('99998',' In the film, it appears as though Lois Wright (qv) only gave a box  to Edith Bouvier Beale (qv) for her birthday. However, she also  gave Edith the sign that reads, "The Great Singer, Big Edith Bouvier  Beale".'),
('99999',' The house was bought by Benjamin C. Bradlee (qv), former editor of  the Washington Post, and Sally Quinn (qv), his wife in 1979. The  pair completely re'),
('100000','did the house, but they only stay there in the  month of August. During the rest of the year, the home is occupied  by Frances Hayward.'),
('100001',' Edith Little Edie Bouvier Beale (qv) claimed that the house was  haunted by the ghost of a sea captain, who used to climb a ladder  into her room for midnight trysts. She also claimed the house was  haunted by the ghosts of a woman and her daughter, who were the  original residents of the house. However, the first resident of the  house was Mrs. F. Stanhope Phillips, the daughter of the first  editor of the Detroit Free Press, and she had no children.'),
('100002',' The film was an accident in the sense that Albert Maysles (qv) and  David Maysles (qv) came across Edith Bouvier Beale (qv) and  Edith Little Edie Bouvier Beale (qv) when involved in another  project '),
('100003',' a movie about (Jacqueline Kennedy (I) (qv)s sister)  Lee Radziwill (qv)s childhood. As part of research, the Maysles  brothers were introduced to the two Edie Beales, and were captivated  by their world. Deciding not to make the Radzwill film, they turned  instead to the Beales, and a year after first meeting the two women,  began filming.'),
('100004',' Adaptation of an Andy McNab novella for BBC national book day.'),
('100005',' Produced by special arrangement with the National Parks of Canada'),
('100006',' Second of five episodes in the series  _Lord Johns Journal (1915)_ (qv)'),
('100007',' A 90%/scale reproduction of the Auschwitz/Birkenau death camp was  constructed near Sofia, Bulgaria, for the shooting of this film. The  actual plans for the original Auschwitz camp were used to build the  set.'),
('100008',' Jeff Danna (qv) who is the credited composer did not score the  movie. There is no score in the actual film but he did write music  for the title and end credit sequences. He also arranged a classical  piece used as source music.'),
('100009',' Although Harvey Keitel  (qv) plays SS'),
('100010','Oberscharfuhrer Eric  Muhsfeldt, Keitel himself is of Jewish'),
('100011','Polish heritage.'),
('100012',' In 2003 the Scottish Screen, which had posted a lottery of £500,000,  pulled the funding towards this film. As a result the film was going  to be made in Luxembourg.'),
('100013',' You can visit a statue of Bobby on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh.  Which is near to the graveyard where old Jock is buried.'),
('100014',' Bobby slept faithfully on Old Jocks grave every night for fourteen  years, regardless of the weather.'),
('100015',' Being a dog, Bobby couldnt be buried in consecrated ground in the  Kirkyard. Instead, he is buried under a triangular area of land just  inside the Kirkyard gates; a little distance from the grave of Auld  Jock.'),
('100016','  A 35mm copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in  Washington, D.C., and a 16mm copy survives at the University of  Wisconsin at Madison.'),
('100017',' MacDowell, Andie (qv)s voice was dubbed by Close, Glenn (qv).'),
('100018',' Writer Towne, Robert (qv) used the name of his sheepdog, P.H.  Vazak, reportedly because he was dissatisfied with the film. This  means a dog was nominated for an Academy Award.'),
('100019',' This was Christopher Lambert (I) (qv)s first English'),
('100020','speaking  role.'),
('100021',' Brigitte Nielsen (qv) was briefly considered for the role of Jane  Porter.'),
('100022',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = 6 seconds.'),
('100023',' David Puttnam (qv) had originally planned to produced the film but  fell out with Hugh Hudson (qv) over creative differences.'),
('100024',' Daniel Chatto (qv) had a bit part in this film, but his scenes  were removed during editing.'),
('100025',' Danny Potts (qv) and Eric Langlois (I) (qv) were completely nude  in all of their scenes.'),
('100026',' Glenn Close, who voiced Andie MacDowells character of Jane, also  voiced Kala, Tarzans adoptive mother, in the 1999 Disney version.'),
('100027',' Andie MacDowell (qv)s movie debut.'),
('100028',' Although the title of the movie has "Tarzan" in it, you never  actually hear anyone call him Tarzan. You only hear people call him  Lord Greystoke or John.'),
('100029',' The first theatrical feature to be shot in the Super 35 format.'),
('100030',' Remade in Hollywood as The Lady In Question (1940)'),
('100031',' Contains secret characters that were from Mortal Kombat 4'),
('100032',' Sub'),
('100033','Zero,  Scorpion, Noob Saibot and Trom, supposedly Meat.'),
('100034',' Mortal Kombat Lin Kuei ninjas Sub'),
('100035','Zero, Scorpion, and Noob Saibot  are secret characters.'),
('100036',' You can play as the design teams heads using codes.'),
('100037',' Never released on console.'),
('100038',' Red Dog 6, a football character, was added in the upgraded version  of The Grid.'),
('100039',' The arena expands according to the amount of players entering the  game.'),
('100040',' Rumors to be released on Sega Dreamcast, Sony Playstation 2, even a  less stronger system'),
('100041',' Nintendo 64. The idea was cancelled as the  designers were concentrated on Mortal Kombat: V.'),
('100042',' Bazooka cannon is the only gun that can shoot you across the entire  playfield (until you smash into a wall).'),
('100043',' Based on the classics of Smash TV and Quake mixed.'),
('100044',' Tournaments have been held for cash prizes in some states because of  the over'),
('100045','crowded players.'),
('100046',' Game was designed by the crew of Mortal Kombat.'),
('100047',' Never released on home consoles.'),
('100048',' 13 locations in downtown Los Angeles were shot in under two days.'),
('100049',' The film was shot using only available light.'),
('100050',' Wells Root (qv) came up with the title for friend  Lee Stanley (I) (qv) when he told him about the project in 1991'),
('100051',' Wells Root (qv) came up with the title for Lee Stanley (I) (qv)  when Lee told him about the project in 1991 and struggled with a  title.'),
('100052',' Though portrayed as the antagonist of the film, the real  Paul Higa (qv) was one of the biggest advocates of the program.'),
('100053',' _Gridiron Gang (2006)_ (qv) scored SONY an industry first, awarding  a studio its first 10th No. 1 box office hit in a year.'),
('100054',' During a practice scene, The Rock can be seen paying tribute to his  college career by wearing the number 94, the same number he wore  during his time with the Miami Hurricanes.'),
('100055',' The film features uncredited cameos by Don Knotts and Soupy Sales as  villagers. The characters were drawn to look like the men who  provided their voices.'),
('100056',' The short opening narration is done by Scorsese, Martin (qv).'),
('100057',' The color red is deliberately excluded until Lily first appears in  her red dress.'),
('100058',' The stock con Myra describes to Roy when they first meet is a  variation on the "Wire" con used in _Sting, The (1973)_ (qv).'),
('100059',' The Arizona motel sequence, from Lillys approach through her  dialogue with the clerk, mirrors that in _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)'),
('100060',' An extract from "The Lady Vanishes" features in the film'),
('100061',' Character names "Lilly Dillon" and "Myra Langtry" allude to 1800s  actress Lilly Langtry.'),
('100062',' Cher (I) (qv) and Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) were considered for the  role of Lilly Dillon.'),
('100063',' Sissy Spacek (qv) auditioned for the role of Lilly.'),
('100064',' Many of the lines in the film are taken word for word from the book  of the same title.'),
('100065',' Melanie Griffith (qv) was originally slated to play Lily, but she  became pregnant and had to pass on the part.'),
('100066',' The studio wanted Martin Scorsese (qv) to direct the film himself,  but he personally chose Stephen Frears (qv) to do the job while  Scorsese stayed on as producer.'),
('100067',' Anjelica Huston (qv), John Cusack (qv) and Annette Bening (qv)  accepted much less than their usual fees just to be in this movie'),
('100068',' Myra is seen working a con at the offices of Coe, Stark, Fellowes &  Associates. Tucker Coe and Richard Stark are two pseudonyms used by  screenwriter and novelist Donald E. Westlake.'),
('100069',' The film was shot in Brussels and Paris after a long process of  location scouting throughout Europe, in search of twin buildings.'),
('100070',' Originally set for theatrical release in 2005, the film was pushed  back both domestically and internationally secondary to poor test  screenings. Ultimately the film was release direct'),
('100071','to'),
('100072','DVD in the  domestic market under a new title.'),
('100073',' The Bartenders shirt is promotion for Five Cent Cent Productions  first film, "Why We Had To Kill Bitch".'),
('100074',' Shot in 3 days on a budget of $20 (for a roll of GAFF tape) using  leftover materials from Five Cent Productions feature film "Why We  Had To Kill Bitch". Identical locations and actors can also be seen.'),
('100075',' The only time "grim fandango" is ever mentioned is in Olivias poem,  about two star'),
('100076','struck lovers who are lost in the world, and their  search for each other is a four year trial (a "grim fandango").'),
('100077',' The mid'),
('100078','air collision was accidental; the story was revised to  incorporate it.'),
('100079',' The person jumping from one plane to the other is not Houdini, it  was a stuntman named Robert Kennedy. When news of the mid'),
('100080','air  collision of the planes made headlines, Houdini cheerfully offered a  reward to anyone who could prove that that was not him doing the  stunts. Of course, he failed to mention that it really wasnt him  performing the feat.'),
('100081',' Made concurrently with _Blood Sisters: Vamps 2 (2002) (V)_ (qv) by  many of the same cast and crew.'),
('100082',' This film marked the first appearance of character J. Audobon  Woodlore.'),
('100083',' The first scene inside Chili n Such is an homage to  _Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)_ (qv), where an employee and a  customer argue about 100% satisfaction.'),
('100084',' The pregnant woman who turns away the Super Duper skate team is  actually director Casey La Scala (qv)s wife.'),
('100085',' Many of the lines are improvised.'),
('100086',' The 12'),
('100087','year'),
('100088','old who challenges the skate team when they perform  their own demo at the skate park is actually pro skater  Ryan Sheckler (qv).'),
('100089',' The band playing at the festival is Blindside (qv), a Christian  rock band from Sweden'),
('100090',' Many professional skaters have cameos in this movie, including  Ryan Sheckler (qv), Bam Margera (qv), Bucky Lasek (qv),  Bob Burnquist (qv), Mike Vallely (qv), Willy Santos (qv),  Kareem Campbell (qv), Tony Hawk (qv), Brian Sumner (qv) and  Matt Ball (II) (qv), along with Jason Acuña (qv) (aka "Wee  Man"), Preston Lacy (qv) and Ehren McGhehey (qv) of  _"Jackass" (2000)_ (qv) and Playboy Playmates Summer Altice (qv),  Dalene Kurtis (qv) and Karen McDougal (qv).'),
('100091',' This film is lost.'),
('100092',' Film was shot in 2 days in NYC area.'),
('100093',' Mickey Rourke (qv), Sylvester Stallone (qv) and  Ving Rhames (qv) were other actors said to be considered for the  part of "Stuntman Mike" before Kurt Russell (I) (qv) stepped into  the role.'),
('100094',' When the car crashes through the sign for a theater, the movies  playing are _Scary Movie 4 (2006)_ (qv) and  _Wolf Creek (2005)_ (qv).'),
('100095',' The movie was split up for some theaters overseas, because most  non'),
('100096','English speaking countries might not understand the tradition  behind the "grindhouse" double'),
('100097','feature and the underlying concept  might be lost. The two movies were called: "Grindhouse: Planet  Terror" and "Grindhouse: Death Proof".'),
('100098',' SPOILER: In a interview, Stacy Ferguson (qv) stated that during  her scenes with Quentin Tarantino (qv), he had bitten her on the  neck saying that it was one of the coolest moments filming despite  her agent almost wanting to sue Tarantino for that stunt.'),
('100099',' Zoe Bell (I) (qv), who plays the character Zoe in the segment  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), does all her own stunts (she was the  stunt double for Uma Thurman (qv) in the Kill Bill series).'),
('100100',' In the _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) segment, a conversation takes place  between Abby, Zoe, Kim and Lee in which it is revealed that Abbys  last boyfriend, a film director, cheated with on her with a stunt  double for Daryl Hannah (qv). Monica Staggs (qv), who plays  Lanna Frank in the first half of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), was the  stunt double for Daryl Hannah in _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv) and  _Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)_ (qv).'),
('100101',' The complete list of songs contained in the jukebox is as follows:  1. Isaac Hayes '),
('100102',' Theme from Shaft / Ellies Love Theme (From  _Shaft (1971)_ (qv)) 2. Barry White '),
('100103',' Youre the First, the Last, My  Everything / Cant Get Enough 3. Bob Dylan '),
('100104',' George Jackson  (Acoustic) / George Jackson (Big Band) 4. Stevie Wonder '),
('100105',' Lately /  If Its Magic 5. The Chi'),
('100106','Lites '),
('100107',' Have You Seen Her / Oh Girl 6. The  THP Orchestra '),
('100108',' Theme from S.W.A.T., Pt. 1 / Oh Girl 7. Stevie  Wonder '),
('100109',' I Aint Gonna Stand for It / Knocks Me off My Feet 8.  Bloodstone '),
('100110',' Natural High / This Thing is Heavy ("Natural High" is  heard in _Jackie Brown (1997)_ (qv)) 9. Don McLean '),
('100111',' American Pie,  Pt. 1 / American Pie, Pt. 2 10. The Sweet '),
('100112',' Little Willy / Man from  Mecca 11. The Isley Brothers '),
('100113',' Take Me to the Next Phase, Pt. 1 /  Take Me to the Next Phase, Pt. 2 12. The Miracles '),
('100114',' Love Machine,  Pt. 1 / Love Machine, Pt. 2 13. Bob Dylan '),
('100115',' Subterranean Homesick  Blues / She Belongs to Me 14. Honey Cone '),
('100116',' Stick Up / V.I.P. 15.  Earth, Wind and Fire '),
('100117',' Shining Star / Yearning, Learning 16. Amii  Stewart '),
('100118',' Knock on Wood / When You Are Beautiful 17. Honey Cone '),
('100119','  Want Ads / We Belong Together 18. Kool & the Gang '),
('100120',' Hollywood  Swinging / Jungle Boogie ("Jungle Boogie" is heard in  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv)) 19. Bob Dylan '),
('100121',' Band of the Hand / Theme  from Joes Death (From _Band of the Hand (1986)_ (qv)) 20. The Sweet  '),
('100122',' Wig'),
('100123','Wam'),
('100124','Bam / New York Connection 21. The Friends of Distinction '),
('100125','  Grazing in the Grass / I Really Hope You Do 22. Marvin Gaye '),
('100126','  Trouble Man / Dont Mess With Mr. T (From _Trouble Man (1972)_ (qv))  23. Bob Dylan '),
('100127',' Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again  / Rita May 24. Pacific Gas & Electric '),
('100128',' Are You Ready? / Staggolee  ("Staggolee" is heard in _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv)) 25. Donna Summer  '),
('100129',' Love to Love you Baby / Need'),
('100130','A'),
('100131','Man Blues 26. Michael Zager Band '),
('100132','  Lets All Chant / Love Express 27. Santa Esmeralda '),
('100133',' Dont Let Me Be  Misunderstood / Youre My Everything ("Dont Let Me Be  Misunderstood" is heard in _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv)) 28.  Jigsaw '),
('100134',' Sky High / Brand New Love Affair 29. George Baker Selection  '),
('100135',' Little Green Bag / Pretty Little Dreamer ("Little Green Bag" is  heard in _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv)) 30. The Sweet '),
('100136',' Blockbuster /  Need a Lot of Lovin 31. Eddie Floyd '),
('100137',' Good Love, Bad Love / Things  Get Better ("Good Love, Bad Love" is heard in  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv)) 32. Joe Tex '),
('100138',' The Love You Save / If  Sugar Was as Sweet as You ("The Love You Save" is heard in  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv)) 33. Bob Dylan '),
('100139',' Gotta Serve Somebody  (Long Version) / Gotta Serve Somebody (Short Version) 34. Dick Dale  '),
('100140',' Misirlou / Eight Till Midnight ("Miserlou" is heard in  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv)) 35. Lee Williams '),
('100141',' They Told a Lie / Im  Tore Up 36. William Bell '),
('100142',' Formula of Love / You Dont Miss Your  Water 37. Dinah Washington '),
('100143',' Mad About the Boy / Stormy Weather 38.  The Box Tops '),
('100144',' Cry Like a Baby / The Door You Closed to Me 39. The  Checkmates, Ltd. '),
('100145',' Black Pearl / Lazy Susan 40. The Sweet '),
('100146',' Fox on  the Run / Miss Demeanor 41. The Delfonics '),
('100147',' Didnt I (Blow Your Mind  This Time) / La'),
('100148','La Means I Love You ("Didnt I" is heard in  _Jackie Brown (1997)_ (qv)) 42. Brothers Johnson '),
('100149',' Get the Funk  Outta Ma Face / Tomorrow 43. Bob Dylan '),
('100150',' Hurricane, Pt. 1 /  Hurricane, Pt. 2 44. ABBA '),
('100151',' Waterloo / Watch Out 45. T. Rex '),
('100152','  Jeepster / Lifes a Gas ("Jeepster" is heard in  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv)) 46. Melanie '),
('100153',' What Have They Done to My  Song Ma? / Ruby Tuesday 47. Commander Cody '),
('100154',' Hot Rod Lincoln / Beat  Me Daddy Eight to the Bar 48. Dean Martin '),
('100155',' Rio Bravo / My Rifle My  Pony and Me (From _Rio Bravo (1959)_ (qv)) 49. Dave Dee, Dozy,  Beaky, Mick & Tich '),
('100156',' Hold Tight! / You Know What I Want'),
('100157',' The jukebox featured in Death Proof (named AMi, pronounced "Amy"),  is Quentin Tarantino (qv)s own. It was trucked to Austin to be  used in the film in its very own rig. The list of songs on it was  also hand'),
('100158','written by Tarantino.'),
('100159',' The character played by Michael Parks (I) (qv) refers to his son  as "Son number 1" just like in _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv).'),
('100160',' In the uncut European Version of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv),  Abernathys cell phone ring is Bernard Hermans  _Twisted Nerve (1968)_ (qv), which is also reference to  _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv). The scene also has Abernathy buying  the Allure Magazine with Lee in it which will later be used in the  scene where they convince Jasper to let them test drive the  Challenger.'),
('100161',' In the uncut European version of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), there is  a scene where Stuntman Mike feels Abernathys feet while she is  asleep in the car and Lee isnt paying attention. When she wakes up  from it, he pretends he just touched them by accident as he was  walking by going to his car. Later when he attacks the girls driving  the challenger, this explains how Abernathy is the only person who  recognizes him from earlier.'),
('100162',' In _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), the Acuna Boys seen in the movie is a  reference to The Acuna Boys mentioned in  _Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)_ (qv).'),
('100163',' The Mexican restaurant shown during the reels is Acuña Mexican.  Acuña is the town in which Robert Rodriguezs  _Mariachi, El (1992)_ (qv) and _Desperado (1995)_ (qv) were filmed.  In _Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)_ (qv), Beatrix goes to Acuña to track  down Bill.'),
('100164',' Chronologically, _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) takes place before  "Planet Terror". Stuntman Mike is seen in the exact same Texas  hospital as the exposed patients in "Planet Terror".'),
('100165',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) named the character "Jungle Julia Lucai"  after his personal assistant, Victoria Lucai (qv).'),
('100166',' SPOILER: The Dr. Dakota Block character (Marley Shelton (qv)) has  a large role in the "Planet Terror" segment, and shows up for a  smaller role (playing the same character) in  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv)'),
('100167',' with her yellow, blue and red needle  "friends" once again in her lab coat breast pocket.'),
('100168',' "The poem that Jungle Julia has her listeners recite to Butterfly is  an excerpt of the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by  Robert Frost (I) (qv)." '),
('100169','it is also a reference to the 70s  thriller _Telefon (1977)_ (qv)," where the poem was used as a  posthypnotic signal to activate Russian sleeper agents.'),
('100170',' The cheerleader costume worn by Mary Elizabeth Winstead (qv) in  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) says Vipers in homage to the Deadly  Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS) in "Kill Bill". It is also the  same colors as the jump suit Uma Thurman (qv) wore and Bruce Lee  wore before her in _Game of Death (1978)_ (qv); yellow with black  stripes.'),
('100171',' In the _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) segment when Kim, Zoe and Abby are  in the Challenger, ready to go on their "test drive", they pull up  by Mary and Abby says, "Hey good looking, well be back later for  YOU!" This was a line in a commercial for a cheesy Ronco product,  Mr. Microphone, in the 70s.'),
('100172',' In order to give the cast and crew an idea of how a double feature  grindhouse movie would feel, Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv) and  Quentin Tarantino (qv) compiled together the Italian films:  _Corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale, I (1973)_ (qv) and  _Zombi 2_ (1979) , with a few old grind house trailers in between.'),
('100173',' Due to superstition, The distributers decided to release the film  before Friday the 13th, on Easter weekend instead. The film did  below projected grosses anyway.'),
('100174',' The idea for a double feature movie came from  Desperado (1995) (qv). Quentin Tarantino loved it, and  immediately signed on for it to be his follow up to the Kill Bill  Series.'),
('100175',' This is meant to be an homage to the double features that played in  grindhouses. However, during the initial weeks of release,  exhibitors were reporting that many audience members were leaving  the cinema after the first feature ("Planet Terror by  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv)), apparently not realizing, or  forgetting, that a second feature was going to be shown. One reason  cited was that many of audience members were too young to remember  when theaters showed double features. The distributor planned some  changes in the campaign while some exhibitors solved the problem by  posting employees by the auditorium doors to remind departing  patrons that the program contains a second feature.'),
('100176',' SPOILER: The Machine Gun Leg is an homage to the Sam Raimi (qv)  film _Evil Dead II (1987)_ (qv). In _Evil Dead II (1987)_ (qv), Ash  has a chainsaw arm after cutting off his hand. Both Ash and Cherry  did not get their new special "limb" until the final climatic  fights.'),
('100177',' In the uncut European version of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), Kim says  she has to pee while at a liquor store. Lee and Abernathy respond  "Thats a little more information then we needed to know." This is a  reference back to _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) where  Uma Thurman (qv) says this to John Travolta (qv).'),
('100178',' SPOILER: Originally the first crash in _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) was  to take place on an overpass, and after the cars hit, they were to  fall off and land on a highway. Another car going 80 mph was to  crash in to them once they reached the highway causing there to be  another female victim.'),
('100179',' SPOILER: A scene was cut showing Stuntman Mike masturbating in his  flipped over car after the first car accident. It was decided to be  unnecessary since the following scene would have Texas Ranger Earl  McGraw explain to the audience it was a sexual fetish for Stuntman  Mike to do this.'),
('100180',' All of the posters for _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) are inaccurate. The  car is depicted without its rubber duck hood ornament.'),
('100181',' The hood ornament on Stuntman Mikes car in  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) is an homage to the chrome duck ornament  used in _Convoy (1978)_ (qv).'),
('100182',' One of the television shows Stuntman Mike mentions as working on was  _"Virginian, The" (1962)_ (qv). Kurt Russell (I) (qv) appeared  twice on the show.'),
('100183',' A few shots of the lap dance scene from the missing reel of  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) can be seen in the  _Grindhouse (2007)_ (qv) trailer. The shots of  Vanessa Ferlito (qv) crawling along the floor to a seated  Kurt Russell (I) (qv) do not appear in the theatrical film.'),
('100184',' Kurt Russell (I) (qv) can be seen in the background, eating  throughout the diner scene in _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv).'),
('100185',' In the _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) segment, the tank top  Kurt Russell (I) (qv) wore in  _Big Trouble in Little China (1986)_ (qv) can be seen hanging on the  wall of the Texas Chili Parlour.'),
('100186',' In _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), Stuntman Mike  (Kurt Russell (I) (qv)) drives two cars: a 1971/72 Chevy Nova SS  and a 1969 Dodge Charger.'),
('100187',' The license plate on Stuntman Mikes (_Death Proof (2007)_ (qv))  Chevy Nova is JJZ'),
('100188','109. This is the same license plate number that  was on the 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback that Steve McQueens character  drove in _Bullitt (1968)_ (qv).'),
('100189',' The cops in the hospital after Stuntman Mike crashes his car for the  first time are the cops in _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv) who  report to the scene of the wedding day massacre, played by real'),
('100190','life  father'),
('100191','son team Michael Parks (I) (qv) and James Parks (qv).'),
('100192',' James Parks, playing Dept. Edgar McGraw in both "Planet Terror" and  "Death Proof," has also played the exact same character in  _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv) and From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)_ (qv).'),
('100193',' SPOILER: When asked about the ending, Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv)  said "I consider it an anti'),
('100194',' _Army of Darkness (1992)_ (qv) like  ending. In Army of Darkness, Ash is returned to normal suburbia and  battles the Undead. In my film, Planet Terror, the characters are  taken out of suburbia and now battle the undead in a more barren  landscape."'),
('100195',' SPOILER: Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv) found the scene where Dr Dakota  Block leaves son Tony in the car with gun to be so chilling to film  he didnt want to use anyone elses children to play Tony so he used  his own son, Rebel Rodriguez (qv), so he wouldnt feel as bad  "killing a child".'),
('100196',' The two cars in the chase at the end are a black 1969 Dodge Charger  (an homage to the General Lee, with correct 10 spoke American Racing  Vector rims), and a 1970 Dodge Challenger (just like the one Barry  Newman drove in _Vanishing Point (1971)_ (qv).'),
('100197',' The character El Wray is a reference to the town they are heading to  in _From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)_ (qv).'),
('100198',' A mere 17 seconds was cut from the movie for an R rating.'),
('100199',' In _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), there are several references to  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv), including the Big Kahuna burger, foot  massages, and Tarantinos character mentions a "tasty beverage".'),
('100200',' In the segment "Planet Terror" the soldiers at the army base are  seen watching a "grindhouse" trailer for the film  _Women in Cages (1971)_ (qv) starring Pam Grier (qv). This full  trailer and more were put on the special edition of the DVD of  _Jackie Brown (1997)_ (qv), directed by Quentin Tarantino, whos  character watches the trailer briefly in the scene..'),
('100201',' Directors Trademark: Red Apple Cigarettes. In the segment "Planet  Terror", JT (the BBQ owner) tossed a pack to Wray.'),
('100202',' Director Trademark: Tarantinos use of bare feet, in the beginning  of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv).'),
('100203',' In an interview with Newsweek, Quentin Tarantino (qv) stated he  came up with the idea of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) when he was  talking to a friend about buying a car. Tarantino wanted to buy a  Volvo because he "didnt want to die in some auto accident like the  one in _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv)." In regards to the safety of the  car, his friend had said, "Well, you could take any car and give it  to a stunt team, and for $10,000 or $15,000, they can death'),
('100204','proof it  for you." The "death proof" phrase had stuck to Tarantino after  that.'),
('100205',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [Long Take]: During the second  half of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), when the four women are talking  in the cafeteria, it is all done in a single take that is  approximately seven minutes long.'),
('100206',' Red Apple Cigarettes and Chango Beer are fake product placements  from previous Quentin Tarantino (qv) & Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv)  Films.'),
('100207',' The scene where the girls are having breakfast is a virtual  recreation of the breakfast scene from _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv).'),
('100208',' The "Thanksgiving" trailer is a direct spoof of the original trailer  for _Halloween (1978)_ (qv).'),
('100209',' In Dr. Dakota Blocks office during the "Planet Terror" segment, you  can see a notepad. Written on it is a checklist, the last item being  "Kill Bill," a reference to Tarantinos Kill Bill movies.'),
('100210',' The music playing in the "Thanksgiving" segment is part of  John Harrison (I) (qv)s original score in _Creepshow (1982)_ (qv)  for the "Fathers Day" and "Something to Tide You Over" segments.'),
('100211',' In the beginning of the film you can see sunglasses on the dashboard  of the car just like in _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv) and  _Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)_ (qv).'),
('100212',' In the segment Death Proof, in the bar, one of the songs listed on  the jukebox is "Misirlou", which is is the opening theme to  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv).'),
('100213',' Directors Trademark: Tarantinos traditional shot looking up at the  actors from the trunk of a car is replaced by one looking up from  under the hood.'),
('100214',' SPOILER: During "Planet Terror," the news of Jungle Julia breaking  can be heard on the radio during one scene. Jungle Julia dies in  _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv).'),
('100215',' A "Support Our Troops" sign can be seen outside the hospital in  "Planet Terror." A clever spin on the fact that the virus is  discovered by the U.S. military.'),
('100216',' At Warrens bar in _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv)," there is a sign that  says "CASH ONLY" with the famous photo of Johnny Cash (I) (qv)  giving the finger.'),
('100217',' Edgar Wright (qv)s preview "Dont" is based on the Jerry Gross  organizations preview for Sergio Martinos The Corpses Bore Traces  Of Carnal Violence, retitled  _Corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale, I (1973)_ (qv). The  original trailer chanted the word "torso" faster and faster over  every shortening clips of the film, as did Wrights trailer with the  word "Dont."'),
('100218',' Quentin Tarantinos grindhouse of choice was the Cameo in Los  Angeles.'),
('100219',' SPOILER: In _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), when Stuntman Mike realizes  that Jungle Julia is the same girl thats on multiple billboards  around town, Julia calls him "Zatoichi". Zatoichi is a samurai  swordsman of legend that is blind, and was featured in dozens of  Japanese films.'),
('100220',' In "Death Proof", the two waitresses that do shots with the group in  The Texas Chili Parlor are Lonestar Roller Derby girls "Venis Envy"  from the "Putas del Fuego", and "Punky Bruiser" from the "Holy  Rollers".'),
('100221',' During _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), there is a quick pan across the  contents of a jukeboxs play list. The songs listed are: The Box  Tops '),
('100222',' The Door You Closed on Me / Cry Like a Baby  Dinah Washington (qv) '),
('100223',' Stormy Weather / Mad About the Boy William  Bell '),
('100224',' You Dont Miss Your Water / Formula of Love Lee Williams '),
('100225','  Im Tore Up / They Told a Lie Dick Dale '),
('100226',' Eight to Midnight /  Miserlou Bob Dylan (qv) '),
('100227',' Gotta Serve Somebody / Gotta Serve  Somebody (version 2) Joe Tex '),
('100228',' The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) /  If Sugar Was as Sweet As You'),
('100229',' The original name for _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv) that pops up for  about a second is "Thunder Bolt".'),
('100230',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) has stated on  _"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003)_ (qv) that he played one of the Zombies  that attacked Fergies character.'),
('100231',' The scratchy film (and film bubbles) only happened in the 70s at  the end of a reel '),
('100232',' not the entire movie. The point where the print  experienced the most stress.'),
('100233',' Rose McGowan (qv) originally suggested her friend  Rey'),
('100234','Phillip Santos (qv) for the role of El Wray. Instead it went  to Freddy Rodríguez (I) (qv).'),
('100235',' Freddy Rodríguez (I) (qv) does a cameo in _Grindhouse (2007)_ (qv)  costar Stacy Fergusons music video for "Glamorous" as an airline  pilot.'),
('100236',' At the beginning of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), Vanessa Ferlitos  character is drinking from a soda cup. The restaurant on the cup is  the same Mexican restaurant (Acuna Boys) that is advertised during  the transition between Planet Terror and Death Proof.'),
('100237',' SPOILER: The scene where Quentin Tarantino has a piece of wood  jabbed through his eye is an homage to _Zombi 2 (1979)_ (qv).'),
('100238',' SPOILER: The escape in Planet Terror involving the truck and the gas  tanks is an homage to _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv), where  a similar escape plan is concocted. In Night of the living Dead, the  plan fails. In Planet Terror, it works.'),
('100239',' The instrumental, Jack Nitzches "The Last Race", that plays over  the opening credits of _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), had previously  been used as the opening theme song of  _Village of the Giants (1965)_ (qv).'),
('100240',' The original title for "Planet Terror" was "Project Terror".'),
('100241',' In the Machete trailer, one of the men Machete kills is the lead  singer of Tito and Tarantula. He also appeared in  _Desperado (1995)_ (qv), _From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)_ (qv) and  _Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)_ (qv), all directed by Robert  Rodriguez'),
('100242',' John Carpenter (I) (qv), who composes the scores to his own films,  was originally chosen to compose the score to Planet Terror.  (Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv) ended up taking over the job as  composer) instead.'),
('100243',' Both directors aged the films, adding scratches, dirt, and dust,  to simulate the feel of the real Grindhouse films. (Check the  credits for "Film Damage Compositor".)'),
('100244',' The "missing reels" in the Grindhouse films were an original William  Castle'),
('100245','style idea cooked up by Quentin Tarantino (qv) and  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv). Tarantino owns a print of the  Oliver Reed (I) (qv) film _Sell'),
('100246','Out, The (1976)_ (qv) which when  he bought it was missing a reel (containing a major plot point).  After watching the film in this way, Tarantino found the scenes that  he didnt see created an interesting mystery which made him try to  figure out what went down in those scenes. Contrary to rumors, in  the Grindhouse era, frames would often be missing from films but not  entire 20'),
('100247','30 minute reels. This was not a staple of Grindhouse  cinema.'),
('100248',' Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv) specifically wrote the part of Dakota  for Marley Shelton (qv) after working with her on  _Sin City (2005)_ (qv).'),
('100249',' In _Death Proof (2007)_ (qv), the Jordan Ladd (qv) character  Shanna is wearing a shirt that says "Bad Ass Cinema". The picture on  her shirt is from the classic Grindhouse movie,  _Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)_ (qv)'),
('100250',' SPOILER: In the trailer for "Dont", there is a cameo by British  jazz songstress Katie Melua (qv), she is the victim whose head is  cleaved in half.'),
('100251',' The Canadian release of _Grindhouse (2007)_ (qv) had one extra  trailer attached to the opening of the film. The trailer was called  "Hobo With A Shotgun" and was the winner of the SXSW Grindhouse fake  trailer competition. The short was directed by an indie film maker  from Nova Scotia, Canada, named Jason Eisener (qv).'),
('100252',' Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv) wrote the first 30 pages of the script  for Planet Terror back in 1998.'),
('100253',' Kurt Russell (I) (qv) has a scar over his left eye. This is the  same eye the character Snake Plissken, Played by Russell in  _Escape from New York (1981)_ (qv), wears an eye patch over.'),
('100254',' Eli Roth (qv) finished his trailer for Thanksgiving in two days.'),
('100255',' Eli Roth (qv) filmed the faux'),
('100256','trailer for "Thanksgiving" in the  Czech Republic while he was there directing  _Hostel: Part II (2007)_ (qv). Jay Hernandez (I) (qv) and  Jordan Ladd (qv), as well as several extras from that film, appear  in the trailer as well.'),
('100257',' In the first mock preview, directed by Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv),  Danny Trejo (qv) plays the title character, Machete. Machete was  the name of Danny Trejos character in Rodriguezs "Spy Kids"  movies. In both he is a character that is inventive with weapons.'),
('100258',' In the "Machete" trailer, Danny Trejo (qv) throws knifes at people  in a limousine through the sun roof. He does the exact same thing in  _Desperado (1995)_ (qv).'),
('100259',' Rose McGowan (qv) is germaphobic, and had to have the stripper  pole sanitized before doing her go'),
('100260','go dance routine.'),
('100261',' Tony Block, played by Rebel Rodriguez (qv) is the son of director  Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv).'),
('100262',' In the scene where Earl McGraw (Michael Parks (I) (qv)) feeds his  invalid wife, theres a framed photo of Parks on a motorcycle from  his TV series _"Then Came Bronson" (1969)_ (qv).'),
('100263',' A Bluebird Production. Lacking its own theater chain, Universal  devised a 3'),
('100264','tiered branding system in marketing its product to  independent theater owners: Red Feather (low'),
('100265','budget releases),  Bluebird (mainstream features) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced  in the hopes of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices). This  system ended in late 1929.'),
('100266',' This is a lost film.'),
('100267',' For this movie Jasmin Tabatabai (qv) sang in German for the first  time.'),
('100268',' Robert Aldrich (qv) earned so much money off the back of his film  _Dirty Dozen, The (1967)_ (qv) that he was able to buy his own film  studio and make the kind of films he wanted to make. Unfortunately  the first three that he made independently  (_Killing of Sister George, The (1968)_ (qv),  _Legend of Lylah Clare, The (1968)_ (qv) and  _Too Late the Hero (1970)_ (qv)) were all box office flops. When  this movie also crashed and burned at the box office in 1971,  Aldrich was forced to sell his studio and go back to being a  director for hire.'),
('100269',' One of the key props in the film is a diamond necklace. Because of  Robert Aldrich (qv)s insistence on accuracy, this was a real  diamond necklace, that came complete with a special female courier,  disguised as a secretary, and with an escort of guards on the set.  Special arrangements were made with the local bank and sheriffs  department in the location of Placerville, California, while the  necklace itself was transported by a motorcade of vehicles.'),
('100270',' Was the first film financed with help from the Small Business  Adminastrations Guranteed loan program.'),
('100271',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('100272',' Most of the time at the shooting, Juanjo Ramírez (director) and Alby  Ojeda (director of photography) were alone. 70% of the movie was  shot by only two people.'),
('100273',' Many of the materials that were used to construct the sets were  picked up from the garbage. Recycling is an important concept in  Going Nuts.'),
('100274',' Everything in this movie is moved with human hands. There are no  electronic devices, nor computers effects.'),
('100275',' Because of the lack of money, Going Nuts staff spent three years  making the movie. Everybody worked for free, and in their free time.'),
('100276',' Alby Ojeda and Juanjo Ramírez decided to work at the movies when  they saw Terry Gilliams "Twelve monkeys". Ten years later, they  make Going Nuts (their first long movie) and they dont realize that  they are making a movie about crazy people in a mental asylum, just  like "Twelve monkeys". Thats the reason why Terry Gilliam is given  thanks at the end tittles of Going Nuts.'),
('100277',' In Going Nuts there are plenty of tributes to other movies, such as  Coppolass Dracula, Dark City, Fist of Fury, Indiana Jones, Back to  the Future, Fellowship of the Ring, Ghostbusters, Young  Frankenstein, Mars Attacks.'),
('100278',' Illustrators voice was a conceptual mixture between Woody Allens  and the gestapos agent from "Raiders of lost ark".'),
('100279',' All spoken words are improvised.'),
('100280',' A bear who was nicknamed "Teddy" played the role of the killer  grizzly bear. "Teddy" stood 11 feet tall and at that time was the  largest grizzly bear in captivity and was trained, but untamed by  the bears trainer. The crew was protected from Teddy by an  electrical thin green wire that ran throughout the forest locations.  In addition, a mechanical bear was used for when the bear had  attacked.'),
('100281',' Warner Bros. originally expressed interest in financing the film and  were reportedly furious that Edward L. Montoro and Film Ventures  International had taken the project. Warner Bros. also offered a  larger budget for the film. A year before, Warner Bros. sued Montoro  and Film Ventures International over copyright infringement for the  successful theatrical release of the "Exoricst" ripoff "Beyond the  Door" (1974).'),
('100282',' Clint Walker (I) (qv) was first asked to play Ranger Kelly but  instead did the made for TV film _Snowbeast (1977) (TV)_ (qv) and  Christopher George (I) (qv) got the part of Kelly.'),
('100283',' Robert O. Ragland (qv) conducted the National Philharmonic  Orchestra of London, but used only twelve of the lowest sounding  instruments for the bears stalking theme.'),
('100284',' CAMEO(Harvey Flaxman (qv)): as a reporter by Kittridges office.'),
('100285',' This ended up becoming the most financially successful independent  motion picture of 1976, earning an impressive $39 million world wide  in box office revenue, breaking records as well. It held this  position for two solid years, until _Halloween (1978)_ (qv)  surpassed its record.'),
('100286',' After the film had been distributed worldwide and had grossed a  substantial profit of over $39 million, which made it the most  successful independent motion picture of 1976, the films  distributor Edward L. Montoro and Film Ventures International (FVI)  decided to keep the profits, without paying director William Girdler  and the films producers/writers David Sheldon and Harvey Flaxman.  Montoro was forced by the Los Angeles County Superior Court to pay  the box office proceeds due to Girdler, Sheldon and Flaxman  immediately after a law'),
('100287','suit was issued against Montoro and FVI.'),
('100288',' The idea for the film was from writer Harvey Flaxman (qv) when he  was younger were he had an encounter with a grizzly bear on a  camping trip. Flaxman thought of it and decided it would make a  great idea for an animal attack film. David Sheldon (I) (qv) and  Flaxman began to write the script.'),
('100289',' The original poster art for this movie was by comic book artist  Neal Adams (qv).'),
('100290',' The same bear, same director (William Girdler (qv)), same actors  (Christopher George (I) (qv) and Richard Jaeckel (qv)) and same  producer (Edward L. Montoro (qv)) all returned to make  _Day of the Animals (1977)_ (qv).'),
('100291',' Werner Herzog (qv) listened to the audio tape that records the  last moments of Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard as theyre  killed by grizzly bears. Contrary to some beliefs, he never owned  the tape. It is owned by one of Timothys friends who has never  listened to it. However, out of respect for the late couple, Herzog  declined to feature it in the film although there is a scene with  Herzog listening to the footage with a distraught facial expression.'),
('100292',' During a BBC interview about the film, Herzog was shot with an air  rifle. The interview was resumed indoors and at the end Herzog was  encouraged to check his wound. Though there was "a bruise the size  of a snooker ball, with a hole in it." Herzog declared "It was not a  significant bullet. I am not afraid."'),
('100293',' First time writer/director Tom Skull was found by accident at a film  festival by producer Belle Avery. Skull handed her his home movie  from when he was 8 years old, which won the heart of Avery.'),
('100294',' Producer Nick Nunziatas car, a copper Chevrolet HHR was called in  at the last minute to serve as Candys (Julie Skon) in the film.'),
('100295',' Both parks in which film was shot had bear attacks in 2006, both  included fatalities.'),
('100296',' DIRCAMEO(John DArco (qv)): the mechanical bull rider.'),
('100297',' The original title of the film was "Paper or Plastic" and the  original draft focused on Leonard as a competitive grocery bagger.'),
('100298',' Features a brief, debut cameo by Eef Barzelay, front man for the  popular alt'),
('100299','rock group Clem Snide.'),
('100300',' In the last bar scene with Ed Burns and Mathew Lillard, Burns is  wearing a t'),
('100301','shirt saying "Up & Down Club" '),
('100302',' which is the Jazz club  his wife Christy Turlington owned with her sister Erin back in San  Francisco. The club had a good run from 1994 till 1999.'),
('100303',' John Mahoney (I) played the father of Edward Burns in this film, but  all of his scenes were cut. However, you can catch a glimpse of him  on the left during the wedding footage as the camera follows Edward  Burns and Brittany Murphy out of the church. The deleted scenes can  be found on the DVD bonus features.'),
('100304',' The featured or "Headliner" DJ who gives the young DJ Spaz the  Bedrock anthem record at the end of the film really is John Digweed.'),
('100305',' All the other DJs playing throughout the movie are notable real'),
('100306','life  West Coast DJs, particularly Polywog, Forest Green, and WishFM.  WishFM also served as the music supervisor for the movie under his  real name, Wade Randolph Hampton.'),
('100307',' The Groove Tube was an outgrowth of the Channel One Video Theater,  an off'),
('100308','Broadway experimental multimedia theatre formed Ken Shapiro  and Lane Sarasohn in 1967. One of Channel Ones writers and  performers was a young Chevy Chase.'),
('100309',' The Groove Tubes "Channel One Evening News" skit and its tagline,  Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow, was the direct  inspiration for "Weekend Update" on  _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv). Chevy Chase (qv), the  original Weekend Update anchorman, was featured in The Groove Tube,  although Ken Shapiro played the Channel One anchorman in the  movie.'),
('100310',' Chevy Chases film debut.'),
('100311',' Roman Polanski (qv) directed this fifteen'),
('100312','minute black'),
('100313','and'),
('100314','white  short just after completing film school. The film features the music  of Krzysztof Komeda (qv), who composed the scores for all but one  of the directors films between _Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958)_ (qv)  and _Rosemarys Baby (1968)_ (qv). (from the Criterion Collection  DVD)'),
('100315',' The attempt to kill the bicycle messenger as he rides down the hill  in the first scene is a reference to the I want my two dollars  bike'),
('100316','riding paperboy who menaces Cusack, John (qv)s character in  _Better Off Dead... (1985)_ (qv).'),
('100317',' There are several Bond movie references, including the attempted  poisoning by string (_You Only Live Twice (1967)_ (qv)), and the  Guns N Roses version of the theme from  _Live and Let Die (1973)_ (qv) which Martin listens to just before  enters the Ultimart for the first time (when he enters the Ultimart  it changes to a Muzak version of Live and Let Die that picks up  exactly where G&R left off). There are also references to  _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv)'),
('100318',' The director/producer originally planned to shoot the high school  scenes at Grosse Pointe South High, but did not get permission from  the school board. They felt that it would be inappropriate to show  someone graduating from Grosse Pointes school system to become a  hit man.'),
('100319',' The goon stalking Martin Blank is Benny "The Jet" Urquidez (qv), a  world'),
('100320','champion kickboxer who was also John Cusack (qv)s  kickboxing instructor.'),
('100321',' The high school shown in the movie is actually John Marshall High  School, Los Angeles, CA.'),
('100322',' The Brand and Flavor of gum that Martin takes while being attacked  at the Ultimart is Trident, Original flavor.'),
('100323',' Martins invitation to his high school reunion, which is tucked into  the mirror as he gets ready, requires attendees to Dress to Kill.'),
('100324',' In the scene in the Ultimart, during the shootout, the head of  Bruce Willis (qv) gets shot off of a stand'),
('100325','up cardboard cutout of  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv).'),
('100326',' When talking to the prospective home'),
('100327','buyers, Martin says he has  always felt "kind of temporary" about himself. This is the same  thing Willy Loman says he feels when talking to Ben in "Death of a  Salesman."'),
('100328',' Dan Aykroyd (qv) quotes from the book of Revelation during the  final shootout. He has a similar diatribe in  _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv).'),
('100329',' During the scene where Jeremy Piven (qv) first sees Martin, he  brings Cusack over to his BMW. His BMW is parked in front of a red  zone, even though his car is the only one that is on the curb and  there are plenty of legal spaces for him to park.'),
('100330',' Four of the Cusack siblings are in this movie. John, Joan, Ann and  Bill'),
('100331',' The arcade game that the Ultimart employee is playing during the  shootout is the aptly titled classic Doom II. The game was never  actually available in a commercial arcade cabinet and must have been  constructed specially for the film.'),
('100332',' Features appearances by most of the acting members of the Cusack  family: John Cusack (qv), Joan Cusack (qv), Ann Cusack (qv)  and Bill Cusack (qv). Only their father, Dick Cusack (qv), is  absent.'),
('100333',' Just after Martin has put on his neck tie to go to the reunion there  is a poster on the wall for The Clashs "Out Of Control" tour. The  score is credited to Joe Strummer (qv) of The Clash.'),
('100334',' When John Cusack first goes round to Minnie Drivers house she says,  "You cant come in," in a Jamaican accent. This is a reference to  the song which is playing in the background '),
('100335',' "Youre Wondering Now"  by The Specials, which starts off with a knock at the door followed  by one of the band saying the same thing in the same (albeit more  authentic) accent.'),
('100336',' When Martin (John Cusack (qv)) is trying to protect Debbies  father, Grocer (Dan Aykroyd (qv)) can be heard downstairs reciting  a passage from the Bible. It is from Revelation 13. "And they gave  worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and  worshiping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is  able to go to war with him?"'),
('100337',' Benny Urquidezs characters nam, Felix La PuBelle, is pronounced  the same way as "poubelle", which is the French word for garbage  can.'),
('100338',' When Minnie Driver tells John Cusack at her apartment that hes a  "...psycho", she can be seen moving her hand as though talking. In  an interview, Cusack said that this was an ad'),
('100339','lib, as she had seen  John and Joan Cusack doing something similar with each other on the  set, off'),
('100340','camera.'),
('100341',' When Marcella tells Martin about the offer in French about taking  out a Greenpeace boat, its a reference to the 1985 sabotage of the  Greenpeace yacht Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand by two French  Secret Service agents. The yacht was to lead a fleet to protest  French nuclear tests in the Pacific before it was destroyed by the  French agents. One Greenpeace photographer died aboard the ship  during the sabotage mission.'),
('100342',' Feature film debut of Jenna Elfman.'),
('100343',' The fake name for Martin Blanks business is Trans Pacific Global,  printed on his office door. Thats the same fake name Peter Falk  uses as a cover for his CIA operation in "The In'),
('100344','Laws", co'),
('100345','starring  Alan Arkin, who here plays Martins shrink.'),
('100346',' The only shot of Grosse Pointe is the aerial shot of the road next  to the lake (Lakeshore Drive) with Grosse Pointe South High Schools  bell tower visible in the background, the only actual shot of the  school.'),
('100347',' Body Count: 14'),
('100348',' The film was banned in the Soviet Union, when Viktor Korchnoy  emigrated in 1976.'),
('100349',' SPOILER: When the producers announced that Lisa, a terminally ill  woman, would donate her kidneys to one of three candidates, the show  caused heavy criticism in the Netherlands and around the world. In  the last minutes of the broadcast, host Patrick Lodiers (qv)  admitted that the whole concept was faked to draw the publics  attention to the shortage of donor organs. In fact, Lisa was played  by an actress, but the candidates really require a kidney  transplant.'),
('100350',' Linda Blair once stated in an interview with Fangoria magazine that  the original title of the film wasnt as exploitive, and as  associate producer, she could have sued to fight the change, but it  would have ended up costing her more money than she got out of the  whole project.'),
('100351',' A fund'),
('100352','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('100353',' Shot entirely in one day.'),
('100354',' Filmed on the same space shuttle set as _Space Cowboys (2000)_ (qv)'),
('100355',' Grounded was completed from concept to final copy in only 48 hours'),
('100356',' Grounded won third place at the Quick Flicks Film Gala on February  14, 2005'),
('100357',' Murray was bitten by the groundhog twice during the filming of this  movie.'),
('100358',' The idea comes from Gay Science, a famous book by  Friedrich Nietzsche (qv). In his book, Nietsche gives a  description of a man who is living the same day over and over again.'),
('100359',' In one scene, Connors throws himself from the bell tower of a high  building. This building is actually an opera house in Woodstock,  Illinois. Local legend has it that a young girl once committed  suicide by throwing herself from the same bell tower. Her ghost is  supposed to haunt the opera house.'),
('100360',' Bill Murray (I) (qv) and Harold Ramis (qv) have both been  honorary grand marshals for the Groundhog Day celebrations in  Punxsatawney, PA.'),
('100361',' Not filmed in Punxsutawney, but actually in Woodstock, Illinois  (just 45 miles from "Bill Murray (I) (qv)s hometown of Wilmette).  There is a small plaque that reads "Bill Murray stepped here" on the  curb where Murray continually steps into a puddle.'),
('100362',' Phil at the piano teachers house, when he is fumblingly playing  Sergei Rachmaninov (qv)s "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paginini", is  actually Bill Murray (I) (qv) playing. He does not read music, but  he learned that much of the song by ear. Sergei Rachmaninov (qv)s  "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paginini", specifically its 18th Variation,  was also used in another time fantasy movie,  _Somewhere in Time (1980)_ (qv).'),
('100363',' The song that plays over parts of the opening and closing credits is  "Weatherman", co'),
('100364','written by George Fenton (I) (qv) and director  Harold Ramis (qv).'),
('100365',' At one point in the red El Dorado chase scene,  Bill Murray (I) (qv) and friends were to race along the sidewalk  in front of the movie theater, barely missing the ticket booth,  which was still occupied. The scene was filmed, but left on the  cutting room floor.'),
('100366',' The interiors of Bill Murray (I) (qv)s room at the bed and  breakfast were filmed in an empty warehouse in Cary, Illinois.'),
('100367',' The scene where Phil picks up the alarm clock and slams it onto the  floor didnt go as planned. Bill Murray (I) (qv) slammed down the  clock but it barely broke, so the crew bashed it with a hammer to  give it the really smashed look. The clock actually continued  playing the song like in the movie.'),
('100368',' Director Harold Ramis (qv) originally wanted Tom Hanks (qv) for  the lead role, but decided against it, saying that Hanks was "too  nice".'),
('100369',' Supposedly Paul Lynde (qv) was the inspiration for a line in  Groundhog Day. After a high'),
('100370','speed chase through the Valley one night  when he was driving recklessly while intoxicated, Lynde crashed his  car into a mailbox. The police came to the car, guns drawn, and he  lowered his window and told them "Ill have a cheeseburger, hold the  onions, and a large Sprite."'),
('100371',' Debbie and Freds last names are given briefly as "Kleiser".'),
('100372',' Murray quotes lines from a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (qv),  "Work Without Hope" (1825). "All Nature seems at work; slugs leave  their lair, The bees are stirring; birds are on the wing, And  winter, slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a  dream of spring; And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey  make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing."'),
('100373',' The lines Andie MacDowell (qv) quotes in the café '),
('100374',' "unwept,  unhonoured, and unsung" '),
('100375',' are from Sir Walter Scott (qv)s "Lay of  the Last Minstrel", Canto vi, Stanza 1, which begins with the famous  line, "Breathes there a man with soul so dead...”'),
('100376',' The scene where Bill Murray (I) (qv) gets out of the news van and  talks to the state trooper is filmed on the Amstutz Expressway under  the Grand Avenue overpass just outside of downtown Waukegan,  Illinois. You can see the Waukegan business district in some of the  shots. The Amstutz Expressway was also used for the filming of the  big chase scene in the _Blues Brothers, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('100377',' Early drafts of the script explained the cause of Phil Connors  weird experience: a disaffected ex'),
('100378','lover called Stephanie cast a  spell on him to teach him a lesson.'),
('100379',' The French poem Phil recites in the German restaurant was written by  Danny Rubin (qv), based on the lyrics of Jacques Brel (qv)s  "Bachelors Dance". Translated into English the poem reads: The girl  I will love / is like a fine wine / that gets a little better /  every morning.'),
('100380',' On the DVD, Harold Ramis (qv) states that the original idea was  for him to live February 2nd for about 10,000 years. Later he says  that Phil probably lived the same day for about 10 years.'),
('100381',' In the original version of the script by Danny Rubin (qv), Phil  Connors was already trapped inside Groundhog Day at the start of the  story. We joined him on a typical day, with the audience wondering  how he knew everything that was going to happen. Harold Ramis (qv)  promised not to change this aspect of the script, but ultimately  decided to do so.'),
('100382',' In the final encounter between Connors and annoying insurance  salesman Ned Ryerson, Bill Murray (I) (qv) was ad'),
('100383','libbing when he  tells Ned, "I dont know what youre doing later...” and causes Ned  to run away.'),
('100384',' According to director Ramis, most of the times when he tried to  explain a scene to Murray, he would interrupt and respond, "Just  tell me '),
('100385',' good Phil or bad Phil?"'),
('100386',' Tori Amos (qv) was considered for the role of Rita.'),
('100387',' When Phil and Rita are throwing cards into the hat, Phil advises  Rita to "be the hat". This is an ad'),
('100388','libbed reference by Murray to  Caddyshack (also directed by Ramis and starring Murray), in which  Chevy Chases character advises the main character to "be the ball"  while tutoring him on golf.'),
('100389',' When Phil is explaining to Rita his experiences he first says "Ive  been shot, stabbed, poisoned, drowned" and so on. Those were all  done to Russian mystic Rasputin, but were not seen done to Phil.'),
('100390',' Harold Ramis (qv) has stated that the inspiration for this movie  was NOT the 1905 novel "The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin" by P. D.  Ouspensky, but many others think that it was. Ramis made this denial  within his contributions to a jacket blurb for one edition of the  Ouspensky book. In the book, Osokin is given the opportunity to live  his life over again by a magician... and Osokin takes him up on the  offer, only to make the same mistakes all over again. Eventually he  reaches the point in time where he met the magician, who explains to  Osokin that he cannot change the recurring wheel that is "this trap  called life"... and that Osokin must learn to sacrifice in order to  escape it, to find his salvation.'),
('100391',' Originally, Phil was supposed to murder the groundhog in his lair.  This was changed, however, since it seemed too much like Caddyshack.'),
('100392',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('100393',' Writer Danny Rubin (I) (qv) said that one of the inspirational  moments in the creation of the story came after reading "Interview  with the Vampire," which got him thinking about what it would be  like to live forever.'),
('100394',' Danny Rubin (I) (qv) and Harold Ramis (qv) both said that they  avoided exploring the truly dark side of Phils time lapsing in  which he could do truly horrible things without consequence (ie.  murder, torture, etc.)'),
('100395',' Included on Columbia Tristar Home Videos 2002 DVD release of  _Groundhog Day (1993)_ (qv).'),
('100396',' Hal Holbrook (qv)s first film.'),
('100397',' Candice Bergen (qv)s first film.'),
('100398',' George Gaynes (qv) first film.'),
('100399',' Joan Hackett (qv)s film debut.'),
('100400',' The radio station call letters were originally WXQL but had to be  changed at the last minute to QXQL as the rights to use WXQL could  not be obtained from the actual station using those letters. No US  radio station has call letters beginning with Q.'),
('100401',' The radio station is 105.1; named after film production class 105 at  the Vancouver Film School.'),
('100402',' The radio station is a miniature shot against blue screen. This was  the first live'),
('100403','action film in Vancouver Film Schools history to use  miniatures.'),
('100404',' Grovers Mill is a real town in New Jersey. For his 1938 radio  adaptation of "The War of the Worlds", Orson Welles chose Grovers  Mill as the site for the Martian landing.'),
('100405',' Carl Phillips is named for a reporter character in the 1938 radio  version of "The War of the Worlds". In the radio play, Phillips is  one of the first casualties of the invasion, killed live on the air  by the Martian heat ray.'),
('100406',' Director Paul St.Amand provided the voice of the CBS announcer  introducing Orson Welles at the end of the film.'),
('100407',' Orson Welles and H.G. Wells really did meet. In 1941, they happened  to cross paths in San Antonio, Texas. They spent the day together,  and were later interviewed by a local radio station.'),
('100408',' Don Knodels hair was bleached blonde. When black dye was applied so  he could play Orson Welles his hair turned slightly purple.  Interestingly, the walls of the radio station were also painted  purple to achieve the dark grey colour in black and white.'),
('100409',' During Jasons speech to the older women, he says that the only  other good thing about _Titanic (1997)_ (qv), aside from  Dion, Céline (qv), was the kid with the blue lips, Leonardo  DiCaprio. DiCaprio, Leonardo (qv) starred on this show during the  last season.'),
('100410',' Jason gives a speech in which he says too many Canadians are coming  into the country. Alan Thicke (qv) is from Lake Ontario, Canada.'),
('100411',' When Mike offers his old jacket to his teenage daughter, she says  that it is no big deal because "its not like Leonardo DiCaprio wore  it". Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) did in fact wear Mikes jacket when he  played Luke for the last season _"Growing Pains" (1985)_ (qv)'),
('100412',' Mikes cell phone has a musical ringtone, and once, when it rings at  the Seaver house, Carol tells him, "You know, thats really  annoying." The ringtone on Mikes phone is "As Long As We Got Each  Other," the "Growing Pains" TV theme.'),
('100413',' This featurette is included on the 2'),
('100414','disc "Holy Shnike Edition" DVD  for _Tommy Boy (1995)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('100415',' Negative feedback for the opening theme song after the Japanese  release prompted North American publisher Working Designs to create  an original composition for the opening cast roll in the stateside  release.'),
('100416',' The game was originally going to be released as an individual title  in the US. However, after conflict with Sony Computer Entertainment  America, North American publisher Working Designs was forced to  release this title as "Growlanser Generations", which includes the  third installment of the series.'),
('100417',' While most of the dialogue in the North American version has been  dubbed into English, Slayn and Yayois battle cries were left  untouched. The Japanese actors who voiced these segments remain  uncredited.'),
('100418',' North American localizer Working Designs originally planned to  release this as a stand'),
('100419','alone product. However, after being  confronted by Sony Computer Entertainment America, they were forced  to release it with Growlanser II under the title "Growlanser  Generations".'),
('100420',' There were so many characters between Growlanser II and III that  Working Designs had to contract the services of Bang Zoom! to fill  out the cast of voice actors in Growlanser III.'),
('100421',' This is the final game that Working Designs released in the US as  Growlanser Generations before the company closed its door in 2005.'),
('100422',' Gregory LeGrand Kerns, Steven E. Dye and Leander T. Sales attended  the North Carolina School of the Arts as drama majors.'),
('100423',' All dialogue in the documentary was unscripted.'),
('100424',' More than 55 hours of footage were recorded during the making of the  documentary.'),
('100425',' To keep production costs down, bed sheets and plumbers pipe were  used instead of commercial light diffusers.'),
('100426',' Otto Preminger (qv)s first film, and the only movie he directed  in his native German language.'),
('100427',' Suggested by an actual event reported in the press.'),
('100428',' Jack Klugmans film debut.'),
('100429',' Sony Pictures green'),
('100430','lighted this sequel just three days after  _Grudge, The (2004/I)_ was released.'),
('100431',' Director Takashi Shimizu went to Los Angeles to meet with producers  Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi in a small office at Columbia Pictures. The  purpose was to develop a story outline for the sequels first draft,  which also involved employees from Tapert and Raimis production  company Ghost House Pictures, producer Taka Ichise, and writer  Stephen Susco. According to Tapert, the session was roughly seven or  eight hours of people suggesting ideas for the story.'),
('100432',' To keep the mood on the set light, the actors and director would  often joke around and attempt to frighten one another. This included  a Karaoke session performed by Shimizu, Takashi on Kebbel, Arielles  birthday.'),
('100433',' The role of Vanessa was originally written for Vanessa Lengies, who  eventually turned it down to film "My Suicide"; the part still bares  her name.'),
('100434',' Sony Pictures commissioned Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA to  design a Haunt maze for its premiere in the month of October.'),
('100435',' On the "Columbia" logo screen before the feature, the standard logo  appears normal for a moment, then the hair grows and the Columbia  statuette turns to Kayako as the word "Columbia" changes to "Grudge  2". The screen flashes for a moment as this happens.'),
('100436',' The entire films dialog was improvised.'),
('100437',' Two slightly different versions of the film were used for test  screenings. One was R'),
('100438','rated, while the other was rated PG'),
('100439','13. The  PG'),
('100440','13 cut, which had toned down some of the disturbing images,  tested better with screeners.'),
('100441',' A sequel was greenlit on the Monday after the surprise success of  the first weekends box office of more than $39 million.'),
('100442',' Yuya Ozeki (qv), Takako Fuji (qv), and  Takashi Matsuyama (II) (qv) all appeared in  _Ju'),
('100443','on: The Grudge (2003)_ (qv), the Japanese film upon which this  film was based, all reprising their roles as the doomed Saeki  family.'),
('100444',' On their way to the graveyard, Karen and Doug pass three schoolgirls  on the street '),
('100445',' a reference to Izumi and her friends Chiharu and  Miyuku from the original _Ju'),
('100446','on: The Grudge (2003)_ (qv).'),
('100447',' According to the DVD Commentaries and Featurettes, the house in  _Grudge, The (2004)_ (qv)was built completely on a sound stage. It  was based almost entirely on the house in  _Ju'),
('100448','on: The Grudge (2003)_ (qv). It was built like a normal house,  the house set had two floors so that cuts did not have to be made  when a character was walking upstairs. However, the attic was built  separately from the house to allow for more room when filming.'),
('100449',' The spooky popping sounds that accompany the appearance of the  female ghost were made with a hair comb.'),
('100450',' The open'),
('100451','mouth gasping sound of the ghosts is made by director  Shimizu, Takashi (qv).'),
('100452',' The character of Toshio is almost always found with his cat. In real  life, the boy who plays Toshio, Yuya Ozeki (qv), was terrified of  cats.'),
('100453',' Although the house was built entirely on a sound stage, the actors  and cast still had to take off their shoes to enter, to be  respectful.'),
('100454',' Before filming, the cast and crew went through a ceremony where they  were blessed so nothing bad could happen to them for filming.'),
('100455',' According to the DVD commentary by the cast and crew, the first of  appearance of the cat right when Karen picks up Kayakos journal was  not in fact a real cat, but a fake cat held a crew member, racing it  in front of the camera.'),
('100456',' The character of Yoko was originally named Rika, but Yoko Maki  couldnt pronounce the name because the "R" sound is not in the  Japanese language.'),
('100457',' When we see Kayako coming down the stairs towards the end, she is  moving in a really strange way. Takako Fuji (qv) really moved that  way; the effect is not a result of a trick shot or digital  manipulation.'),
('100458',' SPOILER: There is a deleted scene after Toshio attacks Matthew,  where Matthew becomes possessed by Takeos ghost and kicks a  visiting Susan out of the house. Takashi Shimizu (qv) cut it  because it took focus off Kayako.'),
('100459',' Fungo Dining, the restaurant Doug works at, is an actual restaurant.'),
('100460',' Selma Blair (qv) was the first choice for the lead role, which  went to Sarah Michelle Gellar (qv).'),
('100461',' Ann Morgan Guilbert (qv) is only six years older than  Sophia Loren (qv) but plays her mother.'),
('100462',' Burgess Meredith (qv)s final film.'),
('100463',' Max tells John to "Get me to the church on time" echoing his line  from _Hello Dolly! (1969)_ (qv)'),
('100464',' Burgess Merediths last film before he died.'),
('100465',' Max and John have for years been trying to catch a catfish they call  "Catfish Hunter". It is named for Baseball Hall Of Fame pitcher Jim  "Catfish" Hunter.'),
('100466',' After filming this movie in Minnesota in freezing temperatures,  Walter Matthau (qv) was hospitalized with double pneumonia.'),
('100467',' This was the Soviet Unions first feature in color.'),
('100468',' Based on the true story of Norways first labor strike, by female  workers at a match factory in 1889.'),
('100469',' Visa dexploitation en France #96715'),
('100470',' Comedian Artus de Penguerns first feature film.'),
('100471',' Marine Corps Capt. Marion Carl (qv), a multi'),
('100472','ace (18.5 air  victories), makes an appearance as a Marine Corps pilot. Capt. Carl  wears his baseball cap with the bill pointed skyward and makes the  comment, "Dont look now, fellas, but a truck of gas just came on  the field." Capt. Carl was a survivor of the Battle of Midway and  the air campaign for Guadalcanal in 1942. He was awarded 2 Navy  Crosses for his actions at Midway and Guadalcanal. Sadly, on June  28, 1998, he was murdered in his Oregon home by a home intruder.'),
('100473',' Movie accurately shows the Marines armed with bolt action rifles.  While Garand rifles were available, they were just not available in  numbers to issue to the Marines before setting sail.'),
('100474',' Roy Roberts, who has a role in the film, seems to have doubled as  the voice of the radio sportscaster.'),
('100475',' The track "Climbing Devils Tower" from John Williams (I) (qv)s  score to _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv) is  repeatedly used during fight sequences.'),
('100476',' This film was originally incomplete because the production company  ran out of money. Then after Jackie Chan (I) (qv) became famous  someone took the movie used footage from _Jui kuen (1978)_ (qv) and  used a double to finish the final scenes.'),
('100477',' During the fight between the poor man and the landlord, some of the  music used is from Popeye.'),
('100478',' Jackie Chan (I) (qv)s first starring role.'),
('100479',' The original film was completed and released in 1974. This version  is available on widescreen DVD in Japan, under the title Cub Tiger  From Kwan Tung'),
('100480',' According to a TV interview of writer Hsiao Yeh(the four directors  colleague and friend), this movies concept came from four kinds of  animals. The story of first segment, Little Dragon Head, is  created from the dinosaur. The second segment, Expectation, is the  cat. The third segment, Leapfrog, is the frog. The last segment,  Say Your Name is the dog.'),
('100481',' Based on the life of porn star Moana Pozzi.'),
('100482',' Some filmographies include the name of Giuditta Rissone (qv) in  the cast, but the actress does not appear in this film.'),
('100483',' Biograph production number 2680.'),
('100484',' The production company hired local contractors to build a massive  indoor wave pool for production.'),
('100485',' Following the series of hurricanes in the southern United States in  2005, production moved to Shreveport, Louisiana.'),
('100486',' 60,000 pounds of ice were used on the Elizabeth City set to recreate  some of the scenes that were supposed to be filmed in Kodiak,  Alaska.'),
('100487',' The movie uses clips of real incidents supplied to Walt Disney by  the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency during the training sequences  in scenes at the training school.'),
('100488',' The Coast Guard A school for rescue swimmers is not at Barksdale AFB  in Louisainia, but Elizabeth City, North Carolina.'),
('100489',' One of the students was Mark Gangloff (qv), an Olympic swimmer who  won gold in Athens.'),
('100490',' Chief Flythe, played by Joseph Flythe (qv), who can be seen in  various scenes throughout the film, was one of the first five  operating rescue swimmers in the Coast Guard, graduating from A  school in 1984 and beginning his work at the Elizabeth City base in  1985.'),
('100491',' Clancy Brown, who plays Captain Hadley in The Guardian also played  a different Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption.'),
('100492',' SPOILER: A prominent scene in the movies trailer, where Fisch tells  Randall, "That is definitely NOT in the manual!" isnt in the  theatrical release of the film because it actually comes from an  alternate ending. In the alternate ending, Fisch successfully holds  onto Randalls fingertips, getting him into the helicopter and  saving him. The writer, director, producer, and others involved in  the film preferred the ending where Randall dies, as it had more  emotional impact.'),
('100493',' Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher are both members of the Delta Chi  fraternity.'),
('100494',' When Ben shows Jake the newspaper story, the name of the newspaper  is the Cedar Rapids Chronicle '),
('100495',' presumably chosen because Ashton  Kutchers hometown is Cedar Rapids, IA.'),
('100496',' Part of the movie was filmed in the pool at Louisianna State  University of Shreveport, and the local Olympic Weightlifting club  was forced to train outside of the building during filming because  their location across the hall made too much noise when athletes  dropped the weights.'),
('100497',' The screenplay was changed from the original novel to fit budget and  locations. Price wrote herself in as the main character and added a  new character, "Ian", as well as the "Mom" and "Nick" characters.  The Gabriel and Camael characters were used from the original novel.'),
('100498',' Judith Waterman, who plays Lias "Mom" in the movie, is Lia Scott  Prices real'),
('100499','life co'),
('100500','author for some of her books.'),
('100501',' Lia Scott Price got her idea for her characters when she was in a  church one morning and the priest was talking about how protective  Guardian Angels were.'),
('100502',' Lia Scott Price included some members of her church choir in the  film.'),
('100503',' George Clooney (qv) auditioned for just one line in this movie but  it never made it to the screen.'),
('100504',' The voice of the president was provided by writer and director,  Hugh Wilson (I) (qv).'),
('100505',' Alfred Lunt (qv) and Lynn Fontanne (qv), husband and wife,  recreated the roles that they had played on Broadway in 1924.  Although both had done silents, this was their debut in sound films.'),
('100506',' Ferenc Molnár (I) (qv)s play opened in Budapest in 1911. English  versions were staged in London (as "Playing With Fire") and New York  (as "Where Ignorance Is Bliss") in 1913. But the definitive English  version, adapted by Philip Moeller (qv), opened in New York in  1924 and starred Alfred Lunt (qv) and Lynn Fontanne (qv).'),
('100507',' The play from which a scene is shown at the beginning of the film is  Maxwell Anderson (I) (qv)s "Elizabeth the Queen", in which we see  Lynn Fontanne (qv) and Alfred Lunt (qv) recreating the roles of  Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Essex, which they had played on Broadway  in the actual original production of "Elizabeth the Queen" the year  before.'),
('100508',' The entire short'),
('100509','film was shot in 24 hours non'),
('100510','stop having no more  than 2 hours of sleep.'),
('100511',' The name "Guatemala" was suggested for the film after the project  name was Project Guatemala since actor Diego Peralta (qv), from  Guatemala was to act on it but due to family reasons had to leave  set the first day of shooting and therefore at the time director  Frandu Almeida (qv) assumed the role.'),
('100512',' During the 24 hours the filming lasted, a total of only 20 minutes  was shot for the film. Almost 40 minutes were recorded of Making Of.'),
('100513',' The entire cost of the project was a mere $150 Brazilian Reais which  were the price of the Cameras rental fee and was all the money the  filmmakers could arrange at the time.'),
('100514',' The thick dense substance that appears being poured into an empty  glass during the first scene which also appears throughout the  entire film is actually a dense mixture of water and coffee which  was perfected just minutes before shooting. Also The first scene  showing the empty glass was shoot at the same location where the  elevator scene occurs which is Roberto Peralta (II) (qv)s  apartment front entrance.'),
('100515',' Most of the light used for the film was either natural or by a 350W  spot originally taken from a pool light from the main location which  was producer Roberto Peralta (II) (qv)s residence.'),
('100516',' Both the car (in the garage) and bridge scenes were created just  minutes before they being filmed, not being part of the original  script.'),
('100517',' At the time it was the first time that Frandu Almeida (qv),  Estevam Allevato (qv), Roberto Peralta (II) (qv) and  Rodrigo Rueda Terrazas (qv) (also camera operators) had ever seen  or used a professional miniDV Camera which they then had to learn to  use just 15 minutes before starting to shoot. The Camera was a SONY  PD'),
('100518','150, which at the time was quite a recent model.'),
('100519',' The original production plan for the short'),
('100520','film planned several days  of shooting, however due to a sudden decrease in budget just before  the initial date it had to be reduced to just 24 hours.'),
('100521',' The entire short'),
('100522','film was shot in a 24'),
('100523','hour non'),
('100524','stop schedule,  having no more than 2 hours of sleep and only one meal.'),
('100525',' The first scene to be shot was the park scene with  Estevam Allevato (qv) acting. It was the first official moment the  filmmakers used a professional MiniDV camera.'),
('100526',' The Travelling system developed was based and using a pair of  skateboards.'),
('100527',' The only meal the filmmakers had during the entire filming was the  classic Brazilian food "Feijao e Arroz". The meal happened at around  3AM/4AM. The filming had started at around 5:30AM/6:00AM the  previous day. And the Camera and Equipment had to be returned at  9AM.'),
('100528',' Initially Frandu Almeida (qv) and Estevam Allevato (qv) were  against filming when the budget had to be severely decreased just  days before. However thankfully they all agreed it had to be filmed.  Had it not been filmed at the time the next window of opportunity  would be in December due to the fact that  Rodrigo Rueda Terrazas (qv) was studying in Miami, FL, USA at the  time. Later in December/January the half'),
('100529','length feature film  entitled Sacopa 299 (soon to be re'),
('100530','screened and edited) was filmed  increasing the range, capabilities and experience attained by all in  "Guatemala" and in general.'),
('100531',' This was the first film for the then new production company Groovy  Filmes [br] as well as for Frandu Almeida (qv),  Roberto Peralta (II) (qv), Estevam Allevato (qv), and  Rodrigo Rueda Terrazas (qv).'),
('100532',' Most of the filming took place at Roberto Peralta (II) (qv)s  apartment.'),
('100533',' Only 1 MiniDV tape was using during the entire project.'),
('100534',' In the middle of the shooting the crew had a break which involved  the use of water'),
('100535','balloons.'),
('100536',' Amitabh Bachchan (qv) was originally set to play Jayas first hero  but Hrishikesh Mukherji (qv) wanted a totally new face to play  Navins role. After Amitabh became famous in Mukherjis own Anand,  the director decided against casting him.'),
('100537',' Jaya Bhaduri was studying at the Film and Television Institute of  India, Pune, when Hrishikesh Mukherji saw her diploma films. He  called her to the principals office and offered her the title role.  Jaya had done a role in Satyajit Rays Mahanagar. On Jayas first  day of shooting with Dharmendra, he came up to her and asked, "You  are the heroine of the film? Tumhari umar kya hai [How old are  you?]"'),
('100538',' Shot in 1960, not released in the US until 1962.'),
('100539',' Ron Perlman (qv)s film debut.'),
('100540',' The movie was originally intended to be filmed in Iceland.'),
('100541',' Made using "caveman" language instead of actual words.'),
('100542',' Desmond Morris (I) (qv) choreographed the gestural and body  language of the characters.'),
('100543',' The original title of the movie is "I Guerrieri Dell Anno 2072",  but the date changes a lot according to some countries. In the UK,  the title is "Rome 2033 '),
('100544',' The Fighter Centurions", and even the  first Italian VHS pushed the date a little later '),
('100545',' it was re'),
('100546','named  "I Guerrieri Dell Anno 2079".'),
('100547',' Opening titles are spoken, with no accompanying text, by the  directors daughter Katherine Avildsen. Closing titles lists a fake  credit: "Training Film #IF92 by the Institute for Interpersonal  Relations; Croton, N.Y."'),
('100548',' The directors reason for making the film? "I have a  12'),
('100549','and'),
('100550','a'),
('100551','half'),
('100552','year'),
('100553','old daughter whos beautiful, and Im sure shes  going to come home one day with some Lithuanian, Samoan, punk'),
('100554','rock  drummer dude, and I thought if I did this movie Id be able to work  out my issues before that day comes."'),
('100555',' At an estimated cost of $100,000, digital effects were used to  remove Ashton Kutcher (qv)s red Kabbalah bracelet in every scene  in which he appeared.'),
('100556',' Ashton Kutcher (qv) suggested that his character be Jewish, to add  another dimension to his conflict with the Christian Percy Jones.  The idea was scrapped because the filmmakers wanted to focus on the  issue of interracial romance rather than also looking into the  interfaith issue.'),
('100557',' As evidenced by the clappers in the deleted scenes section, the  working title for the movie was "The Dinner Party".'),
('100558',' The Writers Guild of America (WGA) mandated that  William Rose (I) (qv) be credited for his work on the original  _Guess Whos Coming to Dinner (1967)_ (qv). However, he is never  actually mentioned in this movie.'),
('100559',' David Guy Levy (qv) made this film while producing  _Sexual Dependency (2003)_ (qv).'),
('100560',' Hepburn, Katharine (qv)s characters daughter is played by  Hepburns actual niece Houghton, Katharine (qv)'),
('100561',' Spencer Tracy (qv) died 17 days after filming was completed.'),
('100562',' The three'),
('100563','inch bronze sculpture of Spencer Tracy (qv) featured in  the film was created by Katharine Hepburn (qv) herself and was one  of the items that were included in her estate auction in 2004. The  bust was the most sought'),
('100564','after item and fetched the most money'),
('100565','it  sold for $316,000, whereas pre'),
('100566','auction estimates were in the  neighborhood of $3,000'),
('100567','$5,000.'),
('100568',' Katharine Hepburn (qv) never saw the completed movie. She said the  memories of Tracy were too painful.'),
('100569',' When Poitier and Houghton arrive at SFO on a United Airlines flight,  they take Yellow Cab #1850 in town. The phone number of the cab  company is painted on the side of the car. Today, the same number  (626'),
('100570','2345) will still get you in touch with Yellow Cab.'),
('100571',' Katharine Hepburn (qv) had to use her salary as backing in order  to make this movie because Spencer Tracy (qv) was so ill that the  studio didnt think that he would make to the end of the picture'),
('100572',' Mr Prentice (Roy Glenn (qv)) says to his son John  (Sidney Poitier (qv)) "In 16 or 17 states youll be breaking the  law. Youll be criminals." By the time people saw the movie this was  no longer true. On June 12th, 1967, the US Supreme Court in the case  Loving v Virginia declared anti'),
('100573','miscegenation laws unconstitutional.'),
('100574',' In some shots you can clearly see Katharine Hepburn (qv)s head  and hands trembling because of her hereditary shake, e.g., when she  is pouring a drink for the Reverend right after his second arrival.'),
('100575',' This movie was still showing in theatres at the time Martin Luther  King Jr. was assassinated. Originally, there was a line in the movie  where the maid asked Sidney Poitier, "Who do you think you are,  Martin Luther King?" When King was murdered, the studios immediately  called the theatres showing the film and gave instructions to cut  that scene from the movie.'),
('100576',' Due to Spencer Tracy (qv)s health, the cast was always working  from two shooting scripts, one with Tracy, one without. Typically,  Katharine Hepburn (qv) brought Tracy in the morning, they worked  until she decided he was too tired, then Tracy and Hepburn left.  Sidney Poitier (qv), who already had received a Best Actor Oscar  for _Lilies of the Field (1963)_ (qv), was intimidated by working  with two legends, and preferred to perform to empty high backed  chairs.'),
('100577',' Spencer Tracy (qv)s glasses have no lenses throughout the film.'),
('100578',' A theatrical play version of "Guess Whos Coming to Dinner" is being  developed, directed by Kenny Leon (qv) and adapted for the stage  by Todd Kreidler. The producers anticipate the Broadway production  will open in fall 2008.'),
('100579',' Isabel Sanford (qv)s movie debut.'),
('100580',' The distinctive "boing" sound made by the dining room door is  exactly the same as the sound of the dining room door in Mr Hulots  Holiday (_Vacances de M. Hulot, Les (1953)_ (qv))'),
('100581',' The scene in which Ritchie yanks Eddies head back with a hook up  his nose was shot with the action in reverse, then played backwards  in the final cut. To achieve this, Adrian Edmondson learned to  phonetically pronounce the phrase "Excuse me one moment" backwards.'),
('100582',' This was Simon Pegg (qv)s first feature film appearance.'),
('100583',' In the original promotional campaign for Guest House Paradisos  cinema release Rik Mayall (qv) and Adrian Edmondson (qv)  explicitly stated that it was "not Bottom" (hence the name  differences and other inconsistencies with series in the movie) but  they also said that they have pretty much always played the same  characters for years (_"Young Ones, The" (1982)_ (qv),  _"Filthy Rich & Catflap" (1987)_ (qv), and _"Bottom" (1991)_ (qv))  and this was just a new set. Perhaps the films not'),
('100584','so'),
('100585','stratospheric  box office success caused the studio to add "The Bottom Movie" on  its video release.'),
('100586',' Film was produced in part with financing from New Jersey  bootlegger/gangster Abner "Longy" Zwillman who was a boyfriend of  Jean Harlow (qv).'),
('100587',' Originally broadcast on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('100588',' Won the Grand Prize in the Shorts Category at the 1999 Rhode Island  International Film Festival.'),
('100589',' First Visayan film after the Second World War.'),
('100590',' This movie was made in two versions '),
('100591',' an English version in  collaboration with Pearl S. Buck and directed by Ted Danielewski to  introduce Dev Anand to western audiences and of course the Hindi  version directed by Dev Anands younger brother Vijay Anand.'),
('100592',' The film is based on the book "The Guide" by R. K. Narayan, Indias  best known author in the English language.'),
('100593',' Vijay Anand was horrified when he read the script and thought it  would ruin the image of the country abroad. He refused twice to  direct the film. It was only on the third attempt by Dev Anand that  he agreed.'),
('100594',' The New York Times critic noted in his review of this film on May  27, 1967, that "? of all the witty demonstrations, one of the most  amusing..." in the film was when Jayne Mansfield (qv) loses her  bra in the home of Terry'),
('100595','Thomas (qv). The sex symbols two'),
('100596','minute  cameo was shot under great personal distress, however. Filmed in  mid'),
('100597','December, 1966, at the time, Zoltan Hargitay '),
('100598',' Mansfields  youngest son with Mickey Hargitay (qv) '),
('100599',' was recovering from  spinal meningitis at Conjeo Valley Community Hospital, after  undergoing brain surgery resulting from his being mauled by a lion  in a freak accident at the Jungleland Park in Thousand Oaks, CA, on  November 26, 1966. Zoltan spent exactly one month in the hospital,  returning home to Jaynes "Pink Palace" on that years Christmas  morning. And though several Mansfield films would be released after  her untimely death six months later, the scenes in this one were, as  an actress, Jayne Mansfields final moments before the professional  movie cameras.'),
('100600',' Each celebrity who did a cameo was paid $10,000 for two days work  (including The Turtles (qv) who sang the title song). If anyone  was required to work for more than two days, they were to receive an  extra $10,000. No one went overtime.'),
('100601',' SPOILER: In the scene where Monty (Chazz Palminteri) has a stroke,  Antonio (Channing Tatum) throws a table through the glass window of  a door. This was improvised by Channing Tatum, who got so wrapped up  in the scene he nearly lost control. The rest of the cast stayed in  character and finished the scene, and the director liked it so much  he kept it as the final version.'),
('100602',' Dito Montiel was reluctant to cast Shia LaBeouf (I) (qv) in the  role of young Dito because Montiel was intent on casting an unknown.  After the first rejection, however, LaBeouf pushed for one more  audition. He came into the casting office, punched a hole in the  wall, and convinced Montiel that he could bring a requisite amount  of anger to the role.'),
('100603',' First release in Essanays "Do Children Count?" series.'),
('100604',' Written, Produced, Directed in 5 days... Silvio Pollio wrote the  script in 15 minutes and was shooting his first scene 2 hours later.'),
('100605',' Battled weather conditions to try to sustain some continuity...  Silvio saw the hanging sausages in a deli on Commercial.'),
('100606',' Veratas name probably comes from clatto verata nicto, the  incantation that Ash repeatedly fails to recite correctly in Army of  Darkness, which is, in turn, a parody to the command klaatu barada  nikto from The Day the Earth Stood Still.'),
('100607',' Shiro Tagachis first name in Japanese term refers to someone who is  "overly stubborn, perversely unyielding, or intractable".'),
('100608',' Many of the Paragons shouts from Nightfall can be related to  pop'),
('100609','culture references such as "Cant Touch This!" "Its just a  flesh wound." and "The Power Is Yours!"'),
('100610',' The Great Northern Wall is highly influenced by The Wall in George  R. R. Martins series A Song Of Ice and Fire, both being great walls  built and expanded over many generations of kings.'),
('100611',' Ruriks name means famous ruler in Old Norse. Prince Rurik may be  named after Prince Rurik of Novogorod, the first Varangian ruler of  Kievan Rus, and the founder of Russias first royal dynasty.  Ascalon was even called Kiev in some old beta screenshots.'),
('100612',' Many of the names of Undead bosses in Kryta (who were former Orrian  leaders) as well as the title of Vizier Khilbron are Arabic.'),
('100613',' Based on the short story by Judy Budnitz that appeared on NPRs  "This American Life".'),
('100614',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Wrong Man, The (1956)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('100615',' Bart Womack who plays Sgt. Taylor was Command Sergeant Major of  Director Nicolas McEntarfers Brigade in the 101st Airborne.'),
('100616',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy'),
('100617','drama  _Just Out of College (1913)_ (qv).'),
('100618',' Using the Sammy Atomiswave hardware, this arcade game is able to use  high'),
('100619','resolution graphics of 640x480 pixels (twice that of other 2D  fighting games released in 2000)'),
('100620',' The anime sequences in the game are done by anime company, JC Staff.'),
('100621',' Zappas ghostly partner, S'),
('100622','Ko, is based on the character of Sadako,  the ghost girl from Ringu.'),
('100623',' Fourth release in the Broadway Star "O. Henry Stories" series.'),
('100624',' Singer Wayne Newton made a cameo appearance in the show, giving  Robert advice on how best to entertain the mixed audiences in Las  Vegas. Schimmels brother, Jeff, also appears in this scene.'),
('100625',' Robert de Niro (qv)s climactic courtroom speech is an almost  verbatim lift of a speech made by lawyer Joseph Welch in a McCarthy  hearing in the 1950s.'),
('100626',' Martin Scorsese portrays a fictional director called Joe Lesser.  This character is clearly based on director Joseph Losey, who left  Hollywood in the 1950s rather than face the HUAC examinations.'),
('100627',' Blacklisted writer/director Abraham Polonsky (qv) wrote the  original screenplay for the film. When Irwin Winkler (qv) decided  to rewrite the script by changing DeNiros character from a  Communist to a more generic Liberal, Polonsky had his name removed  from the films credits. "I wanted it to be about Communists because  thats the way it really happened. ... They didnt need another  story about a man who was falsely accused," he said in an interview  in the New York Times.'),
('100628',' The first film to use the word "Arse".'),
('100629',' During the non'),
('100630','union shoot in San Francisco, crew members struck and  were joined by star Sarah Polley (qv), who walked the picket line.  Striking crew members report that they were quite touched by her  action, which was more than a gesture, but rather a sincere belief  in workers rights. On her part, Polley called her union, the Screen  Actors Guild, to tell her of her action, and the union  representative told her theyd back her if she crossed the picket  line. SAG assumed that she was calling to ask whether she could defy  the strike and cross the picket line! A shocked and dismayed Polley  stayed out with the strikers, and the strike ended after three days  when their grievances were met. Subsequently, Polley has stated that  she has been told that she lost several job offers due to this  incident as producers dont want a union militant despite the film  industry being a craft industry dominated by the guild (union)  system and she did what she felt was right.'),
('100631',' The game comes with its own custom guitar controller with five  buttons on the neck, a whammy bar, and a flipper. It is also tilt  sensitive.'),
('100632',' Many members of the production team actively play in bands of their  own and many of the bonus tracks that can later be unlocked are by  these bands.'),
('100633',' During the "Loading" scene, the game display different text about  the rules and techniques to become a real rock star. One of them is,  "Do not eat things that were thrown on stage." This is a classic  Rock n Roll reference about Ozzy Osbourne (qv)s similar  incident. While performing on stage, a fan threw a bat on stage.  Ozzy bit the head off it and then he discovered it was a real dead  bat!'),
('100634',' Ozzy Osbourne is the only musician to have more than one song in the  game '),
('100635',' one as a member of Black Sabbath (Iron Man) and one as a solo  artist (Bark At The Moon.)'),
('100636',' Many real guitar heroes moves are mimicked by the characters in the  game: '),
('100637',' Jimi Hendrix: When Xavier Stone uses Star Power, he starts  playing guitar with his teeth. Also, at the end of a song, Clive  Winston will occasionally set his guitar on fire and "raise the  flames." '),
('100638',' Jimmy Page: When Clive Winston uses Star Power, hell  sometimes play guitar with a violin bow.'),
('100639',' Many references to _This Is Spinal Tap (1984)_ (qv) are made: '),
('100640',' In  the sound option menu, everything can be turned up to 11. '),
('100641',' A  loading screen urges you never to "just jam" when the crowd wants an  encore and youre out of songs. '),
('100642',' After playing "Tonight Im Gonna  Rock You Tonight", the drummer spontaneously combusts (but only if  you play in Nilbog High, the first venue).'),
('100643',' At the Nilbog High venue, the clock reads 6:66, "The Number of the  Beast", referring to the popular Iron Maiden song.'),
('100644',' So far, Ozzy Osbourne holds the record for having more songs in the  Guitar Hero series than anyone else '),
('100645',' two as a member of Black  Sabbath (War Pigs, Iron Man), and one as a solo artist (Bark At The  Moon.)'),
('100646',' The black and red guitar controller packaged with the game is based  one the one Mark uses in his GWAR dream in  _Empire Records (1995)_ (qv).'),
('100647',' In one scene, David Keith wears an orange'),
('100648','and'),
('100649','white University of  Tennessee jacket. Keith is an alumnus of the university.'),
('100650',' This is a lost film, only a few frames survived over the years.'),
('100651',' The first full'),
('100652','length Technicolor feature produced in the USA.'),
('100653',' Based on a true story.'),
('100654',' An early plan was to have the role of Gulliver written for Popeye.'),
('100655',' The character of Gulliver was "rotoscoped" '),
('100656',' a method devised by the  Fleischers where the drawing was achieved by tracing over the  movements of a live actor.'),
('100657',' The first American animated feature from a studio other than Disney.'),
('100658',' One of the few pre'),
('100659','1948 sound features currently owned by Paramount.  Paramount sold this to television distributor U.M.&M. in 1956, with  their short subjects. The U.M.&M. library ended up in the hands of  Republic, which Paramount recently took over.'),
('100660',' The world premiere of this film was on November 18, 1939 at the  Sheridan Theater in Miami Beach, Florida, because the Max Fleischer  Studio was in Miami, Florida. The New York City trade'),
('100661','showing  premiere was two days later, and the national release date followed  that by two days.'),
('100662',' To produce this feature film, the Fleischer studio had to nearly  triple in size, from about 200 artists to nearly 700.  Max Fleischer (qv) had a 32,000'),
('100663','square'),
('100664','foot plant built in Miami  to accommodate the new personnel, as well as to take advantage of  that citys tax exemptions on film studios. (The fact that  unionization had not taken hold in Florida was also a consideration,  as there had been a long struggle to organize the Fleischer  animators, culminating in a strike in 1937.)'),
('100665',' The song "Its a Hap'),
('100666','Hap'),
('100667','Happy Day" was used extensively in the  scores of subsequent cartoons by Famous Studios, Fleischer Studios  successor.'),
('100668',' After viewing it, Walt Disney (qv) reportedly said, "We can do  better than that with our second'),
('100669','string animators."'),
('100670',' Writer Cal Howard (qv) served as the live'),
('100671','action model for Prince  David. He recalled that he had to have padding on his legs because  they were so skinny.'),
('100672',' A mixture of live'),
('100673','action and animation.'),
('100674',' Adrien Brody escaped a speeding fine when the cop recognized him as  "The Pianist".'),
('100675',' Supermodel Jodie Kidd meet her husband'),
('100676','to'),
('100677','be on this rally.'),
('100678',' The actors do their own driving.'),
('100679',' Some of the featured cars:  '),
('100680',' 1966 Ford Shelby Cobra 427 "Side Oiler" (Cobra Team)  '),
('100681',' 1974 Ferrari Daytona (Ferrari Team)  '),
('100682',' 1974 Porsche 911 Targa (Porche Team)  '),
('100683',' 1971 Dodge Polara 440 police car (Dodge Team)  '),
('100684',' 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (Camaro Team)'),
('100685',' Linda Vaughn (qv) ("Emergency Plan Alpha") was a popular race  queen of the period; among other things, she did a season of  personal appearances for Hurst Corporation as "Miss Golden Shifter".'),
('100686',' The Cobras used in the filming (main car and a backup) were serial  numbers CSX3255 and CSX3243'),
('100687',' Two Ferrari Daytonas were used (main car and a backup) The serial  numbers were 14829 and 16467. Chassis 14829 is currently at the  Peterson Automotive Museum and was once owned by  Mel Blanc. (qv)Chassis 16467 also appeared in A Star in Born  (1976) (qv)'),
('100688',' This student film, consisting of animated clay shapes contorting to  a jazz score, so intrigued Samuel G. Engel (qv), the president of  the Motion Pictures Producers Association, that he financed the  pilot films for what became Art Clokeys  _"Gumby Show, The" (1957)_ (qv).'),
('100689',' Created by third year students on the Film and Animation course at  the Bournemouth Arts Institute.'),
('100690',' Out of 40 speaking parts in this film, only five were played by  experienced actors.'),
('100691',' Instead of using standard movie lights, the production was lit with  fluorescent lights to give the movie a haunting, yellowish look.'),
('100692',' The film was shot in about 20 days with a budget of $1.3 million.'),
('100693',' The film is populated with friends from Korines own Nashville  upbringing. Even Bryant Krenshaw, the midget, went to high school  with Korine. And the skinhead brothers, theyre old friends too.'),
('100694',' Other cast members were recruited during the films lengthy  pre'),
('100695','production period. Korine often approached people on the street,  in bowling alleys and in fast food restaurants and asked them to  play a part in his movie.'),
('100696',' There is an actual Xenia, Ohio. And a tornado really did hit there  in the mid'),
('100697','1970s.'),
('100698',' The scene where Solomons eating spagetti in the bath. Theres a  piece of bacon taped to the wall behind him. Says Werner Herzog:  "When I saw a piece of fried bacon fixed to the bathroom wall in  Gummo," relates Herzog, "it knocked me off my chair. [Korines] a  very clear voice of a generation of filmmakers that is taking a new  position. Its not going to dominate world cinema, but so what?"'),
('100699',' Tummler is Yiddish for "agitator".'),
('100700',' For the script, Korine pieced together about seventy sketches hed  written about life in Xenia, Ohio '),
('100701',' a locale he had never actually  visited.'),
('100702',' About seventy'),
('100703','five percent of Gummo is scripted.'),
('100704',' Dot and Helen are also the names of the lead guitarist and drummer  in The Shaggs. The cat, as well, gets its name from their song "My  Pal Foot Foot".'),
('100705',' One of the actors involved in the chair'),
('100706','fighting scene had just  gotten out of prison that day. One woman, Korine says, was also  pregnant.'),
('100707',' The original concept behind the film was kids living in the  aftermath of an earthquake.'),
('100708',' Footage scattered all over the film was shot by local residents and  Korine during pre'),
('100709','production and location scouting.'),
('100710',' The houses they filmed in were left untreated.'),
('100711',' In addition to being a co'),
('100712','star of the film, Sevigny designed the  costumes. She found most of them in thrift stores around Nashville.'),
('100713',' Korine was drunk when they shot the scene with him and the midget.'),
('100714',' Earlier cuts of the movie were described by US censors as nihilist  in their intentions, until Korine toned down a lot of the content.'),
('100715',' Korine and his cameraman were frequently chased out of locations by  angry fathers with shotguns who suspected them of making child porn.'),
('100716',' Jacob Reynolds, who plays Solomon, was 13. Nick Sutton (Tummler) was  17. Jacob Sewell (Bunny Boy) was 14. And Darby Dougherty, who plays  the youngest of the three sisters, was just 10.'),
('100717',' In the screenplay Bunny Boy talks, but only at the end scene where  theyre in the swimming pool. He also explains why he has the word  MAC tattooed on his fingers: "My parents like to call me that. Mac  spelled backward is Cam. Cam is their favorite car... Camaro." He  also claims he was born with one fully grown tooth and his parents  "wanted to name me Plak."'),
('100718',' Escoffier, who ordinarily commands a high fee, took a significant  pay cut to work with Korine.'),
('100719',' Ewen Bremner came to the set of Gummo at the request of Korine who  was a big fan since seeing him in Mike Leighs Naked.'),
('100720',' Footage from the movie is used in the _Ghost World (2001)_ (qv). The  main character, Enid, is dancing along to the big dance number,  "Jaan Pehechaan Ho", in the beginning of the film.'),
('100721',' The game features a number of characters whose names are taken from  real'),
('100722','life Old West figures, including Clay Allison, Jose Chavez y  Chavez, "Hoodoo" Brown, Dave Rudabaugh, John Joshua (J.J.) Webb, and  Luke Short as well as Major Thomas Magruder who may have been based  off of John Bankhead Magruder.'),
('100723',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Out in the Rain (1914)_ (qv).'),
('100724',' Footage from _Hell Harbor (1930)_ (qv) was used in this film.'),
('100725',' Originally five reels long (some sources say six). Only three reels  are known to survive.'),
('100726',' Hudson, Rock (qv) suffered an attack of appendicitis on the last  day of filming.'),
('100727',' Originally filmed in 3D.'),
('100728',' This film was shot in 3'),
('100729','D. However, director Raoul Walsh (qv) only  had one eye, so he was never able to see the film in the process in  which he shot it. The same situation occurred when director  André De Toth (qv), who also had only on eye, shot the 3'),
('100730','D film  _House of Wax (1953)_ (qv).'),
('100731',' When reviewed in Photoplay Magazine, December 1933, Francis Ford was  credited with the role of Lawyer Hawkins, and when reviewed in  Variety, 3 April 1934, Francis Ford was credited with the role of  Denver; however, in the film itself, Sheldon Lewis plays Lawyer  Hawkins, Ed Brady plays Denver, and Francis Ford does not appear.'),
('100732',' Paul Fix (qv) is listed in modern sources for a role in this film,  but he did not appear.'),
('100733',' The Turner Classic Movies print omitted the director credit; it was  obvious that the title frame had been altered.'),
('100734',' Seventh entry in the Girl from Frisco 2'),
('100735','reel series'),
('100736',' The bus that Charlie (Liam Neeson (qv)) gets Judy  (Sandra Bullock (qv)) to avoid hitting with her car clearly has a  registry number of 2525 on it. This was the same bus number that  Sandra Bullock drove in the film, _Speed (1994)_ (qv).'),
('100737',' At the start of the movie, when Charlie (Liam Neeson (qv)) is in a  meeting room with Dexter Helvenshaw (Mitch Pileggi (qv)) and three  other people, the camera passes the table showing a pack of Morley  cigarettes. Morley is a fictitious brand, smoked by "Cigarette  Smoking Man"(William B. Davis) in _"X'),
('100738','Files, The" (1993)_ (qv),  where Mitch Pileggi also works for the FBI, as A.D. Skinner.'),
('100739',' The first credit frame on this film reads: "Willis Kent presents GUN  SMOKE '),
('100740',' A Montie Montana Western '),
('100741',' Adapated from Gunsmoke Over the  Guadalupe by Paul Evans Lehman". This was produced by  Willis Kent (qv) and Willis Kent only. The reason for the "A  Montie Montana Western" credit line was because the film was slated  to star Montie Montana (qv), who had starred in Kents  _Circle of Death (1935)_ (qv), but he had to drop out of this film.  However, the "honorary" credit line was already on the graphic, and  Willis Kent wasnt one to spend money to re'),
('100742','do anything.  Consequently, Horse Wrangler/Trainer/Player Rocky  Camron/Gene Alsace (qv) (billed here as Buck Coburn) got his  first'),
('100743','and'),
('100744','only starring role. The pinto, however, did belong to  Montie Montata. In short, Montana did NOT produce this film, and  isnt credited on the film as a producer to begin with.'),
('100745',' The ship in the game, the "Spencer Rain" is a reference to Ozwell  Spencer, the man who created Umbrella.'),
('100746',' Some of the interiors of the cruise liner (especially the grand  staircase) are based on the first class interior design of R.M.S.  Titanic.'),
('100747',' Originally shown on television 25 February 1960 as The Unhired  Assassin, a two'),
('100748','part episode of _"Untouchables, The" (1959)_ (qv)'),
('100749',' Shot in nine days.'),
('100750',' Third episode in Warner Bros. Santa Fe Trail 2'),
('100751','reel Western series'),
('100752',' Vitaphone production reel #A1200'),
('100753',' It was filmed in 23 days.'),
('100754',' Despite the title, the climactic gunfight takes place in a different  (and real) Kansas cattle town, Hays City.'),
('100755',' Much of this film was shot at the famous "Old Tucson" facility, not  far from the real Tombstone. However, its "town street" set was used  surprisingly as Fort Griffin, Texas, in the opening reels, while  later Tombstone street scenes were shot in southern California, on  the same Paramount Ranch set that was later used as Virginia City,  Nevada, on TVs _"Bonanza" (1959)_ (qv).'),
('100756',' Dennis Hopper, who plays Billy Clanton, was actually born and raised  in Dodge City, Kansas.'),
('100757',' A clip from this film featuring Johnny Cash as Abe Cross saying "You  stay the hell away from me, ya hear?" featured in Cashs final music  video before his death. The video was the widely acclaimed "Hurt"  directed by Mark Romanek (qv)'),
('100758',' Large painting on wall behind Gregory Peck (qv)s chair in bar  room is "Custers Last Fight", painted in 1884 by Cassily Adams and  reproduced as a lithographic print by Otto Becker from Adamss  original painting. These prints were distributed in 1896 to bars and  taverns all over America by the Anheuser Busch Company.'),
('100759',' The studio hated Pecks authentic period mustache. In fact, the head  of production at Fox, Spyros P. Skouras (qv) was out of town when  production began. By the time he got back, so much of the film had  been shot, it was too late to order Peck to shave it off and  re'),
('100760','shoot. After the film did not do well at the box office, Skouras  ran into Peck and he reportedly said that "mustache cost us  millions".'),
('100761',' Based on the life and exploits of an actual old west gunslinger  named John Ringo, a distant cousin of the outlaw Younger family. The  real Ringo was a ruthless murderer and survivor of the infamous  gunfight at the OK Corral, against (Dr.) John Holliday, Wyatt Earp,  and the Earp brothers. Also unlike the movies account, the actual  John Ringo '),
('100762',' that was his real name, incidentally'),
('100763','suffered a severe  bout of melancholy following a visit to his family in California in  July, 1882 and went on a monumental ten'),
('100764','day alcoholic binge, which  climaxed when Ringo sat down under an oak tree, drew his gun, and  used it to commit suicide.'),
('100765',' SPOILER: This film was the subject of the classic Bob Dylan song  Brownsville Girl. It starts: "There was this movie I seen one time,  about a man riding cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck. He  was shot down by a hungry kid, trying to make a name for himself,  the townspeople wanted to track that kid down and string him up by  his neck. Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me  fair and square. I want him to feel what its like to every moment  face his death" Then Dylan goes on to compare his own position in  pop music to the gunfighter.'),
('100766',' Bob Dylans 1986 song "Brownsville Girl," co'),
('100767','written with Sam  Shepard, alludes to watching Peck in "The Gunfighter." Peck himself  thanked Dylan publicly when he delivered the speech when Dylan was  given his Kennedy Center award in 1997.'),
('100768',' The trailer for this movie was the first to feature the voice of Don  LaFontaine. He was a recording engineer and copy writer who replaced  the announcer who didnt show up for the session.'),
('100769',' This serial was filmed entirely outdoors. No interior sets were  used.'),
('100770',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('100771',' 1. A Trap For the Mounties  '),
('100772',' 2. Indian War Drums  '),
('100773',' 3. Between Two Fires  '),
('100774',' 4. Midnight Raiders  '),
('100775',' 5. Running the Gauntlet  '),
('100776',' 6. Mounties at Bay  '),
('100777',' 7. Plumge of Peril  '),
('100778',' 8. Killer at Large  '),
('100779',' 9. The Fighting Mounties  '),
('100780',' 10. The Sergeant Gets His Man  '),
('100781',' 11. The Fugitive Escapes  '),
('100782',' 12. Stolen Gold  '),
('100783',' 13. Perils of the Royal Mounted  '),
('100784',' 14. Surprise Attack  '),
('100785',' 15. Trails End'),
('100786',' Charles S. Gould is credited on the film itself, and in the press  book, as a director along with Spencer G. Bennet. Goulds name does  not appear on the posters and other paper connected to this serial.'),
('100787',' This serial is not, as claimed by some, totally outdoor shots. There  are several interior set scenes.'),
('100788',' Both of the actors who portrayed "The Lone Ranger" on television,  Clayton Moore and John Hart, appear together briefly near the end of  chapter 1.'),
('100789',' Will Sampson (qv)s final screen appearance.'),
('100790',' Many of the Japanese actors from the film reprised their roles for  the short lived television version of Gung Ho.'),
('100791',' The car used in the movie is a FIAT Regata '),
('100792',' it was produced from  1983 to 1990.'),
('100793',' Stevie Ray Vaughan (qv) provides guitar work in this film, which  is part of the original music. His brother, Jimmy Vaughan, plays  guitar on the song "Tough Enough" (by the Fabulous Thunderbirds),  which is one of the most prominent songs in the film.'),
('100794',' Many people thought the movie was too bloody and exaggerated, but  the local police thought the movie was very realistic and took to  calling the actor "Lee Sir" ("Officer Lee"). In later years, Lee has  received numerous awards from police organizations for his  dedication to showing realistic police procedures and donating money  to the families of slain officers.'),
('100795',' The "bridge over the deep chasm" scene, in which Annie the elephant  shakes a rope bridge while trying to cross, was actually filmed on a  bridge eight feet off the ground. The background was a realistic  painting of a chasm.'),
('100796',' The battle between the Thuggees and the British Indian army was  added when RKO considered the ending too bland.'),
('100797',' Eight make'),
('100798','up artists were sent to the Lone Pine set, where they  worked for the six weeks of location shooting. Over 600 extras were  employed in the Mount Whitney scenes.'),
('100799',' Hawks, Howard (qv) was the original director, but was fired from  the project after his previous film, _Bringing Up Baby (1938)_ (qv),  was a box office bomb.'),
('100800',' Excised in some prints, the actor playing Rudyard Kipling (qv),  when the poem "Gunga Din" is read, has been replaced on one side of  the screen by a rather shaky matte.'),
('100801',' In March 1939, the Kipling family objected to a reporter being  called Rudyard Kipling (qv), prompting RKO to eliminate that scene  from the film. However, it is in the prints available today. The  scheduled release date of December 1938 was postponed for retakes.  John Sturges (qv), an uncredited editor on this film, directed the  remake, _Sergeants 3 (1962)_ (qv).'),
('100802',' When Sgt. Cutter (Cary Grant (qv)) receives an invitation for Sgt.  Ballantines wedding, Cutter expresses his dissatisfaction with his  first name, Archibald '),
('100803',' Grants real first name.'),
('100804',' Budgeted at $1.915 million, this was the most expensive film RKO had  produced to date.'),
('100805',' At the time he was playing water'),
('100806','boy Gunga Din, Sam Jaffe (I) (qv)  was 47 years old.'),
('100807',' Sabu (I) (qv) was first choice to play Gunga Din; when it became  clear he was unavailable, Sam Jaffe (I) (qv) was hired in his  place. In an interview years later, Jaffe (a Jewish  Russian'),
('100808','American) was asked how he so convincingly played an Indian  Hindu. Jaffe replied he kept telling himself to "Think Sabu."'),
('100809',' Was second only to _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv) as the biggest  money'),
('100810','maker of 1939.'),
('100811',' Original print was destroyed, no known copy exist.'),
('100812',' Fans of Half'),
('100813','Life who met on the Internet created this game on the  Quake / Half'),
('100814','Life engine as a free ad on game for Half'),
('100815','Life, but was  sold as a full retail release because it was "too good" for a free  release.'),
('100816',' None of the designers created a computer game before this one.'),
('100817',' Bert Convy (qv)s first film.'),
('100818',' The working title for the movie was "Pure Motive."'),
('100819',' The movie was shot in 22 days.'),
('100820',' The extras in the scenes at the karate school are actual karate  instructors and students from schools in Texas (Austin, San Antonio,  & Colleyville).'),
('100821',' Was released straight to video as "The Gunman".'),
('100822',' The bug zapper called Oprah, used in Millicans first movie "The  Keyman", makes an appearance in this film as well, in the barn near  the end.'),
('100823',' The word "fuck" is used 42 times, the most ever used in a PG'),
('100824','13  rated film'),
('100825',' Under normal circumstances more than one use of the word "fuck"  would get a film an R'),
('100826','rating. In this instance, the MPAA reasoned  that a person old enough to be recruited by the army should be  allowed to view a documentary on actual army life. However the  rating also carried the notice that it was awarded on appeal to  provide a better cautionary warning to parents concerned about what  their children are viewing.'),
('100827',' During a raid on a house, several Iraqi men, brothers, are captured.  One of them protests, saying (in English) that he is a journalist.  Some of the soldiers tell him to shut up, and he is taken away. As  it turns out, this man was indeed a journalist, Yunis Khatayer  Abbas. He spent time in jail, some at Abu Ghraib, suspected of  plotting to assassinate British PM Tony Blair. After nine months of  imprisonment, he was released, and the US has not charged him with  any crime. By coincidence, Michael Tucker, the director of "Gunner  Palace," heard about Mr. Abbas story, and worked together to make  his latest movie, "The Prisoner, or: How I Planned to Kill Tony  Blair."'),
('100828',' The kanji that accompanies the Gunnm title literally means "gun  dream". This kanji compound would normally be read as "juu mu", but  manga artist Yukito Kishiro used the English word "gun" (rendered as  "gan") for the "gun" kanji. Therefore, the actual pronunciation of  Gunnm is "Ganmu".'),
('100829',' The original name of Zalem, was "Tiphares". This name was from the  manga.'),
('100830',' This was Roberta Vasquez first appearance as Nicole Justin, a member  of the "L.E.T.H.A.L Ladies" agency and second appearance in an Andy  Sidaris film, the first time was in "Picasso Trigger" (1988) as a  character named Pantera.'),
('100831',' The cabin set used in this film was also used in the Three Stooges  shorts _Idiots DeLuxe (1945)_ (qv), _Horsing Around (1957)_ (qv),  and _Oils Well That Ends Well (1958)_ (qv).'),
('100832',' "Three Stooges" regular Vernon Dents final role.'),
('100833',' Uses stock footage from the 1945 short "Idiots DeLuxe". Reused  scenes include Moes testimony in court, the bear eating the  Stooges breakfast, and Moe enjoying his breakfast.'),
('100834',' '),
('100835',' 1. Welcome To The Jungle  '),
('100836',' 2. Its So Easy  '),
('100837',' 3. Mr. Brownstone  '),
('100838',' 4. Better  '),
('100839',' 5. Live And Let Die  '),
('100840',' 6. Knockin On Heavens Door  '),
('100841',' 7. The Blues  '),
('100842',' 8. You Could Be Mine  '),
('100843',' 9. November Rain  '),
('100844',' 10. My Michelle  '),
('100845',' 11. Sweet Child O Mine  '),
('100846',' 12. Nightrain  '),
('100847',' 13. I.R.S.  '),
('100848',' 14. Patience  '),
('100849',' 15. Gitarren Solo  '),
('100850',' 16. Paradise City Additionally, two other songs, "Out Ta Get Me"    and "Madagascar", were originally performed but not televised due    to time constraints.'),
('100851',' The man kicked out of the audience by Axl during the song "Its So  Easy" was holding a T'),
('100852','shirt with "Slash is GNR" scrawled on it.'),
('100853',' Mia Farrow (qv) replaced Britt Ekland (qv) at the 11th hour'),
('100854',' This documentary is featured on the Western Legends DVD for  _Magnificent Seven, The (1960)_ (qv), released in 2000.'),
('100855',' Charles Bronson (qv) was the only then'),
('100856','living star of  _Magnificent Seven, The (1960)_ (qv) not interviewed for this  documentary.'),
('100857',' Derek Godfrey is dubbed by Roger Delgado'),
('100858',' Filmed as "Act of Mercy".'),
('100859',' When Major Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote to James Bond creator  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) after reading "Casino Royale", he criticized  Bonds use of firearms. He stipulated that Bonds Walther PPK was  not as potent a weapon as the .44 magnum (used by Dirty Harry) and  that a shoulder holster (as seen in _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv)) does not  provide as quick a draw as a belt holster (viz many Westerns).'),
('100860',' James Bond creator Ian Fleming (I) (qv) once wrote an article for  the Sunday Times and Sports Illustrated about the Guns of James  Bond.'),
('100861',' The character of Q (aka Major Boothroyd) in the  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) James Bond novels is said to be based on  Major Geoffrey Boothroyd, a gun expert who lived in Glasgow,  Scotland. They share the same surname. Boothroyd wrote to Fleming  about the James Bond character and his choice of firearms. Major  Geoffrey Boothroyd can be seen with Sean Connery (qv) in this  black and white 1964 short documentary.'),
('100862',' The famous pose of Sean Connery (qv) holding a gun across his  chest had to be redone at the last minute. The Walther PPK was left  at the studio, but the photographer had an old air pistol in his  car. The gun in the picture is the air pistol.'),
('100863',' James Bond has a new gun in _Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)_ (qv). It is  the Walther P99, which is the replacement for his trademark Walther  PPK. He picks up the gun in Wai Lins apartment. Sales of real and  toy replica Walther P'),
('100864','99 pistols went through the roof after  _Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)_ (qv) was released.'),
('100865',' The only time James Bond fires a gun in _Moonraker (1979)_ (qv) is  when he shoots the sniper out of the tree with Draxs hunting rifle.'),
('100866',' In _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv), the actor playing James Bond '),
('100867','  Sean Connery (qv) performed the opening gun'),
('100868','barrel opening  sequence for the first time. In the first three Bond films,  _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv), _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv) and  _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv), the gun barrel walk was done with stuntman  Bob Simmons (II) (qv). Roger Moore (I) (qv) became the first  actor to perform the gun barrel sequence without a hat in  _Live and Let Die (1973)_ (qv). _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_ (qv)  featured a more modern version of the gun'),
('100869','barrel opening sequence.  It featured a closer shot of Roger Moore (I) (qv) against a more  colored background. In _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv), for the first time,  computer graphics were used to create the famous "gun barrel"  opening. In _Die Another Day (2002)_ (qv), the sequence had a bullet  zooming towards through the barrel after James Bond fires. In  _Casino Royale (2006)_ (qv), the sequence is radically altered, it  has no gun barrel walk and begins after the opening sequence not  before.'),
('100870',' During the beginning of the teleplay  _"Climax!" (1954) {Casino Royale (#1.3)}_ (qv), a prop gun was  accidentally misfired and went off unintentionally. Four shots are  heard but only three gunshot markings are seen on the casino  building.'),
('100871',' The Golden Gun in _Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)_ (qv)  consisted of a number of gold components from Pistols Scaramangas  personal effects. These included: A gold 15 x 1.5 cm fountain pen  which became the gun barrel; a 8 x 4 cm gold cigarette lighter which  formed the hammer and bullet chamber; a 10 x 6 cm gold cigarette  case doubled as the guns magazine hand grip (or gun butt or  handle); whilst a solid gold cuff link from his shirt cuff was  adjoined to the cigarette case turned into the guns trigger. In the  movie, custom made 23 carat golden bullets with nickel trace  elements were manufactured for the gun by Eastern expert Portugese  gunsmith Lazar. It fired single shot 23 carat 4.2 mm golden bullets  with nickel trace elements whereas in the Ian Fleming (I) (qv)  novel of the same name, The Golden Gun was just a gold plated .45  caliber Colt 45 revolver that fired silver jacketed solid gold  bullets.'),
('100872',' Quayle, Anthony (qv) spent part of WWII in Albania organizing  guerilla forces.'),
('100873',' William Holden (I) (qv) asked for $750,000 plus 10% of the gross  to play Mallory. He was turned down and Gregory Peck (qv) was  cast.'),
('100874',' One of the Rhodian locations used in the film has been renamed  "Anthony Quinn (I) (qv) Bay" after the actor was reported to have  bought property nearby.'),
('100875',' The plot went through so many twists that Gregory Peck (qv)  finally submitted his own version to Carl Foreman (qv):  "David Niven (I) (qv) really loves Anthony Quayle (qv) and  Gregory Peck loves Anthony Quinn (I) (qv). Tony Quayle breaks a  leg and is sent off to hospital. Tony Quinn falls in love with  Irene Papas (qv), and Niven and Peck catch each other on the  rebound and live happily ever after."'),
('100876',' The only time David Niven (I) (qv) ever smoked cigarettes on  screen.'),
('100877',' Gregory Peck (qv) refused from the outset to attempt an English  accent, even though his character was English.'),
('100878',' Original director was Alexander Mackendrick (qv), but he was fired  by Carl Foreman (qv) due to "creative differences".'),
('100879',' David Niven (I) (qv) wears a Light Infantry cap badge on his  beret. This was the regiment he was commissioned into in WW2.'),
('100880',' David Niven (I) (qv) replaced Kenneth More (qv).'),
('100881',' Despite the narrated prologue (see Memorable Quotes) setting the  "historical background", this is a work of fiction. There was no  such mission, because there never were any guns of Navarone.'),
('100882',' Rock Hudson (qv) was considered for Gregory Peck (qv)s role.'),
('100883',' Gregory Peck (qv) often said he was disappointed that so many  viewers had missed how anti'),
('100884','war the film was intended to be.'),
('100885',' Despite bearing no resemblance to Yul Brynner, including a full head  of hair, George Kennedy takes over the role of Chris Adams, played  by Brynner in the first two films. Even Adams trademark dark  clothing is gone. What remains is the steel resolve and affinity for  cigars.'),
('100886',' This film was inspired by the story of _Saratoga (1937)_ (qv), which  was finished after its star died.'),
('100887',' DIRCAMEO(Bill Plympton): as anonymous crew member (in silhouette).'),
('100888',' "Guns, Ghosts & Girlfriends" is a compilation of "Wonder Show"  Internet short films edited together for play at film festivals. The  three short films used in their entirety are "Ghosts," "TV  Girlfriend" and "Wonder Show: CSI," and the linking footage includes  references to "The Toaster Show" and "Too Many Doctors."'),
('100889',' According to a Film Quarterly article, the inspiration for this  story came partly from the Leo Frank trial in Atlanta, Georgia, when  the Jewish factory superintendent Frank was found guilty of, and  lynched for, the murder of a white, teenage, female employee.'),
('100890',' Apparently, this film is lost.'),
('100891',' It rained throughout most of the shoot. Many exterior shots had to  be rewritten at the last minute to be shot indoors. Several exterior  shots had to be done with a tarp over the actors heads, and the  score was used to drown out the sound of the rain hitting it.'),
('100892',' Allison Hayes (qv) broke her arm when she fell off a horse during  the filming. Beverly Garland (I) (qv) claimed Hayes intentionally  slid from her horse in order to get out of the film. Corman also  shot a couple of close'),
('100893','ups of Hayes for the film as they were  waiting for the ambulance.'),
('100894',' Shot in seven days.'),
('100895',' During the cattle drive, Audie Murphy (Reb) has rode up ahead, over  a ridge, to scout the trail and sees a range fire burning towards  the herd. As he races back down the hill to the other riders, his  horse slips and almost falls down. Audie and the horse are able to  recover and without missing a beat, Audie says his lines to the  others and the scene goes on.'),
('100896',' SPOILER: The first movie in which Kajol (qv) plays a villain.'),
('100897',' The government of India submitted the film for the Foreign Language  Category at the Oscars.'),
('100898',' According to his memoirs Nigel Havers (qv) auditioned for a role  in the movie.'),
('100899',' While practicing for the scene where Aishwarya rides a bicycle, her  skirt got caught in the bicycle chain, losing her balance and  smashing into a "No Parking" board. Aishwarya fell and had a few  bruises on her hands and feet, so filming had to be suspended for a  few hours while she got first aid.'),
('100900',' S. Bharathi, a lawyer in real life, plays the role of a marriage  registrar in the movie.'),
('100901',' John Abraham (IV) (qv) was offered the role of Shyam Saxena but  had to turn it down due to date problems.'),
('100902',' Composer A.R. Rahman (qv) bought an accordion while on a trip in  Hong Kong. The music from this accordion can be heard throughout the  film.'),
('100903',' Inspired by the life and works of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani.'),
('100904',' The first Bollywood film to have its world premiere in Canada.'),
('100905',' This is the first film to be shot at Express Estates, a 21'),
('100906','acre  stretch of old buildings in the heart of Madras. These buildings  happen to be the home of the Indian Express and Dinamani newspapers.'),
('100907',' The film was shot in super 35 and spherical lenses (vis'),
('100908','à'),
('100909','vis  anamorphic and grandeur).'),
('100910',' Certain techniques are slowly changed within the film to mark the  passing of time and the growth of Guru as an individual: '),
('100911',' When Guru  is a young man in Turkey, the camera is handheld and in perpetual  motion, giving Guru and that period of his life a racy, edgy feel.  As he ages, the camera movements become smoother and towards the end  of the film the camera is almost stationary. '),
('100912',' The editing closely  follows the above concept: the young Guru is shown in quick cuts and  as Guru grows older the editing is smoother and becomes less  frequent. '),
('100913',' Lighting also changes with the times In Turkey, direct  and specular lights were initially used to capture the aura of a  foreign land, thus producing a sepia'),
('100914','yellow phase. Then the lighting  changed to the more directionless soft light seen in the early and  middle 1960s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, tube lights came  into style, thus producing a dramatic cyan'),
('100915','green light needed for  the climax.'),
('100916',' On 14 January 2007, two days after the film was released, the  engagement of its lead actors, Abhishek Bachchan (qv) and  Aishwarya Rai (qv), was announced. They were married on 20 April  2007.'),
('100917',' The song "Ay Hairathe" is a modified version of "Ey Sharbathe  Aashiqui," a classical verse composed by 13th'),
('100918','century poet and  musician Amir Khusru.'),
('100919',' A.R. Rahman (qv) dedicated the song "Tere Bina" to the memory of  the renowned qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (qv).'),
('100920',' A.R. Rahman (qv) composed the tune for the song "Maiyya Maiyya"  while on a tour in Toronto. Later, when he went for the Hajj in  Mecca, he was intrigued by a man near a river who kept on saying  "maiyya" ("water" in Arabic). Impressed by how Indian the word  sounded, he asked lyricist Sampooran Singh Gulzar (qv) to  incorporate the word into the tune. He also personally trained  Lebanese singer Maryem Tollar to sing the song.'),
('100921',' During the early stages of writing the script, the writer wanted the  character of Kitty to be Martha Stewart (II) (qv) or  Madonna (I) (qv). They would have played themselves had one of  them been cast.'),
('100922',' Just before the birthday scene when Ramu arrives at Lexis house we  hear the party planner greet a couple as Mr. and Mrs. de Borman.  John de Borman (qv) is the movies director of photography.'),
('100923',' After Vinod Mehra (qv)s death, there were rumors that  Rakesh Roshan (qv) would complete the remaining shooting of his  incomplete film Gurudev. But, later, Raj Sippy (qv) was given the  job.'),
('100924',' Bob Crane (qv)s last movie.'),
('100925',' The chase scene playing on the drive'),
('100926','in screen is from Disneys  Million Dollar Duck, The (1971) (qv), also directed by  Vincent McEveety (qv).'),
('100927',' Vitaphone reel #2585. A Vitaphone Variety.'),
('100928',' One of the 50 films in the 3'),
('100929','disk boxed DVD set called "More  Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894'),
('100930','1931" (2004), compiled  by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film  archives. This film has a running time of 90 seconds and is  preserved by the George Eastman House.'),
('100931',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Cupids Target (1915)_ (qv).'),
('100932',' Originally intended to be a two'),
('100933','reel release; it was released as one  reel. The other reel was released separately as Gussles Backward  Way (1915).'),
('100934',' Originally intended to be a two'),
('100935','reel release; it was released as one  reel. The other reel was released separately as Gussle Tied to  Trouble (1915).'),
('100936',' Was filmed over two nights at the State Theater in Maine, so the  band wore the same clothes both nights to ensure a seamless look  between the two concerts being used for the footage.'),
('100937',' Movie title is taken from a line of Mystica (II) (qv)s song  titled "Simple Lang".'),
('100938',' Claes Gill ate the "light" for real in the intro sequence, because  he wanted it to look as real as possible.'),
('100939',' All of the names of the characters are from the movie  _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv), the producers favorite comedy.'),
('100940',' John B. Nugents character, Pete, has a broken hand throughout the  movie. John actually broke his hand during filming and scenes had to  be re'),
('100941','shot and dialogue re'),
('100942','worked to fit this in.'),
('100943',' The party scene is actually not much of a party. The producers had  planned to have over 60 people show up to the event to film it.  Unfortunately the turn out was poor and people were crowded together  in one corner to make it seem like the party was more fun and  crowded than it was.'),
('100944',' The shirt that "Pete" wears throughout the movie actually belongs to  the owner of Lily Flanagans. Apparently, when John B. Nugent showed  up for the scene he had left his wardrobe back at his house. The  owner offered his shirt so the film could stick to schedule.'),
('100945',' Dean holds a "Neelix" action figure. "Neelix" is a character from  _"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)_ (qv). Ethan Phillips (qv) who  portrayed Neelix in the series is Matthew W. Bryan (qv)s uncle.'),
('100946',' The first film of Howard Marion'),
('100947','Crawford.'),
('100948',' The first feature film of Mervyn Johns.'),
('100949',' There was no way to composite Spencer Tracy (qv)s image into the  scenes where Van Johnson (I) (qv) is flying, so he actually had to  be standing behind Johnson and, later, Irene Dunne (qv) for the  filming of these scenes. The same approach was used for  _Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947)_ (qv) (techniques for superimposing  one image onto another were not invented until much later).'),
('100950',' Actors Richard Carlson (I) (qv), Phillip Terry (qv) and  Richard Whorf (qv) were originally cast in the movie but were not  seen in the released version. Actors announced by news items to be  cast in the movie, but who were not seen in the print include  David Thursby (qv), Rex Evans (qv), Will Stanton (I) (qv),  Harry Cording (qv) and George Magrill (qv).'),
('100951',' Van Johnson (I) (qv) was in critical condition after an automobile  accident on 31 March 1943 and would have been replaced, except that  Spencer Tracy (qv) insisted that they shoot around him during his  convalescence. Johnson didnt return to work until the first week in  July, 1943, more than 3 months later.'),
('100952',' The War Department initially did not approve the script, fearing  psychological damage to new and experienced pilots and their  parents. It relented after 2 revisions and promised full  cooperation.'),
('100953',' The Production Code Administration (PCA) objected to the original  ending, where Dorinda dies during her mission to destroy an  ammunition dump, and is reunited with Pete in heaven. They  considered this to be be a suicide. Script revisions were made and  retakes shot for the current ending, which was panned by most  critics. Still, the film was among the top 10 box office hits of the  year.'),
('100954',' The first film of Edward Hardwicke (qv).'),
('100955',' This film is included as a feature on the "Two Brothers" DVD  released in 2004.'),
('100956',' In the scene where Paul goes to the drug store, the directors  father can be briefly seen at the counter.'),
('100957',' SPOILER: There were three alternate endings shot.  '),
('100958',' 1. Paul stays at the church after the wedding guests have left.    Becky comes back looking for her purse and finds Paul lying on one    of the benches. She asks him if hes going to be there all day and    he says he isnt. Then she invites him to go for a walk. They    stroll together down the streets.  '),
('100959',' 2. After the wedding scene, a montage follows of Paul asking    people where Becky is. When he finally gets a lead, he finds Becky    as a tour guide atop the Space Needle. This one was not used    because preview audiences felt Paul took too long in trying to    find her.  '),
('100960',' 3. Same as Space Needle ending, only Paul gets to Becky fairly    soon and there is no search montage. After they decide to be    together, they go to the elevator and run into Minister Ferris and    his family but with less tension this time.'),
('100961',' Ruth McDevitt (qv)s first film role.'),
('100962',' Tenth episode in the Haunted Houses and Castles of Great Britain  2'),
('100963','reel series'),
('100964',' The dialogue used in the mass suicide/murder scene near the end of  the film was taken almost word'),
('100965','for'),
('100966','word from an audiocassette found  in a portable tape recorder under Jim Jones chair. The tape  recorder had weak batteries and was running at a much slower than  normal speed, allowing the entire event to be recorded.'),
('100967',' The song "Welcome" that the choir sings is taken from a recording of  the actual Peoples Temple Choir.'),
('100968',' The idea came from then NBC president Brandon Tartikoff, who upon  discovering that his young daughter was a "New Kids On The Block"  fan, decided to create a boy band and show of her own. His daughter  can be seen briefly in the "Telephone Talking" music video.'),
('100969',' After a tryout in Philadelphia, the play opened on Broadway on 24  November 1950 and closed on 28 November 1953 after 1,200  performances. The play won a Tony for best musical and  Michael Kidd (qv), who also staged the dances and musical numbers  in this movie, won a Tony for best choreography. Opening cast  members included Robert Alda (qv) as Sky Masterson and  Sam Levene (I) (qv) as Nathan Detroit. Vivian Blaine (I) (qv),  Stubby Kaye (qv), B.S. Pulley (qv) and Johnny Silver (qv) all  originated their movie roles in the play.'),
('100970',' The audio for each of Brandos musical numbers is constructed from  multiple takes.'),
('100971',' Marilyn Monroe (qv) wanted to play Adelaide, but director  Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv) didnt want to work with her again and  pretended he never got her phone messages. Betty Grable (qv) was  in talks to play Adelaide but when she canceled on the director to  be with her sick dog, she was dropped.'),
('100972',' The songs "Pet Me Poppa" and "Adelaide" were not in the original  musical, but were written for the screen version. In the musical,  Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra (qv)) doesnt sing in the title  song. He was added for the film to increase Sinatras singing part.'),
('100973',' The decision to cast Marlon Brando (qv) was hotly contested,  largely by Frank Sinatra (qv), who wanted the part of Sky  Masterson himself. Later in his career, he made Skys big number  "Luck Be A Lady" part of his stage act.'),
('100974',' Gene Kelly (I) (qv) also lobbied extensively for the part of Sky  Masterson.'),
('100975',' This was the only Samuel Goldwyn (qv) production to be released  through Metro'),
('100976','Goldwyn'),
('100977','Mayer.'),
('100978',' Sky Mastersons real name is "Obadiah".'),
('100979',' Several of the songs from the Broadway show but not featured in this  movie were incorporated into the background music. Among them "A  Bushel and a Peck", "My Time of Day" and "Ive Never Been In Love  Before".'),
('100980',' The character of Sky Masterson is rumored to be based upon New York  sportswriter '),
('100981',' and former frontier marshal '),
('100982',' Bat Masterson.'),
('100983',' According to David Blaines book, "Mysterious Stranger", Sky  Masterson was based on one of the few men to successfully con Al  Capone.'),
('100984',' Jerry Orbach (qv), who was involved with the production of Guys  and Dolls when it was on stage, makes an uncredited appearance in  one of the early scenes of the film. Twenty years old at the time,  Orbach is seen spinning around as a customer in one of the chairs of  the barber shop, and shaking Frank Sinatra (qv)s hand as the main  part of the song "The Oldest Established" begins. Orbach is seen  singing the single line ("Why its good old reliable Nathan").'),
('100985',' The original choice for the role of Salvation Army worker Sarah  Brown was Grace Kelly (I) (qv).'),
('100986',' After filming the scene where Sky (Marlon Brando (qv)) and Nathan  (Frank Sinatra (qv)) first meet they had to quit for the day when  Sinatra had too much cheesecake. He said he could not take one more  bite.'),
('100987',' Frank Sinatra (qv) loathed the non'),
('100988','singing Marlon Brando (qv)  for getting the starring role in Guys and Dolls, whereas Sinatra got  a lesser part, and his nickname for the sometimes barely coherent  Brando was Mumbles.'),
('100989',' One of the songs not featured in the movie is Adelaides and Sarahs  duet "Marry the Man Today," which may have been considered to be too  derogatory.'),
('100990',' Sigourney Weaver (qv) and Bill Murray (qv) played the two main  characters in the original stage version.'),
('100991',' Combs, Jeffrey (qv), plays "Dr. East". In  _Re'),
('100992','Animator (1985)_ (qv), he played a character named "Dr. West".  His boss here is played by Gale, David (I) (qv), who played the  villain in _Re'),
('100993','Animator (1985)_ (qv).'),
('100994',' ACTTRADE(Jimmie Walker): his last line: "Dyn'),
('100995','o'),
('100996','miiiiiite!"'),
('100997',' The film featured over 50 creature effects.'),
('100998',' Based on a Japanese comic book known as "Bio'),
('100999','Booster Armor Guyver"  in which an ordinary high school student stumbles across an alien  weapon, which turns him into a reluctant hero fighting an evil  international corporation'),
('101000',' The character "Lisker" is named for a Ozwald A. Lisker, a character  from the original Japanese comic, who was a martial arts expert who  tried to stop the guyver using another guyver.'),
('101001',' The main character, the Hitman, was originally meant to be played by  Svyatoslav Iliyasov. But shortly before the filming started he got  involved in a street fight and had his jaw dislocated. As a result,  he had to spend some time at the hospital. Unable to postpone the  filming, director Andrey G. Iskanov decided to cast films composer  Alexander Shevchenko instead.'),
('101002',' Hitmans ring'),
('101003','tone is a main musical theme from "Xtro" (1983).'),
('101004',' Opening sequence with hit'),
('101005','man in restaurant was filmed for three  hours only.'),
('101006',' The event described in the beginning of Gwoemul is based on an  actual event. In February 2000 at a US military facility located in  the center of Seoul, a US military civilian employee named Mr.  McFarland was ordered to dispose of formaldehyde by dumping it into  the sewer system that led to the Han River despite the objection of  a South Korean subordinate. The South Korean government attempted to  prosecute Mr. McFarland in a South Korean court but the US military  refused to hand over the custody of Mr. McFarland to the South  Korean legal system. Later, a South Korean judge convicted Mr.  McFarland in absentia. The Public was enraged at the South Korean  governments inability to enforce its law on its own soil. In 2005,  nearly five years after the original incident, Mr. McFarland was  finally found guilty in a South Korean court in his presence. He  never served the actual prison sentence, however. No sighting of a  mutant creature has been reported in Han River '),
('101007',' yet.'),
('101008',' The scene where Nam'),
('101009','il kicks Gang'),
('101010','du at the funeral ceremony was  improvised.'),
('101011',' The crew of "The Host" used metal barrels to make the splash effects  whenever the monster would dive into the water.'),
('101012',' Computer Graphics for the creature were done by Orphanage Inc.'),
('101013',' The movie had the highest record for people who watched in South  Korea, which had a population of 13,019,740. It means over 20% of  the whole South Korean population watched the movie. Of course,  there are people who watched it several times.'),
('101014',' Director Joon'),
('101015','ho Bong (qv) and the designer of the creature  nicknamed it Steve Buscemi (qv), based on the actors screen  persona and the way he acted in the movie _Fargo (1996)_ (qv).'),
('101016',' The director designed all the creatures movements. He compared it  to directing an actor.'),
('101017',' Joon'),
('101018','ho Bong (qv) was impressed with Scott Wilson (I) (qv) after  having seen him in, among other films, _Monster (2003)_ (qv). He  approached the actor by sending him a copy of the script and a DVD  of his previous film, Memories of Murder  (_Salinui chueok (2003)_ (qv)). The actor later agreed to be in the  film.'),
('101019',' In the news montage that depicted public hysteria, the man following  the shot of the Center for Disease Control is former Canadian deputy  prime minister John Manley (II) (qv).'),
('101020',' The name "Ling Ling Chai" is a homonym of "zero zero seven".'),
('101021',' The title is a parody of the James Bond film  _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv) which had already been the  subject of a title spoof with an asian locale i.e. "From Hong Kong  With Love" [See: _Bons baisers de Hong Kong (1975)_ (qv)].'),
('101022',' Stephen Chow (qv) drinks a martini shaken not stirred like James  Bond. He also does this in a similar fashion to Tony Leung (qv) in  "Chungking Express" [See: _Chung hing sam lam (1994)_ (qv)].'),
('101023',' The literal meaning of the Chinese title is "The Locally Produced  007".'),
('101024',' A character played by Kam'),
('101025','Kong Wong (qv) is called The Commander  but also The Man with the Golden Gun / Golden Gun, clearly borrowed  from Ian Fleming (I) (qv) and the EON Productions James Bond  series.'),
('101026',' The literal translation of the Japanese title is "Back'),
('101027','Firing  Family". "Gyakufunsha" means "thrust reversal", but is also used as  a slang term for "crazy" or "screwed up."'),
('101028',' The grandfather is named Yasukuni and has World War II flashbacks.  The Yasukuni Jinja, or Yasukuni Shrine, in Japan, is dedicated to  those who died in WWII.'),
('101029',' Originally marketed in the States as a sex film under the title "The  Naked Night".'),
('101030',' Shot in only 5 days.'),
('101031',' Gábor Agárdi (qv)s last movie.'),
('101032',' With the exception of the re'),
('101033','shots segment (which was filmed last),  the film was shot in sequence over 39 days.'),
('101034',' First British feature to be registered as Dogme film.'),
('101035',' Won the Jury prize at the San Francisco film festival (2005) i.e.  Levis(r) First Feature Award'),
('101036',' There was no script '),
('101037',' all the dialogue in the film was improvised.  The only guides were basic  Contrary to some press, there was an entirely structured screenplay,  with dialogue written in a prose format style under the  writer/director who wanted to achieve spontaneous dialogue in the  rehearsal process.'),
('101038',' Most of the young extras were members of a Youth Theatre group '),
('101039','  apart from Tamzin Dunstone, the lead roles were taken by relatively  well'),
('101040','known actors.'),
('101041',' The mother of the family talks to Tasha about TV, announcing the TV  program Big Brother, which Rula Lenski, who plays the Refugee  mother, featured in the Celebrity version.'),
('101042',' Most of Rosalind Russell (qv)s songs were dubbed by  Lisa Kirk (I) (qv). However, Russells voice can be heard in "Mr.  Goldstone" and parts of "Roses Turn" and in the cut "Together  Wherever We Go".'),
('101043',' Veteran songwriter Jule Styne (qv), who composed the songs for  "Gypsy," can be seen during the opening credits leading the  orchestra in the overture.'),
('101044',' Rose Marie (I) (qv) was considered for the singing voice doubles  for Rose.'),
('101045',' The stage team had hoped that Warner would cast  Judy Garland (I) (qv) as Mama Rose and Ann'),
('101046','Margret (qv) as  Gypsy. The two stars had heavy scheduling conflicts, so the  production team passed on both.'),
('101047',' The real Gypsy Rose Lee (qv) visited the set and gave  Natalie Wood (I) (qv) some tips on her stripping routines.'),
('101048',' During the filming of this movie, Rosalind Russell (qv) stuck the  hat pin through her head. However when the scene was over she passed  out. This is noticeable at the end of the "Some People" when she  sings "Well, they can stay and rot!" When she takes the plaque, you  can clearly see the other end of the hat pin doesnt stick out.'),
('101049',' During the rehearsals for "GYPSY", Mervyn LeRoy was not happy with  the girl that he had cast to play "Dainty June". (This was before  Ann Jillian was cast.) He thought that the actress was not as good  of a dancer or singer as Suzanne Cupito, who played "Baby June". He  tried to make Suzanne look old enough to play "Dainty June" by  having Orry Kelly design older clothes with padding and having her  wear high heels, but the transformation didnt work, she still  looked to young to play opposite Natalie Wood, so another casting  session brought the role to Ann Jillian. Ann was not really a dancer  but her voice was spectacular and Mervyn felt that she made a more  believable older June.'),
('101050',' Although Rosalind Russells character is always referred to as "Mama  Rose" in reviews and discussions of this film, the character is  never addressed that way by anyone in the movie; the closest anyone  comes is "Madame Rose".'),
('101051',' In the film, the character of Herbie appears early as "Uncle Jocko".  This doubling does not exist in the original musical but was done,  presumably, to get Mr. Malden on screen earlier.'),
('101052',' Morgan Brittany (qv)s first feature film.'),
('101053',' Bette Midler performed most of her vocals live throughout the  filming of the movie (most of it was not pre'),
('101054','recorded then  lip'),
('101055','synced), which is a rare find in any musical in movie form.'),
('101056',' Emile Ardolino (qv)s last film.'),
('101057',' Additional footage was shot in St. Joseph, Missouri, with  Thomas Haden Church (qv), Marilyn Hassett (qv) and  Holgie Forrester (qv) after the first uncompleted film with  Vanna White (qv) wrapped. The new producer re'),
('101058','shot with a Vanna  look'),
('101059','alike, and included himself as the leading man.'),
('101060',' Originally shot in 1980, it was never released to theaters; its  first wide release occurred when it was released on video in 1994.'),
('101061',' Third title in Paramounts Musical Parade Featurette Series #5  (1947'),
('101062','1948).'),
('101063',' First release in Edisons "Olives Opportunities" 1'),
('101064','reel drama  series.'),
('101065',' TCM occasionally plays a 15'),
('101066','minute long documentary short entitled  "The Sky Divers", narrated by Wink Martindale (qv), on the  making'),
('101067','of this film. The short is also provided on the  Warner_Home_Video DVD, often cited as simply a "Behind'),
('101068','the'),
('101069','scenes  documentary" featurette.'),
('101070',' This film is one of John Frankenheimer (qv)s favorites of the  films he has directed.'),
('101071',' John Phillip Law was cast as Malcolm Webson, the youngest of the  three skydiving barnstormers, but had to be replaced by Scott  Wilson, because of an injury to his wrist. John Frankenhiemer wanted  a close'),
('101072','up of him landing after a parachute jump and while in  harness he was raised just out of camera shot by a crane, then  released to float into the shot. When he landed, he fell and broke  his wrist badly when he put his hand out to break his fall.'),
('101073',' Professional skydivers, most with several thousand jumps to their  credit, were brought in from California to double for the actors.  During one take an unexpected gust of wind pulled the chute and  caused one of the skydivers to be slammed into the ground, breaking  his collar bone and dislocating his shoulder. Even though in great  pain, he stayed in character and managed to get up and finish the  scene. He was retained by the director as a consultant.'),
('101074',' During the filming of Gypsy Moths at the airfield in Benton, Kansas,  the director, John Frankenheimer, wanted to get a real, horrified  reaction from the extras playing the audience, so he had a Mannequin  dressed like a skydiver and tied it under a helicopter which  ascended a couple of hundred feet, then released the dummy. Most of  the people hadnt noticed what had been rigged up, so when it fell,  they thought it was a real person hitting the ground and he got the  reaction he was looking for. One minor problem was that the pilot  didnt gauge the wind accurately and the "skydiver" fell into the  parked cars, narrowly missing some people and caving in the roof of  an extras ride. The studio bought the car for several times what it  was worth and the damaged vehicle spent the rest of the shooting  behind one of the hangers.'),
('101075',' Vitaphone production reels #1708'),
('101076','1709'),
('101077',' This was the first release of the Shamrock Film Company.'),
('101078',' Although the film was filmed and completed in 2001, it was shelved  for almost three years (for unknown reason).'),
('101079',' Was made for the Super8mm rental market.'),
('101080',' This was a promotional film of the Swedish "folkpartiet" for the  1958 election.'),
('101081',' Available on the Danish 2'),
('101082','disc DVD Langt Fra Las Vegas '),
('101083',' Historien  Bag Serien, released on 4 April 2004 by CMC Records A/S.'),
('101084',' Was filmed in 11 days.'),
('101085',' Is based on a play written by Georges F. Walker.'),
('101086',' Film was made in 1975 and considered too rough for release.'),
('101087',' First shot of the film was made during the boat fair Allt För  Sjön/Everything for the Lake at Älvsjömässan, Stockholm during  its opening day March 3rd, 2006.'),
('101088',' Shooting of this summer movie started in the middle of the coldest  spring Sweden had ever had.'),
('101089',' In an interview just before the opening, Janne Loffe Carlsson said  he was glad this movie finally was made '),
('101090',' after 25 years of  questions from fans following the first, very successful movie.  "This will shut them up," Carlsson said.'),
('101091',' The main character is named Franz Walsch. Thats also the name  director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (qv) often used for his editor  credit (including this film).'),
('101092',' In the hotel, Franz Walsch uses the pseudonym Franz Biberkopf.  Thats the name of title character of Alfred Döblins famous novel  "Berlin Alexanderplatz", which Fassbinder would adapt to a 13'),
('101093','part  TV'),
('101094','miniseries later in his career.'),
('101095',' SPOILER: Koreans believe that a baby becomes self'),
('101096','aware while still  in the womb and that everything a parent does or says during  pregnancy will be in the unconscious memory of their child  throughout life. This superstition is evidenced in the plot of "H"  by having the killer relive his feelings when his mom aborted him  (which he survived) while under hypnosis.'),
('101097',' In Korea, "going to the beach" is synonymous with committing  suicide.'),
('101098',' Based on a true story; the driver that caused the accident was never  identified.'),
('101099',' H'),
('101100','8 is the beginning of the license plate '),
('101101',' the only information  that was available on the culprits vehicle. H stood for Croatia  (Hrvatska).'),
('101102',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 3", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101103',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 3", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101104',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 4", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101105',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 2", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101106',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 3", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101107',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 1", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101108',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 4", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101109',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 2", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101110',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 3", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101111',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 1", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101112',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 6", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101113',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 1", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101114',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 1", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101115',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 4", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101116',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 6", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101117',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 6", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101118',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 5", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101119',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 5", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101120',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 6", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101121',' Available on the R2 DVD compilation "H.C. Andersens eventyrlige  verden 2", released on 29 March 2005 by Scanbox Danmark [dk].'),
('101122',' This short featurette is included on the Region 1 "2'),
('101123','Disc Limited  Edition" DVD for _War of the Worlds (2005)_ (qv), as well as the  Region 2 "2'),
('101124','Disc Special Edition" DVD.'),
('101125',' Selected for the San Sebastian Horror & Fantasy festival 2005'),
('101126',' Selected for the Manresa dark cinema festival 2005'),
('101127',' Chris Halward (qv) replaced Patricia Cutts (qv) as Patricia  Lindsay during production.'),
('101128',' A dramatization by Norwegian author O. V. Falck'),
('101129','Ytters "Haakon  Haakonsen. En norsk Robinson" (Haakon Haakonsen. A Norwegian  Robinson), an action'),
('101130','adventure story aimed at youths, it was  inspired by Daniel Defoes "Robinson Crusoe" and published in 1873.'),
('101131',' During the scene which Fatos Hoca shows Guduk Necmi the class photo  and Guduk Necmi says "Rifat Abi(Brother) founded it" and shows a  picture of Rifat Ilgaz, the author of the book the whole series is  based on.'),
('101132',' This was made as a silent film, then was retrofitted before release  with a music track and sound effects. Unfortunately, the sound discs  are long lost, but this is technically Laurel & Hardys first  sound film.'),
('101133',' The Vitaphone soundtrack with the original music and sound effects  are no longer lost. Interestingly, one of the music pieces used is  what we all know as the “Alfred Hitchcock theme"!'),
('101134',' In the skid row section, director Dwan, Allan (qv) used real  indigents who did not respond correctly to actor  Fairbanks, Douglas (qv) attempts to make them laugh. Fairbanks  thus told extremely off'),
('101135','color stories, which finally got the desired  response. When the film was initially released, complaints from  lip'),
('101136','readers caused new shots of Fairbanks to be made to replace the  profane close'),
('101137','ups.'),
('101138',' Filmed over the course of four years.'),
('101139',' This is the only theatrical movie filmed in Sonys early analog High  Definition format. Sony donated the equipment and technical support  in an attempt to popularize the format. The High Definition video  was then transferred to film for release.'),
('101140',' Although the authorship of this play was long attributed to Miguel  de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote", it has been determined in  recent years that it is unlikely that he wrote it.'),
('101141',' The character of Benigno is based on Pedro Almodóvar (qv)s close  friend Roberto Benigni (qv).'),
('101142',' Cecilia Roth (qv) and Marisa Paredes (qv), who both feature  frequently in Pedro Almodóvar (qv)s films, appear briefly when  Caetano Veloso (qv) is singing.'),
('101143',' There is a Spanish translation of Michael Cunningham (III) (qv)s  "The Hours" on Marcos bedside table.'),
('101144',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2002 (#07)'),
('101145',' Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002  (#01, tied with "Mies vailla menneisyyttä")'),
('101146',' CAMEO(Agustín Almodóvar (qv)): the priest conducting the wedding  is the producer of the film (and the directors brother).'),
('101147',' The bulls bloodiness in the film is real. An ecological group in  Madrid tried to sue Pedro Almodóvar (qv) for ill treatment of  animals, not attacking him, as such, but society for accepting it.  Almodóvar said that he had the permission of the bulls owners to  kill them and that the ecological group was just trying to gain some  publicity.'),
('101148',' SPOILER: Several takes were needed for the scene were Lydia is  attacked by the bull, because the bull always jumped over the dummy  without damaging it.'),
('101149',' When Marco asks Lydia her name, he says something like, "It looks  youve been predestined to it." Thats because bullfighting is also  known as "art of lidia".'),
('101150',' SPOILER: The real life father of Rosario Flores (I) (qv) (Lidia)  is Antonio Gonzalez, the same as in the film. This name can be seen  in the newspaper where Lidia is reported to have died.'),
('101151',' Fernando Poe (qv)s fingers were swollen for several days after  Rosa Del Rosario (qv) actually bit his hand in one of the scenes.'),
('101152',' First digital intermediate film of Turkey.'),
('101153',' Kirakosyan used the fire as key light at night scenes.'),
('101154',' The negative specially processed to get all needed details in  shadow.'),
('101155',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Polished Burglar, A (1911)_ (qv).'),
('101156',' The high school scenes were filmed at Stuyvesant High School in  Manhattan, one of a few elite, exclusive high schools for students  gifted in math, science and computers. Real school seniors were  extras in many scenes. In the real school, the pool is on the first  floor.'),
('101157',' The "pool on the roof" prank is actually based on an old Stuyvesant  H.S. prank of the "Sixth Floor Pool". The original Stuy building on  East 15th Street in Manhattan had only five floors, and freshman  were sent to look for a pool upstairs. The building had no pool.  There was a literary publication at Stuyvesant referencing the prank  called "Sixth Floor Pool". The school moved into the new building  (featured in the movie) shortly before filming began.  Coincidentally, this building is across the street from Ground Zero,  the former site of the World Trade Center. It was, amazingly, almost  completely unharmed by the blasts. The school was used as the base  of operations for the rescue efforts, and classes were moved for one  term to Brooklyn Technical High School. The three "Specialized Math  and Science High Schools" in NYC, requiring an examination for  admittance, are Stuyvesant, Bronx High School of Science, and  Brooklyn Tech (in order of difficulty of admittance).'),
('101158',' The computer they break into is a fictional mainframe computer  called a "Gibson" '),
('101159',' a homage to cyberpunk author  William Gibson (II) (qv).'),
('101160',' Another William Gibson (II) (qv) novel, "The Difference Engine",  took its title from one of Charles Babbages machines.'),
('101161',' The character name "Emmanuel Goldstein" is taken from  George Orwell (qv)s novel "Nineteen Eighty'),
('101162','Four". It is also used  as a pseudonym by Eric Corley (qv), who publishes the magazine  "2600, The Hacker Quarterly". Corley was a consultant for this film.'),
('101163',' The "Hacker Manifesto" read by Agent Bob was actually written by a  hacker of great renown in the 1980s who went by the name of The  Mentor. It was published in PHRACK magazine, issue 07, file 03 in  1986.'),
('101164',' Eugene Belford uses the pseudonym Babbage at the end of the film.  Charles Babbage was the inventor of an early form of the computer.'),
('101165',' Penn Jillette (qv)s character is named Hal in the credits, most  likely a reference to the HAL9000 computer system from the sci'),
('101166','fi  movie _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_.'),
('101167',' William Gibson (II) (qv) "invented" the term "Cyberspace" in 1982  for his book, Neuromancer.'),
('101168',' Jonny Lee Miller (qv) and Angelina Jolie (qv) were married  shortly after the making of the film, and then were divorced four  years later.'),
('101169',' Around the movies release, the official website was modified by its  webmasters to appear that it had been "hacked into," and digital  graffiti and instructions to "see The Net instead" was added to  the sites graphics.'),
('101170',' All of the hacker handles proposed by the Joey were actual handles  already used by real hackers.'),
('101171',' The game being played in the arcade is a high'),
('101172','quality prototype of  the Playstation game "Wipeout" by Psygnosis. It is done on a  high'),
('101173','end SGI server and allowed the development team to try out  tracks and gameplay, before porting it to the Playstation. As a  result, there are features and graphics in the movie that do not  exist in the actual game, including the "high score smashing"  sequence.'),
('101174',' "ARF! ARF! GOTCHA", which appears near the end, when the gibson is  about to crash is a nod to the crew "Asoziale Randgruppe Frankfurt"'),
('101175',' The "hacking"'),
('101176','sequences '),
('101177',' the scenes where you see the "inside" of a  computer '),
('101178',' are mostly motion'),
('101179','controlled models, because director  Iain Softley (qv) thought that actual computer graphics would look  too artificial.'),
('101180',' The poster for this movie shows Acid Burn and Crash Override with  various words and ASCII symbols transposed on their faces. Amongst  the words are:  '),
('101181',' 1. Names of hackers in the movie, including Lord Nikon, Acid Burn,    and Crash Override  '),
('101182',' 2. Some of the commonly'),
('101183','used passwords, according to Plague, such    as God, Sex, Love, and Secret  '),
('101184',' 3. Phreak '),
('101185',' a "phone freak" '),
('101186',' a hacker who concentrates their    knowledge on telephone systems. (Phantom Phreak was the main    Phreaker in the hacker group)'),
('101187',' Cyberdelia was built from scratch in an abandoned indoor swimming  pool on the outskirts of London, with the center of the club in the  depths of what was the pool. Producer Ralph Winter notes, "We never  knew why, but the pool was designated an historic landmark, so great  care had to be taken not to damage anything and to return it to its  original state."'),
('101188',' The part of Kate "Acid Burn" Libby was originally offered to  Katherine Heigl (qv), but due to prior commitments to  _Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)_ (qv) had to turn it down.'),
('101189',' The director auditioned Hilary Swank (qv),  Heather Graham (I) (qv) and Liv Tyler (qv) for the role which  ultimately went to Angelina Jolie.'),
('101190',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('101191','disc Uncut Edition DVD for  _Saw (2004)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('101192',' Beejay Morales (qv) was introduced in this movie.'),
('101193',' Despite the fact that Herdís <THORN>orvaldsdóttir (qv) is only 3  years older than Gunnar Eyjólfsson (qv), she plays his mother in  the movie.'),
('101194',' This film showed only once in a beatnik Baltimore coffee house. It  was filmed on the rooftop of John Waters parents house.'),
('101195',' A double exposure sequence was made accidentally. The audience  supposedly responded well to it.'),
('101196',' This early John Waters (I) (qv) short film was shot on the roof of  his parents house.'),
('101197',' His mother played the piano accompaniment to the film.'),
('101198',' The entire production cost was $30.'),
('101199',' The film stock was stolen by cast member Mona Montgomery (qv).'),
('101200',' This is the first Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no renkinjutsushi in  Japan) video game series to be released in the US.'),
('101201',' Bam Margera (qv)s character is called "Valo" and was named after  Ville Valo, the lead singer of European rock band H.I.M. (for whom  Margera has directed numerous music videos).'),
('101202',' Don Vito didnt read the script for the movie. Instead, director Bam  Margera simply coached Vito on how he wanted him to interact with  the other characters before each scene was shot. Hence, all of  Vitos reactions are real.'),
('101203',' The police department logo on the side of the cops car reads "Hawk  P.D.", a reference to Tony Hawk, who plays the police officer.'),
('101204',' Shortly after filming the scene where Raab Himself tells Falcone  that he has 3 Ds and an F in college, Chris Raab actually did get 3  Ds and an F in college.'),
('101205',' It cost Bam $13,000 dollars to fly H.I.M. to the United States and  perform a live show. The footage turned out to be messed up after  that.'),
('101206',' Although the script asked for male sharks, the ones modeled are  female (note underside dorsal fins).'),
('101207',' The movie was filmed in just seven days due to lack of money.'),
('101208',' Peter Kern (qv)s first idea was to settle the film in Cuba, where  Haider was supposed to live in the jungle.'),
('101209',' The actors (including the well'),
('101210','known ones) worked for no money as  the film got no financial support '),
('101211',' only the technicians got paid.'),
('101212',' The directors lack of frog anatomy knowledge resulted in the  eyeglasses for the frog eventually being jury'),
('101213','rigged with a paper  clip and rubber band.'),
('101214',' As the marines are leaving the Oakdale station, a billboard behind  them is advertising _Miracle of Morgans Creek, The (1944)_ (qv),  another film by Preston Sturges (qv).'),
('101215',' At one point, Julie Mauduech says to Hubert Koundé, "Weve met  before, havent we?" It may be a reference to Mathieu Kassovitzs  first film, _Métisse (1993)_ (qv), in which they both starred.'),
('101216',' When the three characters are looking for Asterix, one of the  doorbell names is "Cassell".'),
('101217',' In some English language versions the name Asterix has been changed  to Snoopy, as the film traveled further than the Asterix books did.'),
('101218',' The DJ that appears in the upstairs project window and remixes DJ  CutKillers "Nique la Police" is actually DJ CutKiller himself.'),
('101219',' DIRCAMEO(Mattieu Kassovitz (qv)): the skinhead that gets beaten up  by Vinz, Hubert and Said.'),
('101220',' The highest grossing movie in Hungary in 1980.'),
('101221',' Madonna (I) (qv) and Bruce Springsteen (qv) auditioned for parts  in the film.'),
('101222',' George Lucas (qv) was offered the chance to direct this movie in  the early 1970s, but turned it down because he was developing  _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv).'),
('101223',' Although the film is based on the theatrical stage musical as well  as sharing some of the songs and character names, the two versions  are drastically different in most respects including plot, which  songs are sung, the order in which they are performed and which  character performs them, and how the characters are portrayed.'),
('101224',' Betty Buckleys voice is used for the Vietnamese girl singing  "Walking In Space."'),
('101225',' The words in the closing number, entitled The Flesh Failures,  contain lines from William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. The words  come from Romeos death scene before drinking the poison. Phrases  such as Eyes, Look your Last, Arms take your last embrace and The  lips, oh you the doors, of breath, sealed with a righteous kiss are  all from Romeos final monologue.'),
('101226',' First Dolby Stereo film dubbed in a language other than English when  released in Germany.'),
('101227',' Bill Plymptons distant cousin and friend Martha Plimpton came on  board as a producer on the film and enlisted the talents of some of  her fellow thespians.'),
('101228',' The original idea for the film was inspired by a dream that Bill  Plympton had, of a skull that oozed all these scary Gothic creatures  '),
('101229',' snakes, lizards, spiders and bugs. He felt that this image was  perfect for a 50s teen "revenge at the prom" film. Once he had the  concept, he began making concept drawings that evolved into  storyboards.'),
('101230',' Bill Plympton used a lot of the urban myths that were prevalent in  his teen years, mixed with some real experiences in high school. For  example, the lead character, Spud, rides to school on a Vespa motor  scooter, just like Bill did. Like Spud, Bill was also not the most  popular kid in class, since being an artist ranked very low in the  school pecking order, of course, with athletes and cheerleaders  sitting on top.'),
('101231',' There was a math teacher at Bill Plymptons high school, Mr. Sawyer,  who smoked constantly, and therefore interrupted his lectures with  painful coughing fits. Some of his other character designs were  inspired by photos from his yearbooks.'),
('101232',' A scene in the film involves this magic sexual potion called Tijuana  Tonic and a chicken mascot. It was inspired by a story related to  Bill Plympton about a guy who started work at a stud farm and  accidentally gave the stud horse an overdose of aphrodisiac. He  claimed that the last time he saw the poor stallion he had broken  out of the corral and was humping a Volkswagen.'),
('101233',' At the completion of the detailed storyboards, they were released by  NBM Publishing in 2004 as a graphic novel to help publicize the  film.'),
('101234',' The entire process of animating the feature (approximately 30,000  drawings over a 1'),
('101235','year period) was captured by a revolutionary  device called the "Plympton Ani'),
('101236','Cam". This contraption is simply a  small camera, situated about a foot above Bills drawing board, that  is connected to an internet server and allows people all over the  world to watch the slow, methodical process of an animated feature  being created. It was an interesting innovation, because Bill found  out that there were thousands of people around the globe who were  tuning in daily and became obsessed watching the whole animation  process so openly displayed'),
('101237',' Since the concept behind the film is the romantic mythology that  pervaded American high'),
('101238','school culture in the 1950s, the music in  the film is a mix of 50s'),
('101239','style ballads and period rockabilly by  frequent Plympton collaborators Maureen McElheron and Hank Bones.  They have worked with Bill in tandem ever since his film "The Tune"  in 1991.'),
('101240',' Released as a split reel along with comedy  _Bob and Rowdy (1911)_ (qv).'),
('101241',' Was originally entitled "Beauty Shop", but was changed to avoid a  title clash with _Beauty Shop (2005)_ (qv).'),
('101242',' The orange monster has no name in this cartoon. He is known as  Rudolph in _Water, Water Every Hare (1952)_ (qv), then as Gossamer  in  _Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980) (TV)_ (qv),  which is the name he is usually given.'),
('101243',' Won 3 awards for the 2006 48 hour film making competition; Adam  LaFramboise Best Actor, Josie Basford, Best Director and Jeff  Eastman, Best Sound Design'),
('101244',' The film was shot on Digi Beta in one day in and around central  London.'),
('101245',' The location shots were all filmed live and without permission. The  extras and incidental characters are all real life people who  approached the film crew during filming.'),
('101246',' The film was shown on a world tour of exceptional short films during  2003 by the Resfest film group.'),
('101247',' Shortlisted to the top 6, and screened at the BBC/CSVs Night of  Many Stars on the 4th October 2004.'),
('101248',' Screened in October 2004 at POV, an official fringe event for the  Cardiff Screen Festival, in Wales, UK.'),
('101249',' February 2005, Selected for Final Cut, Fringe event of Brighton Film  Festival'),
('101250',' Shown at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival, May  2005.'),
('101251',' Selected for ShallowShorts 100, May 2005, a night specifically for  short'),
('101252','film makers, Oxford Streets historic 100 CLUB. (London UK)'),
('101253',' DIRCAMEO(John Waters (I) (qv)): the psychiatrist.'),
('101254',' The role of Edna Turnblad was originally written for famed  transsexual Christine Jorgensen (I) (qv). However, when the role  of Tracy had to be rewritten, John Waters (I) (qv) also rewrote  the role of Edna in order to keep his friend and muse  Divine (I) (qv) in the production.'),
('101255',' "The Corny Collins Show" was based on the local television show  _"Buddy Deane Show, The" (1957)_ (qv) and from several elements of  _"Bandstand" (1952)_ (qv).'),
('101256',' "Tilted Acres" was based on "Gwynn Oak Amusement Park" in Baltimore  County, MD, where racial problems occurred.'),
('101257',' The Tilted Acres scenes were shot at Dorney Park in Allentown,  Pennsylvania.'),
('101258',' Remade on the Broadway stage in 2002 as a musical starring  Harvey Fierstein (qv) (and later, Bruce Vilanch (qv),  Michael McKean (qv) and John Pinette (qv)) in the role of Edna  Turnblad (played in the film by Divine (I) (qv)) and Marissa  Jaret Winoker in the role of Tracy Turnblad (played in the film by  Ricki Lake (qv))'),
('101259',' Ricki Lake (qv) began rapidly losing weight due to the intense  dance lessons she had to take for the film. She reportedly had to  "eat like crazy" in order to stay plump.'),
('101260',' John Waters (I) (qv) first PG'),
('101261','rated film.'),
('101262',' The von Tussles are quoting George Wallace (IV) (qv) when they  say, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"'),
('101263',' Edna Turnblad mentions that "The times, they are a'),
('101264','changin" and  "Were just blowin in the wind". Both quotes are from  Bob Dylan (qv) songs.'),
('101265',' The role of Velma Von Tussle was originally offered to  Mamie Van Doren (qv).'),
('101266',' There was a scene filmed where Tracey finds cockroaches in her hair  (which was based on the urban legend about a girl whose brain is  eaten by cockroaches that were living in her beehive hairdo). While  it never made it into the final cut it does explain all the  references to roaches in the latter part of the film.'),
('101267',' The inspiration for Corny Collins, Buddy Deane (qv), appears as a  Governors Mansion newsman.'),
('101268',' Nikki Blonsky (qv)s film debut.'),
('101269',' CAMEO(Ricki Lake (qv) (Tracy Turnblad in the first  _Hairspray (1988)_ (qv)), director Adam Shankman (qv), and  songwriters Marc Shaiman (qv) and Scott Wittman (qv) appear as  William Morris talent agents in the finale. Note Shaimans very out  of character and period beard.'),
('101270',' The original Broadway cast included Marissa Jaret Winokur (qv)  (Tracy), Harvey Fierstein (qv) (Edna), Clarke Thorell (qv)  (Corny Collins), Laura Bell Bundy (qv) (Amber),  Matthew Morrison (qv) (Link), Kerry Butler (qv) (Penny),  Linda Hart (qv) (Velma), Dick Latessa (qv) (Wilbur),  Corey Reynolds (qv) (Seaweed) and Mary Bond Davis (qv)  (Motormouth Maybelle).'),
('101271',' Jerry Stiller (qv), who played Wilbur Turnblad in the original  film version of Hairspray (1988) (qv), appears as Mr. Pinky in  this version.'),
('101272',' Billy Crystal (qv) and Jim Broadbent (qv) were both considered  for the role of Wilbur Turnblad before eventually going to  Christopher Walken (qv)'),
('101273',' Elijah Kelley (I) (qv) had to go through an hour of hair dressing  every day.'),
('101274',' It took John Travolta (qv) four hours to put on the fat suit and  make'),
('101275','up required for him to become Edna Turnblad.'),
('101276',' Amanda Bynes (qv) bunches took two hours in hair and make'),
('101277','up  every morning.'),
('101278',' To facilitate filming for the "Run and Tell That" dance number, the  production cut up a 1957 GMC transit bus into 9 pieces.'),
('101279',' Nikki Blonsky (qv) revealed on the May 16, 2007 episode of "Oprah"  that when she entered the studio on the first day, John Travolta had  said to her, "Come to Momma".'),
('101280',' The soundtrack for the new "Hairspray" features a rendition of all  of the "original" Tracys (Ricki Lake (qv) from the first film,  Marissa Jaret Winokur (qv) from the Broadway cast, and  Nikki Blonsky (qv) from this film) singing "Mama, Im A Big Girl  Now". Harvey Fierstein (qv) also appears in this song near the  end, but isnt credited.'),
('101281',' According to Film Journal International, the song "Big, Blonde and  Beautiful (Reprise) was added in as at the suggestion of  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) to replace a scripted scene, giving her the  chance to sing.'),
('101282',' The characters not featured in this movie, but were in the 1988 film  are Arvin Hodgepile and Franklin von Tussle. The characters were  both played by actors who have died since this release.  Divine (I) (qv) in 1988 and Sonny Bono (qv) in 1998.'),
('101283',' Travoltas fat'),
('101284','suit weighed more than 30 pounds.'),
('101285',' There are 5 gel'),
('101286','filled silicone prosthetic appliances for parts of  Ednas face'),
('101287',' One day, while the cast was waiting between takes,  John Travolta (qv) began singing "Summer Lovin" from his first  musical, _Grease (1978)_ (qv). Co'),
('101288','stars Amanda Bynes (qv) and  Zac Efron (qv) were so excited that they immediately began sending  text messages to their friends about what was happening.'),
('101289',' The song in the film titled "You Cant Stop the Beat" was nicknamed  by some of the characters as "You Cant Stop to Breathe" because of  the high tempo of the song and the large amount of words sung.'),
('101290',' Penny Pingleton’s dress in the "You Cant Stop the Beat" song, was  made from the curtains in her room.'),
('101291',' Meryl Streep (qv) and Madonna (I) (qv) were considered for the  role of Velma Von Tussle.'),
('101292',' Costume designer Rita Ryack (qv) actually got vintage outfits for  some of the characters to wear. This is true during a number of the  scenes shot in the high school, and Link Larkins Blue sweater was a  sweater vest found at a vintage shop.'),
('101293',' Season 3 _"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)_ (qv)  runner up, Diana DeGarmo (qv) auditioned to play Penny Pingleton  but did not get the part because she was "too short". She is,  however, in the Broadway show.'),
('101294',' Amanda Bynes (qv)’ character, Penny, is seen constantly eating  suckers. Her father, who is a dentist, became very worried for  Amandas dental health, as it was estimated she ate about 40  suckers a day. Amanda told him that she wasnt really eating all of  them, when in reality she ate them all.'),
('101295',' This 2007 production of ‘Hairspray’ is the first time a  John Waters (I) (qv) story made into a movie was not filmed in his  hometown of Baltimore, Maryland; Toronto was used instead.'),
('101296',' Nikki Blonsky (qv) celebrated her 18th birthday with her family  and friends while on the set of this movie.'),
('101297',' The creative team modified several songs from the Original Broadway  production for use in this film. In addition, several vocal numbers  from the stage musical were removed altogether, while several new  songs were added: '),
('101298',' "Mama, Im a Big Girl Now", a number performed  in the stage musical by Tracy, Penny, and Amber opposite their  respective mothers, was reluctantly cut from the script during  preproduction. While the crew liked the song, screenwriter Leslie  Dixon (sp) felt the number did not adequately advance the plot, and  would also be impossible to film without a three'),
('101299','way split screen,  which neither she nor director Adam Shankman (qv) wanted to use. '),
('101300','  "It Takes Two", sung in the stage musical by Link to Tracy during  her first day on "The Corny Collins Show", was relegated to an  earlier position in the film, where Link sings it just before Tracy  learns that the TV station will be holding auditions for a new  Council Member. However, only the songs coda remains in the final  release print. '),
('101301',' "Cooties", performed by Amber at the climatic "Miss  Teenage Hairspray" pageant in the stage musical, is also instead  present in the film as an instrumental during the pageant  contestants dance'),
('101302','off. "Mama" and "It Takes Two" are also present  in the final film as instrumentals during scenes featuring  broadcasts of "The Corny Collins Show". '),
('101303',' A reprise of "Big, Blond,  and Beautiful", sung by Velma and Edna, was added to the film as  part of a new subplot involving Velma Von Tussles attempt to seduce  Tracys father Wilbur. '),
('101304',' "I Can Wait", a climatic ballad written for  the film, was to have been performed by Tracy as she is hiding out  in Pennys basement. The sequence was indeed filmed, but was removed  from the final release print. '),
('101305',' "The New Girl in Town" was a number  written for the stage musical, but dropped during the workshopping  stage. The song was resurrected and used in this film to underscore  Tracys rise'),
('101306','to'),
('101307','fame montage, and also to show "The Corny Collins  Show" on Negro Day. While Negro Day is a pivotal element of all  three versions of "Hairspray", it is never seen in the 1988 film or  the stage musical. '),
('101308',' "Ladies Choice", an upbeat song performed by  Link at a school dance, was added to the film to replace "The  Madison", a dance number carried over into the stage musical from  the original 1988 film. '),
('101309',' "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)" was  written for the film for use during the closing credits.'),
('101310',' CAMEO(John Waters (I) (qv)) '),
('101311',' the flasher in the opening Good  Morning Baltimore sequence.'),
('101312',' The character name Wong Jiang is a direct reference to the films  director. Spelt without the "A" in the first name (Jiang), it spells  Wong Jing.'),
('101313',' The game Tracy is playing while locked inside Black Masks  appartment is "X'),
('101314','Men '),
('101315',' Children of the Atom".'),
('101316',' Jacky Wu trained in Sanda for the film in Beijing and was nearly  knocked out by one of the Sanda team members.'),
('101317',' The film was shown Out of Competition (midnight screening) at the  2006 Cannes Film Festival. The film was shown in Grand Theatre  Lumiere, the most prestigious theater at Cannes.'),
('101318',' Filmed as a two'),
('101319','part film running 265 minutes. Shochiku (the studio)  told Kurosawa that the film had to be cut in half, because it was  too long; he told them, "In that case, better cut it lengthwise."  The film was released truncated at 166 minutes.'),
('101320',' The first color, feature'),
('101321','length anime film.'),
('101322',' Added footage in U.S. version consists of dream sequences in color.'),
('101323',' This featurette is available on the DVD for  _Coming Home (1978)_ (qv).'),
('101324',' Vitaphone production reel #A191'),
('101325',' No prints of this film can be found. Please check your attic.'),
('101326',' Filmed in five days.'),
('101327',' Fritz Lang (I) (qv)s first directorial project.'),
('101328',' Stephan_Kampwirth (qv) took computer lessons for his role as a  hacker.'),
('101329',' In the opening shot you can see the "blinkenlights" building, the  "haus des lehrers" (house of the teacher) which the chaos computer  club used as a 12 story tall 8x18 display for animations from 12  September 2001 to 23 February 2002.'),
('101330',' Stefan Kraft, who played and (as Stefan Giuliani) composed the  score, has a cameo appearance as man in the long black coat. This  is also a tribute to Wim Wenders Der Himmel über Berlin.'),
('101331',' The American distributor billed Horst Buchholz (qv) as "Henry  Bookholt" to help disguise the foreign origin of the film.'),
('101332',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('101333',' This short documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Secondhand Lions (2003)_ (qv).'),
('101334',' DIRCAMEO(Tamra Davis (qv)): Very briefly seen as the genie from  the bottle in the music video the guys are watching for Sir  Smoka'),
('101335','lots "Samson gets me lifted".'),
('101336',' When Thurgood and friends are watching Sir Smoke'),
('101337','A'),
('101338','Lots video,  "Samson Gets Me Lifted", the videos director is listed as  Tamra Davis (qv).'),
('101339',' While Dave Chappelle (qv) was on  _"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994)_ (qv) in 2006, he revealed that  he was unhappy with the final product and claimed that the script he  co'),
('101340','wrote was much funnier, and that the final result was "a weed  movie for kids".'),
('101341',' Neal Brennan (qv) who co'),
('101342','wrote this movie makes a cameo as the  counter worker where Scarface works.'),
('101343',' This is a highly edited version of _Jû jin yuki otoko (1955)_ (qv)  with American footage added.'),
('101344',' Filming on the Island of Llanddwyn in North Wales has caused an  outrage in the local community. People are angry for the "spiritual"  Island being used as a film set.'),
('101345',' The film was originally set in Canada but due to the cold weather  the film shot on location in Wales and England although it is set in  Scotland.'),
('101346',' While shooting on the Island of Llanddwyn, Anglesey. Demi Moore paid  for 20 crates of beer to be delivered to the Island for all the crew  to get drunk after a rough week of filming.'),
('101347',' After wrapping filming at Porthdinllaen, Demi Moore (qv) paid for  fish and chips for all the cast and crew.'),
('101348',' Sets built for the movie on Llanddywn Island, Anglesey were almost  destroyed after the first week of filming was plagued by gale force  winds and rain in September 2004. Not much luck at other locations  where the bad weather followed at Llanbadrig, Anglesey and Porth  Dinllaen.'),
('101349',' The movie the family is watching on TV is  _Dead of Night (1945)_ (qv).'),
('101350',' The song playing as Rachel arrives at Marys party is the "Star of  the County Down"'),
('101351',' When Dr Slaughter (Weaver, Sigourney (qv)) walks to the answering  machine, there is a photo next to the phone, which shows Weaver and  her real'),
('101352','life father Pat Weaver.'),
('101353',' Dean Martin (I) (qv)s final acting role.'),
('101354',' The film was shot in 23 days and finished one day ahead of schedule.'),
('101355',' The films title "Half Nelson" refers to a wrestling hold in which  one arm is passed under the opponents arm from behind to the back  of the neck.'),
('101356',' (According to the filmmakers commentary on the DVD) the film was  shot hand'),
('101357','held, except for a short sequence in Dan Dunnes  apartment. The sequence in Dunnes apartment happens when he is not  there, and it contains all static shots. These static shots were  shot on a tripod.'),
('101358',' Although it was produced and shot in New York City, the Toronto band  Broken Social Scene is featured prominently on the soundtrack.  Broken Social Scene even recorded some original music for the film.'),
('101359',' The Dan Dunne character was originally written to be in his  mid'),
('101360','thirties. However, the filmmakers changed this to accommodate  Ryan Goslings age. Gosling was 25 years old at the time of filming.'),
('101361',' When on the subject, Ryan Goslings character says "Its just not  cool to be a Nazi anymore, baby." Gosling played a Neo'),
('101362','Nazi in The  Believer.'),
('101363',' Was originally made as the short film  _Gowanus, Brooklyn (2004)_ (qv), which won an award at the Sundance  Film Festival. Shareeka Epps (qv) and Karen Chilton (qv) reprise  their roles as Drey and Dreys mother. Matt Kerr (qv), who plays  the substitute teacher Mr. Light in this film, played Mr. Dunne in  the original short.'),
('101364',' Rachel McAdams (qv) came to visit the set during the filming of  the bar scene. Running low on bar extras, to help the producers out  Rachel hopped in to help make the bar look busy. Her scene never  makes the final cut.'),
('101365',' The school used in the film (with the bright "Neon Celery" and "Key  Lime" colored classroom doors), was painted by students from the  school through an innovative nonprofit youth development program  called Publicolor in NYC.'),
('101366',' All indoor prison scenes were shot in an old STASI prison in  Berlin/Germany.'),
('101367',' The script to this film was written ten years prior to filming as  "The Rock" but there was another script with the same title that was  filmed so this one had to wait ten years later to be done'),
('101368',' Some aerial shots was taken from Michael Bay (qv)s film  _Rock, The (1996)_ (qv) that got cut from that film.'),
('101369',' The shot of the skydivers jumping out of the airplane is footage  from _Navy Seals (1990)_ (qv).'),
('101370',' Nia Peeples (qv) performed all of her own stunts for the martial  arts sequences'),
('101371',' During the recording of the song "Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil Pe",  Kumar, Kishore (qv) convinced music director  Choudhury, Salil (qv) that he would sing both the male and the  female voices in the song and went on to do it in the final recoded  version.'),
('101372',' One nitrate reel of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television and Television archives, and is not listed for  preservation.'),
('101373',' The audience for this movie was so small that when the song "A World  That Never Was" was nominated for an Academy Award, song writers  Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain hired publicist Michael B.  Druxman to set up an 800'),
('101374','number so that Academy voters could call in  and hear Fains demo recording of the song.'),
('101375',' Julia Foster (qv)s vocal double was Marti Webb (qv), the  actress who played Ann in the London version (and who appears in the  London Cast album).'),
('101376',' Roy Skelton (qv) claims to have re'),
('101377','voiced around a third of the  characters in this film before its release, including a sequence of  Tommy Steele singing.'),
('101378',' Peter Bathurst (I) (qv) was deleted from the final print.'),
('101379',' Richard Norton'),
('101380','Taylor won the 1994 Freedom of Information Award for  this play.'),
('101381',' This was the first play ever to be performed in the House of  Commons.'),
('101382',' The title is a play on words;  _Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1923)_ (qv), was one of 1923s  biggest hits.'),
('101383',' This was Andy Clydes last short film for Educational Pictures.'),
('101384',' The names on the lockers in the bathroom in the beginning of  Half'),
('101385','Life, and the names on the footlockers in the Opposing Force  training level, are the names of people who worked on both games.'),
('101386',' As of 2004, Half'),
('101387','Life is the highest'),
('101388','selling first'),
('101389','person shooter of  all time, with sales of over 10 million copies worldwide.'),
('101390',' Inside the files of this game, there is an extended line from the  G'),
('101391','Man character, if you choose not to join him. He says the  identical "Well, it looks like we wont be working together. No  regrets Mr. Freeman," but goes on to comment on there being "a few  survivors of your personal holocaust" who would "like to meet the  man responsible for the total annihilation of their race".'),
('101392',' The Black Mesa PA system is composed of single words, instead of  entire lines of dialogue. This allows dynamic creation of PA  messages by level designers. Most of these single words are not used  in the game proper, but were created so that independent level  designers could make realistic sounding PA messages for their  levels, instead of relying on default ones.'),
('101393',' Half'),
('101394','Life: Blue Shift was originally designed to be an extra feature  exclusive to the Sega Dreamcast version of Half Life. When the  Dreamcast version of Half Life was cancelled due to the poor sales  and impending death of the Dreamcast console, the games makers,  Valve and Sierra decided to release the Half Life: Blue Shift add'),
('101395','on  for PC instead.'),
('101396',' Several of the security doors in the game have the writing "Security  7G". Homer Simpson of The Simpsons is Safety Inspector for Sector  7'),
('101397','G of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.'),
('101398',' The hero Gordon Freeman does not say a word through out the game.'),
('101399',' First game to use WON (The World Opponent Network), using it for CD  key copy protection system for online play.'),
('101400',' First Game to have the CD key copy protection system for online  play.'),
('101401',' The game is built on the Quake engine, and had support for Direct3D  hardware acceleration and skeletal animations.'),
('101402',' First game built by the creators Valve Software.'),
('101403',' There are just four types (four faces) of scientists and one type of  security guard in the game.'),
('101404',' Artillery bombardments occur frequently throughout the game. The  whistling sound that can be heard before the explosion is that of  the German Flak 88.'),
('101405',' The military first appear in the chapter "Weve got Hostiles!" and  they last appear in the chapter "Forget about Freeman!". Apparently,  none of the military made it into Lambda Core.'),
('101406',' The fictional military unit in the game uses a wide variety of  military vehicles, that exist today. These vehicles include the M1  Abrams Main Battle Tank, M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, AH'),
('101407','64  Apache Gunship, V'),
('101408','22 Osprey and F'),
('101409','16 fighter.'),
('101410',' It was speculated that the reason for the game being delayed from  September 2003 to November 2004 was because the source code and a  large portion of the completed game was stolen. This is not true.  The delay was actually because the game would not be finished in  September 2003, and the leak was just a bad coincidence.'),
('101411',' Many gamers were frustrated when they learned that Valves  anti'),
('101412','piracy, ICQ'),
('101413','like application "STEAM" was mandatory in order to  be able to play this game. Gamers could not play the game after  installation because they first had to sign up for a STEAM account  on the Internet and register their purchase with their CD'),
('101414','KEY so the  program would decrypt and extract the game files. When game was  released, there were so many attempts to sign on to accomplish this  process that the system slowed down dramatically, occasionally  resulting in lengthy delays before the game could be played.'),
('101415',' Robin Williams (I) (qv) is a big fan of the series, and was  actually in talks to do a voice for the games. Scheduling conflicts  prevented this.'),
('101416',' When you first meet Barney, he says, "Now, about that beer I owe  you". This is a reference to the original Half'),
('101417','Life. Before the  disaster, each of the characters had a set of "Im busy" lines to  brush you off if you tried to talk to them. One of Barneys was  "Hey, catch me later and Ill buy you a beer."'),
('101418',' Dr. Kleiners pet head'),
('101419','crab is most often referred to as "Lamarr".  However when they are looking for the run'),
('101420','away pet, Dr. Kleiner says  "Theres only one Hedy". This references Hedy Lamarr (qv), the  actress who was also a communications innovator. She held at least  one technical patent and is credited to be the first inventor of so  called "spread spectrum", an important technique used in  communication and other areas. As such she becomes a natural icon  for a communications scientist such as Dr. Kleiner.'),
('101421',' The hero Gordon Freeman does not say a word. There are joking  references to this twice in the game, both times by Alyx (when she  meets Freeman for the first time, and shortly before she is captured  by the Combine). In both cases she says something along the lines of  "You dont talk much, do you?"'),
('101422',' Six year development cycle.'),
('101423',' In an early version of the game script, Gordon was to receive a  briefing by Eli Vance via slides to fill him in on what had happened  in between the large gap of time he had been gone. The slides would  have featured Bullsquids chasing people from their homes and an  Icthyosaur materializing in a public pool under a kid halfway  through a dive. It also set up how the combine was able to gain  power. It would have ended by showing Dr. Breen and the power he  received. This was cut for pacing reasons.'),
('101424',' Originally Alyxs father was a military Captain who worked at the  Combine Air Exchange but was secretly a resistance fighter. He was  supposed to play a major role in the Combine Air Exchange level.  When the level was scrapped, Captain Vance was eliminated altogether  and Eli became Alyxs father.'),
('101425',' The submachine gun used by Gordon Freeman, the Combine, and  Resistance Fighters in the game appears to be based on the Heckler &  Koch MP7 Personal Defense Weapon. The real HK MP7 is small enough  that it can be easily concealed, carried in a holster, and fired as  a pistol due to its low recoil. The butt can also be extended in  order to allow the weapon to be fired as a rifle. In fully automatic  mode, the weapon can be used as a submachine gun, as is the case in  the game.'),
('101426',' The Combine beat Earths military power and conquered the planet in  just seven hours. This conflict was dubbed the "Seven Hour War".'),
('101427',' Powered by an upgraded version of Valves Source engine, the game  has two improvements over the original Half'),
('101428','Life 2, previously  showcased in the "Lost Coast" technical demo: High Dynamic Range  (HDR) lighting and developer audio commentaries.'),
('101429',' The original title of the game was "Aftermath" and was intended to  be an expansion pack. After Valve decided to switch from expansion  pack to episodic delivery, the name was changed to "Episode One."'),
('101430',' Originally Gordon was intended not to receive any firearm other than  the gravity gun until he and Alyx get deep into City 17. This was  designed for the player to rely more on Alyx. However the play  testers found that not giving Gordon a gun for so long was just not  fun so he was given a weapon after leaving the Citadel.'),
('101431',' The scene where Dog shows Alyx his plan to hurl them across a canyon  back into the Citadel before it self destructs had an unexpected  addition added to it that was not originally planned but kept in.  Originally, Alyx was supposed to tell Dog, "You did do the  math...right?" but during the development process of the scene a bug  was accidentally put in Dogs animation, and after Alyx delivered  his line Dog shook his head as if to say no. When play testers saw  this their reaction was hysterical laughter. People enjoyed it so  much the animation was kept in the final version of the game.'),
('101432',' SPOILER: This is the only Half Life expansion in which the main  character escapes from the Black Mesa incident. The main character  in Opposing Force is put into a stasis by the G'),
('101433','Man, and Gordon  Freeman from the original game is forced to work for the G'),
('101434','Man.'),
('101435',' This was originally designed to be an extra feature exclusive to the  Sega Dreamcast version of Half Life. When the Dreamcast version of  Half Life was cancelled due to the poor sales and impending death of  the Dreamcast console, the games makers, Valve and Sierra decided  to release the Half Life: Blue Shift as add'),
('101436','on for PC version of  Half Life instead.'),
('101437',' If you go into the security office near the pistol range and  activate the monitors, you can see Dr. Green (from Half'),
('101438','Life: Decay)  pushing the cart with the fateful sample on it down the corridor to  the test chamber delivery system. In Half'),
('101439','Life: Decay, when playing  Dr. Green, you can see the security camera which films this image.'),
('101440',' Several points in this add'),
('101441','on pack show places or situations from  the original Half'),
('101442','Life:  '),
('101443',' During the opening titles, the Osprey plane flies by a section of    mountain from Surface Tension.  '),
('101444',' On your way to the extraction point, you travel through parts of    the train ride areas from the opening titles of HL.  '),
('101445',' Once at the extraction point, you get to watch the officer making    the radio transmission to Cooper regarding extra air strike    targets from the end of Surface Tension.  '),
('101446',' After the We Are Not Alone chapter, you find yourself in the    teleport room from HLs Lambda Core chapter.  '),
('101447',' On Xen, you can use your new found Displacer teleport gun to    transport yourself to the Training areas of HL.'),
('101448',' Last appearance of George and Junior.'),
('101449',' The Three Stooges (qv) regular Vernon Dent (qv)s first Stooges  short.'),
('101450',' During a break in filming of this short, Howard, Curly (qv)  suffered a stroke, ending his film career.'),
('101451',' Almost a carbon copy of an earlier Stooge short,  _Hoi Polloi (1935)_ (qv).'),
('101452',' This short marked the debut of Emil Sitka (who plays Sappington the  butler) in a Three Stooges short, he is one of the very few stooge  foils to appear in a Three Stooges short featuring Curly, Shemp, Joe  Besser and Curly Joe Derita.'),
('101453',' 37th episode in the Buster Brown 2'),
('101454','reel comedy series.'),
('101455',' Two of the football players are named Scott Victor and Joe Hugo,  which is a nod to Victor Hugo, the author of the original novel.'),
('101456',' The main characters name, Craig "Crazy" Modeau, is a take on the  main character of the original novel (Quazimodo). Crazy Modeau =  Quazimodo.'),
('101457',' Miskatonic University is mentioned by Ofc. Sheen to Larissa, who  queries "where have I heard that before?" This is a reference to  H.P. Lovecraft, who used this fictitious University in some of his  stories, notably "Re'),
('101458','Animator."'),
('101459',' According to writers Eric Dwight and Chad Bring, about 90% of the  movie is true. It is all based on their own life experiences.'),
('101460',' Sixth title released in the Musical Parade Series #1 (1943'),
('101461','1944).'),
('101462',' During location shooting in New Mexico the crew was confronted with  the heaviest rainfalls in that region since 50 years. They washed  away the tents as well as the set decoration.'),
('101463',' Bill Williams (II) (qv) died performing a routine stunt with a  colleague during this shoot. The stunt called for Williams and  fellow'),
('101464','rider to guide a horse'),
('101465','drawn wagon toward a cliff. As the  horses separated, both men were supposed to jump clear as the wagon  continued over the cliff. Williams did not manage to jump clear and  so perished performing the stunt.'),
('101466',' This was King Vidor (qv)s first sound film and all sound was  dubbed in after filming.'),
('101467',' Vidor, King (qv) had been hoping to make the film for several  years, and jumped at the chance to make it with the advent of sound.  He so wanted to produce the picture that he offered to give up his  salary.'),
('101468',' The poster for _American Nightmare (2002) (V)_ (qv), the directors  first movie, is visible hanging on the wall during the party scene.'),
('101469',' Gabriel rides his bike past locations seen in  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv) '),
('101470',' the Doyle house, the Myers house, and the  Strode house.'),
('101471',' Director John Carpenter (I) (qv) was raised in Bowling Green,  Kentucky. In one scene, the subtitle on the screen depicts the  location as "Smiths Grove, Illinois." Smiths Grove, Kentucky, is a  small town of about 600 people 15 miles from Bowling Green. There  are many other references to other local towns and landmarks.'),
('101472',' There are numerous references in Carpenters movies, particularly  "Halloween" (1978) that are taken from the area surrounding the town  he grew up in '),
('101473',' Bowling Green, KY. The performance of Halloweens  musical score is credited to "The Bowling Green Philharmonic." There  is no Philharmonic in Bowling Green. The "orchestra" is actually  John Carpenter and assorted musical friends. In one scene the  subtitle depicts the location as "Smiths Grove, IL." Smiths Grove  is actually a small town of about 600 people located 15 north of  Bowling Green on I'),
('101474','65. There are also numerous references in  Halloween to street names that are major roads in the greater  Bowling Green area.'),
('101475',' Since the movie was actually shot in early spring in southern  California (as opposed to Illionis in late October), the crew had to  buy paper leaves from a decorator and paint them in the desired  autumn colors, then scatter them in the filming locations. To save  money, after a scene was filmed, the leaves were collected and  reused. However, as Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) and  John Carpenter (I) (qv) note on the DVD audio commentary, the  trees are quite full and green and even some palm trees can be seen,  despite that in Illionis in October, the leaves would probably be  mostly gone and there would be no palm trees.'),
('101476',' Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) first feature film.'),
('101477',' Due to its shoestring budget, the prop department had to use the  cheapest mask that they could find in the costume store: a Captain  Kirk (William Shatner (qv)) mask. They later spray'),
('101478','painted the  face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eye holes.'),
('101479',' The kids watch the opening of  _Thing From Another World, The (1951)_ (qv) on TV. Carpenter would  later re'),
('101480','make this film himself in 1982 as _Thing, The (1982)_ (qv).'),
('101481',' Halloween was shot in 21 days in the spring of 1978. Made on a  budget of $300,000, it became the highest'),
('101482','grossing independent movie  ever made at that time.'),
('101483',' According to screenwriter/producer Debra Hill (I) (qv), the  character of Laurie Strode was named after  John Carpenter (I) (qv)s first girlfriend.'),
('101484',' Tommy Doyles name was from _Rear Window (1954)_ (qv) and Sam  Loomis name is from _Psycho (1960)_ (qv).'),
('101485',' Inside Lauries bedroom there is a poster of a painting by James  Ensor (1860'),
('101486','1949). Ensor was a Belgian expressionist painter who  used to portray human figures wearing grotesque masks.'),
('101487',' The film takes place primarily in Haddonfield, Illinois.  Haddonfield, NJ is the home town of screenwriter  Debra Hill (I) (qv).'),
('101488',' The performance of Halloweens musical score is credited to "The  Bowling Green Philharmonic". There is no Philharmonic in Bowling  Green. The "orchestra" is actually John Carpenter (I) (qv) and  assorted musical friends.'),
('101489',' All of the actors wore their own clothes, since there was no money  for a costume department. Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) went to J.C.  Penney for Laurie Strodes wardrobe. She spent less than a hundred  dollars for the entire set. She shot the film while on hiatus from  the sitcom _Operation Petticoat (1977) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('101490',' The character of Michael Myers was named after the European  distributor of Carpenters previous film,  _Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)_ (qv) as a kind of weird "thank you"  for the films overseas success.'),
('101491',' Tommys Halloween costume is an Alphan uniform from  _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('101492',' The opening shot appears to be a single, tracking, point of view  shot, but there are actually three cuts. The first when the mask  goes on, the second and third after the murder has taken place and  the shape is exiting the room, this was done to make the point of  view appear to move faster.'),
('101493',' The name of the sheriff is "Leigh Brackett". Leigh Brackett (qv)  was also the name of the screenwriter of Howard Hawks (qv)  classic _Rio Bravo (1959)_ (qv), which was the inspiration for  John Carpenter (I) (qv)s previous film,  _Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)_ (qv).'),
('101494',' One of the characters is named "Marion Chambers". Marion was the  first name of the female protagonist of _Psycho_(1960) (qv), and  Chambers was the last name of the sheriff in that movie.'),
('101495',' Kyle Richards (II) (qv), who plays Lindsey Wallace, is the sister  of Kim Richards (I) (qv), who appeared in  John Carpenter (I) (qv)s previous film,  _Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)_ (qv).'),
('101496',' Half of the $300,000 budget was spent on the Panavison cameras so  the film would have a 2:35:1 scope.'),
('101497',' Carpenter approached Peter Cushing (qv) and  Christopher Lee (I) (qv) to play the Sam Loomis role (that was  eventually played by Donald Pleasence (qv)) but both turned him  down. Lee later said it was it was the biggest mistake he ever made  in his career.'),
('101498',' P.J. Soles says the word "totally" eleven times.'),
('101499',' Morgan Strodes black Fleetwood (seen in the driveway when he is  talking to Laurie early in the movie) belonged to director  John Carpenter (I) (qv), while the Phelps Garage truck was owned  by the company that catered for the film.'),
('101500',' Anne Lockhart (I) (qv) was John Carpenter (I) (qv)s first  choice for the role of Laurie Strode.'),
('101501',' None of the big studios at the time was interested in distributing  the movie, so executive producer Irwin Yablans (qv) decided to  distribute the film via his own company (Compass International).  MCA/Universal produced and distributed the next two sequels in the  early 80s.'),
('101502',' Aside from dialogue, the script cites Michael Myers by name only  twice. In the opening scene, he is called a POV until he is revealed  at age 6. From the rest of the script on out he is referred to as a  "shape" until Laurie rips his mask off in the final scene (which he  never reapplies in the script). "The Shape", as credited in the  film, refers to when his face is masked or obscured.'),
('101503',' P.J. Soles (qv) was dating Dennis Quaid (qv) at the time of  filming, so John Carpenter (I) (qv) and Debra Hill (I) (qv)  wanted to cast him in the role of Bob. Unfortunately, Quaid was busy  working on another project and John Michael Graham (qv) was cast  in the role instead.'),
('101504',' John Carpenter (I) (qv) provides the voice of Annies boyfriend,  Paul, whom we hear on the phone talking to Annie.'),
('101505',' When the script was being written, the original title was "The  Babysitter Murders".'),
('101506',' The original script, titled "The Babysitter Murders" had the events  take place over the space of several days. It was a budgetary  decision to change the script to have everything happen on the same  day (doing this reduced the number of costume changes and locations  required) and it was decided that Halloween, the scariest night of  the year, was the perfect night for this to happen.'),
('101507',' When they were shooting the scenes for the start of the film (all  the ones seen from Michaels P.O.V.) they couldnt get the 6'),
('101508','year  old child actor until the last day, so the movies producer,  Debra Hill (I) (qv), volunteered to be Michael for any scenes  where his hands come into view. This is why the nails on young  Michaels hands look so well manicured and varnished.'),
('101509',' The cinematography for the Halloween sequence in  _Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)_ (qv) was the inspiration for the look  of Carpenters color scheme.'),
('101510',' SPOILER: Originally the script had Dr. Loomis having a surprised  reaction to the disappearance of Michael Myerss body from the lawn  at the end of the film. Donald Pleasence (qv) suggested his  characters reaction should instead be an "I knew this would happen"  look on his face. They shot it both ways and ended up using  Pleasances idea.'),
('101511',' When Dr. Loomis is talking to the doctors in the empty classroom,  Dr. Loomis is sitting in seat #31.'),
('101512',' Sheriff Brackett was named after film'),
('101513','noir writer  Leigh Brackett (qv).'),
('101514',' According to Don Post Jr. (qv), President of Don Post Studios, the  famous California mask making company, the filmmakers originally  approached his firm about custom making an original mask for use in  the film. The filmmakers explained that they could not afford the  numerous costs involved in creating a mask from scratch, but would  offer Post points in the movie as payment for his services. Post  declined their offer, as he received many such proposals from  numerous unknown filmmakers all the time, but suggested that they  repaint/refurbish the "Captain Kirk" masks eventually used in the  film, which eventually was done, and which netted Mr. Post a profit  of less than $100. Post later estimated, after the film became a  hit, that if he had accepted the original offer for points in the  film in exchange for his creation of an original mask, his profit  would have run well over $100,000.'),
('101515',' Before Don Post became involved, Michael was going to wear a clown  mask.'),
('101516',' Yul Brynner (qv)s robot character from _Westworld (1973)_ (qv)  was the inspiration for the character of Michael Myers.'),
('101517',' The song that is playing on the radio when Laurie and Annie are in  the car is "Dont Fear The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult (qv).'),
('101518',' Laurie remarks that she would rather go out with unseen character  "Ben Tramer". The name came from Bennett Tramer, an old college  friend of director John Carpenter. The real Bennett Tramer has also  had a career in the motion picture industry as a writer and  producer.'),
('101519',' This was voted the fifth scariest film of all time by Entertainment  Weekly.'),
('101520',' A young Jamie Lee Curtis was so disappointed with her performance  that she became convinced she would be fired after only the first  day of filming. When her phone rang that night and it was John  Carpenter on the phone, Curtis was certain it was the end of her  movie career. Instead, Carpenter called to congratulate her and tell  her he was very happy with the way things had gone.'),
('101521',' The "Myers" house was a locale found in South Pasadena that was  largely the decrepit, abandoned place seen in the majority of the  film. However, since the film had to look ordinary (and furnished)  for the early scenes with the young Michael Myers, almost the whole  cast and crew worked together to clean the place, move in furniture,  put up wallpaper, and set up running water and electricity, and then  take it all out when they were through.'),
('101522',' Much credit for the concept must go to its producer  Irwin Yablans (qv), who had the concept originally for a horror  film called "The Babysitter Murders". Upon further research, Yablans  discovered to his surprise that no previous film had been titled  "Halloween" and thought it would be a great concept to set these  "babysitter murders" on the holiday. With these ideas, Yablans  convinced an excited John Carpenter (I) (qv) to write and direct a  film around them.'),
('101523',' The wealthy film producer Moustapha Akkad (qv) had admittedly  little interest in this film and helped make primarily due to the  enthusiasm of John Carpenter (I) (qv) and Irwin Yablans (qv).  However, when the film turned out to be a huge box'),
('101524','office smash,  Akkad saw an opportunity and has since facilitated every Halloween  sequel.'),
('101525',' The adult Michael Myers was portrayed by Nick Castle (I) (qv) in  almost every scene, except for some pick'),
('101526','up shots and the unmasking  scene, where he was replaced by Tony Moran (I) (qv). Castle was a  school'),
('101527','buddy of John Carpenter (I) (qv) and was thought of by  Carpenter because he was tall and had what Carpenter considered an  interesting walk. Castle admitted he was some disappointed to not be  the face shown, but understood that Carpenter wanted a more  "angelic" face to juxtapose with Myers ghastly deeds. Castle has  gone on to become a successful director.'),
('101528',' John Carpenter (I) (qv) was quite intimidated by  Donald Pleasence (qv), of whom he was a big fan and who was easily  the oldest and most experienced person on set. Although Pleasance  asked Carpenter difficult questions about his character, Pleasance  turned out to be a good'),
('101529','humored, big'),
('101530','hearted individual and the two  became great friends.'),
('101531',' Of the female leads (all the girls are supposed to be in high  school), only Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) was actually a teenager at the  time of shooting.'),
('101532',' The long tracking shot at the beginning was inspired by the tracking  shot at Orson Welles (qv)’ _Touch of Evil (1958)_ (qv). The shot  would have been impossible to achieve on the films budget if it  wasnt for the recent invention of the steadicam tracking system.'),
('101533',' Heather Bowen (I) (qv) was a finalist for a walk'),
('101534','on role through a  contest on the official "Halloween" Web site. She won overall  through a lottery'),
('101535','style drawing by Moustapha Akkad at the  Haddonfield 25 Fan Convention.'),
('101536',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv) was attached to this project before he  decided to make _World Trade Center (2006)_ (qv).'),
('101537',' At one point Dimension Studios considered making a crossover film  featuring Pinhead from the _Hellraiser (1987)_ (qv) series,  following in the footsteps of Newline Cinemas horror crossover  _Freddy vs. Jason (2003)_ (qv). A poll was held on the official  site, but response from fans was negative and the studio dropped the  concept.'),
('101538',' The movies production was delayed due to the death of  Moustapha Akkad (qv), the producer of all 8 previous movies. Akkad  died of severe injuries as a result from the terrorist attacks at  Jordan in 2005.'),
('101539',' Before deciding to go with Rob Zombie (qv)s version, the studio  was about to green light "Halloween: The Missing Years", which would  have been a prequel, set within Michael Myers early days at the  Asylum.'),
('101540',' This will be the third Halloween film that Danielle Harris (qv)  has been in. She first appeared in  _Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)_ (qv) and  _Halloween 5 (1989)_ (qv) as Jamie Lloyd, daughter of Laurie Strode.  Her character was re'),
('101541','cast in  _Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)_ (qv), in which the  character was also killed off. She now returns to the franchise (a  popular choice with many Halloween fans) for the third time now  playing 17 year old Annie Brackett, even though she is nearly 30  years old.'),
('101542',' One of the most complex scenes in the film was shot on Monday,  February 26 2007, on the campus of Los Angeles City College. The  days shooting facilitated the use of 160 extras and about 100 crew  people.'),
('101543',' On Rob Zombie (qv)s Official _Halloween (2007)_ (qv) Myspace  page, he announced that the films trailer will be shown with the  double'),
('101544','featured film _Grindhouse (2007)_ (qv).'),
('101545',' The clown mask that young Michael wears in the film is the design  that was actually originally considered for the Michael Myers mask  way back in 1978.'),
('101546',' In an early scene in the film, the movie _White Zombie (1932)_ (qv)  is playing on the TV. The band ‘White Zombie’, whose name comes from  the film, is where Director Rob Zombie (qv) first gained attention  in the 1980s and 1990s.'),
('101547',' Adrienne Barbeau (qv)s role was cut from the final finished film.'),
('101548',' SPOILER: Because Annie (Danielle Harris (qv)) is topless in the  film when Michael Meyers attacks her, alternate versions were shot  with her wearing a shirt for the trailer. The two main scenes are  when Annie tries to run out of the house only to be yanked back  inside by Michael and when hes dragging her across the kitchen  floor.'),
('101549',' The hoodie Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor'),
('101550','Compton (qv)) wears is from  Sheri Moon (qv)s personal clothing line, Total Skull.'),
('101551',' Series creator John Carpenter (I) (qv) wrote a treatment for this  film, that was a more ghostly psychological approach to the Michael  Myers mythos. It concerned the town of Haddonfield and what effect  the events of the first two films have had on the its citizens.  This concept was later rejected by the producers in favor of the  typical slasher fare.'),
('101552',' The girl who drove Rachel and Jamie to the costume store was named  Lindsey and is approximately 17 years old. In  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv), Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) babysat a seven  year old named Lindsey.'),
('101553',' After viewing a rough edit it was decided that the movie was too  soft, so they brought in special effects wizard  Buechler, John Carl (qv) for one day of extra "blood" filming. The  thumb in the forehead and the rednecks head getting twisted were  both done by him.'),
('101554',' A construction paper cutout of Michael Myers can be seen on a door  on the second floor of the school just as Jamie and Dr. Loomis climb  the stairs.'),
('101555',' When the Sheriff and Dr. Loomis enter the Police Station to discover  Michael has killed all the cops, the phone that is off the hook is  playing the Halloween theme as a tone.'),
('101556',' Melissa Joan Hart (qv) auditioned for the role of Jamie.'),
('101557',' Alan B. McElroy (qv) wrote the script in 11 days and beat the  writers strike by mere hours.'),
('101558',' Mike Lookinland (qv) (Bobby Brady) of  _"Brady Bunch, The" (1969)_ (qv) was the production assistant. His  wife, Kelly Lookinland (qv), played the dead waitress.'),
('101559',' The gaffer, Garlan Wilde (qv), was seriously injured during the  filming of the Michael and Brady confrontation. Garlan was putting  up a light and fell and cut his wrists; he was quickly rushed to the  hospital.'),
('101560',' Leaves had to be imported and squash was painted to look like  pumpkins.'),
('101561',' Dwight H. Little (qv) did extensive research on the history of  Halloween and many of its harvest images were put in the creepy  opening sequence.'),
('101562',' The shoot lasted about 41 days and Ellie Cornell (qv) and  Danielle Harris (qv) were required to be on set for 36 of those  days.'),
('101563',' During production of the rooftop chase, Ellie Cornell (qv) was  injured by a protruding nail as she slid down the roof. After a  quick trip to the local hospital she finished the scene with her  bandages in place. According to Danielle Harris (qv), "It didnt  even faze her."'),
('101564',' The drugstore set was also used in Stephen King (I) (qv)s  _"Stand, The" (1994) (mini)_ (qv).'),
('101565',' Originally, when Jamie and Loomis were trapped in the school, Jamie  hid in a classroom under a desk. Michael entered searching for her,  throwing the desks over. Although they had no time to film this in  Halloween 4, the sequence was remembered by Moustapha Akkad and  later re'),
('101566','used in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).'),
('101567',' In the schoolhouse, Michaels mask appears to have blonde hair. This  was actually the original Captain Kirk mask used in "Halloween  (1978)" and over time the hair had changed gradually. The filmmakers  had the intention of reusing the mask in this sequel but felt it had  changed too much and decided to make their own. Several scenes were  re'),
('101568','shot with the replacement mask.'),
('101569',' In the original script, Sheriff Meeker was killed in a battle with  Michael in the basement where the furnace was knocked over and  caused the house to catch on fire. Originally, the house was  supposed to be up in flames during the infamous rooftop sequence.  This was eliminated due to budgetary constraints and Sheriff Meeker  was kept alive.'),
('101570',' In the original script the film opened with a shot of a long  hospital corridor suddenly blowing up and throwing Loomis from the  explosion, in a reference to the end of Halloween II (1981) in order  to show how Loomis survived. It was later decided the film should  not have any connections to the predecessors and the explosive  opening was never shot.'),
('101571',' In Jamies introduction, shes sitting in the living room staring  outside at the ambulance. Later, it shows the ambulance has  disappeared. In the script, Jamie was staring outside at the rain,  and the ambulance appeared after she had turned away. This was  changed in editing for unknown reasons.'),
('101572',' Jamies name was Brittany in the original script but was changed in  homage to Jamie Lee Curtis.'),
('101573',' In the original script, Rachel hit Michael with the truck five  times. While shooting they reduced it to three and in editing it  came out as one.'),
('101574',' Rebecca Schaeffer auditioned for the role of Rachel.'),
('101575',' The bus that the Man in Black gets off of stops outside the exact  same store where Jamie and Rachel went to get a Halloween costume in  _Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)_ (qv).'),
('101576',' Rachel was originally supposed to be stabbed in the throat with  scissors but the actress, Ellie Cornell (qv), felt it was too  gruesome an end for her character, so it was changed.'),
('101577',' Don Shanks (qv) revealed in an interview that many of the scenes  involving the man in black had him playing the character, because of  speculation that he was a blood relative of Michael Myers. He also  admitted that even the writers uncertain about the man in blacks  identity.'),
('101578',' The Man In Black shots were re'),
('101579','shot in the UK for unknown reasons  with an unknown British Extra. The Extra was uncredited.'),
('101580',' The scene where Michael Myers drives a car while wearing a different  kind of mask was initially scripted to have him wear a  Ronald Reagan (I) (qv) mask. However, the idea of a Reagan mask  was soon rejected in order to keep the film devoid of any political  subtexts.'),
('101581',' On the audio commentary for the DVD its stated that Greg Nicotero  and Wendy Kaplan were seeing each other during filming.'),
('101582',' KNB Effects had designed grotesque facial makeup for Michael Myers  unmasking towards the end of the film. The producers told them to do  so as an option, either showing Michaels badly scarred face or keep  it in the dark. They went for the latter.'),
('101583',' In the infamous laundry chute scene, Jamie was originally stabbed in  the leg but the shot was cut from the film by the MPAA because it  was deemed "too disturbing". Danielle Harris (qv) still owns the  prosthetic leg.'),
('101584',' SPOILER: Moustapha Akkad (qv) has said that one of his biggest  regrets about the film was killing off the character of Rachel  Carruthers. In retrospect, he wouldve kept her alive, but she was  killed in an attempt to show that no one, not even Rachel, was safe  from Michael.'),
('101585',' SPOILER: When Rachels death scene was altered by the actress  request, it was changed in order to reflect the flashback where  Jamie stabbed her foster mother in  _Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)_ (qv) in a similar  fashion.'),
('101586',' Charles S. Dutton (qv) originally had a small role in the film as  a detective, however his part was removed as script rewrites came  in.'),
('101587',' During the scene where Norma is leaving, she stands in front the car  from _Psycho (1960)_ (qv). The music playing in the background at  this part is also from Psycho. Janet Leigh (qv), who plays Norma,  played Marion in Psycho. The license plate on the car is also the  same as the second car Marion buys in Psycho, NFB 418, which are  Norman Bates initials.'),
('101588',' On the television in the girls room a clip from  _Scream 2 (1997)_ (qv) is showing, reciprocating numerous  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv) references and clips in _Scream (1996)_ .  However, according to producer Moustapha Akkad (qv) when the scene  was filmed, the girls were actually watching  _So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)_ (qv), making an entirely  different joke: a movie featuring Michael Myers had its characters  watching Mike Myers (I) (qv). The clip was changed to  _Scream 2 (1997)_ (qv) in post'),
('101589','production.'),
('101590',' When Molly is in the classroom, she spots Michael outside the school  and gets interrupted by the teacher, and when she looks again he is  gone, just like Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) did in  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv).'),
('101591',' The director and writers decided to treat this movie as if  Halloweens 3'),
('101592','6 never took place. This was a decision made to keep  the plot simple and focus on the Laurie character.'),
('101593',' When Jamie Lee Curtis character says, "go down the street to the  Beckers..." this was supposed to refer to the line from Halloween  (1978), "go down the street to the McKenzies house..." The name was  changed to Becker, which was the last name of Drew Barrymores  character in _Scream (1996)_ (qv).'),
('101594',' In certain scenes, Michael can be seen wearing two different masks.  The director decided well into production, to go with a different  mask, so certain scenes were re'),
('101595','shot. Some scenes with the original  mask can still be seen, and in one shot it had to be altered with  CGI to replace Michaels old mask with the new one.'),
('101596',' SPOILER: Moustapha Akkad (qv) (the executive producer) said that  the killer in H20 was not actually Michael Myers, but in fact a  copycat killer, and that this would be explained in the next  Halloween movie. The idea was dropped for  _Halloween: Resurrection (2002)_ (qv), which explained the  reappearance of Michael Myers by revealing that he had traded places  with a paramedic at the end of H20, who had then been mistaken for  Michael, and was subsequently beheaded by Laurie.'),
('101597',' The line "everyone is entitled to one good scare" is said by Norma  to Laurie. Sheriff Brackett (Charles Cypers) originally said it in  the first Halloween.'),
('101598',' In the original Halloween when Laurie is in class we hear the  teacher talking about fate. In Halloween H20 when Laurie is  teaching, Michelle Williams gives an answer about fate.'),
('101599',' The reports that Kevin Williamsons original treatment for "H20"  included a scene in which "Halloween 4" through "6" are acknowledged  as being "in continuity" and "canon" are completely accurate. The  scene did exist, and involved a bitchy student at Keri/Lauries  school giving a class report on the "Haddonfield Murders", and going  into great detail about Jamie Lloyd, Danielle Harris and JC Brandys  character from "Halloween 4" through "6". The student talks about  Jamie losing her parents in an auto accident, as was the explanation  in those sequels for Laurie Strodes absence. (In fact, the only  reason for Laurie to be in the Witness Production Program with her  son under an assumed name as "Keri Tate" at all was because the  original story for "H20" was conceived like this, with "Halloween 4"  through "6" in continuity, and Williamson thus being required to  create an explanation for Lauries "death" in the previous movies  and her subsequent resurrection.) The students report chronicles  Jamies being hunted and eventually killed by her uncle, Michael  Myers. Upon hearing this oral presentation in the classroom, a  grief'),
('101600','stricken Keri/Laurie then retreats to a restroom and throws  up. This scene was of course omitted from the actual film.'),
('101601',' The original treatment for "H20" by Kevin Williamson was much more  sparse on character detail and had a radically different ending. In  the place of Nancy Stephens character of Marion Whittington in the  trademark "Williamson opener", a new character was originally to be  created, "Rachel Loomis", apparently Dr. Sam Loomis daughter, who  would have the computer files on Laurie Strode/Keri Tate on her home  computer. Rachel would come home to discover her computer on, and  would swiftly be dispatched by the Shape. Also, in the climax of the  treatment, there is a massive helicopter and bus chase sequence,  culminating in the downed helicopter spinning out of control and  decapitating the Shape with its out of control rotor a la "Mission:  Impossible".'),
('101602',' The movie was made after a suggestion by Jamie Lee Curtis (qv).  She wanted to "20'),
('101603','year Anniversary" movie with  John Carpenter (I) (qv), but the director declined.'),
('101604',' P.J. Soles (qv) was originally approached for the role of Keri  Tates/Laurie Strodes secretary. Soles never gave a straight answer  as to what she wanted to do, skeptical about returning to the series  as someone completely different then her character Lynda, originally  killed off in Halloween. She eventually lost the role to Jamie Lee  Curtiss mother, Janet Leigh (qv), who was approached after not  getting an answer from Soles.'),
('101605',' Kevin Williamson (I) (qv) was originally hired to write the script  and was said to have actually finished a draft or two with the input  of Jamie Lee Curtis. Williamsons script was eventually not used,  but a treatment he wrote for the movie is said to be a heavy basis  for the final, filmed version.'),
('101606',' According to H6 writer Farrands, Daniel (qv), who wrote an early  draft of the film, said there was originally a scene scripted and  supposedly filmed where a student in Lauries class does a report on  a book called "The Halloween Murders", in an effort to tie all the  movies together. This was dropped however, when it was decided by  the director and producers to ignore "H3'),
('101607','6" so as to concentrate  more on the Laurie Strode aspect of the story.'),
('101608',' On one of the newspaper clippings seen during the opening credits, a  picture of Dr. Sam Loomis can be seen. The character was featured in  the previous Halloween films, and was portrayed by  Donald Pleasence (qv).'),
('101609',' The teenagers at the beginning are watching  _Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)_ (qv).'),
('101610',' LL Cool J (qv)s line, "Comb your hair!" was ad'),
('101611','libbed, inspired  by Josh Hartnett (qv)s messy haircut.'),
('101612',' The majority of John Ottmans original score was rejected late in  post'),
('101613','production and replaced with Marco Beltramis scores to Scream  (1996), Scream 2(1997), and Mimic (1997). The producers wanted a  darker, more Scream'),
('101614','like score, while Ottmans score wasnt strong  enough to fit the bill. Some of what remained of Ottmans score was  heavily edited and often was used for scenes for which they were not  originally intended. Nonetheless, Ottmans music was later released  in its entirety on an album entitled "Portrait of Terror", from  Varese Sarabande Records.'),
('101615',' P.J. Soles (qv) was asked to play the role of Norma Watson. That  was also the same name as the character she played in  _Carrie (1976)_ (qv)'),
('101616',' SPOILER: There was at one time a plan for Michael Myers to speak a  single line at the end of the movie. He was to have said "Laurie"  just before being beheaded by Jamie Lee Curtis. This idea was  dropped from the final script.'),
('101617',' The phrase "Do as I say" is spoken twice by Laurie while escorting  the students to safety. This same line was spoken to the children in  the original Halloween movie.'),
('101618',' Originally, director Steve Miner (qv) wanted  Jerry Goldsmith (qv) to score the film, having already worked with  him on _Warlock (1989)_ (qv) and _Forever Young (1992)_ (qv).'),
('101619',' This was the first and last WCW Pay Per View appearance of Jake  Roberts.'),
('101620',' The PPV was running longer than scheduled and as a result, several  thousand people lost the PPV feed at 11pm which was during The  Goldberg and DDP World Title match. The following night, WCW decided  to correct the problem by airing the entire match for free on Nitro.'),
('101621',' Carvey, Dana (qv) made his movie debut in this movie playing an  assistant. He can be seen receiving instructions from a blond  reporter in front of the Doyle house.'),
('101622',' Curtis, Jamie Lee (qv) had to wear a wig that matched her original  hairstyle for the film.'),
('101623',' Halloween II was originally written to take place in a high rise  apartment building. Later in script meetings, however, the setting  was changed to Haddonfield Hospital.'),
('101624',' This is the only Halloween film to show the morning after the 31st,  every other movie ends on Halloween night.'),
('101625',' John Carpenter (I) (qv) turned down an offer to direct, but  remained involved with the production by writing the screenplay.'),
('101626',' Pamela Susan Shoop (qv) (Karen) got an ear infection during  filming of her death scene as the water in the hot tub was  apparently "none too clean".'),
('101627',' Believing Rick Rosenthal (I) (qv)s version of the film to be too  tame, John Carpenter (I) (qv) shot a few gory scenes that were  added into the film despite Rosenthals objections.'),
('101628',' The scene where the Boom Box Boy, played by Lance Warlock (qv),  runs into Michael in Haddonfield town square was shot on one of  three nights of re'),
('101629','shoots done by original _Halloween (1978)_ (qv)  director John Carpenter (I) (qv).'),
('101630',' The voice of Alices friend (heard over a telephone) is the voice of  Nancy Kyes (qv), who played Annie in _Halloween (1978)_ (qv), and  appears in _Halloween II (1981)_ (qv) as the corpse of Annie.'),
('101631',' The 17'),
('101632','year'),
('101633','old who was hit by the police car and burnt alive, at  first believed to be Michael Myers, was supposed to be Ben Tramer,  the boy Laurie confesses to have a crush in in the original  Halloween.'),
('101634',' Ben Tramer, who gets killed, is a reference to  John Carpenter (I) (qv)s friend Bennett Tramer (qv). They went  to USC (University of Southern California) as Tramer wrote episodes  for "Saved By the Bell" (1989) (qv).'),
('101635',' Dick Warlock (qv) wore lifts in order to appear taller.'),
('101636',' The film that the security guard and the Elrods are watching is  _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv).'),
('101637',' In the scene where Michael tries to attack Laurie as shes climbing  through the window the scalpel that hes holding was actually just  an eraser on a stick.'),
('101638',' As revealed by the Sheriffs Deputies patch, Haddonfield supposedly  exists in Warren County, Illinois. Warren County is actually in  Nothwest Illinois. Warren County more likely refers to the county in  Kentucky which contains the city of Bowling Green where John  Carpenter grew up.'),
('101639',' Alices friend Sally (the girl on the phone in the beginning of the  movie) tells her the murders happened on Orange Grove. This is the  actual name of the street where this film and  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv) were filmed. The houses that portray the  Wallace and Doyle houses are on Orange Grove just north of Sunset  Blvd in Hollywood, California'),
('101640',' John Carpenter spent time growing up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and  there are several references to Bowling Green and the surrounding  area: Smiths Grove and Russelville are towns nearby; Bowling Green  is in Warren County, where Haddonfield is set; and Elrod, Chestnut,  (31W) Bypass, and Scottsville are all names of local streets in  Bowling Green.'),
('101641',' Was filmed at Morningside Hospital, 8711 South Harvard, Los Angeles  which had recently closed and has since been torn down.'),
('101642',' The original writer of the story was Kneale, Nigel (qv) but he  sued the producers to take his name off the movie after seeing how  violent it was.'),
('101643',' The music playing on the radio when Marge Guttman notices the tag on  the floor was also played in John Carpenters  _Fog, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('101644',' A milk factory was used for the setting of the Silver Shamrock  factory.'),
('101645',' After Michael Myers died in Halloween II, the plan by  John Carpenter (qv) was to make a new "Halloween" movie each year,  each telling a different Halloween related story. After this movie  failed at the box office, the film'),
('101646','makers decided to bring Michael  back to life for future sequels.'),
('101647',' The tagline "The Night Nobody Came Home" is also a play on the  original Halloween movies tagline, "The Night HE Came Home."'),
('101648',' Michael Myers does appear briefly in this film, on a television  advertising the original _Halloween (1978)_ (qv). It comes near the  beginning when Dan Challis is drinking in a bar.'),
('101649',' When Challis fills in the register at the motel office, he scans the  list of names for evidence of Ellies fathers stay. All of the  other names on the list are the names of the crew.'),
('101650',' Supposedly, part of the genesis of this film came from a comment  made by film critic Rex Reed. Reed panned  _Halloween II (1981)_ (qv), saying it was so bad that, "if they make  a Halloween III, Ill turn in my press card."'),
('101651',' The small town of Santa Mira was also the setting for  _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)_ (qv).'),
('101652',' The voice of the operator that Challis keeps getting when he tries  to call out of Santa Mira is Jamie Lee Curtis (qv).'),
('101653',' The voice of the announcer in the Silver Shamrock commercials and  radio spots is that of the films writer/director Tommy Lee Wallace.'),
('101654',' The book that Marge Guttman is reading before her death in the motel  room is "The Eagles Gift" by Carlos Castaneda.'),
('101655',' Season of the Witch was the original working title of Martin  Scorseses Mean Streets.'),
('101656',' This film was released to VHS in limited release in 1992, re'),
('101657','titled  as "The Night Dracula Saved the World".'),
('101658',' The scene where Vito Scotti (Mikey) is eating the soup and is asked,  "Would you like to visit the Addams House? He likes it... Hey,  Mikey!" is a take'),
('101659','off of a Life Cereal television that was a big hit  in the 1970s.'),
('101660',' This was considered a pilot for a potential revival series but a  series was not ordered.'),
('101661',' Was first named "Halloween: The Homecoming" but producers wanted a  title that said Michael Myers is alive so in Feburary 2002, the film  was officially named "Halloween: Resurrection."'),
('101662',' Was originally set for a release date of September 21st 2001, but  producers at Dimension Films wanted the film to be stronger so  re'),
('101663','shoots took place from September to October 2001.'),
('101664',' Whitney Ransick (qv) and Little, Dwight (qv) turned down the  chance to direct.'),
('101665',' Jacinda Barrett (qv) was originally cast in the role of Sara Moyer  but dropped out shortly before production began.'),
('101666',' Director Rick Rosenthal (I) (qv) previously directed  _Halloween II (1981)_ (qv) '),
('101667',' 21 years earlier.'),
('101668',' Kajlich, Bianca (qv) was originally cast in the role of Jenna  Danzig.'),
('101669',' Sackhoff, Katee (qv) originally was supposed to portray Donna  Chang.'),
('101670',' The name Jen Danzig is a reference to Glenn Danzig, the singer of  the former Misfits leader whom wrote and sung the songs Halloween  and Halloween II before the original movie was released. The two  songs have little to do with the movies since their lyrics do not  even touch the main plot.'),
('101671',' Tyra Banks (I) (qv)s characters death was cut. You can still see  the aftermath in the movie.'),
('101672',' A picture of Josh Hartnett (qv), who played Laurie Strodes son  John in _Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)_ (qv), can be seen on  the wall above Lauries bed in the sanitarium.'),
('101673',' Producers considered Harris, Danielle (qv) who played Jamie Lloyd  in _Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)_ (qv) and  _Halloween 5 (1989)_ (qv) for a role in Halloween: Resurrection.'),
('101674',' Michael Myers is not given credit for any of the murders that occur  in Halloweens 4, 5, or 6. A sanitarium resident even notes that  Myers was not heard from for the twenty years between the events  that occur in _Halloween II (1981)_ (qv) and  _Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)_ (qv).'),
('101675',' Bianca Kajlich (qv) cannot scream and her screams had to be dubbed  in post production.'),
('101676',' In the first scene at the college, Sara Moyer  (Bianca Kajlich (qv)) is shown twirling her hair, much like Laurie  Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis (qv)) does in the class room scene in the  original Halloween.'),
('101677',' Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) agreed to do her part, only to make sure her  character, Laurie Stode (or herself) wouldnt appear in another  sequel.'),
('101678',' The Halloween: Resurrection trailer was first seen before  _Jason X (2001)_ (qv) which was released on the 26th of April 2002.'),
('101679',' cameos etc  DIRCAMEO(Rick Rosenthal (I) (qv)): a college professor.'),
('101680',' Jamie Lee Curtis (qv) was contractually obligated to do at least a  30'),
('101681','second cameo, but she liked the script so much that she increased  her involvement in the opening scene.'),
('101682',' The name of the psychology professor at Haddenfield University is  Dr. Mixter. This was also name of the doctor in  _Halloween II (1981)_ (qv) that treated Laurie Strode  (Jamie Lee Curtis (qv)) and was killed by Michael Myers with a  needle in the eye.'),
('101683',' Three endings were shot regarding the fate of Freddie Harris  (Busta Rhymez (qv)).'),
('101684',' Several new endings were written during production and the cast was  never sure how the film was actually going to end. Four different  endings were filmed, and the director wanted the studio to ship a  different ending to each theater, a technique used before during the  theatrical release of _Clue ()_ (qv). However, the studio disagreed  and the endings now appear on the DVD and the Internet.'),
('101685',' Howard Stern (qv) was originally offered the role as radio "shock  jock" Barry Simms, but turned it down.'),
('101686',' Debra and John Strode were named after John Carpenter (qv) and  Debra Hill (qv) who produced the first two films of the series'),
('101687',' The name of Mrs. Blankenship is a reference to  _Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)_ (qv), in which Ellie  says her father had an appointment with Minnie Blankenship.'),
('101688',' When Michael was chasing Tommy, Kara, Danny and baby Stephen down  the hallway, Michael was played by A. Michael Lerner. The Smiths  Grove Doctor running from Michael also was A. Michael Lerners real  life father.'),
('101689',' Danielle Harris (qv) wanted to reclaim her role as Jamie, but  turned it down when Dimension Films refused to pay her the $5,000  she wanted.'),
('101690',' Joe Chappelle wrote the ending for the theatrical version of the  film.'),
('101691',' Many of Donald Pleasences scenes were edited out of the film  because Joe Chappelle found him "boring".'),
('101692',' As a result of Donald Pleasences death, as well as creative  differences between Joe Chappelle and the producer, and an allegedly  bad test screening of the original work (the famous producers cut)  re'),
('101693','shoots were done as well as lots of editing, to the anger of most  of the cast and crew. Many vowed never to make another Halloween  movie again after all the changes.'),
('101694',' The script went through eleven different drafts.'),
('101695',' In the original draft of the movie, when John came home from work,  he turned on the TV and the scene of the boy dying from the mask in  Halloween 3: Season of the Witch was shown.'),
('101696',' The producers of the movie wanted Brian Andrews to reprise his role  as Tommy Doyle from the original Halloween. However, Andrews did not  have an agent, so they could not get in contact with him. He regrets  missing the opportunity.'),
('101697',' Although the infamous Producers Cut of the film was never  officially released, bootleg versions were made available a few  months after the films release.'),
('101698',' Denise Richards (qv) was considered and turned down for the role  of "Beth."'),
('101699',' The original conception of the "Thorn" cult apparently was much more  in the vein of Roman Polaskis vision of the Satanists in  _Rosemarys Baby (1968)_ (qv), more mundane and real'),
('101700','life, as  opposed to what Daniel Farrands (qv) has called "the Temple of  Doom version" in the final film, with underground lairs, altars, and  robes and hoods.'),
('101701',' The original director was to be Fred Walton (II) (qv), who  directed the original _When a Stranger Calls (1979)_ (qv).'),
('101702',' Richard Boone (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('101703',' The storyboards for the FMVs were drawn by the same artist who did  the storyboards for _Fifth Element, The (1997)_ (qv).'),
('101704',' Was introduced at Macworld Expo in 1999 by Apple co'),
('101705','founder  Steve Jobs (qv) set for a release on the Macintosh. Then Bungie  was bought out by Microsoft.'),
('101706',' There are several references to the Marathon series of games, also  by Bungie:  '),
('101707',' The Marathon logo can be on the hull of the Pillar of Autumn, and    on the chest of Captain Keyes.  '),
('101708',' The architecture in Halo is very similar to Jjaro architecture '),
('101709','    the Jjaro were an equally ancient race in Marathon.  '),
('101710',' Cortana claims the Master Chief has "gone rampant" if he shoots    the Captain '),
('101711',' Rampancy being a key concept in Marathon. Cortana    also shows signs of Rampancy (arrogance and distain of humans)    once installed into Halos control systems. According to Marathon,    installing an AI to a large computer system (as Halos obviously    must be) could cause an AI to become Rampant.  '),
('101712',' Marines will occasionally refer to you as a "Mark Five".    Marathons main character was a Mjolnir Mark IV cyborg, and the    Master Chief wears Mjolnir Mark V armor.'),
('101713',' Some of the dialogue spoken by the marines, comes directly from the  film _Aliens (1986)_ (qv)'),
('101714',' If you highlight the "Edit Gametypes" section in the multiplayer  section of this game, you come across an image of Master Chief with  text that, to the reader, seems to be schematics for each of his  body parts. If you look closely, some of the text arent schematics,  but text: Text on Head/Gun: "UV Protectant Sun Visor for Protection  from Elements". Text on Upper Right Leg: "Sometimes I give myself  the creeps, sometimes my mind plays tricks on me" (lyrics from the  Green Day song "Basket Case"). Text on Lower Right Leg: "Hydraulic  Suspension Thigh Pads with cool Kevlar crap". Text on Left Leg:  "Directional Locks MJOLNIR cyborg dealer parts". Text on Arm:  "Action/Reload see may flexible joint system". Text on Torso: "All  your base are belong to us".'),
('101715',' Many people believe that Halo takes place during a  one'),
('101716','hundred'),
('101717','and'),
('101718','thiry'),
('101719','nine year gap in the Marathon timeline, in  which the creators wrote "This century intentionally left blank.  Seriously, nothing really happened."'),
('101720',' Much of the dialogue spoken by the Covenant Elites is in fact  dialogue by the human Sergeant, reversed, with some pitch  alterations.'),
('101721',' Much of the dialog of the "Grunt" characters is taken from the Human  characters in Marathon 1: "Thank God its you" was spoken by  characters called "Exploding Bobs", which were sythetic Humans who  would run at the player and explode. The line "Theyre Everywhere"  was spoken by frightened Humans the player would come across.'),
('101722',' If you look closely at the shotgun shells taken out when Master  Chief reloads, youll see there are hippo heads pictured on them.'),
('101723',' Right outside the bridge of The Pillar of Autumn, there is a  bulletin board with the following sheets on it (along with a control  bar reading "FILE EDIT PASSWORD KEYBOARD and a pop'),
('101724','up keyboard):  "FOR SALE PENTIUM XI (35GF?) CHICAGO OFFICE COLONY SHIP 3 SPEED  MANUAL TRANSMISION HYDE MARK CONGO INTEGRITY", "MARINES KEEP IT  CLEAN! CLEAN YOUR AREA, TOSS YOUR FILTH, PUT AWAY YOUR TRAY"  "MARINES SCOOTERS ARE FOR SQUIRTS NO SCOOTERS ON DECK", A duty  roster, "LOST: CALICO CAT ANSWERS TO: JONESY" (A reference to the  movie Alien (1979), "ATTENTION MARINES (some text too small to read)  SOUTH PACIFIC (cut off by keyboard)", and a poster with the Earth as  seen from the moon with the words "FIGHT FOR HER".'),
('101725',' Was to be released for the PC and console and the same time but  became an X'),
('101726','Box exclusive title after Microsoft bought out the  company. The PC version was released later.'),
('101727',' The serial number on the Scorpion tank (030569) is actually the  birthdate of Marcus Lehto (qv), Halos Art Director, who was born  on March 5, 1969.'),
('101728',' The level Assault on the Control Room features all of the  pilot'),
('101729','able vehicles in the game. It is also the only level to  feature the Scorpion Tank.'),
('101730',' Alex Garland (qv) was paid $1 million by Microsoft to write an  adaptation of the popular game. Microsoft then sold the script to  Universal for $10 million.'),
('101731',' A rumor was started that Alex Garland (qv)s script had been  dropped, and that D.B. Weiss (qv) had replaced him as the  screenwriter, but Weiss confirmed in an interview on  Gamesetwatch.com that he was only revising Garlands script.'),
('101732',' Producer Peter Jackson (I) (qv) asked Guillermo del Toro (qv) to  helm the movie, but del Toro turned the offer down so he could  direct _Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008)_ (qv).'),
('101733',' The largest trailer for this game was released in movie theaters.  Near the end of this trailer, the usual www.xbox.com URL is replaced  with "www.ilovebees.com" for a moment. If someone goes to the  website, they encountered a website which seemed to be under the  control of a Halo'),
('101734','type artificial intelligence. This website  continued to change, eventually telling a multifaceted story which  explains how the Covenant find Earth in Halo 2, despite not knowing  its location during the events of Halo 1.'),
('101735',' All of the voice actors that were in the original Halo returned for  Halo 2.'),
('101736',' Contains 17,000 lines of combat dialog.'),
('101737',' On Wednesday, 13 October 2004, a pirated copy of of the game leaked  out to the public, and quickly spread on peer'),
('101738','to'),
('101739','peer networks and  IRC.'),
('101740',' Mircosoft lawyers forced Bungie Studio to change the name of the  alien antagonist because it carried Muslim overtones.'),
('101741',' Had 1.5 Million preorders before its release, making it an XBox  "Platinum Hit" months before it was even released.'),
('101742',' Microsoft predicted that the first day sales would amount to almost  US$100 million, a staggering figure for a video game. In fact first  day takings managed to surpass even that estimate, reaching the  US$125 million mark after only 24 hours of sales. This means that  this game earned more on its first day than any previous  entertainment media release '),
('101743',' including every major Hollywood  blockbuster (the biggest opening day earning for a film at the time  was _Spider'),
('101744','Man 2 (2004)_ (qv), which took $40.5 million when it  opened in June 2004). A Microsoft representative was quoted as  saying, "The first 24 hours of Halo 2 sales have taken our breath  away."'),
('101745',' In the US and Canada alone, 2.4 million copies of the game were sold  in the first 24 hours of its release. That averages out to roughly  27 copies a second.'),
('101746',' There are two versions of the game, the normal version in the  standard green XBox DVD case, and the Limited Collectors Edition,  sold in a metal case with a bonus DVD that includes "Making of"  featurettes and extra content. The manual for the Collectors  Edition is also different from the normal version; where the normal  version shows everything from the point of view of the human forces,  is orange in color, and has the Master Chief on the front, the CE  manual is purple, shows everything from the point of view of the  Covenant, and has an Elite with an energy sword on the front. Also  included in the CE was a small booklet titled "Conversations from  the Universe", a collection of one'),
('101747','page stories between major and  minor characters that provides some additional background on the  universe of Halo.'),
('101748',' The development team included 70 people.'),
('101749',' Made $125 Million in its first day of release, beating Spider'),
('101750','mans  3'),
('101751','day record.'),
('101752',' In the series "Red Vs. Blue", a glitch in the first  _Halo (2001) (VG)_ (qv) that made characters looking down appear to  be looking forward was the only reason that Red Vs. Blue could be  made. In Halo 2 this glitch was fixed. Instead, all you have to do  is spend all of your grenades, and then press and hold the grenade  button. This drops the characters arms. Correction: Grenades did  not have to be spent. Simply pressing down on the Xbox controller  Directional'),
('101753','pad lowered the characters weapon.'),
('101754',' The only enemies encountered whilst playing as the Arbiter are the  Heretic Covenant, the Flood and the Covenant Loyalists (Brutes,  Jackals and Drones). No hostile Humans are ever encountered during  the game.'),
('101755',' As the trailer begins, you can see a "grunt crossing" sign blowing  in the wind.'),
('101756',' Composer Marty ODonnell used a 60 piece orchestra and a 24 piece  choir for the score.'),
('101757',' When released Halo 3 will have 3 versions. The standard 1 disk  edition, the 2 disk special edition with tin case and the 3 disk  edition with a spartan helmet.'),
('101758',' Halo 3 will ship with the ability to record game play and save it as  "films" for later review. These films will allow viewers to fully  control camera angles on playback, from other players perspectives  or from a completely free camera. Films were included in part to  help dedicated players improve their play (much as studying field  films helps in college or professional football) and in part to help  those creating "machinima" (animated films shot by using video games  as puppetry) such as the popular "Red vs. Blue" series.'),
('101759',' The executive producer of this movie, John Kelleher, was the serving  film censor in the Republic of Ireland at the time of the movies  production.'),
('101760',' This documentary is featured on the Fifth Season DVD set for  _"Angel" (1999/I)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('101761',' This is the first production of the TT Film Workshop led by  Béla Tarr (qv). Nearly every member of the crew was new to the  role, including the producer, the director and the cinematographer.'),
('101762',' The film was an exam in a film school.'),
('101763',' In 2006. may 13. the Halálos Halál win the most original art  direction special achievement award in the II. Hungarian Göcsej  Amateur Film Festival.'),
('101764',' The script was written in two weeks.'),
('101765',' It was filmed in 12 days.'),
('101766',' From the Regular Kids series of 2'),
('101767','reel comedies with a juvenile  cast.'),
('101768',' Myrna Loy (qv) later regretted having made a blatantly racist film  like this, calling it "shameful". Producer/writer  Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) was said to have atoned for it by making  such anti'),
('101769','racism films as _Gentlemans Agreement (1947)_ (qv) and  _Pinky (1949)_ (qv).'),
('101770',' First movie appearance of Rino Bermudez (qv).'),
('101771',' Many local police departments have investigators doing many of the  same things described in the film.'),
('101772',' The director was inspired to make this film after having spent  several years working with abused children in Los Angeles.'),
('101773',' Alka Yagnik (qv)s full'),
('101774','fledged playback'),
('101775','singing debut.'),
('101776',' After the May 17 battle, Dylan McDermott (qv), as Sgt. Frantz,  vehemently tells an Army photographer who shows up to "Unass my AO!"  In the condensed language of GI slang, it is an order to move his  ass out of the sergeants Area of Operations, and in this context it  expresses the infantry GIs contempt for soldiers who dont fight.'),
('101777',' Some of the extras during filming were US Marines stationed in the  Subic Bay, Philippines area.'),
('101778',' The Statoil company paid 500,000 NOK ($USD67,000) for their logo to  be displayed for three seconds in the film. See also the goofs entry  for this film.'),
('101779',' The base took several months to build and nearly 500.000 SEK ($US  60,000) worth of damage was done when it was blown apart.'),
('101780',' Mark Hamill (I) (qv) accidentally hit Peter Stormare (qv) during  the last fight scene.'),
('101781',' On 19 January 2007, the producers of the Berlin Film Festival  announced that they would premiere the original color version of  this movie. This version was previously thought to be lost.'),
('101782',' Olivier, Laurence (qv) was 41 when Hamlet was released.  Herlie, Eileen (qv), who played Hamlets mother Gertrude, was 28.'),
('101783',' With this film, Olivier, Laurence (qv) became the first person  ever to direct themselves to a best actor or actress Oscar.'),
('101784',' The first film to win both the Academy Award for best picture and  the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Award for best picture.'),
('101785',' The first film to win both the Academy Award for best picture and  the Venice Film Festival'),
('101786',' The final scene to be filmed was the famous shot of Olivier jumping  off a high tower onto Claudius and killing him, because it was  considered to be so dangerous that it was feared that Olivier would  injure himself too badly performing the stunt to film any other  scenes. Olivier emerged uninjured from the leap, but the stuntman  doubling as Claudius was knocked out from the impact and lost two  teeth.'),
('101787',' The first non'),
('101788','American film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.'),
('101789',' One of the Shakespearean purists who criticized this shorn'),
('101790','down  version of the play was Ethel Barrymore (qv), who complained that  it wasnt as faithful as the stage version produced on Broadway in  1922, in which her brother John Barrymore (I) (qv) played Hamlet.  Ethel Barrymore was the presenter of the Best Picture Oscar at the  Academy Awards that year and was visibly shaken when she read out  Oliviers name as the winner.'),
('101791',' Stanley Holloway (qv) was an 11th'),
('101792','hour choice; the actor who was  supposed to play the grave digger, F.J. McCormick (qv), died  shortly before filming.'),
('101793',' At $2 million, this was a very expensive production in its day.'),
('101794',' Initially, Olivier was not keen on producing "Hamlet". Although he  wanted to repeat the success of  _Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944)_ (qv),  he found that the Danish play was the only really viable choice, as  Orson Welles had just done _Macbeth (1948)_ (qv) and was prepping  _Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, The (1952)_ (qv). By  casting himself in the lead, however, he was able to secure the  necessary financing.'),
('101795',' This is the first of many films that Peter Cushing (qv) and  Christopher Lee (I) (qv) would do together, including once where  Cushing played Dr. Frankenstein and Lee was the Monster, and three  times where Lee played Dracula and Cushing played Van Helsing.'),
('101796',' This is the only major film version of "Hamlet" that entirely omits  the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Olivier was severely  criticized for leaving them out of the film, as they provide many  opportunities for Hamlet to behave in a sarcastically humorous way  toward them, and many felt that Olivier probably would have played  these moments brilliantly.'),
('101797',' Olivier played the voice of Hamlets fathers ghost himself by  recording the dialog and playing it back at a reduced speed, giving  it a macabre quality. Many references inexplicably credit the voice  of the ghost as being performed by John Gielgud (qv), but Olivier  actually disliked working with Gielgud and turned down his request  to play the Chorus in his film of Henry V.'),
('101798',' Greatly influenced by the inventive camera effects that  Orson Welles (qv) and Gregg Toland (qv) pioneered in  _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv), and by the psychological  reinterpretations of the play that were being floated at the time.'),
('101799',' Olivier didnt attend the Academy Awards ceremony in which he won  two Oscars as he was performing in a play in London at the time with  his wife, Vivien Leigh (qv).'),
('101800',' Some of Fortinbras lines from the play were given to Horatio.  Fortinbras does not appear in this film version of "Hamlet".'),
('101801',' This was the first sound film version in English of the play.'),
('101802',' Because they wanted to aim at a wider public in their film  adaptation of "Hamlet" than they had in their 1944 film version of  "Henry V", Olivier and text adaptor Alan Dent modernized and/or  clarified several obscure phrases in the play: "The cock, that is  the trumpet to the morn" became "The cock, that is the herald to the  morn", "recks not his own rede" became "minds not his own creed",  "In the same figure, like the King thats dead" became "in the same  figure, like the dead King Hamlet", and "It may be, very like"  became "It may be, very likely", among others.'),
('101803',' Claire Bloom (qv) auditioned for the role of Ophelia.'),
('101804',' When the movie was released Laurence Olivier (qv) said it had been  filmed in black and white for artistic reasons. The true reason, as  he later admitted, was that "I was in the middle of a furious row  with Technicolor".'),
('101805',' Desmond Dickenson had a very maneuverable Camera Dolly specially  made for this film with Pneumatic tires (the first of its kind in  England).'),
('101806',' This was the first American production of a Shakespeare play ever  presented on network television which was more than an hour in  length. There had been other Shakespeare productions on American TV  (such as Walter Hampdens "Macbeth") before this "Hamlet", but they  had reduced the plays being shown to only an hour.  Maurice Evans (qv) had already starred in several Broadway  productions of "Hamlet". This production also marked Evans debut on  network TV.'),
('101807',' Richard Burton (I) (qv) asked John Gielgud (qv) to direct him in  this production of Hamlet while they were filming  _Becket (1964)_ (qv) together.'),
('101808',' Actor William Redfield (qv), who appeared as Guildernstern in the  John Gielgud (qv)'),
('101809','directed stage version of  Richard Burton (I) (qv) _Hamlet (1964/I)_ (qv), published a memoir  of the event, "Notes of an Actor", in 1967. He wrote that Gielgud  had an encyclopedia knowledge of the play and could play any and all  parts of it from memory for his cast as he directed the production,  but he lacked the overall vision to bring the production together.'),
('101810',' Richard Burton (I) (qv)s adoptive father,  Philip Burton (I) (qv), had to intervene and help his son with his  interpretation of the melancholy Dane, as well as help other cast  members who were confused by director John Gielgud (qv)s  direction (or lack of it). Philip had been estranged from Richard  since the younger Burton left his wife and two daughters to hook up  with Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) on the set of Cleopatra  (1963)_ (qv). Though the two hadnt spoken since the breakup of  Richards marriage, Taylor called Philip and told him that Richard  was struggling under Gielguds direction. Four years earlier, Philip  had stepped in to help director Moss Hart (qv) with the direction  of the 1960 Broadway musical _Camelot (1967)_ (qv) after Hart had  had a heart'),
('101811','attack. Father and son were reconciled, and under  Philips tutelage, Richard Burton ultimately presented a Hamlet that  was more of the old Jacobian "Revenger" type (known colloquially as  "Belleforest" after an adulterated version of the play dating from  the 18th Century) that was the antithesis of the  Geilgud'),
('101812','Laurence Olivier (qv) Romantic "Sorrows of Young Werther"  conception of Hamlet that had dominated the English'),
('101813','speaking stage  in the 20th century. (In addition to fusing Freud with the Bard,  Olivier did add Revenger flourishes to his Hamlet, though, by making  him a Douglas Fairbanks (qv) style swashbuckler However,  Belleforest'),
('101814','style Hamlets, such as the one presented by  Albert Finney (qv) at the National Theatre in 1975, were  considered "old'),
('101815','fashioned" as they underplayed the psychology so  dear to 20th Century audiences and were typically panned by  critics.) Prior to his step'),
('101816','fathers help, Richard Burton had found  himself unable to convincingly play a Romantic Hamlet under  Gielguds direction. Ironically, as the long run of his Broadway  Hamlet went on, a bored Burton would vary his Hamlet night by night  according to how he felt. According to his own memoirs, Richard  Burton might one night present the prince as a homosexual, while  another night add German words to the text in order to see if anyone  noticed. Some theatrical mavens who had returned to the theater to  see the fiery Hamlet of the opening days of the production  criticized Burton for his lack of discipline.'),
('101817',' The film was scheduled to be shown in cinemas for a week and then  all copies were to be destroyed. A single print was found in  Richard Burton (I) (qv)s garage after his death, which his widow  allowed to be distributed as a DVD.'),
('101818',' Other than a 1910 silent version, this is the only production of  "Hamlet" (so far) to actually be filmed in Elsinore, Denmark, where  most of the play takes place.'),
('101819',' The wardrobe was modern.'),
('101820',' Director Franco Zeffirelli (qv) reportedly wanted  Mel Gibson (I) (qv) for the titular role after seeing his  near'),
('101821','suicide scene in _Lethal Weapon (1987)_ (qv)'),
('101822',' Contains the worlds largest hand'),
('101823','painted set backdrop (15x70  meters) depicting Michelangelos Last Judgement. Featured in the  Guinness Book of Records.'),
('101824',' Part of the movie was shot at Blenheim Palace, which is owned by the  Duke Of Marlborough. He had a very small role in the movie as  Fortinbras General.'),
('101825',' Julie Christie (I) (qv) came out of retirement to play Gertrude.'),
('101826',' Derek Jacobi (qv) who plays Claudius in this film, played Hamlet  in _Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) (TV)_ (qv). He admitted that he  had some difficulty with the role of Claudius as he kept thinking  Hamlets lines. Simon Russell Beale (qv) has also played Hamlet on  stage.'),
('101827',' The first "full'),
('101828','length" film version of "Hamlet" ever made (using  the Second Quarto (1604) text with additions from the First Folio  (1623) to create an idealized "complete" Hamlet).'),
('101829',' Kate Winslet (qv) didnt even audition for the role of Ophelia.  Winslet had previously auditioned for the  Helena Bonham Carter (qv) "Elizabeth" role in  Kenneth Branagh (qv)s _Frankenstein (1994)_ (qv), and Branagh was  so impressed that he offered her the role in  _Hamlet (1996)_ (qv)without so much as a reading.'),
('101830',' Kate Winslet (qv), (Ophelia), learned on the day that she had to  shoot the straitjacket scene that she had just been given the role  of Rose in _Titanic (1997)_ (qv).'),
('101831',' The title of Hamlets play'),
('101832','within'),
('101833','a'),
('101834','play is "The Murder of Gonzago",  which may or may not have been extrapolated from an Italian prose  work. However, when asked its title by Claudius, Hamlet responds by  bestowing on it a new moniker, which reflects its purpose (to "catch  the conscience of the King") '),
('101835',' he calls it "The Mousetrap".'),
('101836',' As of 2006, this was the last studio film to be shot in the 70mm  process.'),
('101837',' The first British film to be shot in 70mm in over 25 years.'),
('101838',' Kenneth Branagh (qv) offered Gérard Depardieu (qv) a small part  in the 4'),
('101839','hour version of the film out of gratitude for his active  support on the release of his first feature _Henry V (1989)_ (qv) in  France (not only was he the main distributor of the film but also  dubbed Branaghs voice on the French version).'),
('101840',' Robin Williams and Billy Crystal were not allowed to be on the set  at the same time during filming, for fear they would crack up the  cast and crew, and cause major production delays.'),
('101841',' Diane Venora (qv), who plays Queen Gertrude, played Ophelia in a  made'),
('101842','for'),
('101843','television version of _Hamlet (1990/II) (TV)_ (qv) starring  and directed by Kevin Kline (I) (qv).'),
('101844',' Shepard, Sam (qv) also played Hawke, Ethan (qv)s father in  _Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)_ (qv).'),
('101845',' Ophelia removes a rubber duck from her bag. This is a reference to  Kaurismäki, Aki (qv)s version of Hamlet,  _Hamlet liikemaailmassa (1987)_ (qv), where after the death of his  father, Hamlets uncle controls the board of a company that decides  to move into the rubber duck market.'),
('101846',' The only lines in the movie which are not from the original play are  messages played by machines, or when the GraveDigger is singing a  song ("All Along the Watchtower").'),
('101847',' In the scene in which Claudius confronts Hamlet in the laundromat,  he pushes Hamlet from machine 2 to machine 3. This correlates with  Shakespeares play, in which the confrontation begins in Act IV,  scene 2 and continues on to scene 3.'),
('101848',' The Fax machine seen near the end of the film is the "Osric.". Osric  is the name of the messenger in the play that informs Hamlet Laertes  has challenged him.'),
('101849',' In keeping with the modernized presence of all things Shakespeare  throughout the film, Hamlet travels on a jet.'),
('101850',' The average full stage production of Hamlet clocks in at around 4  hours. This film version only lasts 112 minutes.'),
('101851',' Both Diane Venora and Liev Schreiber have previously acted in  productions of Hamlet on the New York stage. In fact, Venora had  actually played the title character in a famous and iconoclastic  production of the play.'),
('101852',' The third screen adaptation in nine years of the classic play.'),
('101853',' At 29, Ethan Hawke is the youngest actor to play Hamlet on film.'),
('101854',' Paul Bartels final film role.'),
('101855',' The music that plays during the film the Mousetrap is part of  Tchaikovskys "Hamlet", op. 67.'),
('101856',' When Hamlet stops the limo after deciding not to kill his uncle,  Claudius, he exits at a theater billing the Best Musical of 1998 '),
('101857','  the live'),
('101858','action stage version of "The Lion King". "The Lion King" is  reportedly inspired by "Hamlet".'),
('101859',' Archive footage of John Gielgud (qv) as Hamlet appears briefly on  this Hamlets computer screen.'),
('101860',' Actor Dominic Stewart, who played Polonius, died during the  post'),
('101861','production phase. As some of Polonius voice over material had  not yet been recorded, the part was re'),
('101862','voiced by Gerry Doherty.'),
('101863',' The film received its world premiere at the Shakespeare Association  of America Annual Conference in Bermuda in 2005.'),
('101864',' The whole production was shot in just 15 days in July 2006, giving a  minutes per day ratio of 10 minutes every day. No shooting day  overshot by more than one hour even though each day was scheduled  for only eight hours. On the final day of the shoot (on Southend  beach) 3 and a half hours were lost due to the tide being in.  Alexander Fodor (qv) totally revised the shots, heavily  pre'),
('101865','prepped the actors and charged ahead giving them only one take  per shot. The end result being that the day finished 10 minutes  ahead of schedule.'),
('101866',' This version of Hamlet is a comedy shot entirely in front of a green  screen and features live'),
('101867','action characters in an animated world.'),
('101868',' Cameos by Samwell ("What What") and the band Leslie and the Lys  ("Gem Sweater").'),
('101869',' Jacobi, Derek (qv), who plays Hamlet, was Claudius in  Branagh, Kenneth (qv)s version of _Hamlet (1996)_ (qv).'),
('101870',' Lalla Ward (qv) was teased by co'),
('101871','star Patrick Stewart (I) (qv)  because at the time she made this film, she was also co'),
('101872','starring in  _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv). Stewart told her he wouldnt be caught  dead doing science fiction. Within a few years, however, he would  appear in David Lynch (I) (qv)s _Dune (1984)_ (qv), in  Tobe Hooper (qv)s _Lifeforce (1985)_ (qv), and later as Capt.  Picard in _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv), among  others.'),
('101873',' Riffed in Mystery Science Theater 3000, season 10, episode 9.'),
('101874',' While traveling through Kansas, the riders went through a  record'),
('101875','setting heat wave '),
('101876',' it was 117 degrees Fahrenheit. The tripod  that the crew was using melted into the pavement while the camera  was rolling.'),
('101877',' While crossing the Utah and Nevada deserts, some of the footage  melted in the extreme July heat.'),
('101878',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for 1990: Bronx Warrior  (1982), released in 2003.'),
('101879',' Vince Edwards (I) (qv) replaced Stephen Boyd (I) (qv).'),
('101880',' Clive Donner (qv) was asked to direct this film.'),
('101881',' When "The Magpie and Stump Hotel" in Mintaro in the Clare Valley,  South Australia appeared in "Hammers Over The Anvil", the name of  the pub was painted over. However, when the painters repainted back  the name, they got it wrong and instead called the pub the "The  Magpie Stump Hotel".'),
('101882',' According to Melvyn Braggs biography of Richard Burton, Robert  Redford was considered for the part of Billy Breedlove. Burton  watched some movies in which Robert Redford starred and came to the  conclusion that Redford, then in his early thirties, hadnt become a  star because he lacked a certain panache or charisma. Burton didnt  want Reford for the film and was glad when the part instead was  offered to, and accepted by, Beau Bridges. Of course, within a year  of the release of "Hammersmith is Out," Redford was a superstar, the  #1 box office attraction in the America (a mantle he would wear  another two times in the Seventies), and would soon cop an Academy  Award nomination for the blockbuster hit "The Sting."'),
('101883',' This was Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) and Richard Burton (I) (qv)s  final film together.'),
('101884',' When director Wim Wenders (qv) completed his work, the studio  backing him was so dissatisfied with his work, he was ordered to  re'),
('101885','shoot over 80% of the movie.'),
('101886',' Nicolas Roeg (qv) was originally going to direct, but didnt due  to creative differences.'),
('101887',' Final film of Elisha Cook Jr. (qv)'),
('101888',' Bita Farrahi  (qv) met Dariush Mehrjui  (qv) at a party and  Mehrjui chose her to appear in this movie.'),
('101889',' Caused mayhem when it was broadcast on the BBC London news. More  members of the public called in to ask for the film to be repeated  than in the history of BBC London News.'),
('101890',' Due to its length, the TV version has been edited and does not even  include the title of the movie, & cast/crew credits.'),
('101891',' This film was shot at the producers mothers house while she was on  vacation.'),
('101892',' Scott Hylands left the set half way through shooting to have eye  surgery. He returned for the last five days of shooting.'),
('101893',' The final day of shooting (Day 12) went from 7 pm to noon the next  day. The director fell asleep just before the last shot.'),
('101894',' The shoot lasted 12 days, with a one day break. On day 13, one hour  after shooting wrapped the skies opened up and it rained for two  weeks straight.'),
('101895',' The title refers to a production issue in  _Twelve Monkeys (1995)_ (qv), where a hamster in a hamster exercise  wheel was used as part of the set decoration. When the hamster  refused to perform at the appropriate time, production was halted,  causing a relatively simple scene (less than 10 seconds of screen  time) to take almost an entire day to film.'),
('101896',' After it showing at the Pyongyang Film Festival, a French company  bought the rights making it the first North Korean film to secure a  distribution deal in over a decade.'),
('101897',' The film is based on an S&M novel written by Oniruku Dan which has  reached a cult status in Japan. There have been several prior  adaptations of the novel but none before with well known actors and  top of the line production and photography.'),
('101898',' "Making of" DVD of Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko (2005).'),
('101899',' Girl playing with kite, featured in the final scenes of the film is  Takeshi Kitanos real'),
('101900','life daughter, Shoko Kitano.'),
('101901',' The paintings that appear throughout the movie were painted by  Kitano, Takeshi (qv) himself after his near'),
('101902','fatal motorcycle  accident in August 1994.'),
('101903',' The Japanese title translates into Fireworks", but if you look  further into the basis of the Japanese character for fireworks,  you will see that it is composed of two smaller words'),
('101904',' fire and  flower. And like the linguistic basis of the title, the story and  style of "Hana'),
('101905','Bi" is the synthesis of two opposing images, one  being an agent of destruction, and the other a symbol of birth and  renewal.'),
('101906',' The Bobs, Joe Finetti, Richard Greene, Janie Scott and Matthew  Stull, made the sound in one day. They improvised to picture. The  soundtrack is entirely acappella with one tiny exception.'),
('101907',' An experimental film, never released to the public. Selected frames  were published in the journal The Phonogram in 1892.'),
('101908',' Among a group of four Edison films that were the first to be  photographed in 35mm.'),
('101909',' Based on the career and incarceration of birth control crusader  Margaret Sanger (qv), of whom director Lois Weber (qv) was an  ardent admirer.'),
('101910',' This film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.'),
('101911',' After Claire discovers who Peyton really is, her husband calls the  police. He reports the address as "808 Yakima". This is the actual  street address of the house in which most of the movie was filmed.'),
('101912',' Kevin Spacey (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Michael  Bartell.'),
('101913',' The musical theme that is featured in the opening credits, that  Payton hums when strolling the baby through the park, and that  Michael hears on the radio at the climax is "Poor Wandering One",  from the William S. Gilbert (qv) and Arthur Sullivan (I) (qv)  musical "The Pirates of Penzance".'),
('101914',' Rebecca De Mornay (qv) had actually been angling for the part of  Tinkerbell in _Hook (1991)_ (qv). Losing the role to  Julia Roberts (qv) prompted her to actively seek something a  little darker instead.'),
('101915',' Madeline Zima (qv)s film debut.'),
('101916',' Erroneous modern sources credit Lloyd Hamilton as appearing in this  film. He is not in it.'),
('101917',' A Print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('101918',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Norwich and Vicinity (1911)_ (qv).'),
('101919',' Oliver Stone (I) (qv) initially wanted Jon Voight (qv) to play  the lead role, but was turned down by him. Christopher Walken (qv)  also declined the role.'),
('101920',' Director Edward Rosenblum had to play himself at the last moment due  to his lead actor falling ill.'),
('101921',' Muhammad Faisal (qv) was the personal choice of Col. Franko Calida  to play his life.'),
('101922',' The film was largely financed by the directors father.'),
('101923',' In his autobiography "Timebends", Arthur Miller (I) (qv)  speculates that his unconscious mind picked the name "Loman" for  Willy Loman, the protagonist of his play "Death of a Salesman",  based on his conscious experience of being thrilled by  _Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das (1933)_ (qv), which featured a  character named "Inspector Lohmann".'),
('101924',' The Duke of Norfolk let his home be used and appeared as the  gardener touching his forelock respectfully to Mrs. Ratterby  (Anjelica Huston (qv)).'),
('101925',' The final film of Richard Leech.'),
('101926',' This short from the British Film Institutes archives, was shown in  certain British cinemas before The History Boys in 2006.'),
('101927',' Bruce McGill (qv)s first movie.'),
('101928',' The first feature'),
('101929','length British cartoon. The first entertainment  animated British feature was Animal Farm (1954) (qv)'),
('101930',' CAMEO(David Dukes (I) (qv)): a doctor'),
('101931',' The lead role of Kate was offered to Jodie Foster (qv) and  Sigourney Weaver (qv).'),
('101932',' The name "Particicution" is a play on the name "Participaction", a  government corporation founded by Pierre Trudeau (qv) in 1972 in  an attempt to get Canadians into fitness. The corporation lasted  until 2000 in Margaret Atwood (qv)s homeland of Canada.'),
('101933',' In the book, the story takes place in Cambridge, Massachusetts,  predominantly in Harvard Square, on the Harvard campus, and in the  general area. Harvard Square is a terribly busy place, however, and  it would have been almost impossible to clear the Square for the  scenes in question. In addition, Harvard University has a "no  filming" policy that prohibits any filming from taking place on  their campus. North Carolina substituted.'),
('101934',' In the original source novel, the main character is known only by  her patronymic, "Offred" (or "of Fred," since she "belongs" to a  Commander named Fred); her real name is never revealed, though many  readers believe it may be June, based on various subtle hints in the  text. However, the filmmakers chose Kate as her pre'),
('101935','Gileadean name,  and choose to state it clearly.'),
('101936',' Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names): Katherine DeMille (qv) (Katherine Travis),  Nell Craig (qv) and Alla Mentone (qv) (Salesladies),  James Adamson (I) (qv) (Porter), John Huettner (qv) (Shoe  Clerk), Rod Wilson (IV) (qv) (Piano Player), Mary MacLaren (qv)  (Chambermaid), Herman Bing (qv) (Proprietor of Delicatessen) and  Oscar Dutch Hendrian (qv) (Taxi Driver). A Hollywood Reporter  production chart included Russell Hopton (I) (qv) in the cast, but  he was not seen in the movie. Many of the listed cast are barely  visible and have no lines.'),
('101937',' The exhibition reel for this film can be found in a "mini" put  together for "More Treasures From American Film Archives 1894'),
('101938','1931,"  entitled "Hollywood Promotional Films 1918'),
('101939','1926" (thats located on  the 3rd disc of the collection)'),
('101940',' During production, leading man George Chesebro (Hands Up) entered  the United States Army, and was replaced by George Larkin in the  same role for the remainder of the production.'),
('101941',' The film was simultaneously shot in English and French language with  stars Mel Ferrer and Christopher Lee using their own voices in both  soundtracks.'),
('101942',' The last film role of Basil Sydney.'),
('101943',' Baron, Lynda (qv)s character is named after one of Jack the  Rippers real'),
('101944','life victims, Elizabeth Stride, whose nickname was  "Long Liz".'),
('101945',' For the climactic scenes in St Pauls Cathedral '),
('101946',' permission was  requested and turned down to film on location. A replica was built  instead.'),
('101947',' In 2005, the competition was halted after one of the contestants  broke into a nearby Kmart, took a shotgun from the sporting goods  section, and committed suicide, which occurred during one of the  breaks in the contest.'),
('101948',' This was the opening night film of 9 September 1934 at LAs first  drive'),
('101949','in theater at Pico and Westwood, originally named simply  Drive'),
('101950','In Theater '),
('101951',' because there were no others in LA '),
('101952',' and later  named the Olympic Drive'),
('101953','In.'),
('101954',' Sergio Leone (I) (qv) was approached to direct this film, but he  turned it down since he was working on  _Cera una volta il West (1968)_ (qv) at the time.'),
('101955',' The first film produced by Clint Eastwood (qv)s Malpaso Company.'),
('101956',' Reportedly, producer Leonard Freeman (qv) clashed with director  Ted Post (qv) during production. One day Freeman showed up on the  set, issuing orders and taking charge. Post wanted to confront him,  but Clint Eastwood (qv) intervened. Eastwood spoke to Freeman, and  Freeman left the set and didnt return. What he said was, "If you  show up on this set again, there wont be a set ... wont be a cast,  wont be a crew."'),
('101957',' The documentary was commissioned in 1973 for Lord Lew Grades ATV,  but he refused to screen it once hed seen the finished article. It  was first shown on TV by BBC Wales in 1993, and networked on BBC2 in  1994.'),
('101958',' This film was produced by Sunn Classic Pictures, the leading  "four'),
('101959','wall" distributor of documentaries. Although this was a  straight science fiction film, Sunns TV spots promoted it as if it  were another of their documentaries that would "reveal the truth  about UFOs."'),
('101960',' Broadcast 18 November 1964. This was the second made'),
('101961','for'),
('101962','TV movie to  air in the USA following _See How They Run (1964) (TV)_ (qv) on NBC  7 October 1964). However, it was Don Siegel (I) (qv)s second  foray into filming a feature for TV, since his first,  _Killers, The (1964)_ (qv) was determined to be too violent for  television and instead went to theatrical distribution.'),
('101963',' Joseph B. Vasquez (qv) wrote the script in three days. He  originally wrote the part of Vinny for himself to play.'),
('101964',' During production, Vasquez was attacked on the way to the set. His  face was slashed by a homeless man. According to an interview with  Nestor Serrano (qv), when Vasquez returned to work after  recuperating he was angry and "intolerable", often fighting with the  cast and crew.'),
('101965',' Won the Grand Prize of the 2003 Chicago 72 Hour Feature Project.  Proposals for the 72HFP came from all over the world, and twelve  were selected from three different countries. Hanging had its  world'),
('101966','premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, Illinois  on June 23, 2003. The film screened a second time on June 28 upon  the announcement of its win.'),
('101967',' Based on actual events that have actually happened in an Austin,  Texas emergency youth shelter.'),
('101968',' The film was made for The Hayward Gallerys Spellbound exhibition,  which which opened 100 years to the day (21 February 1896) the  Lumiere Brothers brought their newly invented cinematograph to a  London audience.'),
('101969',' The film has had very limited distribution, having only been seen at  this exhibition, and once on network television in the UK at the non  viewer'),
('101970','friendly time of 23:50 on 30th November 1996'),
('101971',' The alternate title "Is Mr Death In?" is an anagram of  writer/director Damien Hirst.'),
('101972',' Never completed.'),
('101973',' Takes place in Montana, 1873.'),
('101974',' Film debut of George C. Scott (qv).'),
('101975',' Walter Matthau (qv)s final film.'),
('101976',' The original titles for the project were "No Surrender" and "Never  Surrender" They had to choose a new title because a book was  published with a similar title during production. Producers held a  contest among the cast and crew to choose a new title. A production  secretary submitted the winning title and won $100.'),
('101977',' Originally, Bertolt Brecht (qv) was denied story credit by the  Screen Writers Guild, even though he worked closely with writer  John Wexley (qv) on the project.'),
('101978',' The idea for the film was inspired by the assassination of Gestapo  official Reinhard Heydrich (qv) by Czech guerrillas and the  subsequent reprisals taken by Nazi occupation forces.'),
('101979',' French censorship visa : # 5465.'),
('101980',' During the McCarthy era this was one the films labeled "subversive"  by the HUAC (House Un'),
('101981','American Activities Commission) on the  suspicion that it contained dialog that might be construed as  pro'),
('101982','communist. Writer John Wexley was even "blacklisted". It wasnt  seen again in the United States until the mid'),
('101983','70s.'),
('101984',' This was Laird Cregar (qv)s last film.'),
('101985',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _That Popular Tune (1910)_ (qv).'),
('101986',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _Greater Call, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('101987',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Jilted Joker, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('101988',' This was to be another Gene Wilder (qv)/Richard Pryor (qv)  teaming, but Pryor was replaced by Gilda Radner (qv).'),
('101989',' The film was called Traces, until the name was changed during  filming.'),
('101990',' Denholm Elliott (qv) was cut out of the final print.'),
('101991',' In his autobiography, "The Days of My Life", actor  Macdonald Carey (qv) writes candidly of his work on this film:  "John [John Ireland (qv)] and I were not happy with the ending in  the script. Both of us, heavy drinkers at the time, sat up late at  night... drinking and re'),
('101992','writing the conclusion."'),
('101993',' Shot without a script.'),
('101994',' Many of Hannahs scenes were filmed in Mia Farrow (qv)s actual  apartment. Allen said that Farrow once had the eerie experience of  turning on the TV to a chance broadcast of the movie thus viewing  her own apartment on TV while she was sitting in it.'),
('101995',' According to USA Today, upon the films original release, a movement  was afoot to try to make Allens script the first screenplay to be  nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.'),
('101996',' Allen, Woody (qv) was originally going to have a more downbeat  ending, but the studios asked him to make it more upbeat.'),
('101997',' After actors Max von Sydow and Barbara Hershey finished filming  their characters break'),
('101998','up scene, the film crew gave them a standing  ovation.'),
('101999',' The poem Eliot gives Lee which contains the line "nobody, not even  the rain, has such small hands", is the poem "somewhere i have never  travelled, gladly beyond", by e.e. cummings (qv).'),
('102000',' The e.e.cumings poem isnt actually on page 112 of the book that  Elliot buys for Lee.'),
('102001',' Lloyd Nolan (qv) never lived to see the release of the picture. He  died about four months before it premiered.'),
('102002',' The trailer contains a scene not included in the final film: April  (Carrie Fisher (qv)) and David (Sam Waterston (qv)) appear in an  art gallery discussing a painting.'),
('102003',' The book of poems by e.e. cummings is entitled ?Complete Poems 1913  ? 1962?, and the poem ?Somewhere? is on page 366.'),
('102004',' Woody Allen (qv) has said that he was inspired to write this film  after a chance re'),
('102005','reading of Tolstoys novel "Anna Karenina"'),
('102006',' With a box office gross of $40 million, this represents Woody  Allens most financially successful film to date.'),
('102007',' Four of Mia Farrows real'),
('102008','life children appear in this film. Two  appear as Hannahs son and daughter in the movie, while the other  two (including Soon'),
('102009','Yi Previn, who Woody Allen would eventually  marry in 1997) appear as young guests in the Thanksgiving scenes.'),
('102010',' Lewis Black (qv)s first movie.'),
('102011',' When Jodie Foster (qv) declined to reprise the role of Clarice  Starling, Julianne Moore (I) (qv) beat  Gillian Anderson (I) (qv), Cate Blanchett (qv),  Hilary Swank (qv), Angelina Jolie (qv),  Jennifer Jason Leigh (qv), Winona Ryder (qv) and  Helen Hunt (I) (qv) for the role. Anderson fell out of the running  early on when it was discovered her contract to _"X'),
('102012','Files, The"  (1993)_ prohibited her from playing another FBI agent.'),
('102013',' After Thomas Harris (I) (qv) finished writing the novel, he sent  copies to _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv) principals  Jonathan Demme (qv), Jodie Foster (qv), Ted Tally (qv), and  Anthony Hopkins (qv) for approval. The screenplay was rewritten no  less than 15 times because of dissatisfaction by Demme and Foster  over new character elements. In the end, neither Demme nor Foster  remained with the production.'),
('102014',' Masons mansion is actually the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North  Carolina.'),
('102015',' Krendlers lake house with the boat dock is the same house used in  the _What About Bob? (1991)_ (qv)'),
('102016',' SPOILER: Ray Liotta (qv) actually ate dark chicken meat during the  "brain'),
('102017','eating scene".'),
('102018',' SPOILER: During the brain'),
('102019','eating sequence there is a small  boars'),
('102020','head trophy mounted on the wall just above and behind  Ray Liotta (qv); another reference to the pig massacre scene.'),
('102021',' SPOILER: A special animatronic puppet of Ray Liotta (qv) was used  for some parts of the brain'),
('102022','eating scene. Liotta himself has said  that hes not sure exactly which shots are actually him or the  puppet.'),
('102023',' The outdoor opera, Dantes "La vita nuova", which Dr. Lecter and Mr.  Pazzi see in Florence, was especially composed for the movie.  Composer Patrick Cassidy (II) (qv) did not stop at the three  minute part as performed in the movie, but composed an entire opera.'),
('102024',' Some of the places where the movie was filmed include places where  filming hardly ever is allowed. Author Thomas Harris (I) (qv),  while doing research for his book, got in contact with the heir of  the Palazzo Capponi. For the movie this same heir allowed  Ridley Scott (qv) to film the Capponi Library.'),
('102025',' The first shot of Florence after the movie starts is the same scene  as depicted in the drawing on Hannibals cell wall Hannibal  describes to Clarice in _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv) '),
('102026','  the Duomo, as seen from the Belvedere, in Florence, Italy.'),
('102027',' Dr. Lecters Florentine alias, Dr. Fell, is taken from a rhyming  epigram by 17th century English satirist Thomas Brown: "I do not  love thee, Dr. Fell; The reason why I cannot tell. But this alone I  know full well: I do not love thee, Dr. Fell." The alias is also a  reference to the "Silence of the Lambs" book where J. Gump, a.k.a.  Buffalo Bill, lived in Fell Street.'),
('102028',' The music during the opening credits is "Aria da Capo" from  Johann Sebastian Bach (qv)s Goldberg Variations, a tape of which  was playing while Lecter killed the two guards in Tennessee in  _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv).'),
('102029',' Veteran character actor Frankie Faison (qv) has appeared in all  four of the "Hannibal" movies. He played Lieutenant Fisk in  _Manhunter (1986)_ (qv) and played Barney the asylum orderly in  _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv) and _Hannibal (2001)_ (qv)  and _Red Dragon (2002)_ (qv).'),
('102030',' Giannini, Giancarlo (qv) (Inspector Pazzi) was in the film  _Cervellini fritti impanati (1996)_ (qv), which translates as "Fried  Crumbed Brains".'),
('102031',' A poster can be seen near a newsstand for _Gladiator (2000)_ (qv),  also directed by Ridley Scott (qv).'),
('102032',' There is a vegetarian cookbook on top of the fridge in the "dinner  scene" toward the end of the movie. Its visible when Hannibal  pushes Clarice against the fridge.'),
('102033',' In Florence, where part of the movie was shot, it is possible to buy  a sort of tourist guide called: "Hannibal Lecter. Visit the places  of the city where he was."'),
('102034',' In the opening credits of the film you can make out the face of  Anthony Hopkins (qv) being formed by pigeons until the end of the  credits when you can clearly see his face.'),
('102035',' Actual North Carolina State Troopers were used for the filming. They  can be seen both in the search of the Verger home and driving their  cruisers.'),
('102036',' Hannibal asks Pazzi about being demoted from the Il Mostro case. Il  Mostro was a serial killer about whom Hannibal gives clues to Pazzi.  This was a subplot that was filmed but never used as it was thought  to be too complicated.'),
('102037',' This film was publicized as having the highest body count in a movie'),
('102038',' Keep watching after the credits.'),
('102039',' The film was first rated "Not under 16" in Germany. But after some  test'),
('102040','screenings, many youth organizations and parents criticized the  rating and called for a re'),
('102041','rating. After this re'),
('102042','rating by the FSK  (the MPAA in Germany), it now is rated "Not under 18". Similarly, in  Australia the film originally received an MA15+ classification but  it was changed a week after released to R18+ due to protests.'),
('102043',' In the scene in the Italian police station, the soccer match on TV  is from England and involves Aston Villa. Their player Julian  Joachim is seen in close'),
('102044','up.'),
('102045',' According to the films cinematographer John Mathieson (qv), three  separate endings were filmed. The filmmakers, unsure as to whether  the ending of Thomas Harris (I) (qv) novel would work for the  movie, filmed three versions: one for Harris, one for producer  Dino De Laurentiis (I) (qv), and one for director  Ridley Scott (qv).'),
('102046',' The baby that Clarice Starling washes blood off '),
('102047',' just after the  shootout sequence '),
('102048',' is animatronic.'),
('102049',' After Jodie Foster (qv) and Jonathan Demme (qv) dropped out,  Anthony Hopkins (qv) was very reluctant in returning to play  Lecter, and producers considered Tim Roth (qv) as a replacement.'),
('102050',' Mason Vergers mansion is also seen in _Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)_ (qv) as  the Rich Mansion.'),
('102051',' The Verger role was originally offered to Christopher Reeve (qv),  who declined the part.'),
('102052',' The dollar serial numbers are the same for at least three bills:  G16134024A.'),
('102053',' Several of the extras in the movie and some minor roles in the  Florence scenes were recruited by Anthony Hopkins (qv). He also  helped to secure some locales for shooting.'),
('102054',' According to an interview with producer Martha De Laurentiis (qv)  in The Guardian, Gary Oldman (qv) demanded to share star billing  alongside Anthony Hopkins (qv) and Julianne Moore (I) (qv). When  the producers denied him this, he threatened to quit the film but  later angrily demanded to have no billing at all. During  pre'),
('102055','production, producer Dino De Laurentiis (I) (qv) announced  Oldmans involvement at a press conference "just so we couldnt deny  that he was in the movie". In the original theatrical release,  Oldman is uncredited but in the VHS and DVD releases his name was  added to the closing credits. However, in an interview with IGN  Filmforce, Oldman told a different story stating: "[W]e thought that  as Im unofficially the man of many faces, you know, of Lee Harvey  Oswald, Dracula, and Sid Vicious, and Beethoven, we thought that I  would be... Im playing the man with no face. So we just had a bit  of fun with it. We thought it would be great. The man with no face  and no name, and sort of do it anonymously. Its no secret that Im  in the film. We just had fun with it, really."'),
('102056',' David Mamet (qv)s adaptation of the novel was changed entirely by  Steven Zaillian (qv). But Mamet still retained a co'),
('102057','writer credit,  in accordance with WGA regulations.'),
('102058',' The 500lb man'),
('102059','eating hogs featured in Hannibal were selected by  Ridley Scott (qv) from an audition of over 6,000 other hogs. They  were purchased from a farmer, Chaloem Pasak, who lives north of  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.'),
('102060',' Originally, a teaser poster released in the UK had a picture of  Lecter (Hopkins) with a "skin mask" covering the right side of his  face, ala the infamous escape scene in "Silence of the Lambs"  (1991). The poster was quickly pulled from advertisement, as it was  seen as being "too shocking and disturbing" for the public.'),
('102061',' The phone number in regards to the $3,000,000 Hanibal Lector award  on the FBI web site is listed as 1'),
('102062','212'),
('102063','555'),
('102064','0118. Once he calls this  number Pazzi is referred to a lawyer in Geneva, his number is  004123317. The last digit (or maybe first) is not heard.'),
('102065',' In the scene where Pazzi washes the blood off of his hands at the  fountain, the statue that the water comes out of is a reference to  the pigs used in the "pig'),
('102066','massacre" scene.'),
('102067',' SPOILER: In the book, Mason Verger died when his sister shoved an  electric eel down his throat. As this ending was considered  radically violent, the character of Vergers sister was written out  of the final screenplay, and Vergers death altered to take place in  the wild boar scene. The electric eel, however, does make a brief  appearance in a scene between Verger and Clarice.'),
('102068',' Actors screen tested for the role of Hannibal include:  Hayden Christensen (qv), Macaulay Culkin (qv),  Hugh Dancy (qv), Rupert Friend (qv),  Dominic Cooper (qv),Tom Sturridge (qv), and  Tom Payne (V) (qv).'),
('102069',' SPOILER: Peter Webber (I) (qv) wanted Mikael Persbrandt (qv) for  the role of the soldier who eats Hannibal Lecters little sister,  but Persbrandt had at that time already signed on for another film,  and was busy with a play in Sweden.'),
('102070',' Thomas Newman (I) (qv) was considered as a possible composer for  this film.'),
('102071',' A fake severed head and a rubber penis were stolen from the set.'),
('102072',' CAMEO(Cyril Ritchard)'),
('102073',' Moira Shearer (qv) was to have played la bella ballerina but had  to withdraw when she discovered she was pregnant'),
('102074',' This title is featured on the 2'),
('102075','disc DVD set of  _Gladiator (2000)_ (qv), released in November 2000 in Region 1 (USA  and Canada).'),
('102076',' Was only broadcast on the Disney Channel, which commissioned it,  once: Halloween night, 1982.'),
('102077',' Was originally to be filmed in Budapest, Hungary.'),
('102078',' There was a lot of debate as to how to destroy the witchs house at  the end of the movie. Some wanted to blow it up, and the director  (Len Talan) wanted to take it apart in stop'),
('102079','action, to have it turn  to ruins, which was too time'),
('102080','consuming. Finally the construction  supervisor, Aria Benishay, came up with an idea. He contacted the  local fire department near the woods where the witchs house had  been built and got them to assist the crew by pumping fire'),
('102081','fighting  foam through the back of the set and out the windows and roof. Large  quantities of food coloring were added and with a couple of  fireballs and colored smokebombs, they had their scene.'),
('102082',' To save money, the Cannon Movie Tales films were shot two'),
('102083','at'),
('102084','a'),
('102085','time.  Hansel and Gretel was shot simultaneously with  _Cannon Movie Tales: Sleeping Beauty (1987)_ (qv). This wasnt the  best of situations in that often the two crews would be competing  for the limited equipment, costumes and sets.'),
('102086',' The US. theatrical release was cancelled when  _Rumpelstiltskin (1987)_ (qv) flopped at the box'),
('102087','office.'),
('102088',' Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan (qv) wrote the screenplay with  Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv) specifically in mind for the lead role.'),
('102089',' Was filmed in Liss, Hampshire, England, at the village infant  school. The pupils were featured in the movie as extras.'),
('102090',' George Benson (I) (qv) replaced John Boxer (II) (qv).'),
('102091',' The last live action film that Walt Disney (qv) worked on.'),
('102092',' The song "Fortuosity" was written for Tommy Steele (qv), who sings  the song in the movie.'),
('102093',' The film is based on the now forgotten non'),
('102094','musical Broadway play of  the same name which played during the 1956'),
('102095','57 season and starred  Walter Pidgeon in the title role.'),
('102096',' The film was originally produced in 1988 under the title "Snow White  and the Realm of Doom," but Disney feared consumers would mistake it  for a direct sequel to _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ and  filed a lawsuit, ultimately prompting a title change and several  drastic alterations to the films content.'),
('102097',' In 1990, Filmation licensed the movie to First National Film  Corporation for a June theatrical release. A dispute between the two  companies, however, would delay its public exhibition for another  three years.'),
('102098',' The video went on moratorium 25 October 1996.'),
('102099',' Ahron Villena (qv) and Chris Martin (XXI) (qv) were introduced  in this movie.'),
('102100',' DIRCAMEO(Todd Solondz): as the doorman in Allen, Helen, and  Kristinas building.'),
('102101',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".'),
('102102',' The book that Ruby reads in the film, "The Delta of Venus", was  written by Anaïs Nin (qv).'),
('102103',' Carl Reiner (qv)s film debut.'),
('102104',' David Doyle (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('102105',' The lead role was offered to Doris Day (I) (qv) but she declined  after fearing it would damage her pure screen image.'),
('102106',' This special originally aired to promote the release of  _Living Daylights, The (1987)_ (qv) and the new James Bond actor,  Dalton, Timothy (qv).'),
('102107',' This program is available on _Living Daylights, The (1987)_ (qv)  Ultimate Edition DVD.'),
('102108',' Actor John Abraham was the first cast member to sign of for the film  back in early 2005 but the film was put on hold in order for the  casting department to find the perfect co'),
('102109','stars. In the Fall of  2006, they snagged Aishwarya Rai and Amisha Patel.'),
('102110',' When certain cast members were stuck in their gore make'),
('102111','up for  numerous hours, they decided to walk around the neighborhood scaring  the wits out of people.'),
('102112',' The Press reported that in order to keep the "twist" ending a secret  several endings were shot. This is untrue but helped hide the fact  that while shooting, the film had no ending. The script was written  with one ending that made sense to the story, but did not have a  twist. So producers proceeded to film while tinkering with a twist.  This explains why there is no build up to the ending.'),
('102113',' This Was Made For 10th Anniversary of the Garfield Comic Strip.'),
('102114',' Pivotal scenes that take place in the woods are tinted blue, same as  the woods scenes in _Heathers (1989)_ (qv). '),
('102115','In one scene Wichita  says "If you ever find yourself turning into one of those, eat some  Draino." In Heathers, Heather #1 died from drinking Draino.'),
('102116',' The second film released in 70mm widescreen  (_Big Trail, The (1930)_ (qv) was the first).'),
('102117',' First Betty Grable (qv) movie.'),
('102118',' Originally broadcast on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('102119',' The only original cast member not included in the special was  Erin Moran (qv), who played Joanie Cunningham.'),
('102120',' The photograph of James Russo, the deceased, is of the films  composer Julian Wass. Julians dad, Ted Wass, played Nick Russo on  the sitcom Blossom, and Julian chose the last name "Russo" for the  character of James because he "always wanted to be a Russo."'),
('102121',' James Evans was inspired to write a film after taking a film writing  class from Josefina Lopez (I) (qv).'),
('102122',' Features Tom Arnold (I) (qv)s first sex scene'),
('102123',' When Charley and Gil are flipping through programs on TiVo,  _Secretary (2002)_ (qv) comes up. Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) starred  in that movie.'),
('102124',' When Charley and Gil are flipping through their TiVo, there is a  folder of "Friends" episodes. Lisa Kudrow (qv) starred in  _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv).'),
('102125',' Ray Liotta (qv) turned down the role of Frank McKee.'),
('102126',' Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) was not the first choice to play Jude.  Gwyneth Paltrow (qv) was originally slated to play the part, but  dropped out and was replaced by Jennifer Garner (I) (qv). After  Garner left the project, Gyllenhaal was awarded the role.'),
('102127',' When Otis steals the security tape, a copy of  _Wonderland (2003/I)_ (qv), featuring Lisa Kudrow (qv), is lying  on the desk.'),
('102128',' Maggie Gyllenhaal (qv) does her own singing in the movie.'),
('102129',' Stanley Holloway was 2nd choice for the male lead.'),
('102130',' The director used Savion Glover (qv) in a Motion Capture suit  while tap dancing to record Mumbles dancing.'),
('102131',' This film is dedicated, among others, to Steve Irwin (II) (qv).'),
('102132',' Brittany Murphy (qv), Hugh Jackman (qv) and Nicole Kidman (qv)  all do their own singing.'),
('102133',' The dancers for the dance sequences not only had to wear motion  capture sensor suits for their movement, but also had to wear  special headgear to simulate the penguins beaks to force them to  accommodate the anatomical feature for their characters dancing.'),
('102134',' All of the dancers in the film had to go through "Penguin School" to  capture the movements of penguins.'),
('102135',' The translation of Rauls Spanish speaking part of "Boogie  Wonderland" is: "I am Raul, the coolest penguin, Latino of course,  100% Spanish! My brothers! (Yeah), Later the girl who lights me on  fire will call, The party'),
('102136',' dance, dance little girl! My heart has  dynamite! BOOM!, (Exactly!), You look so beautiful to me baby!"'),
('102137',' The aquarium in which Mumble is housed after being rescued from the  beach is Sea World, in Orlando, FL. A sequence is shown zooming out  on aerial photographs, first showing Sea World, then a regional view  centered on Central Florida, and finally the Earth.'),
('102138',' The elder penguin at the Zoo (voice by Lee Perry (I) (qv)) is a  reference to HAL 9000 from _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv).  Quote: [Mumble] Excuse me. What is this place? ["HAL"] Youre in  heaven, Dave. Penguin heaven. [Mumble] Is it anywhere near Emperor  Land? ["HAL"] Its wherever you want it to be. ["HAL"] Try the  water, Dave. Its really real.'),
('102139',' First Best Animated Feature Oscar Winner to feature live'),
('102140','action,  non'),
('102141','animated elements (the film must be at least 75% animated to  reach Academy standards)'),
('102142',' In the scene where Mumble dances for the "aliens"  Ewan McGregor (qv) can be seen making a cameo as a man on his  phone.'),
('102143',' During production, the code title used for this film was "Cat Dont  Dance".'),
('102144',' When Gloria and Mumbles are tumbling around on the ice after  emerging from the water, they briefly slide into a penguin mating  position (with Gloria on her belly and Mumbles behind her).'),
('102145',' The "aliens" at the end strongly resemble the film crew responsible  for _Marche de lempereur, La (2005)_ (qv).'),
('102146',' Norma Jean and Memphis are obviously named for Marilyn Monroe (qv)  and Elvis Presley (qv). Elvis lived in Memphis, Tennessee and some  of Memphiss movements are like his. Norma Jean is Marilyn Monroes  birth name and Norma Jean sings like her.'),
('102147',' Initially, Prince (I) (qv) refused to allow the use of his song,  "Kiss", for the film. However, after seeing footage of the film, he  not only changed his mind and allowed the song to be used, but also  wrote an additional original song for the film to use in the closing  credits.'),
('102148',' Last movie involving Steve Irwin (II) (qv).'),
('102149',' When Mumble is dancing you can see three black spots over his ankle  area, this is in reference to the spats that used to be worn over  shoes in early Fred Astaire (qv) dancing movies.'),
('102150',' Not only does Steve Irwin provide the voice for one of the elephant  seals, but he was also originally cast to play an albatross that  Mumble encounters as he crosses the ocean after the aliens. The  albatross scene was cut from the final movie, but you can see it in  the DVD extras. The scene was cut before animation was complete, so  no actual animation existed until they were preparing the DVD for  release. The director and the production crew felt that they needed  to do something following Steve Irwins death, so they completed the  scene and included in the DVD in remembrance of him.'),
('102151',' In order to tell the difference between the male and female emperor  penguins, look at their beaks. If it has an orange spot, its a  male. If the spot is pink, its a female.'),
('102152',' The Hockey player Happy mentions in the beginning of the film is  Terry ORiley. Once during a game he jumped into the stands at  Madison Square Garden and fought with a fan.'),
('102153',' Early in the movie, Chubbs tells Happy he could win a gold jacket,  to which Happy responds, "Gold jacket, green jacket, who gives a  shit?" This is a reference to The Masters, one of the four major  tournaments of the PGA tour (the others being the US Open, the Open  Championship, and the PGA Championship) where the winner gets a  green jacket.'),
('102154',' Was the very first winner of the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight.'),
('102155',' The name of Happys caddy (the shaggy homeless one) is Otto. It is  never revealed during the released version of the movie; it was in a  deleted scene. However, the name Otto is in the credits, leaving it  unclear who he is.'),
('102156',' Happys car is a 1973 or 1974 Plymouth Duster'),
('102157',' Before his first tournament, Happy asks Chubbs why he didnt play a  real sport, "like football, or somethin." Carl Weathers (qv), who  played Chubbs, was a professional football player before becoming an  actor.'),
('102158',' The concept was inspired by Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s childhood  friend Kyle who was a hockey player. Kyle regularly played golf with  Sandler and Sandlers father. Kyle currently is a teacher in  Manchester,NH (Sandlers home town)and coaches the high school  hockey team.'),
('102159',' NHL star Vincent Lecavalier (qv) appears as an extra in the scene  where Happy tries out for the hockey team. He can be seen near the  end of the scene towards the right of the group of players that have  just made the team. At the time of filming Lecavalier would have  been 15 or 16.'),
('102160',' Bob Barker (qv) wasnt sure if he wanted to be in the movie. When  he learned that he was going to win the fight with  Adam Sandler (I) (qv), he accepted the role.'),
('102161',' Joe Sakic (qv) of the NHLs Colorado Avalanche appears uncredited  during the hockey tryout scene.'),
('102162',' Bruce Campbell (I) (qv) auditioned for the role of Shooter  McGavin.'),
('102163',' The members of the cast were allowed to name their own characters.'),
('102164',' The script was written by allowing all of the actors to decide what  type of person they wanted to play and what that person would want  to quit. After workshopping with the writer/director and the actors,  the script was written in a style that would allow for improvisation  on set for what felt right in the moment.'),
('102165',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Turning the Tables (1910)_ (qv).'),
('102166',' Feature film debut of Natalie Wood (I) (qv).'),
('102167',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('102168',' CAMEO(Claude Lelouch): ???. Lelouch is the director of  _Bonne année, La (1973)_ (qv), of which this film is a remake.'),
('102169',' Shahrukh Khan (qv) did some playback singing.'),
('102170',' Shahrukh Khan (qv) and Deepika Padukone (qv) were to star in in  _Om Shanti Om (2006)_ (qv), but Farah Khan (qv) decided to delay  that project and work on this movie.'),
('102171',' Priyanka Chopra (qv) got hurt when shooting the basketball scene.'),
('102172',' German'),
('102173','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('102174',' The company that coproduced is called Kerry, after Gene Kellys  daughter.'),
('102175',' Based on the musical, Cabaret.'),
('102176',' The DAMAH FILM FESTIVAL is the first film festival for the  actors/producers and the director! Was shot over the period of two  nights in the Producers apartment. Both the actors/producers worked  as DP for each other.'),
('102177',' Robert Wagner (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('102178',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Jenkins, a Perfect Steward (1912)_ (qv).'),
('102179',' Official selection for the Show'),
('102180','Me Missouri International Film  Festival.'),
('102181',' Official selection of the 2006 Los Angeles International Short Film  Festival'),
('102182',' Official selection to the 2006 Danville International Childrens  Film Festival.'),
('102183',' Official selection to the 2006 San Diego International Childrens  Film Festival.'),
('102184',' Official participant in the 2006 Kids First Film and Video Festival  and tour.'),
('102185',' Official selection for the AOI Magic Film Festival.'),
('102186',' Winner, 2nd place best overall short at the AOI Film Festival in Las  Vegas.'),
('102187',' Official Selection of the Show'),
('102188','Me Missouri International Film  Festival.'),
('102189',' Official selection of the kids First Film Festival.'),
('102190',' Macy, William H. (qv)s character has a discussion on the phone  where he complains he cannot read a smudgy fax, and the message  should be mailed, not faxed. This is exactly like a conversation his  character has in _Fargo (1996)_ (qv).'),
('102191',' This found'),
('102192','footage experimental film has been made with extracts of  8mm films showing Peter Tscherkassky (qv)s parents.'),
('102193',' On April 1st, 1997, Cartoon Network ran this cartoon for twelve  hours straight (6 AM to 6 PM) as an April Fools prank.'),
('102194',' Preity Zinta (qv) worked as an assistant director on the sets of  this movie.'),
('102195',' Although this movie was made in 1970, it was done in black and  white. The reason is that it was produced by the Egyptian Ministry  of Culture. They nearly canceled the project because they didnt  feel they had enough money to do it. However, Reda and the others  insisted, and eventually they agreed to move forward with it, but  said it would need to be done in black and white because it would  cost less money to do black and white.'),
('102196',' Released as a split reel with the documentaries,  _Black Sand (1927)_ (qv) and  _Hawaii from the Car Window (1927)_ (qv).'),
('102197',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Tragedy of Old Age, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('102198',' Based on a true story.'),
('102199',' Before the film was released in 2001, posters and ads reflected the  rating as R before it was re'),
('102200','edited to dub over the kids using the  "f" word. Despite quite a bit of profanity remaining, the film was  then released with a PG'),
('102201','13 rating.'),
('102202',' All of the leagues team names are taken from tribes in Africa.'),
('102203',' The title came from professional wrestler H.B. Haggerty (qv).'),
('102204',' The whiskey seen in the film is actually iced tea.'),
('102205',' The title comes from Internet slang for an under'),
('102206','aged girl.'),
('102207',' Ellen Page (qv) was nearly passed over for the role of Hayley  because she had a shaved head for another role when she filmed the  audition tape she submitted.'),
('102208',' Filmed in 18 days.'),
('102209',' The opening scenes at Nighthawks was shot last, with the set of  Jeffs house transformed into a coffee shop. The very last scene  they shot for the film was the bit where Hailey goes into the  bathroom and changes into the T'),
('102210','shirt.'),
('102211',' The scenes inside Jeffs house were shot mostly in chronological  order.'),
('102212',' The inspiration comes from Japan. Producer David Higgins (IV) (qv)  had read reports of Japanese schoolgirls ambushing men who surfed  the Internet for underage dates and later developed the story.'),
('102213',' The stunt coordinators house served as the exterior for Jeffs  house. The interiors of Jeffs house were inspired by that of  producer David Higgins (IV) (qv), who planned to shoot the film  there if enough money could not be secured to build sets.'),
('102214',' Sandra Oh  (qv)agreed to her small part in this film mainly  because of her previous working relationship with Ellen Page (qv),  a fellow Canadian.'),
('102215',' When they were filming the scene where Hayley implies that  everything Jeff thinks he knows about her is a lie, Producers asked  if they could include a line where she states that she was actually  18 years old rather than 14.'),
('102216',' Both cast and crew members have denied that the costume choices for  the character of Hayley were intended as a reference to the  childrens story Little Red Riding Hood.'),
('102217',' Sandra Oh (qv)s character was called Mrs. Tokuda in the script.  When she arrived on the set, Oh said "I feel like a Judy Tokuda,"  which the director loved. However, the name had been made up on the  spot and could not be cleared by the legal department, so the  executive on the set asked for one take where she refers to herself  Mrs. Tokuda. Oh didnt want to do the take, but finally relented on  the condition that she would only have to do one take. However, she  intentionally delivered the line "Tell him Mrs. Tokuda says Hi." in  a ridiculous Midwestern accent, making the take unusable. The name  Judy Tokuda eventually presented no clearance problems.'),
('102218',' Sandra Oh (qv)s material was all shot in one day.'),
('102219',' Despite the intense emotional and physical content of most rest of  the movie, Ellen Page (qv) said that one of the hardest scenes to  shoot by far was the scene at Nighthawks, where for take after take  she had to eat more tiramisu than she could ever want.'),
('102220',' Patrick Wilson (I) (qv) briefly passed out due to overexertion  during filming of the intense surgery scene.'),
('102221',' The final shot of Hayley with the hoody pulled over her head was  taken by the DP Jo Willems (qv) without Ellen Page (qv) knowing.  She didnt know about the shot until she saw the final cut.'),
('102222',' Ellen Page (qv) said that she had to re'),
('102223','record the line where she  says mucho gracias because she pronounced mucho incorrectly. She  said that, in Canada and Britain, the pronunciation would be  muh'),
('102224','cho rather than the American moo'),
('102225','cho, and British'),
('102226','born  director David Slade (qv) did not notice during filming.'),
('102227',' It is British director David Slade (qv)s first feature film,  having previously worked mostly with music videos.'),
('102228',' Made in 24 hours.'),
('102229',' Director Bruce McDonald (I) (qv)s earlier film, Highway 61, is  referenced by the Band'),
('102230','Aid visible on Billy Talents finger.  Characters in Highway 61 sold their souls to Satan for something  they wanted, signing a contract in blood, after which Satan gave  them a Band'),
('102231','Aid for their finger. This implies that Billy sold his  soul for his chance at fame with Jenifur.'),
('102232',' Billy Tallent (Callum Keith Rennie) wears a ring depicting the logo  of Canadian rock band Headstones. Hugh Dillon (who plays Joe Dick)  is Headstones lead singer.'),
('102233',' Canadian band "Billy Talent" took their name from the character  "Billy Tallent."'),
('102234',' To save money on extras for the bands performance scenes, director  Bruce McDonald posted advertisements in area newspapers and sold  tickets to the shoot as an actual rock show. Many of the people  shown rocking out to the band really paid to be there.'),
('102235',' Razaaq Adoti (qv) (who plays the character Wayne Barclay) had a  hand in writing the lyrics to the movie song "The Hard Corps" and he  even sings some of the vocals.'),
('102236',' This is the fourth Jean'),
('102237','Claude Van Damme (qv) movie that was  directed by Sheldon Lettich (qv). The three previously were  _Lionheart (1990)_ (qv), _Double Impact (1991)_ (qv), and  _Order, The (2001)_ (qv).'),
('102238',' Darren Shahlavi (qv) was hired to double  Jean'),
('102239','Claude Van Damme (qv), but left to work on the film  _300 (2006)_ (qv).'),
('102240',' Kim Basinger (qv)s movie debut.'),
('102241',' The constant mention of Pauls grandfather being "very clean" are  references to actor Wilfrid Brambell (qv) playing a rag and bone  man in _"Steptoe and Son" (1962)_ (qv), featuring the catch'),
('102242','phrase,  "You dirty old man." "Steptoe and Son" (1962) was remade in the USA  as "Sanford and Son" (1972).'),
('102243',' Norm and Shake are loosely based on The Beatles (qv) real'),
('102244','life  road managers Neil Aspinall (qv) and Mal Evans (qv),  respectively.'),
('102245',' The people chasing The Beatles (qv) into the train at the  beginning of the film are real fans.'),
('102246',' The word "Beatles" is never mentioned in the movie.'),
('102247',' The movies working title initially was "The Beatles", then  "Beatlemania", until Ringo Starr (qv) who was exhausted after a  long day coined a phrase A Hard Days Night, that was accepted by  the studio.'),
('102248',' Once Ringo Starr (qv)s line "A Hard Days Night" was confirmed as  the movies title, it was put to music by John Lennon and Paul  McCartney with participation of George Harrison and Ringo Starr.  The Beatles (qv) collectively composed the song that same night,  playing it the next morning to producer Walter Shenson in their  dressing room.'),
('102249',' Screenwriter Alun Owen claimed that the word "grotty" was a word  used in Liverpool to mean "grotesque", but the Beatles never heard  it before and believed Owen made it up. It subsequently passed into  general usage and linguists certainly cite The Beatles (qv) as the  popularizers of the word in the early 1960s and trace its origins to  Liverpool.'),
('102250',' The song "You Cant Do That" was cut from the concert scene at the  end of the film, but the scene in which it is performed is still  intact.'),
('102251',' Starr, Ringo (qv) is invited to "Le Cercle" gambling club, the  same club where James Bond makes his first appearance in  _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv).'),
('102252',' Another James Bond connection is the song, "This Boy" (a.k.a.  "Ringos Theme"), an instrumental version of which was used in the  film to accompany Ringos solo scene. The guitarist was  Vic Flick (qv), who previously played on "The James Bond Theme"  from _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv).'),
('102253',' A young Phil Collins (I) (qv) can be seen in the audience at the  television theatre. Hes wearing glasses.'),
('102254',' DIRCAMEO appearance of Richard Lester (I) (qv): seen briefly at  the back of the stage while The Beatles (qv) perform "Tell Me  Why".'),
('102255',' Besides Grandfathers gambling at "Le Cercle Club," there is other  James Bond connections: Richard Vernon (II) (qv) (the grumpy old  man on the train) plays Smithers '),
('102256',' the man who lectures Bond on gold  in _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv), and Margaret Nolan (qv) (girl at "Le  Cercle Club") also appeared in that film, as "Dink", the girl at the  hotel swimming pool.'),
('102257',' The Beatles (qv) first shared the bill with  Wilfrid Brambell (qv) at the Royal Command Variety Performance in  November 1963.'),
('102258',' When shooting began, The Beatles (qv) had not yet joined the  British actors union. They were hastily inducted on the set with  Wilfrid Brambell (qv) proposing their membership, and  Norman Rossington (qv) seconding the motion.'),
('102259',' In the scene where The Beatles (qv) are running and playing in the  field, John Lennon (qv) was not there. He was away promoting his  new book "John Lennon: In His Own Write." A body double filled in  for John, and close'),
('102260','up shots of him were edited into the scene  later. A copy of the book can be seen on a mantelpiece in the  background of a shot of Norm, Shake and Pauls (very clean)  grandfather.'),
('102261',' In the scene where Pauls grandfather suggests Ringo to be parading  instead of reading a book, the book hes reading is "Anatomy of a  Murder".'),
('102262',' Johns line, "She looks more like him than I do" was dubbed in after  shooting.'),
('102263',' The woolly sweater worn by the films T.V. Director  (Spinetti, Victor (qv)) was his own. The sweater was given to him  as a gift and later given to a fan club who had asked him for it.'),
('102264',' Johns written answer to the female reporter asking him if he has  any hobbies, is the word "tits".'),
('102265',' Pattie Boyd (qv) (later George Harrison (I) (qv)s first wife)  appears in several scenes in the first act, all on the train. 1) She  is one of the two "schoolgirls on the train" they first encounter 2)  Paul chats her up with her friend. 3) She sits next to Paul and  smiles and sings on "I Should Have Known Better".'),
('102266',' The tire that Ringo Starr (qv) trips over in the scene at the  river bank had to be thrown again and again, as it kept rolling  incorrectly. Finally, after numerous wasted takes, it was offered to  young actor David Janson (qv), on hand to play the young boy Ringo  meets. Janson rolled the tire correctly on the first try.'),
('102267',' George Harrison (I) (qv) stumbles and falls during the opening  sequence of the group running down a street towards the camera. This  wasnt intended and he ripped the suit he was wearing, but as he  quickly recovered, laughed and continued running, it was decided to  retain the shot in the film.'),
('102268',' The song accompanying the boys romp in the field was orignally  "Ill Cry Instead". It was changed to the previously'),
('102269','released track  "Cant Buy Me Love" when the director felt the first song didnt fit  the mood properly.'),
('102270',' Screenwriter Alun Owen (qv) claims that the only Beatle who  ad'),
('102271','libbed was John Lennon. The truth is that all four members of  The Beatles (qv) sparked each others imagination and improvised.'),
('102272',' United Artists was pressuring the producers to finally come up with  a title for the film. When John told producer Walter Shenson (qv)  about Ringos malapropisms, Shenson thought that Ringos phrase "a  hard days night" might make a good title. John agreed. Shenson  called United Artists with the proposed title, which was coolly  received. Shenson suggested that they ask the secretaries and other  young employees, who may be fans of The Beatles (qv), what they  thought of the proposed title. The suggestion worked and the title  was accepted.'),
('102273',' While Paul McCartney is singing "And I Love Her," the camera panning  around him picks up an arc light that flashes straight into the  lens. United Artists executives, reviewing the dailies and certain  the shot had to be a mistake, asked producer Walter Shenson if he  was aware of it; Shenson replied it had taken them all morning to  get it like that.'),
('102274',' While all four Beatles attended the movies premiere, reportedly  none stayed for the whole show.'),
('102275',' Ringo was praised for his solo scene at the riverside as a forlorn  soul. However, his expression in that scene was actually the result  of being severely hung over after a previous night of heavy  drinking.'),
('102276',' The cameras 360'),
('102277','degree pan around Paul McCartney during his  performance of "And I Love Her" was achieved by dangling the camera  from strings marionette'),
('102278','style and moving it in a circle around  McCartney.'),
('102279',' CAMEO appearance of Brian Epstein (I) (qv)): in the hotel lobby  prior to The Beatles (qv) appearance at the press reception.'),
('102280',' Two scenes were filmed but never used. A sequence where the Beatles  are stuck in a traffic jam along with their chauffeur  (Frank Thornton (I) (qv)) and a solo scene where Paul meets a  Shakespearean actress (Isla Blair (qv)) rehearsing in her dressing  room.'),
('102281',' Mal Evans, one of the Beatles assistants along with Neil Aspinal,  makes a cameo in the film. He is the person carrying the upright  bass/cello in between John Lennon and Anna Quayle (Millie) as they  are talking in the hallway backstage at the television theater.'),
('102282',' The movies conversation "Are you a mod, or a rocker?." '),
('102283',' "Im a  mocker." between a reporter and Ringo was voted as the #58 of "The  100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('102284',' United Artists wanted to produce "A Hard Days Night" because the  Beatles contract with Capital Records did not include a provision  covering film scores. As a result, the original soundtrack for "A  Hard Days Night" was released on United Artists Records. All of the  selections were simultaneously released on Capital, as well, on  either the "Something New" album or as 45 rpm singles.'),
('102285',' Writer Alun Owen (qv) put together the plot of the movie while  following them around on their tour of France before they went to  America. From observing them, he created their "stereotypes": John  is a smart'),
('102286','ass, Paul is "cute" and sensible, George is quite and  shy, and Ringo is dim'),
('102287','witted and sad. He also picked up their manner  of speech, and their daily routine with which he created the plot  (Despite the comic elements, it really was a "day'),
('102288','in'),
('102289','the'),
('102290','life" look  at the Beatles).'),
('102291',' Beatles producer George Martin (I) (qv) got an Academy Award  nomination for his music score in the movie. But The Beatles  themselves werent nominated for their music.'),
('102292',' There was a scene filmed, but cut, which featured Paul flirting and  dancing with a ballerina preparing for her performance. It was cut  to save time and because Paul already had his own plot line with his  "grandfather".'),
('102293',' According to Norm Rossington, in the scene where John takes the  scissors and cuts the tailors tape and says "I now declare this  bridge open." John improvised other versions where instead of  "bridge" he would say "Synogouge", "Fish and Chips Stand", etc. Also  of interesting note, the tailor in the scene is the Beatles real  tailor. Another nugget: In the same scene, when Norm and Shake walk  into the room, theres a copy of John Lennons book "In His Own  Write" on the shelf (the black book with the picture).'),
('102294',' Premiered in England on the eve of Ringo Starrs 24th birthday.'),
('102295',' The Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas supplied $6 million in gambling chips  for the scene when gambler Edward Asner suffers his fatal heart  attack at the craps table.'),
('102296',' This was Hamilton Camp (qv)s last film.'),
('102297',' Fayard Nicholas last film'),
('102298',' After Chris Benoit (I) (qv) murdered his wife Nancy, and his  7'),
('102299','year old son Daniel Benoit, and then killed himself, the WWE  pulled the DVDs off of their web site and prohibited anyone who used  to sell the DVDs to not sell the DVDs.'),
('102300',' The scene in which Molly is moving around under the snow (as a giant  snow pile) is a nod to animators Chuck Jones (qv) and  Tex Avery (qv). Both originated the idea in their cartoons.'),
('102301',' The only voice heard within the film is that of musician Josh Byra  of the band RDE.'),
('102302',' This film climaxes in an upside'),
('102303','down kiss '),
('102304',' six years before Toby  McGuire and Kirsten Dunst do it in _Spider'),
('102305','Man (2002)_ (qv)'),
('102306',' This documentary is featured on disc 8 (AKA The Roots of the Matrix)  of The Ultimate Matrix DVD Collection, released in 2004.'),
('102307',' Dylan appeared on the September 11'),
('102308','17, 1976 issue of TV Guide and  consented to a rare interview with the magazine to promote his first  network television special.'),
('102309',' Only four of the eleven performances heard in the television  broadcast ("Maggies Farm", "One Too Many Mornings", "Shelter from  the Storm", and "Idiot Wind") were included on the nine track album  of the same name released by Columbia records ten days before the  special aired.'),
('102310',' Jim says he used to work "for the Johnstown Company" '),
('102311',' likely a  reference to Bruce Springsteen (qv)s song, "The River" which  itself is quoted moments later by Ray. Johnstown, PA, is most famous  for an 1889 flood, caused, like the flood in this film, by a dam  failure.'),
('102312',' At the time it was filmed, the movie had the largest painted scenic  backdrop ever used in a film.'),
('102313',' Was originally titled "The Flood", it was changed because the  film'),
('102314','makers didnt want audiences to assume it was primarily a  disaster movie.'),
('102315',' In early stages of production, John Woo (I) (qv) was slated to  direct.'),
('102316',' Originally, this was only meant to be about 20 minutes long and  solely used as the feature movie in _American Drive'),
('102317','In (1985)_ (qv).  At some point during production, the decision was made to invest a  little bit more money and come out with two full length feature  films instead of just one.'),
('102318',' The film was released as a bonus on the DVD of Jadesoturi.'),
('102319',' Kurt Russell (I) (qv) was considered for the title role.'),
('102320',' The film originally was to end with a boat chase, but was changed to  a horseback chase at the insistence of Jean'),
('102321','Claude Van Damme (qv).  See also _Face/Off (1997)_ (qv).'),
('102322',' The ear'),
('102323','cutting scene was included by director John Woo (I) (qv)  as a friendly homage to _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv), which included  a trademark Woo "Mexican Standoff".'),
('102324',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [guns]: Chance uses two guns in the  final shootout.'),
('102325',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [reflection]: Chance sees the thugs  to rob Natasha reflected in the door of the cafe.'),
('102326',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [reflection]: Chance sees Stephans  reflection in the motorbike visor.'),
('102327',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [back to back banter]: Chance vs. Van  Cleef with a wall between them throwing around a few comments before  the "showdown."'),
('102328',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [doves]'),
('102329',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [motorcycles]'),
('102330',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [slow motion]'),
('102331',' DIRTRADE(John Woo (I) (qv)): [guns]: Someone throwing another  character a gun.'),
('102332',' Originally earned an NC'),
('102333','17 rating for violence. It was resubmitted  to the MPAA seven times before it finally earned an R rating.'),
('102334',' Henriksen, Lance (qv)s pistol is a Thompson Center Contender. It  is a single'),
('102335','shot pistol featuring interchangeable barrels of  different calibers.'),
('102336',' The character Van Cleef is named after actor Lee Van Cleef (qv).  He played a sadistic antagonist in  _Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)_ (qv).'),
('102337',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Ship Ahoy (1921)_ (qv).'),
('102338',' Charles Bronson (qv)s Chaney is a man of few words, speaking  barely 500 of them in the entire course of the film.'),
('102339',' The producers were going to release the film under the title "The  Street Fighter", but when the Sonny Chiba (qv) film of the same  name came out first (_Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken (1974)_ (qv)), they  reverted to the original screenplay title.'),
('102340',' Chick Gandil, the gambler in the film, was also the name of one of  the Black Sox players who conspired with gambler  Arnold Rothstein (qv) to fix the 1919 World Series.'),
('102341',' In a 2006 interview Director Walter Hill mentioned that he had been  critical of the performance of Jill Ireland in the film, who was  also Bronsons wife at the time. When Hill went to Bronsons home to  discuss this, Bronson wouldnt shake Hills hand '),
('102342',' he just showed  Hill in and poured him a drink. Hill said that he would have liked  to work with Bronson on other films, but that Bronson refused to  work with Hill again.'),
('102343',' Left'),
('102344','handed Christien Anholt (qv) who plays Tom, is seen writing  with his right hand as Tom is right handed.'),
('102345',' Several actors with their character names listed in studio records  and/or casting call lists were not seen in the movie. These were  Eddie Coke (qv) (Variety Ad Taker), Frank Faylen (qv)  (Policeman), Howard M. Mitchell (qv) (Policeman),  Joel Davis (I) (qv) (Jimmy, Six Years), Wilbur Mack (qv) (Stage  Manager), Monte Blue (qv) (Assistant Stage Manager),  Frances Morris (qv) (Telephone Operator) and  Merrillee Lannon (qv) (Western Union Clerk).'),
('102346',' This film was LL Cool J (qv)s screen debut and his 1990 hit  "Momma Said Knock You Out" is heard in the opening club sequence as  James Woods (I) (qv) and the police are staking it out and during  the end credits.'),
('102347',' One of James Woods (I) (qv) perks was to have his own personal  hairdresser, at a cost to the studio of $6000 a week. The average  on'),
('102348','set hairdresser usually costs about a third of that.'),
('102349',' The film was originally slated to shoot for 16 weeks, but was  reduced to 13 because producer/second unit director  Rob Cohen (I) (qv) was shooting at the same time as  John Badham (qv) in different locations to save more time and  money.'),
('102350',' The billboard used for the climatic sequence in Times Square was  originally a flat 2D billboard, but was later changed to the final  version seen on screen because it could not be recreated on a sound  stage.'),
('102351',' The climatic sequence on top of the Smoking Gunn II billboard in  Times Square took ten days to shoot with New York traffic put to a  stand still and crowds of onlookers from all over the city including  tourists, gathered at night to watch the filming. All local TV news  stations, along with those from Europe and South America covered the  nightly shooting. The billboard itself was compared to that of the  Camel cigarettes sign of the 1950s with smoke puffing from it as a  main attraction on Broadway.'),
('102352',' The male supermodel Fabio is briefly seen helping people out of the  night club the first time the Party Crasher hits a club at the  beginning of the movie.'),
('102353',' According to the baseball cap that Captain Brix puts on (just before  the end credits roll), the movie that Nick Lang has been working so  hard to nail the audition for is called "Good Badge Ugly".'),
('102354',' Lash La Rue (qv) played the villain in the film, and was not  involved in any of the sex scenes. When he discovered that he had  contributed to a hardcore pornographic film, he turned to missionary  work in repentance.'),
('102355',' Director "Arch Stanton" is actually Jim Wynorski (qv). "Arch  Stanton" was the name on the grave next to where the loot was buried  in Sergio Leone (qv)s  _Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)_ (qv).'),
('102356',' Mary Brian (I) (qv) replaced Carole Lombard (I) (qv), who  refused the role.'),
('102357',' The 17 February 1989 draft of the screenplay credits  Steven Pressfield (qv) & Ronald Shusett (qv) &  Steven Seagal (qv) as writers. Pressfield & Shusett are not  credited in the final film and Seagal only received an acting  credit.'),
('102358',' This film was made for only $10,000.'),
('102359',' CAMEO(Robert Ryan): applauding, 33:30 into the film.'),
('102360',' DIRCAMEO(Ida Lupino): in sunglasses, applauding, 33:30 into the  film.'),
('102361',' Originally made for Playboy TV, but released as a feature film  instead.'),
('102362',' The end title theme "Fiona Butterfly" was co'),
('102363','written by James  Montgomery, who Fiona Richmond later married.'),
('102364',' The character played by Ronald Fraser (qv), called Marty  Kenelm'),
('102365','Smedley in tribute to the films producer and director, is an  obvious caricature of the executive producer  Paul Raymond (III) (qv).'),
('102366',' Originally Warren Beatty (qv) wanted to play the lead role.  However, he wanted Paul Schrader (I) (qv) to rewrite the script so  he was would be searching for his sister (not his daughter). When  Schrader refused Beatty passed on the project.'),
('102367',' George C. Scott (qv) and director Paul Schrader (I) (qv) did not  get along, so much so that at one point Scott refused to come out of  his trailer and threatened to quit the film. Scott only agreed to  come out after forcing Schrader to promise that he would never  direct again (obviously, Schrader went back on his promise).'),
('102368',' Paul Schrader (I) (qv) originally had Scotts character discover  that his daughter was been killed in a totally unrelated car crash,  at which point he simply goes back home. He changed it to Scott  finding her against his better judgment.'),
('102369',' The city of Grand Rapids, MI. refused to allow any more movies to be  filmed in its limits because of what was seen as "unfavorable  depiction of middle America" in its early scenes.'),
('102370',' The movie is in English, but the actors have such strong Jamaican  accents that there are subtitles in English for much of the movie on  the original theatrical print.'),
('102371',' First feature film produced in Jamaica'),
('102372',' All but one of the ring fights were shot with nobody in the  audience. The background was entered in later using digital effects.'),
('102373',' While practicing the construction site fight sequence actor Joshua  Lamboy (Jesus Velez) had his hand punctured by a rusty nail sticking  out of one the walls currently being built. Shooting for the fights  scenes were delayed three weeks.'),
('102374',' Loosely based on the career of fighter Carnera, Primo (qv).'),
('102375',' Humphrey Bogart (qv)s last film.'),
('102376',' SPOILER: Former heavyweight champion Max Baer (qv) plays Buddy  Brannen, the boxer who ends Toro Morenos career in the films  climax. In reality, Baer also ended Primo Carnera (qv)s  championship run, knocking Carnera down 11 times in 10 rounds in a  brutal beating. As the film is based on Carneras career, Baer  therefore essentially played himself in it.'),
('102377',' According to Hollywood urban legend, Bogart was so sick during  filming that his voice had to be re'),
('102378','dubbed by an impersonator. In  truth, though, the voice heard in the film is indeed Humphrey  Bogarts own voice.'),
('102379',' The character of Eddie Willis is based upon the career of writer and  event promoter Harold Conrad.'),
('102380',' Primo Carnera (qv) unsuccessfully sued the films makers, claiming  it damaged his reputation for implying that he was involved in fixed  fights. Carneras career is one of the biggest mysteries in boxing,  as many of the sports historians believe that, without Carneras  knowledge, his managers paid most of his opponents to throw their  fights.'),
('102381',' The story is loosely based on the creators grandfather.'),
('102382',' Sat on the shelf for almost two years before its initial release.'),
('102383',' This cartoon became an annual tradition on Chicago TV station  WGN'),
('102384','TV. It was first shown there on 18 December 1956, and repeated  well into the 1980s.'),
('102385',' There are no printed credits to this film, other than the name of  the songwriter and the studio that made it.'),
('102386',' It is obvious that the Indian mouths, "Goddamn son of a bitch".'),
('102387',' Based on a story called "Shok" which appeared in the magazine  2000AD.'),
('102388',' When Shades is preparing to jump past the malfunctioning slide  doors, a flyer of _Mona Lisa (1986)_ (qv) can be seen in the  background. Both this movie and Mona Lisa were produced by  Stephen Woolley (qv) and Nik Powell (qv).'),
('102389',' Richard Stanley (I) (qv) originally wanted Bill Paxton (qv) as  Mo and Jeffrey Combs (qv) as Shades. Paxton was enthusiastic about  the script, but Miramax and Palace Pictures did not know anything  about him, so they didnt contact his agent, and Paxton signed on  for _Navy Seals (1990)_ (qv) instead. Combs couldnt be cast because  British union rules allowed them to hire only two Americans.'),
('102390',' The nomad who unearths the MARK'),
('102391','13 robot is played by  Carl McCoy (qv), lead singer of the goth rock band Fields of the  Nephilim, for whom Richard Stanley (I) (qv) had previously  directed two music videos and designed an album cover.'),
('102392',' Richard Stanley (I) (qv) wrote a sequel to the film, called  "Hardware II", and tried to get the project off the ground for a few  years. The sequel would have been somewhat different than the  original film, closer to a western, with a much larger scale. The  project stalled because the rights to the original movie are split  between several parties (among them Miramax and producer  Paul Trijbits (qv)).'),
('102393',' The band that Jill watches on TV while she makes the sculpture is  Gwar (qv), though the music is Ministrys "Stigmata".'),
('102394',' The boat'),
('102395','cab driver is actually Lemmy of the band Motörhead. The  band he plays Moses and Shades is, you guessed it, Motörhead.'),
('102396',' When "Star Wars" (1977) was re'),
('102397','released in 1997 in a "Special  Edition" with new digital effects, producer Michael Wiese (qv)  responded by re'),
('102398','releasing this short in its own "Special Edition"  with footage replaced with new digital effects and graphics.'),
('102399',' This is regarded as the most profitable short of all time.'),
('102400',' Paul Frees (qv) was an obvious choice as the narrator for this  short '),
('102401',' he had narrated the original advance teaser trailer for  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('102402',' The department store manager is a parody of The Great Gildersleeve,  a character played by Harold Peary (qv) in the radio program  "Fibber McGee and Molly". Gildersleeve was so popular he was spun  off into his own radio show, "The Great Gildersleeve", as well as a  series of feature films.'),
('102403',' The Russian dog is based on Bert Gordon (I) (qv)s character "The  Mad Russian". His catch phrases "How do you do!" and "Do you mean  it?" were used quite often by the Warner animators.'),
('102404',' First appearance of Yosemite Sam, whose prototype, Red Hot Ryder,  opposed Bugs eight months earlier in _Buckaroo Bugs (1944)_ (qv).'),
('102405',' Although released in 1957, this was a product of the "old"  Terrytoons, produced in 1955.'),
('102406',' The last cartoon to pit Wile E. Coyote against Bugs Bunny.'),
('102407',' The title alludes to the comic strip "Hairbreadth Harry", which ran  from 1906 to 1940.'),
('102408',' The third of four apperances by the rabbit character who later  evolved into Bugs Bunny. (The first was  _Porkys Hare Hunt (1938)_ (qv).)'),
('102409',' It was during production of this cartoon that Bugs Bunnys name  originated. Designer Charles Thorson (qv) redesigned the rabbit  character and labeled the model sheet "Bugs Bunny," after  co'),
('102410','director Ben Hardaway (qv)s nickname, Bugs.'),
('102411',' Bugs cross dresses for the first time in this cartoon when he  dresses up as a female dog to distract the hunters dog.'),
('102412',' Mel Blanc (qv) creates the sound of the Martians bugle by  simultaneously vocalizing and squeezing his hands together in  rhythm.'),
('102413',' First appearance of Marvin the Martian, though he wasnt named until  decades later. He has a higher voice and has slightly larger eyes  than in his later appearances.'),
('102414',' "Kilroy was here" is scrawled on one of the rocks Bugs strolls part  on the moon. This phrase originates from the graffiti used by GIs  around the world during World War II, and was found on fences and  buildings all over Europe. The origin supposedly lay in a US Army  sergeant who, after checking equipment, would write on it "Kilroy  was here". Usually, it was accompanied by a little peeking,  bulbous'),
('102415','nosed figure.'),
('102416',' The last film of Ava Gardner (qv).'),
('102417',' Mayor Joey Marquezs fat secretary is in reference to  Vandolph (qv), his real'),
('102418','life stepson.'),
('102419',' When filming began, the film was intended to be about the 1972  campaign by Arnold Miller and Miners For Democracy to unseat UMWA  president Tony Boyle, in the aftermath of Joseph Yablonskis murder;  but the Harlan County strike began and caused the filmmakers to  change their principal subject, with the campaign and murder  becoming secondary subjects.'),
('102420',' Originally written as a vehicle for the famous  Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (qv), the film was retooled for the  Harlem Globetrotters (qv) when the Cheerleaders were unavailable.'),
('102421',' Cassandra Peterson (qv) (Elvira) auditioned for the role of  Ginger.'),
('102422',' At the time this movie was being made Jim Backus (qv) was  suffering from Parkinsons disease thus preventing him from being in  the movie. Originally his character was written out of the storyline  but at the last minute Backus felt well enough to make a small cameo  at the end of the movie.'),
('102423',' This film was made because Eddie Murphy (I) (qv) always wanted to  direct and act in a period piece.'),
('102424',' The word "fuck" and its derivatives are said 133 times.'),
('102425',' "Harlem Nights" was also the working title for Ralph Bakshi (qv)s  film, _Coonskin (1975)_ (qv). Both films feature the crime racket in  Harlem as a plot point. Star Richard Pryor (qv) was also believed  to be a fan of "Coonskin."'),
('102426',' Most of the film clips in this documentary are from "Soundies,"  three'),
('102427','minute short films made to be shown on self'),
('102428','contained  coin'),
('102429','operated projectors in public places as a sort of video  jukebox. In the Nat "King" Cole sequence two images of him appear,  one at a table in a restaurant and one performing on voice and piano  with his trio as a film'),
('102430','within'),
('102431','a'),
('102432','film being projected on a Soundie  machine.'),
('102433',' Appears on the two'),
('102434','disc Special Edition DVD release of  _New Jack City (1991)_ (qv).'),
('102435',' Several of the characters are named after well known products,  Harley'),
('102436','Davidson (motorcycles), Marlboro (cigarettes), Virginia Slim  (cigarettes), Jack Daniels (whiskey) and Ol Grandad (whiskey). Jimi  is named after Jimi Hendrix (qv), whom he resembles.'),
('102437',' Several references to  _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)_ (qv); including trick  shots by Marlboro, the sudden appearance of a "super'),
('102438','posse", the  reference to Marlboros hometown, and jumping from a great height  into the water.'),
('102439',' On the left sleeve of Harleys jacket appear the initials "SRV" and  under that the roman numerals "MCMLVI'),
('102440','XC". this stands for  "Stevie Ray Vaughan (qv) 1956'),
('102441','90" (although Vaughan was actually  born in 1954).'),
('102442',' Mickey Rourke (qv) has said numerous times in interviews that he  signed on to this film purely for monetary reasons, and this is part  of what fueled his descent into self'),
('102443','loathing in the mid'),
('102444','90s, after  it made him "...feel like a sell'),
('102445','out."'),
('102446',' Big John Studd (qv)s last film role.'),
('102447',' The role of Mama Jean Bello was given to Judy Garland (I) (qv),  Rita Hayworth (qv) and Eleanor Parker (I) (qv) before being  finally played by Ginger Rogers (qv).'),
('102448',' Production began with Judy Garland (I) (qv) as Mama Jean Bello,  but she quit after four days.'),
('102449',' The final film of Ginger Rogers (qv).'),
('102450',' Genma literally means "phantom demon" in kanji.'),
('102451',' The sound of Genma dying is actually the cry of an elephant played  at half'),
('102452','speed.'),
('102453',' This film marks the anime debut for Katsuhiro Otomo (qv), who  provided the character designs, some of the key animation, as well  as illustrations (movie posters, scene in the film where Genma  attacks Tokyo).'),
('102454',' Yoshinori Kanada (qv) animated the climatic battle scene with the  flaming Genma'),
('102455','dragon.'),
('102456',' The adult movie that Jo tries (and fails) to get into stars  Jennifer Welles (qv), although its not clear which film it is.'),
('102457',' Vitaphone production reel #1044.'),
('102458',' This production was Britains first "All Talking" Colour film.'),
('102459',' A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('102460',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _Saving the Game (1912)_ (qv).'),
('102461',' This film was first seen theatrically as an opener for the original  run of _Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974)_ (qv).'),
('102462',' While in production, its first actual title was Harold and Kumar  go to Amsterdam.'),
('102463',' Neil Patrick Harris (qv) plays a character named "Neil Patrick  Harris" and is billed as such rather than being billed "as himself."  According to an interview on NPR, this was done to make clear that  he plays a parody of himself.'),
('102464',' Some of the books on Kumars bookshelf include: "To Kill A Rabbi",  "Spy Story" by Len Deighton (qv), "The Grand Chessboard" by  Zbigniew Brzezinski (qv), "The Knight, Death and the Devil",  "McMahon!" by Jim McMahon (I) (qv) and Bob Verdi (qv), and  "Catch". Kumar also has a Fourth Edition MCAT prep book, but thats  just the hiding place for his weed, as well as his supply of roaches  to roll with.'),
('102465',' There were no White Castles in the filming location so a building  was trucked in.'),
('102466',' The movie poster at the end of the Burgerland dream sequence lists  Marias full name as "Maria Quesa Dilla". It also contains the  tagline "There is a pinche puto in all of us."'),
('102467',' When the "extreme" guy takes Harold and Kumars parking spot, one of  them says, "Better luck tomorrow!" John Cho (qv) (Harold) starred  in _Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)_ (qv).'),
('102468',' Kal Penn (qv), who plays Kumar, is a vegetarian, so technicians  made veggie Castles for him.'),
('102469',' Rosenberg and Goldsteins first names (as said by Kumar) are Manny  and Chevitz. This is a reference to Manischewitz, a brand of wine  traditionally (and stereotypically) associated with Jewish  celebrations.'),
('102470',' WILHELM SCREAM: When Harold and Kumar are riding the cheetah and  Harold is hit by a tree branch.'),
('102471',' The pipe that Goldstein and Rosenberg smoke marijuana out of is made  of a shofar. A shofar is a musical horn made from a rams horn that  is used on the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.'),
('102472',' As a "thank you" for all of the free advertising the film gave them,  White Castle arranged to have collectible "Harold and Kumar" cups at  all of their locations during the films release. It marks the first  time an R'),
('102473','rated comedy is advertised on fast food containers.'),
('102474',' Contrary to the plot of the movie, there is no White Castle located  in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. There is one located in New Brunswick,  New Jersey, though.'),
('102475',' Luis Guzmán (I) (qv) had a small part as boyfriend to Marias  roommate, but this was eventually deleted from the film. The scene  was a gag that made Harold think Guzman was dating Maria.'),
('102476',' The characters Rosenberg and Goldstein are also a reference to the  characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in the play "Hamlet". The  writers hope to create an alternate film with these characters that  takes place in the same time period much like the way that the play  "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" takes place in the same time  period as "Hamlet".'),
('102477',' Co'),
('102478','writer Jon Hurwitz told the New York Times that if  Neil Patrick Harris (qv) had turned down the role, their second  choice was Ralph Macchio (qv), who, like Harris, was best known  for a wholesome role. In Macchios case,  _Karate Kid, The (1984)_ (qv) and its sequels.'),
('102479',' The real restaurant "Hot Dog Heaven" is only located in two cities  in Ohio, Amherst and Avon Lake. The Producers had lunch in the  original restaurant in Amherst one day and loved it so much they  asked the owner to use the logo in the movie.'),
('102480',' The "dust" in the vent was made out of walnut powder, even though  the crew had received a memo saying that Kal Penn (qv) is  extremely allergic to nuts. Production had to be stopped for the day  that they shot the scenes with Kumar falling out of the vent in the  police station while Kal Penn (qv) had to go to the hospital. The  powder was then remade with chocolate powder for the next round of  shooting. (from DVD commentary)'),
('102481',' Prints of this film are located in the Library of Congress and the  UCLA Film and Television archives.'),
('102482',' When considering the role of Harold, Bud Cort (qv) asked the  opinion of director Robert Altman (I) (qv), his mentor.  Robert Altman (I) (qv) cautioned that rising star Bud Cort (qv)  might find himself forever typecast.'),
('102483',' Henry Dieckoff (qv), who appeared as Mrs. Chasens butler, was the  actual butler of Rose Court Mansion in Hillsborough, California,  south of San Francisco, which served as the setting for the Chasen  mansion.'),
('102484',' Fearing that he would be typecast as crazy (as  Robert Altman (I) (qv) had warned), Bud Cort (qv), who was  offered the part of Billy Bibbit, turned down that role in  _One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975)_ (qv). He wanted the role of  McMurphy, which belonged to Jack Nicholson (qv) but was denied it  by director Milos Forman (qv). His next film wasnt until 1977.'),
('102485',' Colin Higgins (I) (qv) screenplay was based on his thesis for the  UCLA screenwriting MFA program.'),
('102486',' DIRCAMEO(Hal Ashby (qv)): the bearded man seen briefly in the  amusement park arcade.'),
('102487',' CAMEO(Cat Stevens (qv)): The composer and performer of the  original music for the movie can be seen in one of the funeral  scenes. He is the person behind which Maude hides after she tries to  get Harolds attention by hissing.'),
('102488',' In all shots of Ruth Gordon (I) (qv) (Maude) driving the hearse it  is being towed because she never learned how to drive a car.'),
('102489',' Maudes picture frames are empty. In Colin Higgins (I) (qv)s  book, Harold asks why she removed the photographs (the scene was not  used in the movie). Maude tells him they mocked her by their images  remaining sharp even as her memories were fading, implying that she  is suffering from Alzheimers or a similar form of dementia.'),
('102490',' While watching a sunset with Harold, Maude sees a flock of seagulls  and refers to Dreyfus. Alfred Dreyfus (qv) (1859'),
('102491','1935), a Jewish  officer in the French army, was wrongly convicted of treason in  1894, and sentenced to life in solitary confinement on Devils  Island (a penal colony off the coast of French Guiana). He was  pardoned five years later, and ultimately exonerated when the  evidence against him was proved false.'),
('102492',' The hearse Harold originally drives is a 1959 Cadillac Superior  3'),
('102493','way model that is one of the most sought after hearses among  collectors today but at the time was considered nothing more than an  undesirable used car which was purchased for a few hundred dollars.  The Jaguar hearse was really destroyed at the end and no replica  exists because they only constructed one version for filming.'),
('102494',' H.B. Warner (qv)s first film.'),
('102495',' The character Lew Harper is based on novelist  Ross Macdonald (I) (qv)s character Lew Archer. The name was  changed for the film supposedly because Paul Newman (I) (qv) had  recently enjoyed success with _Hud (1963)_ (qv) and the producers  wanted the movies title to begin with "H". Also, the Macdonald  estate did not want the name "Archer" used in the movie.'),
('102496',' Average Shot Length = ~8.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.9  seconds.'),
('102497',' The opening credits sequence (where Harper makes himself a terrible  cup of coffee, among other things) was written and shot after the  first cut of the film had already been delivered to the studio.'),
('102498',' All but the last 2 weeks of filming were directed by  Senensky, Ralph (qv). He left after expressing concern that the  elephants would be spooked on Halloween night, when a scene was  scheduled to be shot. As it turned out he was right and  Fabray, Nanette (qv) was injured.'),
('102499',' 90% of Masak, Ron (qv)s dialogue was ad'),
('102500','libbed, as directed.'),
('102501',' Filmed in 1947, but not released until 1948.'),
('102502',' The Ship used in the filming in 1947 was "The Clemente" owned by  Capt. Orville Dant. Filmed in the first part of the film at Catalina  Island, Ca,U.S.A.'),
('102503',' The Ice House comedy sequence was filmed after the directors cut.  Producer Dennis F. Stevens (qv) brought in the improvisational  group Ace Trucking Company (qv) to beef up  William F. Nolan (qv)s suggested, revised ending.'),
('102504',' To the chagrin of the producers and the director, the marijuana  plants in the picture turned out to be real. The property master  denied any culpability, leaving the producer to conclude that one of  the actors must have made a last'),
('102505','minute substitute.'),
('102506',' Don Johnson (I) (qv) sings the ending song, "Its Not Over." The  producer, Dennis F. Stevens (qv), plays the flugelhorn solo,  overdubbing himself.'),
('102507',' Tippi Hedren (qv) was unavailable to reprise her  _Harrad Experiment, The (1973)_ (qv) role as Margaret Tenhausen.'),
('102508',' In the welcome home scene, where "welcome" is purposely misspelled  on the banner, the musician playing the Fender Rhodes is Doovid  Barskin, at the time one of Capitol Records A&R men. "We had to  give him a part in the picture," producer Stevens quipped,  "Otherwise he wouldnt release the soundtrack album.'),
('102509',' Sheilas home was actually the Harold Lloyd Estate, in Beverly  Hills.'),
('102510',' Nickelodeons first feature film.'),
('102511',' This short documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Enforcer, The (1976/I)_ (qv), released in 2001.'),
('102512',' The sound disc for this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('102513',' Available at the Danish Public Libraries (De Danske  Folkebiblioteker)'),
('102514',' The movie poster for _Fury, The (1978)_ (qv) is a tribute to  Gordon Jump (qv) who played the character named Harry Nuckells.  The filmmakers did not know this fact until after they started  making the Harry Knuckles series.'),
('102515',' The UCLA Film and Television Archive has this film in its collection  but not the sound disk made for this film, originally made in the  Kellum Photo'),
('102516','Kinema process.'),
('102517',' Daniel Radcliffe (qv) has said that "Harry Potter and the Chamber  of Secrets" is his favorite book.'),
('102518',' Hugh Grant (I) (qv) was originally cast as Gilderoy Lockhart but  was forced to withdraw at the last moment because of scheduling  conflicts. Alan Cumming (qv) was also considered.'),
('102519',' Zoë Wanamaker (qv) does not appear in this film as Hogwarts  flying instructor, Madam Hooch. Her character was written out.'),
('102520',' Christian Coulson (qv) landed the role as Tom Riddle, even though  he was 23 and exceeded the 15'),
('102521','17 age group set for auditions.'),
('102522',' Fourteen Ford Anglias were destroyed to create the scene where Harry  and Ron crash into the Womping Willow.'),
('102523',' The "Lets just hope Mr. Potter will always be around to save the  day" dialogue (see quotes) was improvised by Daniel Radcliffe (qv)  and Jason Isaacs (qv).'),
('102524',' During the shoot, the part of Dobby was played by a ball on a stick  (he was added digitally later, of course).'),
('102525',' The train station interior used in the film is Kings Cross in North  London, whereas the exterior shot is actually St Pancras. The two  stations are adjacent to one another, but not the same building.  This was done because the architecture of St Pancras is much more  visually appealing.'),
('102526',' As Harry enters Professor Dumbledores study, a portrait of Gandalf  the Grey is included in the collection of the great wizard  paintings. It is above the door'),
('102527','frame and slightly to Harrys right.'),
('102528',' Filming began three days after the release of  _Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001)_ (qv).'),
('102529',' The set for Flourish and Blotts is a redress of the set that served  as Olivanders Wand Shop in  _Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001)_ (qv).'),
('102530',' To get a sense of how nasty his character should be,  Jason Isaacs (qv) had to go back and watch Tom Felton (qv)s  performance in _Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001)_ (qv).'),
('102531',' A cinema manager in Stavanger in Norway reported that the film was  making his younger patrons ill. Evidently many children who had  overindulged on sweets and popcorn were throwing up when Ron begins  vomiting giant slugs. "It is not a particularly fun task for our  employees to have to wash away the sick," he said.'),
('102532',' Some of the portraits in Hogwarts are actually faces of production  designer Stuart Craig (I) (qv) and executive producer  Mark Radcliffe (I) (qv).'),
('102533',' While chatting with the Grangers at the bookshop, Mr. Weasley says,  "I understand that other muggles are afraid of you." This makes  little sense unless you know that both Hermiones parents are muggle  dentists.'),
('102534',' A story circulated that Emma Watson (II) (qv) broke her left wrist  during filming and that you can just see a little bit of the cast  under her sleeve in some scenes, but it turned out to be false.'),
('102535',' The tapestries hanging in the Gryffindor Common Room are copies of  the "Lady and the Unicorn" series, a set of 16th century tapestries  that are now displayed in the Cluny Museum in Paris.'),
('102536',' The Weasleys car registration number is 7990 TD.'),
('102537',' All four of director Chris Columbus (qv)s children appear in this  movie. Eleanor Columbus (qv) plays Susan Bones (also plays her in  the first movie), Brendan Columbus (qv) plays a boy in study hall,  Violet Columbus (qv) plays the little girl with flowers, and  Isabella Columbus (qv) plays the little girl in the bookstore.'),
('102538',' When Harry and Ron are called to the dormitory it has been  ransacked. As Harry sifts through the pile of books on the floor you  briefly see Volume 4 of the Encyclopedia Magica from TSRs Dungeons  and Dragons second edition.'),
('102539',' In the UK, this became the first movie to achieve a million DVD  sales in its first weekend.'),
('102540',' Nurses were drafted into the production when an outbreak of head  lice occurred among the young cast.'),
('102541',' Tickets for the film went on sale in Britain more than a month  before the film was due to open.'),
('102542',' Zoë Wanamaker (qv) chose not to return to the franchise because  she felt she wasnt being paid enough.'),
('102543',' The Weasleys car is a Ford Anglia. This is actually the same color  and model car that author J.K. Rowling (qv) and her best friend  from school used to ride around in when they were younger. She used  the car for the book, and later the movie, out of her fond memories  driving in it.'),
('102544',' The salute Harry and Draco make during their duel in the Dueling  Club scene is a modified version of the salute made in fencing.'),
('102545',' Through advance ticket sales at Odeon cinemas, the film generated  more than £1 million (roughly 200,000 tickets) before its release in  the UK. An additional £8 million was generated through preview  showings at UK cinemas (both Odeon and non'),
('102546','Odeon).'),
('102547',' Kate Duchêne (qv), who plays Miss Hardbroom on the TV series  _"Worst Witch, The" (1998)_ (qv) was reportedly offered a role in  the movie but supposedly declined. But if you watch closely during  the final scenes in the Banquet Hall, at the head table on the left  side you will catch a glimpse of her in her Miss Hardbroom costume.'),
('102548',' On an episode of _"Have I Got News for You" (1990)_ (qv) broadcast  around this films release, the panelists discuss an article  claiming that the Russian Premier Vladimir Putin (qv) was deeply  disturbed and offended that Dobby the House elf seemed to have been  created in his image. There is an undeniable resemblance either way.'),
('102549',' Full'),
('102550','size models replaced the actors in scenes where their  characters have been petrified.'),
('102551',' In the closing credits, instead of "Hannah Abbott" it is written  "Hannah Hufflepuff".'),
('102552',' In a bit of foreshadowing that is only seen in the movie version,  Lucius Malfoy takes one book out of Ginny Weasleys cauldron, but  drops two back in.'),
('102553',' Although the subplot which involved Percy Weasley and Penelope  Clearwater (when Ginny discovered them kissing and promised not to  tell anybody) was cut, whilst Nearly Headless Nick is on his way to  the Great Hall, he does say: "Hello Percy, Ms Clearwater," to the  couple as they walk out.'),
('102554',' In order to create a realistic image of the floating set of needles  (knitting in The Burrow), one of the crew coerced his mother to let  them film her for several hours as she did her own knitting.'),
('102555',' When Hagrid charges into Dumbledores office to defend Harry, he is  carrying a dead rooster in his hands. This is in reference to a  scene in the book (cut from the movie) where Hagrid finds all the  roosters dead. The sound of a cock'),
('102556','crow is fatal to a basilisk.'),
('102557',' Due to schedule conflicts, John Williams (I) (qv) was not able to  deliver a fully elaborated score. Composer'),
('102558','arranger  William Ross (I) (qv) was hired to adapt Williams material to  complete the films score and was subsequently conducting the  orchestra during the recording sessions.'),
('102559',' The film earned over $88 million in the US on its opening weekend,  which at the time placed it third in the all'),
('102560','time biggest opening  behind _Spider'),
('102561','Man (2002)_ (qv) and the first Harry Potter movie.'),
('102562',' Robbie Coltrane (qv) had to turn down a part in  _"West Wing, The" (1999)_ (qv) to reprise his role as Hagrid.'),
('102563',' Richard Harris (I) (qv) died a few weeks before the films  release.'),
('102564',' The script originally said that Hermione would hug Harry and Ron in  the final scene. As the then 11'),
('102565','year'),
('102566','old Emma Watson (II) (qv) was  embarrassed about having to hug the boys in front of the entire  cast, Chris Columbus (qv) allowed her to change the scene so that  Hermione just hugs Harry then starts to hug Ron but the two get  embarrassed and resolve to only shake hands. Watson also stated in a  recent interview that she kept letting Daniel Radcliffe (qv) go  too quickly, so the film was "frozen" for a few seconds to make the  hug look like it lasted longer than it actually did.'),
('102567',' Daniel Radcliffe (qv) was initially only offered £125,000  (approximately US $181,500) for this film. The actors union,  Equity, stepped in and negotiated new terms which increased his  salary to roughly £2,000,000 (US $3,000,000).'),
('102568',' Many Harry Potter fans went to see _Scooby'),
('102569','Doo (2002)_ (qv) just to  see a trailer for this film.'),
('102570',' The title used by the crew to disguise the shoot (and printed on the  clapper boards) was "Incident on 57th Street", the title of a 1973  Bruce Springsteen (qv) song.'),
('102571',' Young Hagrid is played by the same person who stands in for  Robbie Coltrane (qv) as his height double in all the Potter films.  His voice is dubbed by Coltrane, for the sake of consistency.'),
('102572',' Shirley Henderson (I) (qv), who played Moaning Myrtle, is the  oldest actress (age 37) to portray a Hogwarts student.'),
('102573',' Alfonso Cuarón (qv) was offered the chance to direct this  installment in the series, but declined as he would still be working  on _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv).'),
('102574',' Mike Newell (I) (qv) decided against the studios original idea of  adapting the extremely long book into two separate films to be  released several months apart, figuring that he could cut enough of  the books bulky subplots to make a workable film. It was  Alfonso Cuarón (qv), the director of  _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv), who  convinced him.'),
('102575',' Mike Newell (I) (qv) turned down directing  _Constant Gardener, The (2005)_ (qv) to direct this film.'),
('102576',' As in the second film, full'),
('102577','size models were used in scenes which  required teen actors to keep completely still for a lengthy period  of time.'),
('102578',' Over 3,000 girls turned up at the auditions for the role of Cho  Chang in London on 7 February 2004.'),
('102579',' Mike Newell (I) (qv) is the first British director the film series  has had.'),
('102580',' At least one full'),
('102581','scale dragon was constructed on set, which could  even blow real fire.'),
('102582',' A digital "spot removing" technique (which had previously been used  for such TV shows as _"Desperate Housewives" (2004)_ (qv)) was  applied in post'),
('102583','production to clear up some of the more severe teen  skin problems, since make'),
('102584','up tested poorly for close'),
('102585','up shots in  particular.'),
('102586',' According to rumors that circulated the Internet, both  Rowan Atkinson (qv) and John Malkovich (qv) were considered for  the role of Lord Voldemort. Both rumors were proven to be untrue.'),
('102587',' Rumors on the Internet of a Scottish actor being cast as Viktor Krum  were halted when it was announced that, as originally planned by the  producers, a Bulgarian would in fact play the part. Perhaps these  rumors arose because the Bulgarian was discovered in England and not  in Sofia, where there was a casting call for the part of the  International Quidditch Champion. Stanislav Ianevski (qv), a  Bulgarian student living in London, has been cast in the role.'),
('102588',' Mike Newell (I) (qv) only received $1 million to direct (whereas  Chris Columbus (qv) received $10 million plus a percentage of the  gross to direct  _Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001)_ (qv)).'),
('102589',' During the underwater filming Daniel Radcliffe (qv), a couple of  the cast members, and all of the underwater crew posed for a photo  which he later sent out as a Christmas card with Rudolph noses and  antlers Photoshopped on everyones faces.'),
('102590',' Safety divers swam in with scuba regulators to allow them to breathe  without having to surface. These scenes were shot in a huge  purpose'),
('102591','built tank with a blue'),
('102592','screen background.  Daniel Radcliffe (qv) alone logged around 41 hours 38 minutes  underwater during the course of filming. At one point during  training he inadvertently signaled that he was drowning, sending the  crew into a huge panic to bring him back up to surface.'),
('102593',' Ray Winstone (qv) and Billy Connolly (qv) were considered for  the role of Mad'),
('102594','Eye Moody.'),
('102595',' Rosamund Pike (qv) was the first choice for the role of Rita  Skeeter but declined.'),
('102596',' Carole Bouquet (qv) was Mike Newell (I) (qv)s first choice for  the role of Madame Maxime but declined because Studio Canal (the  studio she was contracted) refused to give permission for her to  negotiate for the role. Others considered for the role were  Catherine Deneuve (qv), Audrey Tautou (qv) and  Emmanuelle Seigner (qv).'),
('102597',' Mike Newell (I) (qv) originally decided not to have the make'),
('102598','up on  Ralph Fiennes (qv) to give a more scary Voldemort. But he changed  his mind after seeing a minimal make'),
('102599','up design by  Nick Dudman (qv). To complement the make'),
('102600','up, Fiennes shaved his  head bald as well as his armpits.'),
('102601',' Daniel Radcliffe (qv) suffered two ear infections following the  underwater filming.'),
('102602',' The inscriptions on the Riddles family tombstone had to be  digitally changed at the last minute after fans of the books, having  seen promotion stills released from the graveyard scene, pointed out  that neither of the male Riddle names on the tombstone referred to  Voldemort, like the filmmakers erroneously thought, but to his dad  and grandfather.'),
('102603',' The newspaper headline "Harry Potter and the Triwizard Tournament"  was considered as the title of the fourth book'),
('102604',' As Ron, Harry and Hermione are talking in the great hall, before  George and Fred attempt to enter their names in the Goblet, Hermione  is reading a book. We cant see the title, but the cover features  the harlequin pattern of the UK editions of the Harry Potter novels.'),
('102605',' John Williams (I) (qv) passed on scoring this movie in favor of  _Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)_ (qv).'),
('102606',' While filming his scenes as Professor Dumbledore,  Michael Gambon (qv) wore street clothes under his flimsy costume.'),
('102607',' Mike Newell (I) (qv) staged a brawl with one of the twins, both to  demonstrate what he wanted for a scene between the twins, and also  to undermine his own "authority figure" status ("They were calling  me sir!") The fight got so intense that he fractured a rib in the  process.'),
('102608',' The tune you hear the teens sing to the school song, "Hogwarts,  Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts" was written by  Mike Newell (I) (qv). The lyrics first appeared in the first  novel, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone". (Traditionally the  song can be sung to any tune the singer happens to like.)'),
('102609',' Stanislav Ianevski (qv), who plays Viktor Krum, has only two lines  in the entire film totaling 20 words.'),
('102610',' The films reels were shipped to cinemas under its working title  "Happy Days" to deter potential pirates.'),
('102611',' Tolga Safer (qv) was one of the finalists for the role of Viktor  Krum. He was subsequently called back and instead cast as  Karkaroffs aide.'),
('102612',' In the first draft of the script, a subplot featuring the Weasley  twins and Ludo Bagman, the head of the Ministrys sports department,  was featured prominently. In fact, it was reported that Martin  Landham was cast as Bagman. In the subsequent drafts, the subplot  was dropped.'),
('102613',' It took two days to film Ralph Fiennes (qv)s cameo.'),
('102614',' The first task with the dragon took over 140 special effect shots.'),
('102615',' The elves Dobby and Winky were cut due to time constraints. However,  if you watch carefully in the first campsite scene, right after  Ginny points to something and says "Look!" you can see two House  Elves riding on llamas. They go by very fast, so theyre hard to  see.'),
('102616',' The line Moody uses "I know stories about your father that would  curl your hair" is actually a line from the book but in a different  scenario: Rita Skeeter says it to Hermione about Ludo Bagman.'),
('102617',' Katie Leung (qv) hadnt intended to audition for the role of Cho  Chang. Her father had told her where the audition was being held and  she decided to go before her shopping trip.'),
('102618',' Heart Evangelista (qv) auditioned for the role of Cho Chang.'),
('102619',' The first names of the parents of Tom Riddle (sr.) '),
('102620',' Thomas and  Mary, as written on the gravestone '),
('102621',' are not mentioned in the books.'),
('102622',' Costume designer Jany Temime (qv) considered Hermiones dress for  the Yule Ball as the most important, comparing it to that of  Cinderella. The design of the dress was changed several times before  the designers were satisfied with the results.  Emma Watson (II) (qv) was very careful not to wear it more than  necessary because she was afraid that she would wreck it.'),
('102623',' This is the first Harry Potter film to receive a "PG'),
('102624','13" rating or  its international equivalent (for sequences of fantasy violence and  frightening images). The preceding films having been rated "PG" or  one of its international equivalents.'),
('102625',' Ralph Fiennes (qv) was not wearing any make up to cover his nose.  In order to make the character scarier, film editors digitally  removed it. Also, the "red, snake'),
('102626','like eyes" the novel describes  were not added, due to the actors thought that the expression in  his eyes would provide a better idea of Lord Voldemorts insanity  and malignity.'),
('102627',' In the scene where Harry faces his second task, Mad'),
('102628','Eye Moody has a  watch with the symbol from _28 Days Later... (2002)_ (qv) on it.  Many people may know that Brendan Gleeson (qv), who plays Mad'),
('102629','Eye  Moody in this film, also starred in "28 Days Later...”.'),
('102630',' Features one of the largest underwater sets ever constructed. It has  the capacity of up to 500,000 liters (132,000 gallons) of water. The  largest underwater set constructed was for _Abyss, The (1989)_ (qv),  which had a capacity of 7,000,000 gallons.'),
('102631',' The animated hedges in the Third Task were based on  Stanley Kubrick (qv)s abandoned idea for the hedge maze chase  sequence in _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv). "The Shining" was written by  Stephen King (I) (qv), who is an avid fan of "Harry Potter" author  J.K. Rowling (qv).'),
('102632',' The rock band at the Yule Ball is comprised mostly of members of  Pulp (qv) and Radiohead (qv). In the run'),
('102633','up to the movie, a  Canadian folk group called the Wyrd Sisters filed a $40'),
('102634','million  lawsuit against Warner Brothers, the North American distributor of  the film, Jarvis Cocker (qv) from Pulp and Jonny Greenwood (qv)  and Phil Selway (qv) of Radiohead for the use of their groups  name. In the book, the band is called the "Weird Sisters" after the  witches in William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s "Macbeth" but was  reportedly renamed the "Wyrd Sisters" for this film. Before the  movie was released, however, Warner Brothers removed all references  to either name for the band. Nevertheless, the Wyrd Sisters moved  for an injunction in a Canadian court to prevent distribution of the  film in Canada. This motion was dismissed by an Ontario judge.'),
('102635',' Early drafts had Rons estranged brother Percy appearing in a key  supporting role but it was written out in the final drafts. In an  interview, Chris Rankin (I) (qv), who plays Percy, revealed that  his contract of the franchise stipulates that he must appear in four  films; the first three, with the option of appearing in either this  movie or the next one,  _Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)_ (qv). Given the  fact that Percy appears much longer in the latter, he opted out of  the film in favour of appearing in the next one.'),
('102636',' Director Guillermo del Toro (qv) turned down the chance to direct  this film.'),
('102637',' Anand Tucker (qv) and Michael Hoffman (I) (qv) were both rumored  as possible directors for this film.'),
('102638',' Dario Marianelli (qv) was considered as a possible composer for  this film.'),
('102639',' Evanna Lynch (qv) beat over 15,000 girls for the role of Luna  Lovegood.'),
('102640',' The carpet in Professor Umbridges office cost £50,000 to make.'),
('102641',' Helen McCrory (qv) was originally cast as Bellatrix Lestrange, but  due to pregnancy she had to be replaced by  Helena Bonham Carter (qv).'),
('102642',' The radish earrings worn by Luna Lovegood were actually made by  Evanna Lynch (qv) (the actress portraying her).'),
('102643',' Mira Nair (qv) and Jean'),
('102644','Pierre Jeunet (qv) were approached to  the direct the film. Both declined.'),
('102645',' The character of Grawp was done by using a recent breakthrough in  film technology, developed by Image Metrics, which allows a computer  to map an actors performance onto any character virtual or human,  living or dead. The result is said to be far superior to standard  hand'),
('102646','drawn computer graphics which are very costly and  time'),
('102647','consuming.'),
('102648',' Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title The  Raven.'),
('102649',' During the breakfast scene in the Great Hall, a box of cereal can be  seen with the name Cheeri'),
('102650','Owls with a color scheme similar to that  of a Cheerios box.'),
('102651',' According to the original script, the character of Kreacher was not  intended to be in this film at all. But after J.K Rowling read the  script, she more or less insisted on him needing to be there to  avoid some serious problems with future installments of the series.  So, even if Kreacher still has no noticeable impact on the plot or  story as its presented in the film, a couple of scenes with him  were added at the last minute based on this request.'),
('102652',' Daniel Radcliffe (qv) came up with the idea that, as a gesture of  respect to a teacher that Harry most certainly looked up to, he  would wear a certain type of clothes that resemble the outfit worn  by Prof. Lupin in his lessons from  _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv), during his  teachings. The director liked the suggestion, so that became the  basis for his look during those scenes.'),
('102653',' In _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)_ (qv), when Ron  is rescuing Harry from the Dursleys, Ron tells Harry that they  were "rescuing you of course". In this film, Moody says the same  thing when he rescues Harry.'),
('102654',' Broke the Wednesday opening day record previously held by  _Spider'),
('102655','Man 2 (2004)_ (qv) with a 44.2 million dollar domestic  gross.'),
('102656',' Was released in 4,181 US theaters. A record for a Warner Bros.  release.'),
('102657',' Had the biggest IMAX opening ever, pulling in $1.9 million.'),
('102658',' Harrys, Rons and Hermiones signatures for the Dumbledores Army  roster are the same signatures seen in the books.'),
('102659',' The most expensive set was the 200 foot'),
('102660','long hallway in the Ministry  of Magic.'),
('102661',' All of the action scenes were shot using hand held cameras.'),
('102662',' In the scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione are discussing Harrys  kiss with Cho, the three begin to crack up near the end of the  scene. This was all real laughter from the three actors. The  director thought it was good for the scene and kept rolling.'),
('102663',' Had the biggest first'),
('102664','day gross of a "Harry Potter" movie.'),
('102665',' The Hall of Prophecies is entirely computer generated, including all  the shelves & every single orb on them.'),
('102666',' Padfoot, Sirius Blacks canine alter'),
('102667','ego, was played by a Scottish  Deerhound named Cleod.'),
('102668',' SPOILER: Daniel Radcliffe (qv) cant tolerate contact lens, so in  the scene where Harry is possessed, his eyes are digitally changed.'),
('102669',' This is the first Harry Potter game to feature cast members from the  film providing the voices of their characters.'),
('102670',' Emma Thompson (I) (qv) accepted the role of Professor Trelawney to  impress her four'),
('102671','year'),
('102672','old daughter, Gaia. Tilda Swinton (qv) was  originally offered the role but declined.'),
('102673',' Other directors reportedly considered for this installment of the  Harry Potter series included Khouri, Callie (qv) and  Branagh, Kenneth (qv).'),
('102674',' After the death of Richard Harris (I) (qv), many actors were  considered for the vacant role of Albus Dumbledore.  Christopher Lee (I) (qv) was in the frame for a while, and there  was a rumor (reported in many newspapers) that Ian McKellen (qv)  was also considered. The Harris family wanted Peter  OToole (I) (qv) for the role but OToole declined.  Richard Attenborough (qv) also lobbied for the role but was  ultimately turned down.'),
('102675',' Dudley Dursley has no lines. He only laughs at the TV and gives two  gasps of surprise.'),
('102676',' During the credits on the Marauders Map watch for: Footprints that  turn into paw prints. Footprints that chase other footprints. Cat  prints that chase owl prints. Extra'),
('102677','large footprints by  Robbie Coltrane (qv)s credit. Footprints that take special  interest in the closing credits creator. Two pairs of footprints in  a scandalous configuration in a corner turret. Footprints that  scurry away when the page covering them is lifted. Footprints that  get stuck in an alcove. Footprints that walk into a room labeled  "The Grindylow Lagoon", then sink. Hogsmeade landmarks, including  the Book of Monsters Repair Shop and The Stink Bomb Shop. Toward  the end, footprints can be seen playing hopscotch. By the listing  for the song "La cumparsita" (The song played in the TV Show that  Dudley Dursley is watching after Aunt Marge has flown out the  window) a set of footprints can be seen tapping one of their feet.  Also look for what look dance class footprints by the composer  credit, and two sets of footprints walking backwards from the visual  effects supervisors credit.'),
('102678',' The effects team spent six months creating the dementors.  Originally, Alfonso Cuarón (qv) wasnt thrilled with the idea of  using CGI and wanted to use more traditional techniques such as  puppetry. The filmmakers tried a basic technique with a dementor  puppet floating in the breeze but werent satisfied with the way it  looked. Puppeteer Basil Twist (qv) showed them a technique that  involved putting the puppet in water and shooting it in slow motion  with the film reversed. The filmmakers liked the way it looked but  realized that this would be an impossible task, so in the end they  decided to use CGI to create the dementors.'),
('102679',' Honeydukes "is floor'),
('102680','to'),
('102681','ceiling psychedelia" and includes Mexican  skulls made of sugar. The cast was told that the Honeydukes candy  was lacquer'),
('102682','coated, when in fact it wasnt, to prevent candy from  disappearing between takes.'),
('102683',' Illusionist Paul Kieve (qv) served as a consultant. He taught  magic to several members of the cast including  Daniel Radcliffe (qv) and Emma Watson (II) (qv) (Harry and  Hermione) and worked extensively to create physical magical effects.  He is the first illusionist to have worked on any of the series of  films. He is also to make a cameo appearance in the film in a scene  in the Three Broomsticks pub.'),
('102684',' Filming was halted following the vandalization of the train used as  the Hogwarts Express.'),
('102685',' The set for Honeydukes was previously used as Olivanders Wand Shop  in _Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001)_ (qv), and Flourish  and Blotts in _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)_ (qv).'),
('102686',' David Thewlis (qv) was originally considered to play Professor  Quirrell in _Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001)_ (qv).'),
('102687',' The film was offered to director Guillermo del Toro (qv) but he  opted to do _Hellboy (2004)_ (qv) instead.'),
('102688',' Marc Forster (qv) was offered the job of directing this film but  declined and did _Finding Neverland (2004)_ (qv) instead.'),
('102689',' The tattoos on Sirius Blacks body and hands are borrowed from  Russian prison gangs. They are markings which identify the person as  a man to be feared and respected.'),
('102690',' Gary Oldman (qv) says he accepted the role of Sirius Black because  he "needed the work". He hadnt acted for over a year. His last film  was _Sin (2003/I)_ (qv), which was filmed in 2002.'),
('102691',' Alfonso Cuarón (qv) coached Daniel Radcliffe (qv) in one scene  where the latter had to act awed: "Pretend youre seeing  Cameron Diaz (qv) in a G'),
('102692','string". It worked.'),
('102693',' CAMEO(Ian Brown (VI) (qv)): the singer (formerly of the Stone  Roses) appears briefly in the bar at the start of the movie reading  "A Brief History of Time". He was originally cast as the pub  landlord, but the role was cut right down due to timing issues.'),
('102694',' Executive producer Chris Columbus (qv) (who directed the first two  films) offered the role of director to Alfonso Cuarón (qv) after  watching Cuaróns _Little Princess, A (1995)_ (qv).'),
('102695',' Alfonso Cuarón (qv) had never read the Harry Potter books or seen  the first two movies when he was offered the job of director.'),
('102696',' When we see the Marauders Map for the first time, the name Newt  Scamander can be seen. In the Harry Potter universe, he wrote the  book "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them", but isnt a teacher  at Hogwarts.'),
('102697',' Because he would be overseeing this films post'),
('102698','production work,  director Alfonso Cuarón (qv) declined the offer to direct  _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)_ (qv).  Mike Newell (I) (qv) was then chosen by Warner Brothers.'),
('102699',' The German subsidary of Warner Bros. tried to cut down the film (as  they did with _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)_ (qv))  to secure a more commercial "Not under 6" rating. They submitted  several versions but all were rejected by the German ratings board  FSK for this rating. In the end the uncut version was released with  a "Not under 12" rating.'),
('102700',' Broke UK box office records when it grossed £5.3 million in its  opening day of release on 31 May 2004, making it the biggest opening  day and single day of all time.'),
('102701',' Warner Brothers supplied ushers at cinemas with night vision goggles  to prevent illegal recording and pirating of the film.'),
('102702',' The film contains several commemorations to director  Alfonso Cuarón (qv) and his Mexican heritage. On the fountain in  the courtyard in front of the clock tower, there are several statues  of eagles eating snakes. This exact image appears on the Mexican  flag. Also, among the many candies offered at Honeydukes are skulls  made of sugar, which are a popular treat in Mexico on "El Dia de los  Muertos," or the Day of the Dead. And, after Dumbledore says his  final lines outside the infirmary, he goes down the stairs humming  "La Raspa", the Mexican Hat Dance.'),
('102703',' The rating in the Netherlands for this film is "not under 9". This  rating was created especially for the film, since it was judged to  be too scary for 6 year olds and the next rating, "not under 12",  would exclude too much of the target audience.'),
('102704',' Aware of his fondness for music, Gary Oldman (qv) presented  Daniel Radcliffe (qv) with a bass guitar as a gift when they met.'),
('102705',' In the scene where Harry is given the Marauders Map by the Weasley  twins, the name "Moony" is misspelled as "Mooney". While not really  a mistake, there is still an interesting connection. The films  visual effects supervisor is named Karl Mooney (qv). The spelling  was changed deliberately for the in'),
('102706','joke.'),
('102707',' When Harry, Hermione and Ron are returning to the school from  Hagrids hut after witnessing Buckbeaks execution, Hermione hugs  Ron and Harry hugs Hermione, a reference to Alfonso Cuarón (qv)s  movie _Y tu mamá también (2001)_ (qv).'),
('102708',' The set for the sequence where Professor Lupin teaches Harry to  defend against the dementors previously served as Dumbledores  office in _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)_ (qv).'),
('102709',' When the Boggart takes the form of a giant snake, the "snake pit"  theme from _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv) is worked into the  soundtrack by John Williams (I) (qv) who also did the music for  that film.'),
('102710',' DIRCAMEO(Alfonso Cuarón (qv)): the man seated holding two lit  candles when Harry enters Madame Rosmertas Tavern.'),
('102711',' Sir Cadogan, played by Paul Whitehouse (I) (qv), was cut almost  completely out of the film. You do still see Sir Cadogan jump into  the shot of Ron, Harry and Hermione right after Ginny tells them the  Fat Lady is gone. He appears in a picture behind them.'),
('102712',' A fire near the Glenfinnan viaduct in Scotland delayed filming of  the Hogwarts Express scenes for a day.'),
('102713',' Two Knight Buses were built: one for exterior shots and one for  interior shots. The exterior of the bus was created by taking an  ordinary double'),
('102714','decker London bus, adding a level, and painting it  purple.'),
('102715',' Ian McKellen (qv) turned down the role of Dumbledore. Having  appeared as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, he said, "I had enough  trouble living up to one legend. Two would be too much to hope for."'),
('102716',' Rons dream about spiders making him tap'),
('102717','dance is a two'),
('102718','in'),
('102719','one  reference of the next book. In Goblet of Fire there is an  unforgivable curse where you can control what someone does, taught  by Professor Moody. He makes a spider tap'),
('102720','dance on the desk.'),
('102721',' Prior to its release, material related to the film was labeled with  the code title "Radiator Blues".'),
('102722',' Professor Dumbledore seemingly stalls the executioner by saying that  he needs to sign the execution order, and that he has "a very long  name". In the book "Order of the Phoenix", his full name is revealed  to be Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.'),
('102723',' During the scene where we first meet Buckbeak the Hippogriff, just  after Ron pushes Harry forward there is a shot of the animal  pooping. The CGI team believes this might be the first example of a  CGI animal doing this, but the BBC miniseries  _"Walking with Dinosaurs" (1999)_ (qv) had done it first.'),
('102724',' After Dumbledore says his final lines outside the infirmary, he goes  down the stairs humming La Raspa, the Mexican hat dance.'),
('102725',' Alfonso Cuarón (qv) had an idea for there to be tiny people  inhabiting Hogwarts, and jumping on piano keys in one scene.  J.K. Rowling (qv) firmly vetoed it, saying tiny people were  completely foreign to the world of her books.'),
('102726',' When Chris Columbus (qv) was still slated to direct,  Robson Green (qv) was considered for the role of Sirius Black.'),
('102727',' Shot entirely on wide'),
('102728','angle lenses. The length of the lenses ranged  between 14'),
('102729','24mm and never beyond that. Alfonso Cuarón (qv)  insisted on the wide'),
('102730','angles because he wanted to let the audience  see the foreground and the background.'),
('102731',' During the filming of the sleeping bag scene, director  Alfonso Cuarón (qv) and the filmmakers played a practical joke on  Daniel Radcliffe (qv) by hiding a remote'),
('102732','control'),
('102733','operated Whoopee  Cushion in his sleeping bag. According to Cuarón, Daniel tried  really hard to stay in character while everyone else was laughing.'),
('102734',' Two Persian red cats were used for the role of Crookshanks:  Crackerjack and Pumpkin.'),
('102735',' Much of the filming was done in Scotland, so the filmmakers wanted  to be sure that a Highland Cow, a breed of cattle native to  Scotland, appeared in the film. The large, hairy animal with big  horns can be seen in front of a shop in Hogsmeade when Ron and  Hermione go and look for Harry after he leaves the pub.'),
('102736',' Among the difficulties associated with filming in Scotland was the  amount of rain that fell during the shoot. During the breaks in  filming, helicopters delivered large bags of gravel to the set in  order to prevent it from washing out. Many of the filmmakers were  concerned as to how this would affect the look of the film, although  director Alfonso Cuarón (qv) and cinematographer  Michael Seresin (qv) insisted that it was the best look that they  could have come up with.'),
('102737',' A clause in Alfonso Cuarón (qv)s contract forbade the director  from cursing in front of the kids on set.'),
('102738',' In order to acquaint himself with his three lead actors, director  Alfonso Cuarón (qv) had each of them write an essay about their  characters, from a first'),
('102739','person point of view.  Emma Watson (II) (qv), in true Hermione fashion, went a little  overboard and wrote a 16'),
('102740','page essay. Daniel Radcliffe (qv) wrote a  simple one'),
('102741','page summary, and Rupert Grint (qv) never even turned  his in.'),
('102742',' The lyrics to the song the choir sings in the Great Hall, "Double,  Double; Toil and Trouble..." are from  William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s "Macbeth" (Act 4, Scene 1). These  words are recited by three witches casting a spell to foretell the  murderous and treacherous Scottish kings future. As the story goes,  Shakespeare "borrowed" these lines from real witches, who in turn  cursed the play, which is the reason why the word "Macbeth" is  considered bad luck if uttered in a theatre.'),
('102743',' The tune played on the gramophone during the Boggart scene is NOT  Louis Prima (qv)s "Sing, Sing, Sing". The actual song, "Swing,  Swing, Swing" written by John Williams (I) (qv), is from the film  _1941 (1979)_ (qv) and is also featured in  _"X Files, The" (1993) {Triangle (#6.3)}_ (qv) during the sixth  season.'),
('102744',' Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (qv) (frequent collaborator of  director Alfonso Cuarón (qv)) was supposed to be working on this  film, but due to scheduling conflicts he was replaced by  Michael Seresin (qv).'),
('102745',' Director Alfonso Cuarón (qv)s wife, Annalisa Bugliani (qv) and  daughter, Tess Bu Cuarón (qv) appear in the film as the mother and  baby in the portrait next to the Fat Ladys portrait.'),
('102746',' Robbie Coltrane (qv) was the very first person to be cast.'),
('102747',' Richard Harris (I) (qv) only agreed to taking the part of Albus  Dumbledore after his eleven year old granddaughter threatened never  to speak to him again.'),
('102748',' Author J.K. Rowling (qv) insisted that the principal cast be  British and she got her wish, with two exceptions '),
('102749','  Richard Harris (I) (qv) was, of course, Irish, and  Zoë Wanamaker (qv), though she has made her name as a "British"  actress, is actually a US citizen. Other non'),
('102750','Brits in the cast  include Verne Troyer (qv), born in Michigan, USA, who plays  Griphook (the second Goblin in Gringots Bank) and  Chris Columbus (qv) daughter, Eleanor Columbus (qv), who played  Susan Bones.'),
('102751',' The trouble'),
('102752','making poltergeist Peeves (played by Mayall, Rik (qv))  does not, in the end, appear in the movie.'),
('102753',' There was a huge media outcry in Gloucester, England when it was  decided to use the local Cathedral for some of the Hogwarts scenes.  Protesters wrote letters by the sack'),
('102754','load to local newspapers,  claiming it was blasphemy and promising to block the film'),
('102755','crews  access. In the end, only one protester turned up.'),
('102756',' The movie is known as "Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone"  everywhere except the USA and so every scene in which the  Philosophers Stone was mentioned was filmed twice, once with the  actors saying "Philosophers" and once with the actors saying  "Sorcerers".'),
('102757',' The hut used during the filming as Hagrids hut has since been  demolished in case fans of the film swamped it.'),
('102758',' The tabby cat used ran away during filming and came back two days  later.'),
('102759',' While the movie used Platforms 4 and 5 at Kings Cross to represent  platforms 9 and 10, there is, in fact a "Platform 9 3/4" at Kings  Cross. Its located in the walkway area between the intercity  section and the section where the real platforms 9 and 10 are, and  was obviously put there for fans of Harry Potter.'),
('102760',' At one point, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione are approaching Hagrid,  he can be seen playing a wind instrument. He is playing the Hedwigs  Theme.'),
('102761',' Among the portraits on the shifting staircase, you can clearly see a  painting of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIIIs second wife and the  mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was popularly believed to  be a witch.'),
('102762',' This movie has the distinction of opening on more screens in the USA  than any other (3762).'),
('102763',' By February 2002 this was the second highest grossing film worldwide  after _Titanic (1997)_ (qv).'),
('102764',' Harry Potters birthday is reported in the books as being "somewhere  in July", "As the seventh month dies" and finally the day after  Nevilles (30/7). In the American Book, "HP & the Sorcerors Stone",  Harry reads the Daily Prophets story about the Gringotts break'),
('102765','in  as happening "on 31 July". He then remarks it was the day he and  Hagrid were there, which was his birthday. Author  J.K. Rowling (qv), and actors Daniel Radcliffe (qv) (Harry  Potter) and Richard Griffiths (I) (qv) (Uncle Vernon) were all  reported to have their birthdays on 31 July. It was later revealed  that Radcliffes birthday is, in fact, 23rd July and that the claim  that his birthday was the same as Harry Potters was merely a  publicity stunt.'),
('102766',' On the Quidditch trophy that has Harrys fathers name on it, there  are additional inscriptions for M. McGonagall and R.J.H. King. The  latter being a reference to John King (V) (qv), the supervising  art director on the film.'),
('102767',' J.K. Rowling (qv) has confirmed that Filchs cat Mrs. Norris,  although not named in the movie, was named for the wicked Aunt  Norris in Jane Austen (I) (qv)s book "Mansfield Park".'),
('102768',' The inscription around the Mirror of Erised says: "Erised stra ehru  oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi". Reading the inscription backwards it  says, "I show not your face but your hearts desire."'),
('102769',' The word bloody appears in the film six times, along with one  arse, one bugger, and two blasteds. This, and some very scary  scenes in the haunted forest, led to its PG certificate.'),
('102770',' The film reveals that the 12th use for dragons blood is an oven  cleaner.'),
('102771',' Nicholas Flamel, mentioned as the creator of the  Philosophers/Sorcerers Stone, was actually a real alchemist who  was believed by some people to have produced the Philosophers Stone  and who has mysterious circumstances surrounding his "death". It is  rumored that he might still be alive and, if so, he would be about  the age given in the book and movie.'),
('102772',' The Hogwarts motto, "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus" means  "never tickle a sleeping dragon".'),
('102773',' Three owls play Hedwig: Gizmo, Ook and Sprout, but mainly Gizmo.'),
('102774',' In the final credits, Will Theakston (qv) is mistakenly credited  as playing Marcus Flint and Scot Fearn (qv) is also erroneously  credited with playing Terence Higgs. Warner Brothers, apparently,  mixed up their names and characters when they released a memo to the  press (they subsequently corrected their mistake with the press),  however, they failed to correct the credits thus the mistake remains  (for the record, Will Theakston played Terence Higgs and Scott Fearn  played Marcus Flint).'),
('102775',' Warwick Davis (I) (qv), who played Professor Flitwick and the  first Gringotts Goblin, also provided the voice for Griphook who was  physically played by Verne Troyer (qv).'),
('102776',' In the original draft, Drew Barrymore (I) (qv), a self'),
('102777','proclaimed  Harry Potter fan, had a cameo.'),
('102778',' Rosie ODonnell (qv) and Robin Williams (I) (qv) were two of the  celebrities who had asked for a role in the movie without pay.  However they did not film any scenes for the movie.'),
('102779',' Tim Roth (qv) was a leading contender for the role of Professor  Severus Snape. Roth dropped out of contention, however, to pursue  his role as General Thade in Tim Burton (I) (qv)s adaptation of  _Planet of the Apes (2001)_ (qv).'),
('102780',' In the script, the flashbacks to Voldemort killing Harrys parents  were written by J.K. Rowling (qv) herself. The producers knew she  was the only one who knew exactly what happened.'),
('102781',' The "Hogwarts Express" locomotive portrayed in this film, a 1937  4'),
('102782','6'),
('102783','0 "Hall" class steam engine number 5972, originally belonged to  the Great Western Railway and went under the name of "Olton Hall".'),
('102784',' Alan Rickman (qv) was hand'),
('102785','picked to play Snape by  J.K. Rowling (qv).'),
('102786',' Robbie Coltrane (qv) was also handpicked by J.K. Rowling (qv) to  play Hagrid.'),
('102787',' In the troll scene in the girls bathroom, Daniel Radcliffe (qv)  isnt actually on the trolls neck, because the motions would have  snapped his neck; therefore, his image was digitally added.'),
('102788',' In the trophy cupboard, to the right of the Quidditch trophy, you  can see the "Service to the School" trophy with part of "Tom M  Riddle" engraved on it.'),
('102789',' The Wizards chess'),
('102790','set Harry and Ron were playing, the red queen is  from the Lewis Chessmen, the most important of all chess pieces  dating from the 12th Century. They were found in 1831 on a beach in  Uig, Lewis. 78 pieces were recovered in all, and are now in the care  of the National Museum of Scotland and in the British Museum in  London.'),
('102791',' For the Gringotts interior scenes, the Australian Embassy in London  was used. The exteriors are the Silver Vaults located not far from  the Australian Embassy.'),
('102792',' Gabriel Thomson (qv) was considered for the role of Harry.'),
('102793',' All the cars in Privet Drive are Vauxhalls, no matter the time  period. The Dursleys own a silver 2000 Vauxhall Vectra estate. All  other cars parked in the drives are Vectra estates in the present  day, with Astra Belmont and Cavalier saloons from the late 1980s in  the pre'),
('102794','titles prologue.'),
('102795',' The street that Harry and Hagrid walk down to get to the Leaky  Cauldron is the same street Sean Connery (qv) is parked in waiting  for Catherine Zeta'),
('102796','Jones (qv) to leave the antiques shop in  _Entrapment (1999)_ (qv).'),
('102797',' David Thewlis (qv), who later played Professor Lupin in  _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv), was  considered for the role of Professor Quirrell.'),
('102798',' In the film, the scar on Harrys forehead is off'),
('102799','center. This was  done at J.K. Rowling (qv)s request. Due to the artwork on the  covers of her books, many people have assumed that his scar is  supposed to be in the center of his forehead. The books, however,  never specify exactly where on his forehead the scar is located.'),
('102800',' At one time, Alan Parker (I) (qv) was considered for the  directors job.'),
('102801',' The exterior used for Kings Cross Station is actually St Pancras  Station which is just down the road. This was used because the  facade of St Pancras is more visually appealing than that of Kings  Cross.'),
('102802',' Platform 9 3/4 was filmed at Kings Cross, but on platforms 4 and 5.  J.K. Rowling (qv) has admitted that she mixed up the layout of  Londons Kings Cross railway station when she assigned the Hogwarts  Express to platform 9 3/4, reached by using magic between platforms  9 and 10. She meant the location to be in the Inter'),
('102803','City part of the  station, but 9 and 10 are actually among the rather less grand  suburban platforms. The movie conformed to Rowlings original  intent: the platforms seen as 9 and 10 are in real life inter'),
('102804','city  platforms 4 and 5.'),
('102805',' John Williams (I) (qv) composed a piece of music specifically for  the movies trailer, and it is found on the soundtrack as "The  Prologue". As of March 2002, he has done this only once before, for  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s _Hook (1991)_ (qv). (However, on the  collectors edition of the soundtrack for _Jaws (1975)_ (qv), a  previously unreleased track appears called "Shark Attack" '),
('102806',' this was  only used in the trailer for that movie '),
('102807',' in 1975.)'),
('102808',' Robbie Coltrane (qv)s 610" body double for Hagrid is former  England rugby international, Martin Bayfield (qv).'),
('102809',' Screenwriter Michael Goldenberg (qv) wrote a draft of the script  but was ultimately rejected by David Heyman (qv) in favor of  Steve Kloves (qv) draft. Heyman however was impressed with his  draft and was subsequently brought in to write the script for Harry  Potter and The Order of the Phoenix when Kloves backed out to commit  on a personal project.'),
('102810',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) reportedly wanted  Haley Joel Osment (qv) for the part of Harry.'),
('102811',' The last name Dumbledore means "Bumblebee" in Old English.'),
('102812',' West Anglia Great Northern Trains, the company that owns "Platform  9'),
('102813','3/4", affixed one'),
('102814','quarter of a luggage trolley forwardly  "disappearing" into the wall so as to allow fans (and their parents)  to take pictures of themselves seeming to disappear into the wall.'),
('102815',' During filming, Daniel Radcliffe (qv) changed the screen on  Robbie Coltrane (qv)s cellphone to Turkish. Coltrane had to phone  hair designer Eithne Fennel (qv)s Turkish father in order to find  out Turkish for "Change Language".'),
('102816',' Director Chris Columbus (qv) wanted to work with DP  John Seale (I) (qv) and asked the studio to hire him to shoot the  picture, but at that time Seale was committed to shooting  _Timeline (2003)_ (qv). However, production delays for the latter  film enabled Seale to be available for the movies photography  period.'),
('102817',' The platform attendant at Kings Cross who asks Harry, "You think  youre funny, do you?" actually works for GNER. He is, however, a  train manager and not a platform attendant.'),
('102818',' Liam Aiken (qv) was originally given the role of Harry, but a day  later the offer was revoked when it was discovered that he wasnt  British (Aiken had previously worked with director  Chris Columbus (qv)).'),
('102819',' In addition to Steven Spielberg (I) (qv), other candidates for the  directors job were Jonathan Demme (qv), Brad Silberling (qv)  and Terry Gilliam (qv). Gilliam was J.K. Rowling (qv)s initial  favorite but the studio finally picked Chris Columbus (qv) to  direct because he had experience directing child actors. Columbus  was also asked many times by his daughter to direct and he agreed  after he read her copy of the book.'),
('102820',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2006 6'),
('102821','disc DVD release "The Busby  Berkeley Collection".'),
('102822',' Vitaphone production reel #1544'),
('102823',' James Cagney (qv) was originally considered for the role of Harry.'),
('102824',' Pieces of liver were placed around Art Carney (qv) in order to  attract the cats who played Tonto into cuddling with Carney in  pivotal scenes.'),
('102825',' Bill Martin (IV), who co'),
('102826','wrote the screenplay for "Harry and the  Hendersons," wrote songs for Harry Nilssons "Harry" album and is  pictured (wearing a bear suit) inside the albums cover. Martin says  that the character "Harry" in the film is named after Harry Nilsson.'),
('102827',' According to cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, some characters in the  film are based to varying degrees on actual figures in the search  for Sasquatch. "Jacques LaFleur" (David Suchet) is a nod to the late  Canadian Rene Dahinden, and "Dr. Wallace Wrightwood" (Don Ameche)  combines some qualities of John Green, Peter Byrne and the late Dr.  Grover Krantz.'),
('102828',' Vern Taylor (qv)s last film.'),
('102829',' Richard Foley and Dana Middleton, the two news anchors listed in the  credits, were real'),
('102830','life news anchors and talk'),
('102831','show co'),
('102832','hosts at  Seattles KOMO TV. Their brief appearance in the movie was from the  set of their nightly local news magazine "Weeknight" which aired  from 1983 to 1985, when it was replaced by the syndicated version of  Jeopardy! when it moved from KIRO TV to KOMO TV. Another reporter is  seen in the movie reporting from the actual newsroom of KOMO 4 News.  Middleton and Foley also hosted "Northwest Afternoon," an afternoon  daily talk show. Middleton left KOMO TV in 1993, and Foley followed  suit in 1995.'),
('102833',' During the garbage truck scuffle between Harry, George, and Jacques  a Vince and Larry (the Crash Dummies) commercial plays at the  television shop.'),
('102834',' The first known football film (Association Football).'),
('102835',' Created for the two'),
('102836','disc DVD release of  _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)_ (qv).'),
('102837',' The man whose car Harry hijacks at the end of the film (in order to  pursue Downes) remains unnamed in the film and the viewer never  finds out his profession, but in the novel he was a plastic sales  representative. Thus, the credit for "sales representative" in the  cast refers to him.'),
('102838',' Jennifer Esposito (qv) was originally cast in the lead but left  the project before filming began.'),
('102839',' The license plate 2GAT123 which appears in this film has also  featured in many other films which include Beverly Hills Cop II  (1987), Traffic (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Mulholland Dr.  (2001), Crazy/Beautiful (2001) L.A. Story (1991),"Two and a Half  Men" (2003) and S.W.A.T (2003)'),
('102840',' Both Harsh Times and Batman Begins open up with a nightmare sequence  going on in the head of the main character, both played by Christian  Bale.'),
('102841',' According to David Ayer, he wrote the script for "Harsh Times" in  1996. He wrote this script shortly after he wrote the script for  "Training Day", which was completed a year earlier. The script is  semi'),
('102842','autobiographical based on his own experiences.'),
('102843',' David Ayer developed the script at the Sundance Institutes  Screenwriters Lab and the Sundance Institutes Directors Lab.'),
('102844',' Noel Gugliemi, who plays Flaco, wears a jacket with a name tag that  says Hector. In The Fast And The Furious, Noel Gugliemi played a  character called Hector.'),
('102845',' Re'),
('102846','edited into a two part episode of "Hart to Hart" (1979) for  syndication.'),
('102847',' In his autobiography, Aaron Spelling states that Natalie Wood was  the original choice for Jennifer Hart. Although she was wanted by  all involved, they gave up on the idea as she was concentrating on a  film career.'),
('102848',' Final television appearance of Lionel Stander (qv), who died soon  after making this TV movie.'),
('102849',' Edward Norton (I) (qv) and Tobey Maguire (qv) were both in talks  for the lead role, but both eventually dropped out.'),
('102850',' The whole Super 35 film was scanned by a Spirit Datacine at "2K"  resolution (1920*1459 actual pixels, over sampled by 1/15 to true  2K) and digitally color'),
('102851','graded at Cinesite LA. The film was then  digitally squeezed and output by Cineon Lightning laser recorders to  anamorphic inter'),
('102852','negatives for release printing.'),
('102853',' When Hart (Colin Farrell (I) (qv)) sneaks out of the barracks near  the end of the movie he hides from two passing guards. As the guards  pass they are speaking German. What they are saying translates to:  "My dog has no nose" "How does he smell?" "Terrible."'),
('102854',' Alfonso Cuarón (qv) was once on board to direct this film. However  he stepped away from the directors chair and did  _Y tu mamá también (2001)_ (qv) instead.'),
('102855',' The song being played by the band during the musical is "Der  Fuehrer"s Face", an Academy Award winning anti'),
('102856','Nazi song by  Spike Jones and His City Slickers (qv) that used  flatulence'),
('102857','resembling sound effects.'),
('102858',' Utada Hikarus song "Be My Last" is the theme song of this movie'),
('102859',' Colonel Tom Parker (qv), Elvis Presley (qv)s manager, was so  disappointed with the cheesy script that at one point he suggested  that a talking camel be written into the movie to let the audience  think it was meant as a comedy.'),
('102860',' Elvis Presley (qv)s costume was designed by Gene Nelson (qv)'),
('102861',' Elvis Presley (qv) believed that this film would be more dramatic  than his usual films, so he was very disappointed with the script.'),
('102862',' Elvis Presley (qv) liked the costumes so much that he used those  at home too.'),
('102863',' Costumes were from Kismet (1944) and Elvis Presley (qv)s knife  was from Lady of the Tropics (1939).'),
('102864',' Opening weekend position in Varietys list was 11th.'),
('102865',' The entire movie was shot in 20 days.'),
('102866',' DiCaprio, Leonardo (qv) was initially set to star.'),
('102867',' This project was filmed completely on location in Estacada, Oregon.  Many of the crew stayed on the third floor of a Senior Center to  avoid the icy roads and the 45 minute trip back and forth from  Portland. The locals referred to the crew as "The Hollywoods".'),
('102868',' Twelfth episode in the Girl from Frisco 2'),
('102869','reel series'),
('102870',' This picture stars Rex the Wonder Horse (qv) and also features  another equine player named Starlight the Horse (qv).'),
('102871',' This documentary is featured on the Divimax Special Edition DVD for  _Children of the Corn (1984)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('102872',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Shooting Star, The (1917)_ (qv).'),
('102873',' Though James Stewart (I) (qv)s character, Elwood P. Dowd, may  certainly be referred to as an alcoholic, only at one time in the  entire picture is he seen taking a drink.'),
('102874',' Universal'),
('102875','International paid $750,000 for the film rights.'),
('102876',' The original play opened in New York on 1 November 1944.'),
('102877',' Hull, Josephine (qv) first performed her role in the Broadway  version of Harvey.'),
('102878',' At the suggestion of James Stewart (I) (qv), the director changed  many shots to make them wider so that "Harvey" would be in the  frame.'),
('102879',' Despite earning an Oscar nomination, James Stewart (I) (qv) never  really liked his performance as Elwood; he thought that he had  played Elwood as too innocent and sweet, and preferred to have more  of an edge in his performance.'),
('102880',' First film project of Fess Parker (qv).'),
('102881',' James Stewarts character Elwood claims that Harvey is 63 1/2", and  he looks up at him throughout the film to show this. Stewart himself  is 64".'),
('102882',' Both James Stewart (I) (qv) and Jesse White (I) (qv) played the  same roles in the original Broadway production, the 1970 Broadway  revival, and the 1950 film version as well as this television  production. White created the role of Duane Wilson in the Broadway  premiere, while Stewart took over for Frank Fay (qv) as Elwood P.  Dowd later in the run of the play.'),
('102883',' Byron Harvey Jr. (qv), who plays the uncredited role of a train  conductor who keeps good time, was the grandson of Fred Harvey and  President of the Fred Harvey Company at the time of the filming.'),
('102884',' Angela Lansbury (qv) was often hissed at in public after this film  was released, simply because she played Judy Garland (I) (qv)s  rival and Garland was so beloved by the public.'),
('102885',' Virginia OBrien (qv) is noticeably absent from the second half of  the film, right after her "Wild, Wild West" number, because she was  pregnant during filming.'),
('102886',' The Harvey House restaurants were established by Fred Harvey in 1870  to provide good, inexpensive food and lodging in clean, elegant  surroundings for travelers in the western United States. At the  chains peak, there were some 84 Harvey Houses throughout seven  states, all operated in conjunction with the Santa Fe Railroad.'),
('102887',' Originally conceived as a drama for Lana Turner (qv), producer  Arthur Freed (qv) decided instead to attempt a vintage Americana  musical after the success of the stage show "Oklahoma!"'),
('102888',' Ray Bolger (qv) was burned by steam from the train during  production of the "On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe" number.'),
('102889',' In the big production number "on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa  Fe", from Judy Garland (I) (qv)s entrance until the tempo change  is one take. Rumor has it they only shot it twice and she was dead  on both times.'),
('102890',' Judy Garland (I) (qv) missed 11 days of shooting and was late 40  times.'),
('102891',' The setting of the story in "Sandrock" and the design of the Harvey  House sets that stood on MGMs Lot 3 and on the sound stage for this  film were inspired by the Castaneda Harvey House in Las Vegas, New  Mexico, which still stands as a National and State Historic Landmark  of New Mexico, along the old Santa Fe tracks and just to the north  of that towns current Amtrak station. A few of the historic  incidents that had occurred at the Castaneda were incorporated into  the script. A large outcrop of rock such as that where Susan Bradley  (Judy Garland (I) (qv)) and Ned Trent (John Hodiak (qv)) meet  can be seen from the Castaneda across a small prairie. The balcony  upon which Garland, Cyd Charisse (qv) and Virginia OBrien share a  song is an exact replica of the Castanedas street'),
('102892','side second'),
('102893','floor  balcony. All of the sets from the "Harvey Girls" were built in  Culver City, California, using the Castaneda and Las Vegas, New  Mexico, only as a blueprint for elements in the script and for set  design. However, the Castaneda and much of Las Vegas, New Mexico,  would later be used as an actual location in _Red Dawn (1984)_ (qv).'),
('102894',' Two musical numbers, "March of the Doagies" and "My Intuition", the  former a full production number, the latter a  Judy Garland (I) (qv)'),
('102895','John Hodiak (qv) duet, were deleted from  the film before its release. "March of the Doagies" can be viewed in  the film _Thats Entertainment! III (1994)_ (qv) and both numbers  can be viewed in the special features section of "The Harvey Girls"  DVD and in the "Thats Entertainment" Box Set.'),
('102896',' Charles Durning (qv)s film debut.'),
('102897',' Much of the film was shot in Nepal. A scene in the movie is shot in  a Nepalese rug factory with many locals used as extras. As the  footage is over 30 years old, it can be viewed as a sort of ethnic  documentary on Nepalese culture.'),
('102898',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Toothache (1913)_ (qv).'),
('102899',' The version shown on PBS'),
('102900','TV has entirely new text titles.'),
('102901',' Hashimoto, the Japanese mouse, makes his first appearance in this  film.'),
('102902',' The title character played by Sessue Hayakawa (qv) is depicted in  this film committing hara'),
('102903','kiri. Hayakawa also tried when he was  disgracefully discharged from the Japanese navy.'),
('102904',' Alicia Bonet (qv), who played the role of Claudia in the original  version, makes a cameo appearance as the mother of the "new"  Claudia, played by Martha Higareda (qv).'),
('102905',' The residence '),
('102906',' "Casa Alquicira" '),
('102907',' where a lot of the filming took  place, is in the same piece of land where other famous film by  Carlos Enrique Taboada (qv) was shot:  _Más negro que la noche (1975)_ (qv). Also, this house is in the  same block where the original  _Hasta el viento tiene miedo (1968)_ (qv) was made.'),
('102908',' Claudia, the character played by Martha Higareda, suffers anorexia.  The Mexican actress reduced her weight significantly in preparation  for the role. She weighed only 36 kilograms (79 pounds) during  filming.'),
('102909',' Josefina, the character played by Danny Perea, is a schizophrenic.  The Mexican actress put herself in the introspective mood required  for the character, listening to the music of the soundtrack from  "Ulysses Gaze", by Theo Angelopoulos, before the filming of her  more dramatic scenes.'),
('102910',' Many of the interviews were recorded before the shooting of  _Puños rosas (2004)_ (qv), nevertheless the documentary was  completed and released after the theatrical release of Puños rosas.'),
('102911',' Madge Blakes final performance.'),
('102912',' This film was shot in 1962, and abandoned for 45 years, because all  sound was lost. A complete sound creation was done in 2007.'),
('102913',' The astronomer is a caricature of cartoon director  Freleng, Friz (qv).'),
('102914',' This is the first time that Marvin the Martian has a name. In this  short, he is called "Commander X'),
('102915','2".'),
('102916',' When Lachie asks Yank what hes going to do after the war, Yank  replies that hes going back to "...a little place on the Rock  River, Dixon, Illinois." This is actor Ronald Reagan (I) (qv)s  actual boyhood home.'),
('102917',' This was originally intended to be a John Barrymore (I) (qv)  vehicle. However Barrymores alcoholism was catching up with him and  his memory repeatedly failed. After three days of production with  virtually nothing shot, the producers were forced to replace him  with Ricardo Cortez (I) (qv).'),
('102918',' An English translation ("A Hat, a Coat, a Glove" by  William A. Drake (qv)) of Wilhelm Speyer (qv)s German play,  "Ein mantel, ein Hut, ein Handschuh", opened on Broadway in New York  City, New York, USA on 31 January 1934, but closed after 13  performances. The opening night cast included Nedda Harrigan (qv),  Boyd Irwin (qv) and Philip Van Zandt (qv).'),
('102919',' 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): Louise Beavers (qv) (Imogene),  Tom Brown (I) (qv) and Wilbur Higby (qv) (Mr. Gardner), who was  replaced by Arthur Hoyt (qv) for that role.'),
('102920',' According to director Hawks, Howard (qv), all the animal captures  in the picture were performed by the actual actors; no stuntmen or  animal handlers were substituted onscreen. The rhino really did  escape, and the actors really did have to recapture it'),
('102921',' and Hawks  included the sequence for its realism.'),
('102922',' Congo, the baby elephant in the filming, died in November 2000 at  the Dubbo Zoo. He was the only male elephant in captivity in  Australia at the time.'),
('102923',' Hatari means "danger" in Swahili.'),
('102924',' Composer Henry Mancini (qv) wrote a brief piece of incidental  music to go with a scene where a baby elephant is taken for a walk.  The simple little song became an international hit as "Baby Elephant  Walk", and has been recorded by a large number of artists and in  many different styles.'),
('102925',' Much of the action sequence audio had to be re'),
('102926','dubbed due to  John Wayne (I) (qv)s cursing while wrestling with the animals.'),
('102927',' Howard Hawks (qv) originally wanted to make the film with  John Wayne (I) (qv) and Clark Gable (qv), but Paramount would  not raise the budget to finance Gable.'),
('102928',' In an interview for a shooting and hunting magazine, Wayne related  that in the original cut he killed an elephant, shooting it with the  .458 Winchester Magnum rifle he is seen carrying in the movie.'),
('102929',' First movie of Jolina Magdangal (qv).'),
('102930',' The first appearance of the woodpecker.'),
('102931',' To keep the set hidden, the movie was called "Love Rodeo" during  production.'),
('102932',' When actor Joel Moore (I) (qv) vomits on screen, it is real.  Director Adam Green (VI) (qv) did not want the actors simply  spitting out fake vomit like most films do. Though Joel managed to  throw'),
('102933','up on his own for the first take, he was supplied with a  mixture of cold clam chowder and orange juice for the second take.'),
('102934',' DIRCAMEO(Adam Green (VI) (qv)): One of the people in the group of  friends at the start of the film.'),
('102935',' "Hatchet" was the last production to shoot in Lousiana before  Hurricane Katrina hit. Therefore, Parry Shen (Shawn), took part in  the last and first productions shot in Louisiana before and after  Katrina ("Thief").'),
('102936',' The T'),
('102937','shirt with the odd'),
('102938','looking smiley face on it is the logo for  Newbury Comics, a New England chain that sells CDs, DVDs and comic  books. Director Adam Green (VI) (qv) grew up in Massachusetts and  would buy his horror movies and action figures from there.'),
('102939',' The horribly deformed Young Victor Crowley is actually played by a  beautiful young actress named Rileah Vanderbilt (qv). When FX  artist John Carl Buechler (qv) needed a model to test the latex  prosthetic on, Rileah was the volunteer. Since the FX had already  been molded to her face for the test shots, Rileah played the role  in the actual film as well.'),
('102940',' During the cemetery sequence, when Victor is celebrating his latest  kill, youll see the directors last name, GREEN, on a nearby tomb.'),
('102941',' Probably a non'),
('102942','U.S. production, possibly by Georges Méliès (qv).'),
('102943',' Director Tommy Stovall, a former wedding videographer, had never  been on a movie set before filming Hate Crime.'),
('102944',' Brian J. Smith auditioned for the role of Chris Boyd before being  cast as Trey McCoy.'),
('102945',' The hospital scene was filmed during a hot Dallas summer at an  abandoned hospital without AC, where the temperature reached over  130 degrees on set.'),
('102946',' Made as a part of "Instant Films" in 48 hours.'),
('102947',' According to Network Solutions, the actual domain of "hate.com" is  owned by Mighty LLC in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.'),
('102948',' GG Allin (qv) died of a heroin overdose during post'),
('102949','production.  The filmmakers shot additional material on his death for inclusion  in the film. A bonus feature on the region 1 DVD shows a still of  Allin lying in his coffin. He is dressed in a jacket and jock strap.'),
('102950',' Ben Gazzara (qv) and Shelley Winters (qv) played the two leads  in the earlier Broadway production'),
('102951',' Anthony Franciosa (qv) and Henry Silva (qv) reprise the same  roles theyd played on stage'),
('102952',' Dimple Kapadia (qv) was initially signed and when she opted out of  the film, the makers signed Sangeeta Bijlani (qv) in her place.'),
('102953',' Sunshine Secondary College "West" Campus in Melbourne, Australia was  used during filming of the movie. It was uncredited so that the  school would not be perceived in a bad way.'),
('102954',' CAMEO(Elizabeth Howatt'),
('102955','Jackman  (qv)): Walking poodles in the  opening sequence.  CAMEO( John Brousek  (qv)): One of the balaclava'),
('102956','clad burglars.'),
('102957',' The scene in which Ericas sister and her friend fall out of the  hammock was actually impromptu.'),
('102958',' Available on the US, UK and German DVDs of  _Hatred of a Minute (2002)_ (qv).'),
('102959',' The first draft of the treatment contained a scripted flashback  scene featuring James Schaeffer (qv) as Jim, in a therapy session  recorded prior to the events in _Unstable (2005)_ (qv).'),
('102960',' Anthony Spadaccini (qv) wrote the role of Garrett specifically for  Garrett McKenna (qv).'),
('102961',' There was no script. The entire film was improvisation.'),
('102962',' SPOILER: The hostage sequence at the end of the film was not  rehearsed beforehand.'),
('102963',' Anthony Spadaccini (qv) originally wrote this film as a scripted,  third'),
('102964','person narrative.'),
('102965',' An alternate ending was conceived but never shot.'),
('102966',' There is no female character in the film (excluding the flashback  sequences from _Unstable (2005)_ (qv).'),
('102967',' Excluding flashback sequences, Anthony Spadaccini (qv) and  Steve Brown (XXVI) (qv) were the only two actors to reprise their  roles from _Unstable (2005)_ (qv).'),
('102968',' Scheduling conflicts prohibited Wayland Harris (qv) from reprising  his role from _Unstable (2005)_ (qv). A scene showing Anthony  calling Wade, then Wade angrily hanging up on Anthony was scripted  but never shot.'),
('102969',' The films original title was Hate. Another working title was Hate:  Unstable Part 2.'),
('102970',' This movie was originally only going to be a Super'),
('102971','8 short for small  Super'),
('102972','8 film festivals around the world.'),
('102973',' The film was originally intended to use various media (à la  _Natural Born Killers (1994)_ (qv)) as different realities within  the movie; Super'),
('102974','8 Color and B&W, 16mm Color and B&W, Hi'),
('102975','8 (this was  pre'),
('102976','digital pro'),
('102977','sumer video), etc. This idea was scrapped thinking  that if the filmmakers had to do a film cut, that all of the footage  wouldnt be on one medium and would be too costly to transfer. The  same multi'),
('102978','media idea was used for a short film by Michael Kallio  called, Broken Wing: A Fable (2003).'),
('102979',' CAMEO(Bruce Campbell (I) (qv)): appears twice near the end while  Jamie watches T.V., a bad Detroit produced soap opera called  "Generations". In the first, he orders a gin and tonic, in the  second, he argues with a woman (his real life ex'),
('102980','wife).'),
('102981',' Luis Resto (qv) provided a song for the party scene in the  beginning of the film.'),
('102982',' The movie was actually shot in the late summer and early fall of  1995, it took 8 years to complete.'),
('102983',' Glenn Danzig (qv) was originally asked to play the good angel,  Michael, in the film but was touring and couldnt make the  commitment.'),
('102984',' DIRTRADE(Michael Kallio):[candle]: Candle being blown out.'),
('102985',' The Help Center scenes were shot at the Redford Theatre which also  housed the production offices during the shoot.'),
('102986',' Larry Joe Campbell (qv) auditioned for the role of Glenn Usher but  could not play the role due to prior Second City commitments.'),
('102987',' In the tradition of film maker and fellow Detroiter,  Sam Raimi (qv), Michael Kallio (qv) often credits a character  called a "Shemp", a homage to the Three Stooges. Most frequently it  is a "Fake Shemp", a reference to the Three Stooges shorts where a  stand'),
('102988','in was used in place of Shemp Howard.'),
('102989',' The character of Jack, the Demon, was originally written as a dark,  evil invisible rabbit that only Eric could see. This was an obvious  twist and reference to the James Stewart (qv) movie,  _Harvey (1950)_ (qv).'),
('102990',' The lines spoken, during the night club scene, when the bartender is  complaining about his hub caps beong stolen, was an actual event.  The first assistant director, Paul Domick (qv), who also portrayed  the bartender, had this happen to him outside the production offices  during the first week of pre'),
