('178610',' Newton Thomas Sigel (qv) initially planned on shooting the film in  65mm in order to achieve the "glossy" look he was aiming for. This  idea progressed far enough that extensive filming of 65mm test  footage was done during pre'),
('178611','production. Sigel eventually abandoned  the 65mm format after being repeatedly told that "nobody projects it  anymore".'),
('178612',' The last line of _Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)_ (qv) (the  one before "Returns") is Superman saying to Luthor, "See you in  twenty." That scene was filmed in 1986. Coincidentally, twenty years  later, in 2006, the next Superman movie was released.'),
('178613',' There is a framed photograph of Glenn Ford (I) (qv) (Jonathan Kent  from the original _Superman (1978)_ (qv)) on the piano during the  reunion scene at the Kent farm. In a delete scene from Clarks  bedroom, more photos of Glenn Ford (I) (qv) can be seen. These  were created by the graphic design team during the films  production, as seen in Bryan Singers on'),
('178614','line video journal #21 "In  Graphic Detail", and were digitally enhanced to include  Eva Marie Saint (qv) as Martha and young incarnations of Clark.'),
('178615',' In one scene photographs of Superman rescuing a woman in a car are  shown. The pictures are an homage to Action Comics. The shot of  Superman holding the car above his head is a direct reference to the  cover of Action Comics #1 from 1938 where Superman is seen for the  first time.'),
('178616',' The building used for the exterior shots of the bank robbery scene  is University House in Newcastle, Australia, which is home to the  Newcastle Conservatorium of Music (among other schools of the  University of Newcastle). Francine Bell, who portrays one of the  news anchors in the film, is a well'),
('178617','loved Voice tutor at Newcastle  Conservatorium, although none of her scenes would have been filmed  at University House.'),
('178618',' Hugh Laurie (qv) was cast first in the role of Perry White.  However, the popularity of his TV show _"House M.D." (2004)_ (qv)  caused schedule conflicts. Frank Langella (qv) was then cast.'),
('178619',' Eva Marie Saint (qv) (Martha Kent) made her theatrical debut in  _On the Waterfront (1954)_ (qv), coincidentally opposite the late  Marlon Brando (qv) (Jor'),
('178620','El).'),
('178621',' This is the first film to use the Panavision Genesis HD camera.  Developed jointly by Panavision and Sony, it was the latest of the  specific 24p HD used by the likes of George Lucas (qv) and  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv), among others.'),
('178622',' Contains 1,400 VFX shots'),
('178623',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv), Michael Bay (qv),  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv), Martin Campbell (I) (qv),  Shekhar Kapur (qv), and Stephen Norrington (qv) all turned down  the chance to direct throughout the ten'),
('178624','year project development.'),
('178625',' All previous scripts revolved, in one way or another, around the  death and subsequent return of Superman. Jonathan Lemkin (qv)  wrote a draft in which Superman impregnates Lois before he dies, she  gives birth soon thereafter (also dying in the process), and a  fully'),
('178626','grown new Superman emerges to save the world. Lemkins work  was quickly discarded.'),
('178627',' When Bryan Singer (qv) became interested in possibly hiring  Brandon Routh (qv), he arranged for them to meet in a coffee shop.  When they met at their table, Routh stumbled and spilled hot coffee  all over the table. Although he panicked, thinking he had just lost  the part, Singer laughed and said it actually helped him get the  part. The incident convinced Singer that Routh could pull off the  clumsy, bumbling Clark Kent.'),
('178628',' Promotional material was shipped to cinemas in the UK under the  title "Red Sun".'),
('178629',' Bryan Singer (qv) wanted Christopher Reeve (qv) to make a cameo  appearance in the film but Reeve died before filming began. Singer  then decided to dedicate the film to him.'),
('178630',' Marlon Brando (qv) posthumously reprises his role as Jor'),
('178631','El with  some help from VFX. Rhythm & Hues took footage from  _Superman (1978)_ (qv) movie and hand'),
('178632','modeled and animated a  CG'),
('178633','replica of his face upon the footage. It was then textured and  new mouth shapes were then animated onto the model.'),
('178634',' The production of the film occupied seven sound stages and two  workshops for eight months at Fox Studios, Sydney in 2005.'),
('178635',' Workers constructed 7km of road and planted 15 hectares of corn to  recreate the Kent farm. This is especially a difficult task in that  the farm was created during a 7'),
('178636','year drought in Australia.'),
('178637',' Milliskin, a type of cloth, was used as the material of Supermans  suit. Unfortunately, this cloth restricts movement when new. Worse,  it sags after being worn and becoming comfortable. As a result, 80  suits, 100 capes, 30 boots and 90 belts were made.'),
('178638',' In an interview on _"Larry King Live" (1985)_ (qv), director  Bryan Singer (qv) said that had he not had access to  John Williams (I) (qv) original music, he would not have done the  film.'),
('178639',' In an interview with the Washington Post, Bryan Singer (qv)  discussed a scene that was in an early draft of the screenplay but  never filmed: "At one point," the director recalls, "I had a scene  in the script which I never shot, and I probably was never going to  shoot, where Superman would be standing '),
('178640',' after flying around  rescuing people at night '),
('178641',' would be standing at dawn at Ground Zero.  Sort of standing there, almost as if to say, If I had been here,  this might not be."'),
('178642',' Dedicated to Christopher Reeve (qv) and Dana Reeve (qv).'),
('178643',' The space shuttle engineer was played by Richard Branson (qv), the  owner of The Virgin Group. The monitors inside the jet display the  words "Virgin Galactic", the name of Bransons commercial  spaceflight company that will utilize the SpaceshipOne crafts, which  are launched from the underbelly of an airplane, much like the space  shuttle in the film.'),
('178644',' When Lex and his henchman enter the museum in Metropolis, the two  people that are already there (and they tell to leave) are actually  Michael Dougherty (II) (qv) and Dan Harris (II) (qv), the  screenwriters.'),
('178645',' Brandon Routh (qv) put on 20 pounds of muscle for the movie.'),
('178646',' A sign in the plaza of the Daily Planet building reads, "Shuster  Square." This is a reference to Joe Shuster (qv), one of the  co'),
('178647','creators of the original Superman character.'),
('178648',' Noel Neill (qv) plays Gertrude Vanderworth. She played Lois Lane  in the 1950s TV series and the 1940s movie serial. She also played  Lois Lanes mother in _Superman (1978)_ (qv).'),
('178649',' Gertrude Vanderworth, the wealthy, dying widow (in the opening scene  with Lex Luthor), is played by Noel Neill (qv). Noel Neill  portrayed Lois Lane in the 1950s Superman TV series starring  George Reeves (qv). Prior to the TV series, she had played Lois  Lane in the 1948 feature length film "Superman" and its 1950 sequel,  "Atom Man vs. Superman." Both movies starred Kirk Alyn  (qv)as  Superman.'),
('178650',' The two fighter planes escorting the space plane are Lockheed Martin  F'),
('178651','35s. At the time of the release the F'),
('178652','35 was still in production.  The first real F'),
('178653','35 would not fly until December 2006, nearly six  months after the release of the film.'),
('178654',' Superman foils the shooter with the chain gun at the Newhart Federal  Bank. On "The Bob Newhart Show" Bob Newhart (qv)s office was  located at the Bay Federal Bank Building.'),
('178655',' In one of the scenes with Lexs Train set a sign saying Smallville  can be seen briefly.'),
('178656',' According to an article in the 12 September 2005 issue of Newsweek,  the biggest question concerning Supermans costume involved the size  and shape of the bulge in the front of his tights. Costume designer  Louise Mingenbach (qv) finally decided on a bulge that wasnt too  big. "Ten'),
('178657','year'),
('178658','olds will be seeing this movie," she explained.'),
('178659',' SPOILER: After Lex Luthor and his gang steal the meteorite at the  museum, a broken glass has the year 1978 written with the  description of the meteorite; which was also the same year the first  Superman came to theaters. Not only did it say 1978, but it had  "Addis Ababa" above the year, which is where Lex Luthor found the  kryptonite meteorite in the original _Superman (1978)_ (qv).'),
('178660',' CAMEO(Michael Dougherty (II) (qv) & Dan Harris (II) (qv)): the  two writers of the screenplay make an appearance as school kids  making notes as Lex Luther arrives to steal the meteorite.'),
('178661',' Billy Zane (qv) was once considered to play the role of Lex Luthor  when McG (qv) was attached to the project.'),
('178662',' During filming, Kevin Spacey would drive around in a golf cart  ("Lexs Super Buster") dragging a stuffed Superman doll behind on a  rope and yell "Superman Must Die" with a megaphone'),
('178663',' During Brandon Routh (qv)s screen test, people would come up to  him between takes and tell him how much fun filming in Australia  would be and what a great opportunity playing Superman would be.  Routh was confused as he was under the impression that he hadnt  officially got the part yet, and he was starting to get a little  nervous that people might be jinxing him. It turns out Bryan Singer  pretty much made up his mind at that point on who he was going to  cast.'),
('178664',' Elements of the film are from a 1993 rough'),
('178665','draft screenplay. The  same year DC Comics publishes Supermans death and later return. As  well as the 55th anniversary for the character.'),
('178666',' The chemical name of Kryptonite is given as "sodium lithium boron  silicate hydroxide with fluorine." In 2007, Dr. Chris Stanley of the  London Natural History Museum discovered the very same mineral,  albeit without fluorine, in Jadar, Serbia and named it Jadarite. In  reality, it is a white powder rather than a green crystal.'),
('178667',' Lexs computer map on the boat shows Metropolis in the real'),
('178668','world  location of Bayonne, New Jersey.'),
('178669',' A break'),
('178670','in on the set of Superman Returns, in which the crews  walkie talkies were stolen, forced filming to be halted. Pranksters  caused chaos during a stunt sequence, being filmed in Martin Place,  by shouting "cut" and "action" over the airwaves. The thieves with  the walkie talkies listened in to much of the nights filming to  learn key phrases which they later yelled at key moments. The  mischief almost caused serious injury, with the nights filming  centering on a Mustang car jumping down steps and landing between  extras. It stopped a number of times.'),
('178671',' Many elements of Metropolis coincide with elements in the comics,  including the recurring fast'),
('178672','food franchise of "Big Belly Burger"  and the Hobs Bay subsection, affectionately known as "Suicide  Slum".'),
('178673',' Originally Kirk Alyn (qv) was to be Superman after the two serials  but wanted too much money.'),
('178674',' Over a year after this films release, it was split up and used to  make a "two'),
('178675','parter" to close the first season of  _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv).'),
('178676',' Included as a special feature in Warner Home Videos 2005 DVD  release of the TV series "Adventures of Superman '),
('178677',' The Complete  First Season".'),
('178678',' Included as a special feature on the 4th disk of the Christopher  Reeve Superman Collection and The Complete Superman Collection DVD'),
('178679',' "Superman: Doomsday" is the first animated Superman project to be  rated PG'),
('178680','13.'),
('178681',' This is a special feature on the 2003 DVD edition of  _Superman (1978) _ (qv).'),
('178682',' The last Pink Panther theatrical cartoon.'),
('178683',' Writer Jim Fitzpatrick came'),
('178684','up with the original concept when he saw  his son JJ (2 years'),
('178685','old at the time) pick up a plastic t'),
('178686','ball, place  it on the T'),
('178687','stand and swing. This led Fitzpatrick to the notion that  the 90% of our neocortex (brain) that we dont use, is actually  stored genetic memory, from every ancestor before us.'),
('178688',' This short documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Amityville Horror, The (2005)_ (qv).'),
('178689',' Maurice Gibb, who has a cameo appearance in the movie as a Union  Soldier, was originally slated to do the score. A cut of the movie  with his score is circulating but the released version features that  of Robert O. Ragland instead.'),
('178690',' This was the first post'),
('178691','Alan Smithee (qv) film. For many years, a  director who for whatever reason wished not to be credited for a  movie would have his name replaced with the name "Alan Smithee".  After the film  _Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, An (1998)_ (qv), the name  was too well known, and so the Directors Guild of America decided  to replace the name "Alan Smithee" with the name "Thomas Lee".'),
('178692',' Apparently, the zero gravity sex scene between Angela Bassett (qv)  and James Spader (qv) was put together using out'),
('178693','takes of scenes  featuring Robin Tunney (qv) and Peter Facinelli (qv), and with  Tunneys skin color being digitally darkened.'),
('178694',' Reportedly, this was shelved for some time by the studio, and upon  its release it was reported that the studio, extremely unhappy with  Walter Hill (I) (qv)s completed product, called in  Francis Ford Coppola (qv) to "re'),
('178695','edit" the film.'),
('178696',' Originally developed in 1988 by director William Malone (I) (qv)  (_House on Haunted Hill (1999)_ (qv)) as "Dead Star" with paintings  by H.R. Giger (qv) and a plot that had been called  "_Hellraiser (1987)_ (qv) in outer space".'),
('178697',' Was initially to be directed by Geoffrey Wright (I) (qv), but he  quit the film over a script dispute five weeks before principal  photography was due to commence.'),
('178698',' The script lifts a scene from the screenplay of  _Superman (1978)_ (qv) that was not in the original theatrical  release of Superman but can be found in the new video and DVD  release, almost verbatim. Its the one where the hero  (Superman/Supersonic) enters the underground lair of the villain  (Lex Luthor/Dr. Gulik) and has to pass through some corridors where  he is shot, frozen, and burnt.'),
('178699',' The hero Supersonic and his human alter ego Paul were not played by  the same actor. Paul was played by Antonio Cantafora (qv) (aka  Michael Coby), and Supersonic was played by bodybuilder and former  Tarzan Richard Yesteran (qv).'),
('178700',' Every car seen in the movie (with the exception of the opening  sequence) is either a lime green or black new Volkswagen Beetle. The  cars in the opening sequence are all classic VW Beetles.'),
('178701',' The name of the town in which they live, Besame Heights, means "Kiss  me" in Spanish.'),
('178702',' Actors Will Ferrell (qv), Molly Shannon (qv), and  Mark McKinney (I) (qv) all appeared together in another film,  _Night at the Roxbury, A (1998)_ (qv). In that movie Ferrell was  also Shannons romantic interest. McKinney also plays a church  figure in both films.'),
('178703',' A green VW Bug can be seen in the background of any outdoor scene,  sometime multiples in a single scene, this is a possible reference  to _Bullitt (1968)_ (qv) during the climatic chase scene a green VW  bug is about the only car that can be seen over and over again  driving thru the streets.'),
('178704',' This movie is a biography of Karen Carpenter (qv) with a slight  twist '),
('178705',' all of the parts are played out by Ken and Barbie style  dolls.'),
('178706',' The film has been out of legal circulation since 1990, subject to a  cease and desist order pertaining to unauthorized use of the  Carpenters music.'),
('178707',' This movie is illegal to sell, or distribute, and is out of  circulation, although hundreds of bootleg copies have been sold.'),
('178708',' Ranked #45 on Entertainment Weeklys "Top 50 Cult Films of All'),
('178709','Time"'),
('178710',' The ornate iron cross used to keep the spirit of the witch in the  pond is a prop that was also used in _Evil, The (1978)_ (qv) which  was also produced by Ed Carlin (I) (qv).'),
('178711',' The film was listed on Greater Manchester Polices list of films  subject to seizure during the UK video nasty scare of the 1980s. It  was later released fully uncut in 1986 (as "The Witch") on the  Stablecane label, and under its original title in 2005 by Momentum.'),
('178712',' Released as a split reel along the the cartoon  _Trials of a Movie Cartoonist, The (1916)_ (qv).'),
('178713',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Simple Sapho (1917)_ (qv).'),
('178714','  A copy of this film survives at The Library of Congress in  Washington, D.C.'),
('178715',' Shot during the August 2003 blackout. Shooting had to be cancelled  for the day and the filmmakers didnt know if they would be able to  get back in the store the next day.'),
('178716',' Ralph Cirella (qv) was originally a writer on this film but was  fired during preproduction.'),
('178717',' A sequel was planned but Howard Stern (qv) was so disappointed by  this film he refused to fund a sequel.'),
('178718',' The first draft of the script was written during an eight day  writing session at the Mauna Kea Hotel in Hawaii by  Russ Meyer (I) (qv). It was the first feature script he wrote  himself.'),
('178719',' The exteriors were shot in Arizona and the interiors were shot in  California.'),
('178720',' The actual budget of the film was just under $100,000.'),
('178721',' This documentary is featured on the 4'),
('178722','disc Collectors Edition DVD  for _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('178723',' Michael Madsen (qv)s assistant, Todd Spangler, is pushing two of  Madsens sons, Christian and Max on the swing.'),
('178724',' dircameo(John Terlesky (qv)): the man that Dalton shoots all the  way up his body.'),
('178725',' Voted sixth best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996  Spanish cinema centenary.'),
('178726',' A poster for director Reiner, Rob (qv)s previous film,  _This Is Spinal Tap (1984)_ (qv), hangs on the closet in Gibs dorm  room.'),
('178727',' In the swimming pool scene there is a sign in the background which  reads "Happy Birthday Coach Oppewall". This is a reference to  production designer Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (qv).'),
('178728',' Screenplay won the Hartley'),
('178729','Merrill National Screenwriting Award  2005.'),
('178730',' When the murder victim bends over, the charm on his necklace drops  down, revealing it to be a Hammer of Thor.'),
('178731',' The titles translation in Russian is "Catch the Wave!", in many  other languages its "Kings of the Waves".'),
('178732',' At the beginning of the film, one of the "crew members" joked to  Cody if he sang or danced in the movie. This is a clear allusion to  a previous animated film about penguins, _Happy Feet (2006)_ (qv).'),
('178733',' All the actors got to record in the same room together, which is  unusual for an animated movie.'),
('178734',' The layout department used a special motion'),
('178735','capture camera system  mounted on an old Sony video camera to give the illusion that the  movie was actually being made with a real hand'),
('178736','held video camera.'),
('178737',' In a pictoral montage early on, where Cody is explaining the history  of surfing and surf culture, one of the pictures featured is the  18th'),
('178738','century Japanese woodblock printer Katsushika Hokusais "Great  Wave off Kanagawa" reworked so a penguin is seen surfing off the  waves lip.'),
('178739',' Was shipped to some theaters under the name "Competitive Spirits".'),
('178740',' The shark has the MGM lion roar.'),
('178741',' This is the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to show the little octopus.'),
('178742',' The last Tom and Jerry cartoon of 1967s cartoons filmed.'),
('178743',' This is the final Tom and Jerry cartoon to show the shark.'),
('178744',' The film was shot on 35mm short ends, some of which cinematographer  Rodney Chauvin (qv) had collected from his work as a film loader  on _Dracula 2000 (2000)_ (qv).'),
('178745',' The black and white titles sequence was shot in a dorm study lounge  at Loyola University New Orleans. No one knew the shoot was taking  place.'),
('178746',' Over 600 sculptures were made for Surface Dive. First, key shapes  were created out of Sculpey and molds were made for each one. Next,  15 to 20 duplicates of each key shape were made out of MagiSculpt.  These were sculpted into an animated sequence, sanded, painted with  acrylic and varnished. The whole process took about six months.'),
('178747',' Palm Springs International Short Fest Method Fest Chicago  International Film Festival AFI/Dallas Queens International Film  Festival San Diego Black Film Festival Harlem International Film  Festival Arizona Black Film Showcase Oxford Film Festival Fort  Lauderdale International Film Festival Newfilmmakers@Anthology  Longbaugh Film Festival Harlem Stage on Screen Spaghetti Junction  Urban Film Festival'),
('178748',' The idea for the film came from an idle office conversation about  wanting to learn to surf in Hawaii. The crew was assembled and  filming happened within days. Since most of the production team  worked in the same department, they had to schedule the Hawaii shoot  over Labor Day weekend because they couldnt all take vacation at  the same time.'),
('178749',' The writer/directors sons worked at Water World for eight seasons  and provided several stories used in the films script.'),
('178750',' The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on  Sept. 11, 2007. While all Paskowitz family members were scheduled to  attend, four brothers were stuck in New York as heightened airline  security would not let them bring their surfboards on the plane.'),
('178751',' One of The Living Book of Nature animal documentary series.'),
('178752',' This film is part of a series Produced by Frank Chindamo for  NationalLampoon.com. It was shot on digital video in one take.'),
('178753',' At 250 million baht (approx. $5.8 million), it is the most expensive  film in Thai history.'),
('178754',' The highest grossing Thai film in Thailand to date.'),
('178755',' Not long after the death of Suriyothai, Ayuthaya was burnt to the  ground by the Burmese.'),
('178756',' The actress who plays Srisudachan is a famous singer in Thailand.  The director cast her without test'),
('178757','screening her at all.'),
('178758',' The young actress who plays the young Suriyothai, according to the  director, was cast because of her likeness to the actress who plays  Suriyothai.'),
('178759',' The actress who plays Suriyothai is actually a princess of a lower  rank. In Thailand, each successive generation of royalties  "decreases" in rank by one level. The actress is the lowest one. She  is a "Mom Luang". One doesnt have to use the royal vocabulary with  her.'),
('178760',' Historically, all that is known about Suriyothai is her heroic death  to protect her husband from the Burmese. The rest of the story in  the film was made up.'),
('178761',' The director is a prince, a "Mom Chao," which is two ranks below the  conventional prince, the son of a king. People have to use the royal  vocabulary with him.'),
('178762',' In Thai history, the city Ayutthaya was burnt twice by the Burmese.  This movie depicts the events shortly before the first burning. The  second time the city was burnt was about 200 years later.'),
('178763',' The wooden house on stilts where the young Suriyothai lives is a  real palace called Tub Kwan. It is located in Nakhon Pathom, roughly  40 kilometers outside of Bangkok. King Rama VI built it.'),
('178764',' The little boy'),
('178765','king in the movie is killed by hitting. This is  because of a belief in ancient Thailand that the blood of a king or  any royalties must never hit the earth. Therefore, they must be  beaten to death by a club.'),
('178766',' The name Suriyothai in Thai roughly translates as "dawning sun."  Similarly, her rivals name, Sri Sudachan, means "moon lady."'),
('178767',' Almost all the actors and actresses in the film are famous Thai  stars with the exception of Suriyothai and her children who had  never acted before.'),
('178768',' The actress who plays Chitravadee (the queen who died giving birth  to Chai Rachas son) is in real life the wife of the actor who plays  Khun Piren, Suriyothais first lover, as an adult.'),
('178769',' "Flying Fists" 2'),
('178770','reel series.'),
('178771',' Chicago 3rd Student Film Award 1969'),
('178772',' Released as a split reel along with the drama _Dregs (1913)_ (qv).'),
('178773',' The original producers cut is 10 min. 59 sec. in order to meet the  168 Hour Festival time limit. Dan Kazi, as director and editor, had  the rights to a directors cut which he put up on the Internet and is  about 15 min. long with a lot more party scene.'),
('178774',' With a 3'),
('178775','man crew, the film was shot on a shoestring budget on  weekends from June to November 2006.'),
('178776',' For personal reasons, the Director of Photography who owned the film  equipment was unable to shoot the film; however he loved the  screenplay so much, he loaned the equipment to Damian Bailey until  its completion of Pre'),
('178777','Production.'),
('178778',' The final scene of the film was the last scene shot in  pre'),
('178779','production.'),
('178780',' Directors Trademark: The beginning of the film opens with the main  characters waiting for a bus.'),
('178781',' The actresses who played Roxy (Aba) and Raven (Monsha) are real life  sisters who were the only ones who were hired on the spot during  casting.'),
('178782',' The play version opened to a Off'),
('178783','Off Broadway theater that seated  350 people with free admission. Only 80 people showed up to the show  in Harlem, New York.'),
('178784',' Damian wanted the roles of Veronica to be played by actresses Halle  Berry, Vivica A. Fox and Kelita Smith, The role of Lopez to be  played by Jennifer Lopez and the role of Shakira to be played by  Lindsey Lohan and Kerry Washington.'),
('178785',' The first Christian based film to contain strong foul language and  graphic violence.'),
('178786',' Anissa Chalmers (Veronica) and Jesenia Bailey (Shakira) along with  Jada S. Louie (Rated'),
('178787','R), Tracy Wilson (Tisha) and Tanya Thompson  (Scorpio) appeared in the 6 minute trailer that was shot 4 months  before filming. In the beginning of June, over 100 people auditioned  for the film including the actors from the trailer who won their  roles.'),
('178788',' The character "Veronica" is based loosely on the life of the actress  who played her, Anissa Chalmers.'),
('178789',' The film is based on Damian Baileys first original play "The New  Testament: Story of Paul the Apostle" which in turn was based on the  story of Paul the Apostle in the books of II Timothy in the Bible.  It is a modified female version of the life of Paul.'),
('178790',' Over 120 actors auditioned for the film and half were turned away  due to overcrowding and limited time in the space for casting.'),
('178791',' The gang "The Croniks" are loosely based on the female chapters of  the 1980s gang "the Decepticons".'),
('178792',' The monologue Rated'),
('178793','R (Jada S. Louie) says while pointing her gun at  Shakiras head towards the end is improvised.'),
('178794',' A clean version (no foul language, less violence) was developed  first and sent to numerous former gang members to review. It was  well received; however it was viewed as unrealistic and sugar coated  so another draft was made and approved.'),
('178795',' A 6'),
('178796','minute trailer was shot three months before pre'),
('178797','production began  in June 2006.'),
('178798',' Based on the Off'),
('178799','Off Broadway play of the same name, first performed  in 2003.'),
('178800',' Atari Game Program # CX'),
('178801','2641'),
('178802',' For use with joystick controllers'),
('178803',' Believed to be lost.'),
('178804',' The five actors used DV video cameras to shoot all of their own  scenes.'),
('178805',' Approximately 1,000 photographs where taken for the first half of  the film. The filmmakers used about 120 pictures in the end.'),
('178806',' The budget for this movie was raised from eBay auctions, hence the  large number of executive producers. Credits were sold for as little  as $25 to as much as $500. The movie is known in some circles as  "The eBay Movie".'),
('178807',' Lions Gate listed this as the #1 Urban Rental DVD for the year 2005.'),
('178808',' Writer Keith Kjornes (qv) wrote the screenplay for this film in  one day. The film had been funded, cast and was in preproduction  based on 16 pages of notes from Director Greg Carter (I) (qv) and  star Derrick ‘D'),
('178809','Reck’ Dixon (qv). Carter needed a script to shoot  from and Kjornes wrote a 94 page shooting script for the film on  June 19th, 2004. Carter went into production five weeks later.'),
('178810',' 85% (the entire "show" portion of the movie) of the project was  ad'),
('178811','libbed.'),
('178812',' DIRTRADE(Michael Kallio): [candle]: A candle is blown out at one  point.'),
('178813',' A local Detroit band "Haf'),
('178814','Life" provided the score for the film.  Mike Kallio also directed a music video for the band.'),
('178815',' The film took eight months to shoot but the total of shooting days  is only 15. The filmmakers shot stuff when they had the opportunity.'),
('178816',' The production was shot without a completed script. As a result,  there were many delays and arguments over what to shoot. Actor  James Gandolfini (qv) admitted in behind the scenes interview that  most of the film was "improvised".'),
('178817',' Filming did not take place in Arlington Heights, Illinois (a suburb  of Chicago) because the weather was too cold.'),
('178818',' The original Christmas 2003 release date was pushed back ten months,  to avoid competing with another Ben Affleck (qv) film,  _Paycheck (2003)_ (qv). Because of this, theres a 2003 calendar  hanging in Brians bedroom, near the door.'),
('178819',' Released to DVD just nine weeks after it opened in theaters.'),
('178820',' Reproductions of Picassos art work were not allowed to be used in  the film; however, the estates of Henri Matisse and Georges Braque  allowed their work to be represented.'),
('178821',' Merchant Ivory Productions faced strong objections from Francoise  Gilot and her son, Claude, when making this film. Claude Picasso met  once with the Merchant'),
('178822','Ivory team but then strongly objected to the  making of the film, petitioning the studio to stop production. Gilot  had written her story in the book "Life with Picasso" in 1964, which  Picasso had tried to stop from being published; the filmmakers were  unable to acquire the rights. Instead they used  Arianna Huffington (qv)s "Picasso: Creator and Destroyer" as the  basis for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (qv)s script.'),
('178823',' Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro were considered for the leads.'),
('178824',' Marlon Brando (qv) was once interested in playing Pablo Picasso  and was trying to reduce weight on a banana diet.'),
('178825',' Hopkins ate the same diet as Pablo Picasso during filming.'),
('178826',' This is a special feature on the Dawn of the Dead remake DVD.'),
('178827',' The popular movie that is playing at the Nostromo is a fictional  sci'),
('178828','fi movie called THE MARS PROJECT, starring Eminem. In reality,  THE MARS PROJECT was the code name used to transport the film cans  containing Eminems movie 8 MILE.'),
('178829',' On the Coliseum Video, during the tag team match the British  Bulldogs elimination is edited out. There is no mentioning of who  eliminates them or how.'),
('178830',' Raymond Rougeau was never tagged in and had no involvement in the  tag team elimination match.'),
('178831',' Don Muraco was not originally planned to be a part of the main  event. He was a substitute for "Superstar" Billy Graham, who was  unable to compete due to his injured hip.'),
('178832',' Scott Casey replaced B. Brian Blair, who had replaced the Junkyard  Dog on the Jake Roberts Team. Both JYD and Blair had left the WWF.'),
('178833',' Jim Brunzell replaced Don Muraco on Ultimate Warriors team. Muraco  had also left the WWF.'),
('178834',' Mr. Fuji turned on Demolition by opening the rope causing Smash get  counted out. When Ax confronted Fuji he took his cane and whacked Ax  with it. Demolition then beat up Mr. Fuji becoming faces. After  Demolition left the Powers of Pain helped Fuji and placed him in  their corner becoming heels. After the match they put Fuji on their  shoulders.'),
('178835',' Tully Blanchard was originally scheduled to be on the Heenan Family  team, but he was fired for doing drugs a couple of days or weeks  before this event.'),
('178836',' Look for a young Shane McMahon as an enforcer referee outside the  ring.'),
('178837',' Bobby Heenan replaced Tully Blanchard, who had been advertised as  being part of the Heenan Family vs. Ultimate Warriors match.'),
('178838',' Bad News Brown replaced Akeem, who had been advertised as being part  of the Enforcers vs. Dream Team match.'),
('178839',' Earthquake replaced Barry Windham, who had been advertised as being  part of the Kings Court vs. 4X4s match.'),
('178840',' Look out for a young Shane McMahon as an enforcer referee outside of  the ring.'),
('178841',' The Gobbledygooker, a human'),
('178842','turkey hybrid, made his debut here by  hatching from a giant "egg". Many fans believe this to be among the  worst gimmicks in WWE history. More notably, The Undertaker made his  WWE debut at this event.'),
('178843',' This was Ultimate Warriors final appearance at Survivor Series. He  disappeared from the WWF after Summerslam 1991 less than a year  later, and his two ensuing returns to the WWF did not include  appearances at the Survivor Series.'),
('178844',' Hercules replaced Big Bully Busick on Col. Mustafas team, who had  left the WWF by this point. Some reports also point to The Barbarian  originally being Busicks replacement.'),
('178845',' Tito Santana replaced The Dragon on Duggans team, who had left the  WWF by this point.'),
('178846',' Sgt. Slaughter replaced Jim Neidhart on Hacksaw Duggans team, who  was "injured" in a match with Ric Flair.'),
('178847',' This was the first Survivor Series to feature a one'),
('178848','on'),
('178849','one match.'),
('178850',' This was the final Survivor Series appearance of Hulk Hogan.'),
('178851',' Mr. Perfect was a last minute replacement for the Ultimate Warrior  as Randy Savages tag team partner. He turned on Bobby Heenan 9 days  before the Pay Per View, humiliating Heenan on an episode of WWE  PrimeTime Wrestling.'),
('178852',' This was the first Survivor Series to put an emphasis on standard  singles/tag matches rather than the elimination'),
('178853','tag format.'),
('178854',' Tatanka and Quebecer Pierre were originally scheduled to be in the  All Americans vs Foreign Fanatics match but both were injured and  for the following substitutions, Tatanka was injured by Yokozuna and  was replaced by The Undertaker on the All Americans. Crush replaced  Quebecer Pierre, who was given a concussion by Lex Luger, on the  Foreign Fanatics. Also, Jerry Lawler was originally scheduled to be  in the Family Feud against the Hart Brothers, but a few weeks before  the pay'),
('178855','per'),
('178856','view, Jerry Lawler was being charged with rape so he was  taken out of that match and Shawn Michaels took his place in the  Family Feud instead.'),
('178857',' This event marked Bobby "The Brain" Heenans final appearance on a  WWF pay'),
('178858','per'),
('178859','view until 2001s WrestleMania X'),
('178860','Seven.'),
('178861',' This was the first Survivor Series to be held on a Sunday.'),
('178862',' The Kid was a substitute for Jean'),
('178863','Pierre Lafitte, who was unable to  compete due to an hernia operation.'),
('178864',' The finish of the Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels main event, probably  the most controversial in professional wrestling history, was the  subject of the documentary  _Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1998) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('178865',' On the Coliseum Video, it shows Bret Hart destroying WWF property  after the event.'),
('178866',' When Shawn Michaels locked in Bret Harts signature Sharpshooter  submission, Vince McMahon arranged for referee Earl Hebner to ring  the bell and claim Michaels champion despite Bret Hart not tapping  out. Because Hart never agreed to any of this backstage, this match  is known as the "Montreal Screwjob".'),
('178867',' The ending to this match was a reference of the 1997 Survivor Series  (the first of many times the company would intentionally rehash the  Montreal Screwjob), with The Rock trapping Mankind in the  sharpshooter and Vince McMahon ordering for the bell to be rung,  despite the fact that Mankind did not submit.'),
('178868',' It was headlined with a tournament for the World Wrestling  Federation Championship called The Deadly Game. It was the first  tournament held with the WWF Championship on the line in ten years,  the last being at WrestleMania IV. Coincidentally, both tournaments  were 14'),
('178869','man tournaments instead of the regular 8 or 16'),
('178870','man  tournaments.'),
('178871',' This was "Stone Cold" Steve Austins and Debras final appearance  with the WWE until the SmackDown! event before Backlash 2000, as he  was run over by a car (later revealed to be driven by Rikishi)  during the event. The Big Show replaced Austin in the main event.  The Big Show was also in a 4'),
('178872','on'),
('178873','1 match against the Big Boss Mans  team; he was originally slated to team up with Kaientai (Taka  Michinoku & Funaki) and The Blue Meanie, but he attacked them on  Sunday Night Heat prior to the PPV because he wanted to go alone  into the match. This was also the televised debut of Kurt Angle.'),
('178874',' This was the debut of Eric Angle, who helped his brother Kurt defeat  The Undertaker.'),
('178875',' There was supposed to be a unification match between Yoshihiro  Tajiri and X'),
('178876','Pac for both the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship and  the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, but X'),
('178877','Pac was injured about one  week before the pay'),
('178878','per'),
('178879','view, so the match was scrapped. As a  result, the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was retired, while  the WCW Cruiserweight Championship was renamed the WWE Cruiserweight  Championship.'),
('178880',' Due to injury Vince McMahon (qv) was replaced in the Main Event by  The Big Show (qv).'),
('178881',' Brock Lesnars first pin'),
('178882','fall loss of his WWE Career.'),
('178883',' Scott Steiner re'),
('178884','debuted after an almost 9 year absence to beat up  Matt Hardy and Christopher Nowinski.'),
('178885',' When Rob Van Dam performed the Five Star Frog Splash of the top of  the chamber on Triple H, he actually struck HHHs throat with his  knee, causing The Game to suffer a severe throat injury.'),
('178886',' Molly is seen wearing a CH wristband. That was in memory of Crash  Holly. Due to the mystery of his death, the WWE didnt mention it.'),
('178887',' On Sunday Night Heat WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri (w/Akio and  Sakoda) defeated Jamie Noble to retain the title. This match was  originally scheduled to happen at the PPV, but was put on Heat due  to time constraints.'),
('178888',' This was Eddie Guerreros last Survivor Series appearance. He was  supposed to participate at the 2005 Survivor Series. He died on  November 13, 2005 a couple of weeks before the event.'),
('178889',' The Undertaker returned following the main event, entering, in a  casket carried by druids. The casket was struck by lightning after  it was stood up by the druids, who then left. The Undertaker emerged  from the flaming casket to destroy a good portion of the SmackDown!  locker room (Simon Dean, James Dick, Funaki, Orlando Jordan, Brian  Kendrick, Sylvan, Paul Burchill, and William Regal), who were  standing in the ring. Randy Orton and his father Bob Orton escaped  from being attacked. The Undertaker slightly changed his appearance,  with Lycra pants (with white Satanic logos on each side) and a short  beard.'),
('178890',' Joseph Cotten (I) (qv)s last film'),
('178891',' The airplane crash sequence at the beginning of the film took  several weeks to set up for filming. It was filmed on a vacant block  of land at Panorama, south of Adelaide, South Australia. Over 2000  onlookers turned up to watch the spectacular scene being filmed  which took only thirty minutes of filming time for the plane to be  completely destroyed by fire.'),
('178892',' During production the cast and crew stayed at "Vogue Suites on  Pandora", on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.'),
('178893',' This title is featured on the DVD for  _Schindlers List (1993)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('178894',' The last feature film project for Dick Powell (I) (qv).'),
('178895',' The play originally opened on 10 April 1937 in Princeton, New  Jersey, and moved to New York City, New York on 7 October 1937 where  it ran for 288 performances. Gertrude Lawrence (qv) played the  role of Susan.'),
('178896',' The director originally wanted Lindsay Felton to play the role of  "Susannah/Samantha", however, she couldnt follow through with it  after doing research about the real Susannah.'),
('178897',' A truck in traffic is labeled "Peets Ice," a reference to writer  Peet, Bill (qv).'),
('178898',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _African Hunt, An (1915)_ (qv).'),
('178899',' The Catholic Church in the Philippines initially moved to ban this  film. The effort proved futile.'),
('178900',' The original 1995 draft by Zak Penn (qv) circulated around  Hollywood for seven years before finally being made. After several  drafts were rejected, the original draft, with several revisions by  Billy Ray (I) (qv), was used for shooting.'),
('178901',' $7.5 million of the budget came from the state of New Mexico through  an interest'),
('178902','free loan. In return, the state will get 2.5% of the box  office, until it makes $90 million or over, at which point they will  get 3% of the gross.'),
('178903',' Sylvester Stallone (qv), Tom Cruise (qv) and Ben Affleck (qv)  were all said to have expressed interest in appearing in the project  in the late 1990s. Cruise eventually took up a position as producer  on the project instead, but he asked to have his name removed from  the credits just prior to release.'),
('178904',' Richard Friedenberg (qv), Ben Affleck (qv), and  Paul Schrader (I) (qv) all worked on rewriting the script before  Billy Ray (I) (qv).'),
('178905',' The movie was funded in conjunction with New Mexicos Film  Investment Program.'),
('178906',' Uncredited producer Tom Cruise (qv) was impressed with  Carrie'),
('178907','Anne Moss (qv) for this film that he wanted her in his next  film _Mission: Impossible III (2006)_ (qv) but due to schedule  delays, she had to leave the project.'),
('178908',' A Print survives in the National Film Archives, in London'),
('178909',' Film was originally written and filmed with the name "RestEZ" but  all references to that name in the film were cut out during the  editing process.'),
('178910',' The film was shot at locations where the original events actually  took place, all actors playing themselves to heighten realism.'),
('178911',' The blurry image seen behind the opening titles is actually a  magnified view of the last shot of the movie, taken from the  viewfinder of the Hi'),
('178912','8 camera. After the credits finish, the opening  line "Now?" is spoken again.'),
('178913',' DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)): about 45 minutes in, mailing  a letter at the village post office.'),
('178914',' SPOILER: Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) originally wanted Johnnie to be  guilty, but the studio insisted that the public wouldnt accept  Cary Grant (qv) as a murderer. Hitchcocks original ending had  Johnny killing Lina by poisoning her milk, but then convicting  himself by mailing a letter that Lina had written.'),
('178915',' In the scene where Johnnie brings a glass of milk up to Lina,  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) had a light hidden in the glass to make  it appear more sinister.'),
('178916',' In one draft of the script, when Johnnie realizes what was in Linas  mind, he runs away until he can "find some way to pay" his debts  (both financial and moral), and joins the air force under a false  name. She find out where hes stationed and proudly watches as his  plane, with his nickname for her painted on it, takes off.'),
('178917',' The dog in the movie is a Sealyham Terrier named "Johnnie" and  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s own dog. The main male character is  also named "Johnnie" and this name was Hitchs original idea for the  movie title. Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) kept Sealyhams for many  years. In his movie _Birds, The (1963)_ (qv), Hitch walks out of the  pet store with Sealyhams on a lead.'),
('178918',' Joan Fontaine (qv)s performance in this movie is the only  Oscar'),
('178919','winning performance that Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) directed.'),
('178920',' Michèle Morgan (qv) was tested for the role of Lina and  Constance Worth (I) (qv) replaced Phyllis Barry (qv) as "Mrs.  Fitzpatrick."'),
('178921',' In interviews, Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) said that an RKO executive  ordered that all scenes in which Cary Grant (qv) appeared menacing  be excised from the film. When the cutting was completed, the film  ran only fifty'),
('178922','five minutes. The scenes were later restored,  Hitchcock said, because he shot each piece of film so that there was  only one way to edit them together properly.'),
('178923',' Despite the indecision over its ending, the film was a tremendous  success, and more importantly Hitchcock had enjoyed a measure of  creative freedom which he knew that he would not get at Selznick  International.'),
('178924',' This movie marked Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s first film as a  producer as well as director.'),
('178925',' Joan Fontaine (qv) liked the character of Lina in  _Suspicion (1941)_ (qv) so much that she sent  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) a note after she read the novel ("Before  the Fact", by Anthony Berkeley (qv)) offering to play the part for  free, if necessary.'),
('178926',' Joan Fontaine (qv) said, "[Cary Grant (qv)] did kill me in the  original cut, but at a preview, the audience simply refused to  accept him as the murderer."'),
('178927',' Samson Raphaelson (qv) considered Suspicion "in many ways my best  screenplay."'),
('178928',' The last film role of Brian Oulton (qv).'),
('178929',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Four Days (1913)_ (qv).'),
('178930',' A glass feather is plucked from an ornament. Director  Argento, Dario (qv)s feature film debut was directing Uccello  dalle piume di cristallo, L (1969).'),
('178931',' Joan Bennett (I) (qv)s last feature film.'),
('178932',' The first part (with _Inferno (1980)_ (qv) and  _Terza madre, La (2007)_ (qv)) of a trilogy of films about the  "Three Mothers".'),
('178933',' Director Dario Argento (qv), composed the creepy music with the  band Goblin (qv) and played it at full blast on set to unnerve the  actors and elicit a truly scared performance.'),
('178934',' It is often incorrectly assumed that, to achieve the rich color  palette, the film was shot using the outdated 3'),
('178935','strip Technicolor  process. This is untrue: no film after the mid'),
('178936','1950s was shot using  this method. The film was instead shot on normal Eastman Color Kodak  stock and was then printed using the 3'),
('178937','strip Technicolor process,  utilizing one of the last remaining machines. This issue has been  confused somewhat by the fact that, on the 25th anniversary  documentary featured in the 3'),
('178938','disc DVD set, a discussion of the  printing process by cinematographer Luciano Tovoli (qv) was  incorrectly followed by a diagram showing a 3'),
('178939','strip camera.'),
('178940',' Director Dario Argento (qv)s original idea was that the ballet  school would accommodate young girls not older 12. However the  studio and producer (his father) denied his request because a film  this violent involving children would be surely banned. Dario  Argento raised the age limit of the girls to 20 but he didnt  rewrite the script, hence the naivety of the characters and the  occasionally childlike dialogue. He also put all the doorknobs at  about the same height as the actress heads, so that they will have  to raise their arms in order to open the doors, just like children.'),
('178941',' Originally the film was to have starred Daria Nicolodi (qv), who  was Argentos girlfriend at the time and who also wrote the  screenplay. However, Argento decided to go with a younger actress.  Daria Nicolodi does appear in the film twice: she can be glimpsed in  the films opening sequence that shows Susy walking through the  airport, and she also provides the gravelly voice of Helena Markos.'),
('178942',' Tina Aumont had been offered the lead role, but due to scheduling  conflicts, she could not accept.'),
('178943',' The woman that plays Helna Markos is not credited. According to  Jessica Harper, the woman was a 90 year old ex'),
('178944','hooker Argento had  found on the streets of Rome.'),
('178945',' This was one of the UKs first shorts to be shot on the DV format.'),
('178946',' The entire crew were nearly arrested for indecent exposure whilst  filming a fantasy scene on the beach in Bournemouth '),
('178947',' during a  winters day.'),
('178948',' Rejected by their film'),
('178949','school, the filmmakers have shown the film at  more than 20 festivals world'),
('178950','wide and won 2 awards.'),
('178951',' Selected as the official candidate of Serbia to the 79th Academy  Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It was the first  film to be sent after the break'),
('178952','up of Serbia and Montenegro.'),
('178953',' This film is dedicated to the memory of Smita Patil, who died before  the film was released.'),
('178954',' This was reportedly Universals biggest box office disaster of the  era. It cost $2,000,000 in 1936 when the typical Universal  production cost about $100,000.'),
('178955',' Ramon dSalva (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('178956',' This movie was filmed in less than 24 hours. (23hours,58minutes)'),
('178957',' All of Suzan Pitts films were made entirely by hand (without the  use of computers) and each of them took at least 5 years to produce.'),
('178958',' During casting it was rumored that Rachel Stevens (I) (qv), who  makes in appearance in this film, won the role of Suzie Gold.'),
('178959',' The flying scenes for this movie were not shot by MGM. They were  outtakes from _Hells Angels (1930)_ (qv) filmed by Howard Hughes.'),
('178960',' The flying scenes for this movie were not shot by MGM. They were  outtakes from _Hells Angels (1930)_ (qv) filmed by  Howard Hughes (I) (qv).'),
('178961',' The outtakes from "Hells Angels" cost the life of three of the WWI  ace pilots as well as injury to Howard Hughes himself when he  crashed flying in one of the scenes. Since only one out of every 249  feet of film shot was used in "Hells Angels" there was more than  enough left over to lease to other films like this one. It also  helped offset the tremendous cost to Hughes of filming his movie.'),
('178962',' Jagger, Demetri (qv) was set to play his uncle  Jagger, Mick (qv), but he backed out because he was affraid Uncle  Mick wouldnt approve. Instead of him, Andy Bird (Madonna (qv)s  boyfriend) was brought in. He was credited as Andrew Richard.'),
('178963',' The movie was shot in 14 days.'),
('178964',' During the shooting Apostol Karamitev (qv), who played the main  role of King Yoan Asen died. Kosta Tsonev (qv) who played the role  of the brother had to continue in both roles '),
('178965',' of the brother and of  the King Yoan Asen.'),
('178966',' The Baltic Fleet ships and crew contributed to the film.'),
('178967',' Director Magnus Martens decided to remove his credit as a director  when he saw the final result after editing was done. The movie  poster remained without any director given a credit.'),
('178968',' Robert Newton played Svengali for a few days but was replaced by  Donald Wolfit when his behavior became too erratic.'),
('178969',' This movie is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('178970',' Partially based on the autobiography of Kurt and Walter Feldtblad  called "Krigshjältarna".'),
('178971',' The documentary was specially made as an introduction to the Swedish  airing of _"Band of Brothers" (2001) (mini)_ (qv).'),
('178972',' Mikael Ekman (qv) was originally set to direct, but left due to  delays in production.'),
('178973',' The Muppet song "Mahna, Mahna" originally appeared in this movie.'),
('178974',' Recognized by the State Television Committee as the best All Soviet  TV film of the year 1986.'),
('178975',' The final (and missing 12th) documentary in a series of 12  documentary films entitled Magtens billeder (Images of Power),  developed by Det danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute) and  Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). The purpose of the  documentary films is to spotlight power in Denmark.'),
('178976',' Originally, the idea for the series of Magtens billeder came into  being in 1997 when Folketinget (Danish Parliament) set up a research  project entitled Den Danske Magtudredning (the Account of Power in  Denmark). In spring 2003 Danmarks Radio and Det danske Filminstitut  announced an open competition, and received 111 proposals for  documentaries. 12 of these were selected for the series.'),
('178977',' Magtens billeder was originally conceived in 2003 as a series of  12 documentaries. But the documentary entitled Svineriget (written  and directed by Ebbe Nyvold and Christian Schou) was not produced  accordingly to Danmarks Radios ethical programme standards, and  would therefore not officially be part of the series, nor  broadcasted by Danmarks Radio. Svineriget was eventually released  in 2005 on DVD by The Danish Film Institute (together with the other  11 documentaries).'),
('178978',' Available on the DVD compilation entitled Magtens billeder 2  released in 2005 by The Danish Film Institute '),
('178979',' one of four DVD  releases, collecting all 12 Magtens billeder documentaries.'),
('178980',' Ezio Greggio is a famous Italian TV presenter. Many people who work  in TV with him have minor roles in this film.'),
('178981',' Ashutosh Gowariker (qv) was the voice of Ravana in the song "Pal Pal  Hai Bhari".'),
('178982',' For authenticity, Ashutosh Gowariker shot a scene at Launch Pad 39A,  at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. This is the first Indian  film to actually be shot inside the NASA research center.'),
('178983',' Mohan Bhargava is working on a rainfall monitoring satellite known  as the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), which is lifted into  an orbit aboard a Space Shuttle. The GPM is an actual NASA mission,  currently scheduled to launch in 2007.'),
('178984',' The mahurat (start'),
('178985','of'),
('178986','filming prayer) was done on 2 January 2004 and  was given by Aamir Khan (qv).'),
('178987',' CAMEO(Aamir Khan (qv)): among the child artists shown in the movie  Yadon Ki Baraat.'),
('178988',' When Mohan and the villagers get together in the school for a  celebration, we can see a blackboard in the background with a design  drawn on it with chalk. That design is actually the logo of Ashutosh  Gowariker Productions.'),
('178989',' Jacky Shroff was a sidekick to the villain. This is his first  screen appearance.'),
('178990',' WILHELM SCREAM: Can be heard as Swamp Thing throws a thug out of his  speed boat.'),
('178991',' Roger Corman (qv)s Directorial Debut.'),
('178992',' Brian Heffron, Len Kabasinski, Bam Marsh, Todd Humes, Pamela Sutch,  & Monica Piccirillo performed all their own martial arts stunt work.  Todd Humes, Len Kabasinski, & Monica Picirillo all hold black belts  in Tae Kwon Do.'),
('178993',' During the Jack v.s. Zombies fight sequence by the broken down car,  Jack throws actor Jimmy Crissman through the passenger side car  window. During the takes, it took over seven attempts to break the  safety glass. the take used in the final version of the film is the  only take in which the glass broke'),
('178994',' Producer Lisa McQuiston appears three times in three different roles  (zombie, nurse, and as a "bikini girl" during the ending credits).  co'),
('178995','director Stephen Kabasinski appears in a brief cameo as the  "thugs victim"'),
('178996',' The fight scene between Jack (Leon South) and Hitman #1 (Todd Humes)  took over 5 hours to film. Leon is afraid of heights and the fight  to place on the roof of a five'),
('178997','story building'),
('178998',' The date on the hospital bracelet that the hermit (Brian Heffron)  reads aloud is the Co'),
('178999','directors (Stephen Kabasinski) birth date  (July 12th).'),
('179000',' The wrestler that appears on the television screen during the  hermits (Brian Heffron) "family flashback" scene is "the blue  meanie".'),
('179001',' Two of Dan Severns students from his professional wrestling school  in Michigan appear in the film. They are Byron "BAM" Marsh  (hitman#2) and Mike Lamb (cop).'),
('179002',' The first cut of Swamp Zombies was 3 hours in length. Editor J.R.  Hubbard worked with director Kabasinski to cut unnecessary scenes  and trim several others to get it down to a two'),
('179003','hour runtime.'),
('179004',' This is Joe Cromerfords first film.'),
('179005',' Rothbart, voiced by Palance, Jack (qv), does a one'),
('179006','armed push'),
('179007','up  during a song, just as Palance famously did during his acceptance  speech for at the Academy Awards, when he won Best Supporting Actor  for his role in _City Slickers (1991)_ (qv).'),
('179008',' Adapted from the famous ballet "Swan Lake".'),
('179009',' This was the last major feature film to use traditional  ink'),
('179010','and'),
('179011','paint animation.'),
('179012',' John Cleese (qv) had a choice of playing Zazu in the Lion King  (1994) or Jean'),
('179013','Bob in this film. He chose to play Jean'),
('179014','Bob because  he felt he was more interesting.'),
('179015',' The last credited on screen performance of Al Jolson (qv).'),
('179016',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Emperors Return, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('179017',' The HQ of the special agents is the same building that was used as  "Cyberdine" in _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv)'),
('179018',' "Managing the bees" was a huge challenge on this film. They went  through several bee keepers before finding one that figured out they  could actually hire unemployed people to "clip" the stingers off of  the bees in a refrigerated trailer (bees cant fly much at near  freezing temperatures). This operation, which went on all summer,  made the bees "safe" for use around the cast and crew (alas, a few  stingers were missed). But, as it turned out, the bees still  contained some venom even without their stingers and the stuff got  into the air on stage and produced some allergic reactions. In  addition (there were thousands of bees in use), everyone had little  yellow dots on their clothing '),
('179019',' bee poop, probably.'),
('179020',' Michael Caine (qv) stated in an interview that during filming he  thought the little yellow spots left by the bees on his clothing was  honey so he began to eat it, unaware he was eating bee poop.'),
('179021',' When Felix is bringing flowers to Maureen, he passes by a movie  theatre which is playing _Towering Inferno, The (1974)_ (qv), which  was also produced by Irwin Allen (qv).'),
('179022',' The is that last film project for Fred MacMurray (qv).'),
('179023',' Irwin Allen (I) (qv) was so disheartened by the amount of money he  lost on ‘The Swarm’ that he forbade any of his employees to ever  mention it again. He even cut short an interview when a question was  asked about it.'),
('179024',' Anjelica Huston (qv) never says a word in the movie.'),
('179025',' Beau Bridges (qv) spent months rehearsing a trick with a horse.  After he perfected it, the filmmakers decided not to shoot it.  Bridges did the rehearsal for nothing.'),
('179026',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Hungry Pair, A (1911)_ (qv).'),
('179027',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('179028','packers Armour & Co.'),
('179029',' Last film Asia Carrera filmed before her retirement.'),
('179030',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('179031',' Though Angela Lansbury (qv) won her Tony for her portrayal of Mrs.  Lovett on Broadway, this production is the national tour, filmed  while in Los Angeles.'),
('179032',' Anne Hathaway (I) (qv) was almost cast as Johanna but  Tim Burton (I) (qv) wanted a complete unknown for the role and  settled with Jayne Wisener (qv).'),
('179033',' Sam Mendes (qv) was originally attached to direct with  Russell Crowe (qv) in the title role.'),
('179034',' This is the sixth Johnny Depp (qv)'),
('179035','Tim Burton (I) (qv)  collaboration. They previously made  _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ (qv), _Ed Wood (1994)_ (qv),  _Sleepy Hollow (1999)_ (qv),  _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)_ (qv), and  _Corpse Bride (2005)_ (qv) together.'),
('179036',' Johnny Depp (qv) suggested to Tim Burton (I) (qv) that  Tom Baker (I) (qv) play the Gentlemen Ghost.'),
('179037',' Composer Stephen Sondheim (qv), notoriously protective of his  stage works, had long prevented any adaptation of this musical.  Sondheim finally relented when pleased with Tim Burton (I) (qv)s  vision for the film, though the composer maintained veto power when  casting the lead actors. Both Johnny Depp (qv) and  Helena Bonham Carter (qv) had to personally audition for Sondheim,  who nearly rejected Depp, considering his vocals "too rock  oriented."'),
('179038',' Helena Bonham Carter (qv) underwent extensive vocal lessons and  studied baking in preparation for her role.'),
('179039',' Annette Bening (qv) and Toni Collette (qv) both lobbied  vigorously for the role of Mrs. Lovett, but lost out to  Helena Bonham Carter (qv).'),
('179040',' During its first month of production in London, Johnny Depp (qv)  had to take a ten'),
('179041','day leave of absence when his daughter, Lily'),
('179042','Rose,  was rushed to a hospital due to a severe illness (which was never  disclosed by the media). To accommodate his absenteeism, director  Tim Burton (I) (qv) filmed scenes that didnt feature Depps  character.'),
('179043',' To prepare for the role of Adolfo Pirelli, Sacha Baron Cohen (qv)  hired his personal barber as a consultant on shaving techniques, and  took up to 16 hours to learn how to handle a razor.'),
('179044',' Cyndi Lauper (qv) and Emma Thompson (I) (qv) were also  considered for the role of Mrs. Lovett.'),
('179045',' The location of Media Incorporated, the company controlled by  Elliott McQueen (Barry Foster (qv)) was the penthouse suite at  Alembic House, 93 Albert Embankment, London. This was the home of  author Jeffrey Archer (qv) who had then recently bought it from  composer John Barry (I) (qv).'),
('179046',' This was Max Slade (qv)s (Young Mark) final movie before he went  off to pursue a career as a rock star.'),
('179047',' Filmed in 1928, but not released until 1930.'),
('179048',' Final film of Henry Wilcoxon (qv).'),
('179049',' Like many film musicals adapted from stage successes of the time,  the plot line and characters of "Sweet Adeline" bear only a faint  resemblance to the ones in the original Broadway show.'),
('179050',' The original musical opened on Broadway, New York City, USA on 3  September 1929 and closed on 22 March 1930 after 234 performances.  In the cast were Helen Morgan (I) (qv) as Addie and  Charles Butterworth (qv) as Rupert.'),
('179051',' The following cast members in studio records/casting call lists  (with their character names) did not appear in the movie:  Jack Mulhall (qv) (Bob), Harry Tyler (qv) (Louis),  Martin Garralaga (qv) (Dark young man), Nick Copeland (qv) (Prop  man), Ferdinand Munier (qv) (General Hawkes),  Joseph E. Bernard (qv) (Waiter) and Mary Treen (qv).'),
('179052',' The role of Chance Wayne was first offered to Elvis Presley (qv),  but Presleys manager turned it down because he didnt want Elvis to  play a bad guy.'),
('179053',' Was given a pre'),
('179054','rating advisory of "Restricted" by the MPAA,  disallowing any persons under the age of 18 from attending (the  pre'),
('179055','rating equivalent of an R or X (later NC'),
('179056','17) rating.)'),
('179057',' Had its premier at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The theater  has been restored today and shows historic and retro films.'),
('179058',' Average Shot Length = ~7.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.1  seconds.'),
('179059',' Fifth release in the "Racing Blood" 2'),
('179060','reel comedy series.'),
('179061',' Original producer Ross Hunter (qv) dropped out after a conflict  with director Bob Fosse (qv) over how to handle the racy story  line.'),
('179062',' Marie Wallace originated the part of Ursula in the Broadway  production of Sweet Charity.'),
('179063',' In order to achieve the feeling of horror in a scene where a  gathering of female prisoners are harassed and psychologically  tortured in the nude, director Michael Cacoyannis decided to appeal  for volunteers rather than professional actors, asking both his  associates and friends. Michael Cacoyannis interviewed women of  different nationalities for casting the people in the scene, of  English, French, American as well as Greek descent. Most of these  women had never even seen a film camera, let alone undressed before  one. Money was never an incentive for the women. Cacoyannis has  said, "I explained that their inexperience in acting was an  advantage. That their lack of artifice, the spirituality of their  spontaneous reactions, would transcend physical realism, the way  certain paintings can." At first, he was not too successful in the  "recruiting" of these volunteers, but soon found the women he  needed. One woman was a well'),
('179064','known author, another a journalist,  three were college professors, others university students,  secretaries or just housewives. The shooting of this sequence was  completed in five very stressful hours, and the reactions were  neither planned nor rehearsed. At the end of the shooting day, their  eyes still full of tears, some of them expressed their gratitude for  what called "a unique experience".'),
('179065',' The town used as Winchester, Virginia is actually Martinsburg, West  Virginia (about a half hour away).'),
('179066',' References to Patsy Clines friendship with Loretta Lynn (qv) was  left out of the script as producers felt their relationship was  already covered in _Coal Miners Daughter (1980)_ (qv).'),
('179067',' At one point, Charlie asks Patsy what shes done all day and she  responds, "Ive been sipping champagne with Kirk Douglas". When the  scene was filmed Jessica Lange (qv) actually said, "Ive been  sipping champagne with Rock Hudson", but Hudson was revealed to have  had AIDS before the film was released and the producers thought a  reference to him would be distracting.'),
('179068',' The film was originally to be titled "I Fall to Pieces" after  Clines biggest hit before being changed to Sweet Dreams.'),
('179069',' Sutherland, Donald (qv) was originally cast as Mitchell Stephens,  but had to back out and was replaced by Holm, Ian (qv) at the last  minute.'),
('179070',' CAMEO(Russell Banks): the author of the novel the movie is based on  makes a cameo as the doctor ("The mind is kind") in the hospital  scene with Sarah Polley.'),
('179071',' Caerthan Banks (qv) is the daughter of Russell Banks (qv), who  wrote the novel (also titled "The Sweet Hereafter") that the film is  based on.'),
('179072',' Was inspired by the 1989 school bus crash in Alton, Texas.'),
('179073',' As indicated on Egoyans commentary track on the DVD, many people  ask about the odd mask worn by the note'),
('179074','taker during the deposition  scene. This is a Stenographers Mask, an item which is used in  real'),
('179075','life for the stenographer to record her own voice during the  deposition.'),
('179076',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".'),
('179077',' Two dogs mentioned in the movie, "Bear" and "Bryant", are references  to legendary University of Alabama head football coach Paul W.  "Bear" Bryant.'),
('179078',' Charlize Theron (qv) was originally cast as Melanie Carmichael,  but due to the actors strike, she jumped to a ready'),
('179079','to'),
('179080','go movie  _Trapped (2002)_ (qv). Reese Witherspoon (qv) was cast the same  weekend that _Legally Blonde (2001)_ (qv) opened.'),
('179081',' An entire character (along with a subplot about her) was deleted  from the film, when test audiences consistently misunderstood her  relationship with Andrew. Erin Vanderbilt (played by  Katharine Towne (qv)) survives in the finished movie only in a  newspaper wedding announcement shown to Melanie during the closing  credits.'),
('179082',' When Melanie (Witherspoon) is chasing Andrew through the crowd of  people watching the reenactment, she trips over the dolly track.'),
('179083',' The ending of the movie was re'),
('179084','written and re'),
('179085','shot after test  audiences found the original version to be horrifying rather than  funny. In the original ending Melanie (Witherspoon) and Jake (Lucas)  are struck by lightening as theyre kissing on the beach (bringing  the story full'),
('179086','circle). Later we see Jake carrying an apparently  dead Melanie into the tent where the "reception" is taking place. As  everyone gasps in shock and dismay, Jake says "Melanie Charmichael  is dead," pauses several seconds for effect, then says "long live  Felony Melanie," at which point Melanie pops up to the assembled  crowds delight and relief.'),
('179087',' The first movie to be allowed to shoot in New York after the 11  September 2001 attacks.'),
('179088',' Despite the movies title, Sweet Home Alabama, the house Melanie  pretends is her home is really at Berry College in Mt. Berry,  Georgia. This house, called Oak Hill, is a Georgia historic landmark  and was the original home of the college founder, Martha Berry.'),
('179089',' Oak Hill, the real name of the house Melanie pretends belongs to her  family, is difficult to get to, as the interstate is approximately  45 minutes away. To direct cast and crew members to the site, yellow  signs simply saying "SWA" with arrows pointed out the correct route.  Some Berry College students stole these signs as movie mementos.'),
('179090',' Keni Thomas, lead singer of the band "Cornbread" that plays in the  fair scene is a real'),
('179091','life survivor of Task Force Ranger and is  portrayed in the film "Blackhawk Down" (the trooper with the  inhaler).'),
('179092',' Earl asks Pearl to pull the bologna cake out of the freezer when  Melanie announces her engagement. This tasty item came to the film  as a dish served to one of the (many) script re'),
('179093','writers by his  fiancée, who was from Indiana. It is bologna, cream cheese and  horseradish.'),
('179094',' The teen who asks Andrew for his signature at the ground'),
('179095','breaking is  wearing a letter jacket from North Gwinnett High School in Gwinnett  County, Georgia.'),
('179096',' The coon dog cemetery featured in the film is a real place in  Tuscumbia, Alabama (a north Alabama town just south of Florence).'),
('179097',' Jakes glassblowing shop was filmed in Fayette County Georgia at an  old mill called Starrs Mill. The exterior was repainted and the  porch was rebuilt for the movie. The bridges were later washed away  in a flood.'),
('179098',' During the movies filming at Starrs Mill in Fayette County,  Georgia, the Starrs Mill High School marching band was asked not to  practice outdoors due to the sound carrying all the way to the Mill.'),
('179099',' Jakes plane lands on Lake Peachtree in Peachtree City, Georgia. It  is illegal to land a plane on Lake Peachtree, and the Peachtree City  Police issued the movie company a $300 ticket.'),
('179100',' Producer Stokley Chaffin was the one who developed the movies  concept and brought it to screenwriter C. Jay Cox to write. Chaffin,  now the Senior Vice President of Productions at New Line Cinema, was  raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and like Reese Witherspoons  character, she changed her name after she left the South (during her  childhood, her friends and family called her by her first name,  Caroline; Stokley is her middle name). Chaffin insisted that Cox  visit Alabama before writing the screenplay.'),
('179101',' The glass featured as "Deep South Glass" is actually hand'),
('179102','blown  glass, made by a company named Simon Pearce. Simon Pearce is based  in Vermont, and was started by an actual Simon Pearce who emigrated  to the US from Waterford, Ireland.'),
('179103',' The apartment at the beginning of the movie is the same apartment  used in the movie "It Takes Two". The director, Andy Tennant, liked  it so much he decided to use it again'),
('179104',' Originally featured as part of ABCs "Friday Night Movie" series.'),
('179105',' Linda Blair accepted the role hoping the producers would cast  then'),
('179106','boyfriend Rick Springfield to star alongside her; after Martin  Sheen was cast, Blair admits to "falling madly in love with him",  although no real'),
('179107','life affair ensued.'),
('179108',' Disappointed by the boxoffice generated under its original release  title "Sweet Kill", Roger Corman (qv) had Curtis Hanson (I) (qv)  shoot additional sex scenes over a period of two days.'),
('179109',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives and is not listed for Preservation.'),
('179110',' Won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Florida  Film Festival.'),
('179111',' Dan Futterman (qv) was originally cast as Olaf, but by the time  the movie was ready to shoot, Futterman was committed to  _Capote (2005)_ (qv) so he recommended Tim Guinee (qv) for the  role.'),
('179112',' Most of the Norwegian and German was not scripted, but made up by  the actors during filming and is gibberish.'),
('179113',' Elizabeth Reasers’ Norwegian pronunciation was so bad that after  Dagbladet (one of Norways biggest news'),
('179114','papers) stumbled upon this  film, they posted a clip from it with the title "What is she trying  to say?"'),
('179115',' The film was rejected for a UK cinema certificate by the BBFC in  1975.'),
('179116',' Anna Prucnal (qv) was exiled from her native country Poland for  seven years as a result of her role in the movie. She was denied a  Visa to enter Poland to see her dying mother during that time.'),
('179117',' Features a performance by Otto Mühl (qv) and his commune of Vienna  Actionists. Mühl later renounced the film in an interview as being  "downright kitsch".'),
('179118',' Dedicated to the memory of Alan Clarke.'),
('179119',' Filmed in 1993.'),
('179120',' Charlize Theron (qv) turned down the role of Evelyn in  _Pearl Harbor (2001)_ (qv) to star in this movie.'),
('179121',' The footage of the radio controlled submarine under the water was  taken from _Hunt for Red October, The (1990)_ (qv). The first scene  of the sub shows the Red October herself, while the second scene is  of the USS Dallas.'),
('179122',' Apparently, to prepare himself for the cross'),
('179123','dressing scene,  Jason Isaacs (qv) wandered the drag clubs, picking up on behavior  of people there. He wanted to bring Keanu Reeves (qv) along, but  it would be hard to go undercover with the star of the  newly'),
('179124','released _Matrix, The (1999)_ (qv), so he went alone.'),
('179125',' Appears on the DVD of _Sweet November_ (2001) (qv).'),
('179126',' During filming, some of Delta Burke (qv)s personal jewelry  including her wedding and engagement rings were stolen from the set.  The stolen jewelry was valued at approximately $74,000. The items  were never recovered and the thieves were never found.'),
('179127',' The working title of the film was "All'),
('179128','American Girl".'),
('179129',' Months before "The Merry'),
('179130','Go'),
('179131','Round Broke Down" became the Looney  Tunes theme song, the score for "Sweet Sioux" quotes  "Merry'),
('179132','Go'),
('179133','Round" when the attacking Indians are circling the covered  wagon. This was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to use  "Merry'),
('179134','Go'),
('179135','Round."'),
('179136',' The word "fuck" and its variations are used 313 times.'),
('179137',' The film sparked a censorship debate in the UK regarding the amount  of bad language used. Under current British Board of Film  Classification rules, multiple uses of the word "fuck" usually only  warrant a 15'),
('179138','certificate, but even a single aggressive use of the  word "cunt" tends to lead to an 18'),
('179139','certificate, as was the case with  Sweet Sixteen. It was argued, however, that this would prevent the  people who could most closely identify with the characters in the  film from going to see it, and that such language was much more  commonly used, and therefore less offensive, in the north of the UK,  where the film was set. The London based censors, however, stuck to  their guns, although the local authority who cover the area where  the film was shot, Inverclyde, utilized their cinema licensing  powers to overrule this, and awarded the film a 15'),
('179140','certificate for  screenings in their area.'),
('179141',' The film was shot in sequence.'),
('179142',' The character of J.J. Hunsecker is based on famed New York columnist  Walter Winchell (qv).'),
('179143',' Hunseckers apartment building is actually the show'),
('179144','business office  tower at 1619 Broadway, also known as the Brill Bldg., a famous part  of Tin Pan Alley.'),
('179145',' One of the musical refrains that is continually repeated throughout  the film was taken and used nearly note for note in  _Boogie Nights (1997)_ (qv).'),
('179146',' This films shoot was filled with macho tensions and at one point,  the temperamental Burt Lancaster (qv) threatened to punch the  films writer, Ernest Lehman (qv). The witty scribe replied, "Go  ahead, I need the money."'),
('179147',' The movies line "Id hate to take a bit outta you. Youre a cookie  out of arsenic" was voted as the #99 of "The 100 Greatest Movie  Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('179148',' British film censors found the material in this film objectionable  enough to award the short an adults only H certificate, a rating  reserved for genuine horror films.'),
('179149',' Considered the first "blaxploitation" movie. It preceded  _Shaft (1971)_ (qv) by a few months.'),
('179150',' No Hollywood studio would back this movie with an all'),
('179151','black cast, so  actor/writer/director Melvin Van Peebles (qv) financed it himself,  aided by a $50,000 loan from Bill Cosby (qv). It became a hit,  earning $15 million.'),
('179152',' Top'),
('179153','grossing independent movie of 1972.'),
('179154',' Mario Van Peebles (qv)s film debut.'),
('179155',' Dedicated to "Brothers and sisters who have had enough of the Man."'),
('179156',' Melvin Van Peebles (qv) contracted gonorrhea from one of the  actresses during filming of one of the sex scenes in the movie. He  applied for compensation from the Directors Guild because he "got  hurt on the job" and used the money to buy more film.'),
('179157',' Jade (Jenny Lewis (I) (qv)) mentions that she watches "Melrose  Place". Rob Estes (qv) (Billy Stone) played Kyle McBride on  _"Melrose Place" (1992)_ (qv) from 1996'),
('179158','1999.'),
('179159',' The final sequence features a split'),
('179160','screen shot with 9000 moving  images occupying the frame.'),
('179161',' The Judges first name was changed from "Tom" to "Ray" when  writer/director David, Mark (II) (qv) learned there was a local  judge named "Tom Fields."'),
('179162',' Production of this film cost roughly $60,000.'),
('179163',' By 2006, this short was being developed into a feature after many  who had seen the film asked for more of the story to be told.'),
('179164',' First title in Paramounts Musical Parade Featurette Series #4  (1946'),
('179165','1947)'),
('179166',' Hollywood Reporter production charts listed June Haver (qv) in the  cast, but she did not appear in the movie.'),
('179167',' "Sweet and Low'),
('179168','Down", by George Gershwin (qv), is a song on the  soundtrack of Woody Allen (qv)s _Manhattan (1979)_ (qv).'),
('179169',' The scene towards the end of the film in which Emmet Ray is drunk in  a New York bar was filmed in "Chumleys," a bar on Bedford Street in  Greenwich Village.'),
('179170',' DIRTRADE(Woody Allen (qv)): [writer]: Blanche is a novelist.'),
('179171',' Woody Allen (qv) pays a clever homage to Federico Fellini (qv)s  _Strada, La (1954)_ (qv). The characters of Emmet (Penn) and Hattie  (Morton) correspond to Zampano (Quinn) and Gelsomina (Masina)  including the final scene with Emmets/Zampanos breakdown and  repentance.'),
('179172',' The guitar that Sean Penn (qv) plays in the movie is a Selmer  Maccaferri of about 1932 (though it seems likely that its a  reproduction of the rare instrument and not an original) This is the  same kind of guitar played and made famous by Django Reinhardt.'),
('179173',' In the scene where Emmet Ray sees Django Reinhardt for the first  time at the gas station and faints, right behind the trees is the  Nyack High School Football team. They were asked to be quiet during  the filming of the scene and had a stop their practice a number of  times.'),
('179174',' Samantha Morton (qv) received an Academy Award nomination for Best  Supporting Actress and she has no spoken lines at all.'),
('179175',' Woody Allen (qv) had planned an initial version of this movie  (originally titled "The Jazz Man") as his first film for United  Artists. When UA insisted upon a comedy, Allen shelved the idea for  nearly three decades.'),
('179176',' Many of the people working on this film were unpaid volunteers.'),
('179177',' A photo of Gunther, his mother, and his brother Sean is in the  Milton Greene catalog and his mother Ivy was a recurring subject of  the famed photographer.'),
('179178',' Antigua and Barbudas first feature length film'),
('179179',' The leather'),
('179180','coat guy that picks'),
('179181','up Christina Applegate (qv) in the  bar is her then'),
('179182','husband, Johnathon Schaech (qv).'),
('179183',' When Christina is in the back seat of the car trying to find the  mysterious smell there is an "In Style" magazine with  Madonna (I) (qv) on the cover.'),
('179184',' The three leading actresses co'),
('179185','wrote "The Penis Song", but the  trios performance of the song was edited out of the final cut (US  only).'),
('179186',' DIRCAMEO(James Mangold (qv)): Dr. Greg, Courtneys boyfriend.'),
('179187',' The movie is based mainly on writer Nancy Pimental (qv)s  relationship with friend Kate Walsh (I) (qv).'),
('179188',' The writer of the movie (Nancy Pimental (qv)) makes a cameo as the  "vomit girl" in the club when Peters brother is inviting Christina  back to the hotel for a party.'),
('179189',' Biograph production number 2198.'),
('179190',' This is MGMs first feature in full Technicolor.'),
('179191',' This is MGMs first film to feature a different lion roaring in the  logo, by the name of Tanner. This lion appeared at the beginning of  MGMs Technicolor feature films and cartoons.'),
('179192',' Received funding from a National Academy of Television Arts &  Sciences Scholarship awarded to writer/director Edwin McDonald in  2001. The film went on to win the Pacific Southwest Emmy Award for  Best Student Film in 2002.'),
('179193',' A Print of this film survives in the University of Californias  Pacific Film Archives.'),
('179194',' Fourth episode in the Drugstore Cowboy one'),
('179195','reel comedy series'),
('179196',' Hughes, Howard (I) (qv) first venture into film production. Upon  viewing it after completion, he concluded that it was so bad he  didnt want his name associated with it, and withdrew it from  distribution. As far as is known, it has never been seen by anyone  other than Hughes and his film editor.'),
('179197',' Filmed in Seattle in a house at 19th & Union. Filming just down the  road at 19th & Thomas at the same time was Cameron Crowe (qv)s  project about the Seattle music scene, _Singles (1992)_ (qv).'),
('179198',' Adriano Giannini (qv) plays the role that his father,  Giancarlo Giannini (qv), played in the original movie  (_Travolti da un insolito destino nellazzurro mare dagosto (1974)_ (qv).'),
('179199',' This is Guy Ritchie (qv)s third collaboration with his wife,  Madonna (I) (qv), after her (uncredited) turn in the BMW short  film, _Star (2001/I)_ (qv), and the music video "What It Feels Like  for a Girl" (2001).'),
('179200',' Madonna (I) (qv) plays a character called Amber Leighton, which is  the maiden name of director (and Madonnas husband)  Guy Ritchie (qv).'),
('179201',' The US opening of the movie was so poor, and the movie was so badly  received that it went straight to video in the UK, director  Guy Ritchie (qv)s home country.'),
('179202',' Made in 48 hours for a politically themed Instant Film festival.'),
('179203',' Third episode in the True Detective Stories of Celebrated Cases  2'),
('179204','reel series.'),
('179205',' The film was shot only on weekends over the course of 11 months.'),
('179206',' All of the 5000 meter runners in the last scene of the film are  actually members of the University of North Florida cross country  team.'),
('179207',' Associate Producer Richard Patterson is a representative for Mizuno  Running, USA. He provided all the shoes and running outfits seen in  the film.'),
('179208',' The race starter in the final scene is Irish National cross'),
('179209','country  champion Tony Ryan.'),
('179210',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('179211',' The scenes inside Madisons house are the only ones where a light  blue tint was not added to the screen.'),
('179212',' CAMEO(Producer Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. (qv)): policeman in police  car during opening credits.'),
('179213',' Perry, Frank (I) (qv) did not finish directing this film because  of creative differences.'),
('179214',' The scene between Burt Lancaster (qv) and Janice Rule (qv) was  directed by Sydney Pollack (qv).'),
('179215',' Burt Lancaster (qv) did numerous push ups and sit ups every  morning before each shoot to stay lean and solid. He gained 20 lbs.  of muscle by doing weights, running, karate, and aerobics.'),
('179216',' Cameo(John Cheever (qv)): (author of the short story "The  Swimmer") at the pool party.'),
('179217',' Janice Rule was a last minute replacement for Barbara Loden.'),
('179218',' Filmed in the summer of 1966 but not released until 1968.'),
('179219',' Siouxsie and the Banshees 1978 debut album The Scream was  inspired by the film.'),
('179220',' Was awarded the Bronze Medal Prize at the 46th Brno 16 International  Film Festival in Czech Republic'),
('179221',' Charlotte Rampling (qv)s character Sarah is named after her  sister, who killed herself at age 23. She told The Guardian, "I  thought that after such a very long time of not letting her be with  me that I would like to bring her back into my life."'),
('179222',' In the scene where Mel waits for Martin in the gym, the words "Have  a Nice Day" can be seen etched on the killers machete.'),
('179223',' Featurette included on the "Swimming Upstream" DVD.'),
('179224',' In the opening sequence, Guy tells a legendary story of  Shelley Winters (qv) arriving for an audition with her Academy  Awards statuettes in a handbag. Guy says Winters pulls out three  statuettes from her bag. In reality, Winters was nominated four  times but won only twice. Best Supporting Actress for  _Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959/I)_ (qv) and  _Patch of Blue, A (1965)_ (qv).'),
('179225',' Director George Huang (qv) was convinced to make this film by  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv). Huang used to work for Columbia  Pictures, which acquired the distribution rights for Rodriguez film  _Mariachi, El (1992)_ (qv) in 1991. The two met and Huang shared  some of his would'),
('179226','be movie stories with Rodriguez, who '),
('179227',' as  documented in his memoir, "Rebel Without a Crew" '),
('179228',' told Huang that  he should simply "go out and make a movie." As such, Huang resigned  from his position and set out to make this film.'),
('179229',' The oft'),
('179230','referenced Foster Kane is an obvious reference to  _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv).'),
('179231',' Buddy Ackermans character was inspired by real life movie mogul  Scott Rudin.'),
('179232',' Guys three cronies, Manny, Moe and Jack, are named after the Pep  Boys (national automotive supplies chain).'),
('179233',' "The Swindlers of Doom" was first produced as a radio theater  program for KOPN'),
('179234','FMs "Theater Of The Mind" series in Columbia,  Missouri.'),
('179235',' All the music scores in the movie were actually performed by the  actor and actresses themselves. They were not dubbed.'),
('179236',' Many of the actresses had never played an instrument before. They  took intensive music lesson at Yamaha Music School for several  months before the shooting began.'),
('179237',' To promote the movie, the actor and the actresses performed live in  concerts in Japan and USA.'),
('179238',' The video game that Tomokos sister is playing in the house scene is  called Space Channel 5 Part 2 for the Playstation 2. The second song  the Swing Girls play during the concert is the main theme from the  game. The song is called Mexican Flyer by Ken Woodman.'),
('179239',' The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, at its fifth annual  awards ceremony in 1932, inaugurated awards for Short Subjects in  three categories: Cartoon, Comedy and Novelty. This movie was  originally declared the winner in the Novelty category. When  producer Mack Sennett (qv) found out that his short  _Wrestling Swordfish (1931)_ (qv) had lost the Novelty Oscar to this  film by only three votes, he protested, because under the Academys  rules then in effect, a three'),
('179240','vote spread was considered a tie. The  Academy Executive Secretary ordered a new vote by the entire  membership, and Sennetts short was declared the winner.'),
('179241',' The play, "Burlesque," opened on Broadway in New York City, New  York, USA on 1 September 1927 and closed in July 1928 after 372  performances. The opening night cast included  Barbara Stanwyck (qv), Oscar Levant (qv) and  Charles D. Brown (I) (qv). It was revived in 1946 and ran for 2  seasons with Bert Lahr (qv) and Jean Parker (I) (qv).'),
('179242',' On location in Prague in near freezing weather,  Christian Bale (qv) was visited by Spielberg, Steven (director  of his feature film debut _Empire of the Sun (1987)_ (qv)).'),
('179243',' Kenneth Branagh (qv) is reported to have refused any billing at  all rather than be billed above Christian Bale and the other boys  who he said were the stars of the film.'),
('179244',' Director Jonathan Demme (qv) wore period clothes on the set to  help set the mood for the actors.'),
('179245',' During filming, media reports stated that Goldie Hawn (qv) and  director Demme argued constantly.'),
('179246',' Film reportedly went through a major bout of editing; some say this  was due to the tensions between Hawn and director Demme; some  industry insiders reported many of Lahtis scenes were re'),
('179247','shot or  cut entirely due to Hawns belief that she was stealing scenes,  though Lahti and Hawn apparently got on well during filming.'),
('179248',' Released straight to video in the UK.'),
('179249',' In an early scene, Ed Harris (I) (qv), clad only in a towel  wrapped around his waist, plops down on a chair. For a split second  his genitals are fully exposed. This scene somehow evaded the  censors (and in a PG rated film) and in the first video release, the  scene is intact. The scene has now disappeared from later releases.'),
('179250',' The original script was written by Nancy Dowd (qv) and then  rewritten by others. When the film was released, the writing credit  was assigned to the fictional "Rob Morton".'),
('179251',' Goldie Hawn (qv) and Kurt Russell (I) (qv) fell in love and  moved in together after working on this project.'),
('179252',' Kevin Costner (qv) was the first choice for the role of Lucky  Lockhart but was unavailable when shooting began.'),
('179253',' The role of Ethel the landlady is played by Goldie Hawns mother  Laura.'),
('179254',' The singing voice of Imogene Lynn (qv) is included with the reused  section of _Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)_ (qv) in  _Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)_ (qv).'),
('179255',' Vitaphone production reel B260'),
('179256',' The film originally began with a musical number, "Its Not in the  Cards," which was cut due the films length and because the number  was judged as not very good. Only a bit remains in the final  version. The music is also used in the background during the first  few scenes.'),
('179257',' The shadow dance idea for "Bojangles of Harlem" occurred to  choreographer Pan, Hermes (qv) and Astaire, Fred (qv) during  rehearsals, when three different light sources illuminating Astaire  produced three shadows.'),
('179258',' The climax of "Never Gonna Dance" took 47 takes in a single day and  required many demanding spins of Rogers, Ginger (qv); her feet  bled.'),
('179259',' In "The Way You Look Tonight", Ginger Rogers (qv) is seen to be  washing her hair. The crew tried various soaps, shampoos, and even  egg white, but it always ran down her face too quickly. They  achieved success with whipped cream.'),
('179260',' This was Ginger Rogers (qv) favorite of her films with  Fred Astaire (qv).'),
('179261',' Fred Astaire always insisted that his dance routines be filmed in  one continuous camera shot, showing the dancer(s) from head to foot.  However, in the "Never Gonna Dance" number, there is an obvious  moment when Astaire and Rogers reach the tops of their respective  winding staircases that the camera shot changes quickly to reflect  the fact that the filming camera had to be brought upstairs to shoot  the close'),
('179262','up finale of the dance number.'),
('179263',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #90 Greatest  Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the  list.'),
('179264',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 18  October 1936 and closed in January 1937 after 105 performances. The  opening night cast included John Alexander (I) (qv),  Walter Baldwin (I) (qv), Hope Emerson (qv), Matt McHugh (qv)  and Dennie Moore (qv).'),
('179265',' Because of the hillbilly makeup, some of the hillbillies were not  recognizable. However, three non'),
('179266','hillbilly cast members in studio  records/casting call lists did not appear in the movie. These were  (with their character names): Eddie Acuff (qv) (Roscoe Turner),  Irving Bacon (qv) (Photographer) and George Ovey (qv) (Telegraph  Operator).'),
('179267',' The opening credits list "The Weaver Brothers and Elviry" as a group  cast member, but the end credits lists the individual members of the  group. The end credits were used in the IMDb listing.'),
('179268',' Vitaphone production reels #2065'),
('179269','2066'),
('179270',' Ann'),
('179271','Margret (qv) rides a 500cc Triumph T100C Tiger motorcycle in  the film. Later, she herself featured in Triumph Motorcycless  official advertisements in the USA.'),
('179272',' Trents license plate reads "THX1138", a reference to  George Lucas (qv)s _THX 1138 (1971)_ (qv).'),
('179273',' Vaughn, Vince (qv)s father plays the lucky gambler at the  $100'),
('179274','minimum blackjack table.'),
('179275',' Jon Favreau (qv)s grandmother, Joan Favreau (qv), is the lucky  gambler at the $5 minimum blackjack table.'),
('179276',' Trent, Mikey, Sue, Rob, and Charles represent the five members of  the original Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra (qv), Dean Martin (I) (qv),  Peter Lawford (qv), Joey Bishop (qv), and Sammy Davis Jr (qv).'),
('179277',' Some of the films casino scenes were filmed without a permit. At  one point, they were asked to leave the casino by a police officer,  who let them finish filming the scene before they left. If you look  at the left side of the screen during the scene where Mike is  betting on the $100 table, a police officer can be seen in the  distance watching the filming taking place.'),
('179278',' The 1964 Convertible Mercury Comet Caliente driven by  Vince Vaughn (qv) was actually owned by co'),
('179279','star  Jon Favreau (qv).'),
('179280',' The exterior and interior of Mike Peters apartment was the actual  building and room that Jon Favreau (qv) lived in at the time the  film was filmed. Favreaus downstairs neighbor was actor  Adam Scott (I) (qv).'),
('179281',' Nicole LaLoggia (qv), the films line producer, also plays two  roles in the film: she plays Michelles voice on the phone, and she  appears as one of the bar patrons at the Derby (the brunette sitting  to the right of Trent when Mike leaves the table).'),
('179282',' When asked to approve use of the theme music for _Jaws (1975)_ (qv)  in a scene, Spielberg saw footage of Vince Vaughn (qv), whom he  hired for _The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)_ (qv)'),
('179283',' The Word "Fuck" is used 95 times, "Bitch" is used 31 times and  "Asshole" 13 times.'),
('179284',' The movie is loosely based on the experiences writer  Jon Favreau (qv) had when he first moved to LA. He had just broken  up with a long term girlfriend and counted on his friends  Vince Vaughn (qv) and Ron Livingston (qv) to cheer him up. The  characters they play in the film are based on themselves.'),
('179285',' The "Bear" monologue that Trent delivers to Mike is almost verbatim  something actor Vince Vaughn (qv) told Jon Favreau (qv) one  night at a bar. Favreau liked it a lot and incorporated it into the  script.'),
('179286',' When director Doug Liman (qv) first sent the script to studios,  they were interested in financing it. When Liman said he wanted to  cast the writer and his friends as actors, the studios backed off.  The money to shoot the film was raised independently and Liman cast  who he liked.'),
('179287',' Some of the bar scenes were shot in actual bars during business  hours. A sign was posted near where they were shooting warning  patrons that if they came any closer, they would be unpaid extras in  the film.'),
('179288',' The sequence where Trent, Mike, and Sue enter the club through a  side entrance closely resembles the way Henry and Karen enters a  club in _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv), which the group refers to earlier  in the film, calling it one of the best shots ever.'),
('179289',' The scene with Mike and Trent talking in the car on the side of the  road was also filmed without a permit (not only could the production  not afford one, it is actually impossible for any film production to  acquire one to film on that particular highway). Originally they had  planned to film just an establishing shot of the two of them in the  car, and a shot of them driving away, and then film the dialog shots  later. But director Doug Liman (qv) decided instead to film the  entire scene on the actual side of the road. During filming, several  police showed up, and demanded to see a permit. The assistant  director held up the police by telling them that they had a permit,  but it was in the office across town, several miles away. To get  away with the rest of the scene being filmed, Liman had to pretend  he was not filming, and didnt look in the viewfinder, and used a  microphone inside of the car instead of a boom. Most of the scene  was filmed like this, with the police waiting just out of shot, and  the two actors and the director pretending they were in fact not  shooting.'),
('179290',' Since the filmmakers couldnt afford to pay extras, the scenes  filmed at parties were filmed at actual parties that were taking  place, with many Hollywood up'),
('179291','and'),
('179292','comers in attendance. Among the  people in the crowd of the first party (who turn and look at the  group as they enter): screenwriters Stephen Gaghan (qv) and  Mike White (I) (qv).'),
('179293',' The band in the film are retro swing jazz band  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (qv).'),
('179294',' There is a reference to Reservoir Dogs while the actors are playing  poker. They refer to the scene in the beginning when they walk in  slow motion as "a great scene". As the characters in Swingers leave  the poker game to go to a party, they are shown walking in slow  motion in a similar fashion to the scene in Reservoir Dogs.'),
('179295',' A Reservoir Dogs poster can also be seen in one of the scenes.'),
('179296',' The scene in which Trent angrily yells at Sue, after Sue insulted  Mike, was written specifically at Vince Vaughn (qv)s request.  Vaughn wanted to show that beneath Trents bravado and swagger, he  truly cared for Mike as a friend.'),
('179297',' First day of principal photography was 11 September 2001.'),
('179298',' For the club sequence the production placed an ad on the internet,  asking real Swingers to participate for free. In this scene the  extras are not acting but performing real lovemaking.'),
('179299',' Started of as a "project among friends" and planned for a 2'),
('179300','day  shoot, the film was picked up by Rebel Film and A'),
('179301','Film Distributions  to upgrade it to a feature film.'),
('179302',' Planned to be released in modest numbers, the biggest theatre chain  however refused to show it on grounds of pornography. The film  therefore didnt do to well at the Dutch box office but was embraced  by the DVD/Video circuit. It even had a place at the top'),
('179303','50 of  best'),
('179304','rented films.'),
('179305',' The director, being a member of the infamous Brenninkmeijer'),
('179306','clan  (the richest family of Holland), shot the movie in the luxurious  house of his uncle.'),
('179307',' Terri Garr (qv)s first movie.'),
('179308',' The final film for veteran comic Harry Langdon (I) (qv).'),
('179309',' Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film  Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996. This movie was also featured in the  Satans Cheerleader Camp Film Fest in Austin in 2000, hosted by The  Satans Cheerleaders, who were given special thanks at the end of  Grindhouse.'),
('179310',' This is John Garfield (I) (qv)s only theatrical release in  Technicolor.'),
('179311',' "Swink" was shot over the course of a year, but actual shooting only  took 12 days on weekends in April, August, and October of 2005.'),
('179312',' All the sound in "Swink" was replaced in post'),
('179313','production, including  all sound effects and actors voices. Each actor re'),
('179314','recorded his or  her own voice several months after shooting was complete.'),
('179315',' Jay McCarrol, the composer of the "Swink"s score and songs, appears  in the final third of the film as Midnite Mitch, the lead singer of  the band playing at Mrs. Morettas birthday party. Matt Dyson, the  sound designer, appears as the sax player.'),
('179316',' Mrs. Moretta is played by Chriss mom, Nanci Russell.'),
('179317',' German film fans were astonished when this film passed the ratings  board FSK (known for its extensive dislike of excessive violence)  uncut with a "Not under 16" rating. It was expected that the film  would not get a rating at all and had to go for a JK approval from  SPIO (Head organization of German film business).'),
('179318',' In the 1960s Walt Disney remade "Swiss Family Robinson", The Disney  Studios bought up the rights to the 1940 version produced and  distributed by RKO, then Walt Disney confiscated all known prints of  RKO Radio Pictures version so there wouldnt be comparisons to the  Disney remake.'),
('179319',' Among the Robinsons pets are: Duke and Turk the dogs, Rocky the  elephant, Lightning the donkey, Clementine the ostrich, and Duchess  the Zebra.'),
('179320',' The Disney Studios bought up the rights to the 1940 version produced  and distributed by RKO, then Walt Disney confiscated all known  prints of RKO Radio Pictures version so there wouldnt be  comparisons to the Disney remake.'),
('179321',' Unsold pilot for a television series. Filming was completed in 1958,  but the first release of the episode was in 2000, as an additional  feature on the November 28, 2000 DVD release of  _Pirati di Capri, I (1949)_ (qv).'),
('179322',' Laurel, Stan (qv) was ill during filming, appearing pale and  tired.'),
('179323',' This film has a famous comedy scene with Laurel and Hardy trying to  move a piano across a bridge suspended high above some mountains.  Originally, there was to have been a subplot in which a bomb had  been secretly attached to some keys in the piano, thus adding  suspense to the comedy. Producer Hal Roach deleted the bomb subplot  but retained the now'),
('179324','pointless shots of Laurel accidentally hitting  the piano keys.'),
('179325',' Film Daily'),
('179326','Friday 11 August 1939: Plagiarism suit for injunctions,  accounting and damages was filed in (Los Angeles) Federal Court  yesterday by Isabella Knotter against Hal Roach Studios, Inc.,  Metro'),
('179327','Goldwyn'),
('179328','Mayer Pictures Corp., M'),
('179329','G'),
('179330','M Distributing Corp., Lowes,  Inc. and Culver Export Service. Plaintiff claims to have submitted  her story, "So Zwei Pechvogel." or "Two Down'),
('179331','and'),
('179332','Outs," to the Hal  Roach studios on June 16,1937, which was allegedly infringed in the  films "Swiss Miss" and "Au Far West." Her manuscript had been  returned in August, 1937, with a notation stating that it had been  unread, the complain stated.'),
('179333',' Rumoured to have been filmed in Colour, but the film was processed  into Black and White. Close examination of the Black and White film  quality compared to similar Laurel and Hardy features of that time  possibly suggest this but so far a colour print has not surfaced.  The film was idea for colour testing due to the sets costumes and  even the title lettering used.'),
('179334',' Chosen as Official Selection at the Soho Rushes Film Festival 2004  in association with the Straight 8 Competition.'),
('179335',' This film, a satire on television, was never completed due to the  death of director Giuseppe Colizzi.'),
('179336',' A seduction scene between Ellen Barkin (qv) and  Lorraine Bracco (qv) was excised after poor reactions in test  screenings.'),
('179337',' JoBeth Williams (qv) was up for a different part in this film but  when she read the script, she said the only part she would consider  playing was Margo and she got that part instead.'),
('179338',' This Joe Sarno erotic comedy is currently considered lost, although  UK video release is believed to exist.'),
('179339',' The final film of Susan Shaw.'),
('179340',' CAMEO(Jason Lupish (qv)): the card hustler that gets beat up at  the beginning of the movie.'),
('179341',' CAMEO(Nick Ozcypko (qv)): the guy who gets thrown out of the phone  booth for no reason.'),
('179342',' According to an interview with Jeb Stuart (I) (qv) in Premiere  magazine, he had originally intended to make this movie back in the  early 1980s under the title Going West in America, with  Sidney Poitier (qv), Robert Duvall (I) (qv), and  Kevin Bacon (qv) in the three main roles.'),
('179343',' Director Jack Hill (I) (qv), when interviewed at the 1996  re'),
('179344','release of the film, pointed out that it did have some  authenticity '),
('179345',' he interviewed girl gang members and rewrote the  script. "But the idea of doing a realistic movie about street gangs  with beautiful blondes in hot pants was preposterous, so we tried to  make it a wacky fantasy."'),
('179346',' The film took the band eight years to complete.'),
('179347',' While Jerry does the MGM Lion roar, as the short concludes, around  his mouse'),
('179348','hole is MGMs motto "Ars Gratia Artis".'),
('179349',' The copy that Mordesini wants to photocopy (and is charged 25 cents  for) is a page of the script.'),
('179350',' Michael Caine (I) (qv) originally had the lead role but was held  up by production delays on _Jaws: The Revenge (1987)_ (qv).'),
('179351',' The dialog from the interrogation scene with Frank and Rooster, is a  word'),
('179352','for'),
('179353','word recreation of a conversation between director Adam  Brodie and a police officer in 1996.'),
('179354',' Co'),
('179355','directors Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany make a cameo appearance  in the first scene of the movie, playing a videographer and  photographer respective.'),
('179356',' The first of Disneys "People and Places" to be shown in  CinemaScope.'),
('179357',' In one night scene lit by car headlights, the "headlights" are  actually just two halogen work lamps mounted on a C'),
('179358','stand.'),
('179359',' The film was shot in two different blocks of time: first in  October'),
('179360','November or 1990, then in August 1991. Craig Chester had to  grow his hair back out after shaving it for the prison scenes, and  then had his head shaved again when more prison scenes had to be  filmed. The very first scenes shot was the kidnapping and the call  from the phone booth.'),
('179361',' The barber shaving Craig Chester in one scene is played by Jim  Crawford, who did hair and makeup for the film. He is also the  barber shaving the boys heads.'),
('179362',' Daniel Schlachet (qv)s mother in the film is played by  Barbara Bleier (qv), who is his mother in real life.'),
('179363',' Both of the real killers of the story, Nathan Leopold and Richard  Loeb, appear in archival footage sampled in the film. These scenes,  and most of the other footage in the film, was provided by the  Chicago Historical Society.'),
('179364',' Frank Sinatra (qv) was probably voiced by a member of The  Kings Men (qv), a group that had performed for other Warner  Brothers shorts.'),
('179365',' Bing Crosby (qv) was voiced by Richard Bickenbach (qv).'),
('179366',' The caricatured celebrities are, in order of appearance: The  Crooner: Frank Sinatra (qv); "Shortenin Bread":  Nelson Eddy (qv); "September in the Rain": Al Jolson (qv);  "Lullaby of Broadway": Jimmy Durante (qv); "Blues in the Night":  Cab Calloway (qv); The Old Groaner: Bing Crosby (qv).'),
('179367',' The baritone rooster is frequently identified as a caricature of  Vaughn Monroe (qv). However, "Shortenin Bread" was a big hit for  Nelson Eddy (qv) not Monroe, making it more likely he was the  intended target of the parody.'),
('179368',' The only Porky Pig cartoon to be nominated for an Academy Award.'),
('179369',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Breakers in the Clouds (1911)_ (qv).'),
('179370',' Stuntman Jack Tyree (qv) was killed when he jumped off a cliff and  missed his airbags.'),
('179371',' Two versions were shot of Lee Horsley (qv)s crucifixion in the  final reel. In the theatrical version, a spike was shown through the  palm of each hand. In the version for TV, Horsleys hands were bound  to the wood by means of metallic bands.'),
('179372',' The producers wanted Oliver Reed (I) (qv) to narrate the movie,  but were dissatisfied with his performance and replaced him with  Simon MacCorkindale (qv).'),
('179373',' Richard Moll (qv) only played the sorcerer in the opening scene,  because he had a bad reaction to the contact lenses and was sent to  the hospital. Xusias other scenes at the end of the movie were done  by a stand'),
('179374','in and later dubbed by Moll.'),
('179375',' Two songs written for the film but scrapped before production began  were "The Blue Oak Tree" and "The Magic Key". The latter was to be  Merlins lecture to Arthur about the value of an education. It was  replaced with the more amusing "Higitus Figitus".'),
('179376',' The first Disney animated feature with songs by  Richard M. Sherman (qv) and Robert B. Sherman (qv).'),
('179377',' This is the first new animated Disney movie to use the regular  version of the Buena Vista Distribution opening logo. When Buena  Vista began distributing Disney movies, the new animated Disney  films would feature a custom'),
('179378','designed Buena Vista logo, often  relating to the movie. This was done until the release of this  movie.'),
('179379',' The music that plays when Mim turns into a dragon is the same music  from the dragon fight in _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv). Composer  George Bruns (qv), who adapted the music from  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (qv)s score for the Sleeping Beauty  ballet, would use the same piece once more in  _Robin Hood (1973)_ (qv), for the climactic battle between Robin and  the Sheriff of Nottingham in the burning castle.'),
('179380',' This was the first Disney animated feature made under a single  director. Previous features were directed either by three or four  directors, or by a team of sequence directors under a supervising  director. The man hired for the job was veteran animator  Wolfgang Reitherman (qv) (one of the fabled Nine Old Men), who  would direct all of the Disney features up until the 1980s.'),
('179381',' Character designer Bill Peet gave Merlin Walt Disney (qv)s nose.'),
('179382',' The only animated Disney movie from the 1960s not to have a Platinum  DVD, a sequel, a TV show, or a live'),
('179383','action remake.'),
('179384',' Large portions were shot at The Bristol Renaissance Faire, where the  director was an Associate Street Director for many years.'),
('179385',' The first film of Patrick Holt.'),
('179386',' Richard Greene was the only actor to reprise his role from the TV  series. The other roles were played by an entirely new set of  actors.'),
('179387',' Effectively, this was the only episode of the "Adventures of Robin  Hood" TV series to be shot in color; all of the other episodes were  in black and white.'),
('179388',' Oliver Reeds voice is not heard; hes dubbed throughout by another  (anonymous) actor.'),
('179389',' Director Stephen Weeks (qv) wanted to cast Mark Hamill (I) (qv)  as Gawain, but producers Menahem Golan (qv) and  Yoram Globus (qv) imposed Miles OKeeffe (qv) instead.'),
('179390',' Sean Connery (qv) made the film in between the filming of  _Never Say Never Again (1983)_ (qv), which is why you only see him  sporadically throughout the film.'),
('179391',' The last feature film of Douglas Wilmer (qv).'),
('179392',' The last feature film of Wlifrid Bramball.'),
('179393',' Emma Sutton (I) (qv)s character is not identified as being Morgan  La Fay in the film, only in the closing credits.  Trevor Howard (I) (qv)s part is supposed to be King Arthur, but  its identified in the movie and the credits as just "The King".'),
('179394',' Jackman, Hugh (qv) had to take stunt driving classes to prepare  for his role in Swordfish.'),
('179395',' The opening scene of Swordfish is the most complicated visual effect  in Warner Brothers history. It was shot using Matrix'),
('179396','like effects by  Frantic Films of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The effect has so many  composites in it that the producers and director of the film could  not determine what was real and what was created by computer.'),
('179397',' The title comes from the classic 1932 Marx Brothers film,  _Horse Feathers (1932)_ (qv). "Swordfish" was the password for  entering the speakeasy '),
('179398',' one of the movies funniest scenes '),
('179399',' and  became the archetypal password (at least for older movie'),
('179400','goers).'),
('179401',' The car that Gabriel drives is a British made TVR Tuscan. The car is  not sold in the United States because of its emissions levels.'),
('179402',' Trailers, television commercials, and print advertisements for the  film all contained "passwords" which allowed viewers to play a  contest game on the films official website. A password also appears  in the closing credits. (See "Crazy Credits").'),
('179403',' The film was withdrawn from cinemas shortly after the terrorist  attacks on New York City and Washington DC on 11 September 2001, due  to a scene involving an exploding building.'),
('179404',' The side of Shears bus reads: Dont get burned by viruses, protect  your system. Its an ad for an anti virus program. During the car  chase scene, Shear and Jobson are nearly hit by a garbage truck, and  speed through a busy intersection. Two scenes, which are mimicked  from _Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)_ (qv) also directed by  Dominic Sena (qv).'),
('179405',' There is a shot in this movie virtually identical to one in  _X'),
('179406','Men (2000)_ (qv) featuring the same actors. After meeting Gabriel  for the first time, Stanley (Hugh Jackman (qv)) is seen throwing  water on his face while Ginger (Halle Berry (qv)) watches over his  left shoulder in the background. In X'),
('179407','Men, after losing Rogue to  Magneto at the train station, Jackman (as Wolverine) is seen  throwing water on his face while Berry (as Storm) watches over his  left shoulder in the background.'),
('179408',' 2600 The Hacker Quarterly magazine was approached by Warner Bros.  for permission to use their magazine and name in the film. WB was  suing 2600 at the time for linking to the DVD deciphering program  DeCSS. The magazine said no.'),
('179409',' The helicopter is a Sikorsky S'),
('179410','64 Skycrane (CH'),
('179411','64 Tarhe). It is now  being used to fight bush fires across Australia.'),
('179412',' The scene in which the school bus is swung was actually shot by  hiring a group of people to sit in a bus, in front of a blue screen,  while they swung the bus from a crane. According to the stunt  coordinators, the same effect could have been portrayed for half the  cost.'),
('179413',' When Gabriel is explaining everything to Stan and motions to a  mockup of the bank robbery, the model bus is a replica of Bus 2525  from the film _Speed (1994)_ (qv).'),
('179414',' On the floor of Hollys room, a copy of the cult cyberpunk novel  "Neuromancer" by William Gibson (II) (qv) is visible.'),
('179415',' Zach Grenier (qv)s character Bill Joy is named after the  co'),
('179416','founder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, Bill Joy.'),
('179417',' Unlike many Holywood movies, in "Swordfish", the amount of the  ammunition in firearms is depicted correctly. During the chase  sequence, Gabriel fires a total of 89 shots from M249 Squad  Automatic Weapon, which carries a 200 round box'),
('179418',' At one point during Stanleys attempt to hack into the Department of  Defense database, his screen shows six numbers that appear to be IP  addresses. (The first is 213.225.312.5.) The numbers between decimal  points in an IP address, called "octets", are decimal  representations of 8'),
('179419','bit numbers (8 binary digits of either 0 or 1).  Therefore, the range of decimal numbers for an octet is 0 to 255,  because 11111111 in binary is 255 in decimal. The IP addresses on  Stanleys screen each contain one octet higher than 255 (such as 312  in the first example), which is apparently the filmmakers way of  ensuring that no ones real IP address appeared.'),
('179420',' The Finnish hacker is named Axl Torvalds, a play on  Linus Torvalds (qv), the Finnish programmer that created the Linux  operating system.'),
('179421',' This short featurette is on the DVD for _Swordfish (2001)_ (qv).'),
('179422',' This student short was shot in, and on the roof of, the directors  flat, previously occupied by David Thewlis (qv) and good friend  Beeban Kidron (qv).'),
('179423',' The real "Sybil" was recently identified as Shirley Ardell Mason, an  art teacher who died in 1998 at the age of 75 in Lexington,  Kentucky.'),
('179424',' Patty Duke (qv) auditioned for the lead role, although was not  cast due to a clash with the original director. Daniel Petrie (qv)  later signed on to direct, but Sally Field (qv) already accepted  the role.'),
('179425',' Joanne Woodward (qv), who plays the Doctor, starred in another  famous film about multiple personalities,  _Three Faces of Eve, The (1957)_ (qv) where she starred as the  titular Eve. However, unlike Sybil, she had only a trio of  personalities.'),
('179426',' When Jimmy (Jackson, Samuel L. (qv)) and Sydney  (Hall, Philip Baker (qv)) have their confrontation, Jimmy mentions  that he knows Sydneys friends Floyd Gondolli and Jimmy Gator. In  Anderson, Paul Thomas (qv)s next movie,  _Boogie Nights (1997)_ (qv), Philip Baker Hall plays Floyd Gondolli.  In Andersons followup to Boogie Nights, _Magnolia (1999)_ (qv),  Philip Baker Hall plays Jimmy Gator.'),
('179427',' Hall, Philip Baker (qv) plays a man named Sydney from Las Vegas  who has underworld connections. In _Midnight Run (1988)_ (qv),  Philip Baker Hall has a small role as a man named Sidney who lives  in Las Vegas and is connected to the underworld.'),
('179428',' The original shooting script included a different ending for the  film where we discover that Jimmy had betrayed Sydney and given his  name (and Johns and Clementines) to the man who was being held  hostage in the motel. The man tracks down Sydney outside the same  highway coffee shop where he met John and shoots him three times,  killing him. Its not known whether this scene was ever actually  filmed.'),
('179429',' Though Sydneys last name is never mentioned in the film, in the  original ending the motel man addresses him as "Sydney Brown."'),
('179430',' Director Anderson has admitted that Jean'),
('179431','Pierre Melville (qv)s  _Bob le flambeur (1955)_ (qv) was a major influence on this film.'),
('179432',' Assistant Cameraman Michael G. Riba (qv) turned down 2 weeks of  work on _Waterworld (1995)_ (qv) '),
('179433',' which paid better '),
('179434',' to work on  _Sydney (1996)_ (qv). Riba has been the assistant cameraman on every  Anderson film since.'),
('179435',' After Paul Thomas Anderson (qv) had shown  _Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)_ (qv) at the 1993 Sundance Film  Festival, he was invited to the Sundance Institute Filmmaker Lab.  There, he shot a few scenes from this movie (John and Sydney in the  diner, John calling Sydney from a payphone, the motel sequence with  the hostage, and Jimmy threatening Sydney in his car).  John C. Reilly (I) (qv) and Philip Baker Hall (qv) played the  roles they had in the film (John and Sydney respectively), while  Moira Kelly (I) (qv) played Clementine (played in the movie by  Gwyneth Paltrow (qv)) and Courtney B. Vance (qv), played Jimmy  (later played by Samuel L. Jackson (qv)). The diner, payphone and  car scenes all got edited and can be seen on the DVD release of the  film, but the scene in the motel was not cut.'),
('179436',' Paul Thomas Anderson (qv) wanted the film to open (the way all of  his other films open) with just the production company, "A P.T.  Anderson Picture", and the main title, no credits. In order for this  to happen, all the members of the cast and crew have to agree to  waive their main'),
('179437','credit right. All the cast and crew agreed to this,  except producer Robert Jones (IV) (qv) and so the movie now has  beginning credits.'),
('179438',' Paul Thomas Anderson (qv)s original title for this film was  "Sydney". Since it was his first film, and he had basically no  control over it (much less final cut, like hes had on his other  features since), the studio, Rysher Entertainment, re'),
('179439','cut the film  and retitled it "Hard Eight". This obviously enraged Anderson, and  through many talks and deals, he convinced the studio to let him  release his cut, but with the new title "Hard Eight". Anderson later  said this experience taught him that doing your best to make the  best possible movie was only "half the job" when being a director.  The other half was dealing with all the egos involved.'),
('179440',' The screenplay was originally written in 1992, according to  Paul Thomas Anderson (qv), in a very short period of time; about 2  weeks.'),
('179441',' Paul Thomas Anderson (qv), on the DVD commentary, admitted to  successfully pulling off several times the casino rate card trick  shown in the film.'),
('179442',' Most of the members of the "SAU Marching Sharks" in the film are  actual band members. Members of the University of Central Florida  Marching Knights were used to film these scenes.'),
('179443',' The horse which was the stand'),
('179444','in for Slyvester was The Gray Goose  who competed several times at the Horse Park at the Advanced level.'),
('179445',' The horse Sylvester for competition was officially called "Sylvester  Stallone" but the filmmakers had to ask the real  Sylvester Stallone (qv) if they could use his full name. He  agreed, but no more than seven times.'),
('179446',' The first Finnish full'),
('179447','length feature film.'),
('179448',' One of the first three films that were planned to be the first  full'),
('179449','length Finnish features, made by same filmmakers one after  another in the summer of 1911. Others were "Hyökyaaltoja" and  "Anna'),
('179450','Liisa". Of these three, only "Sylvi" was released.'),
('179451',' The only Finnish feature film made before countrys independence in  1917, that is not completely destroyed: 13 minutes of the film still  exists.'),
('179452',' According to her autobiography, lead actress Carroll Baker was  concerned about the films script early in production and requested  that a new writer be hired. The front office suggested she involve  herself with only "girly" concerns, such as choosing the correct  handbag for each scene, then stocked her studio dressing room with  dozens the next day. Baker responded by slinging them out the door  one by one, and later wrote, "Sylvia turned out to be one woman who  never carried a handbag."'),
('179453',' Most of the extras in the opening scenes in Cambridge were, like  Plath herself, students of the University of Cambridge.'),
('179454',' Sylvia Plaths daughter and literary executor, Frieda Hughes, not  only refused to cooperate with the producers or allow them access to  her mothers poetry, but also publicly denounced the project in a  published poem of her own.'),
('179455',' During some of the filming, Gwyneth Paltrow stayed in Q staircase of  Tree Court, Gonville & Caius College as this was minutes away from  the mocked'),
('179456','up old street at the back of Caius.'),
('179457',' It was during the making of this film that Katharine Hepburn (qv)  first met Howard Hughes (I) (qv). Hughes visited the set one day,  landing his amphibious plane near the beach where they were filming.  Hughes said he stopped by to say hello to his good friend  Cary Grant (qv) but in actuality he wanted to meet Hepburn, whom  he was fascinated by. The film _Aviator, The (2004)_ (qv) recreates  this meeting.'),
('179458',' After a disastrous preview, director George Cukor (qv) and  Katharine Hepburn (qv) went to RKO producer  Pandro S. Berman (qv)s home and offered their services for free  for another film. Berman, who was furious at the quality of the  movie, replied tersely, "Dont bother please."'),
('179459',' Despite the poor reviews of the movie, most critics noted the  performance of Cary Grant (qv). It has since been recognized as  one of Grants break'),
('179460','out performances.'),
('179461',' Footage for this movie was originally shot for family archives.'),
('179462',' The greatest challenge in making this movie was photographing its  key subject '),
('179463',' a very camera'),
('179464','reclusive star, Sylvia.'),
('179465',' Original footage was shot with a home camcorder on the day before  New Years Eve, 2001, then re'),
('179466','shot the following summer on Alvin  Tsangs Sony Digital 8.'),
('179467',' Inspired by the events of 9/11 and Grandma Sylvias response to  them.'),
('179468',' A fund'),
('179469','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('179470',' The filming was so secluded, intense, and laborious that the last 20  minutes were shot with only the director and three cast members  present. When off'),
('179471','screen the cast operated the boom mic and assisted  with the camera work.'),
('179472',' The barn that acted as the sound'),
('179473','stage was not air conditioned or  heated and had only one door. On the first day of shooting it was  over 100 degrees, on the last it was below 0.'),
('179474',' The motel room set stayed erected for one year while the director  cut the film for the purposes of re'),
('179475','shoots.'),
('179476',' There is a single cut in the film from a wide'),
('179477','shot to a close'),
('179478','up of  two characters that was filmed a year apart.'),
('179479',' Sympathy was filmed entirely in one room. The set, structurally  modeled after Room 1 in the Bates Motel, was constructed inside a  barn in the middle of a corn field in Indiana.'),
('179480',' While cutting the film, director/editor Andrew Moorman (qv) worked  as a camera operator at Universal Studios Theme Park in Hollywood.  He would often sneak down to the lower lot and eat his lunch in the  famed Bates Motel set for inspiration.'),
('179481',' Another example of how digital filmmaking has changed the way movies  are made: the visual effects artist for the film volunteered his  efforts via a posting on the internet and received all the digital  clips from an FTP site. He applied the effects in a matter of days  and would then return them, where they were re'),
('179482','inserted in the final  edit, and burned to DVD. This person has never met the cast and crew  and only spoke with the director once over the phone.'),
('179483',' Director Jean'),
('179484','Luc Godard (qv) was called to England to make a film  calling for the legalization of abortion. Shortly after his arrival,  though, England relaxed their abortion laws, and his film became  unnecessary. Godard agreed to remain in England on the condition  that he could make a film with either The Beatles or The Rolling  Stones. The Beatles declined the offer, but the Stones promptly  accepted, claiming they were avid fans of Godards work.'),
('179485',' The film was beset with a variety of production difficulties; among  other things, the studio burned down and Brian Jones (V) (qv) was  arrested for cannabis possession.'),
('179486',' DIRCAMEO(Jean'),
('179487','Luc Godard): Bringing drinks and cigarettes to the  Stones near the end of the film.'),
('179488',' DIRCAMEO(Jean'),
('179489','Luc Godard): In the final scene, Godard can be seen  running on the beach in a blue raincoat and a white tennis hat. He  pours red paint from a bottle onto Anne Wiazemsky (qv), before she  is lifted by the crane in the final shot.'),
('179490',' The producer of the film added film of the Stones performing the  completed version of "Sympathy for the Devil" at the end of the  movie in an attempt to make it more commercial. Godard was so  incensed by this that he punched the producer during a talk at  Londons National Film Theatre.'),
('179491',' Producer Fred Quimby (qv) was originally opposed to making this  cartoon. Tex Avery (qv) convinced him otherwise by telling him  that there was nothing else ready for production.'),
('179492',' Based on the novel written by the Flemish novelist Felix Timmermans'),
('179493',' The final feature film of Raymond Huntley.'),
('179494',' Vitaphone production reels #1734'),
('179495','1735'),
('179496',' This was RKO Radios first release.'),
('179497',' Released as a Radio Picture during the period when FBO was  transforming into Radio'),
('179498','Keith'),
('179499','Orpheum (RKO). A sizable hit, this was  the first commercial test of RCAs Photophone sound system, which  was the logic behind RCA honchos hefty financial interest in RKO.  The first "official" RKO production would be their next release,  1929s Street Girl.'),
('179500',' The games timeframe takes place from sometime in August 1999 to 8  September 1999. This can be figured out from the date/time info on  the in'),
('179501','game PDA equipment'),
('179502',' Amazingly, no buildings are visible in the New York City skyline  when Gabe travels there in 3 levels, only the Twin Towers of the  World Trade Center can briefly be glimpsed when he breaks into the  Pharcom Exposition Center'),
('179503',' Makram Khoury and Clara Khoury are father and daughter in the film  as well as in real life.'),
('179504',' The movie joke about gap'),
('179505','toothed men being seductive to women was an  in'),
('179506','joke by the co'),
('179507','scriptwriter, Suha Arraf, toward Mr. Riklis, who  is himself gap'),
('179508','toothed. She also included many of her own  experiences as an intelligent independent Arab woman living in  Israel.'),
('179509',' Filming was done in two different Druze villages, one pro'),
('179510','Syrian and  one pro'),
('179511','Israeli, depending on the political tilt of the scenes.  Also, since Israeli authorities would not give permission to film at  the actual border, a mock'),
('179512','up was built some distance away.'),
('179513',' George Clooney (qv) gained 35 pounds on a pasta'),
('179514','heavy diet to play  CIA operative Robert Barnes. The actor also shaved his hairline for  the right look.'),
('179515',' The real Robert Baer (the author of "See No Evil", on which this  screenplay is based) plays "CIA Security Officer #2".'),
('179516',' Michelle Monaghan (qv) originally had a more substantial role in  the film, but when screening audiences reacted negatively to the  long running time, her sub'),
('179517','plot was removed, similar to what  happened to the actress on the film _Constantine (2005)_ (qv).'),
('179518',' Due to the weight he gained for the film, George Clooney (qv)  suffered a spinal injury during a stunt that caused him severe  migraine headaches (which prevented him from doing publicity for  _Oceans Twelve (2004)_ (qv)), and had him bedridden for a month.  This injury was eventually corrected with surgery, and Clooney has  since called his weight gain "pretty stupid".'),
('179519',' Greta Scacchi (qv) played Bob Barnes wife and Max Minghellas  mother in a role cut from the final release.'),
('179520',' The scene at the front doorway of the Sloan Whiting law firm, which  is immediately adjacent to the U.S. Capitol, is actually the real  law firm Jones Day located at 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW'),
('179521',' Syriana is a term used by Washington think'),
('179522','tanks to describe a  hypothetical re'),
('179523','shaping of the Middle East.'),
('179524',' Stephen Gaghan (qv) had wanted Christian Bale to play Bryan  Woodman, but he had to turn the part down due to his commitment to  The New World.'),
('179525',' Harrison Ford (I) (qv) was the original choice to play Bob Barnes,  but turned it down. He later told Empire magazine that is one of the  few movie career decisions that he has regretted.'),
('179526',' Visa dexploitation en France #114469.'),
('179527',' When Bob (George Clooney) meets with Hossein Hashimi, Hashimi  compliments Bob for his fine Arabic, yet in fact, Bob only speaks  the first word '),
('179528',' of his supposed all Arabic line'),
('179529',' in Arabic, then  mumbles the rest in non'),
('179530','Arabic.'),
('179531',' In the original draft of the script, the character of Bob Barnes was  originally named Bob Baer, after Robert Baers father.'),
('179532',' The scene where George Clooney is going to meet with his son where  it says Princeton University is actually the area in front of  Sellinger Hall at Loyola College in Maryland.'),
('179533',' In the Hossein Hashimi assassination scene an actor with a  remarkable physical appearance to former CIA director George Tenet  can be seen milling in the background in the CIA operations room.'),
('179534',' In the days leading to the Oscar nominations, the Academy announced  that the screenplay for this film was considered original, not  adapted. Since it had been strongly advertised as the latter, many  believed that it would not be nominated. However, it did manage to  received a screenplay nod, losing to CRASH.'),
('179535',' Although the first game (System Shock) was never considered to have  any plot holes, the developers still managed to find an entirely  credible way to continue the series.'),
('179536',' Uses the Thief graphics engine. However, many players were  dissatisfied with the low resolution graphics, and a fan'),
('179537','made  modification has been released that replaces all the graphics with  more memory'),
('179538','intensive high'),
('179539','resolution graphics.'),
('179540',' SPOILER: The final area of the game drops the player into a weird,  non'),
('179541','real area that mirrors the first area of the original game  (System Shock).'),
('179542',' Because of his appearance and lack of a true name, most people call  the main character "Goggles".'),
('179543',' SPOILER: It is believed that the ghost that commits suicide during  the game is an earlier "avatar" recruited by Shodan.'),
('179544',' Among other reasons, many people consider the commercial failure of  this game to be responsible for the closure of Looking Glass  Studios.'),
('179545',' According to those close to the company during its closure, the  rights to the System Shock series were spread out to multiple  companies (instead of being sold completely to one company). It is  believed that the #1 impediment to a System Shock sequel is that it  would be nearly impossible to repurchase the entire series.'),
('179546',' Julia Foster replaced Julie Christie who was unavailable.'),
('179547',' Traffic Lights changing slowly from green to red. The shot was  originally inspired by _"Twin Peaks" (1990)_ (qv).'),
('179548',' This film (working title "Uusi alku 2") is the second part of the  short movie trilogy, following _Uusi alku (2002)_ (qv) and preceding  work title "Uusi alku 3" (2005). The theme "a new beginning" unites  them, although there is no continuous story. All of the movies are  silent with a duration of 5 minutes and the background music, a  single song, is all we hear.'),
('179549',' The footage was shot on one single day. Before that day, the  directors spent five years to develop a relationship that would  allow to shoot such intimate images.'),
('179550',' Viktor Orbán who plays a non'),
('179551','speaking role as a soccer player  became the prime minister of Hungary 15 years later.'),
('179552',' Although the characters are the same, Péter Balázs (I) (qv) (as  Mr. Belvizi) is the only actor who reappears from the original movie  _Szeleburdi család, A (1981)_ (qv).'),
('179553',' This movie was the 4th biggest Hungarian box'),
('179554','office hit in the  1980s. (The first three are: _Vuk (1981)_ (qv),  _Pogány madonna, A (1980)_ (qv) and _István, a király (1984)_ (qv).)'),
('179555',' Filming locations in St. Petersburg, Russia were at the same venues  where Liszt was performing before the Russian aristocracy.'),
('179556',' The film was made in 1971 but banned and was first shown publicly 21  years later'),
('179557',' Based on a novel by István Örkény, Hungarian writer of Macskajáték  (Cats play).'),
('179558',' This short film is featured on the 2'),
('179559','Disc Criterion Collection DVD  for _Double vie de Véronique, La (1991)_ (qv).'),
('179560',' Phillip Seymour Hoffman (qv)s film debut.'),
('179561',' Inspired by the photograph "Three Women (Audincourt, France, 1951)"  by Lucien Hervé.'),
('179562',' Dorka Gryllus (qv) visited a friend on the set of Sátántangó, and  was impressed by the whole "feeling of film making". It was then,  when she decided to be a film actress '),
('179563',' and in a few years, she  became a famous Hungarian actress.'),
('179564',' Filmed on location in Playa del Inglés, Canary Islands, during six  weeks from January '),
('179565',' March 1980. Filmed on location in Rio de  Janeiro for one day in March 1980. "Hotel SunTrip" in "Nueva  Estocolmo" is really Hotel Monte Rojo in Playa del Inglés.'),
('179566',' The cabin crew on the plane were real cabin crew that worked for  Scanair during the filming.'),
('179567',' CAMEO(Gösta Ekman (II) (qv)): Hotel cleaner who accidentally steps  into Gösta Angeruds room.'),
('179568',' Sven Melander still owns his legendary "Tonight 109 Swedes Catches  Gonorrhea" t'),
('179569','shirt from the movie.'),
('179570',' Director and lead man Lasse Åberg (qv) has stated that much of the  small, subtle humorous details in the film is very much inspired by  Jacques Tati (qv).'),
('179571',' When "Nalle" and "Mackan" is speaking, they use a form of slang that  is very much unknown by anyone outside Stockholm. Its so difficult  to understand that even the Swedish television version of the movie  uses subtitles.'),
('179572',' Franz Hanfstingl (qv), who plays the inn keeper/ski teacher Rudi,  was the only one in the cast who didnt know how to ski. Therefore,  all distance shots of him skiing was doubled.'),
('179573',' In spite of being the most beloved Swedish film for several years it  did not receive a single Golden Beetle, the most prestigious Swedish  film award.'),
('179574',' First film role for actress Helen Sjöholm, one of Swedens biggest  stars on the musical stage.'),
('179575',' Parts of the film, notably the scenes at the Berlin Film Studio and  the scene were Elsa is having here picture taken, are shot at old  Svenska Biografteaterns filmstudio in Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden  (built in 1908). The old studio is part of Filmmuseum today.'),
('179576',' The character Felix Hansson was named Pål Hansson in the novel. The  name was inspired by Hans Pålsson (qv), a famous pianist and  friend of Jacques Werup (qv). When Pålsson got cast in the movie,  the characters name was changed.'),
('179577',' Each scene is shot with one take where the camera stands still as  the actors embrace the frame (the camera moves once in the entire  film, in the railway station scene).'),
('179578',' It took director Roy Andersson (qv) four years to complete this  film.'),
('179579',' The name of the leading villain in this spy movie, Atkä Natas, is an  anagram for "Äkta Satan" (Real Satan) in Swedish.'),
('179580',' It is said that this is the one movie Bergman made that he was so  disappointed with that he does not want it to be shown, and because  he is so highly respected its been screened very few times. Neither  has it been released on VHS/DVD.'),
('179581',' This is the first film in Bergmans "Man'),
('179582','God Trilogy", although  Bergman says he can find no connection between the three films, and  asks people to stop calling it a trilogy.'),
('179583',' Winner of "Best Picture" at ShockerFest 2006.'),
('179584',' Winner of "Best Dramatic Feature" at the Eureka Springs Digital Film  Festival. Finalist in Horror Fest UK.'),
('179585',' Juliette Binoche (qv) was originally cast in the leading role, but  had to be replaced at the last minute when she became pregnant.'),
('179586',' Silent film accompanied by a soundtrack recorded on phonographic  discs'),
('179587',' The official Czech submission to the 2007 Oscars in the Best Foreign  Language Film category.'),
('179588',' At the 2004 "Prix Europa" Festival held in Berlin, this movie won  the "Special Prix Europa" award for the best program from a local or  regional TV station and/or the best low'),
('179589','budget production.'),
('179590',' The Icelandic title is, literally, in English, "Sodom Reykjavik"'),
('179591',' Everyone who appeared on camera had make'),
('179592','up applied to hide their  eyebrows.'),
('179593',' A full'),
('179594','sized water well set with removable sections was constructed  entirely above ground, for filming inside and from the "into" and  "upward" perspective angles. It was about 60'),
('179595','70 feet tall.'),
('179596',' Mikael Persbrandt (qv)s character wears a Filmlance t'),
('179597','shirt, the  producers behind the _"Beck" (1997)_ (qv) series, in which he plays  a leading role.'),
('179598',' The name of the song played during the end credits is "I Love You",  sung by Mami Yamase who also voiced Peach in this movie.'),
('179599',' The first ever animated adaptation of the "Super Mario Bros." video  game, not counting Marios appearance in the show "Saturday  Supercade".'),
('179600',' The voice of Bowser Koopa was actually provided by a woman, Akiko  Wada, a famous singer from Japan.'),
('179601',' This film was never translated into English nor was it distributed  in the USA.'),
('179602',' Last Metroid game to be released for eight years.'),
('179603',' Despite the Metroid series being such a success for Nintendo, this  was the only game in the series ever released for the Super  Nintendo.'),
('179604',' First Metroid game to feature the X'),
('179605','Ray scope, Grappling Beam, and  Speed Booster.'),
('179606',' The Old Tourian ruins at the beginning of the game is the same place  you fought Mother Brain in the original Metroid.'),
('179607',' Japans first modern celluloid superhero.'),
('179608',' Sabine Braun, the maker of this movie, said that she planned to make  a documentary on a girl that successfully recovered from her drug  addiction. An earlier version of this documentary was aired in 1992,  and another one in January 2002 when things looked like they would  work out well for Tanja, the drug addicted girl in the movie.  However, Tanja dies in October 2003 and Sabine Braun continued her  documentary. The final version ends with Tanjas death.'),
('179609',' Constantin J. David (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('179610',' First German movie to feature a nude scene.'),
('179611',' Hildegard Knef (qv)s nude scene drew the criticism of the Roman  Catholic Church. She commented on it by saying: "I cant understand  all that tumult '),
('179612',' five years after Auschwitz!".'),
('179613',' The story is inspired by the life of starlet and porn actress  Sibylle Rauch (qv).'),
('179614',' The names of Marina Doge (qv) and Luigi Erminio DOlivo (qv) are  sometimes associated with this film but neither of them appear in  the movie. Their role was perhaps cut from the final release print.'),
('179615',' Loris Gizzi (qv) played the same character (Meregalli) in the 1933  version of the film (see Tamerò sempre (1933) (qv))'),
('179616',' The ship in the final sequence is referred to as the Higgins.  Higgins is the name of the films screenwriter.'),
('179617',' Reed Hadley (qv) is often mistaken for the narrator of this film,  but the actual narrator is sound'),
('179618','alike Gayne Whitman (qv).'),
('179619',' "T.A.M.I" stands for "Teenage Awards Music International". The idea  of the film was to combine top American and British Invasion groups  in one show.'),
('179620',' A condensed version of this film and  _Big T.N.T. Show, The (1966)_ (qv) was released on tape in 1984 as  "Born to Rock" and hosted by Chuck Berry (qv).'),
('179621',' A pilot for a horror TV series which was never made.'),
('179622',' Original runtime was 125 minutes, but is edited to 98 minutes.'),
('179623',' Actors did it for fun, not for money. They didnt get paid for the  movie.'),
('179624',' Featured the first appearance of Spinal Tap.'),
('179625',' Presented at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios  Florida as a mixture of live action and film, with performers who  closely resemble the films stars performing on stage in synch with  the movie footage.'),
('179626',' The theaters that show the film are equipped with numerous secret  panels, hydraulic lifts, and sliding walls, all which have to work  in sync with the film. In addition, the theaters are a soundproof  environment.'),
('179627',' The stage where the attraction is held is called "Miles Bennett  Dyson Memorial Auditorium", as indicated by a sign in an entrance  room.'),
('179628',' The queue has dozens of TV sets (like most rides at Universal  Studios) showing innovations, products and special segments such as  the Cyberdyne Radio Station (also known as CDYN). CDYN plays two  songs from the movie, "Bad to the Bone" and "Guitars, Cadillacs", as  well as a "live" video (via Satillite) of some Mexicans playing La  Bamba.'),
('179629',' The entrance to the theater in the "Hollywood" themed section of the  park was rebuilt from the ground up along with the custom built  theater. The entire building where the Terminator show takes place  in Orlando was originally a facade to look like the front of  Hollywood building until 1995 when the attraction was built.'),
('179630',' This documentary is featured on the Ultimate Edition DVD of  _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv), released in 2000.'),
('179631',' Lucas, George (qv) claims that the scene where technicians mess  with THXs nervous system, sending him into comical spasms, was  drawn from his antipathy towards the doctors who treated him after  his near'),
('179632','fatal car crash as a youth.'),
('179633',' The underground chase near the end was shot in a not'),
('179634','yet'),
('179635','completed  segment of the BART subway system in San Francisco.'),
('179636',' The music playing during the end credits is the first movement from  J.S. Bachs St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244.'),
('179637',' Shortly after THX'),
('179638','1138 steals a police car, and shortly before his  fellow escapee crashes the one he tries to steal, you can hear  someone on the radio say, "I think I ran over a wookie back there on  the expressway."'),
('179639',' A scene in which THX 1138 falls into a garbage compactor and fends  off a mutated rodent was cut because the monster did not look  realistic. This situation was later reused in  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('179640',' The opening credits scroll down instead of up.'),
('179641',' George Lucas (qv) has worked the title of this film, or parts of  it, in some of his other films. In _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv),  the license plate of one car is "THX 138". In  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv), a reference is made to "prison cell 1138".  The cinema stereo sound system he co'),
('179642','developed is called "THX".'),
('179643',' This film was made as a result of George Lucas student film short  project at USC, entitled "THX'),
('179644','1138:4EB". Having won significant  praise and attention for what was, at the time, an unconventional  short, Lucas was given the opportunity to direct a feature'),
('179645','length  version starring Robert Duvall, produced by his mentor Francis Ford  Coppola under his newly formed production company American Zoetrope.  Zoetrope was a financial failure, as was "THX'),
('179646','1138", but the  attention was enough to win Lucas the opportunity to make "American  Graffiti", the success of which paved the way for the opportunity to  make "Star Wars".'),
('179647',' Director George Lucas (qv) insisted on casting the stage actor  James Wheaton (qv) over Orson Welles (qv) to play the voice of  "OMM" in the film.'),
('179648',' In the computer room near the end of the film, the lights on one  computer can be seen flashing the word "TILT".'),
('179649',' This was the first film for Francis Ford Coppola (qv)s American  Zoetrope.'),
('179650',' Officials at Warner Brothers did not like the finished film. They  cut the film and reduced the marketing budget.'),
('179651',' _Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)_ (qv) features a car chase where the  license plate is given as THX 375. The cinematographer on this film  was Douglas Slocombe who would go on to work with Steven  Spielberg, a long time friend of George Lucas (qv).'),
('179652',' George Lucas (qv) apparently named the film after his San  Francisco telephone number, 849 1138 '),
('179653',' the letters THX correspond to  letters found on the buttons 8, 4 and 9.'),
('179654',' Although uncredited, the "elevator music" played in the "shopping  mall" scene in THX'),
('179655','1138 was not composed by Lalo Schifrin (qv). It  was composed by Franz Waxman (qv) for the film  _Miracle in the Rain (1956)_ (qv) for the scene when  Jane Wyman (qv) first arrives to work at her New York City office.'),
('179656',' To provide the large number of extras required, George Lucas (qv)  contacted the Synanon drug rehabilitation facility. He found many  recovering drug users who were required to be shaved bald for the  drug program anyway.'),
('179657',' To provide the voices of the unseen overseers and announcers,  George Lucas (qv) contacted San Francisco'),
('179658','based theater group The  Corporation. He gave them brief character outlines, and allowed the  actors to improvise all the "overheard" dialogue in the movie.'),
('179659',' Co'),
('179660','writer Walter Murch (qv) has said in interviews that  George Lucas (qv) never explained the origins of the character  names THX and LUH to him, but he believes that they are deliberate  homonyms for sex and love '),
('179661',' the two factors that set them apart from  society.'),
('179662',' Publicity photos and some foreign posters and video covers feature a  shot from a scene not included in the final film: The police robots  approaching the dead body of the OHM priest (who SEN killed earlier)  and checking for a pulse.'),
('179663',' For the final sequence in which THX'),
('179664','1138 is climbing up to the  surface, it is a simple perspective trick. It is not a ladder, but  re'),
('179665','bar embedded in concrete. The actors are actually crawling along  a horizontal surface. By tilting the camera to appropriate angles,  it appears that the characters are climbing upward.'),
('179666',' The cat'),
('179667','and'),
('179668','mouse chase scene between THX and the robot cops was  apparently shot in a telephone exchange; the endless rows of  electronic equipment are actually telephone switches. (source:  "Crossbar" mailing list)'),
('179669',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 6 seconds'),
('179670',' George Lucas (qv)s original plan for THX was to shoot the film in  Japan, but Francis Ford Coppola (qv) did not give Lucas enough  money in the films budget to take the entire production to Japan.  The film was shot in San Fransisco and Los Angeles.'),
('179671',' For the final shot it is Matthew Robbins (I) (qv) wearing a bald  cap and not Robert Duvall (I) (qv) playing THX'),
('179672','1138 as he escapes  to the outside.'),
('179673',' The image in the confessional booths that resembles Jesus is  actually a self portrait of Northern Renaissance artist  Albrecht Durer (qv), painted in 1500.'),
('179674',' Some of SENs dialogue is taken from speeches by  Richard Nixon (qv).'),
('179675',' David Ogden Stiers (qv) film debut.'),
('179676',' This was the last concert of the "Fan Mail" Tour. It was the night  before the Super Bowl in TLCs home town Atlanta , GA. This show is  the last time TLC performed all of their top hits together as a full  show. It has become a cherished collectors item in the TLC Fan  community as it has yet to be released on DVD or Video it is very  hard to find. The night of the show Atlanta was hit with a giant ice  storm and the show was almost canceled. The band insisted on doing  the show and there was not an empty seat in the Philips Arena. The  show remains the best single example of TLCs complete body of  multi'),
('179677','platinum hits.'),
('179678',' This was Mako (I) (qv)s last film.'),
('179679',' Oscar'),
('179680','nominated actor Mako (I) (qv) was announced as the voice of  Splinter at San Diego Comic Con the day before he died. Fortunately,  he had finished the majority of his acting.'),
('179681',' All the Generals names are loosely translated from Spanish: Aquila  ("Aguila", means "Eagle"), Gato (means "Cat"), Serpentie  ("Serpiente", means "Serpent") and Mono (means "Monkey").'),
('179682',' The film was dedicated to the memory of Mako (I) (qv). Mako played  Master Splinter in the film.'),
('179683',' Towards the end of the film, several items are shown that reference  the live action movies. These include: Shredders helmet and staff,  A Foot Ninja Mask, the canister of ooze that mutated the turtles and  Splinter (labeled TCRI instead of TGRI, though a crack is  strategically placed to work either way), the Time Scepter, Walkers  hat, and pieces of the battle suits of armor worn by the Turtles in  the third film.'),
('179684',' During the first Nightwatcher scene, when the criminals are fleeing,  one of the signs on the shops in the background spells out "monro"  in hiragana, a Japanese writing system, which is most likely related  to the writer and director Munroe.'),
('179685',' Specific dialog makes references to the previous live'),
('179686','action films.  In the battle with the Foot Clan he also says, "Two minutes for high  sticking!" which was one of his lines from his introduction in the  same film. The very last line of the film, spoken by Raphael is,  "Man, I love being a turtle!" which has been spoken in each of the  previous films.'),
('179687',' Despite the film taking place in New York City, only one real life  New York landmark was shown, the Brooklyn Bridge. Most of the  cityscape in the film is fictional.'),
('179688',' Splinters appearance is generally consistent with the previous  movies (in which he is depicted as having brown fur), although in  this movie, he wears a proper karate gi, as opposed to dirty rags  from the previous movies. His right ear is also no longer cut as it  was in previous movies. Kevin Munroe jokingly responded that  Splinter had an otoplasty.'),
('179689',' Jim Cummings (I) (qv) is the only Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  actor to make it into this movie since his first TMNT appearance in  the 1987 version of the classic TMNT cartoon series, which he played  Leatherhead, Genghis Frog, and the 1991 alternate of Shredder.'),
('179690',' One of the arcades at the Turtles lair features the character Zeus  from Imagis animated TV series, _"Zentrix" (2001)_ (qv).'),
('179691',' During Raphaels finishing lines, the phrase "we strike hard and  fade away into the night" was used. That was also the ending line in  the first TMNT comic.'),
('179692',' As revealed on the directors commentary on the DVD one of the early  drafts of the script had Raphael briefly dying and Donatello using  Winters technology to bring him back to life. This idea was turned  down by Peter Laird however who disliked the idea of having one of  the turtles dying.'),
('179693',' The films lead track "Shell Shock" by Gym Class Heroes originated  as a freestyle rap performed at a concert they performed at.'),
('179694',' Peter OToole (I) (qv) had been signed to play the role of  Dillinger/Sark, but lost interest and dropped out once he visited  the set and did not see any physical scenery or tank props as  described in the films script.'),
('179695',' Deborah Harry (I) (qv) was among the actresses who were screen  tested for the role of Lora/Yori.'),
('179696',' All the live action that occurred inside the computer was filmed in  black and white, and colorized later with photographic and  rotoscopic techniques.'),
('179697',' The original plan was to have the circuit lines of the "good"  programs glow yellow, and the "bad" programs would have blue circuit  lines. At one point this was changed to where good programs are  blue, and evil ones are red. Some of the original coloring remains,  mostly in tank programs (Clu has yellow lines on his uniform, and  all of Sarks tank commanders are pale green).But Flynn takes on  this greenish tint after he crashes the reconizer and gets knocked  out, shortly after he gets up he returns to the normal blue.'),
('179698',' During the ENCOM exterior shooting (where the giant door was), there  had been radioactive spillage near the shoot. Cindy Morgan (qv)  even stepped in a contaminated area and had to have her shoes  decontaminated.'),
('179699',' Jeff Bridges (qv) produced too much of a bulge in the crotch area  in his computer outfit, so he was forced to wear a dance belt to  conceal it.'),
('179700',' Due to a mistake in production and emulsion ordering, there were  flashing glitches randomly throughout parts of the film. They were  "hidden" by simply including sound effects, so the glitches became  part of the computer worlds natural world!'),
('179701',' The poster in Alans cubicle reads, "Gort Klaatu Barada Nikto" (a  reference to the sci'),
('179702','fi classic  _Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)_ (qv)).'),
('179703',' In the "solar sailer" sequence, youll see, for a brief moment, the  silhouette of Mickey Mouse on the ground made to look like part of  the terrain.'),
('179704',' Flynns program is named "Clu". CLU is an old programming language.'),
('179705',' After Flynn escapes from the light cycles arena, it is possible to  hear a "Pac'),
('179706','Man" video game and see a graphic on the map behind Sark  in the next scene showing Sark on his command carrier "bridge".'),
('179707',' The movie was passed over for an Academy Award nomination for Best  Visual Effects because the Academy felt TRON "cheated" by using a  computer. (Seven years later, _Abyss, The (1989)_ (qv) would win for  its computer visual effects.)'),
('179708',' Many people have claimed over the years that the title/characters  name is a reference to a computer command. Steven Lisberger (qv),  however, has made it clear in interview after interview that he got  the name from "Electronic", and didnt even know about the commands  until some time later. Interestingly enough, the BASIC command Tron  serves a similar function to the Tron Program in the movie.'),
('179709',' Although the film was an initial failure, the arcade videogame based  on it proved to be a tremendous hit and actually out'),
('179710','grossed the  film.'),
('179711',' At the time, computers could generate static images, but could not  automatically put them into motion. Thus, the coordinates for each  image, such as a lightcycle, had to be entered for each individual  frame. It took 600 coordinates to get 4 seconds of film. Each of  these coordinates was entered into the computer by hand by the  filmmakers.'),
('179712',' The CGI computer screen shown when the orange is reassembled shows  the connection between Laura and her program Yori: The screen reads  Program: Orange, ROM YORI, KEY YORI.'),
('179713',' Composer Wendy Carlos (qv) score for the film was unavailable on  CD for many years due to the severe degradation of the original  analogue master tapes. By the time of the films 20th Anniversary,  techniques had been developed which allowed the tapes to be  temporarily restored to a playable condition for digital  re'),
('179714','mastering.'),
('179715',' The British rock group Supertramp was to contribute to the movies  soundtrack but was unable to due to previous obligations.'),
('179716',' The DVD commentary notes that there is almost no camera movement  whatsoever in any of the shots of the electronic world with  live'),
('179717','action characters in them. They brought in a camera and tripod  with metal batwings attached, and literally nailed the camera to the  floor; the camera was so locked off that "it wouldnt move even if  hit by a car". The few shots with live'),
('179718','action characters which  actually have camera movement (about a dozen shots in all) involve  simple graphics or animation, such as one'),
('179719','color backlighting.'),
('179720',' Many Disney animators refused to work on this movie because they  feared that computers would put them out of business. In fact, 22  years later Disney closed its hand'),
('179721','drawn animation studio in favor  of CGI animation.'),
('179722',' The ENCOM laser bay was real. It was actually the target bay for the  twenty'),
('179723','beam SHIVA solid'),
('179724','state laser facility at the Lawrence  Livermore National Laboratory. It was used for nuclear fusion  research in the late seventies and early eighties, and was capable  of delivering up to 28 trillion watts of power on target.'),
('179725',' A sequel called Tron 2.0 was in the works, but only the computer  game version was released.'),
('179726',' SPOILER: In the novelization, the final printout Flynn gets is very  different from the one shown in the movie; it is more detailed and  complicated, shown as a database'),
('179727','like list, and it shows evidence  that Dillinger stole several game programs, not just Space  Paranoids. The filmmakers may have originally had this list in the  film and decided to simplify it so the audience would have no  trouble knowing exactly what the printout says. The shots of the  printout '),
('179728',' and the readout on Dillingers desk computer '),
('179729',' are  inserts, and a wider shot of Dillinger sinking into his chair  looking at the screen clearly shows a readout identical to the one  in the novelization. (see also Goofs)'),
('179730',' While computer animation was used in several scenes, the technology  did not exist for a shot to contain both live actors and computer  animation. Live'),
('179731','action shots were fantasized using hand'),
('179732','drawn  animation. Strong editing, such as with the light cycle chase,  created an apparently seamless blend of actors and computer  animation.'),
('179733',' This game was for the Intellivision gaming system with Intellivoice.'),
('179734',' This game was created for use with the Matel Intellevision, Matel  Intellevision II, or Sears Tele'),
('179735','Games Super Video Arcade Console. It  required the addition of the Matel Intellivoice add'),
('179736','on module.'),
('179737',' _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) was listed as #1. Other honorees included  _"Bonanza" (1959)_ (qv), _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv),  _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv), and  _"Roseanne" (1988)_ (qv).'),
('179738',' Official Selection 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Documentary  Competition'),
('179739',' Dallas area band Grandma Dynamite recorded a cover of Humble Pies  "99 Pounds" for the film, but the song was never used.'),
('179740',' In this movie, Sigourney Weaver plays a television network  president. Weavers father, Sylvester ("Pat") Weaver, was for many  years president of NBC; the writer and director of TV Set, The  (2006), Jake Kasdan, was a producer and writer on "Freaks and Geeks"  (1999), which aired on NBC (albeit many years after Pat Weavers  retirement).'),
('179741',' Sigourney Weavers character was written as a man. It wasnt until  late in pre'),
('179742','production that it was decided that the role of could  actually be a woman instead.'),
('179743',' Available at the Danish Public Libraries (De Danske  Folkebiblioteker).'),
('179744',' SPOILER: Results:  '),
('179745',' 50. Alan Titchmarsh (qv)  '),
('179746',' 49. Rory Bremner (qv)  '),
('179747',' 48. William Roache (qv)  '),
('179748',' 47. Steve Coogan (qv)  '),
('179749',' 46. Kenny Everett (qv)  '),
('179750',' 45. Anne Robinson (I) (qv)  '),
('179751',' 44. Richard Madeley (qv) and Judy Finnigan (qv)  '),
('179752',' 43. Sarah Lancashire (qv)  '),
('179753',' 42. Alan Whicker (qv)  '),
('179754',' 41. Leonard Rossiter  (qv)  '),
('179755',' 40. Desmond Lynam (qv)  '),
('179756',' 39. Peter Cook (I) (qv)  '),
('179757',' 38. Chris Tarrant (qv)  '),
('179758',' 37. Caroline Quentin (qv)  '),
('179759',' 36. Cilla Black (qv)  '),
('179760',' 35. Robson Green (qv)  '),
('179761',' 34. Jamie Oliver (II) (qv)  '),
('179762',' 33. Martin Clunes (qv)  '),
('179763',' 32. Trevor McDonald (I) (qv)  '),
('179764',' 31. Les Dawson (qv)  '),
('179765',' 30. Ricky Gervais (qv)  '),
('179766',' 29. Helen Mirren (qv)  '),
('179767',' 28. Simon Cowell (qv)  '),
('179768',' 27. Joanna Lumley (qv)  '),
('179769',' 26. Noel Edmonds (qv)  '),
('179770',' 25. Rolf Harris (I) (qv)  '),
('179771',' 24. Bob Monkhouse (qv)  '),
('179772',' 23. David Frost (I) (qv)  '),
('179773',' 22. Tony Hancock (qv)  '),
('179774',' 21. Terry Wogan (qv)  '),
('179775',' 20. Michael Parkinson (II) (qv)  '),
('179776',' 19. Jeremy Clarkson (qv)  '),
('179777',' 18. Lenny Henry (qv)  '),
('179778',' 17. Benny Hill (qv)  '),
('179779',' 16. Billy Connolly (qv)  '),
('179780',' 15. Tommy Cooper (I) (qv)  '),
('179781',' 14. Michael Palin (qv)  '),
('179782',' 13. Dawn French (qv) and Jennifer Saunders (qv)  '),
('179783',' 12. Peter Kay (I) (qv)  '),
('179784',' 11. Robbie Coltrane (qv)  '),
('179785',' 10. Victoria Wood (I) (qv)  '),
('179786',' 9. Stephen Fry (I) (qv)  '),
('179787',' 8. David Attenborough (qv)  '),
('179788',' 7. Ant McPartlin (qv) and Declan Donnelly (qv)  '),
('179789',' 6. Ronnie Barker (qv) and Ronnie Corbett (qv)  '),
('179790',' 5. Bruce Forsyth (qv)  '),
('179791',' 4. Julie Walters (qv)  '),
('179792',' 3. John Thaw (qv)  '),
('179793',' 2. Eric Morecambe (qv) and Ernie Wise (qv)  '),
('179794',' 1. David Jason (qv)'),
('179795',' TVTV was a guerrilla television group headed by  Michael Shamberg (I) (qv). It stood for "Top Value Television".'),
('179796',' This animated music promo video produced for the pop music duo  TWO'),
('179797','MIX was initially conceived of as an extra for the bands 1997  album "TWO'),
('179798','MIX BPM Best Files," and was provided on a bonus CD'),
('179799','ROM  in Quicktime format for its first release.'),
('179800',' DoP Cameo: [Binod Pradhan] one of the 3 wise men (the one sitting in  the wheelchair) outside the house in Jackson Heights.'),
('179801',' The crew had to lock up Times Square for the shoot of the song Hey  Shona. The brief was that the 2 actors were supposed to be alone in  every location in New York for the love song. The crew got there at  2AM to prepare for the shot, and timed everything so that the  location could be locked up & the first shot could be canned as soon  as the light was right.'),
('179802',' Best film by the survey of Croatian film critics. Croatian'),
('179803','based  monthly film magazine "Hollywood" in its January edition published a  survey of 26 most eminent Croatian film critics who have chosen "A  Wonderful Night in Split" as the best Croatian film in the past 5  years (2000'),
('179804','2004).'),
('179805',' The entire film is shot at authentic locations in the medieval  Ghetto of the Croatian city of Split, including all interiors. This  Ghetto is on UNESCOs List of World Heritage as a cultural monument  of the highest category'),
('179806',' Half of all the first'),
('179807','time actors are non'),
('179808','professionals: Stuttering  Joe (who does not stutter in real life), Singer (Croatian pop star  in real life), Antisha, Sailors and the Boy, to name a few'),
('179809',' No digital effects were used; all the special effects (including  fireworks or flight above the city) were done in real, on location.'),
('179810',' Based on a Dogon legend.'),
('179811',' This was the first Hindi motion picture to appear in the Top 20 Box  Office Charts in the USA.'),
('179812',' This was the second out of a trilogy of films that  Subhash Ghai (qv) made which focusing on the Indian NRI abroad,  the other two being _Pardes (1997)_ (qv) and _Yaadein (2001)_ (qv).'),
('179813',' Govinda (qv) was the first choice for the role of Vikrant Kapoor.'),
('179814',' A documentary in the Bray Nature Series.'),
('179815',' Reels 1 and 3 of this film survive in nitrate in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, the rest of the film may have deteriorated.'),
('179816',' Look for Costner, Kevin (qv) as a fellow shipboard guest.'),
('179817',' Film was shot entirely on location in eight hours that took place  over the course of a year.'),
('179818',' The film had to wrap day 1 of shooting when an angry group of senior  citizens forced them out of the location restaurant at 6 am.'),
('179819',' The part of Cunnigham Jones was originally written for Crispin  Glover, and when Glover was not secured, director Tim Anderson had  to play the role.'),
('179820',' Premiered at the New York International Independent Film and Video  Festival.'),
('179821',' The film was rejected by the Fargo Film Festival in favor of  regional bias.'),
('179822',' Visa de contrôle en France # 65478.'),
('179823',' This movie is a documentary, also illustrated by some fictional  parts, adapted from an Iraj Mirzas poem and starring Coralie Revel  and Stéphane Benrezzak.'),
('179824',' The film was passed uncut by Swedish censors, leaving one particular  scene of sado'),
('179825','masochistic homosexual behavior intact. Sjoman is on  record as saying that the censors didnt cut it because they didnt  want to bring attention to it.'),
('179826',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1994.'),
('179827',' The film was censored upon release to remove nudity involving  natives on the island.'),
('179828',' Producer/Director/Co'),
('179829','writer F.W. Murnau (qv) died in a car  accident a few days after starting work on the music for this film.  The film had its New York premiere a week later.'),
('179830',' Originally conceived as a co'),
('179831','venture with documentarian  Robert J. Flaherty (qv). As work on the project progressed, it  became increasingly clear to Flaherty that F.W. Murnau (qv) did  not adapt well to co'),
('179832','directing and that he was being squeezed off  the film. A factor helping Murnau in this was that he was one of the  chief financiers.'),
('179833',' The pink Chanel dress that Rebecca (Victoria Abril) wears in a part  of this film is the same one worn by La Agrado (Antonia San Juan) in  "Todo Sobre Mi Madre".'),
('179834',' The truck used to carry the missiles (when Rutger climbs in) is a  Romanian made military truck (DAC).'),
('179835',' The café where the three ladies meet and Diane introduces Oscar to  her friends was also the location where director  Gary Winick (I) (qv) arranged a meeting with  Sigourney Weaver (qv) before production, to play the part of Eve.  After Weaver spoke to the restaurant owner, they agreed to let them  use it in the film.'),
('179836',' During various unused takes, local residents Jerry Seinfeld (qv),  Joel Coen (qv), and Frances McDormand (qv) happened to wander  through the frame.'),
('179837',' Dianes apartment is actually Gary Winick (I) (qv)s mothers  apartment.'),
('179838',' The name "Tadpole" came from the game Pictionary. The whole film was  shot in about two weeks.'),
('179839',' The film was criticized at the Sundance Festival for its poor  technical quality. It was shot on video and suffered from blown out  backgrounds, inconsistent color, poor night shots, etc.'),
('179840',' The film was shot in 14 days. Sigourney Weaver worked for 10 of  those days.'),
('179841',' To recreate the battle at Doo'),
('179842','Mil'),
('179843','Ryung, the scene required 15,000  bullets, 3,000 extras and 500 stunt experts. Instead of rifles being  fired, fist fights were the main focus of the scene and all the cast  were trained especially. The long shooting of 3 weeks of 50  accidents a day on average, but the scene was wrapped without a  major accident.'),
('179844',' This film was the biggest success in Korean film history. It  attracted over 10 million people to the theater, which is over 20%  of the South Korean population.'),
('179845',' One of four Korean movies screened at the 2006 International Fajr  Film Festival in Iran.'),
('179846',' Filmed over three weekends, for a total of 6 shooting days.'),
('179847',' The script was inspired by the shooting deaths of two of the  writer/directors friends in high school.'),
('179848',' Michael Fonseca (qv) was finishing chef school during shooting and  flew himself to LA at his own expense to shoot his part.'),
('179849',' Dayn Esquivel (qv) had to switch from behind camera to in front of  it to play the part of Manuel.'),
('179850',' Marinas last name of Hipwell was named after Taryn Hipwell (qv),  who did production design, makeup, costumes etc.'),
('179851',' Production was moved up so that the films DP, Jeff Woods, would be  in LA for the shoot before he moved to New York.'),
('179852',' Film takes place on June 21st, Justin Smith Shelton (qv)s  birthday.'),
('179853',' Justin Smith Shelton (qv)s brother Sean Smith and sister Meaghan  Hughes can be seen in the hospital scene as a surgeon and nurse.'),
('179854',' Filmed over three weekends, for a total of 6 shooting days.'),
('179855',' The script was inspired by the shooting deaths of two of the  writer/directors friends in high school.'),
('179856',' Michael Fonseca (qv) was finishing chef school during shooting and  flew himself to LA at his own expense to shoot his part.'),
('179857',' Dayn Esquivel (qv) had to switch from behind camera to in front of  it to play the part of Manuel.'),
('179858',' Marinas last name of Hipwell was named after Taryn Hipwell (qv),  who did production design, makeup, costumes etc.'),
('179859',' Production was moved up so that the films DP,  Jeff Woods (IX) (qv), would be in LA for the shoot before he moved  to New York.'),
('179860',' Film takes place on June 21st, Justin Smith Shelton (qv)s  birthday.'),
('179861',' Justin Smith Shelton (qv)s brother Sean Smith and sister Meaghan  Hughes can be seen in the hospital scene as a surgeon and nurse.'),
('179862',' Most of Mike Fonseca (qv)s performance was ad libbed using his  skills as a comedian.'),
('179863',' Forest Whitaker (qv)s movie debut.'),
('179864',' Alona Alegre (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('179865',' The producers wanted an Italian version of the picture, but as  "looping" had not been invented, an entire Italian cast was hired.  As soon as a scene was finished in German, the cast was replaced by  the Italian cast, in identical wardrobe, and the whole scene was  recreated in Italian.'),
('179866',' Maricel Soriano (qv) was initially offered to play the lead role.  He turned down the movie because the role was too bold and daring.'),
('179867',' Parts of this film were shown earlier as commercials for Sampo bank.'),
('179868',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Jungle Flirtation, A (1913)_ (qv).'),
('179869',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('179870',' Chen Wo'),
('179871','fu (qv) killed himself before the premiere. This was his  first (and last) starring role.'),
('179872',' The original cast included Tony Leung Chiu Wai, but finally Wen  Jiang decided to replace Tony Leung with himself.'),
('179873',' The song sung at the funeral is to the tune of My Darling Clementine  !'),
('179874',' The four episode straight to video series also serve as the first  four episodes of the television series, which begins with episode  five.'),
('179875',' Meredith, Burgess (qv), who plays the attorney Joseph Welch who  finally stood up to Senator McCarthy, was himself named an  unfriendly witness by the House Un'),
('179876','American Activities Committee,  which nearly ruined his acting career.'),
('179877',' Audrey Scott (qv) doubled for both Alice Faye (qv) and  Constance Bennett (I) (qv) for their respective plane crash  scenes, and was injured on both occasions.'),
('179878',' Curtis, Jamie Lee (qv) previously played a wife that didnt know  her husband was involved in espionage in _True Lies (1994)_ (qv).'),
('179879',' In the first scene with Geoffrey Rush, a picture of Sean Connery  golfing can be seen. Rushs character, Harry Pendel then goes on to  say that the suit he is tailoring is much like one that Sean Connery  used to wear. This seems to be a reference to Connery in his Bond  days, since he got much of his love of golf from the set of  Goldfinger and since MI6 is featured in Brosnans first scene.'),
('179880',' The part of Sarah Pendel is played by Boorman, Lola (qv), director  John Boormans daughter.'),
('179881',' Gleeson, Brendan (qv), who plays Mickie Abraxas, is actually  Irish. He dyed his naturally red hair black and wore brown contact  lenses to complete his transformation into a Panamanian.'),
('179882',' In _True Lies (1994)_ (qv) Jamie Lee Curtis was married to a spy and  her husband is called Harry.'),
('179883',' This is the only film based on a John Le Carré (qv) novel on which  Le Carré actually worked on the screenplay.'),
('179884',' SPOILER: The character of Andy Osnard was originally meant to be  killed by Harry Pendel at the end of the film. Ultimately, however,  director John Boorman thought that such an action would cast a pall  on the character of Harry, and that it would be far more realistic  for Osnard to get away with it.'),
('179885',' The word "fuck" is used 28 times in the film'),
('179886',' Daniel Radcliffe (qv)s feature film debut.'),
('179887',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Blue Domino Disguise, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('179888',' The first of two Universal Pictures serials and four Monogram  Pictures feature films based on Hal Forrest (qv)s syndicated  comic strip.'),
('179889',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('179890',' 1. Death Flies the Mail  '),
('179891',' 2. The Mail Goes Through  '),
('179892',' 3. Sky Bandits  '),
('179893',' 4. The Copper Room  '),
('179894',' 5. The Night Flight  '),
('179895',' 6. The Baited Trap  '),
('179896',' 7. Tommt to the Rescue  '),
('179897',' 8. The Thrill of Death  '),
('179898',' 9. The Earth Gods Roar  '),
('179899',' 10.Death at the Controls  '),
('179900',' 11.Rushing Waters  '),
('179901',' 12.Littlevilles Big Day'),
('179902',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('179903',' 1. Wreck of the Derigible  '),
('179904',' 2. Roaring Fire God  '),
('179905',' 3. Hurled From the Skies  '),
('179906',' 4. Bolt From the Blue  '),
('179907',' 5. The Torrent  '),
('179908',' 6. Crash in the Clouds  '),
('179909',' 7. Flying Death  '),
('179910',' 8. Crossed and Double'),
('179911','Crossed  '),
('179912',' 9. Wings of Disaster  '),
('179913',' 10.Doomed in a Dungeon  '),
('179914',' 11.Desperate Chances  '),
('179915',' 12.The Last Stand'),
('179916',' The "Yucayeque" scene was shot in Comerio, the directors hometown.'),
('179917',' This was the first movie to be exhibited digitally in movie theaters  in Puerto Rico. It was also the first feature film completely shot  in HD on the island, and of the motion pictures that have been  produced there, the one with the shortest post'),
('179918','production period.'),
('179919',' The original script was written for a college project that was never  shot.'),
('179920',' Farley, Sean (qv)s character says "Wake up, time to die." This  line was made famous by James, Brion (qv) in  _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv), and in _Crimewave (1985/I)_ (qv), James  throws Farley out of an elevator.'),
('179921',' There is a character called Adia, inspired by the  Sarah McLachlan (qv) song of the same name.'),
('179922',' All copies of this film were thought to be lost since the  Adams'),
('179923','Filmis warehouse fire in 1959, but in November 2006  researchers at the Finnish Film Archive found a film reel, which  contained the beginning and end of the movie.'),
('179924',' The script was based on a puppet'),
('179925','theater drama written by  scriptwriter Kazuo Fuzakawa, itself based on an ancient legend of  the Ainu, the aboriginal people living in Northern Japan. The  Scandinavian/Viking/Eastern Europe setting was an idea of the  producers, worried that a movie too identified with a local culture  wouldnt have had enough international appeal'),
('179926',' This was the first movie where now legendary Hayao Miyazaki and Isao  Takahata (later founder of Ghibli Studios) worked together. At the  time, Miyazaki was simply a in'),
('179927','between animator at Toei Doga, but  his talent bought him to the attention of Setsuyo Matoba, who was  the production supervisor. In order to find a role for Miyazaki, a  "chief animator and concept artist" role was specially invented.'),
('179928',' The production was ridden with problems, mainly due to the difficult  union relationships between the artists and the company Toei Doga.  The movie was released far beyond schedule, and kept in the theaters  only for 10 days. Because of this, it bombed, and Takahata never  directed for Toei again. However, the movie became immediately an  underground hit among students and young anime artists, and is now  widely considered the first modern anime.'),
('179929',' At one point when Kenji Sawada (qv) is fending off the nuclear  plant workers, the sound effects are taken from the video game  _Space Invaders (1978) (VG)_ (qv) which was enjoying massive success  in Japan at the time of the movies release. The movie begins and  ends with exactly the same sound: a ticking clock, and then an  explosion.'),
('179930',' The song Makoto is humming while preparing to open up the plutonium  capsule is the theme song for  Tetsuwan Atom: Uchû no yûsha (1964) (qv).'),
('179931',' Rekha (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Queen Noor Jehan.'),
('179932',' To create the marble sets, the art directors mixed thermacol with  fevicol and other ingredients to make a substance looking like  marble.'),
('179933',' For the sequences where Shah Jahan kept looking at the Taj Mahal  from his chamber, a miniature model of the Taj was created to get  the right perspective for the actor and the cameramen. The difficult  part was calculating the distance between the Agra fort and the Taj,  as that would determine the Tajs size as seen by Shah Jahan. There  was an idea to use the original Taj Mahal, but the idea was scrapped  due to the difficulty of finding locations. Besides, in the film the  Taj is newly built and shining white, whereas currently the Taj, due  to age and acid rain, has a distinct yellowish hue.'),
('179934',' This was music director Naushad Ali (qv)?s first compositions in ten  years.'),
('179935',' This film was the last work for Pavel Luspekaev.'),
('179936',' Second of six episodes in the Gay Girls 2'),
('179937','reel comedy series.'),
('179938',' The shopfront at which some scenes were filmed is actually a real  shopping strip of about five shops in Alphington, Melbourne. However  on the opposite side of the road is a railway line and train station  so a Burgies could not actually be built.'),
('179939',' This was Disneys first "PG" rated film, five years before they  launched Touchstone Pictures to expand into the "adult" market. The  companys name never appeared on this title though: the only  reference to the Disney name was that it was released thru Disneys  Buena Vista Distribution company.'),
('179940',' All of Jim Nabors (qv) dialog was dubbed over by another actors  voice.'),
('179941',' The film was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Henry  and Phoebe Ephron, who were inspired by their real'),
('179942','life  correspondence with their college'),
('179943','age daughter, the eventual  novelist, screenwriter and film director Nora Ephron.'),
('179944',' James Brolin (qv)s movie debut.'),
('179945',' The only footage that remains of this film is a reel of outtakes and  cut scenes. These bits are available on home video.'),
('179946',' During the quiz show portions of the film, film clips from a number  of earlier Fox and Twentieth Century'),
('179947','Fox productions are projected;  the titles and players are listed above.'),
('179948',' After winning the race at the Indy Mile on the TZ750 powered flat  tracker Kenny Roberts said "They dont pay me enough to ride that  thing" The AMA promptly banned the machine from dirt track  competition.'),
('179949',' The song "OBrien to Ryan to Goldberg" (referring to the  shortstop/second base/first base double'),
('179950','play) is modeled on a poem  titled "Tinker to Evers to Chance" by Franklin P. Adams (qv),  referring to the Chicago Cubs infield of 1903'),
('179951','1910.'),
('179952',' The idea for the movie was conceived by Gene Kelly (I) (qv), who  wanted to pay tribute to the early days of baseball.'),
('179953',' Frank Sinatra (qv)s career was struggling at the time and this  was made during a period when the only time he did well at the box  office was when paired with Gene Kelly (I) (qv).'),
('179954',' According to Esther Williams (I) (qv) in her memoirs,  Judy Garland (I) (qv) was the original choice for K.C. Higgins but  was replaced after shed become undependable owing to her developing  drug habit. June Allyson (qv) was also considered but had become  pregnant and opted not to work during her pregnancy.'),
('179955',' Kathryn Grayson (qv) was considered for the role of K.C. Higgins.'),
('179956',' Director Busby Berkeley (qv) came up with an imaginative swimming  number for Esther Williams (I) (qv) and Gene Kelly (I) (qv) but  Kelly didnt want it in the movie. So instead they did "The Baby  Doll" number. Eventually the "Baby Doll" number was taken out of the  final film.'),
('179957',' To help Cole Braxton (qv) act depressed, the director had him put  a stone in his shoes to make him feel uncomfortable.'),
('179958',' An entire character was taken out of editing due to story structure  and time'),
('179959',' There are more than 50 movie references in this film.'),
('179960',' This short is featured on the Three'),
('179961','Disc Limited Edition DVD for  _Terminal, The (2004)_ (qv).'),
('179962',' David Allan Coe (qv), the writer of the country song "Take This  Job And Shove It" which inspired the movie appears as Mooney.'),
('179963',' 19th episode in the Mike and Ike 2'),
('179964','reel comedy series.'),
('179965',' A lengthy musical number, "New Deal Rhythm," of which only a short  segment now remains, was removed from the feature during the editing  process and released separately as a short subject.'),
('179966',' The theme song is mentioned in the opening credits but was never  heard anywhere in the movie itself.'),
('179967',' The final film of Ronald Howard.'),
('179968',' The A&E Biography episode on Frances Farmer (qv)  (_Frances Farmer: Paradise Lost (2001) (TV)_ (qv)) claims that she  was cast in this film, but did not show up for rehearsal and was  fired.'),
('179969',' Created for the DVD release of the first series of  _"Life on Mars" (2006)_ (qv).'),
('179970',' The youthful members of cast worked with the real Pierre Dulaine to  get their dance moves correct for the movie.'),
('179971',' Originally, Antonio Banderas (qv) turned down the part of Pierre  when he looked at the script and realized the whole film was about  ballroom dancing. The producers begged him for a few minutes for  them to explain the story. After hearing this, viewing a documentary  on and meeting the real Pierre, Banderas signed on.'),
('179972',' CAMEO The real Pierre Dulaine appears as one of the judges for the  25th Annual Grand Ballroom Competition.'),
('179973',' One hundred San Quentin prisoners were paid a small fee to work on  the film during the prison sequences. The regular cast and crew were  stamped each day with a special ink that glowed under ultra'),
('179974','violet  light so the guards could tell who was allowed to leave the prison  grounds at the end of the day.'),
('179975',' Woody Allen (qv)s decision to become his own director was  partially spurred on by the chaotic and uncontrolled filming of  _Casino Royale (1967)_ (qv), in which he had appeared two years  previously.'),
('179976',' Allens first cut was deemed to be decidedly unfunny, including his  death scene in a slow'),
('179977','mo hail of bullets, like Bonnie and Clyde.  Producers Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe convinced him to sit  with top editor Ralph Rosenblum to see what could be salvaged. The  first thing Rosenblum did was cut out the gory ending, then he  restructured the film completely, and generally tightened up Allens  loose narrative. This effort transformed the finished film into a  comedy classic. Rosenblum subsequently became Allens editor of  choice on most of his next films, including _Bananas (1971)_ (qv),  _Sleeper (1973)_ (qv), _Love and Death (1975)_ (qv) and  _Annie Hall (1977)_ (qv).'),
('179978',' The first widely released "mockumentary".'),
('179979',' The first time Woody Allen performed the triple duties of writing,  directing and acting in a film.'),
('179980',' Filmed for 10 weeks in the San Francisco area. Allen joked that it  was a better place to spend the summer than Cleveland but, in  reality, he knew that the city was compact enough to allow him and  his crew to complete 87 moves in 50 days. His film crew knew that  such a daunting schedule was more suited to the TV industry, where  working till 10 or 11 at night was commonplace. But Allen completed  the film without once working late, and several times he wrapped for  the day at 4 oclock.'),
('179981',' Micil Murphy returned to prison for a role in the film. He had  become an actor after being paroled from San Quentin in 1966 after  serving five and a half years for armed robbery.'),
('179982',' This was the first movie that Woody Allen (qv) directed. His  initial lack of either confidence or track record prompted him to  initially ask Jerry Lewis (I) (qv) to direct the movie, but Lewis  was busy with his own work.'),
('179983',' Allen initially filmed a downbeat ending in which he was shot to  death, courtesy of special effects from A.D. Flowers (qv). Allens  editor, Ralph Rosenblum (qv) (whose first work with Allen this  was), convinced him to go for a lighter ending.'),
('179984',' The film Virgil shows his gang ("Trout Fishing in Quebec") is listed  as being a Rollings and Joffe production, the real'),
('179985','life producers of  Woody Allen.'),
('179986',' Virgil Starkwells given birth date '),
('179987',' December 1, 1935 '),
('179988',' is, in  fact, Allens birth date.'),
('179989',' A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('179990',' Kevin Mitnick uses Martin Brice as one of his aliases, which is an  alias used by Robert Redford in _Sneakers (1992)_ (qv). Donal Logue  (Alex Lowe) played Dr. Gunter Janek in Sneakers.'),
('179991',' The real Tsutomu Shimomura has a small cameo in the movie as an  anonymous hacker. In the scene when Wong (Shimomura) holds the  conference to announce that his software has been stolen, Logue  (Lowe) heckles him about it. Sitting to his right, is the real  Tsutomu Shimomura.'),
('179992',' Editors of 2600 magazine (a hacker publication) learned of this film  early in its development and were at the time campaigning for Kevin  Mitnicks release from prison. They filmed the documentary "Freedom  Downtime" as they tried to correct many glaring errors and personal  attacks on Mitnicks character in the film, protesting outside  Miramax offices in New York among other things.'),
('179993',' Screened at The British Short Film Festival, England. Sydney  International Film Festival, Australia. Brisbane International Film  Festival, Australia. St Kilda Film Festival, Australia. Film  Festival of Loule, Portugal. MVPA Directors Cuts, Los Angeles.'),
('179994',' Filmed entirely on digital video.'),
('179995',' Kitano conceived the idea during the shooting of  _Sonatine (1993)_ (qv). Then called Fractals, the idea was to  depict how an ordinary persons dreams would create an imaginative  world, where the dream persons dreams would create another  imaginative world and so on, going back and forth between his  actions in reality and those in his imaginary worlds. The project  was, for many reasons, put off throughout the years, until Kitano  rewrote the storyline and made himself the protagonist.'),
('179996',' The movie was announced during Cannes 2005, with a huge black banner  with big red letters spelling Takeshis, and with smaller white  letters saying, "500% Kitano '),
('179997',' nothing to add." There was  frustration between fans and critics, since there were no synopsis,  no cast, no poster, and no trailer. Then in mid'),
('179998','July, a teaser began  running in theaters in Tokyo, Japan, and from September 1st on  Kitanos studio, Office Kitano, both showing Kitanos character tap  dancing on a railroad.'),
('179999',' The audience at the 2006 Venice Film Festival was very confused and  frustrated about the film. But Kitano had warned the audience ahead,  asking them not to attempt to analyze the film, but instead, just to  let go and feel the film, and in the press conference afterwards,  Kitano said that he wanted audiences to come out of this film not  knowing what to say or what to think.'),
('180000',' This film was based on a series of articles by Christi Daugherty, an  investigative journalist who exposed the real'),
('180001','life environmental  violations at the Shintech chemical plant in Convent, Louisiana,  which form the factual basis for the story. The articles were  published in New Orleans'),
('180002','based publication, Gambit Weekly, and  also taken up by various global news organizations, including the  New York Times.'),
('180003',' First Baseman Mark Grace and Pitcher Bert Blyleven, who make cameos  in the film actually played in the Major Leagues for the Chicago  Cubs and California, now Anaheim Angels.'),
('180004',' Joe Torre featured as one of the sports commentators in the film,  would become the manager of the New York Yankees, who have won four  World Championships under his reign.'),
('180005',' James Belushi (qv) is a real life die hard Chicago Cubs fan, whos  actually sung "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" on numerous occasions in  Wrigley Field in honor of late Cubs announcer, Harry Carey.'),
('180006',' The Chicago Cubs, the team playing in the World Series in the film  had been in the National League playoffs after filming began on this  film. They had lost to the San Francisco Giants in 6 games and they  have not been to the World Series to this day since 1945 and have  not won one since 1908.'),
('180007',' The car is a 1989 Lotus Esprit, a mid'),
('180008','engined British'),
('180009','built sports  car, with a 4 cylinder turbo.'),
('180010',' No. 10 of 15 in "The Perils of Our Girl Reporters" series.'),
('180011',' A percentage of the proceeds from the film will be donated to Wright  Flight Inc. and to the American Institue of Aeronautics and  Astronautics.'),
('180012',' Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has provided information on the members of  AIAA and his experiences for this film. He attended the AIAA Wright  Flyer Centennial Tour Kick'),
('180013','off in 2001.'),
('180014',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Her Pet (1911)_ (qv).'),
('180015',' MaryAnn Collura was instrumental in convincing local official to  supply local children with glow sticks for Halloween.'),
('180016',' Filmed as a TV pilot on location at "Old Salem" a living history  museum in Winston'),
('180017','Salem, North Carolina. Salem was founded by  members of the Moravian Church in 1753.'),
('180018',' A scene was shot in which Angelina drives back to her house with the  old pick'),
('180019','up and a branch from a tree falls and breaks the  windshield. It took several takes to get the shot, and apparently  destroyed the last remaining windshields for the pick'),
('180020','up available  anywhere in North America at the time. The scene was not used.'),
('180021',' Screenwriters Nicholas Kazan (qv), Hillary Seitz (qv) and  David Ayer (qv) worked on revisions for Jon Bokenkamp (qv)s  script.'),
('180022',' Inspired by The Beatles (qv) song "Shes Leaving Home".'),
('180023',' After the success of _Easy Rider (1969)_ (qv), Universal Studios hit  upon the idea to let young filmmakers make "semi'),
('180024','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), _Silent Running (1972)_ (qv),  _Diary of a Mad Housewife, The (1970)_ (qv),  _Two'),
('180025','Lane Blacktop (1971)_ (qv) and  _Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)_ (qv).'),
('180026',' Kathy Bates (I) (qv) film debut. She is credited as Bobo Bates.'),
('180027',' Georgia Engels debut.'),
('180028',' The role of Slick was originally was written for Chad Meisenheimer  (Writer/Director), but the role was given to Todd Campbell.'),
('180029',' The role of Lenny and Burton (the gun dealers) was going to be  played by actors, Jon Tracy and Fred Beeman. But, were replaced by  James Heaphy and Chad Meisenheimer due to schedule conflicts.'),
('180030',' In the post credits sequence in the movie theater, a poster for  director Armand Westons The Defiance of Good can be seen in the  lobby next to the auditorium doors with a sign above it which says  "coming soon."'),
('180031',' Prints of this film are held by the Library of Congress,(under the  title: The Fugitive.) and the UCLA Film and Television Archives.'),
('180032',' Matthau, Walter (qv) says "gesundheit" three times during the  movie.'),
('180033',' The Transit Authority (TA) of New York at first refused to allow the  film to be shot on the actual New York subway. They feared it would  lead to imitative crime (it didnt, but their position was shown to  be reasonable when the later film _Money Train (1995)_ (qv)  apparently did). Associate producer Stephen F. Kesten (qv) was  equally adamant that no other citys subway could be credibly used  (and he was apparently right: see the goofs entry for the remake  _Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1998) (TV)_ (qv)). The TA  finally did cooperate after Mayor John V. Lindsay (I) (qv)  intervened, but they required United Artists to buy anti'),
('180034','hijacking  insurance at a cost of $75,000 in addition to paying $275,000 for  the use of the subway.'),
('180035',' Walter Matthau (qv) had not been on the New York subway in many  years at the time this movie was made even though he was born and  raised in New York.'),
('180036',' Filmed mostly in the tunnels leading to the decommissioned IND Court  St. station in Brooklyn. The station itself served as Grand Central  and 28th St., and it is currently the home of the New York City  Transit Museum.'),
('180037',' Ever since the release of the film, no #6 train has ever been  scheduled to leave Pelham Bay Park at either 13:23 or 01:23.'),
('180038',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) was considered as director.'),
('180039',' SPOILER: Martin Balsam (qv)s character frequently worries that  hes going to die. By the end of the movie, Balsam is the only one  of the four hijackers left alive.'),
('180040',' Shot in Torontos TTC subway system, mainly using the systems only  abandoned station platform and two of a class of older cars being  retired by the TTC. The two cars were shipped by road to the  scrapyard the day after filming ended, still disguised as New York  cars.'),
('180041',' With respect to the description in the novel of how the controller  is rigged for the getaway, this version is more faithful than the  original film.'),
('180042',' The song played over the opening credits is "Rhode Island is Famous  For You", performed by Blossom Dearie.'),
('180043',' Filmed in Niles, California, USA.'),
('180044',' Eighth episode in the Mike and Ike 2'),
('180045','reel comedy series.'),
('180046',' Vitaphone Production Reel Numbers 2093'),
('180047','2094.'),
('180048',' The dead pet canary in the film, "Mojo", that Isobel drops from her  hand in the bathroom, is the actual canary seen earlier. The  director Matt Eskandari (qv), convinced her it was just a stuffed  toy.'),
('180049',' It took Anders Matthesen a full year to prepare and write the jokes  for the show.'),
('180050',' This film was never distributed to Iranian cinemas because it was  considered too "dark" by the Mullahs regime. Therefore, it was not  able to be considered as the Iranian entry for Best Foreign Language  Film for the 2003 Oscars because it was not released in Iran.'),
('180051',' The director refused to have his fingerprints taken for a temporary  visa and, therefore, did not attend the American premiere.'),
('180052',' The lead actor, playing a pizza delivery man, is, in real life, a  pizza delivery man. He is also a paranoid schizophrenic (which may  explain some of the characters traits and behavior.'),
('180053',' The final film of Peter Jeffrey (I) (qv).'),
('180054',' Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (qv) was originally considered as  director.'),
('180055',' Fourth title in Paramounts Musical Parade Featurette Series #3  (1945'),
('180056','1946).'),
('180057',' The three reels of this film were originally released independently,  on a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in February 1911.'),
('180058',' Film debut of Margaret Dumont (qv).'),
('180059',' Actor Ronald Colman agreed to play the role of Sydney Carton with  the sole condition that he not also be required to play the role of  Charles Darnay, as was usually expected in adaptations of the  Dickens novel. The plot of A Tale of Two Cities turns on the  physical resemblance between the two characters.'),
('180060',' Paul Guers (qv) is dubbed.'),
('180061',' Recommended by the National Education Association (UK).'),
('180062',' Final performance of Kenneth More (qv).'),
('180063',' First appearance of Tweety Bird.'),
('180064',' The pink bird in this short is an early form of the character  "Tweety Bird". Early model sheets indicated Tweety Birds original  name was "Orson", which is the birds name in this short. Later,  after censors complained that the pink bird looked naked because he  had no feathers, Tweety Birds color was changed to yellow.'),
('180065',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Daddy of Them All, The (1914)_ (qv).'),
('180066',' The last "Our Gang" short to be produced.'),
('180067',' Though it was an "Our Gang Comedy," his short was actually sold to  exhibitors as part of the "M'),
('180068','G'),
('180069','M Miniatures" series so as to be able  to turn a profit ("Our Gang" had, by this time, become unprofitable  to M'),
('180070','G'),
('180071','M).'),
('180072',' Although technically not an Our Gang entry in the strictest sense  (released as an MGM Miniature), this film was shot on a four'),
('180073','day  shooting schedule (October 4'),
('180074','7 1943). Ironically it reversed a  losing trend of the series by bringing in $4,372 in rental profits.  The previous four Our Gang installments lost money during their  initial releases.'),
('180075',' Re'),
('180076','released in 1922 as a split reel along with the documentary  _Law and Order (1922)_ (qv).'),
('180077',' Louise Lombard (qv) was a late casting choice replacing another  actress who had to drop out because she had been bitten by a dog  with Rabies.'),
('180078',' At one point, the Beatles were set to make this film, but they  backed out.'),
('180079',' Having failed to receive a theatrical release in the U.S., it  premiered on US network ABC in spring 1974.'),
('180080',' Official selection of the 2004 Los Angeles International Short Film  Festival'),
('180081',' The second film in as many years in which Law, Jude (qv) plays an  entitled young man impersonated throughout the movie by someone  else. The other film is  _Gattaca (1997)_ (qv).'),
('180082',' Dickies suicide note is dated 6 January 1959, director  Minghella, Anthony (qv)s fifth birthday.'),
('180083',' SPOILER: Jude Law (qv) fell backwards and broke a rib while  filming the murder scene on the boat.'),
('180084',' SPOILER: Tom kills Freddie with a bust of the Roman emperor Hadrian  who had a gay lover who was killed.'),
('180085',' Fausto and Dickie (and Tom, later) sing "Tu Vuo Fa LAmericano," a  humorous song about a man who pretends to be more wealthy and  important than he really is.'),
('180086',' The opera shown on the film is the end of Act II from Tchaikovskys  "Yevgeny Onyegin." In this particular scene, Lenski challenged his  friend Onyegin for a duel over Olga, who had been engaged to Lenski  at that time. Lenski was mortally wounded, and Onyegin departed  Russia for a self'),
('180087','imposed exile.'),
('180088',' Is based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith (qv).  There are an additional four novels which follow "The Talented Mr.  Ripley", they are "Ripley Underground", "Ripleys Game", "The Boy  Who Followed Ripley", and "Ripley Under Water".'),
('180089',' Tom Ripley presents Marge with a bottle of perfume from Santa Maria  Novella, the same perfumer who concocted Hannibals telltale  fragrance in _Hannibal (2001)_ (qv).'),
('180090',' Jude Law (qv) learned to play the saxophone and Matt Damon (qv)  learned to play the piano for this film. Damons training enabled  him to recreate the proper keyboard fingering; however, the music  heard in the film is played by Sally Heath (the Bach) and Gabriel  Yared (the Vivaldi).'),
('180091',' The scenes set in New York City that open the film were originally  shot in Rome but were deemed unsatisfactory and later reshot in New  York City.'),
('180092',' Anthony Minghella (qv) originally wanted Tom Cruise (qv) for the  role of Ripley but after seeing _Good Will Hunting (1997)_ (qv), he  decided to cast Matt Damon (qv).'),
('180093',' Matt Damon (qv) lost 30 pounds for his role in the movie.'),
('180094',' Dickies favorite mens tailor in Rome, Battistoni, is a real  tailoring shop founded in 1946. It is housed in the inner'),
('180095','court of  61a Via Condotti.'),
('180096',' Matt Damon (qv) actually sings the song "My Funny Valentine".'),
('180097',' The store Ripley visits to have his wallet embossed with Dickies  initials is the Gucci boutique on Via Condotti.'),
('180098',' Hawkins, Jack (qv)s voice was dubbed by Charles Gray (I).'),
('180099',' Hayworth, Rita (qv) was to appear in the film but left after a  short time on the set. She was replaced by Novak, Kim (qv).'),
('180100',' All of Kermits frog friends are named after the King Arthurs  knights of the round table (Gawain, Hector, Kay).'),
('180101',' T.R. (the rooster) changes his name five times '),
('180102',' Tuckered Rooster,  Terrified Rooster, Travellin Rooster, Tender'),
('180103','hearted Rooster and  Top Rooster.'),
('180104',' Originally shot as two DV films starring Julie Strain (qv) and  directed by India Allen (qv). Lloyd Kaufman (qv) had a dispute  with Allen and sued her over the productions after they wrapped.  Allen later counter'),
('180105','sued, citing breach of contract, slander per se,  sexual harassment, trade slander, and intentional infliction of  emotional distress. The only way the Troma Team could salvage these  films was to shoot extra scenes and turn the two features into an  anthology film.'),
('180106',' The deathmetal group Asylium was originally suppose to make the  soundtrack to this film.'),
('180107',' Wes Craven contributed $100 to the production while visiting the  set.'),
('180108',' Peter Duffell (qv) passed on the chance to direct this picture.'),
('180109',' Peter Cushing is said to "act as himself" in this movie: Cushings  wife had died recently and he was very depressed; while Cushings  character is a widower who uses a ouija to talk with his dead wife.'),
('180110',' Ralph Richardson (qv) filmed his major role in a day.'),
('180111',' Richard Greene (qv) was second choice to play Ralph Jason.'),
('180112',' Peter Cushing (qv) was originally intended to play Ralph Jason,  but after looking at the script he persuaded the producers that he  would do more justice to the role of Mr. Grimsdyke'),
('180113',' Brayker says he received the key from a soldier named Dickerson, a  reference to director Dickerson, Ernest R. (qv).'),
('180114',' Several concepts, such as the idea of shooting demons in the eyes to  send them back to Hell, was later used by writers  Reiff, Ethan (qv) and Voris, Cyrus (qv), for their television  series _"Brimstone" (1998)_ (qv).'),
('180115',' Originally intended to be the first installment in a trilogy of  Tales From The Crypt movies.'),
('180116',' Purposely released on Friday, January 13 because the Tales From The  Crypt movies were originally to be tied with traditional "horror  weekends" such as Friday the 13th or Halloween.'),
('180117',' This documentary is featured on the  _"Tales from the Crypt" (1989)_ (qv) complete first season DVD set,  and was also released on its own on DVD as a 2'),
('180118','disc set. both were  released in 2005.'),
('180119',' Three cast members of this movie also appeared on the  _"Tales from the Darkside" (1984)_ (qv) television series:  Deborah Harry (qv), Christian Slater (qv) and  William Hickey (qv).'),
('180120',' During a scene in "Lot 249", _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv) can be  heard playing from the TV. Its writer/director,  George A. Romero (qv), wrote the screenplay for the segment "Cat  From Hell".'),
('180121',' In the episode "Cat from Hell", a TV is showing a scene from  _Martin (1977)_ (qv), also written and directed by  George A. Romero (I) (qv).'),
('180122',' The second story, titled "The Cat From Hell" (written by Stephen  King and adapted for the screen by George A. Romero) was originally  intended for _Creepshow 2 (1987)_ (qv). The story was later dropped  due to budgetary reasons.'),
('180123',' "Tales from the Darkside: The Movie" is considered by many fans and  Tom Savini himself to be the official "Creepshow 3". Following the  success of Stephen King and George A. Romeros Creepshow, Laurel  Entertainment (Creepshow & Creepshow 2s production company) toyed  with the idea of a Creepshow television series. After several  negotiations and changes (due to rights holders etc.), the decision  was made to change the title for the series to "Tales from the  Darkside" (to be helmed by none other than Creepshow director and  Creepshow 2 screenwriter, George A. Romero). After the series great  success, just roughly three short years after Creepshow 2 hit  theatres, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie came to fruition in  1990 as the successor to the original two Creepshow installments,  sharing many of the same crew as the Creepshow installments.'),
('180124',' In the scene where Gunnar meets Einar on the beach where Einar is  chopping fish, the background music used is the theme from  Richard Fleischer (qv)s _Vikings, The (1958)_ (qv).'),
('180125',' This making'),
('180126','of documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD  for _Fog, The (1980)_ (qv), released in 2002.'),
('180127',' This documentary is featured as an extra on the 2007 DVD release of  "Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron"'),
('180128',' The introduction contains stock footage from some of the Universal  horror series, including the brides from "Dracula" (1931). The face  in the crystal ball, who is supposed doing the narration, is  actually footage that was used at the beginning of all of  Universals "Inner Sanctum" features.'),
('180129',' Michael Powell (I) (qv) began the project after hearing  Thomas Beecham (qv) playing the score on piano and singing all of  the parts.'),
('180130',' Robert Rounseville (qv) (Hoffmann) and Ann Ayars (qv) (Antonia)  are the only performers in the film who both appear on screen and do  their own singing. Every other character is dubbed.'),
('180131',' George A. Romero, writer/director of "Night of the Living Dead"  (1968) & "Dawn of the Dead" (1978) has cited "The Tales of Hoffman"  as his all'),
('180132','time favourite movie, saying that it was the movie that  originally inspired him to get into film'),
('180133','making.'),
('180134',' Fields, W.C. (qv) appeared in a section of the film that was cut  from film that was cut from the final version. It has been restored  to the video version. Also in the segment are  Dumont, Margaret (qv) and Silvers, Phil (qv).'),
('180135',' Amused by Charles Boyer (I) (qv)s thick French accent,  Rita Hayworth (qv) giggled her way through the filming of their  love scenes together.'),
('180136',' Film debut of Patti Yasutake (qv).'),
('180137',' This game was released/re'),
('180138','released/remade a total of three times,  originally for the Super Famicom, a second time for the Playstation,  and the most recent time for the Gameboy Advance. Much of the  controls and such were reworked for later versions (very similar to  later games in the series, such as Tales of Destiny, in fact.)'),
('180139',' This was the first, and only known, game to use Namcos FVD system,  which allowed them to, using careful sampling of the voices, fit the  entire game into 32 megabits (4 megabytes) of space, despite the  full game being around 500 megabytes in size.'),
('180140',' Originally an unsold TV pilot that was released to theaters.'),
('180141',' The character Yggdrasills name is taken from Norse Mythology.  According to the Norse, the Yggdrasill was the giant ash tree which  connected the three worlds, Asgard (land of the gods), Midgard (land  of the mortals), and Niflheim (the underworld). In the game, the  giant Kharlan tree has a similar function, being a "link that  connects the world." Furthermore, an identical tree appears in the  seriess first game, Tales of Phantasia, under the name  "Yggdrasill."'),
('180142',' For the story "A Cask of Amontillado" Vincent Price (I) (qv) based  his character of Fortunado on Ernie Kovacs (qv)s television  character Percy Dovetonsils.'),
('180143',' Never officially released.'),
('180144',' While it took only a couple of hours to record the voices used in  this film, 92 days were required for the 14,400 individual frames  that eventually made up the completed product.'),
('180145',' The actors in this film were able to see photos of the clay models  they would be voicing to give them inspiration for voices. The  voices were digitally recorded before the actual film was shot. The  puppets mouths and actions were then moved and filmed frame by frame  to match the vocals.'),
('180146',' Moody, Ron (qv) played the part of saloonkeeper Bon Chance Louis  in this TV movie, but the role was taken over by  McDowall, Roddy (qv) for episodes of the TV series,  _"Tales of the Gold Monkey" (1982)_ (qv).'),
('180147',' DVD supplements include several RAT FINK & BIG DADDY comic strips by  Mort Todd (qv) and Cliff Mott.'),
('180148',' The director decided to shoot the film in black and white, feeling  that the final scene would be more effective.'),
('180149',' The score for the film was done with a pencil and a tobacco can.'),
('180150',' The film was shot in one afternoon with an outline for a script. The  narration was improvised.'),
('180151',' World premiere was at the 2005 Bare Bones International Film  Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma'),
('180152',' Debut of Bridgette Monet (qv).'),
('180153',' After it was revealed that star Traci Lords (qv) was underage, her  scenes were deleted and re'),
('180154','filmed with actress Lisa De Leeuw (qv).'),
('180155',' In his research for the film version, actor Bogosian, Eric (qv)  often watched the on'),
('180156','air production of Tom Leykis talk show, then  originating from Los Angeles station KFI. Bogosians fictional  character in the film shares many speech patterns and mannerisms  with real'),
('180157','life talker Leykis.'),
('180158',' Eric Bogosian (qv) wrote the screenplay with help from director  Oliver Stone (qv). The screenplay was almost entirely based on  Bogosians original play and some biographical information about  Alan Berg, a talk show host in Denver who was murdered in 1984 by  white supremacists.'),
('180159',' The Playboy that John C. McGinley is reading has an interview with  Oliver Stone (qv) in it.'),
('180160',' Eric Bogosians play, on which the film is based, was a finalist for  the Pulitzer Prize.'),
('180161',' The actress Fiorella Rodríguez, wife of the director Sandro Ventura,  wanted, in the first moment, to be the character of Cecilia, but  finally Ventura offered her the role of the wacky Jimena.'),
('180162',' The scene of the concert, with Tereso (Miguel Torres'),
('180163','Bohl) in the  middle of thousands of fanatics of punk'),
('180164','rock was filmed during a  real concert of the Peruvian band 6 Voltios. The public didnt know  about the filming of the movie.'),
('180165',' Pedro Suárez'),
('180166','Vértizs cameo was filmed in a studio of the University  of Lima. Later, part of the video clip "Como las mariposas" was  filmed in the same university.'),
('180167',' The scenes in Cecilias house (Karina Calmet) were filmed in the  house of the director Sandro Ventura.'),
('180168',' This film is considered lost.'),
('180169',' According to Columbia publicity materials, Claire Trevor (qv) was  to play a second female lead. Although she was also in a production  cast list, she did not appear in the movie.'),
('180170',' The studio considered filming two different endings, with  Jean Arthur (I) (qv) pairing off with Cary Grant (qv) in one,  and with Ronald Colman (qv) in the other, and letting the audience  decide by voting in sneak previews which one they preferred.  However, in the papers of director George Stevens (I) (qv), all  the screenplay drafts contained the current ending. In one draft, an  additional unrelated scene was added, but dropped during production.'),
('180171',' Sound chief John P. Livadary (qv) was dissatisfied with the sound  recorded for the rain scene, so he substituted it with the track  used for the rain scene in _Only Angels Have Wings (1939)_ (qv).'),
('180172',' Jean Arthur (I) (qv) was 41 when she made this film.'),
('180173',' This was the first time since the silent era that  Ronald Colman (qv) was billed below another male lead.'),
('180174',' Lloyd Bridges (qv) tiny uncredited role was one of 20 film  appearances he made in 1942 alone.'),
('180175',' A radio theatre presentation of _Talk of the Town, The (1942)_ (qv)  was broadcast on CBS radio on the Lux Radio Theatre on 5/17/1943;  with Cary Grant (qv), Ronald Colman (qv) and  Jean Arthur (I) (qv) recreating their roles from the movie. Its a  60 minute adaptation of the movie.'),
('180176',' An earlier version of this film was in development in June 2000. It  was to be titled "Petey Greenes Washington" and star  Martin Lawrence (I) (qv). Greenes biographer Lurma Rackley was to  write the script but contract negotiations broke down.'),
('180177',' Pat Morita (qv) sings the end credits song, a brand new version of  the 1967 #1 hit single "Something Stupid", originally sung by Frank  and Nancy Sinatra.'),
('180178',' This film was commissioned by iFilm.com as part of their 2003  Fathers Day promotion. It was the most popular film there, and over  33,000 people sent "The Talk" to their fathers for Fathers Day.'),
('180179',' This is featured on the DVD for _50 First Dates (2004)_ (qv),  released in 2004.'),
('180180',' Shot in one day with 2400 ft. of Super 16mm film.'),
('180181',' Heckle and Jeckle make their first appearance in this film.'),
('180182',' This TV special attracted 2.7 million Canadian viewers making it the  highest rated comedy special in the history of the Canadian  Broadcasting Corporation.'),
('180183',' Was nominated for two Gemini Awards but shortly after the nomination  ceremony Rick Mercer declined to accept the nominations out of  respect for the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001.'),
('180184',' CAMEO:(Graham Suggs McPherson), former lead singer of Madness, makes  a cameo as their song "It must be love" plays on the soundtrack'),
('180185',' The name "Ron Anderson" is remarkably similar to the name of the  actor who plays him: Atkinson, Rowan (qv). One of the other  contenders for the award that Anderson won was Griff Rhys Jones, the  "Jones" half of the comedy duo "Alas Smith and Jones".  Smith, Mel (qv) (the Smith half) directed the film. Smith, Jones,  and Atkinson starred together in the TV series "Not the Nine OClock  News". Also Anderson refers to his side'),
('180186','kick (Goldblum, Jeff (qv))  on stage as "Perkins". When performing live, Atkinson frequently  uses Deayton, Angus (qv) as his sidekick who is always called  "Perkins". Deayton makes a small appearance in the film as an actor  looking at several excellent roles while Dexter gets offered a  single role as a tall American.'),
('180187',' The car that races to the Hospital in at the end of the film (a blue  Aston Martin registration "COMIC") belonged to Atkinson. Dexter is  pulled over by the police for speeding just as Atkinson was in real  life in the very same car. Atkinson received a driving ban as a  result of the incident.'),
('180188',' DIRCAMEO(Mel Smith): the backstage drunk who congratulates and then  collapses.'),
('180189',' The exterior shots of the theatre where Elephant The Musical was  playing were of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. The actual  show was filmed on the stage of the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury  Avenue in London'),
('180190',' Rowan Atkinson (qv) wanted to play Jeff Goldblums role'),
('180191',' Jeff Goldlum was only free because of an actors strike in the USA.'),
('180192',' This was Emma Thompson (I) (qv)s theatrical film debut.'),
('180193',' Average Shot Length = ~11 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.1  seconds.'),
('180194',' Clark Gable had to stand on a box to look taller than his 64"  co'),
('180195','star Robert Ryan in one scene.'),
('180196',' The first third of the movie was filmed entirely in the studio.'),
('180197',' Jane Fondas debut film.'),
('180198',' Shot in eight days.'),
('180199',' This was the first John Wayne film to be shown on American network  television.'),
('180200',' Producers pitched the movie idea to studios as: "Six words:  Will Ferrell (qv) as a Nascar driver."'),
('180201',' The race cars were housed in a warehouse in Charlotte, North  Carolina, that formerly held the Interstate Brands Corporation  plant, former owner of Wonder Bread. Bimbo Bakeries purchased Wonder  Bread shortly after filming was completed. Ricky Bobbys  All'),
('180202','American sponsor is now a Mexican'),
('180203','owned company and bakes all of  its bread in Canada (as it has for many years). As the cars were  wrecked, pieces were given to a local shopping center to display.'),
('180204',' In the mini'),
('180205','documentary about Jean Girard, you can hear Gregory,  Jeans husband, refer to the German Shepherds he is training as  "Brigitta", "Marta", and "Rolfe the Nazi boyfriend". These are names  of characters from The Sound of Music.'),
('180206',' Ricky Bobbys drivers license is shown to have been issued on July  16, which is Will Ferrells birthday. The license also states that  Ricky was born on July 16, 1971.'),
('180207',' The car that Resse Bobby drives over the course of the entire film  is a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu.'),
('180208',' The pace car used in the final race after the crash is a blue Ford  Mustang GT with white, over'),
('180209','the'),
('180210','top Indy racing stripes.'),
('180211',' The first 400,000 PlayStation 3 systems included a Blu'),
('180212','ray copy of  the movie, a month before the DVD release.'),
('180213',' Wonder Bread, Old Spice, and Perrier were not charged for their  product placement in the movie. Old Spice and Wonder Bread promoted  the movie through back'),
('180214','end deals while Perrier was not required to  take any action despite its presence in the movie. In addition,  Ferrell showed up to many public appearances in his Wonder Bread  uniform at no additional charge to the company.'),
('180215',' NASCAR officials objected to the original title of Talladega Nights,  so the working title was then changed to the name of the production  company, High, Wide, and Handsome. Loud and Proud also was  considered. Following a brief phase in which the movie did not have  a title, the film eventually reverted to its original title.'),
('180216',' Will Ferrell (qv) offered a role to Steve Carell (qv), but  Carell couldnt accept due to scheduling conflicts.'),
('180217',' In the movie, Jamie McMurray drives the #42 car and Ricky Bobby  drives the #26. Following the 2004 season, Jamie McMurray left the  #42 team to take over the #97 '),
('180218',' which was then changed to the #26.  The old spice car which is driven by Cal Naughton Jr is actually  driven by Tony Stewart in the Nascar Busch Series.'),
('180219',' Jean Girard is said to have dominated the Formula One circuit,  followed by a clip of the sport. The black F1 car which is supposed  to be Jean is Gianmaria Brunis Minardi Cosworth PS04B (now Scuderia  Toro Rosso) and a backmarker, while the blue car following closely  is the Mild Seven Renault F1 R24 of Jarno Trulli coming around to  lap him at the 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring.  Ironically, Minardi has never had a podium finish in its history.'),
('180220',' The second Nascar'),
('180221','based film that John C. Reilly has been in. The  other was 1990s Days of Thunder, with Tom Cruise.'),
('180222',' Ricky Bobby drives the No. 26 car. When he drives at Rockingham Test  Track, Lucius tells Larry Dennit, Jr. that Rickys speed is 26 mph.'),
('180223',' The young woman who plays the artist during the brunch scene at the  French drivers house is actually the artist of that painting. She  was commissioned to do the painting and was then asked if she would  play the artist in the film.'),
('180224',' Based upon a real event when a huge storm engulfed nine provinces in  the south of Thailand.'),
('180225',' Director Parikka, Pekka (qv) insisted on having a red star painted  on the tanks, although there was no insignia on the Russian tanks  during the Winter War, just an identification number painted on the  turret.'),
('180226',' Most expensive film ever made in Finland (2006).'),
('180227',' The anti'),
('180228','tank gun used by the Finns in the first assault is a  Swedish Bofors "37 PstK/36" (37 mm, model 1936) bought from Sweden  in the late 1930s. At the time of the Winter War the PSTK/36  (finnish designation) could penetrate the Armour of all Russian  tanks. The exception being a heavy tank'),
('180229','model that was still in a  prototype'),
('180230','stage and not widely used in the conflict.'),
('180231',' Adrienne Corri (qv) was offered the Justine Lord (qv) role'),
('180232',' At initial release, depiction of interracial romance caused the film  to be banned in the United States and in the French colonies.'),
('180233',' The color red is scarce throughout the film. Its only presence is on  Tamara.'),
('180234',' In the original script, Chloe was a closeted lesbian'),
('180235',' Patricks insult to Tamara early in the film, "trailer'),
('180236','trash whore",  was ad'),
('180237','libbed by the actor. This was not in the script since writer  Jeffrey Reddick himself grew up in a trailer.'),
('180238',' Final film of Oskar Homolka (qv).'),
('180239',' Biograph production number 10.'),
('180240',' The title, "The Taming Power of the Small", is the title of hexagram  #9 in the I Ching. It represents the ability of the lesser to  restrain the greater.'),
('180241',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Drummer, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('180242',' A fund'),
('180243','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('180244',' This, along with other Avon'),
('180245','produced "roughies", were cited by the  Meese commission as being the most extreme examples of violent,  disgusting pornography.'),
('180246',' Douglas Fairbanks (qv) and Mary Pickford (qv)s marriage had  deteriorated so badly by the time they made this film that many  onlookers said that Fairbanks exaggerated Petruchios harsh  treatment towards Katharina in order to take out his own  frustrations on Pickford.'),
('180247',' Zeffirelli, Franco (qv) originally proposed this film as a vehicle  for Loren, Sophia (qv) and Mastroianni, Marcello (qv).'),
('180248',' The dress that Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) wears during Kates final  monologue is inspired by the dress that the model wears in Lorenzo  Lottos painting, "Lucretia". Taylor even wears a similar coverciere  (shawl'),
('180249','like partlet), and has a necklace tucked into her bodice,  just like Lottos Lucretia.'),
('180250',' Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) and Richard Burton (I) (qv)  co'),
('180251','produced the film, putting $1 million of their own money into the  production and waiving their combined $2 million+ salaries taking a  percentage of the films profits instead.'),
('180252',' Originally broadcast on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('180253',' They prepared 3 tables and 3 carpets for the scene in which  Katherine flips the table over. Each had glasses made of sugar glass  and wax plates. All the meals had to be salad so that the food  wouldnt melt the plates. Luckily they did it in one take and were  able to move out the restaurant so that it could open for lunch.'),
('180254',' Launching movie of Kristina Paner (qv).'),
('180255',' Players on the Miami Jai Alai roster doubled for the actors in the  film. In certain scenes Rekalde can be seen wearing his own jersey,  rather than a Javier jersey.'),
('180256',' The "Sanghay" in the title is in reference to Shanghai, the city of  China.'),
('180257',' If you pay attention through the movie, you can tell when or not  Cheng will kill in a fight. When its just a "fun" fight, he would  wear either brown or blue pants with a t'),
('180258','shirt and a blue sash. But  in a serious fight, hed wear a long sleeve shirt with black pants  and a white sash. This may be because in Chinese culture, white is a  symbol of death.'),
('180259',' In 1971, this was the highest grossing film of all time in Hong  Kong, beating out American productions  _Sound of Music, The (1965)_ (qv) and  _Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)_ (qv).'),
('180260',' While not mentioned in the film, a few books released in the 70s at  the time of the films release mentioned that Cheng Chao An was  forced to make his promise to his mother after his father was killed  in a fight. In order to continue the family name, Chengs mother  wanted to make sure he would not fall to the same fate and that hed  live to raise his own family. Film historian Bey Logan even mentions  this in an audio commentary.'),
('180261',' The mansion of the films villain was, and still is, a Thai  mausoleum. Usually, due to Chinese superstition, another location  would be chosen to avoid a movie from being cursed. However, whether  it was time restraints or the appearance of the location, it was not  made public that it was a mausoleum until the film was completed.'),
('180262',' The Thai brothel featured in the film was actually a genuine and  functioning brothel. The extras who feature in these scenes  (excluding Malalenes character) were actual prostitutes who were  paid more by Golden Harvest than they would normally receive in a  day by their clients so that they could appear in the film.'),
('180263',' The infamous saw scene (mentioned in the alternate versions section)  apparently was shown only once to an open public and that was the  films original premiere in the fall of 1971 in Hong Kong. Co'),
('180264','star  Maria Yi (qv) herself said it was present in the film but didnt  look very realistic. Ironically, this was part of the rumor for  years as to why the scene was never shown again.'),
('180265',' The international (English) title of this film was "The Big Boss".  In the United States the English dubbed version was originally to be  released under the title "The Chinese Connection", a play on the  title of the highly popular film  _French Connection, The (1971)_ (qv). For some reason the title was  changed to "Fists of Fury". As a result, to avoid confusion with  Bruce Lee (I) (qv)s following film _Jing wu men (1972)_ (qv)  (known elsewhere in the world as "Fist of Fury"), the latter films  title for its U.S. release became first "The Iron Hand" and then  "The Chinese Connection".'),
('180266',' This is the only Bruce Lee (I) (qv) film (excluding his childhood  films and Green Hornet re'),
('180267','edit films) missing his use of the  nunchucks. They were not used by Lee until  _Jing wu men (1972)_ (qv). The only Lee trademark present in this  film is his triple kick attack (Lee Sam Geuk '),
('180268',' Three Legs Lee).  Also, this is the only Lee film to be censored in its original  country due to graphic violence.'),
('180269',' Bruce Lee (I) (qv) was originally against two of director  Wei Lo (qv)s ideas used in the film. First, was when one of the  foremen was to be punched through a wooden wall. Wei wanted to leave  the villains outline in the wall, similar to something in a  cartoon. Lee tried his best to change it, but somehow Wei got the  upper hand. The second, and the most famous scene of the film, is  the climactic "jump kick joust" between Lee and villain  Yin'),
('180270','Chieh Han (qv). Lee, once again, didnt like the idea due to  its separation from realism. However, he gave in, and the shot was  done.'),
('180271',' There have been at least three publicity photos in which Bruce Lee  is shown attacking stuntman Peter Chan (he is shown as the man  wearing a tucked in blue t'),
('180272','shirt and blue jeans) with a flying side  kick during the fight with The Bosss remaining henchmen in the  finale. However, Peter Chans character was not present in this  fight whatsoever in the final film. One of these photos is most  widely seen on the back of the original CBS'),
('180273','FOX VHS release of the  film... and is also horizontally reversed.'),
('180274',' Despite being credited for the music score in every release of the  film, Wang Fu'),
('180275','Ling actually only composed music for the original  Mandarin version. Peter Thomas composed the score for the English  dubbed versions while Joseph Koo composed new tracks and chose stock  music (including music from Don Peakes score for the original The  Hills Have Eyes) for the Cantonese dubbed version in the early 80s.'),
('180276',' The film was based on the true story of Cheng Chiu'),
('180277','on who fought the  tyrants in Thailand. Cheng lived at the end of the 1800s and  beginning of the 20th century. A memorial statue of him was erected  in a garden in the Bangkok more than 80 years ago.'),
('180278',' Not once in the film does Hsiao Mi (The "Big Boss") actually leave  the area of his mansion.'),
('180279',' The original director was Ng Gar Seung, however, he was replaced by  Lo Wei a few weeks into production. The original star was also James  Tien, who plays Hsiu Chien, while Bruce Lee was to be a co'),
('180280','star.  However, when directors changed, the stars switched, giving Lee top  billing. This may also be part of the reason why Lee does not fight  until halfway through the film.'),
('180281',' Computer of the time machine is a Commodore 64 with a 1541 Floppy  disk drive, which is also used to generate the screens, and provide  the voice synthesis.'),
('180282',' When Nick and Lisa are walking down the alley of the altered future,  there are nearly'),
('180283','destroyed posters along the wall '),
('180284',' one of them is  for _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv).'),
('180285',' The movies budget broke even when the rights were negotiated to  have it shown on _"Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988)_ (qv).'),
('180286',' Contrary to popular belief, the so'),
('180287','called "woman at fountain" is not  played by Lisa Kudrow (qv). Thats actually Vicky A. Bourn (qv),  who got the part '),
('180288',' billed as "worshipful one" in the credits '),
('180289',' due  to a time'),
('180290','honored moviemaking tradition... she was dating the  producer.'),
('180291',' J.K. Robertsons office is actually the foyer of a local opera  house.'),
('180292',' Was shot in 1990, but not released until 1994.'),
('180293',' According to director David Giancola, Castleton College provided  several free t'),
('180294','shirts for the film, on the idea that they would be  hot sellers after being featured in a movie. The demand for the  t'),
('180295','shirts didnt come until a few years later, when the film  premiered on Mystery Science Theatre 3000.'),
('180296',' Jon Santos (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('180297',' Aga Muhlach (qv), and Robin Padilla (qv) and  Jestoni Alarcon (qv) were initially set to play the three  husbands. Only Jestoni remained in the final, while  Edu Manzano (qv) and Tonton Gutierrez (qv) were later filled in.'),
('180298',' This is Ai'),
('180299','Ai de las Alas (qv) first major movie after 13 years in  show business.'),
('180300',' Released in the Philippines on the same date with _Pakners_ (2003)  in which Ai'),
('180301','Ai de las Alas (qv) is in the supporting cast.'),
('180302',' Janet McBride (II) (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('180303',' Rachael Leigh Cooks character, Jenny, smokes in the film. Cook is a  non'),
('180304','smoker in real life and smoked prop cigarettes for the film.'),
('180305',' This is a lost film'),
('180306',' The scene where Tango (Sylvester Stallone (qv)) faces an oncoming  truck with nothing but a gun was borrowed from  _Ging chaat goo si (1985)_ (qv), where Jackie Chan (I) (qv) (a  good friend of Stallones) performed the stunt.'),
('180307',' When Tango and Cash escape from the prison, Cash turns to Tango and  asks if he stopped "for coffee and a Danish." Tango  (Sylvester Stallone (qv)) says, "I hate Danish," an in'),
('180308','joke  referring to his recent divorce from Danish actress  Brigitte Nielsen (qv).'),
('180309',' The films title during production was "The Set Up".'),
('180310',' Andrei Konchalovsky (qv) was originally set to direct but quit the  film.'),
('180311',' Barry Sonnenfeld (qv) was the films original director of  photography but was fired by Sylvester Stallone (qv) who felt he  wasnt being lit to satisfaction. Donald E. Thorin (qv) was  Sonnenfelds replacement.'),
('180312',' One of many films to be saved from the cutting room floor by  Stuart Baird (qv), brought on by the studio as a last minute  "doctor".'),
('180313',' Patrick Swayze was originally cast as Cash, he dropped out and went  to star in Road House (1989).'),
('180314',' This movie caused anger among Bodo militants of North Eastern India,  who are shown in very bad light. This caused some protests and  threats. Director Mani Shankar apologized publicly, although the  film was banned in the region.'),
('180315',' Some sources credit the role of the Hat Check Girl to Minda Durfee;  this role is actually played by Sadie Lampe; Durfee plays one of the  guests at the dance hall.'),
('180316',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Circus Time in Toyland (1914)_ (qv).'),
('180317',' Commissioned by the International Film Festival Rotterdam as part of  "Michael Haneke '),
('180318',' Meet the Maestro" programme'),
('180319',' Argentinas official submission for the 1998 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('180320',' Argentinas official selection for the 1986 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('180321',' The red and white toilet seat that we can see when Edith sobs is the  same that was used at the end of  _Bonheur est dans le pré, Le (1995)_ (qv), another film by  Étienne Chatiliez (qv).'),
('180322',' Directorial debut of Marilou Diaz'),
('180323','Abaya (qv).'),
('180324',' First screenplay of Jose Javier Reyes (qv)'),
('180325',' Director/Cinematographer Sadik Ahmed carried a set of Zeiss super  speed lenses in his coat pocket during photography in Bangladesh.'),
('180326',' Sadik Ahmed set out to Banglasdesh with no crew, just a soundman. He  went to shoot one film came back having made this one instead. On  the last day of shooting he was chased out of the wilderness of  Bangladesh, fearing an ambush by the locals '),
('180327',' he ran.'),
('180328',' Filmed at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia.'),
('180329',' The actor that played the Governor of Georgia, Wallace Wilkinson,  was Governor of Kentucky from 1987 to 1991.'),
('180330',' "Tank" was originally rated R by the Motion Picture Association of  America. However, a successful appeal was made which re'),
('180331','issued the  motion picture with a PG rating instead. The films 1983 release  predated the PG'),
('180332','13 rating, for which this picture wouldve likely  been rated had it existed when "Tank" was first released.'),
('180333',' Lloyd, Emily (qv) was originally cast in the title role, but  turned it down after refusing to shave her head for the part.'),
('180334',' Emma Bunton (qv), Victoria Beckham (qv) and  Geri Halliwell (qv) from the Spice Girls tried out for the role of  Tank Girl.'),
('180335',' Director Rachel Talalay (qv) fought a battle with the studio over  the edit. The studio insisted on removing scenes of Rebecca Buck  (Lori Petty (qv)) and her mutant love interest Booga  (Jeff Kober (qv)) in bed together from the video and DVD release  of the film. The scenes had appeared in the original theater  release.'),
('180336',' Immediately after McDowell, Malcolm (qv)s first scene,  Petty, Lori (qv)s costume (bowler hat, eye makeup) recalls  McDowells costume in _Clockwork Orange, A (1971)_ (qv).'),
('180337',' Rebecca (Tank Girl) wears 18 different outfits and hairstyles  throughout the film.'),
('180338',' When Lori Petty (qv) first looked at the script, she saw a sketch  of the lead character that made her laugh and say, "Thats me, Im  Tank Girl"'),
('180339',' The song "Girl U Want" played during the films title sequence was  performed by Devo (qv), which re'),
('180340','recorded it to sound like the  Soundgarden version '),
('180341',' which was too expensive to license.'),
('180342',' This short film can be featured on either the Batman Begins (2005)  2'),
('180343','disc special edition, or the deluxe edition.'),
('180344',' Vitaphone release #496A'),
('180345','497A.'),
('180346',' While performing a fight scene, Jerry Crocker (II) (qv)  accidentally hit Richard Jobling (qv) in the face. The shot was so  realistic that it was included in the film.'),
('180347',' The part of Mad Alan was originally going to be played by Matthew  Scattergood, but he later proved to be unavailable to film the part.  The character was originally called Mad Aled, as Scattergood was to  play him with a Welsh accent. Director Oliver Crocker stepped in  at the last minute to play the role, which he renamed Mad Alan and  played with a Cornish accent.'),
('180348',' Oliver Crocker cast his Dad, Jerry Crocker (II) (qv) as Frank  Craddock, and his Uncle Jonny Crocker (qv) as Jack Tanner.'),
('180349',' Bernard Wrigley (qv) provides the opening narration of the film,  as well as starring as Larry Webb, and he also performs the acoustic  song Stryder which is heard on Tanners car radio. The DJ is  called Eric Meredith, which is made up of the names of two  characters Wrigley has played before, Dodgy Eric in  _"Phoenix Nights" (2001)_ (qv) and Rex Meredith in  _"Crown Court" (1972)_ (qv). Wrigleys popular nickname The Bolton  Bullfrog is used to introduced the songs performer. Stryder is a  song that featured on Wrigleys 1988 album The Instrumental Album.'),
('180350',' Cynthia Nixon (qv), who plays the same role she did in the  original, did this sequel to HBOs _"Tanner 88" (1988) (mini)_ (qv)  as she was wrapping up work on _"Sex and the City" (1998)_ (qv),  also broadcast on HBO. In this series, her character has become a  filmmaker and film teacher. In the last episode, a student asks her  if she knows anyone "at HBO".'),
('180351',' The first Swedish feature film in Technicolor.'),
('180352',' Shown on national TV in Norway almost every Christmas.'),
('180353',' Based on the book "Tantes" written in 1924 by the Flemish author  Cyriel Buysse.'),
('180354',' It was the very first Hungarian TV'),
('180355','Movie. Original air date: 21  March 1958, 20:40. (Its title in the TV guide is Viharos éjszaka.)'),
('180356',' Based on the kidnapping of Richard Oetker (qv), son of a wealthy  German industrialist, on 14 December 1976.'),
('180357',' While Richard Oetker (qv) allowed the producers to use his name,  the names of the kidnapper and the investigators are invented to  protect their personality rights.'),
('180358',' This documentary is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for  _Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss, Die (1982)_ (qv).'),
('180359',' The movie was made in 1969 and is a satire of the "dark years"  (Stalinist regime) of the early 1950s. The Ministry of Culture  allowed filming only with them monitoring it. They even forced the  filmmakers to re'),
('180360','write some scenes and cut out others. Suprisingly  the film '),
('180361',' made as they "ordered" it '),
('180362',' was banned and not released  until 1979. During those 10 years it have become a "legend" which  can explain its instant cult status after its release.'),
('180363',' A newspaper in Hungary is called Hungarian Orange, named after the  "orange project" in this movie. The tone of the newspaper is  satirical. It was founded in 1989.'),
('180364',' Several quotes from the movie, especially the ones "the  international situation is intensifying" and "life is not a  whipped'),
('180365','cream cake" have become part of everyday speech in Hungary.'),
('180366',' Director Bacsó, Péter (qv) tried to get as many roles to be played  by non'),
('180367','professional actors as possible. In the finished movie there  are at least seven cast members who never or rarely had acting  experience before: writer/director Fábri, Zoltán (qv), stage  director Both, Béla (qv) (who began an acting career after this  movie), acting teacher Versényi, Ida (qv), language teacher  Mertzhradt, Georgette (qv), stage director Vámos, László (qv),  opera singer Novák, István (qv) and graphic artist  Pecsenke, József (qv).'),
('180368',' Several scenes, including a visit by Pelikán (Ferenc Kállai (qv))  at Dániels (Zoltán Fábri (qv)) prison cell was cut by  state'),
('180369','censorship.'),
('180370',' Director Péter Bacsó (qv) wanted 76 years old singer'),
('180371','legend  Hanna Honthy (qv) to appear as herself during the  "Csárdáskirálynö" performance scene, but she asked too much money  which the film couldnt afford. Instead they only used her  prerecorded voice from an LP album.'),
('180372',' First movie of Nanding Anzures (qv).'),
('180373',' Lux Radio Theatre version aired 27 September 1948, starring  Van Heflin (qv), Susan Hayward (I) (qv), and  Richard Long (I) (qv) in their original roles.'),
('180374',' Adapted from a play he wrote, "The Tape Recorder" is the first short  film written and directed by the Academy'),
('180375','Award nominated writer of  "The Motorcycle Diaries," Jose Rivera.'),
('180376',' The film was made in seven working days, from start of  pre'),
('180377','production to completion of post'),
('180378','production.'),
('180379',' The FBI agent who makes the remark about The Dead Kennedys (qv)  singer Jello Biafra (qv) is played by Biafra himself.'),
('180380',' Available on the DVD release of Series 1 of _"Extras" (2005)_ (qv).'),
('180381',' This started as a sketch comedy show about being homeless. It was  performed by Mike Houlihan and his sons Paddy and William along with  several actors that appear in the film as well. Those actors are  Michael McNeal, Jack McCabe, Clayton OBrien and Vince Mammoser.  Tapioca the stage show was performed at the Beverly Arts Center in  Chicago in the winter of 2004.'),
('180382',' Prizes: Best Computer Animation Eurographics 97 Big'),
('180383','Kahhuna Award,  3D Design Conference, San Francisco, (First Prize Best  non'),
('180384','commercial animation) First Place ASIFA'),
('180385','East Animation, Student  Category Second Place, New Media of Parsons School of Design'),
('180386',' Publicity line: "A wonderful heart interest dramatic story in two  reels overflowing with pathos, humor and exciting situations. A  story that will be remembered as one that rings true of human  nature."'),
('180387',' In issue 71 of Your Sinclair magazine in November 1991, this game  was voted the 68th best game of all time.'),
('180388',' Prior to the production of the film, the key actors  '),
('180389','Timothy Hutton (qv), Sean Penn (I) (qv), Tom Cruise (qv) and  others '),
('180390',' were required to participate in a 45'),
('180391','day'),
('180392','long period of  orientation with the students of Valley Forge Military Academy. They  were given uniforms, borrowed from their real life counterparts at  the school and given authentic military haircuts. They slept in  campus barracks and were subjected to the same rigors and hardship  that all Valley Forge cadets went through. While most of the actors  enjoyed and excelled at their orientation, Cruise opted to leave the  training for the comforts of a nearby hotel until filming began.'),
('180393',' First feature film for Sean Penn (I) (qv).'),
('180394',' The uniforms in the movie were the normal uniforms worn by cadets.  The embroidered shoulder badges of "Valley Forge" were changed  during filming to "Bunker Hill". Then, the cadets of the Academy had  no camouflage fatigues as a uniform. Filming continued into the  summer after cadets school year was over.'),
('180395',' Foley recording of cadets was done during filming during normal  daily activities. Cadet marching was recorded during parade  practice, requiring extra marching by cadets and adding to the  disruption of daily life.'),
('180396',' Due to the 1980 Screen Actors Guild writers strike, filming on the  campus of Valley Forge Military Academy took much longer (60 days)  than originally planned. It caused such a disruption that the  commandant of the school subsequently advised his colleagues not to  allow film productions at their schools. The next year both Valley  Forge and the Citadel military academies denied filmmakers of  _Lords of Discipline, The (1983)_ (qv) access to their grounds,  leading it to be filmed in England instead.'),
('180397',' This was the last film to actually be filmed at the Valley Forge  Military Academy due to its logistical problems which left a foul  reputation on the school and subsequently denied another film taking  place at a Military Academy, The Lords of Discipline, which came out  two years later to be shot there and shoot in England.'),
('180398',' This is Sean Penns film debut. Penn was casted by Casting Director  Shirley Rich in New York after seeing him in off Broadway play.'),
('180399',' More than 2000 actors auditioned for Sean Penn (I) (qv)s role,  which he won after being discovered in fiery performance in an  off'),
('180400','Broadway play by casting Director Shirley Rich (qv).'),
('180401',' The rainy weather caused numerous problems during filming. Director  Harold Becker (qv) had to create four sets of call sheets for each  days shooting in case a scene taking place outdoors would be rained  out and interior shoot would take its place. It also was very  noticeable in the editing of the film, as cadets are seen wearing  ponchos in one scene and none the next.'),
('180402',' Ronny Cox (I) (qv) was Harold Becker (qv)s original choice to  play Colonel, but another unnamed actor was chosen and then fired  two days into shooting his scenes. Producer Stanley R. Jaffe (qv)  immediately called Cox, who flew down the very next day to begin  shooting his scenes.'),
('180403',' Tom Cruise (qv) was originally going to play a background  character in the film, but Director Harold Becker (qv) was so  impressed by the way he conducted himself as one of the military  cadets during rehearsals that he was offered the part of David  Shawn. At first Cruise refused and then was finally convinced by  Becker and Producer Stanley R. Jaffe (qv) play the role.'),
('180404',' Timothy Hutton (qv) accepted his Academy Award for  _Ordinary People (1980)_ (qv) immediately after shooting on  _Taps (1981)_ (qv) begin.'),
('180405',' The film was originally developed at Columbia Pictures by Producer  Stanley R. Jaffe (qv), but ran into a series of creative problems  with the studio and it was one of many projects that went into  "turnaround" under their banner. Jaffe was passionate about the  project and then took it to Twentieth Century'),
('180406','Fox, who bought the  script and immediately green'),
('180407','lit the project.'),
('180408',' One of many projects that were delayed by the 1980 strike by the  Screen Actors Guild, which was finally settled late that year.  T.A.P.S. immediately started filming in January 1981.'),
('180409',' The scene where Timothy Hutton (qv) and Ronny Cox (I) (qv)s  characters are discussing terms was shot with three to four cameras,  one of them operated by Director of Photography Owen Roizman (qv).  Roizman made a bet with Director Harold Becker (qv) for $75.00  that his close'),
('180410','up shots would make the final cut of the film. It was  Roizmans tight close up shots that made the final cut of the film,  and Roizman who is $75.00 richer.'),
('180411',' Director of Photography Owen Roizman made a bet with Director Harold  Becker for $75.00, that his close up shots during the scene where  Timothy Hutton and Ronny Cox are talking at the gate, would make the  final cut of the film. Becker told him that they wouldnt. Roizman  won the bet as his shots made it in the final cut of the film.'),
('180412',' The gate seen at the end of the quad area was built specifically for  the film and was dismantled after filming ended.'),
('180413',' The exterior shots of the film were shot at Valley Forge, but the  interiors (including General Basches office) were shot on sets  built in Vally Forges massive Polo field by Alfred Sweeney (qv)  and Stan Jolley (qv).'),
('180414',' Sean Penn (I) (qv) and a handful of other actors received military  horsemanship training for the scenes as the leader of the schools  mounted cavalry. He later stated "Its not like riding out on a  backwoods trail'),
('180415','The trick is to salute, control the horse, keep in  step with the other riders and try not to fall off."'),
('180416',' The film was originally going to be filmed at Riverside Military  Academy, in Georgia, but the producers changed their minds after a  tour of the campus, by which they decided that it "didnt have  enough walls." RMA officials countered by saying that allowing  production would have caused too much disruption of the cadets  daily lives. After the movie was released, it seems that this held  true.'),
('180417',' Since the appearance of this movie, in Bulgaria the word hedgehogs  has come to denote the strength and vulnerability of children.'),
('180418',' Look for a young Eastwood, Clint (qv) as the (uncredited) leader  of the jet squadron that attacks the tarantula in the films climax.'),
('180419',' The tarantula was an actual live spider. Air jets were used to make  it move in the desired way over a miniature landscape.'),
('180420',' Tony Curtis (I) (qv) met Austrian actress  Christine Kaufmann (qv) on the set of this film and later married  her.'),
('180421',' Originally began as a Burt Lancaster (qv) script before  Tony Curtis (I) (qv) was given the role.'),
('180422',' Same title, plot and release date as its famous Hollywood namesake  _Taras Bulba (1962)_ (qv), but no stars or budget. Inevitably,  totally eclipsed at the box office.'),
('180423',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Flat Next Door, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('180424',' Only one robot costume was constructed for this film and it was used  for all robot scenes. This is why you never see more than one member  of the "robot army" in a shot.'),
('180425',' Although the production crew had no permits, the scenes showing the  deserted city were filmed in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday mornings  when the streets would be vacant.'),
('180426',' The killer, (played by Robert Roark) got his part because his  father, a doctor in LA would invest in the film if his son was given  a part. After this part he went on to play in many movies and became  a producer.'),
('180427',' The firearms were real including the machine guns and the sniper  rifle with silencer. The sniper rifle left a nearly invisible hole  in the target dummy, so we used a shotgun slug for the "Hollywood"  effect.'),
('180428',' Final film of Victor Buono (qv).'),
('180429',' Drive'),
('180430','in scenes were shot at the since'),
('180431','closed Reseda Drive'),
('180432','in  Theatre in Reseda, California, as clearly shown on the drive'),
('180433','in  marquee and screen tower. Early in the movie, the Selpuveda Drive'),
('180434','In  in Van Nuys is briefly shown in the background as Bobby drives down  the highway. On the DVD, Bogdanovich incorrectly credits this as  being the Reseda in his commentary.'),
('180435',' Roger Corman (qv) told Peter Bogdanovich (qv) he could make any  film he wanted to, with two conditions: he had to use stock footage  from _Terror, The (1963)_ (qv), and he had to hire  Boris Karloff (qv) for two days (Karloff was under contract and  owed Corman those two days). Karloff was so impressed with the  script that he refused pay for any shooting time over his contracted  two days.'),
('180436',' Peter Bogdonavich planned to have Boris Karloff actually appear in  the film for about twenty minutes, and have the stock footage from  The Terror add another twenty minutes of screen time for Karloff. In  the final movie, Karloff is actually on screen (not counting the  scenes from The Terror) for about thirty minutes.'),
('180437',' Bogdanovich named his own character "Sammy Michaels" after  Samuel Fuller (qv) (whose middle name is "Michael") in gratitude  for the work Fuller did on the script.'),
('180438',' In the beginning credits of the movie, it states, "radio music  supplied by Charles Green and Brian Stone". The music that they used  was "Green Rocky Road", performed by the band "The Daily Flash",  which Green and Stone managed.'),
('180439',' By the time this film was made, Karloff had one half of one lung  left, and spent the time between takes in a wheelchair with an  oxygen mask on. He also had braces on both legs, and had difficulty  standing or walking without his cane; the weakness of his legs is  visible in some scenes.'),
('180440',' According to Bogdanovichs introduction to the film on the DVD, the  scene in which Sammy wakes up with a hangover and is jolted when the  first thing he sees is Byron Orlok originally called for him to  laugh at himself, but he couldnt manage it. Karloff suggested the  bit that is actually use din the film '),
('180441',' and ad'),
('180442','libbed Orlofs start  when he unexpectedly confronts himself in a mirror, as well.'),
('180443',' The story Orlock tells of the servant fleeing death is W. Somerset  Maughams short story "The Appointment in Samarra."'),
('180444',' Randy Quaid (qv)s film debut.'),
('180445',' Frank Marshall (I) (qv)s parents and then'),
('180446','girlfriend appear as  film'),
('180447','goers at the drive'),
('180448','in scenes. The films dolly grip also  appears, as the father shot, to the horror of his son who is sitting  next to him in one of the cars.'),
('180449',' When film cameras, which run at 24 frames per second, film directly  off the screen of US televisions, which run at 30 fps, the result is  a dark or light bar across the image, rolling from top to bottom. To  avoid this effect in the scene when Sammy and Orlok are watching  "The Criminal Code" (1931), in most shots a film picture was matted  in over the TV screen, giving a steady picture with no bar. However,  according to Bogdanovichs commentary, they couldnt afford to use a  matte for the establishing shot for the scene, which pans across the  TVs screen, so the bar appears in that shot and only that shot (In  Europe, where the TV frame rate is 25 fps, often they simply run the  film camera at 25 fps also, for shots with a TV picture in them.)'),
('180450',' The film contains many references to Jean Genet (qv) and one scene  is shot by his grave in the Spanish Cemetery, Larache, Morocco.'),
('180451',' The last film of Edward Underdown.'),
('180452',' Was edited with Apple Computers "iMovie" '),
('180453',' a free DV editing  program for Macintosh computers.'),
('180454',' The original cut of the film ran over 2 hrs. and 40 minutes long.'),
('180455',' It cost $218 to make but the budget rose to $400,000, once music and  video clip royalties were included.'),
('180456',' The costumes resembled those worn by Aimee Semple McPherson, a  well'),
('180457','known evangelist at the time.'),
('180458',' The only scythe that the filmmakers could find to use was much  smaller than it appears on screen and looked everything but scary  when framed. Editor Hugh Macdonald (who was also the VFX wizard) was  asked to weave his magic and the far scarier scythe, seen in the  final shot, was created in post.'),
('180459',' Tarot was selected as one of the Top 10 Shorts in Cannes 2007 and  was a finalist in the Short Film Competition Cannes Special 2007!'),
('180460',' Based on the Los Alfaques Disaster, a truck road accident which  happened on 11 July 1978 near Tarragona, Spain and killed 217 people  on a campsite.'),
('180461',' Sid Caesar (qv)s film debut.'),
('180462',' According to Orson Welles (qv) conversations with  Peter Bogdanovich (qv), as recounted in the book "This is Orson  Welles", Victor Mature (qv) had his sandals built up by three  inches to make him look taller.'),
('180463',' This production of "Tartuffe" was first staged at the Circle in the  Square Theatre in New York in 1977, with most of the same cast;  however, the roles of Tartuffe and Marianne were played respectively  in the 1977 stage production by John Wood and Swoosie Kurtz, and  that of Mme. Pernelle by Mildred Dunnock.'),
('180464',' The video and DVD list this as running 130 minutes; however, this is  not correct.'),
('180465',' The stage production of this version received a Tony Award  nomination in 1978 for Most Innovative Production of a play.'),
('180466',' Tammy Grimes and Patricia Elliott both received Drama Desk Award  nominations for their performances when this production played on  Broadway.'),
('180467',' The three stories were originally listed as episodes of the TV show  _"Legend of Tarzan, The" (2001)_ (qv).'),
('180468',' Inspired by characters in the original Edgar Rice Burroughss Tarzan  books.'),
('180469',' At the end is a dedication: "In memory of our friend John Miller."'),
('180470',' A teapot and set of teacups in the explorers camp bears a sharp  resemblance to Mrs. Potts and her teacup children from  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv). When Tantor sees them, he is  scared that they may come to life. Terk responds "Pull yourself  together. Youre embarrassing me. These things arent alive." In  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv), of course, they are.'),
('180471',' "Deep Canvas": The brand'),
('180472','new technique created by Disney for use in  Tarzan, which allows 2D hand'),
('180473','drawn characters to exist seamlessly in  a fully 3D environment.'),
('180474',' Driver, Minnie (qv) largely ad'),
('180475','libbed the breathless speech in  which Jane tells her father and Clayton about meeting Tarzan for the  first time.'),
('180476',' When the gorillas pick up Professor Porter and turn him upside'),
('180477','down,  a beanbag toy of Little Brother from Disneys _Mulan (1998)_ (qv)  falls out of his clothes.'),
('180478',' In the original Edgar Rice Burroughs (qv) novel, Tantor was an old  bull elephant disliked by the denizens of the jungle, Sabor was a  lioness, and Terkoz (presumably "Terk") was a male ape and Tarzans  arch nemesis within the troop. Also, Kerchak murdered Tarzans  family. The producers changed it not only to make him more  sympathetic, but also in recognition of the scientific fact that  gorillas are never that aggressive.'),
('180479',' The song "Son of Man" sung by Phil Collins (I) (qv) talks of  Tarzan as the Son of Man. The actor Brian Blessed (qv) who does  the voice of Clayton, Tarzans enemy, played Peter, a disciple and  friend of Christ in the TV'),
('180480','movie _Son of Man (1969) (TV)_ (qv). Son  of Man being Jesus in this case, who first used this expression of  himself.'),
('180481',' During Turks musical trashing of the explorers camp, two apes  mimic the bump'),
('180482','bump step seen in the classic Disney short  _In the Bag (1956)_ (qv).'),
('180483',' The movie went back into the Disney vault on January 31, 2002.  Typically, this means the VHS and DVD versions of the movie were  pulled from store shelves on this day, and the movie wont re'),
('180484','appear  in either format for 10 years.'),
('180485',' When one of the gorillas takes Claytons gun to examine it, he holds  it up and stares down the barrel, in exactly the same pose as one of  the apes at Disneylands "Jungle Cruise" attraction.'),
('180486',' Tarzan has been adapted from its book many times over the years and  is second only to Dracula in the adaptation chart.'),
('180487',' Even though Clayton (first name William in the book) is a villain in  the movie, he and Tarzan are actually cousins according to the  original story from Burroughs. William being after Tarzan in line of  succession and therefore wouldnt not want him to be alive.'),
('180488',' This film contains numerous references to the  Johnny Weissmuller (qv) Tarzan films  (_Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)_ (qv), et seq). These include a "Me  Tarzan, You Jane" introduction scene, Tarzan wrestling with  crocodiles, and Janes costume at the end of the film resembles the  clothing worn by Maureen OSullivan (qv) in the Weissmuller  series.'),
('180489',' The boat that Clayton and his team use to get from the freighter  ship to the jungle when they are going to hunt the gorillas is the  same type of boat used in the "Jungle Cruise" rides in Disneys  theme parks.'),
('180490',' To see how Tarzans body would move while sliding down a log, the  animators based his movement on that of pro skateboarder Tony Hawk  while on his skateboard.'),
('180491',' Patrick Stewart (I) (qv) and Ian McKellen (qv) were both  seriously considered for Clayton before Brian Blessed (qv)  auditioned for it, the directors felt his deep booming voice would  be perfect for he character.'),
('180492',' Rosie ODonnell (qv) accomplished a life long dream in this film,  she had always wanted to voice a character in a Disney animated  movie.'),
('180493',' SPOILER: Clayton is the first Disney villain to die by hanging.  Originally Tarzan sent Clayton to his doom until the filmmakers  realized that that would go against Tarzans line, "Im not a man  like you."'),
('180494',' The original director was James C. McKay (I) (qv), who filmed many  gruesome scenes. In July 1936, he was replaced by  John Farrow (I) (qv) who practically re'),
('180495','shot the entire film.  There were also cast and crew changes: Granville Bates (qv) was  dropped from the cast, while Herbert Mundin (qv) was added,  playing a new character. Darby Jones (qv) replaced  Everett Brown (I) (qv) as "Bomba"; Elmer Sheeley (qv) replaced  Cedric Gibbons (qv) as art director; A. Arnold Gillespie (qv)  replaced James Basevi (qv) for special effects;  Tom Tutwiler (qv) replaced Max Fabian (qv) for photographic  effects; and Charles Salerno Jr. (qv) replaced cameramen  Virgil W. Vogel (qv) and Walter Strenge (qv).'),
('180496',' Footage of the Murchison Falls in Africa, originally shot for  _Trader Horn (1931)_ (qv), was used in the film.'),
('180497',' In the original script Jane was to have died  (OSullivan, Maureen (qv) wanted out of the Tarzan series). Fan  protest forced a last'),
('180498','minute rewrite in which Jane recovers from her  near'),
('180499','fatal wound, admitting she had been wrong to disobey Tarzan.'),
('180500',' Johnny Sheffield (qv) claims that he was handpicked by  Johnny Weissmuller (qv) after screening hundreds of applicants for  the role of boy. Weissmuller is also the person who taught Sheffield  to swim for the movie.'),
('180501',' Tarzan had to "find" a son, because censors would not allow Jane to  become pregnant because she and Tarzan were not legally married.'),
('180502',' Janes absence was explained in a letter saying that shes visiting  relatives in England. Maureen OSullivan was sick of playing Jane,  but her absence probably had more to do with the fact that the  franchise had switched from MGM to RKO, and OSullivan was a Metro  contract player.'),
('180503',' Title comes from one of the original Tarzan novels.'),
('180504',' The "African" elephants were actually Indian elephants fitted with  prosthetic tusks and ears, as MGM already owned several Indian  elephants and considered them easier to handle.'),
('180505',' Cedric Gibbons (qv) was replaced as director due to other duties  as the head of MGMs art department. He was officially replaced by  Jack Conway (qv). Maureen OSullivan (qv) recalled that the  actual direction was carried out by James C. McKay (I) (qv)  (uncredited as director), who was only billed as the animal  director. Betty Roth (qv) (wife of animal supervisor  Louis Roth (I) (qv)) doubled for OSullivan for some close'),
('180506','up lion  scenes at the end of filming due to OSullivans absence for an  appendectomy.'),
('180507',' The infamous nude swimming scene was originally filmed in three  different versions: with Jane wearing her traditional costume, with  Jane topless, and with Jane fully nude. US states were empowered at  that time to enact individual censorship laws, and three different  versions of the scene were filmed in order to allow individual  states to select the version of the scene which best conformed to  their laws. All three versions were eventually removed from the film  due to protests from conservative religious groups, particularly the  powerful Catholic Legion of Decency. The nude version of the scene  was discovered in the vaults of Turner Entertainment during the late  1990s following their purchase of the MGM film library, and was  restored to most subsequent versions of the film on the direct  orders of Turner Entertainment chairman Ted Turner. In the restored  version of the scene, Tarzan is depicted wearing his traditional  loincloth while Jane appears fully nude, her costume having been  torn off when Tarzan playfully tosses her from a tree to the water  below. The scene as it exists today is approximately four minutes in  duration.'),
('180508',' Maureen OSullivan (qv) does not appear as Jane during the films  famous nude swimming sequence. OSullivan is instead doubled by  Josephine McKim (qv), a member of the 1924 and 1928 U.S. Womens  Olympic Swim Teams and one of the four U.S. swimmers on that team to  win the 1928 gold medal in the 400'),
('180509','Meter Freestyle Relay.'),
('180510',' The only appearance of the two'),
('180511','piece Jane costume, subsequently  replaced by a long one'),
('180512','piece costume in all the sequels due to  pressure from the Hays Office as they felt it was too revealing.'),
('180513',' James Pierce (I) (qv) said of this picture: "Because of poor  direction, terrible story treatment and putrid acting, the opus was  a stinkeroo. I emerge with nothing to show for my strenuous effort  except being typecast as Tarzan. I was out of a job."'),
('180514',' Edgar Rice Burroughs (qv) convinced James Pierce (I) (qv), his  future son'),
('180515','in'),
('180516','law, to turn down a role in _Wings (1927)_ (qv) in  order to play Tarzan in this film. That role went to a rising  Gary Cooper (I) (qv), and made him a star.'),
('180517',' The only known print of this film is a French version. There are  video dubs of this print in circulation.'),
('180518',' Shooting was delayed for month while star James Pierce (I) (qv)  recovered from injuries suffered in a serious car crash.'),
('180519',' More than 1,000 extras were hired for the filming'),
('180520',' A standout in the cast was Lin'),
('180521','Yu'),
('180522','Ching, a Chinese giant who stood  eight feet tall and weighed 300 pounds.'),
('180523',' In the second week of filming, Dinky the chimp bit  Mike Henry (I) (qv) on the jaw. It took 20 stitches to repair the  wound. Henry had monkey fever delirium for three days, and took  three weeks to recuperate. The chimp was destroyed and replaced.  Henry later sued the production company for negligence. He won the  suit, but the amount was not made public.'),
('180524',' This is essentially the second half of the previously released  _New Adventures of Tarzan, The (1935/I)_ (qv) with a little  additional footage.'),
('180525',' This film is part of the public domain.'),
('180526',' Jebba the chimp bit Casper Van Dien (qv) on the Chin during a  photo shoot. Van Dien had to get tetanus shot but was apparently  okay.'),
('180527',' The baby elephant charged Casper Van Dien (qv) and  Jane March (qv) and lifted Van Dien with his tusks.'),
('180528',' This was the first Tarzan movie shot entirely in Africa.'),
('180529',' The film was edited to remove some of the violence so that more  children could see it.'),
('180530',' Gordon Scott (I) (qv) got along well with the natives involved in  the movie. A Masai warrior nicknamed him "Mtu Ule Na Panda Miti  Minegu" (Warrior Who Climbs Tall Trees).'),
('180531',' On the set, Gordon Scott (I) (qv) won a bet by capturing and  riding a wild giraffe for five minutes.'),
('180532',' A 500'),
('180533','pound lion with whom Gordon Scott (I) (qv) had worked for  over a month tore open his leg (32 stitches).'),
('180534',' Johnny Weissmuller (qv)s stunt double Ángel García (VII) (qv)  was killed while performing the famous cliff dive into the ocean at  Acapulco, Mexico.'),
('180535',' Originally intended as a TV series; three episodes were re'),
('180536','edited  into a movie.'),
('180537',' The original original choice to play Tarzan was a vaudeville actor  and ukelele player Winslow Winston, but before the film started he  enlisted and left for the battlefields of WW1.'),
('180538',' Young men from the New Orleans Athletic Club played the ape parts.'),
('180539',' In one scene a lion is supposed to crawl through the window of  Tarzans cabin to devour Jane. Tarzan grabs him and pulls him out.  In fact the old and drugged lion turned on Lincoln, Elmo (qv) who  stabbed and killed him. "I stepped on him to beat my chest. As my  foot pressed down on him, the remaining air in his lungs escaped  with a loud whoosh. I was already shaken and you should have seen me  jump!" The lion wound up as a lobby display when the picture opened  on Broadway.'),
('180540',' Lincolns stunt double was Frank Merrill (I) (qv), who would later  go on to play Tarzan in two films.'),
('180541',' Production began with Stellan Windrow (qv) playing Tarzan. After  five weeks of shooting, Windrow quit to enlist in the First World  War. Footage of him swinging from vines remains in the final film.'),
('180542',' Originally, this movie was three hours long and was divided into  three parts. Existing prints are less then an hour in length.'),
('180543',' NFC hired eight acrobats to play apes for which costumes made from  goat skins and elaborate masks were constructed.'),
('180544',' Burroughs sold the film rights for Tarzan of the Apes to the  National Film Corporation on June 6, 1916. He received a record  $5,000 cash advance on royalties, $50,000 in company stock and five  percent of gross receipts.'),
('180545',' Lincoln was stockier than Winslow and had trouble doing the  sequences in the trees so they kept the footage shot of Windrow.'),
('180546',' Over 300 local Louisianas were hired as cannibal extras for $1.75 a  day.'),
('180547',' Louisiana was chosen as the main shooting location because of the  cooperation of the residents of Morgan City, the lush jungle  vegetation, bayous, waterways, abundant black extras, and facilities  such as hotels, a railway'),
('180548','serviced wharf and an adjacent storage  warehouse.'),
('180549',' Sets, costumes and equipment were sent from Los Angeles by rail car.'),
('180550',' For the African village scenes native huts were constructed and 800  locals were hired as extras. The village was burned to the ground  for the final village scene.'),
('180551',' When Johnny Weissmuller (qv) was approached to play Tarzan, he was  under contract with BVD to advertise their underwear and swimming  trunks. BVD strenuously objected to its spokesman appearing in just  a loincloth '),
('180552',' the company only wanted him to appear wearing its  product. In return for letting Weismuller play Tarzan, MGM allowed  BVD to run ads featuring the studios contract players in BVD  swimsuits (including Greta Garbo (qv), Joan Crawford (qv),  Jean Harlow (qv) and Marie Dressler (qv)). (source: Tarzan of  the Movies by Gabe Esso)'),
('180553',' Tarzans distinctive call was created by sound recordist  Douglas Shearer (qv). It was a normal call, manipulated and played  backwards.'),
('180554',' Clark Gable (qv) was considered for the role of Tarzan, but was  deemed too much of an unknown to play the ape man.'),
('180555',' At no point in this movie is the line "Me Tarzan, you Jane" spoken.  When Jane and Tarzan meet, it is she who initiates the verbal  exchange, repeatedly indicating herself and giving her name until he  repeats it. She then points to him, indicating that she wants to  know if theres a word for who he is as "Jane" is the word for who  she is, until eventually he understands and says, "Tarzan."'),
('180556',' This film used considerable stock footage from  _Trader Horn (1931)_ (qv) also directed by W.S. Van Dyke, resulting  in some very obvious back'),
('180557','projection effects, particularly toward  the beginning of the picture.'),
('180558',' Apparently, the chimpanzees were supposed to be the baby apes, and  the men in costumes, the adults. This idea was dropped after this  movie; one of the men who played the apes was Ray Corrigan.'),
('180559',' In addition to the 12'),
('180560','chapter serial, producer Sol Lesser (qv)  edited the first four chapters into a 1933 feature film, with a  trailer announcing future chapters at the theater weekly. However,  some theaters did not show the trailer, causing confusion about the  abrupt ending of the movie.'),
('180561',' First Tarzan movie with sound that didnt feature the ape'),
('180562','call.  Despite protests from fans, the producers decided it had been  ridiculed too often to remain effective.'),
('180563',' Mahoney, Jock (qv) plays evil Coy Banton to  Scott, Gordon (I) (qv)s Tarzan. Mahoney took over the Tarzan role  in _Tarzan Goes to India (1962)_ (qv).'),
('180564',' The original star was to have been Joe Bonomo (qv), promoted by  the studio as "the greatest of all Tarzans." Near the end of work on  another picture, _Perils of the Wild (1925)_ (qv), Bonono fractured  his left leg and injured his sacroiliac. Frank Merrill (I) (qv),  who had doubled for Elmo Lincoln (qv) in  _Perils of the Jungle (1927)_ (qv), was offered the job and began  work the next day.'),
('180565',' When a friend of Frank Merrill (I) (qv)s learned of a physical  culture contest in England, he entered Merrills photo without his  knowledge. Merrill was voted second runner'),
('180566','up for "Worlds Most  Perfectly Developed Man" and the publicity from this added to  attendance at the movie. Ironically, Merrills body was more  thoroughly covered in this film than any other Tarzan movie.'),
('180567',' This serial is presumed lost.'),
('180568',' The two main heirlooms Tarzan found in his fathers cabin in  _Tarzan of the Apes (1918)_ (qv) '),
('180569',' the locket and hunting knife '),
('180570','  become a single object in the film: the carved knife that Tarzan  wears around his neck.'),
('180571',' This movie was released in both silent and "sound" versions. The  sound consisted of a crude musical score, sound effects and a few  lip'),
('180572','synched lines on a record.'),
('180573',' The record contains the very first Tarzan yell, invented by  Frank Merrill (I) (qv).'),
('180574',' "Tarzan the Terrible" was planned but the studio decided that  Frank Merrill (I) (qv)s voice wasnt right for talkies and the  film was scrapped.'),
('180575',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('180576',' 1. Call of the Jungle  '),
('180577',' 2. The Road To Opar  '),
('180578',' 3. The Altar of the Flaming God  '),
('180579',' 4. The Vengeance of La  '),
('180580',' 5. Condemned To Death  '),
('180581',' 6. Tantor the Terror  '),
('180582',' 7. The Dealy Peril  '),
('180583',' 8. Loop of Death  '),
('180584',' 9. Flight of Werper  '),
('180585',' 10.Prisoner of the Apes  '),
('180586',' 11.The Jaws of Death  '),
('180587',' 12.The Jewels of Opar  '),
('180588',' 13. A Human Sacrifice  '),
('180589',' 14. Tarzans Rage  '),
('180590',' 15. Tarzans Triumph'),
('180591',' This serial only survived because it had been released as a  "talking" serial.'),
('180592',' Gordon Scott (I) (qv) was nearly killed by the 18.5'),
('180593','foot python  with which he was wrestling in this movie. It took six men to pull  the snake off him.'),
('180594',' Cheetah appears only during one line ("So long, Cheetah"). This is  because the chimpanzees brought from England to Kenya for the  filming were so terrified of the jungle night noises they wouldnt  perform.'),
('180595',' Sean Connery (qv) was paid $5,600 for his role in this movie. When  asked to play in the next Tarzan movie, he said he couldnt because  "two fellows took an option on me for some spy picture and are  exercising it. But Ill be in your next." The "spy picture" was  _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv).'),
('180596',' Producer Sy Weintraub (qv) also wanted Anthony Quayle (qv) to  come back for another Tarzan movie, but Quayle had been offered a  part in _Lawrence of Arabia (1962)_ (qv) after having been seen in  this film, and couldnt accept.'),
('180597',' This was the first film for producer Sy Weintraub. He would make  Tarzan adventures, including the popular television series,  throughout the 1960s.'),
('180598',' Scott, Gordon (I) (qv) and Miles, Vera (qv) married while making  this film.'),
('180599',' Producer Lesser, Sol (qv) interviewed more than 1,000 actors to  replace Weissmuller, Johnny (qv) in the role of Tarzan.'),
('180600',' CAMEO(Elmo Lincoln (qv)): the first actor to play Tarzan on film,  as a fisherman.'),
('180601',' Lex Barker was forced to shave his normally hairy chest in order  meet the requirements of the role in this and the Tarzan films which  followed.'),
('180602',' This was the first film shown free to servicemen overseas. A 16 mm  copy was sent to Iceland and shown 10 May 1942.'),
('180603',' CAMEO(Elmo Lincoln (qv)): the first movie Tarzan, as a circus  roustabout.'),
('180604',' First Tarzan film to be shot in Africa, where it was set.'),
('180605',' The company arrived in Africa just before winter set in. The chimps  wouldnt perform, so Cheetahs part had to be cut. the area around  Mount Kenya was so cloudy that Barker, Lex (qv)s tan disappeared  and he had to use body makeup. The first time Barker showed up in a  loin cloth the native extras burst out laughing.'),
('180606',' The film was originally shot in color, but more than half of it was  ruined on location. It was converted to black and white, the  remaining footage winding up in later pictures.'),
('180607',' Producer Lesser, Sol (qv) considered casting New York Yankees  baseball great Gehrig, Lou (qv) as Tarzan, but changed his mind  after seeing his legs, which were "more functional than decorative."'),
('180608',' The photo of Lord Greystoke is really Barker, Lex (qv) in a beard  and mustache.'),
('180609',' Due to many budget cutbacks following the death of  Thalberg, Irving (qv) many stock shots from former movies were  used.'),
('180610',' During the filming, Mahoney, Jock (qv) contracted amoebic  dysentery and dengue fever, and finally pneumonia, going from 220 to  175 pounds before finishing the film.'),
('180611',' Lee Canalito (qv), originally cast as Tarzan, was replaced by  Miles OKeeffe (qv) at the last minute.'),
('180612',' The stunt coordinator on this film was Jock Mahoney (qv), who  actually played Tarzan in two early 1960s films.'),
('180613',' This movie was Miles OKeeffes film debut.'),
('180614',' During a scene involving "Jane" attempting to get away from  "Tarzan", Miles OKeeffe found himself face to face with a full  grown lion, who took on the part of the gallant gentleman saving the  damsel in distress. The lion, escaping his holding pen, dived into  the fray, apparently more intent on protecting Bo Derek than  attacking Miles OKeeffe (it was noted that the 200 pound man wasnt  injured by the 500 pound cat). The handler was on the scene almost  immediately, stopping the incident. Although neither human star were  injured, rumor had it that Miles OKeeffe thereafter made a habit of  checking the security of the holding pen whenever other scenes of  "violence" toward Bo Derek were done, citing a deep respect for Bo  Dereks formidable self'),
('180615','appointed bodyguard.'),
('180616',' The phrase "Me Tarzan, you Jane" was Never spoken in any of the  Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films at MGM.'),
('180617',' Firstly presented as a short in the film market of Cannes Film  Festival, it encountered such a success that a long feature version  was immediately undertaken.'),
('180618',' Resenting the iconoclastic vision of the character, the heirs of  Edgar Rice Burroughs pressed charges to prevent any use what so ever  of Tarzans name in the film. Thats why "Tazoon" suddenly became  "Shame", even in its French version. One can also notice there is no  mention of the authors name in the credits.'),
('180619',' No known prints of this film seem to exist. Please check your attic.'),
('180620',' Writer Vijay Krishna Acharya (qv)s debut.'),
('180621',' Anil Kapoor (I) (qv) shaved and tattooed his chest to prepare for  his role.'),
('180622',' The technical advisor, Capt. S.G. Mitchell (qv), was commanding  officer of the fighter squadron aboard USS Hornet (CV'),
('180623','8) at the  Battle of Midway, which is portrayed in the movie. He ran his planes  out of fuel, resulting in all ten aircraft lost and two pilots  drowned. The Hornet does not appear in this film because the point  of view is largely from the Yorktown (CV'),
('180624','5), which was sunk in the  battle. However, one of the senior aviators, McCluskey, (played by  Bruce Bennett (I) (qv)), is a clear reference to the Enterprise  (CV'),
('180625','6) air group commander, Clarence Wade McClusky.'),
('180626',' Wayne Morris who portrayed Lt.McKinney was the only actor in the  cast who had actual combat experience as a carrier pilot in WWII .  As a fighter pilot, Morris shot down seven enemy planes and  contributed to the sinking of five enemy ships. He was awarded four  Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals. He was the only  combat "ace" of all the Hollywood actors who went to war.'),
('180627',' A clip of this movie (the decapitation scene) was showed in the  Norwegian TV'),
('180628','debate program "På Sparket" on 11 December 1980. This  program was the start of the long and heated debate about so called  video'),
('180629','nasties (videovold) in Norway. The movie was almost labeled as  a video'),
('180630','nasty among with movies like "Texas chainsaw massacre", "The  Exterminator", "Cannibal holocaust" etc.'),
('180631',' Hazel Blears, who later became a member of the UK parliament and a  minister in Tony Blairs government, appears in the film as a  6'),
('180632','year'),
('180633','old urchin along with her brother.'),
('180634',' When the Manchester Shipper and Manchester Pioneer were chosen to  star in Shelagh Delaneys novel "A Taste of Honey", it was not known  that part of the plot involved a drunken seaman taking his  girlfriend on board, and also involving a drunken first officer!  When the premiere took place, the company had to take space in the  programme to point out that Manchester Liners neither approved nor  allowed such conduct.'),
('180635',' Some writers have claimed that Vincent Price (I) (qv) was going to  play a fourth member Of Geoffrey Keen (qv)s Thrill Seekers but  budget cuts removed the character so his part was shared among  John Carson (I) (qv), Peter Sallis (qv) and Keen.'),
('180636',' Martin Jarvis (qv) was first offered a more major role then was  not free for the dates.'),
('180637',' Serialized in Aguila Komiks.'),
('180638',' Featured in the 1992 Sundance Film Festival. It has also frequently  been seen on PBS stations across the US and Canada and on the Nick  at Night program "Up All Night".'),
('180639',' This documentary is available on the Criterion Collection release  for Play Time (1967).'),
('180640',' First Filipino movie to feature a lip'),
('180641','to'),
('180642','lip kissing scene. The  scene became controversial in the very conservative country.'),
('180643',' The Catholic Church banned the filming of the film at Guadalupe  church after learning that the production would shoot a kissing  scene at the ruins of the old church.'),
('180644',' Gerald Madrid (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('180645',' Ferdinand Galang (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('180646',' Dick Wilsons film debut.'),
('180647',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Leopard Tamer, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('180648',' This became the final film for producer Joseph E. Levine.'),
('180649',' The tattoos in the "tattoo exhibition room" were produced on actual  goat skin.'),
('180650',' The character of Schrader is named for writer'),
('180651','director  Paul Schrader (qv), who the director of this film admires.'),
('180652',' Fourteenth episode in the Girl Detective 2'),
('180653','reel series.'),
('180654',' A percentage of the films proceeds are going to the childrens  Aids/HIV charity Angelwish.'),
('180655',' No. 8 in the Hong Kong Film Awards List of The Best 100 Chinese  Motion Pictures'),
('180656',' Ho Yim (qv) was the first choice to direct the film.'),
('180657',' Joyce Chan (I) (qv) was first asked to write the screenplay.'),
('180658',' When Yun'),
('180659','Fat Chow (qv) turned down the role of To Minh, he  recommended to producer Meng Xia (qv) a young actor, who had just  worked with him on a TV series. Chow didnt know the actor by name.  Leading man George Lam (qv) spoke of a young actor who played a  small role in a movie starring Lam. The young actor made quite an  impression and Lam thought the young man would fit in the role of To  Minh. But he didnt know the actor by name. As the shooting began in  Hainan Island and the role of To Minh was still undecided, the whole  crew became anxious. Cinematographer David Chung (I) (qv)  suggested another young actor and Meng Xia (qv) went to meet with  him. Xia finally cast the young actor as To Minh. The actor was  Andy Lau (qv), who happened to be the same unknown actor who  Yun'),
('180660','Fat Chow (qv) and George Lam (qv) referred to.'),
('180661',' Three new Toyota AE86 Sprinter Truenos, a car out of production  since 1987, were especially built by Toyota for the film.'),
('180662',' Tsui Hark was originally set to direct Initial D, but there were  "creative differences." After he left, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak  signed on instead.'),
('180663',' For a long period of time, Edison Chen was slated to play Takumi  Fujiwara, and Andy Lau was even rumored to be up for the role of  Bunta.'),
('180664',' A number of Toyota Trueno AE86 cars were used during production, at  least one of which was personally wrecked by Jay Chou.'),
('180665',' According to Anthony Wong (Bunta Fujiwara), in the original script  there was a race between Bunta and another racer. Due to time  constraints, this was cancelled.'),
('180666',' The lead character was originally called Tarzan, and that name was  used in the title, until the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate threatened  to take the producers to court for unauthorized use of the name. The  name was then changed to "Taur."'),
('180667',' Adult'),
('180668','film debut of Kyôko Ayana (qv).'),
('180669',' The title means "Two Worlds".'),
('180670',' A sub'),
('180671','plot about Maneechans friendship with Anna Leownowens (from  the King and I) was deleted.'),
('180672',' When Émilien (Frédéric Diefenthal) is taking his driving lessons, he  driving school is called G. Pires, just as the director of the film.'),
('180673',' Just before filming was supposed to begin, director  Gérard Pirès (qv) fell off a horse and needed to stay in hospital  for a few weeks. During this time Gérard Krawczyk (qv) (who would  later direct the sequels _Taxi 2 (2000)_ (qv) and  _Taxi 3 (2003)_ (qv)) filled in on'),
('180674','set while Pirès watched the  dailies at the end of each day to check on the progress of filming.'),
('180675',' Luc Besson (qv) wrote the script in 30 days while waiting for  Columbia Pictures to commit to the production go'),
('180676','ahead for  _Fifth Element, The (1997)_ (qv).'),
('180677',' SPOILER: The racing helmet worn at the end by the lead character is  that of French formula 1 driver Olivier Panis.'),
('180678',' Based on _Taxi (1998)_ (qv) a French film written by  Luc Besson (qv) in 30 days while waiting for Columbia Pictures to  commit to the production go'),
('180679','ahead for  _Fifth Element, The (1997)_ (qv).'),
('180680',' Kevin Bray (I) (qv) was originally set to direct, but dropped out.'),
('180681',' Filming the initial car chase occurred during fall 2003 as there is  a large billboard, briefly glimpsed, for the short'),
('180682','lived WB series  _"Tarzan" (2003)_ (qv).'),
('180683',' WILHELM SCREAM: When the red BMW drives down the sidewalk'),
('180684',' Ingrid Vandebosch_ (qv) one of the female robbers in this film, is  married to Jeff Gordon, who has a cameo in this film.'),
('180685',' August 17, 1999 cameraman Dutartre, Alain (qv) was killed when a  car driven by a stuntman overshot a jump over tanks and struck him  also injurying Bar, Jean'),
('180686','Michel (qv)'),
('180687',' Was originally released with 836 prints, the largest number ever for  a film in France, surpassing the previous 797 print record in France  held by _Star Wars: Episode I '),
('180688',' The Phantom Menace (1999)_ (qv).'),
('180689',' In the street market, you can clearly see behind Émilien in at least  two shots a poster for _Wasabi (2001)_ (qv), also written and  produced by Luc Besson (qv).'),
('180690',' The names appearing on the alpine skiing scoreboard are names of  members of the crew.'),
('180691',' The name of the company of the the money transporter at the street  market is the name of the production company'),
('180692',' The music that the Generals driver is listening to, moments before  he crashes, is actually Greeces National Anthem'),
('180693',' Sylvester Stallone (qv), who appears in a cameo at the beginning  of the movie, is dubbed for the French version.'),
('180694',' When being chased by the fast police car, Daniel changes his licence  plate to read Allez lOM. lOM is the nickname for French football  team Olympique Marseille.'),
('180695',' Various studios considered producing this film; one suggested  Diamond, Neil (qv) for the lead role.'),
('180696',' Brian De Palma (qv) was also considered to direct but the  producers were dragged to a private screening of  _Mean Streets (1973)_ (qv) (Robert De Niro (qv) and  Martin Scorsese (qv)s previous collaboration) before they told  Scorsese he could direct, but only if he got De Niro to play the  lead.'),
('180697',' Harvey Keitel (qv) was originally offered the part of the campaign  worker, eventually played by Albert Brooks (I) (qv). He decided to  take the role as the pimp, even though in the script he was black  and only had about five lines.'),
('180698',' Hudson, Rock (qv) was once considered for the role of Charles  Palantine, but was not able to due to his commitment to the TV  series, _"McMillan and Wife" (1971)_ (qv).'),
('180699',' Robert De Niro (qv) worked twelve hour days for a month driving  cabs as preparation for this role. He also studied mental illness.'),
('180700',' SPOILER:Robert De Niro (qv)s Mohawk was not real, due to the fact  that De Niro still had to shoot scenes for the film with hair after  the Mohawk portions. Makeup artist Dick Smith (II) (qv) created a  bald cap that was glued to De Niros head and the mohawk was made of  thick horse hair.'),
('180701',' The scene where Travis Bickle is talking to himself in the mirror  was completely ad'),
('180702','libbed by Robert De Niro (qv). The screenplay  details just said, "Travis looks in the mirror."  Martin Scorsese (qv) claims that he got the inspiration for the  scene from Marlon Brando (qv) mouthing words in front of a mirror  in _Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)_ (qv).'),
('180703',' Bernard Herrmann (qv) wasnt going to write the score for this  film, but agreed to do it when he saw the scene where Bickle pours  Schnapps on his bread.'),
('180704',' Keitel, Harvey (qv) rehearsed with actual pimps to prepare for his  role. The scene where his character and Iris dance is improvised,  and is one of only two scenes in the film that dont focus on  Bickle.'),
('180705',' Director Scorsese, Martin (qv) claims that the most important shot  in the movie is when Bickle is on the phone trying to get another  date with Betsy. The camera moves to the side slowly and pans down  the long, empty hallway next to Bickle, as if to suggest that the  phone conversation is too painful and pathetic to bear.'),
('180706',' Robert De Niro (qv) claimed that the final shootout scene took  particularly long, because of both technical problems and the humor  which arose from the tension created by the carnage in the scene.'),
('180707',' SPOILER: Due to the bloody content of the brothel shootout scene,  cinematographer Michael Chapman (I) (qv) agreed to desaturate the  colors in post'),
('180708','production. This explains why the blood appears to be  pink instead of red in that scene. Later, when the DVD was being  prepared, Martin Scorsese (qv) wanted to replace it with the  original shot, with the blood in its original vivid redness, but no  print of that original scene could be found, so the DVD still has  the muted colors.'),
('180709',' Jodie Foster (qv) was 14 years old in 1976, so she could not do  the more explicit scenes. (Her character was 12 1/2.)  Connie Foster (qv), Jodies 21'),
('180710','year'),
('180711','old sister, was cast as her  body double for those scenes.'),
('180712',' Legendary composer Bernard Herrmann (qv) died on Christmas Eve of  1975, just hours after completing the recording sessions for this  film.'),
('180713',' When Travis calls Betsy from a payphone to apologize for having  taken her to a porno movie, he makes that call from the lobby of The  Ed Sullivan Theater (1697 Broadway).'),
('180714',' The sex film that Travis takes Betsy to see is  _Kärlekens språk (1969)_ (qv).'),
('180715',' The restaurant where the cabbies gather to eat was a real'),
('180716','life  hangout for taxi drivers called the Belmore Cafeteria at 28th St.  and Park Avenue South. It has since been demolished, but the  apartment building that replaced it is named the Belmore.'),
('180717',' The girl with whom Foster, Jodie (qv) studied in order to prepare  for her role as Iris also appears in the film, as Iris friend on  the street.'),
('180718',' Director Scorsese, Martin (qv)s mother appears in the picture of  Iris parents cut out from the newspaper. The picture is hanging on  Travis wall at the end of the movie.'),
('180719',' Due to injuries sustained in an accident during the production of  the 1975 movie _Farmer, The (1977)_ (qv) actor George Memmoli (qv)  had to decline the bit'),
('180720','part of the Traviss disturbed passenger who  was ultimately played by the films director Martin Scorsese (qv).'),
('180721',' DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese (qv)): sitting down, behind Betsy as she  walks into the Palantine campaign headquarters in slow'),
('180722','motion. He  also appears as the irate husband in Bickles cab.'),
('180723',' SPOILER: Martin Scorsese (qv) was reluctant to edit the climactic  (and very bloody) shootout to avoid an X rating. However, he was  amused by the changes ordered by the MPAA, because they made the  final scene even more shocking than had originally been intended.'),
('180724',' In Paul Schrader (I) (qv)s original screenplay, the characters of  Sport, the Mafioso and the hotel clerk were all black.  Martin Scorsese (qv) felt that, combined with other events in the  film, this would have stacked the deck too much towards racism, and  suggested that those characters be changed to white men. Schrader  relented.'),
('180725',' Jeff Bridges (I) (qv) was considered for the part of Travis  Bickle.'),
('180726',' The record that Travis buys for Betsy is "The Silver Tongued Devil  and I" by Kris Kristofferson (I) (qv). In the restaurant they  quote from a song on the album, "Pilgrim Chapter 33" ("hes a  prophet...").'),
('180727',' The movies line "You talking to me?" was voted as the #10 movie  quote by the American Film Institute'),
('180728',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #52 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('180729',' The movies line "You talkin to me?" was voted as the #8 of "The  100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('180730',' Paul Schrader (I) (qv) was inspired to write the script after  reading the published diary of Arthur Bremer (qv), the man who was  convicted of shooting presidential hopeful  George Wallace (IV) (qv). Eerily, Bremer was 26 years old in 1976  (the year the film was released), the same age as Travis Bickle in  the film.'),
('180731',' The producers were looking for a "Cybill Shepherd" type to play the  female lead in the film. When agent Sue Mengers (qv) heard this,  she reportedly called them and asked why not hire  Cybill Shepherd (qv).'),
('180732',' Travis name was an homage to the Mick Travis character in  _If.... (1968)_ (qv) and _O Lucky Man! (1973)_ (qv), the latter of  which was supposedly one of Martin Scorsese (qv)s favorite films  at the time.'),
('180733',' According to Amy Taubin (qv)s book, the character of Iris was  partially inspired by Paul Schrader (I) (qv)s memory of 1950s  Coppertone ads. One of Jodie Foster (qv)s first acting jobs was a  Coppertone commercial.'),
('180734',' While it may be true that the scene where Robert De Niro (qv)  stands before the mirror and asks his reflection, "You talkin to  me? Well, I dont see anyone else here" was improvised, the exchange  is a quotation from _Shane (1953)_ (qv) where Alan Ladd (I) (qv)  and Ben Johnson (I) (qv) square up to one another just before  their barroom brawl.'),
('180735',' Travis Bickles famous "You talkin to me?" scene may have been  inspired by De Niros training under Stella Adler (qv), who (as an  exercise) had her students practice different interpretations of a  similar phrase. The legendary acting teacher was surprised to see  one of her former students use "You talkin to me?" as a psychotic  mantra. Martin Scorsese (qv) was encouraging De Niro just below  the camera while shooting the scene, which lead to the rest of the  "dialogue" Bickle has with his mirror.'),
('180736',' The story was partially autobiographical for  Paul Schrader (I) (qv), who suffered a nervous breakdown,  literally didnt talk to anyone for months, went to porno theaters  and developed an obsession with guns when he first moved out to Los  Angeles. Schrader decided to switch the action to New York City only  because taxi drivers are far more common there. Schraders script  clicked with both Scorsese and De Niro when they read it.'),
('180737',' SPOILER: Despite being criticized for its violence, only four  characters die '),
('180738',' the black youth in the corner shop that Travis  shoots, the pimp, the Mafioso and the doorman. Some people believe  that Travis actually dies in the shootout (and that the final  sequences of the movie are a wish'),
('180739','fulfillment in Travis head) so  that would raise the body count to five.'),
('180740',' When Travis is talking to a Secret Service agent, he gives his  address as 154 Hopper Avenue, Fair Lawn, New Jersey. There is a  Hopper Avenue in Fair Lawn, but there is no 154 Hopper Avenue.'),
('180741',' After Brian De Palma (qv), who was originally attached to the  project, was let go, producer Michael Phillips (II) (qv) gave him  a gross point as a parting gift, to assuage Phillips guilt.'),
('180742',' Tony Bill (qv), the producing partner of Julia Phillips (I) (qv)  and her husband Michael Phillips (II) (qv), wanted to make his  directorial debut with this movie after Brian De Palma (qv) was  cashiered. He was convinced to wait to direct a film more suitable  for his sensibilities.'),
('180743',' Around the time Tony Bill (qv) was considering directing the  movie, the Paul Schrader (I) (qv) script was sent to  Al Pacino (qv), but he declined the role.  Julia Phillips (I) (qv) never knew whether Pacino declined the  role because he didnt like the script or because he didnt want to  work with Bill.'),
('180744',' When Martin Scorsese (qv) agreed to direct, he brought  Robert De Niro (qv) on board with him, much to the delight of  Julia Phillips (I) (qv). Much less delightful was that DeNiro was  committed to making Bernardo Bertolucci (qv)s _1900 (1976)_ (qv)  and when he left for Italy, Scorecese committed to  _Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore (1974)_ (qv).'),
('180745',' After seeing "every blonde in town", producer  Julia Phillips (I) (qv) still preferred Farrah Fawcett (qv) over  Cybill Shepherd (qv) for the role of Betsy.'),
('180746',' Cybill Shepherd (qv) turned down the chance to appear in  _Nickelodeon (1976)_ (qv) in order to accept the role of Betsy.'),
('180747',' Producer Julia Phillips tells in her auto'),
('180748','biography that Cybill  Shepherd had a hard time remembering her lines during the  coffee'),
('180749','and'),
('180750','pie scene with Robert De Niro. She writes that De Niro in  particular was getting fed up with her and that Phillips and editor  Marcia Lucas laughed over all the unusable footage they had to work  with in the editing room.'),
('180751',' Paul Schrader (qv) wrote the script for "Taxi Driver" in five  days. As he was writing, he kept a loaded gun on his desk for  motivation and inspiration.'),
('180752',' This was the last Columbia feature to use the classic Torch Lady  logo in her classic appearance.'),
('180753',' When Travis is watching television alone and he kicks over the  television, he is watching a scene from the Young and the Restless,  which debuted in 1973. The scene is a conversation between Brock  Reynolds and Jill Foster (not June as the closed captions state)  about Brocks love for Jill and Jills love for Brocks stepfather  (Phillip). Truly trivial is that even though Brock and Jill married,  they later found out the marriage was invalid because they were in  reality half'),
('180754','siblings.'),
('180755',' The cab Travis drove was Checker. They stopped production after 1982  and the last one in New York City was retired in 1999.'),
('180756',' In the coffee and pie scene, Travis orders apple pie with melted  cheese. When serial killer Ed Gein was arrested, he asked the police  for a slice of apple pie with melted cheese in exchange for a full  confession.'),
('180757',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".'),
('180758',' Uncredited Tom Scott (I) (qv) delivered the dominant, haunting  alto saxophone solos over the Bernard Herrmann (I) (qv) score.'),
('180759',' The apartment building where Iris lived was 226 East 13th Street, as  seen on an exterior shot, as well as in the Then'),
('180760','and'),
('180761','Now Special  Feature on the 2 disc DVD. As a sad coda to the movie, in 1988, as  reported by the NY Times, two young girls were killed when the stoop  outside this address collapsed, crushing them both.'),
('180762',' An action sequence was to be shot with some cars chasing  John Abraham (qv). Unfortunately, at the time of shooting,  Abrahams mother was crossing the road and she presumed he was being  attacked and freaked out. Shooting was halted while Abraham calmed  his mother and reassured her it was only a film shoot.'),
('180763',' SPOILER: The number 9211 in Hindi word form becomes Nau'),
('180764','Do'),
('180765','Gyaara  (9'),
('180766','2'),
('180767','11), which is a Hindi'),
('180768','lingual idiom meaning "to run away". An  apt title, as its the number of the taxi around which the whole  movie revolves around, and it is the solution the two main  characters have for their problems. The number was conceived by  publicity designers while they were designing the film posters. They  suggested it to director Milan Luthria (qv) and he liked it '),
('180769',' he  said it matched the Tom'),
('180770','and'),
('180771','Jerry spirit of the film.'),
('180772',' This movie was made to help the director, Saenz de Heredia, recover  from a terrible economic moment he was having. This way, all the  stars appearing in this film except Juanjo Menendez, who appeared  almost in the whole film, did their work completely for free,  without earning any money.'),
('180773',' This was the first movie in which James Cagney (qv) danced. He was  in the dance contest with Loretta Young (qv) as his partner, and  curiously, ex'),
('180774','hoofer and future star George Raft (qv) was his  opponent vying for the first'),
('180775','place cup.'),
('180776',' Director György Pálfi (I) (qv) won $10,000 at the 2004  Sundance/NHK Filmmakers Award while Taxidermia was in  pre'),
('180777','production. The other two projects that won in 2004:  _Casa de Areia (2005)_ (qv) and  _Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)_ (qv).'),
('180778',' Wade Dominguez (qv) died after filming was completed. The film is  dedicated to his memory.'),
('180779',' Billy Zane ended up in this movie due to a mistake made by his  agent. Zane had read the script for a different movie called "The  Taxman", and his told his agent he would meet with the producers.  His agent accidentally hooked him up with the producers of "Taxman",  a totally different script. They didnt figure out the mistake until  halfway through the meeting, but Zane agreed to do the movie anyway.'),
('180780',' The directors favorite screening was in an alley outside the Los  Angeles Catholic Workers food line known around skid row as the  Hippie Kitchen. Martha, one of the Catholic Workers, held an  umbrella over a large TV monitor to eliminate the noon glare on the  screen from the sun; popcorn was served to people who enjoyed the  bargain matinee after eating a late brunch in the hippie kitchen.'),
('180781',' Taylors Campaign premiered at the Denver Film Festival in October  1997 during one of the worst autumn blizzards in history, shutting  down the city. The film director and festival liaison went to a  nearby bar and brought the customers into the theater to beef up the  audience.'),
('180782',' The filmmaker showed the film in the living room of his apartment  twice a week for four months and the screenings were frequently  listed in the Los Angeles Times calendar as an "excellent  documentary at the 11th Street Documentary Salon".'),
('180783',' Martin Sheen agreed to narrate the film during a break he took from  washing dishes at Bread and Roses in Venice California which serves  breakfast to people who are homeless or hungry. The dish washing  sink is still called Lake Estevez.'),
('180784',' Though the film has been called the best documentary on homelessness  in this era, it has been refused broadcast.'),
('180785',' When the Sega logo appear press and hold A+B on controller 1 and B+C  on controller 2. When the game starts, press start to pause. Hit the  A button and a cheat menu will appear.'),
('180786',' Filmed in 3D, released in 2D.'),
('180787',' Selected as the Georgian entry in the Best Foreign Language Film  category for the 2006 Oscars.'),
('180788',' Other festivals and awards:  '),
('180789',' "Nika"'),
('180790',' Russian Film Academy Award 2006  '),
('180791',' Cannes IFF(Directors  Fortnight) 2005  '),
('180792',' Black Sea IFF (Romania) Best Script Award 2005  '),
('180793',' Eurasia IFF (Kazakhstan,Almaty) Special Jury Award 2005  '),
('180794',' Best Directing Award, "An ELEPHANT"'),
('180795','special prize of the Guild of    the Russian Film Critics Best Actor in a Supporting Role.'),
('180796','    Festival of Cis Countries and Baltic States (KINOSHOCK) 2005  '),
('180797',' IFF of Cinema Mediterraneen(Montpellier,France)'),
('180798','Best Music Award    2005  '),
('180799',' "Golden Lily"'),
('180800','Grand Prize for the Best film (Wiesbuden,Germany)    2006  '),
('180801',' Best Film Award Ashdod IFF (Israel)2006 Best Directing Award    '),
('180802','Ashdod IFF (Israel)2006  '),
('180803',' Best Film Award Best Directing Award '),
('180804','Ashdod IFF (Israel)2006  '),
('180805',' Festival of Cis Countries and Baltic States(KINOSHOCK) 2005 Best    Directing Award "An ELEPHANT"'),
('180806','special prize of the Guild of the    Russian Film Critics Best Actor in a Supporting Role'),
('180807',' The first collaboration between Bennett Davlin, Anthony Badalucco,  and Jesse Newhouse, the founders of 3210 Films LLC.'),
('180808',' Bogomil Andreev (qv) died during production and  Asparuh Temelkov (qv) took over his role.'),
('180809',' SPOILER: Comrade Bástya (again played by Béla Both (qv)), the  legendary character from _Tanú, A (1969)_ (qv) makes a surprise  cameo appearance at the end of the movie.'),
('180810',' Filmed mostly in a studio mock'),
('180811','up of a central junction in Tel Aviv,  Israel, including one of the citys most famous movie theaters '),
('180812','  Mougraby.'),
('180813',' Writer / Director Ephraim Kishon, can be glimpsed during the traffic  jam scene in the beginning of the movie, as the nervous driver  shouting in the red car.'),
('180814',' The red'),
('180815','headed child sitting on the jack'),
('180816','hammer, on whom the camera  zooms, is director Kishons son, Raphi. He is now a well known  veterinarian in Israel.'),
('180817',' Official Selection for the 2006 Vancouver International Film  Festival. Screened with various other shorts as part of the  collection, "Black Holes".'),
('180818',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Long and Short of It, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('180819',' In this version of the Broadway musical "No, No, Nanette",  Eve Arden (qv) plays Pauline, but in the original 1940 version she  played Winnie.'),
('180820',' Arabellas dog Nikki is actually the directors dog.'),
('180821',' The combat scenes late in the picture are clips from  _Bridge Too Far, A (1977)_ (qv).'),
('180822',' Dorothy Dandridge (qv) makes her on'),
('180823','screen debut in this film. She  can be seen standing behind Matthew Stymie Beard (qv), near Pete  the Pup, packing up her things to leave with the other kids after  Miss Jones introduces the class to her fiancee.'),
('180824',' The final regular Our Gang appearance for Beard. He would make a  cameo appearance in the reunion short  _Reunion in Rhythm (1937)_ (qv)'),
('180825',' June Marlowe (I) (qv) was invited to reprise her role of Miss  Crabtree, which she had played with some regularity in the series  from 1930 to 1932, but she declined.'),
('180826',' 39th episode in the Buster Brown 2'),
('180827','reel comedy series.'),
('180828',' June Marlowe (I) (qv)s first appearance as Miss Crabtree.'),
('180829',' This was Matthew Stymie Beard (qv)s first Our Gang appearance.'),
('180830',' Director Robert F. McGowan (qv) approached June Marlowe (I) (qv)  for this role when he spotted her in a Los Angeles department store.  He later suggested the she wear a blond wig, to match co'),
('180831','star  Jackie Cooper (qv)s light'),
('180832','coloured hair (she was a brunette in  real life).'),
('180833',' The script by Fay and Michael Kanin was first written as a drama.  When they were turned down by every studio they submitted it to,  they rewrote it as a comedy. Paramount Studios immediately purchased  the property.'),
('180834',' Cary Grant (qv) and James Stewart (I) (qv) both turned down the  role of James Gannon.'),
('180835',' The song that Christy Carlson Romano (qv) sings is a cover of the  song Doris Day (I) (qv) sang in _Teachers Pet (1958)_ (qv), but  the 1958 film has no other connection to this film or the  _"Teachers Pet" (2000/II)_ (qv) cartoon show.'),
('180836',' The little girl voiced by Emma Steinkellner (qv) in the opening  song first appeared in the "Teachers Pet (2000/II)" (qv) episode  "Never Take Candy From A Kindergardner", where she has a crush on  Leonard and then moves onto Scott.'),
('180837',' This movie was filmed at Central High School in Columbus, Ohio.  Since that time, Central High School was renovated to become the new  site of COSI (Center for Science and Industry).'),
('180838',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  archives.'),
('180839',' The film was originally to be called "Killing Mrs. Tingle". The  events on 20 April 1999 at Columbine High School (Littleton,  Colorado, USA) in which 13 people were murdered by two of their own  classmates, prompted the name change.'),
('180840',' After an incident similar to the Littleton school shooting occured  in Germany too, the German release title was changed from Tötet  Mrs. Tingle (Kill Mrs. Tingle) to Rettet Mrs. Tingle (Save Mrs.  Tingle). However the German video release still shows Tötet Mrs.  Tingle on the box.'),
('180841',' Production began with Louis Calhern (qv) playing Col. Purdy, but  Calhern died after more than a month of filming. His scenes were  reshot with Paul Ford (I) (qv).'),
('180842',' When the movie was released, several moviegoers reportedly  complained to theater owners after seeing the film that Brando was  not in the film. Many were surprised to learn that Brando had been  on'),
('180843','screen for most of the film.'),
('180844',' On Okinawa, the village of Tobiki where the story is supposed to  take place, does not really exist. However, on southern part of the  island near Okinawas capital city, Naha, there really is a Teahouse  of the August Moon, which is now a popular restaurant that features  local cuisine and Ryukyuan folk dancing.'),
('180845',' Average Shot Length = ~18.6 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~18  seconds.'),
('180846',' The very first footage screened for Paramount executives was of a  poorly crafted puppet in front of a background of a badly drawn  Eiffel Tower, prompting one executive in the audience to yell. "Oh  god, they fucked us!" This was a prank pulled by the directors and  the shot then pulls back to reveal a highly refined marionette  manipulating the inferior one, then flies over beautifully detailed  Parisian landscape full of believable yet cheesy marionettes. This  actually ends up being the opening shot of the movie.'),
('180847',' The idea for the film came in 2003 when Matt Stone (I) (qv) and  Trey Parker (I) (qv) were watching television and came across  re'),
('180848','runs episodes of _"Thunderbirds" (1965)_ (qv), which Parker had  never seen. Instantly intrigued, the two decided a marionette action  film would be "the perfect way to send up all those  Jerry Bruckheimer (qv) movies".'),
('180849',' Before Trey Parker (I) (qv) and Matt Stone (I) (qv) settled on  the final plot for this film, one of their original ideas was to do  an all'),
('180850','puppet version of _Armageddon (1998/I)_ (qv). They had been  given a copy of the script and thought it was already funny as was;  but thought that if they were to make it into an all'),
('180851','puppet movie;  then it would substantially funnier. The main reason why this idea  never came to fruition was because of legal problems with the studio  who owned the rights to the film.'),
('180852',' Matt Stone (I) (qv) referred to the puppet technique used in the  film as "supercrappymation".'),
('180853',' When Trey Parker (I) (qv) and Matt Stone (I) (qv) showed the  first footage of the film at the 2004 San Diego Comic Convention, it  began with the tagline (words flying at the screen)  "Alec Baldwin (qv), George Clooney (qv),  Janeane Garofalo (qv), Susan Sarandon (qv),  Tim Robbins (I) (qv), Sean Penn (I) (qv),  Michael Moore (II) (qv), George W. Bush (qv),  John Kerry (III) (qv), Kim Jong'),
('180854','Il .... will all HATE this movie!"  A teaser trailer shown in theaters used a longer list of names,  including Alec Baldwin (qv).'),
('180855',' Sean Penn (I) (qv) was so insulted by his portrayal in the film,  that he wrote an angry letter to Matt Stone (I) (qv) and  Trey Parker (I) (qv) about it. The letter was later published by  several Newspapers and Magazines.'),
('180856',' Team America first meets Gary performing in a play called "Lease",  an obvious parody of the popular broadway musical Rent in which  several of the characters are struggling with AIDS.'),
('180857',' In the song "America FUCK YEAH" the word "Fuck" is used 37 times'),
('180858',' A billboard in Times Square reads "Chiodo: You Go Now." The Chiodo  Brothers are responsible for the puppets seen in the film.'),
('180859',' Marc Shaiman (qv) composed songs and a score for the movie, but  the score was rejected by Paramount execs about three and a half  weeks before the movie was released. Harry Gregson'),
('180860','Williams (qv)  was hired to rewrite the score and compose it at the 11th hour.  Shaimans songs, however, still remain in the finished film.'),
('180861',' The MPAA gave this film an R rating, accompanied with the specific  explanation "For graphic crude and sexual behavior, violent images  and strong language '),
('180862',' all involving puppets."'),
('180863',' During the attack on the Panama Canal, the puppets repeat the line  "No me gusta" which is Spanish for "I dont like it."'),
('180864',' All of the puppets in the movie used the same two bodies (one for  the males and one for the females) with different heads'),
('180865',' except for  Kim Jong Il, to make him look that much smaller.'),
('180866',' In the overhead shot of Gary lying in the giant puddle of vomit, it  is actually Trey Parker (I) (qv) wearing a pair of fake legs so  his proportions more closely match those of the marionettes.'),
('180867',' The dress worn by Lisa during the films finale is a near'),
('180868','exact  replica of the one worn by Kate Capshaw (qv) in the opening  moments of _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv).'),
('180869',' The tavern scene is an homage to the Mos Eisley Cantina scene in  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv). Many of the same camera angles and  character positions are used, and many shots are replicated. The  band is using the same instruments as the Cantina band and are  playing a sound'),
('180870','alike which follows the chord progression of the  original "Cantina Band Song."'),
('180871',' In the style of the _"Thunderbirds" (1965)_ (qv) show which the  movie is a spoof of, close up shots of hands were not puppet hands  but rather real hands dressed up to look like puppet hands.'),
('180872',' The statue in Kim Jong Ils palace is actually a human in heavy  makeup. In the first scene in which he appears, you can see his eyes  blinking.'),
('180873',' All of the male puppet heads consist of nine different servo motors  that control the various facial expressions/actions, while the  female heads consist of seven in the head and two in the back.'),
('180874',' The leaves on the palm trees in Hollywood during the F.A.G. meeting  are made out of dollar bills.'),
('180875',' During the film there are hints of how big the puppets actually are.  Tree leaves made out of dollar bills, coin belt buckle etc. In Kim  Jong Ils singing scene, there is a shot of him in the entrance hall  with the statue. The statue is slightly moving and it is actually a  real sized person painted bronze.'),
('180876',' Budget for the film was $30,000,000.'),
('180877',' In the opening sequence in Paris when the Team America vehicle  slides into a vendor, there are actually pawn chess pieces along the  road.'),
('180878',' When Gary Johnston walks to the tavern in Cairo disguised as a  Terrorist, in the background there is a "Coca'),
('180879','Cola" bottle cap  mounted against a stone wall.'),
('180880',' When Lisa is at the Peace Ceremony with Kim Jong Il, Her hair sticks  are in fact matches.'),
('180881',' When Team America arrives in Cairo, the woman in the grey dress with  a black mask has what looks like to be oranges in a basket on her  head. These are actually goldfish.'),
('180882',' WILHELM SCREAM: From the Korean guard in the high balcony that Gary  shoots when he first walks into Kim Jong Ils palace and says,  "Dont worry fellas, Ive got my pass right here!"'),
('180883',' When the Film Actors Guild decides to go to North Korea, the members  all shout "Qapla!," which is Klingon for success.'),
('180884',' When the camera first shows us the palace in North Korea, several of  the smaller buildings are actually Chinese food take'),
('180885','out boxes.'),
('180886',' As a subtle detail in the opening scene in Paris, the streets are  paved with croissants.'),
('180887',' During the fantasy sequence where several different countries are  being destroyed, America is shown and a movie theatre is visible  which is apparently showing the films  _I Heart Huckabees (2004)_ (qv) and _Seed of Chucky (2004)_ (qv).'),
('180888',' The Paramount Logo, which starts the film, runs backwards.'),
('180889',' The Michael Moore (II) (qv) puppet was stuffed with ham before it  was blown up.'),
('180890',' Originally, Matt Damon (qv) (who Trey Parker (I) (qv) and  Matt Stone (I) (qv) have admitted is really a "pretty cool guy")  was going to be portrayed as intelligent and articulate, but when  they saw the puppet, they noted that it made him "look retarded" and  decided to portray him as such.'),
('180891',' When the terrorist is seen by the little french kid, we hear Turkish  music '),
('180892',' its a song about a girl whom the singer fell in love with.'),
('180893',' When Team America arrives in Cairo and they are moving to the  tavern, there is a mosque in the background. This is the Mohammad  Ali mosque (aka the Alabaster Mosque) in Cairo.'),
('180894',' Household objects were used as props in order to, according to  Trey Parker (I) (qv) and Matt Stone (I) (qv), remind the  audience the actual size of the puppets. A pair of nail clippers can  be seen on a Team Americas utility belt in their first scene; in  Cairo, a citizen is carrying a basket of Goldfish snacks on his  head; and a set of palm trees have leaves made out of dollar bills.'),
('180895',' In the opening scene in Paris, the Mime resembles  Trey Parker (I) (qv).'),
('180896',' During the palace scene, when the camera pans across the audience,  some of the people near the sides and in the back appear to be 2D  cardboard cut'),
('180897','outs.'),
('180898',' North Koreas embassy in Prague demanded that the film be banned in  the Czech Republic, saying the movie harmed their countrys  reputation.'),
('180899',' In Russian Federation the movie is being shown translated by Dmitry  Puchkov, an independent translator whos famous under his nickname  "Goblin". All obscenities are translated to Russian obscenities,  which is very unusual for movie translations in Russia. The movie  has Russian rating "Not for people less than 18 ages old".'),
('180900',' The motorcycle that the puppet Gary Johnston rides is a remote  control red Harley Davidson VRSC, available at all good toy stores.'),
('180901',' Despite almost getting an NC'),
('180902','17 Rating in the States, the film was  promoted as a "kids and family" movie in several European countries,  and rated fit for all accordingly.'),
('180903',' According in an interview with Steve Jablonsky (qv) one of the  co'),
('180904','composers of the music, he and the others wrote and recorded the  score in 8 days.'),
('180905',' The Team America male puppets have the tails side of an American  Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin on the front of their belts.'),
('180906',' Most of the Korean spoken in the movie is not Korean, but rather  Asian'),
('180907','sounding gibberish. Three exceptions are  '),
('180908',' 1) When the North Korean soldier is torturing one of the team    members, he is saying, "Die, you bastard."  '),
('180909',' 2) When Kim Jong'),
('180910','il tells his soldiers to salvage Team Americas    planes after the ambush, the soldiers reply with, "Yeh," which is    "Yes".  '),
('180911',' 3) When Gary enters the North Korean palace, the North Korean    soldiers are shouting, "Who are you, you bastard?"'),
('180912',' After the flooding scene in Panama, the puppets that were "drowned"  had to be literally wrung out and dried so that they could be used  in the next scenes.'),
('180913',' Due to a puppet sex'),
('180914','scene, the movie was given a NC'),
('180915','17 Rating by the  MPAA. The scene was edited twelve times before they received the R  rating they were shooting for. Trey Parker (I) (qv) later admitted  that the scene was originally added to distract the MPAA from the  rest of the films subject matter. On Matt Stone (I) (qv)s  urging, the scene was reinstated to the "unrated" DVD.'),
('180916',' The "Montage" song first appeared in the "Asspen" episode of  _"South Park" (1997)_ (qv). The song is played while Stan is  training for a downhill ski race and the lyrics are slightly  altered.'),
('180917',' Bill Pope (I) (qv) agreed to be the movies director of  photography because it was a refreshing change from the last few  movies that he had done, like _Matrix Reloaded, The (2003)_ (qv),  _Matrix Revolutions, The (2003)_ (qv) and _Spider'),
('180918','Man 2 (2004)_,  where large portions of filming were blue/green screen photography.'),
('180919',' George Clooney (qv) was a driving force in getting  Matt Stone (I) (qv) and Trey Parker (I) (qv)s  _"South Park" (1997)_ (qv) to air. He also appeared in the show and  the subsequent movie. As to their puppetry portrayal in  _Team America: World Police (2004)_ (qv), both he and  Matt Damon (qv) are quoted as saying they would have been offended  if they werent in the film.'),
('180920',' Bill Pope (I) (qv) had planned on shooting the film with  anamorphic lenses in order to replicate the classic "action film  look", but was unable to because there were no anamorphic lenses  available that could focus close enough to the puppets.'),
('180921',' This is the first movie by Trey Parker (I) (qv) and  Matt Stone (I) (qv) to get under an "18" rating in the Republic of  Ireland.'),
('180922',' During the Alec Baldwin (qv) and Gary Johnston scene on stage at  Kim Jong Ils palace, in some shots the screens at either side of  the stage show footage of the real Alec Baldwin (qv) in a tux, and  Trey Parker (I) (qv) recording the voice over.'),
('180923',' For the voice of Spottswoode, Daran Norris (qv) imitates the voice  of Charlton Heston (qv).'),
('180924',' Feature film debut of James Spader (qv).'),
('180925',' This documentary is featured on both the Canadian and American DVD  releases for _Saddest Music in the World, The (2003)_ (qv).'),
('180926',' Debut of Walter Brennan (qv).'),
('180927',' With the exception of the three adult characters the rest of the  cast were all underage. Everyone worked around summer jobs and  summer school.'),
('180928',' Barclay Iverson who plays Ryan was cast for that part the night  before production started. The original actor who was chosen was  taken out of the project right before shooting was about to begin  because of a personal conflict in schedule.'),
('180929',' Actress Cherilyn Wilson was almost set on fire herself during the  climatic meltdown sequence.'),
('180930',' Director Dae Won Kims voice was used to dub one of the characters  in the film, although this is not listed in the credits.'),
('180931',' When this film was made, director Elliott Hong (qv) used his  Korean name Hong Eui'),
('180932','Bong.'),
('180933',' The U.S. Army base at Fort Ord, Monterey, California used "Tears of  Buddha" to teach Korean culture to troops going there to serve.'),
('180934',' The knot in the center of the tug'),
('180935','of'),
('180936','war rope was six feet high.'),
('180937',' The hundred players pulling on both sides of the Tug'),
('180938','of'),
('180939','War knot  were women.'),
('180940',' When it rained, the chariot'),
('180941','smashing game continued in the mud.'),
('180942',' This Documentary was entirely conceptualized, filmed and edited in a  5 day period as part of the International Documentary Challenge  2007.'),
('180943',' The script was considered as part of the _Die Hard (1988)_ (qv)  series.'),
('180944',' (29 October 2002) A stuntman was killed filming a parachuting scene  near Oceano, California. Jumping with eight other skydivers from  14,000 feet, the man was supposed to land on the beach, but actually  landed about 300 yards offshore and drowned.'),
('180945',' The title of this movie was the subtitle for a Die Hard 4 project  the studio was making. The project needed work and  Bruce Willis (qv) told the studio he would commit to Die Hard 4.0  (now _Live Free or Die Hard (2007)_ (qv)) if he could use the title  for this movie.'),
('180946',' Emerson knives were used in this film. These knives are handcrafted  and extremely popular in law enforcement and military communities.'),
('180947',' The U.S. Navy SH'),
('180948','60B "Seahawk" helicopters used during the filming  are from HSL'),
('180949','37 "Easy Riders" stationed at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base  Hawaii, Oahu.'),
('180950',' This is the first film to be filmed on the Nimitz Class Nuclear  Aircraft Carrier, Harry S Truman (CVN'),
('180951','75).'),
('180952',' During principal photography, all actors who played Navy SEAL  characters were required to refer to each other by their characters  names, even off camera, so as to improve interaction among the  seals.'),
('180953',' All the actors who played Navy SEALs had to go through a two week  boot camp.'),
('180954',' Kevin Smith (II) (qv) was supposed to be in this film, but he was  involved in a fatal stunt accident on  _Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao (2002)_ (qv) beforehand.'),
('180955',' SPOILER: WILHELM SCREAM: Heard from a soldier as the second  explosion occurs during the scene when the rebels discover the body  of their informant.'),
('180956',' Screened at The British Short Film Festival, England. 24th  Wellington Film Festival, New Zealand. 28th Aukland Film Festival,  New Zealand. IV International Chilean Shortfilm Festival, Chile.  FILMVIDEO 47th Montercatini Film & Video Festival, Italy. MESSAGE TO  MAN St Petersburg International Film Festival. Film Festival of  Loule, Portugal. St Kilda Film Festival, Australia. Exposure  International Short Film Festival, Australia. Women on Women Film  Festival, Australia.'),
('180957',' The last appearance of the Goofy Gophers and the only cartoon that  features the Goofy Gophers and Daffy Duck.'),
('180958',' The only Goofy Gophers cartoon in which Mel Blanc voices both Mac  and Tosh.'),
('180959',' Shown unedited to experimental filmmakers in Copenhagen, Denmark.'),
('180960',' The film is no longer accessible.'),
('180961',' Available on the _Shrek 2 (2004)_ (qv) DVD'),
('180962',' The second Soviet film shot in their Kinopanorama format, which is  the Russian equivalent of American Cinerama.'),
('180963',' The second dramatic Kinopanorama film shot with the PSO'),
('180964','1960 camera.'),
('180965',' Rob Lowe (qv), Peter Saarsgard (qv), and  Kiefer Sutherland (qv) were each offered the role of Ted Bundy.  All of the actors refused due to the nature of the character.'),
('180966',' Photographs of the real Ted Bundy are featured in both the opening  and closing credits of the film.'),
('180967',' The names of the victims in the cast of characters are fictional and  not the names of the actual victims of Ted Bundy.'),
('180968',' Cameron Bright (qv) was offered a role but he and his mother did  not want him to be associated with a serial killer.'),
('180969',' Henry Rollins wrote the poem read at the poetry reading.'),
('180970',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Algeria, New and Old (1916)_ (qv).'),
('180971',' It is based on the theatrical play "Zito h Zoi" by George Stavroy'),
('180972',' Vitaphone production reels #9666'),
('180973','9667.'),
('180974',' Roosevelts unsuccessful return to politics with his 1912 run for  the Presidency on the Bullmoose Party ticket is not referred to.'),
('180975',' Blackmer played Roosevelt in six other films.'),
('180976',' No copies are known to exist.'),
('180977',' This film comprises footage shot in 1943 meshed with large portions  of Gambling with Souls (1936), and Slaves in Bondage aka Crusade  Against Rackets (1937).'),
('180978',' Collection of three short films: "Postmaster", "Monihara" and  "Samapti". "Monihara" was dropped for the "Two Daughters" version.'),
('180979',' The "Monihara" segment of the film was dropped for the first  international release because subtitles could not be finished in  time due to budgeting constraints.'),
('180980',' Direct'),
('180981','to'),
('180982','video follow'),
('180983','up to the Teen Titans (2003) animated series.  The Robin/Starfire relationship is further developed. Beast Boy  sings karaoke.'),
('180984',' The official, U.S. DVD release of the direct'),
('180985','to'),
('180986','video Teen Titans:  Trouble in Tokyo was on February 6, 2007. The animated feature first  aired on Cartoon Network (US) on September 15, 2006; it premiered at  International Comic'),
('180987','Con: San Diego (a.k.a. the San Diego Comic'),
('180988','Con)  on July, 22, 2006'),
('180989','over six months before the DVD release.'),
('180990',' The original working title was Teen Titans: Tokyo.'),
('180991',' When the Titans are watching Sumo on a TV screen, we see 5 teenagers  with their backs towards us and one is wearing a red jacket with a  blue and pinkish pill on the back of it. This is Kaneda and his gang  from the 1988 hit anime Akira by Katsuhiro Ôtomo.'),
('180992',' Raven reveals that she can read six languages: English, German,  Latin, Rumanian, Ancient Sumerian, and Sanskrit.'),
('180993',' The DVD release has a bonus episode of the Teen Titans called "The  Lost Episode." Its a short episode about 10'),
('180994','15 minutes long,  regular episodes are usually 18'),
('180995','20 minutes long, which is probably  why the "Lost Episode" never made it to air.'),
('180996',' Dick Sargent (qv) who played the father had another witch  daughter: Tabitha on _"Bewitched" (1964)_ (qv).'),
('180997',' Louises past life name is "Modesty Miller"'),
('180998',' The film was originally intended to be a female version of  _Teen Wolf (1985)_ (qv) and it went as far as to borrow the design  for the lettering, the tag line, and the shell of the plot line.'),
('180999',' The character Stiles wears a number of colorful shirts in this  movie. They appear in the following order: 1) Yellow shirt that says  "Life sucks then you die", 2) Blue "Obnoxious: the movie", 3) Black  "What are you looking at Dicknose", 4) Gray "Drunken State Florida",  5) Pink '),
('181000',' no text, 6) Gray '),
('181001',' unreadable, 7) Black '),
('181002',' unreadable, 8)  Hawaiian shirt, 9) White '),
('181003',' "Wolf Buddy" and finally a white Teen  Wolf shirt. Of the nine shirts he wears, only one appears to have no  text on it.'),
('181004',' Scott Howards (Michael J. Fox ) house was located on the same  block as 1955 George McFlys and 1955 Lorraine Bainess houses from  _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv). The House is actually the same  house as Martys mums house used in 1955 BTTF.'),
('181005',' Scott Howards (Michael J. Fox (qv)) house was located on the same  block as 1955 George McFlys and 1955 Lorraine Bainess houses from  _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv).'),
('181006',' Since this movie was released after _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv)  in Brazil, "Teen Movie" received the title "Garoto do Futuro" ("Boy  from the Future"), even thought the plot have nothing to do with  time travel what so ever.'),
('181007',' When Todd is looking through Styles stuff, he finds a Teen Wolf  shirt from the first film.'),
('181008',' When Coach Finstock looks at Todds registration card at the  beginning of the film, his information and course schedule can be  seen  '),
('181009',' NAME: Todd Howard  '),
('181010',' BORN : November 23,1969  '),
('181011',' SS#: 546'),
('181012','22'),
('181013','1039  '),
('181014',' DORM: Rembrandt Hall  '),
('181015',' COURSES: Girls Volleyball, Candle Making, French/Chefs BG/Fencing'),
('181016',' Michael Landon was the "original" teenage werewolf in the fifties  cult horror film "I Was A Teenage Werewolf". Jason Bateman played  Landons (adopted) son on "Little House and the Prairie".'),
('181017',' In this movie, Jason Bateman is replacing Michael J. Fox (playing  his cousin). When the original "Teen Wolf" '),
('181018',' and when this film '),
('181019','  came out, Fox was on the TV series "Family Ties" playing the brother  of Jason Batemans real life sister, Justine Bateman.'),
('181020',' John Humphries (I) (qv) had never acted before doing this film. He  has since said that he took his acting cues from  Jo Canterbury (qv) whom he knew had some acting experience  Off'),
('181021','Broadway. So as her performance became more teary and shrill, so  did his.'),
('181022',' This film was shot under the title "Prehistoric World". American  International changed the title to "Teenage Cave Man". Years later,  Roger Corman (qv) would be quoted as saying, "I never directed a  film called "Teenage Cave Man".'),
('181023',' The same "wild" dogs from  _Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, The (1957)_ (qv)  appear here.'),
('181024',' Robert Vaughn (I) (qv) said in an interview that he considered  this to be the worst film ever made.'),
('181025',' Beach Dickerson (qv), a Corman regular, did quadruple roles...not  only is he the fair'),
('181026','haired boy that drowns in quicksand, he is also  the stranger riding in from the burning plains, the bear that  attacks the hunting party, and even plays a drummer during the  funeral for his own character!'),
('181027',' On the special features of the DVD there is a "Making of Teenage  Caveman" and when they are talking about the make up for the genetic  monsters, they are looking at a sketch of James Marsters (qv) as  Spike on _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv).'),
('181028',' While shooting an exterior scene in a suburban neighborhood, one of  the neighbors turned on their sprinkler system in hopes that  director Corman, Roger (qv) would pay them to turn it off.  Instead, Corman used the free special effect to make it a rain scene  which worked out better for the shoot.'),
('181029',' In theatres, this film was preceded by the following titles: "A  warning to vandals and hoodlums! This theatre is reserved for people  who came to watch and enjoy the show. If you engage in any  destructive acts or noisy conduct, we dont want you here! Youll  not only be asked to leave, if your actions justify it, you will be  prosecuted. Remember this warning and guide yourselves accordingly.  (a) The Management."'),
('181030',' This movie was filmed in North Carolina in 1975 (under the working  title "Country Dreamin”), with a cast and crew recruited from the  Washington, DC area. Its distribution was delayed when Universal  Pictures attempted to block the release, claiming that the title was  too close to that of their own film _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv).'),
('181031',' This was shot under the title "Meteor Monster" but the title was  changed to "Teenage Monster" due to the success of monster movies  from other distributors which has the word "teenage" in the title.  When it was released to U.S. television, the title was changed back  to "Meteor Monster" for the 16mm television syndication prints.'),
('181032',' Cinematographer Jacques Marquette and his Marquette Productions  created this film because they needed a very inexpensive feature to  fill out the bottom of a double feature package with their  previously produced "The Brain From Planet Arous" (1957). Marquette  kept the production costs even lower by directing this himself, his  only directing credit.'),
('181033',' To gain access to a cheat where you can select any level or extra  lives enter the following code on the main screen (with the turtles  logo) before the cut scenes play: B, A, B, A, UP, DOWN, B, A, LEFT,  RIGHT, B, A, START'),
('181034',' All three newswomen seen or mentioned in the film have the name of a  month in spring: April, May, and June.'),
('181035',' In the Foot Warehouse, the boxes in the foreground near the skate  half'),
('181036','pipe read Mirage, which was one the comic book company that  originally published Eastman and Lairds Ninja Turtles comic.'),
('181037',' In the film, April is a reporter for Channel 3. In the cartoon, She  was a reporter for Channel 6, and in the comics (in her first  appearance), she worked for a scientist who was a recurring enemy of  the Turtles. She escape from him when he tried to kill her for  threatening to expose a criminal scheme he was plotting.'),
('181038',' This was the highest'),
('181039','grossing independent film of all time, having  made over $133 million in domestic box office.'),
('181040',' In the original trailer, there is a shot of the turtles rising up  from what looks like a swamp. The shot was cut from the final  release but is part of a longer scene that was later used near the  end of  _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)_ (qv).'),
('181041',' When Rapheal walks out of the movie theater, a poster of the film  _Critters (1986)_ (qv) can be seen in the background.'),
('181042',' Judith Hoag (qv) declined to reprise her role as April in the  films sequels due to substantial edits of scenes involving her  character.'),
('181043',' Toward the end of the movie, one of the street punks says to the  police chief "Check out East Warehouse on Lairdman Island." The  creators of the Ninja Turtles were Kevin Eastman (I) (qv) and  Peter Laird (II) (qv).'),
('181044',' Leif Tilden (qv), the performer inside the Donatello costume, also  plays the Foot Messenger that meets April in the subway station. He  says, "Weve been looking for you, Miss ONeill," then he slaps her.'),
('181045',' Josh Pais (qv), who plays Raphael, also plays a passenger in the  back of a taxicab who says, "What the heck was that?" right after  Raphael hops on the cabs hood.'),
('181046',' Michelan Sisti (qv), the performer inside the Michaelangelo  costume, also plays the pizza delivery man who delivers the pizza to  the Turtles sewer at the beginning.'),
('181047',' David Forman (I) (qv), the performer inside the Leonardo costume,  also plays a gang member in the warehouse when Casey Jones defeats  Tatsu.'),
('181048',' All of the shirts that Danny wears in the film have a picture of Sex  Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (qv) on them.'),
('181049',' David Foreman (Leonardo) also made a cameo (as a ninja turtle) in  Richard Curtis film Bernard and the Genie (1992)'),
('181050',' In the comics and the cartoons, the turtles are around 3'),
('181051','4ft. tall.  However, for obvious costuming reasons, the turtles are the same  height as April, Casey, Shredder, and the Foot Clan (Between  56'),
('181052','60). However there is one shot where they are filmed as being  shorter than April. In the scene after the turtles discover Splinter  is missing, they return to Aprils door. Theres a shot of April  reaching out to open the door and the turtles appear to be as tall  as the door knob. Which is about 3'),
('181053','4ft. Its the only such shot of  the turtles in their established height.'),
('181054',' During filming of the scene where the turtles are trapped in the net  and fall to the ground, one of the stuntmen broke an ankle.'),
('181055',' The building used for the entrance to Aprils apartment is the  office to the New York location of Jim Hensons Creature Shop.'),
('181056',' Dedicated to the memory of Jim Henson (I) (qv).'),
('181057',' Ernie Reyes Jr. (qv) was Donatellos fight double in the first  film. Producers liked Reyes so much, they created the role of Keno  just for him.'),
('181058',' At the beginning of the film where April enters her apartment and  picks up a pile of magazines, the top one is actually a comic book  of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'),
('181059',' Originally, the studio wanted Bebop and Rocksteady, from the 1987  cartoon, to appear. However, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were not  in favor of it, so Tokka and Rahzar were created.'),
('181060',' At one point in the movie, one of the turtles refer to Stuart Wilson  (Walker) as the "Zorro dude". Stuart Wilson later starred in a Zorro  movie as "Don Rafael Montero" (The Mask of Zorro, 1998)'),
('181061',' Use this code at the title screen to skip to any level: Up, Up,  Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, START'),
('181062',' This Gameboy title wasnt a port of the first TMNT game for the NES.  Its the first installment of a separate series of TMNT games.'),
('181063',' Teenage Nurses played at New Yorks Capri Cinema for 9 weeks, from  14 May '),
('181064',' 15 July 1974, one of the longest runs in the history of the  cinema.'),
('181065',' According to bunglefever.com, a small clip from this film was used  in "Love is a Fist", the ninth track in Mr. Bungles self'),
('181066','titled  debut LP.'),
('181067',' The first black and white film in CinemaScope.'),
('181068',' Filming was completed in 18 shooting days.'),
('181069',' Shot on Hi8 and then converted in post production to MiniDV before  being blown up to 35mm for festival screenings.'),
('181070',' The productions entire budget, prior to editing, cost just three  thousand pounds. The actors and crew were paid only their expenses  during production.'),
('181071',' All of the characters are based on real people who writer/director  Andrew Jones encountered or knew in real life.'),
('181072',' The cast is comprised of professional actors in the roles of the  parents and young first time actors in the teenage roles, most of  which came straight off the streets of Swansea and Newport, South  Wales.'),
('181073',' Producer Gavin Dando originally appeared in the film as a drug  dealer called Jaffa. But his scene was later cut.'),
('181074',' The productions entire budget cost just three thousand pounds. The  actors and crew were paid only their expenses during production.'),
('181075',' Despite having a full script throughout production many scenes are  improvised and the final film changed significantly from the  original shooting script.'),
('181076',' The film won the award for Best Feature Under 75 Minutes at the 2006  Swansea Bay Film Festival.'),
('181077',' The films producers could not afford to construct a giant lobster,  so only its shadow is seen '),
('181078',' cast, no doubt, by a normal'),
('181079','sized  lobster.'),
('181080',' Although Warner Bros. distributed this ultra'),
('181081','low'),
('181082','budget sci'),
('181083','fi film,  it was definitely not a Warner Bros. production. The studio needed a  genre film to play as the second feature with the Godzilla sequel it  was releasing under the title _Gojira no gyakushû (1955)_ (qv) and  bought this from producer Tom Graeff (qv).'),
('181084',' Unable to afford time on a soundstage to film Betty Morgans home,  director Tom Graeff (qv) posed as a UCLA student directing a  student project, and so obtained permission from an elderly woman to  film for free in her home.'),
('181085',' The trim on the aliens costumes is made from masking tape, and  their space boots are mens dress shoes covered by socks.'),
('181086',' One skeleton was used for every dead body in the film. A hook/tag on  the head and identification markings in permanent marker on the hip  can clearly be seen on the skeleton in almost every scene. The  skeleton also has curiously bolted limbs.'),
('181087',' The filmmaker was on such a tight budget that the films ultimate  weapon, the "focusing disintegrator", was actually a Hubleys Atomic  Disintegrator toy cap gun, bought for a dime, with a flashbulb added  as a beam. (In some scenes the words "Hubleys" can clearly be seen  embossed on the side of the gun.) Atomic Disintegrators can be  bought today on eBay for upwards of $300.'),
('181088',' Dawn Anderson, who played Betty, was actually a former child actress  named Dawn Bender (qv). Like most movie teenagers of the period,  she was in her early twenties when this film was shot.'),
('181089',' The ZAP visual from the ray'),
('181090','gun toys was accomplished by a mirror  glued on to the nozzle and pointed at the camera, which was hit by  the "deadly" glare.'),
('181091',' The super alien apparatus with the dials was actually an old audio  mixing device (from the days of the bulky vacuum tubes).'),
('181092',' The entire B movie is an extra on the 2005 PS2 video'),
('181093','game, "Destroy  All Humans!". It becomes available once the main story campaign is  completed.'),
('181094',' King Moodys movie debut.'),
('181095',' Working title: SF 237'),
('181096',' The song in the film "Tumne Mujhe Dekha" was the first song that  Shammi Kapoor shot for after the early demise of his wife Geeta Bali  who was a class in herself a great classic actress with mischievous  dancing eyes and a great dancer.'),
('181097',' This film originally had Dev Anand as hero and Vijay Anand as the  director. Dev Anand walked out of the film though Vijay Anand  continued.'),
('181098',' The actor Niall OBrien is the director, Ruairi OBriens, father.'),
('181099',' Shot in eight hours in an office building after the janitors had  left. Created as a Group 101 project.'),
('181100',' Tegan and Sara (qv)s first DVD. Includes  _Tegan and Sara: Live at the Phoenix (2006) (V)_ (qv),  _Its Not Fun. Dont Do It!: Tegan and Sara on Tour (2006) (V)_ (qv),  _Making of So Jealous, The (2006) (V)_ (qv), plus music videos and  other extras.'),
('181101',' Featured on the  _Tegan and Sara: Its Not Fun. Dont Do It! (2006) (V)_ (qv) DVD.'),
('181102',' Michael Moshonv, who stars in Tehilim, is the son of Israeli actor  Moni Moshonov. Tehilim was selected for competition at the 2007  Cannes Film Festival. Also selected was "We Own The Night" in which  Moni appears. Father and son each have films competing against each  other.'),
('181103',' At the start of the film, this text is depicted: "If a woman have an  issue... In her flesh be blood, She shall be put a part seven days:  And whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean" (Leviticus, XV, 19)'),
('181104',' Brad Pitt (qv) became involved before the shooting commenced. He  liked the topic and trusted the filmmakers would be able to produce  a heartfelt documentary. After the film was completed he agreed to  come on as Executive Producer.'),
('181105',' Dedicated to director Ingmar Bergman (qv).'),
('181106',' Shabana Azmi (qv) is a singer in real life.'),
('181107',' This is a OVA Series divided into 4 Pieces, each 33 minutes long. It  is based on the popular Videogame with the same name.'),
('181108',' William Shatner (qv) first conceived the idea of TekWar while  directing _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)_ (qv).'),
('181109',' This was the first PlayStation game to exceed 1 million copies sold.'),
('181110',' Based on the multi million selling fighting games series created by  Namco.'),
('181111',' This movie has been postponed 3 times already'),
('181112',' This was the first game to get a perfect score of 10 in The Official  PlayStation magazine.'),
('181113',' This game was the most expensive Xbox game released at the time,  costing more than the system itself. ($199.99 compared to $179.99  for the system as of August 2003).'),
('181114',' This game is playable only with the included controller, a three  foot'),
('181115','wide, 40+ button, dual joystick system, which is only  compatible with this game and the upcoming online'),
('181116','compatible sequel.'),
('181117',' Although the film is supposed to take place in the middle of a  scorching Israeli desert, weather conditions in Lancaster,  California where it was filmed were freezing and rainy.'),
('181118',' Completing the one'),
('181119','day shoot came right down to the wire. Filming  was chronological and began at sunrise with Harvey discovering his  car had stalled. The final shot (as the van drives past the Tel Aviv  road sign) was completed just after sunset that same day.'),
('181120',' Charles Bronson (qv) and Donald Pleasence (qv) appear together  for the last time.'),
('181121',' The interior of the Hyatt Regency is located at 5 Embarcadero Center  in San Francisco, California. This is the same location where  _Towering Inferno, The (1974)_ (qv) was filmed.'),
('181122',' The code used to activate sleepers is taken from a poem by  Robert Frost (I) (qv), "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening",  originally published in 1923 in his collection titled "New  Hampshire". The exact lines are: "The woods are lovely, dark and  deep./ But I have promises to keep,/ And miles to go before I  sleep,/ And miles to go before I sleep."'),
('181123',' When Borzov (Charles Bronson (qv)) encounters Immigration on the  Canadian border, the agent asks about his citizenship and  birthplace, to which he responds, "American, from Pennsylvania",  Bronsons true birthplace.'),
('181124',' Don Siegel (I) (qv) asked Charles Bronson (qv) to shave his  trademark mustache. Bronson replied, "No mustache, no Bronson."'),
('181125',' While shooting in Helsinki, a young Renny Harlin (qv) was there  watching Don Siegel (I) (qv) and Charles Bronson (qv) working.  After seeing two big Hollywood names working, he announced to his  friends that he is going to be a film director.'),
('181126',' The braided wedding bands worn by Charles Bronson and Lee Remick are  the same as those worn by Walther Matthau and Jacqueline Scott in  Charley Varrick (1973) also directed by Don Siegel.'),
('181127',' Charles Bronson (qv)s pseudonym in the hospital is Dr. Spota. The  character'),
('181128','name "Spota" is a "trademark" of writer  Peter Hyams (qv).'),
('181129',' During the parking garage sequence, a yellow Lincoln Continental  Sedan plays an important part in the attempted bombing of the Hyatt  Regency Hotel in Houston Texas (actually San Francisco, California).  In _Charley Varrick (1973)_ (qv), also directed by  Don Siegel (I) (qv), a yellow Lincoln Continental was used during  a bank robbery, where the driver, played by  Jacqueline Scott (I) (qv), is wounded and dies.'),
('181130',' Final film of Ansa Ikonen.'),
('181131',' This is the film that James Cagney (qv) is shown as an example of  talking pictures (and the reason for his impending unemployment) in  _Footlight Parade (1933)_ (qv).'),
('181132',' Judd Nelson (qv) was set to star in the film, but pulled out of  the project before filming was to start. At the 11th hour, as a  favor to aspiring filmmaker, Eric Red (qv), Bud Cort (qv)  stepped in to do the film.'),
('181133',' This movie was shot without any sort of script. Scenes were  improvised by the actors.'),
('181134',' Prints of this film survive in the Library of Congress and the UCLA  Film and Television Archives.'),
('181135',' Whoopi Goldberg (qv) took director Rip Torn (qv) and the films  producers to court to prevent the films release due to its poor  quality. She lost.'),
('181136',' This movie was produced in'),
('181137','house by Hash, Inc, the makers of  Animation:Master, the same company who made the software for the  popular "Alien Song" video.'),
('181138',' The scenes featuring Stalin were cut for the cinema release and  re'),
('181139','added for home video.'),
('181140',' Bruce Conner (qv) shot the original footage used in this film  directly off his TV set in 1963'),
('181141','1964, not assembling it into this  film until thirty years later.'),
('181142',' 35th episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('181143','reel comedy series.'),
('181144',' The iconoscope was a real device, invented by Vladimir K. Zworykin,  which was the most commonly used television camera tube at the time  that this film was made.'),
('181145',' First film ever shot by Coffee Films in 1996, unreleased until 2004  when a new soundtrack was added for copyright reasons'),
('181146',' Original soundtrack was Lou Reeds "Perfect Day"'),
('181147',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('181148',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('181149',' Not only did Lon Chaney forgo his customary grotesque makeup for  this picture; he refused to wear any film makeup at all, because '),
('181150','  he reportedly reasoned '),
('181151',' to have done so would have detracted from  the documentary reality and integrity of the picture.'),
('181152',' During the production, Lon Chaney formed a close friendship with  Marine Corp General Smedley D. Butler which lasted for the rest of  Chaneys life.'),
('181153',' The first film (apart from cartoons and newsreel) to be shown on  British Television, on Monday 14 March 1938.'),
('181154',' Was banned for a while when first produced because it was alleged  "to hold up to ridicule and odium the profession of dentistry", and  because "it showed a surgical operation".'),
('181155',' Samantha Cooper is obviously based on the punk 60s London scene.  Shes wearing a black leather jacket with an anarchy sign, and a  padlock necklace like the late punk, Sid Vicious.'),
('181156',' When shooting wrapped, Liza Minnelli (qv) declared publicly (and  in tears) that she would never again work with the "tyrannical"  director Otto Preminger (qv). When she was working on the film,  her mother, Judy Garland (I) (qv), had died and Liza Minnelli  suffered a period of mourning. Most critics sited this reason as the  source of her highly emotional performance in the film.'),
('181157',' During filming, Liza Minnelli (qv)s mother  Judy Garland (I) (qv) died.'),
('181158',' A scene calls for the character of Mario (played by James Coco) to  drive his truck in the scene in which Mario and Junie look for the  Ken Howard character. James Coco did not have a license and told  Preminger this. In response, Preminger is reported to have yelled,  "A grown man who doesnt have a drivers license!" Coco said he has  never felt so small in his whole career.'),
('181159',' Film debut of Ken Howard (I) (qv).'),
('181160',' Residents of Braintree, Massachusetts became extremely upset when  they learned that Otto Preminger filmed a nude scene with Liza  Minnelli in their local cemetery. Shortly after, he and his crew  were accused of desecrating the graves and a lawsuit was brought  against him. On 30 September 1970, Preminger was found not guilty of  desecrating those graves.'),
('181161',' Charles Schramm, who created Liza Minnellis grotesque "scarred  woman" make'),
('181162','up for the film, worked on her mother Judy Garlands  make'),
('181163','up in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and also prepared Garlands face  for the funeral viewing.'),
('181164',' Bob Dylan was slated to be the writer and performer of the song to  be played during the opening titles. Dylan disliked the film and  turned down the job. He does admit that he received some interesting  input on interior decorating from being in Premingers home.'),
('181165',' Kay Thompson, who plays the landlord Ms. Gregory, is star Liza  Minnellis Godmother.'),
('181166',' Tillie Olsen (qv)s short story "Tell Me a Riddle" was awarded the  O. Henry Award for best short story of 1961 after it was published  in "New World Writing" Issue no. 16.'),
('181167',' Filmed in 1965, but not released in the U.S. until 1967, two years  after the death of its star/producer/director,  Steve Cochran (I) (qv).'),
('181168',' Inspired by Ray Petersons song, "Tell Laura I Love Her". While the  melody remains the same, the girls name in the song, Laura, was  changed to Nora.'),
('181169',' This started the long running love tandem of Nora Aunor (qv) and  Tirso Cruz III (qv)'),
('181170',' All films produced for the 48 Hour Film Project had to include the  same silly line of dialogue, goofy character, and unlikely prop. The  director did not want to make the action film a comedy, so the  following was done to make these elements blend into the film: The  line became a spy password and was said in Arabic. The character was  an alias for a spys cover, and the prop was only used to establish  another form of hostage torture.'),
('181171',' If you still frame the newspaper which flashes on screen just before  the verdict is announced at the end of the film, underneath the  headline is another front'),
('181172','page news story which bears the smaller  headline: DICK TRACY, G'),
('181173','MEN LEAD SUCCESSFUL RAID.'),
('181174',' The movie theater marquee reading "Terry Rooney in Any Old Love",  is a standing set from the picture  _Something to Sing About (1937)_ (qv).'),
('181175',' The origins of this film have been the subject of controversy for  years. Some say it was produced by a church group, while others  insist that it was made for the army.'),
('181176',' Dwain Esper (qv) unsuccessfully sued a distribution company in the  1960s over the film rights, claiming that he had produced the film  for the US army, and that he was the legal copyright owner. However,  he was unable to support his claims, and lost the case.'),
('181177',' Stars Dorothy Short (I) (qv) (Mary) and Dave OBrien (I) (qv)  (Ralph) were married the year this film was released (1936).'),
('181178',' Although produced as a serious anti'),
('181179','drug exploitation film, it  became a cult comedy hit during the late 1960s and 1970s. It was one  of the earliest hits during the golden age of the "midnight movie"  in which theaters, especially those near colleges, would run the  film at special screenings late at night during weekends.'),
('181180',' "Tell Your Children" was the original title of the film.'),
('181181',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2005 7'),
('181182','disc DVD release "The  Complete Thin Man Collection".'),
('181183',' Rumors for years surrounding this film would have it being in 3'),
('181184','D.  However, absolutely no trade magazines list the production as being  in 3'),
('181185','D (even pre'),
('181186','filming announcements and in'),
('181187','production articles),  and according to Grover Crisp, head of the restoration unit at  Sony/Columbia, the original negative bears absolutely no markings  that would indicate that the film had any 3'),
('181188','D origins. It is  speculated, based on several collectors memories, that the myth  started when super8mm editions of the film were labeled with 3'),
('181189','D  stickers by accident, around the same time that stickers were being  put on the 3'),
('181190','D shorts that Columbia was releasing in that format.'),
('181191',' Original Italian title is undetermined.'),
('181192',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Tweedledum Learns a Tragical Part (1910)_ (qv).'),
('181193',' This was one of the first seven films to be foreclosed by the Screen  Actors Guild for non'),
('181194','payment of wages and residuals to SAG members.  On 13 July 2004, rights to the film were sold at auction.'),
('181195',' Featured as an extra on the Immoral Tales DVD'),
('181196',' This featurette is included on the Two'),
('181197','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _All the Presidents Men (1976)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('181198',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('181199',' A print exists in the National Film and Television Archive of the  British Film Institute film archive.'),
('181200',' Winner: Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Score, 168  Hour Film Festival (2005).'),
('181201',' Reshuffles at the studio resulted in director Tom Holland having a  different ending imposed on him, largely at the behest (it was  rumored at the time) of Faye Dunaway who didnt want to be seen in a  bad light.'),
('181202',' The role played by Faye Dunaway was first offered to Diane Ladd:  Dunaway and Ladd had both appeared in the film Chinatown in which  Ladds character impersonates Dunaways. Dunaway was given the role  in The Temp as she was agreeable to a lesser fee than that asked by  Ladd and also did not wish the star billing which Ladd did.'),
('181203',' At the Cinekid Awards in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this movie won  the first price in the category Audience Award: But also the first  price in the Jurys category went to Denmark, namely for We Shall  Overcome (2006)'),
('181204',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Worms Will Turn (1914)_ (qv).'),
('181205',' DIRCAMEO(Paul Mazursky): First guest to be greeted by the architect  at the New Years Eve party.'),
('181206',' Susan Sarandon (qv) introduces herself to John Cassavetes and  Molly Ringwald as "Aretha Tomalin". Tomalin is Sarandons real last  name (Sarandon is her married name from her marriage to Chris  Sarandon).'),
('181207',' Ninth in the Spurs and Saddles series of two'),
('181208','reel Westerns.'),
('181209',' Dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Evelyn Jarman.'),
('181210',' The role of "Prospero" (Heathcote Williams (qv)) was intended for  comedy star Terry'),
('181211','Thomas (qv). Due to his failing health he  couldnt play the part.'),
('181212',' John Gielgud (qv) was offered a major role.'),
('181213',' Alec Guinness (qv) was offered the role of Prospero, but withdrew  after the producers balked at his concept of basing his  characterization on the aging Leo Tolstoy (qv).'),
('181214',' John Gielgud (qv) was cast as Prospero but backed out after  disagreements over the production concept.'),
('181215',' Christopher Lee (qv)s voice was dubbed by another actor for the  English language version.'),
('181216',' No print is know to exist of this film. Please check your attic.'),
('181217',' Both nitrate and safety prints (and sound reels) of this film  survive in the UCLA Film And Television Archives.'),
('181218',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fellow Voyagers (1913)_ (qv).'),
('181219',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Free Lance, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('181220',' Film won the Best Cinematography Award, and Best Romance at the 2003  National Film Challenge.'),
('181221',' visa dexploitation en France : #109926'),
('181222',' According to the Cecil B. DeMille Society, this is a lost film.'),
('181223',' Of the three new actresses introduced by star builder Regal Films in  this film, only Dina Bonnevie (qv) became successful in show  business. The showbiz careers of Bambi Arambulo (qv) and  Jennifer Cortez (qv) did not take off.'),
('181224',' Otis Williams (qv) ex'),
('181225','wife Josephine, Melvin Franklin (qv)s  mother Rose, and David Ruffin (I) (qv)s family, filed suit  against Williams, Motown, De Passe Entertainment, Hallmark  Entertainment, and NBC for use of their likenesses in the film,  defamation of character, and emotional distress. The plaintiffs  claimed that they and/or their relatives and certain events were  portrayed inaccurately. The judges ruled in favor of the defendants.  The plaintiffs appealed but the original ruling was upheld. Otis  Williams later stated that while his book was the source material  for the film, he did not have control over the making of the film.'),
('181226',' Stiller, Mauritz (qv) was fired after 10 days of production and  replaced with Niblo, Fred (qv).'),
('181227',' The first film of Richard Leech.'),
('181228',' The technical advisor for the script was the famous time'),
('181229','travel  expert Ronald Mallett.'),
('181230',' When Ms. Milch (Jenya Lano) makes a cell phone call and gets an  automatic voice mail announcement, the voice on the other end of the  phone is in fact the voice of director Scott Storm.'),
('181231',' When actor George Williams (Leo) interrupts an acting class and  walks right through them, that group represents the on screen cameos  of writer Paul Osborne, and three of the films producers, Michael  Mannheim, Gavin Franks and Brian Osborne. Fourth producer Michael  Rogers cameos as a thug one scene later.'),
('181232',' At the hotel where some scenes were filmed, cast and crew began to  notice that they were working amongst members of the "oldest  profession" and their "managers", all of whom ended up being very  cooperative about helping keep the noise down when the camera  rolled. A few even ask to audition for parts as extras.'),
('181233',' All the scenes inside the limo, when the limo was actually moving,  were grabbed "guerilla" style. There was no permit in place to film  in a moving vehicle. At any given time there were six or more people  in the limo: actor, director, sound man, cinematographer, assistant  camera and driver. The heat was unbearable.'),
('181234',' Yvonne Perry, the actress who plays the "theater instructor", played  Rosanna Cabot on AS THE WORLD TURNS for four years. She is also a  dear friend and High School classmate of director Scott Storm, who  acted in all his early Super'),
('181235','8 Films. They call one another "D.W."  and "Viv"..after D.W. Griffith and Vivien Leigh.'),
('181236',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2002 (#01, with "Choses secrètes")'),
('181237',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Lucky Cohen (1913)_ (qv).'),
('181238',' This will be the first ever major Australian feature film completely  filmed in an Indigenous Aboriginal language.'),
('181239',' The title "Ten Canoes" was inspired by a photograph shown to  Director Rolf de Heer by Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil. The  picture was of group of ten native men in their bark canoes on the  Arafura swamp. The photo was taken by anthropologist Dr Donald  Thomson who worked in central and north'),
('181240','eastern Arnhem Land seventy  years earlier during the mid'),
('181241','1930s.'),
('181242',' During shooting in the Northern Territory of Australias remote  Arafura Swamp, the crew required eleven crocodile spotters for  safety of the cast and crew'),
('181243',' The canoes in the film were made according to original tribal  methods, using directions from tribal elders who had not made them  for some fifty years.'),
('181244',' Remade as _Ten Commandments, The (1956)_ (qv), again by  DeMille, Cecil B. (qv).'),
('181245',' The effect of the parting of the Red Sea was created by placing two  blocks of blue gelatin side'),
('181246','by'),
('181247','side, heating them until they  melted...then running the footage in reverse.'),
('181248',' The Egyptian set seen in the prologue was, in reality, an enormous  construction, and was actually considerably larger than the Babylon  sets in D.W. Griffith (qv)s  _Intolerance: Loves Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)_ (qv), to  which they are often compared.'),
('181249',' Most of the chariot crashes in the prologue were real and unplanned.'),
('181250',' During one day of the filming of the Exodus scenes, about sixty bit  players were injured in chariot crashes. Most went right back to  work after getting bandaged up.'),
('181251',' Contains a few early two'),
('181252','strip Technicolor scenes, particular the  "Exodus" segment.'),
('181253',' To create the effect of the sandstorm in the narrated desert  sequence, Cecil B. DeMille (qv) used the engine blast from  tied'),
('181254','down Egyptian air force planes.'),
('181255',' Cecil B. DeMille (qv) suffered a heart attack during the  production after climbing 130 feet to check a faulty camera perched  on one of the giant gates used in the exodus sequence. He took a  couple of days off and then, against his doctors orders, returned  to work to complete the film.'),
('181256',' The orgy sequence took 3 weeks to film.'),
('181257',' Every year American TV network ABC airs this film at Easter. The one  year they chose not to '),
('181258',' 1999 '),
('181259',' they received more irate phone calls  than for anything else the network did in the previous season.'),
('181260',' Up until the release of _Passion of the Christ, The (2004)_ (qv) in  2004, this was the highest grossing religious epic in history,  earning over $65.5 million in 1956. (This translates into $446  million in contemporary figures.)'),
('181261',' As a publicity stunt, Cecil B. DeMille had public displays and  monuments of the Ten Commandments erected around the country. Known  as decalogues, most of them were placed in or near government  buildings.'),
('181262',' Last film directed by Oscar winner Cecil B. Demille.'),
('181263',' Nina Foch (I) (qv), who plays Bithiah, is actually a year younger  than Charlton Heston (qv), her onscreen son.'),
('181264',' The film is usually heavily edited for TV transmission, due to its  great length. This has led to some humorists commenting that it had  been "trimmed to seven commandments".'),
('181265',' The Paramount mountain at the beginning is replaced with Mount  Sinai.'),
('181266',' Two of the credited original novelists, the Rev J.H. Ingraham and  the Rev. A.E. Southon, were not really reverends. This was just a  publicity stunt to add credibility to the script.'),
('181267',' Just under 5% of the film was actually shot in Egypt.'),
('181268',' Cedric Hardwicke (qv) and Douglass Dumbrille (qv) both had their  heads shaved for the film.'),
('181269',' Apart from Charlton Heston, almost no one in the leading and major  supporting parts were actually Paramount contract players. By 1954,  when the film began shooting, most of the studios had dropped their  contract players.'),
('181270',' The highest'),
('181271','earning live action film of the 1950s.'),
('181272',' Cecil B. DeMille (qv) gave his old actor friend,  H.B. Warner (qv), his last speaking role as the old man wanting to  die in the desert in the Exodus sequence. Warner rose to fame after  DeMille cast him as the lead as Jesus in his silent film,  _King of Kings, The (1927)_ (qv).'),
('181273',' This was legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein (qv)s first  major project. Bernstein had just had some success with his jazz  score for _Man with the Golden Arm, The (1955)_ (qv). However, he  was not Cecil B. DeMille (qv)s first choice to score the film.  DeMille had a long relationship with Paramount contract composer  Victor Young (I) (qv), who had been working with DeMille since  _North West Mounted Police (1940)_ (qv). Unfortunately, Young had  become very ill and could not accept the assignment.'),
('181274',' One day in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, a casting director for this  film approached Jack Peters and his son Jon Peters (I) (qv) to ask  if Jon wanted to appear in the film, as multitudes of people with  dark hair and complexions were needed to cross the Red Sea. Jon was  chosen to ride a donkey and lead a goat by rope. He was so excited  that he refused to wash off his makeup when he went home at night.'),
('181275',' DeMille, Cecil B. (qv) previously filmed this story as  _Ten Commandments, The (1923)_ (qv).'),
('181276',' Considerable controversy exists over who supplied the voice of God  for the film, for which no on'),
('181277','screen credit is given. The voice used  was heavily modified and mixed with other sound effects, making  identification extremely difficult. Various people have either  claimed or been rumored to have supplied the voice:  Cecil B. DeMille (qv) himself (he narrated the film),  Charlton Heston (qv) and Delos Jewkes (qv), to name a few.  DeMilles publicist and biographer Donald Hayne (qv) maintains  that Heston provided the voice of God at the burning bush, but he  himself provided the voice of God giving the commandments. In the  2004 DVD release, Heston in an interview admitted that he was the  voice of God.'),
('181278',' Cecil B. DeMille (qv)s first choice for Moses was  William Boyd (I) (qv), best known as Hopalong Cassidy. Boyd turned  down the role, fearing the Hopalong Cassidy identification would  hurt the movie.'),
('181279',' Charlton Heston (qv) was chosen for the role of Moses by  Cecil B. DeMille (qv) because he bore a resemblance to  Michelangelos statue of Moses in Rome.'),
('181280',' When Woody Strode (qv) reported to work, he presented  Cecil B. DeMille (qv) with an antique bible Strodes wife had  found. DeMille was so impressed with the gift he not only put Strode  in two parts in the film but told Strode that if he ever wanted a  part in a future DeMille film, all he had to do was ask.  Unfortunately, this project was Demilles final film due to  declining health.'),
('181281',' This became Cecil B. DeMille (qv)s first, and only, film to be  shot in widescreen.'),
('181282',' In adjusted'),
('181283','for'),
('181284','inflation gross, this movie is the top grossing  movie in the US that has not benefited from multiple releases. It is  generally in the top 3 to top 10 of all'),
('181285','time top grossing films  (depending on who made the list and how they accounted for  re'),
('181286','releases), adjusted for inflation.'),
('181287',' Decades later, some of the props used in this film '),
('181288',' in particular  cups, glasses and tableware '),
('181289',' turned up in an episode of  _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv) called "Tapestry".'),
('181290',' Celluloid art created the special effects of the Red Sea parting by  pouring 300,000 gallons of water into a tank and then playing the  film backward.'),
('181291',' Special Effects Property Master William Sapp created the effects  that turned the waters of the Nile red. Red dye was pumped into the  water through a hose at the point where Aaron touches his staff to  the river. Sapp also created the vessel that was used by Rameses  priest in an attempt to restore the waters. The vessel had two  chambers: one that was filled with clear water and which was located  near the vessels opening; while the other chamber that was filled  with red'),
('181292','dyed water was located near the bottom of the vessel. As  the vessel was tipped to empty its contents, the clear water poured  out first; and as the vessel was tipped further, this released the  red'),
('181293','dyed water into the "river" on the sound stage. There were six  of these vessels that were made for the film, and only two were used  during production. The reverse shot showing the red water extending  out into the sea was created through animation onto shots of the Red  Sea that had been photographed in Egypt.'),
('181294',' There was another plague that was actually filmed but was cut out of  the motion picture and that was the plague of frogs leaving the  muddied Nile, coming up onto land and into the houses of Egypt.  According to the commentary on the 50th Anniversary DVD, this scene  was filmed with Nefretiri and her attendants being chased and  frightened by the frogs as the amphibious creatures invaded the  chambers of the palace. Mr. DeMille felt that the scene was not  frightening enough; and that in fact, it could even be considered  comic by the audiences, so the scene was omitted from the final  film.'),
('181295',' Animation was employed to create the hail as it was falling from the  sky in the background, but popcorn that had been spray'),
('181296','painted white  fell as "hail" onto the pavilion of Rameses palace. It was light so  it could not hurt the actors, it bounced like real hail; and it  could be swept up and used again for additional takes of the scene.  The fire that burned from the hail was created by animation.'),
('181297',' The illusion of the Red Sea parting was achieved by large "dump  tanks" that were flooded, then the film was shown in reverse. The  two frothing walls of water were created by water dumped constantly  into "catch basin areas" then the foaming, churning water was  visually manipulated and used sideways for the walls of water. A  gelatin substance was added to the water in the tanks to give it  more of a sea water consistency. Although the dump tanks have long  since been removed, the catch basin section of this tank still  exists today on the Paramount lot, directly in front of the exterior  sky backdrop, in the central portion of the studio. It can still be  flooded for water scenes, but when not being used in a production,  it is an extension of a parking lot.'),
('181298',' 14,000 extras and 15,000 animals were used in the production of the  movie.'),
('181299',' Urban legend has it that Anne Baxter (qv)s characters name was  changed from Nefertiti to Nefertiri because Cecil B. DeMille (qv)  was afraid people would make "boob" jokes. In reality, DeMille was  sticking to history: Rameses IIs queen was called Nefretiri.  Nefertiti lived about 60 years earlier than the events in The Ten  Commandments. Both names mean "Beautiful".'),
('181300',' Father and son both played Moses in this movie, as  Fraser Clarke Heston (qv) played Moses as an infant.'),
('181301',' There is a longstanding rumor that future Cuban dictator  Fidel Castro (I) (qv) is an extra in this film, possibly playing a  soldier. In her book "My Lucky Stars", Shirley MacLaine (qv)  recalls asking Castro if he indeed was in the film, and receiving an  ambiguous answer.'),
('181302',' The special effects work was so extensive that it was not completed  by the final edit. The released version contains fringing during  some blue screen shots which the crew did not have time to correct.'),
('181303',' When asking the Egyptian authorities for permission to film there,  Cecil B. DeMille (qv) was pleasantly surprised to find out they  were fans of his film _Crusades, The (1935)_ (qv). "You treated us  [Arabs in the film] so well, you may do anything here you want,"  they told him.'),
('181304',' Produced at a then'),
('181305','staggering cost of $13 million, the film went on  to become Paramounts biggest'),
('181306','grossing movie to that time. For years  it ranked second only to _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv) as the  most successful film in Hollywood history.'),
('181307',' Although uncredited, former Mr. America Mike Sill (qv) was one of  the persons helping to carry the Idol of the Golden Calf'),
('181308',' The last line of the film "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land,  unto all the inhabitants thereof" was taken from Leviticus 25:10 of  The Bible. It is also printed on the Liberty Bell.'),
('181309',' Feature film debut of Robert Vaughn (I) (qv).'),
('181310',' Many of the sets, costumes and props for this picture were  originally made for _Egyptian, The (1954)_ (qv) and were bought from  the studios of Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) for reuse. The sword of the  Hittite Princes, which plays a large part in "The Egyptian" toward  the end, is seen again in this film in the hands of  Clint Walker (I) (qv), who plays an Egyptian royal guard. This  gives a nice feeling of historical continuity, as the events in "The  Egyptian" take place during the reign of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten)  about 60 years before the events in "The Ten Commandments".'),
('181311',' Despite being credited as costume designers, John L. Jensen (qv)  and Arnold Friberg (qv) did not work primarily in designing any  costumes. Jensen was the lead sketch artist, and only worked in  sketching out designs for certain costumes. Friberg was primarily  hired to design the films titles, which were hand lettered and  photographed over a colored leather background. Friberg also  contributed sketches regarding the costuming. The costume for Moses  as a shepherd was patterned after one Friberg had already painted, a  portrayal of an ancient prophet for "The Childrens Friend", a  magazine published by the Primary Association, the childrens  organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter'),
('181312','day Saints, of  which Friberg is a member.'),
('181313',' According to Hollywood lore, while filming the orgy sequence which  precedes Moses descent from Mount Horab with the Commandments,  Cecil B. DeMille (qv) was perched on top of a ladder delivering  his customarily long'),
('181314','winded directions through a megaphone to the  hundreds of extras involved in the scene. After droning on to the  extras for several minutes, DeMille was distracted by one young  woman who was persistently talking to the woman standing next to  her. DeMille stopped his speech and addressed everyones attention  to the young woman. "Here," DeMille said, "We have a young woman  whose conversation with her friend is apparently more important than  listening to her instructions from her director while we are all  engaged in making motion picture history. Perhaps the young woman  would care to enlighten us all, and tell us what the devil is so  important that it cannot wait until after we make this shot." After  a moment of awkward silence, the young woman spoke up and boldly  confessed, "I was just saying to my friend, I wonder when that  bald'),
('181315','headed old fart is gonna call Lunch!" DeMille stared at the  woman for a moment, paused, then lifted his megaphone and shouted,  "Lunch!"'),
('181316',' In the scene in which Ramses carries the dead body of his son  (Eugene Mazzola), into the arms of the statue of Anubis, the boy  changes from Eugene Mazzolas actual body to a wax dummy. The statue  was unable to support Mazzolas actual body, and it was difficult  for Mazzola to stay "dead" while he was placed on the statue.'),
('181317',' Audrey Hepburn (qv) was originally slated for the role of  "Nefretiri". DeMille reluctantly decided to pass on her after it was  judged that she was too "slender" (i.e., flat'),
('181318','chested). Anne Baxter,  who was eventually cast in the role, had originally been a contender  for the role of "Sephora."'),
('181319',' Pre'),
('181320','production work on this film included over 1,200 storyboard  sketches.'),
('181321',' The script contained 308 pages with 70 speaking parts.'),
('181322',' Producer/Director Cecil B. DeMille turned 75 years of age during the  production of this film making him the oldest working Hollywood  director. He would suffer a heart attack on the set, returning to  the set only days later. After this was completed. he would plan  another epic production. He would die in 1959 before he could direct  another, making this his last film.'),
('181323',' Because of the numerous scenes that required multiple cameras to be  running simultaneously, Paramount had the Mitchell Camera  Corporation build additional VistaVision cameras for this  production. Decades later, these cameras were highly sought after by  special effects companies due to their ability to produce large area  negatives on standard 35mm filmstock.'),
('181324',' Originally, when Elmer Bernstein was orchestrating the music to  accompany the Great Exodus of the slaves out of Egypt, the music was  mournful. Upon hearing it, DeMille ordered him to redo it,  substituting joyful, upbeat music to announce the slaves joy of  becoming a freed people.'),
('181325',' SPOILER: At the end of the movie, after Charlton Heston as Moses has  turned over leadership of the Israelites to Joshua, he watches as  the Israelites march into Caanan. At this point, Moses was supposed  to have been enveloped in the fog coming down from the mountain, but  the effect was never completed. As a result, Moses is shown to be  standing there watching the Israelites go, and this is closer to  what is related in the actual Bible then what Cecil B. DeMille  originally intended.'),
('181326',' The infant playing baby Moses was named Moses in real life after his  mother, an extra in the series, gave birth to him during the making  of the series. The director ask her if they could cast him as Moses  and she was so honored that she named the baby after him.'),
('181327',' Based on the French musical "Les Dix Commandements" by Elie  Chouraqui.'),
('181328',' The musical was intended as a direct to DVD release.'),
('181329',' The movie was filmed to replace the higher budget feature Fixers,  a film that had its finance pulled at the last min. The film was  originally intended as a finance trailer for Fixers but took on a  life of its own...'),
('181330',' Tom Gerald who plays Bruiser is actually a UK cage fighter for CAGE  RAGE. The footage for this fight was shot before Cage rage 18 :  Battleground at Wembley arena.'),
('181331',' Cecils Rookie Racers is a Sussex based company specializing in  providing banger cars fro drivers. They provided over 5 cars for the  Banger race sequence, the car for character Stone was actually  driven by the actor PL Hobden.'),
('181332',' P.L Hobden is a Pseudonym for producer Phil Hobden who uses PL  Hobden when he is acting or performing in front of the cameras'),
('181333',' This is the 40th film that producer'),
('181334','director team Hobden/Boyask have  completed together, 37 short films and three features (the first  Night Warrior was produced in 1994 and released in Asia).'),
('181335',' The Bruiser vs Tom fight was filmed in a building in Hastings that,  just days later, was pulled down and destroyed.'),
('181336',' Stephen Quadros, known as the fight professor, makes a very brief  cameo in the film ringside at the Cage Rage fight. Stephen was  actually commentating at the event (with Malcolm Martin and Rob  Nutley) and was asked to make a brief appearance by the producer.'),
('181337',' The film features a clip from Left For Dead which was the first  film by producer '),
('181338',' director team of Phil Hobden and Ross Boyask and  even shared some cast members.'),
('181339',' The film features footage from Lone Wolf 2 : Break Time a short  film shot as a warm up to Left for Dead and featuring many of the  same cast.'),
('181340',' Based upon the story behind the song "Ten Ft Tall" by Pete Murray'),
('181341',' The soundtrack for the film (including score and songs) was written  by well'),
('181342','known Australian singer/songwriter, Pete Murray.'),
('181343',' The mysterious voice that accuses the invited guests of their  specific crimes is an uncredited Christopher Lee (I) (qv).'),
('181344',' Herbert Lom (qv) had acted in a previous remake playing the doctor  in _And Then There Were None (1974)_ (qv).'),
('181345',' The original script was much more faithful to the original Agatha  Christie novel with the setting on an island and the original grim  conclusion of the book. However, Henry Alan Towers changed it at the  last second when he realized that it would be cheaper to shoot at  the African outback and that the novels ending is less marketable  than Christies happier resolution from the play version of the  story.'),
('181346',' This short featurette is featured on the DVD for  _Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('181347',' For reference, the recipe for Puerco Pibil given here is: 5T whole  annato seeds 2t whole cumin seeds 1T peppercorns 8 whole allspice  seeds 1/2t whole cloves Grind the above in a spice mill/coffee  grinder. 2 habanero chiles, stems and seeds removed, chopped 1/2 cup  orange juice 1/2 cup white vinegar 2T salt 8 cloves garlic Combine  the above with the spice mix in a blender, and puree. Juice of 5  lemons splash tequila 5 pounds pork butt, cut into 2'),
('181348','inch cubes  Combine all ingredients in a zip'),
('181349','top bag and mix well. Line a 9x13  pan with banana leaves; add the pork mixture; fold over the leaves  to cover, then cover tightly with foil. Bake 4 hours at 325; serve  over rice.'),
('181350',' The tequila he uses in the film for the recipe is called Casa Noble.'),
('181351',' This short feature is on the DVD for  _Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)_ (qv), released in January of  2004.'),
('181352',' Victor Erice (qv)s segment was originally filmed in color. At the  eleventh hour the director decided to print it in black & white.'),
('181353',' Robert Clarys film debut.'),
('181354',' First movie Dean Martin (qv) did after Martin and Lewis broke up.'),
('181355',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Womans Voice, A (1911)_ (qv).'),
('181356',' Set a world record for the most number of saddled horses ever used  in one sequence for a motion picture: 800 horses.'),
('181357',' It took four months to film all the battle scenes for the film, each  day using 500 crew, 80 wranglers, 95 Assistant Directors, seven full  camera crews (two Japanese and five American), 40 tons of wardrobe,  3000 extras, 800 horses with riders.'),
('181358',' The ministry of transportation would not permit all the crew and  extra buses (115 in total) on the freeway heading to the location  each morning, fearing major gridlock on the Trans'),
('181359','Canada Highway, so  each bus was strategically dispatched from several key points in the  host city of Calgary every 90 seconds. This avoided traffic jams.'),
('181360',' It took 24 minutes (average) to do check'),
('181361','in, wardrobe and prop 3000  extras in vintage 15th Century attire before heading onto set for  final "On Camera" positioning.'),
('181362',' The production bought 500 horses, as that was far cheaper than  renting and the budget for feed for the horses alone was $1,000,000.  After the movies completion, the horses were auctioned off, with  most selling for more than what was originally paid. The primary  draw by buyers was these horses had gone through an extensive  training period four months before filming began.'),
('181363',' Only one injury occured during the course of filming all the battle  scenes. A Japanese wrangler lost a thumb during the night shift,  when his hand got caught in some rope attached to a horse. First aid  was applied and the thumb was saved.'),
('181364',' The scenes that show some of the samurai wearing armored sleeves on  just their left arms are historically accurate. Many samurai archers  wore this greatly simplified armor, to facilitate using the  asymmetrical Japanese long bow.'),
('181365',' Ken Watanabe (qv) became ill during shooting (he had acute  myelocytic leukemia) and Kagetora had to be recast.'),
('181366',' Purchased at the Sundance Film Festival for $4.5 million by  THINKFilm and City Lights Pictures.'),
('181367',' Amanda Peet was initially attached to this movie.'),
('181368',' Paul Rudd (I) (qv)s debut as a producer.'),
('181369',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Line at Hogans, The (1912)_ (qv).'),
('181370',' Scott Aukerman (qv) and BJ Porter (qv) wrote a draft in the  early 2000s which was eventually discarded.'),
('181371',' There are two references to other songs "Sasquatch" and "Tribute".  Jack mentions in search of Sasquatch as being on TV. when in KGs  home and on of the first lines of Sasquatch is "In search of  Sasquatch '),
('181372',' That was a kick ass In search of...” Tribute is  referenced at the end when JB and KG cant remember the song they  just sang, hence writing "Tribute" to tribute the song.'),
('181373',' The car chase in the video'),
('181374','game Kyle plays at the beginning ends the  same way as the actual car chase at the end of the movie.'),
('181375',' Stay tuned after the credits for an extra scene.  This is the third film featuring both Jack Black (I) (qv) and  Colin Hanks (qv) (the second being _King Kong_ (qv)). In their  first joint venture, _Orange County (2002)_ (qv), Hankss character  goes to a frat party that proves disappointing. In this film, the  character of KG goes to a frat party where he is ridiculed by a frat  boy played by Hanks.'),
('181376',' The "The Audience is Baking" "ad" at the start of the film is a  parody of the THX Surround Sound "The Audience is Listening" ad  campaign.'),
('181377',' Upon entering the music store in search of the Pick Of Destiny, KG  (Kyle Gass (qv)) is seen wearing a Trainwreck t'),
('181378','shirt.  Trainwreck is a group in which Gass is a vocalist and guitarist  (under the pseudonym Klip Calhoun). He also produced the groups  2004 live album.'),
('181379',' The conversation JB and KG have at the end of film on how they have  forgotten the song that defeated the devil is a reference to the  song "Tribute" from Tenacious D (qv)s self'),
('181380','titled debut album.'),
('181381',' When KG and JB go to the open mic night for the first time  Neil Hamburger (qv) is being escorted offstage. He is their  opening act for their current tour, which features music from the  soundtrack.'),
('181382',' In the scene where JB and KG speak to the Open Mic Host  (Paul F. Tompkins (I) (qv)) outside of the club, there are posters  in the background that read "Prostitute Laundry". This is a  reference to director Liam Lynch (qv)s  _"Sifl & Olly Show, The" (1998)_ (qv) which featured a song with the  same title.'),
('181383',' In the hallway of the Rock Museum you can see a big  Foo Fighters (qv) sign. David Grohl (qv) of the  Foo Fighters (qv) plays Satan.'),
('181384',' One of the cards images in the opening sequence is "The Hermit"  from the Rider'),
('181385','Waite Tarot deck, which was also used on the back  cover of Led Zeppelin (qv)s untitled fourth album.'),
('181386',' The alarm in the Rock and Roll History Museum is the same as the  alarm on the USS Enterprise in _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv).'),
('181387',' At the start of the movie, when JBs dad (played by  Meat Loaf (qv)) is tearing down posters, he also tears down a  figurine from the Bat Out Of Hell cover.'),
('181388',' The gang that beats up JB near the beginning of the film was a  reference from Stanley Kubrick (qv)s movie  _Clockwork Orange, A (1971)_ (qv). They are dressed up as the gang  lead by Malcolm McDowell (qv)s character Alex.'),
('181389',' David Grohl (qv), who appears as Satan, also played Satan in the  video for the Tenacious D (qv) song, "Tribute", which is also  referenced in the film. Grohl also lent his talents to several songs  on Tenacious D (qv)s self'),
('181390','titled CD.'),
('181391',' The car chase was filmed in and around downtown Long Beach,  California. Major portions were shot on Shoreline Drive and the  Queensway Bridge, where the final showdown in  _Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)_ (qv) takes place.'),
('181392',' The car chase ends in front of Uncle Als Seafood at the corner of  First and Elm streets in Long Beach, CA. This is the same  intersection where Riggs and Murtaugh blew up a gas station in  _Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)_ (qv).'),
('181393',' Until this film, Meat Loaf (qv) had not sang in a movie since  _Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)_ (qv), because he wanted to  be accepted in the industry as a serious actor.'),
('181394',' A documentary in the Bruce Scenic Novelties series.'),
('181395',' Released as a split reel with the documentary  _Picture Paradise, A (1927)_ (qv).'),
('181396',' Continuity'),
('181397','wise, this film follows the television series"Tenchi  Muyô" (1995)_ (qv) while ignoring  _Tenchi Muyô! Ryô Ôki (1992) (V)_ (qv). On a related topic Tenchis  mother who was named Kiyone in the Tenchi Muyo Ryo'),
('181398','Ohki continuity  was renamed to Achika for this movie.'),
('181399',' For the earlier episodes, the English voice actors had to assume  pseudonyms as, at the time, the production was outside the actors  union system.'),
('181400',' Co'),
('181401','creator Kajishima, Masaki (qv) named some of the characters  after locations in his home locale of the Okayama prefecture, Japan.'),
('181402',' "Tenchi Muyo" is a Japanese pun. In normal usage, this kanji  compound means "This side up", and is often seen on boxes and  crates. (This is why the North American dubs use a "stencil" font  for all the English titles.) In this series, however, it is read  quite differently. "Tenchi" refers to the main character, and "Muyo"  means "useless". The title could be translated into English as  "Useless Tenchi", or "No Need For Tenchi".'),
('181403',' Another possible meaning for Tenchi Muyo can be "No need for Heaven  and Earth."'),
('181404',' When Tenchi catches Ryoko during her battle with Kagato in episode  6, he tells her "I still have feet". This was Tenchis way of  reassuring Ryoko that hes not dead. In Japanese folklore, ghosts  are typically portrayed as legless.'),
('181405',' Katsuhito Masaki and Nobuyuki Masaki are named after AIC directors  Akiyama, Katsuhito (qv), and Kitajima, Nobuyuki (qv),  respectively.'),
('181406',' Ryoko name is a common Japanese name, yet the kanji used to write it  is far from being a common reading. Translated, Ryoko is "One who  summons the spirits of rocks and trees". Ryoko tells Ayeka this fact  during their duel in episode 4, when she summons a water elemental.'),
('181407',' When Washuu dons her nurse outfit in episode 7, her computer says  "Ben Casey". This is a reference to the 60s doctor drama  _"Ben Casey" (1961)_ (qv).'),
('181408',' The series originally ended on a cliffhanger, never explaining who  Lady Tokimi was or why she wanted Washu, nor was this ever addressed  in any other adaption of Tenchi Muyo. However, new OAV episodes were  in production and distributed in Japan from 2003'),
('181409','2005. The new  episodes will directly pick up where this series left off and will  explain all of the dangling plot threads.'),
('181410',' The animation for the third OVA series was done with computer  generated graphics rather than hand drawn animation.'),
('181411',' The translation for the individual characters of the Wrath of Heaven  is:  '),
('181412',' Rin '),
('181413',' Confront  '),
('181414',' Pyo '),
('181415',' Soldier  '),
('181416',' Tho '),
('181417',' Battle/Fight  '),
('181418',' Sha '),
('181419',' One/Person  '),
('181420',' Kai '),
('181421',' Everybody/Entire  '),
('181422',' Jin '),
('181423',' Formation  '),
('181424',' Retsu '),
('181425',' Row  '),
('181426',' Zai '),
('181427',' Presence  '),
('181428',' Zen '),
('181429',' Forward  '),
('181430',' These definitions are merely direct translations and do not    represent the true meaning of the "Seal of 9 Characters". The 9    Kanji characters do not have independent definitions. The spell    only makes sense when you hear the full sentence as follows:    "Nozomeru Hei, tatakau mono, kaijin wo hari, retsu wo tukutte, mae    ni ari" Which Means: "Confronting Soldiers, Ones that battle,    everybody making a formation, making a row, and is present in    front". So in other words, the spell is a warning to the evil    spirits that the army of God is nearing, so leave immediately.'),
('181431',' Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (qv) and director Edward Dmytryk (qv)  were known for their left'),
('181432','wing political beliefs'),
('181433','they were among  the infamous "Hollywood Ten" blacklisted during the McCarthy'),
('181434','era  anti'),
('181435','Communist hysteria after the war'),
('181436','and Ginger Rogers (qv), a  staunch Republican, began noticing what she interpreted to be  "anti'),
('181437','American" speeches in her dialog. Upon complaining, the  speeches were given to other actresses.'),
('181438',' This film was introduced as evidence when director  Edward Dmytryk (qv) and writer Dalton Trumbo (qv) were hauled  before the House Un'),
('181439','American Activities Committee, which was  investigating them on suspicion of being Communists. Despite the  films many flag'),
('181440','waving speeches, the communal living arrangements  of the ladies in the film was cited as evidence of how Dmytryk and  Trumbo attempted to brainwash unsuspecting American moviegoers with  Communist "propaganda". As even more damning "evidence", there was  the use of the word "Comrade" in the title.'),
('181441',' 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): Donald Davis (I) (qv) (Boy),  Robert Anderson (V) (qv) (Boy), Jane Farrar (qv),  Tom Burton (II) (qv), Mike Road (qv) and Freddie Mercer (qv).'),
('181442',' Although there was a Los Angeles, California showing on 29 December  1943 to make the film eligible for an Academy Award, the film was  not released nationally until mid'),
('181443','1944.'),
('181444',' A nitrate print of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television  archives.'),
('181445',' The Divers are based on real'),
('181446','life couple Gerald and Sara Murphy,  friends and patrons of the famous, including the author of this  story, F. Scott Fitzgerald (qv). Poet Archibald Macleish (qv)  once said of the Murphys that "there was a shine to life wherever  they were".'),
('181447',' When Mac was talking with the band about possibly joining them to  record some songs, they stopped in front of a shop named "T. Harper  Hardware". Harper, Tess (qv) played Rosa Lee, Macs new wife.'),
('181448',' Robert Duvall (I) (qv) is really singing in the nightclub scene.'),
('181449',' "Over You" is sung by the actors in the film, but the soundtrack  version is sung by Lane Brody (of "Yellow Rose of Texas" fame). This  song was nominated for an Oscar, and the Lane Brody version was  nominated for an Academy of Country Music award.'),
('181450',' This was the first of twelve entries in the "Tenderfoot Thriller"  series.'),
('181451',' This was the last of twelve entries in the "Tenderfoot Thriller"  series.'),
('181452',' Believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('181453',' Following _Jazz Singer, The (1927)_ (qv), the second Vitaphone  feature to have talking sequences.'),
('181454',' A part'),
('181455','talkie, this film contained 15 minutes of spoken dialog.  Warner Brothers promoted it as the first film in which actors  actually spoke their roles.'),
('181456',' The film premiered in New York along with a series of Vitaphone  short subjects that included _Cugat and his Gigolos (1928)_ (qv).  The feature itself was met with derisive laughter resulting from the  hammy acting and stilted dialog.'),
('181457',' Russell Crowe (qv) filmed all of his scenes in 9 days.'),
('181458',' This film was theatrically released as a complement for Masculin,  féminin, by Jean'),
('181459','Luc Godard'),
('181460',' The background "muzak" theme playing in the department store at the  beginning of the film is taken from the soundtrack of the European  version of George Romeros Dawn of the Dead (which was edited and  re'),
('181461','scored under Dario Argentos supervision).'),
('181462',' Reportedly inspired after director Dario Argento (qv) was stalked  by a fan.'),
('181463',' A "George Kemp" is credited as sole screenwriter on U.S. posters and  as co'),
('181464','screenwriter with Argento on some prints of the film.'),
('181465',' Christopher Walken was considered for the lead role.'),
('181466',' The film was written and shot over a two'),
('181467','week period, with different  video formats and took six months to edit.'),
('181468',' The films one'),
('181469','sheet movie poster was painted by  Screenwriter/Director John Fasano.'),
('181470',' Vitaphone production reel #1029.'),
('181471',' EASTER EGG: The DVD has an "Easter egg" Gag Ending. The Gag Ending  with Credits is not accessible from the DVD Menu. Wait until the  "Light & Dark Publicity Tour" ends. The movie trailer will play and  then the Gag Ending with Credits will play immediately after.'),
('181472',' The last section of the movie originally had a great deal of  dialogue, but Akira Kurosawa (qv) decided to omit all of it.'),
('181473',' There is one shot of the movie that is in color '),
('181474',' the scene of the  colored smoke rising from the incinerator. Some television prints  botch this and have the scene in black and white instead, diluting  its impact.'),
('181475',' Based on the novel "Kings Ransom" by Ed McBain (pen name of  Evan Hunter (qv)), part of McBains "87th Precinct" series.'),
('181476',' The name "Laputa" was taken from the flying city in Jonathan Swifts  "Gullivers Travels." It also means "the whore" in Spanish, hence  the name change to simply "Castle in the Sky" for the Disney  release.'),
('181477',' DIRTRADE(Hayao Miyazaki):[flying]: As the title suggests, the castle  of Laputa flies. Numerous flying contraptions feature in the movie.'),
('181478',' DIRTRADE(Hayao Miyazaki):[gorging on food]: Dora eats greedily when  she confronts Pazu at his house.'),
('181479',' DIRTRADE(Hayao Miyazaki (qv)):[Pigs]: A pig is seen being shooed  out of a little girls house.'),
('181480',' Fox'),
('181481','squirrels, animals from Miyazakis previous work,  _Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)_ (qv), make a brief appearance in  the city of Laputa.'),
('181482',' Hayao Miyazaki had said in interviews that he was ignorant that the  word "Laputa" means "the whore" in Spanish. If he was aware of the  words meaning, he would had not used it in the first place.'),
('181483',' Dubbed in 1999, Laputa did not receive a home video release until  four years later when Spirited Away won an Academy Award for Best  Animated Film. During that time, it would be shown at the occasional  film festival, and sell out with little word'),
('181484','of'),
('181485','mouth. Despite its  limited success, Disneys official explanation for the delay was  that Studio Ghibli wanted to avoid reverse'),
('181486','importation of the film  in Japan and lose R2 sales. However, by 2003, Laputa had long made  its money back in dvd sales in Japan, fueling fire to the long'),
('181487','held  fan speculation that the company purchased the Ghibli library for  the purpose of sabotaging its potential success in the U.S.'),
('181488',' 69,262 traditional "cels" were used for this film.'),
('181489',' 381 colors were used in this movie as well.'),
('181490',' The weaponry and mechanical settings in Laputa is a mixture of  British and German designs. Miyazaki is a fan of German weaponry (he  has manga works like The Return of Hans and Otto Carius '),
('181491',' both about  WWII German tank crews), so soldiers uniform, medals, and grenades  (Stielhandgranate, the famous "potato masher" in WWII) are modeled  after German design, not to mention the gigantic battle zeppelin  "Goliath." However, since the town of Slag Ravine was modeled after  a mining town in Wales, British'),
('181492','styled civilian clothing and British  weapons such as Lee'),
('181493','Enfield SMLE Mk. III rifle (soldiers) and Webley  top'),
('181494','break revolver (Muska and his agents) appeared frequently in the  film.'),
('181495',' The robots in the film are inspired by the ones featured in the  Fleischer version of Superman.'),
('181496',' The correct romanization of Sheetas name would have been "Shita",  but the producers of the Disney English dub changed the spelling for  obvious reasons.'),
('181497',' Val Kilmer, who lives on a nearby New Mexico ranch, initially agreed  to participate in this film secondary to his work with New Mexicos  Film Investment Program, but as production neared he was forced to  decline secondary to other commitments.'),
('181498',' Early production charts and a newspaper item included  Lewis Stone (qv) and Grant Mitchell (I) (qv) in the cast, but  they were not in the film. Porter Hall (qv) (The Weasel) and  Sheldon Leonard (qv) (Atzerodt) were in the Call Bureau Cast  Service list for those roles, but they were cut for the released  print. Similarly, Lew Short (qv), Ralph McCullough (qv),  Al Ferguson (qv), Ben Hall (I) (qv), Roger Gray (qv) and  Murdock MacQuarrie (qv), all listed as "Men at Railroad Station"  must have been cut, since there were no railroad station scenes.  Also Joseph E. Bernard (qv) (Engineer) and Jack Daley (qv),  Stanley Price (I) (qv), Philo McCullough (qv), Frank  OConnor (I) (qv) and Bob Ryan (I) (qv) listed as "Men at Another  Railroad Station" must have been cut for the same reason. Also  Allen Pomeroy (I) (qv) and Duke York (I) (qv) (Assassins) and  Harry Worth (I) (qv) (John Wilkes Booth) were never seen. Finally,  Richard Nichols (I) (qv) (Tad Lincoln) never shows up either.'),
('181499',' Although "William Wright" is in the cast list playing the Alderman,  the actor was actually Will Wright (I) (qv), who often used  "William Wright" for his name when uncredited.'),
('181500',' Van Heflin (qv) suffered from appendicitis during filming. The  production filmed around him and his illness did not cause a delay  in production.'),
('181501',' There was a protest from some sectors that the film distorted the  life of Thaddeus Stevens (who initiated the impeachment proceedings  against President Andrew Johnson). Additional filming occurred in  October 1942, but it is not known if it was because of these  protests. One line in the script (Stevens referring to Lincoln as  "the old ape") was eliminated. Still, the film treats Johnson much  more favorably than it does Stevens.'),
('181502',' Jessica Tandys performance of Blanches Scene six monologue, filmed  especially for this documentary, is the only footage ever recorded  of Tandy performing the role she originated.'),
('181503',' This is now considered to be the first video game ever made.'),
('181504',' It took William A. Higinbotham (qv), about three weeks to make the  game, along with technical specialist Robert V. Dvorak. The debut  was in a gymnasium in October 1958.'),
('181505',' The movie is a condensed version of the manga and anime series, thus  a lot of the events that happen are condensed and some characters  were changed or omitted.'),
('181506',' The character of Sumire Ryuzakis age was changed so that instead of  being a grandmother (and Nanjirohs junior middle school coach), she  became a year younger than Nanjiroh and became a former junior  middle school student with him.'),
('181507',' In the movie, the character of Wakashi Hiyoshi from the Hyotei  school was replaced by Egate Mcleod Higaki, whereas in the  manga/anime, there was no Egate Mcleod Higaki, he was created as an  original character for the movie. Similarly, Egate Mcleod Higakis  sister, Shioin Higaki, is also an original character that was not in  the manga/anime series. Her purpose in the movie is to pretty much  serve as a double role of representing the anime/manga character of  Sakuno Ryuzaki and Egates sister.'),
('181508',' Only the 2nd Seigaku cast from The Prince of Tennis Musicals kept  their respective roles for this movie, with the exception of Kotarou  Yanagi, who played Ryoma in the musicals.'),
('181509',' The role of Ryoma Echizen was re'),
('181510','casted so that instead of having  Kotarou Yanagi reprise his role from the musicals for the movie,  Kanata Hongo was casted to better portray Ryoma as Hongo, 15, was  closer to the age of Ryoma (12) while Kotarou, 20 was much older.'),
('181511',' As well, Kouji Date was the only Prince of Tennis Musical actor from  the musical Hyotei cast to reprise his role as Choutarou Ohtori.  Everyone else was completely re'),
('181512','casted.'),
('181513',' Cameos of graduated Tenimyu actors appear in the movie.'),
('181514',' Schools that appear in the movie besides Seigaku and Hyotei:  Fudomine, Rikkaidai, Rokkaku and Shitenhouji'),
('181515',' Audrey Totter (qv) was promised top'),
('181516','billing by the Producer, but  when Richard Basehart (qv) was borrowed from Fox to play her  husband, the studio demanded that he get top billing as a condition  of the agreement.'),
('181517',' When Richard Basehart (qv)s character of Quimby decides to create  another identity for himself, he gets the idea for the name Sothern  when he sees a movie fan magazine with Ann Sothern (qv) on the  cover. "Tension" producer Robert Sisk (qv) was then in the process  of prepping _Shadow on the Wall (1950)_ (qv) to star Miss Sothern in  the last film of her long'),
('181518','term MGM contract.'),
('181519',' "Tension" was shooting at about the same time in 1949 as  _Side Street (1950)_ (qv), and the latter film utilizes the pharmacy  set and its phone booth to allow Farley Granger (qv) to make a  phone call.'),
('181520',' In an early example of product placement, a sign for Dads Root Beer  hangs behind the drug store soda fountain.'),
('181521',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Bobs New Scheme (1911)_ (qv).'),
('181522',' The films distributor offered theatres a promotional poster that  listed several points about octopuses '),
('181523',' including the fact that they  can reach sizes of over 38 feet from arm to arm.'),
('181524',' Contrary to what was published in movie periodicals of the time,  this is not a co'),
('181525','production between Italy and Hungary and was not  shot on location in Hungary. Although the two leads were indeed  Hungarian movie stars, the film is resolutely Italian. It was shot  in the FERT studios in Turin with Italian personnel and technicians.'),
('181526',' Furtado, Catarina (qv) was cast as Lena, but later declined the  role because of the nude scenes.'),
('181527',' Filmed in 1946 but released in 1948 due to much re'),
('181528','cutting by the  studio.'),
('181529',' The gigantic settings were built in Rome on the ground intended for  an international fair due in 1943 that never took place because of  the events.'),
('181530',' For years, this movies original prints were under restoration at  the Mexico National Autonomous University Filmotheque (Filmoteca de  la UNAM), to be finally released in 2001. During 2000, Mexican music  ensemble LAUDES was comissioned to write a score for the  (silent)movie. On 1 August 2002, on occasion of Juan Diego being  elevated to Sainthood, Mexican TV Channel Once TV broadcast the  fully restored movie from the original surviving prints, as a  special event, with LAUDES performing the score compiled for the  movie, which included authentic prehispanic instruments and music  (for the sequences involving Juan Diego and the Virgin) and musical  pieces from the early 1910s.'),
('181531',' In one scene, Matt LeBlanc (qv) appears on the television in a  commercial.'),
('181532',' When the film went into production, the coach of the Los Angeles  Lakers at the time, Pat Riley, was offered the role of Nick. When he  turned it down, it went to Kurt Russell (qv). Russells look for  the role was influenced by Riley.'),
('181533',' When Robert Towne was reworking the script for the Roman Polanksi  film Frantic, he had all but finished the script for this film in  which Frantic star Harrison Ford immediately became interested and  agreed to star in the film, but eventually dropped out at the very  start of pre'),
('181534','production because of personal conflicts with the role.  Robert Towne and Thom Mount then flew to Australia to meet with Mel  Gibson to talk about the role and immediately agreed to star.'),
('181535',' Warner Bros. agreed to finance and produce this film after  writer/director Robert Towne agreed to a settlement of 2.5 million  dollars after they had pulled out of the post'),
('181536','production of his  directorial debut film, Personal Best. The deal was contingent on  the studio letting Towne not only write the film, but also direct  it, according to producer Thom Mount.'),
('181537',' The films budget was originally $33 million, but since it was shot  as an independent production after Warner Bros. had pulled out, the  budget had gone down $10 million less, which was still expensive for  an L.A. based film production.'),
('181538',' Kurt Russell was not the first choice to play Nick Frescia, it was  producer Thom Mounts idea that hed be cast in the role.'),
('181539',' The interiors of the Valenaris restaurant was actually a set  designed and built by Richard Sylbert on a soundstage.'),
('181540',' Warner Bros. agreed to finance and produce this film after  writer/director Robert Towne agreed to a settlement of 2.5 million  dollars after they had pulled out of the post'),
('181541','production of his  directorial debut film, Personal Best. The deal was contingent that  the studio would let Towne not only write the film, but also direct  it, according to producer Thom Mount.'),
('181542',' Before shooting began according to producer Thom Mount, Warner Bros.  pulled out of the film because of issues with the screenplay citing  that the good guy was an ex'),
('181543','drug dealer and the cops and feds are  the bad guys.'),
('181544',' The films budget was originally $33 million, but since it was shot  as an independent production after Warner Bros. had pulled out, the  budget had gone down ten million dollars less, which was still  expensive for an L.A. based film production.'),
('181545',' According to producer Thom Mount, Alec Baldwin was the original  choice to play Nick Frescia and had actually come back twice to  audition for the role, but Towne and Mount decided to go in another  direction.'),
('181546',' The hot tub in the film was not properly constructed as a working  hot tub nor was it chlorinated. As a result, Michelle Pfeiffer, her  double, and Mel Gibson were all plagued with skin rashes and  splinters from the wood. Production was shut down for a few days  while Pfeiffer recovered from her rash.'),
('181547',' When the film was first released, the initial teaser trailer for  _Batman (1989)_ (qv) was attached to prints of the film. When word  got out about the teaser, fans were so excited about seeing the  teaser that some people paid admission just to get a glimpse of the  trailer.'),
('181548',' This film contains 5 parts. Part 1 : 191m, part 2 : 210m, part 3 :  181m, part 4 : 293m, part 5 : 179m; consisting of Belgian official  film taken between 1914 and 1918, joined to staged or faked  material.'),
('181549',' Sanjay Gadhvi (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('181550',' Jeet (II) (qv) and Pritam Chakraborty (qv)s debut as the team  Jeet'),
('181551','Pritam.'),
('181552',' The film was originally entitled "Tu hi Bataa", and was to star  Arjun Rampal (qv) and Raveena Tandon (qv), with direction by Sanjay  Gadhvi (qv) and Devang Dholakia (qv), cinematography by Ashok  Mehta (qv), music by Viju Shah (qv) and lyrics by Anand Bakshi (qv).  Unfortunately filming came to a halt when the first song was shot  and went over budget, causing Dholakia to chicken out. After an  indefinite delay, the film recommenced shooting in February 2000,  with Dholakia only as a producer and Gadhvi as the films sole  director.'),
('181553',' Director Sanjay Gadhvi (qv) saw close to two thousand aspirants  before deciding on his six lead actors.'),
('181554',' The film, with eight songs, was shot in flat 28 days at Ramoji Rao  Filmcity in Hyderabad. The talkie portions of the film were canned  in 18 days flat.'),
('181555',' The song "Suno Piya" was recorded using only the guitar and vocals.  Initially composer Pritam Chakraborty (qv) was slightly skeptical  about the way it shaped out, but when the song was spliced with the  film shot for the song, he was more than happy with the final  result.'),
('181556',' This was the first movie to be released by the Amitabh Bachchan  Corporation Limited (ABCL).'),
('181557',' ABCL started a campaign to recruit new actors to star in this movie.  The result was the debut of all four lead actors, namely '),
('181558',' Arshad  Warsi, Chandrachur Singh, Priya Gill and Simran.'),
('181559',' The movie was not actually based completely on a true story, but the  story was derived from a similar real life incident and edited to  suit a movies story.'),
('181560',' Filmed in only seven days, with the cast of a previous film, "Samba  da Vida".'),
('181561',' Rod Steiger (qv)s first film.'),
('181562',' Ed Binns first film.'),
('181563',' A film framed and projected in an experimental format, the vertical  format.'),
('181564',' The first Pakistani feature film.'),
('181565',' The first fully computer animated Danish feature length film.'),
('181566',' Based on the radio series of the same name which appeared in  "Børneradio", a legendary and extremely long'),
('181567','running show for  preteens and young teens (which is also noted for its very direct  and un'),
('181568','PC approach to kids entertainment). "Terkel i Knibe" was  also released in CD form, and a couple of the songs have had heavy  airplay.'),
('181569',' Stewart Stardust (Terkels uncle) is a regular  Anders Matthesen (qv) character, whom he has also played in his  stage shows and the Christmas TV series  _"Jul på Vesterbro" (2003) (mini)_ (qv), in which Matthesen also  played all the roles.'),
('181570',' The chorus of the central love song translates as: "Please fuck off,  youre too ugly for me and your mom is up for anything".'),
('181571',' The road sign in the towns main street leads to Hell.'),
('181572',' Not only is Leons (Terkels father) vocabulary limited to the word  "no" '),
('181573',' he is always reading the same edition of the newspaper.'),
('181574',' Sarah Henson was shortlisted for the role of Fran Massey.'),
('181575',' The art show that never was. It closed on opening day.'),
('181576',' SPOILER: The car crash in the beginning is a computer altered  version of the car crash in _ Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996)_ (qv).  They have changed the front of the Volvo to look like an SUV. And  changed the light and put some CGI snow on top.'),
('181577',' Tom Selleck (qv) and Roger E. Mosley (qv) both went on to star  in _"Magnum, P.I." (1980)_ (qv).'),
('181578',' Michael Crichton (qv) was originally going to write and direct the  film.'),
('181579',' The film never had a UK cinema release.'),
('181580',' Crichton was fired from writing the screenplay due to the fact that  his script did not follow the novel (which he had written) closely  enough.'),
('181581',' Ditch drives a white 1970 Dodge Challenger, an homage to the iconic  white 1970 Dodge Challenger in _Vanishing Point (1971)_ (qv), which  was directed by Richard C. Sarafian (qv), the father of this  movies director, Deran Sarafian (qv).'),
('181582',' In making this movie, they used 23 Cadillac Allante automobiles,  destroying nine completely.'),
('181583',' The news anchor that reports on the arrest of Dutch Brodie in  downtown Phoenix is Martha Vazquez (qv). She was then and still is  a news anchor at KVOA News 4, Tucson.'),
('181584',' The entry code for the confidential computer files is 3263827, the  same number as the garbage masher in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('181585',' Inspired by the story of Merhan Nasseri (qv), an Iranian refugee.  In 1988, he landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris after  being denied entry into England because his passport and United  Nations refugee certificate had been stolen. French authorities  would not let him leave the airport. He remained in Terminal One, a  stateless person with nowhere else to go. He has since been granted  permission to either enter France or return to his own country. He  instead chooses to continue to live in the terminal and tell his  story to those who will listen. Reportedly, his mental health has  deteriorated over the years. When given the opportunity to live in  France, he refused because the documents did not name him as "Sir,  Alfred", and he claims to have forgotten his native Persian  language. Reportedly, he left the terminal in August 2006 to be  hospitalized for an unspecified illness.'),
('181586',' Bernie Mac (qv) was considered for a role, but had to pull out due  to a scheduling conflict.'),
('181587',' While this is not technically a remake, the film  _Tombés du ciel (1993)_ (qv) is based on the same true story.'),
('181588',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) cut a line from the film where Hankss  character is getting help using a phone card and says, "Home phone,  home phone!". Spielberg cut this because he didnt want comparisons  to _E.T. the Extra'),
('181589','Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv) and the famous lines  "Phone home."'),
('181590',' A majority (if not all) of the flights on the departure board were  flights operated by members of the Star Alliance. United Airlines is  a founding partner of the Star Alliance.'),
('181591',' When Amelia does her makeup at the table while sitting with Viktor,  she pulls out an Elizabeth Arden compact.  Catherine Zeta'),
('181592','Jones (qv), who played Amelia, is currently a  spokeswoman for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics.'),
('181593',' The Musak playing over the intercom during Viktors first night in  the terminal is the same music played during  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s _Catch Me If You Can (2002)_ (qv).'),
('181594',' Tony Randall (I) (qv) appears, uncredited, in the "I Love New  York" television advertisement in the movie.'),
('181595',' Although Viktor comes from the fictional country of Krakozhia, the  language he speaks in the movie is Bulgarian. The written material  shown (the Fodors guide and the magazine page with the jazz greats)  is in Russian. The label on the Planters peanuts can is neither in  Bulgarian nor in Russian. Viktors driving license is issued in  Gomel, Republic of Belarus, and has a womans name on it (written in  Cyrillic).'),
('181596',' The photo Viktor shows Amelia featuring a group of all the top jazz  musicians in NYC in the year 1958 was originally taken for Esquire  by Art Kane. It is the subject of the 1994 documentary  _Great Day in Harlem, A (1994)_ (qv).'),
('181597',' The film was shot with two endings. The original version of the  film, previewed in Orange, California on 26 May 2004, had the other  ending, in which Catherine Zeta'),
('181598','Jones (qv)s character Amelia goes  into Manhattan with Viktor. The changes to the film caused the start  date of Spielbergs next film, led _Munich (2005)_ to be pushed back  a number of weeks, which meant that Ben Kingsley (qv) could no  longer appear in it, due to his commitment to appear in  Roman Polanski (qv)s _Oliver Twist (2005)_ (qv).'),
('181599',' In the bookstore, Viktor is reading "Oh, the Places Youll Go" by  Dr. Seuss (qv).'),
('181600',' The terminal set was a near'),
('181601','full'),
('181602','size replica built in a former  hangar, with three working sets of escalators, and populated by many  familiar stores (e.g. Burger King, Mrs. Fields, W.H. Smith). Some of  these brands were recruited by Dreamworks, while others approached  the studio when word of the production got out. Many of the stores  and restaurants were built by the construction crews that build  actual mall and airport stores for the respective companies, and  some had fully'),
('181603','functioning equipment (e.g. ovens, cash registers,  etc). However, the inclusion of a brand on the set was not a  guarantee of inclusion in the film; Dreamworks retained full control  over editing, and some brands appear only briefly or not at all.'),
('181604',' Each failed application for entry to the USA counts against your  chances of eventually being allowed in, so Viktor was actually  hurting his cause by applying every day.'),
('181605',' The main character of this movie was originally scripted to arrive  from Slovenia but this was changed after the advice from the former  consul of Republic of Slovenia in the United States Mark Rijavec.  Since Slovenia is by some considered to be Switzerland of the  Eastern Europe it would not look credible would a civil war be  started in one of the new members of the European Union.'),
('181606',' The note on the photocopy of the hand attached to the sign "All  Gates" says "FREE THE GOAT".'),
('181607',' When Viktor is about to be forced onto the plane back home, Dixon  pulls up a chair with a cup of coffee in his hand, watches the  security camera screens, and whistles the melody to "For All We Know  (We May Never Meet Again)".'),
('181608',' When "the war is over" and where Tom Hanks (qv) and other people  sing the national anthem they sing The Albanian National Anthem in  "gibberish" words.'),
('181609',' During the credits, everyones name is their autograph.'),
('181610',' When Viktor buys the "New York" book from the book store, the book  he is holding is "2001: A Space Odyssey."'),
('181611',' The photo Viktor possesses is the award'),
('181612','winning photo "A Day in  Harlem" by Art Kane.'),
('181613',' Selected as the opening film of the 2004 Venice Film Festival.'),
('181614',' In the scene where Tom Hanks is avoiding the security camera near  the exit, the camera is of the Espree line manufactured by Pelco in  Clovis, CA. The motor noises had to be added to the film, because  the Espree PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) features operate virtually  silently.'),
('181615',' The girl with the suitcase that Viktor tries to help is Steven  Spielbergs daughter Sasha.'),
('181616',' The original script did not call for the top of the truck to be  ripped off during the chase through the storm drain beside/beneath  the freeway, but when they arrived on location they found that the  cab wouldnt fit under the overpass so director  James Cameron (I) (qv) decided that the roof was going to have to  come off.'),
('181617',' The T101s bike jump into the storm drain was performed by stuntman  Peter Kent (I) (qv). The motorbike was supported by 1'),
('181618','inch cables,  so that when they hit the ground, the bike and rider only weighted  180 pounds. The cables were later digitally erased.'),
('181619',' More explicit shots of the arm cutting scene were removed.'),
('181620',' Prior to making this film, Linda Hamilton (I) (qv) received  weapons training from technical advisor and former Israeli commando  Uzi Gal (qv).'),
('181621',' SFX crew had to incorporate Robert Patrick (I) (qv)s  football'),
('181622','injury limp in their animation of the T1000. Next, they  filmed the stuff with the T1000 pretending to be driving from the  right'),
('181623','hand steering wheel (wearing a mirror'),
('181624','image police uniform),  while the real driver was hidden under a black hood at the lowered  real steering wheel. For the final film, the scenes were flipped  left'),
('181625','to'),
('181626','right to make it all look right, and combined with footage  shot with a normal truck driving in the drain. This was done so that  Patrick could concentrate on acting rather than driving. They  accidentally caught a street sign; after they mirror'),
('181627','imaged the  scene, they digitally reversed the text on the sign so it would  appear correct.'),
('181628',' Filmed scenes not included in the theatrical release (but restored  in the Special Edition): '),
('181629',' Directly after the pre'),
('181630','med students peer  into Sarahs room, the doctor reminds the orderlies to make sure she  gets her medication. The cut scene was of the staff coming in to  give her the pills. She refuses, so they smack her in the gut with  their batons and force the pills down her throat, then kick her  while shes on the floor doubled over in pain. '),
('181631',' Another hospital  scene was cut that took place after John Connor robs the ATM and  heads for the mall. Sarah Connor was to have a dream where Reese  appears and warns her that THEIR son is in danger. She has to save  him, etc. They kiss and hug, but Reese disappears and walks out.  Sarah chases him outside, to find herself in the same spot as the  nuclear nightmare scene later in the movie. She sees the large white  flash, and then she wakes up. This is the only scene that  Michael Biehn (qv) was in, and appeared in some promotional  trailers. Cameron cut the scene because he thought that audiences  who had not seen the first movie would be confused by the appearance  of Kyle. '),
('181632',' A scene showing the T'),
('181633','1000 at the scene of the crashed  truck in the canal, where he steals a police car. '),
('181634',' After the T'),
('181635','1000  kills Johns foster parents, he ventures outside to get the dog to  shut'),
('181636','up. He reaches down and snatches the collar off the dog, thus  killing the dog. On the collar is stamped the dogs name "Max". The  T'),
('181637','1000 realizes he has been duped by John (actually the Terminator  imitating Johns voice) by calling the dog "Wolfie." '),
('181638',' After killing  the dog, the T'),
('181639','1000 goes to Johns room to try to find any clues as  to where John might be. He stalks around the room waving his arms  and "feeling" things on the shelves, on the walls, etc. He  eventually stops in front of a poster, realizes there is something  behind it, rips it down and finds a box of mementos (pictures, and  the like). This must be where the T'),
('181640','1000 figures out about the  desert compound that Sarah, John, and the Terminator head to after  the hospital. Director James Cameron (I) (qv) decided to cut it  because the T'),
('181641','1000s sampling abilities were already sufficiently  conveyed in earlier scenes, so this scene became redundant (and  because it made the T'),
('181642','1000 look too much like it had x'),
('181643','ray vision).  This scene was NOT included in the SE. '),
('181644',' At the abandoned gas  station, a scene involved Sarah and John talking with the Terminator  about learning. He tells them that his CPU was switched to read'),
('181645','only  before being sent out. Skynet doesnt want them to learn too much  while on their own. John asks if it can be reset. You then see the  Terminators face in a "mirror" talking Sarah through the procedure.  A puppet was used for the foreground Sarah to work on and Lindas  twin sister Leslie was in the mirror mimicking Lindas hand  movements. After the CPU is removed, the Terminator shuts'),
('181646','down and  Sarah places it on a table. She picks up a hammer and tries to smash  it to render him inoperative. John stops her and says they need him.  He starts to show authority for the first time and asks her how he  is supposed to be a great military leader if even his own mother  wont listen to him. They reinsert the chip back into the  Terminators head. '),
('181647',' A scene at a truck stop before John, Sarah and  Terminator arrive at the Salceda farm. John points out to the  Terminator that he shouldnt be so serious all the time. He  encourages him to smile once in a while. The Terminator tries to  perform a smile, but the result is less than convincing, so John  encourages him to practice in front of a mirror. '),
('181648',' Directly after  Terminator tells Sarah about Miles Dyson, there is a scene where we  see Dyson in his private residence, where his wife tells him he is  much too focused on finishing his microchip. '),
('181649',' Some more dialog  between John and the Terminator as they assemble weapons in the  desert. John tells about his unusual childhood, and ask Terminator  if he experiences emotions. '),
('181650',' Before Sarah takes aim at Dyson, we  see her approaching the house and setting up weapons. '),
('181651',' A scene in  Cyberdyne, where Dyson destroys the model of his revolutionary  microchip. '),
('181652',' In the steel mill, the T'),
('181653','1000 experiences some negative  effects from being frozen earlier. It has difficulties maintaining  his form when it touches other materials, like steel bars and the  floor. This leads to another deleted shot, where John sees the two  Sarahs and recognizes the fake one because its feet seem fused to  the metal floor. '),
('181654',' A scene in a Skynet'),
('181655','free future, with Sarah  Connor as an older woman giving a monologue about how John became a  senator. This scene was NOT included in the SE, because  James Cameron (I) (qv) felt it just didnt fit the dark, gloomy  atmosphere of the rest of the movie.'),
('181656',' The Terminator uses the following weapons throughout the movie: '),
('181657','  Colt 45 Auto '),
('181658',' Browning 1887 Action Lever 10'),
('181659','Gauge Sawed'),
('181660','off Shotgun  minus trigger guard '),
('181661',' M79 Blooper Grenade Launcher '),
('181662',' Hawk MM'),
('181663','1  37mm 12'),
('181664','shot gas grenade launcher '),
('181665',' GE'),
('181666','134 37mm 600rpm minigun On  the other hand, Sarah uses the following weapons: '),
('181667',' Colt 45 long  slide auto '),
('181668',' M4A1 Rifle (at Dysons house and at the truck) '),
('181669','  Remington A70 shotgun (mill)'),
('181670',' Director James Cameron (I) (qv) fought over the ending with  Executive Producer Mario Kassar (qv). Cameron wanted to end the  film with the alternate Coda Ending (the older Sarah in future) as a  bookend but Kassar wanted to end the film in an another way (as a  measure for possible sequels). He eventually relented when test  audiences and Kassar himself reacted negatively over the coda ending  and changed with the existing one.'),
('181671',' Carolco studio executives were nervous and concerned when the  original budget of $75 million ballooned up to $88 million and  counting. In order to keep the budget manageable, they proposed to  eliminate a few scenes particularly the opening biker bar scene  where the Terminator was introduced by having  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) persuading James Cameron (I) (qv) to  remove that scene. Schwarzenegger turned them down saying, "Only a  studio guy would cut a scene out like that."'),
('181672',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [feet]: When the Terminator and  the T1000 meet for the first time, the Terminator takes the gun out  of the flower box and walks over the roses.'),
('181673',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [feet]: After donning the  leather gear, the Terminators feet are the first thing shown.'),
('181674',' James Cameron (I) (qv) asked Special Effects creator  Stan Winston (qv) to direct a teaser'),
('181675','trailer. Cameron didnt want  the trailer to just be early footage, and so with a budget of $150  000, Winston created a trailer which showed a futuristic assembly  line churning out copies of Terminators, all of which looked like  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv). Cameron was pleased with this trailer  as he had fears about audience reactions to trailers showing  Schwarzenegger returning as a Terminator (after the Terminator in  the first film was clearly destroyed).'),
('181676',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [feet]: When Sarah, John and the  Terminator are chased by the T1000 through the psychiatric clinic,  the T1000 walks over the sunglasses that the Terminator had  discarded.'),
('181677',' Most of Edward Furlong (qv)s voice had to be re'),
('181678','dubbed by Furlong  again in post'),
('181679','production because it changed during shooting. His  young voice is left intact only in the scene where he and Terminator  are talking about why people cry, because James Cameron (I) (qv)  wanted it to sound dramatic and thought it was better if left  intact.'),
('181680',' SPOILER: When John and the Terminator rescue Sarah from the  hospital, the Terminator says to her, "Come with me if you want to  live." Reese said the exact same thing to Sarah after the nightclub  shootout in the first film.'),
('181681',' SPOILER: The Terminator makes good on his promise to not kill anyone  before he even meets John; even when he first tears up the biker  bar, the only character the Terminator "kills" in the entire movie  is the T'),
('181682','1000.'),
('181683',' SPOILER: For all of the mayhem and violence in this movie, 16 (at  the most) characters actually die. Of the people we know get killed,  there are three soldiers, the armored truck driver and his gunner,  the cop, Lewis the guard, a mall employee, the trucker, Todd and  Janelle Voight, a cop on a motorcycle, Dr. Miles Bennett Dyson, and  the tanker truck driver. Were not exactly sure if the police  helicopter pilot or the pickup truck driver dies (they both fall  from a high place). The T'),
('181684','1000 is directly or indirectly responsible  for most of the deaths. Surprisingly, the Terminator never kills  anyone, only injures people.'),
('181685',' Linda Hamilton (I) (qv)s twin sister,  Leslie Hamilton Gearren (qv) was used as a double in scenes  involving two "Sarah Connors" (i.e., when the T1000 was imitating  her), and in a scene not in the theatrical release (but on the DVD)  as a mirror image of Linda.'),
('181686',' It took two takes to get the van crashing into the Cyberdyne lobby,  and they sprayed adhesive onto the floor to stop the van from  skidding too much.'),
('181687',' Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)s young daughter screamed the first  time she saw her fathers face made'),
('181688','up to show the robotics  appearing underneath the skin tissue.'),
('181689',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [feet]: the terminator in the  future crushes a skull with its foot.'),
('181690',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [nice cut]: during the opening  credits: the cut from the playing children to the dark future.'),
('181691',' DIRTRADE(James Cameron (I) (qv)): [nuke]'),
('181692',' SPOILER: In the final scene, the lines "I cannot self'),
('181693','terminate. You  must lower me in the steel" were looped by  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) in post'),
('181694','production, because a test  audience didnt understand why Terminator needed Sarah to help him  commit suicide.'),
('181695',' SPOILER: This is the second time that Sarah Connor  (Linda Hamilton (I) (qv)) kills a Terminator by pushing a machine  control button. She does this in every Terminator movie she is in  (she is absent from  _Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)_ (qv)).'),
('181696',' One of the tag lines for the movie was Its nothing personal. This  was a play on many movies from around that time that had the tag  line This time, its personal.'),
('181697',' Even though Robert Patrick (I) (qv) got weapon training under  technical expert Uzi Gal director James Cameron (I) (qv) was so  amazed by Patricks performance, particularly for T'),
('181698','1000 shooting  scene at the Galleria mall, resulting the actual footage to be used,  without any speeded up frame rates.'),
('181699',' Identical twins Don Stanton (qv) and Dan Stanton (I) (qv) played  the hospital security guard and the T1000.'),
('181700',' The mall scenes were spread out over two malls. The scenes shot  outside the mall were filmed outside of the Northridge Fashion  Center in Northridge California. This mall was closed for months  after the Northridge earthquake destroyed much of it in 1994. Parts  of the parking garage in the movie were destroyed in that  earthquake.'),
('181701',' Production took sufficiently long that Edward Furlong (qv) visibly  aged during the shoot '),
('181702',' he is clearly much younger in the desert,  for instance, than in other scenes. His voice began to break and had  to be pitched to one level in post'),
('181703','production.'),
('181704',' Over 1 million feet of film was shot and printed.'),
('181705',' The explosive ("polydichloric euthimal") used to destroy the  Cyberdyne building shares this name with a powerful hallucinogenic  drug featured in _Outland (1981)_ (qv).'),
('181706',' The Terminator loses its left arm, and hauls itself forward with its  right. The same thing happened to the Terminator in  _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv).'),
('181707',' The Terminator says "I need a vacation", which  Schwarzenegger, Arnold (qv) previously said in  _Kindergarten Cop (1990)_ (qv). This was not in the script, but  ad'),
('181708','libbed.'),
('181709',' The T1000 tells the helicopter pilot to "Get out!". This is an  interesting parallel to _Terminator, The (1984)_ (qv), in which the  Terminator gives the same command to a truck driver under similar  circumstances.'),
('181710',' The badge on the T1000s uniform reads "Austin" (named after  producer Stephanie Austin (qv)), although it is not fully visible  in the film. Austin is also the name of Robert Patrick (I) (qv)s  daughter.'),
('181711',' Given Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)s $15 million salary and his  total of 700 words of dialog, that translates to $21,429 per word.  "Hasta la vista, baby" cost $85,716.'),
('181712',' Scenes in the screenplay but not filmed:  '),
('181713',' Extended Future War sequence where the resistance won and enter a    SkyNet lab where they find the time'),
('181714','portal and a storage    facilities of Terminators. You also see Reese talking to John.  '),
('181715',' Sarahs ECT where Sarah is fitted for electro'),
('181716','convulsive therapy    and voltage is pumped into her.  '),
('181717',' Salcedas death sequence. Sals dog starts barking, Sal goes out    tries to shoot the T'),
('181718','1000 and fails. T'),
('181719','1000 uses the pointed    finger/sword trick to Sals shoulder blades saying "I know this    hurts. Where is John Connor". Sal curses him and his hands search    around the ground near some crates that held grenades. He kills    himself and hopefully the T'),
('181720','1000 with one. No luck. T'),
('181721','1000 head    falls off but like the little piece in the asylum escape sequence,    it oozes back into his boots. Yolanda sees this and hugs the baby    as T'),
('181722','1000 steps closer. T'),
('181723','1000 picks up the baby and gets the info    from her as where John and others had gone.  '),
('181724',' Gant Ranch. This section was a longer version of Sals and refers    to Travis Gant, "crazy ex'),
('181725','Green Beret" that John mentions his    mother seeing before she was caught. Longer and has romantic    notions between the two. After Sarah, John and the Terminator    left, T'),
('181726','1000 kills Gant as he did like with Johns "Mom".    Disguised as Gants lover, he easily stepped up to him and    tortured him for answers before killing him.  '),
('181727',' Dysons Vision Sequence. Dyson, the creator of the new processor    had a dream sequence before he died and dropped the device on the    trigger. In it he saw a picture of his family before a nuclear    explosion turned it to ash. He sees his family running and then a    scene of the sun as it pulls back to reveal Dysons dying eye    before he closes it and drops the book.'),
('181728',' Out of all the time'),
('181729','traveling terminators in the series, the T'),
('181730','1000  is the only one that doesnt have any first'),
