('163536',' The only English film ever to have been released in Britain with  English subtitles.'),
('163537',' When asked about the films nudity, director Derek Jarman (qv) is  quoted as having said, "We couldnt afford costumes."'),
('163538',' Cinematographer Fred Almeida and director Marcelo Rennó briefly  appear on the movie.'),
('163539',' This short documentary was one of the finalist in the IV São Carlos  Video Festival, promoted by the SESC São Carlos, in São Paulo,  Brazil. More than 3.500 people attended the exhibitions at the  festival, that went on for about 20 days.'),
('163540',' In the scene by the railroad station who the teacher talks with the  municipality president, There are poster in the background for the  movie _Sechs Kummerbuben, Die (1968)_ (qv)'),
('163541',' Laurel and Hardys heads were shaved for their appearance in this  film, and their hair had not yet grown back in their roles in Max  Davidsons Call of the Cuckoos (1927), released a week after this  film.'),
('163542',' This was the first Laurel and Hardy film to be released by MGM.'),
('163543',' When actress Lynda Carter (qv) accepted her award for "Superest  Super Hero" an announcer stated that an invisible plane was double  parked and needed to be moved before it is towed. At this, Lynda  went backstage and spun in a circle, with a Wonder Woman double  suddenly appearing in her place. This was the first time she had  done this since the cancellation of her television series in 1979.'),
('163544',' This sequel to the box office hit _Arrival, The (1996)_ (qv) was  reportedly produced on a budget that was only one'),
('163545','fourth of the cost  of the original.'),
('163546',' Michael W. Smith (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('163547',' Zeffie Tilbury (qv) was trying to hide the fact that she was  blind; she had to be helped onstage by a friend and companion.'),
('163548',' The trumpet part for Astaire, Fred (qv) was dubbed by  Hackett, Bobby (qv).'),
('163549',' The trumpet part for Burgess Meredith (qv) was dubbed by  Billy Butterfield (qv).'),
('163550',' The dance number "Me and the Ghost Upstairs" was cut from the film.'),
('163551',' Record producer Mickie Most (qv) originally conceived this as a  vehicle for Paul McCartney (qv) in the role of Clavius, but he was  offered the role during the time of the break'),
('163552','up of the Beatles in  1970 and declined it. When Most met up with McCartney he later  described him as looking a bit like Jim Morrison after a bender.'),
('163553',' Russell T. Davies filmed the footage of Trisha Goodard and Richard  and Judy.'),
('163554',' There was a sub'),
('163555','plot (featured in the DVD) that featured Pete being  seduced by a demon, played by Jo Joyner.'),
('163556',' Originally Steves mother was a character, but after the scenes were  cut, a line was dubbed in that she committed suicide years earlier.'),
('163557',' The movie was shot over two weekends. During the week,  Michael Kehoe (qv) was working on the feature film  _Cops and Robersons (1994)_ (qv) at Sony Studios. On Friday night he  loaded a truck with camera equipment, grip and electric equipment  from the stage where they were shooting Cops and Robersons. The  producer Ron Schwary (qv) told him to "make sure he had the  equipment back at the studio before Monday mornings shoot, and if  anything happened to the camera call me first!" Needless to say all  went well. After the film was cut there was a screening at Sony in a  small theater with about 99 seats. The film was shown four times due  to the size of the crowd that showed up. The projectionist was  surprised that the film had not been submitted for the Sundance  festival and was told that it had missed the deadline. He took the  film, and 10 days later, Kehoe received an invitation to screen the  movie at Sundance 1994.'),
('163558',' The director and producer went to pick up the HD camera a day before  shooting only to find that the rental house had "lost" the  paperwork. Another company stepped up to the plate, but without an  established relationship they had to call the directors film  school, industry colleagues, and realtor before releasing the  equipment. The realtor that sold the director his house knew one of  the owners of the rental company and that made the difference. On a  separate note: the house cost less than the insured value of the  equipment.'),
('163559',' The camera arrived on set and it worked for one thirty'),
('163560','second shot  before the warning light began blinking. "Should that light be  blinking?" became the standard smart'),
('163561','ass comment when anything  subsequently went wrong in filming.'),
('163562',' Co'),
('163563','stars Grant Withers (qv) and Loretta Young (qv) fell in love  during the making of this film and eloped. Withers was 26 years old,  Young was 17. Warner Brothers took advantage of the subsequent  scandal by changing the name of the next film in which they were to  star from "Broken Dishes" to _Too Young to Marry (1931)_ (qv).'),
('163564',' This film was unseen for many years after its original release. Like  other Warner Brothers films of the early talkie era, the movies  soundtrack was recorded onto Vitaphone disks, but the disks for this  film were lost for decades. The soundtrack was eventually recovered  and restored to the film in 2004.'),
('163565',' Fourth episode in the Excuse Maker 2'),
('163566','reel comedy series'),
('163567',' First film under 20th Century Fox contract for director Walter Lang,  who was to remain faithful to the firm for 25 years on end.'),
('163568',' Jamie Williams (qv) performed his own stunts.'),
('163569',' During the making of the movie, Jamie Williams was bitten in the  foot by a chimp. The bondage on his foot in some scenes in the  widescreen version.'),
('163570',' A lot of the spectators in the final boxing round were actually  female actresses dressed up to look like men.'),
('163571',' A clip from the TV series _"Perfect Strangers" (1986)_ (qv) plays on  the TV. In the clip, Larry Appleton is calling for "Balki."  Pinchot, Bronson (qv), who stars in this film as Bobby, played  Balki in "Perfect Strangers."'),
('163572',' The fourth level takes place in Siberia. Free Radical, the  developer, often has levels that take place in Siberia in their  games.'),
('163573',' This making'),
('163574','of documentary is featured on the 2 disc DVD for  _X2 (2003)_ (qv).'),
('163575',' Part of the "Through Navajo Eyes" series of seven short  documentaries, along with _Intrepid Shadows (1966)_ (qv),  _Navajo Silversmith, The (1966)_ (qv),  _Navajo Weaver, A (1966)_ (qv), _Old Antelope Lake (1966)_ (qv),  _Shallow Well Project, The (1966)_ (qv), and  _Spirit of the Navajos, The (1966)_ (qv).'),
('163576',' Scott Adkins (II) (qv) was offered the role of Pfc. Devereaux but  could not sign for it due to other commitments. He was replaced by  Razvan Oprea (qv).'),
('163577',' Finnish distributor gave film a name "Sekunti kuolemaan" ("A Second  to Death"). Unfortunately it was written wrong on the VHS cover,  "Sekuntti kuolemaan" ("A Seccond to Death").'),
('163578',' Filmed in 1979.'),
('163579',' Originally titled "The Hamster of Happiness".'),
('163580',' The ending was re'),
('163581','shot due to negative test'),
('163582','screening feedback. The  re'),
('163583','shot cost $600,000. The original ending will be available on the  DVD.'),
('163584',' Haley Joel Osment (qv) was attacked by the pig during filming. The  lion had numerous trainers and handlers, but no one thought the pig  might be a menace.'),
('163585',' Berkeley Breathed (qv) (Bloom County) drew the cartoons you see on  the adult Walters desk.'),
('163586',' The shoulder patch on the uniform of the Sheriff who meets with  adult Walter shows Comal County, Texas.'),
('163587',' EASTER EGG: On the special features side of the DVD, go to the  deleted scenes section. While at the top of the list, press the "up"  button on your remote control and a star will appear and be  highlighted. Press the "Okay" button and a clip of outtakes will  come on showing all of the filmmakers attempts at trying to put the  rooster on the pig.'),
('163588',' Haley Joel Osment (qv) was contracted without knowing which studio  would make the movie and who were the other main leads. This was  against standard Hollywood practice and surprised  Eugene Osment (qv) (Haleys father and manager) at first, but he  agreed to "use" his son to get the remainder of the cast and the  studio.'),
('163589',' This would be the second of two projects involving Haley Joel Osment  and Berke Breathed. The first was the animated short Edwurd  Fudwupper Fibbed Big.'),
('163590',' The house that is provided for Rock Hudson (qv)s character was  owned by director John Frankenheimer (qv). It was later sold.'),
('163591',' Arthur Hamiltons tennis trophy in reality belonged to  John Frankenheimer (qv).'),
('163592',' The mounted fish over Arthurs mantle belonged to  John Frankenheimer (qv).'),
('163593',' Noras house is one in which John Frankenheimer (qv) formerly  rented and lived.'),
('163594',' C. Thomas Howell (qv) did all of his stunts in this movie (i.e.  jumping fences).'),
('163595',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) convinced John Gielgud (qv) to play  the lead by describing the hero as a modern day Hamlet. Gielgud,  however, ended up hating that his character was an enigma and felt  Hitchcock made the villain more charming than the hero.'),
('163596',' Based on Maughams "Ashenden" spy stories ("The Traitor" and "The  Hairless Mexican") and a play by Campbell Dixon.'),
('163597',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) reflected (regarding  John Gielgud (qv)s lack of heroics): "You cant root for a hero  who doesnt want to be one."'),
('163598',' SPOILER: DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)): coming down the  ships gangway in front of Ashenden.'),
('163599',' John Gielgud (qv) filmed this during the day while appearing on  stage in "Romeo and Juliet" opposite Peggy Ashcroft (qv) and  Laurence Olivier (qv) in the evening.'),
('163600',' Michael Rennie (qv)s first film.'),
('163601',' The rap song heard during the credits was written by Rory Johnston,  the original writer of the film.'),
('163602',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('163603',' 1. Modern Pirates  '),
('163604',' 2. The Ray That Blinds  '),
('163605',' 3. Man of Many Faces  '),
('163606',' 4. The Listening Shadow  '),
('163607',' 5. False Fires  '),
('163608',' 6. The Dragnet  '),
('163609',' 7. Sealed Lips  '),
('163610',' 8. Exhibit "A"  '),
('163611',' 9. The Masquerader  '),
('163612',' 10.The Forced Lie  '),
('163613',' 11.The Enemy Camp  '),
('163614',' 12.Crime Does Not Pay'),
('163615',' THe movie went into production the night of 8 December 1941, one day  after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. 20th'),
('163616','Century/Fox head Darryl  Zanuck wanted his studio to be the first to deal with the Japanese  sneak attack on film. Within a matter of weeks, the film was in  theaters where it became a box office smash, much to the dismay of  critics.'),
('163617',' Bob Hoskins (qv) was originally set to direct as well.'),
('163618',' German'),
('163619','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('163620',' Written, Filmed, and Edited in less than 72 hours. Part of the 2007  72 Hour Shootout, presented by the Asian American Film Lab, AZN, and  Asian CineVision.'),
('163621',' The film was remade, 15 years later, as an episode of "the Amazing  Stories", co'),
('163622','starring film'),
('163623','maker Paul Bartel in a key'),
('163624','role.'),
('163625',' Third episode in the Mysteries of the Grand Hotel 2'),
('163626','reel series.'),
('163627',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('163628',' Filmed in 1961, not released until 1962.'),
('163629',' Many of Highclere Castles furnishings were used during filming and  are arranged in the same manner throughout the house today.'),
('163630',' The costume design is so detailed that the initials "M.L." (Mary  Lennox) can be seen embroidered on Marys stockings for the split  second they appear on'),
('163631','screen, while Marys Ayah is dressing her at  the beginning of the film.'),
('163632',' The corridor leading to Colins room and the interior of the room  are decorated with tapestries depicting Edward VI, a sickly boy king  who died young at the age of 16.'),
('163633',' John Lynch was cast at the 11th hour after the actor first cast as  Lord Craven pulled out.'),
('163634',' The tapestries in Marys room comprise a cycle known as "The Hunt  for the Unicorn". In this cycle, the Unicorn is lured from the wild  and into a new life by a young virgin, foreshadowing Marys role in  the story.'),
('163635',' A Secret Handshake screenplay was first written by producers Sukhi  Pabla and Christopher Hazelett and was titled An Autumn In  Paradise. After years of trying to find funding and to lock in a  big name to the lead role, they had no luck. So they got together  and had writer/director Harsha Gijre write a smaller version of the  screenplay. Something that could be shot under half a million  dollars. And was born A Secret Handshake.'),
('163636',' Dotrice, Roy (qv) was originally cast in the role of Chartwell.'),
('163637',' Jason Connery (I) (qv) plays Ian Fleming, the creator of James  Bond. Sean Connery (qv), Jasons father, famously played James  Bond.'),
('163638',' The microscope used in the film was purchased at a garage sale in  Pentwater, MI.'),
('163639',' Author Thurber, James (qv) offered producer Goldwyn, Samuel (qv)  $10,000 to not make the film.'),
('163640',' Author James Thurber (qv) has acknowledged that the character  Walter Mitty was based on his friend, writer Robert Benchley (qv).  Thurber said that he got the idea for Mitty from the character  created by Benchley in a series of shorts he made for Fox and MGM  respectively, in the 1920s and 1930s. Thurber is also on record as  saying that he hated this version of the film, and that  Danny Kaye (qv)s interpretation of Mitty is nothing at all like  Thurber intended the character to be.'),
('163641',' Danny Kayes wife, Sylvia Fine, wrote the lyrics to a song in which  Walter Mitty fantasizes that he is a misogynist womens hat  designer. She was a musical theatre buff, and introduced a reference  to the song "Ol Man River" (from "Show Boat") into the lyrics of  "Anatole of Paris", as well as satirical references to "Show Boat"  in one of Mittys daydreams.'),
('163642',' In an unused Mitty dream sequence, Boris Karloff appears as the  Frankenstein monster, which explains Mittys fear of Karloffs  character. Test photos of Karloff in makeup (by  Jack P. Pierce (qv)) exist, as well as a letter from Universal  Pictures to Goldwyn Pictures giving permission to use the makeup  design.'),
('163643',' Henry Cordens first project.'),
('163644',' SPOILER: The oil rigs name was Gaviota, but Isabel Coixet changed  it into Genefke, for the founder of IRCT (played by Julie Christie),  to whom the movie is dedicated. IRCT is an organization that  promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and  works for the prevention of torture worldwide. Takes of the oil rig  were shot in Belfast and Bilbao. Interior scenes were filmed in  Navalcarnero (Madrid, Spain).'),
('163645',' The story about a nurse named Cora that Josef tells to Hanna is a  short'),
('163646','story named "La señorita Cora" by argentinean writer  Julio Cortázar (qv) from his book "Todos los fuegos el fuego".'),
('163647',' Duncan Regehr who also stars in the movie is an accomplished artist  as well as an actor. His paintings are used in the film and are  exhibited at the Smithsonian and at the Getty museum among other  venues and galleries.'),
('163648',' The rings, bracelets, and watch Bryan Tupper (Jeffie) wears are all  actually his own jewelry.'),
('163649',' The spaghetti Jason Macumber (qv) (Bastian) falls into was the  leftovers from the days catered lunch.'),
('163650',' The shoot was inundated with random thunder storms during the thirty  day filming schedule. Due to the echo in the restaurant set, the  rain was actually incorporated into some scenes during post  production.'),
('163651',' Cael Barkman (qv) (Ella), and Carrie Romero (Cheryl) were the only  two actresses who did not use their own hair in the film.'),
('163652',' The actual set for Restaurant was actually constructed within a  coffee shop called Fogartyville Cafe. The film was originally to be  shot within an actual restaurant, but it was later decided due to  budget constraints and lighting continuity it would be easier to  film within a controlled environment.'),
('163653',' Jason Macumber (qv) (Bastian) actually came up with the basic  story for the film, and pitched it to director P.M. Hunter (qv) in  the Fall of 2005. The script, and most of pre'),
('163654','production were  completed within five months prior to shooting.'),
('163655',' Director P.M. Hunter (qv) relied heavily on improvisation for many  of the films sequences. In fact, very little dialog was scripted  for the character of Cookie, played by veteran improv player  Tim Beasley (qv), who was asked to improvise the majority of his  own lines.'),
('163656',' The script originally called for an extensive sequence in the city  dump, in which the waitresses had to search for one of their bodies.  Due to the intense heat projected for July along with health  hazards, the sequence was unfortunately scrapped.'),
('163657',' Two reels from this film are housed at the Library of Congress,  Washington D.C.'),
('163658',' This title, about the creation of the comic book X'),
('163659','Men, is featured  on the DVD for _X2 (2003)_ (qv).'),
('163660',' Twelve replica Secret Paths Stones were made for sale through Purple  Moons catalogue.'),
('163661',' Three replica Secret Paths Stones, a garland and a pouch were  included with the game.'),
('163662',' Minh is the only major character with no last name.'),
('163663',' Andrew Byatt (I) (qv) replaced Andrew Robertson (I) (qv)'),
('163664',' The 4'),
('163665','hour show was staged on 14 October 2006 for the 30th  anniversary of the original Amnesty International comedy gala.'),
('163666',' The stage show was cinecast live in 17 cinemas around Britain.'),
('163667',' The play opened on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA on 5  October 1898. There were 3 Broadway revivals, the last in 1976.'),
('163668',' Variety lists  Gertrude Howard (qv) in the role of "Martha", but the copyright description and other sources list "Emma Reed (qv)  for that role. The actress does appear to be Howard.'),
('163669',' Originally broadcast on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('163670',' Hal Holbrook (qv) provides a little over a minutes worth of  introduction before Act One of the performance.'),
('163671',' This revival of the drama played on Broadway in 1976, before coming  to television.'),
('163672',' This was a videotaped performance of a Phoenix Theatre Company  production which played at the Playhouse Theatre in New York in  1976. The play started in previews on March 30, 1976 and, after 15  performances, opened April 12 of that year and played for 13  performances, closing May 2. It was performed in tandem with "Boy  Meets Girl."'),
('163673',' This is Meryl Streep (qv)s dramatic debut on television.'),
('163674',' This serial was presumed lost until five 35mm nitrate positive film  reels were discovered in a private collection. However, part of the  serial is still believed to be lost as the film reels are not  complete.'),
('163675',' When it was reissued with a new title in 1954, the official  documentation often called it "Manhunt in the African Jungle".  However the actual on'),
('163676','screen title was "Manhunt in the African  Jungles" (the plural word "Jungles" was used on'),
('163677','screen).'),
('163678',' Guy Usher (qv) is in studio records for the role of "Morrow", but  that role was played by Pierre Watkin (qv).'),
('163679',' This is an ABC TV pilot that wasnt picked up.'),
('163680',' When this film was screened at Cinema 2000 (a video theatre set up  to skirt Ontario Censor Board regulations, which were restricted to  movies to projected on film) in 1971, Toronto police raided the  premises and charged that the movie was obscene. Charges were  subsequently dropped and the movie continued to play at Cinema 2000.  However, when the movie was submitted to the Ontario Censor Board,  so that it could play regular movie houses, the board insisted that  all full frontal female nudity had to be removed before the film  would be approved. Distributor Marden Films complied with the order.'),
('163681',' The cast/character credits are spoken directly to the camera by the  actors themselves.'),
('163682',' During the filming, Thalberg, Irving (qv) had scenes added to  bolster Gable, Clark (qv)s part, and he was given an MGM contract  after shooting was completed.'),
('163683',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('163684',' James Franciscus (qv) final performance.'),
('163685',' Ving Rhames (qv) was offered a role but turned it down due to a  scheduling conflict.'),
('163686',' James Newton'),
('163687','Howard (qv) was going to compose with  Hans Zimmer (qv), but when he was replaced, Zimmer bowed out as  well. Philip Glass (qv) and Geoff Zanelli (qv) came into the  project instead.'),
('163688',' The movies premiere date was moved up a month to ride the  coat'),
('163689','tails of Johnny Depp (qv)s success in  _Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)_ (qv)  which earned him a SAG award and an Oscar nomination.'),
('163690',' Stephen King (I) (qv) traded the rights to this film in order to  get the rights to _"Kingdom Hospital" (2004) (mini)_ (qv).'),
('163691',' Johnny Depp (qv)s line, "This is not my beautiful house. This is  not my beautiful wife. Anymore.", is taken from the  Talking Heads (qv) song "Once in a Lifetime".'),
('163692',' While Johnny Depp (qv) is looking to a mirror, you faintly hear  him whisper, "When Sister Veronica found out about the windows she  withdrew the school from the competition". This is a line from  Rosemary Woodhouses first dream in _Rosemarys Baby (1968)_ (qv).'),
('163693',' John Turturro (qv) decided to star in the movie because his son, a  big fan of Stephen King (I) (qv), convinced him to.'),
('163694',' Mort looking head on into the mirror and seeing the reflection of  the back of his head is a reference to the paintings of Belgian  surrealist painter Magritte. He often depicted a mysterious man in a  bowler hat not unlike the hat that Shooter wears.'),
('163695',' When Depps character drops the hat on his desk, a copy of  Hunter S. Thompson (qv)s "The Rum Diary" is visible on the table.  Johnny Depp (qv) is slated to play Paul Kemp in a motion picture  version of the book.'),
('163696',' B'),
('163697','roll footage from _Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997)_ (qv) was  used for one of Morts intense dreams.'),
('163698',' In the scene where Johnny Depp (qv) bursts in on  Maria Bello (I) (qv) and Timothy Hutton (qv) in the Motel;  David Koepp (qv) wanted Bello and Hutton to look shocked and  scared '),
('163699',' he made them both lie in the bed for 15 minutes before Depp  rushed in. The production crew set up large speakers that blared  static noise when the script called for them to be scared. The  lights in the room were also rigged to go on when Johnny Depp opened  the door, startling the actors further. No one knew exactly how to  act.'),
('163700',' SPOILER: When Morts conscience is revealing the real situation to  him at the end of the movie, Mort begins to yell, "Rah! Rah! Rah!"  Johnny Depp (qv) took this from his son, who was pre'),
('163701','verbal and  expressed his confusion by saying "Rah!" Depp felt that Mort would  be so confused at that point that he would not know what to say to  convey what was happening that he would become pre'),
('163702','verbal again.'),
('163703',' Johnny Depp (qv)s characters name is Morton Rainey. Toward the  end of the movie, this character puchases three items at the  grocers. One of the items is a box of MORTONs salt whose moto is:  "When it rains it pours." Thus Morton Rainey.'),
('163704',' Shooters license plate number is CTO 27Q.'),
('163705',' The DVD Audio Commentry with David Koepp was recorded on March 4th  2004... the film hadnt even been released in cinemas yet.'),
('163706',' Parts 1 and 2 were titled "Beyond Bletchley Park"; parts 3 and 4  were titled "Black Propaganda".'),
('163707',' Eighth release in Kalems American Girl series.'),
('163708',' The play originally opened in New York City, New York, USA on 4  December 1923 and ran for 85 performances.'),
('163709',' The program that the games artists used to create characters was  called DPaint, and it saved files as "brush" files. When drawing the  main character, he was saved as guy.brush, hence the name Guybrush.  His last name, Threepwood, was decided by a company contest.'),
('163710',' The character Guybrush Threepwood ranked #3 in Computer Gaming  Worlds November 1996 listing of the 15 most memorable game heroes.'),
('163711',' A large number of visual references are made to the "Pirates Of The  Carribean" ride at Disneyland, from which game creator Ron Gilbert  drew most of his inspiration.'),
('163712',' The beginning of Guybrushs line "Thats the second biggest monkey  head Ive ever seen" is borrowed from the 70s parody show Get Smart!'),
('163713',' If Guybrush walks to one corner of the lookout plateau on Monkey  Island, the rock will give way under him and he will fall,  supposedly to his death, and a menu screen with the options  "Restore", "Restart", and "Quit" will appear briefly. This is a  parody of Sierra games such as  _Kings Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (1988) (VG)_ (qv), which  feature many inconvenient ways to die.'),
('163714',' Michael J. Fox (I) (qv) was, at the time this movie was filmed, a  heavy cigarette smoker. Evidence of this is noticeable when his  character Brantley (a non'),
('163715','smoker) puts his feet up on the desk and  reveals dozens of burn marks from extinguishing cigarettes with his  shoe.'),
('163716',' Kristy McNichol (qv) was the original choice made by director  Herbert Ross (I) (qv) to play the lead actress role. She was  pulled two weeks before filming though by the films producers, who  feared she might be "difficult" to work with, due to her  then'),
('163717','ongoing bouts with manic'),
('163718','depression.'),
('163719',' Unused music by John Williams (I) (qv).'),
('163720',' A sequel was proposed for this film but never made.'),
('163721',' A lot of height adjustments had to be made during the kissing scenes  between Michael J. Fox (I) (qv) and Helen Slater (qv), since Fox  is much shorter than Slater.'),
('163722',' CAMEO(Cindy Crawford (I) (qv)): during the opening credit  sequence; shes the third of four models who turns her head in rapid  succession.'),
('163723',' David Watkin (qv) was the films original cinematographer.  According to his autobiography, the reasons for being dismissed were  and still are unknown.'),
('163724',' The lead characters name was changed from Mrs. Frisby (in the  novel) to Mrs. Brisby to avoid legal entanglements from the Wham'),
('163725','O  company (makers of the Frisbee). Unfortunately this change came late  in the films production, long after the actors had recorded their  dialog. Because it was not feasible to have every actor using the  word "Frisby" in the movie re'),
('163726','record his or her lines, the change  from "Frisby" to "Brisby" was actually made by the sound editors,  who, by hand, carefully sliced the "br" (taken from other words  spoken by the actors) into the "fr" on the magnetic dialog tracks.'),
('163727',' According to the Farmers Wife, NIMH is an acronym for National  Institute of Mental Health'),
('163728',' Bluth, Don (qv), Pomeroy, John (I) (qv) and  Goldman, Gary (I) (qv) all left Disney to pursue this project,  which had originally been rejected by their former employer as "too  dark" to be a commercial success. They were followed soon after by  20 other Disney animators, dubbed "The Disney Defectors" by the  trade press.'),
('163729',' Techniques used on this movie which had not been used extensively in  other animated features included split exposures to create shadows  and translucency, diffusion in conjunction with split exposures to  create reflections, color Xerography for the creation of cels and  painstaking color orchestration. Newer techniques included the use  of video animation for testing and backlight. The use of multiple  exposure techniques was probably the best indication of the time and  effort taken with the film.'),
('163730',' At the time of release was the largest non'),
('163731','Disney animated film.'),
('163732',' This was Jerry Goldsmith (qv)s first music score for an animated  film. He later said that it was among his personal favorites. He was  instrumental in introducing the film to Steven Spielberg (I) (qv),  who went on to work with Bluth on "An American Tail". According to  Bluth and Goldman in their DVD commentary, Goldsmith so loved the  film that he volunteered an extra three weeks to polish and refine  the score, even though he was not contractually obligated to do so.'),
('163733',' The staging of the climactic sword fight between Justin and Jenner  was largely taken from the Errol Flynn/Basil Rathbone duel in  _Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)_ (qv). (Some choreography,  including the villain getting stabbed in the stomach, was literally  copied by the animators.) Other moments were inspired by fight  scenes in _Vikings, The (1958)_ (qv).'),
('163734',' There are more than 600 colors used in the film. One character,  chemist mouse Mr. Ages, has 26 colors.'),
('163735',' There are 1078 backgrounds in the film, all of which were tested and  then shot in continuity to time so that the entire films could be  viewed with the track in the film of just the color backgrounds.  This enabled the overall impact of the color scheme to be evaluated  and some backgrounds were repainted as a result.'),
('163736',' Six months were devoted to developing the design specifications for  the cameras Bluth and his crew needed for the newly founded Don  Bluth Productions and their upcoming movie, and then another  fourteen months were spent building and testing the cameras. Two  identical camera stands were built by Mechanical Concepts especially  for Bluth because there were no animation cameras available  commercially that could do everything necessary to shoot the film,  according to Fred Craig, Director of Special Processes for the film.  One of the features which the cameras built for Bluth had that was  not found on conventional animation stands was the capability of  shooting backlit art in an anamorphic format.'),
('163737',' The film was originally budgeted at $6.5 million, but was reduced by  the studio after production was underway. Gary Goldman (I) (qv)  and the films producers resorted to mortgaging their homes in order  to raise the extra $700,000 needed to complete the film. In spite of  these difficulties, the film still cost under $7 million '),
('163738',' roughly  half of what Disney had been spending at the time on each of their  animated features, even with their cost'),
('163739','cutting methods in  animation.'),
('163740',' The movie also heralds a return to using the multiplane camera for  scenes requiring depth, especially Nicodemus magic hologram and in  the opening sequence where with the aid of backlit animation, the  wise old rat beckons magic vapors from an inkwell to grace the pages  of an ancient book with fiery gold lettering.'),
('163741',' Supervising Effects animator Dorse Lanpher, was responsible for most  of the effects scenes. He and his and his tiny crew of three effects  animators managed to fill the film with the needed sparks, fire,  shadows and water. The multiplane techniques he adapted for the  project include a pseudo'),
('163742','hologram and the use of backlit animation  making every dewdrop sparkle or supernatural amulet glow with a  brilliance never seen before in animated films since Fantasia.  Short'),
('163743','cuts in the film include the photographing of three  dimensional model sets and objects for transfer to animation and the  xeroxing of individual cels although unlike the later Disney films  the cels are linked by hand to eliminate the animators original  sketchy lines. These time'),
('163744','saving devices do not however incorporate  the use of TVs limited animation techniques or total rotoscoping.'),
('163745',' The small dragonfly Mr. Ages chases away near the beginning of the  film is Evinrude from Disneys _Rescuers, The (1977)_ (qv), one of  the last films Don Bluth worked on at Disney before leaving the  company.'),
('163746',' This was Elizabeth Hartman (qv)s final role.'),
('163747',' A bottle at the entrance of Mr. Ages lab reads "Finns Hair and  Whisker Dye", a reference to animator Will Finn (qv).'),
('163748',' Early completed scenes of Nicodemus and the hologram, as well as  Mrs. Brisby and Jeremys flight to the Great Owl, were shown to  potential investors to raise funds for the film.'),
('163749',' After seeing early animation roughs of his character, the villain  Jenner, actor Paul Shenar (qv) requested to re'),
('163750','record some of his  lines so he could get his "performance" just right.'),
('163751',' Members of the crew did some of the crowd voices for the rats of  NIMH. Even Norbert Auerbach (qv), then Chairman of United Artists  Europe, and Charles Champlin (qv), a leading critic at The Los  Angeles Times, recorded some incidental voices. Regrettably, when  the film was released, Champlin said he couldnt review it due to a  conflict of interest.'),
('163752',' Gary Goldman stated that they originally hoped the film would  receive a "PG" rating, due to several intense scenes and the  maturity of the subject matter. They were actually surprised when  the ratings board gave it "G", and feel that the rating might have  hurt the films commercial appeal to older audiences.'),
('163753',' This film is a compilation of two episodes '),
('163754',' "Outlaw Flats" and  "Silver Stage Holdup" '),
('163755',' of the  _"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951)_ (qv) TV series.'),
('163756',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('163757',' 1. The Isle of Fear  '),
('163758',' 2. The Ghost Talks  '),
('163759',' 3. The Phantom Dust  '),
('163760',' 4. Buried Alive  '),
('163761',' 5. The Girl Who Vanished  '),
('163762',' 6. Trapped by the Flood  '),
('163763',' 7. The Cannon Roars  '),
('163764',' 8. The Circle of Death  '),
('163765',' 9. The Pirates Revenge  '),
('163766',' 10. The Crash  '),
('163767',' 11. Dynamite!  '),
('163768',' 12. The Bridge of Doom  '),
('163769',' 13. The Mad Flight  '),
('163770',' 14. The Jaws of Destruction  '),
('163771',' 15. Justice'),
('163772',' Exterior shots and Heinz Lettons song were borrowed from the 1932  German film _Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers (1932)_ (qv) for this  American version by Universal.'),
('163773',' Episode 25 of 29 of the series "Grant, Police Reporter."'),
('163774',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Tribulations of Jiggers (1911)_ (qv).'),
('163775',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('163776',' As with _"He'),
('163777','Man and the Masters of the Universe" (1983)_ (qv),  Scheimer, Lou (qv) again voiced several characters in this movie,  splitting the credit between himself and his pseudonym "Erik  Gunden."'),
('163778',' Erika Scheimer (qv) [Queen Angella] sings the female part in "I  Have The Power" as the end credits roll.'),
('163779',' The movie was made out of the 5 episodes which were later added into  the "She'),
('163780','ra" show. Its purpose was to introduce She'),
('163781','ra character  for the new show that would replace He'),
('163782','man.'),
('163783',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fountain of Youth (1911)_ (qv).'),
('163784',' The song that plays over Mr. Gray and Lee at the end of the movie is  "Chariots Rise" by Lizzie West. The original lyric is "What a fool  am I, to fall so in love," but the director did not want to imply  that Lee was being foolish, and asked if it could be altered.  Because she wanted the song to be in the movie, Lizzie West  re'),
('163785','recorded the line as "What grace have I, to fall so in love."'),
('163786',' Despite her character struggling to lift heavy objects and climb  into a dumpster, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) had no trouble  performing these tasks.'),
('163787',' Gwyneth Paltrow (qv) was originally cast in the role of Lee  Holloway.'),
('163788',' Two posters were made for this film, one showing leads  James Spader (qv) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) and the other  showing a model from behind bending over. Gyllenhaal admitted that  the model was not her but it was someone who was dating her  ex'),
('163789','boyfriend.'),
('163790',' In a scene in Mr. Greys waiting room, where there are three people  waiting to see him, one of them is played by the films screenwriter  Erin Cressida Wilson (qv).'),
('163791',' The producers got a permit for the wrong park when Lee walks home.  The producer on set had to distract the local law enforcement that  showed up while the scenes were filmed.'),
('163792',' Meera Syal (qv) wore plumpers in her cheeks and padding under her  clothes to play Joyti De'),
('163793','Laurey, who had increased in weight to a  size 22 at the time of her arrest.'),
('163794',' This was Katy Jurado (qv)s last film.'),
('163795',' This was Roberto Cobo (qv)s last film.'),
('163796',' The director is strongly influenced by Luis Bun¸uel (qv), and in  this film all the actors playing characters over 50'),
('163797','years'),
('163798','old (Katy  Jurado, Roberto Cobo, Amparo Garrido) had previously appeared in a  Bun¸uel film.'),
('163799',' Katy Jurado (qv) never got to see the finished film.'),
('163800',' The show print to be released in cinemas in Mexico is not approved  by the director '),
('163801',' it has a different score and also more than 10  minutes cut.'),
('163802',' This movie is based on the Leandro Siciliano (qv)s novel  "Pescador y Payaso".'),
('163803',' Most of the script was improvised. Writer/director  Leigh, Mike (qv) told each of the actors what his/her part in the  story was and they each developed their own characters.'),
('163804',' Jean'),
('163805','Baptiste, Marianne (qv) and Blethyn, Brenda (qv) never met  before the scene in which they meet in the film.'),
('163806',' To add a spontaneous effect to the performances, Mike Leigh (qv)  met with each actor individually and only told them what their  character would know at the beginning of the film. As filming  progressed the actors were hearing the secrets for the very first  time. Brenda Blethyn (qv), for instance, didnt know that  Marianne Jean'),
('163807','Baptiste (qv) was black.'),
('163808',' The restaurant where Cynthia and Hortense meet for lunch is "Pasta  Plus Restaurant", a family'),
('163809','run Italian restaurant on 62 Eversholt  Street, Camden, London. The restaurant is still open to the public  (Monday to Saturday) and is very close to Euston station.'),
('163810',' Marshall Neilan (qv) was the original director, but he was fired  by producer Mary Pickford (qv) for showing up too drunk to work.  He was replaced by Frank Borzage (qv).'),
('163811',' The last movie of silent film great Mary Pickford (qv).'),
('163812',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('163813',' The character of Lindy Leigh was originally created by  Alfred Mazure (qv) for the British mens magazine "Mayfair".'),
('163814',' Jonathan Demme (qv) was signed to direct the entire film, but  departed after a few days because of "artistic differences" and was  replaced by Wolf Rilla (qv). Demmes work still survives in the  film behind the main titles.'),
('163815',' Shot in six days for a total cost of $10,501.70. An average of  forty'),
('163816','four to sixty'),
('163817','six scenes, or shots, were taken every day.'),
('163818',' One of many British sex films to be also shot in a hardcore version,  against the film makers wishes this information was leaked by  British magazine Cinema X.'),
('163819',' The release prints of this film, including the hard'),
('163820','core inserts,  were processed by Kay Laboratories, Highbury, North London. At the  time, the working title of the film was "Custers Thirteen."'),
('163821',' This Snafu short was shelved for unknown reasons.'),
('163822',' German'),
('163823','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('163824',' A nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('163825',' This documentary is featured on the 9th season DVD for  _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv).'),
('163826',' This documentary is featured on disc 7 in The Complete Ninth Season  DVD set for _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('163827',' A 2006 Pan African Film Festival Selection.'),
('163828',' Official Selection Of The San Francisco Black Film Festival (2006)'),
('163829',' Official Selection of The Hollywood Black Film Festival (2006)'),
('163830',' Official Selection Of Independent Black Film Festival (Atlanta'),
('163831','2006)'),
('163832',' Official Selectio Of The Arizona Black Film Showcase (Festival  Winner'),
('163833','2006)'),
('163834',' Based on a true story.'),
('163835',' In the NES version of the game, the main characters name is  "Captain Commando".'),
('163836',' Other than Mia Maestro and Ruben Blades, the entire cast of the  movie is of non professional actors. They did six months of  rehearsals to get to the level we see on screen.'),
('163837',' This movie is being released in Venezuela with a similar amount of  copies of movies like Spiderman or Star Wars. It is the first  Venezuelan movie of all times to be distributed internationally.'),
('163838',' The director Jonathan Jakubowicz has been kidnapped, and his  cinematic style in this movie is a translation of the way he  perceived reality while held hostage 45 minutes with a gun under his  nose.'),
('163839',' Nominated for Best Foreign Film in the British Independent Film  Awards 2005'),
('163840',' This is the top grossing movie in Venezuelas box office history. It  defeated Titanic and The Passion of the Christ, the former  champions.'),
('163841',' The shoe box of pictures in the Sloth scene has "To the World from  Me" written on it.'),
('163842',' The original version of this film is titled "Hijo de hombre" and was  released by Argentina Sono Film. The version released in Spain is  titled "La sed" and it is spoiled because all of the original  actors voices were replaced by others with Spanish accents.'),
('163843',' Last release from Avco Embassy Pictures. The company was sold to  Lear, Norman (qv) after the release of this film and the companys  name was changed to Embassy Pictures.'),
('163844',' Director David Schmoeller (qv) originally wanted  Theresa Russell (qv) for the lead role.'),
('163845',' Bette Davis was a fan of this film. After watching it on cable  television she allegedly sent actress Morgan Fairchild a letter  praising her work.'),
('163846',' The original credit listing Ron Prociuk (qv) as editor only  appeared on the first pressing of the DVD (fewer than 1,000 copies).  Subsequent pressings list the editor as "Ronald Walters", Prociuks  working name. Similarly Karen Poetker (qv) is only credited as  writer on the original pressing and her name is absent from later  copies.'),
('163847',' Ornella Muti (qv) was the first choice of producer  Armando Novelli (qv) for the part of Graziella.'),
('163848',' UCLA Film Archives has a viewable print of this film.'),
('163849',' Esther Rolle, Estelle Evans and Rosanna Carter are all sisters to  one another.'),
('163850',' Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names): John Kelly (I) (qv) (Exercise Sergeant),  Louis Mason (qv) (Farmer), Connie Gilchrist (qv) (Farmers  Wife), Eddie Acuff (qv) (Captain Hammond), Kit Guard (qv)  (Soldier), Cliff Clark (I) (qv) (Soldier), Hooper Atchley (qv)  (Ticket Seller), Frances Morris (qv) (Nurse) and  Lee Phelps (I) (qv) (Sergeant).'),
('163851',' Marion Hargrove (I) (qv) asked permission to consult on the movie,  but the Army denied his request.'),
('163852',' The on'),
('163853','screen credits for the original song "In My Arms" list  Frank Loesser (qv) as lyricist and Ted Grouya (I) (qv) as music  composer, but when the song was published, both writers were  credited for music and lyrics.'),
('163854',' Generally regarded as the first "movie made for television".'),
('163855',' The tagline "This summer, evil gets Raw" refers to the WWE wrestling  show Glen Jacobs (qv) (Kane) appears on,  _"WWE Monday Night RAW" (2005)_ (qv).'),
('163856',' Zoes sisters name appears on the cell phone as Kiley Warner.'),
('163857',' Jacob Goodnights name is never mentioned in the film. It was  originally included in a monologue by Steven Vidler (qv), but the  scene ran too long and it was absentmindedly cut out.'),
('163858',' In the room with all the money pasted to the walls, every single  bill has had the eyes cut out.'),
('163859',' Gene Wilder (qv) went to the NY League for the Hard of Hearing to  study for his role, and he was assigned to his future wife,  Karen Boyer (qv).'),
('163860',' This is the last cartoon to feature Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales.'),
('163861',' Shot in ten days.'),
('163862',' The director is publishing her journal which she kept throughout the  production.'),
('163863',' While filmmaker Ryan Junell (qv) was inside the convention holding  up a sign that said "Girlymen for Arnold", his producer  Eddie Codel (qv) was getting arrested at a demonstration site. In  order to offset Codels court fees, Junell auctioned the poster on  eBay and sold it for $152.50.'),
('163864',' During production they filmed so fast that they were wrapping after  8 to 10 hours of their call time in fact during a night shoot they  ended up wrapping a hour before lunch time (5 hour day).'),
('163865',' Was filmed "back'),
('163866','to'),
('163867','back" with "Postal".'),
('163868',' The script was originally offered to Universal in 1998, who turned  it down. Focus Features (a division of Universal Studios) finally  picked up the movie in 2003.'),
('163869',' Filmed on the largest soundstage in Romania and the second'),
('163870','largest  soundstange in Europe where _Cold Mountain (2003)_ (qv) was also  shot.'),
('163871',' Because Focus Features has a reputation for yielding eloquent,  "artsy" independent films, Rogue Pictures was created as an  off'),
('163872','shoot to release this movie.'),
('163873',' Jennifer Tilly (qv) wanted to lose weight to play herself in the  movie, but she and Don Mancini (I) (qv) inserted "fat jokes" into  the script in case she didnt make it.'),
('163874',' The TV spots for this movie displays an unusual disclaimer:  Britney Spears (qv) Does Not Appear In This Movie. This disclaimer  was inserted into TV spots because Britneys management was  concerned that people might be lead to believe that Britney actually  appears in the movie. It is not her in the movie; but a look'),
('163875','alike.'),
('163876',' The wife of the man Tiffany calls to apologize to is the widow of  the cop she killed at the beginning of Bride of Chucky'),
('163877',' The gender confused child of Chucky and Tiffany is named either Glen  or Glenda by his parents. _Glen or Glenda (1953)_ (qv) was  Edward D. Wood Jr. (qv)s film in which Wood himself portrayed the  transvestite known as Glen or Glenda.'),
('163878',' When the floor manager at the beginning of the film shouts "Hey,  Tiffanys left arm is loose again" and then the arm grabs his  crotch, this is an in'),
('163879','joke as revealed on the DVD commentary for  "Bride of Chucky". Jennifer Tilly explains that Chuckys left arm  kept grabbing her breasts during shoots.'),
('163880',' CAMEO(John Waters (I) (qv)): the paparazzi photographer who gets  melted by the acid.'),
('163881',' The First film to be made by Rogue Pictures.'),
('163882',' As revealed on the DVDs commentary the directors and producer had  difficulty agreeing on the look of Glen. The director wanted to give  him his own look and style but the producer felt that he should have  features similar to Chucky because after all Glen is his son. As a  result Glen was given blue eyes, red hair, and freckles like Chucky.  Glens blue eyes and red hair however are a different shade than  Chuckys.'),
('163883',' As revealed on the DVD commentary because of the low budget the crew  were unable to shoot the much bigger Chucky vs Glen fight that was  in the shooting script.'),
('163884',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _In Japan (1911/II)_ (qv).'),
('163885',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Jean and Her Family (1913)_ (qv).'),
('163886',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _His First Long Trousers (1911)_ (qv).'),
('163887',' 36th episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('163888','reel comedy series.'),
('163889',' This is the first film in which both Charlie Chaplin and Buster  Keaton both appear, not Limelight (1953) as often assumed.'),
('163890',' Thomas H. Inces last film appearance.'),
('163891',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Making a Six'),
('163892','Ton Cheese (1911)_ (qv).'),
('163893',' Filmed mostly in 2003, using additional segments shot in 1999.'),
('163894',' Reel 1 of this five'),
('163895','reel film survives in the Library of Congress,  the rest of the film is presumed to be lost.'),
('163896',' The Parks residence is located at 242 Lotus Drive in Brentwood, CA.'),
('163897',' The residence used in the movie is located at 242 Avondale in  Brentwood, an affluent section of Los Angeles. The intersection  where Chester runs the stop sign is at the intersection of Evanston  and Avondale. There is no Lotus Drive in Brentwood.'),
('163898',' Paul McCartney (qv) wrote and recorded an ultimately unused song  as the title track for this movie.'),
('163899',' As Nick walks away from Glenda after kissing her in front of the  courthouse near the end of the film, he whistles the theme to the  John Wayne classic _High and the Mighty, The (1954)_ (qv).'),
('163900',' First Oriya talkie film'),
('163901',' First film in Telugu to use outdoor sequences.'),
('163902',' Sequel to Sita Kalyanam (1976)'),
('163903',' This game was packaged, along with Jet Set Radio Future, in the Xbox  unit purchase for no extra cost.'),
('163904',' The game was adapted in 1999 for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book  series published by Archie Comics. The adaptation appeared as the  back'),
('163905','up story in Knuckles the Echidna #26'),
('163906','28.'),
('163907',' This game features the first appearance of Mighty the Armadillo, who  would later have one of the starring roles in  _Chaotix (1995) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('163908',' This game features the first appearance of Ray the Flying Squirrel,  who has never made any subsequent appearances. Because this is his  only appearance and nothing is revealed about him, nothing is known  of him other than his name and appearance, and he has since acquired  a cult following simply because of the mystery and enormous lack of  information associated with him.'),
('163909',' This is Tarkovsky, Andrei (qv)s second student film while he was  studying at VGIK.'),
('163910',' The film was ready by 2003 but was unreleased until 2004.'),
('163911',' The plot is based on the real life crimes occurred in the Italian  location of Alleghe (in Northern Italy). The book "La donna del  lago" by writer Giovanni Comisso was based on the same story (and so  was the film by the same name). Another book on the same subject is  "I segreti del lago" by Pietro Ruo.'),
('163912',' This is a lost film.'),
('163913',' Based on the true story of German film star Sybille Schmitz (qv).'),
('163914',' Probably the first feature length Viper film produced in the World.  This collection of six short fifteen minute films were shot with the  prototype of the Viper and edited in Apples final cut pro in HD,  following which they were color corrected in Quantels iQ, and  output to 35mm film with the Arrilaser.'),
('163915',' On the UK video release cast credits, the stars of this movie are  credited under different names to those listed here, as follows:  Mona Choy, Annie Chan, Lee Chung Ming, Nymph Lee'),
('163916',' When Race first visits Rosannes apartment, Rosanne is watching a  music video of their group, 2R.'),
('163917',' This is the first Seiken Densetsu game ever to be in full 3D  polygons. It is also the first Seiken Densetsu game ever to feature  character voices.'),
('163918',' No copies of the film are known to exist.'),
('163919',' First German language film to be produced at Paramounts Joinville  studios'),
('163920',' This documentary is featured in the _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) season  5 (Volume 4) DVD boxed set.'),
('163921',' Originally made for the 100 Feet Film Festival hosted by Image  Forum. However, to test the limits, Terayama Shuji willfully made  use of 3 projectors to project 300 feet of film at the same time.'),
('163922',' Is claimed to be Finlands first animated feature film.'),
('163923',' Has watercolor backgrounds, with manipulated cut'),
('163924','out paper character  figures in foreground that move in jerky motions.'),
('163925',' Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu, a Japanese romance novel by  Katayama Kyoichi, sold over 3 million copies in Japan alone.'),
('163926',' Neon Machine provides the music as the film draws to a close.'),
('163927',' The organ music that plays throughout the film is provided by  Christian Svanes Kolding and friend Pelle Hvenegaard.'),
('163928',' Jackie Guerra (qv) wanted the part of Selenas sister, Suzette, so  badly that she lied at her audition, saying that she was an  experienced drummer, when in fact she had never played the drums.  After her inexperience was finally revealed, Selenas real sister  Suzette gave her private lessons.'),
('163929',' Film used approximately 64,000 fans/extras, especially in the case  of the stadium scene.'),
('163930',' Selenas historic Houston Astrodome concert was recreated at the San  Antonio Alamodome.'),
('163931',' To prepare for her role, Jennifer Lopez (I) (qv) lived with  Selenas family'),
('163932',' Salma Hayek (qv) was considered for the role of Selena, but she  refused because she wanted to play Frida Khalo (in  _Frida (2002)_ (qv)) and did not wish to play two different Mexican  heroines.'),
('163933',' More than 20,000 girls auditioned for the roles of Selena at  different ages.'),
('163934',' Jennifer Lopez (qv) became the highest paid Latina in Hollywood  history by playing Selena, earning a then'),
('163935','unheard of, $1,000,000.'),
('163936',' When Jennifer Lopez (qv) signed on to be Selena, she expected to  be providing her own vocals. But it was felt that since the movie  would be released so soon after Selenas death her fans would not  approve of hearing any voice other than hers. So Lopez was coached  to lip'),
('163937','sync instead of being provided the vocal coaching she  expected.'),
('163938',' The studio where "I Could Fall In Love" is recorded in the movie, is  Studio A in Q'),
('163939','Productions, where Selena actually recorded her  English Album.'),
('163940',' Among the actresses considered to play the title role were Leticia  Miller, an unknown who bore a striking resemblance to Selena, and  Bibi Gaytán, a Mexican soap opera actress (coincidentally, Selena  had guest'),
('163941','starred on a soap opera Gaytán starred in, called "Dos  mujeres, un camino").'),
('163942',' In the scene where Chris Perez (played by Jon Seda (qv)) first  appears, the close up of his hands playing the guitar are in fact  the hands of the real Chris Perez (IV) (qv).'),
('163943',' More than 64,000 fans attended the concert.'),
('163944',' Reliant Stadium, where the concert was held is right next door to  the Houston Astrodome where Selenas last concert was held.'),
('163945',' The following songs were performed: El Recodo '),
('163946',' "Techno Cumbia" ~  Montero & Seaone '),
('163947',' "Buenos Amigos" ~ Ana Barbara '),
('163948',' "La Carcacha" ~  Pepe Aguilar '),
('163949',' "No me Queda Mas" ~ Paulina '),
('163950',' "Fotos y Recuerdos" ~  Olga Tanon "La Llamada" ~ Perez & Pulido '),
('163951',' "Popurri a Selena" ~  Graciela Beltran "Chico del Apt. 512" ~ Syntek & Fey '),
('163952',' Donde Quiera  que Estes" ~ Montez'),
('163953',' "Ven Conmigo" ~ Thalia '),
('163954',' "Amor Prohibido" ~  India '),
('163955',' "No Debes Jugar" ~ Alicia '),
('163956',' "Si Una Vez" ~ Ana Gabriel '),
('163957',' "Tu  Solo Tu" ~ Pete Astudillo '),
('163958',' "Como te Extrano" ~ Gloria Estefan '),
('163959',' " I  Could Fall in Love" ~ Alejandra Guzman '),
('163960',' "BidiBidi BomBom" ~ Soraya  & Barrio Boyzz '),
('163961',' "Dreaming of You" ~ Kumbia Kings '),
('163962',' "Baila Esta  Kumbia" ~ Cast of Selena ¡vive! '),
('163963',' "Como La Flor"'),
('163964',' Warrior was offered to take part in the production of this  documentary and share his side of the story, but he declined.'),
('163965',' One of the "quota quickies" made to satisfy the 1927 Cinematograph  Act, which required a certain percentage of films shown in the  United Kingdom be produced there.'),
('163966',' Story based on director'),
('163967','writer'),
('163968','actor Monty Lapica (qv)s own  experiences following the death of his father.'),
('163969',' Winner of over 35 international film awards.'),
('163970',' The scenes that take place in "Brightway Adolescent Hospital" were  shot in a functioning state mental hospital.'),
('163971',' The scenes in the school were shot at Bonanza High School in late  2002.'),
('163972',' This award'),
('163973','winning but rarely'),
('163974','seen short can be found on SlingShot  Entertainments "PLYMPTOONS: The Complete Early Works of Bill  Plympton" DVD.'),
('163975',' Though originally written, shot, and edited in the Winter of 2001,  the film was shelved for several years, only to be released in 2005.  After its release, the film garnered considerable critical success,  playing at several esteemed film festivals around the world, and  winning Dave Andrae the award for "Best Experimental Film" at the  8th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival. It has since played at  the Northampton Independent Film Festival and Victoria, British  Columbias esteemed Antimatter Underground Film Festival. Dave  Andrae recently relocated to Providence, Rhode Island.'),
('163976',' Accepted into the 2004 Out On Screen Festival in Vancouver, British  Columbia, Canada'),
('163977',' SPOILER: Due to the regulations of the day, the animators were  unable to use Oscar Wildes ending, in which the children come into  the garden and find the giant dead, his body covered in cherry  blossoms. Instead, as the little boy leads the old giant to  Paradise, cherry blossoms fall on the thick, gnarled roots of the  trees in his orchard.'),
('163978',' During the final day of auditions director Jeremy LaLonde was late  and missed Chani Nicholas. Upon looking over her head shot and  resume, including a credit for portraying "Annie Hall" on the stage,  he immediately requested that she come back and read. She was given  the part on the spot.'),
('163979',' During the shooting of the noir segments of the film, a local  costume designer stalked through the back alley wearing a very  convincing animatronic Predator costume. After getting over the  initial shock a short scene was added to include him, but then cut  during editing.'),
('163980',' Most of the locations of the film are all within a five'),
('163981','minute walk  of each other in downtown St. Catharines making the film easier to  shoot.'),
('163982',' The weather during the shoot changed so drastically that the winter  flashback break'),
('163983','up scene and the flower shop scene were shot only  five days apart.'),
('163984',' Each member of the crew can be seen hidden throughout the film.'),
('163985',' Film makers worked very hard in order to make the film as authentic  as possible. Actors even had to say all their lines in specific  dialect spoken in 16th century Croatia. Since very few people could  understand that dialect in 1970s Yugoslavia, the movie had to be  subtitled.'),
('163986',' Marie'),
('163987','Louise Fock (qv) couldnt speak a word of Finnish. Despite,  she commit to memory any line of the script and encouraged director  Tulio to pick her to play a main'),
('163988','role.'),
('163989',' Director Tulio simultaneously made a Swedish version of the film,  called "Sådana du ville ha mig". Most actors were Swedish, but main  roles held same actors as in Finnish version.'),
('163990',' Movie was filmed at the summer of 1943, but was released not until  15 October 1944 in Helsinki.'),
('163991',' Third in the series of six Traveling Man two'),
('163992','reel comedy shorts.'),
('163993',' ALbert Steinrück died during production, his scenes reshot with  Hermann Vallentin.'),
('163994',' Was the first movie to use the "vomit'),
('163995','bag" gimmick. Theatres offered  free barf bags with the tickets to increase the sales of this  violent film.'),
('163996',' Burt Reynolds (qv) based his character on friend  Don Meredith (I) (qv)s football career'),
('163997',' When Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) and Kris Kristofferson (qv) began  shooting the football scenes, they were working with actual pro  athletes. They hit Kristofferson so hard, they broke a couple of his  bones.'),
('163998',' This was the first release from the Christie Film Company.'),
('163999',' Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award for the depiction of  science in film.'),
('164000',' Originally set to air in Fall 2000 on NBC with a commitment to a  13'),
('164001','episode series. NBC passed on the project, but took the $5  million dollar, two hour pilot, and decided to air it as a TV Movie  instead.'),
('164002',' Executive Producer John Lasseter (qv) of Pixar supervised the  English dubbing of the film, and tried to match the actors  English'),
('164003','language dialog with the mouth movements of the animated  characters.'),
('164004',' This is the first film to earn $200 million in grosses before  opening in the U.S.'),
('164005',' Although Hayao Miyazaki (qv) had considered retiring after  completing _Mononoke'),
('164006','hime (1997)_ (qv), he was inspired to make this  film after seeing a friends sullen ten year old daughter.'),
('164007',' Chihiro was created based on a ten'),
('164008','year old girl, a Miyazaki  friends daughter. This girl also made Miyazaki continue working  after promising retiring from filmmaking after Monoke Hime(1998).'),
('164009',' In the scene during which Chihiro squashes the small worm like thing  that inhabited Haku with her foot that, Kamaji tells Chihiro to "Cut  the line!" "Cutting the line" is a Japanese good'),
('164010','luck charm  performed by making a chopping gesture through another persons  connected index fingers. This is done whenever someone is affected  by some impurity. During footage of the dubbing process in the  Spirited Away Nippon'),
('164011','TV Special, Rumi Hiiragi; playing Chihiro was  not aware of this concept and had it explained to her by Miyazaki.  One of the sound engineers commented saying "The young dont know it  these days".'),
('164012',' The flexible light thing that jumps around and leads to the house is  a reference to Pixars mascot, Luxo Jr. Miyazaki is a big fan of  Pixar and wanted to show his admiration.'),
('164013',' DIRTRADE(Hayao Miyazaki): [gorging on food]: Chihiros parents eat  greedily near the start of the movie.'),
('164014',' DIRTRADE(Hayao Miyazaki): [pigs]: Chihiros parents are turned into  pigs as a result of eating food intended for the gods.'),
('164015',' DIRTRADE(Hayao Miyazaki): [flying]: Chihiro flies on the dragon  Hakus back.'),
('164016',' The song over the closing credits (Itsumo Nando'),
('164017','Demo/Always With Me)  was intended for a Miyazaki film that was never made. Miyazaki  played it relentlessly while making this film and decided to include  it.'),
('164018',' The cleansing of the river spirit is based on a real'),
('164019','life incident  in Miyazakis life in which he participated in the cleaning of a  river, removing, among other things, a bicycle.'),
('164020',' The voices were looped in after the animation was completed. This is  typical procedure for Japanese animation.'),
('164021',' To do the voice of Chihiros mother talking while eating, actress  Yasuko Sawaguchi (qv) actually spoke the dialog (in the original  Japanese version) while eating a piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Actress Lauren Holly did the same thing in the English version with  an apple.'),
('164022',' Chi and Sen both use the same Japanese Kanji, meaning 1000. The name  Sen is a play on the name Chihiro'),
('164023',' In the American version, John Ratzenberger (qv) (Aogaeru)  completely improvised the ditty he sings when he is extolling the  virtues of the rich customer, Noh'),
('164024','Face. ("Welcome the rich man, hes  hard for you to miss...”) The original scripts song was, "Welcome  the rich man, hes pretty big you see/so all bow down and get on  bended knee."'),
('164025',' Miyazaki is a huge fan of Miyazawas work, Ginga tetsudô no yoru, in  which the main character, Giovanni, takes a train across the milky  way and past five different stations. During the scene in which Sen  and her friends are taking a train, the song playing is called Sixth  Station.'),
('164026',' First anime film to be nominated for (and win) an Academy Award. It  also has the longest runtime of any other film nominated or winning  in that category (124 minutes).'),
('164027',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2002 (#08, with "Spider")'),
('164028',' The names of many of the characters are written with kanji that  provide clues to their identities. For example:  Yubaba '),
('164029',' "hot'),
('164030','water crone"  '),
('164031',' Zeniba '),
('164032',' "money crone"  '),
('164033',' Kaonashi '),
('164034',' "no face"  '),
('164035',' Boh '),
('164036',' "young boy/child"  '),
('164037',' Kamajii '),
('164038',' "kettle/boiler'),
('164039','pot old'),
('164040','man"  '),
('164041',' Chihiro '),
('164042',' "thousand fathoms"  '),
('164043',' or "thousand searches"  '),
('164044',' Sen '),
('164045',' "thousand" '),
('164046',' This name that Yubaba gives to Chihiro is the    Japanese pronunciation (AKA "on" reading) of first kanji in her    name (chi). Since kanji is a system of ideograms as well as    phonograms (like the Chinese "Hanzi" system of writing), removing    the second half of her name requires the first half of her name to    be pronounced "Sen" and not "Chi", although the meaning of    "thousand" remains. By having her original name removed, her    identity is also removed, and her new name is essentially a    number.'),
('164047',' The city that Chihiro and her parents are moving to at the beginning  is the fictional city of Tochinoki along Route 21 just north of  Nagoya. Tochinoki is also the name of an amusement park to the north  of Tokyo and a spa resort in the south of Japan. The large hill in  their neighborhood where the dirt road begins is named "Green Hill".'),
('164048',' A minor dub error causes Hakus name to be slurred. His actual  given name in Sen to Chihiro is Kohakunushi Nigihayami, while  Spirited Away just refers to his river, the Kohaku River, ignoring  the rest of his name entirely, and therefore changing the meaning of  his name drastically.'),
('164049',' The star'),
('164050','shaped treats the Susuwatari (black soots) were carrying  are called "kompeitou", a type of traditional Japanese candy.'),
('164051',' In 2006 this was still the highest grossing non'),
('164052','American film in the  world.'),
('164053',' Chihiros father drives a first'),
('164054','generation Audi A4 sedan.'),
('164055',' This was the only film directed by playwright and stage director  George S. Kaufman (qv). Kaufman directed the film in the same  manner that he directed in the theater by closing his eyes and  listening only to the actors speaking the dialogue, with no regard  to how the scene looked. Since Kaufman knew nothing about the  technical aspects of filmmaking, associate producer  Gene Fowler Jr. (qv) looked after those issues, with Kaufman  allowing Fowler to cut a take at his discretion if there was a  technical problem.'),
('164056',' Although many people think Doris Day (I) (qv) and  Rock Hudson (qv) co'),
('164057','starred as often as Spencer Tracy (qv) and  Katharine Hepburn (qv), this was only their third '),
('164058',' and final '),
('164059','  appearance as a screen team. Tony Randall (I) (qv) also appeared  with them in all three films: _Pillow Talk (1959)_ (qv),  _Lover Come Back (1961)_ (qv) and this.'),
('164060',' This filmed was showcased at the USCs "First Look," Hollywood Black  Film Festival and Arizona Black Film Festival in 2006.'),
('164061',' A prizewinner at the 11th Festival of Short Films at Tours, France,  in 1966.'),
('164062',' Contains the only extant Warwick newsreel footage of the 1913  disaster at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd. Original Warwick  newsreel titled: A Terrible Calamity in Wales. Scenes of the  Burning Pit.'),
('164063',' Shot on short 80ft'),
('164064','ends from the last film Jim Clark edited: Charade  (1963).'),
('164065',' The editing credit went to the directors French'),
('164066','born wife Laurence  Méry'),
('164067','Clark, whom he met working in the cutting rooms on Charade  (1963).'),
('164068',' This is the latest in a line of Koei titles where they have used the  same group of voice actors. This started with Kessen II, then  continued with Dynasty Warriors 4, Dynasty Tactics 2, and Dynasty  Warriors 4 Xtreme Legends.'),
('164069',' Bonus characters will become available in Kessen III if a player has  save data from either this game or its expansion, Samurai Warriors:  Xtreme Legends, and uploads it into a Kessen III save file.'),
('164070',' The bus driver "Red" played by Chong, Tommy (qv) hums a tune  reminscent of the song that Chong and Marin, Cheech (qv) play in  the end of _Up in Smoke (1978)_ (qv).'),
('164071',' This was the last film project for Alan Hewitt (I) (qv).'),
('164072',' Alan Reed (I) (qv)s last film.'),
('164073',' Launched Rogelio dela Rosa (qv) and Carmen Rosales (qv).'),
('164074',' The first film of James Hayter.'),
('164075',' The film that Danny and Lila are watching together is  Roman Polanski (qv)s _Locataire, Le (1976)_ (qv).'),
('164076',' For filming the party, Roel Reiné (qv) used 12 cameras.'),
('164077',' Nine cameras were used to film the 40,000 people dancing during the  night.'),
('164078',' Kenneth MacKenna (qv) did not make another movie after this one  for 27 years.'),
('164079',' When the Monogram feature film package was sold to television circa  1949, the title of this one was changed to "Club Paradise" in order  to avoid confusion with another Monogram film bearing the same  title, _Sensation Hunters (1933)_ (qv) which was also in the same  group.'),
('164080',' A print of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('164081',' Shown at the Cannes Film Festival, it became the first European porn  film to become a hit in America and had full'),
('164082','page ads in the New  York City papers. The production money for the film was provided by  pioneering porn producer Reuben Sturman (qv), who was largely  convinced to go through with it by a brief affair with the leading  lady, Brigitte Maier (I) (qv).'),
('164083',' Eleanor Powell (I) (qv)s final starring role in a movie. After  this, she would make only cameo appearances in films.'),
('164084',' Most of the crew, while filming this short, were under the age of  20.'),
('164085',' The Shakespeare sonnet quoted through the film is sonnet #116.'),
('164086',' Other poems quoted in the film: "The Castaway" by William Cowper, a  sonnet by Hartley Coleridge and a bit (Book V canto ii verse 39) of  Edmund Spensers "The Faerie Queene".'),
('164087',' Kenneth Branagh (qv) was attached to this film at one time.'),
('164088',' Director Ang Lee had never read Jane Austens novel when Columbia  first sent him Emma Thompsons script.'),
('164089',' In her book "The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries:  Bringing Jane Austens Novel to Film", Emma Thompson (I) (qv)  writes that after a particularly difficult day filming a sequence  that involved a flock of sheep, Ang Lee (qv) swore that he would  never again use the animals on a movie set. Ten years later,  however, Ang Lee went on to direct (and win a directing Oscar for)  _Brokeback Mountain (2005)_ (qv), which is about two men who meet  while sheep herding.'),
('164090',' Marrianne recites a part of Shakespeares Sonnet #116 "Let not to the  marriage of true minds /Admit impediments. Love is not love Which  alters when it alteration finds..." , etc.'),
('164091',' Originally, there was to be a scene in which Hugh Grant would kiss  Emma Thompson. This scene was deleted however because the film was  too long already. They deleted another scene too because of the  length.'),
('164092',' Emma Thompson (I) (qv) has recounted how during the scene where  Colonel Brandon, on horseback, approaches Elinor and Marianne in the  out'),
('164093','of'),
('164094','doors, many takes were ruined by the horse surrendering to a  bout of flatulence. Eventually, they were forced to shoot the scene  with the farting horse as the flatulence would not abate, and the  rather loud reports later were edited out of the soundtrack.'),
('164095',' During filming, the Jane Austen Society telephoned co'),
('164096','producer James  Schamusto complain about the casting of Hugh Grant claiming that he  was too good'),
('164097','looking to play Edward Ferrars.'),
('164098',' The Dashwoods moved to their humble cottage when the weather was  cold and the sheep still had their long, winter coats. The scenes  were in fact filmed in late May, and in one take a sheep keeled over  from heat exhaustion. So the sheep were immediately sheared and  later appear with their haircuts, despite the wintry setting.'),
('164099',' Emma Thompson s first draft of the screenplay consisted of 350  hand'),
('164100','written pages. The final draft was a culmination of that and 13  other drafts which were written over four and a half years.'),
('164101',' This documentary is available on the Criterion Collection DVD  release for _Fallen Idol, The (1948)_ (qv).'),
('164102',' This film has been advocated by UNESCO (United Nations) in Israel,  and supported by Jerusalem Post, Political Film Society of Los  Angeles, Chicago Palestine Festival, and London Palestine Festival,  Trenton Film Festival, New York Intl Film and Video Festival, and  won festival best at the 2005 Golden Colorado Film Festival.'),
('164103',' The Italian ministry of the arts and culture deemed the production  culturally significant and donated 1.6 million Euros to the films  overall budget.'),
('164104',' The Italian ratings board originally gave the film "no one under 14"  rating. Tinto Brass later personally fought for a "no one under 18"  rating because he thought that the younger audience would not  understand the films subject matter, but later he agreed to allow a  lower rating.'),
('164105',' The film contains either a visual or a verbal reference to almost  every one of Tinto Brasss previous films.'),
('164106',' The film opens in La Fenice, the Venice opera house. La Fenice was  destroyed by arson in 1996, but reopened in 2003. Enlarged frames of  this movie were used as a reference in reconstructing it.'),
('164107',' His uncredited part was the first film role for Mimmo Palmara which  began a film career that lasted over thirty years.'),
('164108',' The voice of Ossi Elstelä (qv) (who died in 1969) was dubbed by  Uolevi Vahteristo (qv)'),
('164109',' First Finnish movie that got Restricted status (mild sex scenes).'),
('164110',' Initially rated X by the Philippine censorship board. But the review  committee however gave it an R'),
('164111','rating.'),
('164112',' Originally titled, "Poor Edward," after a Tom Waits song.'),
('164113',' Three different actresses who wanted to play lead met tragedy in  real life, one drowned in her swimming pool, the next got  tuberculosis and the third lost both legs in an accident.'),
('164114',' DIRCAMEO(Michael McGee (III)): in the operations room.'),
('164115',' Producers Mark Hodges (qv) and Leon Jester (qv) also played  minor roles.'),
('164116',' This film has over 150 shots containing miniatures. It took three  years to complete.'),
('164117',' There was a bit of controversy surrounding this film upon its  release when it was leaked that director Michael Winner (qv) used  real human oddities for the Dead rising up from hell scene at the  films conclusion.'),
('164118',' Some sources state that Richard Dreyfuss (qv) either appeared in  an uncredited cameo role or was cut from the film. This seems to  emanate from a visit made by Dreyfuss to the set of the movie, a  photograph of which appeared in a biography of  Michael Winner (qv).'),
('164119',' Garett Maggart (qv)s name was misspelled "Garrett" in the opening  credits. This was fixed in all future episodes.'),
('164120',' The speech heard before the American presidents in the G8 meeting,  is held in Swedish, and is finished with the words "... vägnar vill  jag tacka er för att ni stödjer Kyoto'),
('164121','protokollet. Tack så mycket.",  which means "... I want to thank you for supporting the Kyoto  Protocol. Thank you very much".'),
('164122',' In the behind'),
('164123','the'),
('164124','scenes featurette, the Secret Service consultant  for the movie stated that Eva Longoria (qv) far surpassed the  other actors in "shooting school". In fact, he remarked that her  score would beat about 90% of members of the Secret Service.  Longoria mentioned that when she was younger she often accompanied  her father to the gun range, so being around and handling guns  wasnt new to her.'),
('164125',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('164126',' The prints with English subtitles is said to be lost. Please check  your attic.'),
('164127',' Available on VHS at the Danish Public Libraries (De Danske  Folkebiblioteker).'),
('164128',' Sister Gertrude (Enza Giovine (qv)) was based on a real person.  She was a nun who cared for young women in the 5th Pavillion of  Livorno Hospital.'),
('164129',' Banned in Korea for a scene depicting poultry bestiality.'),
('164130',' Winner Best Acting Award 2002 Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project  Winner Audience Award 2002 Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project'),
('164131',' Released as a split reel along with the fashion show _Latest French  Creations, The (1917)_ and a Jerry on the Job cartoon.'),
('164132',' This was Burt Lancasters final performance. In November 1990,  shortly after filming ended, he suffered a massive stroke and  remained incapacitated for the final four years of his life.'),
('164133',' With the exception of Parker Stevenson (qv), most of the boys  featured in the movie were real students at Phillips Exeter Academy  where the movie was filmed. This includes John Heyl (qv) who  played Finny. Heyls Father was the schools on'),
('164134','site doctor.'),
('164135',' John Knowles (III) (qv), author of the novel, "A Separate Peace"  on which the movie was based, attended Phillips Exeter Academy where  the movie was filmed.'),
('164136',' Production finished one day under schedule at 28 shooting days.'),
('164137',' Hume Cronyns final film'),
('164138',' Director Delbert Mann (I) (qv) specifically shot  May Hallatt (qv)s pool split in a long take with a moving  camera'),
('164139','he wanted to show that a stand'),
('164140','in was not doing her trick  shot for her. Unfortunately, the picture was taken from him, and  re'),
('164141','edited with the middle of the shot removed, destroying that  effect.'),
('164142',' The film was the recipient of a prestigious Gold Telly at the 2005  Telly Awards in New York.'),
('164143',' Sidney Poitier (qv)s film debut.'),
('164144',' The first Malaysian short to screen at the Cannes Film Festival.  (Directors Fortnight 2006)'),
('164145',' Seppuku and harakiri (the US working title) both mean to commit  ritual suicide in Japanese. However, seppuku is the formal term,  derived from the kanji characters for "hara" (belly) and "kiri"  (cut); harakiri is the cruder, less polite term for this act.'),
('164146',' Director Allen, Woody (qv) cast and shot this film twice, without  telling the original cast.'),
('164147',' Woody Allen decided to make the film for two main reasons. One was  because he had always wanted to do a "chamber piece", a film with a  small cast (there are only six principal characters, and only nine  in the entire film) in a single location. The other was for the  location itself, Mia Farrows Connecticut country house, which  inspired Woody Allen to write the screenplay with the intention that  it would be shot at the house. Unfortunately, by the time Allen  finished the screenplay, it was winter and the location was unusable  for a movie so firmly planted in September. The entire movie (which  takes place in Vermont) was shot on a single soundstage at the  Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York.'),
('164148',' According to Mia Farrows autobiography "What Falls Away", Woody  Allen filmed two or three versions of every scene, took all of the  footage into the editing suite, cut the film together and then  decided that he hated it. He then rewrote the entire script, fired  and recast virtually every major part, and re'),
('164149','filmed the entire  thing. This meant that he doubled his production costs and came in  well behind schedule. Allen was reportedly keen to do it all again  for a third time.'),
('164150',' Allens intention was that the production should feel like a play  captured on film. For that reason, he generally shot in long,  uninterrupted takes with very few close'),
('164151','ups.'),
('164152',' One of the main plot thrusts of "September" is taken from the life  of Lana Turner, whose daughter killed her gangster lover in the 50s.'),
('164153',' In the re'),
('164154','shot version, Maureen OSullivan, Charles Durning and Sam  Shepard were replaced by Elaine Stritch, Denholm Elliott and Sam  Waterston respectively.'),
('164155',' In addition to these replacements, there was one more that did not  even make it through an entire shooting. At the very beginning of  shooting, Christopher Walken played the role of Peter but Allen only  shot a few scenes with him before he decided that he was wrong for  the part. Walken was replaced by Sam Shepard who, in turn, was later  replaced by Sam Waterston.'),
('164156',' In Elaine Stritchs one'),
('164157','woman Broadway show, "At Liberty", she  reveals that after the wrap party she had an attack of hypoglycemia  at the door of her hotel room, and was rescued by the mini'),
('164158','bar  attendant who gave her a Pepsi. This event caused her to completely  give up alcohol.'),
('164159',' Though Hulce, Tom (qv)s character, Hanley, owns and drives a car  throughout the film, Tom hadnt yet gotten his own drivers license  when he did this movie!'),
('164160',' The cemetery scene was filmed in Oak Grove Cemetery, located  adjacent to the Conway Airport.,'),
('164161',' Richard Thomas broke his leg when he drove his characters  motorcycle under a parade float while filming a homecoming parade  scene.'),
('164162',' Tom Bonner, a college classmate of director James Bridges, was cast  as a radio announcer, a job he held while in college. Tom was a  weather man for many years at television station KARK in Little  Rock.'),
('164163',' One of the only films produced in Stereo'),
('164164','Vision, a short'),
('164165','lived  process which combined widescreen, similar to CinemaScope or  Panavision, and 3D.'),
('164166',' Raymond Bernard (qv)s last film.'),
('164167',' Italian censorship certificate: #26570 (Dated April 10th, 1958.'),
('164168',' Filmed Live at Zeleste in Barcelona, Spain, 31 May 1991.'),
('164169',' Diane is reading a copy of James Dickeys "Deliverance" while  waiting in the woods.'),
('164170',' Allen Desnoyers piano theme inspired by John Carpenters music for  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv).'),
('164171',' Spencer Tracy (qv) was offered but declined the role of Albrecht  Von Gerlach.'),
('164172',' The film was shot in 8 days.'),
('164173',' Ten special effects companies provided material for the film in  terms of pyro effects, special make'),
('164174','up effects, weapons, armor etc.'),
('164175',' Three visual effects companies are providing CGI for the film.'),
('164176',' Actual swords were used for the final battle scene between the  angels and demons.'),
('164177',' The actor playing Faulk (John Falk) insisted on being wrapped in  real barbed wire and not in safe plastic or rubber wire. He had to  run, fall and fight with it.'),
('164178',' On Day 2 of the shooting, one of the guys driving the actors to and  back from the set crashed with one of the lead actors. Nobody was  hurt.'),
('164179',' On Day 6, two of the actors were submerged in water all day.'),
('164180',' There are an estimated 180 CGI shots in the film.'),
('164181',' The key to Angelica Houston (qv)s role can be found on the back  of her wagon. It isnt on screen very long, but the name of her  character '),
('164182',' as painted on the back of her wagon '),
('164183','explains who she is  and what shes doing there.'),
('164184',' Had a 45'),
('164185','day shoot.'),
('164186',' A copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New  York.'),
('164187',' During filming of this movie in NYC, the following note was posted  on a production trailer: "Yes, we are filming a movie. It is called  Serendipity. It stars Cusack, John (qv) and some girl from  Britain that you wouldnt know '),
('164188',' even if we told you her name. We  will be shooting tonight until midmorning. Please dont ask the crew  any questions. Even if they dont look like they are working, they  are thinking."'),
('164189',' Following the destruction of the World Trade Center on 11 September  2001, images of the World Trade Center towers were digitally removed  from all skyline shots of New York City.'),
('164190',' The book that Jonathan searches for, "Love in the Time of Cholera",  is also mentioned by John Cusack (qv)s character in  _High Fidelity (2000)_ (qv) in a list of books hes read.'),
('164191',' On a subway staircase behind Jon, an ad for a play called "Six  Degrees of Separation" can be seen. "Six Degrees of Seperation" is a  theory which claims that any two given people on the planet are  linked by a chain of only six mutual acquaintances.'),
('164192',' This is the third movie in which John Cusack (qv)s love interest  is dating a "spiritually enlightened" character. The other movies  are _Pushing Tin (1999)_ (qv) (Billy Bob Thornton (qv)) and  _High Fidelity (2000)_ (qv) (Tim Robbins (qv)).'),
('164193',' Peter Chelsom (qv) wanted Dawn French (qv) to play a role but  the studio vetoed this'),
('164194',' Jonathan (John Cusack (qv)) tells Sara about the constellation  Cassiopeia. In the movie _Sure Thing, The (1985)_ (qv), Cusacks  character also tells the love interest (Alison) about Cassiopeia.'),
('164195',' _Cool Hand Luke (1967)_ (qv) was also mentioned as  John Cusack (qv)s characters favorite film in  _Americas Sweethearts (2001)_ (qv).'),
('164196',' The drink Sara and Jonathan drink at Serendipity 3 is its famous  Frozen Hot Chocolate. Also, since the movie opened, the table where  they sit has been called the Star Table at the restaurant.'),
('164197',' John Corbett and Bridget Moynahan are also the respective  "significant others" of Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noths  characters on “Sex and the City”.'),
('164198',' Cinematographer Grzimek, Michael (qv) died on location.'),
('164199',' When the Operative reviews Mals file, it shows his birth date as  9/20/2468. 9/20/2002 is the day _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) premiered.  Coincidentally, 9/20/1968 is "Firefly" writer/producer  Ben Edlund (qv)s date of birth.'),
('164200',' Although only a portion of the animated "Fruity Oaty Bar" commercial  is visible in the movie, it was produced in its entirety and is  visible as an "Easter Egg" on the DVD. Joss Whedon (qv) wanted the  commercial to be as odd as possible and admits on the DVD that it is  heavily inspired by the "Mr. Sparkle" advertisement from "The  Simpsons" (1989) episode "In Marge We Trust." The uncredited actor  shown in the commercial and in the Easter Egg segment is  Robert Michael Lee (qv).'),
('164201',' According to Adam Baldwin (qv), the mini'),
('164202','gun his character Jayne  uses at the end of the film is nicknamed "Lux", after the message  board handle (LuxLucre) of devoted fan Kerry Pearson. Pearson, who  died of complications from diabetes, was best known for creating fan  art that featured the characters from _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) in a  _"South Park" (1997)_ (qv) cartoon style.'),
('164203',' There is an inside joke printed on some of the crates in the cargo  bay. Some of the crates have the message "Reusable Container: Do Not  Destroy" printed on them (they are visible behind River after the  Reaver has been shot). The original set for the ship, from the show  _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) was destroyed (even though creator  Joss Whedon (qv) swore hed make use of it again), and therefore  could not be reused for the movie (the set had to be rebuilt from  scratch).'),
('164204',' Fanty and Mingo are named for the pair of mafia thugs from  Joseph H. Lewis (qv)s _Big Combo, The (1955)_ (qv).'),
('164205',' Universal Studios took the unusual step of allowing early previews  of the unfinished film. The first early preview was in November 2004  in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles CA, when the release date  for the film was still early 2005. The 5 May 2005 previews were held  in 10 cities, the 26 May 2005 previews were held in 20 cities, and  the 23 June 2005 previews were held in 35 cities. An early preview  was also held on the Gold Coast, Qld, Australia on Friday 22 July  2005.'),
('164206',' Two wrecked ships are shown with the registration numbers C57D, a  reference to _Forbidden Planet (1956)_ (qv) put in by the graphic  designer, Geoffrey Mandel (qv). Jayne points out the first one as  they explore. The second is the rescue ship, the source of the  beacon. Writer/Director Joss Whedon (qv) says in the DVD  commentary that the name of the world, Miranda, was taken from  William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s The Tempest, where it is the name  of a character who says, "O brave new world that has such people  int!" Forbidden Planet was loosely based on The Tempest.'),
('164207',' When the crew first arrives on Haven, Jayne is strumming the "Ballad  of Serenity" (the _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) theme) on the guitar.'),
('164208',' This is the first film to be released by Universal on HD'),
('164209','DVD (High  Definition DVD).'),
('164210',' SPOILER: According to the Q&A with Joss Whedon (qv) and the cast  after the premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival,  there were at least 20 separate takes of the final make'),
('164211','out scene  between Simon and Kaylee in the engine room, with take #20 being the  one used in the final cut.'),
('164212',' A coffee maker seen in Serenitys dining room/kitchen is an F.A.  Porsche Design coffee maker made by Siemens.'),
('164213',' The futuristic'),
('164214','looking handcuffs used on River are in fact Clejuso  Number 13s, the second heaviest handcuffs currently in production.'),
('164215',' SPOILER: During the funeral scene, Kaylee wears a medallion with the  doubled Chinese character for joy/happiness/cheer, a symbol often  used in weddings.'),
('164216',' EASTER EGG: From the main menu screen, keep clicking "left" until  you light up a triangle with a dot in the center on the right side  of the screen. This icon will take you to the full Fruity Oaty Bar  commercial.'),
('164217',' Malcolms Social Control number is 099,836,5,4112.'),
('164218',' The keyboard Mal uses to transmit the signal from Mr. Universes  basement is a Micro Innovations Web Office Pro Keyboard.'),
('164219',' One of the video clips playing on the monitors in Mr Universes base  is the Blue Sun commercial from the _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) episode  "The Message".'),
('164220',' This is the first film for which a digital cinema distribution  master was made using the new DCI standards using JPEG2000  compression and a 12 bit 4:4:4 XYZ color space.'),
('164221',' The cannon the crew mounts to Serenity is a WW2 German 20mm Flak 38.'),
('164222',' Among the buildings shown in the opening sequence (where voice'),
('164223','over  narration describes the "terraforming" process) are the Emirates  Towers, key features of the skyline of Dubai, in the United Arab  Emirates. A skyscraper in the foreground of the same shot is based  on designs by Sir Norman Foster (Lord Foster), including the  Commerzbank headquarters in Frankfurt and the HSBC building in Hong  Kong.'),
('164224',' Morena Baccarin (qv) provides the voice ("Parliamentary override.  Full access.") for the security terminal in the records room.'),
('164225',' The key phrase, that Dr. Simon Tam uttered to put River to sleep,  "Eta Kooram Nah Smech!" in Russian means literally "this is for hens  to laugh", meaning "this is very ridiculous".'),
('164226',' Washs jacket has a Leonov mission patch from _2010 (1984)_ (qv) on  one arm, and a real'),
('164227','world Russian Intercosmos patch on the other.'),
('164228',' Concept art for the film reveals that many of the weapons are based  on the design of paintball markers. They include such  paintball'),
('164229','specific touches as the propellant tank mount point at the  bottom of the rear grip, and an "expansion chamber"'),
('164230','style fore grip.'),
('164231',' The DVD of Serenity was flown up to the International Space Station  by astronaut Steven Swanson on board the shuttle Atlantis during  its June 2007 STS'),
('164232','117 mission.'),
('164233',' Mals drink of choice, Ng Ka Py, is a Chinese brandy. It is seen in  the film in his quarters, and it is also the drink he calls for in  the bar in the first scene of "The Train Job" in  _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv).'),
('164234',' Summer Glau (qv) has said that she pitched to Joss Whedon (qv)  the idea of her character River becoming a pilot during the  _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) television series. In this film, River  finally becomes co'),
('164235','pilot of Serenity.'),
('164236',' The original _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) title theme is played at the  end of the closing credits, in a guitar'),
('164237','only version.'),
('164238',' Zoe, Mal, and Jaynes guns from Firefly are in a private collection  so it became necessary for everyone to have new weapons for the  film. The only weapon carried over from the series is Jaynes bowie  knife.'),
('164239',' The cast had a running gag where they would yell  Summer Glau (qv)s name whenever she flubbed a line or forgot to  do something. It originated on _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) when she  forgot her line at the end of a very long and difficult scene.'),
('164240',' Body count: 74'),
('164241',' After they find the first body thats been dead without injuries in  the white city you can see a strange kind of stairs with a ramp  through it. This is an exact copy of the stairs at the Robson Square  in Vancouver, Canada designed by Arthur Erickson (qv).'),
('164242',' Once Simon has put River to sleep in the bar, on the floor next to  her can clearly be seen an Earth Aliance PPG from the series Babylon  5.'),
('164243',' This is Joss Whedon (qv)s feature film directorial debut'),
('164244',' Several of the Reaver ships seen in the final battle are of the same  type as some of the Alliance ships with different paint schemes.'),
('164245',' The "Trans'),
('164246','U" Reaver ship that attacked Serenity in the pilot  episode of Firefly is visible to the lower left of Serenity as the  Reaver fleet emerges from the ion cloud.'),
('164247',' In his commentary on the DVD, Joss Whedon (qv) made specific  mention that Chiwetel Ejiofor (qv), Nathan Filion (qv),  Summer Glau (qv) and Sean Maher (I) (qv) all performed many of  their own stunts. Summer Glau, in reality a trained dancer, used her  dancing skills in Rivers two fights '),
('164248',' for the second, the  cameraman, who was also a dancer, moved through a gap around the  combatants in order to achieve the dynamic camera angles which  appear in the movie.'),
('164249',' The poem Mal refers to is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (qv). In the poem the Mariner shoots down  an albatross, which causes the death of his crew and the destruction  of his ship.'),
('164250',' According to the director commentary, Mals line "Faster would be  better" was ad'),
('164251','libbed by Nathan Fillion (qv) when  Joss Whedon (qv) told him to "say something Mal would say."'),
('164252',' On Miranda, when the crew discovers the dead citizens in the sealed  room, right before River starts talking in Chinese, theres a body  of an old man in a lab coat wearing golden shoes. The shoes he is  wearing are Nike Flightposite III, basketball shoes designed for  Kevin Garnett (I) (qv), introduced around 2001.'),
('164253',' Though the Trade Agent (the elderly man in the Trade Station who  unlocks the safe) is played by Weston Nathanson (qv), his voice  was dubbed by Joss Whedon (qv). According to Whedon, several of  the stand'),
('164254','in voices from the early post'),
('164255','production stage remain in  the final film, among them this and Morena Baccarin (qv)s voice  as the computer at the beginning of the film.'),
('164256',' SPOILER: According to Joss Whedon (qv) in his commentary, the most  difficult scene to get the sound right was the scene between Simon  and River at the end, after Simon had been shot. Whedon says that  the bond formed between Sean Maher (I) (qv) and Summer Glau (qv)  over the course of the shooting of Firefly was so strong, and Seans  acting so good, that Summer kept bursting into tears whenever they  attempted to shoot the scene.'),
('164257',' The events in Serenity take place six months after the last episode  in "Firefly" entitled "Objects in Space." A three'),
('164258','issue comic book  series (published by Dark Horse comics and written by Joss Whedon  and Brett Matthews), released during the summer of 2005 bridged that  six'),
('164259','month time period.'),
('164260',' SPOILER: On the 2'),
('164261','disc cast commentary, Joss Whedon (qv) says that  the discovery of the planet Miranda would have occurred at the end  of the second season if the show had been a success.'),
('164262',' Created for the complete DVD release of _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv).'),
('164263',' Visa dexploitation en France #111613'),
('164264',' Charles Trowbridge (qv) replaced George Irving (I) (qv) as the  Commissioner for the retakes.'),
('164265',' James Cagney (qv) was offered the lead in the movie, but turned it  down. It was then offered to Ronald Reagan (I) (qv), who was a  reserve officer in the U.S. Cavalry at the time.'),
('164266',' Unsatisfied with Woody Strode (qv)s rehearsal of bullet'),
('164267','wounded  drowsiness, director John Ford (I) (qv) took his own steps to make  Strode appear authentically weary for Rutledges gunshot early on in  the film. The day before the scene was to be shot, Ford got Strode  drunk early in the day and had an assistant follow him around for  the rest of the day to make sure he stayed that way. When the time  came for Strode to shoot the scene with Constance Towers (qv), his  hangover gave him the perfect (for Ford) appearance of a man who had  been shot.'),
('164268',' Originated in 1957 as a project for director André De Toth (qv),  about a black soldier accused of raping and murdering a German girl  and the lieutenant who defends him and proves his innocence. De Toth  wanted Jeffrey Hunter (I) (qv) as the defense attorney. Based on  the 1955 story "Shadow of the Noose" by John Hawkins (V) (qv) and  Ward Hawkins (qv) in The Saturday Evening Post.'),
('164269',' Final film of Billie Burke (qv).'),
('164270',' Billie Burke, age 76, played Cordelia Fosgate, the wife of Colonel  Fosgate, Willis Bouchey, who was only 53.'),
('164271',' Jeffrey Hunters character refers early on in the film to the  Jorgensen Ranch. The 1956 Western, "The Searchers," ended with his  character arriving at the Jorgensen Ranch in John Fords classic  film.'),
('164272',' Originally two episodes of _"Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1963)_ (qv) '),
('164273','  "The Case Against Paul Ryker" (Oct, 10 & 17, 1963)'),
('164274',' The actual firearm used by York to dispose of a line of seven  Germans was not a Luger as depicted in the film, but rather a 1911  .45 ACP automatic. The Luger was preferred for the filmmaking,  however, purely on the basis that they couldnt get the .45 to fire  blanks.'),
('164275',' Alvin C. York (qv) allowed the making of a movie based on his life  only under the condition that Gary Cooper (I) (qv) should play  him.'),
('164276',' Joan Leslie was sixteen when she filmed "Sergeant York," the same  age as the real Gracie. York had made it clear he didnt want any  actress with any sort of notoriety connected with her portraying his  wife. He specifically said, "No Ooomph Girls!" a clear reference to  Warner contract player Ann Sheridan. Incredibly Jane Russell was  considered before the wholesome Leslie was ultimately chosen.'),
('164277',' Warner Brothers sought and obtained releases from other surviving  members of Yorks platoon.'),
('164278',' Alvin York thought he should be portrayed on the screen by Gary  Cooper. When Samuel Goldwyn resisted releasing him, Henry Fonda,  James Stewart, and even Ronald Reagen were considered. Goldwyn  finally gave in when Warners agreed to lend Bette Davis to the  independent producer for "The Little Foxes."'),
('164279',' Principle photography occurred between February and late April 1941,  and the film was criticized by pacifists for its pro'),
('164280','war stance.'),
('164281',' The scene where Alvins becomes converted with the bolt of lightning  was an invention of the screenwriters. In reality his conversion by  his wife from a hard'),
('164282','drinking roustabout to Sunday school teacher  was slower and less dramatic.'),
('164283',' Paul Préboists first film.'),
('164284',' The production company earned enough money from pre'),
('164285','sale DVDs to  pay back the investor of the film before the film ever started  production.'),
('164286',' Lisa Loeb (qv), aged 34 in 2002, plays a student half her age '),
('164287','  17.'),
('164288',' DIRTRADE(John Waters (qv)):[manson]: A portrait of  Charles Manson (qv) is among Beverlys secret stash of killer  worship material.'),
('164289',' Opening credits say "This film is a true story. The screenplay is  based on court testimony. Sworn Declarations. And hundreds of  interviews conducted by the film'),
('164290','makers. / Some of the innocent  characters names have been changed in the interest of a larger  truth. / No one involved in the crimes received any form of  financial compensation."'),
('164291',' DIRCAMEO(John Waters (qv)): As the voice of Ted Bundy on the tape  found under Beverlys bed.'),
('164292',' The original choice for the lead role was Susan Sarandon (qv), but  her asking price was too high for such a low budget film.'),
('164293',' The copyright holders of the song "Tomorrow," as heard when Mrs.  Jenkins watches Annie (1982) (qv) in her living room, charged  $60,000 for the rights to use the song because of the explicit  content of John Waters past films.'),
('164294',' Columbia Pictures was originally going to make the film before it  ended up at Savoy Pictures.'),
('164295',' The film was originally conceived as a weekly television show.'),
('164296',' The idea for this project came to Daniel Minahan (qv) after he  worked for a reality TV show.'),
('164297',' Writer/Director Daniel Minahan (qv)s childhood friend, Dawn  Lagarto, is given a "Special Thanks" credit. He originally wrote the  story using her name for the main character. When it came time to  start filming the producers had legal concerns regarding the use of  a real persons name, but actress Brooke Smith (I) (qv) felt an  affinity for the name and wanted to retain it for her character.  Minahan called the real Dawn Lagarto and got her blessing to use the  name. The real Dawn Lagarto is not an unwed mother, has never  participated in a reality TV series, and has never killed anyone.'),
('164298',' Executive producer Sun Kims high school year book photo is used in  the film.'),
('164299',' The film is based on true events.'),
('164300',' Director Phil Donlon and Gaffer Joey Domaracki performed many of the  DPs duties on the film, but they both chose not to share the  credit.'),
('164301',' The song, Living Doll by Cliff Richard and the Shadows was released  as a single as a spin off from this film'),
('164302',' The only Serious Sam game in the trilogy to not have a PC release.'),
('164303',' Was originally made as a demo for the Serious engine, but was  released as an $19 game.'),
('164304',' On the level "The Citadel" we see a Family Portrait after an  elevator. What we actually see is a portrait of the Croteam crew.'),
('164305',' During the opening credits, Fragonard talks about his clothes made  by a talented costumer from Paris called "Vesperini". At the same  moment, the name of the costume designer, Edith Vesperini (qv) is  displayed on the screen.'),
('164306',' No actors were seen in this movie, only dolls and puppets.'),
('164307',' The CD Soundtrack to this film is rated one of the most expensive  rarities in the world of film music trading because the principal  release was on vinyl LP and fewer than 10 CDs were pressed.'),
('164308',' Author Wade Davis (I) (qv) agreed to sell the book rights on the  condition that Peter Weir (qv) direct and Mel Gibson (I) (qv)  star. Neither man had any involvement in the project.'),
('164309',' Due to political strife and civil turmoil in Haiti during the  production, the local government informed the film crew that they  could not guarantee their safety for the remainder of the shoot. The  crew subsequently relocated to nearby Dominican Republic to complete  filming.'),
('164310',' Newly'),
('164311','wed, Bill Pullman (qv)s wife was invited to be an extra and  appears on screen as the blonde who pushes a long needle through a  willing mans cheek.'),
('164312',' Used sets from _Salome (1953)_ (qv).'),
('164313',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) was offered the lead role but turned it down.'),
('164314',' DIRTRADE(Ingmar Bergman (qv)): [name]: Last name Vergerus.'),
('164315',' Ingmar Bergman (qv) had planned to have a horse killed on camera  to show the desperation of the German people during the Weimar  Republics inflation crisis of 1923. David Carradine (qv) said he  would walk off the film if Bergman went ahead with is plans. Bergman  compromised, and the horse was killed off'),
('164316','screen, but the corpse is  shown, as an impoverished man offers up handfuls of offal to  Carradines character.'),
('164317',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('164318',' Al Pacino (qv)s residence in the movie is located at 5'),
('164319','7 Minetta  Street in Manhattans Greenwich Village. The real'),
('164320','life  Frank Serpico (qv), however, lived at Perry & Greenwich, a few  blocks away.'),
('164321',' After spending a lot of time with Pacino as he prepared for the  role, the real Serpico wanted to remain on the set during filming.  Producer Bregman said he had to hurt Serpicos feelings and ordered  him to leave because he believed that his presence would prove a  distraction.'),
('164322',' John G. Avildsen (qv) was originally to direct, but was replaced  just before filming due to differences with the producer.'),
('164323',' After he decided to make the film, Al Pacino (qv) invited  Frank Serpico (qv) to stay with him at a house that Pacino had  rented in Montauk, New York. When Pacino asked Serpico, "Why did you  do it?" Serpico replied, "Well, Al, I dont know. I guess I would  have to say it would be because... if I didnt, who would I be when  I listened to a piece of music?"'),
('164324',' Shot on 104 different locations in every borough of New York City  except Staten Island.'),
('164325',' Woodie King Jr. (qv) was originally cast as a hoodlum but broke  his leg while filming a chase scene. He was replaced but returned to  the set two months later to play Leslies friend, Larry, in the  party scene.'),
('164326',' Playwright Sidney Kingsley (qv) loaned his apartment to  Sidney Lumet (qv) for use to film the party scene. In 1935,  Kingsley hired an 11'),
('164327','year'),
('164328','old Lumet to appear on Broadway in his  play, "Dead End", and they had remained friends since then.'),
('164329',' The film was shot in reverse order. Al Pacino (qv) began with long  hair and a beard, then for each scene, his hair and beard were  trimmed bit by bit until he became clean'),
('164330','cut.'),
('164331',' The title Serum 114 refers to two Stanley Kubrick films. In Dr.  Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  (1964) the nuclear missile launch code is CRM114. In A Clockwork  Orange (1971) the drug given to Alex as part of the Ludaviko  treatment is serum114.'),
('164332',' Written, shot and edited in 3 days.'),
('164333',' Originally, the scenes were only meant as a technical test for a  then new camera. They were later edited into a film and used as a  "programme filler". It was first shown in Rome in May 1934 but it is  likely that it was never shown ever again.'),
('164334',' A print of this film was found in a basement in Dawson City, Yukon  Territory, in 1978.'),
('164335',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _You Cant Beat Them (1914)_ (qv).'),
('164336',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Doc Yak and the Limited Train (1914)_ (qv).'),
('164337',' MGM, never a company to miss an opportunity, produced this short as  a disguised trailer/advertisement for its feature  _Edison, the Man (1940)_ (qv).'),
('164338',' Wendy Craig (qv) replaced an actress who had to drop out because  she was pregnant.'),
('164339',' Wendy Craig (qv) replaced Vanessa Redgrave (qv) who was to make  her feature debut but had to drop out because she was pregnant with  her elder child (Natasha Richardson (qv)).'),
('164340',' When Joseph Losey (qv) was hospitalized for two weeks during this  shoot, Dirk Bogarde (qv) continued filming assisted by minute,  daily instructions over the phone from Loseys hospital bed. When  Losey returned to the set he did not re'),
('164341','shoot any of the script,  much to the relief of cast and crew.'),
('164342',' While working as a waiter at one of Hollywoods most famous Italian  Restaurants, Chianti, Dominic Pace created this movie based on his  experience serving the "not so nice" Hollywood "In" Crowd. He wrote  in all of his aspiring actor/co'),
('164343','workers at the restaurant, including  his Busboy.'),
('164344',' Feature film debut of Vincent Price (I) (qv).'),
('164345',' Service With a Smile was originally written as a 14 page short story  called, Backache. It was written by the lead actor, Bill Runyan, for  a writing class he was taking. He told the director, Ken Axmaker,  Jr., how Backache pissed everyone off in his writing class.  Intrigued, Axmaker wanted to read the story, and decided to make the  film with the new title, Service With a Smile. He created the new  title after he read a print off of the short story that didnt  include the original title.'),
('164346',' Helga, the psycho carpet cleaner, was originally suppose to be a  preppy, goody'),
('164347','goody type of character. After she was cast as Helga,  Ashley Fowler showed up to the set with an idea for her character.  She was dressed in goth and sported a horrible Russian accent.  Axmaker and the rest of the cast and crew quickly came to the  conclusion, this was Helga.'),
('164348',' The director, Ken Axmaker, Jr. played a bit part as the Bicyclist.'),
('164349',' The car Bill crashed into with the tractor was actually an old car  of Ashley Fowlers, "Helga". It was sitting in a field at her  father’s home in Arkansas rotting away when it was rescued for a  short life in film history.'),
('164350',' Many of the locations featured in the movie are actual locations  found in Dallas Texas (e.g., the Texas Club, Reunion Arena, Dallas  City Hall.) However, the stainless steel building of the "Moore  Company" in the movie is actually the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank  (K'),
('164351','11) which is located in the cultural district of Dallas.'),
('164352',' During filming in 2002, Matthew Perry (qv) spent some time in  rehab due to an addiction to prescription painkillers. Production  was slowed, but the filmmakers focused on filming scenes without  Perry in them during his absence.'),
('164353',' Colonel Cammermeyers son Andy, portrayed by Ryan Reynolds in the  movie, was killed in a snowmobiling accident in Washington State on  March 02, 2007.'),
('164354',' This is included as a bonus feature on the 2006 DVD "Sesame Street:  Old School '),
('164355',' Volume 1".'),
('164356',' Oscars car has a license place reading "SCRAM."'),
('164357',' The Counts license plate actually reads 12345678910.'),
('164358',' CAMEO(George Lucas): in the crowd at the end of the movie after Big  Bird returns to Sesame Street. Big Bird arrives on flight number  1138'),
('164359',' The restaurant that Oscar the Grouch and company stop at is called  the Dont Drop Inn.'),
('164360',' Bert and Ernies biplane is a 1941 Stearman Kaydet D75N1, built by  Boeing.'),
('164361',' The main set for _"Sesame Street" (1969)_ (qv) was recreated in  Toronto for this film.'),
('164362',' This program marked the beginning of the 11th season of  _"Sesame Street" (1969)_ (qv)'),
('164363',' When Ralph Nader (qv) was asked to perform the "Sesame Street"  staple "The People in Your Neighborhood", he refused to sing the  lyric "the people that you meet each day" because it is  grammatically incorrect. He insisted on singing "the people whom you  meet each day". The producers agreed to this change but convinced  him to sing the original lyric on the set.'),
('164364',' Contains the games "Astro'),
('164365','Grover" and "Ernies Magic Shapes".'),
('164366',' This special was originally planned to be shown as an episode of  _"Jim Henson Hour, The" (1989)_ (qv). Instead, it was broadcast on  its own, one week before the premier of The Jim Henson Hour.'),
('164367',' Contains the games "Letter'),
('164368','Go'),
('164369','Round" and "Ernies Big Splash".'),
('164370',' Jesús Puente and Adolfo Marsillach were not the first choice to play  their roles. Director José Luis Garci wanted to cast Alfredo Landa  and José Sacristán, but both actors refused because of professional  rivalry between them.'),
('164371',' By the time the movie was produced, Director José Luis Garci also  worked as radio presenter on Antena 3 Radio. Some of the uncredited  actors we can see in the movie are actually presenters on the same  radio station.'),
('164372',' SPOILER: A subplot was filmed involving a homeless woman who lives  in the asylum. In the original ending, she witnesses all the murders  and then kills Gordon. According to the DVD commentary, this subplot  was removed because test audiences became confused, thinking she was  actually Mary (the voice on the tape).'),
('164373',' SPOILER: The shot in which you see Mike (Stephen Gevedon (qv))  walking through the gym from the balcony before his demise, was  originally a long shot from the point of view from the homeless  woman that was in the original subplot of the film that was cut. The  full version of the scene is featured on the DVDs deleted scenes.'),
('164374',' This was one of the first feature films shot using Sonys 24P HD  video, which shoots at 24 frames per second, like film, as opposed  to the 30 frames per second of conventional NTSC video. Using this  technology, Brad Anderson (II) (qv) and director of photography  Uta Briesewitz (qv) were able to produce the uniquely effective,  deep'),
('164375','focus images using mostly natural light.'),
('164376',' Actor David Caruso (I) (qv) reports in the official Production  Notes that he saw "something pass my window" when shooting inside  the Bonner Medical Building of Danvers State Hospital. "I didnt  want to tell anybody, because people would start looking at me  strangely..."'),
('164377',' This film shares scenes with DAmatos "Unleashed Perversions of  Emmanuelle."'),
('164378',' Kimberly Elise (qv) was discovered by producer Dale Pollock (qv)  at a restaurant where she waitressed at the start of her career.'),
('164379',' Filmed in 1969.'),
('164380',' Based upon a narrative poem published in 1928 by  Joseph Moncure March (qv), who gave up his job as the first  managing editor of "The New Yorker" to devote himself to writing. On  the strength of it, he went to Hollywood as a screenwriter,  remaining there for a dozen years. In 1948 he volunteered to work on  this film, but was turned down. He was incensed that his black boxer  Pansy Jones was changed into the white Stoker Thompson.'),
('164381',' The movie plays in real time.'),
('164382',' The shoot took twenty days.'),
('164383',' Robert Ryan (I) (qv) was a boxing champion while a student at  Dartmouth college.'),
('164384',' Was the first Romanian film shot in wide'),
('164385','screen format.'),
('164386',' Interviewee Rena Neumann Coen, the late art historian, was the  mother of filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen (Fargo, Oh Brother Where  Art Thou). This documentary was her last television appearance.'),
('164387',' This film is the big screen debut of actor Ken Watanabe (qv).'),
('164388',' Romero was named after Romero, George A. (qv), who writer/producer  Argento, Dario (qv) had just co'),
('164389','directed Two Evil Eyes (1990)  with.'),
('164390',' The sects first victim is named "Marion Crane", a reference to a  character from _Psycho (1960)_ (qv).'),
('164391',' A German version (_Sieben Jahre Glück (1942)_ (qv)) was shot  simultaneously in Cinecittà. The cast is identical in both versions  except for Vivi Gioi (qv) in the role of Ella Jüttner played by  Hannelore Schroth (qv) in the German version.'),
('164392',' Carlo Romano (qv), one of the most prestigious voice'),
('164393','dubbers of  the period, dubbed Theo Lingen (qv) in the film. As he also  appears in the movie himself, Romano is in turn dubbed by  Luigi Pavese (qv).'),
('164394',' The film, for long time thought lost, was found again at the  Cineteca del Friuli and in 1994 was restored in a Dutch laboratory.'),
('164395',' It was illegal to film a bank robbery in Switzerland, so director  Vicario, Marco (qv) used a fake script when shooting in front of  "Credit Suisse" in Geneva.'),
('164396',' Created for the DVD release of the first season of  _"Cheers" (1982)_ (qv).'),
('164397',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('164398',' This short documentary is featured as an extra on Mondo Macabros  2006 U.S. DVD release of "Dont Deliver Us From Evil"  (_Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal (1970)_ (qv)).'),
('164399',' The first Thai documentary to receive a theatrical release in  Thailand'),
('164400',' Wu Bai (qv) was requested by the director to compose a Happy  Birthday song that nobody has ever heard of just half an hour before  filming. Then he was given half an hour again to come up with  alternate lyrics for the song, used for a later scene of them  singing in the car.'),
('164401',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2001 (#04)'),
('164402',' A poster for _Trainspotting (1996)_ (qv) can be seen on Tylers  door, when the cop went out.'),
('164403',' This film originated the "shooting the swordsman" gag that was  popularized in _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv).'),
('164404',' Matt Mattox (qv) singing was dubbed by Bill Lee (IV) (qv).'),
('164405',' On the 2004 DVD commentary, Stanley Donen states that the film was  originally shot in two versions, one widescreen and another in  normal ratio, because MGM was concerned that not all theatres had  the capability to screen it. Despite the fact that it cost more than  the widescreen version to make, he says, the other version was never  used.'),
('164406',' Scenes for the widescreen version were shot in the morning and, for  the normal ratio, in the afternoon.'),
('164407',' MGM considered this a B movie '),
('164408',' they had higher aspirations for the  more expensive "Brigadoon". For this reason, they slashed the budget  on "Seven Brothers", forcing Stanley Donen to use painted backdrops  instead of location filming.'),
('164409',' Played at the Radio City Music Hall in New York in a slot that was  originally intended for "Brigadoon".'),
('164410',' The censors werent too happy about the line in the song "Lonesome  Polecat" where the brothers lament "A man cant sleep when he sleeps  with sheep". By not showing any sheep in the same shot as the  brothers, the film'),
('164411','makers were able to get away with it.'),
('164412',' Stanley Donen was producer Jack Cummings first choice for director  from the outset, thanks to his success with "On the Town" and  "Singin in the Rain".'),
('164413',' Michael Kidd initially turned down the project. He had just come off  a show on Broadway and wanted a rest. He changed his mind after  hearing the score.'),
('164414',' Rehearsals for the barn'),
('164415','raising sequence took 3 weeks.'),
('164416',' Shot in only 48 days.'),
('164417',' Only four of the brothers were dancers. Tamblyn, Russ (qv)  (Gideon) was an acrobat, and Richards, Jeff (I) (qv) (Benjamin)  was an actor. Benjamin rarely dances in the movie.'),
('164418',' Jacques dAmboise had to leave before filming was finished because  he was still under contract with the New York City Ballet, so  someone filled in for him during the last few days. You can see  someone else playing Ephraim in the scene where the brothers are  pacing downstairs while Milly is giving birth.'),
('164419',' For the brides costumes, designer Walter Plunkett (qv) went to the  Salvation Army, found old quilts and turned them into dresses.'),
('164420',' The avalanche was filmed at Corral Creek Canyon, at Sun Valley,  Idaho.'),
('164421',' Because there was no way of distinguishing between them and the Town  Suitors, MGM decided to make all the Pontipee Brothers red'),
('164422','headed.'),
('164423',' Jeff Richards (I) (qv) (a former professional baseball player) was  one of the two "brothers" not chosen for his dancing ability. The  other being Howard Keel (qv), who was an actor/singer.'),
('164424',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 12 seconds (CinemaScope version)'),
('164425',' Caleb says, "There was no F names in the Bible, so Ma named him  Frankincense, cause he smelled so sweet." However, there are in  fact three "F" names in the Bible: Felix (referenced in Acts 24:27);  Festus (referenced in Acts 24:27, 25:1, 25:4, 25:9, 25:12, 25:13,  25:14, 25:22, 25:24, 26:24, 26:25, and 26:32); and Fortunatus  (referenced in 1 Corinthians 16:17).'),
('164426',' The working titles of this film were "Sobbin Women" and "A Bride  for Seven Brothers".'),
('164427',' The story of the Sabine women referred to in the film came from  Plutarch (qv)s Life of Romulus .'),
('164428',' M'),
('164429','G'),
('164430','M had waited five years to acquire the rights to  Stephen Vincent Benét (qv)s short story, as Broadway producer  Joshua Logan (qv) had optioned the story as a potential stage  musical.'),
('164431',' Director Stanley Donen (qv) said that producer  Jack Cummings (I) (qv) originally planned to use existing American  folk songs for the films musical numbers. After months spent  searching in vain for the right music, Donen recalled, the decision  was made to commission an original score.'),
('164432',' M'),
('164433','G'),
('164434','M did not have high financial expectations for the film, and  chose instead to allocate its resources to _Rose Marie (1954)_ (qv)  and _Brigadoon (1954)_ (qv)'),
('164435','films that never matched this films  commercial and critical success.'),
('164436',' Reportedly Howard Keel (qv)s personal favorite of his movies.'),
('164437',' The most famous scene of this film originated by an accident. In the  filming of a chase scene down a steep slope, Keaton, Buster (qv)  inadvertantly dislodged some rocks which tumbled down after him as  if in pursuit and he had to scramble to dodge them. At a preview  showing, Buster saw that that accident got the biggest laughs in the  film. Thus inspired, Buster decided to reshoot the scene with over a  hundred papier'),
('164438','maiche "rocks" with sizes ranging from pebbles to six  foot boulders so his character would have to deal with a massive  avalanche in the scene.'),
('164439',' In his desperate search for a woman '),
('164440',' any woman '),
('164441',' to marry,  Buster Keaton (qv) is passing a variety theater. There is a large  picture of a visiting artiste who is playing there, and Keaton  bribes someone to let him go in at the stage door. As he goes in, a  workman removes a box that was obscuring the bottom of the poster  ... and we see the name of the "artiste" ... Julian Eltinge (qv).  Eltinge was a famous female impersonator, so famous that no further  explanation is needed when Keaton almost immediately emerges,  looking disconcerted.'),
('164442',' A list of Buster Keaton (qv) "Seven Chances" includes the names  Eugenia Gilbert (qv), Judy King (I) (qv), Hazel Deane (qv) and  Bartine Burkett (qv), the real names of several actresses who  appear in the film.'),
('164443',' CAMEO(Constance Talmadge (qv)): Popular actress and sister of  Buster Keaton (qv)s wife at the time, Natalie Talmadge (qv),  has a small uncredited role.'),
('164444',' Keaton had Seven Chances foisted upon him by producer Joseph  Schenck, who had bought the rights to the hit Broadway show. Keaton  later called it his least favorite feature and tried to keep Raymond  Rohauer from restoring the only known copy of the movie.'),
('164445',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('164446',' This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug  smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five  years, a few weeks at a time. Like  _Road to Guantanamo, The (2006)_ (qv), Channel 4 will broadcast it  on television in the UK and release it in theaters throughout the  rest of the world.'),
('164447',' For security reasons, the Pentagon forbids camera crews near the  entrances to the complex. John Frankenheimer (qv) wanted a shot of  Kirk Douglas (I) (qv) entering the building. So they rigged up a  station wagon with a camera to film Douglas, in a full Marine  colonels uniform, walking up the steps of the Pentagon. The salutes  Douglas received in that scene were real, as the guards had no  reason to believe it was for a movie!'),
('164448',' Kirk Douglas (I) (qv) had originally signed to play Gen. James  Mattoon Scott. Douglas eventually realized that his friend  Burt Lancaster (qv) would be ideal as Scott, and took the less  flashy role of Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey after Lancaster signed on  to the film.'),
('164449',' Some film reference works (e.g., the multivolume set, "The Motion  Picture Guide") incorrectly list Jack Mullaney (qv)s character as  "Lt. Hough". "Hough" is the last name of this character in the novel  upon which the film is based.'),
('164450',' Col. Caseys first name, Martin, is never spoken; he is always  addressed (or referred to) by his nickname, "Jiggs". Caseys full  name can be seen on the window that separates his office from the  waiting room outside General Scotts office.'),
('164451',' The "Eleanor Holbrook" subplot was based on a real'),
('164452','life incident  involving General Douglas MacArthur (qv). In 1934, the general  sued journalists Drew Pearson and Robert Allen for libel. He dropped  the suit when the defendants announced they intended to take  testimony from Isabel Rosario Cooper, a Eurasian woman who had been  the generals mistress.'),
('164453',' This movie was never released in Brazil, due to the "coup'),
('164454','detat"  organized by the military (1 April 1964). The plot and real life  were too close.'),
('164455',' Paul Girard (Balsam) meets Admiral Barnswell (Houseman), commander  of the 6th Fleet, in Gibraltar aboard his flagship, USS Kitty Hawk,  one of the newest & largest aircraft carriers in 1964. The scene was  filmed in San Diego Bay, where the Kitty Hawk was actually flagship  of the 7th Fleet based in the Pacific. The aircraft carrier USS  Midway is in the background. The Midway is now a museum in San Diego  while the Kitty Hawk is still in service (2006).'),
('164456',' James Bernard was most famous for composing the scores to numerous  Hammer horrors, including Dracula (1958). Ironically, however, it  was for Seven Days to Noon that he won his only Oscar '),
('164457',' as  co'),
('164458','writer.'),
('164459',' Russell Hoyt (qv), Frank Martinelli (qv) and  Richard Martin (II) (qv) are listed in studio records/casting call  lists playing uncredited "Members of Financial Trio," and some  references picked up that credit. However, no financial discussions  takes place in the movie, other than those with the main characters.  Since Richard Martin (II) (qv) was seen in the film as a soldier  and has virtually no lines, it can be assumed the other two are  soldiers also and that the trios participation in the plot was cut  from the film.'),
('164460',' Ralph Dunn (qv) (Policeman) is supposedly in this film but was not  seen.'),
('164461',' Blanket title for all the films in McClure Publishings "Seven  Deadly Sins" series.'),
('164462',' The first in a series of seven movies, each one made by a different  director, named after one of the seven deadly sins.'),
('164463',' Final installment of the Seven Deadly Sins video series.'),
('164464',' George M. Cohan (qv)s play opened on Broadway in New York on  September 22nd, 1913.'),
('164465',' George M. Cohan (qv)s play opened on Broadway in New York on  September 22nd, 1913.'),
('164466',' George M. Cohan (qv)s play opened on Broadway in New York on  September 22nd, 1913.'),
('164467',' George M. Cohan (qv)s play opened on Broadway in New York on  September 22nd, 1913.'),
('164468',' Cohan, George M. (qv)s play opened in New York on 22 September  1913.'),
('164469',' George M. Cohan (qv)s play opened on Broadway in New York on  September 22nd, 1913.'),
('164470',' George M. Cohan (qv)s play opened on Broadway in New York on  September 22nd, 1913.'),
('164471',' James Cagney (qv) won an Oscar for playing Broadway producer  George M. Cohan (qv) in _Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)_ (qv). He  agreed to play Cohan again in this film on condition that he would  not be paid for the role. He did the role as a tribute to  Eddie Foy (qv), who had generously provided occasional meals for  struggling young actors, including Cagney, in 1920s New York.'),
('164472',' Made around 1965.'),
('164473',' The name on the crate the escapees were clinging to in San Francisco  Bay is "H. Schlom". Herman Schlom (qv) is the films producer.'),
('164474',' This film was the second of a three picture deal between 20th  Century'),
('164475','Fox and producer Russ Meyer (I) (qv). After the film  flopped at the box office, Meyer walked away from his studio deal  and returned to independent filmmaking.'),
('164476',' The second train wreck in this film, which is also called "The  Wrecker", is the same one that was staged for the climax of  _Wrecker, The (1929)_ (qv). Footage of that crash, not used in the  earlier film, was edited together with new shots. Another train  wreck was done mostly with models and stock footage from newsreels.'),
('164477',' Jonathan did escape from being sewn up inside a dead cow for this  show, but Channel 4 refused to broadcast it.'),
('164478',' A first of its kind, this was the largest short film, and was fact  one of the largest projects, to be created entirely using digital  backlot processes. Entirely shot on HD 1080p donated by Panavision  in front of a green screen, with backgrounds shot on a 4,000 x 4,000  pixel ultra high definition camera donated by Kodak, the film was  built entirely in Adobe After Effects. It employs a unique "motion  collage" effect. By deliberately avoiding the use of 3D, the 609 VFX  shots were all done by two effects artists in less than nine months,  all for a budget of $1M (USD). For comparison,  _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)_ (qv) was around 1,800  shots for 90 minutes (3x Seven Swans) but cost a reported $100M  (USD) and took three years.'),
('164479',' This is the first film to mix in the new sound format created by the  inventor of THX, Holman, Tomlinson. Called "10.2" ("twice as good  as 5.1") it actually uses 14 channels of sound to create a field of  surround sound that makes 5.1 sound "as flat as mono".'),
('164480',' Although the onscreen credits say "original screenplay", a $200,000  lawsuit was filed against the screenwiters, MGM and producer  Joe Pasternak (qv) by playwright Ferenc Herczeg (qv) in 1949,  claiming they took the idea from his 1903 play. Herczeg was in a  Nazi concentration camp in 1942 when the film was released, and  didnt hear about it until 1948. The case was settled out of court  for a substantial amount.'),
('164481',' The play was first performed in Hungary, but an English version  ("Seven Sisters", translated by Ferike Boros (qv)) opened on  Broadway, New York City, New York, USA on 20 February 1911 and had  32 performances.'),
('164482',' Early news items listed Ann Rutherford (I) (qv),  Philip Van Zandt (qv) and Douglas McPhail (qv) in the cast, but  they did not appear in the film.'),
('164483',' Ann Rutherford (I) (qv) was originally supposed to appear in this  film, but she caught measles. When she called in sick  Louis B. Mayer (qv) had her fired, and replaced her with  Peggy Moran (I) (qv).'),
('164484',' According to Babs Chula, who was speaking after the films premiere  at the Vancouver International Film Festival, "Seven Times Lucky" is  the name of the winning horse in the race that Harlan bets on.'),
('164485',' There is purposely no discernible timeframe for the movie. There are  70s and 80s cars and rotary dial phones coupled with the latest  cellphones.'),
('164486',' Not without a distinct ring of irony, the 9'),
('164487','month'),
('164488','old  Marilyn Monroe (qv)'),
('164489','Joe DiMaggio (qv) marriage officially ended  during this shoot.'),
('164490',' The classic shot of Marilyn Monroe (qv)s dress blowing up around  her legs as she stands over a subway grating was originally shot on  Manhattans Lexington Avenue at 52nd St. on Sept. 15, 1954 at 1 AM.  5000 onlookers whistled and cheered through take after take as  Marilyn repeatedly missed her lines. This occurred in presence of an  increasingly embarrassed and angry Joe DiMaggio (qv), then  Marilyn Monroe (qv)s husband. The original footage shot on that  night in New York never made it to the screen; the noise of the  crowd had made it unusable. Billy Wilder (qv) re'),
('164491','staged the scene  on the 20th Century Fox lot, on a set replicating Lexington Avenue,  and got a more satisfactory result. However, it took another 40  takes for Marilyn to achieve the famous scene.'),
('164492',' Marilyn Monroe (qv)s lifelong bouts with depression and  self'),
('164493','destruction took their toll during filming; she frequently  muffed scenes and forgot her lines, leading to sometimes as many as  40 takes of a scene before a satisfactory result was produced.'),
('164494',' Marilyn Monroe (qv)s constant tardiness and behavioral problems  made the budget of the film swell to $1.8 million, a high price for  the time. The film still managed to make a nice profit.'),
('164495',' After seeing Walter Matthau (qv)s screen'),
('164496','test performance in the  part of Richard Sherman, Billy Wilder (qv) believed he had found  his lead man. But 20th Century Fox was unwilling to take the risk on  a newcomer. Thats when Wilder next turned his sights on the actor  who had originated the role on Broadway, Tom Ewell (qv).'),
('164497',' The screenplay was adapted from the original Broadway show "The  Seven Year Itch" which was written by George Axelrod (qv). The  original Broadway show starred Tom Ewell (qv) (who reprised his  role as the imaginative Richard Sherman) and  Vanessa Brown (I) (qv). When the project was moved from Paramount  to 20th Century Fox, Brown was replaced by top sex symbol  Marilyn Monroe (qv) for the film adaptation. Due to the Hays  Office Production Code censorship rules, the racy dialogue and  sexual innuendos were significantly toned down from the play.'),
('164498',' Gary Cooper (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Richard  Sherman.'),
('164499',' The film adaptation rights to the stage play "The Seven Year Itch"  by George Axelrod (qv) had originally been bought by Paramount  Pictures. After director Billy Wilder (qv) left Paramount, the  project moved to 20th Century'),
('164500','Fox.'),
('164501',' The films entire story was an elaboration of the first scene in  _Major and the Minor, The (1942)_ (qv), which was  Billy Wilder (qv)s directorial debut. That movie starred  Ginger Rogers (qv) and Ray Milland (qv).'),
('164502',' Amazingly, Marilyn Monroe (qv)s very narrow spike heels dont get  stuck or break in the subway grating that she stands on it in the  movies most famous scene, although this was a universal problem, at  the time, for the countless women wearing that very popular style  heel in New York City in that era.'),
('164503',' The film rights to this film had originally been bought by Paramount  Pictures. After director Billy Wilder (qv) resigned to Paramount,  the project moved to 20th Century Fox.'),
('164504',' In the early 1980s, 20th Century Fox (which has the film rights),  wanted to remake this movie. However the project was turned down and  as of 2007, it remains in development hell.'),
('164505',' George Cukor (qv) was the original choice to direct the film. He  turned down the project and eventually Billy Wilder (qv), whose  contract with Paramount ended in 1954 (his last film with that  studio was _Sabrina (1954)_ (qv)), took it.'),
('164506',' An important promotional campaign was released for this mainstream  motion picture, including a 52 feet high cut'),
('164507','out of  Marilyn Monroe (qv) (from the blowing dress scene) erected in  front of Loews State Theater, in New York Citys Times Square.'),
('164508',' Final film of Donald MacBride (qv).'),
('164509',' Final film of Victor Moore (I) (qv).'),
('164510',' The movie premiere was on June 1st, 1955 which happened to be  Marilyn Monroe (qv)s 29th birthday.'),
('164511',' The movies poster was as #22 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by  Premiere.'),
('164512',' Annaud sent a team to Tibet to secretly film footage. About 20  minutes of it made it into the finished film. This was kept secret  even after the films premiere and not known until summer 1999.'),
('164513',' As a result of his role in this film, Pitt, Brad (qv) was banned  from China.'),
('164514',' Jetsun Pema (qv) is the real life sister of the Dalai Lama (qv).  In this film she plays the mother of the Dalai Lama (qv) and hence  her own mother.'),
('164515',' Because of his role in the movie, David Thewlis (qv) is banned  from ever entering China.'),
('164516',' In the scene where Heinrich confronts Ngawang, the director did not  tell B.D. Wong the script called for Brad Pitt to throw him into the  dirt; Wongs reaction is completely authentic.'),
('164517',' This film was the first ABC'),
('164518','TV "Movie of the Week" to be broadcast.'),
('164519',' This was the first TV'),
('164520','movie for both Milton Berle (qv) and  Paramount Television.'),
('164521',' While the book showed Dr. Sigmund Freud with a daughter, the child  he had in real life, the movie showed him with a make'),
('164522','believe son  because Dr. Anna Freud threatened a lawsuit if she was included.  Since her father was dead she had no control over how he was  portrayed.'),
('164523',' Bernard Herrmann (qv) was to do the score, but had to bow out  because of illness.'),
('164524',' The title of the movie refers to the drug Sherlock Holmes is  abusing. He injects himself with a solution of 7% cocaine and 93%  saline solution.'),
('164525',' The vehicle that Roy Scheider (qv) is seen driving is a 1973  Pontiac Ventura Sprint coupe.'),
('164526',' An ancillary branch of the police department, the Seven'),
('164527','Ups were so  named because any criminals busted by them were guaranteed to spend  at least seven years in the slammer'),
('164528',' Johnny Mandel (qv) composed a score that was rejected. It was  issued, along with Don Ellis (I) (qv) replacement score, by  Intrada Records on July 23, 2007.'),
('164529',' Official Selection:  '),
('164530',' 2004 Beverly Hills Film Festival (Winner Best Editing)  '),
('164531',' 2004 Silver Lake Film Festival  '),
('164532',' 2004 Temecula Valley Film Festival  '),
('164533',' 2004 International Film Festival of Uruguay  '),
('164534',' 2004 NewFest New York Film Festival  '),
('164535',' 2004 WorldFest Houston (Winner Silver Remy Award)'),
('164536',' After he viewed this film, Joseph Breen (IV) (qv) declared that it  was, without question, the most "thoroughly vile and discusting"  movie he had ever seen.'),
('164537',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('164538',' Publicity stills (though not indicated as such) appear in the books  "Hollywood Babylon" and "Hollywood Babylon II" by Kenneth Anger.'),
('164539',' Dog talent supplied by Dawn Animal Agency, New York, New York.'),
('164540',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1995.'),
('164541',' Received the most nominations of any film at the first Academy  Awards ceremony, with five.'),
('164542',' George E. Stone (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('164543',' Ellen DeGeneres (qv) filmed a small role, but it was cut from the  film before release. The cut scene was shown on The Ellen DeGeneres  Show on May 23, 2007. Had it not been cut, it would be Ellen  DeGeneres first film role.'),
('164544',' This 7th & final installment in the silent "Seven Deadly Sins"  series was called "The Seventh Sin" because "Gluttony" was too  offensive to be the title, and the producers couldnt come up with  an adequate synonym.'),
('164545',' Came 10th in the UKs Ultimate Film, in which films were placed in  order of how many seats they sold at cinemas'),
('164546',' The original story for the film (outlined by DeWitt Bodeen (qv))  was to be about an orphaned heroine caught in a web of murder  against a background of the Signal Hills oil wells. If she didnt  find out the killers identity in time, she would become his seventh  victim. Producer Val Lewton (qv) wanted the story to go in a  different direction and called in a second writer to help reshape  it.'),
('164547',' This is the first Portuguese film with sound.'),
('164548',' Debuted in Denver on 3 May 2004 at the Starz Entertainment Movie  Complex at Denvers Tivoli Center, chosen to be one of the films  shown that evening as a part of the Denver Film Societys on'),
('164549','going  "Colorado Filmmakers Series."'),
('164550',' The CRM'),
('164551','114 Platoon Buster land mine is a reference to the CRM'),
('164552','114  radio in  _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv).'),
('164553',' SPOILER: When Maggie enters the base camp at the end of the film,  you can see the word "Szeveranz" painted, but very faded, in big  letters on the side of a building, in reference to the films title.'),
('164554',' A second reference to Stanley Kubricks "Dr. Strangelove" is ending  song, "Well Meet Again," played at the end of both films. The  version played in "Severance" is a hard rock version, however.'),
('164555',' Danny Dyers character is fed grapes by a bevy of robed girls in a  similar scene to one in Kubricks A Clockwork Orange.'),
('164556',' The swimming pool full of fallen leafs that Gordon "falls in" is  actually a few inches deep fountain with a diving'),
('164557','board installed on  the side.'),
('164558',' An homage/parody of 80s slasher movies, particularly  _Slumber Party Massacre, The (1982)_ (qv).'),
('164559',' The photo shoots for Madonna (I) (qv)s book "Sex" were also  filmed on Super 8 by fashion photographer Fabian Baron. Many of the  photos in the book were film frames taken from this footage. Madonna  and Baron compiled an hour of the footage for this film. It  premiered during the release party for the book. Madonna also had  100 copies of the film made to give to her closest friends. She and  Baron also used some of the footage for the video for her song  "Erotica". Reportedly, Warner Brothers considered releasing this  film along with the book but the idea was scrapped. At some point in  the mid'),
('164560','1990s this film leaked out and has been sold as a bootleg.'),
('164561',' No words are spoken in the film.'),
('164562',' Before it could be released on DVD, the film had to be reedited into  a different version because the original used unlicensed copyrighted  music.'),
('164563',' Director, Shelly Levenson, produced and sang title song for the  film.'),
('164564',' The robot that appears in this movie is an actual robot. Elektro was  constructed by Westinghouse and 8 copies were built between 1937 and  1938. Only one copy exists today.'),
('164565',' Elektro was constructed by the Westinghouse Appliance Division of  Mansfield Ohio and only 1 copy was made. The construction of Elektro  began in 1937 and was put on public display in early 1939 just  before being sent to the New York Worlds Fair of 1939. He was  modified for the movie sex kittens, filling in the circle and  putting in the square on his chest for the speaker. I am the  Director of the Mansfield Memorial Museum and I have the only and  original Elektro in the museum.'),
('164566',' Benchley first performed this routine in 1922.'),
('164567',' Producer and director of this film, Ivan Abramson (qv), went to  court after the film was banned. To settle the case, the had to  change the films lurid title and publicity material.'),
('164568',' The video was filmed on location at The Zone, an infamous men'),
('164569','only  sex club in Hollywood, in early August, 2003. The black leather  "f*ck bed" featured in the video was donated to the Zone and is  available for use by their patrons.'),
('164570',' This was the first TV'),
('164571','movie produced by Columbia Pictures  Television.'),
('164572',' Anamaria Varince had never acted in front of cameras before her role  as Elena.'),
('164573',' Charles Grodin (I) (qv)s first credited move role.'),
('164574',' Otto Kruger (qv)s last movie.'),
('164575',' This short documentary can be found on the BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE  DOLLS SPECIAL EDITION DVD.'),
('164576',' The role of Ann was originally written for  McGovern, Elizabeth (qv).'),
('164577',' In one scene, we watch a videotaped confession by one of James  Spaders characters past lovers. The director gave the script and a  video camera to actress Jennifer Jason Leigh in order for her to  tape the speech at home with the help of her boyfriend, but they  never got around to it and, once filming began, a crewmember was  used in the brief role.'),
('164578',' David Duchovny (qv) and David Hyde Pierce (qv) both auditioned  for the parts of Graham and John.'),
('164579',' On the first day of production, the producers sent a telegram to  Steven Soderbergh (qv); they teased him good'),
('164580','naturedly, telling  him theyd heard reports he "couldnt direct traffic". Twelve years  later, Soderbergh won the Oscar... for directing  _Traffic (2000)_ (qv).'),
('164581',' The script was written in about two weeks.'),
('164582',' Steven Soderbergh gave the producers a list of possible titles for  the film, including 46:02, Retinal Retention, Charged Coupling  Device, Mode: Visual, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and Hidden Agendas.  Soderberg was heavily in favor of 46:02 (the supposed running time  of the tape Ann makes for Graham; the running time appears in the  script but not in the final film), but the producers chose Sex,  Lies, and Videotape immediately.'),
('164583',' This movie was shot over an extended period between 1990 to 1993,  but for different reasons delayed over and over again in post  production.'),
('164584',' In 1992 Brandon Lee (I) (qv) came to Sweden to promote  _Rapid Fire (1992)_ (qv). His host, director  Richard Holm (I) (qv), asked Lee to make a cameo appearance in  this film, and he gladly agreed. Released in 2000, seven years after  Lees death, this movie was dedicated to him, in the last line in  the end credits.'),
('164585',' The idea for the film came when director Richard Holm (I) (qv),  who then worked with marketing at SF (Swedish Filmindustry),  received a Robocop'),
('164586','suit as promotion for _Robocop 2 (1990)_ (qv). He  had just finished  _Resurrection of Michael Myers Part 2, The (1989) (V)_ (qv) and  thought, "We gotta use this in some film." Ten years later, the film  was finished.'),
('164587',' For the British release, a poster was designed featuring  Suzy Mandel (qv) posing in a baby'),
('164588','doll nightie, despite the fact  that she does not appear anywhere in the film.'),
('164589',' This movie is often confused with Jesus Franco (qv)s similar  movie from the same year, _Mondo cannibale (1980)_ (qv).'),
('164590',' The film was briefly available in the UK as a pre'),
('164591','cert (and now very  rare) video before being banned and placed on the DPP list of  official video nasties.'),
('164592',' Stayed on movie theaters for 27 consecutive weeks.'),
('164593',' It was the highest'),
('164594','grossing Mexican film of all time (at the Mexican  box office), until it was surpassed by  _El Crimen del padre Amaro (2002)_ (qv)'),
('164595',' Several actors credited as appearing in this film by the American  Film Institute are not listed on the films screen credits (Yvonne  Curtis, Dixie Lester, Cary Marshall, Henry Grant, Jennifer Joyce);  meanwhile, other actors who do have screen credit are not mentioned  by AFI at all. Seems possible that AFI is incorrect.'),
('164596',' After the film was heavily cut by the British censor, Director  Derek Robbins (II) (qv) removed his name, replacing it with the  pseudonym Sam Spade.'),
('164597',' This was Mae West (qv)s final film. George Raft (qv) also  appeared with her in her first film _Night After Night (1932)_ (qv).'),
('164598',' The final film of Walter Pidgeon (qv).'),
('164599',' One of the original ten "One Day Wonders".'),
('164600',' The films "Gala New York Premiere" was advertised at the Capri  Cinema, 6 September, 1973, as per the Village Voice.'),
('164601',' Originally entitled "Flanagans Last Resort".'),
('164602',' At a construction site a billboard credits Schnitzler & Sons. A sly  reference to the inspiration for the story: the play LA RONDE by  Arthur Schnitzler.'),
('164603',' In the bachelor party scene, producer Ken Aguado can be seen  lighting and smoking a cigar.'),
('164604',' Much of the film was shot at the now demolished Ambassador Hotel in  Los Angeles.'),
('164605',' In its Philippines release, this film was billed as directed by  Zalman King (qv).'),
('164606',' Released in Japan only.'),
('164607',' Kingsley, Ben (qv) claims the character of Don Logan is largely  based on his grandmother.'),
('164608',' Anthony Hopkins (qv) was considered for the role of Don Logan.'),
('164609',' Final screen appearance of Cavan Kendall (qv), who died shortly  after filming wrapped.'),
('164610',' The boulder was made of fiberglass. A large net was kept open on the  ledge of the pool so that if the boulder went over the pool, it  would not continue down the hill into the village below. Additional  shots involving the boulder were created digitally.'),
('164611',' The first scene that Ben Kingsly shot was the airport interrogation.'),
('164612',' The conversation in the kitchen between Gal and Don originally took  place in the living room, but the director decided that a more  domestic and less formal setting would be more effective. Also, the  shot where Don kicks the cabinet doors was done in only one take;  the director decided that coverage wasnt necessary.'),
('164613',' The safe room airlock set (with the large sofa) was built in a tin  shack.'),
('164614',' Ray Winstone (qv), who plays Gal, was also given the option of  playing Don.'),
('164615',' Among the photos in Gals bedroom is the publicity photo of Ray  Winstone from the early nineties. Its best seen in the scene of  DeeDee laying in bed as Don criticizes her in front of Gal.'),
('164616',' Shot in 1963, not released in the US until 1967.'),
('164617',' This project was in pre'),
('164618','production under writer'),
('164619','director Eduardo  Mignogna when he died suddenly 6 October 2006.'),
('164620',' Writer'),
('164621','director Eduardo Mignogna passed away while he was planning  to start production on this film with Ricardo Darín starring. To  honor his memory, Darín took over the project and is making his  directorial debut with it.'),
('164622',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('164623',' The subject of one of Paramounts most unusual advertising  campaigns, this film was promoted in New York with a big question  mark without mentioning the title or actors. The ads promised "Your  money back if you don"t enjoy this movie!" It didnt help; it was a  box'),
('164624','office dud.'),
('164625',' The "super control fire elevator" board is actually a 2400 baud  internal modem without the mounting brace.'),
('164626',' Bilkos group (Company A) switches the sign on their barracks with  the sign on Company Bs barracks. One of the names on Company Bs  sign is Cpt. Hiken. Nat Hiken (qv) was the creator of the original  _"Phil Silvers Show, The" (1955)_ (qv), on which this movie is  based.'),
('164627',' Silvers, Cathy (qv), who plays Lt. Monday, is the daughter of  Silvers, Phil (qv), who was the original Sgt. Bilko on TV.'),
('164628',' After Michael Keaton turned the lead down, Robin Williams and Billy  Crystal both expressed interest in playing it.'),
('164629',' The footage of the car crashing and flipping over has become a Troma  trademark and in'),
('164630','joke. It was used again in  _Tromeo and Juliet (1996)_ (qv) and then as another inside joke (for  those who spotted it in all three films) in  _Terror Firmer (1999)_ (qv).'),
('164631',' No one was interested in showing the film in the US until around  1996, around when _Tromeo and Juliet (1996)_ (qv) was released. This  caused confusion as to which movie borrowed the car crash.'),
('164632',' The film was spun'),
('164633','off from the character Kabuki'),
('164634','Boy in  _Toxic Avenger, Part II, The (1989)_ (qv). Lloyd Kaufman (qv)  jokingly mentioned he was making a movie about the character and  Japanese investors became interested.'),
('164635',' When Harry Griswald is being yelled at by his Police Chief for  wearing a Clown Costume, you can see a poster on the Chiefs table  saying "WANTED" in huge letters and showing a picture of the  directors, Lloyd Kaufman (qv) and Michael Herz (qv).'),
('164636',' Andrew Osborne (I) (qv), one of the screenwriters, named the hero  Harry Griswold, after the head janitor at his high school.'),
('164637',' The main reasons for George Burns (qv) doing narration instead of  letting the actors do the dialogue was mainly because of the English  accents of Peter Frampton (I) (qv) and The Bee Gees (qv) (who  were supposed to be playing Americans) as well as the fact that  Frampton and The Bee Gees had limited acting experience.'),
('164638',' Paul McCartney (qv) and George Harrison (I) (qv) make a brief  uncredited cameo appearance at the end of the movie during the group  finale of the main song (Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band).'),
('164639',' Billy Preston (qv), who sings the song "Get Back", played the  piano on original version with The Beatles (qv).'),
('164640',' Feature film debut of Steve Martin (I) (qv).'),
('164641',' The last cinema film Of Frankie Howard.'),
('164642',' Keith Carradine was going to be in this project but dropped out.'),
('164643',' The original play opened in New York on 21 February 1928.'),
('164644',' The sounds of the trumpet player and the laughing woman who keep the  man awake through the night are taken directly from the novelty OKeh  Laughing Record, which was released in 1923.'),
('164645',' The movie raised many eyebrows when a mammoth set was erected at  Filmcity in Goregaon. A glass and mirror set, the set cost as much  as Rs. 8 lakhs which was mammoth in the context of that era.'),
('164646',' The role of Abdul was first offered to Sanjeev Kumar (qv), who  turned it down.'),
('164647',' The role of Renu was originally intended for Hema Malini, who turned  it down'),
('164648',' An effort from the people of the state of Madhya Pradesh '),
('164649',' handling  all aspects of the movie.'),
('164650',' This film is unfinished.'),
('164651',' Esha Deol (qv), Sushmita Sen (qv), and Shamita Shetty (qv)  were all considered for the main role after Kareena Kapoor (qv)  opted out. Akshay Kumar (qv) was approached for  Sanjay Dutt (qv)s role.'),
('164652',' Before Sanjay Dutt (qv) was cast, Sharukh Khan (qv),  Salman Khan (qv) and Akhsay Kumar (qv) were all considered but  were all committed to other projects.'),
('164653',' Filmed in 40 days.'),
('164654',' Title was supposed to be "Shack Up on 101", but star  Moore, Terry (I) (qv) objected on the grounds that it was too  suggestive.'),
('164655',' Seventh of twelve episodes in the Franklyn Farnum 2'),
('164656','reel Western  series produced by Canyon Pictures Corporation.'),
('164657',' The port of Hafnarfjör<eth>ur in Iceland doubled for the port of  Buenos Aires. The Icelandic scenery was later replaced digitally  with an Argentinean one.'),
('164658',' The scene in which Shakleton threatens to throw his gloves overboard  if the crewman doesnt take them is based on a true incident. In  actuality it was Frank Hurley who wouldnt take them.'),
('164659',' Charlie Miller, Max Malini, Dai Vernon/"The Professor", Larry  Jennings, Nate Leipzig and Jacob Daley are all famous  sleight'),
('164660','of'),
('164661','hand magicians. In fact, nearly every major male  character in the film is named for a sleight'),
('164662','of'),
('164663','hand magician.'),
('164664',' The hands seen performing card tricks in the beginning of the film  belong to writer/director Damian Nieman (qv), R. Paul Wilson,  Jason England, and Earl Nelson, all card magicians. Nieman also had  Earl Nelson and R. Paul Wilson teach Sylvester Stallone (qv) and  Stuart Townsend (qv) how to perform their card tricks for the  film.'),
('164665',' Bo Hopkins (qv) character is named John Scarne. John Scarne was  also a famous sleight of hand artist during the mid'),
('164666','20th Century. He  was best known for exposing crooked gambling to the public. In  _Sting, The (1973)_ (qv) he doubles for Paul Newman (I) (qv)s  hands.'),
('164667',' In the beginning of the movie, you see a lot of card cheating  devices that have been used throughout the 19th and 20th Century.  Among them is the Kepplinger holdout device which was the most  popular card cheating device used.'),
('164668',' Throughout the movie you see Sylvester Stallone (qv)s character  putting oil on his hands from time to time. This is done by many  card magicians (not just cardsharps) to keep the hands soft so that  you can manipulate the cards easier.'),
('164669',' All of the playing cards used are manufactured by the United States  Playing Card Company. The brands shown are Aristocrat (very hard to  come by), Bee, Bicycle, and Tally'),
('164670','Ho (which is primarily available  in the New York City/Long Island area).'),
('164671',' The book shown throughout the movie, "The Expert at the Card Table"  by S.W. Erdnase, is known as the "Cardmans Bible". Originally  published in 1902 for cheating purposes, it is still considered the  best book on card manipulation.'),
('164672',' While all of the card tricks shown are real, not all of the  techniques are described and take a while to master, but all of the  actors did their own card manipulations for this movie.'),
('164673',' Although Christopher Young (I) (qv) is credited with the music in  most of the films posters, most of his music was dropped after the  film failed to acquire distribution theatrical rights and was  reedited after failed test screenings in hopes that it would give  the film a new look and feel.'),
('164674',' Final Film of Charles Rocket.'),
('164675',' The "gang", Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon only drinks "Jack Daniels"  through the whole film'),
('164676',' Director Erik Van Looy is an avid RAFC supporter (a club in Belgian  second division) and he likes to mention this in interviews and put  tiny references in his movies (in "De Zaak Alzheimer" for example he  made Gene Bervoets whistle the club anthem). In Shades you hear an  announcement over the car radio saying the first (new) derby between  RAFC and rival club Germinal Beerschot ended 3'),
('164677','0. Wishful thinking  on the part of Van Looy as it turned out, because the game (played  in 2000) ended 1'),
('164678','2.'),
('164679',' The film was shot in three days, exclusively for the MTV Best Film  on Campus competition.'),
('164680',' This picture was originally titled "Two Shades of Black" and meant  to be the directors first film but was shelved for a simpler  concept. Then, when it was put into development and first financed,  differences in opinion between the director and the original  producer resulted in five script rewrites numerous cast changes and  an alternate title.'),
('164681',' This 57 minute film was done with a crew of only 4 individuals  (Bryan Dobrik, Luis Davila, Jeffrey Dobrik and Logan McNiece).'),
('164682',' In 1995 during his speaking tour for "Downsize This"  Michael Moore (II) (qv) gave funds to the film after hearing only  a 30'),
('164683','secind pitch from director Tim DePaepe (qv).'),
('164684',' The gallery receptionist, Athena, recommends a "Shades of Love"  paperback to Anne.'),
('164685',' The painting which Anne identifies at her interview is a genuine  work by artist Franklin Arbuckle.'),
('164686',' The warp drive sound effect is used in the end of the special is  taken from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987).'),
('164687',' Made as part of Project Norma, a Belfast screenwriters initiative  requiring the film to be written to a randomly selected brief of  story model, genre, and location. Here the brief was: Cinderella,  Drama, and school/university.'),
('164688',' Original Broadway production by Lester Osterman, Ken Marsolais,  Allan Francis and Leonard Soloway in association with The Mark Taper  Forum/Long Wharf Theatre.'),
('164689',' Although the movie is entirely fictitious, the fight is an actual  Belgian amateur welterweight championship.'),
('164690',' The credits show the film as "introducing" Kevin Zegers (qv), but,  counting both theatrical and TV movies, this is his eleventh feature  role.'),
('164691',' When the US Secret Service wouldnt allow the filmmakers to land  their UH'),
('164692','1 Huey they were using on the South Lawn, they used stock  footage of the Presidents helicopter, Marine One, landing instead.'),
('164693',' This game actually takes place twenty years after the original  _Shinobi (1987) (VG)_ (qv). The main character is not actually Joe  Musashi, but his raised'),
('164694','in'),
('164695','America son named Hayate.'),
('164696',' Originally written as a sketch for Julia Sweeney (qv) and  Sharon Stone (qv) on _"NBCs Saturday Night" (1975)_ (qv)'),
('164697',' The film was cast, rehearsed, shot, edited and screened all in one  week as part of Seattle International Film Festivals "Fly Film"  program.'),
('164698',' The film was once intended as a "prequel" to the Jet Li (qv) film  _Hak hap (1996)_ (qv), aka Black Mask.'),
('164699',' Sam Elliott (qv), Tom Selleck (qv), and Jeff Osterhage (qv)  wanted to do another western together after they did  _Sacketts, The (1979) (TV)_ (qv). They contacted "Sacketts" writer  Louis LAmour (qv) and asked him to write a story idea for them.  This project was the result.'),
('164700',' Dominique Dunne (qv)s final film.'),
('164701',' In level 1 ("Seppuku Station") is a TV playing footage of Michael  Fayes Singapore caning incident. After you get the gold key located  on the crates, youll notice a window of a room above which houses  an Uzi. If you stand along the ledge with this room to your left,  you can make out another window dead ahead. Make a running jump  towards that window and youll land on the ledge of that window.  Inside, youll see the video along with some weapons and a medkit.'),
('164702',' In level 4 ("Dark Woods of the Serpent"), once inside Ripper Valley,  go downstream from the waterfall. You can dive under where the river  runs under the rock ledge. When you emerge from the water the game  will say that you found a secret area, but there is more in this  area you should investigate. Head south and jump on the short wall  and youll see an "unordinary" rabbit, a chalice and a knights  helmet. This is a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. If  you blow up the wall beyond the chalice, youll be rewarded with two  fortune cookies and some missiles as well.'),
('164703',' In level 4 ("Dark Woods of the Serpent"), near the end of the level  you will see a flying carpet, jump to it. It will start flying down  a lava pit. You will see two caverns to your right with a ninja  firing at you. Kill him and jump to the caverns. Behind the caverns  you will find a corridor with some explosive barrels. Shoot them  (from a safe distance). You will now see, through a break in the  wall, a hidden room with someone at the opposite end. Get closer and  you will see that its Lara Croft (from "Tomb Raider") imprisoned.'),
('164704',' In level 20 ("Stone Rain"), the last level of the game, just as you  enter the grated area towards Zillas lair, you can see a nuclear  missile under the grates. Push on the wall the the left side and it  will open up and you can reach the nuclear missile. You can also run  to the right and it will lead into a huge area under the volcano  that has lots of items and the dead Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'),
('164705',' Director Sidney Morgan (qv) took his cast to Cairo for location  shooting, all except his daughter Joan Morgan (I) (qv), who played  an Egyptian princess.'),
('164706',' Italian production picked up for US distribution by Pathé. Original  Italian title is unknown.'),
('164707',' Included on the newly re'),
('164708','mastered DVD edition of G.W. Pabsts  Pandoras Box released by Criterion in 2006.'),
('164709',' DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)): on the train to Santa Rosa  playing cards. He has the entire suit of spades in his hand,  including the symbolic ace.'),
('164710',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) often said that this was his favorite  film.'),
('164711',' DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)):[bathroom] "BM" is engraved on  a ring.'),
('164712',' Patricia Collinge (qv), who plays Emma Newton in the film, wrote  the garage scene between Charlie (Teresa Wright (qv)) and Jack  (Macdonald Carey (qv)).'),
('164713',' Wonacott, Edna May (qv), who plays young Ann Newton, and  Jewell, Estelle (qv), who plays Charlies friend, Catherine, were  both locals of Santa Rosa, where the film was shot on location. Many  of the films extras were also locals of the town, which was too far  away from Hollywood to be affected by Actors Guild guidelines  demanding the use of professional actors.'),
('164714',' "Shadow of a Doubt" was the script title but was listed as only a  "temporary title" until a better title could be found.'),
('164715',' The name of the waltz that is referred to throughout the film is  "The Merry Widow Waltz".'),
('164716',' The portrait that hangs on the wall of Charleys room to the right  of her door is one drawn by Willy Pogany (qv) of actress  Mary Philbin (qv), who was a leading lady at Universal just 20  years before.'),
('164717',' The name "Charlie" is spoken approximately 170 times.'),
('164718',' Hume Cronyn (qv)s first acting role.'),
('164719',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) had wanted Joan Fontaine (qv) for the  role of Young Charlie, but she was unavailable.'),
('164720',' In 1959 interview, Teresa Wright said that this was her favorite  film.'),
('164721',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('164722',' 1. The Carnival Mystery  '),
('164723',' 2. Pinholes  '),
('164724',' 3. The Eagle Strikes  '),
('164725',' 4. The Man of a Million Voices  '),
('164726',' 5. The Telephone Cipher  '),
('164727',' 6. Code of the Carnival  '),
('164728',' 7. Eagle or Vulture?  '),
('164729',' 8. On the Spot  '),
('164730',' 9. When Thieves Fall Out  '),
('164731',' 10.The Man Who Knew  '),
('164732',' 11.The Eagles Wings  '),
('164733',' 12.The Shadow Unmasked'),
('164734',' THis film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.'),
('164735',' Debut of Sid Melton (qv).'),
('164736',' Debut of Barry Nelson (I) (qv).'),
('164737',' The locomotive that conveys the film crew to Czechoslovakia is named  "Charon". In Greek myth, Charon was the ferryman who conveyed the  souls of the dead across the river Styx.'),
('164738',' The part of Max Schreck was written specifically for  Willem Dafoe (qv)'),
('164739',' Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) recites Tennysons poem Tithonus at one  point: The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, the vapors weep  their burthen to the ground... This is apropos, because the poem is  about a character from Greek mythology who was immortal even though  he continued to age. Just like Schreck, this made him a tragic  figure.'),
('164740',' Elwes, Cary (qv) has now starred in two film interpretations  concerning Dracula, the other being _Dracula (1992)_ (qv)'),
('164741',' The music played on the phonograph to set the mood for the actors in  some of the scenes is the soundtrack of _Dracula (1979)_ (qv)  written by John Williams (I) (qv).'),
('164742',' Udo Kier (qv), who appears as Albin Grau, played the Count himself  in _Blood for Dracula (1974)_ (qv) and Vampire Elder Dragonetti in  _Blade (1998)_ (qv)'),
('164743',' Based in part upon a legend that Max Schreck (qv) was in reality a  vampire which is why he played the role of Orlock/Dracula so well.  Some variations of the legend suggest that Nosferatu was the only  film Schreck made, though in reality he was already a stage and  screen veteran by the time Nosferatu was shot, and would appear in  many non'),
('164744','Vampiric roles before his death in 1936.'),
('164745',' Willem Dafoe (qv) was hired as The Green Goblin in  _Spider'),
('164746','Man (2002)_ (qv) after the producers watched his performance  in this film.'),
('164747',' As the camera tracks with protagonist, a bookstore in the background  displays copies of only one book: "My Struggle" by "The Leader",  which is English for "Mein Kampf" by "Der Fuehrer"  (Hitler, Adolf (qv)).'),
('164748',' Often in later stages youll here a GUN Soldier saying, "Mr. Yuji  Naka is alright." Yuji Naka (qv) is the creator and producer of  the Sonic games.'),
('164749',' Depending on how you play the game (what people you fight and help)  their will always be a different ending with Shadow saying a phrase,  followed by "This is WHO I AM".'),
('164750',' Due to the mildly violent nature of the game, the ESRB rating was,  for a time, in question. The official ESRB website originally had  the game rated as T, along with GameSpot, but the official site  listed E'),
('164751','10+. The T rating was seemingly further evidenced, however,  by the fact that, at trade shows where Sega showed off the game,  they asked only those 13 and older to play the title. Early builds  of the game even had mild swearing in them, and the game does  include two mildly offensive words (damn and hell). For the English  Version of the game, Sega took out the humans blood, changed the  color of alien blood from red to green, edited the word piss and  put tick instead (Sonic says this), and censored the scene when a  GUN soldier shoots Maria, cutting out as Maria is shot and falls to  the ground. Regardless, the ESRB website later updated the rating to  E'),
('164752','10+, thus making it unanimous.'),
('164753',' This is the first movie in which Margarita Carmen Cansino was billed  as Rita Hayworth (qv).'),
('164754',' When Lamont and Margo are kissing at the end of the film, a truck  can be seen in the background bearing the last name of director  Mulcahy, Russell (qv).'),
('164755',' The Shadow (originally played by James LaCurto, and then famously by  Frank Readick Jr.) made his debut on radio in 1931, as the  third'),
('164756','person narrator of mystery stories on "Street & Smiths  Detective Story Hour." When fans of the show wrote in asking for  adventures starring The Shadow himself, Street & Smith hired  Walter Gibson (qv), a magician and former ghost writer for  Harry Houdini (qv), to write a monthly series of pulp mystery  novels. "The Shadow Magazine" ran until 1949, and was the most  successful pulp series ever. Beginning in 1937, The Shadow starred  in his own radio show, originally featuring Orson Welles (qv) as  Lamont Cranston and Agnes Moorhead (qv) as Margo Lane. Other  actors later played The Shadow on the radio show, which ran until  1955.'),
('164757',' The scene in which The Shadow rescues Dr. Roy Tam on the bridge is  taken from the opening of "The Living Shadow," the very first  "Shadow" novel, in which The Shadow saves a man from suicide on the  Brooklyn Bridge.'),
('164758',' The silver coffin of Temujin is from "The Masters of Death", the  fourth Shadow pulp story to deal with Shiwan Khan, while the  cigarette billboard that broadcasts Khans commands comes from "The  Golden Master".'),
('164759',' When Commissioner Wainwright Barth arrives at the museum, he is told  that "Inspector Cardona" is in charge of the investigation of the  guards death. In the pulps, Inspector Joe Cardona (the forerunner  of Batmans Commissioner Gordon) was The Shadows main ally on the  New York police force.'),
('164760',' The empty office with "B. Jonas" on the door (supposedly located in  a building somewhere on 23rd. Street in Manhattan) was the main  dropbox for reports from The Shadows agents in the pulps. These  reports were collected by Burbank, The Shadows contact man, who  passed messages back and forth between The Shadow and his agents.'),
('164761',' The movie Shadow character is a combination of the radio show and  the pulp magazine versions. The elements from the radio show are his  ability to be become invisible, the appearance of Margo Lane and the  establishment of Lamont Cranston as the Shadows actual civilian  identity. The pulp magazine elements include his costume, his  network of agents at his disposal and his twin automatic pistols.'),
('164762',' When Shiwan Khan and Lamont Cranston first meet, their dialogue  about where Cranston purchased his tie is a spoof on product  placement during the radio airing of "The Shadow".'),
('164763',' Sam Raimi (qv) originally wanted to adapt and direct this film,  but was denied the rights to it.'),
('164764',' The line "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit" is taken directly  from the conclusion of episodes of the radio show. At the end of  every episode, after the announcer has given the credits, The Shadow  would say "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay!  The Shadow knows," and then laughs'),
('164765',' Back in the day, it was rumored that the Shadows girlfriend, Margot  Lane, was the sister of Supermans girlfriend, Lois Lane.'),
('164766',' During a discussion about the power source of the Atomic Bomb, or  Implosion/Explosion device, beryllium spheres are mentioned as a  trigger power source. Beryllium spheres are also the power source  for the NSEA Protector in the movie Galaxy Quest.'),
('164767',' When Cranston appears in the window of the water tank, his lips  read, "Open the door!"'),
('164768',' WILHELM SCREAM: Several times during the prison riot scene in the  beginning as the guards are shooting the prisoners.'),
('164769',' Matthew McGrory (qv)s final film.'),
('164770',' Ryan Phillippe (qv) was originally cast in the role of Mickey, but  had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.'),
('164771',' Anjelica Huston (qv) was considered for the role of Rose.'),
('164772',' LL Cool J (qv) and Mos Def (qv) were considered for the role of  Mickey.'),
('164773',' Wes Bentley (qv) was scheduled to star as Clayton, but dropped  out.'),
('164774',' Cuba Gooding Jr (qv)s character has 37 lines in the entire film.'),
('164775',' The character of Hudson is named after Bill Paxton (qv)s  character in Aliens (1986) (qv), a favorite of cowriter'),
('164776','director  John Johnson.'),
('164777',' John Johnson hides a ketchup bottle in the background of all of his  films.'),
('164778',' Filmed at an abandoned Richmond, Virginia hospital where episodes of  _"Line of Fire" (2003)_ (qv) were being filmed simultaneously. In  the opening exterior scene, the hum of one of the TV shows crew  trailers can be heard in the background.'),
('164779',' Stuntman Park, Daniel (II) (qv) broke his right pinky finger  during the final fight scene.'),
('164780',' The "Bird and Baby" pub was actually "The Eagle and Child" pub,  where Lewis, C.S. (qv) was a regular.'),
('164781',' Nigel Hawthorne (qv), who played the role on stage, was replaced  in this film version by Anthony Hopkins (qv) because Hawthorne was  still almost unknown internationally.'),
('164782',' Robert Flemyng (qv)s last film role'),
('164783',' The last film of Michael Denison.'),
('164784',' The last feature film of Norman Bird.'),
('164785',' The last feature film of Gerald Sim.'),
('164786',' Michael Denison (I) (qv) replaced Peter Barkworth (qv).'),
('164787',' Richard Attenborough (qv) replaced Sydney Pollack (qv) as  director. When he came on board, he had Anthony Hopkins and Debra  Winger in mind to play the lead roles.'),
('164788',' Barbra Streisand (qv) was asked to direct and star, but declined  to pursue The Normal Heart (which never got made).'),
('164789',' Graham Sinclair (uncredited) is the voice of the taxi driver in the  country.'),
('164790',' Lewis book, "Letters to an American Woman" is thought to be about  his correspondence with Joy before they met face to face.'),
('164791',' The event date given in the opening cinematic (January 31) is the  birth'),
('164792','date of the producer/designer Tony Van.'),
('164793',' Sega sub'),
('164794','licensed the Shadowrun IP from Data East. Due to a number  of factors, the Genesis version was completely different from Data  Easts SNES version.'),
('164795',' On "Extraction" missions, in which you must help a person escape  from a company they no longer wish to work for, sometimes the name  of the person you must extract is Alan Turing. Turing was a  legendary real'),
('164796','world pioneer in the field of computer science around  the time of World War II. In more recent times, he was notably  fictionalized in Neal Stephensons novel Cryptonomicon.'),
('164797',' King Baggott played six roles in one scene, requiring a sextuple  exposure.'),
('164798',' Farrar, Geraldine (qv)s Pekingese dog, Sniffles Tellegen, also  appeared in the film.'),
('164799',' John Cassavetes (qv) screened the movie in 1957 and 1958, but  because of poor response he went back and re'),
('164800','shot about half of the  film in 1959. The first version of the film was believed to be lost  for almost 50 years. In the mid'),
('164801','1980s Prof. Ray Carney (qv) began  his search for the film after talking to Cassavetes about the first  version. Carney searched almost everywhere but was led to dead ends  for 20 years. Finally, in 2002, he was contacted by a woman who said  her father, a junk dealer, had a cardboard box with a film called  "Shadows". It turned out to be the first version and not the second  one. The print was in pristine condition.'),
('164802',' John Cassavetes (qv) directorial debut'),
('164803',' Iconoclastic radio personality Jean Shepherd (I) (qv) helped  John Cassavetes (qv) raise money to make the movie by having  Cassavetes on his show as one of his rare guests in February 1957.  Shepherd loaned Cassavetes his assistant Ellen Paulos to help with  the film. The thankful Cassavetes expressed his thanks in the  opening credits of the movie. A title reads: "Presented by Jean  Shepherds Night People." (The Night People were members of what the  New York Times in the late 1950s called the "cult" of Shepherd  listeners.) Shepherd also appears in a crowd sequence in the film,  smoking a cigarette. Paulos also appears in the film.'),
('164804',' John Cassavetes (qv) had been the guest on a Manhattan radio show,  promoting _Johnny Staccato (1959)_ (qv). Somehow, the conversation  had moved into making a feature film, which Cassavetes encouraged  listeners that if he were to make a feature film, that they should  donate a dollar or two by sending it to the station. A few days  later, a surprised Cassavetes had received a couple of thousand  dollars from listeners sending money to the station, which he put  toward the making of this film.'),
('164805',' Some of Karl Jenkins music for Shadows later became known as  "Diamond Music" and "Shadow Music" because it was used in the famous  De Beers Diamond Shadow Ad campaign.'),
('164806',' The director was planning to use outtakes as part of the credits but  the actors were so proficient and professional that there were too  few mistakes to use.'),
('164807',' The film was shot in 24p HDCAM using the Sony HDW'),
('164808','F900/3 Alta Vista.  The shooting schedule was just 13 days, with 11 days being spent at  an estate in Palm Springs, California.'),
('164809',' Shadows was accepted to the Los Angeles FAIF Film Festival in 2005,  and was voted by audiences as one the of top two "Best In Festival"  films.'),
('164810',' The original trailer scene in the extended version of the short is  ten minutes long and was filmed in one continuous camera move  spanning over 15 perspectives.'),
('164811',' The original short has a title sequence where the waitress walks off  a train after drugging Arlonzo. While filming, the cops were called  by a member of the train staff who did not know the production had  clearance to shoot the train. Despite the papers, the cops kicked  the production off the train and demanded confiscation of the tape  stock. In the passion of the moment the documentary cameraman handed  over one of his b'),
('164812','roll tapes as the footage and the crew left with  the shots they needed for the film.'),
('164813',' The final car shot was obtained by an illegal shut down of a Port  Jervis highway by the crew. This enabled the camera car to follow a  1967 Ford Mustang on the wrong side of the road.'),
('164814',' Based on a one'),
('164815','act comedy play called "Death", published in Woody  Allens "Without Feathers" (1972), the play and movie are themselves  a pastiche of Franz Josef Kafkas work in general, and of his novel  "The Trial" in particular.'),
('164816',' Filmed on a 26,000'),
('164817','square'),
('164818','foot set at Kaufman'),
('164819','Astoria studios, it  holds the distinction of being the biggest set ever built in New  York.'),
('164820',' The large'),
('164821','scale sets were quite expensive, so most of the set was  used again and again, since they could be disguised by the dense fog  of the scenes.'),
('164822',' At $19 million, this was Woody Allens most expensive film to date.'),
('164823',' Although billed on the poster, Fred Gwynne only gets one line.  Similarly, Kate Nelligan '),
('164824',' whose name also appears on the poster '),
('164825','  only appears in long shot in one scene, shouting from an upstairs  window.'),
('164826',' This was Woody Allen (qv)s final film for the now'),
('164827','defunct Orion  Pictures, most of whose founders had been associated with Allens  movies since his United Artists days.'),
('164828',' All the key settings are named after Lovecraftian sources, such as  Cthulhu Gardens and Sarnath Botanics.'),
('164829',' The monster protagonist is played by the writer/director himself,  Wayne Spitzer.'),
('164830',' When "Cutthroat Cthulhu" (Eric Gollinger) dies, we see him laugh  unexpectedly. This was in fact a blooper, but Spitzer, thinking it  added a macabre touch of humorous irony, left it in.'),
('164831',' The film was cast, rehearsed, shot, edited and screened all in one  week as part of Seattle International Film Festivals "Fly Film"  program.'),
('164832',' This film is considered lost.'),
('164833',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('164834','Disc Universal Studios Legacy  Series DVD for _Double Indemnity (1944)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('164835',' Lockwood, Harold (I) (qv) died of influenza before filming was  completed. Some script changes were made and the movie was finished  using a double shot from behind.'),
('164836',' This "Part 6 of 6" making'),
('164837','of is featured on the Two'),
('164838','Disc Special  Edition DVD for _Batman & Robin (1997)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('164839',' This "Part 4 of 6" making'),
('164840','of is featured on the Two'),
('164841','Disc Special  Edition DVD for _Batman Returns (1992)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('164842',' This "Part 5 of 6" making'),
('164843','of is featured on the Two'),
('164844','Disc Special  Edition DVD for _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('164845',' This Part 2 of 6 making'),
('164846','of is featured on the Two'),
('164847','Disc Special  Edition DVD for _Batman (1989)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('164848',' This Part 3 of 6 making'),
('164849','of is featured on the Two'),
('164850','Disc Special  Edition DVD for _Batman (1989)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('164851',' This Part 1 of 6 making'),
('164852','of is featured on the Two'),
('164853','Disc Special  Edition DVD for _Batman (1989)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('164854',' Earlier titles considered for "Shadows of the Heart" included  "Katie", "Kangaroo Island Doctor", "Katherine", "Island of the Moon"  and "Katies Rainbow".'),
('164855',' There was a character in the script whose part was cut entirely. A  little girl in a dress with a bloody teddy bear was originally going  to show up in the dream sequences. However, due to time constraints  during filming, the idea was scrapped and the young actress was  taken home.'),
('164856',' Won an award for Best Psychological Thriller at the Appalachian Film  Festival in Portsmouth, Ohio on July 3rd, 2005.'),
('164857',' Was selected to be featured in the DVD release of Camp Daze before  filming had even begun.'),
('164858',' The clown doll seen in the bedroom was a way of paying homage to the  production company.'),
('164859',' The press book issued on this film by Monogram (for exhibitors use)  mistakenly used the synopsis for 1949s "Crashing Thru".'),
('164860',' The play originally opened in New York on 11 September 1929.'),
('164861',' Harvey Keitel (qv) and Martin Sheen (qv) learned their accents  for this film from James L.W. West (qv), while  Andie MacDowell (qv), who is a native Southerner, developed her  own accent. Keitel spent most of a day talking with West and taping  his speech. Sheen later listened to these tapes.'),
('164862',' This mock'),
('164863','convention was held to celebrate the debut of Eminems  satellite radio channel, Shade 45.'),
('164864',' Ninth episode, second series of The Gumps 2'),
('164865','reels comedy series'),
('164866',' Shaft is seen reading a copy of Essence Magazine in his girlfriends  apartment; director Gordon Parks (qv) is one of the co'),
('164867','founders of  Essence. The magazine is spotted when Shaft is engaging in a  conversation with a blind newsstand vendor during the opening  sequence. Parks has a cameo in the film '),
('164868',' as a landlord when Shaft  is looking for Ben Buford.'),
('164869',' The woman who shouts "Shut your mouth!" in the films theme song is  Telma Hopkins (qv) from Tony Orlando & Dawn and  _"Family Matters" (1989)_ (qv) fame.'),
('164870',' Isaac Hayes (qv) originally auditioned to play the title role.  Producers cast Richard Roundtree (qv), but were so impressed with  Hayes that they asked him to write the now legendary score to the  film.'),
('164871',' Ron ONeal (qv) (_Super Fly (1972)_ (qv)) auditioned for the role  of John Shaft, but was turned down because the producers felt his  skin complexion was too light.'),
('164872',' Was rumored to be written as just another detective movie, with a  white detective in the lead, but, after the success of  _Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song (1971)_ (qv), the film was  rewritten and recast as a blaxploitation movie. This story has been  told several times by director Melvin van Peebles (qv). The Ernest  Tidyman novel which was the basis for the film is about a black  detective and not a white one.'),
('164873',' During the scene where Bumpy Jonas visits Shaft at his office, a  door adjacent to the office says "Skloot Insurance" '),
('164874',' named for  Steven P. Skloot (qv), a production manager on the film.'),
('164875',' Of the many movie marquees seen in Shafts many exterior shots  walking around NYC are advertising: _Patton (1970)_ (qv),  _Get Carter (1971)_ (qv), _Love Story (1970)_ (qv) and  _Owl and the Pussycat, The (1970)_ (qv).'),
('164876',' Isaac Hayes (qv), the composer of the Shaft theme song,  Gordon Parks (qv), the director of the original  _Shaft (1971)_ (qv), and John Singleton (I) (qv), director of this  version, all have cameos.'),
('164877',' Samuel L. Jackson (qv) says the line, "This is some repugnant  shit," which he first said in _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) and again  in _Jackie Brown (1997)_ (qv)'),
('164878',' Lamont wears an earring with the initials "LT". These are the  initials of the actor who portrayed him, former New York Giants  linebacker Taylor, Lawrence (II) (qv).'),
('164879',' The word fuck is used 165 times.'),
('164880',' Roundtree, Richard (qv), who plays Uncle John Shaft, played Shaft  in the original films.'),
('164881',' Cheadle, Don (qv) was originally cast as Shaft'),
('164882',' Shaft wears a total of 9 different coats during the course of the  movie, all of them black.'),
('164883',' Christian Bale (qv) didnt have any interest in playing the part  of the villain as he had just finished making  _American Psycho (2000)_ (qv). But he was reading through lines with  Toni Collette (qv) who has the part of the witness in the film one  day, and decided to give it a go as another villain after all.'),
('164884',' The shotgun used by John Shaft in the last part of the film is the  High Standard HS'),
('164885','10B designed circa 1970, originally a law  enforcement only firearm.'),
('164886',' The interior set used for the Clatterbugs main home is the exact  same set used for their house in Myrtle Beach. A few small changes  were made to make it look different.'),
('164887',' Nadine writes "SHAG TILL YOU GAG" on the bathroom wall with her  lipstick. This cannot be seen on the VHS version of this movie  because it is off screen.'),
('164888',' Liam Dunn (qv) died during the filming of the roller rink  sequence. John Fiedler (I) (qv) was brought in to complete the  role as dog catcher.'),
('164889',' The words Wilby Daniels recited from the amulet to transform himself  were "in canis corpore transmuto."'),
('164890',' Gregory Peck (qv) was the second choice for the role of Wilson  Daniels.'),
('164891',' Actors from the Taganrog city Drama Company named after Chekhov were  extras.'),
('164892',' A majority of the cast and crew refused to accept any kind of  monetary gain for the film.'),
('164893',' Inder Raj Anand (qv) wrote the climax of the film in his deathbed.'),
('164894',' The movie was scheduled to release on 12 February 1988, but because  fans of Amitabh Bachchan (qv) could not wait his comeback, the  movie was released a day early.'),
('164895',' Dimple Kapadia (qv) was initially offered the role of  Meenakshi Sheshadri (qv)'),
('164896',' Amitabh Bachchan (qv)s metal arm accessory weighed more than 14  kilos. A trying time for the actor who suffers from Myasthenia  Gravis.'),
('164897',' Jackie Shroff was to play the lead role, if Amitabh Bachchan hadnt  quit politics and come back to films. Jackies costumes for the film  had already been ordered, and he had begun preparing for the role.'),
('164898',' This film is unfinished.'),
('164899',' This was the first major production of Bijan Mofids Theatre  Workshop.'),
('164900',' This is Japans first feature in 70mm.'),
('164901',' This has been the most repeatedly screened mini'),
('164902','series ever shown on  syndicated television in the United States. By 1992 it had been seen  by over 350 million viewers. The series dislodged John Marshalls  "The Hunters" and the later _Gods Must Be Crazy, The (1980)_ (qv)  and its follow'),
('164903','ups as the prime shaper of American perceptions of  "tribal" history in southern Africa. The series even achieved cult  status.'),
('164904',' Based on Joshua Sinclair (I) (qv)s own novel "Shaka Zulu", itself  based on the oral tradition of the Zulu people.'),
('164905',' The producers used real bingo players from Pittsburgh for the  featured scene in which Bobby Diamond Jr. emcees and performs. Many  of the bingo players thought the actor (Tom Stoviak (qv)) was in  real life a lounge singer and were impressed with his act. The  director however was not and instructed the producer Pat Shea (qv)  to ask Tom to stop entertaining the bingo extras in between takes.  The scene was filmed inside the Homestead Carnegie Library on a  muggy August day with temperatures inside the library reaching 100  degrees. Stoviak had to be persuaded by the producer not to walk off  the set.'),
('164906',' Christopher Rhodes (qv) was filming _Tiger Bay (1959)_ (qv) at the  same time'),
('164907',' John Breslin (I) (qv) was also thought suitable for OCallaghan  (John Cairney (qv)) and Laffery (Donal Donnelly (qv))'),
('164908',' Kevin Flood (qv), P.G. Stephens (qv) and  Jack Cunningham (I) (qv) were considered for parts'),
('164909',' It took two days to shoot John Breslin (I) (qv)s scenes and his  fee was £75.'),
('164910',' Robert Redford (I) (qv) personally came to the films opening at  the Sundance Film Festival and introduced the film. At the end he  said that this documentary is the type of film he created Sundance  for in the first place. Source:'),
('164911',' Producer Roselle Monteverde'),
('164912','Teo (qv) hired director  Toppel Lee (qv) to do the movie after she saw _Dilim (2005)_ (qv).'),
('164913',' Chosen as one of the films in the "Magic 7" for the Metro Manila  Film Festival 2005.'),
('164914',' Iza Calzado (qv), Oyo Boy Sotto (qv) and Dennis Trillo (qv)  were initially tapped to be in the cast. But their works in other  Metro Manila film fest entries prevented them from doing the  project.'),
('164915',' Maryo J. De los Reyes (qv) was initially tapped to direct one of  the segment.'),
('164916',' Directorial debut of Richard Somes (qv).'),
('164917',' This is the seventh Shake, Rattle & Roll Trilogy'),
('164918',' We first see Richie Marks while he is inside a movie theater showing  _Soldier, The (1982)_ (qv), which was also directed by  James Glickenhaus (qv).'),
('164919',' A theater marquee shows _Fatal Beauty (1987)_ (qv), which also  co'),
('164920','starred Sam Elliott (qv).'),
('164921',' DIRCAMEO(Brian Katkin (qv)): Helicopter pilot.'),
('164922',' A part'),
('164923','talkie released at a time when the public was clamoring for  sound, this demonstrates the difficulty Carl Laemmle faced in 1929  when he was unable to secure Foxs Movietone sound system on a  permanent basis. Often the equipment would be available for a week.  Universal spent the year rushing production of their 100% talking  pictures, facing the dilemma of releasing their better films in a  less desirable part'),
('164924','talking format.'),
('164925',' Based upon characters created for the TV series  _"Doctor Who" (1963) ()_ (qv). The Sontarans first appeared in the  1973 episode "The Time Warrior" written by Robert Holmes.  Screenwriter Terence Dicks was script editor of the series at the  time. Copyright restrictions prevented The Doctor from appearing in  this film.'),
('164926',' While the Doctor is not mentioned beyond a veiled reference by Kurt  (Brian Croucher), the BBC'),
('164927','licensed novelization (written by  scriptwriter Terrence Dicks) includes book'),
('164928','end stories in which the  Doctor (as played by Sylvester McCoy) interacts with this films  characters.'),
('164929',' CAMEO(Robin Williams (I) (qv)): the mime instructor.'),
('164930',' CAMEO(Florence Henderson (I) (qv)): Shakes one'),
('164931','night stand at the  beginning.'),
('164932',' Reference is made to Edward Alleyn on a promotional leaflet for one  of Shakespeares plays at the beginning of the film. Edward Alleyn,  an actor in Shakespeares time, (Ned in the film, played by  Affleck, Ben (qv)) was the real'),
('164933','life founder of the famous London  private secondary schools Dulwich College and Alleyns School.'),
('164934',' The play being performed for the Queen at the beginning of the film  is Two Gentlemen of Verona.'),
('164935',' In one of the opening scenes, Shakespeare has a cup on his desk  which reads, "Stratford Upon Avon", Shakespeares birthplace.'),
('164936',' Dench, Judi (qv) was so taken with the full sized replica set of  the Rose Theatre that Miramax gave it to her to take home when  filming ended. Variety reported in early 1999 that she was looking  for a site and a financial backer so it could be used as a working  theater.'),
('164937',' In the beginning of the movie, when Henslowe asks Will if he has  been working on his play, and Will answers "Doubt thou the stars are  fire, Doubt that the sun doth move" he is quoting from Hamlet (Act  II Scene 2). The lines are from a letter he wrote to Ophelia while  pretending to have gone mad, and are followed by "Doubt truth to be  a liar, but never doubt I love." Joseph Fiennes (qv) brother,  Ralph Fiennes (qv), left his then'),
('164938','wife Alex Kingston (I) (qv)  (of _"ER" (1994)_ (qv)) for Francesca Annis (qv) who played his  mother in a production of Hamlet.'),
('164939',' The scene that show a woman (presumably Viola) nearly drowning in a  shipwreck is a direct homage to one of the opening scenes of  "Twelfth Night" (recently produced as  _Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)_ (qv)), in which the  character of Viola nearly drowns.'),
('164940',' The priest near the beginning yells "a plague on both your houses",  a famous quote from Romeo and Juliet.'),
('164941',' About six years before the film was finally made,  Julia Roberts (I) (qv) was cast as Viola and flew to the UK to try  to persuade Daniel Day'),
('164942','Lewis (qv) to take the part, but he  declined in order to do _In the Name of the Father (1993)_ (qv), so  Universal Studios dropped the project when no suitable alternative  was found. Joseph Fiennes (qv) was the only actor ever actually  cast in the lead role.'),
('164943',' Kenneth Branagh (qv), Winona Ryder (qv), Julia Roberts (qv),  Jodie Foster (qv), Meg Ryan (qv) and Daniel Day'),
('164944','Lewis (qv)  were all considered for the lead roles.'),
('164945',' Counting this films win for best picture, it has the most Oscars  ever won (7) without winning the best director award.'),
('164946',' 1998 was the only year that two actors were nominated for Academy  Awards for playing the same character in two different films in the  same year. Dame Judi Dench (qv) was nominated (and won) for Best  Supporting Actress for playing Queen Elizabeth I in this movie and  Cate Blanchett (qv) was nominated for Best Actress for portraying  Elizabeth I in _Elizabeth (1998)_ (qv)'),
('164947',' The lines "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships" that  the actors recite during the audition come from Christopher  Marlowes play "Doctor Faustus".'),
('164948',' Producer Edward Zwick (qv) was initially supposed to direct the  film when Universal was involved; when Miramax finally went ahead  with the project, Zwick was already working on  _Siege, The (1998/I)_ (qv) and was unavailable. However, his  production company '),
('164949',' Bedford Falls '),
('164950',' remained involved.'),
('164951',' Writer Marc Norman (qv) got the idea for the film when his son  Zachary called him from Boston University and suggested doing  something on Shakespeare as a young man in the Elizabethan theatre.  It took two years for Norman to come up with the idea of having  Shakespeare struggling with writers block on "Romeo and Juliet."'),
('164952',' Tom Stoppard (qv) added several characters in his work on the  screenplay, including Christopher Marlowe. Some of his additions,  including those regarding John Webster, were handled with caution,  as it was feared some references would be too obscure.'),
('164953',' After initial test audiences had mixed reactions to the ending, a  new version of Will and Violas final scene was filmed in November  1998 (only weeks before release), which expanded upon the previously  brief Twelfth Night projections in order to better handle their  parting. In order to film the scene, Joseph Fiennes (qv) had to  interrupt work on a West End play, and Gwyneth Paltrow (qv) had to  be brought in from filming _Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('164954',' The journeys up and down the Thames in river boats are taken from  the puppet play Hero and Leander, which is written by the character  Littlewit in Ben Jonsons Bartholomew Fair. Littlewit adapts the  classical story of the lovers divided by the Hellespont to  contemporary London.'),
('164955',' Viola asks Will, "Are you the author of the plays of William  Shakespeare?" This is a hint at the modern day speculation whether  the works of Shakespeare were really written by him, or whether some  nobleman (or another famous author) used his identity as a  pseudonym. The film also manages to provide theoretical sources for  the two prevailing academic theories about Shakespeares  inspirations for many of the sonnets: that they were written either  for an extramarital mistress or a male lover.'),
('164956',' The sonnet Will writes for Viola which begins with "Shall I compare  thee to a summers day?" is Sonnet 18. In reality, this sonnet,  along with Sonnets number 1 to 126, were written for a male friend  of Shakespeare. Some speculate that this friend is either Henry  Wriothesley, earl of Southamption, or William Herbert, earl of  Pembroke.'),
('164957',' An oft'),
('164958','delayed production, both Kevin Reynolds (I) (qv) and  Kenneth Branagh (qv) were both sought to direct.'),
('164959',' Kate Winslet (qv) turned down the role of Viola after the success  of _Titanic (1997)_ (qv). She went on to film Jane Campion (qv)s  _Holy Smoke (1999)_ (qv) instead.'),
('164960',' Will is shown signing a paper, with six illegible signatures  visible. Several versions of Shakespeares signature exist, all of  which are different. This has led to debate about whether  Shakespeare may actually have been illiterate.'),
('164961',' In the first scene with Will Shakespeare, we see him crumpling up  balls of paper and throwing them around the room which land near  props which represent or refer to other works by Shakespeare. The  first lands next to a skull '),
('164962',' a reference to Hamlet and the second  lands in a chest '),
('164963',' a reference to the Merchant of Venice.'),
('164964',' In an interview Judi Dench (qv) said she had to wear such high  heels for this film that director John Madden (I) (qv) nicknamed  her "Tudor Spice."'),
('164965',' The boatman who rows Shakespeare says, "I had that Christopher  Marlowe in my boat once." This is a reference to the stereotypical  remark of London taxi drivers about their famous customers: "I had  that [famous name] in the back of my cab once."'),
('164966',' After this films five credited producers received Oscars for the  Best Picture, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  changed the rules the following year. Beginning with the 1999  awards, a maximum of three credited producers can be nominated to  receive Best Picture statuettes, even if more than three are  credited on'),
('164967','screen. This restriction was loosened slightly beginning  with the 80th (2007) awards, when the following was added to the  rules covering the award for Best Picture: "The [Producers Branch  Executive] committee has the right, in what it determines to be a  rare and extraordinary circumstance, to name any additional  qualified producer as a nominee."'),
('164968',' The unpleasant little urchin John Webster (V) (qv), who is shown  playing with mice, grows up to be a big name of the next (Jacobean)  generation of playwrights. His plays are known for their blood and  gore, and his most famous title is "The Duchess of Malfi."'),
('164969',' Judi Dench (qv) won an Academy Award for her role as Queen  Elizabeth, although she is on'),
('164970','screen for only about eight minutes in  four scenes. This is the second'),
('164971','shortest performance to win a Best  Actress Oscar. The shortest ever performance was by  Beatrice Straight (qv) in _Network (1976)_ (qv), as she appeared  in only six minutes of the film.'),
('164972',' Although long portions of Romeo and Juliet are used in this film,  along with famous lines from many of Shakespeares play,  William Shakespeare (I) (qv) is not credited in the film.'),
('164973',' The film was made possible by the volunteering friends, families,  and co'),
('164974','workers of director John C. Lyons and writer  William R. Vitanyi Jr. (qv). The entire budget '),
('164975',' from costumes, to  film festivals, equipment and distribution materials '),
('164976',' came to $600  USD.'),
('164977',' Inspired by Oscar Wildes novella "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."'),
('164978',' This film short is included in the DVD called _Boys Briefs 3_, which  is the sequel to _Boys Briefs (1999)_ (qv) and  _Boys Briefs 2 (2002) (V)_ (qv).'),
('164979',' Besides José Raúl Capablanca (qv)s appearance, the tournament  scenes include brief footage of actual games being played in the  Moscow 1925 international tournament. Some of the leading chess  masters of the era, including Richard Reti (qv),  Rudolph Spielmann (qv), Ernst Grunfeld (qv),  Frank Marshall (VII) (qv), Carlos Torre (qv) and  F.D. Yates (qv) are shown playing their games.'),
('164980',' Kajol (qv) was the first choice for the role of Nandini.'),
('164981',' For the first and only time in their careers, it was the battle of  the titans Dilip Kumar (I) (qv) and Amitabh Bachchan (qv).'),
('164982',' This is the film that Sean Connery (qv) made while taking a break  from Bond movies. Due in part to the difficult time Connery had in  Japan while filming _You Only Live Twice (1967)_ (qv) the Bond  producers released Connery from his contract (otherwise he would  have been required to star in  _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv)).'),
('164983',' Brigitte Bardot (qv) was an early choice to portray Tracy (Mrs.  James Bond) in _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv). She  was unable to do so because she was shooting this movie with  Sean Connery (qv), on a temporary retirement from 007.'),
('164984',' Senta Berger (qv) was first cast.'),
('164985',' Henry Fonda (qv) was originally cast as the lead.'),
('164986',' Honor Blackman (qv) was cast at short notice replacing a performer  who dropped out.'),
('164987',' Jack Hawkins (qv) is dubbed by Charles Gray (I) (qv).'),
('164988',' According to her memoirs Ingrid Pitt (qv) was considered for the  role of Lady Julia but turned it down to pursue a (successful)  casting role in _Where Eagles Dare (1968)_ (qv).'),
('164989',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Whos Who? (1914)_ (qv).'),
('164990',' The scene where Fred and Ginger dance on roller skates took about  150 takes, according to one of the VHS versions of the film.'),
('164991',' About $4,000 worth of jewelry worn by Susan Sarandon (qv) during  the filming of the movie was stolen and recovered at murder scene in  Winnipeg on 4 July 2003. According to news sources, the jewelry was  stolen from a vehicle on the movie set and found in a downtown hotel  room.'),
('164992',' The filming location was moved to Winnipeg from Toronto because of  the SARS "scare" in early 2003.'),
('164993',' The title is written in English as "Shall We Dansu" since in its  original Japanese release, the first two words actual appear in  English with only the last word appearing in katakana (one of three  Japanese writing systems). The Japanese word for "dance" is  pronounced "dansu".'),
('164994',' The title comes from the Rodgers and Hammerstein song, "Shall We  Dance", written for 1951 Broadway musical "The King and I". A  version sung by Deborah Kerr for the 1956 movie release is  referenced throughout this film and featured in its climatic dance  sequence'),
('164995',' In the first scene, a mans shoe in close'),
('164996','up plunges into a black  pool in the street. This symbolizes the world renowned Ballroom  Dancing Competition in Blackpool, England, referenced later in the  film.'),
('164997',' The feature showcased at the historical Senator Theater in  Baltimore, Md. on October 3rd, 2002. After the viewing, Dawsons  Creek actor, Johnny Alonso, signed on for Robert Christies next  drama/thriller, "Lenny Somebody", to begin shooting in April, 2003'),
('164998',' Although the story is set in Edinburgh and they considered filming  there, a grant of G¸150K from the Glasgow Film Fund tempted them  westwards for the majority of the filming.'),
('164999',' Ewan McGregor (qv)s mother, Carol McGregor (qv), has a cameo in  the film as one of the prospective flatmates.'),
('165000',' Such were the budgetary constraints on this shoot, the production  had to auction off various props in order to raise enough money to  buy essential film stock needed to complete the picture'),
('165001',' Robert Carlyle (I) (qv) was offered the part of David.'),
('165002',' The film that Ewan McGregor (qv)s character is watching on TV is  _Wicker Man, The (1973)_ (qv).'),
('165003',' Brooke Burns (qv) is used for both the pretty and ugly versions of  Katrina, this is a prosthetic change.'),
('165004',' Cadence (the burns victim girl in hospital) is played by  Brianna Gardner (qv), the daughter of special'),
('165005','effects makeup  artist Tony Gardner (II) (qv) who worked on the film.'),
('165006',' Gwyneth Paltrow (qv)s make'),
('165007','up took four hours to apply.'),
('165008',' At McIntoshs, the restaurant where Mauricio  (Jason Alexander (I) (qv)) calls Hal and makes him stop seeing  womens inner beauty, when Hal sees Rosemary as she actually is, he  says, "Hey! Now shes eating my clams casino!". In  _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv), this is the same meal that George  Costanza, played by Alexander, orders.'),
('165009',' When Rosemary jumps in the pool, the huge splash was created by two  wide hoses (which Gweneth Paltrow had to dive between) which shot  off the streams of water on either side of her, simulating a huge  splash of water.'),
('165010',' Part of the "Through Navajo Eyes" series of seven short  documentaries, along with _Intrepid Shadows (1966)_ (qv),  _Navajo Silversmith, The (1966)_ (qv),  _Navajo Weaver, A (1966)_ (qv), _Old Antelope Lake (1966)_ (qv),  _Second Weaver (1966)_ (qv), and  _Spirit of the Navajos, The (1966)_ (qv).'),
('165011',' This is a re'),
('165012','release of an earlier film, the original title of which  is undetermined.'),
('165013',' 3/4 of the cast and crew were homeless after Hurricane Katrina.'),
('165014',' Production was affected by four hurricanes: Dennis, Emily (a miss  but they canceled shooting for the week), Katrina, and Rita.'),
('165015',' All but two crew members were from Louisiana.'),
('165016',' Max, the beta fish, was added to scenes to help with continuity  issues caused by Hurricane Katrina.'),
('165017',' John Gilbert (qv) changed his billing name from Jack Gilbert to  John Gilbert with this film and he would be billed by that name for  the rest of his career.'),
('165018',' The hands were created by David White who works on the prosthetics  for Brad Pitt.'),
('165019',' Robert Towne (qv) wrote (and continually rewrote) the screenplay  for this film eight years before it was finally produced,'),
('165020',' The lead character was based on actual hairdresser  Jay Sebring (qv).'),
('165021',' Warren Beatty (qv) claims the idea to set the story during the  1968 election night at a Republican Party party was his own.'),
('165022',' Carrie Fisher (qv) said she was cast in the role mainly through  family connections. She said when Warren Beatty (qv) ran lines  with her, he did it while eating. She said the whole thing for her  was a lark. She also admitted years later in an article she wrote  for Rolling Stone magazine that star Beatty unsuccessfully  propositioned her.'),
('165023',' Warren Beatty rides a 500cc Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle,  registration 356455. The paint job is not standard despite the  incorporation of the Triumph logo and it is uncertain whether it was  Beattys personal bike.'),
('165024',' Carrie Fisher (qv)s screen debut.'),
('165025',' Julie Christie (qv), a feminist, reportedly disliked the role of  Jackie but did it for Beatty, her good friend erstwhile lover.'),
('165026',' Loosely based on "The Country Wife," a Restoration comedy written in  1675 by William Wycherley (qv), whose protagonist Horner feigns  impotence in order to be allowed into the company of married women,  who he then seduces. George in "Shampoo" would be considered  non'),
('165027','threatening due to the stereotype that hair'),
('165028','dressers are gay,  such as the scene in Jackies bathroom when Lester walks in and the  bistro sequence when George is fluffing Lesters hair. "Shampoo"  only retains a distant reflection of the Horner character, but  reportedly, the screenplay was inspired by the 1969 Chichester  Festival production, according to a 2003 edition of the play edited  by James Ogden.'),
('165029',' The cat in this film is "Morris" from the famous "9'),
('165030','Lives" cat food  commercials.'),
('165031',' There is a shot in the movie where Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) grabs a  tree branch during a chase scene, it breaks and he falls to the  ground. That was not planned. The branch broke accidentally during  filming and the footage looked so good, they kept it in the film.'),
('165032',' Although the "87th Precinct" series of novels by author  Evan Hunter (qv) (writing as "Ed McBain") have sold millions of  copies since the first one appeared in the late 1950s, and still  sell well today, this is one of only a relative handful of  theatrical films'),
('165033','not counting a few made'),
('165034','for'),
('165035','TV movies and a TV  series in the 1960s'),
('165036','to have been made from them.'),
('165037',' Copies survive at the Library of Congress and British Film  Institute.'),
('165038',' Release charts in Motion Picture World for 1912 indicate it was 1000  feet, hence a one'),
('165039','reeler, not a two'),
('165040','reeler.'),
('165041',' This interview segment is featured on the DVD for the complete first  season of _"Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992)_ (qv).'),
('165042',' At the time of filming, Jack Palance (qv) was not comfortable with  horses. The one good mount he achieved during the numerous takes was  used in the film.'),
('165043',' The music cues for the climactic ride that Shane takes to the  showdown are from an earlier Paramount film,  _Rope of Sand (1949)_ (qv).'),
('165044',' In the funeral scene, the dog consistently refused to look into the  grave. Finally, director George Stevens (I) (qv) had the dogs  trainer lie down in the bottom of the grave, and the dog played his  part ably. The coffin (loaded with rocks for appropriate effect) was  then lowered into the grave, but when the harmonica player began to  play "Taps" spontaneously, the crew was so moved by the scene that  they began shoveling dirt into the grave before remembering the  dogs trainer was still there.'),
('165045',' The last film of Jean Arthur (I) (qv).'),
('165046',' Jean Arthur (I) (qv) was over 50 years old when she played Marian  Starrett'),
('165047','she was, in fact, ten years older than Emile Meyer (qv),  who plays the grizzled old cattle baron Rufus Ryker.'),
('165048',' The film cost so much to make that at one point, Paramount  considered selling it to another distributor. The studio felt the  film would never earn back what it cost to make. It ended up making  a significant profit.'),
('165049',' Shanes fancy gun twirling in the climactic showdown was actually  performed by Rodd Redwing (qv). Earlier, when Shane demonstrates  his prowess for Joey, and it is clearly Alan Ladd (I) (qv) himself  on camera, the actor had been given a different, easier'),
('165050','to'),
('165051','use  revolver for the scene.'),
('165052',' George Stevens (I) (qv) originally cast Montgomery Clift (qv) as  Shane, and William Holden (I) (qv) as Joe Starrett. When both  decided to do other films instead, the film nearly was abandoned  before Stevens asked studio head Y. Frank Freeman who was available.  Upon seeing a list of actors with current contracts, Stevens cast  Alan Ladd (I) (qv), Van Heflin (qv) and Jean Arthur (I) (qv)  within 3 minutes.'),
('165053',' The movies line "Shane. Shane. Come back!" was voted as the #47  movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('165054',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #45 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('165055',' The movies line "Come back, Shane!" was voted as the #69 of "The  100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('165056',' According to the commentary on the DVD, during the scene where Shane  and Joe are fighting in the corral, the tied horses were supposed to  panic. To instill hysteria in the horses, the director had a man  dress in a bear costume to scare them.'),
('165057',' Filmed over the summer and fall of 1951, the film was not released  until 1953 due to director George Stevens (I) (qv)s extensive  editing programme.'),
('165058',' Alan Ladd was 56" and this had to be compensated for in Shane. When  Ladd is in scenes with Van Heflin, the two are about the same  height, although Heflin was far taller. When Ladd is shown with Jean  Arthur, he is perhaps a bit taller than she. When Heflin is shown  with Arthur, Heflin is far taller than she.'),
('165059',' The first flat widescreen color Western. Although shot in 1.37:1  Academy ratio, the studio dictated that it be cropped in the movie  projector to compete with the new CinemaScope format. The music was  also recorded in stereo.'),
('165060',' Famously, Jack Palances character Wilson arrives in town on foot,  leading his horse. This is not to signify anything thematically  significant, rather that Palance was so awkward and uncomfortable on  horseback that director George Stevens had him walk in on foot in  desperation. (Palance would spend any spare time he had onset,  practicing how to mount and dismount a horse.)'),
('165061',' Jean Arthur, then over 50, came out of semi'),
('165062','retirement to play  Marian Starrett, largely as a favor to her friend, George Stevens.  She would retire completely from film'),
('165063','making after "Shane".'),
('165064',' Close'),
('165065','ups were shot with a telephoto lens so that the striking  western backgrounds would still stay in focus.'),
('165066',' The movie was released within a year after another landmark Western  "High Noon" (1952). It was actually made before the Gary Cooper  film, but spent months and months in the editing suite.'),
('165067',' Although the movie is generally remembered for its blue sky vistas,  the weather was actually cloudy or rainy for a great deal of the  shoot. However, if you look beyond the mud in the town, you can see  that the ground is dry. Obviously, part of the town had been watered  down.'),
('165068',' Katharine Hepburn was originally suggested for the role of Marian.'),
('165069',' Meticulous care was taken at all levels of production. All the  physical props were true to the period, the buildings were built to  the specifications of the time, and the clothing was completely  authentic. Stevens even had cattle imported from other areas as the  local herds looked too well'),
('165070','fed and healthy.'),
('165071',' Jean Arthur, a committed animal lover, would take it upon herself to  personally inspect the conditions that the films roster of  livestock were being kept in, and if it wasnt up to her  satisfaction, she would ensure that the matter was rectified.'),
('165072',' When writer A.B. Guthrie came on board the project, he didnt know  what a screenplay looked like.'),
('165073',' The scene were Alan Ladd practices shooting in front of Brandon de  Wilde was filmed in 119 takes.'),
('165074',' In the face'),
('165075','off between Wilson (Jack Palance) and Elisha Cook, Jr.  (Torrey), Torrey tells Wilson that he is "a low'),
('165076','down lyin Yankee".  Although Stevens kept directing Palance at this point to smile an  expression of amused contempt at Cook, Palance continued take after  take to show too much menace and not enough of a smile mixed in.  Finally, Stevens took Cook aside and whispered something to him.  During the next take, Cook read his line: "Youre a low'),
('165077','down, lyin  Yankee '),
('165078',' and a sonofabitch, too!" This time, Stevens got his take.'),
('165079',' The entire film was shot together with the sequel,  _Shanghai huang di zhi xiong ba tian xia (1993)_ (qv). But they were  fragmented into "Parts I and II" as the overall theatrical running  time would have been too long.'),
('165080',' The entire film was shot immediately following the original,  _Shanghai huang di zhi sui yue feng yun (1992)_ (qv). But they were  fragmented into "Parts I and II" as the overall theatrical running  time would have been too long.'),
('165081',' Actual footage of the Japanese bombing of Shanghai is used in the  flashback sequence.'),
('165082',' The Hays Office expressed concern about the unlikable character of  the minister, which prompted a revision of the script. Other  concerns included the remark by Chang that he was not proud of his  white blood, but that line remains in the print.'),
('165083',' China initially banned the movie, demanding its withdrawal from  worldwide circulation. The ban was lifted when Paramount pledged not  to make another film involving Chinese politics.'),
('165084',' 1000 extras were used in the making of the movie'),
('165085',' The extras in the film are all speaking Cantonese, a Chinese dialect  focused mainly in southern China. If the film were to be more true  to life, the extras would be speaking Mandarin, a more spoken  dialect. However, most Chinese residents in the Los Angeles area  spoke Cantonese, making von Sternberg use Cantonese.'),
('165086',' Director Josef von Sternberg (qv) designed the atmospheric sets  alongside art director Hans Dreier (qv).'),
('165087',' In her autobiography, Marlene Dietrich (qv) claimed that von  Sternberg directed most of the cinematography, instead of  Lee Garmes (qv) (who actually won an Oscar for his work on the  film).'),
('165088',' Howard Hawks (qv) made an uncredited contribution to the  screenplay.'),
('165089',' It was von Sternbergs intention that the style of the film should  reflect the rhythm of a train journey. This explains the films  tight pace and the rather staccato quality of the dialog.'),
('165090',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, on 1  February 1926 and had 206 performances. The opening night cast  included C. Henry Gordon (qv), Mary Duncan (I) (qv) and  William Worthington (qv), with Florence Reed (qv) in the role of  "Mother Goddam." A 1928 revival included J. Carrol Naish (qv), who  was also tested for a part in the movie.'),
('165091',' In the play, the setting was a brothel run by "Mother Goddam", who  was once sold into prostitution, and it dealt with drug addition and  nymphomania as well. Many initial adaptations of the original play  were rejected by the Hays office, and they discouraged studios from  making the film. The Chinese consulate also voiced objections to the  portrayal of the Chinese in the play.'),
('165092',' This film marks the first on'),
('165093','screen battle between  Jackie Chan (I) (qv) and Donnie Yen (qv), who both have had  success in Hong Kong but never fought each other on screen.'),
('165094',' During the fight with the ruffians, Jackie falls into a coffin. The  sign on the wall behind him reads "Sowerberry". Mr. Sowerberry is  the funeral Director/Mortician from the book, Oliver Twist. During  this scene the first four notes of the them to  _"Addams Family, The" (1964)_ (qv) are heard.'),
('165095',' When Roy is fantasizing about his future family life, he mentions  his kids names as "Vera, Chuck, and Dave." These are the names of  the grandchildren in Paul McCartney (qv)s fantasy from the  Beatles song, "When Im Sixty'),
('165096','Four".'),
('165097',' There are several references to Sherlock Holmes in this movie. One  of them is that the "bad guy" is named Lord Rathbone.  Basil Rathbone (qv) was one of the first actors to play Sherlock  Holmes in a movie.'),
('165098',' This film is the first English'),
('165099','language role and Hollywood debut for  Fann Wong (qv).'),
('165100',' Lord Rathbone in the movie is referred to as "the finest swordsman  in England". Actor Basil Rathbone (qv) was the star of many  swordplay films, and was considered the finest swordsman on the  silver screen.'),
('165101',' When Chon Wang and Roy are crossing the street in London, Chon pulls  Roy back before he is hit by horses pulling a carriage. Roy says  "Hey, Im walking here!" '),
('165102',' a reference to  _Midnight Cowboy (1969)_ (qv).'),
('165103',' When Chon Wang and Roy are entering the Jubilee party, the string  quartet plays a uncredited baroque version of the Rolling Stones  "Paint it Black" (just before the piece by Boccherini).'),
('165104',' Fann Wong (qv) trained for her stunts despite not having a martial  arts background. She has a background in ballet, which helped to a  certain extent.'),
('165105',' When Chon Wang meets Roy at the Ritz, the music playing in the  background is the music used as background music in The Little  Rascals and other Hal Roach talkies; it is called "In My Canoe".'),
('165106',' Director David Dobkin had a difficult time choosing a suitable Asian  actress who could do movement work, emote well and speak decent  English. He then saw clips of Wong, Fann (qv)s videos  _"Wo lai ye" (2001)_ (qv) and _"Qing she yu bai she" (2001)_ (qv)  and requested to audition her in London, which she did attend. She  subsequently got the role and her number of scenes were increased by  30%.'),
('165107',' The old guy bouncing in the pillow fight scene is actually first  assistant director Mirek Lux (qv).'),
('165108',' Music from _Singin in the Rain (1952)_ (qv) is heard during the  fight with umbrellas.'),
('165109',' In the scene where Wang fights Rathbones guards, they are  constantly making sure that no priceless antique urns are broken.  This is the same exact action by Jackie Chans character in the  climax of Rush Hour.'),
('165110',' At some points, Lord Rathbone and Wu Chow speak in iambic  pentameter. Most notable is the stable scene: "I was taught to be  neither seen nor heard/ Where is the seal? (Im a man of my word.)"'),
('165111',' David Dobkin (qv) was personally chosen by Jackie Chan (I) (qv).'),
('165112',' The silent version of this film survives in the UCLA film archives.'),
('165113',' The original leading lady, Elizabeth Allan (I) (qv), walked off  the film, shutting down production, before she was replaced by  Fay Wray (qv)'),
('165114',' The Chinese characters shown in the background during the opening  credits are excerpts from a translation of "The Frog Prince."'),
('165115',' Actress Brandon Merrill (qv), who plays Jackie Chan (I) (qv)s  horse'),
('165116','riding Native American wife, is a real'),
('165117','life rodeo champion.'),
('165118',' During the scene where Roy and Chon are drunk in the hotel, director  Tom Dey (qv) hoped to include a drunken kung fu scene as an homage  to _Jui kuen II (1994)_ (qv) (Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)).  There was no time to choreograph such a scene, so Dey showed Chon  blowing bubbles from his mouth, as Wong Fei'),
('165119','hung does in the Drunken  Master movie.'),
('165120',' The name of Marshall Nathan Van Cleef is a homage to  Lee Van Cleef (qv), who starred in many spaghetti westerns.'),
('165121',' The catchy quote "I dont know karate, but I know crazy" is actually  a line from a James Brown (I) (qv) song.'),
('165122',' Chon Wang is the Chinese translation/pronunciation of  John Wayne (I) (qv). However, in the case of  Jackie Chan (I) (qv)s character, Chon represents his last name  while Wang is his first name. This represents the order Chinese  names are presented.'),
('165123',' The song playing during the first bar'),
('165124','fight sequence is the same  song that plays during the _Dirty Dozen, The (1967)_ (qv)'),
('165125','style  intro of the characters in _Armageddon (1998)_ (qv), an earlier  Owen Wilson (qv) film.'),
('165126',' The planned original soundtrack was never officially released. It  was only in 2004 that all the songs written for this movie appeared  in the re'),
('165127','mastered version of George Harrison (I) (qv)s album  "Cloud Nine".'),
('165128',' Paul Freeman (I) (qv) was an 11th hour casting decision replacing  Bernard Hill (qv) who was fired early in production.'),
('165129',' The Peignot typeface in the opening credits was created in 1937, the  same year in which the films beginning is set.'),
('165130',' Producer John Kohn (qv) originally wanted Tom Hanks (qv) for the  lead role.'),
('165131',' Half'),
('165132','hour musical set in a Southern California mini'),
('165133','mall. Article in  "Los Angeles Times" documented this novel location.'),
('165134',' The theme song, "Shangri'),
('165135','La Plaza", is sung by all nine credited  cast members. However, only seven of them appear in the actual  episode that follows. Only one episode was ever produced.'),
('165136',' The show had hoped to be picked up for the 1990'),
('165137','1991 fall season on  CBS, but did not picked up for a series run. The pilot aired once in  the summer of 1990 as part of CBS Monday comedy lineup.'),
('165138',' The film was entered into TROPFEST and became part of the 2004 best  of the rest touring program.'),
('165139',' UCLA Film Archives has the promotional trailer to this otherwise  lost film.'),
('165140',' Russell Crowe (qv) was keen to play the lead in this film. But  Johnny Depp (qv) had already acquired the rights to the book.'),
('165141',' Russell Crowe was so excited about this project, that when he heard  that Johnny Depps Infinitum Nihil Production had bought the rights  to the book at a whopping $2 million, he offered to be the executive  producer just to be a part of the film.'),
('165142',' Amitabh Bachchan (qv) will play the role of a gangster with  morals.'),
('165143',' Mira Nair (qv) has said that it would be a dream come true to have  both Johnny Depp (qv) and Amitabh Bachchan (qv) in the same  movie.'),
('165144',' Director cameo: Woo, John (qv) plays the scholar defended by the  three heroes.'),
('165145',' Jackie Chan (I) (qv) knocked himself completely unconscious while  doing a stunt.'),
('165146',' This was the first film that Jackie Chan (I) (qv),  Sammo Hung (qv) and Yuen Biao (qv) ("the three brothers")  appeared in together. They all attended the same opera school in  Hong Kong and would go on to work on several more films, including  the highly successful "Lucky Stars" series.'),
('165147',' According to rumor, Jackie Chan (I) (qv)s role was originally  intended for a Korean actor, but Woo thought the Korean was too old  and slow and so fired him and brought in Chan instead. However, this  story is contradicted in the new DVD commentary, as fight  choreographer Sammo Hung is quoted as saying Jackie was in from  the beginning.'),
('165148',' This was one of Woos first movies as a director; hes listed as  "John Y. Woo" in the credits.'),
('165149',' DirTrade(Chia'),
('165150','Liang Liu (qv): Opening credits show a demonstration  of martial arts against an empty backdrop.'),
('165151',' Despite the US title for the film (The Master Killer), the idea of  taking a life would be abhorrent to a real Shaolin or Bhuddist monk.'),
('165152',' The movie won the Best Martial Arts Award at 24th Asian Film  Festival and was the 1978 Top 10 Box Office Hits in Hong Kong.'),
('165153',' Was edited, with CG additions, into The Chemical Brothers (qv)  music video ‘Get Yourself High’.'),
('165154',' This is Jet Li (qv)s debut film. His salary then was RMB 1 per  day of shoot.'),
('165155',' The film grossed over RMB 10 million at a time when a ticket cost  0.1 to 0.15 RMB. Over 70 million tickets were sold. An estimated 50  million audience watched it during its theatrical run in Mainland  China.'),
('165156',' The scene when actor Sun Jian Kui (qv) plays the drunken pole was  shot 48 times.'),
('165157',' The film was funded by a Hong Kong production company but uses a  Mainland cast and crew.'),
('165158',' At no point do any ninjas actually appear in the movie.'),
('165159',' Was originally a play starring Paul Rudd (I) (qv) and  Rachel Weisz (qv), which played in London in the summer of 2001.'),
('165160',' The movie contains the original starring cast from the play:  Paul Rudd (I) (qv), Gretchen Mol (qv), Fred Weller (qv) and  Rachel Weisz (qv).'),
('165161',' The play premiered in London, England at the Almedia Theatre on 24  May 2001.'),
('165162',' Paul Rudd (I) (qv) lost 25 pounds for the film.'),
('165163',' Is the first film directed by Neil LaBute (qv) to not star  Aaron Eckhart (qv).'),
('165164',' This short documentary is featured on the Two'),
('165165','Disc Deluxe Edition  DVD for _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv).'),
('165166',' One of ten games featured in Nintendo Powers 1997 "Top Ten Worst  Games Of All Time" list.'),
('165167',' The director decided not to dub the anti'),
('165168','climax scene of Munshis  death as they felt very emotional after Amitabhs performance.'),
('165169',' In 1983, Amitabh Bachchan (qv) suffered a mishap during the Diwali  celebrations when he burnt his left hand. As a result, he was seen  keeping his left hand in his pocket, which became a style of his  character.'),
('165170',' In the song "Mujhe Naulakha Mangwa De Re", when  Amitabh Bachchan (qv) hit the ghungroo on his left hand, his real  blood was shown and it was not artificial colour.'),
('165171',' This was Nagwa Fouad (qv)s first movie role.'),
('165172',' John Barrowman (qv) revealed on  _"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" (2001) {(#11.10)}_ (qv) that the  line, "Im a little wired... what do you say I take you home and eat  your pussy?" was intended to make to make Jenny McShane (qv)  laugh, and was not intended to stay in the film, however, the line  was left in the final cut.'),
('165173',' According to an interview with Hans Zimmer (qv), he had the chance  to compose the music after telling to producer  Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv), that he couldnt cross any more Red Seas,  or deal with any more horses that cant speak '),
('165174',' he wanted to do one  of the fun animated movies instead.'),
('165175',' For each international release, the role of the news reporter "Katie  Current" was recast to a prominent female news anchor of that  country. In the Australian version it is Tracey Grimshaw (I) (qv),  co'),
('165176','anchor of the Australian _"Today" (1982)_ (qv) show; in the UK  version it is Fiona Phillips (qv), presenter of  _"GMTV" (1993)_ (qv); and in the Italian version it is  Cristina Parodi (qv), anchor'),
('165177','woman of "Verissimo".'),
('165178',' The original title was "Sharkslayer", but it was changed to "Shark  Tale" about a year before release because Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv)  thought the title might scare families away (the title still appears  in some early promotional material). The change is clear in the  movie, as in the song before the credits, the singers interlock  between calling the movie "Sharkslayer" and "Shark Tale".'),
('165179',' The shark mobs hangout is the R.M.S. Titanic. We even see a clothed  version of the famous sketch of the character Rose from  _Titanic (1997)_ (qv) hanging on the wall (complete with the Heart  of the Ocean diamond), during one scene.'),
('165180',' When Lenny coughs up the objects on the table, one of them is a  license plate with the registration "007 981." This is the same  plate found inside the tiger shark in _Jaws (1975)_ (qv).'),
('165181',' When Oscar goes to the time clock, theres a note on the wall saying  "If you dont come in Saturday, dont bother..." A reference to a  famous memo Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv) sent to execs while he was  with Disney.'),
('165182',' The magazine that Mrs. Sanchez is reading at the race track features  an ad for a movie called "The Hook", which is a parody of  _Ring, The (2002)_ (qv). The tagline is "Before You Die, You Eat.  The Hook." The same ad appears on a magazine Angie is reading later  in the film.'),
('165183',' After Oscars mock victory over Lenny, the crowd chants "Oscar  Bumaye". In _Ali (2001)_ (qv), where Will Smith (I) (qv) plays the  title character, the crowd chants "Ali Bumaye" during Alis boxing  match in Zaire.'),
('165184',' In the middle of the fight against the shark, Oscar repeats famous  movie quotes ("Are you not entertained" from  _Gladiator (2000)_ (qv), "You cant handle the truth" from  _Few Good Men, A (1992)_ (qv) and so on). He ends with "You had me  at hello", to which Angie raises an eyebrow. Angies character is  voiced by Renée Zellweger (qv), and in  _Jerry Maguire (1996)_ (qv), where that quote originates from, the  character played by Zellweger said that.'),
('165185',' Lenny tells Frankie that hes cold because hes cold blooded. In  fact, Great White Sharks are one of four types of shark that are  warm blooded.'),
('165186',' Frankie says that they are cold blooded killers, but in real life,  Great White Sharks are warm blooded.'),
('165187',' Some of the actors recorded their lines together. This never used to  be the practice for animated movies but is becoming increasingly  common.'),
('165188',' Some of the fishified products are "Coral Cola", "Gup", "Fish  King" and "Newsreef".'),
('165189',' In the racetrack sequence, there are more than 16,000 computer  animated 3D characters in the stands.'),
('165190',' The shark gangster voiced by Peter Falk (I) (qv) was originally  called Don Brizzi. Bowing to pressure from the Italic Institute of  America, an organization protesting Hollywoods stereotyping of  Italians as mobsters and gangsters, Dreamworks agreed to change the  name of the character to Don Feinberg just before release.'),
('165191',' At one time Christopher Walken (qv) was considered for the voice  of Luca the Octopus and Sacha Baron Cohen (qv) was considered for  one of the Jellyfish.'),
('165192',' The portrait on the wall in the restaurant where Don Leno is eating  with his sons, is of Rose (Kate Winslet) from the movie  _Titanic (1997)_ (qv), drawn by Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio).'),
('165193',' The original voice for Don Lino was supposed to be James Gandolfini.  But he dropped out and was replaced by Robert De Niro.'),
('165194',' As the voice of Ernie the Jellyfish, Ziggy Marley sings the song  "Three Little Fishes" '),
('165195',' a song written by his father, Bob Marley.'),
('165196',' This film gained some infamy at the time of its release because of  the death of one of its stuntmen. He was attacked and killed on  camera while working with what was supposed to be a sedated shark.  When the production company used the death to help promote the film,  director Samuel Fuller (qv), who had been clashing with the  producers on a wide variety of issues relating to the film, quit the  production. When he finally saw the version that was released to  theaters, he said they had butchered it so badly while editing it  that it was no longer recognizable as his film and demanded that his  name be taken off of it, but the producers refused.'),
('165197',' Samuel Fuller didnt recognize this picture because it was reedited  by the producer. Fuller never wanted to talk about it.'),
('165198',' Actor Alfonso Freeman (qv) is the son of actor  Morgan Freeman (I) (qv). In this film he plays the role his father  played in _Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)_ (qv).'),
('165199',' Alfonso Freeman (qv) himself was featured in two ways in  _Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)_ (qv), the movie that this film  references: (1) as an inmate shouting "Fresh fish!" and (2)  appearing in the prision mug shot photos of  Morgan Freeman (I) (qv)s character on the parole paperwork.'),
('165200',' A reproduction of the fight, using actors.'),
('165201',' Lee Majors (qv) was originally attached to play Steve Skylar  before Shadoe Stevens (qv) won the role.'),
('165202',' Ray Wise (qv)s daughter makes a cameo appearance in the movie as  one of the liquor store robbery witnesses.'),
('165203',' Stunt man Dar Robinson, doubling for Henry Silva at the end of the  film, dropped 220 feet, setting a record for the highest freefall  (wireless) jump from a building in a film.'),
('165204',' Forrest Sawyer (qv) (later of CBS, ABC, currently NBC Nightly  News) briefly appears as a news announcer near the end of the film.  (All of the newscasters in the film are local Atlanta newscasters.)'),
('165205',' The author of the book, "Sharky’s Machine", William Diehl, had a  small role as Dominoe’s pimp, Percy.'),
('165206',' Robert Duncan McNeill (qv)s film debut.'),
('165207',' Claim of being filmed on location in Atlanta Georgia is not entirely  true. Scenes with Sharon "peeking" at different people were clips  from other movies.'),
('165208',' This film was made as a senior project for the newly formed Film  Studies major at Yale University. It was the first time a film won  The Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts at Yale.'),
('165209',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('165210',' When Sean Roberts auditioned for the role of George, he wasnt quite  was producers had in mind (in the original screenplay, Georges  character was large and overweight). However, Seans performance was  so impressive that the character of George was re'),
('165211','written especially  for him.'),
('165212',' For the roles of Kelly and Amber, producers auditioned more than  forty actresses over a three week period, before selecting Lindsay  and Tamera.'),
('165213',' The story is a loose adaptation of Bernard Cornwells India novels '),
('165214','  Sharpes Tiger, Sharpes Triumph, and Sharpes Fortress.'),
('165215',' Tony Haygarth makes the first of his two appearances as two  different characters in the Sharpe chronicles. He becomes the first  and only actor to portray two different leading "baddies" in the  series with his second outing in Sharpes Justice (1997) when he  played the corrupt industrialist, Parfitt.'),
('165216',' Screenwriter Nigel Kneale (qv) said of his adaptation of Bernard  Cornwells novel: "I didnt use much of [the book]. I used the first  ten pages, I think. Then I had an idea which would be more fun to  do. It was all about magic by the time I was through with it."'),
('165217',' The scene in which Sharpe and the Marquesa Dorida are thrown from  horseback into the stream was an unscripted accident, but director  Clegg, Tom (qv) liked it so much he kept it in the movie.'),
('165218',' "The Wild Rover" traditional '),
('165219',' performed by Diana Perez (qv) and  Daragh OMalley (qv)'),
('165220',' "Over the Hills and Far Away" Traditional Lyrics adapted by  John Tams (qv) Performed by John Tams (qv)'),
('165221',' Tony Haygarth becomes the first and only actor to portray two  different leading "baddies" in the series. His first outing was in  Sharpes Enemy (1995) when he played the leader of the French  deserters Pot'),
('165222','au Feu.'),
('165223',' Sean Bean (qv) replaced Paul McGann (I) (qv) in the role of  Richard Sharpe after McGann was injured.'),
('165224',' Sharpes 95th Regiment and its green jackets are fact based. The  95th was a direct ancestor of the modern Royal Green Jackets'),
('165225',' The "Chosen Men", although fact based, were not a unit but the  equivalent of Lance Corporals. The producers brought them together  so that Sharpes character would have a regular team around him,  with a sense of camaraderie.'),
('165226',' The jacket which Sean Bean (qv) wears on the cover picture was  actually tailored for the smaller Paul McGann (qv), whom Bean  replaced in the role of Sharpe, which is why the jacket hangs open  at the front.'),
('165227',' Bernard Cornwell (qv), author of the Richard Sharpe novels on  which the TV series was based, was so happy with Sean Bean (qv)s  portrayal of his hero that he changed the physical description of  Sharpe in his later books to more closely resemble the actor.'),
('165228',' Diana Peñalver (qv) was originally cast as Teresa.'),
('165229',' Ducos shows up alive and well in this episode, despite having been  shot and killed in _Sharpes Honour (1994) (TV)_ (qv) (he survives  in the novel). Presumably, this was to bring the series in line with  the novels where he plays a major part in both episodes.'),
('165230',' Author Bernard Cornwell (qv) named his hero Richard Sharpe after a  famous British rugby player; the character of Leroux, his nemesis,  was named after a South African player who broke Sharpes ankle  during a game.'),
('165231',' When Sharpe tells Harris to go home and write a book with lots of  shooting in it and he will become a rich man. This is a direct  reference to what some of the 95th Soldiers did do after the wars  were over, and some did indeed become rich, due to the hero status  that riflemen had at the time'),
('165232',' Divya Bharti (qv)s final film'),
('165233',' The explosion occurred at 9:04:35 local time.'),
('165234',' The blast took 1/50th of a second to destroy the area damaged'),
('165235',' 1,951 people were killed'),
('165236',' 199 people were blinded'),
('165237',' As of June 2004, the Halifax Explosion still holds the record for  being the largest man'),
('165238','made (though inadvertent), non'),
('165239','nuclear  explosion in history.'),
('165240',' After test screenings, an off'),
('165241','screen voice was added to clarify a  plot point. The voice is that of the films editor.'),
('165242',' Charles Lane, who was the real'),
('165243','life editor of The New Republic, was  invited by writer/director Billy Ray (I) (qv) to observe filming  of some of the movies scenes. The one scene shot while he was in  attendance was the where the TNR writers bad'),
('165244','mouth Lane behind his  back.'),
('165245',' Originally, Greg Kinnear (qv) was to play Chuck Lane.'),
('165246',' Melanie Lynskey (qv) replaced Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) who was  originally cast as Amy Brand but left the project because of  scheduling conflicts.'),
('165247',' According Charles Lane, the scene in which Lane confronts Glass in  front of TNR magazine covers was virtually verbatim retelling of the  actual events.'),
('165248',' Amy Brand (Melanie Lynskey (qv)) had no costume changes, and wore  the same outfit the entire movie.'),
('165249',' The real Stephen Glass was offered to work on the film, but he  declined.'),
('165250',' This is the fictionalized account of Colleen Applegate a.k.a.  Grant, Shauna (qv), a small town girl who took her own life after  drugs and a brief career in porn apparently took their toll.'),
('165251',' Many of the Zombie extras are fans of the TV series  _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv), which also starred Simon Pegg (qv) and  Nick Frost (I) (qv) and was also directed by Edgar Wright (qv).  They were recruited through the Spaced Out fan web site to be in the  film.'),
('165252',' Frequent references are made to Big Als claim that dogs cant look  up. This is a reference to the commentary to the second series of  _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv) in which Simon Pegg (qv) (Shaun) and  Edgar Wright (qv) talk about Nick Frost (I) (qv) (Ed)s claim  that the difficulty in shooting a scene with a dog was due to the  fact that dogs cant look up.'),
('165253',' The zombie that Shaun (Simon Pegg (qv)) and Ed  (Nick Frost (I) (qv)) find in their garden is Mary, the checkout  girl from the films credit montage. A short story detailing her  transformation into one of the undead was featured in issue 1384 of  the classic British sci'),
('165254','fi comic 2000AD. The issue went on sale 7  April 2004. The strip was called "Theres Something About Mary" and  was written by Simon Pegg (qv) and Edgar Wright (qv) (the films  co'),
('165255','writers) with art by Frazer Irving (qv).'),
('165256',' The game that Ed (Nick Frost (I) (qv)) is playing throughout the  movie is _Timesplitters 2 (2002) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('165257',' Shaun (Simon Pegg (qv)) complains that Ed (Nick Frost (I) (qv))  isnt his boyfriend, then says, "Thanks, babe." In season one of  _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv), a conversation begins in a similar manner  between the two actors ("All right, babe?"). This was, however, a  total mistake. The writers used the same joke again, forgetting they  had used it in Spaced.'),
('165258',' Because of the timing and the indisputable similarity of the names,  the distributors were forced to hold the film back until two weeks  after _Dawn of the Dead (2004)_ (qv) was released in the UK.'),
('165259',' Shaun works at Foree Electronics, named after Ken Foree (qv), who  was was one of the stars of _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv).'),
('165260',' During the sequence in which Shaun (Simon Pegg (qv)) and Ed  (Nick Frost (I) (qv)) are discussing the plan to pick up Shauns  mother (Penelope Wilton (qv)) and Liz (Kate Ashfield (qv)) a  track from Goblin (qv)s soundtrack to  _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv) can be heard playing in the  background, "Zombi," which was also the name of the Italian release  of the film, which was edited by Dario Argento (qv).'),
('165261',' When Shaun and Liz are flipping through channels and they come  across the "Fun Dead" program, the shopping mall music from  _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv) can be heard in the background.'),
('165262',' Whilst Shaun (Simon Pegg (qv)) and Liz flick through TV channels,  a voice can be heard saying that claims that the epidemic was due to  rage infected monkeys have now been dismissed as b... Liz turns off  before the voice can finish the sentence. The voice is referencing  _28 Days Later... (2002)_ (qv), another British zombie movie, in  which the word [i]zombie[/i] is never used, and, perhaps,  _Braindead (1992)_ (qv) ("Dead'),
('165263','Alive") from New Zealand as well.'),
('165264',' In the beginning of the film, when Shaun is riding the bus, the  young man in front of him is listening to music. The song that can  be heard is the dance club classic "Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation,  which itself is a track from the 1984 Commodore 64 game "Lazy  Jones".'),
('165265',' In the extended scenes, when Shaun runs into Yvonne for the first  time, she says "I havent seen you since *insert house music noises  here*... REWIND!" and attempts some kind of body popping. This is a  reference to the famous clubbing episode from Series 1 of Spaced. On  the commentary, Edgar and Simon jokingly quipped that this was Tim  and Daisy back together after theyd moved out of Meteor Street and  changed their names.'),
('165266',' When Shaun, Liz, David, Dianne, Barbara and Ed run into the  alternative gang as they make their way to the Winchester, there  are quite a few comedy partnerships brought together again.  Simon Pegg (qv) and Jessica Stevenson (I) (qv) '),
('165267',' Tim and Daisy  from _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv). Lucy Davis (II) (qv) and  Martin Freeman (II) (qv) '),
('165268',' Dawn and Tim from  _"Office, The" (2001)_ (qv). Dylan Moran (I) (qv) and  Tamsin Greig (qv) '),
('165269',' Bernard and Fran from  _"Black Books" (2000)_ (qv). Julia Deakin (I) (qv) and  Nick Frost (I) (qv) are, of course, in Spaced too, as Marsha and  Mike respectively.'),
('165270',' When Shaun and the group are running out of Lizs flat they are all  carrying weapons of some kind, but only Shaun actually hits any  zombies. This was because only the cricket bat that Shaun was  carrying was a padded fake, all the other items were real and would  have hurt the extras playing zombies if they had been hit with them.'),
('165271',' When Joe Cornish (qv) is on screen, we see Lucy Akhurst (qv)  (Sophie in season two of ("Spaced" (1999)_ (qv)) as a zombie getting  shot in the back. Shes the blond girl in the center of the screen,  with Cornish to her right.'),
('165272',' John and Bernie run the Winchester. These are the real names of the  landlord and landlady who used to run Simon Pegg (qv)s local pub,  the Shepherds in Highgate. John used to make toasted sandwiches for  regulars, hence the reference to "the Breville out back." Pegg and  Nick Frost (I) (qv) were regular attendees of the Shepherds  Thursday night quiz, hence the line "we do the quiz" when Shaun is  knocking on the Winchesters door. Chris Martin (XI) (qv) of  Coldplay (qv), who plays a zombie in the film, also used to attend  quiz night.'),
('165273',' SPOILER: Chris Martin (XI) (qv) of Coldplay (qv), who appears as  himself on a news report near the end of the film promoting ZombAid,  also plays a zombie. After Shaun and Liz escape from the basement of  the Winchester, he can be seen playing the zombie walking past the  phone booth from right to left.'),
('165274',' The "pyjama zombie" had his voiced dubbed over by Simon Pegg (qv).'),
('165275',' When Shauns girlfriend objects to going out to the Winchester he  suggest a few other pubs, one of which is the Shepherds, which  actually used to be Simon Pegg (qv)s local pub in Highgate until  it was closed and reopened as a themed bar.'),
('165276',' The TV news reports Shaun and Ed watch feature an anchorman who  utters exactly the same phrases as the TV reporter in  _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv).'),
('165277',' Shaun berates Ed for calling the creatures zombies (which they are,  of course). This may be referring to the fact that many zombie  movies (including _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv) and  _Resident Evil (2002)_ (qv)) never mention the word "zombie" at all.  More likely this is a reference to Danny Boyle (qv), director of  _28 Days Later... (2002)_ (qv), and his insistence that it isnt a  zombie movie.'),
('165278',' When Shaun walks to the shops before heading to work when everything  is normal, Shaun passes a road sweeper. On the road'),
('165279','sweeper  operators radio one can hear a news bulletin detailing how a space  probe called Omega 6 entered Earths atmosphere several days early  over the southwest of England and broke apart over a well'),
('165280','built  area. This a direct link to _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv),  in which a space probe breaks up over a small town in the USA, and  the resulting radiation causes the dead in the local graveyard to  come to life.'),
('165281',' The phrase "fried gold" originated behind the scenes of  Simon Pegg (qv), Jessica Stevenson (I) (qv) and  Edgar Wright (qv)s sitcom _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv) and was  mentioned several times on the DVD commentaries for that series. It  makes several fan'),
('165282','pleasing appearances in the film.'),
('165283',' At one point, a zombie can be glimpsed wearing a yellow cycling  helmet and lycra shorts. Hes played by comedian  Michael Smiley (qv), who made appearances in  _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv) as a bicycle courier named Tyres.'),
('165284',' _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv) director  George A. Romero (I) (qv) was given a private viewing of the film  near his home in Florida. During the scene in which Ed  (Nick Frost (I) (qv)) yells into the phone, "Were coming to get  you, Barbara," Romero was oblivious to the fact it was a direct lift  from his film _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv) and only found  out later after a phone conversation with director  Edgar Wright (qv).'),
('165285',' On the DVD (at least the region'),
('165286','two and region'),
('165287','one versions), there  is a feature that plays an edited version of the scene where Pete  yells at Shaun and Ed for playing the music too loud ("Ive got to  go to fucking work in four fucking hours!") that has been dubbed  over for television airings, thus replacing all obscenities. "Fuck"  is replaced with "funk," "prick" becomes "prink." The feature has  the fitting title "Funky Pete" and is found in the alternate bits  section.'),
('165288',' According to writer'),
('165289','director Edgar Wright (qv) in the DVD  commentary, when Ed attempts to cheer Shaun up at the Winchester  with plans of binge drinking, he is actually summarizing the events  of the next day (Z'),
('165290','day) entirely in drinking references.'),
('165291',' During the company logos at the beginning of the film, a selection  of the library music played during the airport scene of  _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv) can be heard.'),
('165292',' The distributor and production logos at the start of the film have  an excerpt from "Figment" by S. Park played over them. This track  was used to great effect in _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv). Also,  the end credits feature "The Gonk" by H. Chappell, the infamous  shopping'),
('165293','mall music from the same film, in a new remixed version by  Kid Koala (qv).'),
('165294',' All of the newsreaders and television presenters are real people  portraying themselves.'),
('165295',' While flicking through the Yellow Pages, Shaun finds the number for  an Italian restaurant named Fulcis, a reference to Italian horror  director Lucio Fulci (qv).'),
('165296',' Nick Frost (I) (qv) (Ed) allegedly kept his genitals shaved  throughout the production to create a genuine need to scratch that  the character demanded.'),
('165297',' Most of the posters in Shauns living room are of artists on the  Ninja Tune record label. These include Funki Porcini and the  Herbaliser.'),
('165298',' When Shaun comes into work he mentions that the manager and Ash have  called in sick. Ash is the name of Bruce Campbell (I) (qv)s  character in the _Evil Dead, The (1981)_ (qv) trilogy.'),
('165299',' The non'),
('165300','featured zombie extras were paid the princely sum of £1 a  day for their troubles.'),
('165301',' When Shauns flat'),
('165302','mate Pete answers his mobile phone near the  beginning of the movie, he says, "Hi, Dom." This is a reference to  _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv), where he uses the same greeting.'),
('165303',' A poster in Shauns flat is an image from the  Edgar Wright (qv)'),
('165304','directed video for Psychosis Safari by the  Eighties Matchbox B'),
('165305','Line Disaster. Members of the band feature as  zombie extras and a song of theirs, "Mr. Mental", is featured on the  soundtrack album.'),
('165306',' Before the line "Hes got an arm off" is shouted, you can see a  poster of a bleeding cartoon schoolgirl in the background. This is a  stylized version of a scene from the Japanese film  _Batoru rowaiaru (2000)_ (qv) (Battle Royale).'),
('165307',' The pizza company that is seen on and off throughout the film (the  takeaway place next to the corner shop, the pizza box sitting in the  lounge, and the various delivery men) is called Bubs Pizzas, a  reference to _Day of the Dead (1985)_ (qv) and the  smarter'),
('165308','than'),
('165309','average zombie, Bub.'),
('165310',' SPOILER: The death scene of David in the Winchester is a mixture of  the deaths of Captain Rhodes and Pvt. Johnson in  _Day of the Dead (1985)_ (qv).'),
('165311',' SPOILER: The scene when Shaun and Liz escape from the pub basement  on an elevator platform is a direct homage to  _Day of the Dead (1985)_ (qv), which featured a huge elevator  platform that the zombies eventually use to gain access to the  humans shelter. The way that Shaun drops the handbox after  activating the elevator is exactly the same movement that  Jarlath Conroy (qv), who played Bill McDermott in  _Day of the Dead (1985)_ (qv), used.'),
('165312',' When Noel (Rafe Spall (qv)) rings Ed (Nick Frost (I) (qv)), Ed  calls him Noodle, which is the name of one of the teenagers in an  episode of _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv). Noel also says, "E'),
('165313','Ball says  youre holding," which is a reference to director  Edgar Wright (qv), whose nickname is E'),
('165314','Ball.'),
('165315',' The word "fuck" is used 77 times in this movie.'),
('165316',' The _Batoru rowaiaru (2000)_ (qv) (Battle Royale) poster in Shauns  living room is designed by Fred Deakin of Airside, as is the green  poster with the flowers and girl in Lizs flat. Deakin is also a  member of the band Lemon Jellÿ, which provides music for the  soundtrack.'),
('165317',' George A. Romero (I) (qv), creator of the films that this movie  pays homage to and lampoons, was so impressed with Simon Pegg (qv)  and Edgar Wright (qv)s work that he asked them to appear in  _Land of the Dead (2005)_ (qv), the fourth part of his Dead series,  in cameos as zombies.'),
('165318',' Mary, the zombie in Shauns backyard, works at Landis Supermarket.  This is a nod to John Landis (I) (qv), who directed  _American Werewolf in London, An (1981)_ (qv), and to the British  chain of convenience stores named Londis.'),
('165319',' The Mexican stand'),
('165320','off scene is similar to Reservoir Dogs  (1992)_ (qv). Simon Pegg (qv) shouts, "Stop pointing that gun at  my Mum!" In Reservoir Dogs, Chris Penn (I) (qv) shouts, "Stop  pointing that gun at my Dad!"'),
('165321',' Just when Shaun is exiting the Indian'),
('165322','run deli, which is tuned to a  radio station playing songs from Indian movies, the song stops and a  newscaster begins speaking in Hindi. The content of the news, when  translated in English, is, "People are waking up from their graves."'),
('165323',' On their way to the pub, Shauns mother falls behind. While they  hear her scream, Shaun runs and jumps over the garden fence by  bouncing off of a trampoline. The same exact shot can be seen at the  end of _Army of Darkness (1992)_ (qv) (aka Evil Dead 3), where Ash  (Bruce Campbell (I) (qv)) battles the witch while bouncing on  trampolines in the S'),
('165324','Mart shop. This could also be a reference to  the video game _Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993) (VG)_ (qv), in which  you get around by doing the same thing, propelling yourself off  trampolines in peoples yards.'),
('165325',' David Walliams (qv) auditioned for the role of David.'),
('165326',' When the army shows up outside the pub, Joe Cornish (qv) can be  glimpsed as a zombie being gunned down, shown in his video diary on  the DVD. Hes being shot in the back, facing toward the camera.'),
('165327',' When Shaun and his friends are trying to get inside the pub, horror  writer and Frightfest organizer Alan Jones (XI) (qv) can be seen  as a zombie walking past the phone box. Hes the bald one in a  checkered shirt.'),
('165328',' DIRCAMEO(Edgar Wright (qv)): during the Remembering Z'),
('165329','Day montage,  there is a long shot of the zombies walking through a park; Edgar is  the one in black who falls over himself.'),
('165330',' Among the voices in the news reports you hear on television and  radio you hear David Walliams (qv) on a TV news broadcast,  Mark Gatiss (qv) on the radio, Keith Chegwin (qv) hosting the  "Fun Dead" programme, and Rob Brydon (qv) voicing the "Zombies  From Hell" show at the end. Also, the voice heard at the end  dismissing the infected monkeys being the cause is  Edgar Wright (qv).'),
('165331',' Almost all bit'),
('165332','part characters can be seen later in the film as  zombies'),
('165333',' Shaun walks past a road sign for Weston Park which is a street in  Crouch End, London, the same locale as _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv) and  where Simon Pegg (qv) now lives.'),
('165334',' In _Timesplitters 2 (2002) (VG)_ (qv), the video game played  throughout the movie, one of the main objectives is to destroy  zombies by removing their heads.'),
('165335',' One of the zombies seen in the film previously featured in a TV ad  for the Mini as a zombie.'),
('165336',' When Shaun is on the phone with Fulcis Italian restaurant, the  voice of the host is Edgar Wright (qv) doing a terrible Italian  accent.'),
('165337',' Northern Irish rock band Ash donated 3 songs used in the film:  "Meltdown", "Orpheus" and "Everybodys Happy Nowadays" featuring  Chris Martin. These songs were donated for free as  Edgar Wright (qv)s girlfriend, Charlotte Hatherley, played guitar  and sang backing vocals for Ash at the time.'),
('165338',' The original script called for Shaun to beat Mary and the hulking  zombie with a girls bicycle.'),
('165339',' The garden scenes were originally a lot longer, featuring a hanged  man zombie and a woman being eaten by her own dog (The dog was  intended to be played by _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv)s Colin).'),
('165340',' The pyjama zombie was originally scripted to walk along the pole it  was impaled upon, which is why it is hanging off the end when Diane  is doing zombie lessons.'),
('165341',' In the scene where Shaun shoots the Pete zombie in the bathroom,  Shaun is talking and says the words "join us" '),
('165342',' a well known quote  from Evil Dead.'),
('165343',' The rifle they use in the Winchester is, naturally, a Winchester  model 73, the gun that won the west.'),
('165344',' There are also multiple references to the scenes in Evil Dead II and  Army of Darkness (i.e. where Ash replaces his severed hand with a  chainsaw and dismembers Evil Ash respectively), where quick edits  focusing on important objects (i.e. the chainsaw, the chains, etc.)  are used in order to speed up and intensify the actions taking  place. In the film these edits are seen when Shaun makes breakfast,  whenever he uses the toilet, etc.'),
('165345',' Shauns last name is Riley. It can be seen on a poster ad from  Shauns Disc jockeying days.'),
('165346',' Lambs Club Gambol Series, Number Two'),
('165347',' The short was inspired by Martin Scorsese (qv)s  _Big Shave, The (1967)_ (qv).'),
('165348',' One of the films in the 3'),
('165349','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 has  a running time of 5 minutes.'),
('165350',' Vitaphone production reel #2686'),
('165351',' The role of Tommy Williams was intended for Pitt, Brad (qv).'),
('165352',' The exteriors were filmed at the defunct Mansfield State Reformatory  in Ohio. The prison was in such poor condition that renovations had  to be made prior to filming. However, most the interiors were shot  on a sound stage, because they determined it would be cheaper to  build duplicates of the interiors rather than renovating the  interiors of Mansfield.'),
('165353',' The American Humane Association monitored the filming of scenes  involving Brooks crow. During the scene where he fed it a maggot,  the AHA objected on the grounds that it was cruel to the maggot, and  required that they use a maggot that had died from natural causes.  One was found, and the scene was filmed.'),
('165354',' In Stephen King (I) (qv)s original story, Red was written as an  Irishman. In the movie, they left the line, "Maybe its cause Im  Irish", in as a joke, even after they had cast  Morgan Freeman (I) (qv) as Red.'),
('165355',' SPOILER: There are several similarities to the  Alexandre Dumas père (qv) novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo"  (which is also mentioned during the film). The Dumas novel involved  a man falsely imprisoned for a crime, who later makes a daring  escape. After escaping, he acquired hidden treasure which he learned  about in jail, and executed a plan of revenge against those who  imprisoned him.'),
('165356',' Bellows, Gil (qv) plays Thomas ("Tommy") Williams. In  _"Ally McBeal" (1997)_ (qv), he played William ("Billy") Thomas.'),
('165357',' The movie is dedicated to Frank Darabont (qv)s former agent who  helped him get started.'),
('165358',' The Rita Hayworth (qv) movie the prisoners are watching is  _Gilda (1946)_ (qv).'),
('165359',' Warden Norton whistles the hymn "Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott",  the English title of which is "A Mighty Fortress is Our God".'),
('165360',' The mugshots of a young'),
('165361','looking Morgan Freeman (I) (qv) that are  attached to his parole papers are actually pictures of Morgans  younger son, Alfonso Freeman (qv). Alfonso also had a cameo in the  movie as a con shouting "Fresh fish! Fresh fish today! Were reeling  em in!"'),
('165362',' On the wall in Andy Dufresnes cell is a picture of  Albert Einstein (qv). Tim Robbins (I) (qv), who portrayed Andy  Dufresne also played in the fictional movie about Einstein,  _I.Q. (1994)_ (qv).'),
('165363',' Andy Dufresnes Prison ID Number is 37927.'),
('165364',' SPOILER: In the scene after Andy has escaped, the warden wants them  to question Red. When they call to open Reds cell they shout, "Open  237!" This is the same number as the room in  _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv) and the amount of change ($2.37) the four  boys in _Stand by Me (1986)_ (qv) collect between them. All three  movies were based on Stephen King (I) (qv) stories'),
('165365',' SPOILER: When Warden Samuel Norton opens the Bible where Andy  Dufresne hid his rock pick, it opens to the Book of Exodus, which  details the redemption of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt.'),
('165366',' Heywood and Floyd are the names of two Shawshank inmates. Heywood  Floyd was the main character in _2010 (1984)_ (qv).'),
('165367',' Although a very modest hit in theaters, it became one of the highest  grossing video rentals of all time.'),
('165368',' Stephen King (I) (qv) sold the rights to the movie very cheaply  out of his friendship with Frank Darabont (qv). They had  originally become friends when Darabont adapted a short story of  Kings called "The Woman in the Room" (King has a policy stating  that any aspiring filmmaker can adapt his short stories for a buck)  and King was thoroughly impressed. They maintained a pen pal  relationship and didnt actually meet until Darabont optioned  Shawshank.'),
('165369',' Towards the beginning when Morgan Freeman (I) (qv) leaves after  they stamp REJECTED on his papers, his buddies ask him what  happened, and Freeman says "Same shit different day". This phrase is  also said in the movie _Dreamcatcher (2003)_ (qv), which is also a  Stephen King (I) (qv) movie starring Freeman.'),
('165370',' The prisoners are drinking Strohs beer on the roof.'),
('165371',' Rob Reiner (qv) loved Frank Darabont (qv)s script so much that  he offered $2.5 million for the rights to the script so he could  direct it. Darabont seriously considered Reiners offer but  ultimately decided that it was his "chance to do something really  great" by directing the movie himself. Reiner wanted Harrison Ford  and Tom Cruise to play Red and Andy respectively.'),
('165372',' After the film gained popularity, Ted Turner (I) (qv) sold the  television rights to TNT, his own network, for much lower than  normal for such a big film. Because it is so inexpensive to show,  the film is broadcast on TNT extremely often.'),
('165373',' When Andy first gets reassigned to the prison library, the first  officer who comes to him for investment help approaches him by  saying, "Im Dekins." Roger Deakins (qv) was the cinematographer  for the movie. While this is the case, Frank Darabont wrote the  character Dekins into the original script before he hired his crew,  as the same character was in the novella, and the different way of  spelling confirms this.'),
('165374',' Voted #1 Must See Movie of all time by listeners of Capital FM in  London.'),
('165375',' Voted #1 movie of all time by the Empire magazine.'),
('165376',' SPOILER: The candy tin with money and a letter that Andy buries  features a picture of the ocean liner The Queen Mary. It was issued  in the 1950s as part of a series by a British company called  Bensons.'),
('165377',' The man sitting behind Gil Bellows (qv) (Tommy Williams) on the  bus is Dennis Baker (II) (qv), a former warden of the Mansfield  State Penitentiary, where the primary filming took place.'),
('165378',' An agent who apparently hadnt done much research requested an  audition for his supermodel client for the role of  Rita Hayworth (qv).'),
('165379',' At the end of the movie, there is a dedication to  Allen Greene (II) (qv). He was Frank Darabont (qv)s agent and  also a close personal friend. He died just before the completion of  the movie due to AIDS complications.'),
('165380',' Stephen King (I) (qv) has said that his original novella, which  the film very faithfully adapts, was a culmination of all the  memories he had from watching prison movies when he was a child.'),
('165381',' The town of Mansfield held all day open auditions for extras. So  much interest was shown that they accepted no more people after 3pm.'),
('165382',' The close up of Andys hands loading the revolver in the opening  scenes are actually the hands of Frank Darabont (qv). Later in the  film while Andy carves his name into his cell wall (seen twice in  the film), Darabonts hands are used as well in the insert shot.  These close ups were inserts that were filmed during post  production, notably because Darabont felt that only he could do  exactly what he wanted in the close ups.'),
('165383',' Director Frank Darabont (qv) watched _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv)  every Sunday while shooting Shawshank and drew inspiration from it  on using voice'),
('165384','over narration and showing the passage of time.'),
('165385',' The Shawshank prison, in the book and in the movie, was loosely  based on Thomaston prison, an aging prison located in Thomaston,  Maine. That real life prison closed in 2004 due to its small size  and dilapidated structure.'),
('165386',' SPOILER: Zihuatanejo, the Mexican paradise where Andy and Red go  after prison actually exists. It is a tourist city in the Pacific  coast state of Guerrero.'),
('165387',' The role of Andy Dufresne was originally offered to  Tom Hanks (qv), who couldnt accept due to scheduling conflicts  with _Forrest Gump (1994)_ (qv). Hanks did, however, work on  Frank Darabont (qv)s next film, _Green Mile, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('165388',' Kevin Costner (qv) turned down the role of Andy Dufresne, a  decision he strongly regretted later on.'),
('165389',' Frank Darabont (qv) wrote the script in eight weeks.'),
('165390',' In the scene where Andy arrives in the library as Brooks assistant  and Brooks crow Jake is squawking, Tim Robbins (I) (qv) had to  time his line, "Hey, Jake. Wheres Brooks?", so that the crow  wouldnt squawk over his line, since the bird could not be trained  to squawk on cue. Robbins was able to adapt to this and time his  line perfectly from learning the birds patterns in squawking, for  which Director Frank Darabont (qv) praised him. Robbinss  improvisation is noticeable, and we can see that when he walks into  the room right up to the crow, he waits a short moment for it to  squawk while looking at it, and then proceeds with his line after it  does so.'),
('165391',' Tim Robbins (I) (qv) thought of the idea of his character, Andy  Dufresne, turning up the volume of the record player in the scene  where he plays the Opera music over the PA.'),
('165392',' The opera song that Andy Dufresne plays over the loud speakers is  Canzonetta sullaria from Mozarts Marriage of Figaro.'),
('165393',' Director Frank Darabont (qv) decided not to have the deleted  scenes on the DVD release of the film because hes embarrassed of  them and doesnt want them to be able to be seen publicly'),
('165394',' While Mansfield locals were eager to be extras, many werent  available during the day due to their jobs or were only available  for one day, which obviously wouldnt work in a prison film. So  extras were found at a halfway house, some of them real'),
('165395','life  ex'),
('165396','cons.'),
('165397',' Clancy Brown, who plays Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption  also played a different Captain Hadley in The Guardian.'),
('165398',' Since filming schedule was very tight in Mansfield Ohio anyone who  held up production time were threatened to be fined. Both  Tim Robbins (I) (qv) and William Sadler (I) (qv) showed up late  once but where never fined. Filming in Mansfield finished ahead of  schedule.'),
('165399',' The scene where the real killer confesses to the murders of Andys  wife and her lover was filmed in the Mansfeild Reformatory. Since  the cell blocks where free standing tiers inside the building there  are no windows in the cells. Since the shot had him sitting in front  of the window it was filmed in a different room not a cell.'),
('165400',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #72 Greatest  Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the  list.'),
('165401',' This documentary is featured on the Two'),
('165402','Disc Special Edition,  Two'),
('165403','Disc Deluxe Limited Edition and Three'),
('165404','Disc Special Edition  (Region 2) DVDs for _Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)_ (qv),  released in 2004.'),
('165405',' Artist C.C.Beck based the original Captain Marvel character design  on Fred MacMurray, who was, at the time, the #1 male box'),
('165406','office  star.'),
('165407',' No prints of this film can be found. Please check your attic.'),
('165408',' A nitrate copy of this film survives at the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('165409',' RKO wanted McCrea, Joel (qv) and Dee, Frances (qv) for the  leads, but was unable to secure them.'),
('165410',' The movie lost $180,000 at the box office, a major reason why  Helen Gahagan (qv)s movie career ended abruptly.'),
('165411',' For many years, this film version was considered lost. Re'),
('165412','released  in 1949 on a famous double'),
('165413','bill along with RKOs  _Last Days of Pompeii, The (1935)_ (qv).'),
('165414',' Helen Gahagan (qv), a Broadway actress and sometime opera singer,  was cast in the title role after an extensive talent search.  Although the film made her famous, her screen presence was so  negligible that it proved to be her only starring role.'),
('165415',' This film exists today only because silent film star  Buster Keaton (qv) had a copy of the original print stored in his  garage, which he gave to film historian Raymond Rohauer for  preservation.'),
('165416',' The sets, costumes, etc. were all prepared for a color film. At the  last minute, RKO pulled Merian C. Cooper (qv)s budget, and so, he  was forced to shoot the film in black and white. Friend  Ray Harryhausen (qv) and Legend Films later colorized the film as  a tribute to Cooper.'),
('165417',' Andre Morell (qv) re'),
('165418','voiced by George Pastell (qv).'),
('165419',' For the final stage of Ayeshas disintegration, makeup was not  applied to Ursula Andress, but to an uncredited elderly actress who  doubled for the star.'),
('165420',' In all the other film versions of H. Rider Haggards "She", Leo  Vinceys guardian has been called Horace Holly. In this one, the  nameplate on his door says Ludovico H. Holly. In the books,  Haggard calls him L. Horace Holly, so both variations are plausible.'),
('165421',' This had been a Gershwin musical ("Funny Face") onstage in 1927,  with Fred Astaire (qv).'),
('165422',' The movies line "Why dont you come up sometime and see me?" was  voted as the #26 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of  100).'),
('165423',' The National Legion of Decency was formed in October of 1933, six  months after the release of this film. Legion officials cited  Mae West (qv) and the film as one of the major reasons for the  "necessity" of the organization.'),
('165424',' Mae West (qv) was signed by Paramount in 1931 to make a film  adaptation of her stage success Diamond Lil. They then spent the  next two years trying to figure out a way of getting the material  past the censors. The battle over Diamond Lil led to the head of  the Production Board, James Wingate, quitting and being replaced by  the much more hardline Joseph Breen who was prompted to set up a  fairly stringent and moral Production Code. In the meantime,  Diamond Lil transformed into the slightly watered down "She Done  Him Wrong" and was one of the last films to be made before the  introduction of the Production Code.'),
('165425',' Shot in approximately three weeks.'),
('165426',' The only Mae West (qv) film to receive an Academy Award  nomination.'),
('165427',' At 66 minutes, this is the shortest movie to ever receive an Academy  Award nomination for Best Picture.'),
('165428',' The play "Diamond Lil", on which _She Done Him Wrong (1933)_ (qv) is  based, was revived on Broadway three times after its original run,  and all four of the Broadway runs starred Mae West (qv) in her  original role.'),
('165429',' Mae West (qv) and Rafaela Ottiano (qv) repeat their original  stage roles from the play "Diamond Lil", although, in the film,  Lils name is changed to Lou.'),
('165430',' Mae West (qv) was sewn into most of her costumes.'),
('165431',' Felix Silla (Shorty) and his leading lady, the late Claire Brennen,  met on the set of this movie. They began a nine'),
('165432','year relationship  and managed to keep it secret for all of those years, despite the  fact that it produced a son.'),
('165433',' Bill McKinney (qv)s film debut.'),
('165434',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Rise of the Johnsons, The (1914)_ (qv).'),
('165435',' When Roger Corman (qv) needed to travel to shoot a film on  location, he would put together a second feature that could be shot  at the same location. This film was shot on the same location as  _Naked Paradise (1957)_ (qv). American International put this on the  shelf for a year and a half before using it as part of one of their  pre'),
('165436','packaged double features with  _Night of the Blood Beast (1958)_ (qv).'),
('165437',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Cat Came Back, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('165438',' Spike Lee (qv) came up with the title from watching  _"X.F.L." (2001)_ (qv). A player named Rod Smart gained some  notoriety by nicknaming himself "He Hate Me".'),
('165439',' Ossie Davis (qv)s last film.'),
('165440',' Rapper Kimberly Lil Kim Jones (qv) turned down the role of  "Evelyn" in his film. She told Spike Lee (qv) that she thought it  would ruin her image.'),
('165441',' The president on the fictitious 3 dollar bill in the opening credits  is George W. Bush.'),
('165442',' Harry Lauder sings his song "She is Ma Daisy" in a short film made  in the sound'),
('165443','on'),
('165444','disk Chronophone process.'),
('165445',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Jinxs Birthday Party (1912)_ (qv).'),
('165446',' Won "Best Miami Film" at the 2005 Miami Short Film Festival'),
('165447',' Although this film uses the plot of the 1927 Broadway musical "Funny  Face", it does not use any of its songs.'),
('165448',' While filming this picture, the spirit gum holding  Crosby, Bing (qv)s ears back failed; he insisted on completing  the film with his ears out, and never used the gum again.'),
('165449',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Love and Title (1914)_ (qv).'),
('165450',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Hatties New Hat (1913)_ (qv).'),
('165451',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Whats in a Name? (1913)_ (qv).'),
('165452',' Biograph production number 1475.'),
('165453',' Exhibited on its own or as part of the five'),
('165454','reel presentation  _Downward Path, The (1900)_ (qv). The other reels were also  seperately exhibited under the titles  _Cheeky Book Agent, The (1900)_ (qv),  _Girl Who Went Astray, The (1900)_ (qv),  _New Soubrette, The (1900)_ (qv), and _In Suicide Hall (1900)_ (qv).'),
('165455',' Those "baby pictures" (that is, early'),
('165456','life photographs) of Justine  Essex, shown in the opening title'),
('165457','sequence, are in fact those of  Charlotte Ross (qv); she and her family loaned those photos to the  production.'),
('165458',' Charlotte Ross (qv) made this movie on the heels of  _"Days of Our Lives" (1965)_ (qv)...literally. As soon as her final  _"Days of Our Lives" (1965)_ (qv) scene (after four years of  co'),
('165459','starring as Eve Donovan) was completed, she caught a plane to  North Carolina where this film was shot.'),
('165460',' An installment of Eddie Buzzells "Bedtime Stories for Grownups"  Series'),
('165461',' Seventh and final release in the "Secrets of the Beauty Parlor"  2'),
('165462','reel comedy series.'),
('165463',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Bunnys Suicide (1912)_ (qv).'),
('165464',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Package of Trouble, A (1911)_ (qv).'),
('165465',' The list of "Cast Off Characters" for the movie "The Petrified  Florist," which goes by too fast to see, reads as so: The Hero...  Lester Coward; The Shero... Bettie Savis; Rich Man... John P.  Sockefeller; Poor Man... John Dough; Begger Man... Kismet; Thief...  Oph Bagdad; Doctor... Jekyll; Lawyer... Ima Shyster (the last five  names then repeat endlessly).'),
('165466',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Cheap Transportation (1914)_ (qv).'),
('165467',' When Sgt. Quincannon (Victor McLaglen (qv)) is addressing the  troops and warning them to "watch them words," he asks who owns a  dog, without receiving an answer. He concludes, "Nice dog! Irish  setter!" The scene was improvised on the spot by director  John Ford (I) (qv). The dog was an unnamed Navajo pet that had  fallen asleep during the setup. Multiple takes were required because  McLaglen kept blowing the line, calling the dog a "cocker spaniel."'),
('165468',' Based on the paintings and illustrations of  Frederic Remington (qv), the artist renowned for his nostalgic  packaging of the bygone "real" West for an urban public.'),
('165469',' Sergant Tyrees horse is named "Laddie".'),
('165470',' The song "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is still to this day the  official anthem of the United States Cavalry/Armor.'),
('165471',' The exterior shots of Capt. Brittle quarters and the building where  Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke has his HQ are  still standing and in Monument Valley itself near to the town of  Kanab. The HQ building is now a museum and both are open to the  public.'),
('165472',' This documentary is featured on both the Universal Classic Monster  Collection for _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv) and the Monster  Legacy Collection DVD for _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv).'),
('165473',' Filmed at the same high school as the TV show  _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv).  Gellar, Sarah Michelle (qv), who plays Buffy in the series and who  co'),
('165474','starred with Freddie Prinze, Jr. in  _I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)_ (qv), has a small,  non'),
('165475','speaking cameo.'),
('165476',' Rachael Leigh Cook (qv)s characters name, Laney Boggs, is a  combination of the names of two characters played by  Winona Ryder (qv): Kim Boggs in _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ (qv)  and Lelaina "Laney" Pierce in _Reality Bites (1994)_ (qv). This is  an apparent nod to Cooks and Ryders physical resemblance.'),
('165477',' In one scene, a copy of John Irvings book "The Cider House Rules"  is visible in the background behind Culkin, Kieran (qv). Culkin  played Buster in _Cider House Rules, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('165478',' Zach doesnt want to go to his Dads alma mater, Dartmouth. His dad  is played by Matheson, Tim (qv) who starred in  _Animal House (1978)_ (qv), which was partly inspired by one of its  writers time at Dartmouth. At the end of Animal House, Matheson is  said to move to California and become a Doctor... which he is in  Shes All That.'),
('165479',' CAMEO(Sarah Michelle Gellar): in the cafeteria.'),
('165480',' Kevin Pollak is repeating the ongoing joke, which is about guessing  wrong in jeopardy all the time. He originally did this in  _Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)_ (qv).'),
('165481',' The Prom dancing sequence originally wasnt scripted and wasnt  going to be filmed. It was added in at the last minute to make the  movie go a few extra minutes.'),
('165482',' The character "Brock Hudson" was actually named after a real life  student of the same name at St. Johns School in Houston, Texas.  (The same school where "Rushmore" was filmed). The screenwriter Lee  Fleming went to this school, along with Wes Anderson (qv)  (director of "Rushmore" and "Bottle Rockets") and  Will Wallace (qv) ("The Thin Red Line" and "I am Sam") where the  phrase "what kind of name is Brock Hudson?" was commonly heard.'),
('165483',' M. Night Shyamalan (qv) reportedly did a script polish for this  film.'),
('165484',' The film contains several hidden references to the pop group Hanson,  aisde from the photograph during Taylors campaign. The two main  characters are named Taylor and Zac '),
('165485',' two of the members of Hanson.  Mackenzie, and Jesse '),
('165486',' two minor characters, were younger members of  the Hanson family.'),
('165487',' Last film role of Peggy Ashcroft (qv).'),
('165488',' Director Lee, Spike (qv) wanted to cast Eriq La Salle in the role  of Greer Childs, but La Salle thought the role was too shallow, and  had joined the Screen Actors Guild, making him ineligible for the  part.'),
('165489',' Because the films budget was so tight, there were no retakes of any  scenes.'),
('165490',' The film originally was going to get an "X" rating due to its sexual  content. However, after Lee edited some of the sex scenes it  received an "R" rating.'),
('165491',' Whenever the cast broke for a meal, Spike Lee (qv) would tell them  not to throw away the aluminum soda cans because would turn them in  for recycling money.'),
('165492',' The BMWs license plate is "SHAB" which is an acronym of the title.'),
('165493',' This movie was filmed at the same time as  _Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)_ (qv), which was also directed  by John Hughes (qv), and features some of the same cast members.'),
('165494',' Paul Gleason plays an uncredited character called "Blind Boy Grunt".  Blind Boy Grunt was a pseudonym used by Bob Dylan in the early  1960s, and was also the name of a famous bootleg album of his in the  early 1970s.'),
('165495',' Ninth episode in the Excuse Maker 2'),
('165496','reel comedy series'),
('165497',' 28th episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('165498','reel comedy series.'),
('165499',' The original title of the film was "Shes De'),
('165500','Lovely". The estate of  Cole Porter (qv) asked them to change the title.'),
('165501',' John Cassavetes (qv) was going to direct the film in the 1980s  with Sean Penn (qv) in the lead but the project could not be  completed before Cassavetes died.'),
('165502',' Eighth episode in the Sunny Jim 2'),
('165503','reel sound comedy series.'),
('165504',' 20th episode in the Mike and Ike 2'),
('165505','reel comedy series.'),
('165506',' Based on William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s "Twelfth Night".'),
('165507',' There are several references to Shakespeares "The Twelfth Night,"  on which the movie is based. The school is called Illyria, which is  the name of the country where the play takes place. Duke Orsinos  character is based on Orsino, a duke. Dukes friends are named Toby  and Andrew; in the play, Toby is Olivias uncle and Andrew is one of  her suitors. However, in the play, Viola is not impersonating her  brother in particular, just a man, and she calls herself Cesario,  which is the name of the restaurant seen where Sebastian/Viola  breaks up with Monique and where Duke, Olivia, Eunice, and  Sebastian/Viola briefly double date.'),
('165508',' According to the Audio commentary on the DVD, the opening to the  movie was shot on the coldest day of June in the history of  Vancouver.'),
('165509',' On Violas first day at Illyria, there is a sign for the schools  play entitled "What You Will" which not coincidentally is the  subtitle for the Shakespearian play upon which this film is based'),
('165510',' The producers of this film initially wanted Jesse McCartney (qv)  to play the role of Sebastian, because McCartneys facial features  are similar to that of Amanda Bynes (qv). McCartney was  unavailable to shoot the film, so they cast James Kirk (I) (qv)  instead.  Most of the cheerleaders also were the dancers in  _Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) (TV)_ (qv), which was also  directed by Andy Fickman (qv).'),
('165511',' Jesse McCartney was about to play the character of Sebastian but,  due to his working schedule, he wasnt available.'),
('165512',' When they first started filming, Amanda Bynes couldnt play soccer  at all. Nevertheless, Bynes does most of her own playing in the  movie.'),
('165513',' The song playing during the double date between Viola/Sebastian,  Eunice, Duke, and Olivia is one of Sebastians songs. Olivia reads  the lyrics of the song out loud the first time she and  Viola/Sebastian work as lab partners and later she recites the same  lyrics to the real Sebastian.'),
('165514',' The scenes at the beach were filmed at Sun and Surf Beach Club,  Atlantic Beach, NY.'),
('165515',' Second part of actor/director Edward Burns (I) (qv) unofficial  "Long Island" trilogy which began with  _Brothers McMullen, The (1995)_ (qv) and concluded with  _No Looking Back (1998)_ (qv).'),
('165516',' The names of the four she'),
('165517','demons'),
('165518','Asmodai, Azazel, Astaroth, and  Belial'),
('165519','are actual demons as referenced in the Bible and, to a  degree, the Talmud. Similarly, the "incantation" uttered by Isabelle  to summon the demons is a real Wiccan spell for summoning demons.'),
('165520',' Filming completed on Christmas Eve 1945.'),
('165521',' The film was shot between December 8'),
('165522','21, 1945 but retakes required  several members of the cast, including June Lockhart (qv) and  Don Porter (I) (qv) to work through Christmas eve.'),
('165523',' Released on May 17, 1946 as part of a double bill with  _Cat Creeps, The (1946)_ (qv). Universal Pictures, unlike most major  studios, lacked a proprietary theater chain and often sold its  B'),
('165524','picture horror/mystery pictures as double bills, making weak  pictures more attractive and economical for independent theaters to  advertise.'),
('165525',' Lloyd Corrigan replaced Forrester Harvey (qv) who died prior to  any of his scenes were shot.'),
('165526',' Largely shot on Universals old "Hacienda" set, used on an  innumerable number of its B'),
('165527','westerns.'),
('165528',' This film was entirely created in less than 48 hours.'),
('165529',' A documentary in The Voice of the Land series.'),
('165530',' All of the scenes inside the shed were filmed in New Orleans during  the week before Hurricane Katrina hit. The director/DP evacuated to  his familys farm in Aubrey, Texas shortly before the hurricane  where the film was subsequently completed using a different shed for  the exterior. All of the exterior scenes were done in Texas as well  as a few non'),
('165531','shed interiors.'),
('165532',' The Mother character was played by two actresses due to scheduling  reasons. One of the actors was the real mother of the actress  playing the Daughter. The other was her high school drama  instructor.'),
('165533',' The character names havent stabilized yet. The dogs here are Ralph  (day shift) and Fred (night shift) or maybe vice versa (the names  are reversed at the beginning and end); the wolves are George (day)  and Sam (night).'),
('165534',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('165535','packers Armour & Co.'),
('165536',' Alvaro Zendejas wrote the poem when he was 17, while still in high  school. He finished the short film in college at 23 years old.'),
('165537',' The original concept of the short film called for a male victim, but  this was changed to female, because no one else was available to  act. Although Melissa Carrasco proved to be a very good actress, the  vulnerability was doubled because the character was female  succumbing to a male humanoid.'),
('165538',' The short film includes three voice tracks for the narration of the  poem: One was recorded in 2001, the other in 2005, and the other in  2006.'),
('165539',' The last werewolf howl heard on the end credits is the directors  digitally modified voice.'),
('165540',' Jobyna Ralston (qv)s last film.'),
('165541',' A story of African slavery based on the novel of the same name by  Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, first Prime Minister of Nigeria, himself the  son of a slave.'),
('165542',' A low budget attempt to revive the career of former silent film star  Novarro, this cast him in a role satirizing his former rival for the  title of "Latin Lover", Rudolph Valentino.'),
('165543',' This movie appears as a bonus feature on the  _Shall We Dance (1937)_ (qv) DVD.'),
('165544',' Vitaphone production reels #2002'),
('165545','2003'),
('165546',' Featured as an extra in Anchor Bay UKs Pete Walker DVD box set'),
('165547',' Roy Scheider (qv) was an eleventh hour replacement for another  actor. Directly after the completion of the shooting, he traveled to  Marthas Vineyard to film _Jaws (1975)_ (qv).'),
('165548',' Originally produced by the Actors Conservatory Ensemble at the Lex  Theatre in Hollywood.'),
('165549',' Originally directed for the stage by Maryedith "Kitten with a Whip"  Burrell.'),
('165550',' Won FIPRESCI Award, Best Debut Award and Audience Choice Award, at  the 9th International Festival of Short and Documentary Films in  Lille, France (1980)'),
('165551',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Good Cider (1914)_ (qv).'),
('165552',' This movie took 3 years to make'),
('165553',' Some scenes inter'),
('165554','cut dialog shot 3 years apart'),
('165555',' The film was shot in 3 different formats '),
('165556',' HD, miniDV 24P, and  miniDV 60i'),
('165557',' Number 10 in the Nazi film series "Die Frontschau" (The Front Show),  which was produced to supposedly prepare German troops for the 1941  assault on Soviet territories.'),
('165558',' Censored from German public screening during WW II by the Nazi  Party.'),
('165559',' Paul Bowles (qv), author '),
('165560',' and thinly disguised subject '),
('165561',' of the  autobiographical novel on which the film is based, said, "? it  should never have been filmed. The ending is idiotic and the rest is  pretty bad." This quote comes from a rare interview that was part of  the film _Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998)_ (qv).'),
('165562',' According to casting director Juliet Taylor (qv), the original  three leads in this movie would have been William Hurt (I) (qv),  Melanie Griffith (qv) and Dennis Quaid (qv), but for budgetary  constraints issues'),
('165563',' John Malkovichs character, Port Moresby, has the same name as the  capital city of Papua New Guinea.'),
('165564',' Title in English was supposed to be Pow Wow but trailing ws got  accidentally flipped.'),
('165565',' The opening battle scenes are taken from  _Raintree County (1957)_ (qv) and are printed as a mirror image of  the original footage. (The same scenes can also be seen in, among  other films, _How the West Was Won (1962)_ (qv).)'),
('165566',' The movie was turned into the stage musical under the same title in  1975 starring John Cullum.'),
('165567',' Katherine Ross (I) (qv) film debut.'),
('165568',' No. 6 in the Hong Kong Film Awards List of The Best 100 Chinese  Motion Pictures'),
('165569',' The film took two weeks to shoot and opened in theaters a week  later.'),
('165570',' Singapores first 3D animation film.'),
('165571',' This Dreamcast video game cost over $20 million to develop and is  the most expensive Video Game ever developed. The project took seven  years to complete by Segas game'),
('165572','development AM2 division. For this  feat, it has a place in the Guiness Book of World Records.'),
('165573',' The game was originally set to be released for the Sega Saturn. But  due to the huge failure of the Saturn in the USA and Europe, and the  fact that the Dreamcast was coming to Japan in 1998, the Saturn  version was canceled. Sega even released a 3'),
('165574','minute clip of the game  being programmed on the Saturns hardware. Reference from Shenmue II  are present here as well, which shows that both the Shenmue games  were in development for a long time. The clip can be unlocked after  you beat Shenmue II.'),
('165575',' Yu Suzuki originally wrote Shenmue with 16 chapters and originally  intended to have the series span 4'),
('165576','5 games. However, with only  moderate success achieved with Shenmue (Chapter 1), Shenmue 2  contained chapters 3'),
('165577','5 in one game and some parts of the intended  game were cut out. The time Ryo spends on the ship traveling from  Japan to Hong Kong was meant to be part of the game (Chapter 2).'),
('165578',' Complete and working versions of classic Sega arcade games can be  found throughout the game, including: _Outrun (1986) (VG)_ (qv),  _After Burner II (1987) (VG)_ (qv),  _Space Harrier (1985) (VG)_ (qv), and _Hang'),
('165579','On (1985) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('165580',' Pre'),
('165581','orders for Shenmue Chapter One in Japan exceeded 100,000 copies  from one retailer, Segas own D'),
('165582','Direct alone. The game has since  sold over 1,200,000 copies worldwide.'),
('165583',' Every hand movement and action (drinking a can of Coke) was tested  by a real person to get it looking as lifelike as possible. Also  attention was given to the veins in Ryos hands.'),
('165584',' Shenmue was originally supposed to be a Virtua Fighter RPG type of  game.'),
('165585',' It took around 5 years for AM2 to finish the original Shenmue. The  sequel took much less since the game was originally intended to have  all chapters in a single game.'),
('165586',' Microsoft struck a deal with Sega to have Shenmue 2 to be exclusive  to the Xbox in the US. As a result, Electronic Boutique imported the  PAL (European/Australian) version of Shenmue 2 for the Dreamcast and  became one of the most imported titles in history and is the only  import game ever to be sold at Electronics Boutique. As a result of  this, the Xbox version only achieved moderate success.'),
('165587',' The Shenmue series, as envisioned by creator Yu Suzuki, is made up  of at least 16 chapters. The original Shenmue only covered the first  chapter, while Shenmue II contains four chapters of the series.  However, chapters included in Shenmue II are chapters 3 to 5.  Chapter 2 is in neither game and only existed as part of a manga  spinoff titled "Shenmue: Side Story" (originally published in the  Japanese publication, Dorimaga). In this chapter, Ryo saves a little  girl from Chai (the villain from the first game), who infiltrated  the ship Ryo was in. This explains some of the dialogue between Ryo  and the girls mother in the beginning of the second game.'),
('165588',' Shenmue the movie was released Jan 20, 2001 in select theaters in  Japan. It contains a ninety minute compilation of the major  storytelling cut scenes from the game Shenmue played in  chronological order along with battle scenes played by expert  players. The movie was officially released in Japanese theaters and  later was released in the West as a bonus DVD included with the Xbox  version of Shenmue II.'),
('165589',' John Wayne (I) (qv)s first film in Technicolor.'),
('165590',' Shipman, Nell (qv) wrote the scenario in 1912. It was originally  titled "The Shepherdess of the Southern Cross."'),
('165591',' The cafe where Tam and Jean went for a meal was the same cafe  that featured in the film, Geordie (1955)'),
('165592',' Fifth episode in "The Book of Psalms" series of six two'),
('165593','reel short  subjects.'),
('165594',' This film was made in the aftermath of the terrible Gujarat  earthquake.'),
('165595',' First of four unsold television pilots to star John Astin (qv) as  the comic western outlaw Evil Roy Slade.'),
('165596',' Mansfield, Jayne (qv)s singing voice is dubbed by  Francis, Connie (qv).'),
('165597',' This was the first western to be filmed in Spain.'),
('165598',' Average Shot Length = ~7.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.8  seconds.'),
('165599',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Rubber Industry of the Amazon, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('165600',' One of Griffiths last films before he left the Biograph Company; it  was filmed entirely outdoors.'),
('165601',' Copies of this film survive at National Film Archive (London) and  Betzwood Film Archive (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania).'),
('165602',' First movie of William Powell (I) (qv).'),
('165603',' Roland Young (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('165604',' The audio disks from this movie are not known to survive.'),
('165605',' Christian Slater (qv)s feature film debut. Coincidentally, his  father Michael Hawkins (I) (qv) also made his feature film debut  in a Sherlock Holmes film portraying Lord Caphill in  _Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)_ (qv).'),
('165606',' This production was produced by the Williamstown Theatre Festival as  a stage play. It was filmed for TV by HBO as part of their early  attempts to support arts and cultural performances. Unfortunately,  the melodramatic acting style that works in a 600'),
('165607','seat theater  didnt translate well to the media of TV, particularly in close'),
('165608','ups.'),
('165609',' The earliest known film featuring Sherlock Holmes was produced for  showing in Mutoscope machines in amusement arcades. Running time: 30  seconds. The production date was 26th April 1900.'),
('165610',' It was hoped that Richard Roxburgh (qv) would play Sherlock Holmes  as he had done in Hound Of The Baskervilles made by the same people  but Roxburgh was not free.'),
('165611',' Daniel Webb played Lestrade in Hound Of The Baskervilles but was not  available to play the role again'),
('165612',' The lines that Holmes quotes at the end of the film are a condensed  version of William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s lines from Richard II.  [Richard II, 2.1, 40'),
('165613','51]'),
('165614',' A modern source lists Philip Van Zandt (qv) as Kurt and includes  Henry Daniell (qv) in the cast as well. However, the role of Kurt  was played by Harry Woods (qv) and neither Van Zandt nor Daniell  appear in the film at all. The unidentified actor mistaken for  Daniell plays a Scotland Yard detective slowly driving the police  vehicle following the trail of paint, toward the climax of the film.  First seen in 3/4 profile leaning out the car window, he does seem  to resemble Daniell. But when he speaks the accompanying line "they  fade out again sir" to Dennis Hoey as "Lestrade", and subsequent  lines, he clearly has a rather crude *Brooklyn* accent, and seen in  other shots during the scene does not in any way resemble Daniell,  and the momentary appearance to the contrary is clearly an optical  illusion.'),
('165615',' The scene in which a train goes off the tracks early in the film is  footage from _Invisible Man, The (1933)_ (qv).'),
('165616',' Debut of Thomas Gomez (qv).'),
('165617',' Irene Adler and Holmes recall a "night in Montenegro". It was  speculated by many, including W.S. Baring'),
('165618','Gould (who did not  originate the idea, however) that the sleuth Nero Wolfe created by  Rex Stout (Wolfe was born in Montenegro), was the son of Holmes and  Irene Adler.'),
('165619',' Shown as a mechanical puppet show in the 1964 World Fair in the IBM  Pavilion, and then made into a short animated film.'),
('165620',' As was common in German films of the era, this movie was shot  without live sound, and all voices were dubbed in post'),
('165621','production.  Christopher Lee (I) (qv) and Thorley Walters (qv) were not  scheduled to dub their own voices for the English dubbed version (or  any other), and were dubbed by other actors.'),
('165622',' Released in three separate volumes, each containing three new  mysteries.'),
('165623',' Much of this game takes place at Sherringford Hall. Sherringford  Hope (or Holmes) and Ormond Sacker were Sir Arthur Conan Doyles  original name choices for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John (or James)  Watson.'),
('165624',' The end credits note that the game was based on a novel by Jalil  Amr. This doesnt refer to a published novel, but to something along  the lines of fan'),
('165625','fiction.'),
('165626',' In one scene at a train station, Buster Keaton (qv) was hanging  off of a tube connected to a water basin. The water poured out and  washed him on to the track, fracturing his neck nearly to the point  of breaking it. This footage appears in the released film. Keaton  suffered from blinding migraines for years after making this movie  and was unaware of the reason, until a doctor diagnosed him in the  1930s.'),
('165627',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1991.'),
('165628',' Buster Keaton (qv) doubled for Ford West (qv), the actor playing  Gillette, in the scene where the motorcycle he is driving (with  Keaton on the handlebars) hits a deep pothole and bucks him off flat  on his behind.'),
('165629',' Some filmographies credit Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (qv) as  co'),
('165630','director of this film. The confusion comes from the fact that  Buster Keaton (qv) did originally hope to have Arbuckle work as  his co'),
('165631','director, but Arbuckle was still too depressed over the  scandal that had nearly ended his career three years earlier and had  become difficult to work with, so Keaton went ahead as the sole  director of the film. The claim that Arbuckle was a co'),
('165632','director on  the film was made by Minta Durfee (qv); however, her claim lost  credibility because she also stated that Arbuckle was the sole  screenwriter of the film. The script was definitely written by  Joseph A. Mitchell (qv), Jean C. Havez (qv) and  Clyde Bruckman (qv)'),
('165633','Keatons usual team of gagmen from this time.  Historians agree there is no credibility to the claim that Arbuckle  ever directed so much as a frame of the movie.'),
('165634',' A title card in "Hearts and Pearls", the film within the film during  which Buster falls asleep, informs us that it was produced by the  "Veronal Film Company"'),
('165635',' an appropriate name, since Veronal was the  first barbiturate sleeping pill ever marketed.'),
('165636',' Fourth episode in The Telephone Girl 2'),
('165637','reel comedy series.'),
('165638',' Ryan Simpkins lost four teeth on the set of Sherrybaby.'),
('165639',' DirTrade(Chia'),
('165640','Liang Liu (qv): Opening credits show a demonstration  of martial arts against an empty backdrop.'),
('165641',' The fan'),
('165642','fighting scene required 329 takes to complete.'),
('165643',' The climactic fight scene was filmed in the Ukraine. It snowed so  early (October) that it caught the filmmakers by surprise, as they  had already started filming. They decided to change the script and  the movie so that it would appear almost as if this epic battle  began during the fall and ended during winter. Yimou Zhang (qv)  was very happy with how it turned out because it set the perfect  tone and obviously highlighted the blood spilled on the snow.'),
('165644',' To prepare for her role, Ziyi Zhang (qv) lived with a blind girl  for two months. The blind girl became blind at the age of 12 because  of a brain tumor.'),
('165645',' Concerned that Western audiences would not be able to tell  Andy Lau (qv) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (qv)s apart in the  beginning of the film as they are dressed similarly,  Yimou Zhang (qv) had Kaneshiros character eat peanuts throughout  many of the opening scenes to distinguish them.'),
('165646',' The scene in the bamboo forest is very common in Chinese martial  arts movies. Yimou Zhang (qv) felt that he had to stay in that  tradition and added the scene in the bamboo forest.'),
('165647',' Director Yimou Zhang (qv) has said that he will rewrite the  screenplay to remove Anita Mui (qv)s character following the  veteran stars death. This is meant to be a sign of respect for Mui.  It was earlier reported that Michelle Yeoh (qv) or  Brigitte Lin (qv) would be cast instead.'),
('165648',' This was originally going to be Anita Mui (qv)s final appearance  in film and she had already accepted the role but, because she was  battling cervical cancer, her part wasnt going to be filmed until  early 2004. After her death on 30 December 2003, director  Yimou Zhang (qv) decided to alter the script rather than find a  replacement. Anitas name will still be listed in the credits.'),
('165649',' Yimou Zhang (qv) chose world famous opera diva  Kathleen Battle (qv) to sing the theme song for this film.'),
('165650',' The literal English translation of the Chinese title is "Ambushed  From Ten Directions".'),
('165651',' It is Chinas official choice for the 2004 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('165652',' Yimou Zhang (qv) conceived the story in the late 1990s as a  companion to _Ying xiong (2002)_ (qv) (aka Hero).'),
('165653',' Concerned that Western audiences would not be able to tell  Andy Lau (qv) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (qv)s characters apart in  the beginning of the film as they are dressed similarly,  Yimou Zhang (qv) had Kaneshiros character eat peanuts throughout  several of the opening scenes to distinguish them.'),
('165654',' The song that Mei sings that begins with, "A Rare Beauty in the  North" is actually an ancient poem set to music. It was written by  the brother of an Imperial Concubine about his sister. Meant as a  cautionary tale to the Emperor about overindulgence in female beauty  at the same time it acknowledged the lasting hurt of a powerful  love.'),
('165655',' This low'),
('165656','budget teenage film was the only fiction feature in 2004  that did not lose money on the Taiwanese market (it has grossed  twice its production cost). Produced by two young, inexperienced  women in their late twenties and shot by even younger Chen Yin'),
('165657','Jung,  this sex comedy about a young gay circle in Tapei looks quite  amateurish, but its refreshing tone was up to now quite unheard of  in Taiwanese cinema.'),
('165658',' The film had all sorts of problems while on location in Indonesia  including having both stars, the producer, and eight other  crewmembers arrested for visa problems.'),
('165659',' Won the first'),
('165660','ever Japanese Academy Award for Best Picture, in 1978.'),
('165661',' Filming had to be stopped several times due to a shortage of horses  for the final battle sequences.'),
('165662',' Miyaguchi, Seiji (qv), who played the taciturn samurai Kyuzo, had  not touched a sword at all before this movie. Editing and careful  cinematography were both used to give the impression that he was a  master.'),
('165663',' Toho pulled the plug on the project several times when it ran over  budget, forcing director Kurosawa, Akira (qv) to go back and  personally argue with the board of directors who were convinced they  were making a flop.'),
('165664',' Often credited to be the first modern action movie. Many now  commonly used cinematographic and plot elements '),
('165665',' such as slow  motion for dramatic flair and the reluctant hero to name a couple '),
('165666','  are seen for perhaps the first time. Other movies may have used them  separately before, but Kurosawa brought them all together.'),
('165667',' According to a Japanese film scholar, the one of the things that  inspired this film was an account the director read about a actual  village who hired samurai to protect them.'),
('165668',' Kurosawas original idea for the movie he was to make was a film  about a day in the life of a samurai, beginning with him rising from  his bed and ending with him making some mistake that required him to  kill himself to save face. Despite a good deal of research, he did  not feel he had enough solid factual information to make the movie,  but came across the above'),
('165669','mentioned anecdote about a village hiring  samurai to protect them and decided to use that idea. Kurosawa wrote  a complete dossier for each character with a speaking role. In it  was details about what they wore, their favorite foods, their past  history, their speaking habits, and every other detail he could  think of about them. No other Japanese director had ever done this.'),
('165670',' SPOILER: Heihachi is the first of the Seven Samurai to die in the  film. Minoru Chiaki (qv), who played Heihachi, was the last of the  title character actors to die in real life (in 1999).'),
('165671',' SPOILER: The only three samurai survivors, Shichiroji, Katsushiro  and Kambei, were the first three title character actors to die in  real life: Daisuke Katô (I) (qv); (Shichiroji) died in 1975,  Isao Kimura (qv) (Katsushiro) died in 1981 and  Takashi Shimura (qv) (Kambei) died in 1982.'),
('165672',' Was voted the 12th Greatest Film of all time by Entertainment  Weekly, being one of two films in the magazines top 20 greatest  films not in English. Federico Fellinis  _Dolce vita, La (1960)_ (qv) is No. 6.'),
('165673',' The movie is set in 1586. We learn during the scroll scene that the  real Kikuchiyo was born in year two of the Tensho era (1574) and is  now 13 years old. Japanese convention considered a child to be one  year old when he was born and advanced his age one year each new  year.'),
('165674',' First use of a scene which is now commonplace in cinema: The  approaching horde coming into view as they crest a hilltop,  specifically when Kikuchiyo sees the mounted bandits approaching.'),
('165675',' The simultaneous production of this film and _Gojira (1954)_ (qv)  nearly forced Tôhô Kabushiki Kaisha into bankruptcy.'),
('165676',' One of the Samurai who is seen walking through the town was played  by a young Tatsuya Nakadai (qv). This uncredited bit part is  believed to have been only the second film appearance by Nakadai who  would quickly become one of Japans most accomplished actors,  including a long working relationship with Akira Kurosawa. His  active career continues more than fifty years after this film was  released.'),
('165677',' Kikuchiyo is a girls name made up of two parts, like Betty Sue in  America. Thats why the samurai laugh so hard at the name. Obviously  Mifunes character is illiterate and its a very subtle thing that  the other samurai choose to tease him about the age and not choosing  a girls name! Kiku translates to Chrysanthemum and Chiyo to one  thousand generations.'),
('165678',' SPOILERS: None of the seven samurai are bested in sword'),
('165679','fights,  archery or spear'),
('165680','fighting by the bandits. All of the four samurai  who are killed in the film are shot by a musket. The only one of the  seven who fires a musket in return is Kikuchiyo, who is not  technically a samurai and doesnt kill anyone with the shot.'),
('165681',' The same candy mentioned in the opening sequence; Lemonheads,  Jawbreakers, Alexander the Grape, and Boston Baked Beans, were  handed out to a sold out audience at the New York Underground Film  Festival.'),
('165682',' Stafford Repp (qv)s first film.'),
('165683',' In the opening scene, the family who are seeing off  Takako Matsu (qv)s character are the actress real family. They  include her father Koshiro Matsumoto, a film and kabuki actor;  mother Noriko Matsumoto, a former actress; brother Ichikawa Zengoro  VII, a kabuki actor and her elder sister Kiyo Matsumoto.'),
('165684',' Visa dexploitation en France : # 111851.'),
('165685',' Shiki'),
('165686','jitsu is based on the autobiographical nouvella "Tohimu"  written by Ayako Fujitani (who plays the leading role).'),
('165687',' The title is a play on words. In Japanese, depending on which kanji  is used, "shikoku" can mean "four countries" (which is the name of  the island where the movie is set) or it can mean "land of the  dead."'),
('165688',' Filmed without any re'),
('165689','takes'),
('165690',' A documentary in The Voice of the Land series.'),
('165691',' David'),
('165692','Matthew Barnes cast actors Robb Osaba and Mikalee Greeson in  the film after meeting them in a writing class at Oglethorpe  University in Atlanta.'),
('165693',' As of October 2005, the film has played at five international film  festivals: the Los Angeles Film Festival, the New York Asian Film  Festival, the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival, the Hong Kong  International Film Festival, and the Hawaii International Film  Festival. The film was also shown at the San Diego Comic'),
('165694','Con.'),
('165695',' The fashion company featured in the film, BABY, THE STARS SHINE  BRIGHT, is an actual Lolita dress company based in the Shibuya  neighborhood of Tokyo.'),
('165696',' At the part when Ichigo and Momoko are having lunch together, Momoko  is holding a pink book. The title reads "How to be a Lolita" in  Japanese.'),
('165697',' Almost all of the outfits Momoko wears are from Baby, The Stars  Shine Bright. The only items that arent are a few minor accessories  and mainly her shoes. Obviously her school uniform also wasnt made  by Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, same goes for the dress she wears  when they go to Pachinko the second time, this is by Metamorphose,  Temps De Fille.'),
('165698',' The movie was supposed to be followed by a TV series, plans for  which fell through.'),
('165699',' The first Zatoichi movie in color.'),
('165700',' Not only the last Zatôichi film produced by Toho Company Ltd., but  also the last of the "old school" Zatôichi films.'),
('165701',' The last Zatoichi film produced by the Daiei Motion Picture Company  (which had went bankrupt). Toho Company took over the films for the  rest of the decade (along with Katsu, Shintarô (qv)s own Katsu  Productions, which coproduced the films since 1967).'),
('165702',' All of the Gundam pilots names have a number theme: Heero Yuy  ("Hee" being Japanese kanji for one); Duo Maxwell ("Duo" meaning  two); Trowa Barton ("Trowa" based on the French word for three);  Quatre Raberba Winner ("Quatre" is the French word for four); Wufei  Chang ("Wu" is Chinese for five). Also, most of the other characters  also have this number theme, ie. Milliard Peacecraft ("Milliard" is  French for billion); Lady Une ("Une" is French for one); Treize  Khushrenada ("Treize" is French for thirteen) and many more.'),
('165703',' Last of 17 films in the series The Woman Gambler, from the Daiei  Studios.'),
('165704',' Unlike previous games in the series, the North American version left  out the Japanese language track. According to Koei, this was because  the game data took up so much space on the disc that there was only  enough space for the English language track.'),
('165705',' The film was based on the scripts Gainax originally intended to use  for episode 25 of the TV series, but were unable to due to budget  and production problems, and TV Tokyos refusal to allow the episode  to be produced for television broadcast. The second half of the film  builds upon the script to create an ending concurrent to the one  shown in the TV series.'),
('165706',' The line "Your reality is at the end of your dream" in the  live'),
('165707','action scene is followed by flashes of text. These are copies  of death threats director/writer Hideaki Anno received from fans  disappointed by the ending of the television series.'),
('165708',' The red dummy plugs we see injected into the Mass Production Eva  series before they launch are labeled "Kaworu".'),
('165709',' Gendo Ikaris muted final words to Ritsuko were never scripted.  There was originally meant to be an explosion in the background  making the line inaudible, but even after it was cut Anno still  wanted the line to be unheard. Yuriko Yamaguchi (voice of Ritsuko  Akagi) had difficulty delivering the subsequent line "Liar" without  knowing what Gendo had said. Anno gave her one small hint as to what  the line was, and she instantly knew exactly how to delivery the  line. To this day, only Anno and Yamaguchi know what that hint was.'),
('165710',' One shot in the live'),
('165711','action sequence shows three women with their  backs turned to the camera who are dressed exactly like the  characters Rei, Asuka, and Misato.'),
('165712',' An alternate sequence was originally planned for the live'),
('165713','action  portion of the film. In it, Shinji dreams of a world that exists  without him. The sequence follows live'),
('165714','action versions of Asuka,  Misato, and Rei in various stages of their daily lives, without  NERV, Angels, or Evangelions. It ends with Asuka being followed by  an "invisible" Shinji, who realizes in monologue that this is not  reality. As the transition from live'),
('165715','action back to animation is  made, Rei and Shinji discuss the nature of dreams vs. reality, as  seen in the final cut of the film. Portions of this alternate  sequence can be seen in the original theatrical trailer, which is  shown on the R1 DVD before the movie plays.'),
('165716',' While recording the scene in which Shinji strangles Asuka, Ogata  Megumi (Shinji) became so frustrated and agitated that she actually  pushed Miyamura Yuko (Asuka) to the floor and strangled her. Because  of this, Miyamura had difficulty speaking her lines for a while.'),
('165717',' According to Misato, the computer screen she is viewing near the  beginning of the film is a file which reveals the truth of Second  Impact. In reality (from what is legible) it is nothing but a short  bio on Gainax and its films.'),
('165718',' The title of the films second half, "Magokoro wo Kimi ni"  (Sincerely Yours), comes from the title of the Japanese version of  _Charly (1968)_ (qv), which was based on Daniel Keyess "Flowers For  Algernon". "Magokoro wo Kimi ni" was reportedly the title given to  the first edition of Keyess story when it was released in Japan.'),
('165719',' The entire flash card set for all the previous episodes appears just  after the crayon drawing sequence.'),
('165720',' While advertised as comprising of two episodes, it actually is three  episodes, the first one being there only to keep the narrative  intact for people who are only able to get hold of this film.'),
('165721',' Asukas voice actress, Yuko Miyamura, mentioned in an interview that  Asukas final line in the movie was her own idea. The original  script called for the line "Anta nanka ni korosareru no wa mappira  yo!" ("Id hate to be killed by a bastard like you!"), but Miyamura,  Megumi Ogata (the voice actress who played Shinji) and director  Hideaki Anno were at a loss over how the line should have been  delivered; Ogata even attempted to strangle Miyamura in frustration.  Finally, Anno told Miyamura to imagine a stranger masturbating over  her while she was sleeping; he also asked her what she would think  or say upon waking and realizing what had happened. Miyamuras  reply: "Kimochi warui" ("I feel disgusting").'),
('165722',' Based on the life of pianist David Helfgott (qv).'),
('165723',' Geoffrey Rush (qv) was listed as his own hand double in the  credits for playing the piano.'),
('165724',' The flag on the wall of Mels bedroom is the national flag of  Angola.'),
('165725',' Many of the blurry, unfocused moments in the film, as well as  "problems" with angles and sounds, were done intentionally.'),
('165726',' Director Mike Doyle met his lead actor George Morfogen while they  were both actors on the popular HBO show OZ.'),
('165727',' The original play opened in New York on 13 February 1934.'),
('165728',' Joan Crawford (I) (qv) specifically asked for  Margaret Sullavan (qv) to play the role of Judy, despite L.B.  Mayers warning that the accomplished stage actress could steal the  picture from her. Joan replied "Id rather be a supporting player in  a good picture than the star of a bad one."'),
('165729',' "Shining On" writer/co'),
('165730','producer/director Jason Fenton and  co'),
('165731','producer John Gonzales were childhood friends in Carpinteria,  California. Both men met co'),
('165732','producer/cinematographer Slava Siderman  on the set of the feature film "Demoness" in 1993 (John produced,  Slava was a dolly grip, Jason was an ensemble cast member).'),
('165733',' "Shining On" was filmed on location in Santa Barbara and Los  Angeles, California. Many of the locations featured in the film '),
('165734','  The Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Mission Santa Barbara, and  Stearns Wharf '),
('165735',' are historic landmarks familiar to the filmmakers  during their childhood.'),
('165736',' In this film, Neeson, Liam (qv) works with his future  sister'),
('165737','in'),
('165738','law, Richardson, Joely (qv).'),
('165739',' Many of the Nazi SS men in the movie were US soldiers from the  Berlin Brigade.'),
('165740',' In the living'),
('165741','room scene where Linda and her father read a letter  from her imperiled aunts and cousin in Berlin, the music on the  phonograph is Robert Schumanns "Kinderszenen", (Scenes of  Childhood) Opus 15.'),
('165742',' The original play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 9  September 1940, but ran for only 24 performance. The leads were  played by Alexander Knox (qv) and Jessica Tandy (qv).'),
('165743',' During the making of the movie, Stanley Kubrick (qv) would call  Stephen King (I) (qv) at 3:00 a.m. and ask him questions like "Do  you believe in God?"'),
('165744',' The Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon was used for the front  exterior, but all the interiors as well as the back of the hotel  were specially built at Elstree Studios in London, England. The  management of the Timberline requested that Stanley Kubrick (qv)  not use 217 for a room number (as specified in the book), fearing  that nobody would want to stay in that room ever again. Kubrick  changed the script to use the nonexistent room number 237.'),
('165745',' The book that Jack was writing contained the one sentence ("All work  and no play makes Jack a dull boy") repeated over and over.  Stanley Kubrick (qv) had each page individually typed. For the  Italian version of the film, Kubrick used the phrase "Il mattino ha  l oro in bocca" ("He who wakes up early meets a golden day"). For  the German version, it was "Was Du heute kannst besorgen, das  verschiebe nicht auf Morgen" ("Never put off till tomorrow what you  can do today"). For the Spanish version, it was "No por mucho  madrugar amanece más temprano" ("Although one will rise early, it  wont dawn sooner."). For the French version, it was "Un Tiens  vaut mieux que deux Tu lauras" ("A bird in the hand is worth two  in the bush").'),
('165746',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) decided that having the hedge animals come  alive was unworkable, so he opted for a hedge maze instead.'),
('165747',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) demanded 127 takes from Shelley Duvall (qv)  in one scene.'),
('165748',' SPOILER: Stanley Kubrick (qv) ordered more than 120 takes in the  scene where the camera simply slowly zooms in on  Scatman Crothers (qv) as he "shines" in his bedroom. Kubrick  originally wanted approximately 70 takes of the scene where Halloran  gets killed by Jack Torrance, but Jack Nicholson (qv) talked  Kubrick into going easy on the 70'),
('165749','year'),
('165750','old Crothers and stopping  after 40. At one point during the filming, Crothers became so  exasperated with Kubricks notorious, compulsive style of excessive  retakes that he broke down and cried, asking "What do you want, Mr.  Kubrick?"'),
('165751',' SPOILER: DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[Bathroom] Wendy hides  from Jack in a bathroom during Jacks ax attack.'),
('165752',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[Bathroom] Jack speaks to the ghost  of Delbert Grady in the mens room.'),
('165753',' When first released, the film had an alternate ending: the party  photos shot (now the last shot in the film) dissolves to a scene in  a hospital, where Wendy is resting in a bed and Danny is playing in  a waiting room. Ullman tells her that they have been unable to  locate her husbands body anywhere on the property. On his way out,  Ullman gives Danny a ball '),
('165754',' the same one that mysteriously rolled  into a hallway earlier in the film, before Danny was attacked in  room 237. Ullman laughs and walks away while Danny "shines" the  Overlook Hotel. Stanley Kubrick (qv) had the scene removed a week  after the film was released.'),
('165755',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[three'),
('165756','way]: Danny vs. the Overlook  vs. Jack'),
('165757',' The scrapbook that Jack finds in the novel makes a brief appearance  next to his typewriter in the scene when Jack tells Wendy never to  bother him while hes working.'),
('165758',' In the scene where Danny Lloyd (qv) rides his bike through the  hall and encounters the Grady daughters, he never actually sees  them. The scene was accomplished by Stanley Kubrick (qv) directing  Lloyd to turn the corner into an empty hall. Kubrick then directed  Danny to stop, look scared, cover his eyes, and so on. At a  different time Kubrick filmed the girls by themselves in the hall  standing together. In post'),
('165759','production, he took the film from the two  scenes and spliced them together to make it look like it was all  happening at the same time '),
('165760',' hence giving the illusion that Lloyd  (who didnt realize until years later that he was in a horror movie)  was actually seeing the two girls.'),
('165761',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[faces]: Jack, as he chases his son  through the maze.'),
('165762',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[faces]: Danny, when he sees the  twins in the hallway.'),
('165763',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[zoom]: when Halloran is on his bed  watching TV.'),
('165764',' Jack Nicholson (qv) ad'),
('165765','libbed the line "Heres Johnny!" in  imitation of announcer Ed McMahon (I) (qv)s famous introduction  of Johnny Carson (I) (qv) on U.S. network NBC'),
('165766','TVs long'),
('165767','running  late night television program  _"Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The" (1962)_ (qv). Carson  once used the clip of Nicholson as the introduction to one of his  annual anniversary specials.'),
('165768',' During the scene where Wendy brings Jack breakfast in bed, it can be  seen in the reflection of the mirror that Jacks T'),
('165769','shirt says  "Stovington" on it. While not mentioned in the film, this is the  name of the school that Jack used to teach at in the  Stephen King (I) (qv) novel.'),
('165770',' Kubrick, Stanley (qv), known for his compulsiveness and numerous  retakes, got the difficult shot of blood pouring from the elevators  in only three takes. This would be remarkable if it werent for the  fact that the shot took nine days to set up; every time the doors  opened and the blood poured out, Kubrick would say, "It doesnt look  like blood." They had tried shooting that scene for an entire year.'),
('165771',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) made the cast watch _Eraserhead (1977)_ (qv)  to put them in the mood he wanted from them.'),
('165772',' All of the interior rooms of The Overlook Hotel were filmed at  Elstree Studios in England, including The Colorado Lounge, where  Jack does his typing. Because of the intense heat generated from the  lighting used to recreate window sunlight, the lounge set caught  fire. Fortunately all of the scenes had been completed there, so the  set was rebuilt with a higher ceiling, and the same area was  eventually used by Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) as the snake'),
('165773','filled  Well of the Souls tomb in _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv).'),
('165774',' Jack (as played by Jack Nicholson (qv)) references Salem, Oregon,  the location of his previous film  _One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975)_ (qv), which also starred  Scatman Crothers (qv).'),
('165775',' The Louisville Slugger baseball bat with which Wendy Torrance  bludgeons Jack is signed by Carl Yastrzemski (qv), Hall of Fame  Red Sox player. Author Stephen King (I) (qv) is a huge Red Sox  fan.'),
('165776',' Every time Jack talks to a "ghost", theres a mirror in the scene,  except in the food locker scene. This is because in the food locker  scene he only talks to Grady through the door. We never see Grady  like we do in the other "ghost" scenes.'),
('165777',' According to Stephen King (I) (qv), the title is inspired by the  refrain in the Plastic Ono Bands song, "Instant Karma" (by  John Lennon (I) (qv)), which features the chorus: "We all shine  on."'),
('165778',' The movie Wendy and Danny are watching on the opening of Monday is  _Summer of 42 (1971)_ (qv).'),
('165779',' At the time of release, it was the policy of the MPAA to not allow  the portrayal of blood in trailers that would be approved for all  audiences. In order to overcome this, Stanley Kubrick (qv)  convinced the board that was approving the trailer that the blood  flooding out of the elevator was actually rusty water.'),
('165780',' Because Danny Lloyd (qv) was so young and since it was his first  acting job, Stanley Kubrick (qv) was highly protective of the  child. Through clever and creative directing, Danny didnt know he  was working on a horror movie until after it was released.'),
('165781',' The former caretaker of the Overlook Hotel has two different names  (Charles Grady and Delbert Grady) because hes supposed to be two  different people. Charles is the caretaker who murdered his wife and  daughters in the winter of 1970, and Delbert is the butler of the  Overlook Hotel at the 4th of July party in 1921(which Jack was also  at). This is a reference to the original book (the former  caretakers name didnt change like it did in the movie, but he was  at the hotel in two different time periods'),
('165782',' once at a masquerade  ball in 1945 and again as the caretaker in 1970.). The use of two  different names in the movie is simply to show that Grady has been  at the Overlook Hotel twice, just like Jack.'),
('165783',' The throwing around of the tennis ball inside the overlook hotel was  Jack Nicholson (qv)s idea. The script originally only specified  that, "Jack is not working".'),
('165784',' Outtakes of the shots of the Volkswagen traveling towards the  Overlook at the start of the film were plundered by  Ridley Scott (qv) (with Stanley Kubrick (qv)s permission) for  the happy ending in the original release of  _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv).'),
('165785',' The "snowy" maze near the conclusion of the movie consisted of salt  and crushed Styrofoam.'),
('165786',' Stanley Kubrick (qv)s first choice to play Danny Torrence was  Cary Guffey (qv), the young boy from  _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv). Guffeys parents  apparently turned down the offer due to the films subject matter.'),
('165787',' Billie Gibson (qv), the old woman in the tub, has been falsely  rumored to be Ann Gibson, Mel Gibson (I) (qv)s late mother.'),
('165788',' Neither Lia Beldam (qv) (young woman in bath) nor  Billie Gibson (qv) (old woman in bath) appeared in another movie  before or after this one.'),
('165789',' CAMEO(Norman Gay (qv)): The injured guest who frightens Wendy  Torrance (Shelley Duvall (qv)) by saying "Great party, isnt it?"  was played by film editor Norman Gay.'),
('165790',' There were so many changes to the script during shooting that  Jack Nicholson (qv) claimed that he stopped reading it. He would  read only the new pages that were given to him each day.'),
('165791',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) composed and shot this film in the negative  ratio (1.37:1) format so that in TV we see it in 1.33:1, but in the  cinemas wee see it in 1.85:1 (aspect ratio). When a film is shot in  1.37:1, the top and the bottom of the frame are intended to be  masked off in the cinemas to create a widescreen version, but are  not masked off in the TV '),
('165792',' VHS '),
('165793',' DVD version.'),
('165794',' Wendy Carlos (qv) and Rachel Elkind (qv) wrote and performed a  full electronic score for the film, but Stanley Kubrick (qv)  discarded most of it and used a soundtrack of mostly classical  music. Only the adaptation of Hector Berlioz (qv)s "Symphonie  Fantastique" during the opening credits, the music during the  familys drive to the hotel, and a few other brief moments (such as  Hallorans plane trip) survive in the final version. Wendy Carlos  once noted that shed like to see the original score released on CD,  but there were too many legal snags at the time. As of 2005, Carlos  score for the film has been remastered, and is a part of  "Rediscovering Lost Scores Volumes 1 and 2".'),
('165795',' For the scene in which Jack breaks down the bathroom door, the props  department built a door that could be easily broken. However,  Jack Nicholson (qv) worked as a volunteer fire marshal and tore it  apart easily. The props department were then forced to build a  stronger door.'),
('165796',' Anjelica Huston (qv) lived with Jack Nicholson (qv) during the  time of the shooting. She recalled that, due to the long hours on  the set and Stanley Kubrick (qv)s trademark style of repetitive  takes, Nicholson would often return from a days shooting, walk  straight to the bed, collapse onto it and would immediately fall  asleep.'),
('165797',' Before the project came to fruition, Stanley Kubrick (qv) was  deciding on whether to adapt the novel or Diane Johnson (I) (qv)s  other novel "The Shadow Knows". Ultimately he decided on the former,  for Johnsons novel had problems in its first'),
('165798','person narrative.  Still impressed with her works, he brought her in to work on the  adaptation for three months after rejecting  Stephen King (I) (qv)s draft of the screenplay.'),
('165799',' The making'),
('165800','of documentary shot by Vivian Kubrick (qv) shows that  the hedge maze set, while nowhere near as large as the maze in the  film (which was mostly a matte painting), was still large and  complex enough to require a detailed map. In the commentary for her  documentary, she notes that many crew members really got lost in the  maze, dryly noting that it now reminds her of the lost'),
('165801','backstage  scene in _This Is Spinal Tap (1984)_ (qv).'),
('165802',' There was no air conditioning on the sets, meaning it would often  become very hot. The hedge maze set was stifling; actors and crew  would often strip off as much of the heavy clothing they were  wearing as quickly as they could once a shot was finished.'),
('165803',' Tony Burton (I) (qv), who had a brief role as Larry Durkin the  garage owner, arrived on set one day carrying a chess set in hopes  of getting in a game with someone during a break from filming.  Stanley Kubrick (qv), an avid chess player who had in his youth  played for money, noticed the chess set. Despite production being  behind schedule, Kubrick proceeded to call off filming for the day  and engage in a set of games with Burton. Even though Kubrick won  each game, Burton said the director thanked him since it had been  some time that hed played against a challenging opponent.'),
('165804',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) wanted to shoot the film in script order.  This meant having all the relevant sets standing by at all times. In  order to achieve this, every soundstage at Elstree was used, with  all the sets built, pre'),
('165805','lit and ready to go during the entire shoot  at the studios.'),
('165806',' The design of the Overlooks Colorado Lounge and Lobby are based  very closely on the beautiful Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite national  park. The chandeliers, windows and fireplace are nearly identical,  so much so that people entering the Ahwahnee often ask if its "the  Shining hotel".'),
('165807',' Steadicam operator Garrett Brown (I) (qv) accomplished many of the  ultra'),
('165808','low tracking corridor sequences from a wheelchair on which his  invention was mounted. Grips would either pull backward or push  forward the wheelchair, depending on the requirement of the shot'),
('165809',' Stephen King (I) (qv) tried to talk Stanley Kubrick (qv) out of  casting Jack Nicholson (qv) in the lead suggesting, instead,  either Michael Moriarty (qv) or Jon Voight (qv). King had felt  that watching either of these normal'),
('165810','looking men gradually descend  into madness, would have immensely improved the dramatic thrust of  the storyline. Indeed, many fans of the book agreed with King,  adding that Nicholson appeared fairly crazy from the very start,  thus there was little or no surprise when Jack ultimately went  totally overboard.'),
('165811',' Vivian Kubrick (qv) makes a cameo in the party scene. She wears a  black dress and sits on the right side of the sofa closest to the  bar.'),
('165812',' In the party scene, Stanley Kubrick (qv) told the extras to mouth  their words and not to nod their heads.'),
('165813',' One of the shots in the part where Jack is bouncing a ball against a  wall took several days to film. This was because the shot entailed  the ball bouncing from the wall onto the camera lens as it filmed.  As Stanley Kubrick (qv) was so determined to get this precise  shot, the camera kept rolling while the ball was continually hit  against the wall in the hope of it bouncing back and hitting the  lens. It took everyone on the entire unit having a go at it in  between other shots before the shot was finally achieved after  several days.'),
('165814',' SPOILER: Danny croaks "Redrum" 43 times before his mother wakes up  and Jack starts to break into the apartment.'),
('165815',' SPOILER: There is only one on'),
('165816','screen murder in the film.'),
('165817',' The Torrances car is a Volkswagen Beetle.'),
('165818',' The opening photo is looking west down Saint Marys Lake, Glacier  National Park, on the Going'),
('165819','To'),
('165820','The'),
('165821','Sun road. There is an  Ansel Adams (qv) photograph taken from exactly the same location.'),
('165822',' The red bathroom, where Jack and Grady speak for the first time, was  modeled after a bathroom in a hotel in Arizona, which was built by  Frank Lloyd Wright (qv).'),
('165823',' This was voted the ninth scariest film of all time by Entertainment  Weekly.'),
('165824',' Stephen King (I) (qv) originally wanted Jack Palance (qv) to  play the role of Jack Torrance.'),
('165825',' The movies line "Heres Johnny!" was voted as the #68 movie quote  by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('165826',' The movies line "Heres Johnny!" was voted as the #36 of "The 100  Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('165827',' Much like the casting of the "Jack" character,  Stephen King (I) (qv) also disliked the casting of  Shelley Duvall (qv) as "Wendy." King said that he envisioned Wendy  as being a blond former cheerleader type who never had to deal with  any true problems in her life making her experience in the Overlook  all the more terrifying. He felt that Duvall was too emotionally  vulnerable and appeared to have gone through a lot in her life,  basically the exact opposite of how he pictured the character.'),
('165828',' The film was released in the United States on star  Scatman Crothers (qv) 70th birthday.'),
('165829',' SPOILER: A special high speed camera was used to film the shot of  Okita being gunned down. However, during filming the camera  malfunctioned causing loss of registration and severe overexposure.  The resulting footage had an almost surreal look so it was used in  the movie.'),
('165830',' This TV movie was made to remark the 40th year anniversary of the TV  Tokyo network.'),
('165831',' Before the boss battle in Level 1'),
('165832','B, the sign in the background  says, "Skill Up". During and after the battle, it says, "Kill U".'),
('165833',' This movie was seen in Japan in 1963 by author Roald Dahl, from  which he got several ideas for the writing of the screenplay to the  James Bond movie _You Only Live Twice (1967)_ (qv). The scene where  Goemon attempts to assassinate Nobunaga with poison was referred to  in "You Only Live Twice" and "Grosse Pointe Blank". Several scenes  shows Nobunaga petting his cats. This is also done by the villain  Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice".'),
('165834',' In the Pioneer (North American) dub, when Jinnai orders his Bugrom  bodyguard to attack during their face'),
('165835','off against the priestesses in  the tunnels on the Forbidden Island, the second Bugrom to reply very  clearly says "Excusez'),
('165836','moi, après vous" ("Excuse me, after you", in  French).'),
('165837',' The director and other members of the original Japanese production  crew consider the North American dub cast to be the "definitive"  voices of the characters, superior to the original Japanese cast.'),
('165838',' In the English dub, when Jinnai gives new names to a group of Bugrom  soldiers, he names most of them after the Marx brothers (Groucho,  Harpo, Zeppo and Chico, along with Gummo and Margaret).'),
('165839',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Hard Times (1921)_ (qv).'),
('165840',' Donald MacBride (qv) was listed in the cast in a news item, but is  not seen in the film.'),
('165841',' The title was changed from "Ill Take Manila" to "Ship Ahoy" because  the Philippines had already fallen to the Japanese in the war. The  ship destination was changed from Manila to Puerto Rico, and the  song "Ill Take Manila" was changed to "Ill Take Tallulah".'),
('165842',' One song "I Fell In Love (With the Leader of the Band)", by  Jule Styne (qv) and Herb Magidson (qv), was filmed but not used.  The footage was used in _Great Morgan, The (1946)_ (qv).'),
('165843',' Frank Sinatra (qv) makes his film debut as a singer with the  Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (qv). Also look quickly for Broadway star  John Raitt (qv) as a young sailor.'),
('165844',' Vivien Leigh (qv)s last film.'),
('165845',' The large size model ocean liner floated in the swimming pool of the  Beverly Wilshire Hotel location, borrowed from Paramount Studios,  was originally built and used for the Cecil B. DeMille movie "The  Story of Dr. Wassell"'),
('165846',' Filmed in Hollywood in a single'),
('165847','strip stereoscopic (3D) process  developed by Max O. Miller and released on 20 December 1925.'),
('165848',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('165849',' John Hurt (qv) was offered the title role but declined because he  thought the project was distasteful.'),
('165850',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('165851','packers Armour & Co.'),
('165852',' Travolta, John (qv) at one time was attached to star, along with  his wife, Preston, Kelly (qv). Later, Thornton, Billy Bob (qv)  was also linked with the project.'),
('165853',' The author of the novel, E. Annie Proulx, would only grant the film  rights to the book upon the condition that it be filmed on location  in Newfoundland.'),
('165854',' Jason Behr (I) (qv) put on 15 pounds for his role as Dennis  Buggit.'),
('165855',' Spacey, Kevin (qv) put on about 25 pounds for the role of Quoyle.'),
('165856',' The Newfoundland band Great Big Sea very much wanted to have music  in the soundtrack, so they "seeded" the stereos in directors and  stars B&B with their CDs, hoping that the music would catch their  attention. It did, and the band has five songs in the movie, four in  the diner scenes and one at the party. The songs are not contained  in the movies official soundtrack however, a film score composed by  Christopher Young.'),
('165857',' Composer Jerry Goldsmith (qv) was attached to the project in the  early stages of its development.'),
('165858',' Gordon Pinsent, who played Billy Pretty in the film, was the only  leading actor who was a native Newfoundlander. He was a dialect  coach for a number of actors in the film including Kevin Spacey and  Dame Judi Dench.'),
('165859',' The scenes in which Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is in the water were  filmed at a tank in St. Johns, Newfoundland (normally used for  testing boats and marine technology). The tank, which normally  contains cold Atlantic sea water, had to be specially filled with  warm water for Spaceys comfort.'),
('165860',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fake Soldiers, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('165861',' This was the very first Monogram Pictures production. It was  released on 15 June 1931.'),
('165862',' The arcade game that Jian and his friends play is "Dance Dance  Revolution".'),
('165863',' Peter Finch (qv) replaced Bill Travers (I) (qv) at short notice.'),
('165864',' "Kengyô" was the highest of the four official ranks (kani) within  the Tôdô'),
('165865','za '),
('165866',' the Kyôto'),
('165867','based guild for the blind established early  in the Muromachi Period (1392'),
('165868','1573), and abolished in 1871 (the  fourth year of the Meiji Restoration). The three other ranks, in  descending order, were "bettô", "kôtô", and "zatô" '),
('165869',' as in  _Zatôichi (2003)_ (qv). The head of the Tôdô'),
('165870','za was the sô'),
('165871','kengyô  (a.k.a. shoku'),
('165872','kengyô); the guilds headquarters was the  Shoku'),
('165873','yashiki in Kyôto.'),
('165874',' Took 18 years to complete.'),
('165875',' Joanna Lumleys cameo only took a day to film.'),
('165876',' Pauline Collins (qv) originated the role of Shirley Valentine in  the original London production of the play.'),
('165877',' Jazz Musician Nate Peterson wrote most of the scoring for this film,  and was even asked to shoot a segment about himself, but turned it  down out of modesty.'),
('165878',' Leonard Frey (qv) the only cast member in the original film who  returned for a 1974 sitcom pilot based on this TV movie. That pilot  was never aired.'),
('165879',' Yusuke Iseya (Casshern) was supposed to play the Hongo role but due  to a minor fracture had to resign it. The role went to Dai Watanabe,  son of actor Ken Watanabe.'),
('165880',' The Korean film being shown in the theater where Aki works as a  projectionist is _Adada_ (1988).'),
('165881',' According to Lynn Lowry (qv), the shoulder that Nurse Forsythe  stabs with the fork is actually that of David Cronenberg (qv). A  pad was inserted under Cronenbergs shirt for Lowry to stab at, but  unfortunately she missed and hit Cronenbergs real shoulder instead.'),
('165882',' Susan Petrie (qv) was unable to cry, so David Cronenberg (qv)  arranged for her to tear up with the aid of onions. This worked but  the camera was out of focus when the scene was shot and because  Cronenberg was out of onions, Petrie gave her consent to let him to  slap her on the face. He did so until her face was numb from all the  takes. He finally settled for a series of takes he found to be less  than satisfactory.'),
('165883',' Official selection from Kazakhstan for OSCAR 2005'),
('165884',' This was Akira Kurosawa (qv)s only collaboration with famed film  composer Akira Ifukube (qv). The two clashed intensely over  creative differences during filming.'),
('165885',' Veniamin Kaverin, the famous Soviet writer ("Two Captains") claimed  this film made by Soviet TV for junior audience as the best screen  adaptation of his novels. The author appears in person in the  opening sequence, and then does voice'),
('165886','over narrating through the  whole film.'),
('165887',' The songs by the fictional punk band Dada that are featured in the  movie were mostly written by Dan Toren (qv). They were performed  by members of the punk'),
('165888','pop group Useless I.D (qv) and sung by Ohad  Pishoff, the former lead singer of the important Israeli alternative  rock group The Top Hat Carriers.'),
('165889',' With a running time of 131 minutes, it is the longest Israeli  feature film to date (2005).'),
('165890',' The stunt guitarist supplying Angels music is Michael Angelo  Batio.'),
('165891',' While on the set one day, Lynn Bari (qv) was talking with co'),
('165892','star  Anabel Shaw (qv) and mentioned that she was a direct descendant,  on her mothers side, of Revolutionary War hero Alexander Hamilton.  Shaw revealed that she was a direct descendant of Aaron Burr, the  man who killed Hamilton in the famous duel.'),
('165893',' Shot in 19 days.'),
('165894',' The old'),
('165895','style ECT machine filmed for the documentary was the same  one used in the movie _Frances (1982)_ (qv) starring  Jessica Lange (qv).'),
('165896',' The hallucination sequences include footage shot on location in  Japan for _House of Bamboo (1955)_ (qv), and footage shot by  Fuller, Samuel (qv) in Matto Grosso, Brazil for the unfinished  film Tigrero (see  _Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)_ (qv).)'),
('165897',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1996.'),
('165898',' Early in the film, during the strip club scenes, a photograph of Sam  Fuller (famously with a cigar) can be seen on the wall.'),
('165899',' Both this and Samuel Fuller (qv)s following movie  _Naked Kiss, The (1964)_ (qv) were rejected for UK cinema  certificates and remained unavailable until 1990.'),
('165900',' Final film of Douglass Dumbrille (qv).'),
('165901',' Sal Piro (qv), president of the National Rocky Horror fan club,  has a brief cameo in this film. He stands below the staircase,  talking on the telephone in the opening sequence.'),
('165902',' The original script took place in natural locations around the town  of Denton (Brad and Janets house, Cosmo and Nations "Hospital,"  etc.), and was set to be filmed in the real'),
('165903','life town of Denton,  Texas, but the 1979'),
('165904','1980 Screen Actors Guild strike meant that no  American actors would be available for the shoot, as no American  actor would be allowed to act, at any location. This left the UK as  the only filming option. The idea to have the entire film take place  inside the Denton television studio was conceived by director  Jim Sharman (qv) because no locations could be found in England to  pass for an American suburb.'),
('165905',' The "Lullaby" sequence was filmed in only one take.'),
('165906',' The role of Bert Schnick was originally written to be Dr. Everett  Scott.'),
('165907',' The Transylvanian Thunderbolt symbol (from  _Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)_ (qv)) is visible next to a  "High Voltage: Warning" sign on the wall of Janets dressing room  during "Little Black Dress."'),
('165908',' The red throne on the "Faith Factory" stage is Frank N Furters  throne from _Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)_ (qv) '),
('165909',' painted  red.'),
('165910',' There is a Time magazine in the Research Lab that has the Rocky  Horror lips on the cover and reads: "Cult Movies."'),
('165911',' Barry Bostwick (qv) had other filming offers and could not appear  in the movie to redo the role of Brad Majors.'),
('165912',' Tim Curry (I) (qv) was offered the role of Brad Majors and Farley  Flavors but he turned it down because he didnt think he could  handle the American accent.'),
('165913',' When the movie was released, it only played at midnight.'),
('165914',' Richard OBrien (I) (qv), Patricia Quinn (I) (qv),  Nell Campbell (qv), Charles Gray (I) (qv), Imogen Claire (qv),  and Jeremy Newson (qv) are the only cast to return, but Jeremy  Newson is the only one of the six to reprise the same role ("Ralph  Hapschatt").'),
('165915',' The hotel in the film is an actual Biltmore hotel in Florida that  was shut down for a two year period and abandoned at the time of  filming and the director paid $250 to rent the building for the  shoot. The hotel was renovated a couple of years after the shoot and  now charges significantly more than $250 per room, per night.'),
('165916',' There are actually eight actors playing eight different zombies in  the film, although it appears that there are many more.'),
('165917',' Headlining stars John Carradine (qv) and Peter Cushing (qv) each  worked four days and earned $5,000 each.'),
('165918',' The film was shot in 35 days in 1975.'),
('165919',' A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking a proprietary theater chain,  devised a 3'),
('165920','tiered branding system to enable it to market its  feature product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low  budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel  (prestige productions capable of drawing higher roadshow ticket  prices). This branding system ended in late 1929.'),
('165921',' Shocker was filmed in ten weeks and in a low budget. Craven said  that all this savings are in a small team work with talent and low  known actors.'),
('165922',' According to Wes Craven, the film was severely cut for an R'),
('165923','rating.  It took around 13 submissions to the MPAA to receive an "R" instead  of an "X".'),
('165924',' In Jonathans second dream, he looks up at a street sign and sees  the street names Maddalena and Wagner. Marianne Maddalena (qv) was  a producer of the film, and the actor playing the executioner was  Bruce Wagner (qv).'),
('165925',' Won Best Horror Feature at The Micro Cinema Festival 2004.'),
('165926',' Biograph production number 2355.'),
('165927',' Director John M. Stahl (qv) took over briefly as director while  George Seaton (I) (qv) was ill, prior to a more serious illness.'),
('165928',' Edmund Goulding (qv) replaced George Seaton (I) (qv) when Seaton  had a serious health relapse late in production.'),
('165929',' Gene Lockhart (qv) replaced Porter Hall (qv) in the cast after  Hall was injured in a car accident.'),
('165930',' While Ira Gershwin fashioned the lyrics for this movie in 1946, the  composer George Gershwin had died in 1937. With the aid of long time  friend Kay Swift (herself a composer), Ira put together a number of  Georges unpublished melodies to provide a score for the film. "For  You, For Me, for Evermore" became popular enough to make "Your Hit  Parade" for two weeks.'),
('165931',' This was the first TV'),
('165932','movie made for syndication.'),
('165933',' Conceived as done in one take, the film was rehearsed, filmed and  edited in one day for a cost of $500.'),
('165934',' A Bluebird Production. Universal, lacking its own theater chain,  devised a 3'),
('165935','tiered branding system to market its features to  independent theater owners: Red Feather (low'),
('165936','budget programmers),  Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures made to  command higher roadshow ticket prices). The studio would discontinue  this marketing method in late 1929.'),
('165937',' Alex North reused the opening fanfare he wrote for  _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv) but which was rejected by  Stanley Kubrick, as one of the main themes in his score.'),
('165938',' Although it is never mentioned or indicated at any point in the  film, the story is actually set 20 years in the future.'),
('165939',' The footage showing the arrival of the Cardinals and the crowds  gathering in St. Peters Square is taken from news reels and other  archive films that documented the events between the death of Pope  John XXIII and the election of Pope Paul VI.'),
('165940',' At the beginning of the second level, you can see the quarters of a  number of the stations personnel. One of them belongs to a "Cdr. M.  Kusunagi", a reference to Ghost in the Shell, one of the  inspirations for the games style, and in which Motoko Kusunagi was  the main protagonist.'),
('165941',' Mark Lindsay (I) (qv) (former lead singer for Paul Revere and the  Raiders) co'),
('165942','wrote the music with W. Michael Lewis (qv). The  performing credit is listed as "The Wonderland Philharmonic."  "Wonderland" refers to the house that Lindsay lived in at one time.  However, music cues from the original "Kozure Ôkami" films are also  used.'),
('165943',' Indias first 70'),
('165944','milimeter, stereophonic'),
('165945','sound film. It premiered at  Mumbais Minerva theatre.'),
('165946',' Was about to be removed from cinemas because of low attendance  figures, but attendance started rising and word'),
('165947','of'),
('165948','mouth made it  Indian cinemas biggest hit to date with some screens playing the  film for several years.'),
('165949',' Danny Denzongpa (qv), who was initially offered the role of Gabbar  Singh, was busy shooting _Dharmatma (1975)_ (qv) in Afhganistan. He  could not accept the role, and the reluctant second choice  Amjad Khan (qv) got it instead.'),
('165950',' Initially, Dharmendra (qv) was keen to play the role of Thakur  Baldev Singh. He eventually relented when the director informed him  that Sanjeev Kumar (I) (qv) would play Veeru if that happened, and  would get the heroine. Sanjeev Kumar had just then proposed marriage  to Hema Malini (qv). Dharmendra was in love with her and quickly  went back to the role of Veeru.'),
('165951',' The famous overhead tank scene where Veeru threatens Mausi with  suicide and Jai attempts at making a proposal of marriage was drawn  from a real'),
('165952','life incident.'),
('165953',' Director Manmohan Desai (qv) was first approached by the writing  duo of Javed Akhtar (I) (qv) and Salim Khan (I) (qv) with the  story for this movie. He was busy shooting  _Chacha Bhatija (1977)_ (qv) and could not accept the project.'),
('165954',' Actor Amjad Khan (qv) was almost dropped from the project because  scriptwriter Javed Akhtar (qv) found his voice too weak for Gabbar  Singhs role.'),
('165955',' This film was directly inspired by the spaghetti westerns of  Sergio Leone (I) (qv) and by Akira Kurosawa (qv)s  _Shichinin no samurai (1954)_ (qv). Some critics at the time even  began calling it a curry western.'),
('165956',' Amitabh Bachchan (qv) was almost killed at the end of the movie  when a stray bullet from Dharmendra (qv) missed him by inches.'),
('165957',' The train robbery sequence took about 20 days to film on the  Mumbai'),
('165958','Pune line, near Panvel.'),
('165959',' Amjad Khans calling one of his associates Sambha caught the fancy  of not just moviegoers but also producers. Because of this, a  producer promptly announced a movie titled "Sambha."'),
('165960',' This was the first film in the history of Indian cinema to celebrate  a silver'),
('165961','jubilee (25'),
('165962','week) initial release at over 100 across India.'),
('165963',' SPOILER: In the original ending, the Thakur killed Gabbar. The  Indian Censor Board did not agree with this ending, saying that its  vigilante aspect undermined the rule of law and could adversely  influence naive young minds. So, a new ending was created that  showed the police running in at the last moment, arresting Gabbar,  and specifically telling the Thakur that only the law has the right  to punish criminals. The original ending was restored in the  204'),
('165964','minute directors cut.'),
('165965',' The film was shot extensively in Ramnagaram near Bangalore, India.  There are huge rocks of granite in this town which formed the  backdrop of Gabbar Singhs hideout. As a mark of respect, the people  of Ramnagaram renamed a hamlet in the town as Sippynagar after the  director of the movie, Ramesh Sippy (qv).'),
('165966',' The flamboyant Shatrughan Sinha (qv) was initially cast for the  role of Jai, but Amitabh Bachchan convinced the producers that he  was suitable for the role.'),
('165967',' Sholay ran for 10 yrs in a theater in Bombay.'),
('165968',' This is a lost film'),
('165969',' Second episode in the "Chronicles of Bloom Center" two'),
('165970','reel comedy  series.'),
('165971',' "Baby Oliver" was cast before he was even born. The producers chose  a woman who was pregnant with twin boys who would deliver about the  time filming began so the baby would genuinely be a newborn baby, as  his character is.'),
('165972',' Cameo by Nikki Sixx, who co'),
('165973','wrote "Dirt" with Neil Strauss.'),
('165974',' Cameo by Patrick Crenshaw, who played "Blue" in Old School, one of  his last films before his death, RIP.'),
('165975',' In the script, Mr. Rainbow was named so because he wore colored  glasses. When David Leeds (qv) saw the glasses on  Christopher Walken (qv), he decided against them.'),
('165976',' According to David Leeds, the opening scene was a visual homage to  _Topo, El (1970)_ (qv).'),
('165977',' David Leeds wrote the character of the scalphunter with  Geoffrey Lewis (I) (qv) in mind. He also wrote the character of  the captain with Hugh Millais (qv) in mind. But Millais, a devoted  falconer, turned it down in order to go to a falconers meet in  Saudi Arabia.'),
('165978',' Alice Cooper (I) (qv) wanted the role of the lieutenant.  Christopher Lloyd (I) (qv) was hired for the role but he dropped  out shortly after filming began.'),
('165979',' While filming the scene in which Mr. Rainbow is attacked by  vultures, Christopher Walken insisted on being tied down so he could  not move, and even refused to be untied during lunch break.'),
('165980',' Kinky Friedman (qv) wrote an original song for the film, but it  was replaced with a new score.'),
('165981',' David Leeds cast Christopher Walken after seeing his performance in  _Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)_ (qv). Leeds had to coax  Margot Kidder (qv) out of retirement to star in the film.'),
('165982',' Sacheen Littlefeather (qv) had a minor role as a Navajo woman who  was a love interest for Mr. Rainbow. But her scenes were cut from  the film.'),
('165983',' David Leeds came up with the idea of having Mr. Rainbow throw knives  from watching _"Kung Fu" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('165984',' While writing the script, David Leeds listened to  The Eagles (I) (qv) album "Desperado" for inspiration.'),
('165985',' Before this movie was released in July 1934, two of its actors had  died. Lew Cody (qv) died of heart disease on 31 May 1934, and  19'),
('165986','year'),
('165987','old Dorothy Dell (qv) was killed in a car accident eight  days later.'),
('165988',' In a fight with Berenger, Tom (qv), Poitier, Sidney (qv) says he  has been up against the Mafia, the Ku Klux Klan and the KGB. He has:  in _Lets Do It Again (1975)_ (qv),  _In the Heat of the Night (1967)_ (qv) and  _Little Nikita (1988)_ (qv).'),
('165989',' The killers identity is not revealed until midway through the film.  He attempts to evade detection by killing a member of a hiking  expedition and taking his place. To keep the audience guessing as to  the true identity of the villain, some of the hikers were played by  actors known for playing bad guys: notably Clancy Brown (qv),  Frederick Coffin (qv), and Andrew Robinson (I) (qv).'),
('165990',' The original title: "The Mountain Kings".'),
('165991',' Keanu Reeves was the original choice to play Bob Lee Swagger.'),
('165992',' The book which Bob Lee Swagger reads in his home is 9/11 Commission  Report.'),
('165993',' Mark Wahlberg had to lose 20 pounds to give Bob Lee Swagger the slim  and ripped look of a field sniper to make the film more realistic.'),
('165994',' Singer Eminem turned down the villain role.'),
('165995',' The sudden cut to the Montana Senator shows him firing a rifle near  the camera in hunting gear very similar to Dick Cheney; he then sits  next to a large table embroidered with CMF.'),
('165996',' The high caliber rifle that Swagger owns and is framed with is a  Cheyenne Tactical M200 Intervention. It fires a .408 caliber  projectile accurately out to and beyond 2000 meters.'),
('165997',' The portraits on the walls in the room where the conspirators meet  in Langley, Virginia are all of Republican presidents.'),
('165998',' In the scene after Sarah Fenn first talks to Nick Memphis, Bob Lee  Swagger (Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv)) is seen standing outside with an  Eagles hat and jacket on. Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv) plays for the  Eagles in the movie _Invincible (2006)_ (qv).'),
('165999',' Theatrical trailer features a scene not used in the film where a  small jet is blown up via remote control.'),
('166000',' Shipped to some theaters under the name "Stars"'),
('166001',' This was the final film to play the landmark Mann National Theater  in Westwood, CA before it closed on April 20, 2007.'),
('166002',' Stephen Hunter, the author on whose novel the film is based, is a  Pulitizer Prize winning film critic for the Washington Post.'),
('166003',' Athens, Tennessee, the residence of the firearms expert Swagger and  Nick visited, was the location of the "Battle of Athens" where in  1946 armed citizens removed the corrupt local government and  restored free elections.'),
('166004',' The left'),
('166005','wing website zmag.org can be seen on Swaggers laptop while  he is reading the 9/11 Commission report. Zmag publishes articles  by, amongst other academics, Noam Chomsky (qv).'),
('166006',' The FBI agent helping the shooter is wearing a Che Guevara T'),
('166007','Shirt  in a scene.'),
('166008',' Swaggers wristwatch is a Suunto Vector, a digital watch made in  Finland. Besides telling time, it also has an altimeter, barometer,  and digital compass.'),
('166009',' There was no script for this movie, only a basic plot outline, every  scene was ad'),
('166010','libbed.'),
('166011',' Appears on the _Millers Crossing (1990)_ (qv) DVD.'),
('166012',' This documentary is featured on the 3'),
('166013','Disc Special Edition of  _Panic Room (2002)_ (qv), released in March 2004.'),
('166014',' This mini'),
('166015','documentary is featured in the _RoboCop (1987)_ (qv)  Trilogy DVD boxed set, released in 2004.'),
('166016',' The characters are fictional but the events are not. The movie is  filming at Ecole Technique Officielle (ETO), a high school in  Kigali, where the actual events took place. The title of the film  comes from the fact that UN Peacekeepers used to shoot local dogs  that fed on the decomposing bodies of the genocide victims.'),
('166017',' The firearm props used were real weapons, though they had been  disabled. The extras were given belts of live ammunition to carry  around in several scenes.'),
('166018',' The torso in the mirror is Jons father, Howard. Howard is also  "Phil", the jerk who is always going to some kind of event. The Old  Jewish Man is Jons grandfather, Louis Gross.'),
('166019',' All the quirky pictures were drawn by Jons uncle, Stu Gross, who  passed away in the 1980s.'),
('166020',' The Little Hispanic Girl is Karina, one of Jons former students at  P.S. 84 in Manhattan.'),
('166021',' During filming, animal rights activists showed up with the intention  to make sure all the fish were treated correctly. After viewing the  script, and realizing that the title of the film was really more  about cheating fish that actually shooting it, they left somewhat  embarrassed.'),
('166022',' Was created by Scott Snyder (V) (qv) based on the true story of  Scotts older brother, Joel, who lost his battle with cancer, but  inspired Scott to make the most of life. After accomplishing his  dream of finishing the film, Scott was taken by cancer in 2005.'),
('166023',' Jane Withers admired Gene Autry and asked her studio if she could  appear in a movie with him. Withers was under contract to 20th  Century Fox, and would not be allowed to work on a Republic picture.  She was able to convince the studio to work out a deal so she could  appear with Gene Autry, and this movie was the result.'),
('166024',' Jason Behr’ (qv) lost 20lbs to play the role of John Livien and got  an estimated of two hours of sleep every night during filming.'),
('166025',' Patrick Wilson’ (qv) and Adam Pascal’ (qv) were considered for the  role of John Livien.'),
('166026',' Jason Behr’ (qv) did not know how to play the guitar prior to this  movie. A guitar consultant was brought in and Jason dedicated most  of his free time during shooting to learn how to play four songs  very well. According to director and writer Rebecca Cook’ (qv),  Dominic Monaghan’ (qv) didnt know how to play an instrument  either.'),
('166027',' James Mason (I) (qv) replaced Paul Scofield (I) (qv) who was  injured when his leg was broken after an accident with a horse'),
('166028','drawn  carriage during filming.'),
('166029',' This is the last film James Mason (I) (qv) shot before his death.'),
('166030',' The last film of Thomas Heathcote.'),
('166031',' Nigel Havers (qv) was originally cast as Lionel Stephens but the  film was delayed after some of the cast were injured in a riding  accident. When the film resumed shooting Havers was unable to  appear, owing to a commitment to _Passage to India, A (1984)_ (qv)  and the role was recast with Rupert Frazer (qv).'),
('166032',' Sam Burke (I) (qv) was the very first person to respond to the  casting call for the role of Shona. There were hundreds of  submissions.'),
('166033',' All of Blake Biddulph (qv)s scenes were shot in only 3 days.'),
('166034',' The film was shot in 30 days, with over 22 hours of footage  captured.'),
('166035',' During filming in August 2003, the UK had a heatwave that reached  record breaking temperatures of 37.9 degrees Celsius. It was  incredibly hot, there were clear blue skies and the sun wouldnt go  away. For story and continuity reasons, most of the weather was  disguised to look overcast; at times a rather difficult task.'),
('166036',' Luke Townsend (qv) was originally to appear as Nathan, but ended  up playing Herbie instead due to scheduling conflicts.'),
('166037',' The male lead role was written specifically for Tim Downie (qv).'),
('166038',' A pivotal sequence in which Shona has a nose bleed was never  scripted.'),
('166039',' The last scene of the film was one of the first scenes to be shot.'),
('166040',' In the dinner party scene, the actors were drinking real wine.'),
('166041',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Harvesting in Alberta, Canada (1917)_ (qv).'),
('166042',' Third in the "Fast Steppers" series of six two'),
('166043','reel stories.'),
('166044',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('166045',' This documentary was included in the World War II Collection DVD  boxed set, which also featured _Saving Private Ryan (1998)_ (qv) and  _Price for Peace (2002)_ .'),
('166046',' 15th episode in the Mike and Ike 2'),
('166047','reel comedy series.'),
('166048',' "The Epitaph" was the unfilmed script that Jack Nicholson (qv)  wrote with Monte Hellman (qv). Reputedly based partly on  Nicholsons relationship with his wife Sandra Knight (qv), the  script dealt with theme of abortion, which producer  Roger Corman (qv) felt was a no'),
('166049','no at that time.'),
('166050',' This was John Wayne (I) (qv)s final film.'),
('166051',' When viewing footage of the final gunfight in the bar,  John Wayne (I) (qv) saw that it was edited to show him shooting a  guy in the back. He said, "Ive made over 250 pictures and have  never shot a guy in the back. Change it." They did.'),
('166052',' To add a sense of realism to John Wayne (I) (qv)s character,  archive footage from several of his westerns was used to introduce  J.B. Books after the beginning credits. Included was footage from  _Red River (1948)_ (qv), _Hondo (1953)_ (qv),  _Rio Bravo (1959)_ (qv) and _El Dorado (1966)_ (qv).'),
('166053',' When J.B. Books (John Wayne (I) (qv)) arrives at Dr. E.W.  Hostetlers (James Stewart (I) (qv)) Office, Dr. Hostetler  mentions that it has been 15 years since they last saw each other.  John Wayne and James Stewart last worked together on "The Man Who  Shot Liberty Valance", filmed in 1961, 15 years before.'),
('166054',' John Wayne (I) (qv) fell ill during the production and was  hospitalized for a fortnight. It was uncertain at one point whether  the film would actually be completed.'),
('166055',' The original screenplay had Gillom Rogers (Ron Howard (qv))  shooting and killing J.B. Books (John Wayne (I) (qv)). In the  screenplay, the killing disturbed Gillom so much that he throws away  the pistol and leaves the bar, repulsed by the act. Wayne had the  screenplay changed so that Books is killed by the bartender, who is  then killed by Rogers.'),
('166056',' John Wayne (I) (qv) was great to the Carson City locals while he  was staying at the Ormsby House Hotel during the filming. He signed  autographs for young people readily, including one signed for future  famed Nevada Opera lead mezzo soprano Mary Anna Replogle.'),
('166057',' The title of the film comes from a famous quip by the gunslinger  Clay Allison. Allison, a bounty hunter and hired killer whose  marksmanship and drunken, homicidal rages made him feared across  Texas, would reportedly tell anyone brave enough to ask that he was  employed as a "shootist".'),
('166058',' John Wayne (I) (qv) liked working with Lauren Bacall (qv) in  their first film, _Blood Alley (1955)_ (qv) so much that he  hand'),
('166059','picked her as his leading lady for this film.'),
('166060',' George C. Scott (qv) was originally offered the role of Books, and  accepted it on the condition that not one word of the script be  changed. However, the role was given to John Wayne (I) (qv) after  he expressed interest. The producers claim they had wanted him all  along, but did not believe he would be interested in the film.'),
('166061',' An interviewer asked Ron Howard if Wayne had given him any tips on  acting. He said that, during the filming of the final shootout,  Wayne took him aside and said he had some advice for him. As Howard  eagerly awaited some profound advice, Wayne said "Ron, if you want  to look menacing '),
('166062',' close your mouth."'),
('166063',' Wayne did a TV Public Service Announcement for the American Cancer  Society that began with a clip of the scene in which the doctor  tells Books he has cancer.'),
('166064',' This featurette is available in the DVD for The Shootist (1976).'),
('166065',' The film outline and idea were put together before the shoot, but  the entire film was improvised by the director and the cast.'),
('166066',' All scenes were reportedly shot in sequence.'),
('166067',' Ernst Lubitsch (qv) delayed the start of the movie until both  James Stewart (I) (qv) and Margaret Sullavan (qv) were  available. In the mean time, he filmed _Ninotchka (1939)_ (qv).'),
('166068',' In the Book "Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise", Ernst Lubitsch  called this film "the best picture I ever made in my life."'),
('166069',' Jimmy Fallon (qv) was cast as Jeremy but dropped out before  filming began.'),
('166070',' When Jeremy and Luther are shopping at Best Buy, the very first shot  has a visual in'),
('166071','joke. In the foreground, somewhat out of focus, are  row after row of DVD sets for _"My So'),
('166072','Called Life" (1994)_ (qv) and  _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('166073',' In the row of DVDs when Jeremy and Luther are shopping, there is  also a DVD set of _"Saved by the Bell" (1989)_ (qv).  Bridgette Wilson'),
('166074','Sampras (qv) (Lisa) used to play an airhead on  the show.'),
('166075',' Steve Martin (I) (qv) had Tom Hanks (qv) in mind to play Ray  Porter, but as the films development progressed, he felt he was  better suited to play the part since he was so familiar with the  work.'),
('166076',' The song played by Luthers band in the concert scene is "Lily and  Parrot" from Mark Kozleks real'),
('166077','life band, Sun Kil Moon off their  first album "Ghosts of the Great Highway".'),
('166078',' For the scene in Mirabelles bedroom where the cat jumps on the bed  and watches her and Jeremy, there were actually two cats used. The  director explains in his commentary that one could jump but never  watched, and the other was good at watching but couldnt jump.'),
('166079',' In one scene, Billy and Jo talk about travelling while lying back in  the remains of a car. This short scene took an extremely long time  to shoot, because of two tramps who refused to move from the area  and who kept shouting at one another. Once the tramps quietened down  the crew had to contend with the deafening sound from a helicopter  hovering above a nearby hospital.'),
('166080',' All actors had extensive training in stunt driving.'),
('166081',' The tattoo on Tommys right arm means "robber".'),
('166082',' Sadie Frost (qv) and Jude Law (qv) first met on the set of this  film.'),
('166083',' According to Paul W.S. Anderson (qv), Ewan McGregor (qv) was  down to the final two for the role of Billy before finally losing  out to Jude Law (qv).'),
('166084',' Filmed over four days in Omaha, Nebraska.'),
('166085',' The cart and locations used were largely from the grocer chain  Albertsons, which went out of business weeks after filming.'),
('166086',' The final shot took seven takes over two days, requiring lead Chad  Laurie to run over 12,350 feet.'),
('166087',' This film was nearing completion when _Jazz Singer, The (1927)_ (qv)  was released, so at the last minute, dialogue was written for Gary  Cooper and Nancy Carroll. The last scene was a wedding and the only  lines of dialogue spoken in the film are Gary Coopers, "I do," and  Nancy Carrolls, "I do." In addition, Nanacy Carroll is heard  singing the theme song.'),
('166088',' Margaret Sullavan (qv)s singing was dubbed by  Mary Martin (I) (qv).'),
('166089',' The costume worn by the chorus girls in the final song were used in  _Born to Dance (1936)_ (qv)s final number "Swinging the Jinx Away".'),
('166090',' Removed from cinemas a week after its initial release due to poor  box office returns and critical reception'),
('166091',' Shane Richie (qv) spent £500,000 of his own money (he had to  re'),
('166092','mortgage his house to put money into this project) to make this  film and when it was released it showed in 2 cinemas and got an  audience of 300 people making £2,272 in its first week of release  then it closed.'),
('166093',' At the beginning of the movie, you see a close'),
('166094','up of flowers on a  green field, and then the tanks roll over them. This resembles  James Cameron (I) (qv)s style (see also  _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv)).'),
('166095',' The robots are designed very similar to the large fighting machines  in the future battle scenes in _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv).'),
('166096',' Stephanie and Number 5 dance to a scene from  _Saturday Night Fever (1977)_ (qv) which was also directed by  Badham, John (qv).'),
('166097',' This film was originally conceived as a dark high'),
('166098','tech thriller.  Number 5 was originally intended to be the villain of the picture:  an out'),
('166099','of'),
('166100','control, heavily'),
('166101','armed military robot that had escaped  from the lab that had developed him. After several script revisions,  the darker elements were toned down and the film became a high'),
('166102','tech  comedy.'),
('166103',' Clips from several scenes not in the theatrical release can be seen  during the closing credits, including an altercation between Number  5 and a toy robot and Number 5 in an auto scrap yard.'),
('166104',' The 3 Stooges short that #5 is watching is the end of  _Woman Haters (1934)_ (qv)'),
('166105',' The gangster movie featuring George Raft (qv) that Number 5 is  watching, and later imitating (using Rafts famous "coin flipping")  is _Scarface (1932)_ (qv).'),
('166106',' Jack Weston (qv)s final film.'),
('166107',' All Jennifer Jason Leighs phone'),
('166108','sex conversations are verbatim of  the calls she heard when she was researching for the part.'),
('166109',' Annie Ross and Lori Singers segment is a Robert Altman invention  and has no connection to anything Raymond Carver has written.'),
('166110',' Madeleine Stowe  (qv) turned down the part later taken by  Julianne Moore (qv).'),
('166111',' Miguel Pinero (qv), the author of the play upon which this film is  based (and the actor who plays "Go'),
('166112','Go"), wrote the play as part of  an inmate writers workshop while incarcerated at Sing Sing prison  for armed robbery. He missed the premiere of the film because he had  been arrested for armed robbery. All of the money he received for  the film ($40,000) he gave away to homeless friends and former  prison'),
('166113','mates. He reportedly lived on the street even after the  films acclaimed release, using a pay phone as an office.'),
('166114',' Tito Goya (qv), who plays "Cupcakes", was arrested for a murder  committed in 1978 (eight months after this film was released). He  was murdered in prison in 1985.'),
('166115',' The film was shot in Rikers Island Prison in New York City, where  the original play takes place.'),
('166116',' The film was shot in the "Manhattan Corrections Center", also known  as "The Tombs". Although The Tombs had been closed for years, it was  specifically reopened so this movie could be shot using the prison  as the set.'),
('166117',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('166118','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _King of New York (1990)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('166119',' Since premiering in 2002, the film has been in the following film  festivals:  '),
('166120',' Montreal World Film Festival (2002)  '),
('166121',' Toronto International Film Festival (2002) [Special Jury Citation,    Best Canadian Short Film Category]  '),
('166122',' Cinéfest Sudbury Film Festival (2002)  '),
('166123',' Vancouver International Film Festival (2002)  '),
('166124',' Reel Black Film Festival (2002)  '),
('166125',' Pan African Film Festival (2003)  '),
('166126',' Film Circuit Touring Showcase (2003)  '),
('166127',' Edmonton Film Festival (2003)  '),
('166128',' NSI Film Exchange (2003)  '),
('166129',' Reel World Film Festival (2003)  '),
('166130',' Images du Nouveau Monde Film Festival (2003)  '),
('166131',' Worldfest Houston (2003) [Bronze Award for Independent Student    Film & Videos]  '),
('166132',' Get Reel Film Festival (2003)  '),
('166133',' Worldwide Short Film Festival (2003)  '),
('166134',' The Commonwealth Film Festival (2003)  '),
('166135',' Sundance Film Festival (2004)'),
('166136',' This short movie has really been made as assignment for a class. As  in the story, the short movie couldnt be shorter than 3 minutes, or  longer than 5.'),
('166137',' This short film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for  _Naked (1993)_ (qv).'),
('166138',' When we are first introduced to the Shortbus club, a Shortbus guest  takes some food off a platter of nibbles. The guest is  Jonathan Caouette (qv), director of _Tarnation (2003)_ (qv).  _Shortbus (2006)_ (qv) director John Cameron Mitchell (qv) worked  as Executive Producer on _Tarnation (2003)_ (qv).'),
('166139',' During auditioning and casting, any interested actors were to submit  a 10'),
('166140','minute video of themselves describing an important sexual  experience. The director received approximately 500 tapes.'),
('166141',' To make the actors more comfortable, the director and the cameramen  were stripped naked while filming the orgy scene.'),
('166142',' In order to raise funds to make the movie, the filmmakers sold  raffle tickets to go on a date with the both of them.'),
('166143',' The television used to display archive footage was actually an LCD  notebook display behind the removed face of a 13 inch television  turned backwards.'),
('166144',' The Richmond, Virginia premiere was held on Saturday, 14 November  2003, Walter Simms 57th Birthday. Walter was presented with a new  Hampden'),
('166145','Sydney Jersey, numbered 57. When asked on'),
('166146','stage what he  wanted for this birthday, he responded, "to beat Randolph'),
('166147','Macon!"  Hampden'),
('166148','Sydney beat Randolph'),
('166149','Macon College the next day by 32  points.'),
('166150',' Shorty Hamilton (series 1) No7'),
('166151',' Shorty Hamilton (Series 1) No8'),
('166152',' Shorty Hamilton (series 1) No.3'),
('166153',' This is featured on the New Line Platinum Series DVD for  _All About the Benjamins (2002)_ (qv).'),
('166154',' Ally McCoist, who plays a former Celtic player is, in real life, a  former Rangers player (the Celtic'),
('166155','Rangers rivalry is emphasized in  the film). In the stock footage in which they show McCoist in his  glory days, they actually super'),
('166156','impose Celtic colors on to his blue  Rangers shirts. Even though, in the movie, he is wearing green and  white, the design of the kit is obviously that of Glasgow Rangers.'),
('166157',' Didier Agathe (qv) plays for the "baddie" team Rangers in the  film. In real life he plays for their rivals Celtic.'),
('166158',' Ally McCoist wanted the team to win at the end of the film to be  Rangers and not Celtic, to make Rangers look the better side, in  doing so, the script changed the teams around, making his part in  the film that of a former Celtic player, which he also wasnt happy  about.'),
('166159',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Under the Palms of Tunis (1911)_ (qv).'),
('166160',' Clouseaus servant is Kato in the cast list of this movie, but Cato  in the sequels.'),
('166161',' All the crimes involve members of the Ballon household. "Ballon" is  French for "balloon". And at one point Clouseau disguises himself as  a balloon'),
('166162','seller.'),
('166163',' The character of Maria Gambrelli first appears in this film and was  played by Elke Sommer (qv). The character resurfaced in  _Son of the Pink Panther (1993)_ (qv), played this time by  Claudia Cardinale (I) (qv), who played Princess Dala in the  original _Pink Panther, The (1963)_ (qv).'),
('166164',' This film was originally meant to have been an adaptation of the  stage play by Harry Kurnitz (qv). Walter Matthau (qv) and  Peter Sellers (qv) were to have been the detectives, but Sellers  did not like how things were going and wanted out. United Artists  brought in Blake Edwards (qv) to keep Sellers on the project.  Edwards looked at the script and thought that it might be better  suited to the character of Inspector Jacques Clouseau, and rewrote  the entire script with a young William Peter Blatty (qv). It was  released only three months after the original  _Pink Panther, The (1963)_ (qv).'),
('166165',' None of the characters in the Harry Kurnitz (qv) stage play  appears in the film.'),
('166166',' The role of Maria Gambrelli was originally given to  Sophia Loren (qv), but she became ill and couldnt do it. The next  choice was Austrian actress Romy Schneider (qv), but she had a  prior commitment.'),
('166167',' First appearance of Kato (a.k.a. Cato) and Dreyfus in the Clouseau  film series.'),
('166168',' Only official Clouseau film not to use the name "Pink Panther" nor  use that cartoon character in the opening credits.'),
('166169',' The movie was completed before _Pink Panther, The (1963)_ (qv), but  shelved because the studio didnt think it was any good. The success  of the first film made the executives decide to release the shelved  film. This also explains the short time span between the release of  the first film and this one and the absence of Kato in the original  but his appearance in this film and all the subsequent sequels.  Burt Kwouk (qv)s character is named "Kato" (later "Cato") after  the Asian sidekick in _Green Hornet, The (1940)_ (qv).'),
('166170',' Two of the movies gags originated by accident:  '),
('166171','1. When Clouseau buzzes the intercom for "Miguel", then immediately  corrects his own mistake: "Hercule!"  '),
('166172',' 2. When Clouseau accuses Benjamin Ballon of killing Miguel "in a    rit of fealous jage!" He obviously meant to say, "...fit of    jealous rage." When Peter Sellers (qv) first botched these two    lines, he was mortified and asked for a re'),
('166173','take. Yet both flubs    got such giggles from the crew that director Blake Edwards (qv)    decided to leave them in.'),
('166174',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('166175',' In the scene where Clouseau rushes through a Paris apartment, only  to go out the window '),
('166176',' into the Seine '),
('166177',' three cameras were set up  to record the action. Of course a stunt double was employed, and  told to "waggle" his legs on the way down, for more humour. The  scene was filmed inside MGMs Stage 5 (in Boreham Wood, outside  London) where a huge, 154,000 gallon tank, of tepid water, had been  readied. Here, a set representing the first three stories of a  French apartment house had been erected, right beside the tank.  Because one cameraman had partly missed the fall the first time, the  stuntman was asked to do it again. He changed out of his wet  clothes, and duly did so, some minutes later. But the director felt  he needed another, to be sure, and so a third take was done.  Eventually only one camera angle was used, of course. The stunt man  was paid about a hundred pounds for his part, it is believed.'),
('166178',' When the film first started production it was given the false title  "Tiger On The Beat 3" the first two being films made by Cinema City  the producer of these films, it was called this because another  company wanted to make another sequel to the Tiger On The Beat  Series starring Conan Lee(the star of the previous two films),  Cinema City did not want this to happen so they titled the movie  "Tiger On The Beat 3" so that the other rival company where forced  to change their titled once Cinema City had achieved that they  changed the name to "Skinny Tiger ,Fatty Dragon"'),
('166179',' Kuang Ni who plays the father of Fatty (Sammo Hung), was also the  script'),
('166180','writer on Sammos earlier film, Enter the Fat Dragon, in  which Sammo also did a Bruce Lee impression ...'),
('166181',' Highest'),
('166182','grossing Dutch movie of 2004.'),
('166183',' Shot in 25 days.'),
('166184',' A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in  Washington, D.C. and at George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.'),
('166185',' The original play opened in New York on 19 November 1930.'),
('166186',' The Arizona Film Company was in Chicago, Illinois.'),
('166187',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('166188',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not Listed for preservation.'),
('166189',' Completed in 1920, but not released until 1921'),
('166190','1922'),
('166191',' Originally planned at five reels; outtakes were preserved in  Chaplins private collection. True Boardman (I) (qv),  Marion Feducha (qv) and Frankie Lee (I) (qv) played Chaplins  sons in cut domestic scenes intended for the beginning of the film.  Peggy Prevost (qv) and Nina Trask (qv) portrayed draft board  clerks, Alf Reeves (qv) a draft board sergeant and  Albert Austin (qv) a doctor in a cut scene at the draft board  office.'),
('166192',' Many in Hollywood were nervous that one of their most famous peers  was going to tackle the subject of WWI. It was released shortly  before the Armistice so it did not help boost national morale. But  it did end up as one of Charles Chaplin (qv)s most popular films  and it was particularly popular with returning doughboys.'),
('166193',' Gwyneth Paltrows film debut.'),
('166194',' The house used for filming belonged to co'),
('166195','director Drew Brown, and  since the house was so expansive, it was used for both houses in the  film.'),
('166196',' The scene where Suzanne shoots The Stranger was actually filmed by  Chris Burch, who took over cinematographer duties for that  particular shot.'),
('166197',' Co'),
('166198','star Cindy DeSa was petrified of guns, so most of the tears you  see in the film are real.'),
('166199',' The film only took three days to complete.'),
('166200',' Filmed as a silent, with some of the scenes later reshot with  dialogue and songs. After the film proper was completed, including  the few scenes reshot for sound, an 18'),
('166201','minute prologue was added,  featuring members of the original Broadway cast:  Helen Morgan (I) (qv) (Julie), Jules Bledsoe (qv) (Joe) and  Tess Gardella (qv) (Queenie). The prologues soundtrack exists,  but some parts of the film are missing. Please check your attic.'),
('166202',' Laura La Plante (qv)s singing was dubbed by Eva Olivetti (qv).'),
('166203',' Update: some of the "lost" footage of the prologue has been found,  both sound and picture, and this includes footage apparently not  included in Turner Classic Movies (TCM) edition of the film. Some  of this once'),
('166204','lost footage is included in  _A&E Biography: Great Ziegfeld (1996) (TV)_ (qv) and a few scenes  from this footage are now included in the three'),
('166205','part PBS documentary  _"Broadway: The American Musical" (2004) (mini)_ (qv). The  discovered footage includes Jules Bledsoe (qv) singing "Ol Man  River" with the Dixie Jubilee Singers (qv) in full costume. Also  featured on this "Biography" episode were scenes of  Tess Gardella (qv) singing "Cmon Folks" and  Helen Morgan (I) (qv) singing "Bill." All of these scenes survive  in only faintly tolerable sound and picture quality, but at least  they survive.'),
('166206',' The "miscegenation" sequence, so important to the novel, the stage  musical, the two later film versions and the 1989 taped TV version,  was considered too controversial to retain in this film version.'),
('166207',' This was the first film to use Foley effects (specially created  sound effects) on its soundtrack. The technique was named after Jack  Foley, who performed the necessary sound effects while watching the  film on playback. The process is still used on all films made today,  and the effects artists who create the needed effects (such as  footsteps, performed in synch with the image) are known as Foley  artists.'),
('166208',' The silent version (missing reels 1, 2 and 5) is held by the UCLA  Film and Television Archives.'),
('166209',' More of the sound footage has reportedly been discovered on a  Vitaphone sound disc.'),
('166210',' "Ah Still Suits Me" was written especially for the film to give  Robeson, Paul (qv) a larger role.'),
('166211',' In the scene in which Paul Robeson (qv) sings "Ah Still Suits Me",  Queenie (Hattie McDaniel (qv)) has a box of Aunt Jemima pancake  mix on her work table. Its a subtle nod to Tess Gardella (qv)  (stage name "Aunt Jemima"), who created the role of Queenie in the  1927 Broadway production.'),
('166212',' Universal Pictures head Carl Laemmle (qv) was ousted from the  company just after this film was completed. He retired from the  business the day after its release, as did his 28'),
('166213','year'),
('166214','old son, who  never produced another film.'),
('166215',' Special permission had to be granted from the Hays Office in order  to retain the famous "miscegenation" sequence in the film.  Miscegenation was banned as a film subject and the scene had been  excluded from the 1929 film version.'),
('166216',' Because of copyright problems involving a real "Cotton Blossom" show  boat sailing the Mississippi in the 1930s, the name of the showboat  in the film had to be changed to "Cotton Palace". This required  omitting the second half of the opening chorus, in which the  townspeople sing about the boat while the stevedores continue  singing about their daily work, and the "cotton blossom" growing on  the levee. The section sung by the stevedores is still heard in the  film.'),
('166217',' Of all the films he directed, this was James Whale (I) (qv)s  favorite.'),
('166218',' The song "Ol Man River", as performed by Paul Robeson (qv) in  this film, was # 24 on the American Film Institutes list of the top  100 songs featured in films.'),
('166219',' Several scenes were cut before release, because they presumably  would have made the film much too long (films lasting two hours or  longer were still a rarity in 1936). Among the scenes omitted were a  sequence featuring Paul Robeson (qv) and Hattie McDaniel (qv) in  old'),
('166220','age makeup, with Robeson singing an additional reprise of "Ol  Man River" while McDaniel sits beside him in a rocking chair and a  modern speedboat is seen in the background; a World War I scene  featuring Irene Dunne (qv) and Charles Winninger (qv), and a  vocal reprise of "Gallivantin Around", one of the additional songs  written by Jerome Kern (qv) and Oscar Hammerstein II (qv) for  the 1936 film version. This last one would have been part of the  movies final sequence in which Kim (played as an adult by Sunnie  ODea) makes her debut in a leading role on Broadway. She was  supposed to have sung the song in addition to dancing to it. The  vocal of "Gallivantin Around" was eventually cut from this final  sequence, but much of the rest of the scene remains in the film,  except for a "modern" portion which shows how dancing evolved from  the nineteenth century to the jazz era.'),
('166221',' The song "Why Do I Love You?", as sung by Irene Dunne (qv) and  Allan Jones (I) (qv), and the chorus "Happy The Day" (from the Act  I Finale) were filmed but deleted before release, because it was  felt that the movie was too long. "Why Do I Love You?" was to be  sung in the scene in which Magnolia and Ravenal are riding in an  automobile with their baby daughter, Kim. The rest of the scene  remains in the film.'),
('166222',' As of 2004, there still has been no official soundtrack album made  from the film. The songs sung by Allan Jones (I) (qv) have been  released on another album devoted exclusively to Jones, and the  films soundtrack was once issued on LP, on an obscure label called  Xeno, but it did not receive the kind of remastered official CD or  LP release accorded to such film soundtracks as  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv), _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv) or  the classic Disney films.'),
('166223',' The scenes of the townspeople running toward the dock to greet the  arrival of the show boat incorporate footage from the 1929  part'),
('166224','talkie film version. The moment in which this footage is used  is very noticeable: for a few seconds, the image looks "speeded up",  the way silent films used to look when shown on sound film  projectors.'),
('166225',' CAMEO(LeRoy Prinz (qv)): the adult Kim Ravenals dance director.'),
('166226',' The first choice to play Ellie May Chipley in this film was  Eva Puck (qv), who had played that part in Show Boats original  Broadway run opposite her husband Sammy White (qv) as Frank  Schultz. However, by the time this film was made, Puck was divorced  from White, casting White was given precedence over casting Puck,  and Queenie Smith (qv) replaced Puck as Ellie May Chipley.'),
('166227',' The design of the show boat is true to what a real show boat of that  era might have looked like. This is partly because  Jerome Kern (qv) and Oscar Hammerstein II (qv) wished it that  way in their original stage instructions for the play, partly  because of Edna Ferber (qv)s concern for historical accuracy, and  partly because of director James Whale (I) (qv)s sense of period  design.'),
('166228',' Although this film version of "Show Boat" was quite faithful to the  show, and although it features many of the songs from the stage  version, poster advertising for the film prominently mentioned the  three additional songs written by Kern and Hammerstein especially  for the film, even to the point of downplaying the fact that nine  songs from the stage score were sung in the film, several of those  were reprised twice or more, and three other songs from the stage  version were used as background music.'),
('166229',' This version of "Show Boat" was voted one of the top 25 Greatest  Film Musicals by the American Film Institute, on 3 September 2006.'),
('166230',' The Lux Radio Theatre version of this film was broadcast in 1940,  and starred Irene Dunne, Allan Jones and Charles Winninger from the  films cast. The radio version avoided all mention of racial issues  by having "Ol Man River" sung as a background choral number at the  beginning, instead of as a number for Paul Robeson and male chorus.  It also changed Julie from a mulatto illegally married to a white  man to an illegal alien whose husband chose to be deported with her.'),
('166231',' Irene Dunne was thirty'),
('166232','seven years old (soon to turn thirty'),
('166233','eight)  when she played the youthful Magnolia, although many biographies  once listed her as being thirty'),
('166234','two at the time. Allan Jones, her  love interest, was eight years younger.'),
('166235',' Although Warren, Annette (qv) dubbed Gardner, Ava (qv)s singing  voice in the movie, Ms. Gardner herself sang her two songs on the  MGM soundtrack album.'),
('166236',' Director Sidney, George (II) (qv) was forced to leave for a few  days because of illness, so uncredited associate producer  Edens, Roger (qv) directed the beautifully shot, fog'),
('166237','enshrouded  "departure" sequence, including the performance by  Warfield, William (qv) of "Ol Man River." It is the one scene in  the film that has been praised even by critics who detest this  version of "Show Boat."'),
('166238',' The Breen Censorship Office tried to raise an objection against the  use of the "miscegenation sequence" in this film version of the  show, but they were unable to do so because the 1936 film version  had already used it and thus set a precedent.'),
('166239',' The original choice for the role of Julie was  Judy Garland (I) (qv), but she had since ended her contract with  MGM, the idea of casting Garland was dropped. Both Lena Horne (qv)  and Dinah Shore (qv) were next in line until the role finally went  to Ava Gardner (qv).'),
('166240',' MGM vied for the rights to film "Show Boat" as early as 1938  (Universal Studios had owned the rights to the musical since 1929,  and had made their own film version of it in 1936). MGM had hopes of  starring the reigning operatic duo of Nelson Eddy (qv) and  Jeanette MacDonald (qv) in the roles of Gaylord and Magnolia. but  when that didnt happen, they showcased new stars Tony Martin and  Kathryn Grayson (qv) '),
('166241',' in a kind of screen test as Ravenal and  Magnolia in the Kern film biography "Till The Clouds Roll By" (and  Grayson did eventually appear in the 1951 "Show Boat"). The third  lead in the film, the biracial Julie, was considered at various  times for Judy Garland (I) (qv), Dinah Shore (qv), and  Lena Horne (qv). Shore, although not a major film star, did have a  somewhat exotic visage at the time'),
('166242',' her hair and eyes were very  dark, and she did almost as many blues and torch songs as a band  singer in the 1940s as did Garland. Horne mentions in her biography  that she wanted to do the role of Julie badly, but only got as far  as performing a single number in the "Clouds" film in the opening  "Show Boat" vignette. America, after all, was still a segregated  nation in 1950. Interracial romance was still taboo on screen'),
('166243',' and  Julie kisses and romantically interacts with her white husband  several times.'),
('166244',' The showboat built for the film (known as the Cotton Blossom) became  an amusement park attraction in 1973, after MGM sold many of its  props at an auction. Unfortunately, in 1995, it was dismantled and  torn apart.'),
('166245',' The body of water which doubled as the "Mississippi River"  throughout nearly all the river scenes was actually the lake used  for the Johnny Weissmuller (qv) Tarzan movies made at M'),
('166246','G'),
('166247','M.'),
('166248',' Ava Gardner (qv)s original vocal track of "Cant Help Lovin Dat  Man" and Annette Warren (qv)s dubbed'),
('166249','in vocal track of the song  were both modelled on Lena Horne (qv)s rendition of it in the  then'),
('166250','recent M'),
('166251','G'),
('166252','M biography of Jerome Kern (qv), "Till the Clouds  Roll By". Warrens vocal tracks of "Cant Help Lovin Dat Man" and  "Bill", not Ava Gardners, were the ones that eventually ended up  being used in the film.'),
('166253',' When viewing the rough cut, Arthur Freed (qv),  George Sidney (II) (qv), and Roger Edens (qv) came away feeling  that the picture was too slow. In the rough cut, the scenes of  Ravenal and Magnolia becoming rich, before suddenly going broke,  lasted much longer. Roger Edens cut the "rich" scenes to a mere  three minutes which showed a montage of quick scenes without  dialogue, set to an orchestral accompaniment of "You Are Love". In  the final print of the film, this is immediately followed by the  scene in which Magnolia and Ravenal, still wealthy, sing "Why Do I  Love You?", and this does contain dialogue. The scenes that  followed, showing the couple in poverty, were also drastically  tightened before the films release, though they also contained  dialogue.'),
('166254',' SPOILER: In the rough cut of the film, there was a sequence near the  end, retained from the original Broadway show, in which a little old  lady appeared reminiscing about Magnolia and Ravenals romance. The  two were supposed to listen to her monologue and then embrace. The  old lady was subsequently edited out of the film entirely, because  it was felt that her monologue slowed down the picture.'),
('166255',' When preparations for this film version of "Show Boat" were begun as  far back as 1944, Walter Huston (qv) and Ethel Barrymore (qv)  were set to play Capn Andy and Parthy. Both finally had to back out  of the production, and Huston eventually died before the film  started shooting.'),
('166256',' Eddie Foy Jr. (qv) and Mildred Natwick (qv) were once considered  for the roles of Capn Andy and Parthy.'),
('166257',' Prints of this short film survive in the Library of Congress, and  the UCLA Film and Television Archives.'),
('166258',' Part of the Mustang Western series'),
('166259',' CAMEO(Al Jolson (qv)): At the premiere.'),
('166260',' CAMEO(Ruby Keeler (qv)): At the premiere.'),
('166261',' CAMEO(Loretta Young (qv)): At the premiere.'),
('166262',' CAMEO(Noah Beery Jr. (qv)): Talks over the radio at the premiere.'),
('166263',' Originally, the last ten minute reel was in 2'),
('166264','strip Technicolor, but  it only presently survives in black'),
('166265','and'),
('166266','white.'),
('166267',' A Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('166268',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('166269',' Vitaphone production reels #1706'),
('166270','1707'),
('166271',' The musicians who play "mood music" for Peggy Pepper during filming  did the same thing in real life for actress Marion Davies (qv).'),
('166272',' Studio scenes taking place at the "Comet Studios" were taken at the  derelict Mack Sennett "Keystone" studios, where such comedy greats  as Charles Chaplin (qv) and Ben Turpin (qv) worked early in  their careers. Sennett built and moved to a larger studio earlier in  the year, so director King Vidor filmed his slapstick studio scenes  at the older, vacated site.'),
('166273',' James Murray (I) (qv), who had played the lead in  _Crowd, The (1928)_ (qv), was director Vidor, King (qv)s original  choice for Davies, Marion (qv)s love interest. Murrays  alcoholism and depression made him unavailable, and  William Haines (I) (qv) was cast instead.'),
('166274',' Based on the career of Gloria Swanson (qv), who began her career  in comedy.'),
('166275',' Re'),
('166276','released in 1949 on a double feature program with  _Johnny Apollo (1940)_ (qv).'),
('166277',' This is the most'),
('166278','seen Mexican film in history with nine million  viewers.'),
('166279',' Based on the actual 1978 cover'),
('166280','up of the shooting deaths of Carlos  Soto Arrivi and Arnaldo Dario Rosado at Cerro Maravilla mountain in  Puerto Rico.'),
('166281',' Pricilla Pointer, Amy Irvings real'),
('166282','life mother, plays her mother,  "Alice Ryan" in this movie.'),
('166283',' Warner Brothers announced in 1929, via inner'),
('166284','Studio'),
('166285','memos, to the  national press, and to the Technicolor company, that they were going  to film this film entirely in Two'),
('166286','Strip Technicolor. The Technicolor  company immediately said that not enough cameras were available for  use. One year later, _King of Jazz, The (1930)_ (qv), was released  entirely in Two'),
('166287','Strip Technicolor.'),
('166288',' The film contains John Barrymores only screen appearance as Richard  III, one of his greatest stage successes. However, the excerpt is  not from the play "Richard III", but from Shakespeares "Henry VI:  Part III", a "prequel" to "Richard III" in which he also appears.'),
('166289',' At $850,000 this was the most expensive talking picture made in  1929.'),
('166290',' In once scene, Frank Fay (qv) does an imitation of  Al Jolson (qv). Though Jolson was one of the top stars at Warner  Brothers in 1929, he is not among the rest of the studios lineup in  this film.'),
('166291',' Edward Connelly suffered "from badly inflamed eyes and a mild case  of klieg eyes”, prior to shooting his scenes looking into the studio  lights.It took several days to recover.'),
('166292',' To get the illusion of a vicious attack on the iguana, the crew  placed the reptile on a metal plate and sent electricity through it.'),
('166293',' Dead Host and Orangie were last minute additions to the script.'),
('166294',' The original play first opened on 5 February 1924 in New York.'),
('166295',' The part of J. Aubrey Piper was originally to be played by  Lee Tracy (qv), but his contract was terminated by MGM when,  during the production in Mexico of _Viva Villa! (1934)_ (qv), he got  drunk, urinated off a balcony onto a passing patrol of Mexican  soldiers (who almost shot him) and was deported from Mexico.  Spencer Tracy (qv) got the part with the help of  Frank Morgan (I) (qv), and afterwards signed a long'),
('166296','term contract  with MGM.'),
('166297',' The original play opened in New York on 5 February 1924. It starred  Louis John Bartels (qv) and Helen Lowell (qv) and was directed  by the author, George Kelly (I) (qv).'),
('166298',' Comedian Per'),
('166299','Inge Torkelsen was originally slated to play the role  as prison guard #1, in the film played by Øystein Dolmen'),
('166300',' EASTER EGG: To access the "Showboat & Boonie" special feature, go  "Left" from the Dead Birds DVD Trailer in the Special Features Menu.  A little icon will pop up in the lower right. Click on it.'),
('166301',' Fourth title released in the Musical Parade Series #1 (1943'),
('166302','1944).'),
('166303',' This was the last Western to be released under the  Universal'),
('166304','International name.'),
('166305',' The dojo set was constructed in a space formerly occupied by a  nightclub. In the managers office, converted into the on'),
('166306','site  production office, Polaroids of beaten bar patrons were tacked on  the wall next to the mounted chains used to hold them.'),
('166307',' The shooting of the opening party scene was shut down when neighbors  complained about the lights and it was realized the permits for  shooting in Phoenix did not cover the town of Paradise Valley (where  the house was located).'),
('166308',' The working title for this film during production was "Full  Contact".'),
('166309',' The film was shot at Paradise Valley High School when the school was  closed because of freeway construction interference. Another school  was built nearby for the students who attended Paradise Valley High  School. The school ended up reopening and the other school was named  North Canyon.'),
('166310',' Sales film for the "Saturday Evening Post." Shamus Culhane (qv)  was the son'),
('166311','in'),
('166312','law of Chico Marx (qv) and was able to coax several  friends to appear in very brief cameos. The biggest part goes to  Orson Bean (qv).'),
('166313',' Edie Adams (qv) movie debut.'),
('166314',' The baseball portion of the film was scheduled to be shot with many  extras that would fill up the stands of the stadium. Due to  complications, not enough people showed up and the filmmakers were  forced to continue shooting with almost'),
('166315','empty stands. It was only on  watching the dailies that the filmmakers decided to undertake the  long and challenging journey to fill the stadium using advanced 3D  Crowd simulation techniques. A task that many considered  "impossible" considering the limited resources.'),
('166316',' The first shot of the film required more than 1500 hours of computer  processing, in order to add cheering digital crowd to the baseball  stadium.'),
('166317',' Cameo(Keith J. Hersch (qv)): (Composer) a rugged towns person in  a shot for the western segment.'),
('166318',' When actor Clayton Norcross showed up at the casting session for the  film dressed as a western gunslinger, the filmmakers knew  immediately they had found their lead actor.'),
('166319',' DIRCAMEO(Fulvio Sestito (qv)): cloned more than 3,000 times as a  CG digital crowd character.'),
('166320',' Filmed in 3 days.'),
('166321',' Although it was intended to be the first talking film released in  Australia, extraordinary problems in production (linked mainly to  the new sound technology) meant it took eighteen months to make and  missed the chance. The movie was thought to be lost until the  National Film and Sound Archive of Australia announced its  rediscovery in May 1987.'),
('166322',' Considered to be Australias first film with sound, according to the  Australian National Film & Sound Archive'),
('166323',' Joe Eszterhas came up with the idea for this script while on  vacation at his home in Maui, Hawaii. Based on the idea he scribbled  on a napkin, he was advanced $2 million to write the script and  picked up an additional $1.7 million when the studio produced it  into a film.'),
('166324',' The filmmakers wanted Madonna (I) (qv) to play Cristal Conners and  Drew Barrymore (qv) to play Nomi Malone. The name card Gaye takes  off the mirror when she shows Nomi her table in the dressing room  even says "Drew."'),
('166325',' The cover image for this movie is a remake of a famous photograph by  Slovak photographer Tono Stano (qv).'),
('166326',' Set an all'),
('166327','time RAZZIE Award record with 13 Nominations (with only  12 categories voted that year). Its seven "wins" tie it with  _Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)_ (qv) as the most  dis'),
('166328','honored film in RAZZIE History.'),
('166329',' When the film swept The 16th Annual RAZZIE Awards,  Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) turned up in person to accept Worst  Director and Worst Picture. He was the first director to ever turn  up to collect the Award.'),
('166330',' After this film bombed at the box office and "swept" the 16th Annual  RAZZIE Awards, MGM/UA attempted to re'),
('166331','market it as a "Midnight Cult  Flick" à la _Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)_ (qv). A new  print ad, with a leopard'),
('166332','skin patterned background and prominently  mentioning the films seven RAZZIE "Wins" ran in several L.A. area  newspapers, promoting midnight showings in West Hollywood in Spring,  1996. Clever though it was, this new marketing gimmick also failed.'),
('166333',' Elizabeth Berkley (qv) was paid only $100,000 for playing the lead  in the film. When a special V.I.P. edition boxed set was released  she requested $2,500 to be interviewed. They declined.'),
('166334',' Elizabeth Berkley (qv) spends approximately 20 minutes, or 1/6 of  the entire film, completely nude.'),
('166335',' The only interior scenes that were actually filmed in Las Vegas are  the first ones in which Nomi plays slot machines and at the Forum  Shops/Spago in Caesars Palace.'),
('166336',' The director was insistent that actors not ad'),
('166337','lib or change lines as  they were scripted. Two changes were allowed: The line "smiling  beaver" was changed to "smiling snatch", and the line "Shes ginchy"  was changed to "Shes no butterfly".'),
('166338',' The only time actresses complained that they felt uncomfortable was  during the scenes with the monkeys, who constantly stared at their  bare breasts.'),
('166339',' Elizabeth Berkley (qv) regularly worked 16 hours a day in high  heels, while filming the dance scenes.'),
('166340',' The name "Nomi Malone" came from Joe Eszterhas (qv)s wifes  nickname, Nomi (her real name is Naomi). He chose "Malone" because  he thought of Nomi as being "alone" in the world.'),
('166341',' Charlize Theron (qv) auditioned for the role of Nomi Malone.'),
('166342',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Crystal Connors.'),
('166343',' Gina Gershon (qv) declined to recreate the Sharon Stone (I) (qv)  leg crossing scene from _Basic Instinct (1992)_ (qv).'),
('166344',' Jenny McCarthy (I) (qv) auditioned for the lead and was very much  in the running until it was discovered that she couldnt dance.'),
('166345',' The "Los Angeles" freeway sign at the end of the movie, was a hint  at a sequel that Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) and Joe Eszterhas (qv)  were already planning for, but was abandoned when this movie  debuted. The sequel was to have Nomi going to Hollywood and taking  on the movie business.'),
('166346',' Finola Hughes (qv) auditioned for the role of Cristal Connors.'),
('166347',' SMITHEE(Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv)): Credited as "Jan Jansen" in the  edited TV version.'),
('166348',' One of MGMs top 20 all'),
('166349','time bestsellers.'),
('166350',' Fourth episode in the Keeping Up With the Joneses 2'),
('166351','reel comedy  series.'),
('166352',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Gee Whiz (1911)_ (qv).'),
('166353',' The building at the end of the movie, where the gun show is located,  is the same building that Schwarzenegger, Arnold (qv) chases after  a terrorist in _True Lies (1994)_ (qv) (where the terrorist makes  the building'),
('166354','to'),
('166355','building jump)'),
('166356',' The headshot photo of Eddie Murphy in the tuxedo is a still from  _Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002)_ (qv).'),
('166357',' SPOILER: Body Count:  '),
('166358',' 1) Chad (Eliot Olson): Fingers and head cut off when he skies into    wire.  '),
('166359',' 2) Sheriff Toney (Seth Reston): Sharp object shoved into forehead.  '),
('166360',' 3) Peter Riggs (Kirk): Impaled on icicle.  '),
('166361',' 4) Robyn (Holly Towne): Hanged on ski lift.  '),
('166362',' 5) Christophe (Brad Hawkins): Beaten to death with shovel.  '),
('166363',' 6) Skyler (Billy O): Impaled through eye with skiing stick.  '),
('166364',' 7) Kimberly (Lindsey McKeon): Stabbed to death.  '),
('166365',' 8) Bud (Ron Varela): Decapitated when he drives into wire.  '),
('166366',' 9) Snow Blower Driver (Drake Smith): Throat cut.  '),
('166367',' 10) Shelly (Candace Moon): Shot, falls into blades of snow blower.'),
('166368',' The film had a limited theatrical release in the Pacific Northwest  of the USA.'),
('166369',' In the Shredderman and Shreddergirl dream sequence, the car take'),
('166370','off  and turn'),
('166371','around in the air is identical to that of the flying  Delorean in _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv) and  _Back to the Future Part II (1989)_ (qv).'),
('166372',' The Indian film with the longest title.'),
('166373',' Chris Farley (qv) was originally cast as Shrek and even recorded  the dialogue. However, after his death, the role was given to fellow  Saturday Night Live performer, Mike Myers (I) (qv). A remnant of  Farley remains when Shrek uses "finger quotes" '),
('166374',' a trademark of  Farleys character Bennett Brower.'),
('166375',' Donkey was modeled after Pericles (aka Perry), a real life miniature  donkey who lives in Barron Park, Palo Alto, California. The people  from Pacific Data Images/DreamWorks did an online search for a  donkey to study, and found one right in their neighborhood.'),
('166376',' Mike Myers (I) (qv) actually read opposite his wife  Robin Ruzan (qv) when recording his lines for the climactic love  scene at the end of the movie.'),
('166377',' There are 36 unique locations in Shrek '),
('166378',' more than any other  computer'),
('166379','animated film at the time.'),
('166380',' Computer animation production started on the project on 31 October  1996 and took more than four and a half years to complete.'),
('166381',' The principal actors never met each other. All read their parts  separately, with a reader feeding them the lines.'),
('166382',' In the intro, Shrek brushes his teeth and looks at himself in the  mirror, which then breaks. The same thing happens in  Mike Myers (I) (qv)  _Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)_ (qv).'),
('166383',' The line "Thatll do, Donkey... thatll do" is a reference to a  similar line in _Babe (1995)_ (qv).'),
('166384',' In the scene where the princess is fighting with Robin Hoods men  the action freezes she jumps up, camera whirls around for a moment  and then the action continues. An obvious reference to  _Matrix, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('166385',' In the scene where Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz (qv)) fights Robin  Hoods men and jumps up for a _Matrix_ (qv)'),
('166386','style, suspended  animation kick, a part of her hair is standing straight up (to which  Princess Fiona quickly re'),
('166387','adjusts it). This is in reference to  Cameron Diazs famous "hair gel" scene in  _Theres Something About Mary (1998)_ (qv).'),
('166388',' In Yiddish, Shrek means monster (from the German for terror or  fright).'),
('166389',' A fairy godmother named Dama Fortuna was originally included in the  movie, but was cut out in the beginning of the movies production.  She eventually appeared in _Shrek 2 (2004)_ (qv).'),
('166390',' The filmmakers stated that Princess Fionas martial arts were  inspired by Jackie Chan (I) (qv), but also, late in the  production, by _Wo hu cang long (2000)_ (qv) (Crouching Tiger,  Hidden Dragon).'),
('166391',' This film was the first winner for the inaugural Best Animated  Feature Film category of the Academy Awards 2002.'),
('166392',' In the fire scene outside of Shreks house you see Papa Bear  comforting Baby Bear... later, in Farquaads castle as he is  watching the picture of Fiona on the mirror you see Mama Bear as a  rug, skinned and laying on the floor. Her ultimate fate, however,  seems to be ok. She re'),
('166393','appears during the Video & DVD Karaoke scene,  dancing with Papa and Baby.'),
('166394',' When the masked executioner, Thelonious, is singing, it is a direct  reference to a "Stacker 2" commercial that the "WWF (World Wrestling  Federation)" character Kane, who also wears a mask, appears singing  karaoke.'),
('166395',' Although hes supposed to a hooved animal, Donkeys movements are  instead based on those of a dog, except in the chase scene early in  the film, during which Donkeys movements are based on those of a  rabbit.'),
('166396',' According to a storyboard that was never animated, Princess Fiona  was born an orge to the late King and Queen of Duluc.'),
('166397',' Mike Myers (I) (qv) says that he based Shreks accent on the voice  his mother used when reading him bedtime stories as a child.'),
('166398',' Jim Lange (qv), the original host of  _"Dating Game, The" (1965)_ (qv) as well as Jimmy Fallon (qv)  recorded the voice of the magic mirror. However, no one could top  Chris Miller (VII) (qv), a storyboard artist, whose voice was in  the temp track.'),
('166399',' The effects department actually took mud showers in order to study  fluid dynamic simulation.'),
('166400',' When Art Director, Douglas Rogers (I) (qv), visited a magnolia  plantation in Charleston, South Carolina to do research into the  look of Shreks swamp, he was chased by an alligator.'),
('166401',' An expert on armor came in to show the animators a variety of armor  that they could use as inspiration for both the Rescue sequence and  the Tournament sequence. The animators tried on the armor, studied  how they moved with the armor on, and also took turns flailing  different swords.'),
('166402',' Over 1,000 fantasy characters invade Shreks swamp at the beginning  of the movie.'),
('166403',' 1,250 props and environments were created in the computer for the  first film.'),
('166404',' Cameron Diaz (qv) became very physical when recording her  Matrix'),
('166405','style kung fu moves for her scene with Robin Hood and his  Merry Men, and even broke out into Cantonese at times since she had  completed Kung Fu training during the production of  _Charlies Angels (2000)_ (qv).'),
('166406',' According to director, Andrew Adamson (qv), Shreks height varies  between seven and eight feet depending on who you ask. He was 7 feet  and since then hes grown in peoples minds, and now hes usually  referred to as 8 feet.'),
('166407',' The song "Welcome to Duloc", which is sung by the wooden dolls in  the cabinet at the entrance to Duloc, is not only a parody of  Disneys "Its a Small World", but is in the same key and has the  same beats per minute (tempo) as the Disney song.'),
('166408',' Prior to release, the movie was viewed by DreamWorks lawyers, since  there were concerns that Disney would sue over the movies  not'),
('166409','so'),
('166410','subtle satirical references to the companys films and theme  parks.'),
('166411',' The scene where Princess Fiona burps was not originally included,  and was written only after Cameron Diaz (qv) burped after drinking  some coke during a recording session.'),
('166412',' Mike Myers (I) (qv) was in New York when they realized that the  line "What are you doing in my swamp!" had never been read. So  producer Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv) flew to New York, and had Mike  Meyers read the line in the back of a limo.'),
('166413',' The line "Youre on your way to a smacked bottom." was not actually  in the script. Mike Myers (I) (qv) was getting annoyed at one of  the directors and improvised the line.'),
('166414',' During a voiceover session, Cody Cameron (qv) suggested that  Cameron Diaz (qv) marry him "...so you can become Cameron  Cameron".'),
('166415',' The only characters who refer to Shrek by name in this movie are  Fiona and Donkey. All other characters refer to him as either  "Beast", "Ogre", "That Thing", "It" or "Him".'),
('166416',' The song at Shrek and Fionas reception, "Im a Believer", was  chosen specifically because of the line "I thought love was only  true in fairy tales."'),
('166417',' Gingy, the Gingerbread Man, later became a spokescharacter for  Wal'),
('166418','Mart.'),
('166419',' John Lithgow (qv) later admitted that, although he enjoyed  recording the voice of Lord Farquaad, he was a little disappointed  that he never actually got to work directly with  Mike Myers (I) (qv), Cameron Diaz (qv), or  Eddie Murphy (I) (qv).'),
('166420',' When Donkey and Shrek are looking up at the stars, Shrek points out  the constellation "Bloodnok the Flatulent", a reference to the  character Major Bloodnok, created by Peter Sellers (qv) in the  1950s BBC Radio program "The Goon Show".'),
('166421',' Voted number 2 in channel 4s (UK) "Greatest Family Films"'),
('166422',' There are many references to University of Notre Dame in the movie  as a handful of the people that produced the movie were "Domers",  Notre Dame graduates. The biggest example being the shape of the  castle, exactly like that of the Hesburg Library. Another reference  is "DuLac" The Universitys Name is University of Notre Dame du Lac,  our lady of the lake. The Student guide/disciplinary manual is  called DuLac. A third reference is the "Farquad" There are many  quads on the ND campus, and there is a dorm that is in the middle of  nowhere, on a "Far quad". You can see the famous golden dome of the  university on the back of Shreks vest.'),
('166423',' While still working on Shrek, _Shrek 2 (2004)_ (qv) was already  being made.'),
('166424',' The quote "You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly,  but I bet you aint never seen a donkey fly" is an obvious reference  to the song "When I See An Elephant Fly" from _Dumbo (1941)_ (qv)'),
('166425',' The song "All Star" by Smash Mouth (qv), heard during the opening  credits, was never intended to be in the final cut of the film. It  was used as a place holder in test prints until a new song could be  found. But test audiences loved it, and the producers kept it in.  When the producers decided to keep "All Star" they figured they  should ask SmashMouth to sing the last song in the movie, "Im a  Believer."'),
('166426',' In the scene where Farquaad is shown three beautiful princesses to  choose from, Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz (qv)) is quoted as  "liking Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain". This is  referred to in Diazs film _Sweetest Thing, The (2002)_ (qv) when  she and her friend play this song incessantly while driving along  the highway.'),
('166427',' Ted Elliott (I) (qv) and Terry Rossio (qv), Oscar nominees for  writing the screenplay to the first "Shrek", opted out of returning  for the sequel as they felt that the basis for the storyline needed  to be a traditional fairytale and disagreed with the producers  choice to follow a different plot line.'),
('166428',' The fairy godmother Dama Fortuna was originally created for the  first _Shrek (2001)_ (qv) but was cut out and now featured in this  sequel.'),
('166429',' The Wolf is found reading a magazine named Pork Illustrated with the  front page featuring an image of a posed pig in a bikini. This is a  spoof of the swimsuit issue of the magazine Sports Illustrated.'),
('166430',' In the films trailers, the wolf is reading "The New Porker".'),
('166431',' While Larry King (I) (qv) lent his voice to episodes of  _"Simpsons, The" (1989)_ (qv), this was the first time that he  voiced a character other than himself in an animated movie or  television series.'),
('166432',' Puss'),
('166433','in'),
('166434','Boots, an orange tabby, says, "I hate Mondays." A clear  reference to Garfield the Cat, a fat orange tabby, who also  constantly says "I hate Mondays."'),
('166435',' This was the first sequel ever nominated for an Oscar as Best  Animated Feature.'),
('166436',' The gigantic Gingerbread Man that storms the castle of Far Far Away,  is a reference to the "Stay'),
('166437','Puft Marshmallow Man" from  _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv).'),
('166438',' The Fairy Godmother says, "What in Grimms name..." '),
('166439',' a reference to  the Brothers Grimm who published collections of many fairy tales  such as the ones used in the movie.'),
('166440',' In the scene where Shrek and Fiona argue, there is a "Stonehenge"  poster in the background; the same poster is shown also on the DVD  "Far Far Away Times" feature. The poster shows two of the members of  Spinal Tap wearing medieval garb; also, you can notice two dwarves  holding tiny Stonehenge stones, another Spinal Tap reference.'),
('166441',' The potion the fairy godmother gives to the King to make Fiona fall  in love with the first man she kisses is labeled "IX", making the  bottle "Love Potion Number 9".'),
('166442',' The giant cookies name is "Mongo", a reference to the movie  _Blazing Saddles (1974)_ (qv) where Alex Karras (qv) plays a giant  named Mongo.'),
('166443',' The entrance to Far Far Away closely resembles the entrance to the  Paramount Studios lot.'),
('166444',' When Shrek, Fiona and Donkey first enter Far Far Away, the camera  pans over a distinctive Far Far Away sign at street level (as  opposed to the huge one in the hills that resembles the "Hollywood"  sign). The street'),
('166445','level sign is an obvious parody of the official  "Beverly Hills" sign that welcomes visitors as they enter the city  via certain boulevards. The sign is also used as the official city  logo.'),
('166446',' On the premiere day of "Shrek 2" in Italy, the distribution agency  completely purchased the commercial space of the top seller sports  newspaper "La Gazzetta dello Sport". The trademark of "Gazzetta" is  that it has been printed on pink paper for more than a century '),
('166447',' and  for the occasion the issue was released in green paper. Half of the  cost of the operation (about 120,000 euros) was given to charity.'),
('166448',' The final pose Prince Charming strikes in the factory after Shrek  and companys escape almost exactly mirrors two promotional posters  for _Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)_ (qv) in  which Aragorn holds his sword up to his face.'),
('166449',' It became the second film in Australian cinema history to gross more  than $50 million. _Titanic (1997)_ (qv) was the first.'),
('166450',' An initial story concept was to have Fionas father, King Harold,  appear nude throughout the film, as in "The Emperors New Clothes".'),
('166451',' Fionas mother can be seen in bed reading a copy of "Kings are from  Mars, Queens are from Venus".'),
('166452',' Jeffrey Katzenberg (qv) refers to this film as  _Guess Whos Coming to Dinner (1967)_ (qv) meets  _Shrek (2001)_ (qv).'),
('166453',' John Cleese (qv) and Julie Andrews (I) (qv) recorded most of  their scenes together at the same time, an unusual practice for an  animated film.'),
('166454',' Highest grossing animated film of all time (as of 2007).'),
('166455',' The crowd scene when Shrek and Fiona arrive at Far Far Aways castle  involved over 600 animated characters.'),
('166456',' Over 300 Hewlett Packard workstations were employed in the making of  the film.'),
('166457',' Shreks face is so expressive because it has 218 working muscles in  it.'),
('166458',' Hair is a notoriously difficult thing to render convincingly in  computer animation so, to help the animators, a wigmaker came to the  studios to educate them in the art of making realistic hair.'),
('166459',' The producers swear that when they decided to put a Sir Justin  (Timberlake) poster above Princess Fionas bed, they had no idea  that Cameron Diaz (qv) had just started dating the singer in real  life.'),
('166460',' There are some other spoofs of famous signs and stores in the  background of Far Far Away:  '),
('166461',' Burger Prince (Burger King)  '),
('166462',' Olde Knavery (Old Navy)  '),
('166463',' Far Far Away sign (Hollywood sign)  '),
('166464',' Saxon Fifth Avenue (Saks Fifth Avenue)  '),
('166465',' Romeo Drive (Rodeo Drive)  '),
('166466',' Versarchery (Versace)  '),
('166467',' Gap Queen (Gap Kids)  '),
('166468',' Farbucks Coffee (Starbucks)  '),
('166469',' Friars Fat Boy (Big Boy)  '),
('166470',' Tower of London Records (Tower Records).  '),
('166471',' Baskin Robinhood (Baskin Robins ice cream)  '),
('166472',' FFPS (US Postal)  '),
('166473',' Barneys Old York (Barneys New York)'),
('166474',' Scored the biggest opening ever for an animated film, topping  _Finding Nemo (2003)_ (qv)s $70.2 million opening'),
('166475',' In the pre'),
('166476','ball red carpet scene, the announcer says that "the abs  are fab", a reference to the television series  _"Absolutely Fabulous" (1992)_ (qv) (often called Ab Fab) which  Jennifer Saunders (qv), who plays Dama Fortuna, wrote and starred  in.'),
('166477',' As donkey passes out he says, "Im Coming Elizabeth," a reference to  Fred Sanford from the sitcom _"Sanford and Son" (1972)_ (qv)'),
('166478',' Antonio Banderas (qv) as "Puss In Boots" uses his sword to write a  "P" on a tree with three strokes. He also played "Zorro" in  _Mask of Zorro, The (1998)_ (qv), who is known for using his sword  to write "Z" with three strokes.'),
('166479',' The fireworks over the castle during the final scene resemble the  fireworks over the Magic Kingdom castle in the opening titles of  _"Disneyland" (1954)_ (qv).'),
('166480',' In the tavern "The Poison Apple", the man with the hook playing the  piano is voiced by Tom Waits (qv) (singing "Little Drop of  Poison") and then again by Nick Cave (qv) (singing "People Aint  No Good").'),
('166481',' The Giant Gingerbread Mans last words "Be good" are a reference to  _E.T. the Extra'),
('166482','Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv).'),
('166483',' The Gingerbread Mans legs have been re'),
('166484','attached with little bands  of frosting.'),
('166485',' When Shrek and Fiona arrive in Far Far Away, they pass a movie  theater playing Lethal Arrow 4.'),
('166486',' When Shrek and the gang are escaping from the potion room,  Puss'),
('166487','in'),
('166488','Boots reaches under the door to grab his hat just like  Indiana Jones.'),
('166489',' When Donkey and Puss emerge from their hiding place inside the metal  cart in Dama Fortunas factory, Donkey references Puss "fine  Corinthian footwear". This is a reference to the Chrysler Cordoba  commercials featuring Ricardo Montalban (qv) pitching their "fine  Corinthian leather" interiors.'),
('166490',' When the characters first arrive to Far Far Away, Donkey makes  mention of "champagne wishes and caviar dreams", a phrase borrowed  from Robin Leach (qv)s  _"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (1984)_ (qv).'),
('166491',' In the opening "Honeymoon Montage" when Fiona wipes the mud off of  Shrek while he hangs upside down and kisses him is in reference to  _Spider'),
('166492','Man (2002)_ (qv) when Mary Jane kisses Spider'),
('166493','Man in the  same manner.'),
('166494',' In the fight scene with Shrek, Puss in Boots tears out from the  chest of Shreks clothing, in reference to the alien bursting out of  Kanes chest in _Alien (1979)_ (qv)'),
('166495',' SPOILER: There are numerous references to the King being a frog  throughout the movie:  '),
('166496',' He has a painting of his human self standing over a pond next to    his bed  '),
('166497',' His wife reminds him of their first date by the lily pond, their    "first kiss"  '),
('166498',' His bed sheets and most of his furniture are leafy green  '),
('166499',' A female frog in the bar asks him, "Do I know you?"  '),
('166500',' He calls Queen Lillian "Lilly" as in lily pad  '),
('166501',' Fairy Godmother threatens to send him back to the pond  '),
('166502',' The Kings revulsion to living in a swamp hints at his own living    in one  '),
('166503',' When the king offers princess Fiona a cup of tea, he tells her    that he has changed a lot for her mother'),
('166504',' During the dinner scene with Shrek, Fiona, donkey, and the king and  queen, the queen remarks "Not that theres anything wrong with  that," a _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) reference.'),
('166505',' A couple of Kids during a test screening asked Director  Andrew Adamson (qv) what Dragon turned into, Andrew said that  Dragon turned into a Pegasus creature (Horse with wings).'),
('166506',' The first film to be shown at over 4,000 theatres in the U.S.'),
('166507',' Shreks horse mount while storming the castle, grabbing Donkeys  neck then swinging his body across the front of and onto Donkey,  mirrors Legolas acrobatic mount'),
('166508','up in battle in  _Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)_ (qv).'),
('166509',' The first Dreamworks movie to use the new Dreamworks Animation logo.'),
('166510',' The pickup line used by the donkey when the carriage is driving  through Far Far Away '),
('166511',' "Hey, good lookin. Well be back to pick you  up later" '),
('166512',' is taken from a 1970s commercial for Mr. Microphone,  which turned any radio or stereo system with an FM tuner into a PA  for a hand'),
('166513','held wireless microphone.'),
('166514',' In the Honeymoon Montage at the beginning of the film, the couple is  seen being fitted for wedding rings, a flying ring dropping on  Fionas finger and sporting a red fiery writing afterwards. These  are a parody of events from  _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)_ (qv)'),
('166515',' Various characters from other movies and stories show up in the  background throughout the movie: '),
('166516',' Captain Hook is the piano player  in "The Poison Apple" hangout '),
('166517',' Two of the guests in The Poison  Apple are the talking trees from _Babes in Toyland (1997)_ (qv) '),
('166518','  During chase sequence in the Fairy Godmothers factory, among the  furniture flying around the room are Lumiere (the candelabra) and  Cogsworth (the clock) from Disneys  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv) '),
('166519',' During the opening scenes after  an ocean wave covers Shrek and Fiona, Ariel from Disneys  _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv) ends up kissing Shrek instead of  Fiona, who then comes up and flings Ariel out to sea, where sharks  attack her '),
('166520',' Hansel (of the story Hansel and Gretel), is shown to be  the owner of "Hansels Honeymoon Hideaway, the honeymoon cottage  where Shrek and Fiona stay. It, too, is made out of cookies and  candy (just like the witchs house in the story) '),
('166521',' Little Red Riding  Hood knocks on the door at the honeymoon cottage, and when Shrek and  Fiona open the door she screams and runs away, leaving her basket '),
('166522','  One of the fairies that Shrek captures in a jar at the mud sauna is  Tinkerbell, Peter Pans sidekick.'),
('166523',' When the huge pot of potion is tipped over in the Fairy Godmothers  factory, the swans in the cage turn into two maidens, a reference to  "Swan Lake".'),
('166524',' During the honeymoon montage, when Shrek and Fiona are kissing on  the beach (a reference to the movie  _From Here to Eternity (1953)_ (qv)).'),
('166525',' During the dinner scene with the Queen, King, Fiona, Shrek, and  Donkey at the table go through each others names twice, ending with  Donkey smiling and referring to himself. This is a reference to  _Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)_ (qv) where the characters go  through each others names in a chaotic roundabout.'),
('166526',' At the end of the movie, Puss'),
('166527','in'),
('166528','Boots says he is going to the  "Kit'),
('166529','Kat Klub", which was the name of the club in  _Cabaret (1972)_ (qv).'),
('166530',' The sign for The Poison Apple is shown in exactly the same manner as  the sign of The Prancing Pony from  _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)_ (qv).'),
('166531',' When Pinocchio is lowered by his puppet strings into the cell where  Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots are being held, the background  music is the theme from _Mission: Impossible (1996)_ (qv). (The  referenced scene from Mission Impossible itself was lifted from  _Topkapi (1964)_ (qv).)'),
('166532',' When Puss in Boots dances at the party, he sits back in a lounge  chair, pulls a string, and douses himself with water '),
('166533',' a reference  to _Flashdance (1983)_ (qv)'),
('166534',' Near the end, Fiona says that decides that she wants the ogre she  fell in love with. Puss in Boots says, "Theyll never make me cry."  Jane Fonda (qv) says the same line in _Cat Ballou (1965)_ (qv).'),
('166535',' When the King of Far Far Away (John Cleese (qv)) excuses himself  to go speak to the Fairy Godmother, he refers to his old injury from  the crusades acting up. This is a reference to Basil Fawltys (also  Cleese) "old war wound" acting up as an excuse for his actions in  the series _"Fawlty Towers" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('166536',' Some of the signs up in "The Poison Apple" are: "Unhappy Hour 5'),
('166537','7",  "No one under XXI admitted", "We reserve the right to BEHEAD  anyone", and "NO SKIN NO BONES NO SERVICE".'),
('166538',' In the opening sequence, Fiona uses two fighting moves from the  _Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) (VG)_ (qv) video game  series to take out the attacking mob: Chun Lis Whirlwind Kick  (handstand and spins around) and Ryus Dragon Punch (spins upward  with fist above head).'),
('166539',' This is the second film series starring Mike Myers (I) (qv) in  which the sequel grossed more in its first two weeks of release than  the original did its entire box office run. The first was  _Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)_ (qv), which grossed  more its opening weekend than the first Austin Powers did  altogether.'),
('166540',' When Fiona meets the Fairy Godmother and she is singing a song about  how to make everything happily ever after, Fairy Godmother uses her  wand to make Fionas dress go up, similar to the famous  Marilyn Monroe (qv) pose from _Seven Year Itch, The (1955)_ (qv)'),
('166541',' When Shrek and Donkey defeat Puss in Boots, Donkey suggests that  they give him the Bob Barker (qv) treatment. At the end of  _"Price Is Right, The" (1972)_ (qv), Bob (who hosts) always closes  the show by saying, "Help control the pet population, have your pets  spayed or neutered."'),
('166542',' When Mongo throws the flaming gumdrop button at the catapaulters,  theyre heard to scream "Run away, run away" '),
('166543',' a reference to  _Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)_ (qv), also starring  John Cleese (qv).'),
('166544',' When Shrek, Donkey and Puss come across the Fairy Godmothers  factory, Donkey calls it, "The Old Keebler Place," a reference to  the Keebler Elves.'),
('166545',' When Shrek awakens in the barn surrounded by women, one of the women  tells him she fetched him a pail of water. The woman is later  referred to by the others as "Jill", as in Jack and Jill.'),
('166546',' As Shrek, Fiona and Donkey enter the town of Far Far Away, Shrek  utters "We are definitely not at the swamp anymore", a reference to  Dorothys "Toto, Ive a feeling were not in Kansas anymore" line in  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv).'),
('166547',' The Fairy Godmother billboard is a parody of the famous Hollywood  signs of model, Angelyne (qv).'),
('166548',' In the UK version, the voices of Larry King (I) (qv) and  Joan Rivers (qv) have been replaced by home'),
('166549','grown TV presenters  Jonathan Ross (I) (qv) and Kate Thornton (I) (qv), though King  and Rivers are still credited.'),
('166550',' The Fairy Godmother singing on the piano at the end is a reference  to _Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989)_ (qv)'),
('166551',' Antonio Banderas (qv) also provides the Puss in Boots voice both  in the Spanish and Latinamerican versions.'),
('166552',' When they arrive in Far Far Away, Donkey says, "Swimming pools,  movie stars," a reference to  _"Beverly Hillbillies, The" (1962)_ (qv) which had this line in the  theme tune.'),
('166553',' When Mongo gets his gumdrop button knocked off while attacking the  castle he lets out a scream. The scream is that of Godzilla from  films such as _Mosura tai Gojira (1964)_ (qv),  _Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974)_ (qv), and more recently the 1998  remake _Godzilla (1998)_ (qv).'),
('166554',' When Donkey is being rained on after drinking the potion, he cries,  "Im melting! Melting!" '),
('166555',' another reference to  _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv).'),
('166556',' In the book recap of Princess Fionas life, when she is being shown  to the people of Far Far Away, her parents hold her over the edge of  the tower of the castle with the sun shining down on the Princess,  this is a reference to the start of _Lion King, The (1994)_ (qv),  where newborn Simba is being shown to the rest of the animals on the  plain.'),
('166557',' William Steig (qv), writer of the original book, died during  production. This film is dedicated to him.'),
('166558',' When Shrek sneezes after smelling the "ever after" potion, his snot  falls on a mushroom that soon after becomes the rose from  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv).'),
('166559',' Just before final credits we get shots of characters from the movie,  with a subtitled name of the actor playing them.  Eddie Murphy (I) (qv)s shot is the same as in  _Beverly Hills Cop (1984)_ (qv).'),
('166560',' Thats a real Cameron Diaz (qv) burp during the dinner party  sequence.'),
('166561',' Jennifer Saunders (qv) got a voice coach to help her sing for the  Fairy Godmothers opening number.'),
('166562',' As Jennifer Saunders (qv) was in the midst of filming another  season of _"Absolutely Fabulous" (1992)_ (qv), her vocal performance  was recorded in England.'),
('166563',' Young artist Butterfly Boucher recorded a new version of  David Bowie (I) (qv)s "Changes" specially for the film. Bowie  himself was so impressed with this rendition that he provided  backing vocals on it.'),
('166564',' Pinocchios solo on the dance floor during the Ball scene closely  resembles Michael Jackson (I) (qv)s famous "Billy Jean" routine.'),
('166565',' In the police montage, the camera following a "white bronco", is a  direct reference to the infamous 1994 California highway chase where  cops were chasing O.J. Simpson (qv) in a white Ford Bronco. The  montages camerawork and overall appearance resembles the appearance  of the television show _"Cops" (1989)_ (qv).'),
('166566',' If you look very carefully at Puss'),
('166567','in'),
('166568','boots eyes in the famous "doe  eyes" scene, you can see a reflection of the RE/MAX real estate  agency logo and characteristic balloon.'),
