('46083',' Producer David Giler (qv) was initially opposed to the making of a  fourth film.'),
('46084',' In order to heighten contrasts, cinematographer  Darius Khondji (qv) added silver to the printing process. This had  the result of making the dark colors richer and giving everything  else a metallic tinge. He also used an electric blue tint for the  underwater sequence.'),
('46085',' Winona Ryder (qv) was a big fan of the first movie and jumped at  the chance of appearing alongside her icon, Sigourney Weaver (qv),  for that reason.'),
('46086',' Jean'),
('46087','Pierre Jeunet (qv)s long time partner, Marc Caro (qv),  with whom he had made _Delicatessen (1991)_ (qv) and  _Cité des enfants perdus, La (1995)_ (qv), had no interest in taking  part in the film. Caro did fly out to Los Angeles for several weeks  to provide some costume and art direction designs.'),
('46088',' This is the only Alien movie not to be shot in England. One of the  reasons for this was that co'),
('46089','producer Sigourney Weaver (qv) didnt  want to travel.'),
('46090',' The production had trouble finding enough studio space as major  productions like _Titanic_ (qv), _Starship Troopers (1997)_ (qv) and  _Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997)_ (qv) were all taking up most  of the available studio space in Hollywood.'),
('46091',' The underwater sequence marked the first time that  Winona Ryder (qv) had gone underwater since a near'),
('46092','drowning  incident that happened to her when she was 12 years old. The actress  suffered a complete anxiety attack on the first day of filming in  the underwater set.'),
('46093',' One of the concept designs of the Newborn involved the creature  sporting a likeness of Sigourney Weaver (qv)s face. This was  abandoned as it bore too much of a similarity to Sil, the alien  creature in _Species (1995)_ (qv).'),
('46094',' The films model miniatures were shot at a former  Howard Hughes (I) (qv) aircraft plant in Los Angeles. Visual  effects supervisor Erik Henry (qv) and visual effects director of  photography Rick Fichter (qv) used an advanced motion control  camera system that required constant vigilance and re'),
('46095','alignment as  the area was prone to small earthquakes and tremors.'),
('46096',' The game went through a series of dramatic changes during  production. According to a 2007 "Making Of..." article in Edge  Magazine, the game started off as a top'),
('46097','down shooter and was well on  schedule. The first rehash came once Tomb Raider was released '),
('46098',' the  game was turned into a 3D shooter featuring the whole original cast.  The team pushed this on nearly to completion, but were concerned  that it simply wasnt scary. The game finally came together when  they demonstrated a claustrophobic first'),
('46099','person view for negotiating  vents. Well behind schedule, the team worked long hours to  reconstruct the game as a first'),
('46100','person shooter, and finally released  it. The opening title sequence and ending movie survived from the  first version of the game, but little else.'),
('46101',' Although the game was a commercial failure, the developers bonus  pay scheme was based on critical response. The title picked up  glowing reviews, especially in Europe, so the staff were  well'),
('46102','rewarded.'),
('46103',' Although the games plot diverges dramatically from the film in  detail, the producers insisted that the finale matched '),
('46104',' the Newborn  alien had to be sucked into space and destroyed. The developers  regretted this, noting that their Newborn looked like a "shaved  rabbit'),
('46105','alien half'),
('46106','breed", so the games climax "consisted of hiding  from a funny monster and then pressing a button".'),
('46107',' The "Space Prison" exterior was re'),
('46108','used footage of Moonbase from  _"UFO" (1970)_ (qv) and _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('46109',' Although he receives a screen credit, the music by  Chuck Cirino (qv) was replaced by an uncredited new score.'),
('46110',' Hicks was originally played by James Remar (qv), but  Michael Biehn (qv) replaced him a few days after principal  photography began, due to "artistic differences" between Remar and  director James Cameron (I) (qv). However, Remar still appears in  the finished film '),
('46111',' but wearing the same armor, and shot from  behind, its impossible to tell the difference between the two  actors.'),
('46112',' All of the cast who were to play the Marines (with the exception of  Michael Biehn (qv), who replaced an actor one week into filming)  were trained by the S.A.S. (Special Air Service, Britains elite  anti'),
('46113','terrorist force) for two weeks before filming. They were also  instructed to read Robert A. Heinlein (qv)s novel "Starship  Troopers". A reference to this appears in one of the Marines being  addressed as "Rico" by the sergeant. Juan Rico was the lead  character in "Starship Troopers." Sigourney Weaver (qv),  Paul Reiser (qv), and William Hope (qv) didnt  participate/attend the training because director  James Cameron (I) (qv) felt it would help the actors create a  sense of detachment between the three and the Marines '),
('46114',' the  characters these three actors played were all outsiders to the  squad; Ripley being an advisor to the Marines while on the trip to  LV'),
('46115','426, Burke being there just for financial reasons and Gorman  being a newly'),
('46116','promoted Lieutenant with less experience than most of  the Marines.'),
('46117',' According to the 1991 Special Widescreen Collectors Edition  Laserdisc release of the movie (presented on the Bonus Disc of the  2003 Alien Quadrilogy DVD Box Set), James Cameron (I) (qv) turned  in the first treatment for the film, called Alien II at the time, on  September 21, 1983. Some of the differences between this initial  treatment and the final film included the following: '),
('46118',' The character  of Carter Burke was absent, instead, his dialogue was given to  someone named Dr. ONiel, who did not join Ripley and the marines on  their voyage to the colony planet. '),
('46119',' Instead of being taken to the  Gateway Station, Ripley was taken to Earth Station Beta. '),
('46120',' The name  of the colony planet was Acheron, taken from the script of  _Alien (1979)_ (qv), instead of LV'),
('46121','426. '),
('46122',' Ripleys daughter was  alive, and Ripley had a disheartening videophone conversation with  her, where she blamed Ripley for abandoning her by going to space. '),
('46123','  There were multiple atmospheric processors on the planet. '),
('46124',' The  initial discovery of the aliens on the colony planet is much longer,  where it is shown how Newts father gets to the site of the eggs and  is jumped by a facehugger. '),
('46125',' An additional scene involves a rescue  team going to the site of the alien eggs and being jumped by tens of  facehuggers. '),
('46126',' The aliens sting people to paralyze them before  either killing or cocooning them. '),
('46127',' At one point Ripley, Newt and  Hicks get cocooned. '),
('46128',' The aliens cocooning people are a different  breed. They look like smaller, albino versions of the warrior  aliens. '),
('46129',' Bishop refuses to land on the planet and pick up Ripley,  Hicks and Newt, indicating "the risk of contaminating other  inhabited worlds is too great." '),
('46130',' Ripley ends up using the  colonists shuttle to get back to the Sulaco. '),
('46131',' Bishop tells her:  "You were right about me all along." The first draft script was  turned in by Cameron on May 30, 1985. This draft was quite different  from the treatment, but very close to the final film.'),
('46132',' During the sequence in which Newt and Ripley are locked in MedLab,  Ripley is attacked by one of the two facehuggers after setting off  the sprinklers, resulting in the facehugger wrapping its tail around  her neck after jumping off of a table leg. To film this, director  James Cameron (I) (qv) had the Special Effects crew design a  facehugger fully capable of walking towards Ripley on its own, but  to make it appear as if it jumps off of the table, and Cameron then  used backwards'),
('46133','filming. He set up the facehugger on the table leg,  then dragged it off and later edited the piece of film to play  backward to make it appear to be moving forward towards Ripley. Crew  thought that the fact that water was falling down during this whole  scene would affect the sequence that was filmed backward (it would  show the water moving up instead of down). In the end, the water was  not visible enough to see the direction in which it was falling.'),
('46134',' The "special edition" includes extra scenes: Newts parents  discovering the abandoned alien ship on LV'),
('46135','426, scenes of Ripley  discussing her daughter, Hudson bragging about his weaponry, robot  sentry guns repelling first alien raid, and Hicks and Ripley  exchanging first names. Also included is a scene on LV'),
('46136','426 where a  child rides a low'),
('46137','slung tricycle similar to one ridden in  _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv), also directed by  James Cameron (I) (qv).'),
('46138',' Lance Henriksen (qv) wanted to wear double'),
('46139','pupil contact lenses  for a scene where Bishop is working in the lab on a microscope and  gives a scary look at one of the Marines. He came to set with those  lenses, but James Cameron (I) (qv) decided he did not need to wear  them because he was acting the character with just the right amount  of creepiness already.'),
('46140',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) had initially been very hesitant to reprise  her role as Ripley, and had rejected numerous offers from Fox  Studios to do any sequels, fearing that her character would be  poorly written, and a sub'),
('46141','par sequel could hurt the legacy of the  original film. However, she was so impressed by the high quality of  James Cameron (I) (qv)s script '),
('46142',' specifically, the strong focus  on Ripley, the mother'),
('46143','daughter bond between her character and Newt,  and the incredible precision with which Cameron wrote her character,  that she finally agreed to do the film.'),
('46144',' In an interview, composer James Horner (qv) felt that  James Cameron (I) (qv) had given him so little time to write a  musical score for the film, he was forced to cannibalize previous  scores he had done as well as adapt a rendition of "Gayane Ballet  Suite" for the main and end titles. Horner stated that the tensions  with Cameron were so high during post'),
('46145','production that he assumed  they would never work together again. However Cameron was so  impressed with Horners score from _Braveheart (1995)_ (qv) that he  later asked him to compose the score for _Titanic (1997)_ (qv).'),
('46146',' The initial cinematographer was Dick Bush (qv). However, director  James Cameron (I) (qv) fired him a month into production because  he wasnt satisfied with the lighting, and the two men reportedly  hated working with each other. Cameron then tried to hire  Derek Vanlint (qv), the DP on the previous film. Vanlint wasnt  interested, but recommended Adrian Biddle (qv) for the job.'),
('46147',' The difficulties surrounding Sigourney Weaver (qv)s contract  negotiations were such that James Cameron (I) (qv) and  Gale Anne Hurd (qv) '),
('46148',' recently married '),
('46149',' announced that if the  deal was not done by the time they got back from their honeymoon,  they were out. When they returned, no progress had been made '),
('46150',' so  James Cameron (I) (qv), determined to make the film and wary of  the deadline scenario he had created, devised a scheme: he  telephoned Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)s agent for an informal chat  and informed him that, thanks to his newfound standing in Hollywood  following _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv), he had decided to make this  film entirely his own by writing Ripley out; as  James Cameron (I) (qv) anticipated, Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)s  agent immediately relayed the information to his colleague  representing Sigourney Weaver (qv) at ICM, who in turn contacted  20th Century'),
('46151','Fox Head of Production Lawrence Gordon (I) (qv); both  men, determined that under no circumstances whatsoever would Ripley  be written out, wasted no time in sealing Sigourney Weaver (qv)s  deal.'),
('46152',' Having hired James Cameron (I) (qv) to write the screenplay, 20th  Century Fox then did the unthinkable when he left the production to  direct _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv): they agreed to wait for  Cameron to become available again and finish the screenplay (he had  only completed about 90 pages at that stage, but they were 90 pages  that were loved by the studio).'),
('46153',' The Alien nest set was kept intact after filming. It was later used  as the Axis Chemicals set for _Batman (1989)_ (qv). When the crew of  _Batman (1989)_ (qv) first entered the set, they found most of the  Alien nest still intact.'),
('46154',' Budget constraints meant that they could only afford to have six  hypersleep capsules for the scenes set on board the Sulaco. Clever  placement of mirrors and camera angles make it look like theres  about 12. Each hypersleep chamber cost over $4,300 to build.'),
('46155',' One of the perfect locations they found was a decommissioned  coal'),
('46156','fired power plant in Acton, West London. The only trouble with  it was that it was heavily riddled with asbestos. So, a team was  sent in to clean up the plant, and atmosphere readings had to be  taken constantly throughout filming in this location to make sure  that the air was clear of contamination. Ironically, the Acton  location turned out to have better atmospheric quality than Pinewood  Studios.'),
('46157',' The assault vehicle is a modified tow'),
('46158','truck that British Airways  used for towing airplanes around at Heathrow. The only trouble was  that the truck they purchased weighed 75 tons. By stripping out most  of the lead used in its construction, they were able to remove about  30 tons.'),
('46159',' Ripleys miniature bathroom in her apartment is actually a British  Airways toilet, purchased from the airline.'),
('46160',' To bring the alien queen to life would take anything between 14 and  16 operators.'),
('46161',' When she answered the casting call, Jenette Goldstein" (qv)  misunderstood the films content and showed up dressed as a 19th  century Irish immigrant. This became a running joke on the set, so  much so that James Cameron (qv) worked it into the script as part  of the verbal sparring between Goldsteins character and  Bill Paxton (qv)s, and would later reference it in his film  _Titanic (1997)_ (qv), in which Goldstein actually plays an Irish  immigrant.'),
('46162',' The sound'),
('46163','effect used for doors opening and closing used throughout  the movie is identical to the sound'),
('46164','effect used for the "automatic  doors" in _"Prisoner, The" (1967)_ (qv).'),
('46165',' The sound'),
('46166','effect of the video'),
('46167','phone "ring" when Ripley contacts  Burke early on in the film is the same as that used for the Village  telephones in _"Prisoner, The" (1967)_ (qv).'),
('46168',' A complicated effect shot (the Marines entering the Alien nest) had  already been filmed just before James Remar (qv) was replaced by  Michael Biehn (qv). A re'),
('46169','shoot would be too expensive, so the  Corporal Hicks seen with his back towards camera is still played by  James Remar (qv).'),
('46170',' Since production took place in England, the director and producers  conveniently cast many American actors who were already living in  England. This was particularly important for the actress playing  Newt, who had to be a minor. Carrie Henn (qv), who played Newt,  was an American girl living with her family in England (actually, a  bit of an English accent can be heard when she says, "Lets go,"  and, "There is a short'),
('46171','cut across the roof," during the Alien attack  at the end of the movie). Her movie brother Timmy is also her  real'),
('46172','life brother Christopher Henn (qv).'),
('46173',' Although the first script draft turned in on 30 May 1985 was very  close to the final film, some scenes in this version were dropped in  the final film. Those include:  '),
('46174',' A shower scene with Ripley in a futuristic shower environment    Ripley going into more detail about the facehuggers while briefing    the Marines, calling the facehugger "a walking sex organ" to which    Hudson replies, "Sounds like you, Hicks."  '),
('46175',' There are thirty atmospheric processing units on the planet, as    opposed to only one in the final film.  '),
('46176',' Newt formally offering Ripley to be her daughter  '),
('46177',' Bishop encountering an alien while crawling along the tunnel (this    scene also appeared in the final script but neither in the    theatrical release nor in the Special Edition)  '),
('46178',' The second drop ship refueling itself before leaving the Sulaco    under Bishops remote control.  '),
('46179',' The first draft also included a scene with a cocooned Burke, which    was shot but not included in any of the versions of the movie.'),
('46180',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [feet]: close'),
('46181','ups of the  power'),
('46182','lifters feet.'),
('46183',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [nice cut]: a few minutes into  the movie, we see Ripley lying in the cryo'),
('46184','tube, and then the scene  fades to the picture of the earth; the earth directly fits into the  silhouette of Ripleys face.'),
('46185',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [nuke]'),
('46186',' James Cameron (I) (qv) had the actors (the Marines) personalize  their own costumes (battle armor and fatigues) for added realism  (much like soldiers in Vietnam wrote and drew things on their own  helmets). Actress Cynthia Dale Scott (qv), who plays Cpl. Dietrich  has the words "BLUE ANGEL" written on the back of her helmet.  Marlene Dietrich (qv) was of course the star of  _Blaue Engel, Der (1930)_ (qv) or Blue Angel. Bill Paxton (qv) has  "Louise" written on his armor. This is a dedication to his real'),
('46187','life  wife, Louise Newbury (qv).'),
('46188',' The mechanism used to make the face'),
('46189','huggers thrash about in the  stasis tubes in the science lab came from one of the "flying  piranhas" in one of James Cameron (I) (qv)s earlier movies  _Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981)_ (qv). It took nine people to  make the face'),
('46190','hugger work: one person for each leg and one for the  tail.'),
('46191',' James Cameron (I) (qv) had several designers come up with ideas  for the drop ship that took the Marines from the Sulaco to the  planet. Design after design, he finally gave up on them to come up  with on he liked and constructed his own drop ship out of a model of  an apache helicopter and other spare model pieces.'),
('46192',' Like most films, the movie wasnt shot in sequence. But for added  realism, James Cameron (I) (qv) filmed the scene where we first  meet the Colonial Marines (one of the earliest scenes) last. This  was so that the camaraderie of the Marines was realistic because the  actors had spent months filming together.'),
('46193',' There was talk of bringing H.R. Giger (qv) back for the second  movie to do more design work, but James Cameron (I) (qv) decided  against it because there was only one major design to be done, that  of the Alien Queen, which Cameron had already done some drawings of.'),
('46194',' When filming the scene with Newt in the duct, Carrie Henn (qv)  kept deliberately blowing her scene so she could slide down the  vent, which she later called a slide three stories tall.  James Cameron (I) (qv) finally dissuaded her by saying that if she  completed the shot, she could play on it as much as she wanted. She  did, and he kept his promise.'),
('46195',' A set design company offered to build James Cameron (I) (qv) a  complete and working APC vehicle from scratch, but the cost was far  too high for the budget he had in mind.'),
('46196',' While salary negotiations were going on with Sigourney Weaver (qv)  to reprise her character in the second movie, the studio asked  James Cameron (I) (qv) to work on an alternative storyline  excluding Ripley, but James Cameron (I) (qv) indicated the series  is all about Ripley and refused to do so.'),
('46197',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [feet]: When the soldiers arrive  on LV426 and jump out of the armoured vehicle. See also  _Abyss, The (1989)_ (qv).'),
('46198',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [feet]: When Ripley drives the  APC, she crushes an aliens head under one of the wheels.'),
('46199',' Except for a very small reference in _Alien (1979)_ (qv), the  special edition of this film is the first to reveal the name of "The  Company": Weyland Yutani. The name is clearly written on several  pieces of equipment and walls in the colony during the pre'),
('46200','alien  portions of the special edition.'),
('46201',' Only six alien suits were used, and even then they were mostly just  a handful of latex appliances on black leotards. The appearance of  hundreds of aliens is simply clever editing and planning, and  lighting plus slime helped make the "suits" more solid.'),
('46202',' The body mounts for Vasquezs and Drakes smart guns are taken from  Steadicam gear.'),
('46203',' The pulse rifles that the Marines use are made from a Thompson M1A1  machine gun with a Franchi SPAS 12 shotgun underneath.'),
('46204',' The M'),
('46205','56 smart guns and the sentry guns built for the movie were  designed around German MG 42 machine guns.'),
('46206',' The helmets the Marines wear are modified M'),
('46207','1 ballistic helmets.'),
('46208',' There were two versions of the "Bug Stompers" logo designed for the  movie, one wearing sneakers, and one wearing combat boots as seen on  the drop ship.'),
('46209',' A lightweight dummy model of Newt (Henn, Carrie (qv)) was  constructed for Weaver, Sigourney (qv) to carry around during the  scenes just before the Queen chase.'),
('46210',' The armor for the film was built by English armorer  Terry English (qv), and painted using Humbrol paints.'),
('46211',' The camo pattern worn by the Marines is actually called "frog and  leaf" and its use and production has been discontinued.'),
('46212',' None of the models or the original designs of the Narcissus (the  Nostromos shuttle) from _Alien (1979)_ (qv) could be found, so set  designers and model'),
('46213','makers had to reconstruct the model of the ship  and the interior set from watching _Alien (1979)_ (qv).'),
('46214',' Bishops Knife trick was previously seen in  John Carpenter (I) (qv)s _Dark Star (1974)_ (qv). Like Bishop,  Boiler misses too. It also appears in Roman Polanski (qv)s  _Nóz w wodzie (1962)_ (qv), and  _AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)_ (qv).'),
('46215',' "Sulaco" is the name of the town in Joseph Conrad (I) (qv)s  "Nostromo". See also _Alien (1979)_ (qv).'),
('46216',' Michael Biehn (qv)s character gets bitten on the hand by another  character. This happens to him in every James Cameron (I) (qv)  movie hes in '),
('46217',' see _Abyss, The (1989)_ (qv) and  _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv).'),
('46218',' During the scene inside the APV preparing for battle, "El riesgo  vive siempre!" can be seen scrawled in white across Vasquezs armor.  Literally translated from Spanish this is: "The risky always live!"'),
('46219',' Matthews, Al (qv), who plays a Marine sergeant in this film, was  in real life the first black Marine to be promoted to the rank of  sergeant in the field during service in Vietnam.'),
('46220',' A scene on the colony before the alien infestation was deleted from  the final cut. Elements of that scene show up in later  James Cameron (I) (qv) projects. The line, "... and we always get  the same answer: Dont ask" was used in  _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv). The character name  "Lydecker" was used in _"Dark Angel" (2000)_ (qv).'),
('46221',' In both the standard and special edition versions, the fifteen  minute countdown at the end of the film is indeed fifteen minutes.'),
('46222',' In a deleted scene, Ripleys (Sigourney Weaver (qv)) daughter was  played by Elizabeth Inglis (qv), Sigourney Weaver (qv)s  real'),
('46223','life mother.'),
('46224',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) told James Cameron (I) (qv) that she  wanted to do three things in the movie; not handle a weapon, die,  and make love to an alien. While none of these wishes were  fulfilled, she got to do all three in the later movies.'),
('46225',' The baby alien bursting from the colonists chest clearly has a pair  of more'),
('46226','or'),
('46227','less functioning arms. This is different from the final  model infant used in _Alien (1979)_ (qv) which originally had arms,  but director Ridley Scott (qv) thought they didnt, or wouldnt,  look right, so he had them removed.'),
('46228',' When the set crews were looking around for floor grating to use on  the Sulaco set design, they asked a local set design  manufacturer/shop if they had anything of the sort. Indeed they did,  an immense pile of old floor grating had been sitting out in the  back of their shop for the last seven years. It was left there from  when they tore down the set of _Alien (1979)_ (qv).'),
('46229',' Bishop states that "it is impossible for me to harm, or by omission  of action allow to be harmed, a human being." This is based upon the  First Law of Robotics written by science fiction author  Isaac Asimov (qv).'),
('46230',' The pouch Ripley takes onto the lift at the end of the movie is a  British Armed Forces respirator haversack.'),
('46231',' The JP12 Designation in the Inner Loading Lock chamber on the Sulaco  was also used in _Batman (1989)_ (qv) on the Batwing right near the  missile launchers.'),
('46232',' The MedLab door open/close sound effect is the travel pod door  open/close sound effect from _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv).'),
('46233',' In the scene in the air shaft where Vasquez shoots the alien with a  handgun, Jenette Goldstein (qv) could not handle the recoil of the  gun properly. As a result, producer Gale Anne Hurd (qv) doubled  for Vasquez in shots where the gun is fired. She was the only woman  available who had experience firing handguns.'),
('46234',' Three different types of smoke were used in the film, one of which  has since become illegal to be used on movie sets.'),
('46235',' One of the face'),
('46236','hugger eggs used in the movie is now exhibited in  the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.'),
('46237',' The Alien Queen has transparent teeth, as opposed to the warrior  aliens.'),
('46238',' According to myth, the name for the company, "Weyland Yutani", was  taken from the names of Ridley Scott (qv)s former neighbors '),
('46239',' he  hated them, so he decided to "dedicate" the name of the "evil  company" to them. In reality the name was created by conceptual  designer Ron Cobb (qv) (who created the Nostromo and the crews  uniforms) to imply a corner on the spacecraft market by an  English'),
('46240','Japanese corporation. According to himself, he would have  liked to use "Leyland'),
('46241','Toyota" but obviously could not so he changed  one letter in Leyland and added the Japanese name of his (not  Scotts) neighbor.'),
('46242',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) threatened to not do any more "Alien" movies  after seeing the movies final cut, so as a compromise, the 1987  Special Edition was released on Laser'),
('46243','Disc.'),
('46244',' The town in which the colonists live is called Hadleys Hope.'),
('46245',' In the scene where Burke and Ripley are discussing her psych  evaluation results, a People magazine can be seen on a table.'),
('46246',' Was voted the 42nd Greatest Film of all time by Entertainment  Weekly. They describe it as the "greatest pure action movie ever."'),
('46247',' United States Colonial Marines personnel service numbers:  '),
('46248',' SFC Apone, A A19/TQ4.0.32751E8  '),
('46249',' Pt Crowe, T A46/TQ1.0.98712E6  '),
('46250',' Cpl Dietrich, C A41/TQ8.0.81120E2  '),
('46251',' Pt Drake, M A23/TQ2.0.47619E7  '),
('46252',' Cpl Ferro, C A71/TQ9.0.09428E1  '),
('46253',' Pt Frost, R A17/TQ4.0.61247E5  '),
('46254',' Lt Gorman, S A09/TQ4.0.56124E3  '),
('46255',' Cpl Hicks, D A27/TQ4.0.48215E9  '),
('46256',' Pt Hudson, W A08/TQ1.0.41776E3  '),
('46257',' Pt Spunkmeyer, D A23/TQ6.0.92810E7  '),
('46258',' Pt Vasquez, J A03/TQ7.0.15618E4  '),
('46259',' Pt Wierzbowski, T A14/TQ8.0.20034E7'),
('46260',' In the original script, when Ripley is rescuing Newt, she runs into  Carter Burke (Paul Reiser (qv)) in the power plant. He claims he  can feel the parasite inside him and asks for help. Ripley gives him  a live grenade and moves on.'),
('46261',' The scene where the Sulacos crew is being revived from cryosleep,  the monitor which lists each crew members names are their  characters name followed by the actors actual first initial except  for "Hicks, D", "Ripley, E." and "Gorman, S."'),
('46262',' Producers David Giler (qv) and Walter Hill (I) (qv) were keen to  work with James Cameron (I) (qv) after having read his script for  _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv). Cameron went in for a meeting with  the two producers and pitched several ideas at them, none of which  they were that receptive to. As he was leaving, however, they did  mention that they were thinking of doing a sequel to  _Alien (1979)_ (qv), and immediately Camerons interest was piqued.  Cameron submitted a 40'),
('46263','50 page treatment of what he would do for an  "Alien" sequel which contained a lot of ideas for an existing  treatment he had done for a script called "Mother". Giler and Hill  loved Camerons treatment and commissioned him to write a  screenplay. Cameron got the good news the same day he landed  screenwriting duties for _Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)_ (qv).'),
('46264',' To most of the crew, the choice of James Cameron (I) (qv) as  director was mystifying as _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv) hadnt been  released at that stage. The films assistant director continually  questioned Camerons decisions and was openly antagonistic towards  him. Ultimately producer Gale Anne Hurd (I) (qv) had no choice but  to fire him and he briefly instigated a mass walk'),
('46265','out from the rest  of the crew. Fortunately this was quickly resolved but caused some  doubt as to whether the film would make it to completion.'),
('46266',' James Horner (qv) wasnt particularly happy with the treatment of  his score for the film despite receiving his first Oscar nomination.  He delivered a finished score which didnt sit well with the edited  film. Because Horner was unavailable as he was working on another  film at the time, James Cameron (I) (qv) had to heavily chop up  the score to fit his edit.'),
('46267',' Michael Biehn (qv) got the call on a Friday night asking him to  take over the role of Hicks and was in London to start filming on  the following Monday.'),
('46268',' Lance Henriksen (qv) caught a dose of food poisoning from the milk  and yogurt combination that he had to spew up when his chest was  pierced by the alien queens tail. Having this lactose combination  sitting around under hot studio lights created a bacterial breeding  ground.'),
('46269',' James Horner (qv)s schedule only allowed for him to work on the  film for 6 weeks. He arrived in London to perform his duties, only  to find that they were still shooting, much less editing. He sat  around for 3 weeks before being able to get started.'),
('46270',' The music that plays when the Alien Queen appears as Ripley and Newt  wait for the elevator is a reused piece from  Jerry Goldsmith (qv)s score for the original _Alien (1979)_ (qv).  Thematically, the music appears in both movies at the same time:  near the end, as Ripley tries to escape from an alien while the  environment around her counts down to self'),
('46271','destruction (the Nostromo  in _Alien (1979)_ (qv), and the atmosphere processor in  _Aliens (1986)_ (qv)).'),
('46272',' During the scene when they have landed and deployed in the troop  carrier, Apone tells the Marines they have 10 seconds until they  arrive. If you count from here until the first Marine jumps out of  the carrier and his boots hit the ground, it really is ten seconds.'),
('46273',' The various screens and displays, seen mostly in the backgrounds,  are actually TV screens with a video running. The film was shot in  the UK where televisions run at 25 frames per second, however, film  is normally shot and projected at 24 frames per second! Filming the  TV monitors at that speed would cause the TV screens to run out of  sync with the film, so they would have flickered terribly. Instead,  the shots containing the monitors were taken at 25 frames per second  to keep the monitors in sync, so when these are then projected at  the standard rate of 24 fps, they now run a bit slower than  real'),
('46274','life.'),
('46275',' Some of the sound effects for this film were created with help from  the Fairlight, an early Australian'),
('46276','made digital sampler. Though the  machine sampled at a now'),
('46277','laughable 8 bit resolution, the Fairlight  then cost an astounding 30 thousand dollars (USD) and was  state'),
('46278','of'),
('46279','the'),
('46280','art. Musicians such as Jan Hammer, Prince, and Kate  Bush have used it extensively throughout their respective careers.'),
('46281',' Was meant to be pilot for a TV series never released and thus has  unusual plot'),
('46282','holes.'),
('46283',' This glance at Bob Burns (III) (qv) Alien movie collection is  featured on the 9th bonus disc for the Alien Quadrilogy, released in  2003.'),
('46284',' Early versions did not have middle levels saves. Fox released a  patch which allowed limited saves after fans protested.'),
('46285',' The shots of LV'),
('46286','1201 seen from space are actually shots of Mars.'),
('46287',' The Marines ship, the Verloc, is named after a character in a  Joseph Conrad (I) (qv) book. The ships form the first two Alien  movies (Nostromo, Narcissus, and Sulaco) also got their names from  Joseph Conrad (I) (qv) books.'),
('46288',' The first teaser trailer was to be shown on July 27, 2007 at the San  Diego ComicCon, but was withdrawn after convention officials  prohibited the screening of any R'),
('46289','rated footage. The restriction was  brought about after some members of the audience were reportedly  offended by the nude hotel fight scene in Borat, which was shown  at the 2006 convention prior to its theatrical release.'),
('46290',' Multiple proposed scripts caused misleading advertising which  implied that the movie would be set on Earth.  William Gibson (II) (qv) also drafted a script in which Ripley  spent most of the film in a coma.'),
('46291',' Although the alien that hatched from the dog was a rod puppet, early  filmed tests used an actual dog in an alien costume.'),
('46292',' Hungarian title translated back to English: "Final Solution: Death."'),
('46293',' A series of Aliens comic books were published that were set after  the events in _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), featuring an adult Newt  returning to space with a shell'),
('46294','shocked Hicks to stop the retrieval  of an alien specimen by Weyland'),
('46295','Yutani corporation. The books were  re'),
('46296','published to accommodate Alien3, with Newt re'),
('46297','named Billy.'),
('46298',' First'),
('46299','time director David Fincher (qv) disowned the film, citing  constant studio interference and actually walked out of production  before editing began.'),
('46300',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) said she would only re'),
('46301','shave her head for  re'),
('46302','shoots if she got a bonus.'),
('46303',' Early versions of the script and design featured a giant rustic  monastery. Also, the alien itself would not be appearing.'),
('46304',' Cinematographer Alex Thomson (I) (qv) replaced  Jordan Cronenweth (qv) after only two weeks of filming, when  Jordan Cronenweth (qv) fell ill.'),
('46305',' The creature that the alien impregnates was originally an ox, but  was eventually changed because an ox was cumbersome and was seen as  somewhat incongruous when placed in the films environment. This  sequence was later restored for the extended "Assembly Cut."'),
('46306',' Initially Renny Harlin (qv) was attached as director, but left to  direct _Die Hard 2 (1990)_ (qv). Then Vincent Ward (I) (qv) came  on board, but only lasted a few months before being fired after  several disagreements with the producers. The scriptwriter,  Walter Hill (I) (qv), was considered to direct the film as well,  but he stepped back after David Fincher (qv) became available.'),
('46307',' After the first draft was complete (in which the Alien attacks a  monastery), construction work began on the sets. The construction  shut down, leaving the crew in limbo, as the script was reworked.  Although the location changed to a prison, it was decided that they  would use the already half'),
('46308','built monastery sets.'),
('46309',' To create a convincing corpse of the character of Newt, the  filmmakers created life size mannequins using the molds of  Carrie Henn (qv) from _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).'),
('46310',' One possible idea for the film included a chest'),
('46311','burster coming out  of Michael Biehn (qv)s character, Hicks. A replica of the actor  with his chest torn open was created, but after Biehn discovered  this, he threatened to sue the producers for using his likeness  without his consent, and the idea was dropped. Later, the producers  paid him to use his picture at the beginning of the film for the  computer sequence. Apparently he received more money for use of this  one image than for his role in _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).'),
('46312',' One early draft of the script focused almost entirely on Hicks,  Bishop and Newt, played in _Aliens (1986)_ (qv) by  Michael Biehn (qv), Lance Henriksen (qv) and Carrie Henn (qv)  respectively. The story would tie up loose ends from the preceding  film with Newt returning to Earth to live with her grandparents, as  well as Hicks and Bishop and a new team of Colonial Marines battling  a rival faction of planets who use the Alien as a bio'),
('46313','weapon.'),
('46314',' On the set at Pinewood Studios, a giant lead foundry took 12 weeks  to construct and put the production way behind. Even with 6 day  weeks and 14 hour days, the crew were unable to keep up with the  schedule.'),
('46315',' The Rottweiler (from which the alien emerges) had to have part of  his face shaved to indicate where the facehugger had gripped onto  him.'),
('46316',' The production effectively shut down for three months while the  script was undergoing rewrites.'),
('46317',' Off'),
('46318','duty, Sigourney Weaver (qv) had to wear a wig as her then  two'),
('46319','year'),
('46320','old daughter Charlotte didnt like to see her mother bald.'),
('46321',' The alien in this movie differs from its predecessors in that the  organic pipes on its back are now missing and it now has a more  pronounced set of lips.'),
('46322',' The film spent over a year in editing.'),
('46323',' When the powers'),
('46324','that'),
('46325','be decided on a new ending to be shot,  Elliot Goldenthal (qv) had one night to come up with a new score.'),
('46326',' To create some of the wet sounds that accompany the alien, the  soundmen went to Asian markets and bought animal heads and stomach  linings.'),
('46327',' The crane that lifts the crashed EEV out of the water to dry land is  a miniature built using the cannibalized parts from a Star Wars  X'),
('46328','Wing fighter model kit.'),
('46329',' A cross is briefly seen on the planet surface to suggest the  religion that some of the inmates have turned to. The model  department held a competition to see who could design the best one.  Four different models were created, and then David Fincher (qv)  chose the version he liked best.'),
('46330',' In wide shots, most of the refinery is actually made of cardboard.'),
('46331',' Because an early storyline of the movie involved aliens landing on  Earth, an early trailer of the movie had the tagline "On Earth,  everyone can hear you scream."'),
('46332',' An advanced type of facehugger, one that impregnates Ripley with a  queen embryo, was designed and built, but was cut from the  Theatrical Version. It does however make a brief appearance in the  extended Assembly Cut.'),
('46333',' Because of continuing troubles with the film, Fox halted production  in Pinewood Studios in England in late 1991. The crew returned to  LA, and an initial screening identified the missing parts of the  film. A major part yet to be shot included killing of the alien in  the lead pool. By the time of the new shots in LA,  Sigourney Weaver (qv)s hair grew back, and she had an agreement  with the producers that if she would have to cut her hair she would  be paid a $40,000 bonus. The producers therefore hired  Greg Cannom (qv) to create a bald cap with very short hair on it.  The make'),
('46334','up process cost $16,000 and was very difficult and  time'),
('46335','consuming because the hairline required the cap to be placed  very precisely on Weavers head.'),
('46336',' The concept by Vincent Ward (I) (qv) based on which the movie was  green'),
('46337','lighted involved a wooded planet and a group of monks who  thought they were living in post'),
('46338','apocalyptic dark ages, and had a  middle'),
('46339','ages lifestyle. The group refused all kinds of modern  technology, and when Ripley and the alien crash'),
('46340','land on Earth they  would blame Ripley for the alien attacks. Ripley was to be  impregnated by the alien "the old'),
('46341','fashioned way" rather than through  a face'),
('46342','hugger, and therefore being impregnated with a human'),
('46343','alien  hybrid. According to the storyboards, she would dream of half  human'),
('46344','half alien hybrids. Other storyboards included horse'),
('46345','alien and  sheep'),
('46346','alien hybrids. Ward left the project after the producers  insisted that he change the monks to prisoners and drop the wooded  planet idea.'),
('46347',' Some of H.R. Giger (qv)s design for the film involved a puma'),
('46348','like  alien with claws. The producers also instructed him to do more sexy  designs, so he created a drawing of an alien, which, in close view,  had the lips of a woman. One of his ideas involved the alien kissing  the victims and killing them that way (an idea that was later used  in the movie _Species (1995)_ (qv) where the main creature was also  designed by Giger).'),
('46349',' The tea glass that prison superintendent Andrews is sipping on is  part of the BODUM series, a tableware manufactured in Denmark.'),
('46350',' Dr. Clemenss line about Furi'),
('46351','161 being one of "Weyland'),
('46352','Yutanis  backwater prison planets" was the first time the name Weyland'),
('46353','Yutani  was spoken out loud. It had appeared on computer screens and props  in the previous two films, but characters always referred to it as  "the Company" when speaking.'),
('46354',' Vincent Ward (I) (qv) used his pay off from this film to finance  his next, _Map of the Human Heart (1993)_ (qv).'),
('46355',' The same "dipping bird" appears on the wardens desk as was seen in  the original _Alien (1979)_ (qv).'),
('46356',' The original budget was $45 million which included  Sigourney Weaver (qv)s fee of $5.5 million. The budget soon  spiraled however, with first Renny Harlin (qv) and then  Vincent Ward (I) (qv) both leaving the project before novice  feature film director David Fincher (qv) came on board. Extensive  last minute re'),
('46357','shoots '),
('46358',' especially after the finale was deemed to be  too similar to _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv) '),
('46359',' ultimately  pushed the budget into the region of $65 million.'),
('46360',' $7 million had been spent on sets that were never used thanks to the  ever'),
('46361','changing script before filming had even started.'),
('46362',' In the original drafts of the script there was no Ripley.'),
('46363',' Gabriel Byrne (qv) was offered the role of Clemens.'),
('46364',' Richard E. Grant (qv) turned down the role of Clemens. Director  David Fincher (qv) offered him the role as he was a huge fan of  _Withnail & I (1987)_ (qv) and wanted to reunite Grant with co'),
('46365','stars  Paul McGann (I) (qv) and Ralph Brown (I) (qv).'),
('46366',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) had a clause in her contract specifying that  Walter Hill (I) (qv) and David Giler (qv) would write the final  shooting script. Weaver has said that she considers Ripley a very  difficult character to write, and, with the exception of  James Cameron (I) (qv), only Giler and Hill have really ever  written the character correctly.'),
('46367',' William Gibson (II) (qv) wrote a very early script treatment for  the film. As Sigourney Weaver (qv)s involvement was in question,  the main focus of this script was between Hicks and Bishop, two  characters from _Aliens (1986)_ (qv). Many consider this to be a  much superior script. The only carry'),
('46368','over from this original script,  however, is the bar'),
('46369','codes on the back of the convicts necks.'),
('46370',' There are screenplay treatments by Eric Red (qv),  David Twohy (qv), John Fasano (qv) and Rex Pickett (qv) all  freely available on the Internet.'),
('46371',' Director of photography Alex Thomson (I) (qv) replaced  Jordan Cronenweth (qv) three days into shooting. Cronenweth was  succumbing to Parkinsons disease. He died of it in 1996.'),
('46372',' There was some question mark over whether the character of Ripley  should actually feature in this film until the then president of  20th Century Fox, Joe Roth (qv), insisted otherwise.'),
('46373',' At one point, David Fincher (qv) was denied permission by the  films producers to shoot a crucial scene in the prison  understructure between Ripley and the alien. Against orders, Fincher  grabbed Sigourney Weaver (qv), a camera and shot the scene anyway.  This scene appears in the final cut.'),
('46374',' With the release of the definitive Alien Quadrilogy on DVD in 2004,  20th Century Fox proffered David Fincher (qv) the proverbial olive  branch and asked him to assemble and comment on his own Directors  Cut. Fincher declined. He was the only one of the four Alien  directors to refuse to have anything to do with the project.'),
('46375',' In a scene towards the end of the movie where Ripley and the inmates  discuss the killing of the alien, several Chinese characters can be  seen on the wall. chao gao wen wei xian which translates as super  high temperature dangerous.'),
('46376',' SPOILER: Morse, the only survivor in the film only has one line at  the beginning, and isnt in the film again until Superintendent  Andrews is killed.'),
('46377',' Won Nordic TV Film Prize for the best script.'),
('46378',' The deaf gardener, Christos, is played by Yiannis Diamantis (qv),  a deaf actor.'),
('46379',' Official selection in the Toronto International Film Festival 2004  in the section Contemporary World Cinema'),
('46380',' Director Frank Marshall (I) (qv) was discussing the film on his  car phone, when he was cut off by a truck with a bumper sticker that  read "Rugby Players Eat Their Dead". Frank Marshall (I) (qv)  decided to make the film, saying "You have to go with those kinds of  things."'),
('46381',' The real Nando Parrado (qv) (Ethan Hawke (qv)s character) was  technical advisor to the film.'),
('46382',' CAMEO(Nando Parrado (qv)): the coach of the team. He can be seen  in photo still of the group at the beginning of the film'),
('46383',' At the end of the film there are 17 survivors. However, there were  only 16 survivors of the crash that the film is based on. The  real'),
('46384','life counterpart of the character "Hugo Diaz" died in the  avalanche.'),
('46385',' The names of the people who died in the crash were changed for the  film. There were three exceptions, Nando Parrado (qv)s mother and  sister, Eugenia Parrado and Susana Parrado respectively, and Javier  Methols wife, Lilliana Methol.'),
('46386',' SPOILER: In the film, the arrival of the rescue helicopters comes as  an overwhelming surprise to the survivors in the fuselage. In real  life, they actually heard in the news on their radio that  Nando Parrado (qv) and Roberto Canessa had reached safety. The  survivors then prepared for the arrival of the rescuers by putting  on the best clothes they could find, and even brushing their teeth  and combing their hair.'),
('46387',' A script for this story was kicking around Hollywood from 1981. The  subject matter (cannibalism) and a schlocky Mexican adaptation  _Supervivientes de los Andes (1976)_ (qv) (Survive!) were the two  main factors for keeping it off the screen until 1993.'),
('46388',' Shot in sequence, an unusual practice for a film of this size.'),
('46389',' The crash sequence took nine days to film. As the set was mounted on  a huge gimbel, most of the cast were taking motion sickness pills as  they spent a large amount of time being tossed about.'),
('46390',' The films main location was the ski town of Panorama in the  Canadian Rockies. To get all 150 cast and crew members to the  location every morning took a fleet of five helicopters.'),
('46391',' For the critical scene in which the fateful decision to eat the dead  is made, the actors involved all fasted for two days to give them a  level of understanding of what the real survivors must have felt.'),
('46392',' The real plane crashed on Friday the 13 October 1972.'),
('46393',' The opening and closing statements narrated by John Malkovich (qv)  (playing an older Carlitos Paez) were written by the real Carlitos  Paez for the film.'),
('46394',' When the characters eat the dead, they were actually eating turkey  jerky.'),
('46395',' Richard Harris (I) (qv) first film.'),
('46396',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('46397',' Filmed in Niles, California, USA.'),
('46398',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('46399',' This feature'),
('46400','length documentary is featured on the Collectors  Edition DVD for _Birds, The (1963)_ (qv).'),
('46401',' To achieve a realism beyond even Dogme95, the location used for  Annas apartment in the film is actually Gry Bay (qv)s own  apartment in downtown Copenhagen. The steamy sex scene between  Gry Bay (qv) and Thomas Raft (qv), which opens the film, was  staged in front of a huge window and witnessed by astonished  neighbors while traffic and everyday life passed by on the busy city  street outside. One particularly amazed observer was  Thure Lindhardt (qv), Gry Bay (qv)s co'),
('46402','star in the comedy  _Slim Slam Slum (2002)_ (qv), who happens to live in the building  opposite hers.'),
('46403',' In 2006, "All About Anna" was nominated for two EroticLine Awards in  the categories Best International Newcomer (Gry Bay (qv)) and Best  International Actor (Mark Stevens (XV) (qv)).'),
('46404',' In 2007, "All About Anna" won three Scandinavian Adult Awards,  including Best Scandinavian Couples Film, Best Scandinavian Actor  (Thomas Raft (qv)) and Best Selling Scandinavian Star of 2006  (Gry Bay (qv)).'),
('46405',' Official festival screenings include the Zürich Film Festival in  2005, and the 2006 edition of the Io, Isabella International Film  Week.'),
('46406',' Claudette Colbert (qv) was originally cast as Margo Channing, but  suffered a ruptured disc during filming on  _Three Came Home (1950)_ (qv) and had to withdraw.  Bette Davis (qv) stepped into the role, even though 20th  Century'),
('46407','Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) and Davis couldnt  stand each other, going back to when Davis walked out from her post  as president of the Motion Picture Academy in 1941.'),
('46408',' Although he received screen credit, Fisher, Eddie (qv)s scene was  cut before the films release.'),
('46409',' Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) envisioned Marlene Dietrich (qv) as Margo  Channing, Jeanne Crain (qv) as Eve Harrington, and  José Ferrer (I) (qv) as Addison DeWitt. Director  Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv)s early choices for the Margo Channing  role were Claudette Colbert (qv) and Gertrude Lawrence (qv).  When Crain became pregnant, Mankiewiczs final choice for the Eve  Harrington part was Anne Baxter (qv) because she displayed a  "bitch virtuosity" that he believed Crain could not provide. Other  actresses were also named and considered for the part of Margo  Channing, among them Tallulah Bankhead (qv) and  Susan Hayward (I) (qv).'),
('46410',' Donna Reed (qv) was also considered for the part of Eve  Harrington.'),
('46411',' Bette Davis (qv) marriage to William Sherry was in the throes of  breaking up while she was making the film. Her raspy voice in the  film is largely due to the fact that she burst a blood vessel in her  throat from screaming at her soon'),
('46412','to'),
('46413','be'),
('46414','ex'),
('46415','husband during one of  their many rows. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv) liked the  croaky quality so he didnt have Davis change it.'),
('46416',' Zsa Zsa Gabor (qv) kept arriving on the set because she was  jealous of her husband George Sanders (I) (qv) in his scenes with  the young blonde ingénue Marilyn Monroe (qv).'),
('46417',' Ingrid Bergman (I) (qv) was another actress considered for the  part of Margo Channing but she had just fallen in love with Italian  director Roberto Rossellini (qv) and didnt want to leave Italy.'),
('46418',' Holds the record for the film with the greatest number of female  acting Oscar nominations.'),
('46419',' In real life, Bette Davis (qv) had just turned 42 as she undertook  the role of Margo Channing, and Anne Baxter (qv), still an  up'),
('46420','and'),
('46421','comer, not only wowed audiences with her performance, but  successfully pressured the powers that be to get her nominated for  an Oscar in the Best Actress category rather than Best Supporting  Actress. This is thought to have split the vote between herself and  Davis. The winner for the 1950 Best Actress was Judy Holliday (qv)  for her noticeable turn in _Born Yesterday (1950)_ (qv), so Baxters  actions in effect blocked Davis chances for the win.'),
('46422',' In 1970 the story was adapted into a Broadway musical called  "Applause" and in 1973 a made'),
('46423','for'),
('46424','TV movie  (_Applause (1973) (TV)_ (qv)). Lauren Bacall (qv) played Margo  Channing. When Bacall left the show, the actress who took over the  role was Anne Baxter (qv), who had played the role of Eve in the  film.'),
('46425',' The theatre scenes in the film were shot at San Franciscos Curran  Theatre at 445 Geary Street a couple of blocks from Union Square.'),
('46426',' Ranks first in the Most Academy Award Nominated Films with 14  nominations, set a record which has been tied only by the No.2  _Titanic (1997)_ (qv).'),
('46427',' The original story "The Wisdom of Eve" appeared in "Cosmopolitan"  magazine in 1946, and was produced as a radio drama for NBC '),
('46428',' but  every studio rejected it as a film project. Eventually Fox bought  the rights for $3500 with no credit stipulations.  Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv) combined "The Wisdom of Eve" with a  story he had been developing about an actress who recalls her life  when receiving an award.'),
('46429',' Bette Davis (qv)s voice was strained from her recent divorce, and  she had to re'),
('46430','record all her dialogue from the theater scene.'),
('46431',' The "Sarah Siddons Award" which Eve receives was invented by  writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv). In 1952 a small group  of eminent Chicago theater'),
('46432','goers, including Mrs. Loyal Davis, mother  of future First Lady Nancy Davis (I) (qv), began to give an award  of that name which is also physically modeled on the one in the  film. The 1967'),
('46433','1968 Actor of the Year award recipient was  Celeste Holm (I) (qv). In 1973, during the Sarah Siddons Society  Anniversary Gala, an honorary Sarah Siddons award was presented to  Bette Davis (qv), even though she never appeared in a play in  Chicago. Around 1960 Davis did appear in the  Tennessee Williams (qv) play "The Night of the Iguana" at the  Blackstone in Chicago.'),
('46434',' Co'),
('46435','star Celeste Holm (I) (qv) spoke about her experience with  Bette Davis (qv) on the first day of shooting: "I walked onto the  set . . . on the first day and said, Good morning, and do you know  her reply? She said, Oh shit, good manners. I never spoke to her  again'),
('46436','ever."'),
('46437',' Angela Lansbury (qv) and Zsa Zsa Gabor (qv) were considered for  the role of Miss Caswell. Gabors then'),
('46438','husband,  George Sanders (I) (qv), did get the role of Miss Caswells  mentor, Addison DeWitt.'),
('46439',' Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck (qv)s casting notes revealed he  had wanted John Garfield (I) (qv) for Bill Sampson and  Barbara Stanwyck (qv) for Margo Channing. Celeste Holm (I) (qv),  Hugh Marlowe (qv) and Thelma Ritter (qv) were the first choices  for their roles.'),
('46440',' According to the casting directors list, future White House  occupants Ronald Reagan (I) (qv) and Nancy Davis (I) (qv) were  considered for the roles of Bill Sampson and Eve Harrington.'),
('46441',' Contrary to popular belief, Margo Channing is not based on  Tallulah Bankhead (qv). The original story the film was based on  was itself based on a real'),
('46442','life incident involving actress  Elisabeth Bergner (qv) during her run in the hit stage thriller  "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" in 1943'),
('46443','44. The story about it being based  on Bankhead persisted, however, and when Bankhead heard it, she told  a live radio audience that the next time she saw Bette Davis (qv),  she would "tear every hair out of her moustache".'),
('46444',' 20th'),
('46445','Century Fox paid Mary Orr (I) (qv) $5,000 for all rights to  "The Wisdom of Eve".'),
('46446',' Bette Davis (qv) admitted later on that  Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv)s casting her in this movie saved her  career from oblivion after a series of unsuccessful movies. She said  in a 1983 interview, "He resurrected me from the dead."'),
('46447',' Bette Davis (qv) fell in love with her co'),
('46448','star Gary Merrill (qv)  during the shoot of this movie and the two married in July 1950 a  few weeks after filming was completed.'),
('46449',' It was Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) who decided to change the working  title "Best Performance" to "All About Eve" after reading one of  Addison DeWitts lines in the opening narration of the script.'),
('46450',' Was voted the 21st Greatest Movie of all time by Entertainment  Weekly.'),
('46451',' The movies line "Fasten your seatbelts. Its going to be a bumpy  night" was voted as the #9 movie quote by the American Film  Institute'),
('46452',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #28 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('46453',' The movies line "Fasten your seat belts, its going to be a bumpy  night!" was voted as the #12 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by  Premiere in 2007.'),
('46454',' The movies line "All of a sudden shes playing Hamlets mother."  was voted as the #53 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere  in 2007.'),
('46455',' The movies poster was as #24 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by  Premiere.'),
('46456',' The movies line "You wont bore him, honey. You wont even get a  chance to talk." was voted as the #25 of "The 100 Greatest Movie  Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('46457',' Bette Davis (qv)s performance as Margo Channing is ranked #5 on  Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.'),
('46458',' Bette Davis (qv) filmed all of her scenes in 16 days.'),
('46459',' In the theater scene, Bette Davis mentions playwright Arthur Miller.  Marilyn Monroe, who had one of her first roles in this film, later  married Miller.'),
('46460',' Though most of the score was original music by Alfred Newman, the  music during the car scene with Karen and Margo is an instrumental  version of the song "Beau Soir" by Claude Debussy, originally  written for voice and piano.'),
('46461',' Inspired by a true story.'),
('46462',' Filmed inside Morgan Freemans Madidi restaurant and his Ground Zero  Blues Club.'),
('46463',' This is featured on the New Line Platinum Series DVD for  _All About the Benjamins (2002)_ (qv).'),
('46464',' Second episode in the "Married Life" series of two'),
('46465','reel comedies.'),
('46466',' All of Krista Allens scenes were shot over a two day period.'),
('46467',' Bill Page sprained his ankle the first day of shooting while doing a  wrestling fantasy sequence. He hid the injury from the rest of the  cast and crew until the last day when the film wrapped.'),
('46468',' Producer Lou Leoni appears as a Police Officer with long time friend  Bill Page.'),
('46469',' It was over 105 degrees on Bowers Beach where several flashbacks  were shot. Flies were also a factor almost closing production at the  location.'),
('46470',' Producer Paul Goodman appears as a Referee in the wrestling fantasy.'),
('46471',' The movie was finished under schedule in fourteen days.'),
('46472',' The interior shots of Richard Harrisons house were actually in Bill  Pages home in Delaware.'),
('46473',' Bill Page was originally struck with the story idea while on  vacation with his wife at Universal Studios. He then formulated a  plot with long time friend, Lou Leoni, and Paul Goodman.'),
('46474',' In one scene the character Richard is eating funnel cake. Actor  Bill Page (I) (qv) said he hates funnel cake and had to  continually eat it.'),
('46475',' Erin Brown (II) (qv)s scenes were shot in one night. She was told  about an added scene as Richards secretary in a fantasy when she  arrived on set.'),
('46476',' There were actually three different versions of the beginning and  end sequences of the film. The first, which was in the original  screenplay took place in a grade school, where Harley Dawkins played  by Director Christopher Carter (qv) was teaching. One of the kids  was to get up and narrate the rest of the story. The second was  actually shot, and took place in a high school with Director  Jason Lupish (qv) playing the role of the teacher, and Carter  playing a student teacher who calls on the class to read stories  that they have written. At which point director Adam Jack (qv)  gets up and narrates the story. Since this scene was cut, and Carter  and Jack kept their roles in the movie that now takes place in a  palm readers basement, Lupish was cut out of the final film.  Therefore he is the only director not to make an appearance in the  film.'),
('46477',' Although a majority of the movie was shot over a one week period in  August, due to the low budget the producers werent able to finish  shooting everything for the movie until almost a year later.'),
('46478',' Third release in the "Crackerjack" 1'),
('46479','reel comedy series.'),
('46480',' Shangs car, the gold convertible Cadillac, was called the Shang  Mobile.'),
('46481',' Shown at Disneyland as the pre'),
('46482','show for the Circle'),
('46483','Vision films  _American Journeys (1984)_ (qv) and _Wonders of China (1982)_ (qv).'),
('46484',' In the opening credits, the films title appears as graffiti on a  wall and is actually All Coppers Are Bastards. But as the word  Bastards has been crossed out on the wall, thats the reason why  the title is All Coppers Are...'),
('46485',' Herriots real name was James Alfred Wight; the Royal College of  Veterinary Surgeons rules ban advertising, so he took his pseudonym  from the Birmingham City football club goalkeeper in the 1952 Cup  Final.'),
('46486',' Although born in Sunderland, Herriot spent the first twenty'),
('46487','three  years of his life in Glasgow, and never lost the accent, as can be  heard in television interviews. Simon Ward (I) (qv) however, plays  him as a Londoner.'),
('46488',' In the books, Siegfried bought the practice in 1932 from an  85'),
('46489','year'),
('46490','old retiree. In this film, he took it over as a family  business in 1927.'),
('46491',' Known to the cast and crew as "All Creatures Grunt and Smell"'),
('46492',' When the heavenly whippet looks in Charlies records, his mother and  father are named "Loni" and "Burt", and look like canine versions of  Loni Anderson (qv) and Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) (who were together  at the time.)'),
('46493',' Judith Barsi (qv)s final film.'),
('46494',' During the scene when Charlie is in heaven, where they keep all the  clocks, one of them is a Mickey Mouse wristwatch. Director  Don Bluth (qv) is a former Disney animator.'),
('46495',' The illustration on the War and Peace book that Charlie "reads" to  Anne'),
('46496','Marie has the caption "General Pomeroy is shot." This is a  reference to lead animator John Pomeroy (I) (qv), who is also a  military history buff.'),
('46497',' Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise recorded their lines together, as did  Vic Tayback and Charles Nelson Reilly.'),
('46498',' In order to get a G rating, scenes of Charlies death at the  beginning and his nightmare about Hell had to be trimmed.'),
('46499',' Vitaphone Production Reel #B'),
('46500','262.'),
('46501',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Old Gray Mare, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('46502',' The portrait in Commander Bintles office is of Captain Daniel  Gregg, played by Rex Harrison, from "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" (1946)'),
('46503',' This is included as a supplemental bonus on the Lenny & Sid  _Love Thy Neighbor (2003) (V)_ (qv) DVD and video.'),
('46504',' Made for the 2005 Vancouver Crazy8s Short Film Competition.'),
('46505',' One reel of this two'),
('46506','reeler survives at The Library of Congress.'),
('46507',' Copies of this film survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive  in Los Angeles, and at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.'),
('46508',' All secondary characters are played by locals, and some lines in the  film were ad'),
('46509','libbed, as they couldnt remember the script.'),
('46510',' The town depicted in the movie is actually a town called South  Johnston in Far North Queensland.'),
('46511',' "Fritz" '),
('46512',' the model in the girls poster is Charlotte Gregg (qv)s  brother, Josh'),
('46513',' The Oxford English Dictionary cites the book (pub 1966) this film  was based on as the first recorded use of the word "plonker".'),
('46514',' A Bluebird Production. Universal utilized a three'),
('46515','tiered brand  system until 1929: Red Feather (low'),
('46516','budget programmers), Bluebird  (mainstream) and Jewel (prestige pictures).'),
('46517',' Lisa Eichhorn (qv) was originally cast as Cheryl, but was replaced  by Barbra Streisand (qv) during production.'),
('46518',' Barbra Streisand was paid $4 million dollars for her performance in  this film, which made her the highest paid actress in Hollywood at  the time.'),
('46519',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('46520',' The name of the producer of the movie, Juan A. Mas (qv), is used  in the police report that Tom reads to Eli.'),
('46521',' First movie of Nora Aunor (qv). She was paid 200 pesos in this  movie.'),
('46522',' Contrary to long'),
('46523','standing rumor, Zasu Pitts (qv) was never in the  silent version.'),
('46524',' In the closing scene, director Lewis Milestone (qv)s hand is used  for that of Lew Ayres (qv), when he reaches for a butterfly.'),
('46525',' During the films German release, the Nazis (not yet in power)  interrupted screenings by shouting martial slogans and releasing  rats into the theaters.'),
('46526',' To ensure authenticity, director Milestone, Lewis (qv) instructed  the studio to try to find out if there were any German Army veterans  living in the Los Angeles area, so he could have them authenticate  German uniforms, equipment, etc. So many of them were found that  Milestone cast a lot of them as German officers in the film, and had  them drill the extras playing German troops. (The scene where they  are laying communication wire in the forward trenches was led by a  former German soldier whose job during the war was to do exactly  that.)'),
('46527',' The Greek writing on the blackboard in the schoolroom is the  beginning of Homers Odyssey "Tell me Oh Muse of that ingenious hero  who traveled far and wide"'),
('46528',' In part because of his experience in playing the part of Paul  Baumer, Ayres, Lew (qv) became a conscientious objector during the  Second World War. His films were banned in over 100 Chicago  theaters.'),
('46529',' According to the reminiscences of director Lewis Milestone (qv),  audiences laughed when Zasu Pitts (qv) appeared as the mother in  the original cut (sound version), and that is why he recast the role  with Beryl Mercer (qv).'),
('46530',' The silent (synchronised sound, non'),
('46531','dialogue) version premiered 73  years after the films release (in the UK, that is) at the Watershed  in Bristol on Sunday 23 November 2003.'),
('46532',' Visa dexploitation en France: #10077 (reprise)'),
('46533',' In the first classroom scene, two phrases are written on the  blackboard: 1. in Greek, correctly written, the beginning of the  Odyssey '),
('46534',' Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, polytropon hos mala polla (the  sentence breaks off, against grammar and sense); 2. Ovid, Remedia  amoris, line 91 '),
('46535',' Principiis obsta, sero medicina paratur (Resist  the first elements [of passion]; its too late when you resort to  medicine). A third phrase appears at the end of the scene: Quidquid  agis, prudenter agas et respice finem (Whatever you do, do it wisely  and keep in mind your purpose), an anonymous traditional maxim with  biblical echoes.'),
('46536',' Future leading director Fred Zinnemann (qv) was briefly an extra  on the film, before getting fired for impudence.'),
('46537',' Future great director George Cukor (qv), having recently been  brought over from Broadway (where he was already a director) to  Hollywood, was employed as a dialogue coach on this film. His job  was to lessen the regional dialects of the actors so that American  audiences could more greatly identify with the characters.'),
('46538',' This is considered easily the most violent American film of its  time, with the loss of limbs and gory deaths shown relatively  explicitly. This was in part because the infamous Production Code  was not yet enforced and the producers at Universal found the  subject matter important enough to allow showing the carnage.'),
('46539',' As of 2006, Arthur Gardner (I) (qv) and Glen Boles (qv) are the  only surviving members of either the cast or crew.'),
('46540',' Lewis Milestones first film in sound.'),
('46541',' Nazi rabble rousers stormed screenings of the film in Germany, often  releasing rats or stink bombs into the theaters, as the wounds of  defeat in the First World War still ran deep. This led to the film  ultimately being banned by the Nazi party. It wouldnt receive  proper screenings in Germany until 1956, though it did play to  packed houses in 1930 in neighboring Switzerland, France and the  Netherlands with special trains and buses being laid on to transport  Germans to screenings.'),
('46542',' Made for the then considerable sum of $1.25 million, the production  utilized over 2000 extras.'),
('46543',' Lewis Milestone deliberately made the film without music so as not  to take away from the seriousness of the subject. Much to his  chagrin, however, some movie theaters added music in of their own  choosing, as they werent used to having films delivered to them  without any form of background scoring.'),
('46544',' Milestones attention to detail '),
('46545',' and desire to be as authentic as  possible '),
('46546',' was such that the chief sanitary inspector of Orange  County, California, insisted that production be halted while he  check on the sanitary conditions of the trenches built for the film.'),
('46547',' Douglas Fairbanks Jr and even the books original author, Erich  Maria Remarque, were both considered for the lead role.'),
('46548',' Banned in Italy until 1956.'),
('46549',' In the scene of Kaiser Wilhelm pinning medals on the soldiers, the  Kaiser uses only his right arm and hand, while an aide holds the  soldiers tunics '),
('46550',' a nice historically accurate detail, since the  real Kaiser Wilhelm had a stunted and withered left arm that was  virtually useless.'),
('46551',' Tom Courtney (qv) was offered the Ian Holm (qv) part.'),
('46552',' CW Feed & Seed the fictitious veterinary feed supply company is name  after Charles W. Nelson the Executive Producer of the film.'),
('46553',' Peter Boyle (I) (qv)s last movie.'),
('46554',' Students of Indian Trail Junior High School in Olathe, KS, and some  of their parents and teachers were used as Extras in some of the  scenes.'),
('46555',' The movie went through several names before coming to All Roads  Lead Home. One of those names being More than Puppy Love 2:  Shadows of Atticus'),
('46556',' Much of the footage consists of musical numbers originally filmed  for inclusion in _Hollywood Canteen (1944)_ (qv), but never used in  that film.'),
('46557',' Vitaphone production reel #1403A'),
('46558',' The movie was first selected to represent the Netherlands at the  Academy Awards, but the makers withdrew it in favor of  _Karakter (1997)_ (qv) which actually won the Oscar.'),
('46559',' The movie was a hit, and got a spin'),
('46560','off series with roughly the same  cast and characters: "All stars '),
('46561',' De serie". The same thing happened  twice to its Belgian pendant, also in Dutch but catering for Flemish  idiosyncrasies, Team Spirit.'),
('46562',' Released on the 2006 Ultimate Collectors Edition DVD edition of  "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"'),
('46563',' This film was selected for the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1995.'),
('46564',' While director Hergott gave an outline to the actors, most of the  performances were improvised.'),
('46565',' Many of the actors did not know what the other actors where going to  be doing, and therefore were reacting naturally.'),
('46566',' Many of the actors did not know that the arrest was going to happen,  and thought it was real. The crying and screaming during the yacht  scene was real. The real cops were called after mayhem ensued on the  yacht.'),
('46567',' Director Hergott got the idea for the movie after being invited to a  pyramid scheme meeting in real life. Many of the events in the movie  occurred in real life.'),
('46568',' Actors were told to remain in character the whole time they were on  set. Microphones where placed around the house that were not  functioning just so the actors would always remain in character.'),
('46569',' Many of the actors did not know when other actors where acting or  not. Several real fights broke out on the set as a result.'),
('46570',' One critic stated that lead character Hergott was "not believable as  a Canadian". Hergott is in fact a Canadian.'),
('46571',' Many critics said that the arrest scene at the end was not  believable. In fact, most of the actors did not know the arrest was  going to be happening. The yacht party ran out of food in real life.  Many of the actors were upset with director Hergott and were  drinking on the yacht. Many of the reactions on the yacht were in  fact real. Characters thought the arrest was real. Many of the  actors to this day will not speak to Hergott because of what  happened on the yacht that night.'),
('46572',' After being beaten up by Hank "the Tank", Hergott was sore for  several days afterwards. His reactions were real during the beat up  scene.'),
('46573',' A scene where Tom is arrested at his car dealership was filmed but  did not make it into the final cut of the movie.'),
('46574',' The Duke character was drunk in real life for many of his  performances. This was unknown to director Hergott at the time.'),
('46575',' Tom "the car salesman" character, played by real life Tom Trudeau,  was actually a real car salesman in New Mexico before becoming an  actor.'),
('46576',' The Tom character defecated in the back yard in real life during  filming. The event and reactions were caught on film, but were cut  from the movie for being too over the top. The event and the  reactions can bee seen in the uncut DVD as a deleted scene. During  the scenes Tom tries to blame it on the household dog before being  kicked out. This is why he no longer appears for any later scenes in  the movie.'),
('46577',' The arresting officers at the end were real military police.'),
('46578',' Several of the scenes were shot at characters real homes and places  of business. Lias house was really the actors home. She got upset  in real life over all the people at her house and the actors getting  out of control. Her anger and telling Hergott to shut off the  cameras was all real. As was the security car driving by when the  actors are on the front lawn. Hergott left this in.'),
('46579',' The priest blessing the exotic car is based on a real event that  happened at a pyramid meeting.'),
('46580',' Movie is based on a real pyramid scheme where a priest and judge  were involved.'),
('46581',' The number of participants at each subsequent meeting almost double  each time.'),
('46582',' The second home that was filmed at was actually Laurie Morgans  house who played the character of Annie, the owner of the same house  in the story.'),
('46583',' Many of the actors were involved in real pyramid schemes in real  life in their past. They brought what they saw in real life to the  story.'),
('46584',' The bar scenes were shot in a real restaurant/bar called Nara Nara,  where the Duke character worked that was located at the Irvine  Spectrum in Irvine California. The establishment has since closed  down.'),
('46585',' Over 700 actors where auditioned for the movie. Over 140 characters  where cast. Many with individual story lines. The camera captured  over 40 hours of footage. Only the most believable performances and  relevant characters where included in the final cut.'),
('46586',' Comedian Brandon Gibson was upset in real life that his act was cut  short by the arrest. His anger and reaction is included in the  movie.'),
('46587',' Many of the actors families were upset after watching the movie,  convinced that their relative was really involved in a pyramid, even  though they know that their relative is an actor.'),
('46588',' The actors signed a $5 million damages clause that they had to  pretend that the movie was real for a period of time, even around  their family.'),
('46589',' Kevin (the rhino boy) came to the audition holding Cecil the rhino.  He is seen holding the stuffed rhino throughout the movie.'),
('46590',' After the beat up scene, Andreas states, "Well be seeing you next  Wednesday". All of the pyramid meetings take place on a Wednesday in  the story. The next meeting is on the Yacht. This is a direct  reference to John Landis and his frequent use of "See you next  Wednesday" in his movies. Also see "2001 Space Odyssey" where a  character says this to his family but is killed before ever seeing  them again.'),
('46591',' The characters that rolled were kept track of during filming. The  pyramid board in the background has the real names as they advance  positions. As characters would roll, they would gradually start  wearing nicer clothes as the story advances.'),
('46592',' Charlie the cinematographer was the night manager at the Marriot  hotel where the dorm room scenes are filmed. Residents complained to  Charlie claiming that a porno was being filmed by a 13 year old boy.  Charlie had the front desk calls forwarded to the room where they  were filming. He explained that they were not filming a porno and  that he was the cinematographer and that he was 25 years old.'),
('46593',' Many of the actors played themselves and wore their own clothes.'),
('46594',' Some of the actors where convinced that the movie was a real pyramid  scheme and never talked to Hergott again after filming.'),
('46595',' Hergott did not set up shots ahead of time, but rather the actors  improvised. Charlie the cinematographer had no idea what to focus  on. Hergott told him to capture whatever he would be watching if he  were standing there in real life without a camera. This added to the  realism of the movie. Instead of the shots being staged, the action  happened naturally, and Charlie was instructed to capture everything  like it was a documentary.'),
('46596',' Audiences in Cannes were convinced that the movie was real. Viewers  would approach Audra who played Rae Lyn and ask if she really did  get her money back.'),
('46597',' Both the actors names and their character names where included in  the credits in order to add to the believability of the movie.'),
('46598',' The yacht scenes were filmed over two different nights and matched  up in editing.'),
('46599',' In 2002, a narrative version was filmed on DV but was never  completed. This version was more of a traditionally scripted  narrative. Other than writer/director Hergott, the rest of the cast  and crew were completely different. The movie stared Amanda Swisten  (Girl Next Door, American Wedding) as a similar character to Rae'),
('46600','Lyn  only the characters name was Misty. Of the scenes shot, there was a  confrontation in a restaurant demanding repayment of money, and a  final scene, shot on at a train station between the two main love  interests. Hergott did not play the lead character that romanced  Misty, but did play Dorian who was a corrupting force for the naive  Kevin. In the 2005 version the Kevin and Dorian characters were  merged, and the movie was shot in a more documentary style.'),
('46601',' The movie was shot chronologically the way it unfolds on screen.'),
('46602',' Many of the characters in the film are based on real'),
('46603','life characters  from the New York theater world. Aside from Roy Scheider (qv),  Leland Palmer (qv)s character was based on his wife/frequent star  Gwen Verdon (qv). John Lithgow (qv)s character was also based  somewhat on the New York theater director  Michael Bennett (XI) (qv), director of "Dreamgirls" with whom  Bob Fosse (qv) had a longstanding rivalry. The character of  producer Jonesy Hecht was based upon his fellow longtime rival  Harold Prince (qv). Ann Reinking (qv) was more or less playing  herself. The character of songwriter "Paul Dann" is a swipe at  Stephen Schwartz (I) (qv), with whom he had unhappily worked on  "Pippin." Jules Fisher (qv), the lighting designer on many of  Fosses shows, and later the producer of his show "Dancin", makes  an appearance as a lighting designer in the scene with  John Lithgow (qv).'),
('46604',' Richard Dreyfuss (qv) was originally cast in the role of Joe  Gideon but left the production during the rehearsal stage.'),
('46605',' Ann Reinking (qv), who played a part based on herself, had to  audition several times before she was cast.'),
('46606',' The part played by Cliff Gorman (I) (qv) was based on  Lenny Bruce (qv) as played by Dustin Hoffman (qv) in Fosses  film _Lenny (1974)_ (qv). Gorman had originated the role on  Broadway.'),
('46607',' The address on the Dexedrine pill bottle that Joe Gideon used every  morning was "61 West 58th Street". Bob Fosse (qv) actually lived  in apartment 26B at 58 West 58th Street.'),
('46608',' The mustachioed editor (called, "Eddie") of the film'),
('46609','within'),
('46610','a'),
('46611','film,  "The Stand'),
('46612','Up" is played by Alan Heim (qv), the actual editor of  this film.'),
('46613',' Bob Fosse (qv)s 16'),
('46614','year'),
('46615','old daughter, Nicole Fosse (qv),  appears briefly as a dancer, doing stretches in front of a vending  machine, who is asked, "Cant you do that somewhere else?" while Joe  Gideon is introducing his new idea for the Air'),
('46616','otica number.'),
('46617',' According to Shirley MacLaine (qv) in her autobiography "My Lucky  Stars," the idea for this film was hatched when Fosse was  hospitalized for a heart attack. MacLaine claims she was the one who  gave Fosse the idea to do "a musical about his death" though she  said Fosse seemed to not remember this later. Fosse did, however,  offer her the role of Audrey Paris, she wrote.'),
('46618',' When first released on video, it was the first such videocassette to  have a stereo soundtrack.'),
('46619',' The film takes its title from the song "All That Jazz" from  Bob Fosse (qv)s 1975 Broadway musical "Chicago: A Musical  Vaudeville."'),
('46620',' When Kate calls Joe at the hospital from backstage, the song playing  in background is "We Reached For The Gun" from the musical  Chicago (qv).'),
('46621',' One of the first lines, "To be on the wire is life; the rest is  waiting," is spoken voice'),
('46622','over as we see a man falling from a high  wire into a net (and the speaker then admits he didnt make it up).  The quote is generally attributed to Karl Wallenda, who had died the  year before the film came out, when he fell from a high wire without  a net.'),
('46623',' Julie Hagerty (qv) was once romantically involved with  director/choreographer Bob Fosse (qv), she was cast in a small  role in this film. Her role ended up on the cutting room floor.'),
('46624',' Adapted from Stephen Kings "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away"  from the collection of short stories "Everythings Eventual".'),
('46625',' One of the "Censored 11" banned from T.V. syndication by United  Artists in 1968 (then the owners of the Looney Tunes film library)  for alleged racism. Ted Turner (I) (qv) continued the ban when he  was hired and stated that these films will not be re'),
('46626','issued and will  not be put on Home Video. These cartoons will probably never air on  television again, and only non'),
('46627','Warner Bros. licensed public domain  video tapes will probably ever have these cartoons on them.'),
('46628',' Despite popular belief, this cartoon was never fully remade  substituting Elmer Fudd in place of the black hunter. One of the  central scenes in the film was reanimated with Elmer in the opening  of the cartoon _Big Snooze, The (1946)_ (qv), but thats it.'),
('46629',' This films primary legacy is the single released from the  soundtrack, Elton John (qv)s version of "Lucy In The Sky With  Diamonds". It also represented the only direct participation by  The Beatles (qv) in the project: John Lennon (I) (qv) plays  guitar on the single, credited as "Dr. Winston OBoogie".'),
('46630',' Terry Gilliam (qv) turned down offer to direct.'),
('46631',' The footage of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis "dancing" was taken from a  short 1942 British Ministry of Information propaganda film by  Charles A. Ridley and Len Lye (qv) called "Germany Calling," also  known as "Lambeth Walk '),
('46632',' Nazi Style."'),
('46633',' Warner Bros. erected 67 sets for this movie, a record at the time.'),
('46634',' Davis, Bette (qv) 37 costumes cost $1,000 each.'),
('46635',' Ranked fifth best picture of 1940 by Film Dailys national poll of  critics.'),
('46636',' Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names, if any): Vera Lewis (qv) (Mrs. Fogerty),  Creighton Hale (qv) (Waiter) and Stuart Holmes (qv).'),
('46637',' George Raft (qv) and Olivia de Havilland (qv) were originally  assigned to the film in 1941, but Raft turned the role down. As with  _High Sierra (1941)_ (qv) and _Maltese Falcon, The (1941)_ (qv),  Humphrey Bogart (qv) benefited from Rafts refusals.'),
('46638',' Filmed in 1958, but not released until 1967.'),
('46639',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('46640',' The director, who also acted in a segment of the movie, did his own  stunts. It hurt, but saved money.'),
('46641',' 32nd Episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('46642','reel comedy series.'),
('46643',' This is a lost film.'),
('46644',' Second Episode in the "Mike and Ike" two'),
('46645','reel comedy series.'),
('46646',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Dandy, or Mr. Dawson Turns the Tables, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('46647',' Although "All for a Girl" was announced as a new play when it opened  on Broadway, it was actually a reworking of Rupert Hughes earlier  play, "The Richest Girl in the World," which had toured outside New  York with George, Grace (qv).'),
('46648',' The director Anthony Kramreither (qv) uses much stock footage from  the Mondo trilogy documentary which he also produced. The stripper  footage is from _Mondo Strip (1980)_ (qv), the nudist footage is  from _Mondo Nude (1979)_ (qv) (in the movie a Mondo Nude poster can  be seen behind the producers desk), and the male stripper footage  is from _Mondo Macho (1983)_ (qv).'),
('46649',' Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film  Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996.'),
('46650',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Just Married (1912)_ (qv).'),
('46651',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Thrown Off the Throne (1914)_ (qv).'),
('46652',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Everybodys Troubles (1911)_ (qv).'),
('46653',' This making'),
('46654','of is featured on the Two'),
('46655','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _Unforgiven (1992)_ (qv), released in 2002.'),
('46656',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Beautiful Valley of the Tronto, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('46657',' Gabrielle Bloch was awarded a prestigious prize of "The Most  Promising Filmmaker" at the Rome International Film Festival on 11  September 2004. CBS Atlanta referred to her as one of "the best  young filmmakers of the day".'),
('46658',' The main ranch house in the film used to belong to  Hilary Duff (qv)s family.'),
('46659',' Hilary Duff (qv) memorabilia from  _Casper Meets Wendy (1998) (TV)_ (qv) was found by the crew during  principal photography.'),
('46660',' Fire ants were an enormous problem for the cast and crew during the  shoot.'),
('46661',' Local legend has it that John Wilkes Booth evaded capture in  Virginia after his assassination of Abraham Lincoln and was the  caretaker on the ranch property. He told the property owners his  true identity as he was dying. They buried him in an unmarked grave  next to the oak tree which Mandy Lane walks by to see Garth.'),
('46662',' The Ranch used for shooting had a cemetery with over 60 graves from  the 1800s next to the house. The graves were from a town, which no  longer exists.'),
('46663',' A little girl died in the upstairs bedroom in the ranch house after  asphyxiating. Locals claim she still haunts the house. It is claimed  a little girl in a white dress was seen several times in the ranch  house during night shoots, even though there were never any children  on set.'),
('46664',' Producer Chad Feehan (qv) and co'),
('46665','producer Brian Udovich (qv)  appear in the film as high'),
('46666','school football coaches.'),
('46667',' Writer Jacob Forman (qv) and production designer  Thomas S. Hammock (qv) play the firework salesmen.'),
('46668',' This film is considered lost. Please check your attic.'),
('46669',' This marked the first time that real'),
('46670','life husband and wife  Natalie Wood (I) (qv) and Robert Wagner (I) (qv) appeared  together in a film.'),
('46671',' Inspired by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker (qv).'),
('46672',' Residents of the area around Stockton, California were used as  extras in the film; often, director Robert Rossen (qv) would give  them speaking parts and film the "rehearsals" to get a more  spontaneous effect.'),
('46673',' To prepare for the role of Willie Stark, Broderick Crawford (qv)  watched newsreels of Huey Long (II) (qv), the former Louisiana  senator and governor on whose life the novel was loosely based.'),
('46674',' Mercedes McCambridge (qv) was cast after she got angry with the  producers. She and other actresses were kept waiting in an office in  New York City during open auditions. McCambridge told the producers  off and stormed out of the office. They called her back and  eventually cast her because she fit the part of Sadie.'),
('46675',' In the original manuscript, Willies last name is Talos, not Stark.  When the novel was first published, the name was Stark. In 2001, the  novel was reprinted with Starks name changed back to Talos, among  other changes.'),
('46676',' Producer'),
('46677','Director Robert Rossen (qv) offered the role of Willie  Stark to John Wayne (I) (qv). Rossen sent a copy of the script to  Waynes agent, Charles K. Feldman (qv), who forwarded it to Wayne.  After reading the script, Wayne sent it back with an angry letter  attached. In it, he told Feldman that before he sent the script to  any of his other clients, he should ask them if they wanted to star  in a film that "smears the machinery of government for no purpose of  humor or enlightenment," that "degrades all relationships," and that  is populated by "drunken mothers; conniving fathers; double'),
('46678','crossing  sweethearts; bad, bad, rich people; and bad, bad poor people if they  want to get ahead." He accused Rossen of wanting to make a movie  that threw acid on "the American way of life." If Feldman had such  clients, Wayne wrote that the agent should "rush this script... to  them." Wayne, however, said to the agent that "You can take this  script and shove it up Robert Rossens derri?re..." Wayne later  remarked that "To make Huey Long a wonderful, rough pirate was  great," he said; "but, according to this picture, everybody was s'),
('46679','t  except for this weakling intern doctor who was trying to find a  place in the world." Broderick Crawford (qv), who had played a  supporting role in Waynes _Seven Sinners (1940)_ (qv), eventually  received the part of Stark. In a bit of irony, Crawford was  Oscar'),
('46680','nominated for the part of Stark and found himself competing  against Wayne, who was nominated the same year for  _Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)_ (qv). Crawford won the Best Actor Oscar,  giving Rossen the last laugh.'),
('46681',' Mercedes McCambridge (qv)s film debut.'),
('46682',' Robert Penn Warrens novel, upon which the film was based, was  published in 1946. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize.  Writer'),
('46683','director Robert Rossen purchased the film rights himself, and  was then able to broker a deal with Columbia Pictures. He shifted  the focus of the novel from the Jack Burden character (played by  John Ireland) to Willie Stark.'),
('46684',' The campaign montages were shot by Don Siegel.'),
('46685',' Meryl Streep (qv) was originally cast as Sadie Burke, but had to  back out due to schedule conflicts.'),
('46686',' Writer/director Steven Zaillian (qv) never saw the original film,  and adapted the screenplay solely from Robert Penn Warren (qv)s  novel.'),
('46687',' SPOILER: In the last ten minutes of the film, a few moments before  Willie is shot, Willie is about to go speak to the press,  accompanied by Sugar. They get in the elevator and as the elevator  goes down (and the film temporarily turns black and white), the  camera passes over a seal on the wall between floors. The seal is of  Huey P. Long.'),
('46688',' On Ebert & Roeper, it was ranked as #1 on "Worst Movies of 2006.'),
('46689',' Wills, Frank (qv), the security guard who discovered the break'),
('46690','in  at the Watergate complex, plays himself.'),
('46691',' British director Schlesinger, John (qv) declined an offer to  direct as he felt the story of Watergate should be told by an  American.'),
('46692',' This was the first film Jimmy Carter (I) (qv) watched during his  presidential tenure.'),
('46693',' The furious volley of typewriter keys striking paper in the opening  scenes was created by layering the sounds of gunshots and  whip'),
('46694','lashes over the actual sounds of a typewriter, accentuating the  films theme of words as weapons. This is also why the closing scene  has a teletypewriter printing headlines with the sound of cannon  fire from a 21'),
('46695','gun salute in the background.'),
('46696',' During TV news coverage of the true identity of "Deep Throat" that  aired in 2005, Robert Redford (I) (qv) stated that they tried to  film in the actual Washington Post newsroom, but it proved  impossible because many Post employees were too aware of the camera,  and some even tried to "act". Redford stated some employees would  disappear into restrooms and apply make up. The production team  recreated the facility at a Burbank studio in Los Angeles for a  reported $450,000. The Post did, however, cooperate with the  productions quest for authenticity by shipping several crates of  actual newsroom refuse that included: unopened mail, government  directories, Washington telephone directories, wire service copy,  calendars, and even stickers from Benjamin C. Bradlee (qv)s  secretarys desk.'),
('46697',' Washington Post boss Katharine Graham (qv), who was initially very  apprehensive about the film using the papers name, loved the film  and later wrote a letter of praise and approval to star and  co'),
('46698','producer Robert Redford (I) (qv).'),
('46699',' The telephone number that Robert Redford (I) (qv) dials for the  White House is the real number of the White House Switchboard:  456'),
('46700','1414.'),
('46701',' One scene involving Robert Redford (I) (qv) on the phone is done  in a continuous six'),
('46702','minute single take with the camera tracking in  slowly. Towards the end Redford makes a mistake '),
('46703',' he calls the phone  caller by the wrong name '),
('46704',' but as he stays in character it simply  appears genuine and this was the take used in the final cut.'),
('46705',' When Kenneth Dahlberg tells Bob Woodward (I) (qv) on the phone,  "Ive just been through a terrible ordeal! My neighbors wife has  been kidnapped!" he is not lying. On 27 July 1972, a few days before  Woodward called Dahlberg, Virginia Piper '),
('46706',' wife of a prominent  Minnesota businessman and a close friend of the Dahlberg family '),
('46707','  was kidnapped from her home in Minneapolis. She was released two  days later in Duluth, after her husband paid a $1 million ransom.'),
('46708',' On Tuesday 31 May 2005, in advance of a revelatory July 2005 "Vanity  Fair" article written by his attorney and spokesman,  ninety'),
('46709','one'),
('46710','year'),
('46711','old W. Mark Felt (qv) acknowledged publicly for  the first time that he was in fact "Deep Throat," a fact  corroborated by Bob Woodward (I) (qv) and the Washington Post. At  the time of the Watergate break'),
('46712','in, Mr. Felt was second in command  at the F.B.I.'),
('46713',' Screenwriter William Goldman was called to an impromptu meeting with  Redford (the films producer) along with Bob Woodward and Carl  Bernstein. At that time, Goldmans draft of the screenplay had been  accepted and they were waiting on hearing from Woodward and  Bernstein. At the meeting, they presented Goldman with a new  screenplay '),
('46714',' written by Bernstein, and then girlfriend Nora Ephron.  Goldman refused to read the screenplay (for legal reasons) and  walked out of the meeting. Only 1 scene from that screenplay ends up  in the final version of the film: a scene where Bernstein outsmarts  a secretary to get in to see someone. This scene was pure fiction '),
('46715','  it did not happen in real life.'),
('46716',' At the time of filming in Washington D.C., Robert Redford (I) (qv)  stayed in the Watergate hotel.'),
('46717',' According to "Adventures in the Screen Trade", Pakula drove Goldman  barmy asking for rewrites for scenes with the constant rejoinder  "Dont deny me any riches!" Goldman goes on to say that if he could  have his career all over again, he wouldnt go near this film.'),
('46718',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #77 Greatest  Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the  list.'),
('46719',' The Columbia Pictures logo at the start of the film is not the  modern one, but the one in use in 1949, which is when the film is  set.'),
('46720',' Brad Pitt (qv) was offered the lead role but turned down.'),
('46721',' The movies title comes from the lyrics of a traditional American  folk song.'),
('46722',' In this film, comedian Eddie Izzard (qv) plays an English soldier  who cross'),
('46723','dresses. Eddie is a transvestite himself, and one of his  stand'),
('46724','up routines (concerning transvestites in the armed forces)  goes, "The main element of attack is the element of surprise. So  what could be more surprising than the first battalion transvestite  brigade?" (See _Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V)_ (qv)).'),
('46725',' Matt LeBlanc (qv) filmed his role while _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv)  was still shooting, and had to fly back and forth between sets once  per week in order to do both projects at the same time.'),
('46726',' Matt Chapman (II) (qv) plays Strong Bad, who is also one of the  characters that Chapman performs the voice of for the Web animation  "Homestar Runner."'),
('46727',' The name of the fictional town of Ampipe is derived from the equally  fictional American Pipe and Steel Company. There is a real town  northwest of Pittsburgh called Ambridge. It was a company town of  the American Bridge Company.'),
('46728',' Near the beginning of the film, while talking about his potential  college coaching job, Nickerson mentions that it is between him and  "you know who" from Aliquippa. The real'),
('46729','life coach of Aliquippa HS  at the time the movie was made was Donald Yannessa (qv), who  portrayed the Walnut Heights coach.'),
('46730',' The uniforms and team colors used in the film were from Ferndale  Area High School, a small high school in Johnstown, Pennsylvania,  where the film was made.'),
('46731',' The uniforms for Ampipe were supplied by another small Johnstown  school '),
('46732',' Westmonst Hilltop High School.'),
('46733',' In the scene where Ampipes team bus is pulling into Walnut Heights  for the big game, Johnstowns Vo'),
('46734','Tech School in Richland Township  was used as the Walnut Heights School which is actually about 5  miles away from where the game was played (the Point Stadium in  downtown Johnstown).'),
('46735',' Three schools were used to portray Walnut Heights. Johnstowns  Votech as seen when the Ampipe bus arrives for the big game. The  locker room scenes were shot at Westmont High School some 20 miles  from the Vo'),
('46736','tech. The scene where the team is getting on the bus to  go home after the game, where Stefan is not allowed on the bus, was  filmed in the parking lot of Westmont Junior High.'),
('46737',' The director wanted Lea Thompson (qv) and Tom Cruise (qv) to go  undercover to remember what high school was like. They went to  separate schools, and while Cruise was spotted after just one day  because someone recognized him from _Taps (1981)_ (qv), Thompson  went four days, was asked out by many guys and got caught smoking.'),
('46738',' Film is currently considered lost.'),
('46739',' Film debut of John Cullum (I) (qv).'),
('46740',' This was a production of a play broadcast live on NBC from the Bing  Theatre on the campus of the University of Southern California.'),
('46741',' Fifth episode in the Fight and Win 2'),
('46742','reel series.'),
('46743',' This featurette is featured on the Flower Drum Song Special  Edition DVD, released in 2006.'),
('46744',' Debut of Marie Windsor (qv).'),
('46745',' Second entry in the 1935'),
('46746','1936 Pepper Pot one'),
('46747','reel comedy series.'),
('46748',' Vitaphone production reel #1877.'),
('46749',' Soona Fualaau the mother of Vili Fualaau requested that the  producers cast New Zealand actress Rena Owens (qv) to play her,  after seeing her performance in _Once Were Warriors (1994)_ (qv).'),
('46750',' The Betty Grable musical number, "Marching to a Love Song," was  filmed for Footlight Serenade (1942), but only an abbreviated  portion of it was eventually used in that feature as originally  released.'),
('46751',' Gordon MacRae (qv)s final filmed performance.'),
('46752',' Vitaphone production reel #1224A'),
('46753',' The village where the Bullerby movies were recorded is called  Sevedstorp. During the summer more than 2,000 people pass the  village every day to see the three famous houses where all the  characters live in the movies.'),
('46754',' German'),
('46755','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('46756',' The script was written with Amitabh Bachchan (qv) in mind to play  the title role, but he had gone into politics and was not doing  films so the role went to Jackie Shroff (qv).'),
('46757',' Filmed concurrently with "King Solomons Mines".'),
('46758',' Director Kückelmann, Norbert (qv) attended the court sessions of  the case this movie depicts.'),
('46759',' Shortly after arriving in the US from Germany,  Oskar Fischinger (qv) was contracted by Paramount Pictures to  create an animated sequence (in Technicolor or Gasparcolor, sources  differ) for the upcoming release  _Big Broadcast of 1937, The (1936)_ (qv). The film was scored to a  jazz piece "Radio Dynamics" by studio musician Ralph Rainger (qv).  Unfortunately, Paramount switched the production to black'),
('46760','and'),
('46761','white,  and Fischingers animation became a sequence within the film,  showing consumer products emanating from a radio broadcasting tower,  rather than pure abstract imagery.'),
('46762',' Italian censorship visa #30004 delivered on 31 January 1938.'),
('46763',' The names of Jone Salinas (qv) and Giuseppe Rinaldi (qv) are  often linked to this film, but neither appear in it. Their roles  were most probably cut from the final release print.'),
('46764',' During the live action scenes surrounding the animated musical  sequences, Signor Rossi, the most famous figure created by  Bruno Bozzetto (qv), has a cameo appearance.'),
('46765',' This short movie had its movie theatre premiere within the showing  of a "Monokel" alternative movie screening.'),
('46766',' This documentary is featured on the German Special Edition DVD for  "Allein"'),
('46767',' This mini'),
('46768','documentary is on the Double Feature DVD for  _Psych'),
('46769','Out (1968)_ (qv) and _Trip, The (1967/II)_ (qv), released in  2003.'),
('46770',' Was made for the Super8mm rental market.'),
('46771',' DIRCAMEO(Dani Levy (qv)): the pool player in the last scene of the  film'),
('46772',' This is the debut movie of Joachim Polzer (qv). It was one of the  first Super'),
('46773','16'),
('46774','mm production in Germany utilizing the first ARRI 16  SR (I) camera from Arnold & Richter which was modified from 16'),
('46775','mm to  Super'),
('46776','16 mm.'),
('46777',' The movie has been produced without any public funding (which is  remarkable in the German film industry).'),
('46778',' The film was shot in nine days and was never released. All copies  and photographs are destroyed.'),
('46779',' Graffiti on a wall in a sewer at the end of the film reads "Harry  Lime Lives", a reference to the character from  _Third Man, The (1949)_ (qv) who was killed in a sewer.'),
('46780',' On a blackboard in the background of a press conference, a message  refers to one of the victims being Edward Norton, a character from  _"Honeymooners, The" (1955)_ (qv), who was a sewer worker.'),
('46781',' The scene of the alligator stalking past the sewer tunnel supports  and the shot of the saliva under the microscope was stock footage  from the original _Alligator (1980)_ (qv).'),
('46782',' Title derived from the first two words of the French national  anthem.'),
('46783',' Filmed in 1945, in musical synchronization when World War II ended;  completed and eventually released in East Germany in 1948, in West  Germany in 1950.'),
('46784',' Based on a widespread urban legend about organ theft.'),
('46785',' Before the title fades, the first "l" disappears and changes the  title to "A lure."'),
('46786',' Based on journalistic exposés of abusive Koranic schools.'),
('46787',' LeVar Burton (qv)s TV debut.'),
('46788',' Nearly all of the characters share either a first or last name (or  both) with an actor associated with the James Bond film franchise.'),
('46789',' The Audi A4 that Sean drives could never be shown in motion because  Jeff Hoferer could not drive a car with a standard transmission.'),
('46790',' The earpiece that Desmond gives Sean outside the book store was  actually an eraser cap from a mechanical pencil.'),
('46791',' On its first (and possibly only) theatrical run, this film was shown  as the second feature on a double bill with the 1962 re'),
('46792','release of  _Lady and the Tramp (1955)_ (qv).'),
('46793',' The roles of Russell Hammond and Penny Lane were originally set to  go to Pitt, Brad (qv) and Polley, Sarah (qv). Polley dropped out  to work on her own project, and Pitt, for whom writer/director  Crowe, Cameron (qv) had written the part of the "guitarist with  mystique", worked with Crowe for months before finally admitting,  according to Crowe, "I just dont get it enough to do it."'),
('46794',' The original title for Almost Famous was actually "Untitled",  however Dreamworks would not allow this, so Crowe called the bootleg  edition of Almost Famous on DVD "Untitled" instead.'),
('46795',' Peter Frampton (I) (qv) taught Billy Crudup (qv) how to play the  guitar in preparation for the concert scenes.'),
('46796',' The films production took 92 days.'),
('46797',' Hoffman, Philip Seymour (qv)s schedule only permitted him to be  on set for four days, and he had the flu the whole time.'),
('46798',' To look like a real rock band, the four actors in Stillwater  rehearsed for four hours a night, five nights a week, for six weeks.'),
('46799',' Stillwaters songs were written by Crowe, Cameron (qv) and his  wife Wilson, Nancy (I) (qv) of the rock band Heart.'),
('46800',' Penny Lane asks William if hed like to go to Morocco with her. He  says, "Yes... ask me again." According to director  Cameron Crowe (qv), "Ask me again" was Patrick Fugit (qv)  stepping out of character and asking Kate Hudson (I) (qv) to  repeat her lines for another take. But Crowe liked the take as'),
('46801','is  and kept it in the final cut.'),
('46802',' Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready (qv) provided the guitar track  for Stillwaters songs'),
('46803',' The old records William looks through at the beginning are actually  Cameron Crowe (qv)s, saved from his younger years.'),
('46804',' Unusually, Crudup, Billy (qv) actually was on the other end of the  telephone line in the scene where McDormand, Frances (qv)s  character reprimands him.'),
('46805',' The scene where Penny Lane nearly dies of a drug overdose is a  tribute to a similar scene in the film _Apartment, The (1960)_ (qv),  director Cameron Crowes favorite film, in which  Shirley MacLaine (qv) nearly dies from taking too many sleeping  pills.'),
('46806',' At the party, when he is on acid, Russell Hammond cries out, "I am a  Golden God!" This is a reference to Robert Plant (qv) of the band  Led Zeppelin, who is purported to have said the same thing (sober)  while looking over Sunset Strip from a hotel balcony.'),
('46807',' Balk, Fairuza (qv)s exclamation, "Does anybody remember  laughter?" is a reference to an additional lyric Robert Plant (of  Led Zeppelin) would often insert in live performances of "Stairway  to Heaven."'),
('46808',' References to the Allman Brothers:  '),
('46809',' In the opening scene, we briefly see a ticket stub from an Allman    Brothers concert.  '),
('46810',' Later, we see a black'),
('46811','and'),
('46812','white photo of the fictional band    Stillwater that echoes the Allman Brothers famous Live at the    Fillmore East album cover.  '),
('46813','The character Red Dog is named after one of the Allman Brothers  famous roadies.  '),
('46814','We also hear the Allman Brothers music on the tour bus.'),
('46815',' Stillwaters Bus is named "Doris".'),
('46816',' When Penny Lane is driving William to the hotel to meet Stillwater,  there is a reflection on the windshield that resembles the cover of  Pink Floyds album "Dark Side of the Moon".'),
('46817',' The shot of the crowd at the start of the first Stillwater concert  (with the roses on the stage and fan flashing a peace sign) is based  on the cover of Neil Young (I) (qv)s "Time Fades Away".'),
('46818',' At the age of 18, director Crowe, Cameron (qv) wrote the liner  notes to the "Frampton Comes Alive!" album by rocker  Frampton, Peter (I) (qv). Frampton returns the favor here by  acting as a music consultant for the film.'),
('46819',' In the scene where the tour plane hits turbulence, Russell starts to  sing "Peggy Sue". This is in reference to Holly, Buddy (qv), who  died in a plane crash while on tour.'),
('46820',' The film is director Cameron Crowe (qv)s semi'),
('46821','autobiographical  account of life as a young Rolling Stone reporter. The actual group  that Crowe first toured with was The Allman Brothers.  (Gregg Allman (qv) was the one who distrusted him and kept asking  if he was a narc.) Crowes real'),
('46822','life near'),
('46823','fatal plane crash happened  while traveling with The Who. The character of Russell Hammond is  based on Glenn Frey (I) (qv) of The Eagles.'),
('46824',' Cameron Crowe has stated the character of Penny Lane is based on his  friend in real life, Pennie Trumble, who actually does go by the  name of "Pennie Lane". She now lives in Portland, Oregon, and is  involved in the music industry.'),
('46825',' The shot early in the film of the high school is USDHS, University  of San Diego High School. Cameron Crowe actually attended USDHS in  the 1970s.'),
('46826',' Jason Lee (I) (qv) said he emulated moves of Paul Rodgers, lead  singer of Free and Bad Company, to accurately portray rock star Jeff  Bebe (his aim was "not to be a parody".)'),
('46827',' Featuring over 50 songs, the films music budget was $3.5 million.  Most music budgets for films are less than $1.5 million.'),
('46828',' Cameron Crowes original script was 172 pages and, according to him,  he filmed almost all of it.'),
('46829',' According to Cameron Crowe, he had sent the script around town to  see if he could get anyone to respond to it, including Dreamworks  Studio where one of its principal founders is director  Steven Spielberg (qv). Spielberg had read Crowes 172 page script  over the weekend and called Crowe on Monday saying "Direct every  word".'),
('46830',' In the Continental Hyatt House, Vic the Led Zeppelin fan has a  T'),
('46831','shirt with song lyrics on it. On the front is "To be a rock and  not to roll", which is from Stairway to Heaven. On the back it says  "Have you seen the bridge?" which is from The Crunge.'),
('46832',' The scene where Crowes character is pulled into the pre'),
('46833','performance  huddle is based on an occasion when Eddie Vedder pulled Crowe into  Pearl Jams huddle before performing one of their Lollapalooza  shows.'),
('46834',' During the opening credits, the hand thats writing on the notepad  belongs to Crowe, Cameron (qv).'),
('46835',' When William finally makes an appearance at Rolling Stones San  Francisco office, a Hunter S. Thompson "Freak Power" poster can be  seen on the wall. Williams editor also mentions Thompson in an  earlier phone conversation.'),
('46836',' The photo on the T'),
('46837','shirt that Stillwater are disappointed about is a  close replica of the cover from Bad Companys 1977 album, "Burnin  Sky".'),
('46838',' Sarah Polley (qv) was cast in the role of Penny Lane, but dropped  out to take a role in the low'),
('46839','budget Canadian movie  _Law of Enclosures, The (2000)_ (qv). Kate Hudson (qv), who took  over, had been originally cast as Williams sister.'),
('46840',' In Williams final interview with Russell Hammond, William asks  "What do you love about music?" and Russell replies "To begin  with..." and William laughs. "To Begin With..." is the title of  Stillwaters (fictional) first album, seen briefly on an 8'),
('46841','Track in  the opening sequence, and more clearly in The Making Of, on the DVD.'),
('46842',' Cameron Crowe (qv) says he got Billy Crudups line: "Well, yeah,  on my better days, I am Russell from Stillwater," directly from  John Cusack (qv)s response to a girl in a bar who asked, "Arent  you Lloyd Dobler?" (his character in _Say Anything... (1989)_ (qv))'),
('46843',' When William comes across the Led Zeppelin fan kid in New York, the  kid is wearing a t'),
('46844','shirt which has written on it the lyrics to the  Led Zeppelin song "The Rain Song".'),
('46845',' Kirsten Dunst (qv) was nearly cast as Penny Lane instead of  Kate Hudson (I) (qv). Cameron Crowe (qv) chose Hudson because he  felt Hudson seemed more like a "free spirit", but Crowe promised  Dunst he would cast her in a future film of his. Four years later,  he kept his promise by casting Dunst as the leading role in  _Elizabethtown (2005)_ (qv).'),
('46846',' Jon Favreau (qv) and Jack Black (I) (qv) both auditioned for the  role of Lester Bangs.'),
('46847',' CAMEO(Peter Frampton (I) (qv)): member of the road crew for Humble  Pie. In real life, Frampton was a member of Humble Pie from 1969 to  1971.'),
('46848',' CAMEO(Alice Marie Crowe (qv)): the directors mother appears in  the graduation scene as a teacher handing out diplomas.'),
('46849',' CAMEO(Cindy Crowe (qv)): the directors sister (portrayed in the  movie as Anita), and her husband and three daughters as the startled  family in the elevator when David Bowie is hustled into it by his  manager.'),
('46850',' CAMEO(Jann Wenner): publisher of Rolling Stone is seated in the  back of a New York taxi.'),
('46851',' The opening credit sequence is a homage to the one in  _To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)_ (qv), one of director  Cameron Crowe (qv)s all time favorite films. Immediately after  the opening credits, William Miller and his mother are having a  discussion about Atticus Finch, the protagonist of To Kill a  Mockingbird.'),
('46852',' In the scene where the band finds out that William is using  "everything" in his Rolling Stone article, Jeff Bebe  (Jason Lee (qv)) is wearing a T'),
('46853','Shirt that says "Jeff Bebe" on it,  but the picture above it is of Russell Hammonds  (Billy Crudup (qv)) face. This is a sly allusion to the feud  between them, and ties into the line from the "Untitled" version  where Jeff says to Russell, "Im the you they get when they cant  have you."'),
('46854',' The scene where members of the band Stillwater are being driven into  New York city in a limo mimics a scene in the film "The Song Remains  the Same" where members of Led Zeppelin are being driven into New  York city in a limo.'),
('46855',' The legal disclaimer at the end of the film (which, for most films,  merely states that all characters and events are fictional, with any  real'),
('46856','life similarities being coincidence), in fact notes that the  character of Penny Lane was "loosely based" on a real individual.'),
('46857',' Cameron Crowes mother appeared on the set for a cameo, and Crowe  made every effort to keep her away from Frances McDormand, who was  playing a character based on her, apart. This was so that  McDormands interpretation of the part wouldnt be swayed, but when  he left the set for a few minutes on the first day of shooting, he  returned to find McDormand and his mother having lunch together.'),
('46858',' The band name Stillwater may be a tribute to Stillwater, Oklahoma  where Rolling Stone is printed.'),
('46859',' Patrick Fugit grew three inches while filming Almost Famous and  consequently co'),
('46860','star Billy Crudup had to wear platforms to balance  it out.'),
('46861',' Patrick Fugit voice broke while filming Almost Famous (2000).'),
('46862',' The character of Ben Fong Torres, like the character Lester Bangs,  was not a work of fiction, but in fact a one time senior editor and  writer for Rolling Stone, who was with them from near the beginning  through to the early eighties. During his time with Rolling Stone he  famously interviewed Dylan and The Doors, amongst many others, and  since leaving he has published a number of books, including "The  Doors by The Doors" (in collaboration with The Doors), and "Hickory  Wind," a Gram Parsons biography.'),
('46863',' The photographs were largely shot on 31 December 2003. At the stroke  of midnight, The Bethlehem Steel Corporation ceased to exist.  Photographer Marc Reed may have been the last person to set foot on  the property while the corporation still existed.'),
('46864',' BethWorks Now, an LLC formed by Sands of Las Vegas, plans to build a  casino and entertainment complex where the ruins of Beth Steel now  stands. They are waiting only for a slots license from the  government of Pennsylvania.'),
('46865',' Photographer Marc Reed originally took photos of the ruins of  Bethlehem Steel as a basis for his oil painting but was so impressed  with the outcome of the shoot that he created "Almost Gone," a  traveling photography show. Richard Behrens of Garden Bay Films  approached Marc with the idea of creating a short film showcasing  the photos.'),
('46866',' Filmed in 24 days.'),
('46867',' This film marks the last leading role for Chris Farley (qv) who  died five months before the film released. However it is not his  last film appearance as he had a cameo for the film Dirty Work  released later that same year.'),
('46868',' Elias, the shop owner that Bartholomew Hunt goes to for a bath, a  shave, and a tooth removal is loosely based on Charles Willson  Peale, a painter of pre'),
('46869','Revolutionary times that also practiced  taxidermy as well as dentistry.'),
('46870',' A lot of the scenes were filmed onboard the Cole, one week prior to  the 2006 deployment. Actors had the opportunity to eat in the galley  with actual Navy sailors during the filming.'),
('46871',' The film was planned around fine weather. The storm which rages at  the films climax actually disrupted production, was circumvented  and eventually, in the absence of any alternative, was included in  the film.'),
('46872',' Was filmed in 23 days, but post'),
('46873','production took almost a year.'),
('46874',' The three main dogs in the picture '),
('46875',' Hank, Paul and Trixie '),
('46876','  belonged to director Frank Urson (qv). Urson had originally  planned to use trained cats in the film, but they had developed the  strange and unfortunate habit of attacking star  Kenneth Thomson (I) (qv) every time he appeared in a scene with  them. Ultimately, these troublesome cats were soon replaced with the  directors pet canines.'),
('46877',' Was Frank Urson (qv)s last directed feature before drowning at  the age of 40.'),
('46878',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 3.6 seconds'),
('46879',' Martin Scorsese (qv), president of the Film Foundation, is working  on a restoration of the original three'),
('46880','hour version.'),
('46881',' Director Frank Urson (qv) was so paranoid to miss any of the  action on set that at times he used four cameras simultaneously to  shoot the film, one of them hand'),
('46882','held.'),
('46883',' The film stars more amateur extras than paid professional actors.'),
('46884',' As Frank Urson (qv) wished, the famous line of dialog from the  film "I never treated dogs like women '),
('46885',' but sometimes I had no  choice but to treat a woman like a dog" was engraved on his  tombstone.'),
('46886',' It took 28 days to shoot the movie because they could only film one  day a week in the bar.'),
('46887',' In a deleted scene, Jason Perry complained that the actress Twyla  Killboy was really slapping him. John Boyd West handled it by  instructing the actress to slap him harder.'),
('46888',' Emily Banks Character Trixie was written in on location to show a  stronger female patron.'),
('46889',' Red West agreed to play the role of the bartender after seeing the  scenes worked out during his acting class.'),
('46890',' Tim Sherrod was cast in the role of Timmy Hi Tones, but had to drop  out when he moved to Montana. He returned before shooting started  and was recast'),
('46891',' In a scene where Forrest Pruetts character Mickey starts to down a  beer, the crew replaced it with club soda.'),
('46892',' The shot when the mobsters get out of the car when getting to the  bar was pushed forward because director John Boyd West wanted to  take advantage of the unpredicted snowfall.'),
('46893',' In the opening shot when Joey goes to make himself a drink, the  phone wasnt supposed to ring yet '),
('46894',' John Boyd Wests mother asked to  speak to John. So Joe Smith just started the scene, did the phone  conversation scene and hung up on her. They cut before she could  redial.'),
('46895',' The running time was given variously by different magazines and  newspapers as 67 minutes (Film Daily), 50 minutes (Variety) and 51  minutes (Motion Picture Herald).'),
('46896',' A life'),
('46897','sized, carboard cut'),
('46898','out of "Derek Zoolander" can be seen in  the background of every interview sequence.'),
('46899',' Filming was done entirely on a beat'),
('46900','up $400 mini'),
('46901','DV camera purchased  on eBay, while editing was completed using a copy of Final Cut Pro  on a Titanium PowerBook G4.'),
('46902',' The section with Gordy was originally filmed as home video footage  at a lobster bake. To prepare for the part, David. C. White lost 35  pounds of pure muscle.'),
('46903',' The phallus that seems to magically appear drawn in the snow  underneath Kristen Cotes snow angel had actually been drawn by  Kristen herself before the camera arrived.'),
('46904',' While "the forties" featured in the movies intro were indeed real  40 oz bottles of malt liquor, "the shorties" were actually digitally  created during post'),
('46905','production.'),
('46906',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('46907','Disc DVD for  _Vérités et mensonges (1974)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('46908',' Re'),
('46909','titled re'),
('46910','release of an earlier film, original title  undetermined.'),
('46911',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Rise and Fall of McDoo, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('46912',' This is a lost film.'),
('46913',' Final film of Hank Worden (qv).'),
('46914',' Robert Edeson (qv)s last movie.'),
('46915',' The title song was written by Liliukalani, Queen of Hawaii, in 1878.'),
('46916',' Freds middle name is revealed in this movie: Herman.'),
('46917',' As the gang are searching the cave lair of the Wiki Tiki, they are  passing by some carvings on a cave wall. A torch mounted on the wall  flares up and startles Shaggy and Scooby, causing them to fall over.  They land next to a skeleton dressed in a white hat, red shirt and  blue bell'),
('46918','bottom pants. As a spider crawls out of the skeletons eye  socket, the music changes briefly to reflect the Gilligans Island  theme song.'),
('46919',' Notable erotic folk dance number by Gilda Gray (qv), as Aloma.'),
('46920',' Made especially for the Birmingham Film festival.'),
('46921',' Won Best Art/Experimental at the Gulf Coast Film Festival in 2004'),
('46922',' Dunn, Michael Thomas (qv) lost 15 pounds, stopped shaving, and  employed sleep deprivation for his portrayal of a homeless man.'),
('46923',' For a grittier look, director Dunn, Michael Thomas (qv) did not  permit actors to wear makeup while portraying homeless people.'),
('46924',' Several scenes were completely improvised.'),
('46925',' The movie was filmed in multiple formats including 35mm negative  film, 16mm reversal film, Super 8 reversal film, HDTV 480p, DVCam  Pro and Analog 8mm Video. A special brace was built so a Sony DVCam  Pro and a 16mm Krasnogorsk K3 Camera could be mounted side'),
('46926','by'),
('46927','side  to film several action sequences by a single camera operator with a  handheld technique. These mixed Film and Video segments are intercut  rapidly to give an "erratic look" (edited within 15 frames of each  other continuously).'),
('46928',' Portions of the park shootout and the final downtown chase had to be  filmed at the MTD Studios backlot because of the complexity of the  special effects. All other sequences were filmed on location.'),
('46929',' Was the first motion picture ever filmed at MTD Studios Florida.'),
('46930',' The feature film was shot over a two year period of time (to show  the characters aging). Both the characters of Pedro (portrayed by  Allan Medina) and Jason (Michael Thomas Dunn) change dramatically in  looks. The character of Jason goes from a "clean cut" college  student to a rough looking homeless man (that is his real hair).'),
('46931',' Director Michael Dunn was so impressed with Eric Reyes (qv)  portrayal of the Mace character that his role was enlarged (from a  supporting role to a lead).'),
('46932',' The "Nightmare" sequence for Molly was filmed in the old IMAX  theater of the defunct Boardwalk & Baseball theme park (which had  previously been Circus World).'),
('46933',' The elaborate park shootout sequence was dropped from the final cut  of the feature for running time reasons.'),
('46934',' A few new sequences were shot in early 2005 for the DVD release '),
('46935',' as  a Directors Cut. The characters of Mace and Molly were expanded.'),
('46936',' Eric Orlando Reyes (qv) was originally cast as Mace, but because  of a schedule conflict, the role was rewritten for and portrayed by  Martin Seijo (qv).'),
('46937',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Bébé pêcheur (1910)_ (qv).'),
('46938',' Shot primarily on the 18th fairway of 18 Pastures Golf Course, in  Mission, British Columbia.'),
('46939',' Nuclear Blast spend $30,000 on the soundtrack rights to promote  their bands.'),
('46940',' The lengthy opening text crawl was added after numerous members of  test audiences reported that they were confused by the plot.'),
('46941',' Based on the video game series.'),
('46942',' Was named worst film of 2005 by the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards.'),
('46943',' Every piece of body armor worn by the various extra foot soldiers  during major battle scenes is paintball body protection made by JT  USA.'),
('46944',' Was given an additional ten million after execs read the green draft  of the shooting script. Uwe Boll poured the money into special  effects and ended up losing a lot of the background in the script.  Thus, the title scroll at the beginning of the film.'),
('46945',' The ending was different in the original script, but Uwe Boll felt  it should be ambiguous.'),
('46946',' Loretta Young (qv) was pregnant with her son  Christopher Lewis (I) (qv) during shooting and was told by her  doctor to take it easy because of all the horseback riding she had  to do during filming.'),
('46947',' The movie poster for Sandy Lyles only film is a direct copy of the  poster for _Breakfast Club, The (1985)_ (qv)'),
('46948',' At one point, Jennifer Aniston (qv) was shooting  _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv), _Bruce Almighty (2003)_ (qv) and this movie  at the same time.'),
('46949',' Ben Stiller (qv) mentioned while on a talk show promoting the film  that the ferret bit him a couple of times during production,  including one time latching onto his chin.'),
('46950',' The green flag on Leyland Van Lews yacht features the boxing  kangaroo which was flown from Australia II during the 1983  Americas Cup campaign in which Australia was successful.'),
('46951',' Reuben (Ben Stiller (qv)) writes a list to compare Polly  (Jennifer Aniston (qv)) against Lisa (Debra Messing (qv)). This  is found by Polly and leads to an argument. This is similar to  Season 2 of _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv) when Rachel (Aniston) is  compared to Rosss (David Schwimmer (qv)) current girlfriend.'),
('46952',' The building Leland van Lew jumps off of in Los Angeles is the AT&T  Tower (611 W. 6th Street), designed by William L. Pereira (qv) in  1969 as the citys tallest skyscraper.'),
('46953',' Jennifer Aniston (Polly) and Debra Messing (Lisa) both starred on  very successful, and some might say, rival, sitcoms, Friends and  Will & Grace. However, they also have numerous connections with  other co'),
('46954','stars of Along Came Polly, through the two shows. Ben  Stiller (Reuben) appeared on Friends, in 1994, as Tommy, Rachels  (Aniston) date, in The One With The Screamer. In addition, Ben  Stillers wife, Christine Taylor, also made a guest appearance as  Bonnie, Rosss girlfriend, in 1997. Moreover, Hank Azaria (Claude)  appeared on Friends as a regular guest, as Phoebes on/off  boyfriend, David. Furthermore, Messing starred alongside Dermot  Mulroney in The Wedding Date, in 2005, whom also made a guest  appearance in Friends, as Gavin, in 2003, as Rachels (Aniston)  work colleague. Finally, Alec Baldwin (Stan) appeared alongside  Messing in Will & Grace, in 2005, as Malcolm, and also in Friends  as Parker, Phoebes (Kudrow) overly positive annoying boyfriend.'),
('46955',' An incomplete nitrate print of this film (Reels 1'),
('46956','4 of 5 Reels, Reel  5 discarded due to nitrate deterioration) survives in the UCLA Film  and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation and  therefore may be a lost film if another copy doesnt survive  elsewhere, or the UCLA doesnt preserve it soon.'),
('46957',' The scene where Alex Cross pays the kidnapper by throwing the bag  containing the ransom from the window of a transit train is taken  from Akira Kurosawa (qv)s thriller  _Tengoku to jigoku (1963)_ (qv) ("High and Low"), in which a kidnap  ransom is paid by throwing the ransom bag from the window of a  Japanese Bullet train.'),
('46958',' In the novel, Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are lovers.'),
('46959',' _Along Came a Spider (2001)_ (qv) was made after  _Kiss the Girls (1997)_ (qv). But in the books, Along Came a Spider  was set before Kiss the Girls.'),
('46960',' This story takes place over the course of a few days. In the novel  that the film is based on, the story takes place over the course of  around two years. Also, in the book, Alex Cross is 38 years old with  two kids, where as in the film he is in his mid to late fifties.'),
('46961',' The ending for the film was re'),
('46962','shot due to poor test audience  reception.'),
('46963',' SPOILER: Substantial changes were made from the book on which the  movie is based. In the books, the Gary Soneji story arc continues  for four books, and he dies under entirely different circumstances.  Also, there are two kids kidnapped in the book, one of which dies in  the process, which results in Jezzie Flannigans execution via  lethal injection.'),
('46964',' Wong Taos personal tribute to Sergio Lenones Once upon a time in  the west, his father Geogre Wang who also co'),
('46965','produced this film was  an actor in many Spagetti Westerns.'),
('46966',' Shot in only 13 days, shooting 8 1/2 to 10 pages per day.'),
('46967',' Jim Moores (qv), in collaboration with director  Bryan W. Simon (qv), adapted the stage play to a screenplay in  just two weeks.'),
('46968',' The dream sequences, where Jake comes alive, were inspired by a  dream which director Bryan W. Simon had about his recently deceased  mother. The film is dedicated to her.'),
('46969',' While shooting the day driving scenes, the tow vehicle caught fire  and the actors had to be lit with tin foil from craft services.'),
('46970',' A sandstorm raged while shooting the exterior of Marias Cantina in  Palmdale. Winds reached 40 miles per hour shutting down the shoot.'),
('46971',' The wig that Jenny Gago (qv) wears is the same wig she wore in  _Old Gringo (1989)_ (qv).'),
('46972',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Queen of the Kitchen (1912)_ (qv).'),
('46973',' Zakharovs original name was Saratov. This was changed when it was  discovered that Saratov was not an authentic Russian name.'),
('46974',' Many factions logos changed during development. The Hives logo was  originally the one used by the Peacekeepers. The wrench'),
('46975','like  original logo of the University is still visible on the  high'),
('46976','resolution pictures of their bases.'),
('46977',' The technology "Inertial Damping" is located in the game files, but  is not used in any form. Originally, the "Stockpile Energy" command  was a facility called "Mass to Energy", and sound files do remain of  this.'),
('46978',' Each weapon type in the game has a classification that is not used  in the game itself '),
('46979',' Projectile, Energy or Missile. It was planned  that certain types of weapons would be more or less effective  against certain types of armors, but this was taken out due to the  level of complexity it added. Instead, all weapons simply did an  increasing amount of damage, and all armors did an increasing amount  of protection.'),
('46980',' 2006 Sundance closing film.'),
('46981',' To prepare for his role in this movie, actor Ben Foster (I) (qv)  asked one of his friends who was an ex'),
('46982','crystal meth addict for  guidance. The friend introduced him to a group of people who gave  Foster an all'),
('46983','access pass into the lifestyle.'),
('46984',' When Wanda Haynes (Heather Wahlquist) screams "Heil" in Jake  Mazurskys (Ben Foster) apartment, the entire part was improvised.  When done with the line, the cast went along with it, and then  director, Nick Cassavetes kept it in the film.'),
('46985',' Ben Foster risked his sight for the movie by adding glaucoma drops  to his eyes for much of the shoot to dilate his pupils, making him  appear to be high. Hed hide in the bushes at night and cover his  eyes between takes to keep the lights from shining into them. He  would also talk to Nick Cassavetes with his eyes closed.'),
('46986',' The tattoo encircling Jake Mazurskys (Ben Foster) neck is the  original Hebrew verse from Psalms 109:14, "Let not the sin of his  mother be blotted out".'),
('46987',' The film begins with actual home video of some of the cast members  when they were children. Anton Yelchin (Zack Mazursky) is the last  child shown.'),
('46988',' The word "fuck" and its derivatives is said 310 times.'),
('46989',' In a scene where they have a fight, Sharon Stone (I) (qv) hit  Ben Foster (I) (qv) so hard that his nose started bleeding. He  told her to do so, because he said the scene needed to be as  realistic as possible.'),
('46990',' During filming, Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Ronald  J. Zonen provided copies of virtually every document in his file on  the real life case and served as an unpaid consultant to the film.'),
('46991',' With the year 1981 in the title, the movie was supposed to be  released in 1981. But producer Marichu Maceda (qv) waited for a  year for a chance to exhibit the film fearing that its scenes of  violence and explicit attack on Martial Law, then still in effect as  imposed by Philippines President Ferdinance Marcos in 1972 would not  be appreciated by the censor board. But President Marcos daughter  Aimee, then a leader of the youth sector which pushes for the movie,  held a premiere showing of the movie at a plushy suburban theater.'),
('46992',' This feature'),
('46993','length documentary is featured on the 2'),
('46994','Disc  Commemorative Edition DVD for _Osterman Weekend, The (1983)_ (qv),  released in 2004.'),
('46995',' Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester,  NY.'),
('46996',' While filming portions of the movie in Spencerport, New York, a box  truck from the production company pulled down two electrical poles  with transformers attached to them. Subsequently, a car was set on  fire but was not able to be put out with water until the electricity  was turned off. 11 residents were displaced from their homes and  offered hotel accommodation by the production company.'),
('46997',' The final film of Austin Trevor (qv).'),
('46998',' Professors Heckel and Jeckell are named after the cartoon birds  "Heckle and Jeckle", created by U.S. animator Paul Terry (of  "Terrytoons" fame).'),
('46999',' Professor von Brauns real name, Leonard Nosferatu, is a tribute to  F.W. Murnaus silent film,  _Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)_ (qv).'),
('47000',' Despite the fact that the film is a work of science fiction and  supposed to be in a city of the future, all the sets were existing  locations in Paris in 1965, and all the weapons are conventional  firearms.'),
('47001',' Godard originally wanted Roland Barthes (qv) for the role of  Professor von Braun.'),
('47002',' The line by Alpha60 that begins "Time is the substance of which I am  made" is paraphrased from the 1946 essay "A New Refutation of Time"  by famous Argentinean writer and fantasist Jorge Luis Borges, which  reads: "Our destiny is not frightful by being unreal; it is  frightful because it is irreversible and iron'),
('47003','clad. Time is the  substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I  am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger;  it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire. The world,  unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges."'),
('47004',' Jean'),
('47005','Luc Godard (qv) appropriated both the title character and the  actor Eddie Constantine from a popular French series of  kiss'),
('47006','kiss'),
('47007','bang'),
('47008','bang films released from 1953  (_Môme vert'),
('47009','de'),
('47010','gris, La (1953)_ (qv)) to 1963  (_À toi de faire... mignonne (1963)_ (qv)).'),
('47011',' CAMEO(Jean'),
('47012','Pierre Léaud (qv)) makes an uncredited cameo as the  hotel clerk who brings breakfast to Lemmy and Natasha at around 68  minutes through the film.'),
('47013',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Rival Barons, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('47014',' It was speculated at the time that these films were actually  produced on the East Coast rather than Italy. The Italian title and  cast are unknown.'),
('47015',' This film is believed lost.'),
('47016',' This was the Netherlands first full'),
('47017','length animated film.'),
('47018',' To capitalize on the success of the 1924 Sigmund Romberg'),
('47019','Dorothy  Donnelly operetta, this film was titled "The Student Prince" when it  played the US.'),
('47020',' Made and released in 2005 because Norway celebrates the 100th  anniversary as a free nation this year.'),
('47021',' Filmed in Amsterdam and The Hague in 1944, completed in Babelsberg  in 1945.'),
('47022',' Originally screened in two parts'),
('47023',' Author Chayefsky, Paddy (qv) disowned this movie.'),
('47024',' Penn, Arthur (qv) was originally slated to direct but resigned.'),
('47025',' The book was partially based on dolphin researcher John Lilly, who  invented the isolation tank, and first started taking drugs while  "tanking".'),
('47026',' DIRTRADE(Ken Russell (I) (qv)): [snake]: the dream sequence'),
('47027',' In his autobiography, director Ken Russell (I) (qv) said he tried  mushrooms during the making of the film, which resulted in a bad  trip.'),
('47028',' In a 1981 interview with the New York Times, Blair Brown said many  of the actors and crew tried out the isolation tank.  William Hurt (I) (qv) actually hallucinated, while Blair Brown  found it very peaceful.'),
('47029',' Paddy Chayefsky (qv) had not seen the film before he took his name  off the credits.'),
('47030',' Film debuts of both William Hurt (I) (qv) and  Drew Barrymore (qv).'),
('47031',' At one point, Eddie Jessup mentions the work of "Tart, Ornstein and  Deikman." This is a reference to Charles Tart, Robert Ornstein and  Arthur Deikman, all of whom wrote books about altered states of  consciousness, and all of whom have been involved in modern esoteric  spiritual movements, such as the Gurdjieff Work.'),
('47032',' Ken Russell has alleged in interviews he was 27th choice for  director.'),
('47033',' Some footage of "hell" in the hallucinations are from the movie  _Dantes Inferno (1935)_ (qv) taken from a dream sequence.'),
('47034',' At about 56 minutes into the film, when Emily returns from Nairobi,  there is an airport announcement paging Mr. Daniel Craig.'),
('47035',' The film was shot using 16mm film stock'),
('47036',' This interview is featured on the 3'),
('47037','Disc Extended Edition DVD for  _Gladiator (2000)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('47038',' As it was produced like a documentary, many people to this day  believe Alternative 3 was based on a true story. The fact it has  been banned from rebroadcast on British TV has given ammunition to  conspiracy theorists who believe Alternative 3 was meant to blow the  whistle on an actual government project and alien threat. The film  was originally broadcast as an April Fools or Halloween joke on a  popular British science program.'),
('47039',' Available at the Danish Public Libraries (De danske  Folkebiblioteker).'),
('47040',' The film started as a documentary for the last art exhibition in the  Palace of Republic. Later the filmmakers got involved into the  discussion about its demolition. The shooting took place during the  last 6 months of the building. Presently, the demolition is taking  place. It will last till 2008.'),
('47041',' This featurette is available on the DVD for O.C. and Stiggs  (1985).'),
('47042',' Xuxa purchased all the rights to this movie, trying to erase  anything that could damage her career as a host of a childrens  show.'),
('47043',' The explicit sex scenes were always in close'),
('47044','up and with actors that  did not have the same skin complexity as Xuxa or Gretchen, clearly  showing that doubles were used.'),
('47045',' 70mm version released in Spain.'),
('47046',' William Holden (I) (qv) and Richard Widmark (qv) became good  friends during the production of the film. When Widmark became ill  with the flu and was confined to his room, Holden bought him a snare  drum because he knew Widmark played the drums. Widmark later  remarked, "That four months of being constantly together on a film  location was the equivalent of ten or fifteen years of friendship."'),
('47047',' Both William Holden (I) (qv) and director Edward Dmytryk (qv)  were concerned about the script of the film before production even  began. At one point during filming, Holden, who was hung'),
('47048','over and  dealing with an unruly horse, became angry and tried shoving the  script up the horses rear, yelling, "Thats where it belongs!"'),
('47049',' Production was shut down for six months when  William Holden (I) (qv) contracted salmonella, and the film had to  be finished in Hollywood.'),
('47050',' While dining in Baton Rouge, William Holden (I) (qv) and  Richard Widmark (qv) ran into Steve McQueen (I), who was filming  Nevada Smith (qv) in the same area. McQueen and Holden wound up  drinking together the rest of the evening.'),
('47051',' Australias most successful film release between 1971 and 1977.'),
('47052',' The schools name is Clyde C. Crashcup Elementary School.'),
('47053',' This was filmed in the wake of Henry Jagloms divorce settlement. It  was filmed with Jagloms ex'),
('47054','wife, who had left him two years prior,  in the house they had lived in for all the years of their marriage,  starring friends and family.'),
('47055',' Patrice Townsend, who "plays" Jagloms wife/ex'),
('47056','wife in this film,  plays a scene early in the film with her own father Bud Townsend, a  film director in his own right, who plays her own father.'),
('47057',' The opening credits wedding home movie footage was filmed by  Jagloms close friend, director James Frawley. Many of Frawleys and  Jagloms mutual friends, including director Bob Rafelson, appear in  the Fourth of July party sequence.'),
('47058',' The first in a trilogy of autobiographical films directed by Henry  Jaglom. He followed this film with Someone to Love (1987) and New  Years Day (1989).'),
('47059',' Shelley Winters (qv) had a part in this motion picture. In the  spring of 1984 she filmed a few scenes, but at she had disagreement,  threw a tantrum and left the set. Her agent pleaded with her to go  back and resume her role, but she refused and her character was  replaced. She does not appear in the final film.'),
('47060',' When Dorinda returns home in the plane, she is dressed like Ripley  from _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), and similarly, she has a ginger tom cat.  The cat, however, is named "Blair, Linda (qv) ".'),
('47061',' This film is a remake of _Guy Named Joe, A (1943)_ (qv), which was  watched on television in _Poltergeist (1982)_ (qv), which was  co'),
('47062','written by director Spielberg, Steven (qv).'),
('47063',' DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)): [music]'),
('47064',' Richard Dreyfuss (qv), Holly Hunter (qv) and  John Goodman (I) (qv) each received a Mazda Miata as a gift from  Steven Spielberg (qv) upon completing the film.'),
('47065',' Portions of John Williams (I) (qv) music are derived from  Ralph Vaughan Williams (qv) "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas  Tallis."'),
('47066',' The tune Pete Sandich whistles when hes nervous is an Irish jig  titled "Garry Owen". This song was the official song of the Seventh  Cavalry of the U.S. Army '),
('47067',' General Custers cavalry. When he is  nervous, Pete whistles the theme song of a doomed man.'),
('47068',' The incident where Dorinda mistakes Teds John Wayne imitation as  Jimmy Stewart actually occurred between Holly Hunter (qv) and  Brad Johnson (II) (qv) during filming. Steven Spielberg (qv)  found the incident so comical that he reproduced this in the final  movie.'),
('47069',' The final film for Hepburn, Audrey (qv).'),
('47070',' Tom Cruise (qv) was originally asked to play the Ted Baker role,  he passed.'),
('47071',' The bomber flown by Pete and Dorinda is the A'),
('47072','26 Invader, used by  the Army Air Corps in WWII. Al flies the PBY Catalina, a Navy rescue  and transport plane in WWII. Dorinda helps Al ferry a Cessna 337  Skymaster, also known as the O'),
('47073','2 when flown by the Air Force in  Vietnam. Ted flies a Super Decathalon, an aerobatic airplane.'),
('47074',' Although the training base in the movie was supposedly in Colorado,  actual filming occurred at the Ephrata, WA Municipal Airport which  is a former WWII B'),
('47075','17 training base. Many of the hangars at the  airport are original from that era, and evidence of the base is  still visible '),
('47076',' foundations for buildings, plumbing, the roads and  even rock lined walks to the foundations still exist unchanged in  the desert. When John Goodman was doused with fire retardant, he was  sitting on top of one of a series of earthen bunkers, and walking  around the airport you can still see the red retardant stains on the  earth. Dorindas house was a shell built for the movie and sits  abandoned at the airport edge. Overall a very interesting place to  visit as everything is very well preserved in the desert.'),
('47077',' Marg Helgenberger, playing the lovestruck mechanic Rachel, teamed  back up with Brad Johnson in 2001 on CBSs CSI. He played Paul  Newsome, The District Engineer and new love interest for  Helgenbergers character Katherine.'),
('47078',' _East Lynne (1931)_ (qv) is the film showing at the theatre that  Lila and Reginald attend.'),
('47079',' Shot as a part of the 48 Hour Film Project.'),
('47080',' The "Fountain Pen Sketch" was taken from the hit musical (over 400  performances) that opened in New York in 1948, and starred  Sid Caesar (qv). Max Showalter (qv), who performs that specialty  number in this movie, was also in that opening night cast playing  the same role, as well as others.'),
('47081',' An early cast list included Henny Youngman (qv),  Benny Baker (qv) and Red Buttons (qv), but they were not seen in  the movie.'),
('47082',' The cap that Socrates wears throughout the movie reads "90291", the  zip code corresponding to the Los Angeles suburb of Venice (roughly  15 miles west of where this movie takes place). The MShalla family  moves to Venice at the end of the movie after Howard gets a job  offer there.'),
('47083',' The first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) after several  years as a title designer.'),
('47084',' Only one reel of this two'),
('47085','reel film is known to survive.'),
('47086',' The first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv), after  several years as a title designer.'),
('47087',' The play "Applesauce" originally opened in New York on 28 September  1925.'),
('47088',' The play, "Fly Away Home", opened in New York City, New York, USA on  15 January 1935 and had 204 performences. In the cast on opening  night were Montgomery Clift (qv), Philip Faversham (qv),  Sheldon Leonard (qv), Thomas Mitchell (I) (qv) and  Albert Dekker (qv)'),
('47089',' Although Walter Huston (qv) had sung in his theater roles earlier,  this was the first time he sang in a movie.'),
('47090',' Actors and their character names Norman Willis (I) (qv) (Saloon  proprietor), Nick Thompson (I) (qv) (Nick) and  Harry Seymour (qv) (Pianist) were all in studio records, but were  not seen in this movie. A piano is seen in the prison orchestra, but  the pianist was never in view.'),
('47091',' The "Chagawa Ryunosuke" character is named after real'),
('47092','life author  Akutagawa Ryunosuke. The Kanji characters of both names are nearly  identical.'),
('47093',' Aleksandr Ptushko (qv) demanded that only the real ship with real  scarlet sails would be used. So 2,000m of scarlet silk had in fact  been bought for the movie.'),
('47094',' Vasili Lanovoy (qv) (Arthur Grey) wanted to surprise his wife and  other guests at the resort in Yalta where the movie was shot. He did  so by asking the captain of the ship that was used for the movie to  sail to Yalta with all the scarlet sails showing. He said the  reaction was the same as in the movie, one of disbelief and  amazement.'),
('47095',' The most expensive thing on the film was the fox.'),
('47096',' Is the only film the Carmen Miranda  (qv) did during her  pre'),
('47097','hollywood period that survived the years in its entirety. All  the others are lost.'),
('47098',' This was the first Brazilian film to have a directly recorded  soundtrack.'),
('47099',' The town "Wattstedt" shown in the film as home of the NPP is in fact  the town Brokdorf, Germany, which in the late 70s and early 80s was  a center of anti'),
('47100','nuclear'),
('47101','power demonstration in Germany.'),
('47102',' The title refers to 29 April 1986, the day German television aired  episode 191 of _"Dallas" (1978)_ (qv) in which Bobby Ewing was  killed by Katherine Wentworth. Three days before, the Chernobyl  nuclear accident happened.'),
('47103',' Serialized in Extra Special Komick.'),
('47104',' Cast member Callow, Simon (qv) originally portrayed the part of  Mozart in the 1979 stage production.'),
('47105',' When Mozart upstages Salieri by modifying the march Salieri wrote  for the emperor, the modified piece is Mozarts "Non Piu Andrai,  Farfallone Amoroso" from The Marriage of Figaro.'),
('47106',' Tilly, Meg (qv) was originally cast as Constanze. Shortly before  shooting began she injured her leg playing soccer with some children  in the street in Prague (where the film was to be shot) and the part  had to be re'),
('47107','cast.'),
('47108',' Mel Gibson (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Mozart.'),
('47109',' Jeffrey Jones (I) (qv) replaced Ian Richardson (I) (qv).'),
('47110',' Several real (or at least apocryphal) events from Mozarts life were  incorporated into the screenplay, including the interlude between  the child Mozart and Marie Antionette, and the Emperors comment  that "Abduction from the Seraglio" had "too many notes".'),
('47111',' Sets and costumes for the operatic productions were based on  sketches of the original costumes and sets used when the operas  premiered.'),
('47112',' Entire film was shot with natural light. In order to get the proper  diffusion of light for some scenes, the DPs covered windows from the  outside with tracing paper.'),
('47113',' The performance of Don Giovanni in the movie was filmed on the same  stage where the opera first appeared.'),
('47114',' The concept for Mozarts annoying laugh was taken from references in  letters written about him. One described his laugh as "an infectious  giddy" while another described it as "like metal scraping glass".'),
('47115',' Milos Forman (qv) and Peter Shaffer (qv) spent four months  adapting the very stylized play into a workable script. They added  characters such as the priest, maid, archbishop, and mother'),
('47116','in'),
('47117','law;  Mozarts character was enlarged beyond Salieris perceptions; and  Salieris monologues were reworked visually.'),
('47118',' Prague (Milos Forman (qv)s native city) was ideal as a stand'),
('47119','in  for Vienna, as modern television antennas, plastic and asphalt had  rarely been introduced under Communist rule.'),
('47120',' Only four sets needed to be built: Salieris hospital room, Mozarts  apartment, a staircase, and the vaudeville theater. All other  locations were found locally.'),
('47121',' The music was pre'),
('47122','recorded and played in the background as scenes  were filmed. Tom Hulce (qv) practiced four hours a day at the  piano to appear convincing.'),
('47123',' Tim Curry (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Mozart (and played  Mozart on Broadway).'),
('47124',' Mark Hamill (I) (qv) also played the role of Mozart on Broadway  and lobbied heavily for the role in the film.'),
('47125',' Originally, a very young Kenneth Branagh (qv) was cast as Mozart,  but Milos Forman (qv) changed his mind and decided to go with  American actors for the principal roles.'),
('47126',' Vincent Schiavelli (qv) was informed by director  Milos Forman (qv) after one take of him walking that, "Television  is ruining you."'),
('47127',' In one scene, Mozart refers to Gluck as "boring" and says, "I dont  like him," regarding Handel. However, Gluck and Handel were two of  Mozarts favorite composers.'),
('47128',' Several professors of music stated, after studying all of the  musical keys struck on pianos throughout the film, that not one key  is struck incorrectly when compared to what is heard at the exact  same moment. In other words, what you see is exactly what you hear.'),
('47129',' During the opening scene, where Salieri is carried through the snowy  streets, he is carried past a large extravagant mansion'),
('47130','like  building where a party is in progress. According to Milos Forman,  this building is, in reality, the French embassy in Prague.'),
('47131',' Peter Shaffer (qv) shares his name with the original set designer  (for the premier) of Mozarts opera "Die Zauberfloete" (The Magic  Flute).'),
('47132',' The "Don Giovanni" scene was being shot in part on the Fourth of  July. During one take, upon Milos Forman (qv)s call of "Action",  a large American flag unfurled from the ceiling. 500 extras stood up  from their seats and begun to sing "The Star Spangled Banner". The  only extras that did not stand up were about thirty people,  scattered throughout the theater'),
('47133',' at first thought to be normal  people, but it was deduced that these thirty were the secret police.'),
('47134',' The piece of Mozarts music with the oboe and clarinet themes, whose  score Salieri so deeply admires in one of the earliest sequences, is  the Adagio, or third movement, of the Serenade No. 10 in B'),
('47135','flat,  KV361, also known as "Gran Partita".'),
('47136',' Elizabeth Berridge, during the Nipples of Venus scene, did not know  she could spit out the candy (which was really lumps of marzipan)  between takes and ate about 15 whole pieces. She later describes how  she thought that they were disgusting and that she eventually made  herself sick.'),
('47137',' In preparation for some aspects of the title role, actor  Tom Hulce (qv) studied footage of John McEnroe (qv)s on'),
('47138','court  tennis tantrums'),
('47139',' The play, of which the film is based, was first performed on  November 2, 1979 at the National Theatre in London.'),
('47140',' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized Chrysostomus Wolfgangus  Theophilus Mozart. Later in life Mozart changed the name Theophilus  into its Latin equivalent: Amadeus. Both names mean "Gods beloved",  which sets the basic conflict of the movie: a difference between  Mozarts God given talent and his profane life.'),
('47141',' According to Milos Forman (qv)s autobiography, one studio offered  to provide funding for Amadeus on the one condition that Forman cast  Walter Matthau (qv) (a reported Mozart enthusiast) for the role of  Mozart. Forman refused the offer, considering Matthau to be too old  for the role.'),
('47142',' When shooting the scene in which Salieri is writing down death mass  under Mozart dictation, Tom Hulce (qv) was deliberately skipping  lines to confuse F. Murray Abraham (qv), in order to achieve the  impression that Salieri wasnt able to fully understand the music he  was dictated.'),
('47143',' The first opera written for television.'),
('47144',' The one surviving kinescope of this first production was thought to  have been lost forever, accidentally destroyed by someone at NBC  after it had been screened for an executive, but another copy was  discovered at the Museum of Radio and Television, in New York.'),
('47145',' Although this was first telecast in black'),
('47146','and'),
('47147','white, it was telecast  in color, with the same cast, beginning in 1953.'),
('47148',' Italian censorship visa #31073 delivered on 20 September 1940.'),
('47149',' This was the second television pilot produced by NBC with Jane Wyman  playing Dr. Amanda Fallon. In this version, Dr. Fallon was a general  practitioner rather than a childrens doctor.'),
('47150',' One of (then) prolific actor Francisco Rabal (qv)s five films  released in 1957, all of them co'),
('47151','productions between Spain and  Italy.'),
('47152',' Spain was a poor country at the time of filming, and this was one of  the first color films produced in the country.'),
('47153',' The film is based on the autobiographical novel by French author  Margueite Duras, whose youthful, real life romance with a Chinese  man in colonial Vietnam caused a scandal.'),
('47154',' Duras real Chinese lover was called Lee.'),
('47155',' The Chopin valse played on the steamer Alexandre Dumas is Valse #10,  opus posth. 69 Nr. 2.'),
('47156',' Jean'),
('47157','Jacques Annaud (qv)s paycheck was £1.1 million.'),
('47158',' Rosalba Neri was really scared shooting this horror movie.'),
('47159',' Some filmographies erroneously list Alessandro Cicognini (qv) as  the composer.'),
('47160',' Director Mario Caiano initially wanted to highlight the gory scenes  with red color. The idea was dropped due to budget limitations.'),
('47161',' Often confused with _Mano che nutre la morte, La (1974)_ (qv), which  was released only a month before this film. Both films are directed  by Sergio Garrone (qv) and feature the same cast '),
('47162',' except  Carmen Silva (qv) who appears only in  _Mano che nutre la morte, La (1974)_ (qv). The two films also share  some of the same footage but they *are* entirely different films  with different plots.'),
('47163',' Italian censorship visa #1229 dated 21 September 1946.'),
('47164',' Max Ophüls (qv) began directing this film but died soon  afterwards. He was replaced by Jacques Becker (qv),'),
('47165',' In order to recapture the specific iridescent glow of Venetian  palaces, talc was sprayed in the atmosphere and shooting proceeded  before the powder fell down.'),
('47166',' It is mentioned that the Flore is on Montparnasse Blvd (as well as  La Coupole, which is). As a matter of fact, le Café de Flore is on  Blvd. St'),
('47167','Germain and is the pilgrimage spot of the fans of the  postwar existancialist period.'),
('47168',' Léos Carax was originally given permission to use the real Pont'),
('47169','Neuf  bridge in Paris and have it closed for filming but delays in filming  meant the permission expired and he had to reconstruct the whole  thing on a lake near Montpellier, France.'),
('47170',' The construction of a new version of the Pont'),
('47171','Neuf '),
('47172',' and its  surrounding buildings in Paris '),
('47173',' helped make this one of the most  expensive French films ever made.'),
('47174',' After cutting over 15% of the films length, Portuguese censors  passed the film in 1955, but conservative critics attacked it even  so, for lacking production values and showing too much. Manuel Pina  wrote: "The word love should not be used relating to this film.  Love is not sensuality. In this film, to love means something  else, that morality prevents us to speak about."'),
('47175',' After screening this film, Nico Jacobellis, manager of a motion  picture theater in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was charged with and  convicted of possessing and exhibiting an obscene film. He appealed  all the way to the US Supreme Court, which overturned the  convictions, ruling that the film was not obscene. In a concurring  opinion, Justice Potter Stewart made his famous pronouncement  concerning what was pornography: "I know it when I see it, and the  motion picture involved in this case is not that." Jacobellis v.  Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 197 (1964) (Stewart, J., concurring).'),
('47176',' When the movie released it was a huge hit in West Indies.'),
('47177',' The line, "sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated with the exuberance  of your own verbosity" that is spoken by Anthony when he emerges  from the Easter egg is an almost exact quotation from a speech given  by Benjamin Disraeli in 1878. Disraeli (who was referring to W.E.  Gladstone) used the word "inebriated" rather than "intoxicated".'),
('47178',' First Indian film to be screened at a Western film festival  (Venice).'),
('47179',' DIRCAMEO(Fernando Sariñana): at the mall at the beginning of the  movie, with the line "Pinches nacos".'),
('47180',' CAMEO(Carolina Rivera): The screenwriter appears at the beginning of  the movie, using a cell phone.'),
('47181',' DIRTRADE(Fernando Sariñana):[pumas soccer team]: Good guys are  Mexicos Pumas Soccer team fans. Ulises wears a Pumas jersey. This  is an expensive item in Mexico, so as the character is poor, he uses  a "pirate" (illegal copy) jersey.'),
('47182',' Director Fellini, Federico (qv) has denied that the movie is  autobiographical, but agreed that there are similarities with his  own childhood.'),
('47183',' The title is the phonetic translation of the words "Mi Ricordo" as  spelled in the dialect of Rimini, the town in which the director  Federico Fellini (qv) was born, and where the film is set.'),
('47184',' The first movie ever released on home video in the "letterbox"  format (on an RCA SelectaVision CED videodisc, January, 1984),  preceding the letterbox laserdisc release of Woody Allen (qv)s  _Manhattan (1979)_ (qv) by eight months.'),
('47185',' The soundtrack was provided by indie'),
('47186','singer/songwriter, Amy Cook.  Director Todd Robinson discovered her when he entered the kitchen on  location one morning and heard Amys demo CD playing on production  assistants stereo. The production assistant, Leah Bathe, is a good  friend of Amy Cook.'),
('47187',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003) (V)_ (qv).'),
('47188',' Originally shot to be used in a series of commercials for Wrangler  Jeans Europe.'),
('47189',' First color movie in the Kannada language.'),
('47190',' The film stars a slew of stand'),
('47191','up comics from Hawaii'),
('47192',' Shot in two days over St. Patricks Day weekend in downtown L.A. in  2004. Unreleased until summer 2006.'),
('47193',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Life of a Salmon, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('47194',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('47195',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Satan on a Rampage (1911)_ (qv).'),
('47196',' Creators of the ride had to develop new technology to build this  one'),
('47197','of'),
('47198','a'),
('47199','kind comic book adventure, involving revolutionary 3'),
('47200','D  animation which is designed to be viewed from a moving location. For  the first time in theme park history, this attraction combines  moving, motion'),
('47201','based platform ride vehicles, 3'),
('47202','D film and live  action in one revolutionary ride.'),
('47203',' Feature version of the serial with the same title.'),
('47204',' Moms Mabley (qv)s last film.'),
('47205',' A special screening of the film was shown in Buncrana, Co. Donegal  in Ireland. This was in celebration of John Newtons link with the  county, when in 1748 his slave ship, the Greyhound, came ashore  after surviving a terrible storm. This event began the spiritual  journey for Newton, which culminated in his authorship of the song,  Amazing Grace.'),
('47206',' When Noah Dietrich visits Hughes in the hospital lounge, Hughes is  watching rough footage of his film Hells Angels. This is actually  black & white footage taken from _Blue Max, The (1966)_ (qv).'),
('47207',' When Hughes shows his stunt pilots on the set of Hells Angels that  he can make a tight turn, he goes up himself to show them but  crashes. The crash footage is actually taken from  _Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)_ (qv).'),
('47208',' Criss Angel (qv) and Scott ‘Carrot Top’ Thompson (qv) filmed a  vignette that was to be part of the special, but was dropped due to  technical issues with the audio. Some of the material was later  re'),
('47209','shot and used as part of a _"Criss Angel Mindfreak" (2005)_ (qv)  episode.'),
('47210',' German'),
('47211','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('47212',' The last cinema feature film of Laurence Naismith.'),
('47213',' Landis, Carole (qv) was originally scheduled to play the part  taken by Bari, Lynn (qv), but she committed suicide a few days  before shooting began.'),
('47214',' The comic book story from which the animation was based finished  with four random drawings of three horrible old women (labeled as  "werewolf", "cannibal" and "criminal lunatic") and a monkey. The  monkey and two of these women are featured in the animation as  actual characters, the woman left out being the criminal lunatic.'),
('47215',' The real Homestead Act signed by Lincoln that features at the end of  the pilot episode was used as a political maneuver to expand and  develop the nation on the western region of the United States.'),
('47216',' At the beginning of the segment "Go To The Head Of The Class" the  movie playing on TV is "The House On Haunted Hill" with Vincent  Price.'),
('47217',' This was shot back'),
('47218','to'),
('47219','back with  _Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)_ (qv). The combined shooting  schedule was only two weeks. They became Edgar G. Ulmer (qv)s  last American films.'),
('47220',' The film is inspired by actual people and events '),
('47221',' was originally  supposed to be a documentary but was changed to a semi'),
('47222','fiction  feature.'),
('47223',' Shot in 1928, not released until 1929.'),
('47224',' Video included 5 "Ackermonster Collectors Cards" inside the box.'),
('47225',' This short documentary can be found on the FORBIDDEN PLANET 50TH  ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION DVD.'),
('47226',' This film was the pilot for a proposed third show set in the  Hercules/Xena universe, concerning (as the title suggests) the  Amazons. However, the show was never picked up and parts of the film  were used in the Xena episode Lifeblood (5x16).'),
('47227',' The names in the "Titan Man" sketch (George Bailey, Violet and Mr.  Gower) are taken from _Its a Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv).'),
('47228',' There are numerous references to  _Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)_ (qv), also directed by  John Landis (I) (qv).'),
('47229',' The name "Don No Soul Simmons" keeps popping up.'),
('47230',' The "release date" for the movie keeps changing: "We now return to  our feature film, the 195? classic, Amazon Women on the Moon...”.'),
('47231',' DIRTRADE(John Landis (qv)): [SYNW]: In the "Video Pirates"  segment, two of the video cassettes in the treasure chest are  labeled "See You Next Wednesday".'),
('47232',' During the "Video Pirates" segment, inside the treasure chest, there  is a videotape of "Reckless Youth," which is the final segment of  the movie.'),
('47233',' In the film within a film, "Amazon Women on the Moon," which is  supposedly occurring in 1980 but made in the 1950s, Butch  continually refers to things which have been long gone as though  they are still around. The Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field, and a  Studebaker are just a few examples. There is also a reference to the  48 U.S. States, when in actuality there have been 50 states since  1959.'),
('47234',' DIRTRADE(John Landis] (qv)): [filmmakers]: Appearances by director  Russ Meyer (I) (qv), composer Ira Newborn (qv) and "Famous  Monsters of Filmland" editor Forrest J Ackerman (qv).'),
('47235',' The title card in Frankel & Herberts review of "Frat Slobs," is  actually from _National Lampoons Animal House (1978)_ (qv).'),
('47236',' The name of the television station during the "Amazon Women on the  Moon" sketch (WIDB) is the name of a student'),
('47237','run radio station at  Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, from which the films  director and producer Robert K. Weiss (qv) is a graduate.'),
('47238',' In French, the movie is called "Cheeseburger Film Sandwich", because  its considered as the sequel of "Kentucky Fried Movie", translated  as "Hamburger Film Sandwich".'),
('47239',' In the "Reckless Youth" segment, the Doctor has the test results for  Mary Brown on a clipboard. A closer look at the clipboard shows  that its actually a music score.'),
('47240',' A copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New  York.'),
('47241',' Shot and edited in one day as a scene submission in the 2004 Project  Greenlight Directors competition. It was selected as one of the Top  250 scenes, and the directors advanced to the Top 50.'),
('47242',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Toyland Mystery, A (1916)_ (qv).'),
('47243',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Barbers Daughter, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('47244',' Lent its name to Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s production company  Amblin.'),
('47245',' Larry Flynt (qv) donated the Hustler Casino in Gardena for part of  the shoot.'),
('47246',' The ambulance used is a 1973 Cadillac commercial chassis with coach  work by Miller Meteor. It is a Lifeliner model with 54 inches of  rear headroom. The actual movie car is now owned by a collector in  California.'),
('47247',' Kevin Hagen (qv)s last film.'),
('47248',' The film is shot in a real ambulance. The day before shooting it was  out on the streets saving lives.'),
('47249',' The real ambulance used in the movie broke two transmissions during  the stunt scenes.'),
('47250',' Although the movie was shot in a real ambulance, most of the time it  was a studio location in front of a green screen. More than 450  shots were green screen and an additional 100 shots had other visual  effects.'),
('47251',' After Clint Eastwood (qv) became a star in the mid'),
('47252','60s, Fox  re'),
('47253','released this picture, changing the advertising and credits to  give Eastwood top billing.'),
('47254',' This film marked the final appearance of Matts secretary Lovey  Kravezit.'),
('47255',' This film also marked the final time that Matt faced an agent from  the Brotherhood of International Government and Order (a.k.a.  BIG'),
('47256','O).'),
('47257',' Shortlisted for the Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Prize, run by  the Akira Kurosawa Foundation. It was the only UK entry to be  shortlisted.'),
('47258',' Directorial debut of director Daniel Cormack'),
('47259',' Supported by the David Lean Foundation'),
('47260',' Based on a song by Leonid Utyosov entitled "Everything Is OK,  Beautiful Marquise", which was very popular in the 1930s in Russia'),
('47261',' The movie is based on a play by German playwright Rolf Hochhuth  which started a lot of heated discussions and arguments after its  first release in 1963. It even caused some diplomatic tensions.'),
('47262',' The Vatican did not give a permission to shoot the film in their  buildings. After searching a scenery of adequate size for the scenes  taking place in the Vatican, Costa'),
('47263','Gavras finally chose Europes  largest building, the House of the People (Casa Poporului) in  Bucharest. Some of the outdoor scenes were shot in Mogosoaia Palace,  some fourteen kilometers northwest of Bucharest.'),
('47264',' This film is regarded as major turning point in the career of  D.W. Griffith (qv). Its critical and public failure ended  Griffiths tenure as the industrys preeminent director.'),
('47265',' Filmed in 1982, not released until 1986.'),
('47266',' Frank L. Thompsons Emmy nomination for this show was posthumous.'),
('47267',' One of the films screening in the 2007 1st annual Noor Film Festival  in Los Angeles, CA.'),
('47268',' A majority of the films images were produced using experimental  light exposure techniques. The films final sequence was created  using 35mm negative stills placed over unexposed 16mm film stock.  The unexposed film stock was briefly exposed to light, superimposing  the 35mm still frames onto the 16mm film stock.'),
('47269',' Produced with funding from the Readers Digest Association'),
('47270',' The CircleVision 360 Theater at Disneyland was converted into the  queue area for Rocket Rods, a high'),
('47271','speed replacement for the  PeopleMover as part of the second "new" Tomorrowland that opened in  1998. The screens now show footage from earlier  transportation'),
('47272','related Disney feature films and short subjects, with  Walt Disney identified as the founder of the Tomorrowland Transit  Authority.'),
('47273',' Disney has since closed the Rocket Rods due to the ride system not  working correctly. This area will be the new queue for a Buzz  Lightyear ride opening in 2006.'),
('47274',' Festivals 2005: Argosfestival, Brussel (BE) Internationale  Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (DE)'),
('47275',' CAMEO(Eva Scott'),
('47276','Berry (qv)): [production assistant]: Newswoman'),
('47277',' CAMEO(Steven Diller (qv)): [co'),
('47278','producer]: Debbies lover'),
('47279',' CAMEO(Lou Wynhoff (qv)): [producers father]: Security Guard'),
('47280',' Americas Lost Landscape received the International Documentary  Associations Pare Lorentz Award in 2005. Among the nine nominees  for this award was the Oscar winning documentary, March of the  Penguins.'),
('47281',' Created for the DVD release of _Open Range (2003)_ (qv).'),
('47282',' "Our World Today" documentary series.'),
('47283',' The character of Hal Weidmann is based on Ashby, Hal (qv).'),
('47284',' Robert Downey Jr. (qv) was originally slated to play Eddie.  John Cusack (qv) was cast instead when Downeys legal problems  raised doubts as to whether he would be available for filming.'),
('47285',' Roberts, Julia (qv) turned down the lead role for the supporting  one.'),
('47286',' This was Joe Roth (qv)s first picture as director in 11 years.  Initially Billy Crystal (qv) was slated to direct the picture.  When Roth read the script, he was totally immersed and liked the  script so much that he wanted to direct. Crystal granted Roths  request to direct the picture and stayed on as producer.'),
('47287',' When Hal is talking to the press at the press junket his microphone  shorts. As he says the line "...this is the most honest movie I have  ever made" after the word "made" you hear a click and can see the  flash in the microphone headpiece as it shorts.'),
('47288',' Gwen uses "Holly Golightly" as an alias for the hotel register,  something Catherine Zeta'),
('47289','Jones (qv) has wanted to do for real for  years.'),
('47290',' Billy Crystal (qv) had written the part of Eddie for himself years  ago, but director Joe Roth persuaded Crystal to take on the role of  Lee the publicist, as he felt Crystal was too old to play the part  by then.'),
('47291',' Of all the films he had directed, this one was Elia Kazan (qv)s  favorite film, as it was very personal to him.'),
('47292',' Aired live and commercial'),
('47293','free on Friday, September 21, 2001  simultaneously on more than 30 networks.'),
('47294',' For security reasons, the exact locations where the telethon was  being broadcast were not revealed. Only the cities (New York, Los  Angeles.) After 2 hours on the air the telethon raised more than  $200 million dollars.'),
('47295',' One of the first IMAX films. Made for the Marriott Hotels theme  parks.'),
('47296',' Jack Albertsons last film.'),
('47297',' This gay hardcore film was shot simultaneously with the straight  hardcore film "Sherlick Holmes".'),
('47298',' When the alarm goes off: "What did your father teach you?", Curtis  has to answer "My father taught me to kill the sunflower," which was  something Cory McAbee (qv) once mistakenly thought someone said to  him.'),
('47299',' The costumes for the women of Venus were made from shower curtains.'),
('47300',' According to the DVD directors commentary, moviegoers would come up  to Cory McAbee during film festivals and ask where he got the Old  Man to recite the "donut" joke, not realizing it was  Tom Aldredge (qv).'),
('47301',' Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on June 11,  1984.'),
('47302',' The tribute to Bill Haley (I) (qv) featured footage of Haley taken  from two different performances on Bandstand.'),
('47303',' Kevin Spacey (I) (qv) and Annette Bening (qv) were both the  first choices of Sam Mendes (qv) for the roles of Lester and  Carolyn although the role of Lester Burnham was originally offered  to Chevy Chase (qv) and Tom Hanks (qv) (who later starred in  Mendess follow'),
('47304','up project _Road to Perdition (2002)_ (qv)).'),
('47305',' The role of Angela Hayes was offered to Kirsten Dunst (qv), who  turned it down.'),
('47306',' Gilliam, Terry (qv) turned down the chance to direct the film.'),
('47307',' Jeff Daniels (I) (qv) was also considered for the role of Lester  Burnham.'),
('47308',' The Smiley fast food restaurant is actually a Carls Jr.'),
('47309',' The Spartanettes dance routine was choreographed by singer  Abdul, Paula (qv).'),
('47310',' Wes Bentley (qv) smoked honey tobacco with Kevin Spacey (I) (qv)  for the pot'),
('47311','smoking scenes.'),
('47312',' This film has been described as "Death of a Salesman" for the  nineties. Early in the film, Carolyn mentions that "the Lomans" just  moved out of the house next door.'),
('47313',' The last name of Suvari, Mena (qv)s character, Angela Hayes, is  probably a reference to the last name of Lolita Haze, from the  Vladimir Nabokov novel "Lolita."'),
('47314',' Lester Burnham, a middle'),
('47315','aged man who develops an infatuation with  an adolescent girl, is an update of Humbert Humbert from the classic  novel Lolita. "Lester Burnham" is an anagram for "Humbert learns."'),
('47316',' Like his earlier film, _Usual Suspects, The (1995)_ (qv), this film  ends with a Kevin Spacey (I) (qv) voice'),
('47317','over, with the screen  fading to black before he speaks the final words. ("You will  someday" in this film; "Hes gone" in  _Usual Suspects, The (1995)_ (qv)).'),
('47318',' Lester gives his work phone number as 555'),
('47319','0199. This was also the  phone number Al Pacino (qv) leaves on Russell Crowe (I) (qv)s  answering machine in the beginning of _Insider, The (1999)_ (qv),  released the same year. This was also Agent Fox Mulders phone  number during the third season of _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv).'),
('47320',' The self'),
('47321','help tapes that Carolyn listens to are made by a "Dr. Alan  Ball." Alan Ball (I) (qv) is the films screenwriter.'),
('47322',' The end credits extend special thanks to "Dr. Bill & Alice." This is  a reference to _Eyes Wide Shut (1999)_ (qv), whose female lead,  Kidman, Nicole (qv), appeared on stage in The Blue Room, also  directed by Mendes, Sam (qv).'),
('47323',' In Lesters cubicle we see a small movie poster for  _Usual Suspects, The (1995)_ (qv).'),
('47324',' The area codes in Janes phone book are 312, which is the area code  for Chicago. The paper in the Burnhams kitchen appears to be the  Chicago Sun'),
('47325','Times. Also, the lawn signs for both Carolyn and Buddy  have phone numbers with an (847) area code. The (847) area code  serves the northern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. However, the  license plates in the film are not Illinois plates, and the  filmmakers made an effort to avoid any specificity in the locale, in  favor of a more generic setting.'),
('47326',' The tagline and important theme of the film '),
('47327',' "Look closer" '),
('47328',' can be  seen in Lesters cubicle at work. It was simply something a set  dresser had put in, and director Sam Mendes (qv) noticed it while  editing and suggested it be used for the poster.'),
('47329',' The title of the film refers to a breed of roses that while pretty  and appealing in appearance, is often prone to rot underneath at the  roots and branches of the plant. Thus the tag line look closer  tells the viewer when they look beyond the perfect suburban life  they will find something rancid at the root'),
('47330',' DIRCAMEO(Sam Mendes (qv)): Near the end of the film, when Ricky  opens the kitchen door to discover Lester, the hand opening the door  (to reveal the blood on the table) is that of director  Sam Mendes (qv).'),
('47331',' The video for "Cancer For The Cure" by Eels can be seen on a  television Jane and Angela are watching.'),
('47332',' Executive Producer Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) personally  recommended Sam Mendes (qv) to direct this film.'),
('47333',' Director Sam Mendes (qv) personally filmed the pivotal POV shot of  Rickys camera when he zooms past the figure of Angela to "look  closer" at Janes smiling reflection in the mirror.'),
('47334',' Though the film appears to be set in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois,  the aerial shots over the town were filmed above Sacramento,  California. The crew originally wanted to use San Jose, California,  for the shot, but its police department wouldnt allow their  helicopter to fly below 300 feet due to noise disturbance; the crew  had hoped for a 100'),
('47335','ft height. However, the same 300'),
('47336','ft height limit  was imposed in Sacramento as well.'),
('47337',' DIRTRADE(Sam Mendes (qv)): Water marks the event of a death'),
('47338',' The helicopter shot at the beginning of the movie was originally for  a flying sequence where Lester floats over the houses and then down  onto his bed.'),
('47339',' The high school campus scenes, including the Spartanette dance  sequence in the gymnasium, were shot at South High School in  Torrance, California.'),
('47340',' The original script was topped and tailed with scenes of Ricky and  Jane in jail and on trial, and other events surrounding their  arrest.'),
('47341',' The scene where Lester is putting in an application for the counter  job at Smiley Burger was actually shot at night, but it was later  fixed to look like day. Notice that neither Lester nor the burger  kid have shadows on their faces from the sun.'),
('47342',' The bartender at the restaurant where Ricky works is producer  Bruce Cohen (qv).'),
('47343',' The childhood pictures of Thora Birch (qv) (one of her in a  tuxedo'),
('47344','like outfit) previously appeared in  _Patriot Games (1992)_ (qv).'),
('47345',' In the original version of the script, there was a separate story  that included Frank Fitts (Chris Cooper (I) (qv)) having a gay  lover who dies in Vietnam.'),
('47346',' Alan Ball (I) (qv) originally intended to write a script about  Amy Fisher (II) (qv), the "Long Island Lolita" who shot lover  Joey Buttafuoco (qv)s wife Mary Jo Buttafuoco (qv) in 1992; but  each successive draft of the script drifted farther away from that  story, until it essentially disappeared.'),
('47347',' Director Sam Mendes (qv) storyboarded extensively, based on his  plan to use three visual styles '),
('47348',' a very formal style for the bulk  of the film, augmented by a more graceful style for the fantasy  scenes and a handheld look for the video footage.'),
('47349',' The first day'),
('47350','and'),
('47351','a'),
('47352','half of filming '),
('47353',' including Carolyns open house  scene '),
('47354',' had to be thrown out after the film turned out too dark,  making Annette Bening (qv) almost impossible to see; director  Sam Mendes (qv) and cinematographer Conrad L. Hall (qv)  concluded the problem had been their overly polite relations, and  agreed to be more open with one another.'),
('47355',' Sam Mendes (qv) designed the two girls look to change over the  course of the film, with Thora Birch (qv) gradually using less  makeup and Mena Suvari (qv) gradually using more, to emphasize his  view of their shifting perceptions of themselves.'),
('47356',' After the film was complete, director Sam Mendes (qv) and editor  Tariq Anwar (qv) decided to scrap a short fantasy opening and the  lengthy epilogue in which Jane and Ricky are tried for Lesters  murder, choosing instead to increase the three teens screen time  throughout the film; many of the cast and crew were caught  completely by surprise when they saw the finished film.'),
('47357',' Chris Cooper (I) (qv) was the last actor cast '),
('47358',' virtually when  rehearsals were beginning. When he first read the script, he found  the character infuriating, thinking: "God, do I want to spend so  much time in this characters head?" He remembers, "Then I started  making excuses... I said, this is such a negative script, I dont  like this and that." His wife finally told him he was "frightened of  this script and chances are because youre frightened you should do  this part"; his response was that he "knew, really immediately, that  she was right."'),
('47359',' Wes Bentley (qv) was the first actor to read for the part of  Ricky, and was asked to do the scene where he describes his reaction  to the plastic bag; the casting director felt that although she had  read that scene numerous times, his reading was the first time she  felt she understood the meaning of it.'),
('47360',' In the script, Lester was supposed to go ahead and have sex with  Angela, but it was decided that it would be better to have him stop  just short of doing so '),
('47361',' in spite of the filmmakers concerns that  they might be making the change out of uneasiness with having the  main character actually go that far.'),
('47362',' Another version of the script involved Ricky and Jane being arrested  and convicted for the murder of Lester. The main evidence is the  video Ricky made of Jane offering him $3,000 to kill her father,  which we, the viewers, find out was a joke immediately after Ricki  turns off the camera, one second too late for the defense. It also  involves Mrs. Fitts finding her husbands bloody clothes, and hiding  them immediately after.'),
('47363',' According to his Oscar speech, Alan Ball (I) (qv) was sitting at  the World Trade Center plaza when he saw a paper bag floating in the  wind and was inspired by it to write the film.'),
('47364',' The hand and stomach on the films poster do not belong to  Mena Suvari (qv), but are in fact those of actress/model  Chloe Hunter (qv).'),
('47365',' Kevin Spacey (I) (qv) improvised everything he does in the car  while his character is stoned and singing to "American Woman".'),
('47366',' Alan Ball (I) (qv) originally began writing American Beauty as a  play.'),
('47367',' Jake Gyllenhaal (qv) auditioned for the role of Ricky Fitts.'),
('47368',' The shot where Annette Bening (qv) screams after her failure to  sell the house was done in one take.'),
('47369',' There is a poster for metal band Orgys first album "Candyass" on  the wall in Janes bedroom.'),
('47370',' In the original script Lester enjoyed country music, much to the  annoyance of Jane and Carolyn.'),
('47371',' SPOILER: When the funeral caravan passes by Jane and Ricky, he tells  her that looking at a dead homeless person was like God staring at  him, and he could stare right back. At the end of the film, when he  sees Lester bloodsoaked, he momentarily stares into Lesters eyes,  asphyxiated as if looking at God.'),
('47372',' The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All  Time" by Premiere.'),
('47373',' Carolyn (Annette Bening (qv)) listens to songs by  Bobby Darin (qv), whom Lester (Kevin Spacey (qv)) confuses with  Lawrence Welk (qv). Spacey is in fact a big fan of Darin, to the  point of having written, directed and starred in _Beyond The Sea  (2004)_, a biopic about the singer.'),
('47374',' This making'),
('47375','of is featured on the DVD for  _American Beauty (1999)_ (qv).'),
('47376',' The play opened in New York on 16 February 1977 and had 122  performances. Robert Duvall (I) (qv) played Teach,  Kenneth McMillan (qv) played Don and John Savage (I) (qv) played  Bobby. Al Pacino (qv) also played Teach from 1981'),
('47377','1984.'),
('47378',' Michael Corrente was offered the job of directing after meeting  producer Gregory Mosher at a screening of Correntes "Federal Hill."  He told Mosher, the director of the original stage production, "This  wont mean anything to Mamet, bout could you tell him that Federal  Hill never would have happened if I hadnt seen Buffalo onstage  when I was a kid?" Mosher then suggested that Corrente direct the  film adaptation.'),
('47379',' In 2000 the Los Angeles District Attorney prosecuted the makers of  this film under the Child Pornography Prevention Act, saying that  its depiction of underage teenagers, even though the actresses  playing them were over 18, violated the Act. The case was dismissed  when the US Supreme Court declared the Child Pornography Prevention  Act unconstitutional in that it was too vaguely and broadly written.'),
('47380',' The New York Times reported that many of the events in the film are  created by the directors.'),
('47381',' Irving and his crew were threatened by camera'),
('47382','shy inmates during  production. At one point he and his crew found themselves surrounded  by scores of inmates during the officers shift change. Out inmate  pulled out what appeared like a weapon. With no officers in sight,  they made a hasty exit from the prisoners barracks.'),
('47383',' This show pre'),
('47384','dated "Star Search with Ed McMann" and the current hit  show "American Idol" by several years. It was produced as a PBS  Special and acted as the pilot used to shop the idea...'),
('47385',' Uses flashbacks from Libins neo'),
('47386','noir thriller  _Distribution of Lead, The (1988)_ (qv) first feature shot by  cinematographer Paul Cameron, ASC.'),
('47387',' The film was conceived by Blevins and David in 2003.'),
('47388',' Based on a true story that happened in Indiana in 1965.'),
('47389',' The film is based largely on actual court transcripts from the case.'),
('47390',' Ellen Page was the only choice to play Sylvia Likens.'),
('47391',' Catherine Keener originally turned down the role of Gertrude  Baniszewski, however after she couldnt get the story out of her  head she met with director Tommy OHavor and agreed to do the film.'),
('47392',' Most of the cast were completely unaware of the real Likens murder  until after they read the script.'),
('47393',' Released theatrically in USA with _Fever Pitch (2005)_ (qv).'),
('47394',' One of The Living Book of Nature animal documentary series.'),
('47395',' In Argentina, this film was released straight to video as "Black  Rain 2", a sequel of _Black Rain (1989/I)_ (qv).'),
('47396',' Mandy Moore (II) (qv) was Paul Weitz (qv)s only choice for the  role of Sally Kendoo.'),
('47397',' The interior White House scenes were shot on the set of  _"West Wing, The" (1999)_ (qv).'),
('47398',' Writer/director Paul Weitz (qv) claims that he wrote the original  draft of the _American Dreamz (2006)_ (qv) script before he had ever  watched an episode of  _"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)_ (qv).'),
('47399',' Originally made by Paramount but sold to United Artists for release.'),
('47400',' Biograph production number 63.'),
('47401',' Taped on 28 February 1980; the event was edited for television.'),
('47402',' Muzzins nickname is "The Cannibal". "The Cannibal" was also the  nickname of the real life five'),
('47403','time Tour De France champion  Eddie Merckx (qv) who also appears in the film.'),
('47404',' When the cyclists are racing at "Monumental National Park" (actually  Colorado National Monument, west of Grand Junction, Colorado) one of  the cyclists (an extra) falls off and goes over the edge. He  actually went over a drop off that was about 1,000 feet, and was  only saved from major injuries when a small tree snagged his bike.'),
('47405',' SPOILER: Finishing by running across the line (as Dave did) is  actually legal, according to the UCI (Union Cycliste  Internationale), the international governing body of cycling. Rule  1.2.109 states that "a rider may cross the finish line on foot,  provided that he has his bicycle with him". However, since this  event was a stage race and the crash occurred within 3 km of the  finish, current (as of 2005) rules would have awarded Dave the same  time as the rider he crashed with, and he would have made the cutoff  regardless.'),
('47406',' The team that Muzzin rode for in the film, 7'),
('47407','Eleven was a real  team that competed in the Tour de France in the late 1980s and  early'),
('47408','90s. This team became the Motorola Team when the team changed  sponsor. This was the team that Lance Armstong raced with before he  contracted cancer.'),
('47409',' Michael Palin (qv) says that the plot was taken from a real'),
('47410','life  incident involving his great'),
('47411','grandfather.'),
('47412',' The last feature film of Wensley Pithey.'),
('47413',' Jean'),
('47414','Daniel Lafond could not get permission to bring a camera crew  into Iran and did some of the camera work himself.'),
('47415',' Antoine Fuqua (qv) was originally set to direct this project in  2004 with Denzel Washington (qv) and Benicio Del Toro (qv)  starring, but production was halted one month before shooting after  Universal Pictures canceled the film over budget concerns.'),
('47416',' Dania Ramirez (qv) was originally cast in the film when  Antoine Fuqua (qv) was still directing the production.'),
('47417',' After Terry George (I) (qv)s screenplay was turned down,  Steven Zaillian (qv) was re'),
('47418','hired to write another draft of his  own screenplay.'),
('47419',' The real Richie Roberts and Frank Lucas were major consultants to  director Ridley Scott (qv) on the New York set of this film.'),
('47420',' When Terry George (I) (qv) was set to direct the film with  Don Cheadle (qv) in the leading role, Joaquin Phoenix (qv) was a  definite consideration for the role of Richie Roberts. Phoenix  previously co'),
('47421','starred with Russell Crowe (qv) in  _Gladiator (2000)_ (qv), which was also directed by  Ridley Scott (qv).'),
('47422',' Russell Crowe (qv) requested tape recordings of Richie Roberts  speaking in order to match his voice mannerisms accurately.'),
('47423',' During the very first stages of production, this film had a number  of different titles, such as "Tru Blu" and "The Return of Superfly".'),
('47424',' Screenwriter Terry George (I) (qv) was brought on to rewrite the  script in order to downsize the projects budget to $50 million when  it was first revitalized in March 2005. George had planned on  reuniting with his _Hotel Rwanda (2004)_ (qv) lead,  Don Cheadle (qv), to portray Frank Lucas, the Harlem heroin  kingpin.'),
('47425',' When director Antoine Fuqua (qv) was attached to the project, he  pursued Ray Liotta (qv) and John C. Reilly (I) (qv) for  supporting roles. This was one of many budget'),
('47426','related concerns that  lead to Universals cancellation of this production while it was  under Fuquas management.'),
('47427',' When this project was canceled by Universal, actors  Denzel Washington (qv) and Benicio Del Toro (qv) received their  salaries nonetheless. A pay'),
('47428','or'),
('47429','play deal was stipulated in both of  their contracts that Universal would pay Washington $20 million and  Del Toro $5 million regardless of whether the film was made or not.  When this project was green'),
('47430','lit a second time by Universal,  Washington received another $20 million, ultimately pocketing $40  million on this motion picture.'),
('47431',' Denzel Washington (qv) spent time with Frank Lucas, his real'),
('47432','life  alter ego in this film. As a sign of gratitude, Washington bought  Lucas a Rolls'),
('47433','Royce after filming wrapped.'),
('47434',' While filming on'),
('47435','location in the Chiang Mai province of Thailand,  Ridley Scott (qv) hired many extras from the local villages, some  of whom were actual participants in the drug'),
('47436','running operation of  Frank Lucas during the Vietnam War.'),
('47437',' Director Ridley Scott (qv) had read the first draft of  Steven Zaillian (qv)s screenplay before filming  _Kingdom of Heaven (2005)_ (qv) and instantly became interested in  directing it. While filming his next feature,  _Good Year, A (2006)_ (qv), Scott and Russell Crowe (qv)  extensively discussed the project, which ultimately led to them  signing on.'),
('47438',' This documentary is available in The Mob Box Set released by Sony  Pictures.'),
('47439',' Reeve, Christopher (qv) supposedly was offered $1 million to play  the lead and turned it down.'),
('47440',' John Travolta (qv) turned down the lead role (which went to  Richard Gere (qv)). Reportedly, one of the reasons Travolta turned  it down was because he wanted final cut and director  Paul Schrader (I) (qv) would not give it to him. See also  _Officer and a Gentleman, An (1982)_ (qv).'),
('47441',' Julie Christie (I) (qv) originally was to play the role of the  politicians wife when Richard Gere (qv) was attached to the  project, but she backed out when Gere was replaced by  John Travolta (qv). Travolta later dropped out and Gere was hired  for the film, but Christie was not offered the role that was  eventually played by Lauren Hutton (qv).'),
('47442',' License plate on John Milners car is "THX'),
('47443','138".  _THX 1138 (1971)_ (qv) is a film also directed by  George Lucas (qv). This number plate is on display inside The  Main House of LucasFilms Head Office at Skywalker Ranch in Marin  County.'),
('47444',' Harrison Ford (I) (qv) was asked to cut his hair for the film. He  refused, stating that his role was too short, and offered to wear a  hat instead.'),
('47445',' The 55 Chevy Bob Falfa drove is the same 55 Chevy used in the  movie _Two'),
('47446','Lane Blacktop (1971)_ (qv).'),
('47447',' They actually used 3 1955 Chevrolets in the film: the "hot rod"  version that is seen the most, a car for interior camera shots, and  one for the rollover after the drag race. Both the "hot rod" 55 and  the 1932 Ford coupe were bought from the studio by an individual in  Overland Park, Kansas in the mid'),
('47448','1980s who restored them back to  their movie appearance.'),
('47449',' When Charles Martin Smith (qv) pulls up on the Vespa in the  beginning, his crash into the building wasnt scripted. He genuinely  lost control of the bike, and Lucas kept the cameras rolling.'),
('47450',' The Ford Coupe driven by Paul Le Mat (qv)s character had a 1966  Chevrolet 327 cu.in. engine. The black 1955 Chevy driven by  Harrison Ford (I) (qv) had a Chevrolet 454 cu.in. engine capable  of doing 11'),
('47451','second quarter'),
('47452','mile times.'),
('47453',' The owner of the Thunderbird was never more than a few feet away  from his prized possession during filming, and was always wiping  here and shining there. He also drove Suzanne Somers (qv) crazy  telling her what to do and what not to do.'),
('47454',' Cindy Williams (qv) originally wanted to play Carol, and was even  willing to have braces put on her teeth for better effect.'),
('47455',' During the sequence in which John and Carol smeared shaving cream on  the 1960 Cadillac and deflated the tires, Paul Le Mat (qv)  actually jumped onto and over the car during each take, and  George Lucas (qv) became concerned that Le Mats boots would put  dents in the hood and trunk.'),
('47456',' The Mels Drive'),
('47457','in restaurant in the movie had been closed and was  reopened specifically for filming. It was demolished after the movie  was completed.'),
('47458',' About 300 pre'),
('47459','1962 cars were needed to create the cruising scenes,  and over a thousand car buffs who responded to ads in the local  newspapers were interviewed.'),
('47460',' Filmed in 29 days.'),
('47461',' The entire sock hop sequence was filmed in one day.'),
('47462',' As the plane takes off in the final scene, a Drive'),
('47463','in Movie screen  can be seen in the distance. This was the original screen at the  Solano Drive'),
('47464','in, which operated until the fall of 2004.'),
('47465',' Ron Howard (qv) acted with Kathleen Quinlan (qv) in one scene,  and 22 years later directed her in _Apollo 13 (1995)_ (qv).'),
('47466',' The scene after the drag race in which John admits to Terry that he  was losing when Falfas car lost control and rolled was improvised  by Paul Le Mat (qv) and Charles Martin Smith (qv). They had not  had time to prepare for that scene, as it had been scheduled to be  shot at another time.'),
('47467',' The scene in which Steve assures Laurie he is staying in town and  not going with Curt was shot in one take. Ron Howard (qv) and  Cindy Williams (qv) had already been released from shooting and  were in their street clothes when they were told to put their  costumes back on so they could shoot that scene.'),
('47468',' The scene at the liquor store in which Terry asks Debbie for money  was shot in one take. Candy Clark (qv) wanted to do a second take  because she flubbed her "Did you get it?" line, but Lucas said that  was it, they were printing that first take.'),
('47469',' Two cameras were used simultaneously in scenes involving  conversations between actors in different cars. This resulted in  significant production time savings.'),
('47470',' The Douglas DC'),
('47471','7 airplane, shown at the end of the movie was  previously owned by the rock group Grand Funk Railroad.'),
('47472',' This film is Kathleen Quinlan (qv)s first credited screen  appearance. She plays Peggy, a girl who comforts Laurie, who just  broke up with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend is Ron Howard (qv),  director of _Apollo 13 (1995)_ (qv), in which Quinlan starred.'),
('47473',' The number 327 appears quite often in Lucas movies. Here it is  printed on the side of an engine. See also: _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv),  _Star Wars: Episode V '),
('47474',' The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv), and  _Star Wars: Episode I '),
('47475',' The Phantom Menace (1999)_ (qv).'),
('47476',' There is a rumor that while George Lucas (qv) and a co'),
('47477','worker were  editing the film, the co'),
('47478','worker asked Lucas for "reel two, dialogue  two", which abbreviated to R2'),
('47479','D2, a name which surfaced in Lucas  later film, _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('47480',' Screenwriters Willard Huyck (qv) and Gloria Katz (qv) wanted an  additional title card at the end detailing the fates of the women,  but Lucas refused, arguing it would prolong the ending.'),
('47481',' The soundtrack was originally to consist of some 80 classic rock and  roll songs from the 1950s and 60s, but the budget couldnt stretch  far enough to get licenses to afford that many. It was eventually  whittled down to 45, with the Elvis Presley (qv) songs left out.'),
('47482',' Filming was beset by a series of misfortunes and disasters. The day  before filming was due to start a key member of the crew was  arrested for growing marijuana. On the first night of shooting it  took so long to get the cameras mounted onto the cars that filming  didnt get started until 2 a.m., putting the crew half a night  behind schedule before theyd even started. Most of the outdoor  footage was to be shot in San Rafael. After the first night of  shooting the city revoked the crews filming permit due to  complaints from a bar owner that their blocking off of the main  street was costing him business. Filming proceeded in San Rafael for  three more nights, then moved to Petaluma, 20 miles away. On the  second night of shooting a fire in a nearby restaurant brought fire  trucks into the area, their sirens and the resulting traffic jam  preventing any filming. During the filming of Milners deuce coupe,  assistant cameraman Barney Colangelo (qv) slipped off the trailer  of the camera truck and was run over, suffering minor injuries.  Paul Le Mat (qv) also ended up being rushed to hospital after  suffering an allergic reaction to the walnuts in the Waldorf salad  he had at dinner. Another night LeMat threw Richard Dreyfuss (qv)  into a swimming pool, gashing his forehead on the day before he was  due to have his close'),
('47483','ups filmed. Dreyfuss also had wardrobe  complaints '),
('47484',' he refused to wear the loud Bermuda shorts and shirt  Lucas had chosen for his character. During the filming of the drag  race between Milner (LeMat) and Falfa (Ford), the cars axle broke  and was replaced. On the second try, the replacement axle broke. On  the next try the car failed to veer off the road as planned,  narrowly missing two cameramen lying on the road.'),
('47485',' Shot almost exclusively at night.'),
('47486',' The film was shot in sequence, so as filming went on and the actors  grew tired from the shooting schedule, the characters they played  would also look more and more tired as the night went on.'),
('47487',' The film was previewed before an audience of young people in  Northpoint Theater, San Francisco, on a Sunday morning with  Universal Studios rep Ned Tanen (qv) in attendance. In a story  that is now legendary in Hollywood, Tanan was not impressed with the  film, despite a good audience reaction, and called it  "unreleasable". Francis Ford Coppola (qv), enraged at the comment,  offered to buy the film from Universal (some stories claim he  offered to write the check then and there) while the exhausted,  burned'),
('47488','out and ill George Lucas (qv) watched in shock. A  compromise was finally reached whereby Universal could "suggest"  modifications to the movie, a resolution Lucas was not happy with,  as it took control of the film away from him.'),
('47489',' The three scenes that were added to the 1978 re'),
('47490','release were cut  from the original release as a result of the compromise with  Universal Studios. George Lucas (qv) put them back in after  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) was released.'),
('47491',' The TV show that Curt is watching through the store windows while he  sings along with The Platters (qv) song The Great Pretender  is _"Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, The" (1952)_ (qv)'),
('47492',' The films budget was exactly $777,777.77, and it was delivered on  time '),
('47493',' and on budget.'),
('47494',' When John and Carol are sitting at the red light, the car full of  girls pulls up next to them, one of the girls throws a water balloon  through the window and it hits Carol (Mackenzie Phillips (qv)). It  was scripted to hit the side window and drench Phillips face, who  was then supposed to act really angry. However, she was accidentally  hit square in the face and unable to refrain from laughing. Still,  she kept going, ad'),
('47495','libbed through the scene and Lucas kept it, as he  did with many presumably garbled first takes in this movie.'),
('47496',' Dissatisfied with the name "American Graffiti", producers  Francis Ford Coppola (qv) and Ned Tanen (qv) suggested that  George Lucas (qv) retitle it "Another Slow Night in Modesto" or  "Rock Around the Block".'),
('47497',' After the success of _Easy Rider (1969)_ (qv), Universal Studios hit  upon the idea to let young filmmakers make "semi'),
('47498','independent" films  for low budgets in hopes of generating similar profits. The idea was  to make five movies for low budgets (one million dollars or less),  not interfere in the filmmaking process, and give the directors  final cut. The other movies were: _Hired Hand, The (1971)_ (qv),  _Last Movie, The (1971)_ (qv), _Taking Off (1971)_ (qv), and  _Silent Running (1972)_ (qv).'),
('47499',' Wolfman Jack (qv), who played himself in the movie, was  specifically chosen by George Lucas (qv) to play a role in the  movie because Lucas remembered listening to him on the radio when  Lucas was in high school.'),
('47500',' Wolfman Jack (qv)s line, "Sticky little mothers, aint they,"  when giving Richard Dreyfuss (qv) a Popsicle, was improvised.'),
('47501',' Re'),
('47502','released as a double feature with _Sting, The (1973)_ (qv).'),
('47503',' When the rear wheels/axle of Holsteins police car get yanked out by  the cable, there is a movie theater in the background. The movie  listed on the marquee is Francis Ford Coppolas  _Dementia 13 (1963)_ (qv).'),
('47504',' One of the main reasons why so many studios initially turned down  the script was because George Lucas (qv) wanted at least 40 songs  on the soundtrack, which would obviously lead to a large bill over  the rights to these songs. Universal finally agreed to fund the  picture when Lucas friend Francis Ford Coppola (qv) (fresh from  the success of "The Godfather" the year before) came on board as  producer.'),
('47505',' When Curt is riding with the Pharaohs, we hear Wolfman Jack talking  to "Floyd" and saying “Floyd, I cannot look on thee. Love took my  hand, and smiling did reply: Who made the eyes but I?" This is a  quote from the poem "Love Bade Me Welcome" by the Welsh metaphysical  poet George Herbert (1593'),
('47506','1633) (the poem says "Ah my dear, I cannot  look on thee").  When Curt is riding with the Pharaohs, we hear Wolfman Jack  reciting, as if it was a poem, "There stood a log cabin made of  earth and wood, where lived a country boy . . . ." The words are  from "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry (qv).'),
('47507',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #62 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('47508',' James Coburn (qv)s last film.'),
('47509',' Paula OHara (qv) (Jasmine) was the real'),
('47510','life wife of  James Coburn (qv) (Martin Tillman).'),
('47511',' While shooting scenes with Forest Whitaker (qv) and  Garcelle Beauvais'),
('47512','Nilon (qv) in an LA neighborhood, the arrival of  Britney Spears (qv) halted production. She was visiting a friend  in the house next door, trailed by several shouting paparazzi  photographers.'),
('47513',' The central idea for the film came from an article in the L.A.  Times. In addition, the writers were influenced by a friend, who  related stories about how students from a Chicago school district  brought guns to school, not to use them inside, but because of the  dangerous neighborhoods they live in or walk through every day.'),
('47514',' The movie is actually based on a true story. Andrew Jackson is  quoted as saying, "I would rather take on the entire English Fleet  than stay one night at the Bell House." He later formed a group of  men to test the rumors of the Bell haunting. Their findings are  documented in M. V. Ingrams 1894 book, An Authenticated History of  The Famous Bell Witch. This movie was based on the book by Brent  Monahan,The Bell Witch: An American Haunting the Famous Bell Witch.'),
('47515',' During filming, a tarp accidentally came loose and blew into a power  line, resulting in a power outage to an entire apartment block.'),
('47516',' The apartment building Jack Kelson and his son lived in was  presented as Queen Anne Hill in the movie. In actuality, the movie  was filmed in an apartment building on Capitol Hill in Seattle, on  the 1700 block of Summit Avenue North'),
('47517',' Jeff Bridges (I) (qv) favorite film of his own.'),
('47518',' The story is based on the relationship between a young runaway in  the 1980s named Dewayne and his father who was incarcerated for  robbery and attempted arson. They can both be seen in the 1984  documentary, Streetwise, which focuses on several of Seattles  runaway youth in the 1980s. Dewayne committed suicide at the age of  14. The story was later developed by Peter Silverman. Martin Bell,  Mary Ellen Mark. Then, Silverman and Bell wrote the screenplay.'),
('47519',' Eddie Bunker was hired as an on'),
('47520','set adviser for Jeff Bridges.'),
('47521',' The negative was severely damaged during the cutting process, so  insurance deemed the project a total loss.'),
('47522',' This title is featured on the 3'),
('47523','disc DVD for  _Windtalkers (2002)_ (qv), released in May 2003.'),
('47524',' Edward Norton (I) (qv) was said to have re'),
('47525','edited the film to  lengthen his screen time. Director Tony Kaye (I) (qv) then  attempted to get his name removed but violated a Directors Guild of  America rule that states that directors that use pseudonyms (such as  "Alan Smithee (qv)") must not talk about why they had their name  removed '),
('47526',' which Tony Kaye had done in ads in Variety. Kaye sued the  DGA and New Line Cinema for $200 million stating that the DGA rule  violated his first amendment rights.'),
('47527',' Seth wears a shirt during the basketball game featuring the number  88. This is a naziskin code for HH, or "Heil Hitler," H being the  8th letter of the alphabet. It also refers to a set of 88 precepts  written by the neo'),
('47528','nazi leader David Lane. The 88 precepts are rules  and concepts that all White Supremacists lived by.'),
('47529',' The punk band Anti'),
('47530','Heroes sued New Line Cinema over a characters  tattoo featuring the band. The band did not want to be associated  with Nazis, even fictional ones, in any way. The band went on to  record a song called "NLC" that debases the film studio.'),
('47531',' Edward Norton (I) (qv) gained 30 pounds of muscle for his role.'),
('47532',' According to the book Cinematic Century, Tony Kaye (I) (qv)s  lawsuit against the studio over the use of his name in the credits  was for $275 million.'),
('47533',' This film uses the word "fuck" 205 times.'),
('47534',' The diner that Danny and Derek get breakfast before Danny goes to  school in the morning is the same diner that is used in  _Big Lebowski, The (1998)_ (qv).'),
('47535',' SPOILER: The scripts conclusion had Derek shaving his head in the  bathroom of the school, transforming back into a naziskin after the  death of his brother. However, this was never filmed and dropped  from subsequent re'),
('47536','writes of the screenplay.'),
('47537',' The quotation that concludes Dannys paper is from the closing words  of Abraham Lincoln (I) (qv)s first Inaugural Address in 1861.'),
('47538',' Director Tony Kaye (I) (qv) wanted his credit to read "Humpty  Dumpty" according to Entertainment Weekly.'),
('47539',' The café that Edward Norton and his brother eat at is on Wilshire  and Fairfax in Los Angeles. The café is actually Johnnys, which is  only open for filming.'),
('47540',' The character of Cameron Alexander is based on Tom Metzger, leader  of the White Aryan Resistance (WAR), an extremist white supremacy  group based in southern California.'),
('47541',' In the midst of the dispute about the time he was taking to edit the  film, Director Tony Kaye (I) (qv) attended a meeting with  Michael De Luca (qv) (then New Lines senior product president).  Kaye arranged for a Rabbi, a Catholic priest and a Buddhist monk to  be present at the meeting to support his argument and "make the  meeting a more spiritual one".'),
('47542',' During a TV interview at the time just after this film was released,  Chuck Berry (qv) said he handled his own wardrobe, and it was all  authentic. He still had an entire closet full of the suits he wore  while touring during the time frame portrayed in the film, so what  he wears in the film is what he wore on stage during the 1950s.'),
('47543',' Carole King (qv) was the inspiration for the character "Teenage  Louise".'),
('47544',' In order to help promote the film, a syndicated, half hour musical  variety special was shot called "Thank You Rock and Roll".'),
('47545',' The film makes didnt own a video camera or a computer to edit on  when the started production. The borrowed the camera, a Canon XL1,  and had enough money to by a tower but did have money for a monitor.  They found one in Steven Judd (qv)s roommates closet from a  computer he had back in 1989. The screen was blury, but was suitable  to use to edit on.'),
('47546',' Although the budget was listed at $6,000, there was no budget.  Steven Judd sold a Jim Thorpe football card on eBay for $700 and he  did a medical experiment that paid $1,800. That was the starting  budget, anything that came up was paid for as was need. The two most  expensive one'),
('47547','time payments were the computer tower ($1,000) and an  original score ($2,000). Once the movie was edited, the total cost  were added up including computer and score and it totaled around  $6,000.'),
('47548',' Walter Huston (qv) (on loan from MGM) worked 4 weeks and 6 days on  this production. Louis B. Mayer (qv) exercised a provision in his  1931 contract extending it for his participation in this film.'),
('47549',' According to _"60 Minutes" (1968)_ (qv), three people who acted as  consultants on this film were later murdered because of the  depiction of a homosexual rape scene that reportedly deeply offended  the Mexican Mafias machismo.'),
('47550',' Olmos, Edward James (qv) was issued a permit to carry a concealed  weapon by the Los Angeles Police Dept. because of the many death  threats he received from Mexican Mafia members. Before filming  began, they were under the impression that the movie was to be a  favorable portrait of their organization, and were angered when the  film emphasized their criminal activities.'),
('47551',' The characters of Santana (Olmos), J.D. (Forsythe) and Mundo (Serna)  are based on real'),
('47552','life Mexican Mafia leaders Rudy "Cheyenne" Cadena,  Joe "Pegleg" Morgan and Roberto "Robot" Salas.'),
('47553',' Two of the most dangerous street gangs of East L.A., Il Grande  Hazard and MC Forceros, called a truce to allow director  Edward James Olmos (qv) to shoot the movie on their turfs.'),
('47554',' In the prison parts of the movie, Olmos managed to get on screen  real'),
('47555','life gang members from the Bloods and Crips, Aryan Brotherhood,  Nazi Lowriders, Hells Angels, 18th Street, White Fence, La Colonia  de Watts, Dogtown, East Side Clover and the infamous Black Guerilla  Family.'),
('47556',' The enforcer leader of the Aryan Brotherhood during the killing  spree in Compton is played by legendary biker'),
('47557','movie star William  Smith.'),
('47558',' Rudy "Cheyenne" Cadena was not killed by his own gang as shown in  the movie. In reality, he was killed by the Nuestra Familia, the  rivals of the Mexican Mafia. As a result of this murder, the Mexican  Mafia formed an alliance with the Aryan Brotherhood in 1972, and the  Nuestra Familia formed an alliance with the Black Guerilla Family.'),
('47559',' Although it may seem like one trip, it actually took Daryn and Jed  three separate trips to various areas of the United States in order  to obtain all of the footage and interviews they wanted for this  documentary.'),
('47560',' In an attempt to keep the interviews as real and honest as possible,  no one interviewed was ever told, beforehand, that they were going  to be asked any questions about the LDS religion.'),
('47561',' After the camera stopped rolling, Daryn and Jed often had longer  conversations with the people they interviewed, in order to clear up  misconceptions and answer questions about the LDS church.'),
('47562',' After filming and returning home, Daryn and Jed ran around Salt Lake  City tracking down Weston and Casen, (two young men interviewed on  the Las Vegas strip), in order to do follow'),
('47563','up footage for the  documentary.'),
('47564',' In the "elevator sequence" that is briefly shown as part of the  movie "Coven", the actors that are portraying the doctors are  wearing their drivers licenses on their lab coats instead of  hospital staff identification badges.'),
('47565',' The movie theater featured in the end of the film is the Times  Cinema in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Milwaukees west  side. It specializes in obscure and independent films and is  Milwaukees sole surviving independent movie theater.'),
('47566',' Chris Ryan (VII) (qv), who plays radio DJ Caligari, is a real'),
('47567','life  radio DJ for KEGL in Dallas, Texas. Much of his DJ ranting was  adlibbed.'),
('47568',' The Halloween costume worn by Brinke Stevens was originally her  signature outfit made famous during the 1980s.'),
('47569',' Packaged as an extra on the Region 2 release of Wes Cravens The  Hills Have Eyes (1977).'),
('47570',' Chuck Norris (qv) was originally cast to play the title role in  the film.'),
('47571',' In the movie trailer it was originally titled "American Warrior" but  was changed to "American Ninja" by the time of the films release.'),
('47572',' Kurt McKinney (qv) auditioned for the title role but was  considered to be too young.'),
('47573',' Some re'),
('47574','used musical tunes from _Enter the Ninja (1981)_ (qv), also  produced by Cannon Films.'),
('47575',' A rare 1984 poster featuring the rock band KISS (qv) advertising  their then current album "Animalize" can be seen on the wall in  Joes squads sleeping quarters. Gene Simmons (I) (qv),  Paul Stanley (II) (qv) and Eric Carr (I) (qv) have their faces  hidden by additional stickers to avoid any legalities and  Mark St. John (I) (qv)s head seems to be cropped off by the  camera angle.'),
('47576',' Michael Dudikoff (qv) knew no martial arts before filming began.'),
('47577',' The last movie Michael Dudikoff made with Menahem Golan & Yorman  Globus. But not the last movie made with Cannon. That would be Chain  Of Command (1994)'),
('47578',' The U.S. theatrical trailer refers to the character Sean Davidson as  Sean Cunningham.'),
('47579',' Colin Farrell (I) (qv) and the others of "American Outlaws" had to  spend six weeks at a ranch, hanging out with a bunch of Cowboys,  learning how to ride horses before they starting shooting the movie.  Colin rode a horse named Milagro while learning how to ride, then  used the same horse for all of shooting "American Outlaws".'),
('47580',' During training Gregory Smith (I) (qv), the youngest of the cast,  became so good with a gun the wranglers nicknamed him "Secret  Weapon".'),
('47581',' Out of 65 days of shooting, 45 where over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.'),
('47582',' Colin Farrell (I) (qv) did as many of his own stunts as  Les Mayfield (qv) would let him do.'),
('47583',' Featured on the directors cut DVD of American Storytellers.'),
('47584',' Hannigan, Alyson (qv) was initially offered the role of Heather,  but after reading the script she asked to play Michelle instead.'),
('47585',' When submitting his script to studios, screenwriter  Herz, Adam (qv) titled it, "Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can  Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate  But I Think You Will Love". It was later changed to "East Great  Falls High", then "Great Falls", and finally, "American Pie".'),
('47586',' To replicate an erection in one scene, the crew cooked a sausage,  stuck it on a pencil, and wrapped it in aluminum foil. It was still  warm when it was placed between Jason Biggs (qv) legs.'),
('47587',' The tuxedo that Sherman wears to the prom is the same one that  Buscemi, Steve (qv) wore in _Wedding Singer, The (1998)_ (qv).'),
('47588',' As Finch is being seduced by Stifflers Mom the music being played  is "Mrs. Robinson", from _Graduate, The (1967)_ (qv).'),
('47589',' It took four tries for this film to get an R'),
('47590','rating instead of an  NC'),
('47591','17.'),
('47592',' Members of the California punk band Blink 182 (qv) are shown  during the Internet broadcast scene. Their song "Mutt" is playing in  the background.'),
('47593',' The apple pie is from Costco.'),
('47594',' The URL for the webcam broadcast that Jim emails to his friends is  http://128.220.27.192/temp/NadiaVision. (The IP address actually  belongs to the Department of Psychology of the Johns Hopkins  University in Baltimore, MD.)'),
('47595',' The song playing when Finch is running to the bathroom is "Walk,  Dont Run", by The Ventures (qv).'),
('47596',' Jims e'),
('47597','mail address in the film is jim@eastgreatfalls.edu'),
('47598',' Adam Herz (qv)s High School (and the one upon which he based East  Great Falls High) was East Grand Rapids High. Yesterdog is the real  name of the hot'),
('47599','dog "hang'),
('47600','out spot" for many of the real'),
('47601','life  students.'),
('47602',' The scene in which Oz and Stifler play their last lacrosse game. The  coach gives a sideline speech. The assistant coach repeats the  coachs words. This is a homage to Trey Wilson (qv)s "lolygagger"  speech from _Bull Durham (1988)_ (qv).'),
('47603',' In the original version, when Stifler drinks the semen'),
('47604','filled beer,  Thomas Ian Nicholas (qv) character says "Hey Stifler, hows the  man chowder?" However, the MPAA would not allow this line (not even  in an NC'),
('47605','17 rated cut), so the line was changed in postproduction to  "Hey Stifler, hows the pale ale?"'),
('47606',' The "pale ale" Stifler drinks is actually beer with egg whites in  it.'),
('47607',' "The Bible" is located under the Dewey decimal system section marked  "Fluid Dynamics"'),
('47608',' The exterior shots of the high school were filmed at Millikan High  School in Long Beach, California while the interior shots were of  Long Beach Poly High School.'),
('47609',' Blink 182 (qv) are credited in the film as "Mark Hoppus (qv),  Tom Delonge (qv) and Scott Raynor" yet in the film it is new  drummer Travis Barker (qv) and not Scott Raynor.'),
('47610',' The film originally featured a scene in which Jims younger brother  walks in on him in a sexual act. The scene was cut however before  filming started.'),
('47611',' In a number of scenes, one can see Michigan license plates on the  front bumper of the vehicles. Michigan drivers are assigned only one  plate and it is placed on the back of the vehicle.'),
('47612',' In the scene where Jim was running down the road to get to his  house, Jason Biggs got heatstroke. They had to pack his shirt with  ice to cool him down while he was running. Afterwards, they rushed  him to a doctor. In another incident, while at home Jason Biggs also  took too many Zinc supplements and became ill, so Jim was completely  written out of the scene where Kevin and Finch are talking to each  other while Finch is playing golf.'),
('47613',' The line, "Say my name, bitch," from the scene between Jason and  Michelle was ad'),
('47614','libbed on the spot by Alyson Hannigan (qv). The  director and producer found it so amusing that it was kept in the  final cut.'),
('47615',' The part when Jessica and Vicky are reading the Spanish work and  Jessica says " Is this right, go away you stupid bird teacher I had  enough" was an inside joke from director Adam Hertz when he was in  high school.'),
('47616',' Alyson Hannigan went to her callback audition really having to pee.  She ran to the bathroom and her name was called right after she got  out. She went in without having calmed down so she read the part  really quirky and with an over amount of energy. She credits that to  her getting the part.'),
('47617',' Mena Suvari (qv) did her own singing.'),
('47618',' Seann William Scott (qv)s feature film debut.'),
('47619',' Paxton, Bill (qv) was originally cast as Stiflers dad but had to  leave the project due to his schedule.'),
('47620',' The first rehearsal with director James B. Rogers (II) (qv) was at  a strip club in LA.'),
('47621',' Nadias first scene was actually shot in downtown LA, not New York.  The World Trade Center towers were composited into the skyline.  Yellow cabs and hot dog vendors were added for effect.'),
('47622',' The "lesbians" house in reality is across the street from the house  used in _Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)_ (qv).'),
('47623',' Several parts of the band camp scenes were shot at Camp JCA Shalom  in Malibu.'),
('47624',' Herz, Adam (qv), the writer of this film, wrote the screenplay  with numerous references to the University of Michigan (his own alma  mater). He also included Michigans fight song, "Hail to the  Victors", in the movie. However, the university did not approve use  of its name, due to the adult nature of the film. Herz had to omit  any reference to the school.'),
('47625',' The zip code shown on the post card to Jim from Nadia is for Spring  Lake, Michigan.'),
('47626',' Fearing typecasting, Shannon Elizabeth (qv) declined to perform a  nude scene for this sequel.'),
('47627',' The movie originally included scenes featuring Stiflers dad (played  by Chris Penn (I) (qv)). These were removed after negative  reaction in test screenings. Also missing from the theatrical  release is a scene showing the band camp leader with a rash around  his mouth, the morning after having played the trumpet that was  inserted into Jims ass.'),
('47628',' CAMEO(Adam Herz (qv)): in the scene with Kevins brother  (Casey Affleck (qv)) in the hallway as the two businessman talking  to his right.'),
('47629',' CAMEO(J.B. Rogers (qv)): in the scene with Kevins brother  (Casey Affleck (qv)) in the hallway as the two businessman talking  to his right.'),
('47630',' In the scene when Alyson Hannigan (qv) (Michelle) is "breaking up"  with Jim, her hair is styled differently than normal. This is  because she was shooting an episode of  _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv) and she ran over to the set  during a break.'),
('47631',' The classroom used in the opening scene where Chris Oz Ostreicher  (Chris Klein (qv)) and Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott (qv))  are getting ready to take a final exam is the same one used in  _Old School (2003)_ (qv) when Frank Ricard (Will Ferrell (qv)) is  getting beaten up by Dean "Cheese" Gordon Pritchard  (Jeremy Piven (qv)).'),
('47632',' Eddie Kaye Thomas (qv) was laughing so hard at  Seann William Scott (qv)s antics during the lesbian scene that he  had to be cut out of a lot of the shots. This is why these scenes  contain a lot of shots of just Stifler and Jim, even though Finch is  supposed to be standing right next to them.'),
('47633',' The band 3 Doors Down recorded an alternate version of their song  "Be Like That" for the soundtrack. The first 2 lines were different  than the version on their album "The Better Life".'),
('47634',' Tad Hilgenbrink (qv) really bared it all in the scene where he  undresses in front of the girls while playing the trivia game. He  didnt inform the girls in advance, who were expecting him to keep  his privates covered somehow, so their reaction is quite genuine.'),
('47635',' Some of the gangland scenes are rotoscoped footage from  _Public Enemy, The (1931)_ (qv).'),
('47636',' Except for a few bits of live'),
('47637','action stock footage and the still  drawings in the opening credits, the movie is entirely rotoscoped.'),
('47638',' DIRCAMEO(Ralph Bakshi (qv)): as the voice of the piano player who  tells a pregnant Bella that her song "is going to be a big hit. I  think you should try it out."'),
('47639',' Although all of the characters are fictional, many were partially  inspired by real people. The character of Frankie, for instance, was  based on Grace Slick (qv) (of Jefferson Airplane (qv)) and  Janis Joplin (qv) (of Big Brother and the Holding Company).'),
('47640',' The two dancers in the "Sing Sing Sing With a Swing" montage are the  rotoscoped Nicholas brothers in _Stormy Weather (1943)_ (qv).'),
('47641',' The dialogue refers explicitly at one point to the films of  Frank Capra (qv). Capras grandson, Frank Capra III (qv), was  first assistant director of this film.'),
('47642',' On the TV at Camp David, a short clip from _North (1994)_ (qv), also  directed by Reiner, Rob (qv), is seen.'),
('47643',' The telephone number President Shepherd gives Sydney to call him  back (456'),
('47644','1414) is in fact the number to the White House (area code  202).'),
('47645',' The Oval Office set was originally constructed for  _Dave (1993)_ (qv) and subsequently used for  _"West Wing, The" (1999)_ (qv). Anna Deavere Smith (qv) has  appeared in all 3 productions.'),
('47646',' Michael J. Fox (I) (qv) based his portrayal of Lewis Rothschild on  George Stephanopoulos (qv).'),
('47647',' In frustration, Lewis Rothschild (Michael J. Fox) smacks a can of  Diet Coke across the room. At one time, Michael J. Fox was a  spokesperson for Pepsi Co.'),
('47648',' One of the few rare PG'),
('47649','13 movies allowed to keep its PG'),
('47650','13 rating  despite the use of the word "fuck" three times (all within 15  minutes of each other), but none used in sexual context.'),
('47651',' President Bill Clinton (qv) and his staff granted permission for  the cast and production design team to visit the White House on  several occasions.'),
('47652',' During one of his many visits to the White House, director  Rob Reiner (qv) spent two consecutive days with President  Bill Clinton (qv), following him around as he went through his  day.'),
('47653',' Camp David is strictly off'),
('47654','limits to the public and the media. The  production designer used someones personal snapshots from the Nixon  Era and a lot of imagination when designing the set.'),
('47655',' The last shot of the film where President Shepherd walks into the  House of Representatives to give his State of the Union address was  actually shot on a sound'),
('47656','stage with Michael Douglas (I) (qv)  walking an aisle with seats filled with extras on each side, set  against bare blue plywood walls.'),
('47657',' Initial casting choices were Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) as Patrick  Bateman, James Woods (I) (qv) as Donald Kimball and  Cameron Diaz (qv) as Evelyn Williams. Oliver Stone (I) (qv) was  set to direct.'),
('47658',' When during a very early stage in preproduction  Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) expressed interest in playing the lead,  production company Lions Gate issued a press release that DiCaprio  would star in the movie. Previously attached director  Mary Harron (I) (qv) walked off the project, because she had not  been consulted about this decision and had wanted  Christian Bale (qv) to play Patrick Bateman.  Oliver Stone (I) (qv) became involved to direct, creating ever  more media frenzy, which also concentrated on the now sky'),
('47659','rocketing  budget of the movie. When both DiCaprio (whose interest in this  project had been grossly overstated) and Stone dropped the project,  Harron and Bale returned to the movie.'),
('47660',' Edward Norton (I) (qv) was offered the part of Bateman but turned  it down.'),
('47661',' Bateman excuses himself from a conversation by claiming he has an  appointment with "Cliff Huxtable". This was Cosby, Bill (qv)s  characters name in _"Cosby Show, The" (1984)_ (qv).'),
('47662',' Patrick Bateman works at the same firm as Sherman McCoy in  _Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990)_ (qv): Pierce and Pierce.'),
('47663',' Stars Christian Bale (qv) and Willem Dafoe (qv) have both played  Jesus in previous films: Bale in  _Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) (TV)_ (qv) and Dafoe in  _Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)_ (qv). In  _English Patient, The (1996)_ (qv), Dafoe played opposite  Jürgen Prochnow (qv), who played Jesus in  _Seventh Sign, The (1988)_ (qv).'),
('47664',' The movie appearing on Batemans TV while hes working out at home  is _Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)_ (qv).'),
('47665',' Guinevere Turner (qv), who plays Patricks friend "Elizabeth" (in  the scene with Christie the call girl), also wrote the films  screenplay.'),
('47666',' All of the business cards read "Vice President".'),
('47667',' The first porn movie Bateman is watching is  _White Angel (1998)_ (qv).'),
('47668',' Brad Pitt (qv) was once attached to star, with  David Cronenberg (qv) directing and Bret Easton Ellis himself  writing the script.'),
('47669',' The events that Bateman mentions in the phone message to his lawyer  are events that transpired in the book by Bret Easton Ellis (qv),  but not in the film.'),
('47670',' On Batemans business card, his department "Mergers and  Acquisitions" is misspelled ("Aquisitions").'),
('47671',' In the DVD commentary, Mary Harron (I) (qv) says that during the  first shower scene with Patrick Bateman, all of the women on set  gathered around to watch Christian Bale (qv) wash himself.'),
('47672',' Two scenes featured unexpected improvisation by Christian Bale. When  Bateman is jumping rope, he starts to skip and cross his jump rope  as a schoolgirl would. Bale surprised director Mary Harron even more  by starting to dance as Bateman was preparing to kill Paul Allen.  That time, she says in interviews and the commentary, she collapsed  with laughter.'),
('47673',' To block the three'),
('47674','way sex scene with two prostitutes, Mary Harron  and Christian Bale watched x'),
('47675','rated tapes. In her commentary, Herron  says Bale made stick'),
('47676','figure drawings of the positions he thought  would work best.'),
('47677',' In each scene with Detective Donald Kimble (Willem Defoe), Mary  Harron asked Defoe to portray his character three different ways: 1)  Kimble knew Patrick Bateman killed Paul Allen, 2) Kimble didnt know  Bateman killed Allen, and 3) Kimble wasnt sure if Bateman killed  Allen. Harron would then edit the takes together, giving the  audience an unsure vibe of what Detective Kimble thought of Bateman.'),
('47678',' The only part of the movie that author Bret Easton Ellis didnt like  was Batemans moonwalk during Paul Allens murder'),
('47679','scene.'),
('47680',' A sign reading "This is not an exit" is shown in the closing scene.  These are the last words of the novel.'),
('47681',' The scene in which Patrick and Courtney are in bed (when she asks  him if hell call her before Easter) is taken from Ellis first  novel "Less Than Zero". The conversation between Clay and Blair in  that novel is almost identical to the one in the film (Easter has  been substituted for Christmas).'),
('47682',' The entire film was shot in twenty days.'),
('47683',' The filming title was "The Girl Who Wouldnt Die".'),
('47684',' In an outtake between William Shatner (qv) and Kim Poirier (qv),  William bursts out in a coughing fit in which Kim reacts to in  character. After she walks off, William says "Wow, that girl really  gets to ya!".'),
('47685',' The movie is based on the true life story of writer and director of  the film,  Éva Gárdos (qv).'),
('47686',' Éva Gárdos met actress Colleen Camp on the set of  _Apocalypse Now (1979)_ (qv), when she was a casting director for  the film. During shooting breaks, Éva told Colleen her true story of  her childhood as a Hungarian émigré and Colleen encouraged her to  turn it into a film. Colleen Camp would ultimately help produce the  film, and played a small role in it as a neighborhood housewife.'),
('47687',' In 1973 Ford updated the last portion of “The American Road” by  inserting new color footage for the modern section while retaining  the original 1953 soundtrack.'),
('47688',' After the world premiere in Cincinnati, Ohio, the New York Office of  M'),
('47689','G'),
('47690','M ordered 30 minutes to be cut from the film, since exhibitors  complained about its length. In his autobiography, King Vidor (qv)  says he expected the cuts to come out of the documentary footage in  the film, but that footage was already wedded to the music. So the  cuts came out of the dramatic portions. Many of the actors listed in  the cast may not be seen in the 121'),
('47691','minute cut version which Turner  Classic Movies (TCM) has shown.'),
('47692',' As the camera pans past the judges in the final Wu Shu tournament  scene, we can see that the UK judges name is Stillwell Wylde; a  name made up of the surnames of the two main characters in No  Retreat, No Surrender 1 & 2.'),
('47693',' Although part of the "dogumentary" series of films under "dogma"  filming rules, the film starts with text stating that the makers of  this film decided to not follow these rules.'),
('47694',' The team had some serious trouble with the police because they were  lacking any filming permits'),
('47695',' One sequence was actually filmed from a helicopter'),
('47696',' In addition to the persiflage/tribute to the American Action movies,  a fake making'),
('47697','of was produced, mocking the usual uninspired talk of  countless documentary features.'),
('47698',' Biograph production numbers 2418, 1575, 516, 2419, and 2420.'),
('47699',' Consists of five parts, three of which were newly filmed, and two of  which were re'),
('47700','released.'),
('47701',' The first film for Chilean cinematographer Enrique Chediak (qv).'),
('47702',' The script was originally performed by the Yale School of Drama at  the Yale Repertory Theater starring Paul Giamatti (qv).'),
('47703',' Clayton won Best Director at AngelCiti 2001 in Los Angeles.'),
('47704',' CAMEO(Ted Hope (qv)): voice on answering machine from  _"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)_ (qv).'),
('47705',' The jacket that Paul Giamatti (qv) wears for Harveys first  _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv) appearance is the  exact same piece of clothing that we see the real Harvey wearing on  the TV.'),
('47706',' Jonathan Demme (qv) had tried to adapt a film version of "American  Splendor" in the 1980s, but the project never came to fruition as  Demme wasnt an established director.'),
('47707',' Rob Schneider (qv) and Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) was considered for  an early film version of the book.'),
('47708',' All of the "white room" documentary scenes were filmed in one day.'),
('47709',' CAMEO(Gary Dumm): longtime American Splendor artist is the  gray'),
('47710','haired man getting his copy of "Our Cancer Year" autographed.'),
('47711',' Harvey says that there has already been a film made about  Robert Crumb (I) (qv). This is, of course, _Crumb (1994)_ (qv).'),
('47712',' NBC would not lease out the actual  _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv) footage where Pekar  finally lashed out at Letterman, so the scene had to be recreated  with the actors.'),
('47713',' When Harvey first guest stars on  _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv), Joyce is in the  waiting room with a man with an alligator  (Terrence Sullivan (qv)). This was originally intended to be a  cameo by John Waters (I) (qv).'),
('47714',' Many now famous stars are believed to have started their careers as  participants in "stag films", although usually these stars were just  look'),
('47715','alikes'),
('47716',' First draft of the script was written three weeks after the ACLU  acquired Joe Wehingers thesis film in 2001.'),
('47717',' Character of Ron "Doc" Jennings was named as an homage to former  President Ronald Reagan'),
('47718',' Filming location was changed from Mandeville to Natchitoches,  Louisiana because of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina (2005).'),
('47719',' Real'),
('47720','life father Corin Nemec (qv) and daughter Sadie Nemec play  on'),
('47721','screen father and daughter as well.'),
('47722',' Fievel was the name of Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s grandfather.'),
('47723',' During production, director Don Bluth (qv) staged a demonstration  of the difference between limited TV animation and the full  animation used in the film. He had his staff stack up animation cels  by his feet into two piles, one representing two minutes of limited  animation, the other two minutes of full animation. The TV pile  reached only to Bluths shoelaces; the film pile went all the way up  to eye level.'),
('47724',' When Tony and Bridget emerge from the wreckage after the cat attack  at the market, a bottle of "Pomeroy Hair Tonic", named after  co'),
('47725','producer John Pomeroy (I) (qv), can be seen in the background.'),
('47726',' A shot of a cat lunging towards the camera during the market attack  is recycled from Don Bluth (qv)s previous film,  _Secret of NIMH, The (1982)_ (qv).'),
('47727',' Tom Bähler (qv) was originally approached to write the songs for  the film, but soon left the project due to commitments with  Quincy Jones (qv) on _Color Purple, The (1985)_ (qv).'),
('47728',' When Gussie is making her speech at the rally, she stands on a can  of "Dorse Hair Restorer", named for crew member  Dorse A. Lanpher (qv).'),
('47729',' CASTLE THUNDER: The first clap of thunder as the storm hits the boat'),
('47730',' James Stewart (I) (qv)s final acting role in a film.'),
('47731',' The song "Dreams to Dream" is based on a theme used in  _American Tail, An (1986)_ (qv). It is heard at the end of the  Orphans Alley sequence, as the camera pulls back on the orphaned  mice sleeping in the rain.'),
('47732',' When Fievel is riding on the tumbleweed, the "Theme from Rawhide" is  being played in the background. It is the version sung by  John Belushi (qv) and Dan Aykroyd (qv) from  _Blues Brothers, The (1980)_ (qv) which features a cameo appearance  by Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) in it'),
('47733',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) personally came to  James Stewart (I) (qv)s sound booth to direct him. He is  uncredited as a voice'),
('47734','over director, though.'),
('47735',' "Dreams To Dream" was originally recorded by Céline Dion (qv), but  the producers favored Linda Ronstadt (qv), who sang the theme  song, "Somewhere Out There", in _American Tail, An (1986)_ (qv).'),
('47736',' In _American Tail, An (1986)_ (qv), Papa Mousekewiz is a tailor,  according to the sign over the front door of his house as seen  during "Somewhere Out There". In this movie, however, he is a violin  maker.'),
('47737',' One of the buildings in Green River reads "Wells Dentistry", named  after co'),
('47738','director Simon Wells (I) (qv).'),
('47739',' John Cleese (qv) turned down the role of Cogsworth in Beauty and  the Beast to be in this film.'),
('47740',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Hypnotic Nell (1912)_ (qv).'),
('47741',' Theodore Dreiser (qv)s novel was based on the actual 1906 murder  case of Chester Gillette, convicted of drowning his girlfriend Grace  Brown in Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. Gillette was executed  in the electric chair on 30 March 1908.'),
('47742',' The mother of Grace Brown, the real'),
('47743','life murder victim, filed a  $150,000 libel suit against Paramount in 1934. The suit was settled  out of court.'),
('47744',' Dreiser, Theodore (qv) sued Paramount for misrepresenting his  novel by transforming it into an ordinary murder story. The judge  ruled in favor of Paramount; Dreisers motion to prevent release of  the film was denied.'),
('47745',' The movie was banned in England, South Africa and Italy because of  reference to abortion. Other states required allusions to abortion  to be deleted before release.'),
('47746',' Writer Theodore Dreiser was dismayed to find that director Josef von  Sternberg and Paramount had taken so many liberties with his book,  and he successfully sued, which forced von Sternberg to add many  scenes that had been edited out of the movie. The resulting final  cut was so far from what von Sternberg had intended, he disowned the  picture.'),
('47747',' One of the very few feature films to be dubbed in Swedish. The  audience, however, did not take to Swedish voices in an American  film and preferred the subtitled version. Since then, subtitling has  been the general practice in Sweden, with the exception of animated  films and childrens films (even then, an option of seeing the  original version is usually available).'),
('47748',' Sergei M. Eisenstein (qv) was originally in talks to direct this  film. He even wrote an early script, several hundred pages long.  Einstein hoped to make his English'),
('47749','speaking directorial debut with  this film, and Paramount wanted him to as well, but nothing came of  it.'),
('47750',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('47751',' Two trailers and some Technicolor footage survive in the Library of  Congress.'),
('47752',' This is currently a lost film, but the trailer survived and is one  of the 50 films in the 3'),
('47753','disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures  from American Film Archives, 1894'),
('47754','1931" (2004), compiled by the  National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives.  The trailer, tinted pink with some color footage, is preserved by  the Library of Congress and has a running time of 2 minutes.'),
('47755',' US Premier AFI Film Festival Latin Series, Nov. 8 2006'),
('47756',' Official Selection (Bolivia) for Academy Award Foreign film (2007)'),
('47757',' Nominated GOYA Awards Best Foreign Film in Spanish (2007)'),
('47758',' Kate Del Castillo Nominated Best Actress Ariel Award 2006 (Mexicos  Film academy)'),
('47759',' Six songs from the CD "Craving Astonishment" by Vanessa Vassars  band PHONOROID provide the soundtrack for this documentary.'),
('47760',' This was John Cazale (qv)s film debut.'),
('47761',' Jims dads first name was never defined as it was never used. In  the bonus footage where the writer explains some unanswered  questions, he invents a name for Jims dad, calling him Bullwinkle.'),
('47762',' Seann William Scott (qv)s agents were reluctant to show the  script to the actor, certain he would turn it down. Turns out that  they were worried for nothing because after he read it, he agreed to  do the movie.'),
('47763',' When Jim is shaving his privates its Eddie Kaye Thomas (qv)s  feet in the shot and not Jason Biggs (qv)s.'),
('47764',' All the songs in this film have "moon" in the title.'),
('47765',' DIRTRADE(John Landis (I) (qv)): [SYNW]: the porno film showing  when David meets Jack and his zombie friends. A poster for the film  appears in the London Underground when the man is killed.'),
('47766',' At the close of the credits is a congratulatory message for the  wedding of Prince Charles (qv) and Princess Diana (qv) (as Lady  Diana Spencer).'),
('47767',' John Landis (I) (qv) originally wanted two other songs to add to  the soundtrack, Cat Stevens (qv)s "Moonshadow" and  Bob Dylan (qv)s version of "Blue Moon", but they both declined.'),
('47768',' The legal disclaimer in the closing credits reads, "Any resemblance  to any persons living, dead, or undead is coincidental". This was  also placed at the end of another John Landis (I) (qv) project:  _Thriller (1983) (V)_ (qv), which was reportedly inspired by (and  held several allusions to) this film.'),
('47769',' David Naughton (qv) was reportedly cast because  John Landis (I) (qv) had seen him in a television commercial for  Dr. Pepper.'),
('47770',' DIRCAMEO(John Landis (I) (qv)): appears briefly near the end of  the film. He is the bearded man who gets hit by a car and thrown  through the plate glass window in Piccadilly Circus.'),
('47771',' In 1997, the movie was re'),
('47772','recorded as a Radio drama by Audio Movies  Limited for BBC Radio 1 in England. It was broadcast during  Halloween that year, in short snippets throughout the day.  Brian Glover (I) (qv), John Woodvine (qv) and  Jenny Agutter (qv) reprised their roles from the movie.'),
('47773',' Studio executives hoped John Landis (I) (qv) would cast  Dan Aykroyd (qv) in the role of David and John Belushi (qv) as  Jack. John Landis (I) (qv) refused.'),
('47774',' John Landis (I) (qv) wrote the screenplay for this film while he  was a gofer on the _Kellys Heroes (1970)_ (qv) shoot.'),
('47775',' When trying to call home, the telephone number that David Kessler  gives the operator (516'),
('47776','472'),
('47777','3402) contains a Long Island, New York  area code. It is also an unusual case where an actual phone number  is used.'),
('47778',' The London Underground station used in the film is Tottenham Court  Road. It was refurbished in the late 1980s. The platform with the  train arriving and departing is the northbound Northern Line  platform. This is NOT Aldwych station as previously reported.'),
('47779',' The tube station used in the film is Tottenham Court Road, Northern  Line branch. The sign for Tottenham Court Road can clearly be seen  in some shots.'),
('47780',' The location filming of the front of Alexs flat and surroundings  was filmed on or around Lupus Street in Pimlico, London (Lupus is  the Latin for wolf).'),
('47781',' Humphrey Bogart (qv) can be seen in two posters in Alexs  apartment. There is one for _Casablanca (1942)_ (qv) on the front  wall in the living room, and theres a black'),
('47782','and'),
('47783','white solo shot of  Humphrey Bogart (qv) in the kitchen.'),
('47784',' The episode of _"Muppet Show, The" (1976)_ (qv) playing on TV during  Davids nightmare sequence is indeed a real episode but the portion  shown on TV was never shown in the US. This is why it has been  considered a fake episode and why Miss Piggy and Kermit are  credited.'),
('47785',' At the very end of the film, an advertisement for Universal Studios  is shown along with a suggestion to "Ask for Babs". This is a  reference to a "Where are they Now" item featured towards the end of  _Animal House (1978)_ (qv), another film by John Landis (qv).'),
('47786',' The wolves used in the London Zoo scene were kept privately by Roger  Palmer in the UK and appeared in several TV programmes and in  adverts. Roger went on to found the UK Wolf Conservation Trust which  keeps wolves to this day.'),
('47787',' Because of this film, makeup and industry technological  contributions became recognized by the Academy Awards in 1981. This  films visuals earned makeup artist Rick Baker (I) (qv) the first  ever Academy Award to be bestowed upon a special effects artist.'),
('47788',' This is the first film to earn the Academy Award for Best Makeup.  That category was created in 1981.'),
('47789',' The final look of the werewolf beast was based on make'),
('47790','up creator  Rick Baker (I) (qv)s dog Bosko.'),
('47791',' The scene when the werewolf runs riot in Piccadilly Circus was  filmed at that busy intersection when Police stopped the normal  traffic and the public. Everyone took their places, it was filmed  with multiple cameras and it was all cleaned up within the half  hour.'),
('47792',' When David calls home to speak to his family, he speaks to his  sister Rachel. During the conversation, they talk about their  brother Max. Max and Rachel are the names of Director  John Landis (I) (qv) children.'),
('47793',' David Naughton (qv) reported that the "hospital bed in the forest"  scene was the most difficult/painful one. Back then, they use glass  contact lenses.'),
('47794',' In an interview with Mick Garris on Take One, John Landis (I) (qv)  stated that in a preview, he included a scene in which you saw more  of how the three bums in the junkyard were killed. People reacted so  strongly, and loudly for the rest of the preview, that he was afraid  that people would miss some of the key plot points at the end of the  film. He added that he felt it was a bad idea because it might have  made the movie stand out more.'),
('47795',' John Landis (I) (qv) was the original choice to direct this  sequel.'),
('47796',' "American Widow" was featured in Cinemart the film finance and  co'),
('47797','production market at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in  January 2005.'),
('47798',' Shooting sequences in New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina.'),
('47799',' When the young doctor demands Nicks ring in payment, Nick smashes  him into the wall before giving it to him. Viggo Mortenson really  broke the wall when he did this, surprising the crew.'),
('47800',' For the shot near the beginning of the inside of a time clock as  someone clocks in, an enormous time clock was built by the director  and shot in his garage. The paper inserted is about 2 feet wide, and  it was shot sideways so that they could just let the heavy stamper  drop rather than come up from the side to hit the paper.'),
('47801',' The party that John Bailey goes to is at "Randall Pink"s house. This  is a reference to _Dazed and Confused (1993)_ (qv) a favorite film  of Director Brian Ging.'),
('47802',' Some of the people listed on Chances list are the names of crew  members'),
('47803',' The motorcycle used and wrecked in the movie was director Brian  Gings personal bike which he sacrificed for the scene. It was to be  wrecked in the film, but was accidentally wrecked by an actor riding  it to set the day before shooting. The bike was fixed up quickly and  only shot from the "good side" for its scenes in the film.'),
('47804',' Shot on location in an actual Bay Area high school while it was  empty for Spring Break (Acalanes High School in Lafayette,  California), the films extras were all local high school students  who had returned to school during their Spring Break to sit in the  classrooms and the football stadium as extras.'),
('47805',' Many parts of the script were based on director,  Michelle Opitz (qv)s childhood.'),
('47806',' Kelly, Gene (I) (qv) screened _Red Shoes, The (1948)_ (qv) for the  MGM executives to persuade them to back a dance film.'),
('47807',' Charisse, Cyd (qv) discovered that she was pregnant during  pre'),
('47808','production and was replaced by Caron, Leslie (qv).'),
('47809',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1993.'),
('47810',' After Arthur Freed (qv) and Ira Gershwin (qv) reached an  agreement during their weekly pool game, film rights to  George Gershwin (qv)s "An American in Paris '),
('47811',' A Tone Poem for  Orchestra" were purchased for $158,750, and Ira received $56,250 as  a consultant to write any necessary new lyrics for songs used.'),
('47812',' Alan Jay Lerner (qv) began writing the screenplay in December  1949, and finished it in a 12'),
('47813','hour stretch in March(?) 1949 on the  night before his wedding.'),
('47814',' There was a break in production after 1 November 1950, at which  point Gene Kelly (I) (qv) began rehearsing the ballet  choreography. By the time production for that final sequence resumed  on 6 December, Vincente Minnelli (qv) had finished directing  another film '),
('47815',' _Fathers Little Dividend (1951)_ (qv).'),
('47816',' Irene Sharaff (qv) designed a style for each of the ballet  sequence sets, reflecting various French impressionist painters:  Raoul Dufy (qv) (the Place de la Concorde), Edouard Manet (the  flower market), Maurice Utrillo (qv) (a Paris street),  Henri Rousseau (qv) (the fair), Vincent Van Gogh (qv) (the Place  de lOpera), and Henri de Toulouse'),
('47817','Lautrec (the Moulin Rouge). The  backgrounds took six weeks to build, with 30 painters working  nonstop. Three filmed solo numbers were cut from the film: "Ive Got  a Crush on You" (Gene Kelly (I) (qv)), and "Love Walked In" and  "But Not For Me" (Georges Guétary (qv)).'),
('47818',' According to Leslie Caron (qv), her introductory dance sequence,  which included a seductive dance with a chair, was considered too  suggestive by some censors. Gene Kelly (I) (qv) directed the brief  fantasy dance sequences shown as Lise is introduced.'),
('47819',' Leslie Caron (qv)s first movie.'),
('47820',' Gene Kelly (I) (qv) directed the whole "Embraceable You" sequence.'),
('47821',' Reputed to be Gene Kelly (I) (qv)s favorite of all his films.'),
('47822',' The 17'),
('47823','minute dance sequence at the end took a month to film. It  cost half a million dollars.'),
('47824',' Gene Kelly (I) (qv) discovered Leslie Caron (qv) while  vacationing in Paris where he saw her perform in a ballet.'),
('47825',' Leslie Caron (qv) had suffered from malnutrition during WWII and  was not used to the rigorous schedule of filming a movie. Because  she would tire so easily, she was only able to work every other day.'),
('47826',' Oscar Levant (qv), more of a pianist than an actor, signed onto  the film because he was actually a friend of George Gershwin (qv).'),
('47827',' Arthur Freed (qv) originally just wanted to buy the rights to the  Gershwin number "American in Paris," but Ira Gershwin (qv) made  the condition that hed only sell on the condition that if a musical  were to use the song, it would use only Gershwin numbers as its  other songs.'),
('47828',' Despite the objections of Gene Kelly (I) (qv) who wanted to shoot  on location in Paris, the movie was shot at MGM Studios in  California, on 44 sets built for the film. It was reportedly  difficult for the studio to secure travel arrangements or locations  for shooting. Two shots in the picture are from Paris, but they  dont involve Kelly.'),
('47829',' The ballet sequence was almost cut because the shooting was behind  schedule, but MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer (qv) stood by  Arthur Freed (qv), Vincente Minnelli (qv) and  Gene Kelly (I) (qv) in withholding the release of the movie  because he felt the movie wouldnt be effective without it.'),
('47830',' Even though Vincente Minnelli (qv) is credited as the sole  director, he was sometimes tied up with his divorce from  Judy Garland (I) (qv) and other directing projects, leaving  Gene Kelly (I) (qv) to take over the directing duties.'),
('47831',' Vincente Minnelli (qv) first wanted Maurice Chevalier (I) (qv)  in the Georges Guétary (qv) part, and Celeste Holm (I) (qv) in  the Nina Foch (qv) part. But Chevalier wasnt available; Minnelli  was pleased with Fochs reading, and she got the part.'),
('47832',' A scene in which Gene Kelly (I) (qv) dances and sings "Ive Got a  Crush on You" while in his pajamas was filmed but did not make final  cut. Kelly created a similar number with the song "All I Do Is Dream  of You" for his next movie musical,  _Singin in the Rain (1952)_ (qv), and it also ended up on the  cutting room floor.'),
('47833',' Oscar Levants dream sequence may be a tribute to Buster Keaton. In  the opening sequence of The Playhouse (1921), Keaton also played  every role '),
('47834',' conductor, every member of the orchestra, stage hand,  all nine actors on stage, and each member of the audience.'),
('47835',' The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All  Time" by Premiere.'),
('47836',' Producer Arthur Freed (qv) wanted Marge Champion (qv) to star in  this movie, but at the time Champion didnt want to break up her  dance act with her husband Gower Champion (qv). So she persuaded  Freed that he should cast a French girl in the role instead.'),
('47837',' This film was produced by George K. Spoor for his Natural Vision  wide'),
('47838','screen format, but never released.'),
('47839',' Filming began in 1973 and continued intermittently over the years,  owing to a combination of financial problems and  David Carradine (qv)s taking other acting jobs to help pay for  it. It was finally completed and released in 1983.'),
('47840',' Eric Christian Olsen (qv) was originally cast as Ben. But the  producers, inspired by the film _You Can Count on Me (2000)_ (qv),  decided to cast someone similar to Mark Ruffalo (qv).  Michael Landes (qv) replaced Olsen.'),
('47841',' The 1998 restoration credits added two minutes to the time of the  original movie.'),
('47842',' James Garner (qv) says that this is his favorite of his movies.'),
('47843',' According to screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (qv)s 2004 autobiography  "American Animal", producer Martin Ransohoff (qv) removed director  William Wyler (qv) from the picture as Wyler wanted to change  Paddy Chayefsky (qv)s script. It was a rare instance in which a  producer supported a screenwriter over a director, particularly one  of Wylers caliber. As Chayefsky was known to have guarantees  written into his contracts protecting his scripts, Ransohoff may  have had no choice but to replace Wyler with Arthur Hiller (qv).'),
('47844',' The role of Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Madison was originally offered to  William Holden (I) (qv), while James Garner (qv) was considered  for the part of "Bus" Cummings.'),
('47845',' Although the DVD cover states that film historian Drew Casper (qv)  does the audio commentary, its actually Arthur Hiller (qv). He  speaks very fondly of the making of the movie.'),
('47846',' Julie Andrews (I) (qv) only movie in black and white.'),
('47847',' While shooting in Tijuana, Mexico, Douglas Fairbanks (qv) and the  film crew were arrested by Mexican soldiers, but were not told why.  It turned out that the soldiers belonged to one of the militias  fighting each other for control of Mexico during the Mexican  revolution; being short of money, they thought that the American  movie company would pay to have their star and crew released. After  payment of an appropriate "fine", the film crew packed up, dashed  back across the border and resumed filming in San Diego.'),
('47848',' Director Gábor Bódy (qv) used a self'),
('47849','invented special editing  process called "light'),
('47850','editing" making the image teared, aged and  over'),
('47851','exposed in order to resemble a silent film from the late 19th  century.'),
('47852',' This is Zoltán Makláry (qv)s last movie. He lived in retirement  in his villa (near Lake Balaton) for ten years, when  Hilda Gobbi (qv) persuaded him to appear in this movie. He agreed  to return. He died shortly after filming.'),
('47853',' Seven movie directors are in the cast of this film, all of them (by  design) playing criminals.'),
('47854',' Wim Wenders (qv) tried to acquire film rights for a variety of  Patricia Highsmith (qv) novels, only to find that all rights had  been sold at the time. Highsmith was informed of Wenders  willingness, and she offered him an unpublished manuscript of  "Ripleys Game".'),
('47855',' Wim Wenders (qv) originally considered John Cassavetes (qv) for  the role of Ripley.'),
('47856',' Patricia Highsmith (qv) initially disliked Wim Wenders (qv)  film because Ripleys character didnt match her intentions. Only  after she saw the film at a regular screening did she admit that  Wenders had captured the essence of Ripley.'),
('47857',' It was filmed in northern California, in Petaluma, at a place called  Zoyas Diner, and in Pleasanton at the jail. Other scenes were shot  around the Bay Area, in San Fransisco and in Berkeley.'),
('47858',' Alison was picked from over 400 girls for the part and made a trip  over to Russia from California to record some of the sound for the  movie.'),
('47859',' Sixth in Eric Rohmers series of Comedies et Proverbes.'),
('47860',' Marion Sarrault (qv) asked composer Nicolas Jorelle (qv) to  write a song in the style of Aretha Franklins "Respect". The result  was "Risk a Kiss".'),
('47861',' Italian censorship visa #31073 delivered on 31 August 1940.'),
('47862',' Dedicated to Lorenzo and Tommaso.'),
('47863',' Argentinas official selection for the 1989 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('47864',' One of the six TV Movies presented under the title of  "Amores/Desamores" in May and June 2005, on portuguese public  broadcasting company Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP).'),
('47865',' Available on the Danish R2 DVD _Hit med Amin (2003) (V)_ (qv).'),
('47866',' This film was conceived, written, shot, edited and completed in 48  hours.'),
('47867',' Won a 2006 "Telly" Award.'),
('47868',' Washington, Denzel (qv) was approached for the role as Cinque, but  he refused.'),
('47869',' Hounsou, Djimon (qv) learned Mende for his role as Cinque.'),
('47870',' Harry A. Blackmun (qv), who plays US Supreme Court Justice Joseph  Story, served as a US Supreme Court Justice from 1970 to 1994.'),
('47871',' Writer Barbara Chase'),
('47872','Riboud unsuccessfully sued to prevent the  release of this film, claiming that the screenplay copied portions  of her novel "Echo of Lions."'),
('47873',' Producer Debbie Allen (qv) wanted Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) to  direct, but it wasnt until Steven Zaillian (qv)  (_Schindlers List (1993)_ (qv)) submitted a rewrite that he agreed  to direct.'),
('47874',' In Spanish, the word "Amistad" means friendship.'),
('47875',' Sean Connery (qv) was approached for the role of John Quincy Adams  but passed.'),
('47876',' Cuba Gooding Jr. (qv) also turned down the role of Cinque.'),
('47877',' Although this film takes place at the Amityville House, it is not a  sequel to _Amityville Horror, The (1979)_ (qv) or  _Amityville II: The Possession (1982)_ (qv). The events in the first  two films were supposedly "real".'),
('47878',' Originally filmed in 3'),
('47879','D. As of 2006, the only commercial 3'),
('47880','D  release is on the UK released Region 2 PAL Collectors Edition DVD.'),
('47881',' The Amityville Realty phone number is 666'),
('47882','1818.'),
('47883',' The outdoor scenes of the movie were not filmed in Amityville, Long  Island, but rather Toms River, New Jersey. Local police and  ambulance workers played extras.'),
('47884',' The Toms River, New Jersey volunteer Fire Company Number One was  used to provide the "rain" during one of the exterior scenes. If you  look closely, you can see that it is sunny and not "raining" in the  background, the next street over.'),
('47885',' This films theatrical success was followed by two theatrically  released sequels '),
('47886',' _Amityville II: The Possession (1982)_ (qv) an  official sequel/prequel; _Amityville 3'),
('47887','D (1983)_ (qv), not an  official sequel; and five direct'),
('47888','to'),
('47889','video low'),
('47890','budget sequels  released from 1989 to 1996. Then theres  _Amityville Horror, The (2005)_ (qv), based on the book written by  Jay Anson (qv).'),
('47891',' Jay Anson (qv) who wrote the book "The Amityville Horror" actually  wrote out a screenplay for this film only for the producers to turn  it down. Eventually they found Sandor Stern (I) (qv) and liked his  take on it so he was hired for the job.'),
('47892',' James Brolin (qv) was hesitant when he was first offered the role  of George Lutz (II) (qv). He was told that there was no script and  that he must obtain a copy of Jay Anson (qv)s novel and read it  as soon as possible. Brolin started the book one evening at seven  oclock and was still reading at two oclock in the morning. He had  hung a pair of his pants up in the room earlier and at a really  "tense" part in the book, the pants fell down from wherever they had  been hanging. Brolin jumped out of his chair, nearly crashing his  head into the ceiling. It was then that Brolin said, "Theres  something to this story." He agreed to do the movie.'),
('47893',' Even though James Brolin (qv) became friendly with  George Lutz (II) (qv) and his children, he was highly doubtful of  their story.'),
('47894',' James Brolin said he didnt get a job for two years after doing this  movie because of cruelty of his character.'),
('47895',' Finnish name for the film meant "For Gods sake, get out of there!".'),
('47896',' While the reproduction of the Amityville Houses famous exterior was  constructed in Silver Lake, Wisconsin, many of the interiors were  built on a temporary sound stage in an empty building located in a  corporate park in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The production company  took out building permits in the village of Silver Lake, Wisconsin  (in Kenosha County) and spent about $60,000 to adapt the historic  Rustman House summer estate on the south shore of Silver Lake at  Kenosha County Highways F and SA for its cinematic debut. (The  Rustman fortune was earned in the Jefferson Ice company of Chicago  in the harvesting and storage of ice from the wintertime lakes of  Kenosha County and elsewhere, and shipping it to hotels for  summertime usage and cooling before the advent of refrigeration.)  The Rustman Estate consists of the "big" house. a smaller guest  cottage, several farm buildings, two workers cottages, a boathouse,  a one'),
('47897','lane bowling alley, and wide pastures, garden plots and wooded  areas. The porch on the house itself faces west and winds  three'),
('47898','quarters of the way around the first floor. Inside there is a  smallish kitchen but a dining room that seats 18'),
('47899','20 guests, a large  living room, billiard room, butlers pantry, billiard room, and  separate two'),
('47900','room maids quarters. On the grand staircase was a  stained'),
('47901','glass window (now removed) featuring an Eve'),
('47902','like maiden  offering the viewer and apple. Upstairs, a vast master suite has  been created from some of the original five upstairs bedrooms, each  with its own marble sink. The third floor is the attic with a turret  room high above Silver Lake where Mrs. Rustman would sit and watch  the ice'),
('47903','cutters. The Rustman House awaits its next occupants as it  has been unoccupied for several years and remains protected by a  chain'),
('47904','link fence and hidden security devices.'),
('47905',' This was the last picture Metro'),
('47906','Goldwyn'),
('47907','Mayer (MGM) released as an  independent company. On 8 April 2005, the studio was acquired by  several companies, including Sony, in the middle of the promotion  for this movie. Several other films, including  _Into the Blue (2005)_ (qv) and _Pink Panther, The (2006)_ (qv),  were already produced and set for release by MGM at the time of the  buyout, and were later released by Sony Pictures.'),
('47908',' This movie was not screened for the critics.'),
('47909',' Ryan Reynolds (I) (qv) chose not to become close with his "movie"  children. He wasnt mean or rude to them, just very distant. So  distant in fact that the children often confided to those on the set  that "Ryan doesnt like us!" Ryan said that he didnt want to "fall  in love" with the kids. Ryan did this so that when "George" started  changing, hed have no trouble easing into the verbal and physical  abuse.'),
('47910',' Ryan Reynolds (I) (qv) wore special contact lenses in many scenes  to make his eyes seem black with just a white ring around them.'),
('47911',' Just before shooting started, the body of a fisherman who had been  murdered washed up on the bank of the river right near the main  house.'),
('47912',' Except for the attic windows and the vaguely Dutch Colonial style,  the reproduction of the house does not resemble the actual house in  Amityville as it was at the time the events were said to have taken  place. Also, because of huge tourist interest in the house, the  original house has been altered and is now less recognizable.'),
('47913',' For the closet scene with the babysitter, the production crew had  originally ordered in a rubber door. After shooting the scene a few  times, they decided it didnt look right, and they ultimately  decided on using a real wooden door, so actress  Rachel Nichols (I) (qv) had to bang her hands on the door for two  days straight while filming the scene.'),
('47914',' In the original script, the poster on Billys bedroom wall during  the babysitter scene was of a different band. However, when the crew  realized how long of a tongue actress Rachel Nichols (I) (qv) (who  played the babysitter) had, they decided to change it to a poster of  the rock band Kiss, because of band member Gene Simmons very long  tongue.'),
('47915',' Near the end of the movie when Sonny returns to the home and is in  his now vacated room. There is a poster from the movie  _Rocky (1976)_ (qv) hanging on the wall. Burt Young (qv) was a  costar in the Rocky franchise.'),
('47916',' On the original poster art, and the UK cover art, the scene is more  from Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989). You can tell because the  lamp from the fourth movie is in front of the girl on the floor, and  its clear that shes in the attic from the fourth movie. Also, the  girl in the poster is not Rachel Duncan (Jessica), but instead  Brandy Gold from the fourth movie.'),
('47917',' Shot in 1974 for the Italian Public Television, the movie was aired  only in 1978.'),
('47918',' In order to create the stunning b/w cinematography, every frame of  the movie was altered in post'),
('47919','production.'),
('47920',' The movie is a part of Carmelo Benes multi'),
('47921','medial project on  Hamlet, also including the theatrical movie "Un Amleto di meno", a  stage drama and the TV'),
('47922','movie "Hommelette for Hamlet".'),
('47923',' Balachandra Menon (qv) had an agreement with Annie (VIII) (qv),  the lead actress in this movie, that she will not act in any other  movie for one year.'),
('47924',' Arams car has got the same infamous license plate number as the car  on the Abbey Road '),
('47925',' album of The Beatles. Like Paul McCartney (qv)  on that cover, Aram is walking barefoot through the film.'),
('47926',' In the original screenplay, the two brothers were not twins. After  testing several actors for the different brothers, director  Martin Koolhoven (qv) found Fedja van Huêt (qv) most suitable  for both parts. Koolhoven then decide to turn the brothers into  twins, and have Van Huêt play both.'),
('47927',' In the flashbacks, the father of Fedja van Huêt (qv) is played by  Leo van Huêt (qv), his real life father.'),
('47928',' Based on actual events.'),
('47929',' The Director quit his job as a banker and took out a second mortgage  on his house to make this film.'),
('47930',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Edwins Badge of Honor (1913)_ (qv).'),
('47931',' Original run time was 23 minutes. The 23 minute cut showed at twelve  film festivals across the world and is available with the 15 minute  version on the DVD.'),
('47932',' Outline for shot list, location, questions, etc., was accidentally  thrown away by a fellow worker, when left on the trash truck, the  day before shooting began.'),
('47933',' Jeff M. Giordanos first professional film outside of film school.  "Among Garbage & Flowers" was shot the summer after his first year  at North Carolina School of the Arts: School of Filmmaking.'),
('47934',' The Bigfoot suit was worn, at various times, by actor/co'),
('47935','director  Jon McBride (I) (qv), actor/co'),
('47936','director John Polonia (qv), and  screenwriter John Oak Dalton (qv).'),
('47937',' The characters of "Billy DAmato" and "Ray Steele" were named after  well'),
('47938','used Polonia Brothers pseudonyms.'),
('47939',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Franciscan Friars of Killarney, Ireland, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('47940',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _In the Shadow of the Pines (1911)_ (qv).'),
('47941',' Rob Weiss (qv) wrote the script in desperation after first  dropping out of design school, then getting kicked out of film  school and failing to make it as a Long Island nightclub promoter.'),
('47942',' Italian censorship visa #30279 delivered on 1 September 1938.'),
('47943',' Based on a play "Amarsi da pazze" also written by Anna Riitta  Ciccone (1995).'),
('47944',' The film was shot (in Cinecittà) with both Italian and Spanish  actors, all appearing in both versions. All Spanish actors are  dubbed in the Italian version and vice'),
('47945','versa.'),
('47946',' Italian censorship visa #31120 delivered on 7 October 1940.'),
('47947',' Italian language version of _Schatten über Neapel (1951)_ (qv).'),
('47948',' Filming started in 1925 with the title "El Tintorerito", with the  production company Estudio Film Chiquilín. It stopped until 1926,  when the company Asociación Cinematográfica Valenciana took the film  and made it possible to continue it. The title was changed to  "Bombones y caireles". It stopped again, and wasnt finished until  May 1927, when it was released with its definitive title.'),
('47949',' The lead actress cast in the film got stuck in Jamaica the night  before shooting was supposed to start and so a friend who was  helping with make up became the lead actress.'),
('47950',' The car crash sequence was shot with nine simultaneous cameras,  including two on adjacent rooftops and one hidden in a trash barrel.  A stunt driver was in the black car, while the models car contained  a remote'),
('47951','controlled animatronic dummy. A practice run caused the  black car to accidentally tear the rear bumper off the models car,  but since it was getting late, it was stuck back on and the shot  attempted in toto. This time the models car spun around, overshot  its projected target by at least 100 meters, and smashed into a  taxicab parked by the side of the road. This take was used in the  final print.'),
('47952',' El Chivo (Emilio Echevarría (qv)) shouts at Luis  (Jorge Salinas (qv)) "You are so clever! You must be a publicist,"  during the kidnapping scene. Salinas played a publicist in  _Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999)_ (qv).'),
('47953',' Unlike most films, a disclaimer stating that no animals were harmed  in the making of the movie comes at the beginning instead of being  buried in the credits.'),
('47954',' The Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in England  filed a complaint to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)  about a 21'),
('47955','second dog fight scene.'),
('47956',' DIRCAMEO(Alejandro González Iñárritu (qv)): Hes a publicist  working in the offices where the main character of the second  episode works.'),
('47957',' All the images shown on the TV sets during the picture are  commercials. These commercials were also directed by  Alejandro González Iñárritu (qv). They include a TV station  promotional, an ad for a bank, among others.'),
('47958',' El Chivo sarcastically congratulates Luis Miranda Solares for his  imagination comparing him with a Publicist which is the occupation  of the Director Alejandro González Iñárritu (qv).'),
('47959',' The man who plays the bus driver in the scene where Octavio  (Gael García Bernal (qv)) decides not to get on the bus is  Bernals father, José Ángel García (qv).'),
('47960',' "Negro", the name "El Chivo" picks for his dog at the end of the  movie is also the well'),
('47961','known nickname for the films director,  Alejandro González Iñárritu (qv).'),
('47962',' When El Chivo is reading the newspaper, the poster of  _Abre los ojos (1997)_ (qv) a film by Alejandro Amenábar (qv),  appears printed on one of the pages.'),
('47963',' Features a cameo by the Brazilian Band "Os Mutantes".'),
('47964',' The last cinema film of Meg Jenkins (qv).'),
('47965',' Actress Dani (II) (qv), who plays Jean Pierre Leauds lover  Lilianne also appeared in Francois Truffauts 1973 film La Nuit  Americaine (Day For Night). In it she also plays Leauds lover, and  the character is also named Lilianne. Liliannes speech to Claude  Jade about why she is breaking up with Leauds character is verbatim  to what Lilianne said to Bisset, Jacqueline (qv) about breaking it  off with Leauds character in Day For Night.'),
('47966',' The film features extensive flashbacks to the previous four films in  Truffauts Antoine Doinel cycle of films'),
('47967',' The title of Antoine Doinels (Jean Pierre Leaud) book is "Les  Salades de Lamour". In _Nuit américaine, La (1973)_ (qv), a  character summarizes Jean Pierre Leauds characters love life as  "Les salades de lamour" and another follows up with, "That would  make a good title of a book."'),
('47968',' The flashbacks about Liliane and the death of Colettes child are  the only flashbacks in the movie which are not taken from an other  Doinel film '),
('47969',' they are original material.'),
('47970',' This is the final film in the Doinel Saga.'),
('47971',' In the segment "Antoine et Colette": on the wall of Antoines second  flat there is a poster for _Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)_ (qv),  which also starred Jean'),
('47972','Pierre Léaud (qv) as Antoine Doinel.'),
('47973',' In the Truffaut segment, archive footage from  _Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)_ (qv) can be seen'),
('47974',' This film was shot in one afternoon with then assistant director  Bouyxou, Jean'),
('47975','Pierre (qv), who had five minutes notice that he  was to replace Rollin, Jean (qv), who didnt feel like directing  it anymore.'),
('47976',' Based on the Flemish novel "De witte weg" by André de Splenter.'),
('47977',' Joseph Carl Breil (qv)s score is often considered the first  original musical score written specifically for a motion picture.  Breil was a prominent American composer of opera and operetta in  addition to his film score work.'),
('47978',' The working title while in pre'),
('47979','production and filming was "Ears to  You".'),
('47980',' The small latex ear prop used in the film was cast from Dan Raims  ear.'),
('47981',' When shooting was going on (at least in Golden Harvests Hong Kong  studios) the film had two working titles '),
('47982','– ‘Kill Him in Amsterdam’  and ‘The Amsterdam Killing’.'),
('47983',' The whole speedboat chase is a reference to the speedboat chase in  _Puppet on a Chain (1970)_ (qv) which is also set in Amsterdam. Even  the colors of the boats are the same.'),
('47984',' During the boat chase they pass a ship with a brass band. The  conductor of this band is played by Bert Haanstra (qv), the award  winning director of several films. One of his most famous is  Fanfare, in which boats with bands play an important role.'),
('47985',' During the filming of the speedboat chase, the boat with actor Huub  Stapel crashed into a wall, what resulted in several injuries and  took him out of shooting for three weeks.'),
('47986',' While most of the speedboat chase was shot in Amsterdam, some scenes  were shot in the nearby city of Utrecht. These involve the part  where both boats jump onto the quay and plow through the chairs and  tables of a terrace. Such low'),
('47987','lying quays can not be found in  Amsterdam, only in Utrecht.'),
('47988',' ‘Amuma’ is a Visayan (a language in the Philippines) word for care.'),
('47989',' Released as a split reel along with  _Polly Wolly Doodle (1923)_ (qv), _Slow Motion (1923)_ (qv),  _Bits of Boyhood (1923)_ (qv) and _One Summer Day (1923)_ (qv).'),
('47990',' The original title of the song "House of Love" was "Any Amount of  Money," according to lyric sheets featured in the film.'),
('47991',' Frank Maxwell (qv)s final acting performance.'),
('47992',' Many video shops would not stock a release with orgasm in the title,  so the title of the home video and DVD release is "Amys O".'),
('47993',' TV version of a musical play based on the life of Portuguese singer  Amália Rodrigues (qv).'),
('47994',' Nominated for Best Screenplay at The Parable film Festival, Los  Angeles, CA 2000.'),
('47995',' Nominated for "Best Short Film" at the Parable Film Festival, Los  Angeles, CA 2000.'),
('47996',' The film premiered in Marseille at the Capitole Cinema on 31 January  1941, but the Vichy government banned it two days later and had all  copies destroyed. None are known to have survived.'),
('47997',' Elaine Stritch attended the special filming at Pinewood Studios.'),
('47998',' Europa Award at the Porto International Film Festival (1993)'),
('47999',' CG tests began one year before principal photography'),
('48000',' CG shots were completed one year after principal photography'),
('48001',' The "Theater" was actually the Old Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood,  built in 1926'),
('48002',' The "science" behind the films theories are based on Rudy Ruckers  book "The fourth dimension"'),
('48003',' Filmed over a 3 month period across Egypt.'),
('48004',' One the first day of shooting at the pyramids, Mustafa was stopped  and questioned by undercover police. After they learned he had no  shooting permit, he was told to pack up. Mustafa then went around  the side of the pyramid, in hopes of finding an interview. When the  police found him this time they were suspicious, hauling him and his  mother to the police station. After three hours explaining the  documentary repeatedly, Mustafa then signed a waiver stating he  wouldnt film in Egypt without a permit or hed be sent to jail.'),
('48005',' DIRCAMEO(Celina Murga (qv)): In the video of the wedding party  that Ana watches on the TV.'),
('48006',' The scene where Ana asks people where was a photo shop, was  improvised. Camila Toker (qv) stopped people in the street who  didnt know they were been filmed, and asked them about the photo  shop. The camera was hidden behind some plants.'),
('48007',' Won BEST IN SHOW and BEST ACTRESS (Monica Peña) awards at the 2005  UTA Film Festival.'),
('48008',' Selected for 2005 Texas Filmmakers Showcase.'),
('48009',' Partial list of screenings includes UTA Film Festival, Austin Film  Festival, Dallas Video Festival 18, Flatland Film Festival (Lubbock,  TX), Deep Ellum Film Festival (Texas Filmmakers Showcase '),
('48010',' Dallas,  Texas).'),
('48011',' Won Best in Show and Best Actress (Monica Peña)'),
('48012',' 2005 University of  Arlington Film Festival.'),
('48013',' Jennifer Lopez (qv)s character was originally called Terri  Porter.'),
('48014',' In the theatrical trailer, when Gary is attacked by the Anaconda,  the CGI snake had not yet been put in, so he was falling backwards  with nothing grabbing him.'),
('48015',' The Amazonian film shoot was occasionally disrupted by the fact that  a number of the cast were incredibly afraid of snakes.'),
('48016',' During the filming of one scene the controls for the animatronic  Anaconda shorted out, causing it to completely lose control. Some of  the footage is included in the movie.'),
('48017',' During the end of the waterfall scene, you can see the waterfall  going backwards as the boat leaves the area.'),
('48018',' The First Hollywood movie to have its premiere in Fiji.'),
('48019',' At one point in the movie, Cole Burris said "I had this friend, who  had this friend who shot documentaries, and he and his whole crew  went down to the Amazon, and they were all eaten by snakes." This  was a reference to the first movie, in which most of the crew that  was on an expedition similar to theirs were eaten by giant snakes.'),
('48020',' Gabby Concepcion (qv) was initially tapped to play the role of  Rudy.'),
('48021',' Vilma Santos (qv) dyed her bright'),
('48022','colored hair to auburn saying it  would protect her image as mayor of Lipa town.'),
('48023',' Copped the Golden Harvest Award (Best Picture) at the Film Festival  in Asia in 1956.'),
('48024',' Serialized in Aliwan Komiks.'),
('48025',' Shot inside the Philippine National Penitentiary where  Robin Padilla (qv) was serving a 17'),
('48026','year jail term on gun case.  Since Robin Padilla was on jail, he did not able to promote the  movie. A request for temporary release to let Robin attend the  premiere was denied.'),
('48027',' The film was almost not release due to a suit filed by Viva Films  against the movies producer, FLT Films. Robin Padilla (qv) still  has a contract with Viva and Robin was sued for breach of contract  for making the film under FLT.'),
('48028',' The movie was basically the life story of main actor Robin  Padila" (qv). He wrote the story while in prison. He also wrote and  sang the theme song of the movie.'),
('48029',' Ava Vincent was supposed to star in this movie, but at the last  minute, she was replaced by Tiffany Holiday.'),
('48030',' Debut of Johnnie Black (qv).'),
('48031',' The shoot was 45 days long, spread over a three month period.'),
('48032',' The actress who was originally cast to play the character Molly was  fired half way through the shoot; hence all the scenes shot up to  that point had to be re'),
('48033','shot once the role was recast.'),
('48034',' The character of Jordan, played by Brett L. Tinnes (qv), talks  about turning down a scholarship at Cal Arts; stating that, "all the  teachers there are assholes." Cal Arts is writer/director  Mike Ott (qv) alma mater.'),
('48035',' Joe Viterellis last movie.'),
('48036',' The dancer at the beginning was a last minute replacement when the  one who was originally cast never showed up.'),
('48037',' The Mercedes that chases Paul and Ben had to be modified for filming  since that brand of car does not swerve very well in high speed  pursuit.'),
('48038',' Anthony LaPaglia (qv) appears in this film as "Anthony Bella" the  star of a crime series called "Little Caeser", which is a spoof of  _"Sopranos, The" (1999)_ (qv). In real life, Anthony LaPaglia was  under consideration to play Tony Soprano when the series was going  to be produced for the FOX Network.'),
('48039',' Well known Albanian actor Luan Bexhetis picture is on the door to  Anthony LaPaglias trailer'),
('48040',' Billy Crystals character has a dream spoofing The Godfather. Robert  DeNiro was in _Godfather: Part II, The (1974)_ (qv)'),
('48041',' The character of Paul Vitti was loosely inspired by real life  mobster John Gotti.'),
('48042',' Robert De Niro (qv) suggested Chazz Palminteri (qv) for the role  of Primo Sidone, having worked together on  _Bronx Tale, A (1993)_ (qv).'),
('48043',' Martin Scorsese (qv) was first approached to direct the film but  turned it down.'),
('48044',' The ring was built in a sound stage at York University in Toronto.'),
('48045',' All boxers portrayed in the film are real life amateur boxers.'),
('48046',' Dedicated to Raj Kapoor (I) (qv) with whom  Hrishikesh Mukherjee (qv) started his movie career as an editor.'),
('48047',' Mehmood (qv) advised Amitabh Bachchan (qv) to grab a secondary  role alongside the then heartthrob Rajesh Khanna (qv) in the film,  saying, "All you need to do is feed off Khanna, the rest will take  care of itself."'),
('48048',' Originally, Hrishikesh Mukherjee had envisioned Shashi Kapoor, the  brother of Raj Kapoor, for the role of Anand. He wanted Raj Kapoor  himself, but he had just recovered from his illness and Mukherjee  couldnt bear to see him die on the screen, since he had almost died  in real life. In any case, Shashi Kapoor was not eager for the role,  so Rajesh Khanna (qv) got it '),
('48049',' it remains his most memorable role  with _Aradhana (1969)_ (qv) and _Amar Prem (1971)_ (qv).'),
('48050',' Hrishikesh Mukherjee brought back Salil Choudhury (qv), whose career  had reached a cul'),
('48051','de'),
('48052','sac after spending a term in jail on a murder  charge, and Yogesh (qv), a then'),
('48053','forgotten lyricist. Their careers  revived significantly after the film.'),
('48054',' The term "Babu Moshai" means "great gentleman." Raj Kapoor often  affectionately addressed Hrishikesh Mukherjee with this term, just  as Anand addresses Bannerjee.'),
('48055',' Loosely based Woody Allens short story "The Kugelmass Episode"'),
('48056',' The college the group takes a tour of in the beginning is the Collin  County Community College in Plano.'),
('48057',' Vasant Prakash began work as music director, but died having  recorded just one song with Geeta Dutt (qv). C. Ramchandra (qv)  took over as composer and insisted not only that all songs be sung  by Lata Mangeshkar (qv) but that the Geeta number be removed from  the film. Although the Filmistan people agreed, the Geeta song  stayed in the movie and was the famous "Aa Jaane Wafaa".'),
('48058',' This film marked Ingrid Bergman (qv)s Hollywood comeback, after  being effectively blacklisted in 1949 for having an affair with  director Roberto Rossellini (qv) and having a child out of  wedlock.'),
('48059',' This movie was based on the story of Anna Anderson, a woman who  claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia. It was later discovered  that, in fact, she was not who she claimed to be; the mystery was  solved through DNA examination of a small piece of tissue cut from  Anna in an operation years before.'),
('48060',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 15 seconds'),
('48061',' At the time of filming, the filmmakers were not aware that the real  Anna Anderson was still alive. When this came to their attention,  they flew straight to her home in Germany and asked permission to  use her name.'),
('48062',' Helen Haye  (qv) was an actress who had impressed the films  producer. He sent a memo to the casting agent saying "Hire Helen  Haye". This was taken to be a misprint by the agent and the popular  actress Helen Hayes (I) (qv) was hired.'),
('48063',' Anna Andersons handwriting was pronounced almost identical with  Anastasiaa and medical experts found 17 points of similarity  between her ear and the real Anastasias. However, after her death  it was discovered that her DNA did not match of Englands Prince  Philip, a blood relative of the Romanovs.'),
('48064',' When the remains of the Romanov family were discovered at  Ekaterinburg in 1991, only 9 of the 11 bodies were found. Only  Anastasia and her brother still remain missing, further clouding the  question of her fate. The two remaining bodies were believed to be  discovered in 2007, ending years of mystery.'),
('48065',' The conspiratorial trio of Bounine, Chernov, and Petrovin in the  film are purely fictional.'),
('48066',' One of the most significant stumbling blocks in accepting Anna  Anderson as Anastasia is that she never spoke Russian. Although  there were those who claimed that they heard her speak Russian very  early on before her identity came into question, she seems never  have been willing or capable of speaking it after she initially came  to public attention in 1920. For most of her life Anderson conversed  only in bad German. The Romanov family, it should be noted, usually  spoke French or English to each other, not Russian.'),
('48067',' As is the case with many 20th Century Fox Films, the film cans for  the advance screening prints and show prints had a code name.  Anastasia was "The Train".'),
('48068',' When Meg Ryan (qv) was offered the role of Anya, she could not  decide if she wanted to accept it or not. Upon hearing of Ryans  indecision, Fox took an audio clip of Ryan talking in  _Sleepless in Seattle (1993)_ (qv) and created a short animated  sequence of Anya speaking the lines. They sent the clip to Ryan, and  she was so impressed that she changed her mind and accepted the  role.'),
('48069',' Composer Newman, David (I) (qv)s father Newman, Alfred (qv)  wrote the score for 1956s Anastasia.'),
('48070',' The Parisian bridge on which the confrontation between Rasputin and  Dimitri and Anastasia occurs is the Alexander III bridge, named  after the real Anastasia Romanovs grandfather on the occasion of  his state visit to France in the 1870s.'),
('48071',' The drawing the Empress holds when she and Anya are reminiscing (the  same one we see little Anastasia give her at the beginning of the  movie) is a picture the real Anastasia had drawn for her father in  1914.'),
('48072',' The portrait in the ballroom of the whole family includes a dog. The  dog existed. This spaniel named Joy belonged to Anastasias brother,  Alexei, and was found alive at the house where the family was  killed. Anastasias own dog, Jimmy, did not survive.'),
('48073',' The real Anastasia once wore a dress almost exactly like the one  Anya wears in the last scenes of the movie. This same dress was seen  in _Anastasia (1956)_ (qv).'),
('48074',' When Anya returns to the palace in St. Petersburg and is in the  ballroom you can see the painting of the coronation of Alexandra and  Nicholas on the left hand side being the first picture, which is a  real painting.'),
('48075',' The musical number "Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)" includes  cameos by various historical characters from the time, including  Maurice Chevalier, Sigmund Freud, Charles Lindbergh, Josephine  Baker, Claude Monet, Isadora Duncan, Auguste Rodin, and Gertude  Stein.'),
('48076',' The Russian Ballet that the characters go to see is "Cinderella".'),
('48077',' Liz Callaway was called at the last minute by Flaherty and Ahrens to  substitute for a singer who couldnt make the recording session of  the temp tracks for Fox. Her tracks of the songs were liked so much  they led to her subsequent casting as the singing voice of  Anastasia.'),
('48078',' This was the first feature for 20th Century Foxs animation  division.'),
('48079',' To save money, the animation cameras were mounted with Foxs own  CinemaScope anamorphic optics. This film became the first 20th  Century Fox production to use actual CinemaScope lenses in 30 years.'),
('48080',' Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) was Don Bluths second choice for the  role of Rasputin.'),
('48081',' The music box in this movie actually existed. It was given to the  real Anastasia by the real Marie Feoderovna for her thirteenth  birthday, but was "silver with a ballerina on top."'),
('48082',' The real Anastasia was indeed born at the Peterhof Palace, which was  called "The Farm" by her family. It was designed in imitation of the  Palace of Versailles, in France.'),
('48083',' At the time this drama was filmed, it was not then known that Anna  Andersen was not the Grand Duchess Anastasia; this fact was only  discovered later, through DNA comparison after her death.'),
('48084',' Christian Bale (qv)s first movie.'),
('48085',' The last film project for Rex Harrison (I) (qv).'),
('48086',' The original inspiration for this story began around 300 B.C. on the  Greek Island of Lesvos. Sappho is said to have run a school for  gifted female artists there and is widely considered the first  lesbian recorded in history, though this is disputed. Atthis was a  noted companion of hers; Sinis was a known murderer of epic status  and the root of the modern word "sinister". The poet Sappho was  called "the tenth muse" by Homer, the legendary scholar and  philosopher. She originated the famous expression: "Beauty is in the  eye of the beholder".'),
('48087',' The actors, though appearing to be nude for a majority of the film,  were always covered with a flesh'),
('48088','tone apparatus that was glued into  place. In some of the more active scenes, Mr. Barnes was forced to  use duct tape to secure the device when the glue wouldnt hold.'),
('48089',' Music composer Rhonda Barnes is the mother of "Sinis" actor David  Barnes. They recorded the entire score of the film in their living  room (piano and strings) and bathroom (for vocals) with director  Steven Jacobs working as the Sound Engineer.'),
('48090',' The door that leads to the stainless steel morgue room in the movie  actually leads to the cafeteria of Technische Universität München.  The movie was screened in the big wooden lecture auditorium seen in  the movie, leading to a "picture'),
('48091','in'),
('48092','picture"'),
('48093','effect for the  audience.'),
('48094',' The models used in the film were inspired by Dr.  Gunther von Hagens (qv) popular exhibition "Body Works" in which  real cadavers are plasticized after being dissected. One character  even mentions this process when we see the hall for the first time  at the beginning of the film, but no real cadavers were used as the  director thought it "too macabre". The models were created by a team  headed by Joachim Grüninger (qv) and Birger Laube (qv). The  models were so accurate and detailed that the films medical  advisers thought they could be used as actual teaching specimens.'),
('48095',' In the scene where Hein (Benno Fürmann) tries to hide the corpse of  Phil (Holger Speckhahn) there are two assistants appearing. The  dark'),
('48096','haired one, who is constantly cursing (Martin Pölcher) actually  is now (2006) assistant medical director at the Institute for  Gynecology at the University of Bonn, Germany.'),
('48097',' Director Catherine Breillat (qv) wrote the man especially for  Rocco Siffredi (qv).'),
('48098',' This featurette is on the DVD for _Twister (1996)_ (qv), released in  2000.'),
('48099',' Ellington, Duke (qv) did the music and has a cameo as "Pie'),
('48100','Eye."'),
('48101',' The part of the judge was offered to both Spencer Tracy (qv) and  Burl Ives (qv), but instead went to Joseph N. Welch (qv) who was  a lawyer in real life who had represented the U.S. Army in the  televised Army'),
('48102','McCarthy hearings in 1954.'),
('48103',' The part played by Lee Remick (qv) was first offered to  Lana Turner (qv), who agreed to take it on the condition that she  would wear gowns designed exclusively by her personal couturier,  Jean Louis (I) (qv). When director Otto Preminger (qv) objected  that such gowns were not suitable for the role, Turner turned down  the part. Columbia was ready to give in to Turners demands but  Preminger resisted and gave the role to Remick, then almost a  beginner.'),
('48104',' James Stewart (I) (qv)s father was so offended by the film, which  he deemed "a dirty picture", that he took out an ad in his local  newspaper telling people not to see it.'),
('48105',' Upon its original release, the film was banned in Chicago, Illinois.'),
('48106',' The "law library" in the courthouse was actually filmed in the  Carnegie Public Library in Ishpeming Michigan. The door that was  opened in the Courthouse, which is in Marquette, Michigan, was the  door to the mens restroom. The movie was filmed on location in  Marquette County Michigan.'),
('48107',' Part of the controversy surrounding this movie was because it  included use of the words "bitch", "contraceptive", "panties",  "penetration", "rape", "slut" and "sperm".'),
('48108',' The movies poster was as #1 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by  Premiere.'),
('48109',' Created for the DVD release of _My Super Ex'),
('48110','Girlfriend (2006)_ (qv).'),
('48111',' The partial mechanical horse carcass from _Hidalgo (2004)_ (qv) can  be seen in the background of some of the wide shots of the effects  studio.'),
('48112',' When it was first aired in Portugal, it started a minor political  riot because of alleged explicit scenes. The Public TV administrator  went on air after the movie, apologizing for showing such content,  which turned a minor incident into a major political issue.  Nowadays, no one would even give the scene where the actress shows  her bottom a second thought.'),
('48113',' Was on the shelf for three years before be finally released in 2004.'),
('48114',' Shot during Summer 2001 as backstage for a short film produced and  directed by Eric Alexander (II) (qv)'),
('48115',' Actor and director Kim Rossi Stuart declared that he didnt want to  play a role in Anche Libero Va Bene, because he wanted to  concentrate on directing. But when the actor who was supposed to  play the father (Renato Benetti) walked out two weeks before  shooting, the producers pressed Kim Rossi Stuart to play this role  himself.'),
('48116',' Kim Rossi Stuart chose to shoot at the same school he went as a  child. The principal was the same as when he went there.'),
('48117',' Director Christopher Summa received special recognition at the  Brooklyn Film Festival for his unique union of Italian'),
('48118','American and  African'),
('48119','American themes in the film.'),
('48120',' The championship 4 by 400 meter track relay race that the characters  run in was filmed using an actual track meet in New York city.  Unable to get the proper filming permits necessary the producers  secretly entered the actors as a new team called "Gonzaga".  Unbeknownst to the track officials, there were two 16mm film  cameras, one video camera, and one still photographer set in place  around the indoor arena. Although the actors looked great in their  uniforms, they were lapped twice and finished dead last. The films  editing portrays an amazingly different scenario.'),
('48121',' All the characters in the film attend Gonzaga College in New York.  This is a fictional Jesuit College that was supposed to be located  in the Bronx, NY. Symbolically, Aloysius Gonzaga is the Patron Saint  of Youth, he died in his early 20s.'),
('48122',' Coach Farnese, Gonzagas Head Track Coach, is named after the famous  Farnese family in Italian history, they began ruling in the year  1534 when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III.'),
('48123',' "Anthony Milo" is the name of the main character and was inspired by  the legendary Greek athlete "Milo of Croton". He is depicted in  Italian Baroque painting as a partly naked, muscular figure, his  hands stuck in a tree trunk. He is either alone or about to be  attacked by a lion.'),
('48124',' The Roaring "Lion" Sculpture that appears in the film is located  adjacent to Baker Field at Columbia University in Manhattan. The  main character has to pass by it before one of the films final  scenes. It has stood on Baker Field since 1895.'),
('48125',' The Four Horsemen, the nickname taken by the four members of the  track relay team in the film, from the Bibles Book of Revelation in  reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The first athletes  to call themselves "The Four Horsemen" played football for Notre  Dame.'),
('48126',' Director Christopher Summa also served as the Cinematographer, he  integrated the following film stocks, video and still film formats  to create a unique visual texture for the story. '),
('48127',' Kodak Color 16mm  film '),
('48128',' Kodak Black and White 16mm film '),
('48129',' Hi8mm Color Video  transferred to 16mm film '),
('48130',' 35mm Still Film Photography '),
('48131',' 16mm BW  Reversal film'),
('48132',' Official Selection of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival'),
('48133',' Was inspired by a biography show that Will Ferrell (qv) watched  about Jessica Savitch (qv), and how one of her male coworkers  confessed to being a total chauvinist back in the day.'),
('48134',' The first draft of the screenplay included suggested actors for  various roles:  '),
('48135',' Champ Kind: John C. Reilly (I) (qv)  '),
('48136',' Brick Tamland: Chris Parnell (I) (qv)  '),
('48137',' Brian Fantana: Ben Stiller (qv)  '),
('48138',' Ed Harken: Ed Harris (I) (qv)  '),
('48139',' Garth Holiday: Dan Aykroyd (qv)  '),
('48140',' Frank Vitchard: Alec Baldwin (qv)  '),
('48141',' The script also specified another member of the news team,    Marshall Connors, with William H. Macy (qv) suggested for the    part.'),
('48142',' The Mexican restaurant Veronica visits with the girls from the  station is named "Escupimos en su Alimento". In Spanish, that means,  "We spit in your food".'),
('48143',' Ron Burgundys license plate is "IM #1."'),
('48144',' Ron Burgundys dog is named Baxter. "Ted Baxter" was the name of the  self'),
('48145','obsessed anchorman played by Ted Knight (I) (qv) on  _"Mary Tyler Moore" (1970)_ (qv).'),
('48146',' The head of the newsroom is named Ed in honor of Edward Asner (qv)  who played Lou Grant, the head of the newsroom on  _"Mary Tyler Moore" (1970)_ (qv)'),
('48147',' The deleted scene where Ron Burgundy gets smashed in the face by the  filing cabinet and proceeds to tell everyone of his dilemma is a  subtle reference to his character Mustafa in  _"Austin Powers, Man of Mystery" (2000)_ (qv) who did something  similar when he was injured.'),
('48148',' The filmmakers compiled so many extra scenes and sub'),
('48149','plots that a  second film entitled  _Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) (V)_ (qv) was edited  together and included in the 2'),
('48150','disc Anchorman: Special Edition.'),
('48151',' A good portion of scenes from the trailers are completely omitted  from the films final cut. These scenes include Burgundy taking a  bullet for Veronica and a later shot of him and her emerging from a  TV van to a cheering crowd with Burgundy visibly showing a bandaged  wound. The line where Ron asks Garth about his divorce while at a  party is also missing. Other shots cut include Ron walking into a  filing cabinet and falling over, alternate dialog when Ron asks  Veronica what her dream is, Veronica and Ron tackling each other on  the conference room table, collapsing (with Ron shouting "Lets make  a baby!"), Ron admiring his own billboard, Ed Harken asking what a  "lead" is, sitting by a poolside, standing by the side of the road  with a long beard and guitar on his back trying to hitchhike, and  others.'),
('48152',' The sound effect heard when the News Team jumps into the bear pit is  from _"Six Million Dollar Man, The" (1974)_ (qv) and  _"Bionic Woman, The" (1976)_ (qv) shows of the 70s. On the shows,  the sound was heard anytime they were performing a bionic or  super'),
('48153','human feat (jumping high, running fast, etc.)'),
('48154',' The man on the motorcycle, that Ron tosses a burrito at, is  Jack Black (I) (qv).'),
('48155',' Many of the actors as well as Will Ferrell (qv) are well versed in  the art of improvisation and would sometimes do up to 20 different  versions of reaction lines trying out the first thing that popped  into their heads.'),
('48156',' Adam McKay (qv) has said that in the first draft of the script,  the story was about a planeload of news anchors who crash in the  mountains and discover that the plane which they collided was  carrying monkeys and martial arts equipment, leading to a battle  between cannibalistic newsmen and star'),
('48157','throwing monkeys.'),
('48158',' In the night club, Ron plays jazz flute in the style of  Ian Anderson (IV) (qv), lead singer and flautist of  Jethro Tull (qv). Ron blurts out "Hey Aqualung!" at the end of the  song, a lyric from the Jethro Tull (qv) song "Aqualung", the title  track of their 1971 album. In addition, the riff that he plays on  the flute just before he does so is the main riff of the same song.  Indeed, the scene is rife with Tull references, as the pose Ron  strikes at the end of the song is also a clear imitation of the  bands logo of a flautist turned sideways with one leg up.'),
('48159',' The bass player at the Spanish restaurant where Ron plays the flute  is Jerry Minor (qv), a sketch comedian with whom Ferrell worked  for a season on _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('48160',' The title is a play on  _Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)_ (qv), as is the tagline  "His news is bigger than your news".'),
('48161',' Director Adam McKay (qv) was supposed to have a small cameo as a  network producer named Aaron Zimmerman who acted much like Robert  Evans but the idea was cut midway through production. The idea was  reprised however in the feature introduction commentary to "Wake Up,  Ron Burgundy".'),
('48162',' The car Ron owns is a 1970 Pontiac, quite possibly a low line  Catalina two door hardtop.'),
('48163',' This film had been pitched to DreamWorks nearly 20 times before,  following the successes of "Old School" and "Elf". DreamWorks had  little faith in the film, doubting Ferrell and McKay were able to  pull off an entire film based on news anchors. Despite the doubts  the film would bomb, it grossed $84 million domestically and the  director had so much extra footage they were able to make a second  film out of it.'),
('48164',' WILHELM SCREAM: in the fight sequence between the news groups, when  Champ throws another man incredibly far into a car window.'),
('48165',' One of the outtakes during the closing credits was actually taken  from _Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)_ (qv). That film was one of  the first to include humorous outtakes at the end of the film and it  became a fixture for many of Burt Reynolds s films.'),
('48166',' Amy Poehler (qv) was completely cut out of the movie.'),
('48167',' There are 23 people in the street fight.'),
('48168',' Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) auditioned for the role of Veronica.'),
('48169',' Several actors from Judd Apatows "Freaks and Geeks" have uncredited  appearances in the film. Noteably, Seth Rogan as the cameraman at  the cat fashion show, Dave Allen as a customer at the fondue  restaurant and Joe Flaherty as the Texas TV Station Manager (scenes  deleted).'),
('48170',' In the credits Brick is seen saying "I ate fiberglass insulation  once, it didnt taste like cotton candy like that guy said it would,  my tummy itches." In the Nirvana song “Beeswax”, the lyrics are  "Fiberglass insulation disguised as cotton candy".'),
('48171',' For the most famous sequence in the film, Mickey Mouse was  originally meant to be the dance partner of Gene Kelly (I) (qv).  However, when Walt Disney (qv) refused to have his most famous  character appear in an MGM film. Kelly turned to MGMs own animation  studio and used Jerry Mouse of Tom and Jerry fame.'),
('48172',' When the dance sequence with Gene Kelly (I) (qv) and Jerry the  Mouse was screened for MGM executives, someone noticed that although  Kellys reflection shone on the floor during his dancing, Jerrys  did not. So all the animators who worked on the sequence had to be  rehired to go back in and draw Jerrys reflection on the floor as he  was dancing.'),
('48173',' This was the first film project for Pamela Britton (qv).'),
('48174',' German'),
('48175','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('48176',' The pick up truck that the character Driver is in was actually owned  by the director. It was also used as the production vehicle.'),
('48177',' The scene where Paul and Jen meet the Hobo was shot over several  different nights due to rain. In the master shot you can see a heavy  rain briefly.'),
('48178',' Due to the budget actors had to pull double duty. In the scene where  Hobo meets Anubis, actor Don Sandeen plays both roles as does  Christopher Kann who doubles for Anubis and the Hobo in certain  shots.'),
('48179',' Although the film was shot in a forest and the actors were climbing  on various pieces of equipment (including Anubis who wasnt really  able to see) no one got hurt and everyone did their own stunts.'),
('48180',' In the infamous tanker sequence, Anubis is using a real machete and  when he takes a swing at Jens back pack you can see a piece of  material fly off.'),
('48181',' Shooting the forest scenes at night in early April 2004 on Marthas  Vineyard proved difficult for the cast and crew, temperatures got  down to 30 degrees and would either snow or have freezing rain. The  cast was able to stay in their cars to keep warm while the small  crew would set up for the next shot.'),
('48182',' The heading on the last page that Jen is scanning in the spell book  to send Anubis back reads, "COMOEDIANTEN" the page itself is a copy  of the playbill from the German Faust comedy, "The Life and Death of  the Great Arch'),
('48183','Sorcerer", 1688.'),
('48184',' The Nerf "popper" that Jen fires at Anubis was actually found at the  barn above the doorway and was only going to be used in an  "additional" scene but the director liked it so much he expanded the  gag and kept it in.'),
('48185',' The hook'),
('48186','like weapon that Paul is holding up in the barn is called a  Woodsmens Pal.'),
('48187',' Stuntman R.D. Jones (qv) was drowned while shooting a sequence  where he was running the rapids in a canoe.'),
('48188',' Released as a split reel along with  _Riddle of the World, The (1916)_ (qv).'),
('48189',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('48190',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Hospital Hoax, A (1912)_ (qv).'),
('48191',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Chemical Inspiration (1921)_ (qv).'),
('48192',' Filmed in only 3 days as part of the first annual Texas Indie Meet,  held September 10'),
('48193','12 2004. The entire cast and crew were volunteers  who flew in from all over the country to be a part of the  production.'),
('48194',' Lowell was named for a kind of light kit used in the Northwestern  University film department.'),
('48195',' 4th episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('48196','reel comedy series.'),
('48197',' 17th episode in the "Mike and Ike" two'),
('48198','reel comedy series.'),
('48199',' Shot between the first and second seasons of  _"Monty Pythons Flying Circus"(1969)_ (qv), this film contains  several sketches that had been written for the second season but not  yet performed, including the "Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch.'),
('48200',' The sets for this film were built in an abandoned dairy rather than  on a (more costly) soundstage.'),
('48201',' The deadly joke that is used to kill Germans in World War II is  translated to this in plain language: "If that is git only stucco  and Slotermeyer? Yes! Celebration dog that or the Flipperwaldt  gersput!"'),
('48202',' When Terry Gilliam (qv) asked British animation legend  Bob Godfrey (qv) if he could use his camera to recreate his  animated sequences for the movie, Godfrey didnt know who Gilliam  was and told him to "bugger off". Later, Godfrey found out that  Gilliam was a member of the Monty Python team and helped him  complete the sequences for the movie.'),
('48203',' Monty Pythons movie debut. The movie was intended to introduce  American audiences to Pythons comedy, but ironically, it did far  better business in Britain, where viewers had already seen the  movies sketches on "Monty Pythons Flying Circus"'),
('48204',' According to Terry Gilliam, executive producer Victor Lownes, who  primarily represented Playboy magazine (which funded the movie),  insisted on getting an animated credit equal in size to those of the  group members.'),
('48205',' The character Valentin is based upon a real thief that director  Claude Lelouch (qv) met.'),
('48206',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) once showed an interest in playing Valentin.  Once he dropped out, John Malkovich (qv) was also approached.'),
('48207',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2006 6'),
('48208','disc DVD release "The Busby  Berkeley Collection".'),
('48209',' Made by more or less the same production team that had made "The  Avengers" television series.'),
('48210',' John Carson (I) (qv) was originally cast as the police gendarme  but had to withdraw from the movie owing to his inability to drive a  motorcycle.'),
('48211',' The actual contract that Pancho Villa (I) (qv) signed with  Frank N. Thayer (qv) and the Mutual Film Company on 5 January 1914  to film the battle of Ojinaga still exists and is in a museum in  Mexico City.'),
('48212',' The first film produced about Pancho Villa (I) (qv) was  _Life of Villa (1912)_ (qv), produced by the American Mutoscope and  Biograph Company.'),
('48213',' While filming _Life of Villa (1912)_ (qv) a battle between the  forces of Pancho Villa and federal troops near Ojinaga, cameraman  Charles Rosher was captured by federal soldiers and brought before  their commanding general. Rosher thought he was about to be executed  as a spy, and things didnt look too good for him until the Mexican  general noticed Roshers Masonic pin in his lapel. The general then  gave Rosher the Masonic greeting; it turned out he was a Mason, too.  Instead of being shot as a spy, Rosher was treated as a guest, and  was later released after the Mexican government made a deal with the  American government that allowed their troops to cross into American  territory in order to outflank Villas forces and attack them from  the rear.'),
('48214',' Pancho Villa (I) (qv) was actually considered a "Producer" on this  film by Biograph Company.'),
('48215',' At the time of production, this was the most expensive 2'),
('48216','hour  television/cable movie ever made, with a budget of over $30 million.'),
('48217',' The original film _Life of General Villa, The (1914)_ (qv) the  second film made about Villas life by the Mutual Film Company has  been lost, but some unedited film reels of the battle of Ojinaga  (January 1914), showing Pancho Villa and his army fighting Federal  forces, as well as photographs and publicity stills taken from the  original film does still exist.'),
('48218',' Shot in 21 days.'),
('48219',' The scene where Seth is crying in the church wasnt originally  planned in the movie. The script initially called for Seth on/nearby  a cliff, but due to harsh weather conditions at that time, forced  the filmmakers to improvise.'),
('48220',' Emily Brents line, "Those whom the gods would destroy..." is from  the Greek dramatist Euripides. "The wicked flee . . ." is from the  book of Proverbs.'),
('48221',' The films still photographer, Craig Hamrick (qv), provided the  setting for two scenes. The "servants bathroom", where the French  maid (played by Darian Caine (qv)) is brutally attacked in a  _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)'),
('48222','inspired shower murder scene, was the bathroom  in Hamricks Brooklyn apartment. And a spooky stairway shown in the  film was in the same Tribeca building as his photography studio.  Hamrick and the films producer/star Joe Zaso (qv) became friends  when Hamrick shot some publicity stills (headshots) for Zaso. The  photographer is very familiar with the horror genre; he has written  several books about the cult classic "Dark Shadows".'),
('48223',' All the scenes were shot in and around the home that also produces  the web'),
('48224','series, Hidden Frontier.'),
('48225',' Some of the films elements are based on real life events of the  filmmaker.'),
('48226',' Produced despite heavy misgivings in the film industry. When film  star Richard Gere (qv) accepted a small role, he broke the  taboos'),
('48227','at grave risk to his career'),
('48228','about both the subject and  major film stars taking small parts in TV productions. Subsequently  Steve Martin (I) (qv), Alan Alda (qv), Phil Collins (I) (qv)  and Anjelica Huston (qv) were willing to appear.'),
('48229',' Mary Guinan, the role played by Glenne Headly (qv), was Nevadas  State Health Officer in the early 2000s. She has since retired.'),
('48230',' The film was selected to compete and be screened as part of The  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Regional Student Film  Competition on 17 November 1973 in New York City. Martin Brests  film, Hotdogs for Gauguin, starring Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman  was also screened. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down was also  selected for the 33rd Annual Student Film Festival at New York  University, School of the Arts, Institute of Film and Television,  for screening on October 27, 1973. Other notable films in the  festival included Amy Heckerlings High Finance. The festival was  produced by Joel Silver. Other students in the same class included  Leonard Maltin and Susan Seidelman.'),
('48231',' Promotional Documentary released to promote  _World Is Not Enough, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('48232',' The title comes from John 1:14 in the Bible. It reads: "And the Word  was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth."'),
('48233',' The name of the leading female character, Fahsai, literally means  Clear Sky.'),
('48234',' Priyanka Chopras debut movie.'),
('48235',' Filmed in two versions, one in French, the other in Spanish.'),
('48236',' Sketch used in this movie for Ajay Kumar Saxenas Grandmother is of  actress Dina Pathak (qv).'),
('48237',' When Aamir Khan (qv) and Salman Khan (qv) were approached to  sign the contract for the movie each of them wanted more screen time  than the other, but finally settled on being onscreen for the same  amout of time.'),
('48238',' Mehmood (qv)s character owns a film studio called "Wah Wah  Productions". This is a reference to Mehmoods earlier film  _Pyaar Kiye Jaa (1966)_ (qv) where he plays a person who has his own  film productions also called "Wah Wah Productions".'),
('48239',' The voice of actor Shehzad (qv) was dubbed by his father  Ajit (I) (qv).'),
('48240',' The whole part towards the end where Aamir Khan compliments Shakti  Kapoor, is a reference and tribute to the film _Sholay (1975)_ (qv).'),
('48241',' Shakti Kapoors character, Crime Master Gogo, is supposedly the  nephew of Mogambo, the villian immortalised by Amrish Puri in Mr.  India. The movie also makes references to the famous line "Mogambo  Khush Hua" (Mogambo is pleased) during the many confrontations  between Bhalla and Robert and Crime Master Gogo. Crime Master Gogo  continually steals something from the two hired goons, as it is "the  family business". On his departure, he starts the phrase by saying  "Gogo..." while Robert finishes the sentence "Khush Huagi" (Gogo...  Khush Huagi = Gogo will be happy)'),
('48242',' When Salman Khan is asked whether he has seen the movie Sholay  (1975), he says "Haan, dus baar (yes, ten times)", Amir Khan  jokingly says "Iske baap ne likhi hai" (his father has written it).  This is true. Salman Khans father Salim Khan was one the co'),
('48243','writers  of the 1975 block buster Sholay.'),
('48244',' It is not the first time that actor Jagdeep has played the role of a  "Bhopali". He has done it "Sholay" (1975) and in "Soorma Bhopali"'),
('48245',' German version of _Journeys End (1930)_ (qv).'),
('48246',' This documentary first aired on television on the same day that the  20th official Bond film _Die Another Day (2002)_ (qv) was released.'),
('48247',' Only one print, a fragmented copy, survives. Other prints were  destroyed by the Nazis in the early 1930s.'),
('48248',' The role played by Veidt, Conrad (qv) was probably the first  homosexual character written for cinema.'),
('48249',' Filmed live on 9 September, 1989 at Shoreline Amphitheatre,  Mountain, California, USA.'),
('48250',' Tony Levin was the bassist on the tour, however he was ill and so  Jeff Berlin took over.'),
('48251',' Final feature film of Margaret Hamilton (qv).'),
('48252',' Christopher Walken (qv)s feature film debut.'),
('48253',' Casting director Marsha Kleinman (qv) died during production.'),
('48254',' At some point during production, several reels of film were lost on  the way from location in Georgia, to printing in California.  Director John Frankenheimer (qv) had to reshoot the lost footage,  which was about 40% of the trial sequence, in a new location in  North Carolina, rebuilding parts of the original set to the last  detail in order to match the coinciding Georgia scenes.'),
('48255',' Ted Turner originally wanted Ron Maxwell to direct the miniseries  following the success of Maxwell and Turners film "Gettysburg".  Maxwell politely declined citing that (at the time) he was no longer  interested in doing Civil War films. Turner then went to John  Frankenheimer.'),
('48256',' Lou Frizzell (qv), who plays Jasper Culver in this production of  "The Andersonville Trial", played a Union Soldier in the original  1959 Broadway stage production. He is the only one of the original  Broadway cast to appear in this production.'),
('48257',' George C. Scott (qv), who directed, played Chipman in the original  Broadway production.'),
('48258',' All of the witnesses as portrayed in the film are the actual  witnesses who testified at Wirzs trial, and their dialogue in many  cases is taken almost verbatim from the trial transcript. The major  change from history is that Wirz did not testify and the whole  "moral issue", around which this film revolves, was never raised at  the trial.'),
('48259',' The two effects shots in the movie were completed in only two hectic  days and were delivered a couple of days before deadline.'),
('48260',' The "seal" is actually a sea lion, as seals are notoriously  difficult to train.'),
('48261',' Shots from original 16mm films of the real Andre appear during the  credits.'),
('48262',' Filmed live in the Piazza Della Republica in Cortona, Tuscany,  Italy.'),
('48263',' First'),
('48264','time director Sidney Franklin (qv) (14 years'),
('48265','old at the  time) received support from industry professionals, who offered  time, equipment and guidance.'),
('48266',' With limited time and funding, Franklin was forced to get up to 35  shots in a day (the average for other productions is around 15'),
('48267','20)  using two cameras.'),
('48268',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Glacier National Park (1912)_ (qv).'),
('48269',' The movie was completed and shown to selected people in private  screenings in the winter of 1966. The first official screening was  in February 1969 in Moscow, followed by a screening at the Cannes  film festival in May 1969. International distribution started in  1973.'),
('48270',' For the scene where the cow is on fire, she was covered in asbestos,  which protected her from actually being burned. But for the scene  where the horse falls down the stairs, it was shot in the head. The  crew acquired the horse from a slaughterhouse, and it was going to  be shot the next day, so they decided to use it for the film.'),
('48271',' Vasili Livanov (qv) claims to be the one who suggested idea for  "Andrey Rublyov". He also wanted to play the lead, but Tarkovsky  wanted to go with the unknown actor.'),
('48272',' Stock footage from the RKO film  _Last Days of Pompeii, The (1935)_ (qv) was used in shots of the  crowds filing into the Colosseum.'),
('48273',' Harpo Marx (qv) was considered for the part of Androcles at one  time.'),
('48274',' American feature film debut for Jean Simmons.'),
('48275',' After principal filming was completed, Howard Hughes decided the  film needed some extra sprucing up. He had Nicholas Ray shoot a  "Vestal Virgin Bathing Sequence" which immediately ran afoul with  censors and enraged producer Gabriel Pascal, among others. The  sequence was eventually deleted from release prints.'),
('48276',' Whenever he is shown walking, Max 404 keeps his arms bent at a level  that imitates C'),
('48277','3PO in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('48278',' After auditioning many actresses for the part of Maggie, director  Aaron Lipstadt met Brie Howard (aka Brie Howard'),
('48279','Darling) at a party.  At the time she was a drummer in an all'),
('48280','girl band, but he liked her  looks and asked her to try out for the role.'),
('48281',' The pneumatic air'),
('48282','hiss of the doors opening and closing was created  by the sound effects editor, who aimed a can of compressed air into  a five'),
('48283','gallon plastic water jug. He would pull the tube of the air  nozzle out of the jug while pressing the button, which produced the  doors sound.'),
('48284',' The film was shot in 20 days in June, 1982: nineteen days at the set  in Venice, and one day on location at the Los Angeles Arboretum.'),
('48285',' The characters full names, shown on their mug shots, are Gunther  Keller, Orlando Mendes, and Margaret Kallisti.'),
('48286',' Don Opper based his performance of Maxs peculiar, C'),
('48287','3PO'),
('48288','like walk  on Charles Chaplin (qv) and Buster Keaton (qv).'),
('48289',' Cassandras line to Maggie, "Wrong me not, good sister, nor wrong  yourself," is taken from William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s play "The  Taming of the Shrew."'),
('48290',' The germ from space cost $250,000 to create in special effects.'),
('48291',' The Wildfire scientific lab sets cost more than $300,000 to build,  and were described at the time as "one of the most elaborately  detailed interiors ever built."'),
('48292',' The Central Core set required the digging of a 70 ft deep by 30 ft  wide hole in a soundstage.'),
('48293',' In the novel, the character of Leavitt is a man, but is a woman  (played by Kate Reid (I) (qv)) in the film.'),
('48294',' Michael Crichton (qv) wrote the rough draft for the novel from  which this film is adapted while he was still a medical student. He  was inspired after a conversation with one of his teachers about the  concept of crystal'),
('48295','based life'),
('48296','forms.'),
('48297',' Leavitt in a protest against inserting something to clean out the GI  tract makes the statement about "risked drowning in that foul bath".  The book, but not the movie, had the Wildfire Team submerge  completely in an antibiotic solution. The scene may have been cut,  but Leavitt still makes reference to it in the movie.'),
('48298',' Dr Stone says, "The SDS has arrived, no doubt." when his wife says  someone is at the door to see him. The Students for a Democratic  Society (SDS) was a college protest group active in the late 1960s  to whom Dr Stone alludes.'),
('48299',' The monkey was "killed" by being placed in a large set filled with  carbon dioxide. When the monkeys cage, containing oxygen was  opened, it was rendered unconscious by the CO2. An Assistant  director was off camera and brought a breathing apparatus to the  monkey who recovered immediately.'),
('48300',' At the plane crash site, the actor that was supposed to call out,  "Major Mancheck," fell out of his trailer and broke his leg. He was  replaced on the spot with actor Bob Olen, who did the lines but was  never credited for it.'),
('48301',' 12th and final release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48302','reel  comedy series.'),
('48303',' First release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48304','reel comedy  series.'),
('48305',' Seventh release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48306','reel comedy  series.'),
('48307',' A remake, using archive footage, of _Eight'),
('48308','Ball Andy (1948)_ (qv).'),
('48309',' Third release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48310','reel comedy  series.'),
('48311',' The picture on "last years" high school magazine that is shown is  that of Turner, Lana (qv), who was in the Hardy Family series  movie, _Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)_ (qv). The character she  played, Cynthia Potter, is also mentioned.'),
('48312',' Esther William(I) (qv)s first length movie.'),
('48313',' Kathryn Grayson (qv)s film debut.'),
('48314',' Eighth release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48315','reel comedy  series.'),
('48316',' Several acts were edited out due to time constraints. They include:  an overture '),
('48317',' a medley of the songs in the show '),
('48318',' performed by the  orchestra; a second song performed by the Love family (during which  they were actually booed off stage); more songs as Elvis; and the  introduction of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Santa Claus.'),
('48319',' Ninth release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48320','reel comedy  series.'),
('48321',' Seventh episode, fourth and final series, of The Gumps 2'),
('48322','reel comedy  series'),
('48323',' Sixth release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48324','reel comedy  series.'),
('48325',' Second release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48326','reel comedy  series.'),
('48327',' Fourth episode, second series, of The Gumps 2'),
('48328','reel comedy series'),
('48329',' Fifth release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48330','reel comedy  series.'),
('48331',' 11th release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48332','reel comedy  series.'),
('48333',' Twelfth episode, first series, of The Gumps 2'),
('48334','reel comedy series'),
('48335',' CAMEO(George Shapiro): Kaufmans manager appears in the diner scene.'),
('48336',' Kaufman, Andy (qv) had to fight with the censors to allow him to  run fake static on the screen during the "Chubby Rosalie" skit  because they thought viewers would become frustrated and change the  channel.'),
('48337',' There are several more skits in the uncut version including an  appearance by Tony Clifton and a song and dance routine with Little  Wendy.'),
('48338',' This program was shelved by the ABC for two years because they  thought viewers wouldnt understand it.'),
('48339',' Originally taped on 15 July 1977 but not aired on American  Broadcasting Company (ABC) [us] before 1979.'),
('48340',' Tenth episode, first series, of The Gumps 2'),
('48341','reel comedy series'),
('48342',' First episode, second series, of The Gumps 2'),
('48343','reel comedy series'),
('48344',' Eleventh episode, first series, of The Gumps 2'),
('48345','reel comedy series'),
('48346',' Seventh episode, first series, of The Gumps 2'),
('48347','reel comedy series'),
('48348',' Fourth release in Edisons The Adventures of Andy 1'),
('48349','reel comedy  series.'),
('48350',' Available on disc 1 of the 4'),
('48351','disc R2 DVD release of the Europa  Trilogy (collecting _Forbrydelsens element (1984)_ (qv),  _Epidemic (1987)_ (qv) and _Europa (1991)_ (qv)), released on 13  June 2005 by Electric Parc ApS [dk].'),
('48352',' Released exclusively on the EPIDEMIC DVD released in Europe in a box  set with Lars von Triers first 3 films as the Europe trilogy.'),
('48353',' Released exclusively on the EUROPA DVD in Lars von Triers Europe  Trilogy DVD 4 disc box set.'),
('48354',' First in a popular series of yakuza films centering on female  characters, usually peripheral in this genre.'),
('48355',' Anemonis is a word'),
('48356','construction from Miha Veingerl consisting of  "Anemone" and "Atlantis".'),
('48357',' Won Best Student Film at the San Fernando Valley International Film  Festival.'),
('48358',' Nominated for Best Actress (Dorie Gray) and Best Cinematography at  the 2006 Terror Film Festival.'),
('48359',' Lead actress Dorie Gray plays a heart surgery patient who  experiences anesthesia awareness. After the film was completed,  Grays mother underwent heart surgery and really experienced  anesthesia awareness.'),
('48360',' The scenes at Hafids school were shot at Cégep St'),
('48361','Laurent which is  the college where director Denis Chouinard (qv) studied film and  where Kenza Abiabdillah (qv), who plays Djamila, studied drama.'),
('48362',' This documentary is featured on the Fourth Season DVD set for  _"Angel" (1999/I)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('48363',' Paramount paid $8,500 for Melchior Lengyel (qv)s play. The film  length was gradually cut from 2916.94m (11 reels) to 2478.33m (nine  reels) after pre'),
('48364','release showings in New York City and six  California cities from 25 July 1937 to 13 September 1937.'),
('48365',' One of the first films to be commissioned by Channel 4'),
('48366',' John Boorman (qv) (executive producer) wanted Liam Neeson (qv)  to play Danny.'),
('48367',' Composer Craig Safan wrote the score to "Angel" in under a week.'),
('48368',' When Angel is dropped off in front of Manns Chinese Theatre, the  movie marquee reveals that  _Star Wars: Episode VI '),
('48369',' Return of the Jedi (1983)_ (qv) is playing.'),
('48370',' Premiered at the Pacific Hollywood Theatre located at 6433 Hollywood  Boulevard in Hollywood, California.'),
('48371',' The outdoor scenes were shot in bitterly cold weather. The camera  would freeze after two minutes of shooting, and had to be taken  inside and warmed up with hot towels before taken outside again. The  actors did not mind this as they too could warm up between takes.'),
('48372',' The outdoor scenes were shot in bitterly cold weather. The camera  would freeze after two minutes of shooting, and had to be taken  inside and warmed up with hot towels before taken outside again. The  actors did not mind this as they too could warm up between takes.'),
('48373',' Olivier Martinez was considered for the role of Esme.'),
('48374',' Movie debut of Burt Reynolds (I) (qv).'),
('48375',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Magic Shoes, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('48376',' This was writer/ director Alexander "Sandy" Johnstons final  project.'),
('48377',' The scenes in and around Sharons parents home were filmed at the  Playter Farmhouse, a historic building near the Danforth in Toronto,  Ontario.'),
('48378',' Jennifer Lopez (I) (qv) insisted that the part of Catch be played  by James Caviezel (qv) even though she didnt even know his name.  She had recently been impressed with his performance in  _Thin Red Line, The (1998)_ (qv).'),
('48379',' Ben Affleck (qv) and Aaron Eckhart (qv) were considered for the  role of Catch.'),
('48380',' When Robert Mitchum got fed up with repeated re'),
('48381','takes in which the  director Otto Preminger ordered him to slap Jean Simmons across the  face, he turned around and slap Preminger, asking whether it was  this way he wanted it. Preminger immediately demanded of Howard  Hughes for Mitchum to be replaced. Hughes refused.'),
('48382',' In two different scenes a cab comes to the mansion, and both times  it has the same license plate.'),
('48383',' Marlon Brando (qv) was briefly considered for the role of Louis  Cyphre.'),
('48384',' Alan Parker (I) (qv) offered the role of Harry Angel to  Al Pacino (qv), Jack Nicholson (qv) and Robert De Niro (qv)  himself before Mickey Rourke (qv) was cast.'),
('48385',' Shirley Stoler (qv) was originally cast in the part of "Izzys  Wife", but was replaced by Judith Drake (I) (qv). Stolers voice  can still be heard at the end of the scene, singing the song, "I  Cried For You".'),
('48386',' When Harry Angel visits Margaret Krusemark for the first time,  Margaret orders her maid to bring them tea; she and the maid speak  briefly in French, which Angel obviously doesnt understand. The  maid is asking "Should I bring out the best cups?" and Margaret  responds "No."'),
('48387',' The poem about Evangeline and her lover that everyone refers to is  "Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (qv).'),
('48388',' Robert De Niro (qv)s performance is an impersonation of  Martin Scorsese (qv).'),
('48389',' The old train Harry takes in to Louisiana we see pulling up in the  scene change wasnt a working train and for filming it had to be  pushed in by a proper train from behind.'),
('48390',' Alan Parker claims that Robert De Niros performance as Louis Cypher  was so eerie and realistic that he generally avoided him during his  scenes, letting him just direct himself.'),
('48391',' The line "How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the  wise" is drawn from Sophocles Oedipus The King.'),
('48392',' One of the "Censored 11" banned from TV syndication by United  Artists in 1968 (then the owners of the Looney Tunes film library)  for alleged racism. Ted Turner (I) (qv) continued the ban when he  was hired and stated that these films will not be re'),
('48393','issued and will  not be put on Home Video. These cartoons will probably never air on  television again, and only non'),
('48394','Warner Bros. licensed public domain  video tapes will probably ever have these cartoons on them.'),
('48395',' Judith Evelyn (qv) repeats her Broadway role in this production.'),
('48396',' Remake of a 30 minute television play written by Charles Terrot and  broadcast on BBC 1 on 26 November 1951.'),
('48397',' The first film produced by John Wayne (I) (qv).'),
('48398',' Kerry Fox gained two stone for her role as Janet Frame. She managed  this by drinking liters of Coca'),
('48399','Cola, eating packets of chocolate  biscuits and going on the pill.'),
('48400',' "The Butter and Egg Man" opened on Broadway in New York City, New  York, USA on 23 September 1925 and closed in April 1926 after 243  performances. The opening night cast included Tom Fadden (qv),  Robert Middlemass (qv) and Harry Stubbs (qv).'),
('48401',' Two cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear  or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names): Dudley Dickerson (qv) (Black Man) and  Eddie Acuff (qv) (Stagehand).'),
('48402',' A deleted scene shows the bikers in a bar brawl, which sets all the  characters up as much more toughened crew than the current edit  shows.'),
('48403',' Based on the true story of Penny Porter and an encounter she had  with a biker gang. The part of Pete, however, was created for  dramatic purposes.'),
('48404',' Filmed just down the road from where the real Penny Porter lived.'),
('48405',' This short film won "Best Feature Film" at the Sonscreen Festival,  2004, in Dallas.'),
('48406',' CAMEO(Lee Meriwether (qv)): costumed in a black leotard, her back  to the camera, is one of the dancers backstage at the burlesque  theater.'),
('48407',' This was the first film of a multli'),
('48408','picture deal between  Andy Griffith (I) (qv) and Universal. Griffith was so disappointed  with this film that he declined to make the other pictures that were  part of the deal.'),
('48409',' The "Spy Cat" cartoons were done by Joe DAngelo who went on to  greater fame as the writer/artist of the "Pirate Cove" web comic.'),
('48410',' Some scenes were filmed at the old Hearld Examiner building in  downtown Los Angeles, purported to be haunted. A crew member was  walking up the stairs to the 2nd floor and the book in her back  pocket was removed and thrown down the stairs '),
('48411',' no one was with her  at the time. Another crew member reported a door that would open an  close by itself on the 4th floor.'),
('48412',' Director, Michael Marks and Director of Photography, Christopher C.  Odom attended Georgia State University film school together.'),
('48413',' Re'),
('48414','released in 1942 as Flag of Mercy with new framework footage  relating it to Americas involvement in World War Two.'),
('48415',' The film was originally intended as a period adaptation of the  Gaston Leroux (qv) novel, but after languishing for almost a year  and a half in pre'),
('48416','production, Director John Woosley took the advice  of his girlfriend and industry filmmakers to create something new  and exciting.'),
('48417',' This movie was based on the actual story of Bernice Feagan.'),
('48418',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('48419',' Jeanne Crain (qv) turned down the role of Astrid Steele.'),
('48420',' Poster and book cover by Bill Kaye.'),
('48421',' Gold Award, 2006 Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (ACS) '),
('48422','  Best Short Drama'),
('48423',' Honorable Mention, Full'),
('48424','length Narrative, 10th Annual George Lindsey  UNA Film Festival.'),
('48425',' Garden State Film Festival, Finalist Best Film Music.'),
('48426',' Phoenix Film Festival, Official Selection.'),
('48427',' 70mm blow'),
('48428','up version released in Spain.'),
('48429',' A scene in the orphanage has the character played by  Elia Enid Cadilla (qv) complaining that the "completion bond"  people could shut the orphanage down. The financing structure for  most movies requires completion bond insurance, in which a company  guarantees financiers that a film will be completed in exchange of a  fee and of the possibility of taking over the film, if necessary, to  assure its completion. It is not known if this film was in danger of  falling into such trouble.'),
('48430',' One of two films shot in Puerto Rico in 1997 with partial financing  by a grant from the Puerto Rico Department of Labor. The other film  was _Paging Emma (1999)_ (qv)'),
('48431',' The building used as an orphanage was an actual orphanage more than  50 years before the movie was made. It is located in Miramar, Puerto  Rico.'),
('48432',' The two men who sing "Golden Days" in a restaurant scene are  director Duvall, Robert (qv)s brothers.'),
('48433',' Like many films produced in Italy in 1944'),
('48434','45, very little  information is available about this film. We know that it was  completed but there is no evidence of it ever being released.'),
('48435',' "Langelo del miracolo" was filmed in Venice during what is known in  History as the Republic of Salò (when Mussolini was deposed and the  country occupied by the Germans) and when all cinematic activity was  transferred north, as Italys main studio facilities (Cinecittà)  were situated in Rome, which was occupied. It is very difficult  nowadays to find any information about any of the films produced  during the Republic of Salò and it is virtually impossible to find  any prints at all. Most of the documentation available about Italian  cinema also seems to exclude these films on purpose; most critics  even dismiss the fact that any cinematic activity even took place in  Venice during the last years of the war. It is clear that this  particularly difficult period has always been looked at from a  political point of view and the result is that political debates  over the years have simply erased over twenty films. It is probably  true that most of the personnel who worked in Venice in 1944'),
('48436','45 were  fascist sympathizers but some others just wanted to resume their  career in films despite the political upheavals. Whatever the case  may be, no other details other than the ones already displayed, are  now available about the film.'),
('48437',' Marvin Agustin (qv) accidentally punched co'),
('48438','actor  Paolo Paraiso (qv) on the face during a fight scene, which caused  the latter to bleed and ended up with two stitches on his upper lip  after he was rushed to the hospital.'),
('48439',' Among the stars who were initially attached to the film were  Diether Ocampo (qv), Jericho Rosales (qv), John Prats (qv),  Pinky Amador (qv), Pekto (qv), Nancy Castiglione (qv),  Eugene Domingo (qv) and Charee Pineda (qv). Rock Band Calla  Lilly was also earlier tapped to appear in the movie.'),
('48440',' Eunice Lagusad (qv) was initially eyed to play as the angel in all  the three stories.'),
('48441',' Ella Cruz (qv) got an introductory credit in the movie despite  having appearing in two earlier movies.'),
('48442',' Gary Busey (qv)s first film.'),
('48443',' Ronald Adam (qv) plays the part of a Group Controller. During the  Battle of Britain, he was Squadron Leader Ronald Adam and was the  Group Controller at Hornchurch.'),
('48444',' The word "angels" in the title was Second World War RAF slang for  altitude: "angels one five" refers to an altitude of 15,000 feet.'),
('48445',' The player wearing #4 who hits a home run is Ralph Kiner (qv), who  was known as a pretty good hitter.'),
('48446',' Bing Crosby (qv) appeared in the film because at the time, he was  a partial owner (approximately 15%) of the Pittsburgh Pirates.'),
('48447',' Forbes Field was demolished in 1971 after the Pirates moved to Three  Rivers Stadium in 1970.'),
('48448',' The "tobacco" that Carney Lansford spits at the end of the movie is  actually black licorice'),
('48449',' The movie centers around the then'),
('48450','California Angels in Anaheim, but  was filmed at the Oakland Coliseum due to the fact that the NFL  season was taking place and the then'),
('48451','Los Angeles Rams were using the  stadium in Anaheim. The Coliseum was not being used as the Raiders  had not yet returned to Oakland.'),
('48452',' The scene with the baseball game on TV features former St. Louis  Cardinals/Chicago Cubs pitcher Rick Horton (appearing in archive  footage from the actual game)'),
('48453',' Through out the movie, JP says "it could happen" 6 times.'),
('48454',' Rodney Dangerfield (qv)s last film'),
('48455',' Frank Gorshin (qv)s last live action movie.'),
('48456',' The Dead End Kids terrorized the set during shooting. They threw  other actors off with their ad'),
('48457','libbing, and once cornered costar  Humphrey Bogart (qv) and stole his trousers. But they didnt  figure on James Cagney (qv)s street'),
('48458','bred toughness. The first  time Leo Gorcey (qv) pulled an ad'),
('48459','lib on Cagney, the star  stiff'),
('48460','armed the young actor right above the nose. From then on, the  gang behaved.'),
('48461',' Because of the controversy over gangster films, the film was banned  outright in Denmark, China, Poland, Finland, and parts of Canada and  Switzerland.'),
('48462',' To play Rocky, James Cagney (qv) drew on his memories of growing  up in New Yorks Hells Kitchen. His main inspiration was a  drug'),
('48463','addicted pimp who stood on a street corner all day hitching his  trousers, twitching his neck, and repeating, "Whadda ya hear! Whadda  ya say!" Those mannerisms came back to haunt Cagney. He later wrote  in his autobiography, "I did those gestures maybe six times in the  picture. That was over thirty years ago '),
('48464',' and the impressionists  have been doing me doing him ever since."'),
('48465',' A montage features a shot of gangsters bombing a storefront. This  shot is actually an alternate angle of the bombing of a store in  _Public Enemy, The (1931)_ (qv).'),
('48466',' For years, viewers have wonder whether or not "Rocky" Sullivan  really turned yellow as he was being strapped into the electric  chair. Some have wondered if he was faking it in order to keep his  promise to Father Jerry. When asked about the scene years later,  Cagney says he chose to play it in such a way so that the audience  could make their own decisions as to whether or not he was faking.'),
('48467',' Some segments of this movie were remade and modified for the Home  Alone (1990) and its sequel. In the two movies, Kevin watches them  as "Angels with Filthy Souls" and "Angels with Even Filthier Souls".'),
('48468',' This documentary is featured on the Warner Brothers DVD for  _Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('48469',' DIRCAMEO(Greydon Clark (qv)): as a movie director in the sequence  involving the stunt motorcyclist.'),
('48470',' Freezing the DVD frame of the title card reveals the movies  original title, "Seven from Heaven." The ghost image of the words  appear just before they are blacked out and replaced with "Angels’  Revenge."'),
('48471',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('48472',' At the same time this movie was shooting the hospital scene on the  ramps at Columbia University, Comedy Central was filming  _Porn n Chicken (2002) (TV)_ (qv) right outside. In fact, the  graduation set for Porn n Chicken is in the distance outside the  glass wall. Kurt Fuller (qv) appears in both films.'),
('48473',' Dave tells Frank Head (Kurt Fuller (qv)) to "have fun looking like  Colonel Klink". In _Auto Focus (2002)_ (qv), Kurt Fuller (qv)  played the role of Werner Klemperer (qv), the actor who portrayed  Col. Klink in _"Hogans Heroes" (1965)_ (qv).'),
('48474',' The in'),
('48475','flight movie that Buddy is enjoying is _Tomcats (2001)_ (qv).'),
('48476',' The shots of the Boston Medical Center are actually of Alfred Lerner  Hall, the student center at Columbia University.'),
('48477',' Buddy picks up a golf club and a baseball bat before choosing the  baseball bat to smash the window of the Lexus. In 1994,  Jack Nicholson (qv) was cited for smashing a mans window with a  golf club in a bout of rage.'),
('48478',' Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s character Dave wears a Central Pride  t'),
('48479','shirt in a scene of the movie. The t'),
('48480','shirt is from Central High  School, a school in Manchester, New Hampshire which  Adam Sandler (I) (qv) attended.'),
('48481',' Adam Sandler (I) (qv) donated copies of this movie to U.S.  military bases supporting Operating Enduring/Iraqi Freedom in the  Persian Gulf as soon as it was released. The donated version  contains a 5'),
('48482','minute introduction by Adam Sandler (I) (qv), who  personally thanks the troops for what they are doing.'),
('48483',' Lynne Thigpen (qv)s last film. She died only a month before the  films release. The film is dedicated to her memory.'),
('48484',' In the scene where Buddy (Jack Nicholson (qv)) throws the eggs  away and yells "I said over easy!", he is wearing a United States  Marine Corps T'),
('48485','shirt. Nicholson famously played Colonel Nathan R.  Jessup, USMC in _Few Good Men, A (1992)_ (qv).'),
('48486',' "Meatball" the cat that models the cat clothing is also the name of  Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s deceased dog.'),
('48487',' At the bar where Chuck is trying to get over the fact he was fired  from his ice cream man job, the song "Ice Cream Man" by  Van Halen (qv) is playing.'),
('48488',' Originally set up by Joe Roth (qv) (then head of 20th Century Fox)  as a star vehicle for Madonna (I) (qv), who pulled out when  scheduling conflicts arose with her role in Abel Ferrara (qv)s  Snake Eyes (1993). Marisa Tomei (qv) and Kathy Najimy (qv) were  then considered before the part went to Geena Davis (qv).'),
('48489',' To research her part, Geena Davis (qv) worked in a flea market in  Bensonhurst. She was mugged within five minutes.'),
('48490',' Geena Davis (qv) also attended a real birth. The mother had her  autograph the birth certificate.'),
('48491',' This film consists mostly of previously shot footage. To spice  things up, the producers decided to shoot additional material that  showed bare breasted "natives" being menaced by a gorilla. Marshal  Gordon borrowed twelve girls from a Selma Avenue brothel, and paid  each of them ten dollars in advance. When fog rolled in onto the  location and temperatures dropped, the actresses demanded additional  pay. The projected budget of $8,500 increased to $11,000 by the end  of the day, when shooting of the scene finally wrapped.'),
('48492',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2001 (#02)'),
('48493',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Philippine Futurity (1921)_ (qv).'),
('48494',' Based on the popular Maltese television series "Angli".'),
('48495',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Home Sweet Home (1922)_ (qv).'),
('48496',' This film was released in Argentina in 1930 after some talkies by  Laurel and Hardy (either in Spanish or English) were shown. The  original MGM titles were replaced with Spanish language equivalents  and the title was translated to "Amor de Angora".'),
('48497',' This was Laurel & Hardys last silent film for producer Hal Roach.'),
('48498',' The first film made entirely in Esperanto, a year before  _Incubus (1965)_ (qv).'),
('48499',' The original leading lady was Divya Bharti (qv), but after her  death, Pooja Bhatt (qv) was disnged.'),
('48500',' The original running time was 119 minutes before it was edited down  to 105 minutes for US release. The European version ran longer. In  2004 the British Film Institute screened a print with a running time  of 114 minutes. Director Robert Aldrich (qv) felt that certain  scenes lost their meaning with the trims made.'),
('48501',' Director Melchior, Ib (qv) was given just 9 days to shoot the  film, on a budget of $200,000.'),
('48502',' The 40'),
('48503','foot alien monster was actually a marionette about 15 inches  high. It was essentially a combination of a rat, bat, spider, and  crab.'),
('48504',' The alien monster is the same one featured on the cover of the album  "Walk Among Us" (1982) by The Misfits.'),
('48505',' The "Cinemagic" process, used for all scenes on the surface of Mars,  was the result of an attempt by producer Norman Maurer (qv) to  turn live'),
('48506','action footage directly into hand'),
('48507','drawn animation '),
('48508',' or to  simulate that. This would enable hand'),
('48509','drawn backgrounds to look as  real (or as unreal) as the live action footage. It didnt have that  effect here, of course. But see  _Three Stooges in Orbit, The (1962)_ (qv) for Maurers second (and  failed) attempt at the same process.'),
('48510',' Ted Cassidys first film.'),
('48511',' Richard Attenborough (qv) replaced Kenneth More (qv).'),
('48512',' Dom Wynter actually has an afro hairstyle, but had to wear an  afro'),
('48513','wig so it would match the hair on the severed head later in the  film. This technique was used in Stuart Gordons Re'),
('48514','Animator and  Brian Yuznas Bride of Re'),
('48515','Animator, where actor David Gale had to  wear a somewhat more obvious hair piece for the exact same reason.'),
('48516',' The opening shot of exploding guts hitting and sliding down the  cellar wall was actually shot nearly a year before principal  photography, during the production of a teaser trailer to raise  interest and test out lighting effects. It is the only shot from the  trailer that remains in the finished film.'),
('48517',' One day of shooting was accidentally shot in the wrong aspect ratio,  and had to be cropped from 1.33:1 to 1.78:1 in post'),
('48518','production.'),
('48519',' Moggz, the directors girlfriend, spent six months collecting jars  from pasta sauces for use as props in the cellar to contain various  multi'),
('48520','colored liquids.'),
('48521',' The children in the opening and closing logos for Untamed Aggression  Productions are the directors sisters Isabelle and Olivia.'),
('48522',' In the first few drafts of the script, Jordana Abraham was actually  Norberts girlfriend, irritated by his dedication to his work  instead of her.'),
('48523',' Jordana Abraham is named after one of the directors friends in  Primary School.'),
('48524',' Washing up liquid and red coloring was used for blood in most  scenes, as it was cheap and looked good enough when being chucked  around. For shots where the blood was more prominent, maple syrup  and food coloring was used, including the shot where Norbert gets a  plasma facial after Afro'),
('48525','Zombie is decapitated.'),
('48526',' The dolls were controlled with coat hangers in the backs of their  heads.'),
('48527',' Gupta, Hemen (qv) was originally announced as director.'),
('48528',' Caused a controversy in Thailand when it was first released. Many  Buddhist groups accused the film of distorting Buddhist teachings.'),
('48529',' In the original short story, Angus dad was alive and both of his  parents were gay. When the movie was first shot, Angus mom was  straight and his dad was gay. After the final cut, the filmmakers  decided to abandon the "gay parents" situation for good. The  beginning '),
('48530',' and some key scenes '),
('48531',' were re'),
('48532','shot with  Scott, George C. (qv) in his present role as Angus grandfather.'),
('48533',' Prior to release, the film was cut almost in half in length,  deleting many scenes. Some of the scenes were shown on the TNT cable  version of the film.'),
('48534',' Throughout the film, the band Green Day is referenced many times.  Green Days then producer Rob Cavallo is the films executive  producer. This isnt by coincidence. Cavallo has never produced  movies, only albums for Reprise Records.'),
('48535',' Weezer was asked to write a song inspired by this film and Rivers  Cuomo read the script and wrote two songs: "Wanda" in which he sings  from a first persons point of view with lyrics such as: "my mom  drives a big rig, and my daddys gay" which referenced the the  original script, and "You Gave Your Love to me Softly". Only the  latter was used.'),
('48536',' The original title for this movie was going to be "A Brief Moment in  the Life of Angus Bethune."'),
('48537',' The shots in front of the school and at the football game were shot  at Owatonna High School in Owatonna, Minnesota. The marching band  playing during the opening credits is the actual Owatonna High  School Marching Band.'),
('48538',' James Van Der Beek (qv)s film debut.'),
('48539',' The film was shot in a Spanish mission from the 18th century, which  is believed to be inhabited by at least 12 ghosts. During the shoot  the script supervisor (Elisa Forni (qv)) could never use the  Polaroid camera inside the mission: even though she used the flash  all the photos turned out completely black. She had no problem  taking the pictures outside. During a night take the first shooting  day, the costume designer (Sarah Fleming (qv)) saw a window  unlatch and open on its own.'),
('48540',' Claudia Soberón (qv) originally auditioned for the supporting role  of Sor Luciana, but was given the main role of Angelica.'),
('48541',' The original script title was "Cloisters". The title was changed  during post'),
('48542','production. "Anima" means "Soul" in Latin.'),
('48543',' Loosely based on a rape case that happened to two sisters in Cebu,  Visayan, Philippines in late 1990s.'),
('48544',' Supposedly set to be released in 1999 but the party of the accused  in the rape case which this movie was loosely based asked the court  to stop the release. It was released only in 2004 when the supreme  court has decided on the rape case with finality.'),
('48545',' Promotion and publicity head Oskee Salazar (v) died during the  promotion of this movie.'),
('48546',' French director Pitof (qv) was originally attached to direct.'),
('48547',' Several of Marx, Groucho (qv) lines were cut on demand of the  Hays office, including "I think Ill try to make her".'),
('48548',' The film was re'),
('48549','released to theaters before being released to  television. Groucho attended the premiere.'),
('48550',' During a rehearsal a test was made for a color movie process called  Multicolor (a predecessor of Cinecolor) and the result was the only  known footage of the Marx Brothers in color! The clip is silent and  lasts only 15 seconds.'),
('48551',' Chico plays his trademark song "Im Daffy Over You" for the first  time in this film.'),
('48552',' After this film, the Brothers always thought of  Margaret Dumont (qv) as "Mrs. Rittenhouse".'),
('48553',' In 1957, Paramount forgot to renew the soundtrack rights which  reverted back to the authors of the play (the studio did renew the  picture rights, though). As a result the film could not legally be  seen in the USA until 1974, when Universal, which had since  purchased Paramounts film library, was persuaded by fan requests to  re'),
('48554','release it.'),
('48555',' The movies line "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How  he got in my pajamas, I dont know." was voted as the #53 movie  quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('48556',' Released as a Nintendo 64 version in Japan, but was upgraded for the  GameCube and re'),
('48557','release across the world.'),
('48558',' During the show scene, a vocalist is musically accompanied by a  violinist and accordionist '),
('48559',' the singer is Antony (of Antony And The  Johnsons) and the song which he sings a version of is "Rapture"  which can be found on the bands self'),
('48560','titled album from 2000.'),
('48561',' Rosas Lounge is mentioned by Jesse played by Jake La Botz. Rosas  Lounge is a well known real Blues club in Chicago that has been in  business since 1984. On occasion, La Botz still performs at Rosas.'),
('48562',' First British feature'),
('48563','length entertainment cartoon. The first  feature length British cartoon was Handling Ships (1945) (qv),  also made by Halas and Batchelor.'),
('48564',' The CIA obtained the film rights to "Animal Farm" from Orwells  widow, Sonia, after his death and covertly funded the production as  anti'),
('48565','Communist propaganda. Some sources assert that the ending of  the story was altered by the CIA (in the book, the pigs and humans  join forces) to press home their message, but it is equally possible  that the more upbeat ending of the movie was an artistic decision,  to give the film more audience appeal.'),
('48566',' SPOILER: Although the ending is different from that of the book, it  still exists in the movie. The ending where Napoleon is drinking  with the men and is indistinguishable as a pig among them is still  in the movie, but added on to the end is where a new family takes  control of the farm (possibly to symbolize the end of the Cold War  and Soviet Union mentality).'),
('48567',' Co'),
('48568','writer Chris Miller (III) (qv) based the National Lampoon short  stories that gave rise to the film on his experiences in the Alpha  Delta Phi fraternity at Dartmouth (from which he graduated in 1962).'),
('48569',' The movie was set to be filmed at the University of Missouri until  the president of the school read the script and refused permission.  It was filmed at and around the University of Oregon in Eugene  instead.'),
('48570',' The President of the University of Oregon only allowed this movie to  be filmed on that campus because he decided he did not know how to  read screenplays. In 1967 he had received the screenplay for a movie  but had denied it permission to film there. That movie was  _Graduate, The (1967)_ (qv) and he liked that movie so much that he  decided he didnt want to miss another opportunity, so he allowed  "Animal House" to be filmed on the University of Oregon campus.'),
('48571',' The Delta House actors were brought to the set 5 days before the  Omega House actors to get into character, in an intentional effort  to cause cliques to form. Barry Levinson would use this tactic years  later with the principal cast of "Diner".'),
('48572',' The movie concludes by describing each characters fate. Niedermeyer  was "killed in Vietnam by his own troops." In director  John Landis (I) (qv) segment of  _Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)_ (qv), some soldiers are overheard  discussing "fragging Niedermeyer."'),
('48573',' The bass player in the band Otis Day and the Knights is then'),
('48574','unknown  bluesman Robert Cray (qv). Cray was instrumental in getting the  musicians together that appeared as the band.'),
('48575',' Babs becomes a tour guide at Universal Studios. The credits for this  and other John Landis (I) (qv) films contain an advertisement for  a tour at Universal Studios. The ad says, "Ask for Babs." As of  1989, Universal Studios no longer honors the "Ask for Babs"  promotion, which was either a discount or a free entry.'),
('48576',' Although Faber Colleges location is never mentioned, the Tennessee  state flag can be seen in the background in one or two scenes.'),
('48577',' Before Donald Sutherland (I) (qv) was brought on board,  John Belushi (qv) was the highest'),
('48578','paid actor in the cast at  $40,000.'),
('48579',' Otters Coed, played by Sunny Johnson (II) (qv) had her part cut  from the film. But she does appear in the films trailer.'),
('48580',' On Deltas fraternity banner, the motto "Ars gratia artis" can be  seen. This also appears in the studio logo of MGM.'),
('48581',' Virtually unheard of, "Toga Parties" became all the rage in colleges  all over America after the release of this film.'),
('48582',' Donald Sutherland (I) (qv) was so convinced of the movies lack of  potential, that, when offered a percent of the gross or an upfront  payment of $40,000, he took the upfront payment. Had he taken the  gross percentage he would have been worth an additional $30'),
('48583','40  million.'),
('48584',' John Belushi (qv)s wife, Judy Jacklin (now  Judith Belushi'),
('48585','Pisano (qv)), is an uncredited extra in several  toga party scenes.'),
('48586',' Jack Webb (qv) and Kim Novak (qv) were the original choice to  play the roles of Dean and Mrs. Wormer'),
('48587',' The original house on the University of Oregon campus used for  exterior shots of the Delta house is no longer standing.'),
('48588',' The hole Belushi makes in the wall with the guitar is the only  physical damage to the house the movie'),
('48589','makers made during the entire  shoot.'),
('48590',' The interior scenes of the Delta house were filmed in a Sigma Nu  fraternity. The exterior of the Delta house was a dilapidated house  from the 1800s that was torn down in the early 90s. The sorority  houses exterior is the real exterior of the Sigma Nu house that was  used for the interior scenes.'),
('48591',' John Landis (I) (qv) had a budget of only $2.5 million, so to cut  costs the movie was shot almost entirely on the U of O campus,  including the court scene and scenes in the deans office (the  exceptions being the road trip and the parade, which were filmed  near Cottage Grove, Oregon).'),
('48592',' Chevy Chase (qv), Bill Murray (I) (qv),  Brian Doyle'),
('48593','Murray (qv), and Dan Aykroyd (qv) all turned down  roles in the film due to prior commitments.'),
('48594',' The University of Oregon reluctantly allowed its campus to be used  and gave the crew 30 days to complete filming. This meant that the  cast and crew faced six'),
('48595','day work weeks and completed shooting with  only two days to spare.'),
('48596',' Although the film takes place in Pennsylvania, a Tennessee flag is  shown in the courtroom. This is because the set decorator was unable  to find a large enough Pennsylvania flag for the scene, and the blue  Oregon state flag wouldnt work because it had "State of Oregon"  text on the upper part. So the set decorator used the most generic  flag he could find, which turned out to be the Tennessee state flag.'),
('48597',' Director John Landis (I) (qv) has stated that his original choices  for the roles of Boon and Otter were Bill Murray (I) (qv) and  Chevy Chase (qv). Neither could be signed on for the movie because  of scheduling conflicts.'),
('48598',' Film debut of Kevin Bacon (qv).'),
('48599',' Belushi, John (qv) was flying between Eugene, Oregon and New York  City twice a week in order to finish the movie, and rehearse/film  for _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('48600',' Harold Ramis (qv), who co'),
('48601','wrote the film, based some of the pranks  on his college experiences at Washington University in St. Louis;  specifically when Otter and Boone are hitting golf balls at the  ROTC.'),
('48602',' The role of D'),
('48603','Day was written for Dan Aykroyd (qv) and based on  his motor loving personality.'),
('48604',' Spawned a short'),
('48605','lived ABC television series,  _"Delta House" (1979/I)_ (qv); also  _"Brothers and Sisters" (1979)_ (qv) on NBC, and  _"Co'),
('48606','ed Fever" (1979)_ (qv) on CBS, which was cancelled after only  one episode.'),
('48607',' Principal photography was completed in 28 days.'),
('48608',' John Belushi (qv) wanted his character to go with the others on  the road trip but director John Landis (I) (qv) refused, arguing  that his character was best used sparingly.'),
('48609',' One bit that was written in the original script but never filmed  included a parade bust that was destroyed at the climax of film. The  bust was of John F. Kennedy (qv), the US President in 1962, and  the gag was Kennedys head was punctured in the same way the real  Kennedy would be shot the next year. Landis cut the idea because he  felt the tone of the gag was wrong.'),
('48610',' To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of this film, a  parade was held down Hollywood Blvd. featuring not only cast and  crew members, but recreations of parade floats used in the movie.'),
('48611',' The Faber College football team is called the Mongols. Faber Mongols  are a brand of pencil.'),
('48612',' The full name of the Delta House changes during the movie. When the  movers are taking out the contents of the frat house the name is  Delta Tau Chi. Earlier in the movie it is Delta Chi Tau.'),
('48613',' The noble brass theme heard when the Faber campus is first shown is  an excerpt from Johannes Brahms (qv) "Academic Festival  Overture". This melody is based on a German student drinking song  called "We have built a stately house".'),
('48614',' In the Student Court scene, a list of Delta Tau Chi members is  written on the blackboard. Writer Chris Miller (III) (qv)s name  is one of those visible on the list. Other names include "Dick  Hertz" and "Duane Wayne".'),
('48615',' The list of names on the blackboard includes their graduation year  (e.g., "Gregg Marmalard 63"). John Blutarskys is listed "60, 61,  62, 63".'),
('48616',' Chevy Chase (qv) was originally asked to play the role of Eric  Stratton. The role went to Tim Matheson (I) (qv) instead, who  later starred with Chase in _Fletch (1985)_ (qv).'),
('48617',' The original script called for Flounder (Stephen Furst (qv)) to be  admitted to the fraternity only if he told one of Larry Krogers  (Tom Hulce (qv)) secrets. Flounder blurted out, "Hes got spots on  his weenie!" Later, during the naming of the pledges, when Larry  asks why his Delta name is Pinto, the entire fraternity drunkenly  yells, "Cause you got a spotted dong!"'),
('48618',' The front of the Deathmobile has the statues head of Emil Faber  (the schools founder) mounted as a hood ornament.'),
('48619',' The tune that Otter whistles throughout the movie is the main theme  ("Peters Theme") from Sergei Prokofiev (qv)s "Peter and the  Wolf".'),
('48620',' In the original script, Flounder and Sissy fell asleep during the  toga party; another sign that Flounder wasnt cool.'),
('48621',' Verna Bloom (qv) mentioned that her scene with Dean Wormer where  she is drunk and he is on the phone with the mayor, was completely  improvised as John Landis (I) (qv) was not happy with the lines  the scene had.'),
('48622',' Meat Loaf (qv) was the second choice for Bluto in case  John Belushi (qv) dropped out of his role.'),
('48623',' To get the role of Neidermeyer, Mark Metcalf (qv) lied about his  ability to ride horses. After he got the role, he immediately took  equestrian classes.'),
('48624',' The toga party bands real name is Carl Holmes and The Commanders.'),
('48625',' John Landis (I) (qv) sacrificed his heavy beard and much of his  hair to appear in the film as a cafeteria dishwasher who catches  Bluto mooching and tries, unsuccessfully, to stop him. The scene was  filmed, but despite his personal sacrifices, Landis eventually also  sacrificed the scene.'),
('48626',' The original script called for a scene of competitive projectile  vomiting ("booting") in the Delta House basement. Flounder was going  to fail at this repeatedly. Later, after throwing up on Dean Wormer  when hes told hes flunked out, Boon congratulates Flounder on his  technique.'),
('48627',' Stacy Grooman (qv), Flounders girlfriend Sissy, was actually a  student at the University of Oregon at the time the movie was  filmed.'),
('48628',' Named the #1 comedy on Bravos "Funniest 100 Comedies."'),
('48629',' The movies line "Toga! Toga!" was voted as the #82 movie quote by  the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('48630',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('48631',' Niedermeyers line "Youre all worthless and weak, now drop and give  me twenty!" was used in the Twisted Sister song Were Not Gonna Take  It. Furthermore, the music video for Twisted Sisters I Wanna Rock  features a high school student clearly based on Flounder.'),
('48632',' The characters of Stork and Hardbar were created to give  Doug Kenney (qv) and Chris Miller (III) (qv) a reason to be on  set, and had come from different portions of a deleted character  named Mountain. Hardbar was named after a real frat brother of  Millers who masturbated excessively.'),
('48633',' Karen Allen (I) (qv)s first movie.'),
('48634',' This was the film which played at the opening of the spectacular  Radio City Music Hall in New York City on 27 December 1932.'),
('48635',' Leslie Howard (I) (qv), William Gargan (qv) and  Ilka Chase (qv) originated the roles they have in the movie when  the play opened in New York on 12 January 1932.'),
('48636',' While the film did excellent business as the premiere attraction at  RKOs Radio City Music Hall in December 1932 (RKO being nearly  synonymous with RCA in those days), it flopped with the  Depression'),
('48637','era audience as a whole. The movie ended up $110,000 in  the red.'),
('48638',' Pia Salk is a clinical psychologist and well'),
('48639','known animal welfare  activist. She is also the niece of Jonas Salk, the scientist who  discovered the polio vaccine and whose scientific legacy is  contained in the Salk Research Institute.'),
('48640',' During the feral cat trapping excursion, Robert the Animal Rescue  New Orleans trapper, the director Josef, and the producer Laure  almost got arrested while setting feral cat traps in New Orleans  East, a completely deserted neighborhood, heavily damaged by  Katrinas flood waters. The police thought they were looters even  though they had nothing but cat food, traps, and a camera.'),
('48641',' Adam Sandler (I) (qv) cameos as Townie, which was  Rob Schneider (I) (qv)s role in Sandlers movies  _Waterboy, The (1998)_ (qv) and _Little Nicky (2000)_ (qv).'),
('48642',' References to Rob Schneiders movie  _Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)_ (qv). When Marvin and his  partner show up in the "gang'),
('48643','related" neighborhood, the words  "Hebitch Manwhore" appear in the graffiti on the wall. When Marvin  pulls the balloon full of drugs out of the mans posterior in the  airport, the line "Thats a huge bitch" is heard in the background.  This line was used to refer to Tina, the tall woman in Deuce  Bigalow.'),
('48644',' In June, 2001 Newsweek revealed that print ads for at least four  movies released by Columbia Pictures, including this one and  _Knights Tale, A (2001)_ (qv) contained glowing comments from a  film reviewer who did not exist. The fake critic, "David Manning,"  was actually a friend by the same name in Connecticut who had agreed  to let his Columbia ad'),
('48645','marketing friend use his name. Manning was  misrepresented as a reviewer for a newspaper in the small  Connecticut town of Ridgefield.'),
('48646',' Some scenes were filmed inside a working animal testing lab, the  first time this has been permitted.'),
('48647',' Final film of Fred Clark (I) (qv).'),
('48648',' The film was commissioned by ASIFA and the Academy of Motion  Pictures Arts and Sciences as part of the "Olympiad of animation"  during the Cultural Olympics in the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games.'),
('48649',' Created for the DVD release of the third season of  _"Alias" (2001)_ (qv) and released exclusively in that set.'),
('48650',' Probably a French production.'),
('48651',' WILHELM SCREAM: in the episode, "Matriculated". It happens when the  Sentinels attack the humans in the lab near the end.'),
('48652',' There is a reference to the Visual Effects Supervisor for the Matrix  films, John Gaeta, during "The Second Renaissance Part II." As the  human army gathers in the trenches, preparing for Operation Dark  Storm, a male voice on the P.A. system announces, "Lt. Gaeta, please  report to the Ops Center. Lt. Gaeta to Ops Center."'),
('48653',' In Fall 2004, the Cartoon Networks Adult Swim was heavily promoting  the premiere _"Squidbillies" (2005)_ (qv) on 7 November 2004. That  night, the network announced the premiere of the show. But instead  of "Squidbillies", the network aired the pilot for  _"Perfect Hair Forever" (2004)_ (qv). Immediately following that was  this "special presentation" in which a panel of characters from  Adult Swims shows discussed what they just saw. Viewers thought  that it had all been an elaborate prank by Adult Swim and that  "Squidbillies" did not really exist. But it was later reported that  the script had gone through numerous rewrites and retooling  throughout 2004 and the writers became unsure about the  "Squidbillies" pilot. Just a few weeks before the premiere date, the  pilot was scrapped. The producers decided to air the already  completed pilot of "Perfect Hair Forever" in its place. This special  was hastily put together just days before the premiere date to fill  out the time slot.'),
('48654',' There were no opening or closing credits at all to this special so  it did not have an onscreen title. But Adult Swim referred to it as  "Anime Talk Show" in their bumps the following week. So it is known  under this title among Adult Swim fans.'),
('48655',' The dream sequence of the film was inspired by the childrens  storybook "Ang Ika'),
('48656','Sampung Taong Kaarawan ni Prinsesa Mayumi"  ("Princess Mayumis 10th Birthday") which the filmmaker originally  wrote for the film. The children who acted in the film were from the  Advocacy Program of the Museo Pambata (an organization helping  deprived, underprivileged, and street children and a museum for  kids).'),
('48657',' Through the help of the Department of Environment and National  Resources (Province of Rizal, Philippines), the City Hall of  Antipolo and Municipal Hall of Rodriguez, Rizal, the bulk of the  film (dream sequence) was shot at the historical site of the Wawa  Gorge in San Rafael, Rodriguez (formerly Montalban), Rizal,  Philippines, where the legend of Bernardo Carpios "Dalawang  Nag'),
('48658','uupugang Bato" (The Two Clashing Rocks) originated.'),
('48659',' The first Filipino film to win a Cannes Film Festival award.'),
('48660',' First'),
('48661','ever feature documentary on the life of legendary jazz  vocalist Anita ODay.'),
('48662',' Alex Freeborn as Sam Lowbridge rides a 1971 Triumph Bonneville.'),
('48663',' Original Italian title is undetermined.'),
('48664',' The movie had the second'),
('48665','biggest opening weekend of any Danish  feature film ever'),
('48666',' The movie is the fourth installment in a series that has sold more  than 1.5 million tickets and nearly a million copies on DVD.'),
('48667',' All flights were performed by the official jet aerobatic team of the  Swiss Air Force, Patrouille Suisse.'),
('48668',' This is a feature length animated adaptation of  Kenji Mizoguchi (I) (qv)s _Sansho Dayu (1954)_ (qv).'),
('48669',' Sanjay Suri (qv) was considered for a role in the movie but was  later replaced with Aaftab Shivdasani (qv).'),
('48670',' Divya Dutta (qv) was cast for a role in the movie but was later  replaced by Amisha Patel (qv).'),
('48671',' Was earlier titled "Aakhir".'),
('48672',' Based on true events that occurred in director Vikram Bhatt (qv)s  life.'),
('48673',' When launched, the film was to star Jugal Hansraj (qv) and  Pratibha (qv) (Mala Sinha (qv)s daughter) in the lead.'),
('48674',' Some objections were made by the Hays Office concerning the plot of  the first draft of the screenplay, where Ann marries Captain Resnick  and then has an affair with Barney. The plot was changed to Ann  being seduced by the Captain with the offense somehow deemed less if  only one of the parties in the adulterous affair is married. No  reference is made about any abortion in the trip to Havana, and in  the released print the cause of death of Anns baby girl is never  mentioned. RKO applied for an "Approved" certificate in 1935, when  the production code was more rigorously enforced, but they were  informed that no certificate would be given because of the films  attitude towards adultery.'),
('48675',' John Kelly (I) (qv) as Dr. Alstein and Mona Dolphin are in studio  records/casting call lists for this movie. Kelly was not seen in the  print, and since Mona Dolphin was the character name of Barneys  wife, it is likely that no such actress existed.  Ferdinand Gottschalk (qv) is listed for the role of Dr. Slenk, but  that role was played by Murray Kinnell (qv). Kitty Kelly (qv)  and Robert Benchley (qv) were mentioned as cast members in a news  item, but they did not appear in the movie.'),
('48676',' Sarah Padden (qv), who is listed as a black woman, supposedly  played her role in black'),
('48677','face, since she is not black. She was not  seen in the film, but may have been the prisoner executed by  hanging. She is seen in long shot and is not recognizable.  Reginald Barlow (qv) is barely recognizable as the Chaplain  following her and reciting a prayer. J. Carrol Naish (qv) has a  very brief scene lying in bed in an alcoholic stupor. He has no  lines. It is a credit to their agents that these three all received  on'),
('48678','screen credits.'),
('48679',' Director John Cromwell often played uncredited cameos in his films.  In this one, hes the sad'),
('48680','faced doughboy at the settlement party;  there are three good shots of him looking piningly at Irene Dunne.'),
('48681',' This was the first Italian film to be recorded on video.'),
('48682',' Final film of Anton Diffring (qv).'),
('48683',' It took Tawd six months to draw all the animations by hand.'),
('48684',' The movie took six years to complete.'),
('48685',' The movie was shot in 16mm, Super 8, and DV to create visual  texture.'),
('48686',' Part of the "Vitaphone Prelude" that was shown at the premiere of  _Don Juan (1926)_ (qv).'),
('48687',' Vitaphone Reel #294'),
('48688',' The play "Anna Christie," by Eugene ONeill (I) (qv), opened in  New York in 1922, with George F. Marion (qv) originating the role  of Annas father. He also starred in the 1923 silent version of the  play.'),
('48689',' Greta Garbo (qv)s first sound film.'),
('48690',' German'),
('48691','language version, filmed directly after  _Anna Christie (1930)_ (qv), using the same sets.'),
('48692',' The original play opened in New York in 1922.'),
('48693',' The second scene of the English language version, an exterior shot  with George Marion and Marie Dressler drunkenly traveling from the  coal barge to the bar, is used in the German language version as the  first scene. There is overdubbing in German and the film is darkened  so that the faces of Marion and Dressler are not identifiable.'),
('48694',' A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in  Washington, D.C.'),
('48695',' Shown only once at Cannes Film Festival in competition, and never  released.'),
('48696',' This 1911 Russian silent movie is the first film ever based on  Tolstoys novel Anna Karenina. The project was initially planned  by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov (qv), albeit he left the production  company Pathe'),
('48697','Russia, and the film was eventually made by French  crew with stage actors from Moscow theatres. The company  Pathe'),
('48698','Russia had several movie'),
('48699','theatres and a film studio in Moscow  before the Russian revolution of 1917.'),
('48700',' Some small portion of the film is missing (probably lost).'),
('48701',' Aware that her co'),
('48702','star Fredrich March (qv) was notorious for  seducing his leading ladies, Greta Garbo (qv) reportedly wore  garlic under her clothes and purposely had bad breath in order to  stave off his advances.'),
('48703',' The movie films the theatrical performance of the Maksim Gorky  Academic Theater of the SSSR.'),
('48704',' This was the first western production of "Anna Karenina" to be  filmed in Russia (St. Petersburg).'),
('48705',' Sean Bean (qv) was chosen by the director (Bernard Rose) to play  Count Vronsky because Rose had seen him playing the role of Richard  Sharpe in the Sharpes series on British television '),
('48706',' the director  thought he looked natural in a period'),
('48707','military uniform'),
('48708',' The five arias are realised as video clips, directed by Vincent  Paterson, usually working with Pop stars like Madonna or Björk and  shows that this format also works out for opera arias.'),
('48709',' This movie was banned in Thailand because of assumed historical  inaccuracies about the King of Siam and the time period of the  movie.'),
('48710',' At first it seemed that the film would be made on location in  Thailand, but even after some script revisions had been made,  negotiations between the production company and the Thai government  failed to come to agreement about the scripts final content and the  production crew was denied permission to film in Thailand. The Thai  authorities maintained that there were still too many historical  inaccuracies for it to be acceptable. Instead it was filmed in  neighboring Malaysia.'),
('48711',' The real King Rama IV, the King referred to in this movie by his  given name of Mongkut, is the great'),
('48712','grandfather of the present King  of Thailand, King Bhumibol (qv) Adulyadej, known formally as King  Rama IX.'),
('48713',' The name Tuptim (the consort who had an affair) means Ruby in  Thai.'),
('48714',' The King doesnt have a queen who would have been the mother of the  Crown Prince. Rama IVs queen died young, and after her death the  King never raised another consort to be the queen.'),
('48715',' In a scene early in the film, Anna is seen walking through an open  air market. While this scene was being filmed, an airplane passed  over the set, creating a low hum on the soundtrack. Composer  Herrmann, Bernard (qv) was instructed to compose an accompanying  score that would obscure the airplane motor. He used low gongs.'),
('48716',' Like the similar film _Anna and the King (1999)_ (qv), this film was  banned in Thailand because of what the Thai government said were  historical inaccuracies about the King of Siam.'),
('48717',' An experimental movie based on a poem of the French writer and  director Cocteau, Jean (qv).'),
('48718',' The film was never released. After filming, the filmmakers didnt  have enough money to send negatives to the nearest laboratory in  Copenhagen. After over a year of waiting, the film material was  spoiled.'),
('48719',' One of the first three films that were planned to be the first  full'),
('48720','length Finnish features, made by same filmmakers one after  another in the summer of 1911. Others were "Sylvi" and  "Hyökyaaltoja". Of these three, only "Sylvi" was released.'),
('48721',' Based on a published short story "Riley", by Brian Champeau.'),
('48722',' Only one reel of this film can be found. Please check your attic.'),
('48723',' The first Tamil'),
('48724','language film in 3'),
('48725','D.'),
('48726',' This picture was made without the support of the U.S. Department of  the Navy or the Department of Defense.'),
('48727',' The trailer shows a battleship exploding and people falling into a  pool at what appears to be a party; neither of those things actually  appear in the film.'),
('48728',' A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television archives.'),
('48729',' The film is based on the true story of Charlotte Knobloch, born in  Neuland, who hid on a small farm in Franconia, Germany, during World  War II.'),
('48730',' The façade for an entire block was built on the water in Prague for  the Prinsengracht set.'),
('48731',' Due to the limited amount of time to use the set, two cameras were  used to shoot the beach scene.'),
('48732',' In preparation for one of the dream sequences,  Hannah Taylor'),
('48733','Gordon (qv) (Anne Frank) took ice skating lessons,  though she did have a stunt double for the more challenging skating  moves.'),
('48734',' Hannah Taylor'),
('48735','Gordon (qv)s siblings appear as extras.'),
('48736',' Scenes were set up so photographs could be taken on the set, such as  the Franks wedding and Anne at a desk.'),
('48737',' Steven Spielberg (qv) was to be the executive producer, but  declined after receiving a letter from Anne Franks relatives asking  him not be involved with the project because it was not based on the  authorized account of Franks life.'),
('48738',' The ABC project was not sanctioned by Bernd Elias, Anne Franks  cousin and chairman of the Anne Frank Fonds (which owns copyright of  Annes Dairy), as a result, the film cannot directly quote "Anne  Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl".'),
('48739',' All four female leads, Anne (Hannah Gordon'),
('48740','Taylor), her sister  Margot (Jessica Manley), her mother (Tatjana Blacher) and Auguste  Van Pels (Brenda Blethyn) all agreed to lose their hair for the  scenes in the concentration camp.'),
('48741',' As of 1999, all prints of this film are believed to be lost.'),
('48742',' The lead actress changed her screen name from Dawn ODay to  Anne Shirley (qv) after playing the lead character of the same  name in this film.'),
('48743',' The movie was scheduled for release on 26 October 1934, but was  postponed until the end of November and advertised as a  "Thanksgiving" holiday release. Some sources erroneously list the  earlier date as the release date.'),
('48744',' Ann Miller (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('48745',' Schuyler Grant (qv) auditioned for the role of Anne Shirley before  she was eventually cast as Diana Barry.'),
('48746',' The scene where Mrs. Hammond brings Anne to the orphanage was done  last.'),
('48747',' The scene in the kitchen in which Anne tells Marilla she will  apologize to Mrs. Lynde was shot with a body double for Richard  Farnsworth as his schedule could not permit him to be there. All  close'),
('48748','up shots were filmed later.'),
('48749',' Katharine Hepburn (qv) was originally approached to play Marilla  Cuthbert. She declined, but suggested her relative (great'),
('48750','niece),  Schuyler Grant (qv) for the part of Anne.'),
('48751',' The scene where Anne and Marilla are walking back from Mrs. Lyndes  after Annes theatrical apology was the very first to be filmed.'),
('48752',' A lot of the scenes, mainly long shots, were made before any of the  characters were cast.'),
('48753',' Megan Follows  (qv) beat out 3,000 girls for the role of Anne  Shirley.'),
('48754',' This is the only film in the series not to be based on anything  actually written by Lucy Maud Montgomery (qv).'),
('48755',' The line Hattie Pringle says about not wanting to bruise herself  fainting on stage is said by the character Amy in the novel "Little  Women".'),
('48756',' Though the American title is "Anne of Avonlea", it is only partially  based on that L.M. Montgomery book, the second in the series, and is  in fact based on parts from that and the third and fourth books in  the series (out of eight).'),
('48757',' This film takes pieces from several subsequent books because Kevin  Sullivan thought there wasnt "enough dramatic material for a film"  in the sequel "Anne of Avonlea" alone.'),
('48758',' Kevin Sullivan says that Annes hairtyles kept getting bigger and  more eccentric as filming went on. One of Annes hairstyles he found  to be particularly extravagant was when Anne and Gilbert walk along  the lane discussing "Averils Atonement". The hairstyle Anne sports  towards the end of the movie when she goes to visit Gilbert when  hes sick was the least favorite of Sullivans.'),
('48759',' For the cow scene in which Anne and Diana fall into the mud, the  costume department made four dresses. However, Megan Follows did the  stunt in one take, and the others were not needed.'),
('48760',' If you look closely at the doors in the kitchen, they are closed in  every scene. This is due to the fact that for this movie they only  rebuilt the kitchen, and there is nothing behind those doors.'),
('48761',' It took quite a few takes to get Dianas bed to break correctly when  Anne and Dianna fall on it during the bedroom scene before Dianas  wedding.'),
('48762',' CAMEO(Hagood Hardy (qv)): playing the organ during Dianas  wedding.'),
('48763',' While shooting the scene where Anne says goodbye to Marilla and  Rachel before she leaves for Kingsport, Colleen Dewhurst was wearing  jeans under her dress because she had to catch a plane in an hour.'),
('48764',' One of the first scenes shot with Dame Wendy Hiller was the picnic  scene. She had just recently had an operation and while climbing  into the buggy for the scene, her hip was displaced. Everyone was  confused and nervous, wondering if she had had a heart attack. When  Sullivan got over to her, she said, "Get me a whiskey, dear boy."  Unfortunately, her humorous mood was short'),
('48765','lived and she wanted to  return to England at once, without finishing the film. Sullivan had  to work hard to get her to stay.'),
('48766',' It was Dame Wendy Hillers idea to add the scenes concerning Mrs.  Harriss death. She wanted a dénouement for her character. She and  Sullivan discussed it and thought Mrs. Harris should "expire". Her  death allowed Anne the opportunity to "free Pauline".'),
('48767',' Richard Burton (I) (qv) loaned the coat he wore as Henry VIII to  Sid James to wear when he played Henry VIII in  _Carry on Henry (1971)_ (qv).'),
('48768',' The masked girl who interrupts Queen Katherines prayers is played  by an unbilled Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv).'),
('48769',' Faye Dunaway (qv) turned down the role of Anne Boleyn.'),
('48770',' Olivia Hussey (qv) was the first choice for the role of Anne, but  she turned the role down due to personal problems she was dealing  with at the time.'),
('48771',' Although "Anne of the Thousand Days" opened on Broadway in 1948, it  had to wait until 1969 to be filmed, due to its frank discussions of  adultery, illegitimacy, and incest, on which the storyline relies  heavily. The old censorship code still existed in the 1940s and  1950s, and would not have allowed a play in which these subjects  were discussed to be filmed, no matter how tastefully.'),
('48772',' Maxwell Andersons play "Anne of the thousand days" was originally  produced on Broadway at Shubert Theatre. It premiered on 8 December  1948 and closed on 8 October 1949 (288 performances in total).'),
('48773',' Premiered at the United States Film Festival (now called the  Sundance Film Festival) in January, 1989.'),
('48774',' Anner is an anglicized version of Eanair which is Gaelic for  January '),
('48775',' the month when Ruth and Neil first met.'),
('48776',' Based on N. Gogols play "Revizor."'),
('48777',' The rights for _Annie (1982)_ (qv) were sold in 1978 for $9.5  million (approximately $30 million in 2006 dollars), a record that  still stands.'),
('48778',' The voice heard on Miss Hannigans radio (saying, "I love you, I  love you, I love you") just before the "Little Girls" number belongs  to director John Huston (I) (qv).'),
('48779',' The films supervising editor Margaret Booth (qv) was also the  original editor of _Camille (1936)_ (qv) which is featured  prominently in this film.'),
('48780',' John Huston (I) (qv)s first and last attempt at directing a movie  musical.'),
('48781',' Ray Bolger (qv) was uncredited as the sound effects man during the  radio show broadcast.'),
('48782',' Carol Burnett (qv) had chin implant surgery after principal  filming was completed, believing her work on the film was done. But  after the surgery the cast was called back to do re'),
('48783','shoots of  certain scenes, and the work done can be seen in the final film.'),
('48784',' Theoni V. Aldredge (qv) was also the costume designer of the  original stage production of this musical.'),
('48785',' Aileen Quinn (qv)s red curly wig was so itchy that the property  masters gave her a special comb with which to scratch her head.'),
('48786',' Sandy was played by two dogs. One, named "Bingo", did most of the  dramatic scenes, and the other did the stunt work (such as jumping  into the pool).'),
('48787',' The film premiered at Radio City Music Hall, which is featured  prominently in the movie itself.'),
('48788',' A more elaborate sequence for the song "Easy Street" was planned and  shot, involving Miss Hannigan and Roosters fantasies of a  privileged life, but it was replaced with the less elaborate version  set entirely in the orphanage, as seen in the film.'),
('48789',' The original run of the stage play "Annie" premiered at the Alvin  Theatre in April 1977, and played for 2,377 performances; the last  one being January 2, 1983. Thus, it was still running when this film  was first released in May 1982.'),
('48790',' The studio believed only parents with small children would see a  G'),
('48791','rated live action movie, so the lines "Goddamn it!" (from Miss  Hannigan) and "Come back here ya Goddamned kid!" (from Rooster) were  included specifically to receive a PG rating.'),
('48792',' Daddy Warbucks mansion was built in 1929 by Hubert Parson, the  president of F.W. Woolworth. He called it Shadow Lawn. Now it is  Woodrow Wilson Hall, owned by Monmouth University at West Long  Branch, NJ.'),
('48793',' Alpo was rubbed on Aileen Quinn (qv)s face in order to make  "Sandy" kiss her.'),
('48794',' Production designer Dale Hennesy (qv) died in the middle of  production and Gene Callahan (qv) was asked to finish out the  film. Callahan accepted but refused to have his name listed in the  credits, giving the credit to late Dale Hennesy.'),
('48795',' Drew Barrymore (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Annie.'),
('48796',' Bette Midler (qv) was offered and declined the role of Miss  Hannigan.'),
('48797',' Jack Nicholson (qv) was originally signed to play Daddy Warbucks,  but dropped out after the original producer departed the project.'),
('48798',' In the song "Lets Go to the Movies" the line Greta Garbo (qv) is  probably crying, while Robert Taylor (I) (qv) is locked in her  dying embrace is a reference to the movie _Camille (1936)_ (qv).  _Camille (1936)_ (qv) is the movie they watch at the theatre.'),
('48799',' McArdle, Andrea (qv), who played the "Star to Be," played Annie in  the original Broadway stage production.'),
('48800',' Among the deletions from the script in this version were:  '),
('48801',' Four songs, including the original title song, "Annie"  '),
('48802',' A subplot involving Sandy, who goes missing in the original    musical  '),
('48803',' The White House "Tomorrow" reprise, which was replaced by a scene    involving Grace Farrell and Annie  '),
('48804',' The ending was subtly changed so that Miss Hannigan portrays Mrs.    Mudge instead of Lily St. Regis.'),
('48805',' First movie of Jolina Magdangal (qv) after she left ABS'),
('48806','CBN. Her  first for Viva Films.'),
('48807',' Sarah Geronimo (qv) got an" introductory" in this movie, despite  its being the third movie she appeared in. She was earlier  introduced in the two movies _Captain Barbell (2003)_ (qv) and  _Filipinas (2003)_ (qv) which were both released simultaneously on  25 December 2003. This movie, however, was shot before the other two  movies.'),
('48808',' Judy Garland (I) (qv), originally cast as Annie, was taken ill  during early filming and production was halted until  Betty Hutton (I) (qv) finished _Lets Dance (1950)_ (qv) and was  called in to replace her.'),
('48809',' Director Berkeley, Busby (qv) was also replaced, first by  Walters, Charles (qv) and finally by Sidney, George (I) (qv).'),
('48810',' Charles Walters (qv) did not know that he had been fired and  replaced by George Sidney (I) (qv) until he heard gossip columnist  Hedda Hopper (qv) announce it on the radio.'),
('48811',' Frank Morgan (I) (qv), in the role of Buffalo Bill, died suddenly  and his scenes had to be re'),
('48812','shot with his replacement,  Louis Calhern (qv).'),
('48813',' Keel, Howard (qv) broke his leg during filming when a horse fell  on it.'),
('48814',' Wall, Geraldine (qv) was replaced in the cast by  Venuta, Benay (qv).'),
('48815',' Property rights cost $650,000.'),
('48816',' Betty Hutton (I) (qv) said in an interview that the crew at MGM  was not very nice to her because they told her theyd rather have  Judy Garland (I) (qv) in the role. However, at a recent screening  of the re'),
('48817','mastered print of the film, the surviving members of the  cast and crew praised Huttons performance highly, and acknowledged  her contribution to the film. Hutton was one of the surviving cast  members who did not attend that screening.'),
('48818',' The existing footage of Judy Garland (I) (qv) shot prior to her  leaving the production shows that some key sequences, most notably  "Im an Indian Too" were originally to have been shot on a  soundstage, rather than outdoors. Besides the major roles mentioned  above, several child roles were also recast between Garland leaving  the film and production resuming with Hutton, as evidenced by the  Garland version of "Doin What Comes Naturally".'),
('48819',' In spite of its popularity, the film was unavailable in any form  from 1973 until 2000 due to legal tangling between  Irving Berlin (I) (qv) (and later his estate) and MGM (later  Turner, and then Warner Bros). It was released again after the 1998  Broadway revival of the stage show raised interest in seeing this  film again.'),
('48820',' Louis Calhern (qv) replaced Frank Morgan (qv) in the role of  Buffalo Bill Cody after Morgan died just as filming was getting  under way. But if you look closely at Buffalo Bills very first  appearance on his horse, you will see a second of Frank Morgan  before the shot of Calhern.'),
('48821',' Script and casting problems delayed the filming schedule for three  months, which allowed Judy Garland (I) (qv) to appear in  _In The Good Old Summertime (1949)_ (qv), in relatively good health.'),
('48822',' After Judy Garland (I) (qv)s firing from the picture,  Betty Garrett (qv) was briefly considered as a replacement.'),
('48823',' Judy Garland (qv) and Frank Morgan (qv), who appeared together  in _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ (qv), were supposed to reappear  together in this film. Garland was fired because of health problems,  and Frank Morgan died shortly after filming began. As a result of  this, Betty Hutton took on Judy Garlands role as Annie Oakley, and  Louis Calhern succeeded Frank Morgan as Buffalo Bill.'),
('48824',' In the opening number, it is Frank Morgan seen on the horse. The  rest of the film features Louis Calhern because of Frank Morgans  sudden death.'),
('48825',' Charles Walters (qv) suggested to Arthur Freed (qv) that  Betty Grable (qv) would be an ideal Annie Oakley. However,  Twentieth Century Fox wouldnt loan her out.'),
('48826',' Before the eventual casting of Judy Garland (I) (qv) as Annie  Oakley, Doris Day (I) (qv) and Judy Canova (qv) were mentioned  for the role, as well as Betty Hutton (I) (qv) (this was before  she eventually replaced Garland in the role).'),
('48827',' This was the most popular single musical special of the season for  NBC. It raked in a total of 60 million viewers. The show had a  two'),
('48828','hour average Trendex rating of 35.1 and a 57.4 percent share of  the total TV audience.'),
('48829',' As of 2004, no film or tape copy of this telecast is known to exist.'),
('48830',' Both Ethel Merman (qv) (as Annie) and Harry Bellaver (qv) (as  Sitting Bull) reprised their original 1946 stage roles in this  production.'),
('48831',' The production originated in 1966 as one of the series of summer  musicals then being presented at Lincoln Center. It subsequently  moved to Broadway before being videotaped in a 90'),
('48832','minute version for  television. It is the only one of the series of Lincoln Center  musicals presented at that time (the others were "The King and I",  "Carousel", "Kismet", "Show Boat", and "South Pacific") to have been  adapted for television and presented in that medium with its stage  cast.'),
('48833',' Some of the murder mystery elements that were meant to be part of  this film were transferred by Woody Allen (qv) to his later film  _Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)_ (qv), which also co'),
('48834','starred  Diane Keaton (qv).'),
('48835',' Alvys (Allen, Woody (qv)s) sneezing into the cocaine was an  unscripted accident. When previewed, the audience laughed so loud  that director Allen decided to leave it in, and had to add footage  to compensate for people missing the next few jokes from laughing  too much.'),
('48836',' Allen originally envisioned this movie as a murder mystery, with a  subplot about a romance. During script revisions, Allen decided to  drop the murder plot, which he and Marshall Brickman later  revitalized in _Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)_ (qv).'),
('48837',' During the lobster'),
('48838','cooking scene Annie runs and retrieves a camera  to take pictures of Alvy dealing with the crustaceans. Later, when  Alvy runs over to Annies house to smash a spider, the series of  photos Annie took is on the wall in the background.'),
('48839',' Keaton, Diane (qv)s real name is Diane Hall and her nickname is  Annie.'),
('48840',' Weaver, Sigourney (qv)s screen debut, in a non'),
('48841','speaking part as  Alvys date near the end of the movie.'),
('48842',' The jokes that Woody Allen (qv) tells in front of the audience at  the University of Wisconsin and on  _"Dick Cavett Show, The" (1968)_ (qv) are from his stand'),
('48843','up comic  days.'),
('48844',' Annies outfits, which caused a brief fashion rage, were  Keaton, Diane (qv)s own clothes.'),
('48845',' When waiting in front of the movie theater, Alvy Singer says, "Im  standing out here with the cast of the Godfather," to  Diane Keaton (qv), who was in the cast of  _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv). Additionally, one of the men who  bothers him for the autograph is played by actor  Rick Petrucelli (qv), who had a small role in The Godfather as a  thug who protects Michael en route to the hospital.'),
('48846',' In the scene where Alvy questions people on the street about what  makes a relationship, a large crowd can be seen in the background  watching the filming.'),
('48847',' Ben Stiller (qv) comments how he likes the scene when Alvy has to  meet Annies family in  _AFIs 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)_ (qv) and how it relates  to him personally because he always was very apprehensive meeting  his girlfriends parents. Stiller starred in  _Meet the Parents (2000)_ (qv), which revolved around that very  idea.'),
('48848',' Alvy calls the two fans that pester him at the movie theatre  Cheech. In _Bullets Over Broadway (1994)_ (qv), also directed by  Allen, Chazz Palminteri (qv)s gangster character is called  Cheech.'),
('48849',' The films working title was "Anhedonia" '),
('48850',' the inability to feel  pleasure. United Artists fought against it (among other things, they  were unable to come up with an ad campaign that explained the  meaning of the word) and Allen compromised on naming the film after  the central character three weeks before the films premiere.'),
('48851',' The film Alvy is waiting to see with Annie is  _Ansikte mot ansikte (1976)_ (qv) (Face to Face) by  Ingmar Bergman (qv), one of Woody Allens biggest influences.'),
('48852',' "That was the most fun Ive ever had without laughing" is a  reference to the quote by H.L. Mencken in 1942 (and later  Humphrey Bogart (qv)).'),
('48853',' The first rough cut ran 2 hours and 20 minutes. Among the scenes  later eliminated were: segments showing Alvys former classmates in  the present day; Alvy as a teenager; a scene in a junk'),
('48854','food  restaurant (featuring Danny Aiello (qv)); extensive additional  scenes featuring Carol Kane (I) (qv), Janet Margolin (qv),  Colleen Dewhurst (qv) and Shelley Duvall (qv); and a fantasy  segment at Madison Square Garden featuring the New York Knicks  competing against a team of five great philosophers.  Christopher Walken (qv)s driving scene was also cut, but was  restored a week before the film was completed. New material for the  ending was filmed on three occasions, but most was discarded. The  final montage was a late addition.'),
('48855',' One scene cut from the film is a fantasy sequence of Annie and Alvy  visiting hell. This scene was rewritten 20 years later for Allens  _Deconstructing Harry (1997)_ (qv).'),
('48856',' Marshall McLuhan (qv) was not Allens first choice.  Federico Fellini (qv) and Luis Buñuel (qv) were asked first.'),
('48857',' The completely silent credits were inspired by  _Front, The (1976)_ (qv), which starred Woody Allen (qv).'),
('48858',' While on their way via Annies VW to see Alvys old neighborhood,  you can just make out a police cruiser with its hazard lights on  keeping the other New York traffic at bay so they could shoot the  scene.'),
('48859',' Alvy and Annie never say "I love you" to each other. The closest  they come is when Alvy says love isnt a strong enough word for how  he feels.'),
('48860',' During the classroom flashbacks, one of the teachers writes,  "Tuesday, December 1" on the chalkboard. December 1 is  Woody Allen (qv)s birthday.'),
('48861',' On _"Late Night with Conan OBrien" (1993)_ (qv) (28 February 1995),  Harvey Fierstein (qv) revealed that both he and  Danny Aiello (qv) had bit parts in this classic, but their scenes  ended up on the cutting room floor.'),
('48862',' Woody Allen (qv) originally filmed a scene in which a traffic  advisory sign "urges" Alvy to go to Annie in California. Editor  Ralph Rosenblum wrote that Allen was so disgusted by the scenes  cuteness that he took the footage and threw it into the East River.  The traffic'),
('48863','sign motif was later used in Steve Martins "L.A.  Story."'),
('48864',' The passerby Alvy refers to as "the winner of the Truman Capote  look'),
('48865','alike contest" is in fact Truman Capote (qv), who appears  uncredited.'),
('48866',' Admiral Elmo Zumwalt appears on  _"Dick Cavett Show, The" (1968)_ (qv) in the clip with  Woody Allen (qv) (Alvy Singer).'),
('48867',' The movies line "La'),
('48868','dee'),
('48869','da, la'),
('48870','dee'),
('48871','da." was voted as the #55 movie  quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('48872',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #35 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('48873',' The movies line "Hey, dont knock masturbation '),
('48874',' its sex with  someone I love!" was voted as the #78 of "The 100 Greatest Movie  Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('48875',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('48876',' In 1987, a film collector donated a copy of this film to the Oregon  Historical Society which then gave the film to the Library of  Congress for restoration.'),
('48877',' Copied at 30 frames per second from a 35mm print preserved by the  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Now available as part  of a "mini series film" entitled "Buffalo Bills Wild West" on DVD  on "More Treasures from American Film Archives 1894'),
('48878','1931".'),
('48879',' Came To the "Academy" by way of Ray Phillips, who has kinetoscopes  for museums around the world. He is also the author of "Edisons  Kinetoscope and Its Films".'),
('48880',' The music chosen for the DVD release on "More Treasures From  American Film Archives 1894'),
('48881','1931" (Program 1) is "Shoot The Buffalo"  a mid'),
('48882','19th century song.'),
('48883',' Available in computer'),
('48884','colorized version.'),
('48885',' The final performance of Jack Benny (qv).'),
('48886',' A portrait of Allen Ludden (qv) and a picture of Allen Ludden and  Betty White (I) (qv) can be seen in this movie. The late Allen  Ludden, better known as the host for "Password", was Betty Whites  husband.'),
('48887',' When Columbia Pictures bought the film rights to "Annie", it  included the rights to make sequels. Despite the poor commercial  performance of the original film in relation to its high budget,  producer Ray Stark (qv) still kept the idea of making a sequel  alive. It was on and off Columbias production slate for several  years until TriStar Television, noting the original films  popularity with children on home video, agreed to make it as a  made'),
('48888','for'),
('48889','TV movie, to be released simultaneously on home video.'),
('48890',' Annigoni oil portrait of Luigi Ugolini (qv) was purchased in 1999  at auction by an anonymous buyer.'),
('48891',' Drew a portrait of Vanna Bonta (qv) as a little girl, inscribed  with the promise to paint her each time she was in Florence.'),
('48892',' Visa dexploitation en France #108998.'),
('48893',' Created to commemorate the National Film Board of Canadas 50th  anniversary.'),
('48894',' To raise money for the production, Cumming, Alan (qv) and  Leigh, Jennifer Jason (qv) attempted to sell photographs of their  own hoax wedding to tabloid newspapers.'),
('48895',' The film was written by Leigh and Cumming for their friends, and  shot in 19 days using SONY DSR'),
('48896','500 digital video cameras.'),
('48897',' The actors did their own make'),
('48898','up and hair, forsaking dressing rooms  and trailers.'),
('48899',' Five of the female cast members here played together in  _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)_ (qv):  Jane Adams (II) (qv), Mina Badie (qv),  Jennifer Beals (I) (qv), Gwyneth Paltrow (qv), and  Jennifer Jason Leigh (qv).'),
('48900',' The part of Otis, Joe and Sallys dog was played by Jennifer Jason  Leighs own pet dog.'),
('48901',' The poem recited by Kevin Kline (I) (qv)s character is "Dover  Beach" by Matthew Arnold.'),
('48902',' The yoga instructor is played by Jennifer and Alans real yoga  instructor.'),
('48903',' The movie was shot entirely in a Hollywood Hills house designed by  Richard Neutra (qv) which is owned by Sofia Coppola (qv).'),
('48904',' Jennifer Beals (I) (qv) (Gina) took all of the pictures on the  walls in the house, just as her photographer character would have.'),
('48905',' Original director, Rakoff, Alvin (qv) was replaced by  Baker, Roy Ward (qv) when Davis, Bette (qv) demanded the change.'),
('48906',' The films highlight is the Thiruvaiyaar music festival. Well known  exponents like Kunnakudi R Vaidhyanathan, Sudha Raghunathan and  Unnikrishnan appear in the scene, which is a recreation of the real  festival.'),
('48907',' Prakashraj tries to find the combinations of the word  A'),
('48908','gu'),
('48909','n'),
('48910','pa'),
('48911','dha'),
('48912','m. This being a six letter word he said it can have  a permutation of factorial 6 which is 6x5x4x3x2x1=720 odd. However  some of the syllables cannot take certain places. For example the  syllable m in A'),
('48913','gu'),
('48914','n'),
('48915','pa'),
('48916','dha'),
('48917','m cannot take the first place.  Therefore the permutation he comes up with is totally wrong.'),
('48918',' The officers from Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board)  had personally congratulated the director Shankar for making a bold  movie that speaks to the society in a grand way.'),
('48919',' Imported fighters as well as martial artists from all over the state  were used in the multi'),
('48920','opponent fight scene.'),
('48921',' For the first time in Indian films the time'),
('48922','slicing technique used  earlier in "The Matrix" was used for this film. Time'),
('48923','slicing is  about numerous stills on a camera system consisting of 120 cameras,  a special ring and precise control in post'),
('48924','production to achieve a  frozen'),
('48925','time effect. This film used this for an action scene superbly  choreographed by Peter Haynes.'),
('48926',' The most expensive movie in Indian history with the budget set at  263.8 million rupees. At the end of the run, the film grossed almost  three times the total, at RS 745 million.'),
('48927',' Vikram described his role in Anniyan as the most difficult one of  his career.'),
('48928',' The first Indian movie to be dubbed into French. Columbia Tristar  bought the dubbing rights for broadcast in French'),
('48929','speaking nations.'),
('48930',' The ax originally cleaved Donald OBriens head, not his chest.  However, Joe dAmato and some others then thought that it was too  rough and looked too realistic, and so they re'),
('48931','filmed the scene. A  still from the original scene has survived.'),
('48932',' Due to budgetary reasons, Sonny Malhotra and filmmaking partner  Darren Fernando decided to shoot a short film each on two rolls of  16mm film resulting in a tight 2 to 1 ratio.'),
('48933',' This was Alain Tanners first feature film in English.'),
('48934',' The grocery store in front of which the characters hang out at  beginning of the film is nicknamed "Spikkern" by local residents,  and often offered a hangout for the director and his bike when he  was a child.'),
('48935',' Anolit is a dynamite type. The director thought Dynamite was too  boring for a film name, and asked a blasting firm for other names.'),
('48936',' Anolit is the most commonly used explosive in Norwegian tunnels and  is more straightforward to use than dynamite.'),
('48937',' Shot on a weekend in March, 2005 for a budget of $1100.'),
('48938',' Directorial debut of Shad Clark. The film is actually a sequence  from the feature version.'),
('48939',' Originally to be shot in a health services hospital that had been  abandoned for nearly 30 years. A week before production, the permit  was pulled due to safety concerns. Ended up being shot in an animal  research facility that had also been abandoned for nearly 30 years.'),
('48940',' The controversial decapitation scene was shot, but ultimately cut  out due to its extreme realism and the directors decision to go for  the "less is more" approach.'),
('48941',' Though it uses the title of the book "Anonymous Rex", the movie is  based on its prequel, "Casual Rex".'),
('48942',' Character actor Frank McRae (qv) was cast as Haden,  Nick Nolte (qv)s boss, the same part he played in  _48 Hrs. (1982)_ (qv). His part was almost completely cut from this  picture. If you look closely in one of the shots in the police  precinct, McRae appears on camera for a few seconds. He was  uncredited for the role.'),
('48943',' Nick Nolte (qv) appears heavier in the role than usual because  when shooting started, he was still carrying the weight he gained  for _Q & A (1990)_ (qv).'),
('48944',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('48945',' Loosely based on the life of Guy Burgess, a key figure in the  Cambridge Spy Ring of the 1940s who eventually defected to Russia  in 1951. The upper class establishment refused to believe he was a  spy because he had been to public school.'),
('48946',' A very youthful Earl Spencer appears as an extra in several scenes.'),
('48947',' In the original West End play of "Another County" that ran in London  in 1982, Kenneth Branagh, at age 22, originated and played the part  of Judd. In the movie the part was given to Colin Firth. Firth had  also been in the original play but had played the character Bennett.  Rupert Everett repeated the same role he had played on stage.  Ironically, it had been Branagh who won the Society of West End  Theatre award that year for Most Promising Newcomer for his part  in the play. In 1987 both Firth and Branagh would co'),
('48948','star in the  movie A Month in the Country.'),
('48949',' Eton College reportedly declined to allow filming at the school.'),
('48950',' A fountain was added to Brasenose College specifically for the film.'),
('48951',' Before this movie was made, any Warner Brothers film which showed a  movie marquee would indicate that a movie named "Another Dawn" was  playing at the cinema. Unable to come up with a title for this film,  they decided to actually create a movie named "Another Dawn."'),
('48952',' The word "fuck" is used 327 times in this 101 minute film.'),
('48953',' The scene in the woods with James Woods and Vincent Kartheiser was  completely improvised and involved Woods hitting Kartheiser  repeatedly with his fingers. The gestures are so rough and sudden  that you can hear each hit and see Kartheisers genuine surprise,  respectively. Afterwards, Kartheiser went up to director Larry Clark  and said, simply, "I didnt know that motherfucker was going to hit  me."'),
('48954',' Director Larry Clark didnt believe that Vincent Kartheiser, then  18, was of a legal age for his role (involving nudity, sexual  situations, and drug use) and wouldnt cast him until he was able to  prove his age. Kartheiser was cast once he produced his drivers  license.'),
('48955',' This was the final movie to receive the famous "Two Thumbs Up" from  film critics Roger Ebert (qv) and Gene Siskel (qv).'),
('48956',' Based on a 1908 sketch written by Laurel, Stan (qv)s father.'),
('48957',' The main titles for "Another Fine Mess," one of the teams earliest  sound comedies, is spoken by two pretty girls in movie usher  uniforms.'),
('48958',' Theatrically released in the USA with _City of Angels (1998)_ (qv).'),
('48959',' In a scene where Romans in the Colisseum were giving a thumbs down  sign after a poor performance, two of the Romans resemble Gene  Siskel and Roger Ebert. (Both gave it two thumbs down.)'),
('48960',' The role of Sloppi Seconds was originally written as Kiki, the  cabaret character created by Justin Bond (I) (qv). When Bond  turned down the movie offer, the part was rewritten specifically for  Mink Stole (qv) and turned into Sloppi Seconds, a transsexual. Her  scenes would ultimately be cut from the film, aside from a brief  profile shot where she sits between Jarod, Griff, and Beau in  Bodangles.'),
('48961',' Shot in 16 days.'),
('48962',' Shearer, Norma (qv) was scheduled to play the lead character, but  decided to stay home to nurse her husband, Thalberg, Irving (qv),  who was recovering from a heart attack.'),
('48963',' Debut of Margaret Hamilton (qv).'),
('48964',' The last full length feature film of Michael Sheard (qv).'),
('48965',' Florence Eldridge (qv) who plays Lavina Hubbard, wife to  Fredric March (qv) in the film, was also his wife in real life.'),
('48966',' The airplane used in the flight sequences is actually a full'),
('48967','size  737 used for training purposes at the Vincennes University Aviation  Technology Center in Indianapolis.'),
('48968',' Director/Screenwriter Trademark: [Jefferson Moore] As was the case  with his two previous films, La Sposa (2004) and The Perfect  Stranger (2005), Another Perfect Stranger is also set in the city  of Chicago '),
('48969',' Moores "adopted hometown".'),
('48970',' Novelist David Gregory (VIII) (qv), author of A Day with a  Perfect Stranger, upon which the movie is based, appears on the  airplane as the voice of the captain.'),
('48971',' Cassandra Jones makes 7 resolutions. They are:  '),
('48972',' Defend Africanness;  '),
('48973',' Never eat brown stuff from fridge ever again;  '),
('48974',' All animals are equal, but some are more disgusting than others    '),
('48975','never eat pork ever again;  '),
('48976',' Conserve energy for the true task;  '),
('48977',' Work is sorrow, rest is bliss;  '),
('48978',' Get the hell out of this place;  '),
('48979',' There will be no more resolutions.'),
('48980',' Acknowledged as the first film directed by a black female Canadian.'),
('48981',' Although Freddie Bartholomew is shown training with elephants in  preparation for "Kim," the Rudyard Kipling novel would not reach the  screen until 1950 with Dean Stockwell starring. Fernand Gravey is  announced for "Scaramouche", but the Rafael Sabatini swashbuckler  would not be made until 1952 with Stewart Granger. While Robert  Taylor is announced as Spencer Tracys co'),
('48982','star in "Northwest  Passage," it would be Robert Young who appeared in the 1940 release.'),
('48983',' Although a version of William Faulkners "The Unvanquished" is  announced by MGM, it was never made.'),
('48984',' Margaret Sullavan and Melvyn Douglas were announced for "Three Loves  Has Nancy," for the parts ultimately played by Janet Gaynor and  Franchot Tone.'),
('48985',' Filmed in 1975, not released until 1977.'),
('48986',' Dreyfuss, Richard (qv), as Chris, while standing in front of a  line of drying panties, repeats the line "And I dont like the  panties hanging on the rod" that he said in his Oscar'),
('48987','winning role  of Elliott in _Goodbye Girl, The (1977)_ (qv).'),
('48988',' As Luella walks past the television in the safe house, the movie  being played is _Stakeout (1987)_ (qv).'),
('48989',' DIRCAMEO(John Badham (qv)): the Puget Sound ferry skipper near the  beginning of the film.'),
('48990',' Sharon Maughan (qv) has stated in interviews that a huge chunk of  her role was deleted in editing.'),
('48991',' Rafael Storm (qv) replaced Alexander DArcy (qv) as the gigolo  during the retakes.'),
('48992',' The placard outside the West Indies Club advertised the dance team  as René y Estela, but the opening credits anglicized it as Renee and  Stella. They were real headliners at New Yorks Havana'),
('48993','Madrid Club.'),
('48994',' The elegant car that Nick and Nora ride out to Col. MacFays estate  in is a 1935 Lincoln. These were an expensive, low'),
('48995','production car,  with only about 1,400 made that year. The major movie studios kept a  number of expensive cars around for executive purposes, and they  often did double duty as props as required in production.'),
('48996',' During the shooting of the movie in England, Connery, Sean (qv)  was confronted by a gun'),
('48997','waving Johnny Stompanato, hoodlum boyfriend  of Turner, Lana (qv). The jealous hood warned Connery to keep away  from Lana. Connery answered by decking Johnny. Shortly thereafter,  back in the U.S., Stompanato met his end at the hands of the  frightened, butcher'),
('48998','knife'),
('48999','wielding teenage daughter of Lana Turner,  Cheryl Crane.'),
('49000',' The film was released four months ahead of schedule to capitalize on  the Johnny Stompanato murder.'),
('49001',' John Houseman (I) (qv)s last performance. Woody Allen (qv) had  previously captured the final performance of Lloyd Nolan (qv) in  _Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)_ (qv) in 1986, and would do so again  with Keye Luke (qv) in _Alice (1990)_ (qv) two years later.'),
('49002',' Originally Mia Farrow (qv) was supposed to have played the part of  Marion but her real'),
('49003','life pregnancy prevented that.  Gena Rowlands (qv) took the part instead.'),
('49004',' The first of the four collaborations between Woody Allen (qv) and  Ingmar Bergman (qv)s preferred cinematographer,  Sven Nykvist (qv).'),
('49005',' Hopes name is only referred to twice during the film; the first  time it is spoken by Marion, and the second time is when we see it  during the closing credits.'),
('49006',' Unlike most actors in Woody Allen (qv)’s movies,  Gena Rowlands (qv) was allowed to read the entire script before  taking the part.'),
('49007',' This was one of the last commercially released games for the Apple  IIgs. The port was written by Bill Heineman, who also was  responsible for the SNES version (both the IIgs and the SNES share  the same main processor). If the screen size was reduced, the game  ran extremely smoothly on a stock unaccelerated IIgs.'),
('49008',' When he needed a model for the rotoscoping in this game, Eric Chahi  got his brother to run around in the back garden of their house.'),
('49009',' With the exception of the music and sound effects, Eric Chahi  created every aspect of the game himself, even to the extent of  painting the cover artwork for the box.'),
('49010',' The game Flashback (1993) is frequently mistaken for a sequel to  Another World due to its similar rotoscoped style. In fact, the  sequel is Heart of the Alien (1994), and was available exclusively  for the Sega Mega CD platform (and is therefore relatively unknown).  The sequel starts from the end of the first game, and follows the  alien character instead of Lester. Having very little to do with  its development, Eric Chahi was unhappy with the sequel, and has  since disowned it.'),
('49011',' Creator Eric Chahi was inspired by the Amiga conversion of Dragons  Lair which managed to fit large amounts of animation on to six  floppy disks. He realized that if a polygon rotoscoping technique  were used, the storage requirements would be much smaller. This is  why the lengthy cinematic animations in Another World are  contained on just one floppy disk.'),
('49012',' The game took Eric Chahi two years to develop and create, hence the  tag'),
('49013','line: "It took 6 days to create the Earth. Another World took 2  years".'),
('49014',' Originally scripted as taking place in New York City. The movie  prepped for two months and shot 6 weeks in New York. On the last  night of location filming, Peter Bogdanovich (qv) received a phone  call from his agent at about midnight letting him know he was being  replaced as director. After reviewing footage with the replacement  director, it was determined that none of the New York footage was  usable and the script was rewritten to be shot entirely in Los  Angeles.'),
('49015',' This is the first time in Italy that a stage show is filmed and  shown in theaters.'),
('49016',' Adams himself carried a thirty'),
('49017','pound pack full of photographic  equipment; that in addition to the hundred pounds packed on his  mule, Mistletoe.'),
('49018',' Originally a four'),
('49019','episode TV series: 1. Separation; 2. The Border;  3. Twilight Land; 4. The Return. A total of 200 minutes cut down to  135 minutes.'),
('49020',' Featurette contained on 2006 DVD "Conviction: The Complete Series."'),
('49021',' Net proceeds from the 2005 theatrical release of this film benefited  the Leary Firefighters Foundation, created by actor  Denis Leary (qv).'),
('49022',' The eerie insect noise heard when Zoc and the other ants first enter  Lucas house (to shrink and kidnap him) is the same eerie insect  noise heard in "Them!" (1954), when the giant ants are shown on  screen.'),
('49023',' The kid who answers the phone at the Pizza Kingdom says, "Hail to  the King." Bruce Campbell, who voices Fugax, was the star of the  Evil Dead movies, in which Hail to the King was a prominent quote  and the title of the video games that were based on the movies.'),
('49024',' Secrets of Life documentary series.'),
('49025',' Secrets of Life documentary series.'),
('49026',' This film was chosen, for the first time in 36 years, for the  official competition AND opening of the Rotterdam Film Festival.'),
('49027',' The shooting took 11 weeks and the post'),
('49028','production more than a year  for completion.'),
('49029',' It is the second feature film by acclaimed Argentinean director  Esteban Sapir.'),
('49030',' The first Tamil'),
('49031','language film without song sequences.'),
('49032',' Handpicked by Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) as a Finalist for his show  The Lot'),
('49033',' Actors from Steven Spielbergs Munich, Ossie Beck (qv) and  Sam Feuer (qv), are in the film.'),
('49034',' Film debut of Sondergaard, Gale (qv), who won a "Best Supporting  Actress" Academy Award (which was a new category).'),
('49035',' Krims, Milton (qv) wanted onscreen credit for his work on the  screenplay, but the studio denied his request.'),
('49036',' The miniatures that Jackman, Fred (I) (qv) built for the Port  Royal set in _Captain Blood (1935)_ (qv) were reused in this movie.'),
('49037',' Warner Bros. paid $40,000 for the screen rights to the 1200'),
('49038','page  novel.'),
('49039',' Humphrey Bogart (qv) tested for the role of Napoleon;  Bette Davis (qv) and Kitty Carlisle (qv) were among the many  others who auditioned for roles.'),
('49040',' The film required 131 sets, including a 12'),
('49041','acre African compound  built on the studio backlot '),
('49042',' the largest set which had ever been  constructed.'),
('49043',' William Dieterle (qv) had been promised the directing job, which  instead went to Mervyn LeRoy (qv) (Harry M. Warner (qv)s  son'),
('49044','in'),
('49045','law).'),
('49046',' The opera being performed in Paris, "The Duchess of Ferrara", is not  a real opera; the poster outside identifies the composer as  Aldo Franchetti (qv), who plays the conductor in the opera scene.'),
('49047',' This syndicated special appeared in most markets in August 1971 but  didnt appear in New York City until Sunday February 20, 1972 when  it aired (at 11:30 on a Sunday night) on WNBC.'),
('49048',' Visa dexploitation en France # 110360.'),
('49049',' Was not theatrically released due to the "anthrax scare" following  the events of 11 September 2001.'),
('49050',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) ()_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('49051',' Martens dog is called Schimanski '),
('49052',' after the famous German TV cop  Schimanski (portrayed by Götz George (qv)) from the Tatort series.'),
('49053',' Director Christian Alvart uses his own dog to play Schimanski in the  film. The dogs real name is Romeo. It is a six'),
('49054','year'),
('49055','old  Husky'),
('49056','Rottweiler.'),
('49057',' Norman Reedus (qv) performed his cameo role for free.'),
('49058',' Filmed in color, the success of this movie encouraged other film  production companies in the Philippines to make their fantasy films  in color.'),
('49059',' What appears in the beginning credits around the title and the  actors names is HTML code, with some alterations. Much of the HTML  is taken from the Internet Movie Databases homepage.'),
('49060',' Most desktops seen in the movie appear to be running the GNOME  desktop on some sort of Linux or Unix installation.'),
('49061',' IP addresses assigned to Winstons satellites are part of the  non'),
('49062','routable (to the Internet) 10.x.y.z Class A subnet, indicating a  private network.'),
('49063',' NURV is shown to stand for "Never Underestimate Radical Vision" in a  sign at the entrance to the campus.'),
('49064',' At Garys party the song playing in the background is "Heroes." A  different version of this same song plays in the Microsoft  commercials.'),
('49065',' During the sequence where we are shown the "open source" developers  that are monitored by NURV you can clearly see one of them wearing a  red hat which looks exactly like the one that the company Red Hat  uses as their logo. Red Hat is responsible for the most popular  Linux based operating system distribution, which is open sourced.'),
('49066',' When Milo is seen accepting awards, he is accepting them from Scott  McNealy of Sun Microsystems and from Miguel de Icaza, creator of  GNOME and CTO of Ximian (formerly Helix Code.)'),
('49067',' As the credits roll, "It All Goes Wrong Again" by Everclear, a  Portland'),
('49068','based band, plays.'),
('49069',' Several intended similarities between Nurv and Microsoft : President  owns a large, sprawling lakefront home; Company set in rainy Pacific  Northwest city; Office is referred to as a campus.'),
('49070',' President of NURV Gary Winston appears to be an amalgam of the CEOs  of Microsoft and Apple: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, respectively.  NURV resembles Microsoft in power and composition, and Winstons  appearance is modeled after Gates. But Gary Winston also posesses  Steve Jobs cutthroat business drive, fiery temper, and motivational  speeches. This combination is also possibly supported by the  coexistence of both PCs and Apple computers on the NURV compound'),
('49071',' Similarity between NURV and Microsoft : The Gary Winstons  Right'),
('49072','Hand man is not a blatant geek, and is bald...much like Steve  Ballmer of Microsoft'),
('49073',' The newspaper Milo reads at the crime scene is the San Jose Mercury  News.'),
('49074',' The code shown in the first visible screen (skipping the intro  sequence) is a section from a real compression scheme, named bzip2,  available for free as open'),
('49075','source. The remaining sections of code in  the movie, almost exclusively, come from a web server named Jigsaw,  also available as open'),
('49076','source.'),
('49077',' Three of Winstons thugs have the last names Schmeichel, Sheringham  and Solskjaer. This is a reference to the goalkeeper and goal  scorers on Manchester Uniteds 1999 U.E.F.A. Champions League  winning team. The director is a Man. U fan.'),
('49078',' The keyboard Milo uses in the day care center is an Apple USB  Keyboard, as used on Macintosh computers. In addition, the operating  system used on the computers in the day care center is a form of  Unix, as shown by the command prompt. The Unix commands Milo uses  are largely accurate, as well. Apple is ultimately vindicated in the  end when the good guys are handling the Synapse broadcast from a  Macintosh PowerBook G3.'),
('49079',' A poster for the movie _Hackers (1995)_ (qv) can be seen on the wall  of one of the programmers Phil surveys in the day'),
('49080','care center.'),
('49081',' The code that Phil and Randy are stealing, while Milo broke into the  daycare center, is from lnx4win or "Linux for Windows", another  piece of Open Source software.'),
('49082',' Claire Forlani drives a Citroën 2 CV. Milos SUV is a Mercedes ML.'),
('49083',' The overhead shot of the NURV campus is actually Simon Fraser  University, located in Burnaby, BC'),
('49084',' One of the commands Milo enters when accessing the surveillance  system in the day'),
('49085','care center is "show '),
('49086','p 1984", this is a reference  to George Orwells book "1984" which describes a completely  controlled society where everyone is monitored by the government.'),
('49087',' Another Microsoft reference: one of the characters working at NURV  is called Redmond Schmeichel. Microsofts headquarters are in  Redmond, Washington'),
('49088',' The jacket number (and reference in the NURV computer database) for  Richard Roundtrees character, Lyle Burton, is ND47. The number 47  occurs frequently in science fiction (most notably in Star Trek) due  to a "joke proof" written by Donald Bentley in 1964, showing all  numbers to be equal to 47.'),
('49089',' The first time Gary comes up to Milo with "helpful code," there is a  glimpse of the source. If you look closely at the byte casting in  the if/else statement it vertically reads "GET "..."HEAD ". Followed  immediately by Garys statement. "Oh God. Oh, so much fun. I love  doing this."'),
('49090',' The first section of code that Gary gives Milo is from "A Simple  Multithreaded Web Server", an example Java program from the Sun  Developer Network.'),
('49091',' When Jacques Becker (qv) won the Palme dOr in Cannes, he was not  very famous. At the beginning of the festival, a lot of  photographers took pictures of André Lafargue, a critic, thinking he  was Becker. When Becker won the award, many newspapers used those  mistaken pictures.'),
('49092',' This film marked Peter Wingfield (qv)s introduction into movies,  playing the bit part of the taxi driver, which he credits to being  because the original cast member to play the part couldnt drive.'),
('49093',' Italian censorship visa #31028 delivered on 28 June 1940.'),
('49094',' The film was sonorized but there is no dialogue.'),
('49095',' A Print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('49096',' Charlton Heston (qv)s third and last screen appearance as  Shakespeares version of Marc Antony'),
('49097',' he had played the role before  in the 1950 student'),
('49098','made "Julius Caesar" and the 1970 Technicolor  "Julius Caesar".'),
('49099',' The last feature film of Roger Delgado (qv).'),
('49100',' Contrary to some sources, Emmi Jurkka does not appear in this movie.'),
('49101',' The fetus that the Man Eater eats up is actually a skinned rabbit.'),
('49102',' According to Joe DAmato (qv), some of the heads and bones in the  catacombs were plastic imitations. Upon collecting the bones after  the scenes had been shot, the crew by accident took with them some  real bones. Since DAmato did not dare to return them, he let them  make a "pilgrimage" to his house.'),
('49103',' When submitted for re'),
('49104','classification in the UK (after being banned  for 18 years), the uncut version of this film was never brought  before the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification). Rather, the  heavily cut, R'),
('49105','rated version was submitted, possibly by mistake.'),
('49106',' Deaundre Bonds (qv) was initially given a role in the film. On  the night that he learned he was awarded the role, he attended a  family celebration and was involved in an altercation with his  aunts boyfriend. The altercation ended with Bonds stabbing the man  to death. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison.'),
('49107',' Many extras in the film were active duty U.S. Navy and Marine Corps  personnel from various commands within the Southern California area.'),
('49108',' Part of the omnibus survey of international shorts, "The World  According to Shorts"'),
('49109',' Allen, Woody (qv) recorded his part as "Z" in only five days.'),
('49110',' The song the ants are dancing to in the bar is "Guantanamera".'),
('49111',' The sound effect accompanying the magnifying glass is the alien  saucer sound from _War of the Worlds, The (1953)_ (qv).'),
('49112',' One of the motivational signs in the ant colony, "Free Time Is For  Training", is a real motivational sign at PDI.'),
('49113',' The dance Z and Princess Bala do that seems to be inspired by  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) is actually a reference to the Batusi,  the dance by Batman from the TV show _"Batman" (1966/II)_ (qv).'),
('49114',' Zs line "I was going to include you in my erotic fantasies" was  originally "I was going to include you in my most erotic sexual  fantasies", but was shortened to retain a PG rating. In the German  dubbed version the "sexual" is included. The line was from a spider  sketch called "What Causes Homosexuality?" which was cut from  Allens  _Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)_ (qv).  Woody Allen (qv) was going to use that line as  Louise Lasser (qv) was about to eat him '),
('49115',' the sketch was never  used because Allen couldnt think of a way to end the scene. Since  the sketch was not used, the writers got a hold of the line and,  realizing the irony (spiders, ants), had Allens character (Z) state  it.'),
('49116',' Woody Allen (qv) was offered accompaniment to sing "Almost Like  Being In Love", but he refused, preferring to sing it a capella, and  did so.'),
('49117',' Woody Allen (qv) and Sylvester Stallone (qv) appeared in a film  together 27 years earlier '),
('49118',' _Bananas (1971)_ (qv).'),
('49119',' The ship Leo pilots, the Vic Viper, was previously made famous as  the ship players piloted in Konamis Lifeforce and the Gradius  series.'),
('49120',' The chorus to the song that plays during the boss fight against the  Vic Viper ("Leo! Leo! Leo, lets go!") is effectively cheering  against the player. Leo Steinbuck, the Vic Vipers pilot, was the  previous pilot of Jehuty and the hero of the original Zone of the  Enders.'),
('49121',' 99.9% unscripted'),
('49122',' This was the last film to be shot in the Gainsborough Studios.'),
('49123',' This movie stands as a testament to the rapid rise in popularity of  Bugs Bunny. Only a year and a half earlier, Bugs had been introduced  to the public in _Wild Hare, A (1940)_ (qv) and already the Treasury  Department had commissioned a special Bugs film to sell war bonds.'),
('49124',' Due to pressure from Warner Bros., this cartoon was one of 11 pulled  from rotation by the Cartoon Network for its 2001 "June Bugs"  marathon, which was to show the complete chronology of Bugs Bunny  cartoons. This is in addition to the "Censored 11" that have been  withheld from distribution since 1968. The reason given was that the  scene in which Bugs does a black'),
('49125','face Al Jolson (qv) imitation  would offend African'),
('49126','Americans.'),
('49127',' Carl Henning (qv) (the silent customer in the barbers chair) was  also the driver/owner of the dark'),
('49128','blue 1938 Hupmobile that is  visible in several scenes.'),
('49129',' Shark Stadium, where the fictitious Miami Sharks play, is actually  the Orange Bowl Stadium, in Miami, Florida.'),
('49130',' Dennis Quaids characters house is really Miami Dolphin quarterback  Dan Marinos house.'),
('49131',' When Willie Beamen enters Tony DAmatos house, the movie that is on  TV is Ben'),
('49132','Hur, starring Heston, Charlton (qv), who also appears in  Any Given Sunday as the Commissioner.'),
('49133',' Diaz, Cameron (qv) plays the daughter of a sports team owner, just  as she did in _My Best Friends Wedding (1997)_ (qv).'),
('49134',' When Barry Switzer (qv) is the broadcaster for the playoff game in  Dallas, a player bumps an official and Barry yells out, "He hit an  official." When Barry Switzer was coaching the Dallas Cowboys  against the San Francisco 49ers in the 1994 NFC Championship game,  he was penalized 15 yards for bumping an official.'),
