the  movie was Lindsay Deutsch, from Los Angeles.'),
('98178',' Robert De Niro (qv)s character, General Bill Sullivan, is partly  based on General William "Wild Bill" Donovan. Donovan was head of  the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during the Second World War.'),
('98179',' SPOILER: They give the "real" Valentin liquid LSD which causes him  to go crazy ultimately restating that he is, indeed, Valentin  Mironov, before committing suicide by jumping through the glass  window. This is a reference to an actual event wherein (Frank  Olson), a US Army scientist died in a similar way, allegedly as a  result of his unwitting participation in CIA conducted LSD  experiments called MKULTRA.'),
('98180',' Lee Pace (qv)s character Richard Hayes shares some similarities,  including a similar name, to Allen Dulles (CIA director from  1953'),
('98181','1961) eventual successor Richard Helms (CIA director from  1966'),
('98182','1973).'),
('98183',' The character Yuri Modin is loosely based on supposed Soviet  defector Anatoliy Golitsyn.'),
('98184',' Dr. Ibanez (played by Marcos Cohen (qv)) bears some similarities,  and is probably a reference to Jacobo Arbenz (president of Guatemala  from 1951'),
('98185','1954).'),
('98186',' Joe Pesci appears in one scene as a Mafia boss ("Joseph Palmi")  whom, it is implied in the film, is a fictionalized version of Sam  Giancana (in one scene it is mentioned that Castro has seized "three  of [Palmis] casinos and thrown him out of [Cuba]", and, in fact,  Castro did "nationalize" several Giancana'),
('98187','controlled casinos) whom  the CIA recruited for several assassination attempts against Fidel  Castro.'),
('98188',' Robert DeNiro had a deal with Leonardo DiCaprio who was interested  in playing the films protagonist Edward Wilson. De Niro planned to  shoot the movie in the fall of 2004 but DiCaprio couldnt do it then  because he was making The Departed for Martin Scorsese. The role  ultimately went to Matt Damon, who played DiCaprios antagonist in  The Departed. Both movies were nominated for Oscars in 2007.'),
('98189',' The name Bay of Pigs comes from Bahia de Cochinos, where in all  probability "Cochino" refers to a species of Triggerfish, rather  than pigs.'),
('98190',' Eric Roth penned the screenplay in 1994 for Francis Ford Coppola and  Columbia Pictures. Coppola left the project because, he said, he  could not relate to the characters finding them "unemotional",  (although he retained a credit as co'),
('98191','executive producer).'),
('98192',' Wayne Wang was set to direct but management changes at Columbia  ended Wangs involvement and Philip Kaufman was the next person set  to direct but he eventually left the project. When it moved to MGM,  John Frankenheimer signed on to make the movie and wanted Robert De  Niro to star. Unfortunately, Frankenheimer died in 2002 and at the  same time De Niro was developing his own spy story.'),
('98193',' William Hurt (I) (qv)s character, Phillip Allen, is partly based  on Allen Dulles, as OSS operative and later CIA director during the  Bay of Pigs invasion. He resigned from the CIA shortly afterward,  though not for any reason of financial impropriety.'),
('98194',' Two references to "Cardinal" are made in the movie, once in the  beginning when the comment that "Cardinal is interested" is made by  Ray Brocco and once at the end when Edward Wilson says that "its a  cardinal rule to be generous in a democracy". "Cardinal" was the  code name of a high level American spy in the Soviet Union in Tom  Clancys novel The Cardinal in the Kremlin.'),
('98195',' Joe Pesci (qv)s first movie within 8 years.'),
('98196',' Biograph production number 1024.'),
('98197',' 26th episode in the Mike and Ike 2'),
('98198','reel comedy series.'),
('98199',' Michael Klesic was originally cast in the role of Henry Evans in  1988. The film was soon later put on hold due to lack of funding. A  couple years later Jesse Bradford was cast as Henry Evans because  the original child actors had grown to old for their parts. The  project was once again put on hold and the same problem happened.  Then, was once again re'),
('98200','cast and finally shot and released in 1993.'),
('98201',' The original director Michael Lehmann (I) (qv) was replaced due to  clashes with Macaulay Culkin (qv)s father.'),
('98202',' Richard (in picture) and Connie are played by Macauleys real life  brother and sister.'),
('98203',' SPOILER: The fight on the cliff between Macaulay Culkin and Elijah  Wood at the end of the film was filmed on a cliff called Palisade  Head in Silver Bay, Minnesota overlooking Lake Superior. In the  story, it was supposed to be The Atlantic Ocean but a suitable rock  face overlook could not be found, and after numerous weekend scouts  all over the country, Silver Bay, Minnesota was chosen. For the  angles looking down at the water, numerous power boats were used to  churn up the water right before cameras were rolled to simulate the  ocean waves. The cliff was 180 feet above the water, but the top ten  feet of the cliff was manufactured. It was created on top of the  actual cliff out of wood and plaster and coated with a rubber  material so that the actors could roll around on it and fight as  needed. The stunt riggers were hidden inside the fake cliff,  controlling safety cables connected to the actors when they were  hanging off the side of the cliff and then Macaulays character is  dropped.'),
('98204',' SPOILER: Both Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood were trained by the  stunt coordinator, Jack Gill and rehearsed for 6 weeks prior to this  scene so that they could be comfortable and act while hanging 180  feet above the water. When Macaulays character was dropped by his  mother (Wendy Crewson) the movie needed a shot of the real Macaulay  and not a stunt double falling away from camera on the actual cliff.  After discussions with Macaulays parents and with Macaulay, he  agreed to do a 30 foot fall on a cable on the actual cliff, 180 feet  above a freezing Lake Superior, but he wanted one thing in return  for this act of bravery; a BB gun. Macaulay performed the cable fall  perfectly and was given his BB gun.'),
('98205',' The sight on Henrys crossbow is a hood ornament from a Buick Regal.'),
('98206',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('98207',' Won the first "The Future of Film" award, sponsored by  triggerstreet.com, at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005.'),
('98208',' Neil Jordan (I) (qv) had originally intended to name the film  "Double Down" but changed his mind when he learned that there were  other films being released with the same and/or similar titled.'),
('98209',' Nick Nolte (qv) admitted in an interview that he took a small  injection of heroin in preparation for his role. He claims that in  order to play such a character he required the feeling of addiction  and what it is to be a heroin junkie.'),
('98210',' Although Ralph Fiennes (qv) was not listed in the cast he did gain  a credit in the technical assistance as Fine Arts Adviser.'),
('98211',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Joy Ride, A (1922)_ (qv).'),
('98212',' This was the first feature film for director William Friedkin (qv)  and the first starring role for Sonny Bono (qv) and  Cher (I) (qv).'),
('98213',' Winner, Audience Choice Award: Chicago International Reel Shorts  Festival 2005'),
('98214',' Director Gus Van Sant (qv) at one point asked Matt Damon (qv)  and Ben Affleck (qv) to rewrite the script so that Chuckie is  killed in a construction accident. Damon and Affleck protested, but  reluctantly wrote the scene in. After Van Sant read it, he agreed  that it was a terrible idea.'),
('98215',' Robin Williams (I) (qv)s last line in the film, "That son of a  bitch, he stole my line," was ad'),
('98216','libbed.'),
('98217',' The job interview Will sends Chuckie on is for a company called  Holden & McNeil. Affleck, Ben (qv)s character in  _Chasing Amy (1997)_ (qv) was Holden McNeil.'),
('98218',' The subway car Will rides in is a model that was retired in 1994;  the MBTA took one out of mothballs and cleaned it up for the  production.'),
('98219',' Minnie Driver (qv)s character Skylar is named after Damons  girlfriend at the time. Skylar left Damon before filming began.Damon  and Driver became romantically involved during production.'),
('98220',' The mathematical equations seen in the opening credits are part of a  math technique called "Fourier Analysis" which approximates  functions by sines and cosines. Its used a lot in physics and  engineering.'),
('98221',' In the scene on the park bench, Robin Williams (I) (qv) gives an  example of love that Will hasnt experienced as "Going to hell and  back for it." In his next movie, _What Dreams May Come (1998)_ (qv),  Williams does just that for Annabella Sciorra (qv) after she  commits suicide.'),
('98222',' The lecture hall in the movie is actually a lecture hall in McLennan  Physical Laboratories (MP); a building at the University of Toronto  (St. George Campus) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.'),
('98223',' Roger Ebert (qv) asked in his "Movie Answer Man" column for  suggestions as to who Wills brothers Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry,  Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian were  named after. Gina Dante of Minneapolis suggested that they were  "directors whom Ben Affleck and Matt Damon would like to work with":  Marc Rocco (qv), Richard Attenborough (qv), Danny Boyle (qv),  Terry Gilliam (qv), Mikael Salomon (qv), David Fincher (qv),  Tim Burton (I) (qv), Tom Hanks (qv), Joel Schumacher (qv),  Robert Redford (I) (qv), John Woo (I) (qv), and  Brian De Palma (qv).'),
('98224',' The scene where Sean and Will are in his office, and Sean starts  talking about his dead wife and her farting antics. These lines were  ad'),
('98225','libbed by Robin Williams (I) (qv), which is probably why  Matt Damon (qv) is laughing so hard. If you watch the scene  carefully you can notice the camera shaking, probably due to the  cameraman laughing as well.'),
('98226',' When Will (Matt Damon (qv)) and Sean (Robin Williams (I) (qv))  meet for the first time in Seans office, Will recommends that Sean  read Howard Zinn (qv)s "Peoples History of the United States".  As a boy, Matt Damon (qv) was Zinns neighbor and provided the  voice for the CD recording of that book.'),
('98227',' At a WGA seminar in 2003, William Goldman (qv) denied the  persistent rumor that he was the actual writer of Good Will Hunting:  "I would love to say that I wrote it. Here is the truth. In my obit  it will say that I wrote it. People dont want to think those two  cute guys wrote it. What happened was, they had the script. It was  their script. They gave it to Rob [Reiner] to read, and there was a  great deal of stuff in the script dealing with the F.B.I. trying to  use Matt Damon (qv) for spy work because he was so brilliant in  math. Rob said, "Get rid of it." They then sent them in to see me  for a day '),
('98228',' I met with them in New York '),
('98229',' and all I said to them  was, "Robs right. Get rid of the F.B.I. stuff. Go with the family,  go with Boston, go with all that wonderful stuff." And they did. I  think people refuse to admit it because their careers have been so  far from writing, and I think its too bad. Ill tell you who wrote  a marvelous script once, Sylvester Stallone (qv). Rockys a  marvelous script. God, read it, its wonderful. Its just got  marvelous stuff. And then he stopped suddenly because its easier  being a movie star and making all that money than going in your pit  and writing a script. But I did not write [Good Will Hunting], alas.  I would not have written the "Its not your fault" scene. Im going  to assume that 148 percent of the people in this room have seen a  therapist. I certainly have, for a long time. Hollywood always has  this idea that its this shrink with only one patient. I mean, that  scene with Robin Williams (I) (qv) gushing and Matt Damon (qv)  and theyre hugging, "Its not your fault, its not your fault." I  thought, Oh God, Freud is so agonized over this scene. But Hollywood  tends to do that with therapists."'),
('98230',' The script was originally developed by Castle Rock, the production  company of Rob Reiner (qv). When they didnt know what to do with  it, filmmaker Kevin Smith (I) (qv) took the script to Miramax. It  became the highest grossing film in Miramax history until  _Chicago (2002)_ (qv) topped it.'),
('98231',' Matt Damon (qv), a former Harvard student, originally intended to  make the title character a physics prodigy. He discussed his idea  with Sheldon L. Glashow (qv), a Nobel laureate in physics and at  the time a Harvard professor. Glashow told him that the premise did  not ring true to him and suggested that the main character be a math  prodigy instead. He referred Damon to his brother'),
('98232','in'),
('98233','law,  Daniel Kleitman (qv), a professor of mathematics at MIT who  provided advice on the story. Both Glashow and Kleitman are thanked  in the credits.'),
('98234',' When Will is mopping the floor at the beginning of the movie his  name tag identifies him as "Bob" rather than "Will".'),
('98235',' The phone number printed on the sign for the construction company  that they are working for is the actual phone number of a Woburn, MA  construction company that Matt Damon (qv) worked for while going  to high school in Cambridge.'),
('98236',' The real Skylar whom Matt Damon (qv) dated, and inspired the role  in “Good Will Hunting” was married to Lars Ulrich (qv) of  Metallica. She is as an ER doctor.'),
('98237',' Gus Van Sant (qv) painted the picture that hangs in Sean Maguires  (Robin Williams (I) (qv)) office.'),
('98238',' An earlier draft of the script had Will Hunting being recruited by  the government to become a cryptanalyst (based on his mathematical  ability). Rob Reiner (qv) reportedly reviewed the script and  advised Matt Damon (qv) and Ben Affleck (qv) to eliminate this  subplot. However, there is a reference to it in the final script:  the scene where Will meets with NSA agents and explains why he  doesnt want to work for them.'),
('98239',' Michael Winterbottom (qv) was approached to direct but declined.'),
('98240',' The very last line in the credits is "In Memory Of Allen Ginsberg &  William S. Burroughs".'),
('98241',' When Robin Williams won the Oscar for his supporting role, he sent  Peer Augustinski, who dubbed his voice in German, a small replica of  the Oscar statue with a note saying, Thank you for making me famous  in Germany.'),
('98242',' The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies of All  Time" by Premiere.'),
('98243',' Joseph Fiennes (qv) was originally offered the role of Lord  Darlington, but turned it down to play Bassanio in Michael Radfords  adaptation of The Merchant of Venice (2004).'),
('98244',' "A Good Woman" is a theatrical version of Oscar Wildes 1892  four'),
('98245','act comedy, "Lady Windemeres Fan."'),
('98246',' Max Skinners wardrobe is largely influenced by  Russell Crowe (qv)s own uncle, David William Crowe.'),
('98247',' Director Ridley Scott (qv) came up with the basic story that  author Peter Mayle (qv) wrote in the book on which this films  based upon. When the book was published, Mayles ideas were actually  very different from Scotts original premise. Scott then decided to  film the story as he envisioned it from the very beginning.'),
('98248',' Aaron Eckhart (qv) originally had a role in this film, but dropped  out.'),
('98249',' The car that Max Skinner drives is the smart fortwo cabriolet in the  pulse trim. The colour is stream green with the black tridion safety  cell.'),
('98250',' During Maxs date with Fanny, several of the clips playing in the  background are from the French film Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot.'),
('98251',' The book Christie borrows from Max is "The Shadow of the Wind" by  Spanish writer Carlos Luis Zafón.'),
('98252',' According to director/producer Ridley Scott (qv), every scene of  the film was shot within eight minutes of his home in Provence,  where he has been living for 15 years.'),
('98253',' The directors great'),
('98254','aunt was a noted folk healer.'),
('98255',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('98256',' With his studios fortunes spiraling ever downward,  Mack Sennett (qv) helmed this surprisingly effective comedy'),
('98257','drama  for Warner Brothers under their newly acquired First National  subsidiary. Sennetts studio would be forced into bankruptcy in 1933  and sold to become Republic Pictures. Sennett would end his film  career at Paramount working in their musical shorts division and  would be all but forgotten by the mid'),
('98258','1930s.'),
('98259',' According to Hedda Hopper (qv)s column of August 28, 1955,  director William A. Wellman (qv) was planning to cast  Vivian Vance (qv) and William Frawley (qv) (the Mertzes in  _"I Love Lucy" (1951)_ (qv)) to play a married couple in a single  scene for this film.'),
('98260',' The first Bond'),
('98261','era secret agent movie made in India.'),
('98262',' Panchito (qv) got into an argument with the director after he was  requested to bring all his props on the first day of shooting.'),
('98263',' The story was inspired by the fact that one of  Tara Walker (I) (qv)s friends was going to Iraq as a soldier.'),
('98264',' The original play opened in New York on 28 December 1928.'),
('98265',' The title role was offered to Marilyn Monroe (qv) shortly before  her death. She rejected it judging the role as "not feminine at  all".'),
('98266',' The costumes Helen Rose (I) (qv) created for  Debbie Reynolds (I) (qv) cost $250,000.'),
('98267',' The short is based off of the feature length screenplay, "Yellow  Man" which was selected in the top 250 of Project Greenlight 2.'),
('98268',' Originally entitled "Bogart Slept Here" with Robert De Niro (qv)  as leading man and Mike Nichols (I) (qv) as director. The story  was supposedly based on Dustin Hoffman (qv)s life as a struggling  actor (Hoffman wanted a part on the film but was turned down).  Artistic differences ultimately forced De Niro and Nichols out, two  weeks into the shoot. Other actors who were also candidates for the  role were Jack Nicholson (qv), James Caan (qv) and  Tony Lo Bianco (qv).'),
('98269',' Richard Dreyfuss (qv) won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading  Role for his role as Elliot Garfield. At 29, he was the youngest  actor to win this Oscar. This record was broken by  Adrien Brody (qv) when he won the Best Actor Oscar in 2003 for his  lead role in _Pianist, The (2002)_ (qv)'),
('98270',' Richard Dreyfuss (qv) based his character of Elliot Garfield on  that of his friend, Harlan Ellison (qv).'),
('98271',' Marsha Mason (qv) is basically playing herself because  Neil Simon (qv) based the story on their marriage.'),
('98272',' Neil Simon (qv) adapted his own screenplay for the book of a  successful Broadway musical.'),
('98273',' Sources point to this film as the first romantic comedy to gross 100  million dollars.'),
('98274',' Quinn Cummings (qv) feature film debut.'),
('98275',' According to Ellen DeGeneres (qv) the film originally ended with  her character being killed. Test audiences reacted badly to this, so  she was called back to re'),
('98276','shoot the ending.'),
('98277',' One of the first entries in the Fleischers series "Song Car'),
('98278','Tunes"  featuring the bouncing ball '),
('98279',' allowing audiences to sing along with  the lyrics to the song '),
('98280',' along with Oh Mabel (1924) and Come Take a  Trip in My Airship (1924).'),
('98281',' Max and Dave Fleisher remade this film as _Goodbye My Lady Love_  (1929) with a new soundtrack recorded in RCA Photophone.'),
('98282',' In 1924, Max and Dave Fleischer made the earlier version of this  film with a soundtrack recorded in the DeForest Phonofilm system,  then re'),
('98283','released the film with a new soundtrack recorded in RCA  Photophone in 1929.'),
('98284',' Though it contains pyrotechnics, CGI effects, two sophisticated  flying sequences, and an orchestral score, the entire film was made  for a cash budget of £23,000.'),
('98285',' Playing two old RAF veterans, stars Edward Hardwicke (qv) and  Dudley Sutton (qv) had both really served in the RAF in the 1950s.'),
('98286',' The film was shortlisted for Academy Award nomination in 2004.'),
('98287',' According to a piece Geoff Murphy wrote for "Film In Aoteara New  Zealand", it would have cost too much to get stunt drivers out for  the shot of a police car flying off a bank and into a lake, so  Murphy himself was the driver of the car for this shot.'),
('98288',' During the early stages of pre'),
('98289','production, the role of Mike DeCarlo  was originally going to be played by David Dellecese (qv), while  Jon Saulmon (qv) was going to play the villain, Bryan Morocco. As  production dates grew closer, Dellecese chose to concentrate more on  his work directing the film, taking on the smaller role of Kyle, and  recasting Saulmon as the lead.'),
('98290',' The wedding scene, as filmed, included a magnificent 10'),
('98291','minute  speech by Monroe Arnold (I) (qv) as Uncle Leo '),
('98292',' a real tour de  force. But it didnt fit the mood of the rest of the picture, and  was cut to 45 seconds. It was a bitter blow to Arnold, and helped  him decide to retire from acting not long afterward.'),
('98293',' Nouri, Michael (qv) dances with MacGraw, Ali (qv) during the  wedding scene.'),
('98294',' Lesley Ann Warren (qv) was supposed to play Brenda, but became  pregnant and was replaced.'),
('98295',' Future daytime diva Susan Lucci (qv) can be seen as one of the  wedding guests.'),
('98296',' Mr. Chips was modeled on W.H. Balgarnie, James Hilton (I) (qv)s  old classics master who taught for over 50 years at The Leys public  school in Cambridge.'),
('98297',' 34'),
('98298','year'),
('98299','old Donat ages 63 years (1870'),
('98300','1933) over the course of the  film. He remarked: "As soon as I put the moustache on, I felt the  part, even if I did look like a geat airedale come out of a puddle."'),
('98301',' Greer Garson (qv) was initially offered a contract for MGM in  1937, but refused all the minor parts she was offered until she got  the role of Kathy Ellis in this film.'),
('98302',' The film was dedicated to the memory of Irving Thalberg (qv).'),
('98303',' The first film of Judith Furse (qv).'),
('98304',' The poster art for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" depicts a youthful  Robert Donat (qv) (as he appears in the early scenes of the film)  with the young Greer Garson (qv). However, the two never appear  together like this in the film. Chips is about fifty when he first  meets Katherine, who is about half his age.'),
('98305',' Originally cast in the lead roles were Rex Harrison and Samantha  Eggar, who were replaced by Richard Burton and Lee Remick. When MGM  opted to replace Remick with Petula Clark, based on her reviews and  Golden Globe nomination for "Finians Rainbow," Burton balked at  playing opposite a "singer" rather than an "actress," so Peter  OToole was cast instead.'),
('98306',' Carroll, Madeleine (qv) played the role of Agatha Reed on stage.'),
('98307',' In casting the role of Marilyn Monroe director Larry Buchanan  conducted a "National Marilyn Monroe Lookalike Contest" which was  won by unknown 21 year old Alexis Pederson. After reading the script  Pederson turned down the role and instead it was offered to Misty  Rowe.'),
('98308',' SPOILER: During filming of the scene in which his character is  killed by Joe Pesci (qv), Michael Imperioli (qv) broke a glass  in his hand and had to be rushed to the emergency room. When doctors  saw what appeared to be a gunshot wound in his chest, they tried to  treat it. When Imperioli told them what was really up, he was made  to wait for three hours. Director Martin Scorsese (qv) told  Imperioli that someday hed be telling that story on  _"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992)_ (qv). The prediction came  true in March, 2000.'),
('98309',' SPOILER: Charles Scorsese (qv), director Martin Scorsese (qv)s  father, plays Vinnie, the fellow prisoner who puts too many onions  in the sauce. Vinnie is present at Tommys death and is the voice on  the phone telling Jimmy about it.'),
('98310',' According to Maxim magazine, Joe Pesci (qv) wrote and directed the  "You think Im funny?" scene at Martin Scorsese (qv)s request.'),
('98311',' The ending shot of Joe Pesci (qv) shooting at the camera is a  visual reference to _Great Train Robbery, The (1903)_ (qv), whose  ending shot is of the villain, Justus D. Barnes (qv), shooting at  the camera.'),
('98312',' Based on the book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi (qv). The movie  was renamed to avoid confusion with the TV series  _"Wiseguy" (1987)_ (qv).'),
('98313',' SPOILER: Tommy (Joe Pesci (qv)) kills Billy Batts  (Frank Vincent (I) (qv)) by beating and stabbing him. In  _Raging Bull (1980)_ (qv), Pescis character nearly beat Vincents  character to death. However, Vincent finally gets revenge in  _Casino (1995)_ (qv), where he kills Pescis character in a  cornfield.'),
('98314',' SPOILER: Michael Imperioli (qv), who plays Spider in the movie, is  shot in the foot for being slow with some drinks. In  _"Sopranos, The" (1999)_ (qv), his character shoots a bakery  employee in the foot for making him wait. As he was leaving and the  employee was yelling that he shot his foot, Micheal replies "It  happens"'),
('98315',' Mike Starr (I) (qv), who plays "Frenchy" in the film, plays the  same role in _10 Million Dollar Getaway, The (1991) (TV)_ (qv), a  Jimmy Burke/Conway telling of the Lufthansa heist portion of  "Goodfellas".'),
('98316',' The word "fuck" is used 300 times in this film (mostly by  Joe Pesci (qv)).'),
('98317',' It was claimed that at the time the real life gangster Jimmy Burke  was so happy to have De Niro, Robert (qv) play him that he phoned  him from prison to give him a few pointers. Author/screenwriter  Pileggi, Nicholas (qv) denies this, saying De Niro and Burke had  never spoken, but admitting that there were men around the set all  the time who had known all of the principal characters very well.'),
('98318',' In the scene where Henry and Karen Hill are negotiating to enter the  Witness Protection Program, former U.S. Attorney  Edward McDonald (I) (qv) plays himself, re'),
('98319','enacting what he did in  real life.'),
('98320',' Director Martin Scorsese (qv)s mother, Catherine Scorsese (qv),  plays Tommys mother. She ad'),
('98321','libbed the dinner scene. Scorseses  father, Charles Scorsese (qv), plays the prisoner who puts too  many onions in the tomato sauce.'),
('98322',' Jimmy Burke, on whom Jimmy Conway was based, would have been  eligible for parole in 2004, however, he died of lung cancer in 1996  while still in prison.'),
('98323',' For the famous "Layla" montage, Martin Scorsese (qv) actually  played the "piano coda" section of the song during the shooting of  each scene so that certain bars of the piano piece would match up  with certain shots.'),
('98324',' After Joe Pesci (qv)s mother had seen the film, she told her son  that the movie was good, but asked him if he had to swear so much.'),
('98325',' The long tracking shot that ends with Henny Youngman (qv)  performing had to be filmed many times because Youngman kept  forgetting his lines.'),
('98326',' The painting that Tommys mother shows to Tommy, Jimmy and Henry, is  based on a picture from the November 1978 National Geographic.'),
('98327',' The black'),
('98328','and'),
('98329','white movie that Karen is watching on television in  her house is _Jazz Singer, The (1927)_ (qv), a movie about a Jewish  person trying to reconcile with his estranged parents.'),
('98330',' The young "extra" carrying a J&B box off the truck and into the  Bamboo Lounge is Glenn Taranto (qv).'),
('98331',' According to the real Henry Hill (II) (qv), whose life was the  basis for the book and film, Joe Pesci (qv)s portrayal of Tommy  DeVito was 90% to 99% accurate, with one notable exception'),
('98332','the real  Tommy DeVito was a massively built, strapping man, in contrast to  Pescis diminutive size.'),
('98333',' When Paulie confronts Henry after Henrys released from prison,  Paul Sorvino (qv) improvised the slap to Ray Liotta (qv)s face.  Hence Liottas reaction.'),
('98334',' The part of singer Bobby Vinton (qv) was played by his son  Robbie Vinton (qv). Robbie lip'),
('98335','synched to his fathers recording.'),
('98336',' At Martin Scorsese (qv)s request, associates of the actual people  were always on the set of the film, giving helpful and essential  information about the life, people, settings and moods.'),
('98337',' Ray Liotta (qv) spent much time with the real  Henry Hill (II) (qv) for a few months before filming started to  gain an exact idea of how to play him. After the film was released,  Hill stated in interviews that many mobsters ask him how can they  have their stories told the way his was in this film. Apparently,  theyve seen and enjoyed the movie.'),
('98338',' When Karen sees Janice Rossi in the prison visitor registry, the  name below is listed as "Ballibusteros".'),
('98339',' Frank Vincent (I) (qv) originally wanted the role of Paulie  Cicero, which went to Paul Sorvino (qv).'),
('98340',' Ray Liotta (qv) listened to FBI phone'),
('98341','tap cassettes featuring  Henry Hill (II) (qv) while driving to and from the set.'),
('98342',' The dinner scene with Tommys mother was almost completely  improvised by the actors, including Tommy asking his mother if he  could borrow her butchers knife and Jimmys "hoof" comment.'),
('98343',' Martin Scorsese (qv) wanted William Petersen (qv) to star in  this movie, but Petersen declined.'),
('98344',' Voted #1 in Total Films 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time list  (November 2005).'),
('98345',' In a documentary entitled _Real Goodfella, The (2006) (TV)_ (qv),  which aired in the UK, Henry Hill (II) (qv) claimed that  Robert De Niro (qv) would phone him seven to eight times a day to  discuss certain things about Jimmys character, such as how Jimmy  would hold his cigarette, etc.'),
('98346',' When Martin Scorsese (qv) selected Ray Liotta (qv) for the role  of Henry Hill, at first, producer Irwin Winkler (qv) didnt agree  with the decision to cast Liotta. Scorsese could not convince  Winkler to agree with him. One night, Winkler was in a restaurant  and Liotta approached him and asked for a minute alone; so they  walked into the bar area and he told him personally why he thought  he was good for the role. The next day Winkler called Scorsese and  told him to go right ahead.'),
('98347',' During one of the final scenes in the movie, Henry Hill is shown  opening his front door and picking up a newspaper. Close inspection  reveals that the newspaper is the Youngstown Vindicator. This detail  was included by Martin Scorsese (qv) as an homage to Youngstown,  Ohio, which has been referred to as Mobtown USA.'),
('98348',' Joseph Bono (qv) has a small role as a gangster in both  _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv) and _Raging Bull (1980)_ (qv). Guido,  Bonos character in Raging Bull, only has a couple of lines. During  the pool scene, Guido hears about a guy who was hitting on Vickie.  He says, "Thats the same guy..? I gotta break his legs... No, Ill  catch him." In Goodfellas, Bono has a cameo as a mobster named Mikey  Franzese, who appears briefly as the camera pans through the Bamboo  Lounge near the start of the movie. Mikeys only line was: "I  havent saw that guy. Yeah, I wanna see him."'),
('98349',' After the premiere, Henry Hill (II) (qv) was kicked out of the  Witness Protection Program. Due to the movies popularity, Hill went  around telling everyone his true identity, causing the government to  remove him from the program.'),
('98350',' The 1912 American Mutoscope & Biograph Company groundbreaking  gangster film short _Musketeers of Pig Alley, The (1912)_ (qv)  influenced director Martin Scorsese (qv) in the making of his own  gangster films _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv) and  _Gangs of New York (2002)_ (qv). The film was picked by Scorcese for  his 2005 tribute at  _Beaubourg, centre dart et de culture Georges Pompidou (1977)_ (qv)  in Paris, France, as one of his favorite films. Biograph is the  oldest movie company in America and in existence today.'),
('98351',' The movies line "As far back as I could remember Ive always wanted  to be a gangster." was voted as the #20 of "The 100 Greatest Movie  Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('98352',' The movies line "How am I funny?" was voted as the #87 of "The 100  Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('98353',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #92 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('98354',' Martin Scorsese first got wind of Nicholas Pileggis book "Wiseguy"  when he was handed the galley proofs. Although Scorsese had sworn  off making another gangster movie, he immediately cold'),
('98355','called the  writer and told him, "Ive been waiting for this book my entire  life." To which Pileggi replied, "Ive been waiting for this phone  call my entire life."'),
('98356',' Although Scorsese and Pileggi collaborated on the screenplay (and  received Oscar nominations for doing so), much of the films  eventual dialog was improvised by the actors.'),
('98357',' The now'),
('98358','legendary Steadicam trip through the nightclub kitchen was a  happy accident '),
('98359',' Scorsese had been denied permission to go in the  front way and had to improvise an alternative.'),
('98360',' Originally Scorsese planned to make this before "The Last Temptation  of Christ" (1988) but when funding for his religious film finally  materialized, he decided to postpone "Wiseguy", the films working  title.'),
('98361',' Al Pacino was offered the role of Jimmy Conway but he turned it down  due to fears of typecasting. Ironically, that same year Pacino ended  up playing a gangster '),
('98362',' Big Boy Caprice in Warren Beattys "Dick  Tracy" (1990). He admits he regrets this decision.'),
('98363',' Ray Liotta turned down the part of Harvey Dent in "Batman" (1989) in  order to make "GoodFellas".'),
('98364',' The studio was initially very nervous about the film due to its  extreme violence and language. The film reportedly received the  worst preview response in the studios history. Scorsese said that  "the numbers were so low it was funny". Nevertheless the film was  released without alteration to overwhelming critical acclaim,  cementing Scorseses reputation as Americas foremost film'),
('98365','maker.'),
('98366',' Joe Pescis Oscar acceptance speech is the third shortest in the  Academys history. All Pesci said was "This is an honor and a  privilege, thank you", later admitting that he didnt say very much  because he genuinely felt that he didnt have a chance of winning.  (The shortest acceptance speeches are "Thank you", made by William  Holden in 1954 when he won Best Actor for "Stalag 17" and "Thanks",  which was all that Alfred Hitchcock said when he won an Honorary  Oscar in 1968.)'),
('98367',' Includes footage of The Beatles from their days at The Cavern in  Liverpool, England.'),
('98368',' Two Nitrate prints (1 Complete, 1 Incomplete) of this film survive  in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and neither are listed for  Preservation.'),
('98369',' This film was shot in 7 days'),
('98370',' All weapons except the guns were real. The actors were all trained  martial artists.'),
('98371',' Fourth release in the "Crackerjack" 1'),
('98372','reel comedy series.'),
('98373',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('98374',' Unlike all the other Goofy Gopher cartoons, the gophers are gray,  not brown.'),
('98375',' First appearance of the Goofy Gophers, Mac n Tosh.'),
('98376',' Robert Clampett (qv) left the cartoon unfinished when he left  Warner Bros, having reportedly only supervised the recording of the  dialogue. The film was completed by Arthur Davis (I) (qv), who had  inherited Clampetts unit.'),
('98377',' Mac and Toshs voices switch back and forth throughout this first  cartoon, sometimes even in mid'),
('98378','sentence. This would be quite  different from the rest of the series, in which each character  maintained his own distinctive voice throughout.'),
('98379',' During the Powerline Concert, Mickey Mouse can be spotted in the  crowd in the lower left portion of the crowd shot immediately after  the Stage manager is thrown into the DiamondVision screen.'),
('98380',' Pat Buttram (I) (qv)s final movie role.'),
('98381',' During the song "On The Open Road" Goofys key chain has the famous  Walt Disneys logo "D" on it.'),
('98382',' There are several references to Disney characters, including a game  of 20 Questions, ("Man or woman?" "Man..." "Hmm... Walt Disney?"  "Right..."), Max saying Goofys best buddy is Donald Duck, a  cardboard prop with Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" after Max gets  "busted", and a hitch'),
('98383','hiking Mickey Mouse (accompanied by Donald)  having a small part in the song "On The Open Road".'),
('98384',' WILHELM SCREAM: During the "On the Open Road" song, Goofys car  crashes into a construction scaffolding and the famous scream can be  heard.'),
('98385',' Goofys car is an AMC Pacer.'),
('98386',' GOOFY HOLLER: The cartoon equivalent of the famous "Wilhelm Scream"  can be heard as the movie opens and the title is shown on screen.  And again at the end of the movie after Goofys car explodes and  hes sent flying upwards, then plummets back to the ground.'),
('98387',' P.J.s intials stand for "Pete Junior".'),
('98388',' In Los Angeles on Monday 13 September 1937, Federal Judge Vincent L.  Leibell dismissed the song copyright infringement suit bought by  George A. Cogniate and United Music Corp. against Universal  Pictures. Gem Picture Productions, LowesInc., Consolidated  Amuesments Enterprises, Universal Film Exchanges, Big U Film  Exchange and the Woodside Operating Corp. Cogniate claimed that  three French songs were used as background music in the Universal  1933'),
('98389','34 shorts "Goofytone News" without permission.'),
('98390',' This is a completely true story, even though some parts may seem  unbelievable.'),
('98391',' Filmed at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, UK on the 2nd September 2004.'),
('98392',' This was in effect a televised radio production of an original Goon  Show script, broadcast by Thames Television. The Three Goons  reunited with the addition of John Cleese (qv) as announcer. This  followed two years after the Goons re'),
('98393','enacted "The Whistling Spy  Enigma" for inclusion in a broadcast of  _"Secombe and Friends" (1966)_ (qv).'),
('98394',' Successfully completed 175 day run in 20 centers in Andhra Pradesh.'),
('98395',' The pirate ship was entirely real. All the shots were filmed in the  ship, not on separate stages. After the film, it was offered to  anyone who would take it, but sadly, no one wanted it, so the ship  was chopped into scraps.'),
('98396',' Richard Donner (qv) kept both One'),
('98397','Eyed Willies head and a model  for the ship.'),
('98398',' Some of the crew members played extras in the film. One cameraman  played Mouths father. Another played the dead man in the freezer.  And an assistant director plays one of the cops on the AV scooters  on the beach at the end.'),
('98399',' During the scene where the boys are sitting in the living room  watching MTV, they were not actually watching the  Cyndi Lauper (qv) "Good Enough" video, which was to be developed  six months after filming wrapped up.'),
('98400',' Anne Ramsey (qv) really does slap Robert Davi (qv) when the  Fratelli Brothers are arguing. She was told to hit him as hard as  she could.'),
('98401',' Jeff Cohen (I) (qv) got the chicken pox after he got the role of  Chunk. He showed up to the set anyway, afraid that they would have  replaced him otherwise.'),
('98402',' When Chunk calls the police to explain about the Fratellis, the cop  disbelieves him, recalling all of Chunks wild stories. One of which  involved "little creatures that mutate when you pour water on them."  This is a reference to _Gremlins (1984)_ (qv), also written by  Chris Columbus (qv) and also co'),
('98403','starring Corey Feldman (qv).'),
('98404',' Jennie Lew Tugend (qv), assistant to director  Richard Donner (qv), has a small role as Datas mom in the finale.'),
('98405',' The number of times a character says the word "shit" (or its  derivative, "bullshit") is nineteen, not counting the line "Holy  S'),
('98406','H'),
('98407','I'),
('98408','T!"'),
('98409',' One scene of Chunk and Sloth following the trail of the other  Goonies was added to the NBC TV showing of the film, even though  twenty minutes were cut.'),
('98410',' The original poster art (not used on the video tape box) featured  the cast dangling from the feet of another with the top one hanging  on a rock. Some of the newspaper ads featured slightly different  artwork with the characters drawn in a different order from top to  bottom.'),
('98411',' The cast was not allowed to see the pirate ship before the scene was  shot. When they did see it, some of the kids said "holy shit!" so  the scene had to be re'),
('98412','shot without them cursing.'),
('98413',' The model ship seen sailing at the films end has a miniature R2'),
('98414','D2  (from _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv)) hidden on the deck.'),
('98415',' DIRCAMEO(Richard Donner (qv)): one of the sheriffs on the quads as  the Goonies exit the cave with the ship. Hes the one with the gray  hair.'),
('98416',' The last name of the brothers who are chasing the Goonies is  Fratelli. Fratelli means "brothers" in Italian.'),
('98417',' The newspaper photo of Chester Copperpot is identical to the image  that appears framed on Judge Oliver Wrights desk in  _Shock Treatment (1981)_ (qv).'),
('98418',' The newspaper article photo of Chester Copperpot is actor Keenan  Wynn.'),
('98419',' Datas belt has "007" inscribed on it. He also listens to the James  Bond theme before sliding on the rope over to Mikeys.'),
('98420',' The music played when the kids discover the tunnel in the Fratellis  hideout by accidentally pouring water down it, is the same piece of  music played in _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv) when the Germans  discover the prisoners first tunnel by accidentally pouring coffee  down it.'),
('98421',' Cyndi Lauper (qv) co'),
('98422','wrote the theme song "Goonies R Good Enough",  and shot a music video that features a cameo by the films executive  producer Steven Spielberg (I) (qv).'),
('98423',' Producer Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) directed at least one scene in  this movie.'),
('98424',' There is a song on the soundtrack entitled "8 Arms To Hold You" by a  band called "The Goon Squad." However, this song was entirely  removed from the film because it was used during the cut scene  involving the octopus. However, because the filmmakers were  convinced the song could be a hit, it was pressed as a 12" dance  single. As it was cut out of the film, it wasnt promoted at all and  thus sold miserably. It is still one of the most collectable Goonie  items to date.'),
('98425',' Mouth (Corey Feldman (qv)) wears a _Purple Rain (1984)_ (qv)  t'),
('98426','shirt throughout the film.'),
('98427',' In the scene where Chunk and Sloth head down through the grate to  follow the gang and the Fratellis, you can see that Sloth is  wearing an Oakland Raiders T'),
('98428','Shirt. John Matuszak (qv), who played  Sloth, was a former Oakland Raiders football player.'),
('98429',' The kids who played the Goonies were allowed to bring some of their  families into the final scene where they are reunited.'),
('98430',' In the scene where rocks are falling from the cave ceiling,  Jonathan Ke Quan (qv) (Data) screams "Holy S'),
('98431','H'),
('98432','I'),
('98433','T", spelling the  expletive rather than saying it. He did this because his mother made  him promise not to use any bad language in the movie.'),
('98434',' In the scene where Sean Astin (qv) and Josh Brolin (qv) hug on  the front porch, you can see director Richard Donner (qv)s  trailer in the background.'),
('98435',' The clip of a film played on TV in the basement of the Fratellis  hideout was that of the film _Sea Hawk, The (1940)_ (qv); the music,  however, was from another of Errol Flynn (I) (qv)s films,  _Adventures of Don Juan (1948)_ (qv). This theme, written by  Max Steiner (I) (qv), is again played when Sloth and Chunk save  their fellow Goonies from the Fratellis on the pirate ship.'),
('98436',' John Matuszak (qv)s make'),
('98437','up took five hours to complete. One of  the eyes (which was out of place on the face) was mechanically  operated off'),
('98438','screen by remote control. Someone would count down from  three to one and Matuszak would blink his other eye in  synchronization. The cast was told not to get him wet in scenes  outside of the pirate ship, but the kids inadvertently did so,  holding up filming for an entire day.'),
('98439',' According to director Richard Donner (qv) in an interview with  "The Directors", producer Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) instructed the  cast members to act cold and distant toward Donner on the last week  of filming which puzzled him. Shortly after filming wrapped, Donner  went to his beach house in Hawaii, ran into a frenzied neighbor who  took up his entire day. When he arrived home, the entire cast was  there with Donner to celebrate with a cookout. Spielberg flew them  over to Hawaii on the promise that they not speak a word of the  surprise to Donner, which prompted them to act the way they were on  the last week of filming.'),
('98440',' At the climax of the film, Sloth pulls off his shirt, revealing a  Superman shirt and the theme music from the Superman movies is  heard. Richard Donner (qv) also directed _Superman (1978)_ (qv)  and part of its sequel.'),
('98441',' Scenes were mostly shot in sequence, with total production lasting  for five months.'),
('98442',' For one line of dialogue, Corey Feldman (qv) had to dub in the  name of fast'),
('98443','food chain Godfathers Pizza when Pizza Hut refused  participation in the film.'),
('98444',' Jeff Cohen (I) (qv) thought of his mother dying to generate tears  during his "confession" scene with the Fratellis.'),
('98445',' The Goonies Oath that was cut out goes as follows: "I will never  betray my goon dock friends / We will stick together until the whole  world ends / Through heaven and hell, and nuclear war / Good pals  like us, will stick like tar / In the city, or the country, or the  forest, or the boonies / I am proudly declared a fellow Goony."'),
('98446',' According to Sean Astin (qv), he was allowed to keep the treasure  map used in the film. However, the map was lost forever when his  mother discovered it several years later, thought it was just a  crinkled piece of paper, and threw it in the trash.'),
('98447',' In his first appearance, Corey Feldman (qv) is watching the first  scene of _Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv) while another car chase is  going on in his backyard.'),
('98448',' One'),
('98449','Eye Willies unspoken full name is actually William B.  Pordobell.'),
('98450',' At one point in the movie, the character played by Sean Astin (qv)  cries out "Holy Mackenzie!" Sean Astin (qv)s brother is  Mackenzie Astin (qv).'),
('98451',' In the original version of this film, the woman hired by Mikeys  mother is a Hispanic named Rosalita (Lupe Ontiveros (qv)), and  Mouth helps Mrs. Walsh by translating her commands into Spanish (of  course, in Mouths "odd" way). In the Spanish version of this film,  the character is changed from Hispanic to Italian, and her name from  "Rosalita" to "Rossanna". The Italian used by the Spanish dubber is  much better than the Spanish used by Corey Feldman (qv), which is  clearly phonetically'),
('98452','memorized.'),
('98453',' During filming, Martha Plimpton (qv) made a bet with director  Richard Donner (qv) that she would stop biting her nails. Donner  paid up several years later, while they were doing the DVD  commentary.'),
('98454',' The name "Rube G" can be seen painted on the contraption that opens  the yard gate for Chunk near the beginning of the movie. This is in  reference to Rube Goldberg (qv), the Pulitzer Prize winning  cartoonist who drew whimsical machines that achieved simple results  in difficult ways.'),
('98455',' First release in the "Grimms Fairy Tales" 3'),
('98456','reel series.'),
('98457',' The first film of Walter Gotell.'),
('98458',' From the Rod and Gun Series of documentaries about hunting and  fishing.'),
('98459',' The wolf Two'),
('98460','socks from "Dances with Wolves" makes an appearance as  a werewolf in full wolf form.'),
('98461',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('98462',' This was the only film made by Brijkishore Agrawal. A father of  four, he ran a successful business in the Bombay Stock Exchange. On  meeting the son, Raj, of the legend Prithviraj Kapoor, he was keen  to cast him in the lead for this movie despite Raj Kapoor having no  previous films to his credit. This movie has been named one of the  top 50 classics in Indian cinema.'),
('98463',' Britney Spears (qv) auditioned for the role of Jinnie Sue, as she  told to an interviewer in 2002.'),
('98464',' This film is part of the Yuri Morozov Archive.'),
('98465',' GORF is an acronym for "Galactic Orbiting Robot Force".'),
('98466',' Was the first arcade game to include multiple mini'),
('98467','games.'),
('98468',' The game machine actually used a speech'),
('98469','synthesis chip, as opposed  to playing digitized samples of synthesized speech, which require  more memory.'),
('98470',' This was the first film Crawford, Joan (qv) and  Tone, Franchot (qv) made together after their marriage in 1935.'),
('98471',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Baby Fortune Hunters, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('98472',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Winged Messenger, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('98473',' Scenes in which the baby Gorgo is driven through London were shot on  a Sunday morning, which meant hardly anyone was in the streets. This  was then explained away by a "TV announcer" who said that people  were told to stay indoors.'),
('98474',' The film was originally set in Japan. Later, the King Brothers and  Eugène Lourié (qv) thought of setting it in Paris, but that would  have meant the monster would have had to wade about 100 miles up the  Seine to get to the city. Finally, the location was changed to  Ireland and England.'),
('98475',' The original script had no military action indicated. Director  Eugène Lourié (qv) argued that gunfire would kill a beast, no  matter how big. The King Brothers wanted guns and they got them.'),
('98476',' Eugène Lourié (qv) later acquired a 35mm print of the movie for  private use and cut out all the stock footage military shots.'),
('98477',' The ending was inspired by Eugène Lourié (qv)s daughter who cried  at the end of the _Behemoth, the Sea Monster (1959)_ (qv) when the  monster was killed. When this happened, he decided to let both  monsters live.'),
('98478',' The concept for the British poster art and lobby cards was that the  face of Gorgo was not revealed. The idea is based on the line of  dialogue in the film from Martin Benson (I) (qv), that Gorgos  name is derived from the Gorgon sisters of Greek mythology. The  sight of their faces would turn you to stone.'),
('98479',' When Gorgo is being driven through Piccadilly Circus the West End  cinema London Pavilion is showing the Hammer version of  _Mummy, The (1959)_ (qv).'),
('98480',' The film had its London Premiere on 27 October 1961 at the London  Pavilion, the theater seen in the scene where Gorgo is being driven  through Piccadilly Circus, and was double'),
('98481','billed with  _My World Dies Screaming (1958)_ (qv). It went on its suburban  London release on the ABC circuit on 27 November 1961.'),
('98482',' Prudence Hymans snake'),
('98483','filled wig was worked by five wires which  were attached to a box that was about 25 feet behind her.'),
('98484',' Although the UK cinema version was uncut some shots of the Gorgons  decapitated head were slightly darkened by the BBFC.'),
('98485',' Actor Barbara Shelley, who played the possessed heroine, Carla  Hoffmann, wanted to play the part of the gorgon as well for  continuity, and suggested to producer Anthony Nelson Keys that she  use a special wig with live green garden snakes woven into it for a  more realistic effect. Her idea was rejected by Keys due to budget  and time considerations. When Keys saw the abysmal gorgon effects in  the finished film, he told Shelley that he should have listened to  her suggestion. As Christopher Lee quips, "The only thing wrong with  "The Gorgon" is the gorgon!"'),
('98486',' The name of the Gorgon character is "Megaera", supposedly taken from  mythology. But Megaera ("jealous") in ancient myth is one of the  three Erinyes, or Fates '),
('98487',' the goddesses of revenge '),
('98488',' not a Gorgon.  According to Hesiod, the three Gorgons were Stheno, Euryale, and  Medusa.'),
('98489',' First feature in Cinemascope made in Sweden.'),
('98490',' The photograph of Nurse Krugers husband is that of  Glen Cavender (qv).'),
('98491',' While the film itself remains lost, three short clips have been  found of a man in the ape suit, looming ominously above a cityscape  in two of them.'),
('98492',' The original play opened in New York on 28 April 1925.'),
('98493',' The gorilla suits used in movies up to this time had obvious  anatomical differences from real gorillas; for instance, the  wearers real eyes were seen, forcing modification to the face. For  this film director Michael Apted (qv) wanted to use real gorillas  where possible, but some shots would have to use gorilla suits, so  the difference would show. Rick Baker (qv) met the challenge and  created gorilla suits good enough that Apted could do what he  wanted.'),
('98494',' Sembagare (John Omirah Miluwi (qv)), is based on  Rosamund Carr (qv)s former house boy and now co'),
('98495','worker at the  Imbabazi orphanage, which they both set up in 1994 after the Rwandan  Genocide, and still operational.'),
('98496',' This was Lev Kuleshov (qv)s first sound film.'),
('98497',' Tusse Silberg (qv) has said in interviews that huge chunks of her  part were deleted from the final print'),
('98498',' The dish washing liquid (squat white bottle, green flat cap) on the  kitchen counter in the flat (in Gamla Stan Stockholm) is actually  Timotei shampoo which Apted thought looked more like dish washing  liquid than the real thing.'),
('98499',' The Rolls Royce driven across from Tegelbacken to Gamla Stan,  supposedly with Lee Marvin behind the wheel, was in fact driven by  the Swedish co'),
('98500','producer, according to the press release at any rate,  because having Marvin do it would have cost more. Marvin and Hurt  exit the vehicle right above the famous Five Small Houses restaurant  and enter the foyer of a house rented for the occasion in Danderyd,  a suburb north of Stockholm fifteen miles away.'),
('98501',' The Irish Coffee Bar where Renko and the others discuss brandy and  creme de menthe no longer exists but the Sheraton of course still  stands at Tegelbacken.'),
('98502',' Burt Lancaster (qv) was due to appear in the film but had to  withdraw through illness.'),
('98503',' Last release from American International Pictures.'),
('98504',' During group scenes, director Robert Altman (I) (qv) had two  cameras going at all times, moving about (out of each others shot,  of course). His intention was to prevent the actors from acting to  the camera but instead to play the scene more naturalistically.'),
('98505',' When Jeremy Northam (qv)s character plays the piano, it is either  him playing, or his brother, who is a classically trained pianist.'),
('98506',' Rather than just use a typical boom mike to pick up dialogue,  director Altman had all the actors wear portable microphones to  assist in creating overlapping dialogue. A technique he first  developed during _Wedding, A (1978)_ (qv) and has used several times  since.'),
('98507',' The jewelry worn by the upstairs ladies in the film was all  authentic and had to be escorted in by armed guards each day.'),
('98508',' The camera is always moving (if only slightly) in every shot of the  film as requested by director Robert Altman.'),
('98509',' The hunting scene is a direct reference to the infamous hunting  scene in Renoir, Jean (qv)s _Règle du jeu, La (1939)_ (qv) (The  rules of the game). Renoirs story is about some aristocrats in a  country house, a murder, and the interaction they have with their  servants.'),
('98510',' Atkins, Eileen (qv), who plays Mrs Croft the cook, was co'),
('98511','creator  (with actress Marsh, Jean (qv)) of the classic British drama  series _"Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971)_ (qv). The movie also features  Meg Wynn Owen (qv), who starred in the series from 1973'),
('98512','1975'),
('98513',' Ivor Novello (qv) (played by Jeremy Northam (qv)) was a well  known London matinée idol, singer and composer who starred in Alfred  Hitchcocks silent classic The Lodger (1927). He had a good voice  and starred again in the successful sound remake (1932). In  Gosford Park, set in November 1932, Countess Constance (Maggie  Smith) refers to the remake as a flop.'),
('98514',' SPOILER: There is always a servant present in each scene.'),
('98515',' There really was a _Charlie Chan in London (1934)_ (qv) film made in  1934 and it was indeed a mystery set in an English manor house.  However, it was produced by John Stone (I) (qv), not Morris  Weissman (a fictional character), but it did feature  Alan Mowbray (qv) and Ray Milland (qv).'),
('98516',' ! There really was a _Charlie Chan in London (1934)_ (qv) film made  in 1934 and it was indeed a mystery set in an English manor house.  However, it was produced by John Stone (I) (qv), not Morris  Weissman (a fictional character), but it did feature  Alan Mowbray (qv) and Ray Milland (qv), and not, as Weissman  adamantly required in the film, Clara Bow (I) (qv).  * Content not correct.  There really was a _Charlie Chan in London (1934)_ (qv) film made in  1934 and it was indeed a mystery set in an English manor house.  However, it was produced by John Stone (I) (qv), not Morris  Weissman (a fictional character), but it did feature  Alan Mowbray (qv) and Ray Milland (qv), and not, as Weissman  adamantly required in the film, Clara Bow (I) (qv). Correction:  Weissman actually does not want Clara Bow in the film. On the phone  he says "What, Clara Bow? Hes talking about Clara Bow again?  Listen...you tell, you tell Sheehan that I think Clara Bows a  really nice person and shes not coming in 10 miles of my picture. I  dont want her in the fucking movie."'),
('98517',' None of the actors who played servants wore any make'),
('98518','up.'),
('98519',' In the DVD commentary, director Robert Altman states he included the  F'),
('98520','word several times on purpose to get an R'),
('98521','rating because he didnt  want kids to see the film '),
('98522',' he thinks kids wouldnt like the film so  he wanted to keep them out (especially 14'),
('98523','year'),
('98524','old boys).'),
('98525',' The name Gosford Park is never once said in the film.'),
('98526',' Inspector Thompson never gets a chance to introduce himself  properly.'),
('98527',' Altman consulted the writer Ezna Sands (qv) in depth on the idea  before commencing with the project, having wanted to employ his  doctoring skills on the script. Sands simply said it was as close to  perfect as it could possibly be.'),
('98528',' Ryan Philippe was cast at the 11th hour replacing an actor who  withdrawn.'),
('98529',' Kenneth Branagh (qv) was first choice for Inspector Thompson but  had to decline owing to a scheduling conflict.'),
('98530',' During the films opening day at the 57 St. Playhouse in New York  City free LPs of the films soundtrack were given out to the first  100 patrons.'),
('98531',' Pink (I) (qv) was originally cast in the leading role.'),
('98532',' Among the actresses considered for the role of Janis Joplin (qv)  were Renée Zellweger (qv), Britney Spears (qv),  Nikka Costa (qv), Scarlett Johansson (qv) and  Lindsay Lohan (qv).'),
('98533',' James Marsden (I) (qv), performs one of the songs in the film.'),
('98534',' Reedus, Norman (qv), who played media artist Travis, is an artist  himself and he created all the art displayed on the computer and  television monitors.'),
('98535',' The university that the students attend was also used as the setting  for several other films including _Urban Legend (1998)_ (qv) and  _The Skulls_ (qv). Coincidentally all three films starred  Joshua Jackson (qv).'),
('98536',' Davis Guggenheim (qv)s parents Marion Guggenheim (qv) and  director Charles Guggenheim (qv) played Derricks parents but  their scene was cut.'),
('98537',' The brunette that Derrick gets together with at the party has her  voice dubbed by the directors wife, Elisabeth Shue (qv), because  the original actresss voice was not deemed sexy enough'),
('98538',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Summer Babies (1911)_ (qv).'),
('98539',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fatal Chocolate, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('98540',' During the filming of the "Tell'),
('98541','Tale Heart" story, Lynns nose was  accidentally broken during the erotic scene. The filming continued,  but breaks had to be taken to stop the bleeding.'),
('98542',' The insane asylum in Tell'),
('98543','Tale Heart was actually a hotel room  constructed with white padding.'),
('98544',' During the story "Evil of Frankenstein," actress B. DiNaccio really  took an injection from a needle while lying on the laboratory table.'),
('98545',' The house used in the "Astro Terror" story was already furnished  with props from the 1950s. This story was inspired by Rod Serlings  "Twilight Zone."'),
('98546',' During the story "Astro Terror," Maple Street is mentioned a few  times. The story was inspired by Rod Serlings Twilight Zone episode  "The Monsters are due on Maple Street."'),
('98547',' CAMEO(Steve Wozniak (qv)): an irate diner.'),
('98548',' Stephen King has a voice cameo in the film. Upon reviewing a rough  cut of the film King was so impressed he graciously gave the  filmmaker permission to use his name in the title.'),
('98549',' The character of the Eerie Man was inspired by the bum who says  "fushing feef" in "The Talisman".'),
('98550',' Cullen Douglas was so convincing in his audition for Guy that his  screams drew the attention of the police and the Mayor of Beverly  Hills who was concerned someone was being murdered.'),
('98551',' This is the first dollar baby made by a female filmmaker and the  film notably has garnered the most awards, a total of six, including  an award for Best Adaptation.'),
('98552',' This short documentary is featured on the Two'),
('98553','Disc Deluxe Edition  DVD for _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('98554',' The location used for the exterior of "Smittys" can also be seen in  "Ice Harvest" as the "Sweet Cage". Both films used the defunct  Mathons Restaurant in Waukegan, Illinois. Mathons was torn down in  October of 2004.'),
('98555',' DIRTRADE(Ken Russell): [snake]'),
('98556',' DIRCAMEO(Ken Russell): [with family] on the tour boat at the end of  the film.'),
('98557',' The painting that Mary Shelley sees on the wall, and that  subsequently comes to life in her dream, is Henri Fuselis  "Nightmare."'),
('98558',' Byrne, Gabriel (qv) walks with a limp and carries a cane because  the real Lord Byron had a club foot.'),
('98559',' Polidoris line "Sleep is natures balm" comes from a poem by Keats,  a contemporary and close friend of both Shelley and Byron.'),
('98560',' During one of the establishing shots of the villa at night, a slowly  revolving band of light appears on screen. This comes from a  "phantasmagoria", a device which displayed pictures by sending light  through holes cut in a ring of metal. The book that Shelley and co.  read which inspired her to write Frankenstein (and lead to the  events in the movie) was also called Phantasmagoria.'),
('98561',' After Shelly comes down from the roof and tells of his fascination  with lightening, Byron calls him "Shelly, The Modern Prometheus."  When it was first published in 1818, Mary Shellys novel was called  "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus."'),
('98562',' Halle Berry (qv) broke her arm filming a scene with  Robert Downey Jr. (qv). Downey was supposed to grab her arm and  twist but twisted too hard and the arm snapped. Production was  halted for eight weeks.'),
('98563',' Documentary extra included on the 2006 DVD release of "Valley of the  Dolls."'),
('98564',' This film was the highest rated original telefilm in HBO history at  that time. The success of the film convinced HBO to cast film  costars, Dominic Chianese (qv), Vincent Pastore (qv) and  Tony Sirico (qv) in a series in development at the time called  _"Sopranos, The" (1999)_ (qv).'),
('98565',' Was originally planned for a theatrical release, but the project  fell short on funding. Therefore, it became an HBO film.'),
('98566',' The black/white archive footage was retrieved from Magadan TV, it is  an original propaganda film made by the secret service KGB in the  1930s to lure volunteers to exiting Siberia.'),
('98567',' Award: Grand Prix du Cinéma Français 1943.'),
('98568',' Although filmed in the middle of summer, when nature is mostly  green, the colours were adjusted in the post'),
('98569','production so that it  looked more like that the events happened in autumn.'),
('98570',' The original English language script was for a full'),
('98571','length feature  film.'),
('98572',' This is a compilation made from other videos. The Marie Sharp scene  is taken from Anything Goes (1984) and the Christy Canyon scene is  taken from Treasure Chest (1985).'),
('98573',' Based on a play written by famous film director  Fassbinder, Rainer Werner (qv) when he was only 19.'),
('98574',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('98575',' 1. River of Fire  '),
('98576',' 2. The Stolen Corpse  '),
('98577',' 3. The Death Drop  '),
('98578',' 4. Doorway to Doom  '),
('98579',' 5. Deadline For Disaster  '),
('98580',' 6. Mechanical Homicide  '),
('98581',' 7. The Flaming Highway  '),
('98582',' 8. Sea Saboteurs  '),
('98583',' 9. Peril Underground  '),
('98584',' 10.Execution By Accident  '),
('98585',' 11.Perilous Plunge  '),
('98586',' 12.Blazing Retribution'),
('98587',' Motog lists the film as three reels, but Motion Picture World lists  it as four reels.'),
('98588',' The movie takes place in Florida, but was shot in Huntington Park,  CA in the headquarters of a former gas company. The company  headquarters looks like an art deco building in South Beach,  Florida.'),
('98589',' The movie was shot in only 12 Days.'),
('98590',' At the end of the shooting days the directors of GOY stayed at the  set instead of driving home. They didnt want to loose any time in  Los Angeles traffic. Instead of sleeping in their apartments, they  slept on old couches in a creepy warehouse.'),
('98591',' When asked why a film about such a quintessentially Spanish artist  was made in English, the director replied "I dont speak Spanish."'),
('98592',' Milos Forman (qv) cast Natalie Portman (qv) after noticing her  likeness to the girl in Goyas painting "Milkmaid of Bordeaux".'),
('98593',' This is the first Japanese feature film in Panavision.'),
('98594',' In the final scene of the movie Bruno (Alain Chabat) plays the theme  of Edith Piafs "Je ne regrette rien"'),
('98595',' The title comes from a poem by French writer  Charles Baudelaire (qv) (1821'),
('98596','1867).'),
('98597',' Desirée keeps the book upon which the movie is based in her  bookshelf, in the slot to the left of the picture of Örjan.'),
('98598',' The cows horns were glued on.'),
('98599',' Vitaphone production reel #739.'),
('98600',' The original ending had Seymour Flint drowning in an attempt to save  Graces life when she walks into the ocean. After a negative  reaction from a preview audience, the ending was changed to a  happier one.'),
('98601',' Jay Mohr (qv) was originally attached to play Pipe. When the  producers decided to shoot on location in Manhattan, the film was  cast with mostly unknowns.'),
('98602',' While spying on Ashley in the library, the three books that Pipe  pretends to read are: Of Mice and Men (Cliff Notes), For Whom the  Bell Tolls, and Heavier Than Heaven (a Kurt Cobain biography). All  three books feature main characters that are shot and killed at the  end.'),
('98603',' The full name of the writer/director (Christopher Baldi (qv)) is  Christopher Michael Baldi. Ashleys husband is named Christopher and  Julies boyfriend is named Mike because Baldi thought it would be  interesting to "name the two assholes" after himself.'),
('98604',' The night before the fight scene was shot, actor  Matt Baranyay (qv) had been out drinking and got into an actual  fistfight and arrived on set with a black eye. The black eye was  well hidden with extra make'),
('98605','up, but barely visible in some shots of  the final film.'),
('98606',' The role of the female bubble gum singer who was in the closet was  inspired by Lesley Gore (qv) who actually helped compose some of  the music in the movie.'),
('98607',' According to director Allison Anders (on her commentary sound track  for the DVD) it was a first for a movie to show a womans waters  breaking (in the recording studio scene) as well as having her  sweater getting wet because it was time to breastfeed her baby.  Allison Anders had also asked for "child care" to be listed in the  end credits.'),
('98608',' Most of the 60s'),
('98609','style hair'),
('98610','dos in this movie were wigs. However,  the Lesley Gore inspired character Kelly Porters incredibly styled  hair was in fact actor Bridget Fondas own hair.'),
('98611',' Boyd Rice (qv) played a character loosely based on Lee Hazlewood,  but the character was cut from the final edit of the film.'),
('98612',' The female lead was to be cast as part of a nationwide search for an  unknown. After two months they went with "Lizzie McGuire" star  Carly Schroeder (qv)'),
('98613',' Is inspired by events in the life of Elisabeth Shue (qv) while  growing up, who played soccer with the boys for as long as she could  before turning her focus to gymnastics.'),
('98614',' The school and town where Gracie was filmed is the same place  where Elisabeth Shue grew up and went to school.'),
('98615',' After months of auditions, Carly Schroeder was chosen from over  2,000 girls for the character of Gracie.'),
('98616',' S.S. Van Dine (qv) wrote the Gracie Allen Murder Case in 1938 to  introduce his real life friend, Gracie Allen (qv), into a Philo  Vance Murder Mystery. George Burns (qv) made a appearance in the  novel as the head perfume'),
('98617','smeller at the In'),
('98618','O'),
('98619','Scent Perfume  Corporation, but is not in the movie version of the novel.'),
('98620',' The first true Gradius video game series to feature a simultaneous  two'),
('98621','player mode which two players each control their own Vic Vipers  at the same time. All of the previous Gradius video game series were  alternatively two player which means players take turns after one of  the players Vic Viper gets destroyed.'),
('98622',' This making of the film documentary is available on the Special  Edition DVD of The Graduate (1967).'),
('98623',' Robert Redford (I) (qv) screen'),
('98624','tested with Candice Bergen (qv)  for the part of Benjamin Braddock but was finally rejected by  director Mike Nichols because Nichols did not believe Redford could  persuasively project the underdog qualities necessary to the role.  When he told this to Redford, the actor asked Nichols what he meant.  "Well, lets put it this way," said Nichols, "Have you ever struck  out with a girl?" "What do you mean?" asked Redford. "Thats  precisely my point," said Nichols.'),
('98625',' Lee Stanley (I) (qv) screen tested for the role of Benjamin and  was seriously considered for the part.'),
('98626',' Charles Grodin (I) (qv) was cast as Benjamin, but the deal fell  apart following a disagreement over salary.'),
('98627',' In Dustin Hoffman (qv) and Anne Bancroft (I) (qv)s first  encounter in the hotel room, Bancroft did not know that Hoffman was  going to grab her breast. Hoffman decided offscreen to do it,  because it reminded him of schoolboys trying to nonchalantly grab  girls breasts in the hall by pretending to put their jackets on.  When Hoffman did it onscreen, director Mike Nichols (I) (qv) began  laughing loudly offscreen. Hoffman began to laugh as well, so rather  than stop the scene, he turned away from the camera and walked to  the wall. Hoffman banged his head on the wall, trying to stop  laughing, and Nichols thought it was so funny, he left it in.'),
('98628',' Although Mrs. Robinson is supposed to be much older than Benjamin,  Anne Bancroft (I) (qv) and Dustin Hoffman (qv) are just under  six years apart in age.'),
('98629',' The movie is full of womb imagery. From Benjamins constant desire  to stay immersed in his parents swimming pool, to the slow close'),
('98630','up  shot of the hips of Katherines roommate as she brings the "Dear  John" letter to Benjamin, to returning to the actual womb of the  elder and maternal Mrs. Robinson.'),
('98631',' Some of the scenes of Benjamin in "Berkeley" were actually filmed at  the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and USC (University  of Southern California).'),
('98632',' When Elaine tracks down Ben in his gloomy room and he causes her to  scream, a number of other tenants gather behind the landlord in the  doorway. One says, "Shall I get the cops? Ill get the cops..." Its  Dreyfuss, Richard (qv).'),
('98633',' In the famous promotional still for this film, Dustin Hoffman (qv)  is seen in the background framed by Mrs. Robinsons shapely leg. The  leg in that photo didnt belong to Anne Bancroft (I) (qv),  however; it belonged to a then'),
('98634','unknown model, Linda Gray (I) (qv).'),
('98635',' Mike Nichols (I) (qv) initially wanted French actress  Jeanne Moreau (qv) to play Mrs. Robinson. The idea behind this was  that in the French culture, the "older" women tended to "train" the  younger men in sexual matters. The producers for the movie,  Joseph E. Levine (qv) and Lawrence Turman (qv), were completely  opposed to the idea. Mike Nichols (I) (qv) was even more set on  having Simon and Garfunkel do the integrated soundtrack for the  film. Nichols agreed to switch actresses for Mrs. Robinson as long  as he could still use Paul Simon (I) (qv) and  Art Garfunkel (qv).'),
('98636',' Mike Nichols (I) (qv) approached Ava Gardner (qv) for the role  of Mrs. Robinson.'),
('98637',' Mike Nichols (I) (qv) cast Eddra Gale (qv) (the woman on the  bus) as a tribute to Federico Fellini (qv)s _8½ (1963)_ (qv), in  which she plays the role La Saraghina.'),
('98638',' Grayson Hall  (qv) was considered for the role of Mrs. Robinson.'),
('98639',' The movies line "Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me. Arent  you?" was voted as the #63 movie quote by the American Film  Institute (out of 100).'),
('98640',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #17 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('98641',' The movies line "Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me, arent  you?" was voted as the #5 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by  Premiere in 2007.'),
('98642',' When Benjamin is shown banging on the church window with his arms  raised and extended, many reviewers felt he was portrayed as a  Christ'),
('98643','like image. In actuality, this was a compromise with the  minister of the church. The minister had threatened to throw  everyone out when the scene was rehearsed with Benjamin pounding his  fists on the fragile window, which had been a gift to the church.'),
('98644',' Although it has been rumored that Doris Day (I) (qv) was  originally intended for the role of Mrs. Robinson, this is  inaccurate; producer Lawrence Turman (qv) sent the novel to her  husband Martin Melcher (qv), wanting to know their opinion of it,  but Melcher was so disgusted by the novel that he refused to pass it  on to Day.'),
('98645',' Judy Garland (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Mrs. Robinson'),
('98646',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) and Anne Bancroft (I) (qv) were the not  quickly chosen for the leads of this film. Warren Beatty (qv) was  originally going to be the lead, but after he did not get the role,  Robert Redford (I) (qv) was selected. Patricia Neal (qv) was  considered, but reportedly declined because she was uneasy about  playing a lead role so soon after having a stroke.'),
('98647',' On _"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994)_ (qv), director  Mike Nichols (I) (qv) claims that the final "sobering" emotion  that Benjamin and Elaine go through was due to the fact that he had  just been shouting at the two of them to laugh in the scene. The  actors were so scared that after laughing they stopped, scared.  Nichols liked it so much, he kept it.'),
('98648',' Linda Gray (I) (qv), the then'),
('98649','unknown actress whose legs appear in  the promotional poster for the movie, Mrs. Robinson, has played the  title role in the musical stage version by the same name on the  London stage.'),
('98650',' The model frogman in the aquarium is toppled over when Mrs. Robinson  tosses in the keys.'),
('98651',' Two interesting camera techniques are used in the film. In the scene  where Benjamin is running, he is shown at some distance running  straight at the camera, an effect which makes him look as if he  getting nowhere as hes running. (This technique is accomplished  with a very long telephoto lens, which foreshortens distances in  relation to the camera.) In another scene, Benjamin is walking from  the right side of the screen to the left, while everyone else in the  scene is moving from left to right. In western culture, things that  move left to right seem natural (think of the direction you read  words on a page), those that move right to left seem to be going the  wrong way. These two visual techniques echo the themes of the film,  Benjamin is going the wrong way, and getting nowhere in life.'),
('98652',' Burt Ward (qv) had to turn down the role of Benjamin Braddock due  to his commitment to _"Batman" (1966)_ (qv) and the studio (20th  Century Fox) wouldnt lend him.'),
('98653',' According to Dustin Hoffman (qv) at NYUs Tisch School of the Arts  Graduation 2003, his friend and former roommate Gene Hackman (qv)  was cast as Mr. Robinson but was fired after a few weeks of work.'),
('98654',' Patty Duke (qv) was offered the part of Elaine Robinson, but  turned it down because she did not want to work at the time.'),
('98655',' None of the older characters has their first name identified in the  film; only the younger characters of Benjamin, Elaine and Carl do,  increasing the sense of a generation gap.'),
('98656',' The name plate on the hotel desk reads "Mr. Kranze".  Don Kranze (qv) was the films assistant director.'),
('98657',' Ronald Reagan (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Mr.  Braddock.'),
('98658',' Paul Simon (I) (qv) wrote two songs for the film that director  Mike Nichols (I) (qv) rejected: "Punkys Dilemma" and "A Hazy  Shade of Winter". Both appear on the Simon and Garfunkel "Bookends"  album. The song "Mrs. Robinson" was not written for the movie; it  was the working title of a song Simon was then writing (originally  called "Mrs. Roosvelt", and about Eleanor Roosevelt (qv)) and  Nichols decided to include it. Simon and Garfunkel only sing the  chorus but none of the verses of the later hit song.'),
('98659',' Apparently, Dustin Hoffman (qv)s screen test consisted of him  fumbling his lines and awkwardly trying to grab  Katharine Ross (I) (qv)s behind, which angered her. As he left  thinking he didnt get the role, his awkwardness was just what  director Mike Nichols (I) (qv) needed for Benjamin Braddock.'),
('98660',' Within a year of the movies release, plastic manufacturing  companies became enormously successful. Many people attribute this  to Walter Brooke (qv)s quote about "plastics". Brooke himself  once told his nephew that he would have invested in plastics, if he  had known that the remark would lead to such success.'),
('98661',' Jack Nicholson (qv) was considered for the part of Benjamin  Braddock.'),
('98662',' Sally Field (qv) tested the role of Elaine.'),
('98663',' The movies line "Plastics." was voted as the #42 movie quote by the  American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('98664',' Anne Bancroft (I) (qv) was only a little more than eight years  older than her on'),
('98665','screen daughter Katharine Ross (I) (qv).'),
('98666',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) was already set to play a role in  Mel Brooks (I) (qv) _Producers, The (1968)_ (qv) when the  opportunity to audition for "The Graduate" came up. Deferentially,  Hoffman asked Brooks permission to audition for the part in the  other film. Through his wife, Anne Bancroft (I) (qv), (already  cast) Brooks was familiar with the story of "The Graduate". He  allowed Hoffman to audition, blithely confident hed be found  unsuitable for role of Mrs. Robinsons lover.'),
('98667',' The red, Italian sports car which Benjamin drives throughout the  movie is a 1967 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 also known as the Duetto.'),
('98668',' According to Susan Hayward (I) (qv)s biographers,  Mike Nichols (I) (qv) originally wanted her for the role of Mrs  Robinson but she declined because she wanted to avoid modifying her  screen image. After Doris Day (I) (qv) and Patricia Neal (qv)  also turned it down Nichols eventually offered it to  Anne Bancroft (I) (qv).'),
('98669',' This exclusive interview with Dustin Hoffman is available on the  Special Edition DVD of The Graduate (1967).'),
('98670',' In this movie, Joey de Leon (qv) met his future wife  Eileen Macapagal (qv).'),
('98671',' The blonde girl in the number 46 track jersey was cut out of the  film as much as possible since she was fired due to refusal to  fulfill the nudity requirements. Linnea Quigley (qv) was hired to  replace her.'),
('98672',' SPOILER: Towards the end of the film, when the dead bodies are  discovered under the bleachers, Linnea Quigley (qv)s decapitated  head is never found. This is because she hadnt been hired yet when  they shot the scene. However, the decapitated head of the actress  who she replaced remains in the scene.'),
('98673',' Series #4, Episode #12 of The Collegians. Final episode in the  series.'),
('98674',' Based on a play written by Franz Kafka.'),
('98675',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('98676',' Madonna (I) (qv) was Princes first choice for the role of the  Kids angelic muse Aura. She turned it down, telling him that "the  screenplay was awful".'),
('98677',' Kim Basinger was Princes 2nd choice to star in the film for the  role of Aura. Due to a fall'),
('98678','out, that didnt happen.'),
('98679',' This was a pilot for a dance show that was supposed to be a hip'),
('98680','hop  version of _"Bandstand" (1952)_ (qv) or _"Soul Train" (1971)_ (qv).  The show was not picked up but the pilot aired on WPIX'),
('98681','TV Channel 11  in New York City.'),
('98682',' The chapter titles were: (1) Liquor and the Law; (2) The Tenement  House Evil; (3) The Traction Grab; (4) The Power of the People; (5)  Grinding Life Down; (6) The Railroad Monopoly; (7) America Saved  from War; (8) Old King Coal; (9) The Insurance Swindlers; (10) The  Harbor Transportation Trust; (11) The Illegal Bucket Shops; (12) The  Milk Battle; (13) The Powder Trust and the War; (14) The Iron Ring;  (15) The Patent Medicine Danger; (16) The Pirates of Finance; (17)  Queen of the Prophets; (18) The Hidden City of Crime; (19) The Photo  Badger Game; and (20) The Final Conquest.'),
('98683',' Each episode is complete in itself and based on a chapter of the  book from which the scenario is taken.'),
('98684',' Hobart Henley starred in the first three episodes and then dropped  out of the series in the fourth episode, due to an accident. Harry  Carey took over and starred in episodes four through twelve.'),
('98685',' First Prize San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival; First Prize  Poetry Film Festival; Cash Award, Sinking Creek Film Celebration;  University Film Association National Conference, Austin Texas; NYU  Experimental Film Workshop; KQED.'),
('98686',' Poet Michael McClure reads poetry on the sound track of this film ,  which won First Prize at the Poetry Film Festival, run by Poet  Herman Berlandt in San Francisco. It was aired on KQED, won First  Prize San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival;Cash Award, Sinking  Creek Film Celebration; was also shown at the University Film  Association National Conference, Austin Texas and the NYU  Experimental Film Workshop.'),
('98687',' Filming was supposed to start in summer of 2005 but one of the  leading actors was ill, resulting in a major delay. Thus, filming  actually started on 5 September 2005 and was still running by 16  January 2006. The set was on a boat in the port of Sète for a least  6 weeks from October to December, 2006. Outside temperatures were  very low, as opposed to what they should have been if schedule could  have been held. This led the production to set up large tents near  the set (boat) with heating systems for the actors and extras to  remain comfortable between takes.'),
('98688',' This is the second version of the Gramercy Park pilot. The first  pilot was shot in 2003, and focused on the families and servants in  a luxury New York City apartment building. ABC asked for the pilot  to be re'),
('98689','worked, and this second version features an entirely new  cast. The newer version focuses on three nannies, and the children  they care for.'),
('98690',' Up to and including Gran Turismo 3, the total worldwide sales for  the series is over 30 million copies.'),
('98691',' The game has 172 different real cars from 11 dealers, and 11  circuits (plus reversed versions).'),
('98692',' Porsche had made a deal with Electronic Arts to feature their  products exclusively in their game "Need for Speed: Porsche  Unleashed". This deal made it impossible for Porsches to be featured  in "Gran Turismo 2" so Rufs (most of which are based on Porsche  911s) are featured instead.'),
('98693',' When Mazas uses a page of Filemons exercise book, a little drawing  of a secret agent can be seen. It is "Anacleto", a comic character  created by Vazquez, who worked with Francisco Ibáñez (qv) in the  magazine "Pulgarcito".'),
('98694',' "DDT", the acronym of the "Depresor De Tropas" ("Army Depressive  Gun"), was a comic magazine that was published in Spain for many  years. Francisco Ibáñez (qv) and many other comic writers worked  in it.'),
('98695',' In the jail El Gingante is reading a "Mortadelo & Filemon" comic.'),
('98696',' In the supers office there are Francisco Ibáñez (qv) drawings  hanging in the walls'),
('98697',' The 13 Rue Del Percebe scene is based on an Francisco Ibáñez (qv)  drawing which satirized Spanish society.'),
('98698',' Near the end, at the parade, a poster on the wall says "Ibañez for  President". Francisco Ibáñez (qv) is the creator of the Mortadelo  and Filemón cartoon characters.'),
('98699',' When the front of the building collapses, the interiors of the  different apartments are just like those in "13, Rue del Percebe",  another famous comic by Francisco Ibáñez (qv).'),
('98700',' This movie has the highest budget for digital special effects film  in the history of Spanish cinema.'),
('98701',' T.I.A. stands for "Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea",  Technicians of Aero'),
('98702','ground Investigation. TIA is spanish for  aunt, a joke on the U.N.C.L.E. series.'),
('98703',' Plot of the film is based on comic stories El sulfato atómico,  Safari callejero, Chapeau el esmirriau and Valor y al toro.'),
('98704',' This movie is contained on the _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv) Special  Edition DVD, as it was shown as a supplemental on "Sleeping  Beauty"s initial run.'),
('98705',' Shown with the initial release of _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv).'),
('98706',' One of the phrases that is uttered by the alley urchin is "Beaufort,  South Carolina," which was the setting for  _Big Chill, The (1983)_ (qv), also directed by  Kasdan, Lawrence (qv).'),
('98707',' DIRCAMEO(Lawrence Kasdan): tries to interest Davis in a film.'),
('98708',' The scene where Mack is nearly killed by a bus, was taken from  writer/director Lawrence Kasdans own life.'),
('98709',' This was Disneys first cartoon in Cinemascope. It was produced to  accompany Disneys first Cinemascope feature  _20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)_ (qv).'),
('98710',' This has sometimes been incorrectly identified as a parody of  Disneys Cinemascope musical short _Grand Canyon (1958)_ (qv). This  cartoon preceded that short by four years.'),
('98711',' Donna Reed (qv), Reginald Owen (qv), Gertrude Short (qv),  Dick Rich (qv) and Gayne Whitman (qv) were originally cast, but  none of these actors appeared in the film.'),
('98712',' Eddy Chandler (qv) (Plainclothes Policeman), Harry Strang (qv)  (Policeman) and Robert Emmett OConnor (qv) (Policeman) are in  studio records for their roles, but were not seen in the movie.'),
('98713',' Biograph production #822.'),
('98714',' Biograph production number 822.'),
('98715',' Vitaphone Production Reel #1203.'),
('98716',' The creators made Wallace say "Wensleydale" because it made his face  look nice and toothy. What they did not realize was that the cheese  factory where Wensleydale cheese is made was on its last legs and  was about to declare bankruptcy. Happily, this films success  brought the factory back from the brink.'),
('98717',' This film took over six years to make, almost all of it  single'),
('98718','handedly done by Nick Park himself. It formed part of his  graduation project from the National Film and Television School,  hence the co'),
('98719','production credit.'),
('98720',' The makers name on the clock inside the spaceship is "Wulstan".  This is Nick Park (qv)s middle name.'),
('98721',' Gromit was originally a cat, but then changed to a talking dog,  whose voice was recorded by Peter Hawkins (I) (qv). The idea of  Gromit speaking was dropped when it became clear how expressive he  could be just through small movements of the eyes, ears and brow, so  this voice was never used.'),
('98722',' Frances Conroy and Eric Stoltz also played Mother and Son in the  play Our Town on Broadway in 1989.'),
('98723',' There are no scenes where Greta Garbo (qv) and  Joan Crawford (I) (qv) are in the same frame. This was done to  eliminate the possibility that one of the two great stars might  upstage the other.'),
('98724',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) was irked by Greta Garbo (qv)s  insistence on top billing and decided to take her revenge. Knowing  that Garbo loathed tardiness and Marlene Dietrich (qv) in equal  measures, Crawford played Dietrich records between shots and made  sure to arrive late on set.'),
('98725',' The only Best Picture Oscar winner not to be nominated for any other  Academy Awards.'),
('98726',' MGM bought the film rights for $35,000 and had already made a profit  from the material thanks to the Broadway play.'),
('98727',' Buster Keaton (qv) was first choice to play the  Lionel Barrymore (qv) part'),
('98728',' Greta Garbo (qv) turned down the role not because she refused to  share the spotlight, but because she believed that at 27 she was too  old to play a prima ballerina.'),
('98729',' Greta Garbo (qv) wanted John Gilbert (I) (qv) to play her lover  but his recent lackluster box office record precluded that.'),
('98730',' John Barrymore (I) (qv) accepted a three'),
('98731','picture deal with MGM  just for the chance to appear with Greta Garbo (qv).'),
('98732',' Wallace Beery (qv) also turned down his part, only to take it  again when promised that he would be the only actor to act in the  film with a German accent.'),
('98733',' Both Greta Garbo (qv) and John Barrymore (I) (qv) were very wary  about working with each other. In actuality they got on quite well,  to the extent that she allowed rare backstage photos of them be  taken.'),
('98734',' Greta Garbo (qv) requested the stage be lit in red to create a  more romantic atmosphere for rehearsals.'),
('98735',' The ensemble cast never actually all appeared together.'),
('98736',' Extra scenes with Greta Garbo (qv) were added after previews to  ensure that Joan Crawford (I) (qv) didnt walk off with the  picture.'),
('98737',' The quote "I want to be alone" spoken by Greta Garbo (qv) in this  movie was listed at #30 in AFI List of Top 100 Quotes From U.S.  Films.'),
('98738',' Author and playwright Vicki Baum (qv) based "Menschen im Hotel"  both on a true story about a scandal at a hotel involving a  stenographer and an industrial magnate, and on her own experiences  working as a chambermaid at two well'),
('98739','known Berlin hotels.'),
('98740',' During the filming of the busy lobby scenes, the socks were worn on  the outside of the actors shoes to prevent noise. Reportedly two  hundred pairs of woolen socks were worn out daily.'),
('98741',' The role of Suzette was intended for Pauline Frederick (I) (qv)  but she was forced to pull out due to illness.'),
('98742',' The participation of members of the Royal Family in this charity  event sparked outcry from those who felt this was not a dignified  venue for them.'),
('98743',' Fred MacMurray (qv)s first credited movie part.'),
('98744',' This is a lost film.'),
('98745',' The helmet design that James Garner (qv)s character uses is that  of then'),
('98746','Grand Prix race driver Chris Amon (I) (qv). The only  difference was a silhouette of a Kiwi bird that was normally on the  side of Amons helmet (he was from New Zealand) that was left off of  Garners, as his character was an American.'),
('98747',' The helmet design used by Brian Bedford (qv) is that of then  second'),
('98748','year driver and future triple World Champion  Jackie Stewart (III) (qv). Of the four actors, Bedford is the only  one not to do any actual driving, which explains why in all segments  where the Scott Stoddard character is shown driving, he has the  balaclava up to his goggles.'),
('98749',' The cars that were used in the film, supposedly Formula 1 cars, were  in fact Formula 3 cars made up to look like Formula 1s. Footage of  real Formula 1 cars, shot during the actual Grand Prix races of  1966, was used as well.'),
('98750',' During filming, Yves Montand (qv) spun out and subsequently was  terrified to go fast again. The crew modified a racecar that was  then towed behind a Ford GT40. This setup would reach speeds of 130  mph. Montand was more comfortable with this setup than with having  to drive the car himself.'),
('98751',' John Frankenheimer (qv) refused to film cars moving slowly, then  speed the film up. He felt the average moviegoer would be able to  notice the difference.'),
('98752',' James Garner (qv) did all his own driving. During breaks in  filming there were several mini races in which Garner either tied or  bettered the professional drivers hired for filming.'),
('98753',' Toshirô Mifune (qv)s own voice was heard in his performance as  Izo Yamura at the films premiere, but afterward he was dubbed by  Paul Frees (qv) in all general release and roadshow prints.'),
('98754',' The Formula 3 cars smaller engines could not spin the wider Formula  1 tires realistically on starts, so the tires were wet with gasoline  for those shots, which not only allowed them to spin realistically  but also caused them to smoke realistically as they spun.'),
('98755',' The cars had to be fitted with spark plug radio noise suppression  kits similar to the ones used on passenger cars because otherwise  the static produced by their engine electrics interfered with the  radio'),
('98756','controlled camera mounts on the cars.'),
('98757',' Filming required the use of all existing Panavision 65mm cameras.'),
('98758',' Steve McQueen (I) (qv) was the early choice for the lead role. A  first meeting with producer Edward Lewis (I) (qv) went very bad  and McQueen showed no further interest in the role. He later starred  in another racing movie, _Le Mans (1971)_ (qv).'),
('98759',' Of the 32 drivers who participated or were seen in the film, five  died in racing accidents in the next two years and another five in  the following 10 years.'),
('98760',' Average Shot Length = ~5.4 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.7  seconds.'),
('98761',' Early in the movie, Yves Montands helmet design is that of John  Surtees, who was driving for Ferrari at the beginning of the 1966  season. But Surtees left Ferrari for Cooper after two races, and  therefore footage of the real Ferrari with Surtees driving was no  longer available. Mike Parkes replaced him at Ferrari, and Montands  helmet design changes to that of Parkes for the remainder of the  movie. No reason is given in the movie for the change.'),
('98762',' Swedish actress Harriet Andersson (qv) was cast as the female lead  and filmed some scenes. James Garner (qv) wanted to replace her so  Eva Marie Saint (qv) got the part instead. No explanation was  given.'),
('98763',' The film shows racing taking place on the banked oval section of the  Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy, but in fact the oval section of  that racetrack had been closed for four years by the time the film  was made, following a fatal accident in 1961.'),
('98764',' The film was first shown on the weekend of the rugby match that it  revolves around. Some scenes were filmed last minute due to this,  and a different ending would have been filmed had Wales, not France  won.'),
('98765',' Financed by Roger Corman (qv) in exchange for  Ron Howard (I) (qv) appearing in _Eat My Dust (1976)_ (qv).'),
('98766',' The first film to be shown three times in one day on HBO (shortly  after HBO began broadcasting 24 hours).'),
('98767',' As a promotion for this movie, "16" magazine ran a contest and the  winner received a trip to Hollywood and bit part in the film. Her  name was Caryn and she was the girl who catches the bouquet at Paula  and Sams wedding.'),
('98768',' Ron Howard (qv) asked Roger Corman (qv) to hire more extras for  the crowd scene at the end of the film. Corman said no because he  did not want to go over budget.'),
('98769',' The three cities featured in the game are the same three cities  featured in each of the later PS2 installments: Liberty City (in  Grand Theft Auto III), Vice City and San Andreas.'),
('98770',' The phone number for Fernandos New Beginnings is 555'),
('98771','9292.'),
('98772',' All of the songs rotated on Flashback FM are from the movie  _Scarface (1983)_ (qv), a mob movie. Robert Loggia, who is a voice  actor in this game, starred in Scarface.'),
('98773',' In Portland, theres a sign that advertises a movie called  Badfellas, and obvious spoof on _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv), in which  voice actor Frank Vincent (I) (qv) was a cast member. A poster of  Badfellas also appears in the subway.'),
('98774',' Some of the vans featured in the game contain the logo "Toyz And The  Hood" A reference to the movie _Boyz n the Hood (1991)_ (qv).'),
('98775',' The game was temporarily removed from sale in Australia, for  re'),
('98776','rating. The objectionable content was the players ability to  collect a prostitute, who would sit in the cars passenger seat; if  the car came to rest in a secluded area, it would begin to rock  violently, implying sex (although both characters remain, unmoving,  in their respective seats and stare forwards). A censored version  for Australia, removing this ability, was thus released.'),
('98777',' Tanner, an undercover cop from another driving game, Driver (1999),  which has some similar points with GTA3 (like the default point of  view for example) makes a small outing in this game, as the Yakuza  find out what he really is...'),
('98778',' There are movie advertisement posters in Portland, Staunton Island,  and Shoreside Vale that read "Top '),
('98779',' Down City." These are a  reference to the previous two Grand Theft Auto games, which all had  a top down perspective.'),
('98780',' Was the best selling video game of 2001. It was also the best  selling video game of 2002, only trailing "Grand Theft Auto: Vice  City."'),
('98781',' There is a mission where Donald Love sends you to start a war  between two rival gangs so the property values in the area will go  down. There is a similar mission in Grand Theft Auto Vice City  (which takes place before GTA3) where Avery Carrington sends you on  a similar mission. When he gives you this mission, a young Donald  Love is present as a protégé. Avery tells him to pay attention and  he might learn something.'),
('98782',' The motto on the fire engines read "Putting Out Since 1999".'),
('98783',' Every license plate in Liberty City reads "LC R29".'),
('98784',' A caller on the Chatterbox station says "FREE KEVIN", in reference  to infamous hacker, Kevin Mitnick. Chatterbox DJ/Writer, spoke of  Mitnicks trial on his radio show.'),
('98785',' In the opening movie, three prisoners can be clearly identified:  You, 8'),
('98786','Ball and "the old oriental gentleman", a friend of Donald  Love.'),
('98787',' If you shoot the moon with the sniper rifle, it will change sizes.'),
('98788',' Became the first British game to receive an ELSPA Diamond Million  Seller Award.'),
('98789',' The main character of this game does not say a single word.'),
('98790',' Originally the police cars were going to use the NYPD blue and white  paint scheme. A few screenshots of them can be seen in the  map/poster that comes with the game (the best one is right under the  word "Liberty" in the title "Welcome To Liberty City"). It is  believed that the police cars were changed to the standard black and  white paint scheme to make them not look like the NYPD cars because  of the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001.'),
('98791',' The main characters name is Claude. You can find this out when  playing the sixth installment to the Grand Theft Auto Series '),
('98792','  _Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('98793',' The full name of the main character is Claude Speed.'),
('98794',' The sound bite "1000 Chestnut" heard on the emergency dispatch  channel is taken from the Dirty Harry sequel  _Enforcer, The (1976/I)_ (qv).'),
('98795',' One character was removed from the final version of the game. Yet  the character names are left in the book, and in the games credits,  named Darkel. There is nothing left of him in the game except for  Darkels character skin, who appears to be a hobo / homeless person.  Two popular ideas about Darkels removal are: 1) He gave terrorist  like missions, and were removed due to the 9/11 attacks. 2) He gave  you the rampages, but the company decided the traditional skull  icons would be better. Darkel was voiced by Bill Fiore.'),
('98796',' It has been confirmed that Grand Theft Auto IV will run on the RAGE  game engine, the same engine that powered Rockstar Games Presents  Table Tennis.'),
('98797',' On 2 August 2007 Rockstar Games announced that Grand Theft Auto IV  will be delayed till February 2008'),
('98798','April 2008.'),
('98799',' The new official Xbox page on GTA IV states that the game will be  enabled with Dolby 5.1 Surround sound, download able content from  Xbox Live Marketplace and played at 720p.'),
('98800',' Dan Houser, co'),
('98801','founder of Rockstar Games, confirmed at 2006?s E3  that the game will feature Multi Conventional Tesseract technology  otherwise known as MCT or "Octachoronics". This will allow for  sharper and more innovative game play residing in assimilated  artificial weather control systems. The in'),
('98802','game weather will never  appear to be the same twice. Each rain drop will contain 20 herds.'),
('98803',' This game was originally released on the Sony PSP in October 2005.  It was later released for the Playstation 2 in June of 2006.'),
('98804',' This is the only Grand Theft Auto game set in a real city.'),
('98805',' This game has a little known add on called GTA: London 1961, it was  a free download that required this game (and so the original GTA) to  play and was only available on PC, it was not well known because of  its inconspicuous download location and lack of publicity. It is  available from the Rockstar site for free (as of 2006).'),
('98806',' The original _Grand Theft Auto (1998) (VG)_ (qv) included three  cities: Liberty City, Vice City, and San Andreas. Since the first  two cities were remade for the PS2  (_Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)_ (qv),  _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)_ (qv)), it made sense that  the third city, San Andreas, would be the third game in the PS2  series. This, of course, held a huge role in the ongoing debate on  whether the game would be titled "San Andreas" or "Sin City".'),
('98807',' Some of the pilot ratings within the game are: Goose, Maverick,  Iceman, Jester and Viper, all call'),
('98808','signs of pilots in the movie  _Top Gun (1986)_ (qv).'),
('98809',' The ads inside the Ammu'),
('98810','Nation store have the Marine Corps Hymn  playing in the background, as well as a radio advert featured in the  previous game _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)_ (qv)'),
('98811',' Many of the vehicles in this game were also featured in  _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)_ (qv), and a few in  _Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)_ (qv). Because this game is taking  place in 1992 (between the events of Vice City, which took place in  1986, and GTA3, which took place in 2001), many of these cars are  rendered to look as if they were combined'),
('98812','models. For example, the  Landstalker (an SUV) is modeled to have the body of the Landstalkers  from 1986, but it has the headlights/front grill of a Landstalker  from 2001. The Banshee (a sports car) is modeled to look exactly  like its 2001 counterpart. The Comet (another sports car) looks  exactly like it did in the beta versions of Vice City. That version  of the Comet had been redesigned, yet its original version was  brought back into _Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('98813',' In the video poker games you can play in the casinos in Las  Venturas, some of the face cards are characters from the previous  two games: _Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)_ (qv) and  _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('98814',' Mike Torenos license plate number is "OMEGA".'),
('98815',' The license plate on Denises car is "HOMEGIRL"'),
('98816',' SPOILER: Big Smokes license plate reads "A2TMFK," which comes out  to "a two'),
('98817','timing fuck." Thus, the player is provided the first hint  that Big Smoke is the person that has been working against Carl and  Sweet.'),
('98818',' The license plate on Ryders car is SHERM. Throughout the game, CJ  continually calls Ryder sherm'),
('98819','head.'),
('98820',' Millies Car plate is "spank"'),
('98821',' The license plate on Cesars car is "LVA4L"'),
('98822',' The license plate on Jizzys car, a.k.a. "The Pimpmobile", is "Ho 2  Ho"'),
('98823',' The License plate on Sweets car is "GROVE4L".'),
('98824',' The rail bridge from San Fierro is modeled on the Forth Rail Bridge,  which runs North from Edinburgh, Scotland, where Rockstar games are  based. The road bridge next to it, presumably modeled on the San  Francisco'),
('98825','Oakland Bay Bridge, also bears more than a passing  resemblance to the Forth Road Bridge, which lies right next to the  Forth Rail Bridge.'),
('98826',' Thousands of gamers are looking for a "Big Foot", and attempting to  take pictures of it from the in'),
('98827','game camera. No one has yet  confirmed its existence, but many photos that gamers have taken  resemble a rather big creature in the woods. Trees uprooted, and  weird noises can be heard in the section of the map called "Back O  Beyond". Also many alien and ghost sightings have been reported.  Many gamers have since looked through the entire code and have found  no reference to Big Foot or aliens.'),
('98828',' Wil Wheaton (qv) got his role as Richard Burns after being  interviewed by Lazlow Jones (qv), the writer of the radio station  dialogue for the Grand Theft Auto video game series. Wheaton  admitted his abundant admiration for Jones work on the games, and  Jones eventually worked out the Richard Burns character specifically  for Wheaton. He recorded the voice work in a Rockstar Games studio  in about two hours.'),
('98829',' In Zeros RC Shop, there are action figures for  _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)_ (qv) and  _Manhunt (2003) (VG)_ (qv) on the shelves as well as other titles by  Rockstar Games.'),
('98830',' The silent character formerly known as "Fido" (among various other  aliases) is actually Claude. This is discovered if you listen  carefully during one of the phone calls. It is rumored that Claude  is Claude Speed, the main character from  _Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('98831',' This game features numerous characters from the previous games built  on the Grand Theft Auto III engine, including (but not limited to):  Claude (main character from the first game), Salvatore Leone, Maria,  Ken Rosenburg, Kent Paul, Catalina (who shoots Claude at the  beginning of GTA3), and more.'),
('98832',' The mission "Saint Marks Bistro" has CJ travel to Liberty City to  deal with the Forellis at the restaurant of the same name. The  restaurant exterior is faithfully remodeled from  _Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('98833',' In the Ten Green Bottles Bar there is a painting of a Cerberus guard  from _Manhunt (2003) (VG)_ (qv) on the wall.'),
('98834',' Various billboards around Los Santos are advertising "True Grime:  Street Cleanup". This is a mockery of the makers of  _True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) (VG)_ (qv) who made fun of  Rockstar games with signs advertising a company known as  jockstrap.'),
('98835',' Many of the songs found on the station called "Master Sounds 98.3"  are featured as samples in songs on the many hip hop and rap  stations featured in the game. Most notably would be Bobby Byrd funk  track "I Know You Got Soul" and Eric B.s rap song of the same name.'),
('98836',' Claims made by 50 Cent (qv) about him being asked to voice C.J,  but turning it down because if he was ever to voice a character in a  video game it would be as himself, were denied by Rockstar.'),
('98837',' The character Lance "Ryder" Wilson is modeled after Eazy'),
('98838','E, a member  of seminal gangsta rap group NWA. Music from both NWA and Eazy'),
('98839','E is  included in the soundtrack.'),
('98840',' The ratings in this game were changed in mid'),
('98841','late 2005 because a  cheat was discovered (either using a download or a game'),
('98842','hacking  device) code'),
('98843','named "hot coffee". This is in reference to CJs first  girlfriend inviting him inside for "some coffee". Inside, using the  hack, a user could get full view of a sex scene inside the game.'),
('98844',' OG Loc was modeled to mock rapper Ja Rule. They even have the same  first name of Jeffrey.'),
('98845',' Ken Rosenberg, the coke'),
('98846','addled lawyer introduced in GTA: Vice City  who returns in this game, is based on David Kleinfeld, Sean Penns  character in Carlitos Way (1993). Sean Penns brother Chris Penn  appears in this game as a C.R.A.S.H. officer. Sean Penn played a  C.R.A.S.H. officer in Colors (1988).'),
('98847',' The music you hear when doing the "Car Bounce Challenge" with Caesar  is actually from an episode of the television show Buck Rogers. The  episode, Space Rockers, first aired on February 21, 1980 and  featured a futuristic band called Andromeda playing this song with  outlandish instruments. The song is actually called "Odyssey" and  was written by Johnny Harris. It appears on the GTA:SA soundtrack.'),
('98848',' In the game, there is a military base called KACC Military Fuels.  This is a reference to the computer club where soon'),
('98849','to'),
('98850','be members of  DMA Design used to go to. It was called KACC, which stood for  Kingsway Amateur Computer Club. At that time, Rockstar North were  called DMA Design.'),
('98851',' During the game an ad for Zip can be seen. This is clearly  supposed to be GTAs version for the clothing company Gap.'),
('98852',' The three cities: Los Santos, San Fierro, & Las Venturas and the  State, San Andreas, were all takeoffs from the three real'),
('98853','life West  Coast major cities in California and Nevada: Los Angeles (L.A.), San  Francisco, and Las Vegas.'),
('98854',' In the game, The Cluckin Bell fast'),
('98855','food Chicken restaurant was a  takeoff from the successful Mexican'),
('98856','based Taco Bell restaurant  chain.'),
('98857',' This game became the fastest selling UK game ever, with over 250,000  sales in the first weekend alone.'),
('98858',' Script was over 1,000 pages long.'),
('98859',' The game was produced by Rockstar Games, whose logo is visible in  several places in town. It can even be seen as a constellation in  the eastern sky at night and a swimming pool on Starfish Island.'),
('98860',' There are numerous references to _"Miami Vice" (1984)_ (qv),  including the casting of Philip Michael Thomas (qv) as Lance  Vance.'),
('98861',' Every license plate in Vice City reads "VC R29".'),
('98862',' The Kaufman Cab company is a reference to comedian  Andy Kaufman (qv), who starred in the television series  _"Taxi" (1978)_ (qv).'),
('98863',' As of March 2004, this game was the best selling video game ever on  a worldwide basis. The previous record holder was its predecessor:  _Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('98864',' When switching radio stations you can hear pieces from GTA3 radio  stations hidden in the radio seek noise.'),
('98865',' When released on the computer, many people complained about the  difficulty of a mission involving a remote'),
('98866','controlled toy  helicopter. The player is supposed to pilot the aforementioned toy  into a building with explosives. Many keyboards could not handle as  many simultaneous button presses as the controls required the player  to press, causing them to crash the helicopter. Many game'),
('98867','modifying  programs ("Trainers") were designed exclusively to make the mission  easier to complete.'),
('98868',' On one of the talk'),
('98869','show stations in the game (VCPR), a "motivational  speaker" names off a few of his treatment tapes. All of the titles,  when abbreviated, are names of drugs. "Motivate, Demonstrate, then  Motivate Again" becomes MDMA (Ectasy), "Think, Hold that thought,  Complete" becomes THC, and "Learn, Start, Do" becomes LSD.'),
('98870',' Many of the callers on the talk radio stations are characters who  would eventually call into the talk radio station in Grand Theft  Auto 3 (which takes place after Vice City). Most notable of these  are the Proud Naked Man and the British masochist Freddy.'),
('98871',' There are several references to the humor website Somethingawful.com  including the title SA Goon when your score is between 1000 and  1010, and there is a newspaper called Front Page News, a reference  to the Front Page of Somethingawful.'),
('98872',' In the mission "Autocide", the men Tommy has to kill all have names  similar to those of characters from games that are based on the  Grand Theft Auto games: Mike Griffin (Mace Griffin from  _Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter (2003) (VG)_ (qv)) Dick Tanner (Tanner  from _Driver (1999) (VG)_ (qv) and its sequels) Marcus Hammond,  Franco Carter and Charlie Dilson (Mark Hammond, Frank Carter and  Charlie Jolson from _Getaway, The (2002/I) (VG)_ (qv)) Nick Kong  (Nick Kang from _True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) (VG)_ (qv))'),
('98873',' Two of the missions are called "Cop Land" and "No Escape".  _No Escape (1994)_ (qv) and _Cop Land (1997)_ (qv) are movies that  star Ray Liotta (qv) (who voices Tommy Vercetti).'),
('98874',' During one scene, Diaz shoots an unplugged VCR because it wouldnt  eject "my favorite El Burro movie". El Burro is a gang leader in  Grand Theft Auto 3, who specialized in pornographic videos.'),
('98875',' In the beginning movie Tommy Vercetti is picked up from the airport  to make a cocaine deal. The airport is called Escobar International.  This is a reference to a real life cocaine dealer Pablo Escobar who  was the richest cocaine trafficker during the 1980s through the  early 1990s.'),
('98876',' The game emulates the movie _Scarface (1980)_ (qv): a low life thug  leaves a place he doesnt want to be (Prison/Cuba) and moves to  Miami (or in VCs case, Vice City), gets caught up in a riot, wears  flowery shirts, and begins to take over the city, with a chaotic  ending battle. The apartment where Tonys friend was killed is  featured, along with the area known as Little Havana that was  featured at the begining of the film, and two nightclubs (The  Malibu, Pole Position Club) are clones of two nightclubs in the film  (The Babylon, and the Little Havana Club).'),
('98877',' If, while in the office of "Vercettis Mansion", you stand in front  of the bank of security monitors and look at them through the sniper  rifle scope, you will see that the image displayed on some of the  monitors is that of the main room in Tony Montanas (Scarface)  mansion (featuring the sweeping staircase, the "The World Is Yours"  statue, and the small pool that Tony ends up landing in after being  blasted in the back on the balcony above).'),
('98878',' Luis Guzmáns character, Ricardo Diaz, was originally named  "Fernando Diaz" and wore a suit instead of a Hawaiian shirt.'),
('98879',' The license plate number for Love Fists limousine is "LUVF1ST".'),
('98880',' After entering the upstairs office of the Malibu Club, look on the  left wall and you will see a large mural of palm trees tinted red by  the setting sun. It is the same mural that adorns the office wall of  Lopez Motors, owned by Frank Lopez...Tony Montanas (Scarface) boss.'),
('98881',' You get the following with 100% completion: 200 Health, 200 Armor,  All vehicles can take double the normal damage, a T'),
('98882','Shirt pick up  that says "I beat Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and all I got was this  lousy T'),
('98883','Shirt", Infinite ammo on all weapons and sometimes there  will be three body guards sitting in were the Colt Python and Health  is (in the Vercetti Estate) with pink markers in front of them. If  you step into one of the pink markers, you will lose $1,000 and one  of the body guards will stand up and follow you around everywhere  and shoot at people that you shoot at.'),
('98884',' One of the posters in Phils trailer is actually from a Maxim  magazine cover featuring Joanna Taylor (III) (qv). It is located  in the bedroom on the left side of the bed.'),
('98885',' In 2003, Rockstar decided to remove references to Haitians after  Haitian'),
('98886','Americans complained about it.'),
('98887',' In the mission where Tommy must impress Phil Cassidy at the shooting  range, the cardboard targets are characters from the third GTA  installment.'),
('98888',' With sales of 8.5 million units it is the best selling game on the  Playstation 2 and the best selling 6th generation console game.'),
('98889',' Some vans have the words "Top Fun" on the side of them, with red and  blue patterns around the words. These vans are the vans that start  remote control challenges. The pattern of the red and blue, and the  words "Top Fun" are copied from the movie "Top Gun" with the exact  pattern.'),
('98890',' The police cars in the game are green and white. However, their  original color design was white with red and blue stripes. A picture  of the original color scheme can be seen on page 8 of the games  instruction manual ("Vice City Tourist Guide").'),
('98891',' One of the stoners at the Boatyard asset wears a shirt with the word  "North" and a star on it, a possible reference to developer Rockstar  North.'),
('98892',' The character of Ken Rosenberg is based on David Kleinfeld, from  _Carlitos Way (1993)_ (qv). In addition to the physical  similarities, both are cocaine addicts. Furthermore, Rosenbergs  office looks just like Kleinfelds.'),
('98893',' Some of the chants you can hear during the mission "Riot" are the  same ones that are in the game "Hooligans: Storm over Europe"'),
('98894',' SPOILER: In the beginning video, there is a point were a black  helicopter drops down and releases a few Cuban drug dealers to start  a cocaine deal. The driver of the helicopter is clearly Lance Vance,  one of the main characters that follows you around threw out the  game. This is a spoiler to the ending, were Lance betrays you.'),
('98895',' Pipe Glitch: Get To The Second/East Island Early '),
('98896',' Theres a dirt  mound with a police bribe at the top a bit northeast of Escobar  International Airports main terminal building. Beyond that mound  theres a pipe in the ground. The trick is to jump on the pipe from  the top of the mound. Alternatively, you can jump from the ground on  the other side of the pipe. The key is to aim for where the sides of  the pipe meet the ground. You will slide off and the screen shakes a  bit, then POOF the "Welcome to Vice City" postcard (loading screen)  appears. Afterwards you will appear on the Leaf Links golf course,  which allows access to the east island. This trick will take some  health away but not much. It may not work every time, but after a  few tries, you should get it to work. Note: If you die while  illegally on the east island, you will be taken back to one of the  hospitals on the west island. Also, to easily get back to the west  island, get the VCPD Maverick (helicopter) on top of the Washington  Beach Police building or any of the boats at the pier.'),
('98897',' Hidden Sign Inside A Boat '),
('98898',' There is a sign featuring the happy face  from the Liberty City Stories easter egg INSIDE the boat docked on  the south east side of the first island (its right next to a unique  stunt jump). To see it, swim towards the front of the boat. Vic will  swim under the water a bit, causing the camera to zoom inside the  boats hull. In the PlayStation Portable version the sign reads:  "Nothing To See Here..." In the PlayStation 2 version the sign  reads: "I Wasnt Joking '),
('98899',' There Really Is Nothing To See Here. Go  And Look In The VCN Building Instead!"'),
('98900',' VCN Building Easter Egg '),
('98901',' Hidden in  _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)_ (qv) was a literal easter  egg '),
('98902',' a chocolate easter egg that said "Happy Easter" on it. This  easter egg is back, but since this game takes place two years before  Vice City, it isnt quite finished being built yet. Go to the  western end of the Downtown bridge that goes over to Prawn Island  and enter the VCN building. Go up to the roof and from here, go up  the ramps to the helipad. On the northwest corner of the helipad is  a small rectangular window that belongs to the building next door.  Do a running jump into this window to find the easter egg, complete  with construction crane. Also in here is #11 of the happy face  easter egg signs. It should be noted that this easter egg and happy  face sign do not exist in the PlayStation Portable version. FYI:  This easter egg is what the hidden sign inside the boat was  referring to.'),
('98903',' A Message From Rockstar '),
('98904',' To the left of the Hyman Stadium entrance  is a small platform (its a unique stunt jump) with a tourist sign  about the stadium. If you have a camera or sniper rifle in your  arsenal, take it out and look at the sign. At the bottom of this  sign, in small text, is a message to the player. In the PlayStation  Portable version the sign reads: "You are standing on USJ 005a, a  fine new addition to our great city that isnt contrived at all.  Have you found the 10 easter eggs? Rockstar Leeds would like to  thank you for playing the game and letting us have a rockin  christmas party." In the PlayStation 2 version the sign reads: "You  are standing on USJ 005a, a fine new addition to our great city that  weve all grown to love. Have you found the 11 easter eggs? Rockstar  Leeds would like to thank you for playing the game, and by the way,  the christmas party was great."'),
('98905',' The Great Rockstar Easter Egg Hunt '),
('98906',' Scattered throughout Vice City  are ten signs featuring a drawing of a happy face and a hand'),
('98907','written  number (1 through 10 in the PlayStation Portable version, 1 through  11 in the PlayStation 2 version). This face is the same one used in  the _Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (VG)_ (qv) easter  egg. For instance, Sign #6 is found on one of the rear walls of  Hyman Stadium. Sign #11, which is exclusive to the PlayStation 2  version, can be found in the same place as the infamous  _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)_ (qv) easter egg.'),
('98908',' Hugh Jackman (qv) was originally set to star as Phil Kaufmann  before dropping out due to his commitments to _X2 (2003)_ (qv) and  _Van Helsing (2004)_ (qv).'),
('98909',' Johnny Knoxville (qv) broke his nose during filming.'),
('98910',' The trike that Knoxville uses in the film is the original bike that  Kaufman used in 1973.'),
('98911',' The jacket that Knoxville wears in the movie is the same jacket that  Kaufman wore when he burned the body.'),
('98912',' CAMEO(Phil Kaufman (qv)): at the end of the movie where he is led  down the steps of the local Police Office protesting his innocence.'),
('98913',' The tattoos that Jonny Knoxville (qv) has in the film are a  mixture of real ones and ones made for the movie. For instance, the  tattoo of the word "Madison" (the name of Knoxvilles real'),
('98914','life  daughter) over his heart is real but the bigger ones on his arm are  not.'),
('98915',' DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [reno]'),
('98916',' Luc Besson (qv) was very uncertain about which actor to cast in  the main role. He proposed the role to  Christopher Lambert (I) (qv) (with whom he worked in his previous  movie), had a meeting with Mickey Rourke (qv) (a big star back  then) and even was suggested that he himself should take the role,  since he had such affinity with the character. It was not only until  weeks before filming that someone suggested the name of  Jean'),
('98917','Marc Barr (qv).'),
('98918',' DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [music]'),
('98919',' DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [intro]'),
('98920',' The stranded ship where Enzo rescues the diver is named "Olympia"  and is still there in Amorgos, Greece.'),
('98921',' DIRCAMEO(Luc Besson): One of the divers.'),
('98922',' Although the story is fiction, it is inspired by the lives of divers  Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca.'),
('98923',' This film was such a hit in France that it played for over a year in  theatres.'),
('98924',' The most financially successful French film of the 1980s.'),
('98925',' Paul Shenar (qv)s last film.'),
('98926',' The underwater shots with the dolphins were filmed in the Virgin  Islands in large enclosures, and the dolphins were flown there from  the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys. The dolphin who  appears most often on screen is a male named Natua, who had also  taken part in dolphin language experiments because of his  intelligence.'),
('98927',' Originally completed in 1970 but not released until 1972 '),
('98928',' after the  death of the films director Piero Pierotti (qv).'),
('98929',' In the final scene in the garden '),
('98930',' where Philipe is sitting on the  bench, there is a poem by Dorothy Frances Gurney written on the  bench. Many garden lovers have this poem written in their gardens.  It says: "Kiss of the sun for pardon. Song of the birds for mirth.  Youre closer to Gods heart in a garden than any place else on  earth."'),
('98931',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedies  _Jealous Wife, A (1911)_ (qv) and  _Eyra and the Fortune Teller (1911)_ (qv).'),
('98932',' First foreign language film'),
('98933','and still one of only a handful'),
('98934','to be  nominated for Oscar as Best Picture.'),
('98935',' The uniform worn by Jean Gabin (qv) was actually owned and worn by  Jean Renoir (qv), who served in the air force during WWI.'),
('98936',' Goebbels made sure that the films print was one of the first things  seized by the Germans when they occupied France. He referred to Jean  Renoir as "Cinematic Public Enemy Number 1". For many years it was  assumed that the film had been destroyed in an Allied air raid in  1942. However, a German film archivist named Frank Hansel, then a  Nazi officer in Paris, had actually smuggled it back to Berlin. Then  when the Russians entered Berlin in 1945, the film found its way to  an archive in Moscow. When Jean Renoir came to restore his film in  the 1960s, he knew nothing of Hansels acquisition and was working  from an old muddy print. Purely by coincidence at the same time, the  Russian archive swapped some material with an archive in Toulouse.  Included in that exchange was the original negative print. However,  because so many prints of the film existed at the time, it would be  another 30 years before anyone realised that the version in Toulouse  was actually the original negative.'),
('98937',' Viennese'),
('98938','born Erich von Stroheim (qv) had spent so many years in  America that he spoke hardly any German by the time he made the  film.'),
('98939',' The little girl who played "Lotte" never saw the film, having died  of the flu some weeks before the film was released.'),
('98940',' The art director, Eugene Lourie (qv), was the one who carved the  nativity figures out of potatoes for the Christmas scene towards the  films end.'),
('98941',' SPOILER: The downbeat ending was suggested by lead actor  Jean'),
('98942','Louis Trintignant (qv) as shooting was about to wrap.'),
('98943',' Trintignant had agreed to do the film in order to help out the  producer, who was a friend of his.'),
('98944',' The snow in the town of Snow Hill was created by gallons of shaving  cream.'),
('98945',' Franco Nero (qv) was originally going to be cast as Silence, but  he was busy working on another project.'),
('98946',' According to "Once Upon a Time in the Italian West" by Howard  Hughes. Silences distinctive rapid'),
('98947','firing pistol is the 1896 9mm  Mauser Broomhandle.'),
('98948',' Twenty people die in the final massacre.'),
('98949',' Silence kills eleven people in the film.'),
('98950',' Jean Louis Trintignant agreed to play in a spaghetti western under  the condition that he did not have to learn any lines for the role.  Thats why the main character conveniently became a mute in the  story.'),
('98951',' Harrington Harbour, where the film was made, is actually an  English'),
('98952','speaking village, settled originally by people from  Newfoundland.'),
('98953',' When the factory agent returns to the restaurant to retrieve his  hat, he inquires where all the townspeople have gone, and is told by  the banker (according to the subtitles), "Its 7 oclock, they have  gone home to watch ET." Actually he says that as it is 7 oclock,  they have gone home to watch "Virginie", a French'),
('98954','Canadian serial  drama.'),
('98955',' Shot in six weeks.'),
('98956',' Louis de Funes (Stanislas) is viewed playing the piano when he is at  the Paris Opera House. In reality, during World War II, de Funes  played the piano in bars in Paris during the occupation.'),
('98957',' This movie was seen by 17 million people in France, a box'),
('98958','office  record in that country until _Titanic (1997)_ (qv).'),
('98959',' Visa de contôle cinénatographique ( France ) #30332'),
('98960',' The sawmill seen on the screen was rebuilt on the site of Cellet  after its owner '),
('98961',' just like Bourvil in the story '),
('98962',' set fire to it,  then burnt down again for the final scenes.'),
('98963',' French censorship visa #16.679.'),
('98964',' Italian censorship visa #20434 delivered on 22 December 1955.'),
('98965',' Cameo: the writer, Pavel Jech (qv), appears as one of the soaked  German tourists.'),
('98966',' To celebrate this being his 125th film, producer Mario Cecchi Gori  cast every available performer from his previous 124 films (many  were uncredited.)'),
('98967',' David Zed (David Traylor) is given a consultant credit in this film  for helping Paolo Villaggio do a parody of the ZED Robot character  he made popular on Italian TV. Later known as Mr. Zed, Mr. Traylor  went on to do three other TV series with this character as well as  personal appearances on the Tonight show, MTV, BBC, NHK and CNN.'),
('98968',' Film star and early 20th century womens basketball star Mae Owen,  sister'),
('98969','in'),
('98970','law of vaudeville and silent film actress Mabel Nye, made  her film debut in this short at the age of 99.'),
('98971',' Originally intended as a serious movie, this film was altered by  Harold Lloyd into a comedy by adding the gag scenes later on.'),
('98972',' The original title of the film was "Nanas Boy" and in the scene  when Samantha and Alex are taking shots of tequila Samantha says,  "Whats the matter Nanas boy? Cant hang?"'),
('98973',' Alex is driving such a pile of garbage car because the production  was running low on money when it came time to get a car for his  character.'),
('98974',' When Alex tells Jeff to "Shut up" when he spends the night at his  house, it was to keep him from ad'),
('98975','libbing even further about his  sweet car bed.'),
('98976',' When Alex comes out of Samanthas office J.P. is standing facing the  wall and you can see a poster that says  _Gay Robot (2006) (TV)_ (qv), a TV'),
('98977','series written by  Nick Swardson (qv) (Jeff) and a character from a sketch of the  same name from Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s 2004 comedy album "Shh...  Dont Tell". There is also a small poster for "Gay Robot" on the  shelf behind the desk in Mr. Cheezels office.'),
('98978',' The line "Youre a hooker" in the opening sequence was an idea of  Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s that he suggested on the day of the shoot.'),
('98979',' The video game featured in the movie, _Demonik (2006) (VG)_ (qv),  was to be an actual video game that was to be released for the Xbox  360. The project was canceled when the production company Majesco  Entertainment ran into financial troubles.'),
('98980',' When J.P. is telling Mr. Cheezle about _Demonik (2006) (VG)_ (qv),  Mr. Cheezle tells him its "very Miyamoto." Hes making a reference  to Shigeru Miyamoto (qv), a ground'),
('98981','breaking and award'),
('98982','winning game  designer for Nintendo who created  _Super Mario Bros. (1985) (VG)_ (qv),  _Donkey Kong (1981) (VG)_ (qv),  _The Hyrule fantasy: Zeruda no densetsu (1986) (VG)_ (qv) and many  more.'),
('98983',' The car Kane drove is a heavily modified Toyota Supra. The exact car  he drove was featured in the beginning of 2 Fast 2 Furious.'),
('98984',' The sound that is heard when the doors open and close to JPs office  are the same sound clips that were used in the popular 1990s  franchise games _Doom (1993) (VG)_.'),
('98985',' The camera sequence of J.P. riding a Segway around his home has a  cut in it because the cameraman ran into one of the large decorative  metal dividers.'),
('98986',' The large white metal dividers in J.P.s home with the repeating  square and circle motif can also be seen as office decor when  Renée Zellweger (qv) enters the "Now" magazine offices near the  end of _Down With Love (2003)_ (qv).'),
('98987',' Musical score composed and conducted at Private Island Trax in  Hollywood, California.'),
('98988',' Independent Film Financing legend Lew Horwitz makes a cameo in the  film.'),
('98989',' Sound Designer, Carlos Zuniga, was stung by a bee on his lip while  eating lunch one day. He was treated with medical care and back to  work before lunch was over.'),
('98990',' A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for Preservation.'),
('98991',' Biograph production number 2197.'),
('98992',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('98993',' Jack Albertsons last TV role.'),
('98994',' Was supposed to be the pilot for a new TV'),
('98995','series but it never gets  developed because of low ratings.'),
('98996',' Director Claude Lelouch (qv), very dissatisfied of the film,  destroyed the negative himself so that the film could never be  shown.'),
('98997',' Italian censorship visa #31029 delivered on 28 June 1940.'),
('98998',' While filming in Pontiac, Illinois, the night the demolition derby  scene was shot was very cold. Since it was supposed to be  summertime, the extras hired to sit in the grandstand were dressed  in shorts and shirts. To stay warm they would bundle up in coats and  hats and just before the camera would roll, they would throw off the  coats and sit on them.'),
('98999','  Publicity claimed Robson, May (qv) did not use a double for the  car chase.'),
('99000',' The start of the production was delayed to allow May Robson (qv)  to finish her role in _Four Wives (1939)_ (qv).'),
('99001',' Chaille Stovall (qv) conducted over 125 interviews with kids,  scientists, medical professionals, government officials and people  suffering from AIDS, over the span of two years for this film.'),
('99002',' Three young girls state in the film that they believe that AIDS is  Gods way of thinning out the population in Africa.'),
('99003',' Stoval made this film because he was too embarrassed to talk to his  single grandmother about having safe sex.'),
('99004',' This was Ballys second (and last) video/pinball hybrid. Baby  Pac'),
('99005','Man was the first.'),
('99006',' The production had a fake working title, "Highway 66", so that the  shoot of the controversial novel would not be effected by union  problems. Much of the dire straits portrayed in the film continued  during and after the release of the movie.'),
('99007',' A sequel was in the works at Fox the year after Wraths release. It  was tentatively named after the first films fake working title,  Highway 66.'),
('99008',' Henry Fonda (qv), still struggling to became a big Hollywood star,  tried to avoid being a contract player for 20th Century'),
('99009','Fox Studios  because he wanted the independence to choose his own projects (an  increasing number of stars at the time were trying to gain such  independence). But when the much'),
('99010','coveted part of Tom Joad was  offered to him, Fonda hesitantly gave in and signed a contract to  work with the studio for seven years because he knew it would be the  role of a lifetime.'),
('99011',' Producer Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) knew that Henry Fonda (qv) was  desperate for the part of Tom Joad, so he let it be known that he  was going to offer the part to Tyrone Power (I) (qv). Fonda  pleaded with Zanuck for the part, and in order to get it Zanuck  talked him into signing an eight'),
('99012','picture deal with 20th Century'),
('99013','Fox.'),
('99014',' John Steinbeck (qv) loved the movie and said that  Henry Fonda (qv) as Tom Joad made him "believe my own words".'),
('99015',' Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) was heavily involved in all aspects of the  production as he saw it as a personal project. In fact, so  meticulous and carefully thought through was his editing of  Nunnally Johnson (qv)s screenplay, that Johnson himself praised  Zanuck for his attention to detail.'),
('99016',' Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) paid $100,000 for the rights to  John Steinbeck (qv)s novel '),
('99017',' a staggering amount of money at the  time. Steinbeck only allowed the rights to be sold under the proviso  that the film'),
('99018','makers should show the material due reverence and  treat the project responsibly.'),
('99019',' The film shot for seven weeks.'),
('99020',' Unusually for John Ford (I) (qv), he allowed  Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) to supervise the editing. Indeed Zanuck  remains one of the very few producers to actually draw comments of  praise from the normally rather critical director.'),
('99021',' Beulah Bondi (qv) was tested for the role of Ma Joad. Bondi,  believing that she had the part, reportedly bought an old jalopy and  moved to Bakersfield to live among the migrant workers in order to  study for the role.'),
('99022',' Although the script for conformed to the provisions of the  Production Code, a number of potential censorship problems had to be  addressed. The list of suggested alterations or eliminations  included a warning "not to characterize Muley as insane", the  rewording of "certain of the lines which have reference to  Rosasharns pregnancy", the removal of a "toilet gag about Grandma",  the elimination of "specific mention of Tulare County [California]"  and a request not to identify a town as "Pixley". It was also  suggested that the film not show "Tom killing the deputy in  self'),
('99023','defense".'),
('99024',' John Ford (I) (qv) banned all makeup and perfume from the set on  the grounds that it was not in keeping with the tone of the picture.'),
('99025',' While filming the Joads car traveling down the highway,  John Ford (I) (qv) wanted to add a shot showing the large number  of caravans heading west, so the films business manager stopped  actual cars making the trek and paid the drivers five dollars to  escort the Joads jalopy for the cameras.'),
('99026',' The film was one of the first to be voted onto the National Film  Registry (1989).'),
('99027',' Non'),
('99028','US audiences saw the film with a prologue which explained about  the effects of the Depression and the Oklahoma Dust Bowl.'),
('99029',' Banks and the large farming corporations that controlled most  California farms were not keen on the original novel (it was banned  in some states and in several counties in California, and the book  was not carried in the municipal library of author  John Steinbeck (qv)s home town of Salinas, California, until just  a few years ago) and were even less thrilled that a film was being  made of it. The Associated Farmers of California called for a  boycott of all 20th Century'),
('99030','Fox films, and Steinbeck himself  received death threats.'),
('99031',' Prior to filming, producer Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) sent undercover  investigators out to the migrant camps to see if  John Steinbeck (qv) had been exaggerating about the squalor and  unfair treatment meted out there. He was horrified to discover that,  if anything, Steinbeck had actually downplayed what went on in the  camps.'),
('99032',' The novels original ending was far too controversial to be even  considered for a film in 1940. It involved Rose'),
('99033','of'),
('99034','Sharon Rivers  (Dorris Bowdon (qv)) giving birth to a stillborn baby and then  offering her milk'),
('99035','filled breasts to a starving man, dying in a barn.'),
('99036',' The budget for the film was $750,000.'),
('99037',' The pro'),
('99038','unionization stance of the film led to both  John Steinbeck (qv) and John Ford (I) (qv) being investigated  during the McCarthy era for pro'),
('99039','Communist leanings.'),
('99040',' Noah Joad simply vanishes after the scene of the family swimming in  the Colorado River. In the book, Noah tells Tom he has decided to  stay by the river. In the film, his disappearance is never  explained.'),
('99041',' Ranked #7 on the American Film Institutes 100 Most Inspiring Movies  of All Time (2006).'),
('99042',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #23 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('99043',' Shot with a 1:60 shooting ratio '),
('99044',' 60 times less footage than the  resulting film.'),
('99045',' Runtime was originally 40 mins, but the only one copy existing  progressively lost runtime due to the numerous screenings in bad  conditions. The copy has been saved by the French Cinematheque in  1999 and now lasts 20 mins.'),
('99046',' A Bluebird Production. Unlike many other major studios, Universal  did not own a theater network and devised a 3'),
('99047','tiered branding system  to sell its product to independent theater owners: Red Feather  (low'),
('99048','budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel  (prestige pictures designed to draw higher roadshow ticket prices).  This branding system would cease by late 1929.'),
('99049',' The film survives incomplete and is held in the George Eastman  House.'),
('99050',' With the exception of the animated chapter headings, this film is  comprised entirely of archival footage, films, and videos.'),
('99051',' Woody Harrelson (qv) narrated this documentary for free.'),
('99052',' The Ontario Censor Board wanted to remove some 1960s footage of some  lab monkeys forced to smoke dope as it depicted animal cruelty.'),
('99053',' Vitaphone production #1885A'),
('99054',' The Grasshopper is voiced by Pinto Colvig (qv), better known as  the voice of Goofy. The song "The World Owes Me a Living" was later  used as a theme song of sorts for Goofy.'),
('99055',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('99056',' Final cartoon directed by Dave Tendlar (qv) at Paramount.'),
('99057',' As Dash rushes out of Jerrys apartment, in one frame, the producer  Andrea Holderfield can be seen behind the front door.'),
('99058',' Six gallons of fake blood were used during shooting.'),
('99059',' There was one sole piece of spooky music made for this film by  director R. N. Millward, that has gone on to be featured in a number  of other film and video projects. The music was originally made to  fill in a gap in the soundtrack at the last minute, and was used in  a similar way for THE HELLRAISER CHRONICLES: A QUESTION OF FAITH in  2003, and also for a ghost story section in 2007s UK release  special interest DVD set on Narrowboats from Pegasus DVD.'),
('99060',' This film was filmed in 11 days with a budget of $50,000.'),
('99061',' The shovel broke during shooting so a bolt holding it together can  be seen in some shots and not in others.'),
('99062',' The slim man talking to Kira at the wake is the films writer, Brad  Keene.'),
('99063',' The filmmakers had a most practical way of performing the 360 degree  panorama shot of the classroom transforming into Langers torture  chamber with actress Josie Maran  (qv)inside of it. First, the set  was built to resemble a classroom. The camera was then brought in  and bolted firmly to the ground. The shot was filmed and a  protective bag placed over top the camera while the art department  made the room into a dungeon. The camera was then unbagged and the  shot repeated. Blending the two takes together created a perfect  precision transformation. Actress Josie Maran was then superimposed  into the scene.'),
('99064',' Director of Photography David Armstrong has a cameo as a policeman  in the flashback where Emma is discovered playing the piano.'),
('99065',' The location used for the Parapsychology institute had been  abandoned for years. It had no electricity or running water at the  time of shooting. Several large generators had to be brought in to  power the sets and camera equipment.'),
('99066',' Director Mike Mendez fought against the opening of the film with  Oakley Stevenson (his real'),
('99067','life wife) and has said he wished it  wasnt in the film, but the sales company said "they gotta know its  a horror movie" and insisted someone die. He was so opposed to the  idea that he refused to direct the sequence, which was ultimately  directed by producer Al Corley.'),
('99068',' The entrance to the Crescent View Cemetery is misspelled as "Cresent  View Cemetery".'),
('99069',' During the Director Commentary on the DVD, director Mike Mendez and  composer Joseph Bishara played a drinking game every time they saw a  lit lamp during the film.'),
('99070',' The headstone at the end of the film is an homage to Director Mike  Mendezs wife Oakley Stevenson.'),
('99071',' Dominic Purcell and Clare Kramer did most of their own stunts.'),
('99072',' Producer Lawrence Elmer Fuhrmann Jr. plays The Gravedancers  departed friend Devin Lansing.'),
('99073',' Marcus Thomas was not the initial choice for Sid, but the production  company insisted he play the part. David Moscow was originally  intended to play the part.'),
('99074',' The actors met two days before shooting.'),
('99075',' Josie Maran was cast without even auditioning for the film.'),
('99076',' The full moon was added digitally.'),
('99077',' Later scenes with the cat were eliminated after it proved to be  uncooperative in its first scene and even badly scratched Clare  Kramer.'),
('99078',' In South Carolina they burn down abandoned and/or condemned houses  as opposed to demolishing them and the filmmakers asked if they  could use an abandoned house before it was to be burned down. It was  used several times throughout filming, as Kiras house and the sets  of the pyromaniac ghost.'),
('99079',' The hospital was actually a convalescent home and filmmakers  received numerous complaints about the loud screaming and dangerous  stunts while shooting.'),
('99080',' Robert Harris from the film Cabin Fever (2002) is seen in the  hospital waiting room.'),
('99081',' The character of Vincent was originally written as a college student  but re'),
('99082','written when for Tchéky Karyo.'),
('99083',' An issue of Fangoria Magazine is seen in the library scene.'),
('99084',' The flashback to Emmas past was shot months after production in  Mike Mendezs aunts house.'),
('99085',' David Gunn from The Convent (2000) plays Emmas husband in the  flashback.'),
('99086',' The flashbacks to William Langers torture victims were shot in  Joseph Bisharas basement right after he had moved into his new  house.'),
('99087',' The grave'),
('99088','digging sequence proved to be the most difficult night of  filming when a fight broke out on set between the crew'),
('99089','members.'),
('99090',' The character of Frances Culpepper was inspired by Velma from  Scooby'),
('99091','Doo.'),
('99092',' Disneys ride The Haunted Mansion was a major inspiration to the  film, including the design of the ghosts.'),
('99093',' Clare Kramer really did hang from a three'),
('99094','story window with only a  wire to keep her from falling.'),
('99095',' Tchéky Karyos final line in the film was improvised.'),
('99096',' The film was initially planned to be a trilogy.'),
('99097',' Upon her first reading of the script at 2 in the morning, Megahn  Perry was so frightened half'),
('99098','way through the script that she threw  it across the room.'),
('99099',' SPOILER: Dominic Purcell was literally buried alive and held his  breath while waiting for Clare Kramer and Tchéky Karyo to dig him  back up. Initially they had trouble finding him.'),
('99100',' This project was originally announced in 1999 through Artisan  Entertainment'),
('99101',' The cast included over 30 puppets. None of the puppets were harmed  in making this picture.'),
('99102',' DIRCAMEO(Jerry Ciccoritti): punk with gun'),
('99103',' The name of the mill is "Bachman Mills". "Bachman" is a pseudonym  used by Stephen King (qv), upon whose short story the movie was  based.'),
('99104',' The first animated appearance of Shuichis sister Mariko Shindo, an  important and popular character from the manga who did not make it  into the previous television anime.'),
('99105',' Created as a continuation to the fan'),
('99106','favorite television series, the  OVA series features all'),
('99107','new animation, as well as a unique story not  previously created for the television anime or the original manga.  It is the official planned conclusion for all of the various  Gravitation anime.'),
('99108',' Jack Starrett (qv) replaced original director  Terrence Malick (qv).'),
('99109',' First day of shooting was ruined due to frozen cameras in Canadian  winter exteriors.'),
('99110',' Actress Daniela Gonzalez (Nell) nearly got hypothermia from shooting  exteriors in '),
('99111','20C weather in only a mini'),
('99112','skirt and light jacket.'),
('99113',' Won three awards at Young Cuts International Film Festival: Best  Film, Best Actress, Best Original Music. Nominated: Best Director,  Best Cinematography.'),
('99114',' The abridged version made by the movies editor in 2007 for  television broadcast is almost half the length of the original 2004  festival version.'),
('99115',' A documentary in the Bruce Scenic Novelties series.'),
('99116',' Released as a split reel with the documentaries,  _Dash Thru Hawaii, A (1927)_ (qv) and _Hello, Hilo (1927)_ (qv).'),
('99117',' The individual chapters were:  '),
('99118',' The Bank Mystery,  '),
('99119',' The Mysterious Message,  '),
('99120',' The Warning,  '),
('99121',' The Fight,  '),
('99122',' Plunder,  '),
('99123',' The House of Mystery,  '),
('99124',' Caught in the Web,  '),
('99125',' The Double Floor,  '),
('99126',' The Pearl Necklace,  '),
('99127',' Shadows,  '),
('99128',' The Flaming Meteor,  '),
('99129',' The Poisoned Ring,  '),
('99130',' The Tightening Snare,  '),
('99131',' At Bay,  '),
('99132',' The Duel,  '),
('99133',' From Out of the Past.'),
('99134',' Feature film debut of Christopher Reeve (qv).'),
('99135',' Bill Askew (qv) wrote the script while in Australia, finishing the  three drafts in just over a month.'),
('99136',' Hirbour received 22 stitches on his left arm after and off'),
('99137','camera  mishap during production.'),
('99138',' During the one'),
('99139','day reshoot, Hirbours nose was broken and he was  forced to shoot the rest of his scenes from angles that would hide  the swelling. If you listen closely, you can hear Hirbours nose  breaking during the flashback standoff in the snowy field between  Declan and Le Morte.'),
('99140',' Wilderness Tales documentary series.'),
('99141',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Santa Cruz Beach and Cliff Drive (1911)_ (qv).'),
('99142',' This was the first film released by Reliance Motion Picture Company.'),
('99143',' First Reliance release.'),
('99144',' Was made as an entry for a comic book convention in which a period  is given to comic book fans who make their own home'),
('99145','made videos.  After much fanfare and praise by on'),
('99146','line fans DC Comics established  that there were to be no more fan made movies to be shown at comic  book conventions. Any persons found displaying home'),
('99147','made comic book  movies depicting any of their characters will be contacted by their  legal affairs department. Despite this fact, Grayson remains a fan  favorite movie and continues to be downloaded in record numbers.'),
('99148',' The film was never completed.'),
('99149',' Luna Mijovic (qv) broke her leg when shooting the football scene.'),
('99150',' Like many other productions in Bosnia, _Grbavica (2006)_ (qv) is a  small budget film.'),
('99151',' Grbavica is a district of Sarajevo and translates to "hunchbacked  woman".'),
('99152',' Winkler, Henry (qv), who was playing Fonzie on  _"Happy Days" (1974)_ (qv), was originally supposed to play Danny  but didnt for fear of being typecast.'),
('99153',' Susan Dey (qv) and Deborah Raffin (qv) were the first choices  for the role of Sandy (Dey declined the role after her manager  advised against it). Marie Osmond (qv) later claimed on the Larry  King Show that she had been also been offered the role but declined  "on moral grounds" though she later admitted this to be untrue.'),
('99154',' Lucie Arnaz (qv) was first choice for the role of Rizzo but was  rejected after her actress mother Lucille Ball (qv) refused to  allow her to screen test at Paramount Studios (she wrongly claimed  that she used to own it).'),
('99155',' Due to a zipper breaking, Newton'),
('99156','John, Olivia (qv) had to be sewn  into the trousers she wears in the last sequence (the carnival at  Rydell).'),
('99157',' Conaway, Jeff (qv) had to walk slightly stooped so that  Travolta, John (qv) would appear taller.'),
('99158',' Set in high school, most of the principal cast were way past their  teenage years at the time of filming. John Travolta (qv) was 24;  Jeff Conaway (qv), Michael Tucci (qv), Barry Pearl (qv), and  Didi Conn (qv) were all 28; Olivia Newton'),
('99159','John (qv) was 29;  Jamie Donnelly (I) (qv) was 30 and Stockard Channing (qv) was  the eldest at 34. Dinah Manoff (qv) and Lorenzo Lamas (qv) were  still teenagers '),
('99160',' both were 19.'),
('99161',' Randal Kleiser (qv) hated the song "Youre The One That I want"  saying it "sounded awful".'),
('99162',' "Youre the One That I Want" took just an afternoon to film.'),
('99163',' When Olivia Newton'),
('99164','John (qv) was cast as Sandy, her characters  background had to be changed to accommodate Newton'),
('99165','Johns own  background. In the original Broadway musical Sandy was an  all'),
('99166','American girl and her last name was Dumbrowski. In the movie  version, she became Sandy Olsson, foreign'),
('99167','exchange student from  Australia. Also, because of Newton'),
('99168','Johns casting,  John Farrar (qv) (Newton'),
('99169','Johns frequent songwriter) had to write  two new songs for the film while other songs from the Broadway  musical were dropped.'),
('99170',' Although cut from the movie, The Alma Mater/Parody instrumental from  the stage version can be heard in the office on the last day and  during the carnival scenes.'),
('99171',' Several musical numbers were not used in the film. They appear,  however, as jukebox tunes, or band numbers at the high school dance.  Among them "Freddy, My Love," "Those Magic Changes," and "Its  Raining on Prom Night" all of which were performed by characters in  the stage musical.'),
('99172',' Carrie Fisher (qv) was considered for the role of Rizzo.'),
('99173',' For a time, it was the third highest grossing movie of all time  behind only _Jaws (1975)_ (qv) and _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('99174',' It was released again in theaters in 1998 for a couple of reasons:  to mark the 20th anniversary of the original and because the year  before, a dance mix of songs from the soundtrack became a big hit on  radio.'),
('99175',' The film was released in Spain as Brilliantina (Brilliantine) '),
('99176','  because its English title translated as "fat" in Spanish.'),
('99177',' Dannys blue windbreaker at the beginning of the film was intended  as a nod to _Rebel Without a Cause (1955)_ (qv)'),
('99178',' The original stage play had more sexual references than the censors  wanted to allow. Among these was the use of plastic wrap as  protection. To overcome the censors, there werent any blatent  references but Danny rubs plastic wrap over his crotch during  "Greased Lightning".'),
('99179',' The scene in Frenchys bedroom while Rizzo is singing the line about  Elvis was actually filmed the same day that Elvis Presley (qv)  died.'),
('99180',' The final musical scene, "Youre the One That I Want" was filmed  with the help of a traveling carnival. However, director  Randal Kleiser (qv) decided the next day that additional scenes  were needed for close'),
('99181','ups. Unfortunately the carnival had left town  so set decorators were called in to build replica backgrounds, that  matched the carnival rides construction for the close'),
('99182','ups.'),
('99183',' Randal Kleiser (qv) hated the opening title song, "Grease" (he  thought that the cynical lyrics and disco beat were inappropriate  for a film set in the 1950s).'),
('99184',' The dance contest scene was filmed during the summer, when the  school was closed. The gym had no air conditioning and the doors had  to be kept closed to control lighting, so the building became  stifling hot. On more than one occassion, an extra had to be taken  out due to heat related illness.'),
('99185',' Choreographer Patricia Birch (qv) worked with Sha'),
('99186','Na'),
('99187','Na (qv) to  ensure that the tempo of the dance contest would be correct. She  appears, uncredited, as one of the dancers during the contest.'),
('99188',' In the song "Look at Me Im Sandra Dee", it originally references  Sal Mineo (qv) in the stage version. However, due to Mineos  murder the year before shooting began the reference was given to  Elvis Presley (qv).'),
('99189',' In the scene where the cast are near the bridge after the car race,  the water on the ground was stagnant and dangerous. Some cast  members became ill from filming as the setting was a derelict place  full of dirt and rubbish.'),
('99190',' Harry Reems (I) (qv) was originally signed to play Coach Calhoun.  Producers got cold feet weeks before filming and replaced him with  Sid Caesar (qv).'),
('99191',' Randal Kleiser shot a scene of Kenickie and Rizzo getting into a  heated argument, which explained their attitude towards each other  in the diner scene (where Rizzo threw the malt at Kenickie). The  fight scene was cut because it didnt match the tone of the rest of  the film; it was much grittier, described by one crew member as  "looking like something Martin Scorsese might have directed."'),
('99192',' "Hopelessly Devoted To You" was written and recorded after the movie  had wrapped. The producers felt they needed a strong ballad and had  Olivia Newton'),
('99193','John come back to film her singing this song. This  song ended up receiving an Academy Award nomination.'),
('99194',' The official premiere after'),
('99195','party was at Studio 54.'),
('99196',' The production had a product placement plan with Coca'),
('99197','Cola, but it  fell through. The Coke products were taken out or blurred. There is  a huge hanging picture/advertisement in the diner that was blurred  out. Photos on the inside flaps of the soundtrack album have Pepsi  products.'),
('99198',' Jim Jacobs (II) (qv) and Warren Casey (I) (qv), who wrote the  original stage play, were originally supposed to serve as executive  producers of the film but got kicked off the set by  Allen Carr (qv). Patricia Birch (qv) who was choreographer on  the Broadway stage continued her role in the movie version and the  film original song "Sandy" was co'),
('99199','written by Louis St Louis (qv)  who wrote some songs used in the film.'),
('99200',' Originated in Chicago at the Kingston Mines Theatre, of which  authors Jim Jacobs (II) (qv) and Warren Casey (I) (qv) were  acting ensemble members. It opened on the 5 February 1971, and cast  members Marilu Henner (qv), who played Marty, and  James Canning (qv), who played Doody, went on to play those roles  on Broadway. Others in the cast were Sue Williams (Rizzo),  Bruce Hickey (qv) (Kenickie), Bill Cervetti (Miller), Sheila  Caeser (Jan), Hedda Lubin (qv) (Frenchy), Polly Pen (Patti),  Leslie Goto (Sandi), Doug Stevnson (Danny), Gerald Bolnick (Sonny),  and Gary Houston (qv) (Roger). Guy Barile (qv) directed and  Ronna Kaye choreographed the production, and Wrick Paul (aka  Rick Paul (qv)) was set designer. The rock'),
('99201','and'),
('99202','roll band that  accompanied the show, led by Michael Williams, was called Sex  Nellie, and Love.'),
('99203',' "Greased Lightning" was supposed to be sung by Jeff Conaway (qv)s  character, Kenickie, as it is in the stage version.  John Travolta (qv) used his clout to have his character sing it.  The director felt it was only right to ask Conaway if it was okay.  At first he refused, but he eventually gave in.'),
('99204',' Rizzos hickeys were real. Stockard Channing (qv) said in an  interview that Jeff Conaway (qv) insisted on applying them  himself.'),
('99205',' One of the session drummers for the recording session was Cubby  OBrien (qv), one of the original Mouseketeers.'),
('99206',' One of the first movie musical sequels since the Broadway Melody  series of the 1920s, 30s and 40s.'),
('99207',' Pat Birch (qv), the director of this film, was the dance  choreographer in the original.'),
('99208',' John Travolta (qv) and Olivia Newton'),
('99209','John (qv) met with the  studio to discuss reprising their roles but werent pursued further  after the initial conference.'),
('99210',' Jeff Conaway (Kenickie) was originally going to have a cameo as the  Bowling Alley Manager, This idea was scrapped.'),
('99211',' Originally planned to be the second installment in a franchise of  four movies and a TV series. However, once the movie flopped, plans  for a franchise were thrown out.'),
('99212',' Had a 58 day shooting schedule.'),
('99213',' Pamela Seagull (Dolores) was unable to complete filming because she  got into a car accident on her way to the set midway through. The  majority of the scenes featuring her were already filmed, but  stand'),
('99214','ins were used some scenes, such as the talent show sequence.'),
('99215',' Director Pat Birch said by the time filming began, the script wasnt  even complete yet, so she had to try her best to work with what she  had.'),
('99216',' Director Pat Birch said the movie was originally going to be titled  "Son of Grease", but producers wanted something more straightforward  and less confusing, so it was switched to "Grease 2". Maxwell  Caulfield (Michael Carrington) tried hard to get it changed back,  saying that "Grease 2" was a boring title. His attempts were  unsuccessful.'),
('99217',' Scenes that featured Frenchy (Didi Conn) helping Michael (Maxwell  Caulfield) act like a T'),
('99218','Bird, ride his motorcycle, and giving him  cooler clothes were cut from the film in post production.'),
('99219',' Several scenes/sequences were cut from the film, including scenes  where Frenchy tries to help Michael become a "cool rider", Michael  talking to Stephanie and comforting her after the talent show scene,  and a sequence at the very end of the film where Michael and  Stephanie fly off into the sunset on a motorcycle, similar to the  ending of "Grease", where Danny and Sandy fly off into the sunset in  a car.'),
('99220',' The song "Do It For Our Country" is a duet between Sharon (Maureen  Teefy) and Louis (Peter Frechette). However, Maureen Teefy couldnt  make it to the recording of the song, so Peter Frechette had to sing  the whole song himself, which is why on the movies soundtrack,  Maureens vocals are not included. Later, Maureens voice was dubbed  in, but her voice didnt make the soundtracks final cut.'),
('99221',' Annette Funicello was originally signed on to play Ms. Mason, but  dropped out due to schedule conflicts.'),
('99222',' A scene was cut where Goose (Christopher McDonald) accidentally  slams a door into Rhondas (Alison Price) nose.'),
('99223',' Scenes where Dolores and Davey interact with one another were cut in  post production, including a scene at the luau where Davey (Lief  Green) helps Dolores (Pamela Seagull) stuff her bra so that she can  be dating material for him.'),
('99224',' Eve Ardens last movie.'),
('99225',' This was televised on VH1 in 2002 for the 20th anniversary &  re'),
('99226','release of _Grease (1978)_ (qv). The re'),
('99227','broadcast in 2002  featured a new intro and close from Olivia Newton'),
('99228','John (qv).'),
('99229',' The door in the "shrine" room was actually to the left of the  "shrine" and not opposite it, as seen in the film.'),
('99230',' The live'),
('99231','action railway footage used as the basis for one segment  was used a few years later in unmodified form for a television ad in  the US.'),
('99232',' The film appears on the following DVDs:  '),
('99233',' Charles In Charge Season 1  '),
('99234',' Magnum PI Season 4  '),
('99235',' Miami Vice Season 3  '),
('99236',' Gimmie a Break Season 1  '),
('99237',' The A'),
('99238','Team Season 4  '),
('99239',' Kate and Ally Season 1  '),
('99240',' Simon & Simon Season 1  '),
('99241',' Murder She Wrote Season 3  '),
('99242',' Quantum Leap Season 4  '),
('99243',' and Knight Rider Season 4.'),
('99244',' Film debut of Fredric March (qv).'),
('99245',' Final film of Charles King (I) (qv).'),
('99246',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('99247',' 1. Law of the Gun  '),
('99248',' 2. Stampede!  '),
('99249',' 3. Blazing Terror  '),
('99250',' 4. Mystery Canyon  '),
('99251',' 5. Flaming Brands  '),
('99252',' 6. The Apache Killer  '),
('99253',' 7. Prowling Wolves  '),
('99254',' 8. The Pit  '),
('99255',' 9. Ambushed!  '),
('99256',' 10. Savage Vengeance  '),
('99257',' 11. Burning Waters  '),
('99258',' 12. Desperation  '),
('99259',' 13. Phantom Bullets  '),
('99260',' 14. The Lure  '),
('99261',' 15. Trails End'),
('99262',' Original 1919 Jess Willard'),
('99263','Jack Dempsey fight film footage used.'),
('99264',' The scene in which Bugs discusses his "several fathers" was written  by Chuck Jones (I) (qv) as a way to debunk fellow animation  director Robert Clampett (qv)s claims throughout the 1970s that  he alone created Bugs. Clampetts name is notably missing from  Bugss list.'),
('99265',' Filmed Tuesday, 25 August 1987, in Fanueil Hall in Boston,  Massachusetts.'),
('99266',' Jerry Lee Lewis (qv) re'),
('99267','recorded his songs for this film, which  Dennis Quaid (qv) lip'),
('99268','syncs.'),
('99269',' Dennis Quaid (qv) is really playing the piano. Pianist/singer  Jason D. Williams, often compared to Jerry Lee Lewis in looks and  musical performance, also served as the hands double for the piano  parts in the film. Williams also found himself teaching  Dennis Quaid (qv) how to play a few parts, which Quaid quickly  picked up.'),
('99270',' Jerry Lee Lewis (qv) hated both this film and his ex'),
('99271','wife  Myra Lewis (I) (qv) autobiographical book, which was a source for  this film. Linda Gail Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis sister, also thought  this film was a poor and unjustified version of the real Jerry.'),
('99272',' Jerry Lee Lewis (qv) later recorded his own version of the  "Big'),
('99273','Legged Woman", the opening song where he and Jimmy Swaggart  sneak over to club Hanleys as small boys to see whats going on.'),
('99274',' The original recording of the song "Honey Dont" by  Carl Perkins (qv) is heard in this film and is a Sun Records  label.'),
('99275',' The Sun Records Studio scenes for the film were shot in the  legendary studio itself.'),
('99276',' The song "Great Balls of Fire" in the soundtrack has an extra,  extended piano solo which builds up to a vocal climax missing from  the original Sun record version.'),
('99277',' Filmed in 1978.'),
('99278',' TV debut of David Wayne (I) (qv).'),
('99279',' Rev. James K. Friedrich (qv) produced this picture in order to  portray a "correct" version of the crucifixion. After PCA censor  Joseph Breen (IV) (qv) voiced concerns about the onscreen  representation of Jesus, producer John T. Coyle (qv) decided to  eliminate Jesus as an onscreen character and to use the cameras  point of view to represent him instead. The picture was not released  nationally until 1941, but had its previews in Joplin, MO, and at  the Ambassdor Theater in Los Angeles on 2 Oct. 1939'),
('99280',' Based on the Broadway hit by Vincent Youmans, the film was shot  during the summer of 1930. Legend has it that production was shut  down before the film as completed, but a numerous reports indicated  that the film was very near completion when, for obscure reasons,  and at Crawfords behest, production came to a halt. Work began to  rewrite the script and to remount the project in 1931 with Crawford,  and in 1935 with Jeanette MacDonald, but plans never reached  fruition.'),
('99281',' Press releases attached Harry A. Pollard (qv) to this project, but  he may not have actually filmed any scenes for it.'),
('99282',' Fourth in a series of twelve Pacemaker Comedies, each title a  wordplay on one of the popular feature films of the era.'),
('99283',' This was Skeltons last film for MGM. He had been under contract  with the studio since 1940.'),
('99284',' Charles Chaplin (qv) got the idea when a friend,  Alexander Korda (qv), noted that his screen persona and  Adolf Hitler (qv) looked somewhat similar. Chaplin later learned  they were both born within a week of each other, were roughly the  same height and weight and both struggled in poverty until they  reached great success in their respective fields. When Chaplin  learned of Hitlers policies of racial oppression and nationalist  aggression, he used their similarities as an inspiration to attack  Hitler on film.'),
('99285',' Charles Chaplin (qv) said that had he known the true extent of  Nazi atrocities, he "could not have made fun of their homicidal  insanity".'),
('99286',' Some reports refute Charles Chaplin (qv)s claims of ignorance as  to the true extent of Nazi atrocities, stating that Chaplin was very  much aware of the various goings'),
('99287','on, but decided to make the film  anyway as an attack on Nazi ideology.'),
('99288',' Production on the film started in 1937, when not nearly as many  people believed Nazism was a menace as was the case when it was  released in 1940.'),
('99289',' The German spoken by the dictator is complete nonsense. The language  in which the shop signs, posters, etc in the "Jewish" quarter are  written is Esperanto, a language created in 1887 by Dr L.L.  Zamenhof, a Polish Jew.'),
('99290',' When this film was released, Adolf Hitler (qv) banned it in  Germany and in all countries occupied by the Nazis. Curiosity  eventually got the best of him and he had a print brought in through  Portugal. He screened it not once but twice. Unfortunately, history  did not record his reaction to the film. When told of this,  Charles Chaplin (qv) said, "Id give anything to know what he  thought of it."'),
('99291',' Although this movie was banned in all occupied countries by the  Nazis, it was screened once to a German audience. In the occupied  Balkans, members of a resistance group switched the reels in a  military cinema and replaced a comedic opera with a copy of this  film, which they had smuggled in from Greece. So a group of German  soldiers enjoyed a screening of this film until they realized what  it was. Some left the cinema and some were reported to have fired  shots at the screen.'),
('99292',' This was the last movie in which Charles Chaplin (qv) used the  "Tramp" outfit '),
('99293',' the bowler hat and the walking cane '),
('99294',' but although  he appears to be playing The Tramp once again, that character had  actually been retired in his previous film,  _Modern Times (1936)_ (qv). Chaplin was said not to consider this  movie a "Tramp" film.'),
('99295',' Released 13 years after the end of the silent era, this was  Charles Chaplin (qv)s first all'),
('99296','talking, all'),
('99297','sound film.'),
('99298',' According to documentaries on the making of the film,  Charles Chaplin (qv) began to feel more uncomfortable lampooning  Adolf Hitler (qv) the more he heard of Hitlers actions in Europe.  Ultimately, the invasion of France inspired Chaplin to change the  ending of his film to include his famous speech.'),
('99299',' Color behind'),
('99300','the'),
('99301','scenes footage exists, including the only footage  of an aborted ending in which soldiers break into a folk dance.'),
('99302',' The scene where Charles Chaplin (qv) dances with a globe had its  origins in a 1928 home movie in which Chaplin also toyed with a  globe in similar fashion.'),
('99303',' In Spain, the film was banned until dictator  Francisco Franco (I) (qv) died, in 1975.'),
('99304',' Charles Chaplin (qv) said wearing Hynkels costume made him feel  more aggressive, and those close to him remember him being more  difficult to work with on days he was shooting as Hynkel.'),
('99305',' Charles Chaplin (qv) named Paulette Goddard (qv)s character  after his mother, Hannah.'),
('99306',' The Big Bertha artillery piece mentioned in the beginning of the  film was not actually used to shell Paris, as stated in the film. In  fact, the Big Bertha was simply a heavy artillery piece used by the  Germans in the beginning of the war to smash Belgian forts during  the invasion of Belgium. The large howitzer used to shell Paris by  the Germans during WWI was simply called "The Paris Gun".'),
('99307',' Charles Chaplin (qv) accepted an invitation to perform the movies  climactic speech on national radio.'),
('99308',' This is the first Charles Chaplin (qv) film since  _Behind the Screen (1916)_ (qv) in which Chaplin plays a character  who is actually identified by name. His famous Tramp character was  rarely given a name, though he was often referred to as Charlie. The  tramp'),
('99309','like barber in this film remains unnamed, but the Dictator is  clearly referred to by name.'),
('99310',' Shot for 539 days.'),
('99311',' According to his biographer David Robinson, Charles Chaplin (qv)  despised script girls and refused to abide by their guidance,  resulting in continuity lapses in this movie.'),
('99312',' Charles Chaplin (qv) spent some time attempting to simulate the  sound of an airplane motor with various methods, only to be upstaged  by one of his sound technicians who simply went to an airport for  the appropriate sounds.'),
('99313',' Charles Chaplin (qv) wrote the entire script in script form,  except for the fake German, which was improvised. In addition, he  also scripted every movement in the globe dance sequence.'),
('99314',' In Italy, all the scenes that involved Napalonis wife were cut from  the movie to respect Benito Mussolini (qv)s widow, Rachele. The  complete version wasnt seen until 2002.'),
('99315',' During Hinkels speech, there are several recognizable German words  used. Most popular are "Wienerschnitzel" (a Viennese style breaded  veal cutlet), and "Sauerkraut" (a kind of sour preserved cabbage).  Others are "Leberwurst" and "Blitzkrieg". Though some other  utterances vaguely resemble words in German, the speech is actually  gibberish. Several times in the film, Hynkel utters "cheese und  cracken!" in the context of an obscenity.'),
('99316',' When Charles Chaplin (qv)s young son Sydney Chaplin (qv) saw  the scene where the artillery shell drops out of the supergun for  the first time, he burst out laughing. It ruined the take.'),
('99317',' Charles Chaplin (qv) considered Adolf Hitler (qv) to be one of  the greatest actors he had ever seen, while Hitler assumed that  Chaplin was a Jew.'),
('99318',' When Charles Chaplin (qv) first announced that he was going to  make this film, the British government '),
('99319',' whose policy at the time  was one of appeasement towards Nazi Germany '),
('99320',' announced that they  would ban it. By the time of the films release, though, Britain was  at war with Germany and in the midst of the blitz, so the  governments attitude towards the film had completely changed.'),
('99321',' Chaplin blinks fewer than ten times during the entire final speech,  which lasts over five minutes.'),
('99322',' At the 1940 Academy Awards, the film got five nominations. It failed  to win any Academy Awards, and Chaplin was hurt by this. He already  had spent twenty'),
('99323','seven years in Hollywood. James Stewart, the winner  of the Best Actor Award (for which Chaplin was nominated), was not  even planning on going to the ceremony until someone told him to go  there hours before it began. Interestingly enough, this was the  first year in which the winners remained secret until the moment  they won their Awards.'),
('99324',' Charles Chaplin (qv)s biggest box'),
('99325','office hit.'),
('99326',' Playwright Daniel Lewis James, who was associated via  Erwin Piscator (qv) with Charles Chaplin (qv)s friend  Hanns Eisler (qv), helped Chaplin with the screenplay.'),
('99327',' When he had heard that studios were trying to discourage him from  making the film, President Franklin Roosevelt sent a representative,  Harry Hopkins, to Chaplin to encourage him to make the film.'),
('99328',' Douglas Fairbanks Sr. visited the set of the film in 1939, and  laughed almost uncontrollably at the scene that was being played. He  waived goodbye to Chaplin and left. He was dead within a week and it  was the last time Chaplin would see him.'),
('99329',' General Eisenhower personally requested French dubbed versions of  the film from Chaplin for distribution in France after the Allied  victory there.'),
('99330',' Chaplin originally intended to call the film The Dictator, but  received notice from Paramount Pictures that they would charge him  $25,000 for use of the title'),
('99331','they owned the rights to an unrelated  novel by Richard Harding Davis. Chaplin balked at the conditions and  inserted "Great" into the title. (In France the film is known as Le  Dictateur.)'),
('99332',' During filming, Chaplins relationship with Paulette Goddard began  to deteriorate, but both tried very hard to save it. In 1942,  Chaplin proudly introduced her as "my wife" (a position that was  always considered sketchy) at a New York engagement, but within  months they were amicably divorced, and the notoriously finicky  Chaplin agreed to a generous divorce settlement. In the 1960s, both  Chaplin and Goddard were living in Switzerland but having made no  contact, they spotted each other at a café and had lunch together.  It was their last meeting.'),
('99333',' Jack Oakie (I) (qv) once said that he "had made hundreds of  pictures, but they only remember me as Napelloni in The Great  Dictator."'),
('99334',' A copy of this film survives at the British Film Institute in  London.'),
('99335',' Released in both a sound and a silent version, allowing it to be  distributed to theaters not yet equipped with sound systems.'),
('99336',' Donald Pleasence (qv) is the only actor to appear in both this  film and the original, _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv). In the  original, he played one of the would'),
('99337','be escapees. Here, he plays a  member of the SS.'),
('99338',' The co'),
('99339','director of this film, Jud Taylor (qv), appeared as Goff in  the original, Great Escape, The (1963).'),
('99340',' Brickhill, Paul (qv), who wrote the book from which the film is  based, was piloting a Spitfire aircraft that was shot down over  Tunisia in March 1943. He was taken to Stalag Luft III in Germany,  where he assisted in the escape preparations.'),
('99341',' The film was shot entirely on location in Europe, with a complete  camp resembling Stalag Luft III built near Munich, Germany.  Exteriors for the escape sequences were shot in the Rhine Country  and areas near the North Sea, and Steve McQueen (I) (qv)s  motorcycle scenes were filmed in Fussen (on the Austrian border) and  the Alps. All interiors were filmed at the Bavaria Studio in Munich.'),
('99342',' When the Bavaria Studios backlot proved to be too small, the  production team obtained permission from the German government to  shoot in a national forest adjoining the studio. After the end of  principal photography, the company restored (by reseeding) some  2,000 small pine trees that had been damaged in the course of  shooting.'),
('99343',' For the train sequences, a railroad engine was rented and two  condemned cars were purchased and modified to house the camera  equipment. Scenes were shot on the single rail line between Munich  and Hamburg, and a railroad representative was on hand to advise the  filmmakers when to pull aside to avoid hitting scheduled oncoming  trains.'),
('99344',' During the climatic motorcycle chase, John Sturges (qv) allowed  Steve McQueen (I) (qv) to ride (in disguise) as one of the  pursuing German soldiers, so that in the final sequence, through the  magic of editing, hes actually chasing himself.'),
('99345',' Several cast members were actual P.O.W.s during World War II.  Pleasence, Donald (qv) was held in a German camp,  Messemer, Hannes (qv) in a Russian camp and Kiwe, Til (qv) and  Reiser, Hans (qv) were prisoners of the Americans.'),
('99346',' Charles Bronson (qv), who portrays the chief tunneler, brought his  own expertise and experiences to the set: he had been a coal miner  before turning to acting and gave director John Sturges (qv)  advice on how to move the earth. As a result of his work in the coal  mines, Bronson suffered from claustrophobia just as his character  had.'),
('99347',' Although Steve McQueen (I) (qv) did his own motorcycle riding,  there was one stunt he did not perform: the hair'),
('99348','raising 60'),
('99349','foot  jump over a fence. This was done by McQueens friend  Bud Ekins (qv), who was managing a Los Angeles'),
('99350','area motorcycle  shop when recruited for the stunt. It was the beginning of a new  career for Ekins, as he later doubled for McQueen in  _Bullitt (1968)_ (qv) and did much of the motorcycle riding on the  television series _"CHiPs" (1977)_ (qv).'),
('99351',' Hilts (Steve McQueen (I) (qv)) strings a wire across the road to  obtain a motorcycle. McQueen himself played the German motorcyclist  who hits the wire.'),
('99352',' SPOILER: The individual incidents in the film are mostly true, but  were rearranged as to both the timing and the people involved. (A  note at the start of the film acknowledges this.) For instance, of  the 76 who escaped, there were indeed 3 who got away and 50 who were  murdered in reprisal, but the murders occurred in small groups, not  all at once. (14 Germans were executed after the war for their parts  in them.)'),
('99353',' The motorcycle scenes were not based on real life but were added at  Steve McQueen (I) (qv)s suggestion.'),
('99354',' Steve McQueen (I) (qv) also personally attempted the jump across  the border fence, but crashed. The jump was successfully performed  by Bud Ekins (qv).'),
('99355',' Wally Floody (qv), the real'),
('99356','life "Tunnel King" (he was transferred  to another camp just before the escape), served as a consultant to  the filmmakers, almost full'),
('99357','time, for more than a year.'),
('99358',' The real'),
('99359','life escape preparations involved 600 men working for well  over a year. The escape did have the desired effect of diverting  German resources, including a doubling of the number of guards after  the Gestapo took over the camp from the Luftwaffe.'),
('99360',' The real'),
('99361','life escape was on the night of 24 March 1944, and the  ground was snow'),
('99362','covered. The German town near the prison camp,  called Neustadt in the film, was really Sagan (now Zagan, Poland).  Steve McQueen (I) (qv) was born on March 24th.'),
('99363',' The nationality of a few of the prisoners in the story was changed,  emphasizing American, and de'),
('99364','emphasizing Commonwealth and other  Allied.'),
('99365',' The gold medallion Steve McQueen (I) (qv) wears throughout the  film was a present from his wife.'),
('99366',' Steve McQueen (I) (qv) accepted the role of Hilts on the condition  that he got to show off his motorcycle skills.'),
('99367',' In the scene following Hilts theft of a German motorcycle, he rolls  into a nearby town, and stopped by a police officer. He tells Hilts  something in German, to which Hilts kicks him away and rides off.  The officer asked Hilts for identification papers Hilts doesnt  have.'),
('99368',' Steve McQueen (I) (qv) held up production because he demanded that  the script be rewritten to give his character more to do.'),
('99369',' Though seemingly hauled away for allowing the escape to take place,  the Commandant was actually arrested for being involved in a brisk  black'),
('99370','market operation, a fact unearthed during the Gestapo  investigation of the escape.'),
('99371',' Ramseys title, S.B.O stands for Senior British Officer.'),
('99372',' SPOILER: The shooting of the recaptured escapees was one of the  charges at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial of Hermann Göring (qv)  and other Nazi leaders.'),
('99373',' One day, the police in the German town where the film was shot set  up a speed trap near the set. Several members of the cast and crew  were caught, including Steve McQueen (I) (qv). The Chief of Police  told McQueen "Herr McQueen, we have caught several of your comrades  today, but you have won the prize [for the highest speeding]."  McQueen was arrested and briefly jailed.'),
('99374',' McQueens character Hilts was based on amalgamation of several  characters, including Major Dave Jones, a flight commander during  Doolittles Raid who made it to Europe and was shot down and  captured and Colonel Jerry Sage, who was an OSS agent in the North  African desert when he was captured. Col. Sage was able to don a  flight jacket and pass as a flier otherwise he would have been  executed as a spy. Another inspiration was probably Sqn Ldr Eric  Foster who escaped no less than seven times from German  prisoner'),
('99375','of'),
('99376','war camps.'),
('99377',' MacDonald (Intelligence) is based on George Harsh, a very good  friend of Wally Floody (qv) (the real Tunnel King). They were both  transferred to Belaria before the escape. Harsh was a very  interesting character who was from the American south and had joined  the RCAF as a tail'),
('99378','gunner. In the 1920s Harsh had committed murder  and was sent to jail for life. A medical student, Harsh performed an  appendectomy on a dying prisoner and saved his life. The governor of  Georgia granted him a pardon and he was set free. After the war, he  had personal problems as he was plagued by guilt over the crime he  committed as a youth; on top of adjusting to life after fifteen  years in captivity (12 years on the Georgia chain gang, followed by  three years as POW). On Christmas Eve 1974, he did shoot himself but  survived. A stroke soon after left him partially paralyzed. When  that happened, Wally Floody and his wife brought him up to their  Toronto home and looked after him. He eventually went to live '),
('99379','at  his own urging'),
('99380',' at the Veterans Wing at the Sunnybrook Medical  Centre. He died in January of 1980.'),
('99381',' James Garner (qv) developed his "Scrounger" character from his own  personal experiences in the military during the Korean War.'),
('99382',' SPOILER: According to David McCallum (I) (qv), the barbed wire  that Hilts (Steve McQueen (I) (qv)) crashes into near the end of  the film, which was actually made of rubber, was made by the cast  and crew during their free time by tying small pieces of rubber  around larger ones.'),
('99383',' SPOILER: In real life, the forger was James Hill (I) (qv), so  obviously the stuff about him going blind and being shot dead is  fiction.'),
('99384',' In issue 73 of Your Sinclair magazine in January 1992, the Spectrum  stealth game adaptation of this movie was voted the 23rd best game  of all time.'),
('99385',' When celebrating the Fourth of July and pouring alcohol, Hilts  (Steve McQueen (I) (qv)) is thrown off by an ad'),
('99386','lib by Goff  (Jud Taylor (qv)). While Hilts is drinking, Goff says, "No  taxation without representation." McQueen jumps out of character and  gives him a look (and mouths, "What?") The director must have  signaled to "just go with it" and the scene continues. But it is an  obvious ad'),
('99387','lib.'),
('99388',' The medal that Colonel von Luger wears around his neck is the Pour  le Merite, also known as the Blue Max. Originally a Prussian  military honor, in the First World War it was automatically given to  fighter pilots who shot down eight planes (later raised to sixteen).  The Nazis replaced it with the Knights Cross but it could still be  worn by officers whod won it before the Third Reich.'),
('99389',' Most of the planes in the airfield are actually American AT'),
('99390','6 Texan  trainers painted with a German paint scheme, but the one actually  flown is an authentic German plane, a Bucker Bu 181 Bestmann.'),
('99391',' Donald Pleasence (qv) had actually been a World War II prisoner of  war. When he kindly offered advice to the films director  John Sturges (qv), he was politely asked to keep his "opinions" to  himself. Later, when another star from the film informed John  Sturges that Pleasence had actually been a RAF Officer in a World  War II German POW Stalag camp, Sturges requested his technical  advice and input on historical accuracy from that point forward.'),
('99392',' During production, Charles Bronson (qv) met and fell in love with  David McCallum (I) (qv)s wife, Jill Ireland (qv), and he  jokingly told McCallum he was going to steal her away from him. In  1967, Ireland and McCallum divorced, and she married Bronson.'),
('99393',' Donald Pleasence (qv) really was an RAF pilot who was shot down,  held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.'),
('99394',' Donald Pleasence (qv)s character was based partly on London'),
('99395','born  John Cordwell, later a Chicago architect and then proprietor of the  Red Lion Pub on the citys N. Lincoln Avenue. Cordwell died in 1999.  Stories about him and the Red Lion are told from various points of  view in the collection "Tales from the Red Lion" (Chicago: Twilight  Tales, 2007, ISBN 0977985623).'),
('99396',' This featurette is featured on the 2'),
('99397','Disc Collectors Edition DVD  for _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('99398',' This featurette is featured on the 2'),
('99399','Disc Collectors Edition DVD  for _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('99400',' This featurette is featured on the 2'),
('99401','Disc Collectors Edition DVD  for _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('99402',' This featurette is featured on the 2'),
('99403','Disc Collectors Edition DVD  for _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('99404',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('99405','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('99406',' Guy Green (I) (qv) replaced Robert Krasker (qv) as  cinematographer on this film. David Lean (I) (qv) and  Ronald Neame (qv) were not satisfied with Kraskers studio  recreation of the marshes in the opening scenes.'),
('99407',' Alec Guinness (qv) was very nervous and self'),
('99408','conscious when he  started filming, as he found his wig to be particularly  uncomfortable.'),
('99409',' David Lean (I) (qv) was not a particularly well'),
('99410','read man, and only  became aware of the power of Charles Dickens (qv) story when his  wife Kay Walsh (qv) dragged him along to a theatrical production  of "Great Expectations" in 1939. Incidentally, playing Herbert  Pocket in this production, was a young Alec Guinness (qv), whom  Lean subsequently cast in the same role in the film version. Aside  from bit parts, it was Guinness first major screen role and was  also the first of six films he made with Lean. Martita Hunt (qv)  was also in the stage production, playing Miss Havisham, a role she  reprised in the film.'),
('99411',' First movie speaking role for Alec Guiness (qv).'),
('99412',' David Lean (I) (qv) wanted his film to have a feeling of  heightened realism. Working closely in conjunction with art director  John Bryan (I) (qv) and cinematographer Guy Green (I) (qv), he  employed several tricks, such as forced perspective, to achieve this  effect. The famous opening shot in the graveyard, for instance,  features a brooding church in the background which in reality was  only 3 meters high.'),
('99413',' Filmed as a musical, but the songs were deleted prior to release.'),
('99414',' Real life painter Francesco Clemente created Finnegan Bells artwork  in the movie.'),
('99415',' Cuarón always use the green (he even auditioned green eyed girls for  The Little Princess) as the main color of its movies. He uses red  and orange (complimentary and opposite colors) to make some remarks.'),
('99416',' While sharing the title with the 1861 Charles Dickens novel, it is  only loosely based on it.'),
('99417',' In his book, "What Just Happened?", producer Art Linson (qv)  reveals that the narration in the movie was written by  David Mamet (qv). It was done for free, on the condition that  nobody ever find out he did it.'),
('99418',' Ca d Zan, a mansion in Sarasota, Fl, stood for Ms. Dismoor mansion.  It once belonged to circus magnate John Ringling and his wife Mable.'),
('99419',' In addition to co'),
('99420','writing, performing and producing the song "Siren"  especially for this film, Tori Amos (qv) provided the  vocalizations (wistling, breaths, etc.) that can be heard in the  films score.'),
('99421',' The "Gaga Bird" production number is presumed lost. Please check  your attic.'),
('99422',' The dummy Otto was a hand carved basswood Frank Marshall figure. The  same man who designed Edgar Bergens famous characters Charlie  McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.'),
('99423',' A fight sequence in a mutton shop between Amitabh Bachchan (qv)  and Shetty (qv), was deleted because censor board refused to give  this film an U certificate with that scene.'),
('99424',' Rex Harrison (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('99425',' The play opened in London, England, UK on 18 May 1937.'),
('99426',' Henry ONeill (qv) is listed in studio records for the role "Sir  Joshua Reynolds". Although the character is mentioned, he is not  seen in the movie.'),
('99427',' No prints of this film are known to survive.'),
('99428',' Although a lost film, the trailer survived and is one of the 50  films in the 3'),
('99429','disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from  American Film Archives, 1894'),
('99430','1931" (2004), compiled by the National  Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is  preserved by the Library of Congress (AFI/Jack Tillmany collection)  and has a running time of 1 minute.'),
('99431',' Originally, Capote, Truman (qv) was the screenwriter, and his  draft included making Nick a homosexual and Jordan Baker a  vindictive lesbian. Capote was fired, and  Coppola, Francis Ford (qv) finished his draft in three weeks.'),
('99432',' The rights for the novel were purchased by producer  Robert Evans (I) (qv) in 1971 so that his wife at the time,  Ali MacGraw (qv), could play the part of Daisy. A shooting script  wasnt ready yet, and MacGraw agreed to star in  _Getaway, The (1972)_ (qv) as filler. During the production of  _Getaway, The (1972)_ (qv) MacGraw fell in love with co'),
('99433','star  Steve McQueen (I) (qv) and left Evans for him. Mia Farrow (qv)  was then picked to play Daisy.'),
('99434',' Farrow, Mia (qv) was pregnant during filming and the director  filmed around that by including close up shots of Farrow, and having  her wear a lot of flowing costumes.'),
('99435',' Patsy Kensit (qv) who plays the very young daughter of  Mia Farrow (qv)s character in this movie, later portrayed Mia  Farrow herself in  _Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (1995) (TV)_ (qv) which  included a re'),
('99436','enactment of the filming of this picture.'),
('99437',' Howard Da Silva (qv) (Meyer Wolfsheim) was also in  _Great Gatsby, The (1949)_ (qv), where he played the part of Wilson.'),
('99438',' Many of the male extras in the party scenes were recruited from the  Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island because military officers  already wore the clean'),
('99439','cut hairstyles that were worn by men in the  period of the film.'),
('99440',' According to Robert Evans in his memoirs Warren Beatty (qv) was  approached to play Gatsby but wanted to direct the film and  suggested Evans play the role himself. Jack Nicholson (qv) was  offered but rejected the role because he didnt believe  Ali MacGraw (qv) to be appropriate casting for Daisy (she was  later replaced with Mia Farrow) and Steve McQueen (I) (qv) was  also considered and rejected for the role.'),
('99441',' According to Robert Evans the final 5 names considered for the role  of Daisy Buchanan were Mia Farrow (qv), Faye Dunaway (qv),  Candice Bergen (qv), Katharine Ross (I) (qv) and  Lois Chiles (qv). Farrow eventually beat off Bergen for the role  and Chiles was given the smaller role of Jordan Baker.'),
('99442',' Sam Waterson (qv)s mother appears as an extra in the party scenes'),
('99443',' Francis Ford Coppola lived in "West Egg," aka Great Neck, former  home of F. Scott Fitzgerald, at the time of writing the screenplay  for "The Great Gatsby."'),
('99444',' The first teleplay by an African'),
('99445','American Woman writer to be  produced and telecast on Network TV in USA. Dramatization of the  first day of student racial'),
('99446','integration in American Public Schools.'),
('99447',' Nintendo threatened to sue the makers because of the games  similarity to Nintendos Super _Mario Bros. (1985) (VG) (claiming  that the play mechanics and graphics are too similar), and as a  result the game was pulled out of the market. After that, it was one  of the most popular pirated games for the C64.'),
('99448',' This was the first of four feature films based on  Harold Peary (qv)s popular radio character "The Great  Gildersleeve". The next two features would be released later the  same year, and the fourth released the following year (1944).'),
('99449',' Stanley Adams (I) (qv) last role.'),
('99450',' This was Laurel & Hardys first movie for a major studio, and they  were confounded by the ways of the Hollywood studio system. All of  their previous films had been shot in sequence and had been  directed, edited, and supervised by an uncredited Stan Laurel, who  received no such allowances from Twentieth Century'),
('99451','Fox. In later  years, Laurel continually and bitterly recalled the "shabby"  treatment he and Hardy received from Fox and MGM.'),
('99452',' This movie was Twentieth Century'),
('99453','Foxs attempt to capitalize on the  success of Abbott & Costellos wartime comedy Buck Privates. The  movies initial script even includes a reference to the A&C film.  According to Stan Laurels daughter Lois, during the filming of Buck  Privates, Costello even came to Laurel several times to ask for his  comedic advice.'),
('99454',' This was Cagney, James (qv)s first film in more than 11 months  because of litigation following the termination of his contract at  Warner Bros.'),
('99455',' When James Cagney (qv) swung at Joe Sawyer (qv) in the party  scene, Sawyer jerked back his head, which hit actor  Jack Perry (I) (qv) , who was one of the party guests, and broke  his nose.'),
('99456',' Adrienne Barbeau (qv)s first TV movie.'),
('99457',' Biograph production number 3093.'),
('99458',' Supposedly based on a true, unsolved crime.'),
('99459',' In July 1926, silent film star Tom Mix (qv) arrived by train in  Glenwood Springs, Colorado, for the shooting. He was accompanied by  his family, 55 cast and crew members and 22 horses, including  Tony the Horse (qv), who was just as popular as his human  counterpart. Two Pullman cars and two special baggage cars conveyed  Mixs company and equipment.'),
('99460',' Each day for three weeks spectators lined the Glenwood Canyon road  to watch Tom Mix (qv), Tony the Horse (qv) and the rest of the  troupe complete the exterior shots for the movie. Mix performed all  of his own stunts, including rappelling down the walls of Glenwood  Canyon. Mix and his horse also galloped the length of Shoshone Dam  in one of the movies chase scenes.'),
('99461',' The Grouch Club started out as a popular program on Warners KFWB  radio station.'),
('99462',' Bette Davis (qv) and Mary Astor (I) (qv) thought the original  script was not very good. They ended up rewriting the script  themselves.'),
('99463',' George Brent (I) (qv) was a licensed pilot and did his own  landings in the movie.'),
('99464',' Mary Astor says, "What a dump!" eight years before Bette Davis  immortalized it in Beyond the Forest. Both scripts were written by  Lenore Coffee.'),
('99465',' Mary Astor did her own piano work in this film, being an  accomplished pianist in her own right.'),
('99466',' Filmed on the Tallulah Falls Railway which went defunct in the early  1960s.'),
('99467',' Debut of Morgan Woodward (qv).'),
('99468',' The real General, the train stolen in the movie, is on display in  Kennesaw, Georgia, at the Kennesaw Museum of Civil War and  Locomotive History.'),
('99469',' No copy of this film is known to exist. Please check your attic.'),
('99470',' Documentary footage of the royal family and British nobility was  filmed in 1917 by Griffith and Bitzer while on location in England  for _Hearts of the World (1918)_ (qv), and intended to use the  footage in that film. It was not used after all for that project but  was later used in this one.'),
('99471',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 10  November 1915 and closed in June 1916 after 245 performances. The  opening night cast included playwright Leo Ditrichstein (qv),  Cora Witherspoon (qv) and William Ricciardi (qv), who was also  in the 1932 Broadway revival.'),
('99472',' Garson Kanin (qv) wrote that he insisted that everyone working on  the film call John Barrymore (I) (qv) "Mr. Barrymore" in a attempt  to perk up the actors sagging self'),
('99473','image, including people who had  known Barrymore for years. Several members of the crew quit the film  instead of following Kanins edict.'),
('99474',' To practice for her role as a woman of 107, Barbara Stanwyck (qv)  visited several retirement homes and interacted with the elderly  women to emulate their mannerisms.'),
('99475',' Filmed in 1969 but not broadcast until 1972.'),
('99476',' On August 19, 1939, Paramount issued a check to contract writer  Preston Sturges (qv) to buy the story and screenplay of this  movie, in the amount of $10. Sturges promised to sell the script for  that amount if he could direct. The studio took him up on it and the  film was a hit and won an Academy Award for the screenplay, probably  making it the cheapest Oscar'),
('99477','winning script in history.'),
('99478',' Other titles for this project were "Biography of a Bum" and "Down  Went McGinty".'),
('99479',' Sturges got the idea for this film from a Chicago area judge who  shared stories with him about city elections.'),
('99480',' The title is a reference to the character played by  W.C. Fields (qv) in _The Old Fashioned Way (1934)_ (qv).'),
('99481',' Originally a much more serious film. After picking up some confused  reviews Paramount insisted that it be recut.'),
('99482',' Movie was intended for export only, was presumed lost, but a print  appeared in 1980.'),
('99483',' Much of the movie consisted of cutting room floor footage and  sequences from other films. For example, Eleanor Powell (I) (qv)s  dance number came from her film _Honolulu (1939)_ (qv).'),
('99484',' When this film was originally released its title was "The Great  Mouse Detective." When Disney re'),
('99485','released it years later they gave  it the title of "The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective." When  the film was released on video a few months later, the title on the  box was back to "The Great Mouse Detective" but the title on the  film itself read "The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective."'),
('99486',' Released, originally, with the Mickey Mouse short  _Clock Cleaners (1937)_ (qv).'),
('99487',' The box that Olivia sits down on to cry is "Gastons Liver Pills", a  reference to the father of one of the artists.'),
('99488',' Sherlock Holmes speaks with the voice of Rathbone, Basil (qv)  (sampled from one of his earlier movies.)'),
('99489',' In the German version of the movie Fidgets name is "Greifer," but  in the end credits his name is misspelled. It reads "Griefer."'),
('99490',' The clock tower scene is the first major use of computer animation  (the clocks gears) in a feature'),
('99491','length animated film. The same  scene was also the first time traditionally animated characters were  put inside a computer'),
('99492','generated background.'),
('99493',' Basil of Baker Street and Dr. David Q. Dawson are named after  Rathbone, Basil (qv) and Bruce, Nigel (qv), who played Sherlock  Holmes and Dr. Watson together in several films.'),
('99494',' Alan Young (I) (qv) had performed a near'),
('99495','perfect Scottish accent  as the voice Scrooge McDuck for the 1977 Disneyland Records  adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" (which he also developed and  wrote). He repeated the role of McDuck in the 1983 film adaptation,  and was a natural for the Scots brogue of Hiram Flaversham. He  continued as the official voice of the tightwad McDuck in a series  of Disney film and television projects.'),
('99496',' During the recording of Vincent Price (I) (qv)s lines, animators  sketched his exaggerated Shakespearean gestures and worked them into  the animated poses for Ratigan.'),
('99497',' The same bears from Girdlers _Grizzly (1976)_ (qv) were used along  with several other animals as models for the characters in this  film.'),
('99498',' In the scene where Basil, Olivia and Dawson are running through the  toy shop, looking at all the moving toys, trying to find Fidget,  Dumbo the elephant from _Dumbo (1941)_ (qv) can be seen as a musical  toy blowing bubbles.'),
('99499',' Professor Ratigan was Vincent Price (I) (qv)s favorite role.'),
('99500',' Ratigan was originally designed to look thin and weak, but when  Vincent Price (I) (qv) was chosen to play the role, his appearance  was changed accordingly.'),
('99501',' The lizard in Rattigans gang made an earlier appearance as Bill,  the "lizard with a ladder" in Disneys  _Alice in Wonderland (1951)_ (qv).'),
('99502',' As Toby races to Buckingham Palace with Basil and Dawson in tow, he  runs in front of a horse drawn carriage. The animation of the  carriage is of the pound wagon from  _Lady and the Tramp (1955)_ (qv), as it was being stopped by Jock  and Trusty in the climax.'),
('99503',' "Let Me Be Good To You" was originally to be sung by  Madonna (I) (qv), but the directors decided that this was not  contemporary enough for the audience to enjoy.  Melissa Manchester (qv) was hired as the new singer of the song.  "Let Me Be Good To You" was also once entitled, "Look At Me".'),
('99504',' In the Sherlock Holmes story "The Sign Of Four", Holmes borrowed a  dog named Toby.'),
('99505',' When designing Fidget, the Disney animators were focused on creating  a scary, yet comical and lovable character. They were looking for a  raspy voice and chose Candy Candido (qv), who had starred in  voice'),
('99506','over roles in many previous Disney films as well as  Ralph Bakshi (qv) films. His own looks were used in matching  Fidgets looks. Candidos deep, throaty voice was sped up to avoid  Fidgets voice from becoming too low. (Candidos original voice can  be heard as the mouse shouting "Get off, you eight'),
('99507','legged bum!" at  the juggling octopus in the pub.)'),
('99508',' The firemen musicians on top of the music box in the toy shop is a  reference to veteran Disney animator Ward Kimball (qv). Kimball  had a Dixieland jazz group called "The Firehouse Five, Plus Two",  that often performed at Disneyland, even appearing on  _"Mickey Mouse Club, The" (1955)_ (qv).'),
('99509',' As Ratigan is ranting about how much he hates Basil, we see that he  has a voodoo doll in the shape of a mouse in a deerstalker. The doll  bears a striking resemblance to Basil, not as he appears in this  film, but as he appears in Paul Galdone (qv)s illustrations in  the book on which the film is based.'),
('99510',' Production took only one year to complete thanks to the use of  computers.'),
('99511',' CASTLE THUNDER: It is heard every time lightning flashes during the  storms in this film, and a version played at slow speed is heard a  few times. This was the last animated Disney movie to regularly use  the Castle Thunder sound effect. Starting with "The Black Cauldron"  the previous year, Disney began trying out newer, digitally'),
('99512','recorded  thunder sounds.'),
('99513',' The lines spoken by Sherlock Holmes (voiced by Basil Rathbone) are  from the story "The Adventure of the Red'),
('99514','Headed League". According  to the text of the story, this would mean that the film takes place  sometime in the autumn of 1890.'),
('99515',' Several of the sound clips of Toby howling are recycled from "Lady  and the Tramp".'),
('99516',' John Cleese (qv) was the original choice for the role of Basil.'),
('99517',' During the entire scene inside the toy shop, Olivia never utters a  single word, staying true to Basils earlier line, "And not a word  out of you. Is that clear?"'),
('99518',' During the opening scene at the toy shop, a doll can be seen in the  background. It is dressed in the exact same outfit Basil later wears  when he sneaks into Ratigans club (a striped shirt and blue hat).'),
('99519',' 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): John Skins Miller (qv) (Attendant),  Raymond Bailey (qv) (Driver), Lottie Williams (qv) (On'),
('99520','looker),  Leo White (I) (qv) (On'),
('99521','looker), Paul Panzer (qv) (On'),
('99522','looker) and  Don Turner (I) (qv) (Hartley). There was a character called  "Harley," but he was played by Eddie Graham (qv).'),
('99523',' In a newspaper photo of the first valor award given, the presenter  of the award was Edmund Mortimer (qv).'),
('99524',' Re'),
('99525','released on video in 1993, with changes to the soundtrack.'),
('99526',' CAMEO(Jim Henson (I) (qv)): the man that Gonzo takes a photo of in  the restaurant.'),
('99527',' CAMEO(Peter Falk (I) (qv)): watch'),
('99528','selling storyteller in the park  with Kermit'),
('99529',' CAMEO(Jerry Nelson (I) (qv)): man with daughter in the park and  the voice on the CB radio of the truck Miss Piggy takes from  Peter Ustinov (qv).'),
('99530',' CAMEO(Peter Ustinov (qv)): truck driver that Miss Piggy hijacks.'),
('99531',' CAMEO(Richard Hunt (I) (qv)): Cab driver.'),
('99532',' CAMEO(Frank Oz (qv)): Bald man standing behind Gonzo when he yells  "stop the presses!"'),
('99533',' During the opening credits Fozzie asks Kermit what B.S.C. stands  for, but Kermit doesnt know either. B.S.C. stands for British  Society of Cinematographers.'),
('99534',' WILHELM SCREAM: Heard on TV.'),
('99535',' This movie was originally titled "Big Country"'),
('99536',' Annette Benings Film Debut'),
('99537',' The taxi that pulls up is labeled "Toms Taxi", probably referring  to McKimson, Thomas (qv).'),
('99538',' "Flat Top" is the only actual Dick Tracy villain depicted in the  cartoon, but he is never explicitly named or labeled. He is shown  launching miniature fighter planes of the top of his head (get it?).'),
('99539',' The line "Love that man!" was a catchphrase on the radio show,  "Fibber McGee and Molly".'),
('99540',' "Was that trip really necessary?" was a public service advertising  slogan during the days of gas rationing in WWII. Even seats on  passenger trains were better left to soldiers on furlough.'),
('99541',' In the dream sequence, when we see Daffys silhouette in the door of  his office ("Duck Twacy"), the silhouette of Daffy briefly changes  twice into Dick Tracys silhouette.'),
('99542',' Warren Beatty (qv) wanted this animated short to be shown before  his movie _Dick Tracy (1990)_ (qv). But Disney (who was making and  distributing the film) refused.'),
('99543',' The American Film Institute Catalog erroneously reverses the role  names of the characters played by Paul Fix and Harry Cording.'),
('99544',' Filming was originally scheduled to commence in January 2006 but was  postponed until 2007 because writer/director Peter Capaldi was  contracted to film a second series of BBC comedy The Thick Of It  which would have collided with The Great Pretender.'),
('99545',' Charlton Heston (qv) was originally offered the role of The Great  Leslie. He considered it a "funny script" but had to turn the part  down when the production schedule for  _Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965)_ (qv) was delayed.  Tony Curtis (I) (qv) then got the part.'),
('99546',' Features the largest pie fight ever staged.'),
('99547',' In the films press kit, Natalie Wood (I) (qv) divulges that she  took fencing lessons, sidesaddle lessons and practiced smoking  cigars, but her biggest challenge was driving the Stanley Steamer.  The steering was difficult ("like turning a tractor, I suspect", she  says) and going into reverse was nearly impossible.'),
('99548',' This movie is loosely based on an actual 1908 New York'),
('99549','to'),
('99550','Paris  race. "The Leslie Special", four of which were built for the movie,  was a loose interpretation of the 1907 Thomas Flyer that won the  real race.'),
('99551',' The full name of Tony Curtis (I) (qv)s character (The Great  Leslie) was "Leslie Galant III".'),
('99552',' The Hannibal 8 driven by Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon (qv)) was  powered by a Volkswagen industrial engine.'),
('99553',' Both the "Hannibal 8" and "The Leslie Special" are currently on  display in the Hollywood Gallery at The Peterson Automotive Museum,  Los Angeles, California.'),
('99554',' Six Hannibal'),
('99555','8 cars were built for the movie. Three of these used  the "lazy tongs" lifting mechanism. This mechanism was so fragile  that it broke constantly.'),
('99556',' The pies used during the pie throwing scene were real, containing  fruit, custard, whipped cream and other ingredients. Following this  scene the crew devoured more than 300 leftover pies.'),
('99557',' The ice floe sequence was shot on what is now known as Warner Bros.  Sound Stage 16, the biggest and tallest sound stage on the Warner  Bros. studio lot. Originally, in the early days of the studio, it  was known as Stage 7. If you look closely at the water that  surrounds the actors and the automobiles on the slab of ice, you can  see a multitude of reflections from the lights on the stages  catwalks. Stage 16 was originally a standard'),
('99558','sized sound stage, but  when the studio needed room to film tall'),
('99559','masted ships in its earlier  years, the entire stage was jacked up while steel and concrete  pilasters were built underneath the structure for added support,  doubling the stages height after the new foundation was poured. Its  floor is retractable to reveal a deep flotation tank as well as  windowed camera cabins for underwater filming. In "The Great Race,"  a portion of the gradually "melting ice floe" was attached to cables  that kept the slab of "ice" in position and the portion which  gradually gave way underneath Professor Fate was pulled down by an  underwater diver in the tank.'),
('99560',' During the pie throwing scene there is a running gag that The Great  Leslie remains clean while everyone else is covered in pie.  Tony Curtis (I) (qv) was required to change clothes several times  when he was accidentally splattered with debris from a pie that had  hit someone else.'),
('99561',' When Professor Fate and Max are being chased by the train, the car  was attached to the front of the locomotive by a short bar. The  track was also prepared so as to protect the cars tires.'),
('99562',' The western town is named "Borracho", this is Spanish for "drunk".'),
('99563',' The "Leslie Special" was built by the studio, using parts from  several cars. The design was not based on any existing car. This  one'),
('99564','of'),
('99565','a'),
('99566','kind vehicle has been restored and is completely driveable.'),
('99567',' A moose head appears to hang on the wall of Professor Fates (Jack  Lemmons) oddly'),
('99568','decorated dining room. But when the Professor and  Max run out the front door, you can see that the rest of the moose  stands in the foyer, with just his head poking through a hole in the  wall. Ernie Kovacs originally did this gag on one of his TV shows.  The fact that Jack Lemmon was a great friend of Kovacs suggests  that this wasnt a coincidence.'),
('99569',' Chapter titles:  '),
('99570',' 1. The Mystic Stone  '),
('99571',' 2. The Death Trap  '),
('99572',' 3. The Fatal Ride  '),
('99573',' 4. The Swing for Life  '),
('99574',' 5. The Torture Chamber  '),
('99575',' 6. The Tunnel of Doom  '),
('99576',' 7. A Flash in the Dark  '),
('99577',' 8. In the Clutches of a Mad Man  '),
('99578',' 9. The Roaring Volcano  '),
('99579',' 10. Creeping Flames  '),
('99580',' 11. Perils of Doom  '),
('99581',' 12. Shackled  '),
('99582',' 13. The Scalding Pit  '),
('99583',' 14. Hemmed In  '),
('99584',' 15. The Flaming Arrow  '),
('99585',' 16. Over the Cataract  '),
('99586',' 17. The Wheels of Death  '),
('99587',' 18. Liquid Flames.'),
('99588',' The role of Cesar Montano (qv) (as Captain Juan Pajota) was  originally offered to Zoren Legaspi (qv) who passed the first  screening. But Legaspi turned down the project due to his commitment  to GMA'),
('99589','7 for a TV soap opera, and that he could not leave his family  for a months shoot in Australia.'),
('99590',' Many of the Extras were recruited off the streets of the Gold Coast.'),
('99591',' Originally set for a US theatrical release in 2003 and then in 2004;  the film was then pushed back indefinitely by Miramax. Two massive  waves of layoffs were sustained at the studio, and the  Disney'),
('99592','Miramax split reached its height. The movie remained in the  Miramax vaults unreleased during this time of uncertainty. When the  Disney and Miramax divorce was finally completed, numerous films  like this one under the Miramax and Dimension label were finally  released theatrically.'),
('99593',' Joseph Fiennes (qv) lost 20 pounds for the role of Major Gibson by  keeping a strict diet and exercise regime during the five months of  shooting.'),
('99594',' The movie was shot in 2002 and pulled from the release schedule  several times. It was finally released in August, 2005, by Miramax  Films, which was cleaning out its closet ahead of the formal  departure of co'),
('99595','founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein from the Walt  Disney Co.'),
('99596','owned firm.'),
('99597',' In order to shoot this film Mark Consuelos (qv) had to take time  off from shooting the soap opera _"All My Children" (1970)_ (qv) in  2002. His role of Mateo Santos was then temporarily recast with  Kurt Caceres (qv)'),
('99598',' Ebong Joson (qv) plays his own grandfather.'),
('99599',' The movie depicted the camp lit up with various lights. According to  one of the Rangers still living who participated in the raid, there  were actually no lights in the camp, and from intelligence, they  knew exactly when they would have moonlight. The Rangers only moved  in under cover of darkness, with the Japanese watch towers in their  view the whole time, and the moon came up shortly after the shooting  started and that was the only light they had to work by.'),
('99600',' Margaret Utinsky was actually long gone from Manila by the time the  raid on Cabanatuan took place. She fled to the mountains of Bataan  in September 1944, when the Japanese discovered and broke up her  smuggling operation. Also, she had no love interest with any officer  inside the camp, she did what she did out of compassion for the  prisoners plight, at great risk to her own life. After the war she  was awarded the United States highest civilian decoration, the  Medal of Freedom. The producers are to be commended for including  her story in the movie, however, and their depiction of how she and  her cohorts smuggled medicine and supplies into the camp is fairly  accurate.'),
('99601',' Julien Temple (qv) replaced original director  Russ Meyer (I) (qv) and original writer Roger Ebert (qv) as a  result of creative differences.'),
('99602',' Faithfull, Marianne (qv) was to play Sids mother, but backed out  at the idea of a sex scene.'),
('99603',' Johnny Rotten had left the group shortly before filming started on  the movie. He had had his fill of the band and  Malcolm McLaren (qv), and wanted no part in the film. Therefore,  he only appears in archival clips of the Sex Pistols on stage. By  the time the film had premiered, Rotten was already touring under  his birth name John Lydon (I) (qv) with his new band Public Image,  Ltd.'),
('99604',' In an unusual move the British censors asked the distributors to add  footage referring to the deaths of Sid Vicious (qv) and  Nancy Spungen (I) (qv)'),
('99605',' Sting (qv) appeared in a brief scene as the leader of a gay band  The Blow Waves who attempt to kidnap Paul Cook (I) (qv) but the  footage was cut from the film. It later reappeared in the  documentary _Filth and the Fury, The (2000)_ (qv).'),
('99606',' The stop'),
('99607','motion animation used in creating the illusion of a dancing  squirrel (Rupert) was so realistic that director George Pal (qv)  received many inquiries as to where he got a squirrel that was  trained to dance.'),
('99608',' This was reportedly shot in 1948 but not released until 1950. It was  later re'),
('99609','released as a holiday film under the title "A Christmas  Wish".'),
('99610',' Terry Moores career was so hectic during this period that she  claims that she didnt see this film until over 35 years later when  Marjorie Durante, Jimmys widow, ran a private print for her.'),
('99611',' Jimmy Durante was actually a last minute addition to the cast. As a  result, Terry Moores billing was dropped from first to second. The  script was also modified to allow for Durante'),
('99612','style patter and  songs.'),
('99613',' This was the first feature length film for producer  George Pal (qv).'),
('99614',' This special aired in place of _"Toast of the Town" (1948)_ (qv).  Ed Sullivan (I) (qv) gave Jim Henson (I) (qv) and his company  the time'),
('99615','slot as a Christmas present in gratitude for the many  appearances the Muppets made on his show.'),
('99616',' This special features the first appearance of Gonzo though he is  named "Snarl" here.'),
('99617',' The South Carolina house where much of the movie takes place is the  same house in Beaufort used in _Big Chill, The (1983)_ (qv). It is  known as the "Edgar Fripp Home" as well as "Tidalholm."'),
('99618',' According to author Pat Conroy, Bull is based entirely on his own  father, who referred to himself in the third person as "The Great  Santini".'),
('99619',' The character of "Coach Spinks" is based on Jerry Swing, who coached  Pat Conroy in high school.'),
('99620',' David Keith (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('99621',' This story is based on a true incident. Many of the St. Louis  Metropolitan Police officers and bank employees play themselves  doing what they did during the actual robbery.'),
('99622',' The part of Butters was first offered to Thorley Walters'),
('99623',' The last feature film of Cyril Chamberlain (qv).'),
('99624',' An excerpt from the stage play "A Gentleman of France."'),
('99625',' The film uses simple editing techniques (each scene is a single  shot) and the story is mostly linear (with only a few "meanwhile"  moments) but it represents a significant step in movie making, being  one of the first "narrative" movies.'),
('99626',' A western filmed in New Jersey.'),
('99627',' The final shot of a gun being fired toward the camera had a profound  effect on audiences. As cinema was in its infancy, many people who  saw the film thought that they were actually about to be shot.'),
('99628',' The film was originally distributed with a note saying that the  famous shot of the bandit firing his gun at the camera could be  placed either at the beginning or at the end of the film. All known  prints put it at the end.'),
('99629',' The original camera negative still exists in excellent condition.  The Library of Congress, who holds it, can still make new prints.'),
('99630',' Although this movie is a western it was actually filmed in New  Jersey.'),
('99631',' Mary Martin (I) (qv)s first speaking role.'),
('99632',' There are no studio takes in airplanes. All close'),
('99633','ups of actors  being airborne were done for real, sometimes with  George Roy Hill (qv), a former Marine pilot himself, flying the  airplane while directing. Scenes with Robert Redford (I) (qv) and  Bo Svenson (qv) climbing out on the wing were done without any  security harness or parachutes.'),
('99634',' In his book "Adventures in the Screen Trade" writer  William Goldman (qv) wrote that his original idea for the opening  scene was cut. The idea was to open with a young boy trying to  impress a young girl by holding out his arms and actually being able  to fly. We then see the sky filled with young boys flying and young  girls being impressed. The director felt the tone of that scene did  not match the rest of the film.'),
('99635',' When Waldo is recounting his fight with Kessler at the start of the  movie, he mentions that his guns jammed and Kessler, seeing that he  was helpless, saluted then flew away. This actually happened to  Ernst Udet (on whom Kessler is based) when flying against the French  ace Georges Guynemer in 1917, only it was Udet (at that time  inexperienced) who had the jam and Guynemer (a high scoring ace) who  let him go.'),
('99636',' One of the stunts the movie recounts is the first outside loop. Its  the stunt that kills Ezra Stiles. The first person in the U.S. to  successfully perform an outside loop was Jimmy Doolittle, who went  on to become a hero of WWII.'),
('99637',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _Fugitive, The (1913/II)_ (qv).'),
('99638',' Toscha Seidel, the Russian virtuoso violinist, was hired especially  to dub the solos on the soundtrack for Johann Strauss (Fernand  Gravet)and began a new career working as a concert master at MGM and  other studios.'),
('99639',' The movies release date is set to coincide with the 90th  anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917; also one of the key  battles depicted in the movie.'),
('99640',' The filming of the trenches and the battles was done in a field in  northern Quebec 30 minutes outside of Montreal in the summer of  2006. The field was transformed into a real war camp and the extras  (who were descendants of real first world war soldiers) were treated  like soldiers and lived as they had.'),
('99641',' Several of the extras suffered from heat stroke and illnesses due to  the incredibly hot 2006 summer.'),
('99642',' Inspired by the story of the black boxer Jack Johnson (VIII) (qv),  who was heavyweight champion from 1908 to 1915.'),
('99643',' Jane Alexander (I) (qv)s first movie.'),
('99644',' The Sultan (Jackson, Samuel L. (qv)) greets a man with shoulder  length black hair and a black suit with "Hey Vincent, Vincent,  wheres Jules man," a reference to Jacksons character in  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv).'),
('99645',' DIRCAMEO(Reginald Hudlin (qv)): the last dancer in the closing  credits of the film.'),
('99646',' Nedra Volz (qv)s last film.'),
('99647',' The film that James "The Grim Reaper" Roper is watching before the  fight is _Dolemite (1975)_ (qv).'),
('99648',' Jon Lovitzs character mentions, when watching film of Tommy  Morrison being knocked out, that he is John Waynes cousin.  Morrison is actually John Waynes (real name Marion Michael  Morrison) grand nephew.'),
('99649',' The sequence "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" was filmed in one  continuous shot after several weeks of rehearsals and filming. It  features 180 performers and cost $220,000; 4,300 yards of rayon silk  were used for the curtains in the scene.'),
('99650',' William Powell (I) (qv) was loaned by MGM to Universal for the  film, but Universal sold the film to MGM when costs mounted. Powell  made _My Man Godfrey (1936)_ (qv) for Universal instead.'),
('99651',' Originally bought by Universal as a film in 1935.  William Powell (I) (qv) was to play Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (qv),  Billie Burke (qv) was to play herself, and it would feature  specialties by Fanny Brice (qv), Judy Garland (I) (qv) (and her  sisters), Eddie Cantor (qv) and Ray Bolger (qv). When Universal  decided to make a faithful film version of another Ziegfeld  production, the Kern'),
('99652','Hammerstein musical "Show Boat", in 1936, the  studio heads sold "The Great Ziegfeld" to MGM. Only Powell, Brice  and Bolger survived to the final picture. Ironically, MGM would buy  the rights to "Show Boat" from Universal in 1942, and remake the  musical, in Technicolor, in 1951.'),
('99653',' Billie Burke (qv), the wife of the real  Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (qv), paid a visit to the films set one day.  While there, she was photographed with Myrna Loy (qv), who was  portraying Ms. Burke in the film.'),
('99654',' The films costs were proving too much for Universal, so MGM bought  the rights for $300,000 from them. Ultimately the film cost MGM  about $2 million to make, a huge amount in its day. It did however  go on to earn over $40 million.'),
('99655',' Billie Burke (qv) never really rated the film much despite taking  a personal interest in the writing of the script. She went to great  lengths to make sure that writer William Anthony McGuire (qv)  never besmirched the good name of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (qv), hence  the playing down of his infidelities.'),
('99656',' Luise Rainer (qv) had never heard of Anna Held (qv) when she got  the part.'),
('99657',' For her famous telephone conversation scene, which is generally  credited as being what clinched the Oscar for her,  Luise Rainer (qv) drew a lot of her material from a play by  Jean Cocteau (qv) entitled "A Telephone Conversation".'),
('99658',' The set for "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" took months to build  and cost over $200,000. This was substantially more than it cost the  real Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (qv) to produce a whole show.'),
('99659',' Luise Rainer (qv) was the first actress in Academy history to win  back'),
('99660','to'),
('99661','back Oscars for Best Actress, for this film in 1936 and  _Good Earth, The (1937)_ (qv) in 1937. Katharine Hepburn (qv)  repeated the trick in 1967/68.'),
('99662',' The first biopic to win and Academy Award for "Best Picture".'),
('99663',' In the footnotes of their American Film Institutes Feature Films,  1931'),
('99664','1940, Catalog mistakenly lists Mary Lou, an adult, played by  Jean Chatburn (qv), and Sally Manners, a Ziegfeld star, played by  Rosina Lawrence (qv), as the same person.'),
('99665',' Nat Pendleton (qv) was a former champion weightlifter and easily  duplicates some of Eugen Sandow (qv)s feats in this film; at the  time, Nat was the only man to have ever played a strongman from this  time period.'),
('99666',' Eugen Sandow (qv) is portrayed as a typically "dumb strongman". In  real life, however, Sandow was highly intelligent and a superb  businessman. Because he was among the first men to display his  muscular body as a "work of art", he was considered to be the  "Father of Bodybuilding" and this is what his gravestone reads  today. Among his friends were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (qv),  Thomas A. Edison (qv) (who filmed him at the Black Maria Studios)  and even King Edward VII (qv). Sandows career became bigger than  ever after his association with Ziegfeld. He became very wealthy and  famous because of his mail'),
('99667','order businesses, gyms, souvenir  photographs, books and personal appearances. There is a mountain in  Alaska, a railroad and a small town in Texas (near Austin) named  after him.'),
('99668',' A.A. Trimble (qv), who portrays Will Rogers (I) (qv) in the  film, was actually a Cleveland map salesman who frequently  impersonated Rogers at Rotarian lunches.'),
('99669',' Myrna Loy (qv), who received second billing for this film, does  not actually appear on screen until 2 hours and 15 minutes into the  movie.'),
('99670',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Hank and Lank: Blind Men (1910)_ (qv).'),
('99671',' The real Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowery remained life long friends.  When Ouimet died in 1967, Lowery was one of the pall'),
('99672','bearers.'),
('99673',' Based on the Spike Jones record, "Siam." The song was written by  Spikes clarinet player, Del Porter.'),
('99674',' Robert A. Cinaders directorial debut.'),
('99675',' Received commendation for "outstanding writing" at the 7th Extreme  Filmmaker 48 Hour Film Festival'),
('99676',' Cecil B. DeMille (qv) was always demanding of his actors and  actresses. He insisted that everyone truly learn to perform the  circus stunts they were supposed to be performing. This meant that  Betty Hutton (I) (qv) really learned the trapeze and  Gloria Grahame (qv) had to let an elephant rest its foot an inch  from her face. Cornel Wilde (qv) probably had it the worst since  he was portraying a high'),
('99677','wire artist. He was seriously afraid of  heights in real life.'),
('99678',' Lucille Ball (qv) was Cecil B. DeMilles (qv)s first choice for  "Angel", but she became pregnant and was replaced by  Gloria Grahame (I) (qv).'),
('99679',' CAMEO(Bob Hope (I) (qv)): Circus spectator'),
('99680',' CAMEO(Diana Lynn (qv)): Circus spectator'),
('99681',' CAMEO(Bing Crosby (qv)): Circus spectator'),
('99682',' CAMEO(Merrill Reese (qv)): Circus spectator (Best known as the  radio broadcaster for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1977'),
('99683','present,  Reese was an unknown nine year old who happened to be at one of the  filmed performances.)'),
('99684',' Special effects produced a green halo around Gloria Grahame (qv)  and Betty Hutton (I) (qv) in the Grand Parade scene, so a shot was  added of green floodlights turning on above them.'),
('99685',' Rights to use of the title motto and the Ringling Bros.'),
('99686','Barnum &  Baileys facilities and performances were purchased for $250,000.  DeMille advised the writers to view the German film  _Varieté (1925)_ (qv) as a model for the type of story he wanted.  DeMille toured the Midwest for two months with the circus,  collecting anecdotes, slang, and behind'),
('99687','the'),
('99688','scenes ideas. Publicity  resulting from his involvement drew sell'),
('99689','out crowds to the  performances.'),
('99690',' Charlton Heston (qv) was driving through Paramount Studios when he  spotted Cecil B. DeMille (qv), who he had never met. Heston waved.  DeMille was so impressed by Hestons wave he made inquires that  ultimately led to Heston being cast as Brad in this film. This was  only Hestons third film and skyrocketed him to fame. One fan wrote  a letter to DeMille on how much she enjoyed the movie and commented,  "And Im surprised how well the circus manager (Heston) worked with  the real actors." Heston thought it was one of the best reviews he  ever received.'),
('99691',' The first movie that Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) ever saw. His  father took him to the theater, promising him a trip to the circus.  He was four years old at the time.'),
('99692',' Scenes of this motion picture were filmed at the actual winter  quarters of the Ringling Bros.'),
('99693','Barnum & Bailey Circus in Sarasota,  Florida. Additional scenes were also filmed at an actual circus  performance in which the films actors participated in the Grand  Hippodrome Parade with the regular circus performers. If you look  very closely at the bottom left'),
('99694','hand portion of the screen during a  brief long'),
('99695','shot of the Grand Parade, you can see Mr. Demilles  camera unit in a corner of the Hippodrome where the parade takes a  turn around the ring, along with Mr. DeMille himself standing next  to the camera.'),
('99696',' CAMEO(Mona Freeman (qv)): Circus spectator'),
('99697',' While filming this movie, Cecil B. DeMille (qv) presented  Betty Hutton (I) (qv) with the Photoplay Award for favorite  actress of 1950 for _Annie Get Your Gun (1950)_ (qv). The  presentation was filmed and shown on a newsreel.'),
('99698',' During one scene Sebastian (Cornel Wilde) is hanging from the  trapeze by his knees. He catches Holly (Betty Hutton) then pulls her  up and kisses her. This shot took several takes and during one of  the early takes Wilde tore the ligaments in his shoulder. He managed  to make it through two more takes, then had to stop. He was unable  to use his arm for several days so De Mille shot scenes where he was  not needed.'),
('99699',' Cinematographer Mellor, William C. (qv) suffered a heart attack,  collapsed and died on the set.'),
('99700',' Telly Savalas (qv) shaved his head bald for his role as Pontius  Pilate. He kept his head shaved for the rest of his life.'),
('99701',' During filming, the first snowstorm to strike Arizona in decades  buried the whole Jerusalem set. Several hundred cast and crew  members, including director George Stevens (I) (qv), went out with  snow shovels, wheelbarrows, bulldozers, and butane flame throwers to  clear the snow from the set. Just as they were done, it snowed  again, even harder than before '),
('99702',' forcing the production to close  and move to Desilu Studios in Hollywood.'),
('99703',' Joanna Dunham (qv), who played Mary Magdalene, became pregnant  during filming. The director worked around this by shooting her from  the chest up as much as possible, making her later scenes markedly  unlike the earlier ones.'),
('99704',' Director George Stevens (I) (qv) originally hired 550 Navajos from  a local reservation to be Roman legionnaires, but they couldnt stay  on the set for very long and eventually went back home to  participate in a tribal election. Stevens replaced them with ROTC  cadets.'),
('99705',' While between his films _Lawrence of Arabia (1962)_ (qv) and  _Doctor Zhivago (1965)_ (qv), David Lean (I) (qv) directed some  interior scenes with Claude Rains (qv) and José Ferrer (I) (qv)  as a favor for George Stevens (I) (qv), who was bogged down with  the production in Nevada. Jean Negulesco (qv), meanwhile, directed  the Nativity scene.'),
('99706',' Filming began using 3'),
('99707','strip Cinerama process. After three days of  filming with the 3'),
('99708','strip camera, the production switched to 70mm  Ultra Panavision 70.'),
('99709',' Alec Guinness (qv) was sought for a cameo.'),
('99710',' Being a perfectionist, George Stevens (I) (qv) did many takes of  John Wayne (I) (qv)s single line, "Truly, this man was the son of  God." A rumor has long persisted that at one stage Stevens pleaded  with Wayne to show more emotion, an overwhelming sense of awe.  During the next take, Wayne changed the line to, "Aw, truly this man  was the son of God."'),
('99711',' Martin Landau (qv) has said in interviews that half of his part  was deleted in the editing stage.'),
('99712',' Filmed in 1963.'),
('99713',' Claude Rains final film.'),
('99714',' Zasu Pitts (qv) was originally cast in a supporting role, but  D.W. Griffith (qv) fired her because he thought she looked too  much like the female lead, Lillian Gish (qv). All of her scenes  were cut from the final print.'),
('99715',' This film featured a then'),
('99716','shocking kiss between a white soldier and  a dying black soldier; unfortunately, no copy of the film is known  to exist.'),
('99717',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Plot Against Bertie, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('99718',' Episode 3 of 7 of the "Seven Deadly Sins" series.'),
('99719',' The original version was 42 reels, and ran for 9 hours at 20 fps.  Von Stroheim then shortened it to 24 reels (just over 5 hours '),
('99720',' the  "Directors Version"). It was then cut again, not once, but twice.  The first time by Rex Ingram (II) (qv), who cut the film down to  18 reels, and forbade Stroheim to let anyone cut it again. The final  cut was performed by MGM editing departments Joseph Farnham acting  on orders from Irving Thalberg (qv), who without having read the  book ("McTeague") or the script, cut the film down to 10 reels. This  final version was released with a runtime of 2'),
('99721','1/4 hours. No copies  of the earlier versions were made, and the entirety of the 32 reels  that did not make the final release version were destroyed '),
('99722',' along  with all of the outtakes '),
('99723',' so that the silver could be extracted  from the film celluloid. It is in this way, that most of the movie  was lost forever.'),
('99724',' MGMs first feature'),
('99725','length movie.'),
('99726',' The original 42 reel version is one of the top ten "lost films" of  the American Film Institute'),
('99727',' Sources have claimed Schoedsack, Ernest B. (qv) was also a  cinematographer, but he denies it, saying he was in the Amazon  filming _Grass: A Nations Battle for Life (1925)_ (qv) during that  time.'),
('99728',' Originally produced with a running time of nine hours. It was only  shown once at this length, at a private studio screening. That  screening was on 12 January 1924 at the M'),
('99729','G'),
('99730','M studios.'),
('99731',' Hersholt, Jean (qv) was hospitalized after he lost 27 pounds  during the filming of the movies climax in Death Valley.'),
('99732',' Concerning the editor hired to cut "Greed" down to 2 hours, Erich  von Stroheim supposedly commented: "The only thing he had on his  mind was his hat!"'),
('99733',' DIRCAMEO(Erich von Stroheim (qv)): as a balloon vendor (although  only in a deleted sequence). McTeague and Trina buy balloons from  the vendor on the street.'),
('99734',' The filming of the climax was actually the subject of an early  silent newsreel. The facts reported by the newsreel concerning the  Death Valley portion of the shooting: it took a day just to reach  the location from the town of Keeler, California, they rode in a  combination of cars and horses (one of the cars had the word "Greed"  stenciled on it), water had to be rationed and they shot in August  when temperatures were over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.'),
('99735',' The only screening of the original complete directors cut was for a  small group of reporters. One wrote a glowing review of it, using  words like "wonderful" and "brilliant" to describe it, but lamented  the fact that nobody else would ever see it.'),
('99736',' MGM did not want to fund the arduous, expensive trip to Death Valley  to shoot the final part of the film, and instead wanted von Stroheim  to take the scenes in Oxnard, California. The director ended up  getting his way.'),
('99737',' Real locations in San Francisco and Oakland were used, even for  interiors. The house depicted in the film, however, is not actually  located on Polk street, as it is in the story. Much of Polk street  had been remodeled around the time Stroheim took his company to San  Francisco, and he decided that it looked too modern for the film.  The company selected a building on the corner of Halyes and Laguna  and completely took it over. The building still stands.'),
('99738',' Official Selection at the Fort Meyers Beach Film Festival 2005'),
('99739',' The script was originally written and filmed as a tale of William  Burke and William Hare, real'),
('99740','life partners in the selling to medical  schools cadavers which they obtained by both murder and  grave'),
('99741','robbing. (Burke was hanged in 1829; Hare avoided this fate by  testifying against him.) However, the British censors refused to  allow the films release because of national sensitivities toward  the infamous "resurrectionists." Therefore, to get the film out, the  producers had to re'),
('99742','record the sound track, replacing the names of  Burke with Hart, Hare with Moore, and Dr. Cox with Dr. Knox. The new  names were then meticulously cut into the original soundtrack: one  can easily lip'),
('99743','read "Burke", "Hare" and "Cox" as applicable,  however. Due to the cost of this activity there was no money left  for a music track.'),
('99744',' Michael J. Fox (I) (qv) was coached by professional bowler  Johnny Petraglia (qv) to help his bowling style look convincing.'),
('99745',' The family name "McTeague" is also the name of the novel by  Frank Norris (qv) that _Greed (1924)_ (qv) was based on.'),
('99746',' Paul Newman (I) (qv) was the original choice for the part later  played by Kirk Douglas (I) (qv).'),
('99747',' Anthony Quinn (I) (qv) and Jack Lemmon (I) (qv) were both  considered for the Kirk Douglas (I) (qv) part.'),
('99748',' The studio originally wanted Jean Harlow (qv) for this film, after  her success in _Red'),
('99749','Headed Woman (1932)_ (qv), but she was under  contract to Howard Hughes and he refused to loan her out.'),
('99750',' Created in 2 weeks for the NY Midnight Madness Festival'),
('99751',' Won the Audience Award at the NY Midnight Madness Festival'),
('99752',' Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by students at the  Communications High School'),
('99753',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Never Too Old (1914)_ (qv).'),
('99754',' SPOILER: Walter Millers face had to be hidden behind a Benda mask  until the climatic unmasking scene when he was the Green Archer.  This was to prevent anyone knowing which actor he was before the  final unmasking at the end.'),
('99755',' Spencer Gordon Bennet deliberately shot a scene with Burr McIntosh  with no film in the camera so that he could tell the crotchety old  actor that it had been left on the cutting room floor.'),
('99756',' Reels 3, 4, and 5 survive in nitrate at the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('99757',' A copy of this film survives at Eastman House.'),
('99758',' Much of the film was shot in 1967 at Ft. Benning, Georgia, hence the  large pine forests in the background rather than tropical jungle  trees.'),
('99759',' Some of the "Vietnamese village" sets were so realistic they were  left intact, and were later used by the Army for training troops  destined for Vietnam.'),
('99760',' The colonel who ran the jump school (and who was seen shooting trap  with John Wayne (I) (qv)) was the real jump school commandant and  a legendary commander of U.S. paratroopers.'),
('99761',' Late in the movie John Wayne (I) (qv) can be seen to wrap his  rappelling rope through a carabineer the wrong way. Called a "fatal  hookup" in the Army, this would result in an immediate fall once  weight was applied.'),
('99762',' Co'),
('99763','director Ray Kellogg (I) (qv) was originally hired as the  second'),
('99764','unit director to stage the various battle and action scenes.  During filming, however, John Wayne (I) (qv) was so impressed with  Kelloggs work that he elevated him to co'),
('99765','director status.'),
('99766',' David Janssen (I) (qv) was working on this film when the final  episode of his series _"Fugitive, The" (1963)_ (qv) aired.'),
('99767',' In the book "Green Berets" by Robin Moore (I) (qv), the main  character is based on Maj. Larry Thorne (originally Lauri Törni, a  Finnish soldier who moved to USA after WWII).'),
('99768',' George Takei (qv) missed working on the "The Trouble with  Tribbles" episode of the original _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv) series  to work on this movie.'),
('99769',' WILHELM SCREAM: As enemy soldiers are thrown into the air by an  exploding grenade.'),
('99770',' Scenes were filmed with Vera Miles (qv) as John Wayne (I) (qv)s  wife but they were cut before release by the studio. Wayne made up  for this by casting Miles in his next film  _Hellfighters (1968)_ (qv).'),
('99771',' First film in English for Gérard Depardieu (qv).'),
('99772',' Every sound heard during the entire movie; voices, water, footsteps,  chains etc.. was later ADRed.'),
('99773',' Through the use of split screens and camera angles, actors Adam Ropp  and Peter Zhmutski never acted together during the movie, yet their  characters shared the same 8ft X 10 prison cell throughout the  story.'),
('99774',' Filmmaker Adam Ropp created the plot of Green Demise from a ghost  story read to him when he was 9 yrs old.'),
('99775',' Ropp filmed 90% of his acting scenes entirely by himself'),
('99776',' Lana Turner (qv) let her hair go back to its natural color, brown,  for this role.'),
('99777',' Gregory Peck (qv) and Laraine Day (qv) were slated to appear in  the starring roles.'),
('99778',' According to MGM production files, Katharine Hepburn (qv) was  considered for a starring role.'),
('99779',' June Allyson (qv) was initially thought out for the role that was  eventually played by Donna Reed (qv).'),
('99780',' $500,000 was spent on the earthquake scene alone.'),
('99781',' Lana Turner (qv) and Van Heflin (qv) reprised their roles in a  Lux Radio Theatre broadcast on September 19, 1949.'),
('99782',' In a January 1986 Hollywood Reporter article, Donna Reed (qv),  initially did not want to play the role of "Marguerite" because she  thought that Lana Turner (qv) was prettier and that audiences  would not believe that "William" would chose her over Lana.'),
('99783',' Third release in the Broadway Star "O. Henry Stories" series.'),
('99784',' The film was Michael Sheard (qv)s last film role.'),
('99785',' The play opened off'),
('99786','Broadway in New York City, New York, USA in  1918. Jacob Ben'),
('99787','Ami (qv) was a member of the 1919 New York stage  production and was made co'),
('99788','director at the insistence of writer  Peretz Hirschbein (qv), who felt he could see that the film was  faithful to the play.'),
('99789',' The film was shot in 5 days after 6 weeks of rehearsal. Director  Edgar G. Ulmer (qv) said in an interview that the producers raised  the money ($8.000) for the film by hocking furniture. And when the  film laboratory threatened to foreclose on the film because they  hadnt been paid, the head of the International Ladies Garment  Workers Union, David Dubinsky, purchased 75,000 tickets in advance,  after he saw and liked a rough cut of the film.'),
('99790',' The film debut of Herschel Bernardi (qv).'),
('99791',' The Green Flash was the debut film of Omar Epps filmed while he was  only 14 years old.'),
('99792',' Intended as a demo'),
('99793','reel for then _Spider'),
('99794','Man (2002)_ (qv) director  James Cameron (qv).'),
('99795',' A print of this film in its ten reel original length survives in the  UCLA Film and Television Archives, and the Warner Bros Archives  After being restored by Warners and the UCLA in 1998, and was shown  at the 9th Annual Festival of Preservation 23 august 1998.'),
('99796',' Filmed in 1929 and completed before _Disraeli (1929)_ (qv), but was  held out of release until later at the request of  George Arliss (qv) because he felt the other film was a better  vehicle for his talkie debut.'),
('99797',' The film takes its name from the street Green Lanes in North London,  where the film was set and shot.'),
('99798',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('99799',' 1. Flaming Havoc  '),
('99800',' 2. The Plunge of Peril  '),
('99801',' 3. The Avenging Heavens  '),
('99802',' 4. A Night of Terror  '),
('99803',' 5. Shattering Doom  '),
('99804',' 6. The Fatal Flash  '),
('99805',' 7. Death in the Clouds  '),
('99806',' 8. Human Targets  '),
('99807',' 9. The Tragic Crash  '),
('99808',' 10.Blazing Fury  '),
('99809',' 11.Thieves of the Night  '),
('99810',' 12.Crashing Barriers  '),
('99811',' 13.The Flaming Inferno  '),
('99812',' 14.Racketeering Vultures  '),
('99813',' 15.Smashing the Crime Ring'),
('99814',' When the actions of Tojo, et. al., made the concept of a Japanese  hero, even a sidekick, box office poison, Kato was quickly changed  from Japanese to Filipino by the producers of the original radio  show. Hollywood apparently had greater foresight, however, and  herein made him a Korean.'),
('99815',' When the Black Beauty is moving on screen, the soundtrack contains  the sound of a buzzing hornet.'),
('99816',' Ernest Day (qv) took over from another director.'),
('99817',' Ryan ONeal (qv) was sixth choice'),
('99818',' Green Jello, as the band were originally called, had to change their  name to Green Jellÿ because of a law'),
('99819','suit from the Kraft Foods  company for copyright infringement on the "Jello" brand name. This  is why there are two different releases of the "Cereal Killer"  video.'),
('99820',' Basil Dearden (qv) had a hand in the direction.'),
('99821',' The scene in which George Cole (I) (qv) tries to phone the police  and Alastair Sim (qv) tries to stop him was improvised.'),
('99822',' In Maurices bathroom we see a small stack of books: the top one is  "The Old Devils" by Kingsley Amis. Below it are the horror  collection "Skeleton Crew" by Stephen King and the horror novel "The  Fog" by James Herbert.'),
('99823',' Audrey Hepburn (qv) turned down the title role in  _Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959/I)_ (qv) to be in this film.'),
('99824',' Pier Angeli (qv) was at one point considered for the role of Rima.'),
('99825',' This was the first major Hollywood film to be shot in Panavision.  The Panavision process faced its first major test when  Audrey Hepburn (qv) expressed worries that the widescreen process  would distort her already square face. Test footage made in  Panavision revealed this not to be the case, and reportedly received  applause when it was shown for Hepburn and others in a test  screening.'),
('99826',' In the 1970s, the character of Rima was revived for a comic book. In  1980 she was included in the Superfriends episode "Return of  Atlantis".'),
('99827',' During the film, Rima is shown accompanied by a fawn. In order for  the animal to properly bond with the actress, Audrey Hepburn (qv)  effectively adopted the baby deer in the weeks preceding production.'),
('99828',' The name for the character John Coffey was lifted from a college  professor, Rev. John Coffee. Stephen King (I) (qv) had met him  once and really liked his name and used it in "The Green Mile".  Reverend Coffee taught history classes at Emerson College in Boston  Massachusetts. He retired in May 2005.'),
('99829',' Originally set in 1932, the timeframe was bumped to 1935 so the  movie _Top Hat (1935)_ (qv) could be featured.'),
('99830',' Harry Dean Stanton (qv) appears in the film. There is a character  named Harry, and another named Dean Stanton. This is merely a happy  coincidence since the characters names existed in the book long  before Harry Dean Stanton (qv) was cast in the movie.'),
('99831',' In actuality, Michael Clarke Duncan (qv) is of a similar height as  his co'),
('99832','star David Morse (I) (qv) and is a couple inches shorter  than James Cromwell (I) (qv). Among other things, creative camera  angles were used to create the illusion that Duncan as John Coffey  towered over the prison staff, even Brutal Howell and Warden Moores.'),
('99833',' Michael Jeter (qv) (who plays Eduard Delacroix) was also in  _Mousehunt (1997)_ (qv), another film which co'),
('99834','starred a gifted  mouse.'),
('99835',' At the beginning of the movie, when the old Paul Edgecomb is walking  to get some breakfast after waking from that bad dream, he is  walking on a tiled floor that is very green, as if its his Green  Mile.'),
('99836',' The prison guards wear uniforms to give the movie a better feel,  even though uniforms werent in use at the time in which the movie  is set.'),
('99837',' The music played over the loudspeakers in the retirement home as Old  Paul Edgecomb first walks out of his room is the same as the music  the nurses played at medication time in  _One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975)_ (qv). The music used is  Mantovanis Charmaine.'),
('99838',' Originally, Tom Hanks (qv) was going to play the Old Paul Edgecomb  but the makeup tests didnt make him look credible enough to be an  elderly man. Dabbs Greer (qv) was cast instead as the older Paul  Edgecomb.'),
('99839',' By the time Paul introduced Elaine to Mr. Jingles, the mouse would  have to be at least 64 years old '),
('99840',' over nine times the age of the  oldest ever known real mouse.'),
('99841',' While many of Stephen King (I) (qv)s novels are set in the  authors native Maine, The Green Mile takes place in Louisiana.  However, the surname of the main character'),
('99842','Edgecomb'),
('99843','is the name of  a town on Maines mid'),
('99844','coast.'),
('99845',' The plot unfolds in the form of Paul telling Elaine the story of the  Green Mile. In the book, Paul writes his story down in the form of a  novel. At the end of the film, as Paul leaves the cemetery after  Elaines burial, a tombstone can be seen behind him that reads  "Greene", and two others, one in the foreground and one to the right  of the screen, that read "Story".'),
('99846',' Doug Hutchison (qv) (Percy) was given, according to the director,  the squeakiest shoes hed ever heard. He thought this was the  greatest bit of fate, and a "perfectly wonderful, annoying character  trait" that he kept it in the movie, and you can hear sometimes how  loud his shoes are.'),
('99847',' Voted #5 Must See Movie of all time by listeners of Capital FM in  London.'),
('99848',' When Stephen King (I) (qv) visited the set he asked to be strapped  into Old Sparky to see how it felt. He didnt like it and asked to  be released.'),
('99849',' When the producers were having trouble finding the right actor to  fill the role of John Coffey, Bruce Willis (qv) suggested  Michael Clarke Duncan (qv) with whom he had co'),
('99850','starred in  _Armageddon (1998/I)_ (qv).'),
('99851',' Michael Clark Duncan was uncomfortable with having to grab Tom  Hanks crotch for the scene where he takes his infection away. Hanks  left the set, came back to do the scene, Duncan grabbed at Hanks  crotch and was shocked because Hanks had put an empty water bottle  in his pants. After that, Duncan felt more comfortable with the  scene.'),
('99852',' John Travolta was offered the role of Paul Edgecomb but turned it  down.'),
('99853',' Voted number 2 in Channel 4 (UK) "Top 100 Tearjerkers" countdown,  losing first place to "E.T The Extra Terrestrial".'),
('99854',' Dabbs Greer (qv)s last film.'),
('99855',' Executed in a single continuous take, this futuristic comedy is also  the first ever film adaptation of the phone book.'),
('99856',' Ranked ninth best movie in 1936 in the Film Daily annual poll of  critics. The film was banned in many countries.'),
('99857',' Recreated on the radio on "Cavalcade of America" in 1940 and 1941,  both times featuring Juano Hernandez (qv) as De Lawd.'),
('99858',' There is one scene where a young Natalie Wood (I) (qv) is supposed  to run across a bridge. She was told that the bridge would collapse  after she got to the other side, but there was an accident and the  bridge collapsed while she was still on it. She broke her hand and  it never healed properly. She always wore a bracelet to hide the  lump left behind.'),
('99859',' Marguerite Chapman (qv) replaced Diana Lynn (qv).'),
('99860',' According to director Ulli Lommel, the "autopsy footage" was  actually a staged recreation using a combination of prosthetics and  pig guts.'),
('99861',' The writer/directors undergraduate thesis film.'),
('99862',' Many of the background players are American military personnel who  were based in Japan at the time.'),
('99863',' SPOILER: On'),
('99864','screen deaths: 6.'),
('99865',' Reel 1 of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives, the rest of the films whereabouts is unknown, presumed  lost.'),
('99866',' Jessica Tandy (qv) played Hume Cronyn (qv)s daughter in the  film, although she was, in reality, two years older than him.'),
('99867',' The first film of Hattie Jacques (qv).'),
('99868',' One of the juvenile delinquent inmates says shes restyling her hair  to look like Doris Day (I) (qv) '),
('99869',' an in'),
('99870','joke reference to  then'),
('99871','wife of producer Martin Melcher (qv).'),
('99872',' "The Revuers" (Comden, Betty (qv), Green, Adolph (qv),  Holliday, Judy (qv), Frank, John (I) (qv), Hammer, Alvin (qv))  received billing (as a group), but their one musical number "The  Baroness Bazooka" was cut from the final print. Their remaining  roles are little better than extras.'),
('99873',' Miranda, Carmen (qv)s performance of "I Like to Be Loved By You"  is actually an outtake from _Springtime in the Rockies (1942)_ (qv).'),
('99874',' This was the first film in the United States to receive an "X"  rating (in its original release). It opened in New York on 15  December 1968.'),
('99875',' Robert De Niro (qv)s first motion picture.'),
('99876',' Gerrit Grahams first motion picture.'),
('99877',' The first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature music by  Raymond Scott (qv).'),
('99878',' The film was shot using small Hi'),
('99879','8 video equipment.'),
('99880',' The film received an invitation to the Sundance Film Festival and  was acquired for international broadcasts by BBC, Channel Four, and  the Canadian Broadcasting Company.'),
('99881',' Dubbed with milder Scottish accents for the original American  release.'),
('99882',' In the first scene, Mr. Peltzer walks in front of a broken'),
('99883','down  American Motors Company "Gremlin", left in front of the old mans  shop.'),
('99884',' The theatre marquee is showing a double bill: "A Boys Life" (the  working title for Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s  _E.T. the Extra'),
('99885','Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv)), and "Watch the Skies"  (the working title for Spielbergs  _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv)).'),
('99886',' When Billy calls home to tell his mother to get out of the house  right after the Gremlins hatch, one of the creatures reaches up to  pull out the phone line and says "Phone home, caca", paraphrasing  the famous line from the Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) film  _E.T. the Extra'),
('99887','Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv).'),
('99888',' At the movies finale the gremlin leader, Stripe, hides from Billy  in a pile of stuffed animals. A plush E.T. doll is shown prominently  in the shot. This is a gag reference to the scene in Spielbergs  _E.T. the Extra'),
('99889','Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv), in which E.T. also evades  discovery by hiding among plush toys.'),
('99890',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) had broken his leg and he does a cameo  as a inventor in a motorized wheelchair, if you look closely you can  see his leg in a cast.'),
('99891',' Visible next to the TV in Billys bedroom, is a poster of  _Mad Max 2 (1981)_ (qv), another Warner Bros. release.'),
('99892',' Galligan, Zach (qv) had a crush on Cates, Phoebe (qv) during  filming.'),
('99893',' Robby the Robot is in a couple scenes. In one, hes talking on a  phone in a phone booth wearing a hat. His lines are his end of the  conversation with the cook of the C57'),
('99894','D in  _Forbidden Planet (1956)_ (qv) where Cookie is gets him to produce  booze.'),
('99895',' A subplot about Mrs. Deagle trying to buy some homes in Kingston  Falls to build a nuclear plant was shot but cut.'),
('99896',' A scene where Billy and Kate discover Gerald in the bank vault was  added to the NBC TV showing.'),
('99897',' Billy says he bought a comic at Dr. Fantasys. Dr. Fantasy is a  nickname for executive producer Frank Marshall (I) (qv).'),
('99898',' The old lady in the bank is a homage to the Wicked Witch of the East  from _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv).'),
('99899',' While the father is talking on the phone from the inventors  convention, the machine from _Time Machine, The (1960)_ (qv) can be  seen in the background winding up to full power. The scene cuts to  the house, and when we cut back again, the machine has gone, leaving  only a wisp of colored smoke.'),
('99900',' CAMEO(George Lucas): at the inventors convention, riding a  bicycle.[rumour]'),
('99901',' CAMEO(Steven Spielberg): the man in the electric wheelchair with a  TV monitor.'),
('99902',' CAMEO(Chuck Jones): The man who looks at Billys cartoon in the bar.  There is a Warner Brothers cartoon playing on the TV.'),
('99903',' CAMEO(Jerry Goldsmith): at the inventors conference, immediately  behind actor Hoyt Axton in the phone booth. Hes wearing a western  hat with a mount for the phone.'),
('99904',' Originally planned and scheduled for a Christmas release, the film  was rushed into production shortly after Warner Bros. found out that  it had no major competition against Paramounts  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv) or Columbias  _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv) for the summer movie season.'),
('99905',' Mrs. Deagle, the richest lady in town, has named her cats after  different kinds of currency (including Kopeck and Dollar).'),
('99906',' Generally credited (along with  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv)) with the  introduction of the PG'),
('99907','13 rating, as many felt the scenes of  violence in both movies were too much for a PG rating, but not  enough for an R rating. It is also widely believed that if  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s name had not been on both movies, they  may have received an R rating.'),
('99908',' The "Rockin Ricky Rialto" billboard shows a man dressed like  Indiana Jones, holding a microphone like a whip, and the "Rockin  Ricky Rialto" logo in the Indiana Jones typeface.'),
('99909',' In Chris Columbus (qv)s original script, Lynn Peltzer was killed  by the gremlins and her head rolled down the stairs. This along with  several other darker elements (ie, the family dog is eaten by the  gremlins, the gremlins attack a McDonalds and eat the customers but  refuse to touch the hamburgers) were never shot due to the fact that  both, Joe Dante (I) (qv) and Warner Bros. wanted the movie to be  more family oriented.'),
('99910',' This was the first movie in years to use Warner Bros "shield" logo'),
('99911',' In Cantonese Chinese, mogwai means demon or gremlin. The Mandarin  pronunciation is mogui.'),
('99912',' The film that the students are watching in Mr. Hansons class is  _Hemo the Magnificent (1957) (TV)_ (qv), actually an episode of a TV  series called "Science" that aired in the late 1950s and was  sponsored by the Bell Telephone System (now AT&T).'),
('99913',' As Mrs. Deagle zooms up the staircase in her electric chair, we see  a portrait of Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore (qv)) from  _Its a Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv).'),
('99914',' Both Judd Nelson (qv) and Emilio Estevez (qv) were considered  for the role of Billy.'),
('99915',' There are several references to Joe Dantes previous film,  _Howling, The (1981)_ (qv): The smiley face on Billys refrigerator,  The "Coming Soon" scenes from "The Howling" displayed on the  interior of the towns movie theater, and most notably the inclusion  of the exact same character/actor, the television reporter Lew  Landers as portrayed by Jim McKrell (qv).'),
('99916',' While watching _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv), one of  the Gremlins shadows is clearly that of Mickey Mouses ears.'),
('99917',' Two deleted scenes that were included on the 2002 Special Edition  DVD appeared in some of the ancillary merchandise for the movie.  Since most such tie'),
('99918','ins received a script well in advance in order  to have product at the time the movie premieres, several things may  change within the picture in the meantime. The deleted extended  opening is included in the first of 5 book and record sets that  Hardees released with their kids meals. The scene with  Judge Reinhold (qv) hiding in the bank vault was included in the  Topps trading card set.'),
('99919',' Hoyt Axton (qv) was always the foremost choice for Rand Peltzer.  Pat Harrington Jr. (qv) was also considered. Pat Hingle (qv) was  said to have delivered the best screen test, but was passed on  because it was feared Rands character would take over the picture  as a result of Hingles excellent performance.'),
('99920',' The footage of Santa on the roof that Mr. Futterman is watching in  his home is of Red Skelton in a Christmas skit from one of his  shows.'),
('99921',' When the gremlins disrupt Mr. Futtermans roof television antenna,  he changes the channel, and it briefly lands on a scene from  Jean Cocteau (qv)s _Orphée (1950)_ (qv).'),
('99922',' Although it is not clearly visible, "Four Magic Moves to Winning  Golf", by Joe Dante (senior) is on Billys nightstand.  Joe Dante (I) (qv) said his father criticized him for not making  the title more visible.'),
('99923',' Edward Arnold (I) (qv) is shown in a number of photographs as  Donald Deagle, and permission for their use had to be granted by his  estate.'),
('99924',' At the end, when the old Chinese shopkeeper comes to get Gizmo, you  can hear Gizmo say, "Baba," which is Chinese for "Dad".'),
('99925',' The movie on Billys TV when he feeds the mogwai after midnight is  _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)_ (qv)'),
('99926',' The downtown scenes were filmed on Universal Studios back lot, most  famous for _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv).'),
('99927',' In addition to restoring the classic Warner Brothers logo to the  opening of the movie, it was hoped to release the film along with  the classic Looney Tunes short, _Falling Hare (1943)_ (qv), where  Bugs Bunny is harassed by a plane gremlin during WW II. This fell  through, but, highlights from the short do appear as part of a  making of special for the movie, that has also been included on the  Special Edition DVD.'),
('99928',' The picture of Rockin Ricky Rialto is a picture of  Don Steele (I) (qv).'),
('99929',' Little to no actual dialogue for the Gremlins and Mogwai exists in  the script in itself. In addition to several instances of on stage  rewrites changing or adding to much of the script, the voiceovers  were all mostly ad libs, repeating snippets of just performed  dialogue or in reaction to other sound effects or environment. To  this end, Howie Mandel (I) (qv) recorded Gizmos lines  phonetically for foreign dubs of the movie, where localized dialogue  and in jokes helped make the picture successful with audiences world  wide.'),
('99930',' In the classroom the students are watching  _Hemo the Magnificent (1957) (TV)_ (qv). The character of Hemo the  Magnificent was played by Marvin Miller (I) (qv), who also does  the voice of Robby the Robot at the inventors convention (and in  Forbidden Planet).'),
('99931',' Joe Dante (I) (qv) says that in the original draft of the script,  Gizmo turns into Stripe. But, Executive Producer  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) overruled this plot element saying that  Gizmo was too cute to be turned evil, and it would be too confusing  for audiences to understand that he is evil for the second half of  the film. This became stressful for Chris Walas (qv) who had  designed the Gizmo puppet only for the actions that happened in the  first half of the movie and had to figure out how to make it work in  the rest of the film, hence why Gizmo is always seen in Billys back  pack for the rest of the film.'),
('99932',' Frank Welker (qv), who provided the voice for Stripe, suggested  Howie Mandel (I) (qv) perform for this film.'),
('99933',' At Dorrys Tavern, one of the gremlins is playing  _Star Wars (1983) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('99934',' Final film of Edward Andrews (I) (qv).'),
('99935',' Dr Catheter can be seen carrying a pod from  _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)_ (qv).'),
('99936',' When one of the gremlins gets injected with the bat serum and  becomes a bat, it breaks through the window and forms in the broken  glass the logo for _Batman (1989)_ (qv), another Warner Bros.  release.'),
('99937',' The gremlin Daffy as a dentist says "Is it safe?", a reference to  _Marathon Man (1976)_ (qv).'),
('99938',' An infamous script that was way too big is rumored to still exist  somewhere in Warners vault.'),
('99939',' An obvious reference to _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv): One gremlin  is dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West, melting, saying, "Im  melting! What a world! What a world!"'),
('99940',' The scene where Kate tells the story of encountering the flasher  dressed as Abrahahm Lincoln on Lincolns birthday was intended as a  parody of a scene in _Gremlins (1984)_ (qv) where she tells Billy  about her fathers accidental death one Christmas.'),
('99941',' When the woman in the cinema complains to the theater manager,  played by Paul Bartel (qv), he replies that they only show the  films, they dont make them. This is a reference to  _Secret Cinema, The (1968)_ (qv), directed by Bartel, where they  *do* make the films they show.'),
('99942',' Mr. Futterman (Dick Miller (I) (qv)) vanquishes the bat'),
('99943','gremlin by  pouring cement over it, which flies onto the roof of a cathedral and  turns into a gargoyle when the cement sets. This is a homage to  _Bucket of Blood, A (1959)_ (qv), which stars Miller as a wannabe  artist who creates a sensation in the art world with his  "sculptures", created by the same method.'),
('99944',' Aside from Mohawk, the other three Mogwai created from Gizmo are  called George, Lenny, and Daffy (the first two referring to  John Steinbeck (qv)s novel "Of Mice And Men", the latter  referring to Daffy Duck).'),
('99945',' In the original script, Randall Peltzer was to return after the  gremlins were killed at the end, and give to Gizmo his newest  "invention": a wet'),
('99946','suit like thing that would prevent Gizmo from  ever getting wet again, therefore preventing any sort of gremlin  problems in the future (provided it never ate after midnight). The  scene was all set to shoot, and the actor who played Mr. Peltzer,  Hoyt Axton (qv), was available to shoot the scene. But, the  filmmakers figured that the movie was already running too long, and  theyd never use the scene anyway, so it was never shot.'),
('99947',' After _Gremlins (1984)_ (qv) became such a surprise success, Warner  Bros. immediately wanted a sequel, but director Joe Dante (I) (qv)  had had enough Gremlins for a while and declined. Work on Gremlins 2  proceeded without him, as the studio approached various directors  and writers. Storylines considered included sending the gremlins to  cities like Las Vegas or even the planet Mars. After these ideas  fell through, the studio finally asked Dante again, who agreed on  the condition that he be allowed to do anything he wanted. He also  received a bigger budget. Dante later acknowledged that by this  point too much time had passed between the films, thus possibly  reducing Gremlins 2s appeal.'),
('99948',' At one point in the movie, the film seems to be broken by the  gremlins, who then engage in shadow puppetry over a white screen  until Hulk Hogan (qv) appears and intimidates the gremlins into  running the rest of Gremlins 2. This sequence was inspired by  William Castles _Tingler, The (1959)_ (qv). During his DVD  commentary for this movie, Joe Dante (I) (qv) recalled that Warner  Brothers wanted the sequence cut, as they were concerned the  audience would believe the film actually had malfunctioned; test  screening ultimately proved otherwise. However, the video version  caused problems: Instead of film'),
('99949','breaking effects, the scene looked  like a VHS malfunctioning. Many rental copies were returned as a  result of this, and video mastering houses called the filmmakers to  ask them if this was intentional.'),
('99950',' The uplifting end of the world video scene was included by the  filmmakers when they find out that one the news networks actually  have such a video prepare to run in case of the end of the world.  This video apparently still exists and still ready to run at the  final hour.'),
('99951',' In the spider gremlin scene, the pulsating sound effect from  _Tarantula (1955)_ (qv) can be heard. The effect was originally  recorded for the Martian war machines in  _War of the Worlds, The (1953)_ (qv).'),
('99952',' WILHELM SCREAM: As a victim is covered in gremlins and he falls off  of a ledge.'),
('99953',' Clamps automatic office doors open and sound the same as the doors  of the Enterprise from _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv).'),
('99954',' Most of the scenes where Gizmo (or the other mogwai) were on their  own, were filmed with double scale puppets'),
('99955',' SPOILER: At one point, one of the ideas for the ending of the movie  was that the gremlins were supposed to be killed by Mr. Clamp  filling the building up with cement. That was until the animators  discovered that they had the technology to create an "electrical"  gremlin, which they realized could improve the storyline (and its  ending).'),
('99956',' Robert Picardo (qv) controlled the "female" gremlin named Greta  when it was attached to him instead of the puppeteers because the  puppet had so much contact and movements with his character. This  technique is also used in the scene where Clamp  (John Glover (I) (qv)) pushes the gremlin in the paper shredder.'),
('99957',' The opening aerial shot of New York City was stock footage from  _Superman (1978)_ (qv).'),
('99958',' In one of the deleted scenes, the Gremlins release all the animals  in the "Splice o Life" Lab. During the filming of this scene, the  monkeys in the lab set were genuinely so terrified of the Gremlin  puppets, that they refused to leave their cages when their trainers  called for them.'),
('99959',' The mother scolding the theater manager regarding the movies  inappropriate tone for children was based in fact. During a  screening of _Gremlins (1984)_ (qv), Joe Dante (I) (qv) really was  excoriated by a mother who walked out of the theater with her  daughter during the infamous kitchen massacre sequence. The daughter  begged to be let back in the theater, got free from the mother, and  hid in the theater to watch the rest of the film.'),
('99960',' Joe Dante (I) (qv) had originally planned for this movie to spoof  its predecessor, and elements of this "spoof" are displayed  throughout the movie (ie, Kates monologue, the Clamp Tower tour  guide hats, the gremlins being less threatening and more funny, etc)'),
('99961',' In a corridor of the Clamp Tower, one nameplate says "Dr.  Quatermass". Quatermass is the main character in a number of British  television series and movies, including  _"Quatermass Experiment, The" (1953)_ (qv).'),
('99962',' Gizmo refers to Mr. Wing as "Keye Luke (qv) ", which is, of  course, the actors real name.'),
('99963',' At one point, Executive Producer Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) had  decided he want to add an extra character, a Sergeant Rock type  marine; this character was also in the original script draft. In  fact, they were casting the part. The filmmakers wanted  Charles Napier (qv) to play it.'),
('99964',' In the cartoon intro, Daffy Duck says to Bugs: "Fifty years of you  hogging the spotlight is enough". This is a reference to the  year'),
('99965','long celebration of the 50th birthday of Bugs Bunny which took  place in 1990.'),
('99966',' In the scene in Times Square, visible next to Burger King, is a  poster of _Do the Right Thing (1989)_ (qv).'),
('99967',' When Kate arrives to Billys office looking for Gizmo, she finds  mogwai Daffy on the top of the Clamp Tower model playing with some  airplane toys located over him. This is a homage to  _King Kong (1933)_ (qv).'),
('99968',' The movie that Grandpa Fred presents in his show as "The Attack of  the Octopus People" is, in fact, _Octaman (1971)_ (qv), which  feature the first costume designed by Rick Baker (I) (qv).'),
('99969',' A sequence that shows the funeral of Mr. Wing, in Chinatown, was  shot by the Second Unit Director, James H. Spencer (qv). This  scene was not included in the film or even in the DVD edition.'),
('99970',' In a corridor of the Clamp Tower, one nameplate says "Vectorscope  Labs". This is a reference to the movie _Innerspace (1987)_ (qv)  also directed by Joe Dante (I) (qv).'),
('99971',' For the special effects, Joe Dante (I) (qv) turned to  Rick Baker (I) (qv) when Chris Walas (qv) and Rob Bottin (qv)  had to turn it down. Baker was not interested, as he saw this movie  as too much work for a project in which he would not be the creator  but rather a successor to Walas. He was eventually persuaded to  accept the job when it was suggested he could make the gremlins and  mogwai more diverse.'),
('99972',' Christopher Lee (I) (qv) has stated that upon being cast in the  film, the first thing he did was apologize to Joe Dante (I) (qv)  for appearing in  _Howling II: ...Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)_ (qv), the flopped  sequel to his film _Howling, The (1981)_ (qv).'),
('99973',' Originally, Executive Producer Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) want to  cut the scene when the boy cross the "Police Line" banner outside  the Clamp Tower. But, he change his mind when Joe Dante (I) (qv)  reveal to him that this boy was his nephew.'),
('99974',' Leonard Maltin (qv) appears in Gremlins 2 repeating his criticisms  of _Gremlins (1984)_ (qv) on film, as an in'),
('99975','joke, being throttled by  the creatures as a result.'),
('99976',' CAMEO(Jerry Goldsmith (qv)): along with his wife  Carol Heather Goldsmith (qv) can be seen as yogurt customers in  the Clamp Tower.'),
('99977',' The Daniel Clamp character, obviously based on real'),
('99978','life real estate  tycoon Donald Trump (qv) and media mogul Ted Turner (I) (qv),  falls for Billys manager, Marla Bloodstone, at the end of the  movie. Trump was married to Marla Maples (qv).'),
('99979',' The original version of the film was longer, but, Executive Producer  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) claimed there were too many gremlins and  several scenes were cut as a result. One of the deleted scenes  portrayed three of the main gremlins (George, Lenny and Daffy)  sneaking into Grandpa Freds studio and "helping" him host, which  worked because Grandpa Freds show was supposed to be scary. A still  from this scene was used on the video cover.'),
('99980',' In the original script, the Daniel Clamp character had been written  as a villain. Joe Dante (I) (qv) felt John Glover (I) (qv)  approach to his role lightened the film in general.'),
('99981',' When Billy is trying to explain the rules regarding the mogwai to  Forsters staff, they find them quite absurd and interrogate him on  the application of this rules. This scene originates from the fact  that the filmmakers themselves saw the rules as irrational, and some  questions in the scene were based upon queries raised by fans of  _Gremlins (1984)_ (qv).'),
('99982',' There is a sample of the action music from the film  _burbs, The (1989)_ (qv), also directed by Joe Dante (I) (qv) and  composed by Jerry Goldsmith (qv), when the Bat Gremlin flies out  of the Clamp Tower after being injected with the sunblock solution.'),
('99983',' In a deleted scene, Dr. Catheter examines a bat injected with the  sunblock solution. He then says to Wally, "Im told they sometimes  feed on blood". This is a reference to Christopher Lee (I) (qv)s  performances as Count Dracula in the Hammer Horror films.'),
('99984',' On Gremlins 2s first video release, a new quality protection  process called "Macrovision", preventing the tape from being copied,  was used for the very first time.'),
('99985',' For the Italian version of the movie, notorious Italian art critic  Vittorio Sgarbi  (qv) gave his voice to the Brain Gremlin.'),
('99986',' Gizmo Adventure Passwords: The Bank GIZMO The Police Station BILLY  The Cinema FUNNY The Firehouse TORCH The Final Encounter GIFTS'),
('99987',' Stripe Adventure Passwords: The Bank CLAWS The Police Station CREAM  The Cinema STORY The Firehouse FLAME The Final Encounter NIGHT'),
('99988',' Gizmo Time Attack Passwords: The Bank GREAT The Police Station'),
('99989',' Stripe Time Attack Passwords: The Bank CRUEL The Police Station  WATER The Cinema POWER The Firehouse FLAME The Final Encounter MAGIC'),
('99990',' Included in the Rhino Home Video compilation "Bambi Meets Godzilla  and Other Weird Cartoons".'),
('99991',' This animated short is based on one of Aesops fables.'),
('99992',' All interior scenes (about 90 percent of the film) of this film were  shot and edited within 72 hours.'),
('99993',' Matthias Ziesing (qv) didnt sleep and had intense rehearsals the  night before principal shooting began, to get him into shape for a  completely broken'),
('99994','down character.'),
('99995',' Uses same sets as _Frauengefängnis (1975)_ (qv).'),
('99996',' One of the films in the 3'),
('99997','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 UCLA Film and Television Archives, has a running  time of 58 minutes and an added piano score.'),
