('151513',' There are only four people who play both the singing and speaking  parts of the characters. They are Ralph Fiennes (qv) (Rameses),  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) (Tzipporah), Martin Short (I) (qv) (Huy),  and Steve Martin (I) (qv) (Hotep). All the other parts have  different singers from their speakers.'),
('151514',' The main feature of this film was the trolley car being filmed as it  went off a 150'),
('151515','foot bridge into the gorge below. Shot at 2:10 pm on  1 August 1914 in Ithaca, New York, it was car #305 and the bridge  was the Stewart Ave bridge.'),
('151516',' This was the first video game to use rotoscoping, where animators  traced live action movement, frame by frame, for use in animation.'),
('151517',' The rotoscoping used for The Prince came from tracing the movements  of Jordan Mechners 15'),
('151518','year'),
('151519','old brother as he performed each move  that The Prince could perform in the game while wearing white  clothing similar to that of The Prince.'),
('151520',' In the console versions of the game, its possible to move a switch  and break a special wall to unlock a fully playable 3D version of  the first level of the original Prince of Persia game, enhanced with  the Sands of Time abilities (wall'),
('151521','running and time'),
('151522','manipulating  powers mainly). At the end of the level, you find a room filled with  cans of Prince of Persia drinks and a picture of the development  team at UbiSoft. This hidden level can also be found in the PC  version of the game, but you need to input a special key sequence at  the very start of the game to unlock it. Since its before the  actual opening cinematic even starts, you wont have any sand powers  at your disposal in the PC version if you unlock the level.'),
('151523',' This was built on a more powerful Jade engine, the same one used for  Beyond Good & Evil.'),
('151524',' The GameCube version was programmed by a single person.'),
('151525',' The monologue that the Prince holds in the closing movie is the same  he held at the beginning and end of  _Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('151526',' If you rewind time during when the Dahaka is chasing the Prince, the  monsters creepy grumblings become intelligeble English.'),
('151527',' SPOILER: Finding all of the life upgrades and taking the Water Sword  changes the outcome of the game so that the Empress of Time doesnt  die and leaves the island with the Prince.'),
('151528',' Steven Seagal (qv) insisted on shooting the movie in New Orleans.  He wanted to get some money back into the community after the  hurricane.'),
('151529',' Kevin Costner (qv) was offered the role of Tom Wingo.'),
('151530',' Jason Gould (I) (qv), who plays Barbra Streisand (qv)s son in  the movie, is her real'),
('151531','life son.'),
('151532',' Nick Nolte and Melinda Dillon are 9 and 11 years older than their  on'),
('151533','screen mother Kate Nelligan.'),
('151534',' The lead role was originally offered to Al Pacino (qv), who  declined, feeling it was too similar to the character hed played  previously in Sidney Lumets _Serpico (1973)_ (qv).'),
('151535',' Brian De Palma (qv) who had originally been slated to direct, had  worked on the script for over a year before being replaced by  Sidney Lumet (qv)'),
('151536',' The character of Daniel Ciello is based on real'),
('151537','life NYPD Narcotics  Detective Bob Leuci. After he quit the job, Leuci turned novelist  and wrote the gritty police dramas "Snitch", "Odessa Beach" and  "Captain Butterfly".'),
('151538',' Alan King appears briefly in an early scene, chatting with the  character played by Jerry Orbach. King had just finished shooting  Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) with director Sidney Lumet for the  same studio (the then fledgling Orion, originally a subsidiary of  Warner).'),
('151539',' This is a special feature on the 2007 Special Collectors Edition  DVD of _Coming to America (1988)_ (qv).'),
('151540',' First movie of Tony Gatlif (qv)s trilogy on the Gypsy people. It  was followed by _Latcho Drom (1993)_ (qv) and  _Gadjo dilo (1997)_ (qv).'),
('151541',' The film consists of 80% animation and 20% live action.'),
('151542',' Princess Ali was featured in Barnum and Baileys Circus.'),
('151543',' The "six'),
('151544','fingered man", Count Rugen (who has a total of 11 fingers  counting his other hand), was played by  Christopher Guest (I) (qv), who played Nigel Tufnel, in director  Rob Reiner (qv)s _This Is Spinal Tap (1984)_ (qv). Tufnel was  famous for having an amplifier that goes up to "11".'),
('151545',' Mark Knopfler (qv) agreed to write the music for this movie on the  condition that Rob Reiner (qv) put the hat that he wore in  _This Is Spinal Tap (1984)_ (qv) in the movie. The hat appears in  The Grandsons bedroom.'),
('151546',' The fencing masters that Inigo and Westley talk about studying are  all real fencing masters from the 14th to 16th centuries (although  the styles of fighting they are using have little to do with what  those masters actually taught).'),
('151547',' Director Rob Reiner (qv) left the set during  Billy Crystal (qv)s scenes because he would laugh so hard that he  would feel nauseated.'),
('151548',' Despite his character Fezziks almost'),
('151549','superhuman strength,  André the Giant (qv)s back problems at the time prevented him  from actually lifting anything heavy. Robin Wright Penn (qv) had  to be attached to wires in the scene where Buttercup jumps from the  castle window into Fezziks arms because he couldnt support her  himself.'),
('151550',' While rehearsing for the film, André the Giant (qv)s thick accent  prevented many of his lines from being understood. To remedy this,  actor Mandy Patinkin (qv) slapped André in the face to get him to  concentrate harder.'),
('151551',' When Count Rugen hits Westley over the head, Cary Elwes (qv) told  Christopher Guest (I) (qv) to go ahead and hit him for real. Guest  hit him hard enough to shut down production for a day while Elwes  went to the hospital.'),
('151552',' The two rival kingdoms in the movie are Florin and Guilder. These  are the names of two former Dutch currencies, the Florijn and  Gulden.'),
('151553',' According to author William Goldman (qv), when he was first trying  to get the movie made in the 1970s, a then'),
('151554','unknown  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) wanted to play Fezzik, and he was  strongly being considered because Goldman could never get his first  choice, André the Giant (qv), to read for the role. By the time  the movie was made about 12 years later, Arnold was such a big star  they could not afford him, Andre was cast after all and the two big  men had gone on to become friends.'),
('151555',' Westleys character is loosely based on Errol Flynn (I) (qv)s  character in _Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)_ (qv). Director  Rob Reiner (qv) even used the same conversation found in "Robin  Hood" for Westley: "Are you finished?" "Finished? Im only just  beginning."'),
('151556',' The most famous of the "classic blunders" mentioned by Vizzini '),
('151557','  "never get involved in a land war in Asia" '),
('151558',' was reputedly advice  given by General Douglas MacArthur (qv) to President  John F. Kennedy (qv), in 1961.'),
('151559',' Vizzinis advice on not getting involved in a land war in Asia is  derived from principles stated by Field Marshal  Bernard L. Montgomery (qv) (Viscount Alamein) in a speech in the  House of Lords on 30 May 1962: "Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war  is: Do not march on Moscow. ... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting  with your land armies in China."'),
('151560',' The video baseball game the Grandson in playing during the first  scene is "Hardball" produced by Accolade, Inc., in 1985. It was  widely available in the mid'),
('151561','1980s for the Commodore 64 computer  system. It was a one or two'),
('151562','player game. The sound was not from the  actual game, but later added.'),
('151563',' Director Rob Reiner (qv) was the voice of the R.O.U.S.s.'),
('151564',' While never stated in the movie, according to the screenplay the  grandson and grandfather live in the Chicago suburb Evanston,  Illinois. This explains the Chicago Cubs pennant on the wall and the  Walter Payton (qv) Chicago Bears jersey worn by the grandson.'),
('151565',' Most of the movie was filmed on location in England. The castle used  for the film dated back to 1065 and had original tapestries on the  walls.'),
('151566',' Writer William Goldman (qv) was on set during one of the flame  burst scenes in the forest when Robin Wright Penn (qv)s dress  caught fire. Although Goldman knew this was intentional, he was so  caught up in the moment that he shouted, "Her dress is on fire!",  thus ruining the take.'),
('151567',' The giant rodents were created with diminutive actors inside rat  suits. On the day Westley was supposed to battle the giant rat, the  "rat actor" was pulled over for speeding and subsequently arrested,  and actually had to be bailed out of jail by the filmmakers so the  scene could be filmed.'),
('151568',' Mel Smith (qv) (The Albino) has confessed to never having watched  his performance in this film due to the painful experience involved  in filming the role. His character required him to wear coloured  contact lenses and, unknown to Smith and the costume department at  the time, he was actually allergic to the lens solution used. This  meant that Smith was in constant pain and discomfort throughout  filming; hence, he is reluctant to relive the memory.'),
('151569',' Mandy Patinkin (qv) claims that the only injury he sustained  during the entire filming of this movie was a bruised rib due to  stifling his laughter in his scenes with Billy Crystal (qv).'),
('151570',' Vizzini tells the Man In Black, "Never go up against a Sicilian when  death is on the line." Vizzini is the name of a small town in  Sicily.'),
('151571',' Christopher Guest (I) (qv) based his performance on that of  Henry Daniell (qv) in _Sea Hawk, The (1940)_ (qv).'),
('151572',' While shooting scenes on top of a high grassy slope,  Cary Elwes (qv) broke his toe. André the Giant (qv) couldnt  walk up that hill, which was a huge slab, so he drove a rented,  small four'),
('151573','wheeler and threw Elwes the keys to try it. Elwes went  over a rock, which got caught between his toes and the pedal,  crushing his toe. He couldnt delay the shoot and thus shot his  scene. In the film, you can see him limping when hes running into  the swamp. Costume designer Phyllis Dalton (qv) made a special  shoe for him.'),
('151574',' During the filming of some scenes, the weather became markedly cold  for Robin Wright Penn (qv). André the Giant (qv) helped her by  placing one of his hands over her head; his hands were so large that  one would entirely cover the top of her head, keeping her warm.'),
('151575',' Cary Elwes (qv) and Mandy Patinkin (qv) performed all of their  own sword'),
('151576','fighting after many hours of training.'),
('151577',' SPOILER: Mandy Patinkin (qv) revealed that acting out Inigos  quest to avenge his fathers murder brought back memories of losing  his own father to cancer in 1972. He said that when filming the  scene when Inigo kills "The Six'),
('151578','Fingered Man" he felt like he had  just "killed" the cancer that killed his father.'),
('151579',' The styles of fighting that Westley and Inigo discuss and employ  during the sword fight on top of the Cliffs of Insanity are actually  techniques of attack and defense used in chess.'),
('151580',' Based on the true story of Mary Willcocks Baker, who appeared in  1817 in Gloucestershire, England, speaking an unknown language and  behaving strangely. Through signs and gestures she claimed to be a  princess from an island called Javasu, who had been kidnapped by  pirates and escaped. For several months, "Princess Caraboo" was a  national figure and was welcomed into high society. Her story was  revealed as a hoax after a local woman saw her face in the newspaper  and recognized her as a former tenant. After being exposed, the real  Mary Baker faded into obscurity and died in 1864 at the age of 75.'),
('151581',' Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not  appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their  character names): Pat Flaherty (qv) and Creighton Hale (qv)  (Officers), André Cheron (qv) (French Man), Larry Steers (qv)  (Assistant Purser), Isabel La Mal (qv) (First Gossip),  Eva Dennison (qv) (Second Gossip) and Maybelle Palmer (qv)  (Third Gossip).'),
('151582',' George Raft (qv) initially was cast as Carole Lombard (I) (qv)s  co'),
('151583','star, but he walked off the set at the start of production. He  objected to Ted Tetzlaff (qv) as the cinematographer.'),
('151584',' In the "mattress surfing scene", Clarisse tells Mia that shes "done  a lot of flying" in her day, a cheeky reference to  Julie Andrews (I) (qv)s famous Disney role in  _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv).'),
('151585',' Julie Andrews (I) (qv) does her own stunt in the mattress'),
('151586','surfing  scene.'),
('151587',' Anne Hathaway (qv)s mother, Kate McCauley (qv), appears in the  movie as the choir director.'),
('151588',' Hannah Schneider (qv), who played "Dancing Princess Hannah" in the  slumber party sequence, is Julie Andrews (I) (qv)s granddaughter.'),
('151589',' Lord Crawley and his identical twin brother (who dont get along)  tersely acknowledge each other by their first names "Jerry" and  "Dean." This is a reference to Dean Martin (I) (qv) and  Jerry Lewis (I) (qv), who were the most successful comedy team of  the 1950s, yet were known to have had several heated arguments late  in their joint career. They finally split up amidst a great deal of  bitterness in 1956 and didnt speak to each other for twenty years.'),
('151590',' When Princess Mia is introduced at the ball, Allan Kent (qv)s  character catches her ring and says, "It happens all the time." Kent  also appears in _Princess Diaries, The (2001)_ (qv) where he says  the same thing when Mia breaks her glass, and in  _Pretty Woman (1990)_ (qv) where he says it as he catches the  escargot that escapes from Vivs plate.'),
('151591',' The scene originally shown in trailers in which Princess Mia says,  "Grandma said shut up, shut up!" was cut from the actual film.'),
('151592',' The member of Parliament trapped between the two arguing brothers at  the meeting concerning the orphans home is songwriter  Paul Williams (III) (qv) '),
('151593',' his characters name is Lord Harmony.'),
('151594',' In the beginning scenes when Princess Mia is explaining what has  gone on since the first movie she says that she and Michael have  broken up and he is now touring with his band.  Robert Schwartzman (qv) declined to do the sequel in order to  focus on his band, Rooney, which was touring the country at the time  the movie was being made.'),
('151595',' This was the first time Julie Andrews had sung since her throat  surgery.'),
('151596',' DIRCAMEO(Garry Marshall (qv)): middle drummer in the coronation  scene.'),
('151597',' In the parade sequence with the orphans, in the top right corner,  there is a sign for the Genovian National Theatres production of  "Wrong Turn at Lungfish". This play was co'),
('151598','written by  Garry Marshall (qv) and Lowell Ganz (qv).'),
('151599',' Just before Princess Mias slumber party, Lilly turns to the  Princess ladys maids and exclaims, "Lenny! Squiggy! Zip it!" This  is a reference to two characters from "Laverne and Shirley", a 1970s  television series on which the films director Garry Marshall was  co'),
('151600','creator, director and executive producer.'),
('151601',' Julie Andrews loves fresh flowers, and convinced Garry Marshall to  use only real flowers in the arrangements inside Rinaldi Castle.  During the filming, she was constantly adjusting the arrangements,  removing dying blossoms, etc. The centerpiece of the kitchen table  (in the scene where Nicholas tops his chocolate mousse) got switched  from a large piece (as seen in the background) to the cluster of  small flowers seen in the final cut '),
('151602',' the original arrangement got  in the way of the filming.'),
('151603',' One of Mias brush'),
('151604','off lines for Nicholas is, "It should take you  exactly four seconds to cross from here to that door. Ill give you  two." As Nicholas says, its taken directly from Holly Golightly in  "Breakfast at Tiffanys". This is a tribute to Audrey Hepburn, who  is Anne Hathaways idol.'),
('151605',' During the parade, the announcer introduces the marching band as the  Mertz band led by Lucy Carmichael. This is in reference to I Love  Lucy and the Lucy Show.'),
('151606',' The Disneyland Hotel has transformed a bedroom of the Presidential  Suite into a re'),
('151607','creation of Princess Mias suite from the movie. The  room includes set pieces from the movie.'),
('151608',' The song playing when Queen Clarisse is teaching Mia how to handle a  fan is a selection from Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilberts comic  opera "The Mikado".'),
('151609',' The jewelry used by Mia and the queen is all real. A guard was on  set the whole time. The most expensive piece is the necklace the  queen is wearing at the wedding.'),
('151610',' The song, "Your Crowning Glory", was the first time  Julie Andrews (I) (qv) had sung in public or on screen since she  had throat surgery in 1997. She reportedly nailed the song on the  first take, and brought tears to the eyes of the crew present.'),
('151611',' At the Royal Garden Party, Princess Mia asks a guest how her three  grandchildren, Lily, Charlotte, and Sam are doing. Those are the  names of director, Garry Marshalls three grandchildren. The guest  was Garry Marshalls wife.'),
('151612',' Reportedly, when Raven'),
('151613','Symone was told she would sing a song with  Julie Andrews for the movie, she was so moved, she started crying.'),
('151614',' This movie was filmed on Stage 2 in Walt Disney Studios in Burbank,  California, the same stage in which the film  _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv) was shot. The stage has since been named  in honor of Julie Andrews (I) (qv), who starred in both films.'),
('151615',' The on'),
('151616','screen relationship between Queen Clarisse Renaldi  (Julie Andrews (I) (qv)) and Joseph (Hector Elizondo (qv)) was  not scripted. The dance scene and the underlying affection was added  by the two actors. According to Hector Elizondo (qv), "We felt  that a romance after 50 was important to tell and it can be sensual  and sexy while keeping your clothes on."'),
('151617',' The autograph seekers, Lilly and Charlotte, are director  Marshall, Garry (qv)s twin granddaughters. Also, one of the  buildings in the school was the "Lilly and Charlotte Grove  Building."'),
('151618',' DIRCAMEO(Garry Marshall (qv)): guest at the Genovia embassy ball.'),
('151619',' CAMEO(Penny Marshall (qv)): guest at the Genovia embassy ball.'),
('151620',' The scene where Mia trips and falls in the bleachers was real.  Anne Hathaway (I) (qv) had tripped while doing the scene, and  director Garry Marshall (qv) thought it was funny, he inserted it  in the final cut.'),
('151621',' The Latin in the Genovia crest is best translated as "The whole body  works".'),
('151622',' Patrick Richwood (qv), who played elevator operator Dennis in  _Pretty Woman (1990)_ (qv), appears as Mias next door neighbor and  Allan Kent (qv) appears in both _Pretty Woman (1990)_ (qv) and  _Princess Diaries, The (2001)_ (qv) as a waiter who says the same  line: "It happens all the time."'),
('151623',' Hector Elizondo (qv) played basketball several hours solo in the  rain for the few seconds shown in the movie.'),
('151624',' Michaels band, Fly Paper, is singing the song "Blueside" by  Robert Schwartzman (qv)s real band, Rooney. Though in Rooney,  Schwartzman plays guitar and vocals, not keyboard and vocals.'),
('151625',' While Julie Andrews (I) (qv) was making  _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv), she rented the house that  Garry Marshall (qv) lived in while filming this movie.'),
('151626',' Mias dress from the dinner party (the purple one) is a copy of the  dress that Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore to the Nobel Prize  gala in 1997.'),
('151627',' Garry Marshall (qv) confessed that nearly all the film crew had a  go on the firemans pole.'),
('151628',' Anne Hathaway (I) (qv) took rock climbing lessons for this movie.'),
('151629',' The building that "portrays" Grove High School in the film is  located at 2601 Lyon Street at Green, in San Francisco, California.'),
('151630',' Mia and her mom live in the former Chemical Engine Company 43 at 724  Brazil Avenue, in San Francisco, California. The two'),
('151631','story frame  Mission Revival'),
('151632','style firehouse was built (circa 1911) to provide  fire protection to the Excelsior Homestead District. It was one of  the first to leave behind the horse'),
('151633','drawn days for the newly  fashioned motorized apparatus shipped from the east. The retired  firehouse was sold at auction in 1976. The private residence still  retains a large hose drying tower in back.'),
('151634',' When Michael comes with Mias car, Mia is watching one of the  deleted scenes from the movie.'),
('151635',' It was Anne Hathaway (I) (qv)s idea to have the pore strip on her  nose.'),
('151636',' The egg chef in the kitchen during the rain sequence towards the end  of the movie is young actor/producer Anthony Begonia (qv).'),
('151637',' The trolley that Mia rolls back into with her mustang is not a  trolley or cable car but a tour bus. The tires of the bus can be  seen in the shot.'),
('151638',' While filming the final celebratory dance scene, the Madonna song  "Like A Prayer" was played on a boom'),
('151639','box to elicit natural dancing  from the actors on set (to be then dubbed over by the song that  appears in the films final cut). The assistant director had to do  multiple takes of this scene because the actors kept mouthing the  words to "Like A Prayer" while on camera.'),
('151640',' During shooting of tea scene in the garden and the greenhouse scene,  airplanes were flying over the area and interfered with the sound.  When the scenes were finished, the director gave  Anne Hathaway (I) (qv) and Julie Andrews (I) (qv) awards for  "best acting in airplane interference".'),
('151641',' During auditions, Anne Hathaway (I) (qv) fell out of her chair,  and was immediately given the part as clumsy Mia Thermopolis.'),
('151642',' In the book, Mias father is not dead. Rather he has testicular  cancer. In order to avoid what Disney thought was a too adult topic,  he was just written as dead in the movie. In the book, when Mia  shoves the ice cream on Lana, her father sticks up for her with her  mother. Also in the book, the plot of Mias mother Helen dating her  math teacher is a much bigger deal.'),
('151643',' One of the 50 films in the 4'),
('151644','disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures  from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film  Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film  was preserved by the Library of Congress.'),
('151645',' The shots of the tiny fairies alongside the smoker were not created  by double exposure, but by using a mirror and a lens that could keep  both the miniature fairies and the full'),
('151646','sized man in focus.'),
('151647',' The film was released more than a year after it was completed.'),
('151648',' Holds the record for the longest production schedule of a completed  feature movie '),
('151649',' 28 years.'),
('151650',' The American video version reinstates the original title of "The  Thief and the Cobbler" but is in all other respects the edit  released by Miramax under the title "Arabian Knight". This edit  strips the original soundtrack, adds three song sequences, removes  many scenes (including an expanding view of One'),
('151651','Eyes palace, the  king in torment, and the clever Thief using Yum'),
('151652','Yums stolen  hand'),
('151653','shaped back'),
('151654','scratchers to survive a hand'),
('151655','chopping sentence) and  adds lengthy narration by Matthew Broderick and Jonathan Winters  (the title characters were originally almost silent). It also  replaces the original Witch with a large Eye, thanks to new dialog  by Jennifer Beals and Clive Revill. None of this was in the 1968  voice recording session, starring Vincent Price (there is a rumor  Sean Connery also sat in on the session, but his part is lost). The  version released in Australia was titled "The Princess and the  Cobbler" and was much closer to Williams original cut, albeit still  with the songs. In this version, as in the original, Phido and the  Thief never speak, and the Thief survives a hand'),
('151656','chopping sentence.  Williams legendary near'),
('151657','finished wide'),
('151658','screen "workprint" of the  film survives on bootleg video, although many scenes are still in  pencil'),
('151659','test form.'),
('151660',' Originally conceived by Richard Williams (I) (qv) as an attempt to  make the greatest animated film of all time, it later became his own  "reason for living." After failing to secure funds from private  investors or a studio to make the film, Williams decided to finance  the film on his own, taking small jobs on television commercials or  Saturday morning cartoons and using the proceeds to hire his own  group of animators. The production moved in fits and starts until  the success of _Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)_ (qv) allowed  Williams to make a deal with Warner Bros. to finance and distribute  the film. As the production continued, however, it became obvious  that Williams would not meet the 1991 release date originally set by  the studio due to numerous delays, not the least of which were the  directors insistence on absolute perfection and hesitation in using  storyboards'),
('151661','two circumstances which often resulted in whole  sequences being scrapped and re'),
('151662','shot. With Warner Bros. nervous over  the release of Disneys _Aladdin (1992)_ (qv), which resembled  _Thief and the Cobbler, The (1993)_ in story, tone and style (many  of the animators on the Disney feature had also worked for  Richard Williams (I) (qv)), the studio turned over completion of  the film to the Completion Bond Company, which promptly fired  Richard Williams (I) (qv) and brought on animator  Fred Calvert (I) (qv) to finish the film as cheaply and quickly as  possible. Calvert heavily re'),
('151663','edited the film and altered the story,  bringing in Matthew Broderick (I) (qv), Jennifer Beals (I) (qv)  and Jonathan Winters (I) (qv) to re'),
('151664','dub the lead characters.  Eventually distributed by Miramax, the film was cut even further  before debuting in theaters (See the Alternate Versions page for  more details). Though bootleg copies of Richard Williams (I) (qv)  original work'),
('151665','print continue to circulate and several restoration  attempts have been proposed, an official "Directors Cut" has yet to  be released.'),
('151666',' Over 1000 on'),
('151667','screen deaths occur in the uncut 90 min. version, not  counting animals. The 80 min. version version released as The  Princess and the Cobbler has only 98. Arabian Knight, the 72 min.  Miramax Films version, shows 54.'),
('151668',' The original script included a scene in which Zigzag conjures a  giant dragon to destroy the city. Tack defeats it by throwing one of  his tacks at it, causing it to deflate and emit noxious gasses. The  scene was never animated, as it would have been too elaborate to  animate and the production was difficult enough as it was.'),
('151669',' As originally conceived in the 1960s, the film began as an  adaptation of the stories of Mullah Nasrudin, a wise fool from  Middle Eastern folklore. Richard Williams (I) (qv) had illustrated  a collection of the Nasrudin tales by Idries Shah (qv) and decided  to adapt them to the screen. Work stopped in 1972 when the Shah  family threatened to sue Williams for copyright infringement. So all  references to Nasruddin were scrapped and production resumed on what  was now titled "The Thief and the Cobbler." Nasrudin does make a  cameo on the final film, however. Hes in the crowd, sitting  backwards on a donkey, as Zigzag enters the city.'),
('151670',' Vincent Price s final released acting role. Although the film was  released in 1995, he recorded his part in 1968.'),
('151671',' During the original Richard Williams Studio production, Richard  Williams himself animated all of Zig'),
('151672','Zag. His son, Alex Williams  animated most of Tack. Myron Grim Natwick animated much of the Mad  Holy Old Witch. Art Babbitt animated much of Phido, as well as the  wounded soldier and King Nod. Ken Harris animated most of The Thief.'),
('151673',' The design of the Thief is a caricature of Richard Williams.'),
('151674',' The first of Walt Disney Studios films to ever feature a black  princess.'),
('151675',' The first hand'),
('151676','drawn Disney animated film since 2004s Home on the  Range'),
('151677',' Some of the sets were reused from  _Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)_ (qv)'),
('151678',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('151679',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Fridolin (1911)_ (qv).'),
('151680',' Italian censorship visa #30068 delivered on 30 March 1938.'),
('151681',' The film was shot in Cinecittà in two versions, one French and one  Italian. The leads (Annie Vernay, Pierre Richard'),
('151682','Willm, Roger Karl  and Suzy Prim) appear in both versions, but the supporting roles are  played by Italian actors in the Italian version and whilst a French  cast features in the French one.'),
('151683',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2002 (#05)'),
('151684',' Third film in a collection of ten shorts made for Danish Television  in celebration of the 200th anniversary of legendary writer Hans  Christian Andersen '),
('151685',' the first film in the collection is Kejserens  nye klæder (2004) (TV) '),
('151686',' all will be shown on danish national TV and  collected on a DVD and distributed over the entire Denmark and  foreign countries in celebration of H.C.Andersens anniversary'),
('151687',' This is a short cut of an originally longer film.'),
('151688',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy _Cured (1911)_ (qv).'),
('151689',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Message from the Moon, A (1912)_ (qv).'),
('151690',' Screewriter Darío Quiroga was the son of original stories writer  Horacio Quiroga.'),
('151691',' First feature film by David José Kohon (qv). This film was  released after of him second film, _Tres veces Ana (1961)_ (qv)'),
('151692',' The prison where the movie was shot, the former Wyoming State Prison  located in Rawlins, Wyoming, has daily tours and much of the set  remains intact from when crews filmed there in 1987.'),
('151693',' The electric chair (which was never used in Wyoming) was built into  the actual gas chamber of the Wyoming Prison and the death scenes  were filmed there. The original chair, was carefully removed and an  electric chair was built in its place. During the shooting, Viggo  Mortensens convulsions were so violent the arms of the chair were  broken and needed to be repaired.'),
('151694',' The high altitude sun in Wyoming caused shooting issues in the scene  where the prisoners are stripped to their underwear and forced to  stand outside all day. Due to technical issues, the scene was shot  over and over and the prisoners in the background become sunburned  on one side of their bodies only as extras were not provided  sunblock.'),
('151695',' The water that Viggo Mortensen runs through in his underwear was  real. That part of the prison had been flooded for years, the  temperature in the room was below 50F and the water temperature was  46F. Mortensens shivering is real. He insisted on shooting the  scenes without a double, and only at being forced to relented for  some close up scenes.'),
('151696',' The "gate" for the entrance to the prison does not exist. It was  built onto a back wall section of the prison. In the process of  cutting a hole in the wall for vehicles, the wall, constructed by  prison labor, it was discovered, had many odd items in it as filler  including a snow plow.'),
('151697',' The Wardens office set was built with windows from the real wardens  office which could not be used, ironically, because of a hole in the  floor.'),
('151698',' A special set of sledge hammers had to be purchased for actor "Tiny"  Lister so that they did not appear to be "toys" when he held them.  His sledge hammers weighed 18 lbs, and one was a 20 lb hammer.'),
('151699',' The posters on some of the prison cells, are from movies made by  Irwin Yablans, Charles Band, and in one case '),
('151700',' Linda Blair, that  poster is really autographed by her, as she was on set from time to  time visiting a friend who worked on the crew.'),
('151701',' Edmond OBrien (qv)s first film.'),
('151702',' William Holden (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('151703',' Among the people receiving "special thanks" in the closing credits  is Bobby Bowfinger, the lowlife filmmaker created by  Steve Martin (I) (qv) in the movie _Bowfinger (1999)_ (qv). The  creative team behind the film found themselves resorting to  production tactics similar to Bobbys so often that they felt he  deserved a screen credit for inspiring them.'),
('151704',' Film was originally intended to be a full'),
('151705','fledged musical, but this  tested poorly with audiences, so most of the musical numbers '),
('151706','  except the most essential to the story '),
('151707',' were cut. This helps  explain the mysterious appearance of Elvis Costello (qv) in two  roles in which he does very little.'),
('151708',' Can be found on the 2 disc special edition of "The Protector"  staring Tony Jaa'),
('151709',' The original title for this movie was "Caged She'),
('151710','Bitch Cage".'),
('151711',' The game was a remake of the text'),
('151712','only game  _Prisoner, The (1980) (VG)_ (qv), made to take advantage of the  Apple IIs "hi'),
('151713','res" graphics.'),
('151714',' Publisher Edu'),
('151715','Ware Services never actually obtained a license for  _"Prisoner, The" (1967)_ from the television series producers. The  company simply called ITC, asked if they had any issues with a  Prisoner'),
('151716','themed restaurant, and when ITC said that would be okay,  Edu'),
('151717','Wares management decided they didnt need a license to make a  Prisoner'),
('151718','inspired game.'),
('151719',' The rights to the game was eventually purchased by Sierra On'),
('151720','Line,  Inc., but they never produced a sequel or remake because they  reportedly couldnt find a designer with the right mindset, and  original designer David Mullich (qv) wasnt willing to move to  Oakhurst, California.'),
('151721',' Episode 1 of 10 in the series "Cyclone Smith."'),
('151722',' Richard Dreyfuss (who plays Colonel Picquart in this film) has  claimed to be a descendant of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, (played in  this film by Kenneth Colley) the main character in this film.'),
('151723',' Steven Berkoff wrote a book about his unhappy time on this film.'),
('151724',' Vitaphone production reels B108'),
('151725','B109.'),
('151726',' Capt. Robert H. Wise (qv), who lost 90 pounds in a North Korean  POW camp, served as the films technical advisor and attested that  all the torture scenes in the movie were based on actual incidents.'),
('151727',' While agencies in the Pentagon co'),
('151728','operated in the making of this  movie, they subsequently declined to promote it. In 1954 the  Pentagon was prosecuting some GIs for "collaborating" with the enemy  during the Korean War, and it may have feared that the role of Dewey  Martin in the movie cast doubt on these cases. (Martin plays a GI  who seems to "go over" to the Communists but is eventually revealed  to be an American secret agent only pretending to be a  collaborator.)'),
('151729',' The button'),
('151730','down'),
('151731','the'),
('151732','side Chinese jacket which Dewey Martin wears in  two scenes with Oscar Homolka was originally worn by Paul Muni in  1937s "The Good Earth."'),
('151733',' Michael Gatewick has a copy of the book "Greed Is Good" by Gordon  Gekko, a character from _Wall Street (1987)_ (qv).'),
('151734',' A copy of this film survives at Eastman House in Rochester, New  York.'),
('151735',' Anthony Hope (qv) also collaborated with Edward E. Rose (qv) for  a play, "The Prisoner of Zenda", which opened in New York City, New  York, USA on 4 September 1895.'),
('151736',' A musical version of the novel, called "Princess Flavia," opened in  New York City, New York, USA on 2 November 1925 and had 153  performances. The music was by Sigmund Romberg (qv), and  Douglass Dumbrille (qv) was in the cast.'),
('151737',' MGM planned to make a musical version with Nelson Eddy (qv) and  Jeanette MacDonald (qv), with music by Richard Rodgers (I) (qv)  and Lorenz Hart (qv), but it was never produced.'),
('151738',' As a publicity stunt, publicity chief Birdwell, Russell (qv) flew  from Zenda, Ontario, Canada (named for the fictional kingdom) along  with 12 residents, to the New York world premiere. He also had the  mayor of Los Angeles start a fencing tournament.'),
('151739',' The play made from the novel opened in London on 7 January 1896.'),
('151740',' When Antoinette de Mauban leaves the dungeon after caring for the  imprisoned king, Rupert bows to her and quotes a poem. Its an  abbreviated version from Sir Walter Scott (qv): "O woman! in our  hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as  the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish  wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!"'),
('151741',' Producer David O. Selznick (qv) was unsatisfied with the action  scenes in the film, particularly the fencing, so he brought in  director W.S. Van Dyke (qv) to reshoot them after principal  photography was finished.'),
('151742',' Douglas Fairbanks Jr (qv) initially wanted the double role for  himself and actually tested for it. He was devastated when it was  awarded to Ronald Coleman (qv). His father,  Douglas Fairbanks Sr (qv) consoled his son by convincing him that  it was a blessing in disguise as it was more challenging and "fun"  to play the villain of the piece. He then auditioned for the part of  "Rupert of Hentzau" and, according to David O. Selznick (qv),  "Nobody else stood a chance!"'),
('151743',' Sir C. Aubrey Smith (qv), who played Col. Zapt, had played the  double role of Rudolf Rassendyll and King Rudolf on the London Stage  back in the 1890s and at one time he even boasted that he had played  every male character in the story at least once in numerous  productions over the years.'),
('151744',' On November 2nd, 1937, this film opened the world famous Odeon  Cinema, in Londons Leicester Square.'),
('151745',' The film used the same basic script that was written for the 1937  David O. Selznick (qv) film version,  _Prisoner of Zenda, The (1937)_ (qv), with Ronald Colman (qv) and  Madeleine Carroll (qv). Although many scenes and camera set'),
('151746','ups  are exactly the same, there are notable differences.'),
('151747',' This version’s music score is an adaptation of the one composed by  Alfred Newman for the 1937 version.'),
('151748',' One of the changes from the 1937 version is changing the character  of the Bishop to a Cardinal. Long'),
('151749','time MGM contract player  Lewis Stone (qv) played the part. Ironically, Stone played both  leads in the 1922 version of _Prisoner of Zenda, The (1922)_ (qv).'),
('151750',' Deemed suitably controversial enough to be banned from both the  Venice and Cannes Film Festivals.'),
('151751',' Publisher Edu'),
('151752','Ware Services never actually obtained a license for  _"Prisoner, The" (1967)_ from the television series producers. The  company simply called ITC, asked if they had any issues with a  Prisoner'),
('151753','themed restaurant, and when ITC said that would be okay,  Edu'),
('151754','Wares management decided they didnt need a license to make a  Prisoner'),
('151755','inspired game.'),
('151756',' The game was remade as "Prisoner 2" in 1981 to take advantage of the  Apple IIs "hi'),
('151757','res" graphics.'),
('151758',' The rights to the game was eventually purchased by Sierra On'),
('151759','Line,  Inc., but they never produced a sequel or remake because they  reportedly couldnt find a designer with the right mindset, and  original designer David Mullich (qv) wasnt willing to move to  Oakhurst, California.'),
('151760',' To date the film remains officially unreleased. Reportedly, Tatum  ONeal (qv)s father Ryan ONeal (qv) was so dissatisfied with  the completed production that he purchased the rights to the film in  order to prevent its distribution.'),
('151761',' Released theatrically internationally, but debuted on cable in the  United States.'),
('151762',' Richard Hatch (I) (qv) was ill through part of the dubbing and  thus his characters voice can be heard to fluctuate.'),
('151763',' A projected UK video release on the Redemption label was rejected by  the BBFC in 1994.'),
('151764',' One of the Israeli soldiers in the film leaves behind a paperback  copy of "Blindness" by Jose Saramago in the Palestinian house they  have occupied.'),
('151765',' The movie was chosen by Italy to represent the nation for the  Accademy Award best foreign movie. The Accademy refused the movie  because was not performed in Italian.'),
('151766',' The producers held a contest for artists to create a painting about  the temptation of Saint Anthony for use in the film. Although  Max Ernst (I) (qv) won the contest and got his painting on screen,  Salvador Dalí (qv)s contribution (featuring a parade of  spider'),
('151767','legged elephants tormenting the saint) became better known.'),
('151768',' Judy discovers another womans jewelry in her bed and accuses her  husband of cheating on her. The same thing happens to  Goldie Hawn (qv)s character in _Shampoo (1975)_ (qv).'),
('151769',' The poster and the video art for the movie is a parody of the poster  for _All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)_ (qv)'),
('151770',' Penelope Spheeris (qv) was offered the chance to direct.'),
('151771',' According to Goldie Hawns memoirs, Arthur Hiller (qv) was first  choice to direct but pulled out of the project.'),
('151772',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('151773',' Nick Lang (I) (qv) and Silvia Saint (qv)s sex scene was filmed  in free'),
('151774','fall aboard NASAs "vomit comet", in order to simulate  zero'),
('151775','gravity.'),
('151776',' 37th episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('151777','reel comedy series.'),
('151778',' Dan Dailey (qv)s last movie.'),
('151779',' Jack Cassidys final film.'),
('151780',' According to writer Alan Bennett, the final scene (of Gilbert and  Allardyce with the piglet) was added after the producers thought the  ending too downbeat.'),
('151781',' Denholm Elliott (qv) replaced Ian Richardson (I) (qv) who pulled  out owing to a prior commitment to a TV series in the U.S.'),
('151782',' The script took three years to complete.'),
('151783',' Director Woodman, Pierre (qv) originally planned to make use of  the local crocodile population in his movie, but changed his plans  after being attacked by one.'),
('151784',' Pornographic version of "Charlies Angels".'),
('151785',' Some scenes shot in Cannes during the Film Festival 2004.'),
('151786',' Vitaphone reel #1642'),
('151787','1643.'),
('151788',' The trailers and commercials for this film were narrated by  Jay Stewart (I) (qv), the TV game show announcer who at the time  was working for Barry'),
('151789','Enright Productions, producers of this movie.'),
('151790',' Near the beginning, after Philip is watching Sylvia through  binoculars he is looking through a fashion magazine with half'),
('151791','naked  women. The model he is looking at in the pages is Gia Carangi, who  was a famous model in the early 80s, and whom the movie “Gia” is  based on.'),
('151792',' The play originally opened in Paris, France on 5 December 1920. An  English adaptation, "Don Juan", by Lawrence Langner (qv), opened  in New York on 5 September 1921.'),
('151793',' Don Juan was a real person named Miguel de Manara. In the movie,  Douglas Fairbanks (qv) writes a note and signs it with that name.'),
('151794',' Douglas Fairbanks (qv)s final film.'),
('151795',' Lengthy, humorous role descriptions are as seen on film.'),
('151796',' While he was on a tour of Europe, huge American professional  wrestler Man Mountain Dean (qv) was hired to be  Charles Laughton (qv)s uncredited stunt double. This would be the  first of Deans appearances in motion pictures.'),
('151797',' First non'),
('151798','US film to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination'),
('151799',' All of the soldiers were members of the Sealed Knot Society (an  English Civil War re'),
('151800','enactment organization). Several other extras  such as the Jailer were also members.'),
('151801',' Originally, the scenes featuring the Loch Ness Monster were intended  to be filmed in the actual Loch. A life'),
('151802','size prop was built which  had several Nessie'),
('151803','like humps used to disguise floatation devices.  The humps were removed, however, at Billy Wilder (qv)s request.  Unfortunately, during a test run in Loch Ness, the Monster'),
('151804','prop sank  and was never recovered. A second prop (just the head and neck) was  built, but was only filmed inside a studio tank.'),
('151805',' Originally Peter OToole (I) (qv) was going to play Sherlock  Holmes with Peter Sellers (qv) playing Dr. Watson, but  Billy Wilder (qv) decided to go with lesser known stars instead.'),
('151806',' With a 260'),
('151807','page script and a budget of $10 million, this was set to  be a 165'),
('151808','minute Road Show picture with an intermission for comfort.  It was to be the "Big One" for Billy Wilder (qv). The shooting  schedule ran for six months and resulted in a rough'),
('151809','cut that came in  at three hours and 20 minutes. The film was originally structured as  a series of very specifically structured linked episodes, each with  a particular title and theme. The opening sequence was to feature  Watsons grandson in London claiming his inherited dispatch box from  Cox & Co. and there was also a flashback to Holmes Oxford days to  explain his distrust of women. All were shot, but deleted from the  final print. So what happened? Well, it appears that United Artists  suffered a number of major film flops in 1969 that pretty much  scuppered the road show format for Wilders massive project. Studio  execs ordered the film to be cut to fill a regular theatrical  running time, whittling it down to a 125'),
('151810','minute version. The  episodic format made the pruning process relatively simple, so cut  were the opening sequence, the Oxford flashback and two full  episodes entitled "The Dreadful Business of the Naked Honeymooners"  at 15 minutes and "The Curious Case of the Upside Down Room" at 30  minutes. We can only hope that the full footage can one day be  restored, although a full print is not currently thought to exist.'),
('151811',' According to Billy Wilder (qv), since because of schedule  conflicts he couldnt himself supervise the bowdlerization of the  picture demanded by the Studios, he entrusted the task to the  editor, Ernest Walter (qv). Nevertheless, Wilder supposedly  strongly disliked the cuts made by Walter, and couldnt re'),
('151812','edit the  movie because all the deleted scenes were lost or thrown away. Some  of those scenes are available today, but never with both the audio  and the video intact.'),
('151813',' Christopher Lee (I) (qv) replaced George Sanders (I) (qv) on  short notice.'),
('151814',' At the request of director Billy Wilder, Miklos Rozsa adapted music  from his Violin Concerto as the basis for the film score,  supplementing this with further original music.'),
('151815',' Korda, Alexander (qv) helped get this film made. He chose the  title as a reference to  _Private Life of Henry VIII, The (1933)_ (qv).'),
('151816',' The species shown in this film is the Northern Gannet (Morus  bassanus), which lives and breeds on cliffs on both sides of the  North Atlantic, so is relevant to both American and European  audiences.'),
('151817',' Robert Montgomery (I) (qv) was accidentally knocked unconscious  during the fight scene with Norma Shearer (qv).'),
('151818',' Glacier Bay Park in Montana doubled for the Swiss Alps in the films  mountain climbing scene.'),
('151819',' To give the illusion of baldness, Davis, Bette (qv) shaved her  head two inches in front to show a high forehead under Elizabeths  red wigs.'),
('151820',' The play, Elizabeth the Queen, originally opened in New York on 3  November 1930 with Lynn Fontanne (qv) and Alfred Lunt (qv) as  Elizabeth and Essex. The title of the movie was to be the same as  the title of the play, but Errol Flynn (I) (qv) protested that he  wanted his presence acknowledged in the title. The choice of "The  Knight and the Lady" upset Bette Davis, and "Elizabeth and Essex"  was a book title already copyrighted. Thus the final unwieldy title  was used.'),
('151821',' For several years, from the time of Errol Flynn (I) (qv)s death  until the film was issued on videocassette and began to be shown on  Turner Classic Movies, the title was changed to "Elizabeth the  Queen", the title of Maxwell Anderson (I) (qv)s original play on  which the film is based.'),
('151822',' As well as shaving two inches off her hairline at the forehead,  Bette Davis (qv) also had her eyebrows removed. She later  complained that they never grew back properly and that ever after  she had to draw them in with an eyebrow pencil.'),
('151823',' Bette Davis (qv) had originally wanted Laurence Olivier (qv) for  the role of Lord Essex, claiming that Errol Flynn (I) (qv) could  not speak blank verse well. She remained extremely upset about this  through the entire filming, and Flynn and Davis never worked again  together in a film, but according to Olivia de Havilland (qv), she  and Davis screened the film again a short while before Daviss  stroke. At films end, Davis turned to de Havilland and declared  that she had been wrong about Flynn, and that he gave a fine  performance as Essex.'),
('151824',' Errol Flynn and Bette Davis disliked each other, and when Elizabeth  slaps Essex in front of the entire court, Davis hauled off and  unexpectedly belted Flynn for real. The anger on Essexs face is  quite genuine, as is Flynns visible imposition of self'),
('151825','control to  avoid hitting Davis back.'),
('151826',' The real Robert Cecil was apparently a dwarf, and one of Queen  Elizabeths chief counselors, not the supercilious character  portrayed in this film, or in Maxwell Andersons original play. The  queen would affectionately refer to him as "my dwarf". He is more  accurately portrayed in the 2005 miniseries "Elizabeth I".'),
('151827',' This movie was written, shot, and edited in under 48 hours as part  of the original Sidewalk Scramble, Winter 2004.'),
('151828',' Cleves Kinkead (qv)s play opened in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in  January 1915. It moved to Broadway in New York City, New York, USA  on 26 August 1915 and closed in May 1916 after 316 performances. The  cast included Mabel Colcord (qv), Jane Cowl (qv) and  Robert McWade (I) (qv).'),
('151829',' The play originally was copyrighted as "Hush Money" in 1914.'),
('151830',' Howard Stern (qv)s wife Alison Stern (qv) appears as an NBC  phone operator.'),
('151831',' Jeff Goldblum (qv) was originally considered to play Howard.'),
('151832',' Julia Louis'),
('151833','Dreyfus (qv) was originally cast as Alison, but backed  out to spend time with her family.'),
('151834',' The movie showing in the theater where Howard goes to view the  premiere with the porn star is called "Die Watching". Actress  Melanie Good (qv), who plays the porn star, starred in a movie of  that name in 1993 (_Die Watching (1993)_ (qv)).'),
('151835',' The "so called seven dirty words" the radio executives tell Howard  he cant use are based on a list invented by comedian  George Carlin (qv).'),
('151836',' The character of Kenny Pig Vomit Rushton is based on Kenny  Metheny, the WNBC radio program director at the time. In real life,  Howard called him Pig Virus, not Pig Vomit. Pig Vomit was the  name of the group that did Howards opening theme song for his radio  show at the time.'),
('151837',' The films use of interviews with the characters in between scenes  is similar to the film _Lenny (1974)_ (qv) which, according to the  book, Howard Stern (qv) saw on his first date with Allison.'),
('151838',' The live performance of AC/DC was filmed at Bryant Park in New York  City in July 1996.'),
('151839',' John Stamos (qv) introduces Howards Fartman character in the  opening scene but in real life it was Luke Perry (I) (qv). Perry  later admitted to Stern that he feared the movie would not be good  and turned down the chance to play himself.'),
('151840',' For the scenes that featured Stern in high school, filming was done  at Union High School in Union, New Jersey. Artie Lange (qv), who  would join The Howard Stern Show years later, coincidentally  graduated from the very same school.'),
('151841',' All four of the male actors in this movie eventually died from AIDS  complications.'),
('151842',' John Holmes (I) (qv) was so opposed to doing this gay film that it  took an entire day to film just one scene.'),
('151843',' First appearance of the chipmunk duo later known as Chip and Dale.  The sped'),
('151844','up dialogue recorded for this film was reused in many of  their later appearances.'),
('151845',' Film debut of Rob Morrow (qv).'),
('151846',' Leslie Easterbrook shot a sex scene that was later removed for time.'),
('151847',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('151848',' Directorial debut of Chito S. Roño (qv), He uses the name Syxto  Kayko.'),
('151849',' This was to have been the first of a series of instructional short  cartoons for the US Navy after the success of similar military  cartoons featuring the character "Private Snafu", but the end of WW2  (and the Allied victory) brought the production of these films to an  abrupt end.'),
('151850',' The title characters name "Seaman Tarfu" comes from the unofficial  military acronym "TARFU": Things Are Really [Fouled] Up.'),
('151851',' Professional kitesurfer and Guinness Book of Records holder Neil  Hutchinson was contracted for kite'),
('151852','surfing action'),
('151853',' To create the dream like feeling of the movie, the speed of the film  was slowed down 25 percent, and all the dialogs were dubbed with  normal voices.'),
('151854',' The movie was shot in three hours.'),
('151855',' St. Catherines Military School, which still exists in Anaheim,  California, supplied the scenery and its students as extras for the  film. The K through 8th grade school is the only Catholic Military  School west of the Mississippi. It was established in 1880.'),
('151856',' Charlton Heston took no salary for this movie, instead he took a  piece of the box'),
('151857','office.'),
('151858',' Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher who co'),
('151859','wrote the screenplay, are best  known as the creators of the long running TV show "Leave it to  Beaver".'),
('151860',' This movie was loosely remade in 1995 as the Damon Wayans movie,  "Major Payne."'),
('151861',' This was originally intended to be an adventure'),
('151862','type game made in  Britain. When the budget for this game and one other active project  began to spiral higher and higher the two projects were merged.'),
('151863',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Rocky Caves of France (1911)_ (qv).'),
('151864',' Sarah Miles (I) (qv) was offered the role of Vanessa Ritchie.'),
('151865',' Eric Burdon (qv) claimed that he had been cast as Steve Shorter at  the time.'),
('151866',' This is an Oxford University student feature film, reputedly the  first of its kind, with a very young Hugh Grant (I) (qv) in the  leading role.'),
('151867',' Hugh Grant (qv)s first movie.'),
('151868',' Uses takes from _Bullitt (1968)_ (qv) in the car chase.'),
('151869',' The movies name is actually the combined version of Madhavan and  Sadhas characters name in this movie.'),
('151870',' Laura Dern was pregnant during the filming of the movie.'),
('151871',' Outside scenes were all shot in Canada. Interior scenes were all  shot on a sound stage.'),
('151872',' Some of the dresses worn by Julianne Moore in the film actually  belonged to Evelyn Ryan. Her children had saved them and offered the  use of them for the film.'),
('151873',' At the very end of the film, several children are seen fading in and  out of the picture, which shows the passing of several years. One of  the young boys is Evelyn Ryans young grandson who happened to be  there that day.'),
('151874',' The contest ads seen under the opening credits were taken from  Evelyn Ryans drawer. They were given to the filmmakers by her  daughter Betty.'),
('151875',' Primo Carnera (qv) was the worlds heavyweight boxing champion  when this film was made and released. He refused to make the movie  using the first script, which had him knocked out in the end, but  agreed to a revised script with an additional $10,000 salary.'),
('151876',' Max Baer (qv) was the leading heavyweight contender for the title.  Both he and Carnera made their motion picture debuts in this film.'),
('151877',' In an interview, Myrna Loy (qv) stated that Max Baer (qv)  carefully watched Primo Carnera (qv)s boxing style during the  filming and used this information to beat him in their real'),
('151878','life  match for the title in March, 1934.'),
('151879',' There are reports that John Huston (I) (qv)s continual advice to  Jack Nicholson (qv) before takes was, "Remember, hes stupid."'),
('151880',' Julie Bovasso (qv) taught Jack Nicholson (qv) how to speak  "Brooklynese". Researching the role, he hung out in lowlife dives in  Brooklyn.'),
('151881',' The studio, expecting the film to perform poorly at the box office,  pushed for a relatively quick release onto home video; however, the  film was one of the sleeper hits of the season, thanks to terrific  reviews and positive word of mouth, and had a lengthy stay in  theatres, and was still in theatres, in fact, when it was released  to video stores.'),
('151882',' The film was never completed'),
('151883',' The Tony Hawks Pro Skater series has sold an estimated 10 million  copies (to end 2003)'),
('151884',' The game features Spider'),
('151885','Man as one of the unlockable secret  skaters. Activision, who made this game, also hold the rights to  create games based on the Marvel Comics characters.'),
('151886',' In the Southern California high school level, in the large open area  to the right of the beginning of the level, there is a giant  longhorn pained on the wall. This is the official seal of Rancho  Buena Vista High School in Vista, CA, on which the level is based.'),
('151887',' In Boston, there is a bar on one of the buildings named "Jeers";  this is a reference to the eponymous bar from  _"Cheers" (1982)_ (qv), which is set in Boston. The logo on the sign  is in the same style as the one from the show, and when doing a  particular goal, you can get inside, revealing that the interior is  a replica of the bar.'),
('151888',' The game features Wolverine as one of the unlockable secret skaters.  Activision, who made this game, also hold the rights to create games  based on the Marvel Comics characters.'),
('151889',' SPOILER: Master Cheat code for THPS 3 is: magicmissile. This Master  Cheat code will unlock everything'),
('151890',' Master Code: To unlock everything the cheats , videos and more,  enter this cheat code watch_me_xplode and you would unlock  everything.'),
('151891',' In the "Kona" level, Tony Hawk mentions a "Magic Bum from Venice",  and you have to ollie (jump over) the bum five times. Each time you  do, hell find another spot, where youll have to ollie him again.  This references the California level in Pro Skater 2 where you have  to do the same thing. Also, it is revealed here that the bums name  is, indeed, "Ollie".'),
('151892',' The first ever professional wrestling videotape.'),
('151893',' Originally conceived as a project by producer Dave Wishnowski in  response to a poster on a video game sites discussion board. When  criticizing the generally deaf ear that the industrys leading  publishers were turning towards wrestling fans, someone asked: "If  you think you can do better, why dont you make your OWN game?"  Production started shortly thereafter, in late 2002.'),
('151894',' Joanna Priestley and Joan Gratz toured three Oregon prisons and sent  out 450 questionnaires to inmates as research for this film. One of  the questionnaires, by Jeff Green, was chosen for the dialog for the  "Con" section and one of the tour guides, Lt. Janice Inman, was  chosen as the narrator for the "Pro section of Pro and con.'),
('151895',' Star Lisa De Leeuw (qv) caught pneumonia after performing a sex  scene on a rain'),
('151896','soaked field in the middle of the night that wound  up taking three hours to shoot.'),
('151897',' First movie of Premiere Productions [ph].'),
('151898',' This certified box'),
('151899','office hit is the first Filipino movie to run for  30 days in the Philippines, earning P225,000 (a huge amount at that  time).'),
('151900',' References to _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('151901',' The poster for the movie was a spoof of the poster for  _Parenthood (1989)_ (qv). Imagine Entertainment produced both films.'),
('151902',' The helicopter scene is a parody of a scene from Apocalypse Now.  Both scenes feature Ride of the Valkyries playing in the background,  and furthermore, Juniors "I love the smell of milk in the morning,  it smells like victory" is a parody of a line Robert Duvall spoken  in that movie (with the word "napalm" in the place of the word  "milk".)'),
('151903',' [Directors Cameo] Dennis Dugan plays the All'),
('151904','American Dad who buys  his son a canteen.'),
('151905',' Yasbeck, Amy (qv), who played Flo Healy in  _Problem Child (1990)_ (qv), appears here as Annie Young.'),
('151906',' In the first classroom scene, Mr. Thorn is writing rules on the  blackboard, and at the bottom it says, "No Slackers." Mr. Thorn is  played by James Tolkan (qv), who played Mr. Strickland in the  "Back to the Future" series, and was fond of calling both Marty and  his father slackers.'),
('151907',' When Mrs. Dumore sees Ben in the bank, she says she plans to make  him "Hubbie #7" and a bunch of pictures are shown of her previous  husbands. Her other husbands are John Ritter (qv) in several  costumes.'),
('151908',' There was never a complete script, many of the scenes were  improvised and the ending of the film evolved during the shot.'),
('151909',' Welles, Orson (qv) changed the ending (in the novel the lying K is  killed with the knife) because he did not want to show that a Jew is  killed like this after the holocaust.'),
('151910',' Orson Welles (qv) originally wanted Jackie Gleason (I) (qv) to  play the advocate. Welles was going to play the priest, which would  have made the fable in the beginning be further justified.'),
('151911',' Orson Welles (qv) called this his best film.'),
('151912',' Orson Welles (qv) reportedly dubbed a few lines of  Anthony Perkins (qv) dialog. Perkins later said he could never  figure out which lines they were.'),
('151913',' The scene of Ks office was filmed in the Paris train station, Gare  dOrsay, shortly after it was closed and before it became an art  museum.'),
('151914',' It has been reported that Orson Welles (qv) dubbed 11 voices in  the movie.'),
('151915',' Audio sample of K being interrogated by the police at the beginning  of the film was used by the band Burning Airlines on a track called  "My Pornograph".'),
('151916',' Director Vitor Santos was only 18 at the time of shooting this film.'),
('151917',' The cast and crew lived together in a house in Roseland, Florida.'),
('151918',' Biograph production number 107.'),
('151919',' Jazz performer and arranger Melba Liston has an uncredited role as a  servant woman.'),
('151920',' Ava Gardner (qv) and Vittorio Gassman (qv) were originally cast  as Edmund Purdom (qv)s co'),
('151921','stars.'),
('151922',' The director chose many of the locations due to their history of  criminal activity. The major hotel they had shot in, was reportedly  a hide out for famed bank robbers, Bonnie and Clyde.'),
('151923',' The Rains character is loosely based on a Korean War veteran who  went to work for the Purple Gang as an "Enforcer".'),
('151924',' Rains wardrobe was intentionally modeled after that of the  Invisible Man in the 1933 classic.'),
('151925',' Many of the thugs in the opening gun battle were ex'),
('151926','cons. The  producers had to verify that shooting the guns in the film didnt  interfere with any of their parole requirements.'),
('151927',' During the scene where Ash shoots Rains, the authorities was  notified that firearms were being used. Apparently, the information  wasnt passed on to the next shift and cops showed up to the  location with their guns drawn.'),
('151928',' Holt Boggs (qv) trained in a boxing gym for over a year to help  give a unique and aggressive style to the fight scenes. Aside from  focusing on the punching aspect, he and the director studied how  people react to being hit and the effects the punches had on them.'),
('151929',' The film was shot on a shoestring budget, by a crew of about nine  first'),
('151930','time filmmakers. They pulled it off by calling in all the  freebies and favors they possibly could.'),
('151931',' Mirelly Taylor (qv) painted the 6 x 6 scene on canvas used in  The Prodigy. The mural was said to be stolen after filming wrapped.'),
('151932',' Because of how quick Holt Boggs was punching, many questioned  whether or not the film was sped up, but it wasnt. That is all in  real time.'),
('151933',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv) voice is dubbed in for a singer in  "Springtime for Hitler".'),
('151934',' The "Springtime for Hitler" sequences were filmed at Broadways  Playhouse Theater (torn down in 1969), whose marquee can be glimpsed  momentarily. However, in the scene where the theater blows up, we  see the marquee of the Cort Theater, which stood (and still stands)  across 48th Street from the Playhouse.'),
('151935',' The character played by Gene Wilder (qv) is named Leo Bloom. His  co'),
('151936','star Zero Mostel (qv) became famous for his portrayal of  James Joyce (I) (qv)s character Leopold Bloom in an off'),
('151937','broadway  production of "Ulysses In Nighttown."'),
('151938',' Because of the "Springtime For Hitler" musical number, the film was  banned in Germany. It wasnt shown in that country until it was  included in a film festival featuring the works of Jewish  filmmakers.'),
('151939',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv) wrote the libretto of a real'),
('151940','life Broadway  musical flop, "All American", which starred Ray Bolger (qv) and  ran for 80 performances in 1962.'),
('151941',' Adapted as a stage musical by Mel Brooks (I) (qv), which opened in  March 2001 with Nathan Lane (qv) as Bialystock and  Matthew Broderick (I) (qv) as Bloom. It won a record'),
('151942','breaking 12  Tony awards in 2001.'),
('151943',' Max says, "Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to discover that he had  been transformed into a giant cockroach. Nah, its too good." This  is a reference to Franz Kafka (qv)s "Metamorphosis". In another  Mel Brooks (I) (qv) film, _Spaceballs (1987)_ (qv), he makes  another obscure reference to this story during the "Mega'),
('151944','Maid"  scene.'),
('151945',' The name "Bialystock" is taken from a Polish city "Bialystok" from  which Mel Brooks (I) (qv)s ancestors come. The city was major  Jewish center in Eastern Europe until the Holocaust.'),
('151946',' May contain the first use of the term "creative accounting".'),
('151947',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) was set to play Franz Liebkind, but declined  when he got the part of Benjamin in _Graduate, The (1967)_ (qv).  Brooks only allowed Hoffman the chance to go off to the audition for  the film because his wife (Anne Bancroft (I) (qv)) was in it, and  Brooks was familiar enough with the role of Benjamin to know Hoffman  was utterly wrong for it (as written) and would never be cast.'),
('151948',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv) based the character of Max Bialystock on a  real Broadway producer he knew who used to seduce little old ladies  in exchange for checks that were supposedly to produce his latest  play, which would usually be called "Cash."'),
('151949',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv) cannot read music. "Springtime for Hitler" and  "Prisoners of Love" (as were all the songs Brooks writes for his  films) were hummed into a tape recorder and transcribed by an  expert.'),
('151950',' The reason the film got released at all was due to the intervention  of Peter Sellers (qv). After Brooks completed the picture, he was  told by Executive Producer Joseph E. Levine (qv) that the film,  which was then called "Springtime for Hitler", would not be  released; Levine thought it was in poor taste and not very funny.  While Sellers was in Hollywood making  _I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)_ (qv), he liked to have films  screened for his friends and himself for entertainment. One night  this film was screened and Sellers loved it. When he heard it would  not be released he began calling Levine and eventually convinced him  to release it, the only compromise being that the title of the film  be changed to "The Producers".'),
('151951',' Next to Max Bialystoks office is a door with "Hertzberg Dance  School" printed on the glass. Michael Hertzberg (qv) was the  films First Assistant Director.'),
('151952',' The name the "hold me, touch me" lady gives to Bialystock when they  are playing "The Contessa and the Chauffer" at the beginning of the  film, Rudolfo, is also the name of Bialystocks actual chauffer  after he and Bloom raise the money for the play.'),
('151953',' "God dag, på dig" is Swedish for "Good day to you".'),
('151954',' According to an interview with director and Blue Underground owner  William Lustig (qv), the original negative was destroyed because  the then'),
('151955','owner decided it wasnt necessary to pay for the storage of  its negative library.'),
('151956',' DIRTRADE(Mel Brooks (I) (qv)):[the producers]: This was Mel  Brooks first movie. All of Mel Brooks future movies make at least  one reference to this movie, some with bits of a musical and others  by referring to Nazi Germany.'),
('151957',' Max Bialystock says, "This means wine, women and song... and women."  This line was also uttered by Wolf J. Flywheel (Groucho Marx (qv))  in _Big Store, The (1941)_ (qv), 27 years earlier.'),
('151958',' Bialystock refers to Bloom as "Prince Mishkin" at the beginning.  Prince Mishkin is the title character of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (qv)s  "The Idiot", implying that Bloom is an idiot.'),
('151959',' Although Peter Sellers (qv) was instrumental in the release of  this film, Mel Brooks (I) (qv) claims to have offered Sellers the  role of Leo Bloom (eventually played by Gene Wilder (qv)) but  turned it down.'),
('151960',' One of the fictitious "bad plays" that Bialystock rejects as being  "too good" parodies Ionescos Rhinoceros, which Zero Mostel (qv)  himself had starred in on Broadway.'),
('151961',' The movie is actually based on a response Brooks gave in an  interview with Playboy in 1966:  '),
('151962',' PLAYBOY: What else are you working on?  '),
('151963',' BROOKS: Springtime for Hitler.  '),
('151964',' PLAYBOY: Youre putting us on.  '),
('151965',' BROOKS: No, its the Gods honest truth. Its going to be a play    within a play, or a play within a film '),
('151966',' I havent decided yet.    Its a romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden. There was a whole    nice side of Hitler. He was a good dancer '),
('151967',' no one knows that. He    loved a parakeet named Bob '),
('151968',' no one knows that either. Its all    brought out in the play.'),
('151969',' The movies line "We find the defendants incredibly guilty." was  voted as the #88 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in  2007.'),
('151970',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('151971',' The movies line "Im author. You are the audience. I outrank you!"  was voted as the #14 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere  in 2007.'),
('151972',' The date on the copy of Variety announcing the casting call is  September 6, 1967.'),
('151973',' Mel Brooks original title for the film was Springtime for Hitler but  the studio wouldnt allow it. They did say that they would allow  Springtime for Mussolini. Brooks didnt like it and ended up calling  it The Producers.'),
('151974',' This is a movie about a play based on a play about a play based on a  movie about a play. In fact, however, Brooks originally envisioned  this as a Broadway play. Published accounts in 1966 reported that  Brooks was working on a comedy play with the title "Springtime for  Hitler," and his original choice for the part of Bloom was going to  be Paul Anka (qv).'),
('151975',' With the exception of Will Ferrell (qv) and Uma Thurman (qv),  all the lead actors originated their roles in the Broadway  production.'),
('151976',' Nicole Kidman (qv) was originally cast as Ulla.  Matthew Broderick (I) (qv) allegedly offered her the role while  they were filming _Stepford Wives, The (2004)_ (qv) together, to  which she immediately said yes without seeing so much as a first  draft of the script. Kidman subsequently backed out of the project,  because she felt she was working too much.'),
('151977',' Originally, this was almost shot in Toronto, Canada. New York State  tax incentives made it possible for the production to film in New  York City at the new Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. Producer  Mel Brooks (I) (qv) also jokingly complained that the bagels in  Toronto were "too mushy".'),
('151978',' A lot of the extras in the audience scenes are not actors. Theyre  people who donated money through a charity. As part of their  donation, they got to be extras in the movie.'),
('151979',' Mel Brooks (I) (qv) originally wrote the music by humming the  melodies to the songs into a tape recorder and having a friend who  was musically literate write it down on staff paper.'),
('151980',' Being the first major film shot in the new Steiner Studios in  Brooklyn, NY, the crew had to endure the completion of construction.  The studio was only 90% complete when they moved in and there were  still leaks in the roof. The crew made suggestions such as expanding  make'),
('151981','up rooms. The suggestions were acted upon and the crew finished  with resounding success in the new stage.'),
('151982',' The screech of the black cat who is thrown by Bialystock into the  theater and voice the Stormtrooper who sings, "Dont be stupid, be a  shmartie, come on join the Nazi Party" in the song "Springtime for  Hitler" are provided by Mel Brooks (I) (qv), two roles he also  prerecorded for the Broadway show and one (the Stormtrooper) that he  did in the original movie. Its also a line from the 1983 single "To  Be Or Not To Be '),
('151983',' Hitler Rap")'),
('151984',' Mel Brooks provided the dubbed voice of the soldier that sang  "Dont be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi Party" in  both 1968 and the 2005 versions of The Producers and has provided  that line in every performance of the Broadway and off Broadway play'),
('151985',' The byline for a terrible newspaper review for the show that  Bialystock produces at the beginning of the film is by Addison  DeWitt, the acerbic drama critic played in  _All About Eve (1950)_ (qv). The part was played by  George Sanders (I) (qv) in that movie.'),
('151986',' Uma Thurman (qv) was doubled during portions of the dances by  Angie L. Schworer (qv) who was playing the part of Ulla in the  Broadway version of "The Producers" during production of this film.  Kathy Fitzgerald (I) (qv) played the role of Shirley Markowitz  both on stage and in the film version.'),
('151987',' Brad Oscar (qv), who plays the taxi driver, was the original Franz  Liebkind in the Broadway version. He also played Max Bialystock both  on Broadway and London after Nathan Lane (qv) departed the role in  both cities.'),
('151988',' Three songs from the Broadway show were cut: "King of Broadway," "In  Old Bavaria" and "Where Did We Go Right?". The second act reprise of  "Opening Night" was also cut, as were sections of "Along Came  Bialy". Despite "Where Did We Go Right?" being cut, the reference to  this song in the recap in "Betrayed" remains.'),
('151989',' The song "Youll Find Your Happiness In Rio" was written for the  Broadway musical as part of an extended sequence that was dropped in  favor of the song "Betrayed".'),
('151990',' Max Bialystocks lawyer is played by Thomas Meehan (I) (qv), the  screenwriter of the film and the book writer of the musical as well.'),
('151991',' When Max is visiting the old ladies in their apartment buildings, he  pushes lots of apartment call buttons. Among the list of names are  A. Bancroft, a tribute to Anne Bancroft (I) (qv), director  Mel Brooks (I) (qv) late wife; M. Kaminsky, which is Brooks  birth name; and J. Gatsby, the main character in  F. Scott Fitzgerald (qv)s "The Great Gatsby."'),
('151992',' Ernie Sabella (qv), appeared in a number that was cut out where  Bialystock and Bloom go to the bar during intermission to celebrate  their flop: "Barkeep, drinks all around!" This would have the actors  who played Simba, Timon and Pumbaa on screen together.'),
('151993',' "The King of Broadway", the second number after "Opening Night", one  of the most famous of the songs, the number that introduces the  Bialystock character, was cut out. This song also includes the  famous Mel Brooks (I) (qv) line from  _History of the World: Part I (1981)_ (qv): "Its good to be the  king."'),
('151994',' Richard Kind (qv), who played Max Bialystock on Broadway and on  the national tour of "The Producers", makes a brief cameo as the  jury foreman at the end.'),
('151995',' Early in the movie, sad'),
('151996','sack Leo Bloom complains, "When is it going  to be Blooms day?" Beside him on the wall in Maxs office is a  calendar showing the date as June 16. This is a reference to the  novel "Ulysses" by James Joyce (I) (qv), which recounts the  adventures of Dublin resident Leopold Bloom on June 16, 1904. Joyce  fans continue to commemorate "Bloomsday" every year on that date.'),
('151997',' Gary Beach (I) (qv) was playing the same character on both stage  and screen at the same time; when the movie premiered, he was also  starring as Roger De Bris on Broadway.'),
('151998',' There really was a Hamlet musical. And it really was a flop. It was  called "Rockabye Hamlet", starring Larry Marshall (I) (qv) as  Hamlet and Beverly DAngelo (qv) as Ophelia.  Cliff Jones (II) (qv) wrote book, lyrics and music;  Gower Champion (qv) directed and choreographed. It lasted for  seven performances at the Minskoff Theatre in 1976.'),
('151999',' When Max opens the cabinet with the pictures of his "Show  Contributors" you can see pictures of the old ladies from the  original movie version (_Producers, The (1968)_ (qv)).'),
('152000',' The costumes for the Girls in Pearls weighed 20 pounds. The largest  of the pearls are plastic grapes painted white; they were chosen not  to reduce the weight but to make it more comfortable for the dancers  when they had to roll on the floor.'),
('152001',' In the final frame of the finale the camera pulls out for a wide  shot of the theatres and their marquees displaying the titles of the  shows that Max and Leo are to produce. On the far left is a portion  of the marquee belonging the Lunt'),
('152002','Fontanne Theatre. The only letters  that are visible are A'),
('152003','N'),
('152004','N'),
('152005','E for Mel Brooks (I) (qv) late wife  Anne Bancroft (I) (qv) who died prior to the films completion.'),
('152006',' Jonathan Freeman (qv) makes a brief cameo as the Ticket Taker. He  played Roger DeBris on Broadway.'),
('152007',' When Ulla walks into Maxs office for the first time, on the King  Leer poster (the poster on the right), the eyes start spinning.'),
('152008',' When Leo says that he was taken to Bialy Hoos of 42, the poster of  it is right behind him in the background.'),
('152009',' There are several tributes to "Blazing Saddles," a movie written and  directed by Mel Brooks. One time is when Leo is alone with Ulla.  While looking at some papers, he comments, "Work, work, work, work,  work, " which were lines said by Mel Brooks in "Blazing Saddles."  Another tribute comes in using David Huddleston as the Judge. He  appeared in "Blazing Saddles" as Olson Johnson. Max saying"hello  boys" when looking at the money in the safe is not a reference to  Blazing Saddles. This same line was used my Zero Mostel in the 1968  version which came out 6 years before Blazing Saddles.'),
('152010',' When greeting Max and Leo at the door, Carmen Ghias exaggerated "s"  sound when saying the word "yes" lasts for 23 seconds.'),
('152011',' Fred Applegate (qv), had a run as Max Bialystock in the London  production of the play.'),
('152012',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('152013','Disc and 3'),
('152014','Disc Deluxe Edition  DVDs for _Million Dollar Baby (2004)_ (qv).'),
('152015',' In the hallway scene during Bill and Lindas first conversation,  posters for _Holy Water (2006)_ (qv) can be seen on the wall behind  them.'),
('152016',' In 2002, Capcom announced five different GameCube'),
('152017','exclusive titles  that were collectively known as the "Capcom Five". However, Product  Number 03 is the only one of the five titles to remain exclusive to  the GameCube. Of the other four titles, three of them  (_Viewtiful Joe (2003) (VG)_ (qv), _Biohazard 4 (2005) (VG)_ (qv),  _Killer 7 (2005) (VG)_ (qv)) were ported over to the PlayStation 2.  The fifth title, Dead Phoenix, was canceled.'),
('152018',' Working titles were "Careless" and then "The Purity Girl".'),
('152019',' Ginger Rogers (qv) was dubbed by Etta Moten (qv); this is  reputedly the only film in which Rogers did not do her own singing.'),
('152020',' "Professional Sweetheart" was Ginger Rogers first film for RKO and  '),
('152021',' ironically, since so much of the plot revolves around getting  Rogers character to sign a radio contract '),
('152022',' she had not yet signed  a long'),
('152023','term contract with RKO when she made this film.'),
('152024',' One of the earliest anime productions to use CGI. It did not become  a common addition to the genre until the mid'),
('152025','90s with the advent of  Macross Plus and Ghost in the Shell.'),
('152026',' The cast and crew stayed in Las Vegas while working on this project.  Actor Woody Strode (qv) wrote in his memoirs that he and  Lee Marvin (qv) pulled several pranks, including shooting an arrow  at the famous smiling cowboy neon sign damaging it briefly.'),
('152027',' During the filming of the scene where Maria attempts to escape  through a canyon wired with dynamite, Claudia Cardinale (qv)s  stunt double was badly injured during the explosion. Cardinale, who  had never ridden a horse before, performed the stunt herself for the  final cut, and escaped uninjured.'),
('152028',' The "French 75" mentioned in the dialog refers to the 75 mm Field  Gun, Model of 1897, issued by France to Americas National Guard  during World War I.'),
('152029',' This short featurette in included on the Special Edition DVD for  _Professionals, The (1966)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('152030',' The execution of a prisoner in this film is not staged. It consists  of actual footage of a real execution.'),
('152031',' In the DVD commentary, Nicholson states that Antonioni constructed  the entire hotel entirely so that the final shot could be  accomplished, though he suggests that the entire hotel was built on  hinges instead of simply the bars outside the window.'),
('152032',' First job in the motion picture for Sylvester Stallone (qv).'),
('152033',' Like many other Belmondo vehicles, this movie was purchased by the  Soviet movie ministry in 1982. However, it was not released until  1990, presumably due to the fact that the movie was critical of  Third World regimes.'),
('152034',' SPOILER: At the end, Beaumont is killed just before to go in the  helicopter. Georges Lautner shot another version where Beaumont  escapes in the helicopter, but chose with Jean'),
('152035','Paul Belmondo  (against the wish of the producers) to take the other one.'),
('152036',' On 9 January 1940 in U.S. Federal Court in Los Angeles, William J.  Rapp and Lowell Brenatano filed a suit for $75,000 against Harold  Lloyd and the Harold Lloyd Corporation, for alleged plagiarism by  the film "Professor Beware" of the plaintiffs play "Greek To You".'),
('152037',' On 3 April 1940 in U. S. Federal Court in Los Angeles, Federal Judge  Henry W. Goddard, after trial lasting several weeks, ordered  dismissal of the infringement suit of William Jordan Rapp and Lowell  Brentano against Harold Lloyd and Harold Lloyd Corp. Plaintiffs had  charged plagiarism of their work, "Greek to You," in the film  "Professor Beware." Judge Goddard ruled that the film was adapted  from a play, "The Road to Jericho," and said, "I think it is plain  that defendants have not copied plaintiffs work." Phillips and  Nizer were attorneys for the defendants.'),
('152038',' The movie was 75% complete when its leading man,  Sanjeev Kumar (qv), died. The producer of the film, found himself  in a tight spot. When Manmohan Desai (qv) saw the incomplete film,  he suggested that Sanjeev Kumar be made invisible in the remaining  portions. Accordingly, the storyline was altered and the film was  released with a different story.'),
('152039',' Bally thought they had the newest hit on their hands with this game  and were planning software updates to keep the questions updated.  However, this game proved to be Ballys biggest flop ever. Only  about 400 units were made and many on those were later converted  into Pac'),
('152040','Land machines. Because of this, Professor Pac'),
('152041','Man machines  are rare. This does not make them valuable, however, as many  collectors still do not want them.'),
('152042',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Little Journeys in Scenic Japan (1916)_ (qv).'),
('152043',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Question Mark, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('152044',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Man of Honor, A (1910)_ (qv).'),
('152045',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Nearly in Mourning (1913)_ (qv).'),
('152046',' This short was never released or even completed.  Charles Chaplin (qv) abandoned production after completing only  one scene.'),
('152047',' The flea'),
('152048','circus routine in Chaplins later feature Limelight was  re'),
('152049','worked from a scene in this film.'),
('152050',' The film was shot in English, but every actors voice is dubbed'),
('152051',' Created for the DVD release of _Town Like Alice, A (1956)_ (qv).'),
('152052',' This title is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for  _Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)_ (qv).'),
('152053',' 11 seconds of cuts made to the film by the BBFC in 1993 were waived  when the film was re'),
('152054','submitted in 2005.'),
('152055',' The original release of the film contained a scene where several ESU  players lay down on a busy main street. The scene was cut after a  number of similar incidents occurred across the US, many resulting  in serious injury.'),
('152056',' Some of the more prominent extras have names on the back of their  football jerseys that are of the crew. Clearly visible are WARD  (writer/director David S. Ward (qv)), KLOPP (set decorator  Kathe Klopp (qv)) and McLAGLEN (first assistant director  Josh McLaglen (qv)).'),
('152057',' Michigan coaching legend Glenn E. (Bo) Schembechler is in the booth  providing color commentary for the Michigan game.'),
('152058',' During the production Dmitrii Pevtsov (qv) and  Olga Drozdova (qv), who play a couple in the film, fell in love,  and then later married.'),
('152059',' This short documentary is part of the Warner Home Video DVD of A  SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER.'),
('152060',' Luigi Comencinis first feature film.'),
('152061',' Thirty real'),
('152062','life "scugnizzi" (Naples street urchins) were hired to  play the young thieves.'),
('152063',' visa dexploitation en France : # 23789'),
('152064',' As Ms. Ayumi and C'),
('152065','ko wait for A'),
('152066','ko to come back up to the surface,  a man with a newspaper walks by. The paper has a lewd message on it  written in Romanized Japanese. Translated, it reads: "I want to  fuck".'),
('152067',' When one of the spies aboard the alien spaceship fires a signal  flare, there is a single'),
('152068','frame animators gag in the explosion. It  shows C'),
('152069','ko, who is seen holding a fan, and the word "PON" written  next to her. "Pon" is the Japanese word for "pop".'),
('152070',' The message on the cannonball that Hikari fires at A'),
('152071','ko reads: "A'),
('152072','ko  you idiot".'),
('152073',' The three girls shown in the adult movie scene were the alter egos  of a pop group known as "Lemon Angel". They had released several  albums and adult'),
('152074','oriented live action/animated videos during the  late'),
('152075','80s.'),
('152076',' Ayumi'),
('152077','senseis skimpy battle outfit was a design originally intended  for _Purojekuto A'),
('152078','ko (1986)_ (qv). Early in the movies production,  Project A'),
('152079','ko was planned as an episode of the adult OAV series Cream  Lemon, Ayumis outfit reflected the adult nature of that phase of  the production.'),
('152080',' The two burger shop employees are caricatures of the members of the  J'),
('152081','POP duo BaBe. BaBe also lent their voices to their animated  counterparts, and performed the ending theme "Get A Chance!"'),
('152082',' When A'),
('152083','ko collides into K, a single'),
('152084','frame gag appears. It consists  of a large orange star, and several little furry animals.'),
('152085',' The movie C'),
('152086','ko watches is a parody of  _Kimagure orenji rôdo: Ano hi ni kaeritai (1988)_ (qv).'),
('152087',' As C'),
('152088','ko falls out of her bed, a single'),
('152089','frame animators gag flashes  on the screen. It is a bust shot of both A'),
('152090','ko and B'),
('152091','ko, apparantly  nude, embracing and making bedroom eyes at each other against a  black background.'),
('152092',' The toddler'),
('152093','aged versions of A'),
('152094','ko & C'),
('152095','ko that run past her transform  into toddler versions of Lum and Ran'),
('152096','chan from  _"Urusei yatsura" (1981)_ (qv).'),
('152097',' B'),
('152098','Kos father makes an appearance, despite having died at the  conclusion of episode 2.'),
('152099',' B'),
('152100','kos line,"God may allow this wedding, but I will not!" is a  parody of super heroine Kekko Kamens line "God may forgive your  evildoings, but I will not!"'),
('152101',' The sound of B'),
('152102','kos skimmer was originally used for the speeder  bikes in _Star Wars: Episode VI '),
('152103',' Return of the Jedi (1983)_ (qv).'),
('152104',' When Jay bumps into Austin at Mood Fabrics, viewers were suspect  that it is too coincidental and staged. The fact is Jay did indeed  bump into Austin (Mood is a magnet for designers in NYC), but the  producers needed Austins permission to film. Thus the initial  "hello" is a bit comically forced (ie. faking it for the camera),  but the conversation that ensued is entirely genuine.'),
('152105',' This movie and _Cat'),
('152106','Women of the Moon (1953)_ (qv) were made using  the some of the same sets and costumes. The two films were then  released within one day of each other.'),
('152107',' This was initially intended as a pilot film for a TV series to be  called "Ring Around the Moon". When science'),
('152108','fiction movies suddenly  became popular, producer Jack Seaman (qv) added enough footage to  the film to bring it up to feature length. This was done without the  knowledge of writer Robert A. Heinlein (qv), and he disowned the  result.'),
('152109',' There were no final designs for VIPER, so it was made up as the CG  artists worked.'),
('152110',' A producer asked the color of VIPER to be changed near the end of  post production, thereby undoing some of its photo'),
('152111','realistic  qualities.'),
('152112',' Jack Lord (I) (qv)s first film project.'),
('152113',' This is a sequel for the final _"ALF" (1986)_ (qv) episode "Consider  Me Gone".'),
('152114',' The Tanner familys absence was explained as the government  relocating them to Iceland.'),
('152115',' Won Best Sci'),
('152116','Fi Short at the Terror Film Festival in Philadelphia,  PA'),
('152117',' Aired on cmuTV at Carnegie Mellon University Fall 2006'),
('152118',' The credit "BALDWIN" in the "Thank You"s pertains to a sponge found  in Point State Park during a day of shooting.'),
('152119',' First film for Rodney Dangerfield (qv).'),
('152120',' Professor Stan Liebermann is named for Stanley Lieber, who under the  pen name Stan Lee, created the Hulk, on which this film is based.'),
('152121',' The leading stars of this film were well'),
('152122','known Norwegian stage  actors.'),
('152123',' This is always shown as the prologue to the 1965 film  _Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965)_ (qv).'),
('152124',' The line, "Its not who you come with, its who takes you home,"  appears in all the Prom Night movies.'),
('152125',' Brock Simpson (qv) is the only actor who appeared in all four Prom  Night movies.'),
('152126',' Hamilton High is the one setting that all of the Prom Night movies  have in common.'),
('152127',' The offices of Toronto'),
('152128','based Tapestry Pictures were trashed one week  before the films television premiere, and the producers fear the  vandalism was linked to its coming, controversial film.'),
('152129',' This movie is based on a real'),
('152130','life situation in the southwestern  Ontario town of Oshawa.'),
('152131',' Roberto Rodriguez (the main character) is named after  Nicolás López (III) (qv)s idol, Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv).  Lopez finally met him during the press junket of  _Sin City (2005)_ (qv), because Rodriguezs wife and producer  Elizabeth Avellan (qv) loved the movie (she watched it in the SXSW  Film Festival after reading a letter that Lopez sent to Rodriguez  begging him to watch the movie).'),
('152132',' Benjamin Vicuña (qv) (Fele) was sick during the shooting and the  production used a double in some scenes in which you cant see the  face of the character.'),
('152133',' The movie is based on Nicolás Lopezs weekly column "Memorias de un  pingüino" (memories of a penguin) that the wrote during his high  school years from 1997 to 1999 in the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio.  The best columns were published in the book "Promedio Rojo: how to  study cinema making your own movie", that was released as a tie'),
('152134','in  for the movie, featuring also the screenplay of the movie,  marketing, storyboards and a life diary of Lopez'),
('152135',' The movie was number one at the Chilean Box Office for two weeks,  beating the Exorcist Prequel and A Shark Tale'),
('152136',' Miguel Asensio, the producer of the movie, was the "second unit  director" (uncredited). He directed the pseudo'),
('152137','kung'),
('152138','fu fight that  you can see in TV in the scene when the Grandpa of Roberto'),
('152139',' The film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.'),
('152140',' Won "Best Story" in the 2005 MTV World 72 Hour Shoot'),
('152141','Out. It  screened at the 2005 Asian American International Film Festival in  NYC.'),
('152142',' John Barry (I) (qv) composed a rejected score.'),
('152143',' This film was shot in 12 days in 15 locations around metro'),
('152144','Atlanta.'),
('152145',' Nearly 60 actors participated in the making of this film.'),
('152146',' The actress in the role of Cynthia/Cinnamin got the role 14 hours  before shooting was scheduled to begin because the actress  originally cast in the role became decided not to do the role.'),
('152147',' The script took four months to write, and two years to edit.'),
('152148',' This film is dogme 95 certified. The strict qualifications to being  dogme 95 certified are as follows:  '),
('152149',' 1. Shooting must be done on location. Props and sets must not be    brought in (if a particular prop is necessary for the story, a    location must be chosen where this prop is to be found).  '),
('152150',' 2.The sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice    versa. (Music must not be used unless it occurs where the scene is    being shot).  '),
('152151',' 3.The camera must be hand'),
('152152','held. Any movement or immobility    attainable in the hand is permitted. (The film must not take place    where the camera is standing; shooting must take place where the    film takes place).  '),
('152153',' 4.The film must be in colour. Special lighting is not acceptable.    (If there is too little light for exposure the scene must be cut    or a single lamp be attached to the camera).  '),
('152154',' 5.Optical work and filters are forbidden.  '),
('152155',' 6.The film must not contain superficial action. (Murders, weapons,    etc. must not occur.)  '),
('152156',' 7.Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden. (That is to    say that the film takes place here and now.)  '),
('152157',' 8.Genre movies are not acceptable.  '),
('152158',' 9.The film format must be Academy 35 mm.  '),
('152159',' 10.The director must not be credited. Each director of a dogme 95    has to write a confession, explaining which rules he broke.    Director Corey Smiths confession is that his film was not shot on    35 mm, as the budget didnt allow for it, the film credited him as    the director, as the film was in a film festival and needed to be    so, and that the soundtrack was edited in post because the song    itself had to be edited to time correctly, as well as cut out the    original vocals of the song. This film is dogme film #62, the 19th    American dogme film.'),
('152160',' The last shot, where actress Melissa Coppola (Melissa) throws up  into a toilet, was real. Director Corey Smith, as well as co'),
('152161','writer  and actress Melissa Coppola felt that this was necessary in order to  prove that bulimia is a pathological disease which cant be stopped  by the pleas of a loved one, and that if Melissa had just spit out  food, it would undermine that idea.'),
('152162',' Won Best Short Film at the 1997 Hollywood Film Festival.'),
('152163',' This short film was developed, shot and posted in a weekends time.'),
('152164',' During the ocean cruise, Sandy (Jayne Mansfield (qv)) sends a  telegram announcing pregnancy to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry  Peers in Texas. The Peers were Mansfields actual parents;  Mansfields real name was Vera Jayne Peers.'),
('152165',' During a wedding shower, the ships effeminate hairdresser Babette  (female impersonator T.C. Jones (I) (qv)) mimics  Jayne Mansfield (qv), much to the delight of Sandy (character  played by Mansfield herself).'),
('152166',' This was the first movie in which a mainstream actress  (Jayne Mansfield (qv)) appeared nude. (Actually, the movie showed  her only topless, but a photo in Kenneth Anger (qv)s book  "Hollywood Babylon II" shows Mansfield on the set completely nude.)  It reportedly took some imbibing of champagne on Mansfields part to  get her to take off her clothes.'),
('152167',' Despite being banned in some cities, the film proved to be a hit  film and helped put star Jayne Mansfield (qv) on the Top 10 List  Of Box Office Attractions of 1963.'),
('152168',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('152169',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Stealing a Ride (1911)_ (qv).'),
('152170',' Gwyneth Paltrow (qv) reprises the role of Catherine that she had  played on stage in Londons West End.'),
('152171',' The plot of the original play was based on the life of John Nash,  professor at Princeton, who won the Nobel Prize for his work in game  theory and also spent many years suffering from schizophrenia. His  story was later adapted into _Beautiful Mind, A (2001)_ (qv).'),
('152172',' The role of Catherine was originated by Mary'),
('152173','Louise Parker in 2000  at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. Her performance won her a  2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and a 2001 Drama Desk  Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play'),
('152174',' Gwyneth Paltrow (qv) was pregnant (with Apple) while filming.'),
('152175',' The school bus full of children shown in the kidnapping scene are  students of Colegio Aleman (German High School), a private school  located outside of Quito chartered by the German government.'),
('152176',' One of the names of the hostages on the white board in the London  Office is "Idziak" '),
('152177',' the director of photography for this film is  Slawomir Idziak (qv).'),
('152178',' Will Gaffney, stand'),
('152179','in for Morse, David (qv), was killed in a  freak accident when a truck on which he was riding suddenly turned  and drove off a cliff while being filmed in Quito, Ecuador. The  movie is dedicated to Will Gaffney.'),
('152180',' Ford, Harrison (qv) was originally offered the lead role but  turned it down.'),
('152181',' Originally it was planned that all extras were to receive the normal  pay used for American extras. But the Ecuadorian government, who  could not afford to have their actors paid that well demanded that  the movie pay Ecuadorian salaries.'),
('152182',' Kesslers bible is used for two maps of the area. The main map is  drawn over Luke 21'),
('152183','22, which talks about the return of the Son of  Man (Thorne will come and save Peter Bowman). The second map has a  passage marked out, Matthew 5, which discusses the wrongness of  revenge and loving your neighbor.'),
('152184',' Helicopter shown at the opening credits is Polish PZL W'),
('152185','3 Sokol (W'),
('152186','3  Hawk).'),
('152187',' The ball cap Peter is wearing when he is kidnapped is from Rice  University in Houston,Texas.'),
('152188',' Filmed in British Columbia in 1978, this movie marked the beginning  of "Hollywood North", the major start to the development of a  massive film production business in Vancouver and other parts of the  province of British Columbia, in Canada. Since then hundreds of  "American" movies have been filmed in the Canadian province.'),
('152189',' This and The (2005) (V) Prophecy: Uprising (qv) were filmed  simultaneously.'),
('152190',' When Dani, a cop, queries in Internet chat whether anyone has come  across homicides in which the bodys heart was ripped out, he is  answered by "Joseph_1995". In the original movie,  _Prophecy, The (1995)_ (qv), Joseph is the name of one of the police  officers investigating the murder of an angel whose heart was ripped  out.'),
('152191',' "Gloria", the woman arranging flowers in Father Constantines wake,  is the wife of Joel Soisson.'),
('152192',' When Allisons mother phones, it is the wife of Joel Soisson.'),
('152193',' A copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New  York.'),
('152194',' The wardrobe was handmade to be as authentic as possible and even  the buttons were all handmade for the film.'),
('152195',' Nick Cave (qv) finished the script in three weeks.'),
('152196',' Originally, John Hillcoat approached Nick Cave about doing the  soundtrack for a Western, eventually he asked if Cave would write  the screenplay as well.'),
('152197',' Final film of Darren McGavin.'),
('152198',' Based on the award winning stage play "Prospect" by writer/director  Octavio Solis'),
('152199',' The film is silent, with music and title cards.'),
('152200',' Prospero was John Gielgud (qv)s favorite stage role and he had  attempted to mount a film of Shakespeares "The Tempest" for  decades, contacting Orson Welles (qv), Akira Kurosawa (qv) and  Ingmar Bergman about directing and Welles and Albert Finney (qv)  about playing Caliban. The version with Welles directing and playing  Caliban was in preparation until the financial failure of Welles  and Gielguds film of Falstaff (1966) (qv) forced the project to  fall through, where it laid dormant until Gielgud finally convinced  Peter Greenaway (qv) to make this version.'),
('152201',' Makis Demiris (I) (qv) appears in this film as the main villain,  yet his voice is dubbed and he gets notably short screen time due to  the fact that he suffered from cancer.'),
('152202',' Working title for the film was Raised on Rock. Name was from famous  Elvis Presleys hit from 1970s.'),
('152203',' Originally William Baldwin (I) (qv) was set to play Elvis Presley  on the film.'),
('152204',' The main character, Felice Falafafull was created through a  collaboration between the writer, P.E. Tasciotti (qv) and the  Nigerian'),
('152205','born actress, Folake Olowofoyeku (qv).'),
('152206',' Amanda Bearse (qv)s theatrical film debut.'),
('152207',' One of the subjects from _Trembling Before G'),
('152208','d (2001)_ (qv), another  American documentary concerning contemporary Jewish issues, can be  seen briefly in the anti'),
('152209','war protest.'),
('152210',' Mary Pat Kelly first came upon this story while doing research about  American soldiers in Ireland during World War II for a documentary  on Ireland.'),
('152211',' At the end of the film real footage is shown of the present day USS  Mason featuring Bill Clinton and Tommy Hilfiger. Hilfigers  production company THEntertainment produced the film.'),
('152212',' This was the first film ever produced for Tommy Hilfigers  THEntertainment production company.'),
('152213',' Alfred Lind was the actual Commander of the convoy (NY 119) in which  the USS Mason experienced that massive storm in mid October 1944.  Commander Lind, as with most of the veterans of WWII, didnt speak  of his experiences from the war. His family learned of these  recommendations after Mary Pat Kelly had written her book. His real  name was used in the movie, after some good timing when a grandson  discovered the existence of the book, then attempted to contact Mary  Pat Kelly.'),
('152214',' In the alternate extended ending on the DVD, Pennys drivers  license says: Penny Proud 1234 Kelly Rd. Wizville, USA'),
('152215',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('152216',' Film debut of Joan Crawford (I) (qv).'),
('152217',' Average Shot Length = ~12.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.4  seconds.'),
('152218',' This film is the first movie produced by the Nashville Network.'),
('152219',' This is Lorrie Morgan (qv)s film debut.'),
('152220',' CAMEO(Todd Albertson (qv)): man pushing camera away'),
('152221',' The film was banned in the Soviet Union for 15 years and released  only in 1985.'),
('152222',' The biggest expense of the film was feeding the cast.'),
('152223',' Biograph production number 917.'),
('152224',' The movie was written explicitly for actress Holliston Coleman by  screenwriter'),
('152225','producer'),
('152226','director Kevin M. Kraft, when Colemans  parents lamented to him the lack of appropriate scripts for their  young daughter to accept.'),
('152227',' Screenwriter'),
('152228','producer'),
('152229','director Kraft rewrote the part of Noah, so  Bobby Coleman could play the part. Noah was originally Hollys older  brother. He also rewrote the part of the villain, Krait, changing it  from an adult male to a teenage girl, after seeing Jennette  McCurdys performance as Madison Sinclair in the short'),
('152230','lived series  THE INSIDE.'),
('152231',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoons  _Big Feature, A (1921)_ (qv), _Artist Palette, An (1921)_ (qv), and  _Clothing Problem, The (1921)_ (qv).'),
('152232',' Based on the autobiographical book "Circle of Light" by Kiranjit  Ahluwalia.'),
('152233',' Filmed in 32 days.'),
('152234',' Towards the end of the filming schedule, director Jag Mundhra had to  delay shooting for three days because he was hospitalized for  internal bleeding.'),
('152235',' The title refers to the defence in English criminal law of  "provocation". This provides that a person who intentionally kills  as a result of provocation will be convicted of manslaughter and not  murder. However, the laws interpretation of what constitutes  provocation has been very narrow, requiring a "sudden and temporary  loss of self'),
('152236','control". If there is a time delay between the  provocation and the victims response, the law will tend to deny the  defence to the woman who has been provoked. This was the central  legal issue in Ahluwalias case.'),
('152237',' This film was originally given an A'),
('152238','rating (Adults only, or the  equivalent of an R'),
('152239','rating in India) by the censors. The director  decided to cut out the "four letter word" and applied for  re'),
('152240','censorship. The film was then given a U/A rating, equivalent to a  PG'),
('152241','13.'),
('152242',' In order to appeal to those who dont speak English in India, the  film was dubbed in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.'),
('152243',' With the exception of the final unmasked shot, the role of the  Prowler was played entirely by assistant director  Peter Giuliano (qv).'),
('152244',' When Elizabeth Wurtzel is writing the piece on Bruce Springsteen, a  pack of Morleys, the fictional cigarette brand from the  _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv) can be seen on her desk.'),
('152245',' Filmed in 2000, Miramax films planned on releasing the film in late  2001, but shelved it indefinitely in the US. A number of reasons  were given for the delay, from the unlikeable nature of the central  heroine to writer Elizabeth Wurtzel (qv)s offensive comments  about 9/11, to the fact that Wurtzel noted that the movie was  "horrible." The movie finally debuted on the Starz! network in 2005  when, following the exit of Harvey Weinstein (qv) and  Bob Weinstein (qv) from Miramax, all pending films were released,  in one form or another.'),
('152246',' Jessica Lange (qv) was mentioned in the "Prozac Nation" book.'),
('152247',' The role of Cezary Baryka was originally offered to  Michal Zebrowski (qv).'),
('152248',' The film was shot in under an hour: After weeks of filming  Kieslowski was horrified by the rushes, whereupon Slawomir Idziak  suggested they shoot it all on one camera stopping only to reload  the film. The total time it took to film the completed work was  barely longer than its runtime.'),
('152249',' Inspired by a non'),
('152250','fiction story by K. Kakolewski.'),
('152251',' Although the movie was made in 1981, it had its premiere in 1987.  The delay was because of state'),
('152252','imposed censorship due to the films  political content.'),
('152253',' First Danish talkie.'),
('152254',' Unreleased and possibly unfinished. No copies are known to exist.'),
('152255',' Robert Altman (qv) filmed extensively during the real Parisian  fashion catwalks, capturing the real spring collections of that year  and a host of real'),
('152256','life celebrities. Altman and his writer Barbara  Shulgasser then integrated several different storylines into the  footage that they had acquired.'),
('152257',' The first and only movie ever made with a sequence filmed in the  Corta Atalaya depth, one of the biggest open cast mines in the world  (1,200 m. long, 906 m. wide and 325 m. deep).'),
('152258',' The character of Felix Cadecq (played by Manuel Solàs (qv)) is a  tribute to the real science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (qv),  and his lecture at the Sci'),
('152259','Fi Congress is based on the famous  lecture K. Dick did in Metz (France), 1977.'),
('152260',' Alfonso Merelo (qv), who plays the master of ceremonies at the  science fiction conference is a science fiction conventions  organizer in true life.'),
('152261',' The film was mainly shot in March 1992, but could not be finished  before 1997.'),
('152262',' Inspired by the work of German painter Anselm Kiefer, and the work  of American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder.'),
('152263',' Dedicated to Stan Brakhage (qv).'),
('152264',' Nick Scryers last name was originally Geller, after supposed  psychic Uri Geller (qv).'),
('152265',' The movie was meant to perform the same function in relation to  _Trip, The (1967/II)_ (qv). Jack Nicholson (qv) had written a  script that director Richard Rush (I) (qv) thought was too  "experimental" for mainstream cinema, so the concept of a youth"  film based in San Francisco and dealing with flower power and drugs  was taken over by other writers and Nicholson did not eventually  receive a screen credit for his work, although he took what was  essentially the male lead in the picture. But Nicholson wrote the  part of Stoney for himself as part of the package.'),
('152266',' Includes Psyches performance of "Goodbye Horses" a song originally  made famous by Q Lazzarus in the movie "Silence of the Lambs". Video  material covers footage from 1983 '),
('152267',' 2005.'),
('152268',' This movie does not contain any sound recorded during shooting. None  of the characters can be heard speaking. The entire sound track  consists of voiceovers, music, and sound effects.'),
('152269',' Nearly all of the "psychedelic" music throughout the entire film  consists of one song, "A Saucerful of Secrets", from the 1968 Pink  Floyd album of the same name.'),
('152270',' The sign on lawyer Sanders new building says "M.Rustam Const.Corp."  M. Rustam is the name of two of the producers.'),
('152271',' Julie Adams character Dr. Scott says she is from "Blyville,  Arkansas". The actress grew up in Arkansas (Little Rock).'),
('152272',' Considered for the role of Marion were: Eva Marie Saint (qv),  Piper Laurie (qv), Martha Hyer (qv), Hope Lange (qv),  Shirley Jones (I) (qv), and Lana Turner (qv).'),
('152273',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) bought the rights to the novel  anonymously from Robert Bloch (qv) for only US$9,000. He then  bought up as many copies of the novel as he could to keep the ending  a secret.'),
('152274',' One of the reasons Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) shot the movie in  black and white was he thought it would be too gory in color. But  the main reason was that he wanted to make the film as inexpensively  as possible (under $1 million). He also wondered if so many bad,  inexpensively made, b/w "B" movies did so well at the box office,  what would happen if a really good, inexpensively made, b/w movie  was made.'),
('152275',' SPOILER: Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) paid the title sequence  designer Saul Bass (qv) (also credited as "Pictorial Consultant")  US$2,000 to draw storyboards for the scene where Arbogast is killed  at the stairs. Brass was excited about the movie and asked Hitchcock  for the opportunity. Hitchcock discarded his work because the shots  showed Arbogasts feet slowly going up the stairs and this prepared  the audience for a shock. Hitch wanted it to be a surprise and  thats why he filmed Arbogast in a completely natural way.'),
('152276',' During filming, this movie was referred to as "Production 9401" or  "Wimpy". The latter name came from the second'),
('152277','unit cameraman on the  picture Rex Wimpy (qv) who appeared on clapboards and production  sheets, and some on'),
('152278','the'),
('152279','set stills for Psycho.'),
('152280',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) originally intended to open the film  with a four'),
('152281','mile dolly shot from a helicopter, a scene similar to  Orson Welles (qv) bravura opening of _Touch of Evil (1958)_ (qv).  The early motel scene between Norman and Marion (Janet Leigh (qv))  resembles in many ways another scene from that movie featuring  Leigh.'),
('152282',' The shower scene has over 90 splices in it, and did not involve  Anthony Perkins (qv) at all. The scene was filmed between 17  December 1959 and 23 December 1959 while Perkins was in New York  preparing for a play.'),
('152283',' Contrary to popular rumors, during the shooting of the shower scene,  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) did not arrange for the water to  suddenly go ice'),
('152284','cold when the attack started.'),
('152285',' The sound that the knife makes penetrating the flesh is actually the  sound of a knife stabbing a casaba melon.'),
('152286',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) originally envisioned the shower  sequence as completely silent, but Bernard Herrmann (qv) went  ahead and scored it anyway and Hitchcock immediately changed his  mind.'),
('152287',' The blood was Bosco chocolate syrup.'),
('152288',' Despite the fact that the entire film is in black and white, several  viewers vividly (and specifically) recall the "red" blood as it  swirled down the shower drain. Obviously, this could not be true,  not just for the fact of the black and white film, but the blood was  actually Bosco chocolate syrup. Although feature films were produced  in color at the time, newsreels were shown in black and white.  Filming the movie in black and white might have made it seem less  gory (see other trivia), but it also might have seemed more real to  viewers at the time who were used to seeing the news in black and  white.'),
('152289',' SPOILER: Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) tested the fear factor of  Mothers corpse by placing it in Janet Leigh (qv)s dressing room  and listening to how loud she screamed when she discovered it there.'),
('152290',' Janet Leigh (qv) has said that when he cast her,  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) gave her the following charter: "I hired  you because you are an actress! I will only direct you if A: you  attempt to take more than your share of the pie, B: you dont take  enough, or C: if you are having trouble motivating the necessary  timed movement."'),
('152291',' The license plate on Marions first car is ANL'),
('152292','709. The license  plate on Marions second car is NFB'),
('152293','418.'),
('152294',' Normans hobby is taxidermy, stuffing birds.'),
('152295',' The film only cost US$800,000 to make and has earned more than US$40  million. Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) used the crew from his TV  series _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv) to save time and  money. In 1962 he exchanged the rights to the film and his TV series  for a huge block of MCAs stock, becoming its third'),
('152296','largest  stockholder).'),
('152297',' An early script had the following dialogue: Marion: "Im going to  spend the weekend in bed." Texas oilman: "Bed? Only playground that  beats Las Vegas." (This discarded dialogue was resurrected for the  Gus Van Sant (qv) remake, but was subsequently cut.)'),
('152298',' The painting that Norman removes in order to watch Marion undressing  is a classical painting depicting a rape.'),
('152299',' SPOILER: The last shot of Norman Batess face has a still frame of a  human skull inserted in it. The skull is that of Mother.'),
('152300',' There is a rumor that the this film was not passed for release  because it was claimed that Janet Leigh (qv)s nipple was visible  during the shower scene. The nipple wasnt in the film at all, but  the cinematography and score are so well performed here, it caused  the release board originally to think that there was a nipple  visible and send the film back for re'),
('152301','editing. The production team  went through the shower sequence cut by cut to illustrate that there  was not. Hitchcock made no changes (none were needed), but merely  sent it back, assuming that they either wouldnt bother to watch it,  or would realize their mistake.'),
('152302',' SPOILER: Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) insisted that audiences should  only be allowed to see the film from the start. This was unheard of  back then as people were used to just coming in at any point during  a movie. The reason for this was that the film was advertised as  starring Janet Leigh (qv), but her character is killed in the  first half of the film.'),
('152303',' After the films release Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) received an  angry letter from the father of a girl who refused to have a bath  after seeing _Diaboliques, Les (1955)_ (qv) and now refused to  shower after seeing this film. Hitchcock sent a note back simply  saying, "Send her to the dry cleaners."'),
('152304',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) produced this film when plans to make a  film starring Audrey Hepburn (qv), called "No Bail for the Judge,"  fell through.'),
('152305',' DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)): about four minutes in wearing  a cowboy hat outside Marions office.'),
('152306',' DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)):[hair]: Lila, and Mother.'),
('152307',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) (and his cinematographer) may truly have  put one over on the censors. If you watch the sequence of the hand  clutching around the shower curtain, you will see the curtain on the  left side of the frame, the hand comes in center frame and diverts  you from what can just been seen out of focus in the background  right of the frame. If you increase the contrast on your monitor  (particularly effective by tilting the monitor of a portable DVD  player) the background visual information clearly resolves itself  into a pair of naked breasts. Janet Leigh claims that she was not  nude during the filming of this scene and was actually wearing a  moleskin suit for the shot where she falls forward over the side of  the tub. This is not disputed, but there was a nude model used for  overhead and insert shots; this would be the case for the breast  shot in question. Leigh insisted to her death that no nude woman,  herself or a stand'),
('152308','in, was used in the actual filming, but modern  video technology, including frame'),
('152309','by'),
('152310','frame advance, reveals one, in  profile so as to expose no "private parts" and with the top of the  frame at shoulder level so as to prevent identification.'),
('152311',' SPOILER: Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) was very uneasy about the  morphing of Normans face into Mothers at the end of the film. He  sent out three different versions of the film during its initial  release. The first version included the ending seen on all prints  today, the second contained no morphing at all, and the third  contained the trick at the end, yet also included it at an earlier  point in the film. When Sam Loomis comes back to the Bates Motel to  look for Arbogast, there is a zooming shot of Norman standing by the  swamp, looking very sinister. The third version of the film included  the subtle morphing of Normans face into Mothers at this moment.'),
('152312',' Among the major promotional items for this film was a lengthy  trailer (which was filmed in several languages), running a full  reel, with Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) taking the audience on a  quite humorous tour of the motel and the house. At the end,  Hitchcock pulls open a shower curtain to reveal a close'),
('152313','up of a  woman screaming. The actress in the shower in not Janet Leigh (qv)  but Vera Miles (qv).'),
('152314',' This was Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s last film for Paramount. By  the time principal photography started, Hitchcock had moved his  offices to Universal and the film was actually shot on Universals  back lot. Universal owns the film today as well, even though the  Paramount Pictures logo is still on the film.'),
('152315',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) received several letters from  ophthalmologists who noted that Janet Leighs eyes were still  contracted during the extreme closeups after her characters death.  The pupils of a true corpse dilate after death. They told Hitchcock  he could achieve a proper dead'),
('152316','eye effect by using belladonna drops.  Hitchcock did so in all his later films.'),
('152317',' DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)):[bathroom]: Marion hides in  the bathroom to count the required number of bills.'),
('152318',' According to Stephen Rebello (qv), author of "Alfred Hitchcock and  the Making of Psycho", Hitchcock was displeased with the wooden  performance of John Gavin (I) (qv) who played Sam Loomis in the  film and referred to the actor as the stiff.'),
('152319',' SPOILER: During preproduction, Hitchcock said to the press that he  was considering Helen Hayes (I) (qv) for the part of Mother. This  was obviously a ruse, but several actresses wrote to Hitchcock  requesting auditions.'),
('152320',' In Robert Bloch (qv)s novel, Norman Bates is short, fat, older,  and very dislikable. It was Hitchcock who decided to have him be  young, handsome, and sympathetic. Norman is also more of a main  character in the novel. The story opens with him and Mother fighting  rather than following Marion from the start.'),
('152321',' James P. Cavanagh (qv) was the first writer to adapt  Robert Bloch (qv)s novel for the production. However, his script  was jettisoned in favor of the Joseph Stefano (I) (qv) adaptation.  Cavanagh also wrote at least five episodes of  _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv), including two directed by  Hitchcock.'),
('152322',' In the closing scene, as the camera moves down the long, dark  hallway to where police have confined Norman Bates, the uniformed  guard posted at the door is a young Ted Knight (I) (qv).'),
('152323',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) and Joseph Stefano (I) (qv) originally  conceived the film with a jazz score instead of  Bernard Herrmann (qv)s miniature string orchestra.'),
('152324',' The score, composed by Bernard Herrmann (qv), is played entirely  by stringed instruments.'),
('152325',' The novel upon which the film is based was inspired by the true  story of Ed Gein (qv), a serial killer who was also the  inspiration for _Deranged (1974)_ (qv),  _Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)_ (qv), and  _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv).'),
('152326',' In the opening scene, Marion Crane is wearing a white bra because  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) wanted to show her as being "angelic".  After she has taken the money, the following scene has her in a  black bra because now she has done something wrong and evil.  Similarly, before she steals the money, she has a white purse; after  shes stolen the money, her purse is black.'),
('152327',' For a shot right at the water stream, Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)  had a six'),
('152328','foot'),
('152329','diameter shower head made up so that the water  sprayed past the camera lens.'),
('152330',' Marions white 1957 Ford sedan is the same car (owned by Universal)  that the Cleaver family drove on _"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)_ (qv).'),
('152331',' The stabbing scene in the shower is reported to have taken seven  days to shoot using 70 different camera angles but only lasts 45  seconds in the movie.'),
('152332',' When Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) was off due to illness, the crew  shot the sequence of Arbogast inside the house going up the stairs.  When Hitchcock saw the footage, he complimented those responsible  but said the sequence had to be re'),
('152333','shot. Their version made it  appear as if Arbogast was going up the stairs to commit a murder.  Hitchcock re'),
('152334','shot the sequence.'),
('152335',' Controversy arose years later when Saul Bass (qv) made claims that  he had done the complete planning, and even directed the famous  shower scene. Those who worked on the film have refuted this claim.'),
('152336',' Vera Miles (qv) wore a wig for her role as she had to shave her  head for a role in the film _5 Branded Women (1960)_ (qv).'),
('152337',' In the Collectors Edition DVD documentary, Janet Leigh (qv) does  admit that a nude model was used in portions of the shower scene.  The DVD notes include a quote from Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv), in  an interview by Francois Truffaut (qv), where he says the same  thing.'),
('152338',' First American film ever to show a toilet flushing on screen.'),
('152339',' Joseph Stefano (I) (qv) was adamant about seeing a toilet  on'),
('152340','screen to display realism. He also wanted to see it flush.  Hitchcock told him he had to "make it so" through his writing if he  wanted to see it. Stefano wrote the scene in which Marion adds up  the money, then flushes the paper down the toilet specifically so  the toilet flushing was integral to the scene and therefore  irremovable.'),
('152341',' SPOILER: The MPAA objected to the use of the term "transvestite" to  describe Norman Bates in the final wrap'),
('152342','up. They insisted it be  removed until Joseph Stefano (I) (qv) proved to them it was a  clinical psychology term. They thought he was trying to get one over  on them and place a vulgarity in the picture.'),
('152343',' The movie in large part was made because Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)  was fed up with the big'),
('152344','budget, star'),
('152345','studded movies he had recently  been making and wanted to experiment with the more efficient,  sparser style of television filmmaking. Indeed, he ultimately used a  crew consisting mostly of TV veterans and hired actors less well  known than those he usually used.'),
('152346',' This was voted the seventh scariest film of all time by  Entertainment Weekly.'),
('152347',' Janet Leigh (qv) only had three weeks to work on the movie and  spent the whole of one of those weeks filming the shower sequence.'),
('152348',' The novel "Psycho", written by Robert Bloch (qv), was actually  part of a series of pulp novels marketed in conjunction with the  popular spooky radio show "Inner Sanctum".'),
('152349',' Parts of the house were built by cannibalizing several stock'),
('152350','unit  sections including a tower from the house in _Harvey (1950)_ (qv).  The house was the most expensive set of the picture but came to a  mere US$15,000.'),
('152351',' The character played by Janet Leigh (qv) was originally called  Mary Crane.'),
('152352',' The lingerie worn by Marion Crane (Janet Leigh (qv)) in the movie  was not made to order but bought off the rack from clothing  stores. Hitchcock wanted women viewers to identify the lingerie and  thus add to the mystique of realism.'),
('152353',' Joseph Stefano (I) (qv) and Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)  deliberately layered'),
('152354','in certain risqué elements as a ruse to divert  the censors from more crucial concerns '),
('152355',' like the action that takes  place in the bedroom in the beginning and the shower murder. The  censors reviewed the script and censored the "unimportant" extra  material and Hitchcock managed to sneak in his "important" material.'),
('152356',' The first scene to be shot was of Marion getting pulled over by the  cop. This was filmed on Golden State Freeway (number 99).'),
('152357',' When the cast and crew began work on the first day they had to raise  their right hands and promise not to divulge one word of the story.  Hitchcock also withheld the ending part of the script from his cast  until he needed to shoot it.'),
('152358',' The car dealership in the movie was actually Harry Mahers used car  lot near Universal Studios. Since Ford Motor company was a sponsor  of _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv) TV show the car lots  usual inventory was displaced in favor of shiny Edsels, Fairlanes  and Mercury models from Ford.'),
('152359',' Janet Leigh (qv) had to wear a moleskin covering over her private  parts when she acted out the shower scene so she would not really be  nude and the camera would not pick up anything supposedly obscene.  However, after the warm water of the shower washed off the moleskin,  Hitchcock still did one more take. The take was used in the finished  film.'),
('152360',' In order to implicate viewers as fellow voyeurs Hitchcock used a 50  mm lens on his 35 mm camera. This gives the closest approximation to  the human vision. In the scenes where Norman is spying on Marion  this effect is felt.'),
('152361',' SPOILER: Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) even had a canvas chair with  "Mrs. Bates" written on the back prominently placed and displayed on  the set throughout shooting. This further added to the enigma  surrounding who was the actress playing Mrs. Bates.'),
('152362',' To ensure the people were in the theaters at the start of the film  (rather than walking in part way through) the studio provided a  record to play in the foyer of the theaters. The album featured  background music, occasionally interrupted by a voice saying "Ten  minutes to Psycho time," "Five minutes to Psycho time," and so on.'),
('152363',' Anthony Perkins was paid US$40,000 dollars for his role, which is  exactly the same amount of money that Marion Crane embezzles.'),
('152364',' Visa dexploitation en France : #23645.'),
('152365',' Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) was so pleased with the score written by  Bernard Herrmann (qv) that he doubled the composers salary to  $34,501. Hitchcock later said, "33% of the effect of Psycho was due  to the music."'),
('152366',' Beethovens 3rd Symphony ("Eroica") is in Normans record player'),
('152367',' In 2006, Scottish artist Douglas Gordon created a 24'),
('152368','hour  slow'),
('152369','motion version of the film titled "24'),
('152370','Hour Psycho" that played  at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.'),
('152371',' A false story has circulated that George Reeves (I) (qv) was hired  to play detective Milton Arbogast and filmed a few of his scenes  with the rest of the cast just a week before his death. There is no  truth to this rumor whatsoever. Reeves died on June 16, 1959, almost  two months before Alfred Hitchcock decided to make a film of  "Psycho." Work on the script began in October, 1959, four months  after Reevess death. Filming began in November, 1959, five months  after Reevess death. At the time of Reevess death, Hitchcock was  on a world tour promoting _North by Northwest (1959)_ (qv). (Source:  "The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock," by Donald  Spoto.) George Reeves did not live long enough to even know a film  of "Psycho" was planned, much less actually appear in it.'),
('152372',' Hitchcock deferred his standard $250,000 salary in lieu of 60% of  the films net profits. His personal earnings from the film exceeded  $15 million. Adjusted for inflation, that amount would now top $150  million in 2006 dollars.'),
('152373',' The movies line "A boys best friend is his mother." was voted as  the #56 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('152374',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #14 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('152375',' If you look attentively you can notice that nearly every time a  driver gets out of his car he does so through the passenger side, a  seemingly odd behavior. This is due to the bench seating in older  cars, and Hitchcocks desire to continue the shot without either  moving the camera to follow the actor or having the actor walk  between the car and the camera.'),
('152376',' John Gavin starred in the final Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode titled  "Off Season" (1965) as a trigger'),
('152377','happy sheriff who relocates to a  new town where he and his wife check into the Bates Motel on the  Universal lot.'),
('152378',' On Feburary 8, 1960, exactly one week after he finished "Psycho,"  Alfred Hitchcock directed "Incident at a Corner" on the "Ford  Startime" TV show that also featured Vera Miles and much of the same  crew that worked on the film.'),
('152379',' Ranked #1 on the AFI 100 Years...100 Thrills film series.'),
('152380',' Tanked #14 on the AFI 100 Years...100 Movies 10th Anniversary  Edition, up 4 places from #18 in 1997.'),
('152381',' As Anne Heche (qv) approaches the car dealership where she  exchanges cars, she passes a bus stop displaying a poster for  _Six Days Seven Nights (1998)_ (qv) in which she stars with  Harrison Ford (I) (qv).'),
('152382',' Mortensen, Viggo (qv) starred in another Hitchcock remake the same  year, _Perfect Murder, A (1998)_ (qv). In both movies he is the  female protagonists lover, begins the first scene of each film in  bed with her, and is involved in a crime involving an identical  amount of $400,000.'),
('152383',' Robert Forster (I) (qv) is featured in another  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) remake this year:  _Rear Window (1998) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('152384',' During filming, Gus Van Sant (qv) brought along a DVD player and  played the original _Psycho (1960)_ (qv), and they used it for  reference. When he spotted a mistake (a door opening without a key),  van Sant decided to put the same mistake into his film.'),
('152385',' The kitchen knife is credited as belonging to John Woo (I) (qv).'),
('152386',' DIRCAMEO(Gus Van Sant (qv)): talking to someone looking just like  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv), in the beginning of the movie when  Marion Crane enters the office after her lunch break. In the  original version of _Psycho (1960)_ (qv), Hitchcock had a cameo in  the same scene.'),
('152387',' The new house and motel sets were constructed directly in front of  the original sets.'),
('152388',' The exterior motel set was the same one used in the original  _Psycho (1960)_ (qv). However, the house was a new set constructed  directly in front of the old house on the backlot at Universal  Studios. On completion of filming, they moved this second house  alongside the first for the backlot tour.'),
('152389',' A sign for the Bates Motel reads "Newly Renovated."'),
('152390',' SPOILER: In the famous shower scene where Anne Heche (qv)s  character is stabbed to death, blood on the shower tiles, the knife,  and Heches wounds were all digitally added after filming to enhance  the shock value.'),
('152391',' The last frame in the film is a skull that is superimposed over  Vince Vaughn (qv)s face. This is the same skull used in the last  frame of _Psycho (1960)_ (qv), superimposed over  Anthony Perkins (qv) face.'),
('152392',' In the original _Psycho (1960)_ (qv), Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)  wanted his opening shot to be a long, complete pan/zoom over the  city into Marions hotel room. Sadly, the technology was not yet  perfected, and he achieved his effect through a series of pans and  dissolves. The new Gus Van Sant (qv) remake does a complete  travelling shot, as Hitchcock had intended.'),
('152393',' The opening shot zooms into the Westward Ho Hotel just north of  downtown Phoenix. The corresponding shot in the original  _Psycho (1960)_ (qv) shows the Heard Building, which at that time  had a radio broadcast antenna atop it; but by the time of the  remake, the tower had been removed, so Gus Van Sant (qv) used the  Westward Ho, which still has one.'),
('152394',' Nicole Kidman (qv) and Drew Barrymore (qv) were considered for  the role of Marion. Kidman could not fit it in due to a scheduling  conflict and Barrymore was turned down for being too young to star  opposite Vince Vaughn (qv).'),
('152395',' Cinematographer Christopher Doyle (II) (qv) had not seen the  original _Psycho (1960)_ (qv) when he shot this remake.'),
('152396',' Marions license plate number is the same as in the original movie:  NFB 418'),
('152397',' Bernard Herrmanns score for the original Psycho was adapted by  Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek for this remake. Elfman and Bartek  used vintage microphones for the recording.'),
('152398',' The buttons on Marions dress are the same pattern as on the shower  curtain.'),
('152399',' The scene with Marion talking to the police officer on the highway  was the first scene to be shot.'),
('152400',' Anne Heche had never seen the original Psycho before being cast as  Marion Crane.'),
('152401',' The peep hole in the parlor is covered by a painting by French  artist Jean'),
('152402','Honore Fragonard. The painting, titled "The Lock",  depicts a man preparing to rape a woman.'),
('152403',' In Mr. Lowerys office the following exchange is heard: CASSIDY (to  Marion): You should take a vacation in Las Vegas, playground of the  world! MARION: Thank you, but I think Ill spend this weekend in  bed. CASSIDY: Only playground to beat Las Vegas. The last sentence  was in the original script used by Hitchcock, but he had to cut it  due to the censors. Van Sant put it into the movie as Hitchcock  originally intended.'),
('152404',' According to director/writer commentary track on the Region 1 DVD,  the original performances of the stage play from which the movie is  based featured Charles Busch (qv) in the role of  Florence/Chicklet. When Busch adapted his play to film format, he  was too old to play Chicklet, so he wrote for himself the part of  Captain Monica Stark so he could still participate in the  production.'),
('152405',' SPOILER: Until Matt Keeslar is revealed as the killer at the end of  the film, the murderer is actually played by prop master Peter  Clines.'),
('152406',' Although the character of "The Caretaker" doesnt survive beyond the  first reel, he is referred to over thirty times throughout the rest  of the movie.'),
('152407',' DIRCAMEO(Jerry Ciccoritti): Pizza Delivery Man'),
('152408',' Meg Tilly (qv) was never allowed to watch any sort of television  as a child, and so had never seen the original _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)  and was unaware of its significance. She didnt understand why the  press was giving all the attention to Anthony Perkins (qv) for his  comeback role in this movie, and one day on the set Perkins  overheard her say, "Why is Tony getting all the attention?" Perkins  was upset, didnt talk to her during filming, and recommended that  she be replaced, even though half of her scenes had already been  shot.'),
('152409',' Not based on the book of the same name.'),
('152410',' Meg Tillys role name Mary Samuels is a reference to original  _Psycho (1960)_ (qv). In the original film Marion Crane signs her as  Marion Samuels in Bates motel. The book which Psycho is based on had  Marion named as Mary.'),
('152411',' The original house set was used and the motel was reconstructed.'),
('152412',' When Mary and Norman first go into Normans mothers room, before  they turn the lights on, you can see Hitchcock, Alfred (qv)s  silhouette on the wall to the far right.'),
('152413',' The reflection of young Norman Bates in the doorknob when he flashes  back to his mothers poisoning is Oz Perkins, Anthony Perkins son.'),
('152414',' The town of Fairvale when Lila is tailed by Dr. Raymond was the same  town as in Gremlins (1984) (qv) and Back to the Future (1985) (qv).  It is located on the Universal Studios Backlot in California.'),
('152415',' In the shooting script an extended scene in the Sherrifs Office at  the end of the movie reveals Mary survives the gun shot and "shell  pull through okay" but goes mad.'),
('152416',' DIRCAMEO(Richard Franklin (qv)): sitting playing a video game in  the diner that Norman works in.'),
('152417',' The pseudonym that Meg Tilly uses in the film, Marie Samuels, is the  same pseudonym that Janet Leigh signs in with at the Bates Motel on  her fateful night in the original _Psycho (1960)_ (qv).'),
('152418',' Norman refrains from giving Mary the key to Cabin 1. Cabin 1 was the  site of the infamous shower scene in _Psycho (1960)_ (qv).'),
('152419',' The original shower head used in _Psycho (1960)_ (qv) was suppose to  be used in this film as well. However, just before filming was to  commence, someone stole it.'),
('152420',' The piano selection Norman plays is a part of the first movement of  Beethovens Pathétique Sonata.'),
('152421',' Director Anthony Perkins (qv), originally wanted Jeff Fahey (qv)  to be completely nude in the foreplay scene between Duke and Red,  but Jeff Fahey felt too uncomfortable with being completely nude on  camera, so he was allowed to hold two lamps to partially cover  himself.'),
('152422',' Anthony Perkins (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('152423',' Anthony Perkins (qv) originally suggested Psycho III be filmed in  black and white but Universal opposed it.'),
('152424',' Marys book from _Psycho II (1983)_ (qv) (called "In the Belly of  the Beast") is seen laying in the dirt, by Normans house.'),
('152425',' The original script had Duane as the killer emulating Norman Batess  crimes.'),
('152426',' Universal had planned the release of Psycho III for 14 February  1986.'),
('152427',' After completion, Universal felt the film needed a better ending  with more of a twist, so Perkins was called back to shoot the final  scene.'),
('152428',' Stuntman Kurt Paul (qv) played "Mother", except for when we  actually see Anthony Perkins (qv) dressed up as "Mother" at the  end. This is why we never get to see Mothers face on screen.  Mothers face is always blacked out, or hidden in the shadows.'),
('152429',' This was the first film to be filmed at Universal Studios in  Florida.'),
('152430',' When Norman first calls into the radio show, he says that his name  is Ed, Robert Bloch, author of the original novel "Psycho" based  Norman Bates on real life Wisconsin serial killer, Ed Gein.'),
('152431',' Several different endings were shot to keep the ending secret. Janet  Leigh explains this when she introduced the film when it was first  broadcast in 1990.'),
('152432',' The only of the Psycho sequels to use Bernard Hermanns theme.'),
('152433',' The name of the psychologist in this film is Dr. Leo Richmond. The  psychologist who explained Normans condition in the first film was  named Dr. Fred Richmond.'),
('152434',' The word "fuck" is used 139 times in the video'),
('152435',' Cookie J. Waters (qv) ("Wendy") also played an uncredited role as  the monster that emerges from Oscars closet.'),
('152436',' All dialog was improvised'),
('152437',' Included in the US DVD for  _Mari'),
('152438','Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)_ (qv) by Sub Rosa  Studios.'),
('152439',' Mara Farina (qv) is the Production Coordinator of MTV Networks  Latin America'),
('152440',' The game had publishing problems for a while. Originally, it was set  to be an Xbox'),
('152441','exclusive published by Microsoft. For some reason,  Microsoft got rid of the game and it went into limbo. Eventually,  Majesco picked it up, and changed it from an Xbox'),
('152442','exclusive to an  Xbox, PS2, and PC game.'),
('152443',' The final film role of Harold Lang.'),
('152444',' When submitted to the MPAA, the film was unofficially given an NC'),
('152445','17  rating. In order to obtain an R rating, the filmmakers had to remove  a shot of urination in someones mouth. Rather than re'),
('152446','cut the  scene, the filmmakers removed the entire (two'),
('152447','minute) sequence,  which also includes male frontal nudity.'),
('152448',' Ellen Besserman (qv), the original writer, became ill a month  after optioning the script to director Terence Gordon (qv) and  died about three weeks after learning of her illness.'),
('152449',' The film was originally being conceived as a "re'),
('152450','imagining" of the  Curtis Harrington thriller, _How Awful About Allan (1970)_ (qv),  starring Anthony Perkins but the producers opted to develop it into  a stand'),
('152451','alone project.'),
('152452',' Soul Kicking is the first Greek feature film that was shot in high  definition format.'),
('152453',' Many of the characters are named after famous science fiction and  fantasy writers '),
('152454',' Burroughs (Edgar Rice), Clarke (Sir Arthur C.),  Donaldson (Stephen), Heinlein (Robert), Herbert (Frank and Brian),  Lem (Stansilaw), Lovecraft, (Howard Phillips) Serling, (Rod), Yolen  (Jane) and Zelazny (Roger).'),
('152455',' The film was shot on location in northeastern Bulgaria between the  Black Sea and the Danube '),
('152456',' a district that is crossed by a route  that has been used by migrant birds for centuries. The camera has  captured many rare species, which spend the winter in the South and  come back in spring: cranes, pelicans, white and black storks, white  egrets and many others. In hospitable waters of the coast lakes,  which do not freeze even in winter, swans, wild ducks and sea gulls  also winter.'),
('152457',' The apartment where the short is filmed is Daniele Petrucciolis one'),
('152458',' Edward Woods (qv) was originally hired for the lead role of Tom  Powers and James Cagney (qv) was hired to play Matt Doyle, his  friend. However, once director William A. Wellman (qv) got to know  both of them and saw Cagney in rehearsals, he realized that Cagney  would be far more effective in the star role than Woods, so he  switched them.'),
('152459',' The infamous grapefruit scene caused womens groups around America  to protest the on'),
('152460','screen abuse of Mae Clarke (qv).'),
('152461',' Because of the famous grapefruit scene, for years afterward when  dining in restaurants, fellow patrons would send grapefruit to actor  James Cagney, which '),
('152462',' almost invariably '),
('152463',' James Cagney (qv) would  happily eat.'),
('152464',' Several versions exist of the origin of the notorious grapefruit  scene, but the most plausible is the one on which James Cagney and  Mae Clarke agree: The scene, they explained, was actually staged as  a practical joke at the expense of the film crew, just to see their  stunned reactions. There was never any intention of ever using the  shot in the completed film. Director Wellman, however, eventually  decided to keep the shot, and use it in the films final release  print.'),
('152465',' James Cagney (qv) based his performance on Chicago gangster Dean  OBannion, and two New York City hoodlums he had known as a youth.'),
('152466',' Louise Brooks (I) (qv) was offered Jean Harlow (qv)s role in  this film.'),
('152467',' The machine gun attack on Cagney and his best friend Matt Doyle  actually used real machine gun bullets. An expert with the gun stood  15 to 20 feet away from the target, and when Cagneys face  disappeared behind the corner of the wall, he opened fire and  created that tight circle of machine gun bullets.'),
('152468',' The scene where Tom shoots the horse that threw and killed Sam  "Nails" Nathan in a riding accident was based on an actual incident.  In 1924, Sam "Nails" Morton, a member of Dion OBanions gang, was  thrown from his horse and killed while riding in Chicagos Lincoln  Park. Other members of the gang, led by Louis "Two Gun" Alteri,  kidnapped the horse, took it to the spot where the accident  occurred, and shot it dead. Source: Carl Sifakis, "Encyclopedia Of  American Crime."'),
('152469',' In an early scene, set in 1914, a piano can be heard in the  background, as someone slowly plays through Scott Joplins "Maple  Leaf Rag".'),
('152470',' According to James Cagneys autobiography, Mae Clarkes ex'),
('152471','husband,  Lew Brice (qv), enjoyed the "grapefruit scene" so much that he  went to the movie theater everyday just to watch that scene only and  leave.'),
('152472',' The character of Bernzy was inspired by real'),
('152473','life photographer  Arthur Weegee Fellig (qv), and some of Bernzys photos are in fact  Felligs.'),
('152474',' It took Howard Franklin 10 years before he could get his screenplay  turned into a film.'),
('152475',' Walter Brennan (qv) (Farmer), Arthur Byron (qv),  Dick Elliott (I) (qv) (Gas Station Attendent), Sam Flint (qv),  Norman Phillips Jr. (qv) (Messenger Boy) and  Monte Vandergrift (qv) are listed in studio records for this  movie, but were not seen in the print.'),
('152476',' Vitaphone Production Reels #B240'),
('152477','B241.'),
('152478',' Now out on DVD as as an extra feature with "The Story of Vernon and  Irene Castle"'),
('152479',' This was the first film made by Hammer Film Productions Ltd. (then  called Hammer Productions Ltd.)'),
('152480',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2006 DVD release of  _Wife vs. Secretary (1936)_ (qv). This DVD is one of 6 films  included in the "Clark Gable Signature Collection" released on the  same day.'),
('152481',' The set for the crooks office is the same one Clark Gables  character uses in _Wife vs. Secretary (1936)_ (qv).'),
('152482',' A copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New  York.'),
('152483',' To find an actor for the role of Edgar Dimsdale, Oren posted on  Craigslist. The posting attracted a lot of aspiring older actors and  resulted in Oren being bombarded with actors resumes and headshots.  In the end, he used none of the actors and used co'),
('152484','worker, Stephen  Childs, instead. He was unsure about how to approach Stephen for a  role where he needed "somebody who looked like he was going to die  soon" without inadvertently offending him.'),
('152485',' The movie was shot mostly on a consumer 1'),
('152486','CCD Digital8 camcorder  with almost no budget. All of the interior shots were peoples  apartments or houses. The actors and crew were generally friends.'),
('152487',' Both versions of the soundtrack were written days before the film  was finished after Oren realized that he would need to have rights  to any music played.'),
('152488',' The ending was going to be re'),
('152489','shot because of the resolution of the  hockey lockout. (August 2005)'),
('152490',' Rick Alyea had to act in the film. He says, "I was looking for a  chubby guy to play Bob, no one fit the physical characteristics, so  I ended up in the film."'),
('152491',' John Lynch (I) (qv) (OBrien) cut his lip badly in the drinking  scene, after the plotting to recover the three bodies from across  the border (with Father Rudden etc), about 47 minutes into the film.  Just after he says "I cant drink anymore," and as he says this  someone places a glass in front of him, he lent forward, thus  catching his face on the glass. The scene was stopped after that.'),
('152492',' Richard Attenborough (qv) plays a "Writer'),
('152493','Director" in this movie.  Attenborough is really a director, but he has never worked as a  writer.'),
('152494',' The cafeteria woman who answers the phone while Zach is trying to  get in touch with the girl is actually Kevin Heffernans mother. The  man who plays the character of Pork Chop and one of the Rugby  players is his brother.'),
('152495',' In the movie are 2 music videos of Frank Zander and Jürgen Drews.'),
('152496',' First Indian film to be released in the Super 35mm format.'),
('152497',' A print of this film survives in the Mary Pickford Institute Film  Archives.'),
('152498',' This film was believed lost. Greg Luce found it in his attic and  its now available through Sinister Cinema.'),
('152499',' The yellow sailboat from Puff, the Magic Dragon (1978) (TV) is  reused as the boat Terry and Puff sail in.'),
('152500',' The film was originally titled "Easier Softer Way" and had extensive  scenes where Larry, Rico and Big Daddy team up with John DuPree in  Nicaragua. He explains the "complex" nature of the Tiny Classified  Ads, and how the Real Estate thing is also a scam, and what the real  successful business is. The title had links to this plot line, and  had nothing to do with the way they finally released the movie, so  it was changed to suit the new focus of the plot.'),
('152501',' Samantha Morton was originally cast as Liffey.'),
('152502',' The Krofft brothers sued McDonalds over copyright infringement,  claiming that the characters of Mayor McCheese, Big Mac and the  Apple Pie trees were copied from the characters of Pufnstuff and the  living trees without the Kroffts permission.'),
('152503',' During the "Living Island" musical number, during a verse about the  world, the image of the Earth and Van Allen radiation belts used by  Universal Pictures as its logo at the time is briefly seen, but  without the Univrersal lettering. The film happened to be  distributed by Universal.'),
('152504',' The Puggsy character originated in a series of demo animations made  for the Amiga in the late 80s and early 90s. The game was originally  planned for release several years earlier. In the animations Puggsy  was silver rather than red; Nik Wild of Psygnosis claimed that the  change was made to help people with black and white TVs.'),
('152505',' He was a popular lightweight from Philadelphia. After retiring from  the ring he went into vaudeville. He died 22 August 1911.'),
('152506',' The role of Alessandro was initially offered to Itlian pop singer  Gianni Morandi (qv), later declining at the advice of his father  and manager.'),
('152507',' The film was released again in 1923 under a new title: "I signori  del mare".'),
('152508',' Jean'),
('152509','Luc Godard made this short movie for France Telecom, but it was  never officially distributed nor broadcast.'),
('152510',' Originally released December 1, 1999 as a julekalender in 24  episodes on the Internet by Jubii A/S.'),
('152511',' Director Sang'),
('152512','ok Shin is South Korean. North Korean leader Jong'),
('152513','il  Kim was a huge fan of Shins, and so had him kidnapped. Shin  eventually escaped back to South Korea, but not before he had made  this movie for the communist regime.'),
('152514',' Not shown outside of North Korea or South Korea for over a decade  after its release in 1985.'),
('152515',' The Philippine National Police urged the censor board to ban the  film saying the movie portrays police force as clumsy. The move,  however, proved futile.'),
('152516',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1996.'),
('152517',' Theatrically released in the USA with  _Cats Dont Dance (1997)_ (qv).'),
('152518',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('152519','packers Armour & Co.'),
('152520',' Prints of this film survive in the UCLA film and Television  Archives.'),
('152521',' The original title was "Memoirs of a Ghostwriter".'),
('152522',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) hesitated over the choice between the  character he was going to play: Jimmie or Lance. He ended up  choosing Jimmies role because he wanted to be behind the camera in  Mias overdose scene.'),
('152523',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) originally wrote the role of Jules  specifically for Samuel L. Jackson (qv), however it was almost  given to Paul Calderon (qv) after a great audition. When Jackson  heard this, he flew to LA and re'),
('152524','auditioned, getting back the part  he was supposed to play. Calderon ended up with a cameo as Paul, the  bartender.'),
('152525',' The passage from the Bible that Jules has memorized was mostly made  up by Quentin Tarantino (qv) and Samuel L. Jackson (qv). The  only part thats similar to what the Bible says is the part where he  says, "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and  furious anger. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My  vengeance upon thee." However, the parts about the righteous man and  the shepherd are not real.'),
('152526',' The parts of "Honey Bunny" and "Pumpkin" were written specifically  for Plummer, Amanda (qv) and Roth, Tim (qv).'),
('152527',' Juless character was originally written to have a gigantic afro,  but a crewmember obtained a variety of afro wigs and one jheri curl  wig. Quentin Tarantino (qv) had never thought about a jheri curl  wig, but Samuel L. Jackson (qv) tried it on, Tarantino liked it,  and it was kept.'),
('152528',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) wrote two of the three stories before he  wrote _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv) and _True Romance (1993)_ (qv).  After the success of those films, he decided to write a third story,  intending to have each segment directed by a different person.'),
('152529',' The shot of Vincent plunging the syringe into Mias chest was filmed  by having John Travolta (qv) pull the needle out, then running the  film backwards.'),
('152530',' When Captain Koons visits the young Butch to give him his fathers  watch, his recollections refer to an airman named "Wynocki" who  transports the watch back to safety. "Wynocki" is the name of  John Garfield (I) (qv)s character in Howard Hawks (qv) film  _Air Force (1943)_ (qv). Hawks is one of Quentin Tarantino (qv)s  favorite directors.'),
('152531',' SPOILER: After Butch kills Maynard, Marsellus Wallace says that hes  going to call some friends "to go to work on [Zed] with a pair of  pliers and a blowtorch." In _Charley Varrick (1973)_ (qv), a  character named Maynard warns a bank manager that some mobsters  "will go to work on you with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch."'),
('152532',' Wilson is the name of the fighter to whom Butch is instructed to  lose. Wilson was also the name of the fighter against whom Terry  Malloy took a dive in _On the Waterfront (1954)_ (qv).'),
('152533',' The marquee where Butch boxes advertises the following fights:  "Coolidge vs Wilson" and "Vossler vs Martinez". The first is a  reference to United States Presidents Calvin Coolidge (qv) and  Woodrow Wilson (I) (qv), the second is a reference to  Russell Vossler (qv) and Jerry Martinez (qv), who are two  friends of Tarantinos from when he worked in a video store. See  also _Crimson Tide (1995)_ (qv).'),
('152534',' The book that Vincent reads is "Modesty Blaise", by Peter  ODonnell (I) (qv). In that book, a killer indulges in a Biblical  rant very similar to that of Samuel L. Jackson (qv)s character.'),
('152535',' When Vincent calls Lance on his cell phone, Lance is eating a bowl  of Fruit Brute, a cereal from the older monster cereal family. Fruit  Brute (which, along with Yummy Mummy, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and  Count Chocula, make up the monster cereals) was later discontinued,  along with "Yummy Mummy." Quentin Tarantino (qv) has held onto a  box and drops it into scenes from time to time. It appeared in  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv), too.'),
('152536',' Mia calls Vincent "cowboy" '),
('152537',' Travolta, John (qv) starred in  _Urban Cowboy (1980)_ (qv). Vincent calls Mia "cowgirl" in return;  Thurman, Uma (qv) starred in  _Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)_ (qv).'),
('152538',' The Big Kahuna burger was also eaten in the movie  _From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)_ (qv) and first appeared in  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv).'),
('152539',' Knoxville, Tennessee, where Butch was meeting his connection and  where his great'),
('152540','grandfather bought the gold watch, is also  Quentin Tarantino (qv)s birthplace.'),
('152541',' The innocent bystander shot by Marsellus Wallace is the same actress  pulled out of her car by Mr. Pink in _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv).'),
('152542',' When Butch is approaching his apartment, there is an advertisement  for Jack Rabbit Slims on the radio. An ad for "Jack Rabbit Slims"  can also be heard during the torture scene in  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv).'),
('152543',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [Red Apple cigarettes]: Butch  smokes "Red Apple" cigarettes. The same brand is smoked by  Tim Roth (qv)s character in _Four Rooms (1995)_ (qv).'),
('152544',' Chronologically, the first scene in the movie has Vincent and Jules  chatting in their car while on their way to do a job. The last  chronological scene has Butch and Fabienne riding away from the  hotel on Butchs newly acquired motorcycle (and the "last line" of  the movie is therefore "Zeds dead, baby; Zeds dead." (If you count  the flashback, the first scene would then be when Captain Koons  (Christopher Walken (qv)) visits the young Butch and gives him the  watch.)'),
('152545',' Fabienne says, "Any time of day is a good time for pie." Alabama  also says this in _True Romance (1993)_ (qv), also written by  Tarantino, Quentin (qv).'),
('152546',' Harvey Keitel (qv)s character in this movie has the same  specialized job as his character in  _Point of No Return (1993)_ (qv).'),
('152547',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) wrote "The Wolf" character specifically for  Harvey Keitel (qv)'),
('152548',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [singing over music]: Mia  Wallace (Uma Thurman (qv)) sings and dances over the song she puts  on when she comes home from Jack Rabbit Slims with Vincent Vega  (John Travolta (qv)). Butch (Bruce Willis (qv)) also sings over  music, but doesnt dance since hes driving.'),
('152549',' Daniel Day'),
('152550','Lewis (qv) (who incidentally shares a birthday with Uma  Thurman) wanted the role of Vincent Vega, but  Quentin Tarantino (qv) turned him down in favor of  John Travolta (qv).'),
('152551',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [bare feet]: Uma Thurman (qv)  is barefoot for most of the movie.'),
('152552',' In a cut scene Vincent tells Mia hes been fantasizing about being  beaten up by Emma Peel of the Avengers. Later, in 1998,  Uma Thurman (qv) did star as Emma Peel in the movie  _Avengers, The (1998)_ (qv).'),
('152553',' In "Son of a Preacher Man", the apostrophe in "doors" is missing  from Mias note. The script, however, has the note punctuated  correctly.'),
('152554',' In the screenplay, Butch is a featherweight boxer but in the film,  Butchs opponent Wilson has his weight announced as "210 pounds" '),
('152555','  inferring that Butch is a heavyweight.'),
('152556',' The look of Uma Thurman (qv)s character Mia Wallace was modeled  after actress Anna Karina (qv) who also appeared in  _Bande à part (1964)_ (qv); a favorite film of Director  Quentin Tarantino (qv)'),
('152557',' Uma Thurman (qv) originally turned down the role of Mia Wallace.  Quentin Tarantino (qv) was so desperate to have her as Mia, he  ended up reading her the script over the phone, finally convincing  her to take on the role.'),
('152558',' John Travolta (qv)s character, "Vincent Vega", is the brother of  "Vic Vega", aka "Mr. Blonde" from _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv).'),
('152559',' The role of Vincent Vega was written for Michael Madsen (I) (qv),  who played the characters brother, Vic Vega, in  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv), but he couldnt do the film due to  scheduling conflicts for another film.'),
('152560',' Tarantino originally wanted Christopher Jones (I) (qv) for the  role of Zed.'),
('152561',' The song that Butch listens to in the car, "Counting Flowers on the  Wall" contains the line "Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain  Kangeroo". Bruce Willis (qv) says this line in  _Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)_ (qv).'),
('152562',' Mia Wallaces television pilot involved a team of 5 female secret  agents (including a blond woman, an African'),
('152563','American woman, and a  Japanese woman). Uma Thurman (qv)s next picture with Tarantino  would be Kill Bill, where she was part of a team of 5 assassins (4  of which were female and, besides her, consisted of a blond woman,  and African'),
('152564','American woman, and a  half'),
('152565','Japanese'),
('152566','half'),
('152567','Chinese'),
('152568','American woman). Mias pilot characters  specialty was knives. The Brides first kill in  _Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)_ (qv) was with a knife.'),
('152569',' The Ezekiel bible quote was taken from any early draft of  _From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)_ (qv). Harvey Keitel (qv)s character  was supposed to say it; while walking backwards down the hallway  facing the vampires.'),
('152570',' The movies line "You know what they call a Quater Pounder with  Cheese in Paris?... They call it a Royale with cheese." was voted as  the #81 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('152571',' Tarantino was quoted as saying that Butch is responsible for keying  Vincent?s car.'),
('152572',' Speculation abounds as to the nature of the mysterious glowing  contents of the case:  '),
('152573',' Could it be Elviss gold suit, seen worn by Kilmer, Val (qv) (as    Elvis) in _True Romance (1993)_ (qv)?  '),
('152574',' The most persistent theory (most usually attributed to a friend of    a friend who saw it posted on a message board by someone whose    brother had read a report of a radio interview with Tarantino    himself) is that it is Marcellus Wallaces soul. The story goes    that when the Devil takes a persons soul, it is removed through    the back of the head (this isnt part of any known religion, but    this is what the message board posters say). When we see the back    of Marcelluss head he has a Band'),
('152575','Aid covering the precise spot    indicated by tradition for soul removal. Perhaps Marcellus sold    his soul to the devil which would also explain why the combination    to open the briefcase is 666.  '),
('152576',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) has said that the band'),
('152577','aid on the back of    Marsellus Wallaces neck had nothing to do with an allusion to the    Devil stealing Marselluss soul... but that the actor    Ving Rhames (qv) had a scar on the back of his neck he wanted to    cover up.  '),
('152578',' Or could it be simply a 20'),
('152579','watt light bulb?  '),
('152580',' According to Roger Avary (qv), who co'),
('152581','wrote the script with    Quentin Tarantino (qv), the original plan was to have the    briefcase contain diamonds. This seemed neither exciting nor    original, so Avary and Tarantino decided to have the briefcases    contents never appear on screen; this way each filmgoer could    mentally "fill in the blank" with whatever struck his or her    imagination as best fitting the description "so beautiful". The    orange light bulb (projecting shimmering light onto the actors    faces) was a last'),
('152582','minute decision and added a completely    unintended fantastic element.  '),
('152583',' In a radio interview with Howard Stern (qv) in late 2003,    Quentin Tarantino (qv) was asked by a caller the contents of the    briefcase, and he answered, "Its whatever the viewer wants it to    be."'),
('152584',' Upon the films UK video rental release, some video stores gave away  a pack of limited edition Pulp Fiction matches. On the back of the  packet was a quote from the film "you play with matches, you get  burned".'),
('152585',' Mia Wallaces comment "An Elvis man should love this" is a reference  to an earlier cut scene where Mia claims that everyone can be  classified as either an "Elvis" person or a "Beatles" person. She  bets Vincent that he is an "Elvis", and he confirms it.'),
('152586',' When Vincent and Lance are attempting to give Mia the adrenaline  injection, the board games "Operation" and "Life" are visible in the  background.'),
('152587',' Jimmy (Quentin Tarantino (qv)) is wearing a t'),
('152588','shirt bearing the  logo of "Orbit", a local alternative newspaper in Metro Detroit, for  which Tarantino did an interview when he was promoting  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv). See also the WWW'),
('152589','links section.'),
('152590',' The word "fuck" is used 265 times.'),
('152591',' The show on the television behind young Butch is  _"Clutch Cargo" (1959)_ (qv).'),
('152592',' In real life, Vincent Vegas 1964 Chevelle Malibu convertible  belongs to Quentin Tarantino (qv) and was stolen during the  production of the film.'),
('152593',' In the opening sequence with Honey Bunny and Pumpkin, Jules can be  heard talking about quitting "the life".'),
('152594',' SPOILER: You can see Vincent entering the bathroom at the beginning  of the film, when Pumpkin and Honey Bunny are talking about robbery.'),
('152595',' SPOILER: A scene removed from the final film involves Jules trying  to consider what to do while Pumpkin and Honey Bunny rob the diner.  In the scene, Jules points his gun at the bottom of the table and  fires up twice, hitting Pumpkin and killing him. He then spins  around and shoots Honey Bunny three times, killing her. As she falls  her gun goes off and hits the Long Haired Yuppie Scum, who dies  screaming on the floor. The scene then cuts back to Jules talking to  Pumpkin in the diner, revealing the shootings to have happened  entirely in Jules mind.'),
('152596',' SPOILER: Every time Vincent goes to the bathroom, something "bad"  happens.  Quentin Tarantino continues his tradition of incorporating aspects  of the Netherlands into his films. Aside from writing the script in  Amsterdam, Vincent tells his heroin dealer that "I just got back  from Amsterdam. Vincent discusses Amsterdam with Jules in their  opening scene. In the conversation in the Jack Rabbit Slims  restaurant, Mia mentions that she goes to Amsterdam to "chill out"  for a month or two every now and again. In the same restaurant,  Vincent smokes Drum, which is a Dutch rolling tobacco.'),
('152597',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [long take]: When Butch gets out  of the Honda to retrieve his watch, we follow him around a building,  through a hole in a fence until he is across the street from the  apartment.'),
('152598',' CAMEO(Steve Buscemi (qv)): as the Buddy Holly waiter in Jack  Rabbit Slims. However, as Mr. Pink in _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv),  he refused to tip waitresses.'),
('152599',' The cab driver, Esmeralda Villalobos (Angela Jones (I) (qv))  appeared in a 30'),
('152600','minute short called _Curdled (1991)_ (qv) in which  she played a character who cleaned up after murders. This makes her  fascinated by the idea of murder. Quentin Tarantino (qv) saw this  film and decided to include this character in  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) but as a cabdriver.'),
('152601',' Pam Grier (qv) auditioned for the role of Lances wife Jody.  Though she had a great audition, Quentin Tarantino (qv) decided  not to cast her because he could not imagine Pam Grier getting  pushed around the way the character does.'),
('152602',' The storyline involving Mias overdose and her revival by an  injection of adrenaline into her heart is transcribed word for word  from a story told in  _American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince (1978)_ (qv), a  documentary directed by Martin Scorsese (qv).'),
('152603',' John Travolta (qv) has said that some of the dance moves between  himself and Uma Thurman (qv) in the Jack Rabbit Slims scene were  based on Adam West (I) (qv)s Batusi from _Batman (1966)_ (qv).'),
('152604',' Uma Thurman (qv) based her dancing in the Jack Rabbit Slims dance  scene on the character Duchess in _AristoCats, The (1970)_ (qv).'),
('152605',' Jackson, Samuel L. (qv) auditioned for the part of Mr. Orange in  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv), but it went to Roth, Tim (qv).  Tarantino enjoyed Jacksons work so much that he wrote the part of  Jules specifically for him.'),
('152606',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) had originally intended "My Sharona" (by  The Knack (qv)) to be played during the Gimp torture sequence '),
('152607','  but the rights had already been licensed to another film,  _Reality Bites (1994)_ (qv). On top of this, one of the members of  the band had become a born again Christian, and didnt want the song  to be associated with a scene of sexual violence.'),
('152608',' The "motorcycle movie" Fabienne is watching when Butch is waking up  (before he discovers that his watch is missing) is called  _Nams Angels (1970)_ (qv). Its about the Hells Angels fighting  the Viet Cong.'),
('152609',' The correct chronological order of the film is: Vince and Jules, The  Bonnie Situation, The Diner (both parts), Jackrabbit Slims, and The  Gold Watch.'),
('152610',' There is a persistent myth that that all the clocks in the movie are  set to 4:20 (although, certainly all the clocks on the wall in the  pawn shop are set to 4:20). However, in at least two scenes it is  obvious that this is not the case. In the "Bonnie Situation" while  Jimmy, Vince and Jules are drinking coffee in the kitchen, the clock  clearly reads 8:15. Secondly, when Vince and Jules go to retrieve  the briefcase, it is "7:22 in the a.m.". The significance of the  time 4:20 is that it is slang for smoking marijuana.'),
('152611',' Sylvester Stallone (qv) was briefly considered for the role of  Butch.'),
('152612',' In the script, the character of Paul the bartender (played by  Paul Calderon (qv)) is referred to as "English Bob" (Jules even  refers to English Bob, saying "Yeah, [Winston Wolf] is about as  European as fucking English Bob"), but his line "My names Paul, and  this is between yall" apparently stuck, as he is credited as Paul  in the credits.'),
('152613',' Jules "Bad Mother Fucker" wallet actually belongs to  Quentin Tarantino (qv). The inscription on the wallet is a  reference to the theme song of _Shaft (1971)_ (qv).'),
('152614',' The gun Vincent uses is a 1911A1 Auto Ordnance .45 ACP pistol that  has been chromed and given pearl grips. Jules gun is a Star Model B  9mm pistol that has been chromed and given pearl grips, too.'),
('152615',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [trunk shot]:'),
('152616',' SPOILER: Vincent was originally supposed to have shot Marvin twice '),
('152617','  once accidentally in the throat, and a second to put him out of his  misery. Quentin Tarantino (qv) changed it to a single bullet  killing because he thought it would be funnier.'),
('152618',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [Red Apple cigarettes]: When  Vincent (John Travolta (qv)) and Mia (Uma Thurman (qv)) sit down  at Jack Rabbit Slims, she takes out a pack of cigarettes.'),
('152619',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [long take]: When Jules and  Vincent step out of the elevator for their "foot massage" debate, we  follow them all the way through the labyrinthine hallways to Bretts  door, past Bretts to a window and finally, back to Bretts door  again. All in a single take.'),
('152620',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [corpse view]: After Marsellus  is hit by Butchs car we see the camera from Marsellus "corpse" of  the pedistrians looking down at him.'),
('152621',' Butch (Bruce Willis (qv)) taunts Zed (Peter Greene (I) (qv))  with the samurai sword and says, "You want that gun, dont you Zed?  Go ahead and pick it up. I want you to pick it up." This is also  said by Sheriff Chance (John Wayne (I) (qv)) in  _Rio Bravo (1959)_ (qv), which, according to interviews, is one of  Tarantinos favorite films.'),
('152622',' The set for Jack Rabbit Slims was inspired by the  Elvis Presley (qv) film _Speedway (1968)_ (qv) and by  _Red Line 7000 (1965)_ (qv).'),
('152623',' Quentin Tarantino (qv) wrote the script in Amsterdam, in a hotel  room and in coffee shop ("Dutch" for hash'),
('152624','bar) Betty Boop. He stayed  for several months, and left the video rental store "Cult Video"  with an unpaid bill of about $150. This stay explains the references  to Dutch culture and customs at the beginning of the movie. Also,  the book version of the movies screenplay includes some cut  dialogue between Vincent and Mia '),
('152625',' he realizes that she was "the  girl in the cowboy hat" in a photo at a hash bar they both visited,  the Cobra, which is right across from the Anne Frank house in  Amsterdam.'),
('152626',' The font and font coloring used for the opening title sequence were  the same as used in the exploitation movie  _Policewomen (1974)_ (qv).'),
('152627',' The movie cost $8 million to make. $5 million of which went to pay  the actors salaries.'),
('152628',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [red apple cigarettes]: Pumpkin  also has a pack of Red Apples laying in front of him in the opening  scene. The red apple and the green worm can be made out when looking  closely.'),
('152629',' The T'),
('152630','shirt that Jimmy gives to Vincent after they get hosed down  bears the logo for the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs. This is not a  joke. The Banana slug really is the UCSC official mascot.'),
('152631',' The role of Butch was originally supposed to be an up and coming  boxer. Matt Dillon (I) (qv) was in talks to play the role, but  never committed. Tarantino then changed the role and offered it to  Bruce Willis (I) (qv), who had been disappointed at not being  signed to play Vincent.'),
('152632',' Isabella Rossellini (qv), Meg Ryan (qv), Daryl Hannah (qv),  Joan Cusack (qv), and Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) where all  interviewed for the role of Mia Wallace. Out of all of them  Tarantino said he preferred Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) the most.'),
('152633',' SPOILER: The book Vincent is reading on the diners toilet is also  visible when he gets shot in Butchs house. We see Vince get out of  the diner with the book in his hand.'),
('152634',' Trudi (Bronagh Gallagher (qv)) can be seen wearing a T'),
('152635','shirt of  Irish rock band The Frames. She appeared in  _Commitments, The (1991)_ (qv) with Glen Hansard (qv), the lead  singer of The Frames, and they became friends. She promised him if  she got a part in _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) that she would wear a  Frames t'),
('152636','shirt.'),
('152637',' CAMEO(Lawrence Bender (qv)): films producer is one of the  long'),
('152638','haired yuppies at the coffee shop.'),
('152639',' Steven Martinez (qv) (brother of chief graphic designer,  Gerald Martinez (qv)) is credited with "Very Special Thanks". He  painted the portrait of Mia (Uma Thurman (qv)) that hangs in  Marsellus house.'),
('152640',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [feet]: The cab driver,  Esmarelda, does not have shoes on.'),
('152641',' Other actors considered for the film included  Daniel Day'),
('152642','Lewis (qv) as Vincent, Mickey Rourke (qv),  Matt Dillon (I) (qv) and Sylvester Stallone (qv) as Butch,  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv), Daryl Hannah (qv), Meg Ryan (I) (qv),  Joan Cusack (qv) and Isabella Rossellini (qv) as Mia.  Rosanna Arquette (qv) also auditioned for Mia, but was offered  Jody instead.'),
('152643',' The restaurant scene was filmed at the Hawthorne Grille, originally  Hollys, located at 13763 Hawthorne Blvd., however the building was  demolished soon after filming.'),
('152644',' DIRTRADE(Quentin Tarantino (qv)): [red apple cigarettes]: Butch  smokes them.'),
('152645',' When Mia goes to the bathroom to "powder her nose", she says, "I  said goddamn, goddamn." This is a reference to the song "The Pusher"  by Steppenwolf (qv), the opening song for the film  _Easy Rider (1969)_ (qv).'),
('152646',' When Vincent first walks into Mias house, one of the back doors is  slightly open. This was done so the camera wouldnt be seen in the  reflection.'),
('152647',' Originally Steve Buscemi (qv) was set to play Jimmie, but a  schedule conflict required him to take a small cameo as the waiter  Buddy Holly.'),
('152648',' The movie that Lance is watching when Vincent arrives with overdosed  Mia is the Three Stooges short, _Brideless Groom (1947)_ (qv).  Tarantino is an avid Three Stooges fan, but couldnt get the rights  from Comedy III to show them in the movie. So while a Three Stooges  film appears on screen ("Brideless Groom" is public domain), the  Three Stooges themselves do not. Emil Sitka (qv), the frequent  Three Stooges co'),
('152649','star who does appear on screen, is credited as  "Hold hands you lovebirds".'),
('152650',' Tarantino originally wanted Kurt Cobain (qv) and  Courtney Love (qv) to play Lance and Jody.'),
('152651',' The dance contest scene between Vincent and Mia is an homage to a  scene from Fellinis 8 1/2'),
('152652',' In the diner when Mia orders her $5 shake, "Buddy Holly" (the  waiter) asks her if she wants it "Martin and Lewis or Amos and  Andy?" He is referring to two comedy duos '),
('152653',' Martin and Lewis, two  white men; Amos and Andy, two black men. Basically, he is asking her  if she wants a vanilla shake or a chocolate shake. She has vanilla.'),
('152654',' This movie contains the first product placement for a real world  product of any Tarantino movie. When Esmerelda is waiting outside  the arena for Butch we can clearly see THERMOS on the bottom of  the cup she is drinking from.'),
('152655',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #94 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('152656',' Mias character on Fox Force 5 would have told one old joke per  episode. Each episode of the 70s show  _"Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975)_ (qv), began and ended with  _Gabe Kaplan_ (qv) telling his wife an old joke.  _John Travolta_ (qv)s first big role was Vinnie Barbarino on  _"Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975)_ (qv).'),
('152657',' SPOILER: According to an interview with Phil LaMarr (qv), it was  he who came up with the idea of his character Marvin being shot in  the face. Marvin was originally supposed to be accidentally shot in  the throat and survive. Knowing that Marvin would die a slow,  painful death, Vincent and Jules decide that Marvin should be shot  in the head and put out of his misery. Knowing that this would make  the characters unlikeable, LaMarr took his idea to  Quentin Tarantino (qv) and he agreed to it.'),
('152658',' It reads in the script that "The Bonnie Situation" was originally  supposed to be titled "Jules, Vincent, Jimmie and The Wolf".'),
('152659',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('152660','disc DVD of  _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv), released in 2002.'),
('152661',' SPOILER: Despite being a horror film there is only one fatality in  this film '),
('152662',' which is off'),
('152663','screen.'),
('152664',' The old'),
('152665','mans name is Holger, possibly named after the films  Production Designer Holger Gross (qv).'),
('152666',' The Rocklands address in 1947 Kenwood, that is one year after  Kenwood Electronics started.'),
('152667',' The trailer features footage from the original Japanese film, called  Kairo. One shot in particular features a plane crashing. The shot  was re'),
('152668','done for the final film'),
('152669',' Kirsten Dunst (qv) was set to star originally and was supposed to  shoot before returning to the _Spider'),
('152670','Man 2 (2004)_ (qv) set.'),
('152671',' Wes Craven was once set to direct, but bailed out, which led the  film to be officially canned at one point'),
('152672',' Bob Weinstein canceled the film considering it to be too similar to  The Ring.'),
('152673',' In an interview with Fangoria magazine, the director assured readers  that key scenes from the original movie, in particular the tower  jump suicide, would be retained. This scene is absent from the  theatrical version. However, the scene is present in the unrated  version'),
('152674',' Originally shot during 1987/88, the film was unfortunately caught up  in the financial wranglings that followed the collapse of Empire  Pictures. The movie has been shelved since that time.'),
('152675',' fFrst directorial job of Jerry Lopez Sineneng (qv).'),
('152676',' Pump It Up was filmed in Saskatchewans movie town Arcola, where  previously, W.O. Mitchells novel "Who Has Seen The Wind" starring  Gordon Pincent was filmed.'),
('152677',' Sloatman, Lala (qv) (Janie) and Zappa, Ahmet (qv) (Jamie) are  real life cousins, but played girlfriend/boyfriend in the movie.'),
('152678',' Slater, Christian (qv) became physically ill several times during  filming due to all the cigarette smoking he had to do.'),
('152679',' The shot of Kents car flying off the cliff and exploding is  actually taken from _Hudson Hawk (1991)_ (qv) '),
('152680',' you can even see the  dummy, that represented the bad guy, on the hood.'),
('152681',' The final film project of Cedric Hardwicke (qv).'),
('152682',' The actors were filmed using a Panasonic AG'),
('152683','DVX100A camera on a  green screen and then were later rotoscoped using Adobe Photoshop to  give there animated appearance .'),
('152684',' Although the FX team created the titular monster, Stan Winston was  so busy with directorial duties that he was unable to directly  supervise their work.'),
('152685',' This film, orphaned by the bankruptcy of De Laurentiis Entertainment  Group, eventually garnered a spotty release when acquired by United  Artists, which tested the film under the alternate title Vengeance '),
('152686','  The Demon'),
('152687',' Because of Stan Winstons request, the screenwriters made both  Pumpkinhead and Haggis (the old woman), much darker than in the  original script.'),
('152688',' Soleil Moon Frye (qv) had to gain 20 pounds for her role as Marcie  in this film.'),
('152689',' The Book of the Dead prop from "Army of Darkness (1992)" is on  display inside Haggiss house. KNB Effects worked on both films.'),
('152690',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Sandy Gets Shorty a Job (1913)_ (qv).'),
('152691',' Hans Clarin (qv) voiced the gnome in the previous Pumuckl films,  but because of problems with his vocal cords he is now the voice of  Meister Eder (the previous voice of "Meister Eder",  Gustl Bayrhammer (qv), died in 1993). Clarin plays the "new"  Meister Eder, a young relative of the original.'),
('152692',' In the original script, it was "Stars and Stripes Forever" that  drove Curly Howard (qv) crazy, but it was changed when it was  decided that Larry Fine (I) (qv) would play the tune on the  violin. Larry himself chose "Pop'),
('152693','Goes'),
('152694','the'),
('152695','Weasel" because the other  song didnt sound right when played on the violin.'),
('152696',' This is the only Three Stooges short that the stooges  (Moe Howard (I) (qv), Larry Fine (I) (qv) and  Curly Howard (qv)) wrote entirely themselves.'),
('152697',' The ship is named after writer Maltese, Michael (qv).'),
('152698',' Scientist "Robert Bruce Cameron" refers to narrator  Robert C. Bruce (I) (qv).'),
('152699',' Radio announcer "Pratt" refers to Warner Brothers layout artist  Pratt, Hawley (qv).'),
('152700',' Vitaphone Production Reels Number 2012'),
('152701','2013'),
('152702',' Sylvia Syms replaced Billie Whitelaw.'),
('152703',' The film was inspired by an article in Time magazine about David  Phillips, a University of California civil engineer who stumbled  upon a lucrative frequent'),
('152704','flyer promotion. By purchasing 12,150 cups  of Healthy Choice pudding for just $3,000, he accumulated 1.25  million air'),
('152705','miles.'),
('152706',' In a scene in the hotel in Hawaii, Lena is asked to unload the  "484s." In another of Paul Thomas Anderson (qv)s films,  _Boogie Nights (1997)_ (qv), Bucks boss at the stereo shop tells  him to unload the "484s."'),
('152707',' At one point in the film, Adam Sandler (I) (qv) (Barry) is being  followed by the Steadicam as he talks on the phone. During one take,  the front of the camera accidentally bumped into a table and knocked  the camera briefly, causing the shot to jump from Sandler to an  image of an out'),
('152708','of'),
('152709','focus piece of the set and then quickly  re'),
('152710','adjust. Paul Thomas Anderson (qv) loved the effect and wanted  to do it again, so the crew did more takes and right at the same  point in the dialog, they smacked the front of the matte box on the  camera to re'),
('152711','create the look.'),
('152712',' The four blond brothers who go after Barry and beat him up are  actually brothers in real life.'),
('152713',' The song "He Needs Me", the theme of the movie, is from the 1980s  movie _Popeye (1980)_ (qv) with Robin Williams (I) (qv) and  Shelley Duvall (qv), who sang the song. It was written by  Harry Nilsson (qv). Composer Jon Brion (qv) wrote score over top  of the original and renamed the song "He Really Needs Me," which is  the version heard in the film, although both are included on the  soundtrack.'),
('152714',' Sean Penn (qv) was originally going to play Dean Trumbell but had  to drop out.'),
('152715',' John C. Reilly (I) (qv) was originally supposed to play one of the  men who come from Utah to collect the money. But Reilly thought that  it was a strange role for him, considering how everyone would  recognize him and would wonder why he was not doing more. So he  dropped out.'),
('152716',' DIRTRADE(Paul Thomas Anderson (qv)):[iris in/out]: After Barry and  Lena have gotten together in Hawaii, there is a shot of them walking  down a hallway, away from the camera. They hold hands, and the shot  closes with an Iris Out, the circle going around their hands.'),
('152717',' During the scene where Barry is at the supermarket looking for the  cheapest Healthy Choice food item, he is being followed by an  out'),
('152718','of'),
('152719','focus character in a red outfit. Its  Emily Watson (I) (qv)s character, before theyve been introduced.'),
('152720',' When Barry says, "Thats very food," it was actually just a typo  that the director decided to keep.'),
('152721',' The film has no opening titles. All titles and credits appear at the  end.'),
('152722',' The address listed to return the frequent flyer promotional coupon  is Healthy Choice Frequent Flyer Offer, P.O. Box 440201 Dept A, El  Paso, TX 88544'),
('152723','0201. This is almost exactly the listing from the  original promotion, except the second line read "Dept. E" instead of  A.'),
('152724',' Barry gives a Master Card number to the sex line. Master Cards begin  with the number "5" (Visa is "4," AmEx "3").'),
('152725',' When Barry punches his office wall then rests a bloody hand on his  piano, the cuts on his knuckles spell the word love.'),
('152726',' The Punch'),
('152727','Out!! Arcade Cabinet appears in the film Better Off Dead  (1985) in the grocery store scene.'),
('152728',' Sixth of twelve episodes in the Franklyn Farnum 2'),
('152729','reel Western  series produced by Canyon Pictures Corporation.'),
('152730',' Both Tom Hanks (qv) and Sally Field (qv) did stand'),
('152731','up routines  in comedy clubs to prepare for this film. Stand'),
('152732','up comedian  Susie Essman (qv) and comedy writer Dottie Archibald (qv)  coached Field for her role. Archibald also served as consultant for  the film, recruiting real stand'),
('152733','up comedians to appear in the film.  Hanks enlisted stand'),
('152734','up comedian Barry Sobel (qv) and comedy  writer Randy Fechter (qv) to help write his routine. One night, a  young, up'),
('152735','and'),
('152736','coming Chris Rock (I) (qv) shared a set with Hanks,  and has stated since that Hanks was the funniest stand'),
('152737','up he had  ever seen.'),
('152738',' David Seltzer (I) (qv) first wrote the script in 1979 based on his  experiences frequenting comedy clubs. Howard Zieff (qv) was  attached to direct. When Zieff dropped out, the project was  forgotten. In 1986, Daniel Melnick (qv) found the screenplay in a  Columbia Pictures vault and wanted to revive the project. It was  originally intended to be a small budget film with no stars but the  studio sent the script to Sally Field (qv). When she agreed to  star in and produce the film, the budget was raised and  Tom Hanks (qv) was cast.'),
('152739',' The director appears as a worker'),
('152740',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _They Bought a Boat (1914)_ (qv).'),
('152741',' The first Indian feature film.'),
('152742',' Many of the characters are references to characters in Excel Saga,  which was done by the same staff and cast.'),
('152743',' All the music (except for the opening, ending theme, and a song sung  by Yumiko Kobayahsi in the 2nd episode) is recycled from Excel Saga.'),
('152744',' All the girls in the Aasu family are named after numbers: Hitomi  (hito, one), Futaba (Futa, two), Mitsuki (Mitsu, three), Shii (Shi,  four), Itsue (Itsu, five), Mutsumi (Mutsu, six) and Nanase (Nana,  seven). As well as this, Hitomi means "eyesight" or "eye" in  Japanese, which describes Hitomis power (precognition, sixth  sense).'),
('152745',' 91 people are killed individually on screen in this movie, not  including those who die en masse in explosions, etc.'),
('152746',' Was originally banned in South Africa and then released straight to  video two years after its release'),
('152747',' Dolph Lundgren (qv) did most of his own stunts.'),
('152748',' All of the fight sequences were improvised by the actors to give the  fights a sense of realism.'),
('152749',' The Punisher never uses the same weapon twice. He will also leave  them behind for no reason.'),
('152750',' Dolph Lundgren (qv) co'),
('152751','wrote the Punishers monolgues at the  beginning and end.'),
('152752',' The Police cars are Australian Valiants converted to left hand  drive. There are 2 models shown, 1976 VK and 1977 CL.'),
('152753',' In the opening sequence, on a cinema marquee, a poster is visible  for the film "Make Them Die Slowly". This film is better known as  _Cannibal ferox (1981)_ (qv)'),
('152754',' Although it wasnt released theatrically in the United States due to  New World Pictures bankruptcy, the movie opened in theaters in most  territories.'),
('152755',' Pro Wrestler Kevin Nash (I) (qv) had to cut his hair for his role.  To explain the haircut to his wrestling fans, he "bet" his hair in a  match against wrestler Chris Jericho (qv).'),
('152756',' Before choosing Tampa as the location to both film and set the  movie, the director also considered places such as Biloxi,  Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Galveston,  Texas.'),
('152757',' The scene with the explosion in front of the Bank of America  building was not adequately publicized and hundreds of people called  911 thinking it was an actual explosion.'),
('152758',' Five identical Pontiac GTOs were built (two were totally destroyed)  for the movie. This muscle car was chosen the film to distance  itself from the earlier Artisan version of  _Punisher, The (1989)_ (qv) (in which action star  Dolph Lundgren (qv) rode a motorcycle throughout).'),
('152759',' The Russian fight sequence was described on the set as the "Horrific  Clown Show".'),
('152760',' With the supervision of a trainer, Thomas Jane (qv) worked out  extensively for the role with two hours of weight lifting and  cardio, sometimes twice a day and a rigorous diet of health shakes.  Jane also trained with multiple firearms and weaponry.'),
('152761',' The words that Frank Castle writes near the end of the film, listing  the bases of his vigilante philosophy in numbered order, form the  beginning of his war journal, an ongoing diary of his campaign  against organized crime. It was the basis for the long'),
('152762','running comic  book "Punisher War Journal".'),
('152763',' Rebecca Romijn (qv) revealed that in a scene where she sews up a  knife wound on Thomas Jane (qv), she pushes the needle too far in  and ends up actually sewing a couple of stitches on Thomas Janes  body instead of just the prosthetic wound.'),
('152764',' The license plate on Frank Castles car reads "Year One". This is  the auto customizer that worked on the GTO. It was just a  coincidence that Punisher also had a Year One title.'),
('152765',' The bourbon Castle drinks throughout the film is "Wild Turkey". In  the Jimmy Weeks subplot, we see Jimmy drinking the same brand.'),
('152766',' Thomas Jane (qv) did most of his own stunts.'),
('152767',' Originally, The Punisher was supposed to have a sidekick, David  Lieberman, alias Microchip, the Intel man. He was written out as  director Jonathan Hensleigh (qv) had an intense dislike of the  character.'),
('152768',' The bounty hunters actual name was Harry Heck Thornton but was  truncated to avoid confusion with the actor  Billy Bob Thornton (qv). In Welcome Back Frank, he does not carry  a guitar or sing.'),
('152769',' Micky Duka is heavily based on a character from the comic series,  named Mickey Fondozzi, who worked as a mob informant for The  Punisher.'),
('152770',' The Castle family house in Puerto Rico are really restrooms/changing  rooms located in Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, Florida.  State Parks adhere to strict rules about color of their buildings,  the restrooms/changing room where re'),
('152771','painted from their original  grey to the colors seen in the movie, they remain that color since  the movie was released.'),
('152772',' Jonathan Hensleigh (qv) actually knew someone who parked illegally  for two years in Manhattan by using the same bogus fire hydrant ploy  Frank Castle uses to keep Livias parking space open during his  schemes.'),
('152773',' In order to update the comic origin to present day, Frank Castles  military record was changed from Vietnam to the Gulf War'),
('152774',' Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player Vincent Lecavalier and former  Bucaneers football player John Lynch were originally in one of the  first scenes of the movie that was eventually deleted from the  movie.'),
('152775',' In a subplot of the film, which was cut, Frank Castle finds out that  Howard Saint got his information from his friend FBI Agent Jimmy  Weeks. He eventually stalks him and drives Weeks to commit suicide.  This was included in the extended DVD cut.'),
('152776',' When the teaser trailer was shown, there was negative reaction to  the solid white skull logo which has been the characters trademark  in the books. The costume designer changed it to a "worn'),
('152777','down"  design that better suited Frank Castles character in the film.'),
('152778',' The house used as Howard Saints mansion belonged to ex NBA player  Matt Geiger at the time of filming.'),
('152779',' Wizard Magazine editor Jesse Thompson appeared as a customer in the  eating shop were Frank and Joan was before Heck comes in. It was not  shown in the final cut of the film.'),
('152780',' A close up shot of a bodyguard getting hit in the head with a paper  cutter was cut due to the MPAA saying it was "too real".'),
('152781',' The "popsicle" scene was taken directly from a Punisher comic book  written by Chuck Dixon.'),
('152782',' Jonathan Hensleigh (qv) and Roy Scheider (qv) are neighbors in  New York City, which is how Scheider was cast as Frank Castle, Sr.'),
('152783',' The exclusive club that Howard Saint owns is "Saints and Sinners".'),
('152784',' The Saints and Sinners club Shootout between Frank Castle and Howard  Saints goons was originally longer, but was cut because of pacing  and explicit bloodshed. The only two scenes that were altered  because of violence were: 1: The point blank head shot featured  blood squirting from the back of a thugs head. 2: The scene in  which a thug is dispatched by way of sawed'),
('152785','off shotgun was also cut.  The original scene feature pieces of the thug being sprayed from his  wounds.'),
('152786',' The original film with no edits or cuts clocked in at 2hours and 56  minutes.'),
('152787',' SPOILER: In the script, Livia Saint was supposed to commit suicide  and not be killed by Howard Saint. She died the same way showed in  the movie, but in the script she willingly threw herself off the  bridge.'),
('152788',' Thomas Jane (qv)s (qv) discolored thumbnail was the result of him  slamming it in a door, and has nothing to do with the story.'),
('152789',' Castles sidearm for the climactic firefight is a modified  1911'),
('152790','style .45 equipped with a compensator, extended safeties and  slide stop, beveled magazine well, and adjustable sights.'),
('152791',' When Castle is readying himself to administer the coup de grace to  Saint, he attaches a shoulder stock to a pistol. This is presumably  supposed to be a Glock 18, a version of the Glock 17 9mm capable of  fully automatic fire. This is uncertain, however, since the piece  never appears again in the film.'),
('152792',' The weapon Castle uses in the final shootout is a Colt M4A1 carbine,  a shortened version of the M16 rifle. Castles is modified with a  flat'),
('152793','top upper receiver with a Picatinny'),
('152794','type accessory rail, an  M203 40mm grenade launcher , and an Aimpoint M68 Close Combat Optic.'),
('152795',' The knife that Frank takes from the man attempting to break into  Joans apartment is a Benchmade model 42 balisong. Frank also uses a  Strider JW model and an Emerson Karambit.'),
('152796',' SPOILER: The scene in which hot oil is tossed on to The Russian was  scaled back due to excessive violence. Originally, blood was  supposed to pour from The Russians eyes, but it was deemed "too  much" by the MPAA.'),
('152797',' Many of the characters, including Joan, Bumpo, Spacker Dave and The  Russian all come from the punisher series "Welcome Back, Frank",  written by Garth Ennis (qv) and illustrated by Steve Dillon and  Jimmy Palmiotti. Tim Bradstreet illustrated the covers, along with  the promotional posters for the movie.'),
('152798',' Due to almost constant budgetary concerns, scenes were constantly  scaled back or cut to meet budget requirements. In the same sense,  effects scenes were almost always done the old fashioned way with  old tricks replacing new CGI. Jonathan Hensleigh (qv) discusses  this in the commentary track of the original DVD edition'),
('152799',' While filming a knife fight scene, Thomas Jane (qv) accidentally  stabbed Kevin Nash (I) (qv).'),
('152800',' It is mentioned early in the film by Dave that Castle used to work  for CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit), a fictional organization best  known from the TV'),
('152801','series "24". In the fourth season of "24", there  was a CTU operative whose last name was Castle (Lee).'),
('152802',' The "popsicle interrogation" scene was drawn from a nearly identical  scene in Punisher War Zone #1 (1992) written by Chuck Dixon (qv).'),
('152803',' The Punisher was created by comic book writer  Gerry Conway (I) (qv) for an issue of Amazing Spiderman. Conway  himself has become a successful writer for television and film.'),
('152804',' The car that almost runs over the Punisher has the license plate  "ASM 129", which is a reference to the Marvel Comic Amazing  Spider'),
('152805','Man, issue #129. This issue is the debut of the character the  Punisher.'),
('152806',' Played at the premiere WILDsound Film Festival event in January 2007'),
('152807',' Screened on April 18, 2007 at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood, CA  as a part of the American Film Institutes Music Documentary Series.'),
('152808',' When this movie came out, it held the record with 110 on'),
('152809','screen  kills not to mention the numerous crowd genocides.'),
('152810',' A majority of the film was shot during Warped Tour 2003.'),
('152811',' Shot on location on the 2004 and 2005 Vans Warped Tour, Duffs Bar  in Brooklyn NY.'),
('152812',' Most of the bands were filmed at the Roxy club in London, where  Don Letts (qv) worked as a DJ. Letts filmed the bands very simply  with a Super'),
('152813','8 camera, and also filmed on the tour bus and at shows  with The Clash (qv) and The Slits. The Sex Pistols (qv) were  filmed at Screen on the Green in London on 3 April 1977,  Sid Vicious (qv)s first show with the band.'),
('152814',' Venezuelas official submission for the 2005 Oscar Awards, Foreign  Language film category.'),
('152815',' The first of the Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to be completed after  Walter Lantz Studios re'),
('152816','opened in 1950. This is the first cartoon to  feature the more familiar "number 3" Woody design.'),
('152817',' The first regular Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to feature  Walter Lantz (qv)s wife Grace Stafford (qv) as Woodys voice,  after her intial performance as Woody in  _Destination Moon (1950)_ (qv)'),
('152818',' By the end of World War II the film was not finished. After the  breakdown of the Third Reich the people in Germany had a lot of  other problems, and so they did never finish this picture.'),
('152819',' Inspired by an earlier Charles Band production about killer toys,  _Dolls (1987)_ (qv).'),
('152820',' The puppet, Blade, is based on one of David Schmoeller (qv)s  favorite actors, Klaus Kinski (qv).'),
('152821',' In the finger'),
('152822','slicing scene, the blood was dyed green to avoid an  "X" rating.'),
('152823',' Was filmed at the same time as Puppet Master 5.'),
('152824',' Marks the debut appearance of the puppet Decapitron '),
('152825',' an idea  stolen from an unfilmed 1989 screenplay (titled Decapitron, natch)  by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo that was to be Empire Pictures  biggest budgeted movie, prior to that studios collapse.'),
('152826',' Shot back to back with _Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter_ (1994)'),
('152827',' Shot back to back with _Puppet Master 4_ (1993)'),
('152828',' Mr. Punch, the lead doll from _Dolls (1987)_ (qv), is featured in a  background self in Andre Toulons hotel room.'),
('152829',' An unused storyline involved a girl buying the puppets from eBay and  storing them in the Toyland Warehouse with the demonic toys.'),
('152830',' Traci Lords (qv) was set to star but backed out during budget  conflicts between Shadow Entertainment (Full Moon Pictures) and the  Sci Fi channel.'),
('152831',' Originally going to be made in 1993 (a separate plot for Puppet  Master 4) but was scrapped after the new storylines. The plans have  since passed over year'),
('152832','by'),
('152833','year until now.'),
('152834',' Fullmoon originally planned to make a "Puppet Wars" Mini'),
('152835','series  around the same time as Puppet Master Vs Demonic Toys back in the  1990s '),
('152836',' however the series idea was scrapped due to insufficient  funds.'),
('152837',' Fullmoon Pictures originally set out to use a bunch of new Cyber  Puppets for the movie. Toys were made '),
('152838',' but were never released.'),
('152839',' Charles Band received honorary credit as Executive Producer, though  he had nothing to do with making the film.'),
('152840',' Contains footage from previous Puppet Master features, including the  Paramount distributed features.'),
('152841',' Only 30 minutes of the movie is new footage, the rest is all  archived from earlier films in the series.'),
('152842',' In her memoirs Suzanna Leigh (qv) mentions that she had a role in  this film as a villain but, although her character is mentioned, her  scenes were deleted from the final print.'),
('152843',' Was written, shot and edited in ten days.'),
('152844',' Victor Jory (I) (qv)s last movie.'),
('152845',' All captions are in rhyme.'),
('152846',' The Puppies used in this film were of the Shiba Inu breed.'),
('152847',' Won the Best Short Film award at the 2000 Los Angeles International  Film Festival.'),
('152848',' Released as a split reel along with _Bird Bourg (1923)_ (qv) and a  color fashion show _20th Century Fig Leaves (1923)_ (qv).'),
('152849',' The only on'),
('152850','screen credits are ambiguous: "A Hugh Harmon '),
('152851',' Rudolf  Ising" cartoon, but that format is generally used for producers.'),
('152852',' Unlike most anime, which are inspired by manga (Japanese comics),  this anime is actually an original title that wound up inspiring a  brief manga series.'),
('152853',' The band that appears in the film, with the exception of John Doe as  Earl, is George Straits real band, "The Ace'),
('152854','In'),
('152855','The'),
('152856','Hole Band". In  the scene after Buddy lip'),
('152857','syncs on stage and the the band argues  with Lula (Lesley Anne Warren), the three band members who  prominently have lines ("If we speed up or slow down, he cant keep  up!" "Buddy Jackson?" "Are you out of your mind?") have been with  Strait since the beginning of his career.'),
('152858',' The rodeo arena, where Harley (Isabel Glasser) competes in the  barrel racing event, is the Cowtown Coliseum located at the Fort  Worth Stockyards. The Coliseum was the site of the very first indoor  rodeo in 1918.'),
('152859',' Rory Calhoun (I) (qv)s last film.'),
('152860',' 15th episode in the 1933'),
('152861','1934 Pepper Pot one'),
('152862','reel comedy series.'),
('152863',' Vitaphone production reel #1638'),
('152864',' Shirley Anne Field (qv) and Judy Cornwell (qv) auditioned for  schoolgirl parts.'),
('152865',' This documentary is featured on both the Widescreen and Full Screen  releases of the _Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)_ (qv)  DVD, released in 2001.'),
('152866',' Series 3, episode 6 of The Mishaps of Musty Suffer one'),
('152867','reel comedy  series.'),
('152868',' Based on the popular long running Japanese, action'),
('152869','detective TV  series, "Playgirl"(1969).'),
('152870',' Several of the original TV series cast can be seen in brief cameo  appearances including Sawa Tamaki (as Sawamura Tamaki), Nishio Mieko  (as Yamao Mieko), Kuwabara Yukiko (as Hara Yukiko), Ota Kiyomi (as  Ichijo Kiyomi) and Natsuki Reina (as Natsui Reina).'),
('152871',' Most of the cast have appeared in the childrens TV series  _"Byker Grove" (1989)_ (qv)'),
('152872',' When Sewell and Gemma are talking in private, Gerry wants to know  what theyre talking about. One of his mates comments: "What are  you? Inspector fucking Morse?" _"Inspector Morse" (1987)_ (qv) was a  highly acclaimed TV series starring John Thaw (qv) and  Kevin Whately (qv), who plays Mr. Caird in this movie.'),
('152873',' Though in the movie Gerry McCarten is a die'),
('152874','hard Newcastle fan, in  real life Chris Beattie (qv) supports Sunderland.'),
('152875',' This film is told in one continuous 6 ½ minute shot without cuts,  the lead actors performing their tasks in reverse (ie, walking  backwards). The film was produced with no financial assistance at a  budget of $400AUD.'),
('152876',' Has won 42 international awards and screened at 150 film festivals  making it one of the most successful short films ever produced. Was  rejected from the Australian Tropfest Film Festival in 1999.'),
('152877',' All of the Purgatory residents assumed names are nature'),
('152878','based:  Forest, Glen, Ivy, Rose, Woods, Lamb.'),
('152879',' The sound effect for Mamas electrically'),
('152880','operated hospital bed being  raised was folleyed by using director George Ratliffs drivers'),
('152881','side  car seat as an audio source.'),
('152882',' Celeste Davis was 13 years old when she began writing the  screenplay.'),
('152883',' The entire cast and crew worked for only deferred pay.'),
('152884',' Over a dozen American Flags are hidden in various scenes throughout  the movie.'),
('152885',' The baby cry heard in the movie is the actual voice of Celeste  Davis, which had been recorded and saved in a sound library over 10  years before the movie was shot. It was only by coincidence that the  Supervising Sound Editor, who happened to be working at the very  same company where the library was located, came upon a track called  "Celeste Davis: Baby cry", and put the pieces together.'),
('152886',' The voice of 7'),
('152887','year'),
('152888','old Massey is director Cindy Baer.'),
('152889',' Ted McGinley, David St. James and Christopher Atkins auditioned for  the lead role of Saint James.'),
('152890',' First major role of Hanni Miller (qv). She was paid a mere P20,000  (around $357) for this film.'),
('152891',' The film created much controversy at the time of its release, and  was banned in USA.'),
('152892',' A copy of this film was recently rediscovered in a French archive,  so happily it is no longer lost, although it is not available to the  public as of yet.'),
('152893',' A'),
('152894','Kos parents are intended to be disguised versions of Clark Kent  (Superman) and Diana Prince (Wonder Woman), thus explaining A'),
('152895','Kos  tremendous strength and speed.'),
('152896',' The character Mari is intended to be a female parody of the  character Kenshiro from _"Hokuto no Ken" (1984)_ (qv). In the scene  where Mari turns on Asa and attacks her, Asas head explodes. This  is another reference to Hokuto no Ken, where Kenshiro causes the  internal organs of his opponents to rupture.'),
('152897',' B'),
('152898','ko briefly appears in a baseball uniform during her first  confrontation with A'),
('152899','ko. Assistant director Shigeru Morikawa (qv),  had the little gag thrown in because he is an avid baseball fan.'),
('152900',' The film was originally intended to be a part of the infamous erotic  series, _Kurîmu remon (1988) (V)_ (qv). It was changed because the  producers felt the film would be more profitable as a comedy. B'),
('152901','kos  bath scene is all that remains from that phase of the production.'),
('152902',' Some of the missiles fired during the space battle scene are  actually Pepsi cans. This may be a reference to the film _Chôjikû  yôsai Macross: Ai oboeteimasuka (1984)_ qv), which used a similar  gag that replaced a pair of missiles with a Budweiser can and a sake  flask. This gag was courtesy of mecha designer Shôichi Masuo (qv),  who also previously worked on the Macross scene in question.'),
('152903',' Ms. Ayumi was modeled after the title character from the popular  anime TV series _"Mahô no tenshi Creamy Mami" (1983)_ (qv). C'),
('152904','ko  alludes to this fact when she tells Ms. Ayumi that she reminded her  of someone famous.'),
('152905',' The movie that A'),
('152906','ko and C'),
('152907','ko watch is a spoof of  _Harmagedon: Genma taisen (1983)_ (qv), and the man seen emerging  from the shadows is Colonel Sanders.'),
('152908',' Director Katsuhiko Nishijima (qv) provided the voice of one of  B'),
('152909','kos servants. He was the off'),
('152910','screen servant who spoke to B'),
('152911','ko as  she viewed surveillance footage of A'),
('152912','ko & C'),
('152913','ko.'),
('152914',' The Captain is a parody of Leiji Matsumoto (qv)s Captain Harlock.  While Harlock would often be seen sipping red wine on the bridge of  his ship, the Captain in Project A'),
('152915','ko is a hopeless drunk. Further,  the design of the Captain is meant to parody the character Char  Aznable from "Zeta Gundam," a nod to the voice actor Ikeda, Shûichi,  who played both characters.'),
('152916',' Characters from Urusei Yatsura" appear throughout the film. When  A'),
('152917','ko and C'),
('152918','ko go to the movies, Ten'),
('152919','chan can be seen sitting in a  row behind them. Shinobu and Oyuki are found among Ms. Ayumis class  in another scene. Katsuhiko Nishijima (qv), Yûji Moriyama (qv),  and quite a few of the animators had previously worked on the Urusei  Yatsura TV series and movies.'),
('152920',' The name "Project A'),
('152921','ko" was derived from the Jackie Chan (I) (qv)  film _A gai waak (1983)_ (qv), AKA "Project A".'),
('152922',' The second time A'),
('152923','ko collides with D, D is sent flying backwards  into a wall. At the moment of impact, there is a single'),
('152924','frame gag of  a smiling red sun.'),
('152925',' The third time A'),
('152926','ko collides with D, the Japanese word "itai" (ouch)  appears in the screen for a single frame.'),
('152927',' The names of the three main characters, A'),
('152928','ko, B'),
('152929','ko and C'),
('152930','ko, are  actually a reference to a common naming pattern of female extras in  Japanese movie scripts, as they simply mean Girl A, Girl B and Girl  C.'),
('152931',' Megumi Hayashibara (qv) auditioned for all three of the lead  roles, but ended up playing one of B'),
('152932','kos sidekicks.'),
('152933',' The original working title for the screenplay was "The Glowing" and  featured radioactive meteorites that gave off a green, not purple,  glow.'),
('152934',' Actress Suzi Lorraine (qv)s part was added after the screenplay  was completed after the actress voiced her desire to be in the film  to director Sv Bell (qv).'),
('152935',' In the opening scene, Justin says, "How come you never hear Cheaper  Than Therapy on the radio anymore?" Cheaper Than Therapy provided  the title track for this movie.'),
('152936',' Based on the eight men captured by the Japanese after the Doolittle  raid: Lt. Robert Hite, Lt. William G. Farrow, Lt. George Barr, Sgt.  Harold A. Spatz, Cpl. Jacob De Shazer, Dean Hallmark, Robert Meder,  and Chase Nielsen. The trial, as depicted in the film, was held at  Police Headquarters in Shanghai, China on 14 October 1942. The eight  men were condemned to death. Hallmark, Farrow, and Spatz were  executed by a firing squad of the Imperial Japanese Army at sunset  the next day. The remainder were given an Imperial commutation to  life in prison. In 1943, Meder died of mistreatment and various  diseases. The remaining four survived until they were freed upon  Japans surrender in August, 1945.'),
('152937',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('152938',' 1. The Man in the Meteor  '),
('152939',' 2. The Time Trap  '),
('152940',' 3.Flaming Avalanche  '),
('152941',' 4.The Lethal Pit  '),
('152942',' 5. Death on the Beam  '),
('152943',' 6. The Demon Killer  '),
('152944',' 7. The Evil Eye  '),
('152945',' 8. Descending Doom  '),
('152946',' 9. The Living Dead  '),
('152947',' 10.House of Horror  '),
('152948',' 11.Menace From Mars  '),
('152949',' 12.Perilous Plunge  '),
('152950',' 13.Fiery Shroud  '),
('152951',' 14.The Fatal Trail  '),
('152952',' 15.Take'),
('152953','Off To Destruction'),
('152954',' The actor who plays the role of Harry Skinner in this film,  Sheb Wooley (qv), is the man who first recorded and popularized  the song "Purple People Eater" in 1958.'),
('152955',' An early, simpler, version of the unpronounceable symbol that Prince  changed his name to during his dispute with Warner Bros. Records is  painted on the side Princes motorcycles gas tank.'),
('152956',' The film almost got an "X" rating because of the sex scene with  Prince and Apollonia. However, after several seconds were cut out of  it, the film came out with an "R" rating.'),
('152957',' Most of the songs were recorded live.'),
('152958',' James Foley was offered the job of director by Princes management  after seeing a rough cut of "Reckless". He said he was too busy and  declined, but recommended his editor Albert Magnoli.'),
('152959',' William Blinns first draft of the script was titled "Dreams".  Prince didnt like the story and wanted the word "purple" in the  title.'),
('152960',' Although Albert Magnoli and William Blinn shared the writing  credits, it is not known how much of Blinns material was used.  Albert Magnoli estimates that only two or three of Blinns scenes  are in the final cut of the film.'),
('152961',' The success of this project benefitted just about every division of  Warner Bros., the box office grosses helped the film division, the  soundtrack sales helped the record division, the home video release  helped that division, the promotional videos aired on MTV constantly  helping the music video division... and so on.'),
('152962',' Clarence Williams III and Olga Kartalos were the only two  professional actors in the entire cast.'),
('152963',' Princes protégée, Vanity, was originally slated to be cast as the  Kids love interest. However she left the film, prior to shooting.  Therefore, the girl group "Vanity 6" became "Apollonia 6".'),
('152964',' Scenes of Wendy and Lisa kissing, suggesting a relationship were  deleted from the final version.'),
('152965',' This documentary is featured on the Two'),
('152966','Disc Special Edition DVD for  _Purple Rain (1984)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('152967',' Michael Keaton (qv) was originally cast in the lead role, and  footage was shot. Director Woody Allen (qv) decided it wasnt  working, and replaced Keaton with Jeff Daniels (I) (qv).'),
('152968',' Allen, Woody (qv) has said more than once that this is his  favorite of the movies hes made.'),
('152969',' Jeff Daniels (I) (qv) opened a playhouse in his hometown of  Chelsea, Michigan called "The Purple Rose."'),
('152970',' For the amusement park scenes, filming was brought to the classic  and now closed amusement park Bertrand Island which was located in  Mount Arlington at Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. The park was quite a  famous one in its heyday, and had closed shortly before filming  commenced on the site. Some rides seen were the originals from the  park, but others were props brought in by the film crew.'),
('152971',' After this film was previewed, word got back to Woody Allen (qv)  that if he just changed his ending, he could have a big hit. Allen  declined, saying that the ending is one of the reasons he made the  film.'),
('152972',' In an interview in Esquire, Woody Allen (qv) was asked why he  didnt make a happy ending to the film. Allen replied, "That *was*  the happy ending."'),
('152973',' Harry Holcombes film debut.'),
('152974',' This was the last Tom and Jerry theatrical short released by MGM,  ending a run that lasted for over a quarter of a century.'),
('152975',' Universal Pictures publicity said that if anyone can come up with  any information leading to the capture of the real Cooper, could get  $1 million dollar reward '),
('152976',' no one ever got the money.'),
('152977',' The true hijacker, of which this movie is based upon, never used the  alias D.B. Cooper. Instead he used "Dan Cooper". D.B. Cooper was the  name of a person the police checked out, in case the hijacker had  stupidly used his own name. The media got hold of the info that the  police were checking out the rap sheet of a "D.B. Cooper" and the  name has stuck ever since.'),
('152978',' Sound recordist Duncan McEwan (qv) had just taken up the sport of  skydiving the previous year, and was used to create the sound  effects for the skydiving scene. All of the Foley work involving the  use of the parachute gear was done with his personal rig. He also  made one skydive with a recorder to record the sound of parachute  opening, though the recording was not used. It was used, however, on  _"CHiPs" (1977)_ (qv) episode "Bomb Run", and was added to the MGM  sound effects library.'),
('152979',' Won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 48th San  Francisco International Film Festival in 2005.'),
('152980',' Audience Award Winner at the 12th Annual San Luis Obispo Film  Festival 2006'),
('152981',' Audience Award Winner at the 16th Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2006'),
('152982',' "Best of Fest" at the Palm Springs INTL Film Festival 2006'),
('152983',' Audience Award Winner at the 9th Annual Sonoma Valley Film Festival  2006'),
('152984',' This was the official film on the same'),
('152985','sex marriage issue that took  place in San Francisco and sparked the national debate on this issue  across the nation.'),
('152986',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('152987',' The title refers to a series of CDs produced by the Navin brothers  which alternate on the theme of "Happyness", with the "y"  misspelling. Other titles in this series include: "Morehappyness"  and "Littlehappyness".'),
('152988',' Tyson Mao (qv) (contestant on _"Beauty and the Geek" (2005)_ (qv))  served as a consultant on this film for the prop department.'),
('152989',' CAMEO(Chris Gardner (II) (qv)): The real Chris Gardner appears as  the man who walks past Chris and Christopher at the end of the  movie.'),
('152990',' Actual homeless people were used in the film, and paid as extras.'),
('152991',' The homeless people who worked as extras were paid a full days  minimum wage (which is $8.62/hr in SF) and given free catered meals  as compensation for appearing in the film. For some it was the first  money theyd made in a while.'),
('152992',' Throughout the film, period advertisements for Pacific Southwest  Airlines (PSA) can be seen in numerous places (Taxis, Busses, BART  stations). PSA was a very popular low'),
('152993','fare airline in California  during the period that this film is set in.'),
('152994',' Will Smith (I) (qv) wanted Gabriele Muccino (qv) to direct this  movie after seeing his films _Ultimo bacio, L (2001)_ (qv) and  _Ricordati di me (2003)_ (qv).'),
('152995',' Speedcubing champions Tyson Mao (qv) and Toby Mao and Lars Petrus  were hired to teach Will Smith (I) (qv) how to solve a Rubiks  Cube. Smith can now solve it in under two minutes.'),
('152996',' Mr. Ribbon ask his secretary to call Mr. Ristuccia. This surname is  often used by director Gabriele Muccino in his movies.'),
('152997',' Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson on The Simpsons, co'),
('152998','stars  in the film as one of Gardners superiors and requests a donut from  Gardener. This is a nod to Casellanetas animated counterpart who  shares a similar taste for donuts.'),
('152999',' The municipal bus seen in "The Pursuit of Happyness" is the same bus  used for the runaway bus in the movie "Speed" of 1994. It has two  steering wheels. The second steering wheel is concealed amongst the  front bench seats.'),
('153000',' The "bible" that the interns were told to sleep, eat, and live with  is called "Security Analysis" by Benjamin Graham, 1934. There have  been newer, subsequent revisions to this book.'),
('153001',' The movies scene with the Rubiks cube is similar to a scene in the  popular 90s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel'),
('153002','Air, where Will Smith  solves a Rubiks cube that inadvertently gets him admitted into  Princeton University.'),
('153003',' Based upon a true story.'),
('153004',' Jaden Smith stars as Christopher, Chris Gardners son in the movie.  Jaden Smith is Will Smiths son in real life, Christopher is  actually Jadens middle name.'),
('153005',' Scott Glenn (qv) film debut.'),
('153006',' Originally done in digital film, Jojo Antonio of MLR Films helped in  financing the conversion into the traditional form.'),
('153007',' The realistic dive by the pedestrian from a side'),
('153008','swiping car was  simulated using a large textbook to smack the rear end of actor,  Craig Updegrove.'),
('153009',' The final appearance of "Mammy Two'),
('153010','Shoes" (the Black maid) in a Tom  and Jerry cartoon.'),
('153011',' The "sequel" to "9:04 am", a film shot in late 2006 for release  Spring 2007.'),
('153012',' Most of the cast are from "Skye Falling" Heath McKnights first  film.'),
('153013',' Was shot years before release.'),
('153014',' Some of the party goers werent present during principal  photography, so they were shot later against different walls,  including homes or businesses in Wellington, Florida, Boynton Beach,  Florida and West Palm Beach, Florida. It was seamlessly cut into the  movie, which is black and white.'),
('153015',' The first of Michael Howards "Suicide Trilogy" '),
('153016',' a collection of  short films dealing with suicide in three different ways. The second  and third are entitled "Lost" and "Love".'),
('153017',' Scenes were shot in order.'),
('153018',' Frank (Kim Bodnia (qv)) is in every scene of the movie, except the  second'),
('153019','to'),
('153020','last scene.'),
('153021',' Was sold to over 30 countries worldwide.'),
('153022',' The film was at first going to be a 10'),
('153023','minute short, with director  Nicolas Winding Refn (qv) in the lead role.'),
('153024',' Dedicated to Peter Refn (qv) (1941'),
('153025','1994),  Nicolas Winding Refn (qv)s uncle.'),
('153026',' Nicolas Winding Refn (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('153027',' Zlatko Buric (qv)s debut role.'),
('153028',' Ranked #16 in FHMs (DK) "100 Best Male Movies Ever" (7 October 2004  issue).'),
('153029',' After the release of the film, rumors circulated that the actors  took real drugs to make the movie more believable. The entire cast  and crew have denied these rumors.'),
('153030',' Just like _Pusher (1996)_ (qv) and _Pusher II (2004)_ (qv), all the  scenes were shot in order.'),
('153031',' Was supposed to have its first sneak preview at the 2005 Roskilde  Festival (30 June '),
('153032',' 3 July), but it was canceled at the last minute.'),
('153033',' This movie marks Zlatko Buric (qv)s debut as a leading man.'),
('153034',' Dedicated to Poul Nyrup (qv) (1934'),
('153035','1982).'),
('153036',' The people at the NA'),
('153037','meetings are real drug'),
('153038','addicts.'),
('153039',' Nicolas Winding Refn (qv) made _Pusher II (2004)_ (qv) and  _Pusher 3 (2005)_ (qv) to help fond his film company (Jang Go Star),  which went bankrupt after the box office failure of  _Fear X (2003)_ (qv).'),
('153040',' Dedicated to Hubert Selby Jr. (qv) (1928'),
('153041','2004), Refns co'),
('153042','writer  on _Fear X (2003)_ (qv).'),
('153043',' Leif Sylvester (qv) had stopped acting for over seven years, but  came back when he was offered the role of Smeden.'),
('153044',' Just like _Pusher (1996)_ (qv), all the scenes were shot in order.'),
('153045',' There are no popular artists on the soundtrack, because  Nicolas Winding Refn (qv) wanted "Real underground music" to fit  the feel of the movie. So he made "Pusher II Soundtrack Hunt" (in  collaboration with GAFFA and Mymusic.dk), a music contest where  unsigned bands and solo artists could send in a sample, which Refn  then could choose from. A total of 622 samples were sent in.  Peter Peter (qv) (who also scored _Pusher (1996)_ (qv)) also wrote  music for the film, which is preformed by The Bleeder Group. The  soundtrack was released 13 December 2004 and was produced by  Universal Music.'),
('153046',' Many of the cast are not actors, but real criminals.  Vasilije Bojicic (qv) from Bosnia, playing Vanja was in 2006  sentenced to eight years in prison followed by a deportation back to  Bosnia for smuggling heroin across Denmark. He leaves three kids  behind.'),
('153047',' Robert Lansing would continue his role as Detective Steve Carella in  the 1961'),
('153048',' 62 television series "87th Precinct," based on the  Hunter/McBain novels.'),
('153049',' John Astin (qv)s movie debut.'),
('153050',' Billy Bob Thornton (qv) and Angelina Jolie (qv) first met on the  set of this movie. They fell in love and were briefly married.'),
('153051',' Billy Bob Thornton (qv)s character (Russell Bell) states in the  movie that he is half Irish (his father) and half Choctaw Indian  (his mother). In real life, Mr. Thorntons father is of Irish  ancestry, while his mother is half Choctaw Indian and half Italian.'),
('153052',' Began shooting in mid'),
('153053','January 1954.'),
('153054',' Columbias It Should Happen to You (1954) and The Nebraskan  (1954) are playing on a double bill at a movie theatre in the film.'),
('153055',' Although credited, Schalulleke is not a real person. She was a  doll, created to spoof Schanulleke who is a doll in the original  comic.'),
('153056',' Meant to be filmed in two days. Eventually the director and actors  from the last fight scene decided to film the fight on a third day.'),
('153057',' The second part is filmed in front of a green screen in John de  Haass (Pentamagik) company studio.'),
('153058',' Raphael Klompers who acted as Jeroen had an extra part as the crazy  goon wearing a black disguise and goofy white goggles.'),
('153059',' Because of scheduling problems Johan Aders (Puske) had to be killed  of fast so he could leave the set earlier. His father celebrated his  birthday that evening.'),
('153060',' Directorial debut of Rino Bermudez (qv).'),
('153061',' The film was initially cut in the UK to remove a full'),
('153062','frontal nude  shot where Agneta Ekmanner (qv) studies her body in a mirror. Some  local councils reinstated the scene without public outcry and this  enabled UK censor John Trevelyan (qv) to pass _If.... (1968)_ (qv)  the following year with its full'),
('153063','frontal nude scene completely  intact.'),
('153064',' The first Tom & Jerry cartoon.'),
('153065',' Tom & Jerry were originally named "Jasper & Jinx" by  William Hanna (I) (qv) and Joseph Barbera (qv). Only Tom was  ever identified on'),
('153066','screen by his original name ("Jasper").'),
('153067',' The last Warner Brothers cartoon made in Black & White.'),
('153068',' Bea Benaderet (qv)s first cartoon.'),
('153069',' This film was the defunct sequel to the successful "Whats new  Pussycat?" Woody Allen disowns both movies, though, as well does  most of the cast.'),
('153070',' Received commendation for "Outstanding Editing" at the 7th Extreme  Filmmaker 48 Hour Film Festival'),
('153071',' The final feature film of Marne Maitland.'),
('153072',' As of 2004, this is the most expensive Malaysian film ever made,  with a reported budget of MYR 15 million (US$4 million).'),
('153073',' The first Malaysian film to screen at the Venice Film Festival.'),
('153074',' Rosyam Nor (qv) was originally slated to play the role of Sultan  Mahmud. Due to scheduling conflicts, he was replaced by  Adlin Aman Ramlee (qv).'),
('153075',' There was some controversy generated during the initial filming of  the movie. Several scenes were shot at a scenic forest reserve in  the Cameron Highlands, a popular Malaysian tourist destination. The  films producers were accused of damaging the environment by felling  trees without permits as well as ruining the pristine nature of the  site.'),
('153076',' M. Nasir lent his vocal singing the theme song duet Bagaikan Sakti  with Siti Nurhaliza and Tiara Jacquelina also made her debut effort  singing the first song of the soundtrack Asmaradana.'),
('153077',' The first Malaysian movie to be submitted for Best Foreign Language  Oscar consideration (in 2004/5)'),
('153078',' This is Rati Agnihotris first film, and it made her an overnight  star in South Indian films.'),
('153079',' Director Bharati Rajaa discovered Rati (then 16 years old) in a  school play and cast her in the heroine role, even though she didnt  know the Tamil language.'),
('153080',' The hero K. Bhagyaraja coached the Punjabi'),
('153081','raised Rati with her  lines by teaching her Tamil.'),
('153082',' Robert Downey Sr. (qv) redubbed all of Arnold Johnson (I) (qv)s  lines.'),
('153083',' There is an "onstage blooper" on the DVD where Carol Burnett stopped  the show because her skirt had not been fastened properly and was  starting to slip. Fortunately for viewers, it occurred during a show  while the cameras were practicing for the performance they would  actually record, and it was caught on tape.'),
('153084',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('153085',' Despite being released on the European Commadore Amiga systems to be  reviewed by all the magazines (where it generally received scores  around 90'),
('153086','96% and 5/5) the makers of the game, System 3, cancelled  its release and never explained why. In 1994 hundreds of eager  gamers had pre'),
('153087','ordered the game after playing demos of Putty Squad  which were made available through coverdisks on most Amiga  magazines, but they never received the game. Amiga magazines were  equally confused as to why it was cancelled as they couldnt detect  any problems with the game. Oddly enough the game was released a  year later in 1995 on the Super Famicon (SNES). The SNES version was  identical to the Amiga version which adds more to the mystery. The  copies the magazines were sent of the full game are believed to be  the only full Amiga versions now in existence. In 1999 a company  called Alive Mediasoft tried to release the Amiga version only to  run into legal problems.'),
('153088',' After Sylvester beans the other cat, theres an upside'),
('153089','down box in  the background for "Friz: Americas favorite gelatin dessert," a  reference to director Freleng, Friz (qv).'),
('153090',' First soviet talking film'),
('153091',' Contains the games Dino Puzzle, Pecs, Block Dude, and Puzzle Frenzy.'),
('153092',' When being interviewed about the film by documentarians Ted Demme  and Richard LaGravanese (for their film A Decade Under the Influence  (2003)), co'),
('153093','star Roy Scheider expressed in a flustered manner, "I  had never been involved in a film project that spent so much time  studying how a woman drinks her tea!"'),
('153094',' Director Jerry Schatzberg told Faye Dunaway about the idea for the  film when he was photographing her for Esquire. Dunaway, then a  beginner in cinema, lobbied for the project.'),
('153095',' On the list of insolent photographers (with whom the main character  would "never" work again) is the name Schatzberg. The name is seen  clearly prior to Barbara Carreras entrance into Dunaways dressing  room, just before she adds another name. Jerry Schatzberg is the  director of the film and this is most likely an inside joke about  the real model upon whom he based the character.'),
('153096',' The films story is inspired by the life of model Anne Saint Marie.  Jerry Schatzberg taped a series of interviews with her and this  became the basis of the film.'),
('153097',' Several scenes were filmed in the High Security Prision of  Matamoros, México, with real inmates working as extras and making  small parts.'),
('153098',' One of the inmates of the Matamoros High Security Prision, known as  Tun Tun, was helped by the cast and crew of the film to obtain his  freedom. Tun Tun, a small man that appears in the film as one of  Germans bodyguards in prison, was in jail because he tried to steal  a bike and was unable to pay the fee. The cast and crew created a  found named "Free Tun Tun" and everyone gives 5 dollars to complete  the fee. Tun Tun was released the final day of shooting in the  prison. He didnt expect it.'),
('153099',' The second unit was known as "Micro crew". When a third unit was  created, with only six people, this last unit was named "Atom crew"'),
('153100',' Adal Ramone (qv)s popularity, as the leading man of the TV show  _"Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones" (1997)_ (qv), created such a furor  in the locals of Matamoros and Brownsville, that many people that  approached to the crew asked frequently if that was "la película de  Adal" (Adals movie). Hundreds of people surrounded the locations,  specially the days when Adal Ramones didnt have scenes to shoot.'),
('153101',' During one of the shooting scenes, a local of Matamoros who played a  gunman was questioned by the special effects coordinator, Alejandro  Vazquez, about the credibility in the way he pulls out the gun. The  local replied (in Spanish), "Look, I have killed three fellas. And  you?" That ended the discussion.'),
('153102',' Akshay Kumar (I) (qv) was to act the role of Gaurav Saxena, but  the dates were clashing with _Dhadkan (2000)_ (qv).'),
('153103',' Bobby Deol (qv) turned down the role of Taj Bharadwaj.'),
('153104',' After the film had been released in India in 1993, the producer of  the film Mangharam Harwani (of Sunico Productions in Denmark) sued  the director and co'),
('153105','producer Dev Anand (qv) for violation of  copyright and non'),
('153106','payment of distribution royalties, and for  receiving death threats from Anands men in India. The civil case  was filed in the Bombay High Court in March 1994. The criminal case  under the I.P.C. 406 and 420 for fraud was filed in the Metropolitan  Court of Andheri in Bombay later the same year. Eventually the cases  pended for 8 years, and was finally settled on 28th October 2002,  agreeing that Anand would pay Harwani Rs 12,000,000 in settlement of  the criminal and civil case against Anand.'),
('153107',' The film was to be made with Nargis and Madhubala in the roles Mala  Sinha and Waheeda Rehman played eventually. However the two  actresses were unable to decide which role they wanted to play and  Guru Dutt eventually opted for two then new actresses, Mala and  Waheeda.'),
('153108',' Rated as one of the best 100 films of all time by the Time Magazine  in 2005.'),
('153109',' George Bernard Shaw (qv) saw the film on 16 April 1937 and thought  it was terrible, because of the ending.'),
('153110',' George Bernard Shaw (qv)s original play opened in London on 11  April 1914.'),
('153111',' The first British film to use the word "bloody" in its dialogue.'),
('153112',' The play originally ended with Eliza going off to marry Freddy. Shaw  wrote a "sequel", actually a body of text documenting what happens  after Eliza marries Freddy.'),
('153113',' Wendy Hiller (qv) was personally chosen to play the part of Eliza  Doolittle by author George Bernard Shaw (qv).'),
('153114',' George Bernard Shaw (qv) wrote the ballroom scene especially for  this movie.'),
('153115',' Although he expressed indifference to the Academy Award he won for  writing this movie, his friend Mary Pickford (qv) reported that  George Bernard Shaw (qv) proudly displayed his Oscar in his home,  and showed it off to his visitors.'),
('153116',' The property buyer is manning one of the market stalls at the  beginning '),
('153117',' Baden Sid Siddall.'),
('153118',' When Shaw died in 1950, his home in Ayot St Lawrence became a  museum. One of the artefacts in it is his Oscar, which initially had  become so tarnished that the curator assumed it had no value and had  been using it as a door stop. That situation has since been  rectified.'),
('153119',' In British prints, Leslie Howard (I) (qv) utters the word "damn".  In American prints he says either "hang" or "confounded". This was a  year before David O. Selznick (qv) famously tussled with the Hays  Office over permission for Clark Gable (qv) to say "Frankly, my  dear, I dont give a damn" at the end of  _Gone With the Wind (1939)_ (qv).'),
('153120',' Wilfred Lawson (qv) was only 38 when he played Eliza Doolittles  father.'),
('153121',' George Bernard Shaw (qv) had previously rejected an offer from  Samuel Goldwyn for the screen rights to his plays. He was more  impressed with Gabriel Pascal (I) (qv)s integrity as a producer,  thus beginning a partnership that yielded adaptations of  _Pygmalion (1938)_ (qv), _Major Barbara (1941)_ (qv),  _Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)_ (qv) and  _Androcles and the Lion (1952)_ (qv).'),
('153122',' Charles Laughton (qv) was Shaws first choice to play Professor  Henry Higgins.'),
('153123',' The new character that Shaw wrote for the ball scene '),
('153124',' the Hungarian  Karpathy '),
('153125',' was modeled on producer Gabriel Pascal.'),
('153126',' This short documentary is featured as an extra on Blue Undergrounds  2006 DVD release of The Pyjama Girl Case (_Ragazza dal pigiama  giallo, La_).'),
('153127',' Most of the actors in the film are non'),
('153128','professionals.'),
('153129',' The whole opening sequence in the cave with the soldiers was shot at  the very last minute, when the producers realized the cut of the  film wasnt long enough to be marketable.'),
('153130',' This documentary is featured on the Criterion Collection and  Columbia TriStar (Canada) DVDs for _Life of Brian (1979)_ (qv)'),
('153131',' The party seen in the movie is a "Festa Junina" (June Party), a  traditional Brazilian party.'),
('153132',' Sound post'),
('153133','production of this film was the first ever work by  Finnvox studio.'),
('153134',' Was originally titled "Hullu Suomi", but Spede Pasanen changed it to  "Pähkähullu Suomi"'),
('153135',' Assistant director Ingvar Skogsberg directed at least one scene,  the one when Pippi walks on the tightrope'),
('153136',' After the documentary had been broadcast, the director Jacob Billing  reported two of the pedophiles he had encountered during his  undercover period and portrayed in the documentary to the Danish  police. The Prosecutors wanted to get their hands on the entire raw  footage to use as evidence against the pedophile operations. The  production company Nordisk Film refused to hand over the footage,  referring to Danish Law of source protection. In February 2001  Nordisk Film won the case in Copenhagen City Court. They won it  again in the High Court (June 2001), but eventually lost it in the  Supreme Court (August 2002), and had to release large selections of  the raw footage to the Danish police. Since then, Nordisk Film has  filed a complaint over the Supreme Court settlement to the European  Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.'),
('153137',' Prior to the original broadcast The Danish Pedophile Group  (Pædofiligruppen) tried to convince TV 2/Danmark not to broadcast  the documentary, claiming the footage was a direct violation of  their privacy. They did not succeed, and the documentary was  broadcasted as scheduled on 30 October 2000.'),
('153138',' On its premiere broadcast on 30 October 2000 the documentary was  seen by over one million Danes, which is approx. 1/5 of the Danish  population.'),
('153139',' Because of the offensive title, the RATP (Paris subway company) and  Paris mayors office refused to hire out billboards for the poster.'),
('153140',' Visa dexploitation en France #107223.'),
('153141',' When Walter Wanger produced _Algiers (1938)_ (qv), the American  remake, he tired to have all copies of "Pépé le Moko" destroyed.  Fortunately, he was not able to do so.'),
('153142',' There are two cast lists in the title credits. The first one only  list the 8 main players as follows: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin,  Gabriel Gabrio, Lucas Gridoux, Gilbert Gil (as Gilbert'),
('153143','Gil), Lino  Noro, Saturnin Fabre and Fernand Charpin (as Charpin). Then a full  cast list details all male players along with their respective  character names, followed by the female cast (also with the names of  their characters)'),
('153144',' The film was never distributed.'),
('153145',' A lot of footage were taken from the film Rokk í Reykjavík,  including never before seen footage.'),
('153146',' When Bertha is coming out of the cinema, the poster for the movie  _Heimkehr ins Glück (1933)_ (qv) can be seen on the wall.'),
('153147',' Nolte, Nick (qv) gained 50 pounds for his role as Brennan.'),
('153148',' In the gay club dressing room where Bobby Texador, his wife and  bodyguards are meeting Roger Montalvo, "I Love Paul C." is written  and circled on the message board directly behind Montalvo, played by  Paul Calderon (qv).'),
('153149',' SMITHEE(Sidney Lumet (qv)): the director was unhappy with the way  this movie was edited for television so he had his name removed and  replaced with the pseudonym "Alan Smithee" for the television  broadcast version.'),
('153150',' The title Q is short for Quetzlcoatl, the Aztec god who was half  reptile and half bird.'),
('153151',' This was the first production for the new AIP (Arkoff International  Pictures).'),
('153152',' Writer/director Larry Cohen (I) (qv), according to interviews,  once looked at the Chrysler Building and said, "Thatd be the  coolest place to have a nest." This single thought was the idea  which began the creation of this movie.'),
('153153',' Pre'),
('153154','production for the movie lasted just one week. The film was  conceived after Larry Cohen (I) (qv) was fired from a low budget  film shooting in New York. Cohen, determined not to waste the hotel  room he had paid for, hired the actors and prepared a shooting  script within six days.'),
('153155',' With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the jewel store that the bad  guys rob in the early part of the film is called "Neil Diamonds."'),
('153156',' Began as a DVD Christmas gift for QTN staff and crew, but executives  enjoyed it so much, they aired it as a show on the network over the  holidays, 2005.'),
('153157',' In 1966 this movie was restored and re'),
('153158','edited by  Konstantine Pipinashvili (qv).'),
('153159',' First Soviet film based on a book by banned writer  Mikheil Djavakhishvili (qv). He was executed in 1937.'),
('153160',' First film by stage director Kote Mardjanishvili (qv).'),
('153161',' This film is lost.'),
('153162',' Its long unwieldy title led to the movie being popularly referred to  by the acronym "QSQT". This sparked off a fad of Hindi movies with  long titles promoted by acronym substitutes:  _Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)_ (qv) as "DDLJ" &  _Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (1994)_ (qv) as "HAHK".'),
('153163',' When the movie proved a hit, the Mumbai distributors decided to  boost its prospects further by introducing a new strategy: buy eight  or more tickets of the film and get a poster of Aamir Khan (qv)  and Juhi Chawla (qv) absolutely free. The strategy worked and the  collections of the film showed a big jump.'),
('153164',' One of the most innovative ad campaigns in Indian Film history, one  of the hoardings of the film had no photographs, just this line:  Who is Aamir Khan? ...Ask the girl next door.'),
('153165',' SPOILER: Two endings were filmed for the movie: one happy, one sad.  The elder audience wanted a happy ending, while the younger  audiences wanted a sad ending. The director stuck with the sad  ending.'),
('153166',' This is Indias first fully digitally color corrected film.'),
('153167',' Saif Ali Khan (qv) was considered for the role of Rahul.'),
('153168',' Raveena Tandon (qv)s part was cut from movie to shorten the  films running length'),
('153169',' Placed #1 at the Maltese box office for six weeks.'),
('153170',' Has screened in Maltese cinemas (record) for 15 consecutive weeks'),
('153171',' Bruce Lee (I) (qv) wasnt actually meant to be in Fist of Unicorn.  He was only there doing action choreography as a favour to long'),
('153172','time  friend, Unicorn Chan (qv). The enterprising producers filmed  Bruce Lee (I) (qv) working, and edited the footage into the film.  Lee was reportedly less than impressed.'),
('153173',' The scenes filmed in Japan were directed by Yasuo Furuhata (qv),  who is uncredited. He has had a long successful collaboration with  lead actor Ken Takakura (qv).'),
('153174',' The film was denied the Official Selection berth in Cannes.'),
('153175',' The original Chinese title and the harmonica song often repeated in  the movie refers to one of Teresa Tang (qv)s most famous tunes.'),
('153176',' Meng Xia (qv)s first colour feature.'),
('153177',' Feng Huang Motion Pictures first color feature.'),
('153178',' Adapted from Sichuan opera "La Lang Pei".'),
('153179',' Many of the characters have the same names of the actors that played  them.'),
('153180',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2001 (#03)'),
('153181',' Even though Richard Kiel (qv) gets top billing and is featured on  the cover of the film, he is only on screen for a little over five  minutes.'),
('153182',' Japanese director Umetsugu Inoue casts his favorite young Taiwanese  screen ingénue Lily Ho in their second of five Hong Kong film  collaborations where he remakes his own 1957 Yûjirô Ishihara vehicle  "Man Who Causes a Storm" in Chinese for Shaw Brothers starring hot  property leading man Ling Yun in the Ishihara role as "King  Drummer".'),
('153183',' First Georgian feature film.'),
('153184',' Shooting started in 1973 but the movie didnt receive a theatrical  release until 1977 due to the political turmoil in mainland China'),
('153185',' The shooting was cleared by then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai'),
('153186',' This was Arthur Davis (I) (qv) last cartoon as director for  Warner Bros. Many printed sources erroneously credit  Friz Freleng (qv) with directing this cartoon.'),
('153187',' Amanda Barrie (qv) turned down the role of Jimmys mother.'),
('153188',' The Who (qv) appear not just on the edition of  _"Ready Steady Go!" (1963)_ (qv) that Jimmy watches and an album  sleeve at the house party, but also a portrait of  Pete Townshend (qv) is upon the boys bedroom wall.'),
('153189',' From the Rod and Gun Series of documentaries about hunting and  fishing.'),
('153190',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Old, Unchanging Holland (1916)_ (qv).'),
('153191',' Original Italian title is undetermined.'),
('153192',' The cases of nailgun ammo carry the logo for "Nine Inch Nails".  Nine Inch Nails (qv) is the one'),
('153193','man band of the games composer,  Trent Reznor (qv).'),
('153194',' Originally intended to be a medieval game with swords and a dragon,  but only a few months before it was released guns were added and  roleplaying aspects removed. The dragon was also removed, although  several other monsters like the Knights and Fiends were kept. The  dragon was later added in the second mission pack by Rogue  Entertainment.'),
('153195',' Could support up to 32 players in multiplayer mode. A record at the  time.'),
('153196',' Raven Squads symbol is the same as the logo for developer Raven  Software.'),
('153197',' Only the second game in the Quake series to feature the Strogg. The  first being Quake 2.'),
('153198',' On the underside of the map Q3DM16 (The Bouncy Map), there is an  image of the Dust Puppy character from the online comic "User  Friendly".'),
('153199',' The demonic groaning heard when selecting "nightmare" mode is a  sample of a woman moaning, played at 1/4 the original speed.'),
('153200',' Crashs voice is essentially Slashs voice, slowed down 2x.'),
('153201',' The film had a digital intermediate to which digital sharpening was  applied, adding white outlines to high contrast edges. This gives  the film a cheap video look although it was shot on 35mm Kodak film.'),
('153202',' The film played to 8,050 people in Locarno Film Festival, becoming  the most seen film in "Piazza Grande". 77% of them expressed a good  or very good vote.'),
('153203',' A short tag ending was shot with Breck Stewart (qv) announcing he  would star in Galaxy Pictures next movie "I Want More" and was  included in several early copies of the movie but was taken out soon  after Stewart became unavailable for that project since he was  already busy on several more movies for other studios. But a few  early copies with the segment intact still exist.'),
('153204',' The movie was taken out of circulation several times since its first  release but always managed to become available again in certain  markets after being out of print for a while.'),
('153205',' On the day they shot the outside scene where Breck Stewart (qv)  and Alex Turner (V) (qv) first meet, the wind was so strong that  the cameraman stumbled several times and almost broke the camera  while hurting his ankle in the process. They had to stop the  shooting several times to allow the wind to die down a bit.'),
('153206',' Director Jaspreet Grewal (qv) has at least two cameos in the film:  Firstly as the yellow jacketed trailer'),
('153207','park gunman at the beginning  of the film, and secondly as the voice on the other end of Kehoes  phone, in another early scene in a police station.'),
('153208',' Frank Harper (qv) was originally approached for the part of Don  Paice.'),
('153209',' The play originally opened in New York on 11 November 1901.'),
('153210',' Brian Burnam (qv) was given the part of Vain as his first acting  credit after the originally'),
('153211','cast actor dropped out of the film last  minute.'),
('153212',' The fight that appears during the titles was not planned by the  filmmakers '),
('153213',' it just happened on the streets.'),
('153214',' CAMEO(Brant Smith (qv)): the passed'),
('153215','out crackhead in the jail  scene.'),
('153216',' Shot back'),
('153217','to'),
('153218','back with Dragon Fist.'),
('153219',' Both Alain Delon (qv) and Bruno Cremer (qv)s first film.'),
('153220',' The title is a quotation from the opening line of the letter in  Letter From an Unknown Woman (Ophuls, 1948)... When you read this  letter I will be dead.'),
('153221',' This movie was originally made in 1973, but banned outright by the  Italian censors. The original version conveys the message of  "obscenity" in different ages and cultural or sub'),
('153222','cultural contexts,  coming to the point to deny its existence. This version has been  lost and will probably never be released.'),
('153223',' In 1979 Polselli re'),
('153224','dubbed the soundtrack to give the censors the  idea the report was trying to prove the masculine guilt, in almost  all the situations the sexual degeneration of women, therefore the  victim of real historical sexual violence. This pseudo'),
('153225','feminist  version is an over'),
('153226','the'),
('153227','top film of sexual excess that leads to the  charge of the cinema industry on the sexual abuse of woman for mere  commercial intents.'),
('153228',' Ennio Girolamis voice by Ferruccio Amendola'),
('153229',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fooling Their Wives (1913)_ (qv).'),
('153230',' This short film is one out of six shorts about the character Quark.  apparently, it was planned to make14 such films, originally  contracted by German television. Swan Film Production was shut down  shortly after the release of the Quark cartoons, due especially to  the deficit of the production of _Valhalla (1986)_ (qv).'),
('153231',' This short film is one out of six shorts about the character Quark.  apparently, it was planned to make14 such films, originally  contracted by German television. Swan Film Production was shut down  shortly after the release of the Quark cartoons, due especially to  the deficit of the production of _Valhalla (1986)_ (qv).'),
('153232',' This short film is one out of six shorts about the character Quark.  apparently, it was planned to make14 such films, originally  contracted by German television. Swan Film Production was shut down  shortly after the release of the Quark cartoons, due especially to  the deficit of the production of _Valhalla (1986)_ (qv).'),
('153233',' The film was shot in six days, inside one set only.'),
('153234',' The narcotics police raided the set believing real marijuana was  being used on the shoot.'),
('153235',' The film consists of six different episodes. A seventh, played by  Sergio Tofano (qv) was cut from the final release print.'),
('153236',' Filmed in 3 days'),
('153237',' The town in which the story takes place was changed to the town that  was actually used for the movie, minus the first two letters. Thus  McMinnville changed to Minnville. This was supposedly for legal  reasons.'),
('153238',' Barton MacLane (qv)s film debut.'),
('153239',' The book written by Jean Rhys (qv) was originally titled  "Postures" when it was published in London in 1928 by Chatto and  Windus. When the U.S. publishers Simon and Schuster published it in  the United States, the name was changed to "Quartet".'),
('153240',' First future film of Hayk Kirakosyan (qv) and  Martitos Fanosyan (qv).'),
('153241',' Scene from the play, "Trilby."'),
('153242',' The film was shot clandestinely in Rome in 1944 during what is known  in History as the Republic of Salò (when Benito Mussolini (qv) was  deposed and the country occupied by the Germans). At that time, all  cinematic activity was transferred North (Venice) but many actors  and technicians refused to go. Some were able to obtain work permits  delivered by the Vatican, enabling them to go about and work in the  Rome completely freely. Those who were not able to get such  documents had no choice but to work clandestinely.'),
('153243',' The film was started in May 1943 but interrupted after a few weeks  because of the war, only to resume in June 1944 after the liberation  of Rome.'),
('153244',' Some filmographies include the name of Umberto Melnati (qv) in the  cast but it does not appear in this film. It is possible that his  role was cut from the final released print, however this has never  been confirmed.'),
('153245',' John Rae (II) (qv) appears as the same character in this film as  he did in the original TV version.'),
('153246',' The Shell Haven Refinery location used in the television serial was  revisited for the film, which was able to make greater use of the  location.'),
('153247',' One of the first films (if not the very first film) ever to use the  number 2 as an indicator that it was the sequel to another film. In  a DVD commentary Francis Ford Coppola (qv) makes a similar claim  for _Godfather: Part II, The (1974)_ (qv). The Godfather Part II was  released some 17 years after this movie.'),
('153248',' The ruined town of Winnerden Flats is at Ivinghoe Beacon (along The  Ridgeway), near the village of Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, and is  owned and protected by the National Trust.'),
('153249',' This edited version of "Quatermass" (1979), less than half the  length of the original TV series, was produced to be released  theatrically overseas. This meant Nigel Kneale had to write a script  that would work both as a 4 hour series and as a 100 minute movie.'),
('153250',' Among the materials used by Les Bowie (qv) to embellish the  monster were bovine entrails and tripe.'),
('153251',' This film was originally slated to be released in the United States  by 20th Century Fox. However, to convince more exhibitors to install  Cinemascope equipment, studio chief, Darryl F. Zanuck (qv),  pledged that all future 20th Century Fox releases would be in  Cinemascope or a compatible anamorphic process. Since this Hammer  production was shot in standard academy (1.33:1), it had to be  passed over. It was picked up and released through United Artists.'),
('153252',' The original British release billed Brian Donlevy (qv) and  Jack Warner (I) (qv) before the main title (The Quatermass  Xperiment), with Margia Dean (qv) heading the supporting cast  after the title. For the US release, Donlevy, then Ms. Dean, and  then Warner were billed before the main title (The Creeping  Unknown), moving Thora Hird (qv) up to the top of the supporting  cast, the remaining order of which was not changed. Also,  Val Guest (qv) did not receive co'),
('153253','screenplay credit on the US  credits, Nigel Kneale (qv)s credit was altered to simply "Based  on the play by", and the Acknowledgments credits were omitted  altogether.'),
('153254',' The British Board of Film Censors had instituted the use of the "X"  certificate in 1951 to indicate that certain films had themes that  might be too strong or intense for persons under the age of 16. The  films title exploited the fact of receiving this "honor" by the  spelling of the word "Xperiment".'),
('153255',' Duncan Lamont (I) (qv), here playing the tormented drill operator  Sladden, played the doomed astronaut Victor Carroon in the very  first Quatermass TV series,  _"Quatermass Experiment, The" (1953)_ (qv).'),
('153256',' Roneys mental image, seen on a small screen when the apparatus is  being calibrated, is a shot from early in  _Four Sided Triangle (1953)_ (qv), an earlier Hammer science fiction  film.'),
('153257',' Noel Howlett (qv) played the role of the vicar in the original BBC  TV serial.'),
('153258',' Julian Glover (qv) had to perform his own stunts, including the  scene where Colonel Breen falls over into the pit.'),
('153259',' If you look closely at the London Underground station walls, you can  see quite a few posters from other Hammer projects such as  _Reptile, The (1966)_ (qv),  _Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)_ (qv) and  _Witches, The (1966)_ (qv).'),
('153260',' Van Heflin (qv) was considered for the role of Quatermass.'),
('153261',' Julian Glover (qv) was chosen by Roy Ward Baker (qv) to play  Colonel Breen.'),
('153262',' When Antoine and Rene are suspended from school, they go  gallivanting around the town. At one point they pass a wall of  posters and flyers, and they pull off a picture of a woman. The  woman is Andersson, Harriet (qv) in a shot from  Bergman, Ingmar (qv)s _Sommaren med Monika (1953)_ (qv), also  about two young lovers who ran away from home to "live their own  life."'),
('153263',' The title of the film comes from the French idiom "faire les quatre  cents coups", meaning "to raise hell".'),
('153264',' Dedicated to film theorist André Bazin (qv).'),
('153265',' DIRCAMEO(François Truffaut (qv)): is seen riding next to Antoine  in the centrifuge ride at the fair, and can then be seen smoking a  cigarette just outside the ride.'),
('153266',' All spoken lines in the film are dubbed over again by the actors  themselves, save for a few minor and trivial parts. For instance,  during the last scene, the sound of Antoines footsteps was added  during editing'),
('153267','the truck that the camera rested upon produced too  much noise. Shooting on the streets of Paris, as many films of the  French New Wave did, was often hectic and re'),
('153268','dubbing everything  allowed François Truffaut (qv) to not have to worry about lugging  bulky and expensive sound equipment around, and more importantly he  would not have to worry about a street scene having too much  background noise. This made shooting faster and easier.'),
('153269',' The photographer who takes the family picture in the end of the  movie is Jose Clemente Pozenato (qv), the author of the novel  which the movie was based.'),
('153270',' The film was interrupted by the war and remained uncompleted.'),
('153271',' Visa dexploitation en France # 92674'),
('153272',' Roger Richebé (qv)s last film.'),
('153273',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Dog House Builders, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('153274',' Christina Crawford (I) (qv), Joan Crawford (I) (qv)s adopted  daughter, recounted in her autobiography "Mommy Dearest" that she  had to leave the theater midway through a showing of this film  because it was too true'),
('153275','to'),
('153276','life in her mothers portrayal of the  main character.'),
('153277',' Greta Garbo (qv) initially requested that Laurence Olivier (qv)  play the lead, Don Antonio, since she was impressed by his  performance in _Westward Passage (1932)_ (qv). In July 1933, the  press announced that Olivier would take the part. However, when they  did the rehearsals in August, Garbo and Olivier had no chemistry,  and he was released, although MGM Studios honored his negotiated  salary of $1,500 a week for four weeks minimum. Garbo requested that  John Gilbert (I) (qv) be cast in the role instead.'),
('153278',' For the famous closing shot of Greta Garbo (qv) at the prow of the  ship, director Rouben Mamoulian (qv) had wanted the camera to  begin with a long shot, and then, in one unbroken take, gradually  dolly in on a two'),
('153279','thirds close'),
('153280','up of Garbos face, holding on her at  the end of the shot. Unfortunately, with the cameras 48mm lens that  close to the human face, pores tend to resemble craters on the  surface of the moon. Borrowing on aspects of the magic lantern,  Mamoulian devised a large, ruler'),
('153281','shaped, glass filter strip that was  clear at one end, becoming increasingly more diffused along its  length. With this glass filter mounted in front of the lens, as the  camera moved in on Garbo, the glass strip was gradually drawn  through the filter holder, beginning with the clear end, and ending  with the diffused end (close'),
('153282','up), softening Garbos facial features  with more flattering results'),
('153283',' The scene where Christina goes around the room at the inn, remember  the night she spent with her lover, was choreographed so  meticulously that Greta Garbo (qv) performed the scene to a  metronome.'),
('153284',' Since John Gilbert (I) (qv) was falling out of favor with the  majors as a leading man, Greta Garbo (qv) was doing him a big  favor by requesting him as the male lead. Unfortunately, the film  did not help to re'),
('153285','establish Gilbert, and soon after he dropped out  of pictures altogether.'),
('153286',' Members of the cast of the successful Broadway Show "Follow Thru"  can be seen in some scenes, among them is  Powell, Eleanor (I) (qv).'),
('153287',' Sir Laurence Olivier prerecorded the narration in May 1953 since the  coronation rituals were known prior to the actual event. This  allowed the footage of the coronation to be released almost  immediately after it was shot on 2 June 1953.'),
('153288',' After shooting only one'),
('153289','third of the picture (four hours), director  Erich von Stroheim (qv) was fired by producer'),
('153290','star  Gloria Swanson (qv). Two years later, additional footage was shot  to complete the picture. Since Erich von Stroheim (qv) owned part  of the property, he refused to grant releasing rights in the U.S.  and elsewhere for this bastardized version. It was not exhibited in  the U.S. until after _Sunset Blvd. (1950)_ (qv), when it received  minor theatrical release and a showing on television in 1966.'),
('153291',' When Tully Marshall (qv) dribbled tobacco juice on  Gloria Swanson (qv)s hand during the wedding sequence and  explained that director Erich von Stroheim (qv) ordered him to do  it, it was the final straw. She called Joseph P. Kennedy (qv) and  demanded that Erich von Stroheim (qv) be fired, and he was,  effectively shutting down the production.'),
('153292',' In 1931, Gloria Swanson (qv) hired Gregg Toland (qv) to shoot  some additional scenes for release in Europe in 1932. These  consisted of Prince Wolfram seeing Kellys drowned body and  committing suicide himself. That scene (in the Force Video alternate  version) is not in the 1985 Kino restored version, which continues  on to African scenes.'),
('153293',' According to crew members, the girls who accompany Wolfram to the  palace gates were played by real prostitutes from one of the best  brothels in Hollywood.'),
('153294',' Gordon Pollock (qv) was replaced with Paul Ivano (qv) after the  first day of shooting after some costume tests photographed by Ivano  proved to be much more satisfactory than the scenes (from the  Kambach Road sequence) that Pollock had taken.'),
('153295',' Because of legal difficulties with the owners of the copyright on  _King Kong (1933)_ (qv), this film was never released theatrically.'),
('153296',' Queens last tour with the "original" lineup. Their final concert  with Freddie Mercury as front man was soon after this one, at  Knebworth Park. Because of Mercurys declining health (due to his  AIDS illness), they were never able to tour again.'),
('153297',' Feature film debut of Leonard Nimoy (qv).'),
('153298',' This was an ultra low budget production. The elaborate special  effects were taken (uncredited) from the big budget Soviet  production _Nebo zovyot (1960)_ (qv).'),
('153299',' The first visuals from a depth of more than 1500m in the world.'),
('153300',' Costumes worn by the ships officers and Motiya are re'),
('153301','used or  copied from _Forbidden Planet (1956)_ (qv).'),
('153302',' Many of the models, sets, and special effects are taken from  _World Without End (1956)_ (qv).'),
('153303',' In an interview, director Edward Bernds (qv) said that  Zsa Zsa Gabor (qv) got very "testy" with the actresses playing the  Venusian girls. They were mostly beauty contest winners, and were  many years'),
('153304','and in some cases a few decades'),
('153305','younger than her. When  she noticed that the crew was paying more attention to the tall,  leggy, mini'),
('153306','skirted "Venusians" than they were to her, she became  very difficult to work with. He said that Gabor gave producer  Ben Schwalb (qv) such a hard time on the picture that Schwalb  eventually wound up in the hospital with ulcers.'),
('153307',' The project was originally announced as "Queen of the Universe" by  Allied Artists in 1951 and was to have been produced by Walter  Wanger.'),
('153308',' The film opens with a fifteen minute prologue before the opening  credits.'),
('153309',' The rocket ship model that was used in "Queen of Outer Space" was  earlier used as a comic prop by Huntz Hall in the 1954 Bowery Boys  comedy, "Paris Playboys."'),
('153310',' The film was left unfinished at Ron Rice (I) (qv)s death at the  age of 29. In 1982, Taylor Mead (qv) (who acts in it) restored and  completed it.'),
('153311',' Only a few provocative stills featuring a mostly bare'),
('153312','breasted  Betty Blythe (qv) are known to exist from this film.'),
('153313',' Gordon Begg (qv) replaced an actor who dropped out.'),
('153314',' Brown Derby replaced Fred Groves.'),
('153315',' Clement Mccallin is dubbed by Gerard Case.'),
('153316',' Ivor Barnard was working on Paper Orchid at the same time.'),
('153317',' In the night club scene John M. East (qv) wears a suit which  belonged to his great friend Max Miller (I) (qv)'),
('153318',' The last film of Milton Reid.'),
('153319',' This featurette is included on the _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) Season 7  DVD box set released in 2006.'),
('153320',' Tom Cruise (qv) was initially asked to return in the role of  Lestat, but he declined.'),
('153321',' Aaliyah (qv) died in a plane crash shortly after principal  photography was completed. Michael Rymer (I) (qv) called in  Aaliyah (qv)s brother, Rashad Haughton (qv), to help  overdubbing her voice following her death.'),
('153322',' The concert scenes are set in Death Valley, California, but were  actually filmed in Werribee, Australia.'),
('153323',' CAMEO(Jonathan Davis (I) (qv) of Korn (qv)): the composer  appears as a ticket scalper trying to peddle tickets outside the  concert.'),
('153324',' The copy of "Rolling Stone" that Marius throws down in front of  Lestat actually was the issue published on the movie before it was  released.'),
('153325',' Bentley, Wes (qv) was originally cast as Lestat, but he dropped  out.'),
('153326',' The singing voice of Lestat was supplied by  Jonathan Davis (I) (qv) of Korn (qv). However due to contractual  difficulties, Davis could not sing on the soundtrack album release.  The five songs written by he and Richard Gibbs (I) (qv) for the  movie were then performed on the album by Marilyn Manson (qv),  Chester Bennington (qv) of Linkin Park (qv),  David Draiman (qv) of Disturbed (qv), Wayne Static (qv) of  Static'),
('153327','X and Jay Gordon (I) (qv) of Orgy. Davis was still allowed  to play several instruments on the album.'),
('153328',' The blood that Queen Akasha has in her mouth is really cherry juice.'),
('153329',' Josh Hartnett (qv) was considered for the role of Lestat.'),
('153330',' Warner Bros. was already into its last year of owning motion picture  rights to the first three Vampire Chronicles books which would then  have transferred back to author Anne Rice (qv), who could then  sell the rights to another company of her choosing. Knowing what  little time they had left, despite the fact theyve had the rights  and opportunity to make the latter two movies for over seven years,  Warner Bros. hastily hired writers to condense the books "The  Vampire Lestat" and "Queen of the Damned" into one movie with the  latter being the movie title.'),
('153331',' Because of budget limitations, extensive use was made of stock  footage from the serial _Jungle Goddess, The (1922)_ (qv); even the  story from the earlier serial was woven into the plot of the later  one. Considering the changes in dramatic technique, film stock,  makeup, etc., that had taken place in the intervening 13 years, plus  the fact that the silent footage was printed and projected at an  abnormally fast sound speed, the results were both hilarious and  disastrous.'),
('153332',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('153333',' 1. Lost in the Clouds  '),
('153334',' 2. Radium Rays  '),
('153335',' 3. The Hand of Death  '),
('153336',' 4. The Natives Revenge  '),
('153337',' 5. Black Magic  '),
('153338',' 6. The Death Vine  '),
('153339',' 7. The Leopard Leaps  '),
('153340',' 8. The Doom Ship  '),
('153341',' 9. Death Rides the Waves  '),
('153342',' 10.The Temple of Wu  '),
('153343',' 11.Fangs in the Dark  '),
('153344',' 12.The Lion Pit'),
('153345',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Along the River Nile (1912)_ (qv).'),
('153346',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('153347',' A short clip from this film with Texas Guinan and George Raft can be  seen in Winner Take All (1932).'),
('153348',' The house exteriors are of a house in Woodhaven, Queens, New York.  The house, at one time, was owned by the Smith family.  Betty Smith (I) (qv) wrote the novel, "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn".  The house is still standing on Forest Parkway, next to the Post  Office.'),
('153349',' The last film of Frank Lawton.'),
('153350',' The final film acting role of Anthony Bushell.'),
('153351',' The worlds first dramatic television broadcast. It was photographed  by three mechanically'),
('153352','scanned television cameras. Two actors spoke  their lines on camera, while two others acted as hand models for  closeups. The broadcast was seen on a total of four 41'),
('153353','line  television sets in Schenectady, New York, the home of General  Electric.'),
('153354',' Helen Mirren (qv)s performance received a five minute standing  ovation at the films premiere at the Venice Film Festival.'),
('153355',' Helen Mirren (qv) arranged for the actors playing members of the  Royal family, specifically James Cromwell (I) (qv),  Sylvia Syms (I) (qv) and Alex Jennings (qv) to spend a lot of  time together off camera. This was done so that they would feel  comfortable with each other like a real family.'),
('153356',' Helen Mirren (qv) says transforming herself into the Queen came  almost naturally after the wig and glasses, especially since she  shares a default facial expression, a slightly down turned mouth,  with the monarch. She also regularly reviewed film and video footage  of Elizabeth and kept photographs in her trailer during production.  The writer Peter Morgan (I) (qv) says it was convincing enough  that, by the end of production, crew members who had been accustomed  to slouching or relaxing when they addressed her were standing  straight up and respectfully folding their hands behind their backs.'),
('153357',' The writer Peter Morgan (I) (qv) reconstructed the events of the  week after the death of Princess Diana through extensive interviews  with many unnamed sources close to the Prime Minister and the royal  family. Many of these sources were able to corroborate the accounts  of others, giving Morgan enough information to imagine intervening  scenes.'),
('153358',' Some aspects of the characters are known to be true to their  real'),
('153359','life counterparts. Cherie Blair (qv)s hostility to the  monarchy has been widely reported, including her refusal to curtsy  (said to amuse the Queen in private, as it does in the film).  According to Peter Morgan (I) (qv), "cabbage" is an actual term of  endearment Prince Phillip uses for his wife.'),
('153360',' The jewelry Helen Mirren (qv) wears is based on actual jewels  owned by Elizabeth II. Some pieces shown include: her trademark 2 or  3 strands of pearls, Queen Victorias bow brooch (at Dianas  funeral), and Queen Marys button earrings (the large pearl earrings  each topped by a tiny diamond.)'),
('153361',' Alexandre Desplat (qv) replaced another composer after  Stephen Frears (qv) found the first score not suitable. He  finished his score in three weeks.'),
('153362',' Large parts of the film are real life; it includes several of  Dianas real press conferences, scenes from outside Buckingham  Palace after the death of Diana (including those of flowers, and the  hysterical population taking interviews), and scenes from her  funeral. Therefore, many of the uncredited appearances are from  Princess Diana, several broadcasters and many celebrities from the  funeral (including Elton John, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Steven  Spielberg and so on).'),
('153363',' Joan Plowright (qv) was offered the chance to play The Queen  Mother.'),
('153364',' Based upon the life of Merle Oberon (qv). Her first husband was  Alexander Korda, uncle of Michael Korda who wrote the movie.'),
('153365',' Fourth entry in the Hollywood Girls comedy series.'),
('153366',' Released straight to video in the UK.'),
('153367',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Look Not Upon the Wine (1913)_ (qv).'),
('153368',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Wrong Patient, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('153369',' The films original title was Quemada (the spanish word for  "burnt"), as the action took place in a Spanish colony. When the  Spanish government officially complained and threatened a boycott of  the film (objecting to the scripts supposedly anti'),
('153370','Spanish bias),  Gillo Pontecorvo (qv) agreed to alter the setting to a Portuguese  island and the release title became Queimada ("burnt" in  Portuguese).'),
('153371',' Sir William Walker, a real historical figure portrayed in the film  by Marlon Brando, was neither British nor knighted. Walker was an  American adventurer and his title of "sir" was one he adopted on his  own.'),
('153372',' Evaristo Marquez (qv), who plays rebel leader Jose Dolores in the  film, was not an actor. He was a poor villager whom director  Pontecorvo discovered while scouting locations and convinced to star  opposite Brando. The studio had originally wanted Sydney Poitier.'),
('153373',' Marlon Brando (qv) once said this film contains "the best acting  Ive ever done"'),
('153374',' Won Best Narrative and second place Audience Choice award at The  2003 Portland International Short Film Festival.'),
('153375',' Won Audience Choice Award at the DV Expo West Film Festival 2003 in  Los Angeles'),
('153376',' One of the early VHS issues of "House By the Cemetery" in America  got several of the films reels out of order, further confusing the  already erratic story.'),
('153377',' The trailers for the US release of this film were narrated by  Brother Theodore (qv).'),
('153378',' Apparently the Estate Agents death was originally longer and  nastier and included eye gouging, a Fulci trait. This was cut  because Lucio Fulci didnt think the effects were realistic enough.'),
('153379',' The films original shooting title was "Freudstein".'),
('153380',' Though the final line ("No one will ever know whether the children  are monsters or the monsters are children") is attributed to Henry  James, it was actually fabricated by Lucio Fulci.'),
('153381',' The lead was first offered to Grace Kelly (I) (qv), who declined.'),
('153382',' Selected in competition at the 1982 Venice Film Festival. In that  edition, the Golden Lion for best film went to Wim Wender (qv)s  _Stand der Dinge, Der (1982)_ (qv) much to the disgust of Marcel  Carné, who withdrew from President of the Jury after releasing the  following statement, that can still be seen printed at the beginning  of the copies of Querelle circulating in Italy: " I would love to  make a personal statement. While being President of the Jury, I  would love to express my disappointment in not having been able to  convince my colleagues to place R.W. Fassbinders "Querelle" among  the winners. As a matter of fact, Ive found myself alone in  defending the Movie. Nevertheless, I keep on thinking that, although  controversial, R.W. Fassbinder final movie, want it or not, love it  or hate it, will one day find its place in the HISTORY of CINEMA.  Marcel Carné ".'),
('153383',' This film was filmed in secrecy in December 1971. The  post'),
('153384','production didnt finish until 1973 and it couldnt came to  theaters until April 1977 (two years after Francisco Francos  death).'),
('153385',' Rubers potion bottle says "Acme".'),
('153386',' The dress that Kayley is wearing during her and Garrets knighting  ceremony is a completed version of the one that her mother was  trying to get her to wear in the beginning of the movie '),
('153387',' the one  that Kayley refused to wear.'),
('153388',' In an attempt to provide as much realism as possible, the actors  spoke no modern (or ancient) languages in this movie. Instead, the  director created a proto'),
('153389','language for this movie based on  assumptions and some of the more universal ways of speaking. Despite  the lack of "real" dialog, or even subtitles, an excellent  understanding is achieved.'),
('153390',' Originally titled "Heros Quest", the name was changed when there  was a clash of copyrights with the board game of the same name. The  title was changed to Quest for Glory instead.'),
('153391',' The title for the game: "Shadows of Darkness" was originally planned  for the third game in the series, but the creators decided to move  the storyline back in the series and add another chapter.'),
('153392',' After the game was released with a number of bugs that were  eventually patched, the series languished for a while despite the  ambiguous ending and hints at a sequel. A fan'),
('153393','made project  eventually revived interest in the series and was able to motivate  the production of the fifth and final game in the series.'),
('153394',' Dragons have been listed in the game manuals as an enemy since Quest  for Glory 1, always with the advice to run whenever you see one.  However, Quest for Glory 5 is the first and only time that a living  dragon actually appears in the game, and the first time that the  hero must fight it.'),
('153395',' Joan Collins (I) (qv) replaced Britt Ekland (qv).'),
('153396',' This title is featured on the  _Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)_ (qv) Special Edition DVD,  released in 2001.'),
('153397',' Tom Harmon (qv), a former football star who was shot down in the  jungles of the South Pacific during World War II and survived thanks  to a booklet on survival written by Dana Lamb (qv), appears in the  foreword to the film.'),
('153398',' More than 30,000 feet of 16mm color film was shot by  Dana Lamb (qv) and Ginger Lamb (qv) to make the movie.'),
('153399',' Using a special time exposure mechanism on their 16 mm camera, the  Lambs were able to photograph themselves as well as the hardships  they encountered.'),
('153400',' It was only after they had perfected a special time exposure  mechanism on their camera that Dana Lamb (qv) and  Ginger Lamb (qv) were able to photograph themselves making their  hazardous trek into the Guatemalan jungle.'),
('153401',' This film was Jean'),
('153402','Claude Van Damme (qv)s directorial debut.'),
('153403',' Tatum ONeal (qv) claims in her autobiography that she was called  personally for the main female role in the film by  Jean'),
('153404','Claude Van Damme (qv), but failed to get the part after a  romance between her and Van Damme faltered.'),
('153405',' The film is inspired by Frank Dux (qv)s experiences in martial  arts tournaments around the world which also inspired the film,  _Bloodsport (1988)_ (qv), also starring  Jean'),
('153406','Claude Van Damme (qv).'),
('153407',' This was the last film starring Jean'),
('153408','Claude Van Damme (qv) under  his five picture contract.'),
('153409',' Madonna (I) (qv) was one of the first choices, for the character  of Carrie Newton.'),
('153410',' Roger Moore as Lord Dobbs takes our hero to Mutai Island (and sells  him). Moore was last on this same Island during the filming of the  final scenes of The Man With The Golden Gun. These are the Phi Phi  Islands in Thailand.'),
('153411',' The American version is actually distilled from two different  Italian episodic features from 1953 and 1954.'),
('153412',' Italian censorship visa # 15863 dated 22 January 1954.'),
('153413',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Professor and the New Hat, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('153414',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Pardon Me (1911)_ (qv).'),
('153415',' Eternal Productions released rights to the documentary to several  groups, allowing them to show it on the Internet to anyone at no  charge; they only charge for people who would like a VHS/DVD copy  mailed to their homes.'),
('153416',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _St. Johns, Newfoundland, and Its Surroundings (1912)_ (qv).'),
('153417',' The soundtrack was written over three days.'),
('153418',' The film was shot over three months at Sturgis Charter School in  Hyannis, Massachusetts. The whole production took about nine months  due to several setbacks. At one point the film had been scrapped  altogether. Post'),
('153419','production wasnt completed until about three  minutes before the films premier at The Shaugnessy Theater in  Hyannis, Massachusetts.'),
('153420',' At the 2004 Woods Hole Film Festival, the film was shown alongside  two childrens films, causing several of the audience members to  walk out and complain to the directors of the festival.'),
('153421',' The beginning of the movie was shot to be long and boring in order  to emulate waking up and going to school.'),
('153422',' The film was banned from the Cape Cod Academy Student Film Festival  for an "inappropriate" scene involving pot smoking, while at the  same time the festival organizers film containing several suicide  scenes, including one of a woman drinking bleach, *was* shown.'),
('153423',' The character of Questor is considered a prototype of  Gene Roddenberry (qv)s later creation, Mr. Data of  _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv). In particular, a  scene written for this movie in which Questor makes love to a female  character was reportedly ordered cut by censors, but  Gene Roddenberry (qv) later arranged for a similar scene to be  included in the _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv)  episode, "The Naked Now."'),
('153424',' Leonard Nimoy (qv) was considered for the role of Questor.'),
('153425',' Of Gene Roddenberry (qv)s non'),
('153426','"Star Trek" pilots  (_Genesis II (1973) (TV)_ (qv), _Planet Earth (1974) (TV)_ (qv),  _Spectre (1977) (TV)_ (qv)), this one came closest to being  greenlighted as a weekly series. Gene Roddenberry (qv) ultimately  pulled it from consideration because American TV network NBC  demanded too many changes to the concept. The demands would  allegedly have eliminated the Jerry Robinson character, and would  have inserted revolving romantic interests for Questor.'),
('153427',' Based on the true story of Giuliano Guerzoni and Enrico Ughini, who  stole the money in june 1996 and were killed by their two  companions.'),
('153428',' This was the first in'),
('153429','flight film shown on a United Airlines flight.'),
('153430',' The Mexican flower woman at the airport who cries "Flores! Flores  para los muertos!" is a tribute to  _Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)_ (qv) in which a Mexican flower  woman cries the same phrase outside Stanley Kowalskis apartment. It  also could be a reference to  _Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)_ (qv), another film about a  bickering couple.'),
('153431',' When original director Jonathan Demme (qv) became unavailable,  writer Howard Franklin (qv) and producer Bill Murray (I) (qv)  couldnt agree on who would be a good director for the project. So  they decided to do the job themselves.'),
('153432',' Based on the novel by Jay Cronley which was also filmed 4 years  earlier as "Hold'),
('153433','Up" with Jean'),
('153434','Paul Belmondo and Kim Cattrall.'),
('153435',' Movie debut of Leon Ames (qv).'),
('153436',' Wendell Tolland, Jr. (qv) was selected to play the part by his  neighbor, writer/director Todd Henderson (qv), despite having  never acted before.'),
('153437',' Originally filmed in one long, continious take. In post'),
('153438','production,  however, director Todd Henderson (qv) decided to add cuts.'),
('153439',' A sex scene between Ellen (Sharon Stone (I) (qv)) and Cort  (Russell Crowe (I) (qv)) was shot, but Stone and director  Sam Raimi (qv) decided that it wasnt a necessary part of the  story. The scene was not included in the American release of the  film, but international versions do include it.'),
('153440',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv) hand'),
('153441','picked Russell Crowe (I) (qv) to be  in this film. The studio was initially unsure about this choice  because Crowe was a complete unknown to the American audience.'),
('153442',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv) was so insistent that  Leonardo DiCaprio (qv) appear in the film that she paid his salary  personally.'),
('153443',' Bruce Campbell (I) (qv) had a cameo appearance during a wedding  scene, but the scene was cut. Campbell says Sam Raimi (qv) created  that scene for the specific reason of giving Pat Hingle (qv)  something more substantial to do and was never intended to be in the  movie in the first place. Campbell was also visiting the set on his  day off when Raimi drafted him to play a skid'),
('153444','row character in  several background shots. Although all of Campbells appearances  ended up on the cutting room floor, he is still listed high up in  the credits.'),
('153445',' DIRTRADE(Sam Raimi (qv)): [pov shot] As a drinking glass and  bullets fly through the air, we see their targets from the missiles  viewpoint.'),
('153446',' All of the actors on the set in the gunfight scenes were instructed  in the art of the quick draw by a stunt coordinator. Due to his  limited screen time, Gene Hackman (qv) had the most opportunity to  prepare his quick draw and as a result was the fastest actor on the  set.'),
('153447',' For obvious reasons, this is the only Sam Raimi (qv) film to date  (2002) where his trademark beige 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 doesnt  appear in its original form. However, according to  Bruce Campbell (I) (qv), the car makes an appearance in the form  of a wagons chassis. He claims the car was disassembled and the  chassis was used for the wagon.'),
('153448',' According to the "Evil Dead Companion", Sharon Stone (I) (qv) was  given a lengthy list of directors that had been approved to direct  this film, so that she could choose the directors she thought would  work. She sent back a list with a single name... Sam Raimi (qv).  When asked why she chose Raimi, she said it was because she liked  _Army of Darkness (1992)_ (qv), among Raimis other works.'),
('153449',' DIRTRADE(Sam Raimi (qv)):[stooges]: Scars is a tribute to  Curly Howard (qv) of The Three Stooges (qv).'),
('153450',' There is a scene where Gene Hackman (qv) lightly slaps  Sharon Stone (I) (qv). It wasnt scripted and Stones reaction is  real.'),
('153451',' John Sayles (qv) did on'),
('153452','set rewrites of the films script during  principal photography.'),
('153453',' The Kid (Leonardo DiCaprio (qv)) has a real name: Fee Herod.'),
('153454',' Despite it being documented that all scenes featuring  Bruce Campbell (I) (qv) were cut, his name still appears in the  credits, quite high on the billing.'),
('153455',' Final film of Woody Strode (qv).'),
('153456',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Mr. and Mrs. Suspicious (1911)_ (qv).'),
('153457',' This film has one of the first examples of product placement with a  box of Bit'),
('153458','O'),
('153459','Honey candy bars by Jeanne Cagneys cash register.'),
('153460',' Named by Film Threat magazine as one of the top 10 short films of  2006.'),
('153461',' SPOILER: In the novel, Fowler arranges the death of Pyle (called  only The American in this film version) because of how Pyle is  meddling in Vietnams affairs and causing the deaths of innocent  civilians by creating his "third force," an American'),
('153462','backed army to  fight the Communists. The political climate at the time did not  allow these elements to be shown in the 1958 film. Instead, the  romantic rivalry between The American and Fowler for Phuong was  played up and this was made the cause of Fowlers act. Moreover, a  final scene was added in which we learn that Fowler has been  hoodwinked by the Communists into destroying The American, who is,  in reality, a noble man trying to bring hope and freedom to  Indochina. Graham Greene (I) (qv) was incensed by this change and  denounced the film.'),
('153463',' When Thomas Fowler first introduces Phuong to Alden Pyle, the song  "Jai Deux Amours" (Literally, "I Have Two Loves") can be heard  being performed in the background.'),
('153464',' The US release of this movie was delayed for more than a year by the  terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001. The producers  were concerned that it would be seen as anti'),
('153465','American.'),
('153466',' Two versions of this film exist: the original 10'),
('153467','minute cut and a  shorter 5'),
('153468','minute cut.'),
('153469',' The films title and tagline are a reference to a quote by Henry  David Thoreau.'),
('153470',' The scene where Bruno Lawrence (qv) is aimlessly wandering the  empty streets of the city blowing on a saxophone was an in'),
('153471','joke to  those who knew him, as he had once stolen one when he was young, but  later felt guilty and returned it.'),
('153472',' The vehicle that Joanne (Alison Routledge (qv)) steals when she  goes after Zac and Api is a Holden Torana LJ (1972'),
('153473','73).'),
('153474',' The white Toyota Hilux pickup truck that Zac drove was one of two  brand'),
('153475','new 4wd trucks that Toyota of New Zealand gave to the  production.'),
('153476',' The name of the American being interviewed on television is named  Dr. Alan Schwartz, U.S. Department of Information. This interview  (among other elements in the movie) was a reflection of real life  events; New Zealand was working to abolish the use of nuclear  fission in their country.'),
('153477',' Fitzgerald, Barry (qv) and Shields, Arthur (qv) are brothers.'),
('153478',' On the DVD commentary Maureen OHara (qv) dispels many myths about  the film including one about a lack of accommodations for the crew  in Ireland. According to OHara, the production spent six weeks  shooting the exteriors in Ireland and filmed the interiors on sound  stages in L.A.'),
('153479',' Cohans Pub in the movie was, in reality, a grocery store, but due  to the films popularity, they never bothered to remove the facade  used in the film. As of September 2003, the shop is no longer a  grocery store but strictly a souvenir shop specializing in Quiet Man  keepsakes. The original owner is still proprietor and is willing to  share memories of the filming of the movie.'),
('153480',' According to an interview in the Los Angeles Times on October 28,  2000, Maureen OHara (qv) recounted that she, John Ford (I) (qv)  and John Wayne (I) (qv) made a handshake agreement in 1944 to do  the film. When John Ford (I) (qv) pitched the idea to Hollywood  producers, he was told that it was a "silly Irish story that wont  make a penny." Wayne had a contract with Republic Pictures and  approached Republic studio chief Herbert J. Yates (qv) ("...a step  down for John Ford (I) (qv)," he says), he was told that the  script was a silly Irish tale that would make no money. However,  Yates would relent if Wayne, Ford and OHara together would make a  western for Republic, a sure money'),
('153481','maker that would pay for  Republics projected loss in producing this picture. The picture  that was made as a result of the agreement was  _Rio Grande (1950)_ (qv).'),
('153482',' A replica of the famous thatched cottage in the movie is located at  Maam Cross, County Galway, in the west of Ireland.'),
('153483',' During the scene where John Wayne (I) (qv) first kisses Maureen  OHara (qv), she slaps his face. When he blocked the blow, she  broke a bone in her hand. Since the movie was being filmed in  sequential order, she couldnt wear a cast to fix the broken bone.'),
('153484',' The station used in the opening sequence and during the scene where  John Wayne (I) (qv) slams the train doors looking for Maureen  OHara (qv) later in the film is Ballyglunin Station, south of the  town of Tuam, County Galway. It looks the same today as it did in  1951, when the film was shot with the only major difference being  the bridge which crosses the railway tracks is now gone. This bridge  was moved to Ballinasloe station, East Galway where it still stands  today, after Ballyglunin closed down as a main line.'),
('153485',' When the film was first screened in Boston, Mass., Michaleen Flynns  line on seeing the broken bed, "Impetuous! Homeric!", was censored.'),
('153486',' The famous fight scene was shot in the grounds of Ashford Castle,  Cong, County Mayo. The stunt in which John Wayne (I) (qv) punches  Victor McLaglen (qv) into the river was performed by director  John Ford (I) (qv)s son, Patrick Ford (I) (qv) (doubling for  Victor McLaglen (qv)).'),
('153487',' The horse racing sequence was shot at Lettergesh beach, Connemara,  on the west coast of Ireland.'),
('153488',' At the films conclusion, after the credits, we see Kate and Sean  standing in their garden waving good'),
('153489','bye. Maureen OHara (qv)  turns to John Wayne (I) (qv) and whispers something in his ear,  evoking a priceless reaction from Wayne. What was said was known  only to OHara, Wayne and director John Ford (I) (qv). In exchange  for saying this unscripted bit of text, OHara insisted that the  exact line never be disclosed by any involved parties. In her  memoirs she says that she refused to say the line at first as she  couldnt possibly say that to Duke but Ford insisted, claiming he  needed a genuine shock reaction from Wayne. The line remains a  mystery to this day.'),
('153490',' When Sean and Mary Kate take their wagon into town a store called  "Emily OConnor" can be seen in the background. This is actually a  crafts store and is still in business to this day.'),
('153491',' This was a significant departure for Republic Pictures, who were  more used to producing Westerns and war movies on low budgets. It  was their first and only film to receive an Academy Award nomination  for Best Picture.'),
('153492',' John Ford first read the story in 1933 and purchased the film rights  for a mere $10. It took him another 12 years to actually drum up  enough financing, and another 10 years to get the film made.'),
('153493',' One of the few Hollywood movies in which you can hear spoken Gaelic.'),
('153494',' The last line of the wedding toast was censored by Republic  Pictures. It should have said "May their days be long and full of  happiness. May their children be many and full of health. And may  they live in peace and ....freedom". The word "national" was removed  as Republic didnt wish to offend any audience members who might  have been sensitive to the political upheavals then taking place in  the newly independent Republic of Ireland.'),
('153495',' Green, the national color of Ireland, can be seen somewhere in every  shot in this film, but not on any of the actors costumes.'),
('153496',' Whenever Sean Thornton lights up a cigarette, he takes exactly two  puffs before pitching it away.'),
('153497',' Maureen OHara (qv) did her own singing.'),
('153498',' This documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _Quiet Man, The (1952)_ (qv), released in 2002.'),
('153499',' The film is composed entirely of over 1,000 35mm still photographs.'),
('153500',' No.14 in RKOs "Mr. Average Man" Series.'),
('153501',' Tom speaks, as does Spike, who says, "No more noise!"'),
('153502',' Colors are quite important in this movie. The girl feels empty,  alone, when shes surrounded and dressed in blue. Whenever people  are happy, theyre red, e.g. in the end when the girl starts  talking, she suddenly wears a very red sweater, in stead of the  usual blue clothes'),
('153503',' Along with playing one of the main characters, Elisha Cuthbert was  also an associate producer for the movie.'),
('153504',' This is the second movie in which Martin Donovan has played an  architect with a dark side. In 1998s Heaven, he was a compulsive  boozer and gambler who practiced architecture in between.'),
('153505',' In the original draft of the script, Martin Donovans character was  an insurance salesman.'),
('153506',' Jamie Babbit has stated in an interview that Thora Birch was  originally chosen to play the role of Dot.'),
('153507',' The actors and crew rehearsed the film for two months, and then shot  it in one night, in one 75 minute take. It was the first, and only,  time they had gotten through the entire screenplay without mistake.'),
('153508',' It is by far the lowest'),
('153509','budget feature film to ever screen at the  Austin Film Festival: the total budget was under 50 dollars.'),
('153510',' This is the first film to utilize the underwater bullet'),
('153511','time effect,  using 40 synchronized disposable underwater cameras on a giant,  steel rig.'),
('153512',' The infamous gun that is used by the main character Matthew Quigley  is a replica model 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle.'),
('153513',' The film was to have been Steve McQueen (I) (qv)s follow'),
('153514','up to  _Hunter, The (1980)_ (qv), but he fell ill shortly after filming  _Hunter, The (1980)_ (qv), so the project was scrapped.'),
('153515',' The title is a play on words in the original Spanish. The word  "mancha" means "stain" in that language, but La Mancha is also the  name of the region in which Don Quixote lives.'),
('153516',' Average Shot Length = ~7.4 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.6.'),
('153517',' The genuine model head cast from the real Marie Antoinette (qv)  (and on loan from Madame Tussauds wax museum in London) is in the  basket of aristocratic victims.'),
('153518',' During the play presented by the inmates of Charenton, a mask can be  seen in the backstage area. Made of leather and fitted with goggles  and a birdlike beak, this mask is identical to the one worn by  Robert Downey Jr. (qv)s character in _Restoration (1995)_ (qv).'),
('153519',' The tune that the Marquis de Sade (qv) keeps humming throughout  the film is the French childrens song "Au Clair de la Lune", the  second line of which becomes increasingly relevant '),
('153520',' roughly  translated, it is "lend me your quill so I can write a word".'),
('153521',' Geoffrey Rush (qv)s real'),
('153522','life wife, Jane Menelaus (qv), plays  de Sade (qv)s wife.'),
('153523',' Though the events in the film are based on reality, they have  definitely been tarted up as the opening disclaimer says. In real  life, the Marquis second wife, Marie'),
('153524','Constance Quesnet, was living  with him at Charenton, along with their daughter. He did carry on an  affair with Madeleine Leclerc (Kate Winslet (qv)s character),  although Madeleine was thirteen at the time. And contrary to  Geoffrey Rushs physical appearance, the real Marquis was, by this  point in his life, extremely obese.'),
('153525',' Special plastic/pleather shoes had to be made for Joaquin Phoenix.  Being a strict vegan, he refuses to wear leather.'),
('153526',' Geoffrey Rush (qv) directed the play that the asylum residents put  on.'),
('153527',' The works of de Sade (qv) read out in the film were actually  written by Doug Wright (II) (qv)'),
('153528',' Every single line from the script that was cut made it into the film  either written on de Sade (qv)s clothing, the bed sheets or in  his prison cell at the end.'),
('153529',' The prop department asked for details of de Sade (qv)s diet so  that they could get the consistency of mixture of the ink in the  final scene.'),
('153530',' The actors playing the inmates all had their characters diagnosed  with genuine mental illnesses by a psychiatrist.'),
('153531',' The rosary that appears in the film, which de Sade uses to commit  suicide, is made out of light and dark chocolate.'),
('153532',' The real Abbe de Coulmier was a four'),
('153533','foot'),
('153534','tall hunchback.'),
('153535',' This featurette is available on the DVD for Quills (2000).'),
('153536',' This featurette is available on the DVD for Quills (2000).'),
('153537',' This featurette is available on the DVD for Quills (2000).'),
('153538',' The film was shot in the same neighborhood that  Wash Westmoreland (qv) and Richard Glatzer (qv) (the films  writers and directors) live in, and the community turned up to help  out by loaning their houses, providing technical advice, supplying  clothing and acting.'),
('153539',' Because many members of the cast were not members of the Screen  Actors Guild, Chalo González (qv) had to hand in his SAG card  before he could play the role of Tio Tomas.'),
('153540',' The character of Tio Tomas was based on writer/director  Wash Westmoreland (qv)s great uncle.'),
('153541',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Girl in the Taxi, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('153542',' The majority of the movie was filmed in the empty Man and His World  Pavillion on St. Helens Island.(The Island is connected to Montreal  by Bridges and the subway.) It was originally built for Expo 67 and  remained standing for several more years.'),
('153543',' Babies are only allowed to work fifteen minutes at a time with  twenty minute breaks in between. So, twenty babies were brought in  to play the quints.'),
('153544',' Produced as part of the 48 Hour Film Project 2005 for Washington, DC'),
('153545',' "Quite Contrary" is actually one of two interconnected shorts  produced by Tohubohu Productions for the 2005 48 Hour Film Project;  in the other film, "The Big Lie," Ryan Moellering (Shawn "Felt"  Felty) purchases the mask he wears in this picture.'),
('153546',' This is a lost film'),
('153547',' Robert Redford (I) (qv) claims that he spotted the real  Charles Van Doren (qv)s acting while he was watching the show  during his tenure at acting school.'),
('153548',' Although the setting is supposed to be Columbia University, portions  of the movie were filmed at Fordham University in the Bronx.'),
('153549',' Before filming began, Ralph Fiennes (qv) wanted to speak with  Charles Van Doren (qv) in person to get his accent down for the  role. However, the feeling was that Charles Van Doren (qv) would  not want to help with the film at all. So Ralph Fiennes (qv) and  one of the films staff drove to the town in rural Connecticut where  Charles Van Doren (qv) lives. They found Charles Van Doren (qv)  sitting on a chair outside his house, and Ralph Fiennes (qv)  pretended to be a lost driver and asked him for directions.'),
('153550',' Herb Stempel (qv)s son was actually only an infant at the time of  the quiz show scandal. Herb Stempel (qv) had been trying to tell  people that the show was fixed long before he lost his run; it was  only after the CBS game show _"Dotto" (1958)_ (qv) was exposed as  rigged in May, 1958, did people start to listen to him, not  publishing the accusations until August, 1958.'),
('153551',' In January, 1957, Herb Stempel (qv) and Charles Van Doren (qv)  actually had a series of three scripted ties and  Charles Van Doren (qv) finally won on the fourth game. While  Charles Van Doren (qv) did lose to Vivienne Nearing, he actually  played against her three times to a tie before losing. He had beat  her husband, Victor Nearing, earlier in the year. He signed a 3'),
('153552','year  contract for $150,000 ($50,000 a year in the movie, pretty much got  it right) in April, 1957, to guest on Steve Allen (I) (qv)s show,  guest host the _"Today" (1952)_ (qv) show, and be a panelist on  NBCs radio show, "Conversations."'),
('153553',' Charles Van Doren (qv) did talk to the grand jury and through his  lawyer, saying he was innocent, and even claimed that, "it is silly  and distressing to think that people dont have more faith in quiz  shows." He offered to appear before the Congressional (House)  Committee (on Interstate and Foreign Commerce), so they subpoenaed  him to do so; in November of 1959 he confessed. He told reporters at  the following press conference that he had been, "living in dread  for almost 3 years."'),
('153554',' Charles Van Doren (qv)s resignation was accepted at Columbia, and  he went on to become editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica for two  decades (and wrote "How to Read a Book" and others, though didnt  publish under his real name for many years after the scandal).'),
('153555',' At one point, Steven Soderbergh (qv) was offered to direct with  Tim Robbins (I) (qv) starring as Charles Van Doren (qv).'),
('153556',' Tim Robbins (I) (qv) was originally going to play Charles Van  Doren.'),
('153557',' Originally devised as a project for Richard Dreyfuss (qv), with  Harold Becker (qv) directing.'),
('153558',' This film features at least three directors in small roles:  Martin Scorsese (qv), Barry Levinson (I) (qv), and  Douglas McGrath (qv).'),
('153559',' In the film Dick Goodwin mentions that the Reuben Sandwich as being  the only "truly invented" sandwich in the world and he credits a  Reuben K (actual name Reuben Kulakofsky) as having invented it. It  was entered into a national sandwich competition in 1956 by a Fern  Snider. Truth is that the inventor of the sandwich is unknown and  the recipe goes back to about 1908 which is about 20 years before Mr  Kulakosky first invented it.'),
('153560',' The real Herb Stempel (qv) makes an unbilled appearance as one of  the former contestants interviewed by Richard Goodwin.'),
('153561',' Producers Barry Levinson and Mark Johnson had their names taken off  the credits even though they had been instrumental in getting the  film made. They settled instead for a namecheck for their production  company Baltimore Pictures. This was because they felt that listing  eleven producer credits for just one film was far too many.'),
('153562',' The charcoal drawing of Mark Van Doren seen hanging in the Van Doren  home is that of the real Mark Van Doren, not Paul Scofield who  portrayed him in the film.'),
('153563',' When Dick Goodwin comments that the private club has the Reuben on  the menu but he does not see any Ruebens present, he is referring  to the fact that he is Jewish and the club does not admit Jews for  membership.'),
('153564',' 32,000 costumes were used in the film.'),
('153565',' CAMEO(Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)): an extra'),
('153566',' Originally cast in 1949 with Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) as Lygia  and Gregory Peck (qv) as Marcus Vinicus. But as the production  changed hands the following year, the roles were recast with  Deborah Kerr (qv) and Robert Taylor (I) (qv).'),
('153567',' CAMEO(Sophia Loren (qv)): an extra'),
('153568',' Loren, Sophia (qv)s bit role as a slave marked her film debut.'),
('153569',' Among the many actresses who tried out for a role in the film: a  pre'),
('153570','stardom Hepburn, Audrey (qv).'),
('153571',' Screen Debut '),
('153572',' Spencer, Bud (qv) (Carlo Pedersoli) as Emperors  guard'),
('153573',' SPOILER: Peter Ustinov (qv) would later say that director  Mervyn LeRoy (qv) gave him the perfect insight as to how to play  Nero. LeRoy told him, "I see Nero as a guy who plays with himself  nights."'),
('153574',' Re'),
('153575','released by MGM in 1964 to pad their 40th anniversary schedule.'),
('153576',' Nero remarks on the idea of creating an experience in order to gain  inspiration, and complains that for his "conflagration", he has not  yet seen a burning city. Petronius replies; "A burning city? That  would be carrying art for arts sake too far". "Art for arts sake"  is of course the motto of the studio that made the film, MGM.'),
('153577',' Represented a hollow victory for Louis B. Mayer (qv) since it was  his final big budget production. Produced for $7 million, it was  MGMs largest grosser since _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv), but  L.B. was forced out of his job prior to its release.'),
('153578',' Filmed at the new Cincecitta Studio in Rome, a long delayed  production complex originally conceived by Benito Mussolini (qv)  and Hal Roach (qv) under their proposed R.A.M. ("Roach and  Mussolini") Corporation, which was ultimately aborted. This fascist  business alliance horrified 1930s studio moguls and ultimately led  to Roach defecting from his MGM distribution deal to United Artists  in 1937. This new studio complex offered massive sets and cheap  Italian labor. It would be later utilized by many producers,  including Federico Fellini (qv).'),
('153579',' In _Audience with Peter Ustinov, An (1988) (TV)_ (qv), Ustinov  recalled that he had been attached to the role of Nero for over a  year before filming began. During this time he received a memo from  the producers, informing him that they still wanted him for the  part, but were concerned that he was too young. Ustinov replied that  Nero died when he was 31; if they waited much longer, he would be  too old for the part. He then received a reply, which he said he had  kept and treasured. The reply stated: "Historical research has  proved you correct."'),
('153580',' Robert Taylors hairy chest had to be shaved for his part in Quo  Vadis. This was because the studio thought a mans hairy chest was  too "sexy" for a Biblical film.'),
('153581',' John Huston (I) (qv) was originally supposed to direct this film,  but walked out following arguments about the script. He was replaced  by Mervyn LeRoy (qv).'),
('153582',' Title was based on a line from _Last Tango in Paris (1972)_ (qv).'),
('153583',' Contemporary accounts reported that in a scene in an arena where  lions were eating "Christians" (actually dummies stuffed with raw  meat to entice the lions to eat them), one of the lions suddenly  turned and pounced into a crowd of nearby extras. It grabbed one man  and dragged him back to where the other lions were feasting on the  "bodies". By the time the lions trainer grabbed a rifle and shot  the animal, it had already killed and began to eat the unlucky  extra. Although the incident was caught on film, there was a  question as to whether it was actually used in the movie itself; the  producers said it wasnt, some of the actors who later saw the  completed film said it was. Since no copy of it is known to exist at  present, there is no way to know.'),
('153584',' When the project ran into financial trouble, brought on by its two  squabling directors, offers for financial aid came from Germany. The  only condition was that the producers would have to have a German as  a co'),
('153585','director, so Georg Jacoby (qv) was signed as the third  director of the film.'),
('153586',' Darren McAree (qv) went through two hours of make'),
('153587','up to be  transformed into The Demon (it was originally going to take four  hours). It took just over an hour to apply the Jack make'),
('153588','up.'),
('153589',' The second day of principal photography was set back over two hours  due to poor weather and equipment failure whilst shooting a scene in  a field. The scene was ultimately cut from the end of the film.'),
('153590',' The film originally opened with a stark montage of the location and  of Jack, to introduce and set up the place and the character. This  was later replaced by the overdose in the kitchen sequence, though a  couple of the montage shots remain as Jack wakes up in the hospital.'),
('153591',' There is one shot in the film that is actually taken from the  documentary footage that was shot during filming.  Andrew Davidson (II) (qv) refuses to tell documentary maker  Ross Lucas (qv) which shot it is.'),
('153592',' The Demon is seen wearing the same clothes that Jack wears at the  start of the film during the overdose scene.'),
('153593',' Darren McAree (qv) was cast in the role of The Demon because the  film'),
('153594','makers thought that it would be interesting for  Darren McAree (qv) to play Jacks own Demon. Although this made  shooting the scene in which they both feature complicated, the end  result would be more satisfactory.'),
('153595',' Helen Norman (II) (qv) plays the Mother of Darren McAree (qv)s  character Jack. Max Norman (qv), her real son, plays the child  apparition version of Jack in one scene.'),
('153596',' Jason Trevor (qv) worked with Andrew Davidson (II) (qv) at the  Odeon Cinema in Stoke'),
('153597','on'),
('153598','Trent, and had complained that he had been  the only member of staff not asked to appear in Autumn Heart (2003),  so was cast by Andrew Davidson (II) (qv) in this movie. He arrived  with mutual friend Kerry Kirkham (qv) in tow, she was not  originally cast in the film, but was asked to appear as one of the  "Friend" apparitions.'),
('153599',' On their location recce to the hospital, Andrew Davidson (II) (qv)  and Kevin Brett (qv) found a mechanical floor polisher, they liked  it so much that during filming put it in the shot where Jack wakes  up in the hospital.'),
('153600',' The film is dedicated in the memory of late Shri Sanjay Gandhi, son  of late prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi and brother of late  prime minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi'),
('153601',' Feroz Khan had offered the role of Amar to Amitabh Bachchan before  it was played by Vinod Khanna'),
('153602',' A mastering error on the original release of the ZX Spectrum version  meant that level 8 didnt appear on the tape '),
('153603',' level 7 was recorded  twice, followed by level 9, meaning that players who completed the  first 7 levels could get no further.'),
('153604',' The iconic boss at the end of stage one is actually called The  Dobkeratops.'),
('153605',' The first in the R'),
('153606','Type series to ditch its sprite'),
('153607','based graphics  for polygons.'),
('153608',' The fighter is identified in R'),
('153609','Type Final as the R'),
('153610','9Ø Ragnarok.'),
('153611',' Passwords for later levels are as follows:  '),
('153612',' Level 2: 5bdgb  '),
('153613',' Level 3: 5hhlq  '),
('153614',' Level 4: 5mglt  '),
('153615',' Level 5: 5rflx  '),
('153616',' Level 6 5wdl0'),
('153617',' Was never released outside of Japan or ported to any home console.'),
('153618',' Developed by Irems internal group Nanao. The original developers  of R'),
('153619','Type went to Aicom (bought by SNK) to develop Pulstar.'),
('153620',' For invincibility, while paused hold L2 and press Right, Right,  Left, Right, Left, Left, Right, Left, R2, Up, Up, Down, Down, Up,  Down, Up, Down, R2'),
('153621',' For a level select At the title screen press L2, L2, L2, L2, L2, L2,  L2, L2, L2, L2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2'),
('153622',' To speed up the ship, while paused hold L2 and press Right, Up,  Right, Up, Down, Left, Down, Left, Circle'),
('153623',' To slow down the ship, while paused hold L2 and press Right, Up,  Right, Up, Down, Left, Down, Left, X'),
('153624',' The video for "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" was very  difficult to shoot. Nearly 90% of the video is shown in reverse. The  shot where R. Kelly is writing on his desk took about 9 hours to  shoot.'),
('153625',' When this aired, there were only 900,000 TV sets in the U.S., and  television wasnt even available in the Midwest.'),
('153626',' The video for "Everybody Hurts" was inspired by the opening sequence  of Federico Fellini (qv)s _8½ (1963)_ (qv).'),
('153627',' The woman in the video "The One I Love" is Michael Stipe (qv)s  sister.'),
('153628',' The title, Pop Screen, is a reference to the song "Pop Song 89" on  R.E.M.s 6th album, Green.'),
('153629',' At the beginning of the movie there is a scene where the attorney is  talking to a defendant outside the courthouse. The defendant is  played by the cinematographer Richard LeValley (qv).'),
('153630',' Based on the short comic "Do Not Disturb" published in The Monster  Times'),
('153631',' Huub van der Lubbe (qv) who plays zombie is actually a singer from  the popular Dutch band "De Dijk" and was asked to play this role by  director Jan Doense (qv) when he saw him riding his bicycle in  Amsterdam.'),
('153632',' Director Jan Doense sees this short horror'),
('153633','comedy as an homage to  the American horror classics from the 1930s such as  _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv)'),
('153634',' The set for the bedroom that Jared shares with Humu was built in a  prison.'),
('153635',' DIRCAMEO(Kurt Hale (qv)): as one of the janitors at the mall where  Jared tries to sell his engagement ring.'),
('153636',' When Jared first finds out Mollys fiancés name, he says, "His  names Kirby? Thats not a even a name." The actor who plays Jared  is named Kirby.'),
('153637',' Stanley Kramer always referred to this film in interviews as his  least favorite and least successful of the films he has directed.'),
('153638',' The motorcycle ridden by Anthony Quinn (qv) is a 500cc T100R  Triumph Daytona.'),
('153639',' Majandra Delfino (qv) (who did all of her own stunts) can indeed  actually fit totally inside a Sears Kenmore Oven.'),
('153640',' The giant air conditioner, on top of which John Skyles is strangled,  had to be dismantled and cranked by hand to allow filmmakers to  shoot from inside its guts looking out.'),
('153641',' Nearly all of the names and references in the film are to historical  occurrences and figures.'),
('153642',' Glenn Quinn (qv)s last film.'),
('153643',' This Film was selected in the Strasbourg Film Festival for the  humanrights . (France)'),
('153644',' This Film was selected in the Grenoble Documentary Festival.  (France)'),
('153645',' Artoos bungee jump was performed three times at a real bungee jump  attraction located at Fox Studios, Sydney, Australia. The first two  times a bungee cord was used, but was not on the third try, which is  the footage in the documentary. A special R2 was created for this  scene, and was completely destroyed. The emergency room follow'),
('153646','up  scene was shot seven months later at Petaluma Valley Hospital,  Petaluma, California.'),
('153647',' The title refers to the production number given by RKO to Citzen  Kane.'),
('153648',' The size of the principal actors had to be modified for their roles.  The 63" Liev Schreiber had to bulk up to portray Orson Welles,  while John Malkovich, who stands about 61" (a full head taller than  the real Herman Mankiewicz), had to be made to look much slighter  and smaller than usual. James Cromwell, who stands a towering 67",  was surrounded by actors in lifts, as the real William Randolph  Hearst was about 63" or 64".'),
('153649',' In the shot of Orson cutting the Citizen Kane script, one of Kanes  lines is "Who knows what lurks in the hearts of evil men? The Shadow  knows!" This was the classic introduction played at the beginning of  every episode of Welles famous radio program, "The Shadow".'),
('153650',' On the script are various other narratives of Orson Welles work  with his Mercury Theatre and his move from New York plays to  Hollywood movies (mostly under the supposed "VOICE" character).'),
('153651',' This was originally planned as a theatrical film. The original cast  consisted of Edward Norton (I) (qv) as Orson Welles (qv),  Marlon Brando (qv) as William Randolph Hearst (qv),  Madonna (I) (qv) as Marion Davies (qv), Dustin Hoffman (qv) as  Herman J. Mankiewicz (qv), Meryl Streep (qv) as  Louella Parsons (qv). Ridley Scott (qv) was slated to direct.  But studios passed on the film because of the projected $40 million  budget. Scott dropped out as director. Brando and Hoffman also  dropped out. Gene Hackman (qv) was considered to replace Brando  and Al Pacino (qv) was considered to replace Hoffman. Eventually,  the project was scaled down to a TV'),
('153652','movie and the entire cast was  replaced.'),
('153653',' This feature'),
('153654','length documentary is featured on the Two Disc Special  Edition and Two Disc Collectors Edition DVDs for  _King Kong (1933)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('153655',' The film aboard the Titanic included in this documentary was said to  have been filmed by Daniel Marvin, son of Henry Marvin, co'),
('153656','founder  of American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. Before Marvin perished in  the Titanic sinking, the film was given to his new wife who boarded  a lifeboat, and was rescued.'),
('153657',' Biograph cameraman Arthur Marvin was the brother of Henry Marvin  (Biographs Co'),
('153658','Founder) and Uncle to Daniel Marvin who perished in  the sinking of the Titanic.'),
('153659',' The documentary has film clips taken by the British Mutoscope and  Biograph Company on Titanics launching.'),
('153660',' Daniel and Mary Marvin were suppose to travel back from England to  New York on the steamship Carpathia. However, their family friend  Captain E. J. Smith invited them to travel back with him to the USA  as his guests on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.'),
('153661',' Mary Farquerson'),
('153662','Marvin was a well'),
('153663','known fashion and photographers  model of that day.'),
('153664',' Roger Avary (qv) was planned to direct the movie right after  _Killing Zoe (1994)_ (qv) with a cast comprising of :  Jean'),
('153665','Hugues Anglade (qv), Yun'),
('153666','Fat Chow (qv),  Dolph Lundgren (qv), Matt Dillon (qv), Nastajja Kinski (qv),  Vanessa Paradis (qv), Tcheky Karyo (qv) and Tom Savini (qv).  The project was dropped for budgetary reasons.'),
('153667',' Caveh Zahedi (qv), Andrew Bujalski  (qv) and  Bob Byington  (qv) all share the same birthday (April 29th).'),
('153668',' The code Dr. Kaboom enters into his keypad to activate the cannon on  his car is 1847. This is the year nitroglycerin was invented.'),
('153669',' Won two Telly Awards including the highest honor for Non'),
('153670','Broadcast  Childrens Audience.'),
('153671',' Jeff Daniels (I) (qv) composed "Recreational Vehicle" song for his  charity album "Jeff Daniels Live and Unplugged". The song was about  his personal RV misadventures.'),
('153672',' A life'),
('153673','long fan of camping, Jeff Daniels (I) (qv) has owned an RV  for years. According to a Detroit radio interview, his RV driving  lessons for the movie were quickly canceled when he arrived on  location in his personal recreational vehicle.'),
('153674',' Carly Schroeder (qv) was originally cast as Cassie Munro but had  to drop out of the film due to scheduling conflicts with  _Firewall (2006)_ (qv). The role then went to Joanna  JoJo Levesque (qv).'),
('153675',' The "Happy Max" horn on the Gornickes RV plays a portion of the  theme from _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv).'),
('153676',' Jeff Daniels (I) (qv) did all the banjo playing in all of the  music scenes.'),
('153677',' Daveigh Chase (qv) auditioned for the role of Cassie.'),
('153678',' The letters OPE and POE from  _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv)  can be seen on the wall of the RV park washroom. This is actually a  tribute within a tribute as in the film  _Raising Arizona (1987)_ (qv), the same initials OPE and POE are  displayed in a restroom as well.'),
('153679',' The salesman, Irv, (pictured on the right side of the RV) is, in  fact, director Barry Sonnenfeld (qv).'),
('153680',' All three of the Gornicke children are named after former NFL  players from the Houston Oilers: Earl (Earl Campbell (I) (qv));  Moon (Warren Moon (qv)) and Billy (Billy "White  Shoes Johnson (qv)).'),
('153681',' Writer/director M. Frank spent six months researching by meeting and  spending time with numerous street kids and drug dealers before  developing the script. Some of them play cameo roles and worked as  advisors on the film.'),
('153682',' While shooting a scene where police officers beat up two street  kids, a real life crime scene was occurring twenty metres behind the  camera. A man had been stabbed and the police forensics camera  flashes disrupted filming.'),
('153683',' Casting the lead and supporting roles took 4 months as 80% of the  characters were Asian and most had never acted before.'),
('153684',' "Ra Choi" (the English translation means "Coming out to play") is a  Vietnamese expression which is used to describe the transition into  living on the streets.'),
('153685',' The director, Digvijay, is the brother of the films star, Geeta  Bali, who produced the movie'),
('153686',' This is Kamal Hassan (qv)s 100th movie.'),
('153687',' Opening credits include an apology to Air India by the producers of  this film.'),
('153688',' Was Nepals first'),
('153689','ever CinemaScope film.'),
('153690',' Pakistans first digital feature film.'),
('153691',' This movie introduced Rajesh Khanna and Babita Shivdasani.'),
('153692',' The role of Sanjana (Bipasha Basu (qv)) was offered to  Lisa Ray (qv).'),
('153693',' Little John is a caricature of Chuck Jones (I) (qv). (He was  somewhat fat during this period.)'),
('153694',' One of the first feature films to be shot on videotape, then  transferred to film stock.'),
('153695',' Billy Crystal (qv)s film debut.'),
('153696',' A signboard lists the operas featured cast as Michele Maltese and  Carlo Jonzi, references to Michael Maltese (qv) and  Chuck Jones (I) (qv).'),
('153697',' For a quick sequence where we see a close up of Bugss hands  massaging Elmers scalp to the notes of a short piano solo in the  opera, they are deliberately drawn with five fingers for the  sequence so they can believably follow the tune.'),
('153698',' Although previous versions had popular doo'),
('153699','wop songs on the  soundtrack, for the seven'),
('153700','minute, 1979 version of this film, Anger  decided to use the catchy but hyper'),
('153701','obscure 1976 song "It Came in  the Night" by the UK band A Raincoat. The song was released as a  single only and is not on the only A Raincoat album "Digalongamacs".  It was written by band leader Andy Arthurs and was used in the film  without his knowledge or permission.'),
('153702',' Doris Pilkington, author of the book "Follow the Rabbit'),
('153703','Proof  Fence", is the daughter of Molly (played by Everlyn Sampi in the  film).'),
('153704',' The world premiere of this film was held in an outdoor screening at  Jigalong, the outback community where the girls were taken from, and  where they still live.'),
('153705',' Everlyn Sampi (qv), (Molly Craig), ran away twice during filming.  In one instance, she was found in a phone booth, trying to buy  tickets back to Broome.'),
('153706',' The last scene in the movie, which shows the real'),
('153707','life Molly walking  with a walking stick, was shot first. According to  Phillip Noyce (qv), during an interview after a screening, Mollys  age and health made it so that it would be best if that scene was  shot first.'),
('153708',' Comprised of 9 installments totaling 50 minutes.'),
('153709',' This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('153710',' Sissy Spacek (qv) was David Cronenberg (qv)s first choice to  play Rose. Ivan Reitman (qv) suggested Marilyn Chambers (I) (qv)  because he wanted sex appeal.'),
('153711',' A poster for _Carrie (1976)_ (qv) is visible after Rose walks out of  the porn theatre. Sissy Spacek (qv), who played Carrie in that  film, was the first choice for Rose but was turned down because of  her Texas accent.'),
('153712',' Franks motorcycle which he restores after Roses crash is a 750cc  Norton Commando.'),
('153713',' The two female singers shown immediately following the opening  credits are caricatures of Yui Horie (qv) and Yukari Tamura, who  are performing the song under the group name "Yamato Nadeshiko".'),
('153714',' The second film in director Pier Paolo Pasolinis "Trilogy of Life",  following _Decameron, Il (1971)_ (qv) and concluding with  _Fiore delle mille e una notte, Il (1974)_ (qv).'),
('153715',' New York Islanders hockey player Mike Bossy (qv) served as a  consultant on the hockey game sequence. In addition, Cedric wears an  Islanders jersey, with Bossys number 22.'),
('153716',' Brent Lestage (qv) (Director) created dog sounds. Dog chase scene  photographed upside'),
('153717','down & flipped to achieve low'),
('153718','angle.'),
('153719',' Actor Fardeen Khan was first offered the role which was subsequently  played by Akshaye Khanna. Fardeen reportedly turned down the role  because of his differences with Saif Ali Khan.'),
('153720',' After rejected by CBS, NBC, and ABC, producer David L. Wolper (qv)  sold the film to 109 individual stations, and it first aired the  week of 24 April 1960.'),
('153721',' To do research for this film, Charles M. Schulz (qv) and the  films staff went river rafting in the Rogue Rivers in Oregon.'),
('153722',' Prints of this film exist.'),
('153723',' The film is dedicated to John Rillstone, Bill Clarke, Colin Robinson  who were killed during the filming of the jet boat sequences.'),
('153724',' Director Starrett, Jack (qv) claims he hired real life Satanists  as cult'),
('153725','member extras.'),
('153726',' Completed in 1931, and reviewed in Harrisons Reports in November  1931, but not released until 1933.'),
('153727',' French visa # 114202 delivered on 9'),
('153728','10'),
('153729','2006.'),
('153730',' Although not credited, Eric Stoltz (qv) plays one of the guests at  the table when Deforest, Rachel, and Charles go to the café.'),
('153731',' The computer used by Dexter Fletcher throughout the film is a  Commodore Amiga A500, a US'),
('153732','made computer that didnt do very well in  the US, but was very popular in Europe.'),
('153733',' Sometimes noted as Rachel and the Beelzebub Bombardiers (alternate  spelling) at the BFI and BBC sites.'),
('153734',' Loretta Young (qv) was famous for placing a "swear jar" on the  sets of all of her films, charging anyone in the cast or crew who  used foul language 25 cents for doing so, then giving the funds to  one of her favorite charities. While making this film with her,  Robert Mitchum (qv) reputedly held his tongue about his pious  co'),
('153735','star until shooting was completed. As he exited the set on the  final day of production, Mitchum smiled, dropped a $20 bill into the  jar, and said, "This should just about cover everything Ive been  wanting to say to Loretta."'),
('153736',' This was one of RKOs biggest hits of 1948, earning $395,000.00'),
('153737',' First paid acting job for Maggie Grace who gained fame on the hit TV  show "Lost."'),
('153738',' Based on the 1966 novel "A Jest of God" by Margaret Laurence.'),
('153739',' Jim Morrison (I) (qv) was asked personally by  Paul Newman (I) (qv) to write a song for this movie, but it didnt  work out.'),
('153740',' First of six episodes in the Musical Memories one'),
('153741','reel series.'),
('153742',' RKOs Cord convertible gets quite a bit of exposure in this one,  much to the delight of classic car enthusiasts.'),
('153743',' The Shetland pony, Tucker (Dustin Hofman), had to be painted brown  during filming because his real coat turned gray. Everyone was so  surprised, but the animal trainers did a little touch'),
('153744','up with brown  dye.'),
('153745',' Originally rated "R" by the MPAA due to strong language and the  scene of nudity. Upon an appeal, the rating was reduced to "PG."'),
('153746',' The shots in which Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage stand in on the  railroad tracks with the train coming toward them were done with  large mirrors to give the illusion that the train is actually coming  toward them when the train is actually on another set of tracks.'),
('153747',' The scene in which Sean Penn and Elizabeth McGovern go swimming in  the lake was shot in the middle of winter which meant the water  would also be freezing cold, but Penn and McGovern were so into the  film they elected to do it anyway.'),
('153748',' The bowling alley where Penn and Cage work in the film was built  from scratch by production designers David L. Snyder and Jeannie  Oppewall because the town in which the film was shot did not have  one that fit that era.'),
('153749',' Sean Penn was cast by Richard Benjamin after seeing in a New York  stage play,'),
('153750',' The scene in which Sean Penn fights Crispin Glover, Nicolas Cage is  then seen trying to clean off the blood on the womans dress was  Richard Benjamins idea.'),
('153751',' Another incarnation of this film exists, with director Dave  Derewlany as the lead, but Adam & Dave were unhappy with the ending  of the finished version, so decided to re'),
('153752','shoot the script again.'),
('153753',' George Weiss (I) (qv) had Rita Martínez (qv) affect a thick  Mexican accent because her real voice was "too American".'),
('153754',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 22  November 1927 and closed in March 1928 after 119 performances. The  opening night cast included Edward G. Robinson (qv),  Romaine Callender (qv), G. Pat Collins (qv) (who is also in the  movie), Norman Foster (I) (qv), Hugh OConnell (qv) and  Willard Robertson (qv).'),
('153755',' In May 1950, Samuel Fuller (qv) was assigned to work on the films  screenplay and was considered as a possible director.'),
('153756',' Shelley Winters (qv) was originally announced as the pictures  female star in January 1951.'),
('153757',' Ray Collins and William Talman both co'),
('153758','starred in the TV series  Perry Mason.'),
('153759',' The only film that Robert Mitchum appeared in which was a remake of  a silent film.'),
('153760',' In the car chase, they pass a sign advertising Hotel Friz, a  reference to director Freleng, Friz (qv).'),
('153761',' A doll of Segas blue mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog, can be seen  dangling from the rear view mirror as you drive. This also marks the  first appearance for Sonic in a videogame, before the character made  his grand debut in _Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) (VG)_ (qv).'),
('153762',' The clear rocket'),
('153763','shaped prop in Retiks moon lab previously appeared  in _Flight to Mars (1951)_ (qv).'),
('153764',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('153765',' 1. Moon Rocket  '),
('153766',' 2. Molten Terror  '),
('153767',' 3. Bridge of Death  '),
('153768',' 4. Flight to Destruction  '),
('153769',' 5. Murder Car  '),
('153770',' 6. Hills of Death  '),
('153771',' 7. Camouflaged Destruction  '),
('153772',' 8. The Enemy Planet  '),
('153773',' 9. Battle in the Stratosphere  '),
('153774',' 10. Mass Execution  '),
('153775',' 11. Planned Pursuit  '),
('153776',' 12. Death of the Moon Man'),
('153777',' Made by Republic in the final years of serial production, it  recycled the "rocketman suit" from their highly popular serial  _King of the Rocket Men (1949)_ (qv).'),
('153778',' During a fight scene between George Wallace (I) (qv) as Commando  Cody and Clayton Moore (qv) as the villain Graber, Wallace zigged  when he should have zagged, and Moore connected with him and broke  his nose.'),
('153779',' This serial is part of the public domain.'),
('153780',' Chapter Titles: 1. The Fatal Fog 2. Perilous Trail 3. Rolling Fury  4. Flight of the Spy King 5. Trapped Underground 6. Wheels of  Disaster 7. Electrocution 8. Death Rings the Phone 9. Tomb of Terror  10.Death Dive 11.Desperate Mission 12.Day of Reckoning'),
('153781',' Production began in 1987, but was interrupted when Hurricane Hugo  demolished the sets. Finally finished in 1990, it did not get  distributed until director'),
('153782','writer'),
('153783','producer Iradj Azimi (qv)  slashed his wrists before officials of the French Ministry of  Culture.'),
('153784',' This film was released in two versions, one silent and one with a  soundtrack produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound'),
('153785','on'),
('153786','film process.'),
('153787',' One of the eight MGM'),
('153788','produced Our Gang shorts to lose money upon its  initial release. MGM produced a total of 52 Our Gang entries from  1938'),
('153789','43 (the final ones were released into 1944).'),
('153790',' The movie lost $4,759 during its initial release.'),
('153791',' This is the only Woody Allen (qv) film in which both of his  frequent collaborators and longtime companions Mia Farrow (qv) and  Diane Keaton (qv).'),
('153792',' When the Uncle goes next door to confront the communists, the man  screaming about the plight of the "worker" is  Larry David (I) (qv), who can be seen in a long shot.'),
('153793',' The amusement park young Joe walks by in the film is old Rockaway  Playland located in Rockaway Beach, New York. The park was in its  last year of operation when the film was being made in 1987 and was  subsequently closed and demolished. After remaining an empty lot for  many years the property, in the late nineties, had been developed  with houses built on it. Ironically the Beach 98th train station on  the IND A train still holds the name PLAYLAND in its station name.'),
('153794',' Sally Whites becoming a celebrity gossip reporter after her radio  career fizzles out is based on real'),
('153795','life actress'),
('153796','turned'),
('153797','gossip Hedda  Hopper.'),
('153798',' The story of Kirby Kyle, the ill fated baseball player, is a parody  of former Chicago White Sox Pitcher Monty Stratton, whose promising  career was derailed after he lost part of his leg due to a hunting  accident. Stratton attempted a comeback, and then retired. His life  was made into a movie The Monty Stratton Story.'),
('153799',' Originally to be directed by writer Evans, David M. (I) (qv), but  he was replaced by Donner, Richard (qv) due to his inexperience.'),
('153800',' A poster for _X'),
('153801','15 (1961)_ (qv) (also directed by  Donner, Richard (qv)) is visible outside the movie theatre.'),
('153802',' The train station in Novato, California where the boys walk the  tracks was not shown in any detail because it was damaged by fire in  the early 1980s. The restoration did not begin until 1995.'),
('153803',' The blue houses featured in the film are former Hamilton Air Force  Base housing, and later sold to the Coast Guard for its housing.  Residents of the housing referred to it as "Smurf Village."'),
('153804',' The sacking of original director David M. Evans (I) (qv),  replacing him with Richard Donner (qv), and later re'),
('153805','shoots  following test screenings meant that this modest little films  budget jumped from $15 million to $30 million.'),
('153806',' The original script called for more fantasy sequences involving a  worm man and zombies. These ideas were scrapped when Richard Donner  replaced David Mickey Evans as the director.'),
('153807',' When Mike is reading the postcard from Bobby at the end of the film  you see that their last name is Wright '),
('153808',' as in the "Wright  Brothers".'),
('153809',' Re'),
('153810','edited feature film using material from the previously released  15 episode serial, _Wolves of Kultur (1918)_ (qv).'),
('153811',' In this film, made in New York City and preserved in the National  Film Archive of Australia, one of the Franks is the main vocalist  and the other plays piano and is the backup vocalist, in their  rendition of the song "Remember".'),
('153812',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('153813',' 1. A Cry for Help  '),
('153814',' 2. The Secret of the Air  '),
('153815',' 3. A Battle of Wits  '),
('153816',' 4. Warned by Radio  '),
('153817',' 5. Ship of Doom  '),
('153818',' 6. S.O.S.  '),
('153819',' 7. Saved by Wireless  '),
('153820',' 8. The Master Wave  '),
('153821',' 9. The Trail of Vengeance  '),
('153822',' 10. Saved by Science'),
('153823',' Won Best Short Film in the Seattle Film Festival 2005'),
('153824',' Unused excess footage from Lets Make a Night of It (1937)'),
('153825',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('153826',' 1. A Million Dollar Murder  '),
('153827',' 2. The Hypnotic Eye  '),
('153828',' 3. Flaming Death  '),
('153829',' 4. The Human Clue  '),
('153830',' 5. The Flash of Doom  '),
('153831',' 6. The House of Terror  '),
('153832',' 7. Claws of Steel  '),
('153833',' 8. A Prefect Crime  '),
('153834',' 9. Plaything of Disaster  '),
('153835',' 10. A Bargain With Death  '),
('153836',' 11. The Hidden Menace  '),
('153837',' 12. "They Get Their Man"'),
('153838',' Director Kassila makes a cameo as Hotelli Torni receptionist.'),
('153839',' Fifth episode in the Further Exploits of Yorke Norroy 2'),
('153840','reel series.'),
('153841',' The actress playing bartender Adolfos daughter for a few seconds at  the end of the movie is his real life daughter.'),
('153842',' Many of the sets, including the exterior of the broadcast building,  many of the interior walls, and a biplane buzzing a signal tower,  were computer generated.'),
('153843',' Anita Morris (qv) died shortly after the filming of this movie,  and the film is dedicated to her memory.'),
('153844',' George Lucas (qv) has stated that the two main characters, Roger  and Penny Henderson, are actually the parents of  Richard Dreyfuss (qv)s character from Lucas  _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv); making this film a bit of a  semi'),
('153845','prequel.'),
('153846',' The musician who does all the music for WKB is based on  Spike Jones (qv), including his trademark checkered suit. The  films credits thank the Estate of Spike Jones.'),
('153847',' Final film appearance of George Burns (qv).'),
('153848',' In the background of one scene, you can barely hear an opera singer  performing. Her voice (they never show the singer in the movie) is  from the soundtrack to the movie _Amadeus (1984)_ (qv).'),
('153849',' After Dexter is killed, a replacement named Tom McCallum is hired.  This character is named after producer Rick McCallum (I) (qv).'),
('153850',' Was announced as early as 1978 as "George Lucas (qv) next movie."  Steve Martin (I) (qv) was said to have accepted a role.'),
('153851',' During the films shoot in Death Valley, California, temperatures  reached up to 120° F.'),
('153852',' Although the movie was based on the 1899 novel by  E.W. Hornung (qv), he also co'),
('153853','wrote a play (called "Raffles, the  Amateur Cracksman") with Eugene Wiley Presbrey (qv), who staged it  in New York. It opened on Broadway on 27 October 1903 with  Clara Blandick (qv) as Gwendolyn, and it had 168 performances,  closing in March, 1904.'),
('153854',' David Niven (I) (qv) was due to join the British Army but was  given a 21'),
('153855','day grace period to finish his scenes for the movie. The  production crew worked double time and filmed Nivens scenes first  to comply with his obligation to start his military service.'),
('153856',' A modern source also includes in the cast Olaf Hytten (qv),  Douglas Gordon (I) (qv), John Graham Spacey (qv),  Harry Allen (I) (qv) and David Thursby (qv), but they were not  seen in the film.'),
('153857',' Sidney Howard (I) (qv) died before production began, and he may  not have been involved in the preproduction planning. His 1930  screenplay was the basis of this screenplay and he is credited  onscreen with John Van Druten (qv) for "screenplay."'),
('153858',' A print of this short survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('153859',' Ginger Rogers (qv) and Norman Foster (I) (qv) replaced  Dorothy Wilson (I) (qv) and Joel McCrea (qv) in the lead roles.'),
('153860',' Ellen Corby, as one of the telephone solicitors, can be seen among  those gathering around Robert Benchley when he announces the  "banquet", and again at the picnic as one of a trio of prize  winners. Shes the dark haired one with her back to the camera.'),
('153861',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Smashing Time (1913)_ (qv).'),
('153862',' DIRCAMEO(Mario Bava): in a portrait as Noras uncle whom she covers  with a sheet (Cut from the European prints).'),
('153863',' Inspired by the Circeo onslaught, happened in the summer of the  1975, were two girls were kidnapped and one of them, killed after  days of sex violence and tortures.'),
('153864',' The actress Cristina Businari law'),
('153865','suited the director because,  according to her, he concentrated his attention on her...'),
('153866',' The lead character in the movie is identified as Alex Gayner, a name  which he shares with the first assistant director,  Alexander H. Gayner (qv).'),
('153867',' It took six months to find any seniors that were willing to appear  on the program.'),
('153868',' W.S. Van Dyke (qv) took over the direction of the movie from  Robert B. Sinclair (qv), who became ill shortly after shooting  began. Van Dyke was in the Marines, but was granted a 14'),
('153869','day leave  to finish the picture. Neither Sinclair nor Van Dyke was available  for retakes, which were then directed by Richard Thorpe (I) (qv).'),
('153870',' Katt Shea (I) (qv) took on the role of director after  Robert Mandel (I) (qv) quit over creative differences. Only Katt  Sheas name is listed as director in the opening credits.'),
('153871',' Spacek, Sissy (qv) was offered a cameo in this sequel to  _Carrie (1976)_ (qv) but turned it down. She did, however, give  Shea, Katt (I) (qv) permission to use some of her scenes from  Carrie for flashbacks.'),
('153872',' The name of the insane asylum in the film is "Arkham", a reference  to a town in the works of H.P. Lovecraft (qv). The name of the  asylum in Batman comics is a similar tribute.'),
('153873',' DIRCAMEO(Katt Shea (qv)): the Deputy DA.'),
('153874',' The character of Arnie, Rachels nerdy friend, is a direct reference  to Stephen Kings novel'),
('153875','turned'),
('153876','movie Christine, in which the lead  character was a nerdy guy named Arnie.'),
('153877',' The 13 February 1998 draft of the screenplay lists  Howard A. Rodman (qv) as a writer. He did not receive a credit for  the final film.'),
('153878',' Amy Irving (qv) is the only actress and character to return for  the sequel.'),
('153879',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Picture on the Screen, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('153880',' The scissors caricature Durante, Jimmy (qv).'),
('153881',' Oliver Hardy (qv) was originally part of the cast, but was forced  to withdraw during the filming after injuring himself in a kitchen  accident. While cooking a leg of lamb, Hardy spilled a pan of hot  grease on himself, badly burning his hand and wrist. In his  gyrations of pain that followed, he managed to fall out the back  door of his house and twisted one leg.'),
('153882',' When Paul Schrader (I) (qv) was working on the script, he put in  numerous shocking moments such as Jake LaMotta (qv) masturbating  and dipping his penis into a bucket of ice. Schrader later admitted  that the film held less personal significance to him than it did for  Robert De Niro (qv) and Martin Scorsese (qv) and he added the  shocking material just to see what he could get past the studio.  Ultimately, the masturbation was cut and, instead of putting his  penis into the ice, La Motta pours the ice down his underwear.'),
('153883',' Mardik Martin (qv) wrote the most traditional, linear script for  the film (more of a traditional Jake La Motta biography), but backed  off on the project due to exhaustion after months of research.  Paul Schrader (I) (qv) made several changes to the script,  including making, Joey La Motta, Jakes brother, the second most  prominent character (by combining his actions with that of Jakes  friend, Peter Savage (qv)) and starting the story in the middle of  La Mottas career rather than at the beginning. Although they kept  Schraders overall structure, Martin Scorsese (qv) and  Robert De Niro (qv) spent 5 weeks rewriting his version of the  script until they had exactly the film they wanted (Scorsese and De  Niro are uncredited as screenwriters for the film).'),
('153884',' Robert De Niro (qv) read the autobiography of Jake LaMotta (qv)  while filming _Godfather: Part II, The (1974)_ (qv) in 1974 and  immediately saw the potential for a film to make with his  collaborator, Martin Scorsese (qv). It took over four years for De  Niro to convince everyone, including Scorsese, to get on board for  this film.'),
('153885',' Robert De Niro (qv) and Joe Pesci (qv) are really punching each  other in the famous "hit me" scene.'),
('153886',' To achieve the feeling of brotherhood between the two lead actors,  Robert De Niro (qv) and Joe Pesci (qv) actually lived and  trained with each other for some time before filming began. Ever  since then, the two have been very close friends.'),
('153887',' Sound effects for punches landing were made by squashing melons and  tomatoes. Sound effects for camera flashes going off were sounds of  gunshots. The original tapes were deliberately destroyed by the  sound technicians, to prevent then being used again.'),
('153888',' The scene by the chain link fence where Jake meets his girlfriend  was ad'),
('153889','libbed.'),
('153890',' Robert De Niro (qv) accidentally broke Joe Pesci (qv)s rib in a  sparring scene. This shot appears in the film: De Niro hits Pesci in  the side, Pesci groans, and there is a quick cut to another angle.  See also _Casino (1995)_ (qv).'),
('153891',' Jake (Robert De Niro (qv)) asks Joey (Joe Pesci (qv)) "Did you  fuck my wife?". Director Martin Scorsese (qv) didnt think that  Pescis reaction was strong enough, so he asked De Niro to say "Did  you fuck your mother?". Scorsese also did not tell Pesci that the  script called for him to be attacked.'),
('153892',' To visually achieve Jakes growing desperation and diminishing  stature, Martin Scorsese (qv) shot the later boxing scenes in a  larger ring.'),
('153893',' Robert De Niro (qv) gained a record 60 pounds to play the older  Jake La Motta (qv), and Joe Pesci (qv) lost weight for the same  scene (De Niros movie weight'),
('153894','gain record was subsequently broken by  Vincent DOnofrio (I) (qv), who gained 70 pounds for his role as  Pvt. Lawrence in _Full Metal Jacket (1987)_ (qv)).'),
('153895',' DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese (qv)): asking Jake to go on stage.'),
('153896',' In preparation for his role, Robert De Niro (qv) went through  extensive physical training, then entered in three genuine Brooklyn  boxing matches and won two of them.'),
('153897',' To show up better on black'),
('153898','and'),
('153899','white film, Hersheys chocolate was  used for blood.'),
('153900',' The original script was vetoed by producer Stephen Bach (II) (qv)  after he told Martin Scorsese (qv) and Robert De Niro (qv) that  Jake LaMotta (qv) was "a cockroach". De Niro and Scorsese took a  few weeks in Italy to do an uncredited rewrite of the script, during  which time the two found some sympathetic aspects of La Motta, which  eventually satisfied the producers.'),
('153901',' According to Martin Scorsese (qv), the script took only two weeks  to write on the island of St Martin in the Caribbean.'),
('153902',' Was voted the third greatest sports movie of all time after  _Rocky (1976)_ (qv) and _Bull Durham (1988)_ (qv) by ESPN.'),
('153903',' Although only a few minutes of boxing appear in the movie, they were  so precisely choreographed that they took six weeks to film.'),
('153904',' Pesci, Joe (qv), at the time a frustrated, struggling actor, had  to be persuaded to make the film rather than return to the musical  act he shared with fellow actor Vincent, Frank (I) (qv).'),
('153905',' Martin Scorsese (qv)s father Charles Scorsese (qv) is one of  the mob wiseguys crowding the LaMotta brothers at a Copa nightclub  table.'),
('153906',' While preparing to play Jake LaMotta (qv), Robert De Niro (qv)  actually met with La Motta and became very well acquainted with him.  They spent the entire shoot together so De Niro could portray his  character accurately. La Motta said that De Niro has the ability to  be a contender, and that he would have been happy to be his manager  and trainer.'),
('153907',' Actor John Turturro (qv) makes his film debut as the man at table  at Webster Hall. Both Turturro and Robert De Niro (qv) have played  characters named Billy Sunday. De Niro as Master Chief Leslie W.  Billy Sunday in _Men of Honor (2000)_ (qv), and Turturro as Coach  Billy Sunday in _He Got Game (1998)_ (qv).'),
('153908',' Beverly DAngelo (qv) auditioned for the role of Jakes wife,  Vicki LaMotta (qv). She also auditioned for the role of  Patsy Cline (qv) in _Coal Miners Daughter (1980)_ (qv) at around  the same time. Martin Scorsese (qv) chose Cathy Moriarty (qv)  (whom the producers saw before DAngelo), freeing DAngelo to appear  in "Coal Miners Daughter".'),
('153909',' The role of Jakes wife was the last to be cast.'),
('153910',' Sharon Stone (I) (qv) also auditioned for the role of  Vicki LaMotta (qv).'),
('153911',' Martin Scorsese (qv) claims that nothing should be read into his  using the _On the Waterfront (1954)_ (qv) quote.  Jake LaMotta (qv), in his declining years, used to appear on stage  reciting dialogue from television plays and even reading  William Shakespeare (I) (qv). According to Scorsese, hed planned  to use something from "Richard III" (because in the corresponding  real'),
('153912','life event LaMotta used it), but director  Michael Powell (I) (qv) suggested that "Richard III" wouldnt work  in the context of the film because the film in general and LaMotta  in particular are inherently American. Scorsese picked the lines  from "On the Waterfront".'),
('153913',' Some scenes and phrases are from _On the Waterfront (1954)_ (qv)  because Jake LaMotta (qv) admired Marlon Brando (qv)s character  and used to quote the movie in real life.'),
('153914',' Martin Scorsese (qv) was worried about the  _On the Waterfront (1954)_ (qv) recitation because he knew hed be  inviting critical comparison between the scene in this film and the  original films scene. Robert De Niro (qv) read it in various  ways. Scorsese chose the take in which the recitation is extremely  flat specifically to mute the comparison, and to suggest that it is  simply a recitation and not indicative of how Jake LaMotta (qv)  felt about his brother.'),
('153915',' No original music was composed for the film. All of the music was  taken from the works of an Italian composer named  Pietro Mascagni (qv). Martin Scorsese (qv) selected it because  it had a quality of sadness to it that he felt fit the mood of the  film.'),
('153916',' The biblical quote at the end of the film ("All that I know is that  I was blind, and now I can see") was a reference to  Martin Scorsese (qv)s film professor, to whom the film was  dedicated. The man died just before the film was released. Scorsese  credits his teacher with helping him "to see".'),
('153917',' The home movie sequences were in color to make them stand out from  the rest of the film. Another reason was the feeling of reality,  because at the particular time represented by the home movies, 8mm  color home movie cameras were very popular.'),
('153918',' The rooftop wedding scene was directed by Martin Scorsese (qv)s  father after he fell ill while filming.'),
('153919',' In 1978, when Martin Scorsese (qv) was at an all'),
('153920','time low due to a  near overdose resulting from an addiction to cocaine,  Robert De Niro (qv) visited him at the hospital and told him that  he had to clean himself up and make this movie about a boxer. At  first, Scorsese refused (he didnt like sports movies anyway), but  due to De Niros persistence, he eventually gave in. Many claim  (including Scorsese) that De Niro saved Scorseses life by getting  him back into work.'),
('153921',' Was voted the 5th Greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.'),
('153922',' When the real Jake LaMotta (qv) saw the movie, he said it made him  realize for the first time what a terrible person he had been.'),
('153923',' Martin Scorsese (qv) had trouble figuring out how he would cut  together the scene when La Motta last fights Robinson (in particular  when he is up against the ropes getting beaten). He used the  original shot'),
('153924','list from the shower sequence in _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)  to help him figure it out. Scorsese later commented that it helped  most in that the scene was the most horrific to him.'),
('153925',' According to Martin Scorsese (qv) in the "Raging Bull" DVD, this  was going to be one of eight boxing movies to come out in 1980.'),
('153926',' Martin Scorsese (qv) shunned the idea of filming the boxing scenes  with multiple cameras. Instead, he planned months of carefully  choreographed movements with one camera. He wanted the single camera  to be like "a third fighter".'),
('153927',' Robert De Niro (qv)s performance as Jake LaMotta (qv) is ranked  #10 on Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time  (2006).'),
('153928',' Neither Director of Photography Michael Chapman (I) (qv) nor  Martin Scorsese (qv) could get the right look for the amateur  LaMotta home movies that comprise the only color sequences in  "Raging Bull". Both men gave in to their natural instincts for  camera placement and framing, which was the antithesis of what they  wanted to achieve. They solved the problem by asking Teamsters  working on the set to handle the camera in order to give the 16mm  film the appropriate feel of amateur home movies.'),
('153929',' Jake LaMotta (qv)s autobiography, co'),
('153930','written with friend  Peter Savage (qv), omitted mention of his brother, as did  Mardik Martin (qv)s original screenplay. Unhappy with the result,  the producers hired Paul Schrader (I) (qv) to restructure it, and  in the course of doing research on La Motta, the writer came across  an article on the relationship between Jake and his brother Joey  LaMotta. Schrader incorporated the relationship into the revised  screenplay, co'),
('153931','opting the Savage character and creating a composite  of the two men in the person of Joey La Motta. That relationship  became the central plot theme in the revised screenplay and one of  the primary reasons for the films success.'),
('153932',' Frank Vincent (I) (qv) also plays a character named Batts in  Martin Scorsese (qv)s _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv).'),
('153933',' According to Martin Scorsese (qv) on the DVD, when first screening  some test 8mm footage of Robert De Niro (qv) sparring in a ring,  he felt that something was off about the image.  Michael Powell (I) (qv), who at that time had become something of  a mentor and good friend to Scorsese, suggested that it was the  color of the gloves that was throwing them off. Realizing this was  true, Scorsese then decided the movie had to be filmed in black and  white.'),
('153934',' The word "fuck" is used 128 times in this film.'),
('153935',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #4 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('153936',' Was voted the 4th best film of all time in AFIs 10th anniversary of  the 100 Years... 100 Movies series.'),
('153937',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _En grève (1911)_ (qv).'),
('153938',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('153939',' As of March 2003, this game has 17 million subscribers worldwide.'),
('153940',' This film reunited James Cagney (qv) (coming out of a 20'),
('153941','year  retirement following _One, Two, Three (1961)_ (qv)) with Pat  OBrien (I) (qv), his frequent co'),
('153942','star from the 1930s and 1940s. It  was the last theatrical film for both of them.'),
('153943',' CAMEO(Jack Nicholson): in a very fast close'),
('153944','up as a mustachioed  pirate making off with McGovern, Elizabeth (qv) in the silent  movie sequence being shot by "director" Patinkin, Mandy (qv) at a  beach resort.'),
('153945',' Because of the presence of the ailing James Cagney (qv) (in what  would prove to be his final screen appearance), the movie was  officially exempted from the long'),
('153946','running Actors Strike of the  early 1980s '),
('153947',' the only production afforded this honor.'),
('153948',' Though James Cagney (qv) was 81 years old when he filmed this  movie, the real Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo was only 32 at the  time in which the movie was set.'),
('153949',' Robert Altman (I) (qv) was replaced by Milos Forman (qv) as  director of this project.'),
('153950',' James Cagney (qv) was wheelchair'),
('153951','bound at the time of shooting.  Most scenes show him sitting; a stand'),
('153952','in was used for his remaining  scenes showing him on his feet (and were shot from the back to  obscure the stand'),
('153953','ins face).'),
('153954',' O.J. Simpson (qv) was considered for the role of Coalhouse Walker.'),
('153955',' Mary Steenburgen (qv) was pregnant during filming, but her  turn'),
('153956','of'),
('153957','the'),
('153958','century clothes concealed it.'),
('153959',' According to Milos Forman (qv), James Cagney (qv) initially  agreed to play the police chief on two conditions: he would not sign  a contract of any kind, and he reserved the right to change his mind  and quit the film until three days before shooting began on his  scenes.'),
('153960',' Forman originally wanted E.L. Doctorow to collaborate on the  screenplay, but the novelist thought that a feature film could not  do justice to his epic novel and believed that it should be done as  a ten part TV miniseries. Doctorow did not participate in the  development of the screenplay.'),
('153961',' Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz facilitated the filmmakers use of  Bedford, New York in the filming of the firehouse sequences.  Mankiewicz was a local resident.'),
('153962',' Howard Rollins was a schoolteacher prior to his taking the role of  Coaklhouse Walker. He lost out on the Golden Globe Award for Best  Newcomer that year to Pia Zadora.'),
('153963',' A ten minute sequence on the Lower East Side featuring real life  social activist Emma Goldman was cut from the final print. In the  sequence Goldman takes Evelyn Nesbitt back to her apartment,  explains her misgivings over the use of restrictive undergarments by  women, removes them from Nesbitt, and tries to recruit her for her  Socialist cause. During the scene, they are observed by a  voyeuristic Younger Brother, who has followed them into the building  and has been secretly observing the undressed Nesbitt.'),
('153964',' Mandy Patinkins daughter is played by Jenny Nichols while Mary  Steenburgens son is enacted by Max Nichols. Both young performers  are the real'),
('153965','life children of director Mike Nichols.'),
('153966',' When Jack Nicholson, who was to play Rhinelander Waldo, had to drop  out of the film less than a month before filming began, the  producers were left without a name star in the cast. It was then  that Director Forman recruited James Cagney, whom he had met at a  private dinner in Connecticut the year before. He offered Cagney any  part he wanted including (facetiously) the role of Evelyn Nesbitt.  It is speculated that Nicholson plays the role of one of the pirates  in the movie'),
('153967','within'),
('153968','a'),
('153969','movie being shot in Atlantic City, but that is  not confirmed.'),
('153970',' Cagneys powers of memorization were failing him and cue cards had  to be used for the 81 year old actor.'),
('153971',' Forman hired Donald O’Connor at the request of Cagney. OConner had  been having personal and professional problems, and Cagney wanted to  help him.'),
('153972',' Cagney objected to saying the word "nigger" in reference to Walker,  so the less pejorative term "buck" was substituted.'),
('153973',' Cagney had been advised by his doctors and caregivers that making a  film at this point in his life was very important for his health.  The actor never flew, so he and his wife took an ocean liner to  London, where his scenes were filmed. It is a tribute to his  professionalism that despite his numerous infirmities, he generously  stayed on set during his fellow actors closeups to give them line  readings.'),
('153974',' Ethan Phillips (I) (qv) film debut.'),
('153975',' First appearance of Mr. Magoo. Also, the first installment of the  Jolly Frolics series that UPA created for Columbia to replace that  studios own faltering cartoon series.'),
('153976',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Cure, The (1913/I)_ (qv).'),
('153977',' Received resistance from the social and public health care  department of Finland because of its alleged advertising of tobacco  and liquor (for which both are illegal to advertise in Finland).  They insisted the producers to cut scenes in which brands of tobacco  and liquor products were visible, even though they were both shown  negatively (a smoker dying of lung cancer, a heavy drinker being ill  due to alcoholism).'),
('153978',' Tapio Piirainens only theatrical film.'),
('153979',' Editor of this film, Kauko Lindfors, tells how they lightened up the  atmosphere in the editing room: In the film there is one scene where  Ratsumies'),
('153980','character farts, and thats why there was a fart'),
('153981','sound  effect among gun'),
('153982','effects on their computer. Every now and then they  amused themselves by adding a fart into all kind of scenes, for  instance a tender love scene or action.'),
('153983',' Actor Kotto, Yaphet (qv), who plays Ugandan President Idi Amin,  Jr., is Jewish.'),
('153984',' The character of Lt Col Yonatan Netanyahu (played by  Stephen Macht (qv)) was the brother of the former Israeli PM  Benjamin Netanyahu.'),
('153985',' The Flight Crew shown in the film, with the exception of the "pilot"  (who was an extra), were the actual 115th crew who flew the aircraft  in the movie.'),
('153986',' The song sung by the Israeli soldiers on their way to Entebbe and at  the end of the movie is a setting of Psalm 133.'),
('153987',' The Ugandan fighter aircraft destroyed by the Israeli commandos in  the movie are F'),
('153988','86 Sabres, American made aircraft.'),
('153989',' Released theatrically in Finland.'),
('153990',' Nearly all the action scenes was footage taken from  _Tobruk (1967)_ (qv).'),
('153991',' Robert Stack (qv) was initially cast as Captain Foster.'),
('153992',' Average Shot Length (ASL) = ~4.9 seconds. Median Shot Length 4  seconds.'),
('153993',' Originally made for television, but held over for theatrical  release.'),
('153994',' This is the first Raiden video game series to be in full 3D polygon  graphics.'),
('153995',' Chapter Titles: 1. Murder by Accident (PCA No. 10141) 2. Flaming  Treachery (PCA No.10142) 3. Death Rides Double (PCA No.10143) 4.  Ghost City Terror (PCA No.10144) 5. The Fatal Lariat (PCA No.10145)  6. Water Rising (PCA No.10146) 7. Bullet Avalanche (PCA No.10147) 8.  Death Laughs Last (PCA No.10148) 9. Cold Steel (PCA No.10149)  10.Showdown (PCA No.10150) 11.The Trail to Torture (PCA No.10151)  12.Calling All Buckboards (PCA No.10152) 13.Golden Vengeance (PCA  No.10153)'),
('153996',' This was a super low'),
('153997','budget film, and the crew for the latter  production phase included many current/recent film students from the  NYC metro area. The crew mostly had a great time making it (in New  Jersey) and may have gotten more enjoyment from the film than its  audiences.'),
('153998',' Before the film was completed, producers Samuel M. Sherman and Brett  Piper sold the television rights to the films re'),
('153999','edited rough cut.  It was played on the USA Networks "Up All Night" series. The  producers then used their sale money to complete the film as we see  it today.'),
('154000',' Tom Selleck (qv) was originally cast as Indiana Jones, but was not  able to take the role because he was committed to  _"Magnum, P.I." (1980)_ (qv). "Magnum" did an episode that parodied  "Raiders", complete with hat, whip, booby traps, etc.'),
('154001',' Although Tom Selleck (qv) had to give up the role of Indiana Jones  to film _"Magnum, P.I." (1980)_ (qv), the series didnt go into  production until filming had already wrapped. Selleck was in fact in  Hawaii at the time, waiting for the series to start, while  production on this film wrapped up, filming the opening scenes at  the end of production, in Hawaii.'),
('154002',' Tom Selleck (qv) was Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s second choice  for the role of Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford (I) (qv) was his  first, but George Lucas (qv) objected, since Ford had been in both  _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv) and _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('154003',' Nolte, Nick (qv) turned down the role of Indiana Jones.'),
('154004',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) originally wanted Danny DeVito (qv) to  play Sallah and DeVito was set for the role, but he had to drop out  due to conflicts with _"Taxi" (1978)_ (qv).'),
('154005',' The scene where Indy threatens to blow up the Ark with a bazooka as  it is being carried through a canyon was filmed in the same canyon  in Tunisia used in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) when R2'),
('154006','D2 was zapped and  stolen by Jawas.'),
('154007',' In filming the Well of Souls sequence, the producers scoured every  pet shop in London and the South of England for every snake they  could lay their hands on. Hence there are snakes that are  identifiable from many different geographical areas. However, once  all the snakes were on set, it became clear that there were not  nearly enough of them, so Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) had several  hoses cut into lengths, and these were used as well. Looking  closely, you can tell which are the real snakes and which are not.'),
('154008',' Harrison Ford (I) (qv) badly bruised his ribs during the scene  where he is dragged behind the truck.'),
('154009',' When Indy is dragged under and then out behind a moving truck, its  a tribute to Yakima Canutt (qv)s similar famous stunt in  John Ford (I) (qv)s _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv). In fact, it was a  stunt that stuntman Terry Leonard (I) (qv) had tried to pull off  the year before, and failed to do so, on  _Legend of the Lone Ranger, The (1981)_ (qv). He was thrilled at the  chance of having another shot at it.'),
('154010',' A sheet of glass separates Harrison Ford (I) (qv) and the arched  (and highly dangerous) cobra when he falls into the Well of Souls.  The snake actually did spray venom onto the glass.'),
('154011',' For the DVD release, over 970,000 frames were cleaned up by Lowry  Digital Images, the same company that cleaned up  _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv),  _North by Northwest (1959)_ (qv) and _Sunset Blvd. (1950)_ (qv) for  DVD.'),
('154012',' To achieve the sound of thousands of snakes slithering, sound  designer Ben Burtt (qv) stuck his fingers into a cheese casserole.  This was augmented by applying wet sponges to the rubber on a  skateboard.'),
('154013',' Originally intended as a small low'),
('154014','budget adventure, production  costs tripled to $22 million.'),
('154015',' 1981s biggest grossing film.'),
('154016',' George Lucas (qv) first dreamed up the idea of an adventurous  archaeologist about the same time he came up with the idea for the  Flash Gordon'),
('154017','type space story which became _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).'),
('154018',' Traditionally when one of his films is about to open,  George Lucas (qv) goes on holiday to get away from all the hoopla.  As _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) was just about to open, Lucas went to  Hawaii where he was joined by Steven Spielberg (I) (qv). When the  grosses for Lucass film came in, and it was clear that his movie  was going to be a hit, Lucas relaxed and was able to discuss other  topics with his friend. It was at this point that Spielberg  confessed he always wanted to direct a James Bond film, to which  Lucas told him he had a much better idea '),
('154019',' an adventure movie called  "Raiders of the Lost Ark". The conversation came up while the two  were making a sand castle. After their trip, they got together and  developed the script with Lawrence Kasdan (qv).'),
('154020',' DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)):[music]'),
('154021',' The opening scene in the lost South American temple is partly based  on a classic Disney Ducks adventure helmed by the legendary artist  Carl Barks (qv), many of whose comic books have inspired  George Lucas (qv) and Steven Spielberg (I) (qv). Exploring a  lost temple, Donald Duck, his nephews, and Scrooge McDuck must evade  a succession of booby traps, like flying darts, a decapitating  blade, a huge boulder, a tunnel flooded with a torrent of gushing  water, etc., in the story "The Prize of Pizarro" ("Uncle $crooge"  no. 26, June'),
('154022','August 1959), which hit the newsstands when Lucas and  Spielberg were respectively 15 and 12 years old. Both men are avowed  fans of the Barks comic books.'),
('154023',' Despite having the dream team of George Lucas (qv) and  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) behind the film, it was initially turned  down by every studio in Hollywood. Only after much persuasion did  Paramount agree to do it.'),
('154024',' George Lucas (qv) did some second unit work on the film.'),
('154025',' Philip Kaufman (I) (qv) shares story credit with  George Lucas (qv) because they originally dreamed up the film  together in the 1970s. Reportedly, it was Kaufmans idea to pursue  the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Originally, Kaufman was going to  direct.'),
('154026',' DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)):[stars]'),
('154027',' The first time Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) ever directed in the UK.'),
('154028',' Shooting in Tunisia proved to be so stressful and so hot that  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) managed to compress a six'),
('154029','week shoot  into four'),
('154030','and'),
('154031','a'),
('154032','half weeks. This helped the production complete  principal photography 12 days ahead of schedule.'),
('154033',' Indys battered leather jacket was actually brand new and had to be  artificlially aged by the costume department. There were 10 jackets  for general wear and tear and stunt purposes.'),
('154034',' Indiana Joness hat came from the famous Herbert Johnson hat shop in  Saville Row, London.'),
('154035',' Alfred Molina (I) (qv)s screen debut. His first scene on his  first day of filming involved being covered with tarantulas.'),
('154036',' The giant boulder that chases after Indiana Jones at the start of  the film was made of fiberglass. The sound they used for it was of a  Honda Civic rolling downhill.'),
('154037',' Ronald Lacey (I) (qv) had given up acting and had become an agent  when he was cast in the role of Toht.'),
('154038',' Michael Sheard (qv) auditioned for the role of Toht.  Ronald Lacey (I) (qv) won the coveted role and Sheard was later  cast in a minor, uncredited role as the U'),
('154039','Boat Captain. He also  appeared as Adolf Hitler (qv) in  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).'),
('154040',' Ronald Lacey (I) (qv)s apparent torture weapon which is actually  a coat hanger was a joke that Spielberg had tried two years earlier  with Christopher Lee (I) (qv) in _1941 (1979)_ (qv).'),
('154041',' All the stunt men were sick on the day that Indiana Jones hits the  pilot of the Flying Wing over the head, knocking him out, so  producer Frank Marshall (I) (qv) agreed to do it. Unfortunately  for him, the shot took three days and a lot of it involved him  sitting in a cockpit that was in excess of 100 degrees.'),
('154042',' CAMEO(Frank Marshall (I) (qv)): Pilot of the Flying Wing.'),
('154043',' The out'),
('154044','of'),
('154045','control airplane actually ran over  Harrison Ford (I) (qv)s knee, tearing his ligaments. Rather than  submit to Tunisian health care, Ford had his knee wrapped in ice and  carried on.'),
('154046',' The truck chase took approximately eight weeks to film.'),
('154047',' Production designer Norman Reynolds (qv) had found a rusty looking  ship that was perfect for the Bantu Wind. However, when the time  came for this sequence to be filmed he was horrified to discover  that the ship had been repainted and now looked pristine. It had to  be swiftly repainted to achieve its distressed look.'),
('154048',' In a deleted scene, where the character of Sallah is confronted by a  Nazi soldier, John Rhys'),
('154049','Davies (qv) who was suffering from cholera  at the time was required to bend down. Unfortunately this prompted  the very sick Rhys'),
('154050','Davies to soil himself.'),
('154051',' Some of the weeds in the Well of Souls were lifted by  Lawrence Kasdan (qv) from the Dagobah set for  _Star Wars: Episode V '),
('154052',' The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv).'),
('154053',' Indys whip is 10 feet long, although some shorter versions were  used, depending on the shot required.'),
('154054',' Harrison Ford (I) (qv) was cast less than three weeks before  principal photography began.'),
('154055',' Three different stunt men was used to double for  Harrison Ford (I) (qv): Vic Armstrong (qv) when riding the  horse; Martin Grace (qv) at the falling statue and  Terry Leonard (I) (qv) when pulled behind the truck.'),
('154056',' There are several deleted scenes unreleased on either DVD or VHS.  Among the deleted scenes are: '),
('154057',' Marion explains to Indy the cause of  Abners death. As Indy was about to leave he returns to Marion to be  kissed again. The shot appears in some DVD, VHS covers. '),
('154058',' A longer  version of Indy fighting against Pat Roach in the bar '),
('154059',' The infamous  planned sword fight duel '),
('154060',' Imam the scholar forewarns Indy and  Sallah not to touch or look at the Ark. Instead, this was not  revealed until the climax. '),
('154061',' While looking for a rope, Sallah spills  water on a German officer. Because too much dust came from the  background, the shot was spoiled. '),
('154062',' A scene where a German student  playing an officer threatens to execute Sallah. '),
('154063',' Indy knocks out a  local looking at him after coming out from the tomb '),
('154064',' Indy clings to  the periscope of the submarine all the way to the secret base by  wrapping his whip around it and himself. It explains how he managed  to survive in the sea all that time. However, prior to the advent of  nuclear power, submarines were designed as surface ships that could  go under water. They only submerged for defensive purposes. So, it  is quite plausible that the German U'),
('154065','boat would have sailed on the  surface of the water the entire time, enabling Indiana Jones to  survive the trip without having to cling to the periscope.'),
('154066',' Most of the body blows you hear were created by hitting a pile of  leather jackets with a baseball bat.'),
('154067',' To create the sound of the heavy lid of the Ark being slid open,  sound designer Ben Burtt (qv) simply recorded him moving the lid  of his toilet cistern at home.'),
('154068',' The spirit effects at the climax were achieved by shooting  mannequins underwater in slow motion through a fuzzy lens to achieve  an ethereal quality.'),
('154069',' Tohts name is never mentioned in the film.'),
('154070',' The original name of the lead character in the script was Indiana  Smith. His name was changed to Jones on the first day of production.'),
('154071',' Indys line to Marion when they are on the ship '),
('154072',' "Its not the  years, honey, its the mileage" '),
('154073',' was ad'),
('154074','libbed by  Harrison Ford (I) (qv).'),
('154075',' Ford, Harrison (I) (qv) was actually dragged behind the truck for  some of the shots. When asked if he was worried, Ford quipped: "No.  If it really was dangerous, they would have filmed more of the movie  first."'),
('154076',' The film reused the submarine model from _Boot, Das (1981)_ (qv).'),
('154077',' During filming in Tunisia, nearly everyone in the cast and crew got  sick, except director Spielberg, Steven (I) (qv). It is thought  that he avoided illness by eating only the food hed brought with  him: cans and cans of Spaghetti'),
('154078','Os.'),
('154079',' Indiana Jones never loses his hat because it was thought that such a  thing would cause problems with continuity. It eventually becomes a  running joke through the series. He does, however, lose his hat once  each in both _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv) and  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).'),
('154080',' The building used for one of the exterior shots of the university is  the large music conservatory on the campus of The University of the  Pacific in Stockton, California.'),
('154081',' The hieroglyphics in the Well of Souls include engravings of R2'),
('154082','D2  and C'),
('154083','3PO (from _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv), etc). They can be seen on a  post to the right of Indy and Sallah as they remove the Ark.'),
('154084',' Begins with a shot of a peak in the jungle which is reminiscent of  the Paramount Pictures logo. See also  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv) and  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).'),
('154085',' Indiana Jones name comes from the name of George Lucas (qv) dog  and is a play on Steve McQueen (I) (qv)s eponymous character name  in _Nevada Smith (1966)_ (qv). Indiana the dog, who was a Malamute,  also served as the inspiration for Chewbacca in  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv). In the end of  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv), it is revealed by  Indianas father that Indiana is really named Henry Jr., but went by  the name of his dog, Indiana.'),
('154086',' An early draft of the script had Indy traveling to Shanghai to  recover a piece of the Staff of Ra. During his escape from the  museum where it was housed, he sheltered from machine gun fire  behind a giant rolling gong. Also in the same script, Indy and  Marion flee the chaos caused by the opening of the Ark in a wild  mine'),
('154087','cart chase sequence. Both of these scenes were cut from the  script, but ended up in  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv).'),
('154088',' Director Spielberg, Steven (I) (qv) was quoted as saying: "I made  it as a B'),
('154089','movie... I didnt see the film as anything more than a  better made version of the Republic serials."'),
('154090',' The crate in which the Ark is placed at the end of the movie has the  number 9906753.'),
('154091',' Indiana Jones kangaroo'),
('154092','hide bullwhip was sold in December, 1999 at  Christies auction house in London for $43,000.'),
('154093',' The musical theme for the Ark of the Covenant is heard several times  throughout the film. Each time, it either trails off, segues into a  different theme, or modulates into a different key. Only at the  climax of the film is the entire theme heard and resolved in its  original key.'),
('154094',' Renowned British wrestler Pat Roach (qv) gets killed twice in this  film '),
('154095',' once as a giant Sherpa left in the burning Nepalese bar and  once as the German mechanic chewed up by the planes propeller.'),
('154096',' When Indy gets on the plane on his way to Nepal, the Nazi agent  aboard is reading a Life magazine. It is issue Volume 1, Number 2,  dated November 30th, 1936 (the second issue of the magazine). Pages  42 and 43 are dedicated to the water color paintings of  Adolf Hitler (qv).'),
('154097',' CAMEO(Dennis Muren (qv)): Appears as a Nazi spy who is tracking  Indiana Jones on the airplane. Only his eyes can be seen, though, as  most of his face is hidden behind the Life Magazine hes reading.'),
('154098',' CAMEO(Glenn Randall Jr. (qv)): the stunt coordinator appears as  the mechanic with the monkey wrench at the flying wing.'),
('154099',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) and Melissa Mathison (qv) wrote a  script during shooting breaks on the location of this film. Mathison  was there to visit her husband, Harrison Ford (I) (qv) and  Spielberg dictated to her a story idea he had; that script was  eventually called _E.T. the Extra'),
('154100','Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv).'),
('154101',' The monkey raising his paw and saying (in his own language) "Heil  Hitler" was thought up by George Lucas (qv) and is one of  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s two favorite scenes (in the interview  included in the video box set, he says his other favorite is the  "where doesnt it hurt" love scene on the ship).'),
('154102',' Indys hat was actually kept on with staples. It is shown on the  extras of the DVD.'),
('154103',' Exterior footage of the DC3 airplane carrying Indiana Jones and  Marion Ravenwood across Asia is taken from the remake of  _Lost Horizon (1973)_ (qv).'),
('154104',' In _Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)_ (qv),  James Mason (I) (qv) must also escape a huge boulder and is swept  through tunnels by gushing water. Also, Mason is shown the desired  path under the earth by a shaft of sunlight through a mountain  crevice, similar to Indiana Jones being shown the desired location  by a shaft of sunlight through the Staff of Ra.'),
('154105',' The truck used in the chase scene and the truck that blows up, are  one and the same. They shot the chase scene first, then destroyed  the truck by blowing it up.'),
('154106',' The truck used in the movie was specially constructed to be higher  above the ground than normal so as to allow clearance for Indiana  Jones to pass underneath safely. The center of the road was also dug  out to allow more clearance.'),
('154107',' The final shot, with the camera panning out from the Ark in the  government storage facility, is an homage to one of the final shots  in _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv).'),
('154108',' George Lucas (qv) made what was at the time an unusual deal for  this film. The studio financed the films entire $20'),
('154109','million budget.  In exchange, Lucas would own over 40% of the film and collect almost  half of the profits after the studio grossed a certain amount. It  turned out to be a very lucrative deal for Lucas. Paramount  executive Michael Eisner (I) (qv) said that he felt the script for  this film was the best he had ever read.'),
('154110',' Just before the fight around the Flying Wing, Gobler says to  Dietrich in German: "The plane is ready. It can be loaded."'),
('154111',' In the submarine pen, the German who comes upon Indiana says, in  German, "Good day" "Tired? Why do you sleep? Wash yourself! And  straighten your shirt, so that you dont look like a pig at your  court martial..." "Stand up..[straight]" He is cut off by Indianas  punch.'),
('154112',' The jacket and hat that Harrison Ford (I) (qv) wore throughout the  series are on display at the Smithsonian'),
('154113',' Tim Matheson (I) (qv) was also considered for the lead role.'),
('154114',' Sean Young (I) (qv) was used as Marion in the screen test for all  who auditioned for the lead role of Indy. Tim Matheson (I) (qv)  and John Shea (I) (qv) were used for Karen Allen (I) (qv)s  screen test. Young would later star opposite Ford in  _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv).'),
('154115',' In the map room, one of the buildings has red graffiti written on it  that says, "Nicht stören", which is German for "Do not disturb".'),
('154116',' The truck used in the chase scene from the excavation is actually a  WWII 2 1/2 ton GMC CCKW'),
('154117','353, with the hood and cab converted to  approximate a pre'),
('154118','war Mercedes truck.'),
('154119',' The German aircraft in the desert is a complete fantasy product,  although with various design elements borrowed from other German  aircraft projects.'),
('154120',' The floatplane in the opening sequence has the registration prefix  "OB'),
('154121','", which indicates that the action takes place in Peru.'),
('154122',' In a 2001 "making of" special, it was revealed that the effects used  in the three antagonists rather gruesome deaths (Dietrich, Toht,  and Belloq) were a vacuum machine, heat gun with time'),
('154123','lapse  photography, and shotgun, respectively.'),
('154124',' A scene where Sallah threatens a German soldier to shoot him was  shot but left out in all prints.'),
('154125',' According to the director, when the movie was originally submitted  for an MPAA rating, it was given a rating of "R" because of the  sight of an exploding head. In order to lower the rating, flames  were superimposed over this image. The result was the appearance of  a head exploding behind a dense curtain of flames. The rating was  lowered to "PG" (at the time, the PG'),
('154126','13 rating did not exist).'),
('154127',' According to an article in Time Magazine in 1981, the Washington  Monument shot near the end was taken from Robert Wise (I) (qv)s  production of _Hindenburg, The (1975)_ (qv).'),
('154128',' Although the Nazis speak German in many scenes, most of the lines  were dubbed for the German versions of the film because the actors  spoke very bad German with a very strong American accent. Some lines  were simply wrong. On the recent DVD release, no German lines are  wrong. The majority of the German lines seems to be spoken by native  German speakers with a slight south German accent.'),
('154129',' WILHELM SCREAM: as one of the German soldiers falls out the back of  the truck Indiana Jones is driving.'),
('154130',' Amy Irving (qv) and Debra Winger (qv) were considered for the  role of Marion.'),
('154131',' The name Marion Ravenwood was a combination of two names: Marion was  the grandmother of Lawrence Kasdan (qv)s wife, and Ravenwood was  from Ravenwood Court, a small street off Beverly Glen.'),
('154132',' The advance trailer for this film played up  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s earlier films with the exception of  his previous film, _1941 (1979)_ (qv), which was considered a  failure at that time.'),
('154133',' In his book "Kinski Uncut", Klaus Kinski (qv) writes that  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) offered him a part in this movie, but he  turned it down. "[...] as much as Id like to do a movie with  Spielberg, the script is as moronically shitty as so many other  flicks of this ilk."'),
('154134',' Instead of the standard Blue Mountain opening logo used between  1975'),
('154135','87, the opening logo was a version of the Paramount logo used  in the 1940s or 1950s which read: "A Paramount Picture". The only  difference is that it also read "A Gulf+Western Company". This logo  was also used in the sequels instead of the Blue Mountain logo or  the CGI Majestic Mountain (in the case of  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).'),
('154136',' Toht, the sadistic Nazi interrogator, only speaks a total of  fourteen lines.'),
('154137',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) originally envisioned  Giancarlo Giannini (qv) for the role of Dr. Rene Belloq and then  considered French actor/singer Jacques Dutronc (qv) (who,  unfortunately, doesnt speak a word of English) before deciding on  Paul Freeman (I) (qv).'),
('154138',' At the end of the film, when Indy and Marion are tied to the pole as  the Nazis and Belloq open the Ark, the dome'),
('154139','topped head of R2'),
('154140','D2 is  resting on the top of the pole that they are tied to.'),
('154141',' The scene where Jones fires at the truck was a botched stunt. The  truck was supposed to flip over by means of a telegraph pole being  fired by explosives through the floor. The explosive wasnt powerful  enough and it simply forced the truck to tip over at an angle as can  be seen in the finished movie. Time did not permit any further  attempts at getting it right.'),
('154142',' The instructions for the construction of the Ark are found in Exodus  25:10. The clothing that Belloq wears while acting as a High Priest  during the ceremony at the end is found beginning in Exodus chapter  28.'),
('154143',' The last line to be added to the script was Dietrichs "I am  uncomfortable with this Jewish ritual" because after reading through  the script, the screenwriters realized that there was no mention of  Jews or the Nazis hatred of them.'),
('154144',' Apart from "The Prize of Pizarro", the greatest influence on the  initial sequence of the film came from another Carl Barks (qv)  story of Uncle Scrooge: "The Seven Cities of Cibola", where there is  a native American lost city and a valuable idol that triggers a  giant round rock that smashes everything on its way.'),
('154145',' The words that Belloq slowly recites before opening the ark are  (badly pronounced) Aramaic, and are part of a paragraph recited in  many Synagogues today when the Ark that holds the Sefer Torahs (the  Old Testament handwritten on Parchment) is opened as part of the  Sabbath service.'),
('154146',' For the conceptual process/drawings, Ralph McQuarrie (qv) was not  brought in but instead, George Lucas (qv) brought in Marvel artist  Jim Steranko (qv).'),
('154147',' Voted number 20 in Channel 4s (UK) "Greatest Family Films"'),
('154148',' Nick Mancuso (qv) and Peter Coyote (qv) tested for the role of  Indy.'),
('154149',' The infamous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant  swordsman was not in the original script. Harrison Ford (I) (qv)  was supposed to use his whip to get the swords out of his attackers  hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten  made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful  tries, someone made the off'),
('154150','handed remark, "Why doesnt he just  shoot him and get it done and over with?"  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) immediately took up the idea and the  scene was successfully filmed.'),
('154151',' The sounds of the monkey were performed (uncredited) by voice actor  Frank Welker (qv).'),
('154152',' Ronald Lacey (I) (qv) was chosen for the part of Toht because he  reminded Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) of Peter Lorre (I) (qv).'),
('154153',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #66 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('154154',' The documentary  _Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv)  inadvertently gives away one of the secrets behind the stunt where  Indy goes under the moving truck. The camera slate (visible in the  documentary) shows the camera was set at 20 frames per second  instead of the traditional 24 fps; in other words, the shots were  done in "fast motion," so the truck was not really moving as fast as  depicted on screen.'),
('154155',' This was the only single player game that Atari ever produced that  made use of both controllers. The left to move Indy around and the  right to scroll through his inventory.'),
('154156',' Believed to be the first video game based on a movie.'),
('154157',' Because Raiders was yet not available for rental or sale in video  stores when the boys started in the summer of 82, they had no  reference copy of the movie they were seeking to remake  shot'),
('154158','for'),
('154159','shot. So, they got everything Raiders that they could get  their hands on '),
('154160',' photos from magazines, the published screenplay,  storybooks, making'),
('154161','of publications, action figures, an illicit  recording of the soundtrack from smuggling in a cassette recorder  into a movie theater showing Raiders when re'),
('154162','released in 1982. With  the amassed material, and by memory of seeing Raiders in the  theater, they cobbled together a composite reconstruction of the  original Raiders, shot'),
('154163','by'),
('154164','shot, laying it out in storyboard form.  Before Raiders, Eric Zala wanted to be comic book artist growing up.  This prepared him to hand draw over 600 individual detailed  storyboards that became the blueprint they used for seven years,  only rarely deviated from.'),
('154165',' The Cabin Scene, in which Indy (Chris) and Marion (Angela Rodriguez)  have their big kissing scene '),
('154166',' was actually the first time that  Chris (then aged 13) had ever kissed a girl. They went on to  maintain an off'),
('154167','screen teenage romance.'),
('154168',' Raiders Adaptation was shot completely out of sequence over seven  years, resulting in the casts transformation in voice tone, hair  style and body size from scene to scene. For example, in the college  classroom scene, the cutaway of Indy (Chris) s reaction to the  female students "I love you" message written her eyelids had to be  re'),
('154169','shot because it was out'),
('154170','of'),
('154171','focus. The shooting schedule didnt  permit returning to that location for another three years. By that  time, Chriss voice had changed with puberty. In the final edited  version, the re'),
('154172','shot cutaway sticks out noticeably by Chriss voice  dropping several octaves.'),
('154173',' When the boys started, they were too young to grow their own  stubble, which Chris needed for his character of Indy, who is  usually seen with about three'),
('154174','days growth of stubble. To remedy  this, Chris smeared Vaseline and ash on his cheeks to simulate fake  stubble. By the time they finished several years later, Chris was  sporting his own naturally grown stubble.'),
('154175',' Nearly all of the interiors were shot in Erics moms house in Ocean  Springs, Mississippi '),
('154176',' The Cave Scene, the Well of Souls, the Map  Room, the Catacombs, the Bantu Wind hold, and the Bar fight (which  nearly burned the house down) were all shot in the basement.  Sallahs Porch, the Cabin Scene, the Tent Scene, Indys House, were  shot inside the house proper, while Indys flight from the Hovitos  across an open field was shot in Erics backyard. Erics parents to  this day still show the basement walls frescoed with hieroglyphics  to wide'),
('154177','eyed youngsters around town.'),
('154178',' The shot of Indy (Chris) running from the boulder right behind him  that tracks backwards with him was achieved by Jayson constricting  himself into a shopping cart and pointing the camera at Chris '),
('154179',' and  Chris pushed the shopping cart with Jayson in it, his hands on the  cart out of frame.'),
('154180',' The Truck Scene was composed of 76 separate shots. Shooting was  divided up according to whether or not the truck was being pushed or  pulled by another vehicle. Why? This is because the truck had no  engine. The truck used, a 64 Ford, was donated free of charge by a  tenant in one of the cottages behind Erics house, because it was  broken. The boys removed the engine, spray painted it army'),
('154181','green,  built a wooden frame for the back and covered it with canvas. When  it came time to shoot, they either towed the truck from the front,  or pushed it from behind with another vehicle, depending on the  angle of the shot. A giveaway to this is a shot taken underneath the  truck, when Indy (Chris) is dragging behind the truck, it can be  seen that the truck has no axle connecting the front and back  wheels.'),
('154182',' Originally, the boys had planned for a kitten to substitute for the  traitorous spider monkey. One day, Chris suggested, what if instead,  they used Chris dog Snickers in the role? Eric thought about it,  and agreed. Snickers proved to be oddly accommodating about being  perched on Chris shoulder, and it worked: what more classic image  than a boy and his dog?'),
('154183',' The official "world premiere" screening of Raiders Adaptation was in  June of 2003 at The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas. The  entire engagement was masterminded by Eli Roth, Harry Knowles and  Tim League.'),
('154184',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Lizard, The (1916)_ (qv).'),
('154185',' This was Norman Chubby Chaney (qv)s first Our Gang comedy.'),
('154186',' The gag with Keaton unraveling a newspaper while negotiating a steep  bridge is a re'),
('154187','working of a similar gag from Keatons silent short  "The High Sign." Director Gerald Potterton argued with Keaton over  the danger of the gag, but eventually Keaton did it his own way with  no problems.'),
('154188',' Buster Keaton (qv)s final directorial project.'),
('154189',' Allison Eastwoods directorial debut.'),
('154190',' Sally Thomsett (qv), who played Phyllis, the younger sister, is  actually 2 years older than Jenny Agutter (qv) who played big  sister Bobby.'),
('154191',' Both Jenny Agutter (qv) (Bobbie) and Christopher Witty (qv)  (Jim) played the same roles in a 1968 BBC serial based on "The  Railway Children".'),
('154192',' Peter Bromilow (qv) is dubbed'),
('154193',' The eldest of the railway children, Roberta, is named after  Berta Ruck (qv), a close friend of E. Nesbits.'),
('154194',' Voted number 29 in Channel 4s (UK) "Greatest Family Films"'),
('154195',' The eldest of the railway children, Roberta, is named after  Berta Ruck (qv), a close friend of E. Nesbit (qv).'),
('154196',' Jenny Agutter, who plays the mother in this version, plays Bobbie in  the 1970 version'),
('154197',' This was Joan Crawford (I) (qv)s least favorite film because of  its poor box'),
('154198','office returns.'),
('154199',' After Joan Crawford (I) (qv) and Walter Huston (qv), the rest of  the cast is listed in order of appearance, not order of importance.'),
('154200',' The characters of "Sadie Thompson" and the preacher were spoofed  several times by Sonny and Cher on their TV series "The Sonny And  Cher Comedy Hour" (1971'),
('154201','1974) in a recurring skit called "The  Vamps."'),
('154202',' The University of Connecticut Womens Soccer Team appears uncredited  in the cabdrivers reverie. The campus fire department provided  rainfall for the sequence. Special Thanks appeared on screen for  their efforts.'),
('154203',' Director Craig DiBona makes an almost unnoticeable cameo in the  film. He is pictured as Isabels husband in the painting above the  living room mantelpiece.'),
('154204',' Brooklyn Sudano (qv) (Rain) sings all the musical numbers herself.'),
('154205',' Executive Producer Travis Hollman, Producer Jason Kabolati and assoc  producer/product placement supervisor Ariane Leigh also make cameo  appearances. Hollman plays a sheriff, Kabolati gives Rain a lift as  the limo driver and Ariane goes shopping at Rains workplace.'),
('154206',' The script originally had Raymond as happy and friendly, but after  an initial reading Hoffman, Dustin (qv) successfully lobbied for  Raymond to be a withdrawn autistic.'),
('154207',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) considered directing. He began making  notes in order to prepare for the project. The reason he backed out  is because his friend George Lucas (qv) needed him to start work  on the third Indiana Jones film. So Spielberg left the project and  gave his notes to Barry Levinson (I) (qv).'),
('154208',' After being interviewed by the psychiatrist, Raymond (Hoffman) leans  his head against Charlies and says "My main man Charlie". This was  unscripted, and improvised by Hoffman.'),
('154209',' Raymond states that his underwear is from the K'),
('154210','Mart on Oak and  Burnett. This address is actually for the Vernon Manor Hotel in  Cincinnati, the hotel where Charlie, Raymond and Suzanna stay in the  beginning of the movie.'),
('154211',' Raymond memorizes a phone book up to the names Marsha and William  Gottsegen '),
('154212',' Hoffman, Dustin (qv)s real'),
('154213','life in'),
('154214','laws.'),
('154215',' For in'),
('154216','flight viewing, several airlines deleted the sequence in  which Raymond reels off statistics on airline accidents.'),
('154217',' Early in the film, when the lawyer is reading the will to Charlie,  Charlie says "I definitely got the rose bushes, I have definitely  got the rose bushes." This foreshadows Raymonds extensive use of  the word "definitely" later on.'),
('154218',' Jake Hoffman (qv), the boy at the pancake counter, is  Dustin Hoffman (qv)s son.'),
('154219',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) originally wanted Bill Murray (I) (qv) to  play Charlie.'),
('154220',' Hoffman was originally supposed to play Charlie, but he wanted to  play Raymond. Raymond was also supposed to be mentally retarded, but  Hoffman changed it to an autistic savant.'),
('154221',' Hoffman fought for the ending where Raymond goes back to Wallbrook,  even though the screenwriters both wanted him to end up with  Charlie. Hoffman thought it wouldnt be true to Raymonds character  if they had him stay.'),
('154222',' J.T. Walsh (qv) was originally supposed to play the psychiatrist  at the end of the movie. When he couldnt, Levinson filled in, after  Hoffman suggested it. Levinson said if he didnt like the way it  looked, he would have someone else film it. He ad'),
('154223','libbed repeatedly  to "push Cruises buttons".'),
('154224',' The script was originally written with Dennis Quaid (qv) and  Randy Quaid (qv) in mind.'),
('154225',' Jack Nicholson (qv) turned down the part of Raymond.'),
('154226',' Robert De Niro (qv) turned down the role of Raymond.'),
('154227',' Cruises wearing Ray Bans boosted sales of that style 15%.'),
('154228',' During the shooting of the casino scenes, Hoffman would go off and  play games like blackjack. After production was halted to look for  him, someone was assigned to watch him during takes.'),
('154229',' Cruise always wanted to rehearse while filming. He and Hoffman  rehearsed while driving to the set, and in their trailers during  takes. They frequently switched roles.'),
('154230',' The scene in the airport was cut by most airlines on their plane  trips... except Qantas. They even promoted one of the movies  writers to first class once when he traveled on their airline.'),
('154231',' Levinson turned down the movie when it was first offered to him. He  made _Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)_ (qv) instead. After several  directors backed out later, however, he took it on.'),
('154232',' The Amarillo, Texas motel scene was actually filmed at the Big 8  Motel in El Reno, Oklahoma. The motel maintains a sign used in the  film that reads: "Amarillos Finest." Guests sometimes request to  stay in the same room where Raymond and Charlie stayed, room #117.'),
('154233',' The character of Charlie Babbitt was originally written as a  56'),
('154234','year'),
('154235','old.'),
('154236',' The movie playing on the TV when Raymond walks in on Charlie and  Susannas lovemaking is _Sweet Smell of Success (1957)_ (qv).'),
('154237',' Barry Levinson (I) (qv) admitted that Rays comment about Qantas  being the only aircraft company to never have had a fatal crash was  made up, and that he didnt know if this was true. In reality,  Qantas has had eight crashes, all prior to the making of the film,  but they were all propeller'),
('154238','driven planes, not jets.'),
('154239',' The radio station slogan that Raymond is so fond of repeating, "97X  '),
('154240',' Bam! '),
('154241',' The future of rock and roll", is from a real independent  Ohio radio station, WOXY. The station still fields questions about  the movie.'),
('154242',' During filming, Dustin Hoffman (qv) was unsure of the films  potential and his own performance. Three weeks into the project,  Hoffman wanted out, telling director Barry Levinson (I) (qv), "Get  Richard Dreyfuss (qv), get somebody, Barry, because this is the  worst work of my life." Hoffman would nab his second Best Actor  Oscar for his work.'),
('154243',' During filmimg, both Hoffman and Cruise doubted the movies  potential and jokingly called it, "Two Schmucks in a Car".'),
('154244',' DIRCAMEO(Barry Levinson (I) (qv)): psychiatrist determining if  Raymond should stay with Charlie or not.'),
('154245',' Reportedly one of Princess Diana (qv)s favorite films.'),
('154246',' DIRTRADE(Barry Levinson (I) (qv)): Ralph Tabakin (qv) (Shift  Boss) has appeared in every Levinson picture from  _Diner (1982)_ (qv) to _Liberty Heights (1999)_ (qv).'),
('154247',' Dustin Hoffman (qv) was originally to play the part of Charlie  Babbit, but after being moved to tears seeing a "savant" named  Leslie Lemke (who is blind, retarded, and has cerebral palsy) play  full concertos on the piano by ear, he decided to play the part of  Raymond instead.'),
('154248',' The elderly man in the waiting room who talks on and on about the  Pony Express is Bryon P. Caunar (qv), an 89'),
('154249','year'),
('154250','old local who was  in the waiting room when the crew arrived to film there. He got to  talking on his favorite subject, the Pony Express, and director  Barry Levinson (I) (qv) got such a kick out of it that he let  Caunar keep on talking as the cameras rolled; all his dialog was  spontaneous and not scripted.'),
('154251',' "Wallbrook", the building at the back of the long, tree lined drive,  is actually Saint Annes, a convent that houses over 200 nuns, and  is located in Melbourne, Kentucky.'),
('154252',' The script originally called for two farm kids, but after Catherine  Dougherty brought six of her seven sons to audition for the part,  the script was re'),
('154253','written to include the six boys. The boys also  have an older brother and one younger sister.'),
('154254',' The character of Raymond Babbitt was inspired by real'),
('154255','life American  savant Kim Peek, born 1952, whom Rain Man writer Barry Morrow (qv)  first met in 1986. When Barry Morrow won an Oscar for the screenplay  of "Rain Man" in 1989, he gave his Oscar trophy to Kim Peek.'),
('154256',' Holds the unique distinction of being the only film to have won the  Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear and a best picture Academy Award.'),
('154257',' Dustin Hoffman spent a lot of time with Kim Peek, who inspired the  character and this movie. Being so impressed with Mr. Peek, he made  his father (Kims main caregiver) promise that he would "share [Kim]  with the world." Since then Kim Peek has been going all over the  world impressing people with his incredible memory and ability to  recall minute details from centuries of history.'),
('154258',' What Raymond says about Quantas was, and still is true. As of 2007,  Qantas has never lost a jet airliner.'),
('154259',' The food fight was filmed at the Howard Johnsons Restaurant in  Harrisonburg, Virginia. Coppola and crew stayed at the HoJo Motel  next door and filmed night upon night after the restaurant closed.  Large sprinklers simulated rain as seen from inside the restaurant.'),
('154260',' Some of this film was shot in and around Clarksburg, WV. They spent  several days in the area.'),
('154261',' The drive in scene was filmed at the old Skyline Drive In on Rt. 19  south of Clarksburg.'),
('154262',' Robert Earl Jones (qv)s last film appearance.'),
('154263',' The film was finished despite the fact that the main actor, Steve  Pierre, had a serious stroke two'),
('154264','thirds of the way through  production.'),
('154265',' It was reported in newspapers that Peggy Ann Garner (qv) was given  the role of the studio teacher in this film but she is not to be  seen. There is no scene in the finished film that involved a studio  teacher.'),
('154266',' The first live'),
('154267','action theatrical motion picture originated on  digital high definition video for distribution and exhibition in  35mm film. Freddie Francis photographed the movie with the Sony  HDC'),
('154268','500 digital high definition camera system. Following the  successful completion of this ground'),
('154269','breaking experiment, Sony  along with Panavision developed the next generation of this camera  system, the HDW'),
('154270','F900 for George Lucas, which he utilized in the  production of "Star Wars:Episode II'),
('154271','Attack Of The Clones".'),
('154272',' Based on the album "Rainbow Around the Sun" by Matthew Alvin Brown,  performed by The Fellowship Students.'),
('154273',' Developed by Hallmark for a line of cards.'),
('154274',' In issue 73 of Your Sinclair magazine in January 1992, this was  voted the 8th best game of all time.'),
('154275',' A documentary in the Bruce Scenic Novelties series.'),
('154276',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Sunbeams (1926)_ (qv).'),
('154277',' A print of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('154278',' [Note: Nintendo 64 Version] The level called BROKEN ARROW is a  reference to The Sum Of All Fears novel, in which the prologue for  the novel is called Broken Arrow.'),
('154279',' The Rainbow 6 series sold almost 8 million copies (combined formats  to end 2003)'),
('154280',' The late Bruno Lawrence, who plays a detective working under  Neill, Sam (qv)s Alan Galbraith character, played Galbraith  himself in an earlier made'),
('154281','for'),
('154282','TV dramatization of the same events  in the late 1980s.'),
('154283',' The first six reels of this film survive in the Library of Congress.'),
('154284',' Rituparno Ghosh (qv)s first Hindi film.'),
('154285',' The entire script was written by Rituparno Ghosh in Bengali. Since  Ghosh is not adept in Hindi, he sought help from theatre personality  Usha Ganguly to convert it to Hindi. In fact Ganguly is said to have  supplemented the main working script along with Ghosh.'),
('154286',' Ajay Devgan (qv) is working for the first time with a Tollywood  (Bengali) director.'),
('154287',' Aishwarya Rai (qv)s role in the movie was offered to  Kareena Kapoor (qv) because she was working on  _Bride and Prejudice (2004)_ (qv) and was thought to be unavailable.  Later, she took the role back when Kapoor herself became unavailable  due to her other professional commitments.'),
('154288',' The shooting of this movie started a day in advance on Monday 16  February 2004. There was a costume rehearsal scheduled for the  Monday, but since the whole unit was ready, they began shooting. A  puja was performed at the NTII studio before the first take.'),
('154289',' Loosely based on the real'),
('154290','life story of rainmaker Charles M.  Hatfield.'),
('154291',' Elvis Presley (qv) took his first screen test for this movie,  which led to reports that he was considered for a role as his movie  debut. At least one source (the book "Elvis: His Life from A to Z"  by Fred Worth and Steve Tamerius) says that this was not the case,  although in an interview in 1956, Elvis did say that this was going  to be his first movie.'),
('154292',' Paramount Studios wanted William Holden for the role of Starbuck.'),
('154293',' Bing Crosby wanted the role of Starbuck.'),
('154294',' The scene where DeVito, Danny (qv) wakes Damon, Matt (qv) from  his sleep on the bench was filmed hurriedly to the surprise of  Damon, Matt (qv) who had actually fallen asleep after a scene.'),
('154295',' To get Stockwell, Dean (qv) in the proper mood, director  Coppola, Francis Ford (qv) had him pretend to be a sadistic  monarch who sentenced every cast member to a beheading.'),
('154296',' As filming went on, Matt Damon (qv) continued to gain most of the  weight that he had lost purposely for his role in Courage Under  Fire.'),
('154297',' Edward Norton (I) (qv) auditioned for the part of Rudy Baylor.'),
('154298',' John Grishams favorite of all the films adapted from his books.'),
('154299',' Teresa Wrights last film.'),
('154300',' The initial cut of the movie was about six hours long.'),
('154301',' The movie that Rudy and Keppy go to see is _Amant, L (1992)_ (qv).'),
('154302',' Initially budgeted at $2,500,000, an additional $100,000 was added  to film a new ending. $500,000 was allotted for the sets, and  $500,000 for the flood and earthquake scenes. 350 grips, carpenters  and laborers worked for more than a month on those scenes.'),
('154303',' To create the flood effects, a 50,000'),
('154304','gallon tank of water was built  on a studio soundstage.'),
('154305',' Bert Glennon (qv) started the movie as director of photography,  but became ill and was replaced by Arthur C. Miller (qv), who  received the onscreen credit.'),
('154306',' Modern sources list Harry Revel (qv) as co'),
('154307','writer of the title  song; however, he is not listed on the published sheet music or in  the ASCAP database for the song.'),
('154308',' This movie was a monumental undertaking for the studio. Of the 100  shooting days, almost half were spent filming the man'),
('154309','made rain and  floods, for which 33 million gallons of water were used.'),
('154310',' The Ranchipur of novelist Louis Bromfield was built on 18 acres of  the back lot. The maharajahs palace, which was wrecked room by room  in the earthquake, cost $75,000. The breaking of the dam was shot in  two nights using 14 cameras.'),
('154311',' The studio had difficulty finding enough light'),
('154312','gray, black'),
('154313','faced  monkeys for the shoot, so the makeup artists actually made up more  common'),
('154314','looking monkeys to "fit the part".'),
('154315',' The first movie to win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.'),
('154316',' On May 12, 1956, during the shooting of this film,  Montgomery Clift (qv) had a bad car accident on his way back home  from a party at the house of Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv). His friend  Kevin McCarthy (I) (qv) witnessed the accident from his car, drove  back and informed Taylor and her then husband  Michael Wilding (qv), who immediately drove to the location  together with Rock Hudson (qv). Taylor entered the car through the  back door, crawled to the front seat and removed the two front teeth  from Clifts throat that threatened to choke him. Hudson finally  managed to pull him out of the wreck and together they protected him  from being photographed until the ambulance arrived. This was  necessary because soon after the emergency call had come in to the  local police station, reporters were already on their way and  arrived at the scene when Clift was still in the car. The accident  was well publicized. After nine weeks of recovery Clift returned to  the movie set and finished the film, but with considerable  difficulties. His dashing looks, though, were gone forever. The left  side of his face was more or less immobile.'),
('154317',' At the time of its release, it held the (dubious) honor of being the  most expensive film ever made.'),
('154318',' Of the many films produced in the very wide aspect'),
('154319','ratio of (2.55:1)  from 1953 to 1957, this was the last film released at that largest  aspect'),
('154320','ratio; after this, films were reduced to merely (2.35:1).'),
('154321',' This film was the first to be photographed in the M.G.M. Camera 65  process, the second was Ben Hur (1959). Later, the process was  renamed Ultra Panavision 70. It involved using a 65mm negative with  the addition of lenses that applied a 1.25 X anamorphic squeeze.  When projected, the aspect ratio would be 2.21:1 X 1.25 = 2.76:1.  However, around 1957 cinemas were still showing Around the World In  80 Days (1956), this forced M.G.M. to release Raintree County only  on 35mm anamorphic prints, with an aspect ratio of 2.55:1. M.G.M.  used the older CinemaScope format, because it allowed for the  inclusion of 4 track magnetic audio, in contrast to the mono only  audio offered by 2.35:1 optical soundtrack prints.'),
('154322',' The town of Freehaven of the mythical Raintree County was created in  1956 on MGMs vast Backlot #3 at Jefferson and Overland Boulevards  in Culver City, California, by re'),
('154323','designing a portion of an old  western set and adding some new buildings such as the Freehaven Town  Hall and its clock tower. In 1971, MGMs Lot #3 was demolished to  make way for a new apartment and condominium complex which became  known as "Raintree Estates," named for this motion picture. Several  Chinese Golden Raintrees were planted around the new residential  property and many of the complexs streets and buildings were named  for various MGM productions.'),
('154324',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _King and the Copper, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('154325',' Was originally entitled "Heart of Summer", but the films release  date was pushed back from August to October, so the title was  changed accordingly.'),
('154326',' Originally pitched as a "Christian Music Project" with  Jaci Velasquez (qv) and Rachael Lampa (qv) suggested for the  lead, and Kirk Franklin (qv) for the music teacher.'),
('154327',' The rock band that Terri and her brother go see, is Three Days Grace  and are singing "Are you Ready?".'),
('154328',' Evan Rachel Wood (qv) and Jonathan Jackson (I) (qv) were the  original choices for the roles of Terri and Jay respectively, but  both dropped out due to production changes, as did  Annie Potts (qv) (who was set to play Terris mother) and director  James Hayman (qv). The storys location was then changed from New  York City to Los Angeles.'),
('154329',' The first British musical.'),
('154330',' A model of the Titanic was built at a cost of $350,000. When it was  finished, it was discovered that it was too big for the tank in  which it was to be filmed. An additional, bigger tank had to be  built, at a cost of $6 million.'),
('154331',' Kramer, Stanley (qv) was hired to direct, but quit after two weeks  due to "creative differences".'),
('154332',' The Titanic model used for filming was on display at Anchor Bay,  Malta, in a building close to the set used for the town of  Sweethaven in the film _Popeye (1980)_ (qv). It is now next to the  deep water tank purposely built for it at the Rinella studios in  Malta. The model was sadly damaged beyond repair in a storm that hit  the Island in 2003.'),
('154333',' Steve McQueen (I) (qv) was offered the lead role in the film.  However, he felt the script was flat and turned down the offer.'),
('154334',' Producer Lew Grade (qv) famously said that it would have been  cheaper to lower the atlantic when discusing the films cost.'),
('154335',' Author Clive Cussler (qv) so hated this movie that he refused to  allow any of the film rights for his other Dirk Pitt novels to be  sold. He finally relented after over 20 years '),
('154336',' signing over the  rights for three of the novels. The first to be filmed was  _Sahara (2005)_ (qv), but once again Cussler was unhappy with the  script and is involved in ongoing litigation with the producers.'),
('154337',' CAMEO(Clive Cussler (qv)): reporter during a press conference'),
('154338',' The title comes from the Langston Hughes (qv) poem, "Harlem (What  Happens To A Dream Deferred?)".'),
('154339',' Louis Gossett Jr. (qv)s film debut.'),
('154340',' John Fiedler (qv) repeats his role of Mark Lindner he played in  the 1961 film version.'),
('154341',' TV version of the Tony award'),
('154342','winning 2004 play revival, with same  director and most of the lead'),
('154343','cast: Kenny Leon (qv), Sean P.  Diddy Combs (qv), Phylicia Rashad (qv), Audra McDonald (qv),  Sanaa Lathan (qv) and Bill Nunn (qv).'),
('154344',' The shot in which the camera moves in on the mother discovering that  Nathan Jr. is gone is a direct homage to  _Evil Dead, The (1981)_ (qv), a film on which Joel Coen (qv) was  an editor.'),
('154345',' The alarm button the clerk presses in the convenience store reads  "Odegaard'),
('154346','Trend Security." This is the name of the security company  in Raimi, Sam (qv)s _Crimewave (1985/I)_ (qv).'),
('154347',' The character Leonard Smalls is a reference to Lenny Small from "Of  Mice and Men."'),
('154348',' The acronyms "P.O.E" and "O.P.E." spray'),
('154349','painted in the washroom and  shown in reverse in the mirror are references to the  Kubrick, Stanley (qv) films  _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv)  and _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('154350',' H.I. can be seen wearing a uniform with the name "Hudsucker  Industries" written on it. This is also the name of the company in  _Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)_ (qv) also by the Coen brothers.'),
('154351',' When Nathan Arizona is being interviewed one of the microphones has  "KOIN" written on it. This is a reference to the filmmakers, the  Coen brothers.'),
('154352',' Although the letters POE and OPE are shown reflected in the mirror  in reverse, the writing on the "We aim to please..." sign on the  same wall is not reversed. Later, when the Biker breaks down the  door, you can see that the sign is actually printed in reverse  lettering.'),
('154353',' Florence, Arizona is the site of a State Prison...and also the name  of the mother of the quints in the movie.'),
('154354',' When the Biker played by Randall Tex Cobb (qv) enters the rest  stop bathroom, he notices pomade and sniffs it. This was the pomade  Gale used in an earlier scene. Gale (John Goodman (I) (qv)) is  tracked down by the Biker because of the pomade smell. In  _O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)_ (qv), a later Coen Brothers  movie, Big Dan T (Goodman again), during the lynching scene, sniffs  out Everetts (George Clooney (qv)) Dapper Dan pomade. Everett is  also tracked by the posse throughout the movie because of the scent  of the pomade.'),
('154355',' Fifteen babies played the Arizona quintuplets in the film. One of  the babies was fired during production when he learned to walk.'),
('154356',' The shot where Evelle and Gale stop just before hitting the car seat  with the baby in it, was filmed in reverse, with the car driving  away from the seat.'),
('154357',' Randall Tex Cobb (qv) was not familiar with riding motorcycles  prior to filming. While shooting the scene where he rides up to  inspect the hole where Evelle and Gale had escaped from prison, he  actually crashed into the hole on one of the takes.'),
('154358',' H.I. McDunnoughs first name is revealed to be Herbert.'),
('154359',' Kevin Costner (qv) turned down the lead role.'),
('154360',' The $30,000 that Leonard Smalls talks about as "1954 dollars" would  be equal to just over $120,000 in 1987.'),
('154361',' When the cops chase H.I. through a house, Nathan Arizonas Unpainted  Arizona commercial seen earlier in the film is playing on TV.'),
('154362',' The line, "Life is hard on the little things," used repeatedly in  the film was originally spoken by Lillian Gish (qv) in  _Night of the Hunter, The (1955)_ (qv) as she protects her children.  In the accompanying scene an owl takes a young rabbit.'),
('154363',' The Coen brothers wrote Holly Hunter (qv)s character specifically  for her.'),
('154364',' The lullaby that Ed sings to Nathan, Jr. is the song "Down in the  Willow Garden", a folk song about a man sentenced to death after  brutally murdering his fiancee.'),
('154365',' Fourteenth release in the "Crackerjack" 1'),
('154366','reel comedy series.'),
('154367',' Marc Pittman and Mauri LeBlanc wrote the screenplay in 3 days.'),
('154368',' While filming, director Garry Marshall (qv) kept referring to star  Kate Hudson (I) (qv) as Goldie. He had worked with Hudsons mother  Goldie Hawn (qv) on _Overboard (1987)_ (qv) and kept getting the  name wrong, as he said they looked and acted so much alike. The  actress was a good sport about it, but the crew put up a box for  Marshall to pay $5.00 for every time he called her by the wrong  name. By the end of the shoot the money in the box provided for a  lavish party, thrown by Hudson for the entire crew.'),
('154369',' Shot on the same streets in Queens as _Spider'),
('154370','Man (2002)_ (qv) and  _It Could Happen to You (1994)_ (qv).'),
('154371',' The Referee for Pastor Dans Hockey game is introduced as former  Olympic skater Scotty Buttons. His name is a combination of the  names Scott Hamilton and Dick Button. Both Hamilton and Button were  past Gold Medal winners in the Olympics for the United States.'),
('154372',' Kate Hudson was pregnant during part of the filming. In the scene at  the end of the film, she subconsciously touches her midriff as she  walks.'),
('154373',' The films working title was "Long Way Home".'),
('154374',' The majority of the films production budget was gained when  Channell, Justin (qv) went on a school trip to Disney World and  pocketed most of the money he was given for souvenirs.'),
('154375',' Originally written to feature Conrad Brooks (qv) as Maxwell  Selwyn. The role was recast three times and the majority of the film  was completed before Ryan Stocking (qv) took the part.'),
('154376',' Shot on weekends and whenever time would allow between July and  December 2004. Since not all of the exterior shots were finished in  the summer months, several actors had to perform in frigid cold  weather while still wearing t'),
('154377','shirts and shorts.'),
('154378',' Dyszel, Richard (qv)s cameo was added to the script when he  agreed to shoot a cameo during the Horrorfind Weekend IV convention  in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The scene was shot in a parking lot  shortly after the celebrity room at the convention had closed for  the night.'),
('154379',' Zane Crosby (qv) never read the full script to the film, claiming  that he wanted to be surprised by the outcome.'),
('154380',' Lloyd Kaufman (qv) initially offered to have his scenes shot  outside of the Troma Building in New York. When it seemed this would  never happen, Justin Channell (qv), Zane Crosby (qv), and  T.J. Rogers (qv) attended one of Lloyds Make Your Own Damn Movie  master classes at University of Pittsburgh. As soon as the class was  over, Channell ran up to Lloyd Kaufman (qv) and asked him to shoot  the scene. Channell is a huge fan of Kaufman and even runs one of  the official Troma fan sites, entitled Tromatized!'),
('154381',' The film was shot in a very guerilla style, with no location  permits. Throughout the entire production, the police only showed up  once. The officer did not ask for any kind of permit and after being  told that the crew had permission to shoot, left the set.'),
('154382',' All of the scenes shot inside of businesses (convience store, video  store, etc.) were shot during business hours. There was very little  interference from customers and at least one ended up having a line  in the final cut.'),
('154383',' Justin Channell (qv) came up with the story by combining the  concepts of two unproduced short films he had written.'),
('154384',' There was a very small crew on the film, usually only consisting of  two people. During many occasions, Justin Channell (qv) was the  only crew member and had to find a way to set up shots, direct, and  run sound at the same time.'),
('154385',' The tripod used in the film was actually the stand from a drummers  practice pad Justin Channell had left over from junior high school  band class. It was also used (unsuccessfully) as a steadicam'),
('154386','like  rig, with Channell holding the camera and middle of the tripod for  some hand'),
('154387','held shots.'),
('154388',' At one point, a character claims Steve and Bob live by "The Illusive  Skull on Morgantown Avenue." The Illusive Skull is a costume and  makeup shop in Fairmont, West Virginia, where makeup artist Zane  Crosby works during Halloween.'),
('154389',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for All Souls Day: Dia de  los Muertos (2005).'),
('154390',' Visa dexploitation en France # 112095.'),
('154391',' First feature length India film.'),
('154392',' The first CinemaScope Tamil'),
('154393','language film.'),
('154394',' First episode in the Stanley 2'),
('154395','reel series.'),
('154396',' SPOILER: To the producers extreme astonishment and outrage,  Sanjay Dutt (qv), in an interview promoting the film a few months  before its release, casually told national television that he turns  out to be the killer in this murder mystery.'),
('154397',' This is the second of four Raki movies. Chronologically, according  to the story, only a short time after the first (Monster Movie  (1993)), however, due to the gap in production between this and the  first films, it was necessary to recast the character Keni with a  younger actor, Andrew Roberts.'),
('154398',' Dr. Hakases costume came entirely from Lewis C. Austin (qv)s own  wardrobe.'),
('154399',' Made by the Nikkatsu Kyoto First Division, Parts I and II.'),
('154400',' Made by the Nikkatsu Kyoto First Division, Parts I and II'),
('154401',' Free adaptation of Aleksandr Puskins short story "Stantsionnij  smortritelj", 1830'),
('154402',' Tulio filmed two versions of the film. Another is a Swedish version  named "Kärlekens kors". Swedish version starring Regina Linnanheimo  and Oscar Tengström. Many other actors are Swedish.'),
('154403',' The movies working title is "Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay"'),
('154404',' Katrina Kaif (qv) was signed first for the role of Radha. However,  upon writing the script, Ram Gopal Varma (qv) rewrote the role of  Radha into a deviation named Devi. Katrina felt she was unable to  act the role, and Ram Gopal Varma felt that Sushmita Sen (qv) fit  the role better.'),
('154405',' Abhishek Bachchan (qv) was attached to play the role of "Veeru",  but dropped out and the role went to Ajay Devgan (qv). Abhishek is  now playing the Gypsy Singer during the Mehbooba song.'),
('154406',' It took 50 trials before Amitabh Bachchan (qv) decided upon a  light brown colored soft contact lens for the left eye and blue for  the right (applied each morning by his familys eye surgeon, Dr  Himanshu Mehta).'),
('154407',' This film was made only after Ghai had scrapped his dream project  "Devaa", which had Amitabh Bachchan in the title role.'),
('154408',' This is the only movie for which Mangeshkar, Lata (qv) has  composed music under her own name.'),
('154409',' Director Vilsmaier, Joseph (qv) used material filmed at his  daughter Theresas birth.'),
('154410',' The title "Rama Dama" is the phonetic spelling of the German phrase  "Räumen tun wir" as it would sound in Bavarian (Munich) dialect.  "Räumen" means to clean up or to clear away (in this case, meaning  rubble, debris and other remains of the war). The title therefore  means something like "Were cleaning up"'),
('154411',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Return at Midnight, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('154412',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2006 6'),
('154413','disc DVD release "The Busby  Berkeley Collection".'),
('154414',' The lady playing Sylvia Froos mother is, indeed, her real mother.'),
('154415',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2006 6'),
('154416','disc DVD release "The Busby  Berkeley Collection".'),
('154417',' Vitaphone release #1662.'),
('154418',' Laura Dern (qv) and Diane Ladd (qv)s Oscar nominations mark the  first time a mother and daughter ever received such an accolade for  appearing in the same film.'),
('154419',' Original director Russell Mulcahy (qv) was replaced by  Peter MacDonald (I) (qv) due to creative differences.'),
('154420',' John Rambos horse also appeared in  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv) as Indiana Jones  horse.'),
('154421',' This was noted by the Guiness Book of World Records (1990) as to  being the most violent film. It was noted with 221 acts of violence  and over 108 deaths.'),
('154422',' The Mi'),
('154423','24 Hind'),
('154424','A (large glazed cockpit as opposed to two small  tandem cockpits for the later D version onwards of the type)  helicopters seen in the film are in fact modified Aerospatiale SA  330 Puma transport helicopters with fabricated bolt'),
('154425','on wings similar  to the real Hind'),
('154426','As used in the former Soviet bloc nations.'),
('154427',' With its $63m budget, this was the most expensive film ever made at  the time of its release.'),
('154428',' Victor Banerjee (qv) passed on this film.'),
('154429',' Banned in parts of the UK after the killing spree of  Michael Ryan (XI) (qv), who claimed that his killings were  inspired by the Rambo movies.'),
('154430',' The other helicopter disguised as a Russian gunship was really an  Aerospatiale/Eurocopter SA 341/2 Gazelle (also modified as the title  helicopter in the movie Blue Thunder), of anglo British/French  design. The four fighter aircraft seen at a distance in the  beginning are also French built Mirage'),
('154431','IIIs of the Pakistani  Airforce.'),
('154432',' The problems that the Russian forces faced with American Stinger  missiles, as described in this movie, were very real, and accounted  for hundreds of Russian helicopters during the real war. The missile  was used again by Pakistan against better flown Indian aircraft and  gunships in the 1999 Kargil War but only accounted for 1 kill out of  several hundred launches.'),
('154433',' The knife in this film is the first in the series to not be designed  by Arkansas knife'),
('154434','smith, Jimmy Lile (qv). The Rambo III blade was  designed by fantasy knife designer, Gil Hibben and the blade is two  inches longer than the one in  _Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)_ (qv) and three inches longer  than the knife in _First Blood (1982)_ (qv). The knife is also the  first in the series to not be of a survival knife design.'),
('154435',' Co'),
('154436','writer James Cameron (I) (qv) claims that he only wrote the  first draft of the script and that Sylvester Stallone (qv) made  many changes to it. When the film was released, the "political"  content of the movie was considered controversial. Many felt the  Vietnam conflict was "altered" to look and sound heroic. Cameron  commented that he only wrote the "action" and that Stallone wrote  the "politics".'),
('154437',' The Mi'),
('154438','24 Hind'),
('154439','D helicopters seen in the film are in fact modified  Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma transport helicopters with fabricated  bolt'),
('154440','on wings similar to the real Hind'),
('154441','Ds used in the former Soviet  bloc nations.'),
('154442',' According to the documentary  _We Get to Win This Time (2002) (V)_ (qv), the producers considered  teaming up Sylvester Stallone (qv) with his  _Staying Alive (1983)_ (qv) protégé John Travolta (qv) as Rambos  young partner in rescuing the American POWs. Stallone nixed this  idea when he decided it would be better to make the film a solo  project.'),
('154443',' Rambos stats, as given in the film: "Rambo, John J., born 7/6/47  Bowie, Arizona of Indian'),
('154444','German descent. Joined army 8/6/64.  Accepted, Special Forces specialization, light weapons,  cross'),
('154445','trained as medic. Helicopter and language qualified, 59  confirmed kills, two Silver Stars, four Bronze, four Purple Hearts,  Distinguished Service Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor."'),
('154446',' The huge Buddha statue that was used in the opening sequence was  given to the local Mexican military commander as a souvenir after  the shoot, even when he was told its just a prop made from expanded  polystyrene and a lot of gold paint.'),
('154447',' All of the shots on the military base was in fact done on a Mexican  air force airstrip. The logos have been painted over or obscured,  and the real crew always have their backs toward the camera or are  far enough away from the camera so you hopefully wont notice.'),
('154448',' First film to appear in 2,000+ US theaters.'),
('154449',' 57 men are killed by Rambo during the course of the film.'),
('154450',' Lieutenant Colonol Padovsky is the only villain to have any lines in  English'),
('154451',' Before Artisan bought the rights to Carolco Pictures, Carolcos logo  always used the music of "Rambo: First Blood, Part II" to open their  movie credits.'),
('154452',' The total body count of the film is 67.'),
('154453',' James Cameron wrote a treatment/screenplay not only for this film,  but for "Aliens" while production was being delayed on "The  Terminator".'),
('154454',' Dolph Lundgren (qv) auditioned for a part and actually got it but  Stallone realized that it was the same man who was going to be in  _Rocky IV (1985)_ (qv) so he didnt get the part.'),
('154455',' One of the first Pakistani films in which the principal characters  are Hindu.'),
('154456',' One of the first films to be shot in Pakistan near the desert border  with India.'),
('154457',' Mehreen Jabbars first feature film.'),
('154458',' DVD Easter egg: Access the number pad feature at the Menu of the DVD  and enter 23 (just enter the two digits anywhere in the main menu)  for the music video Stripped. The song is a cover of the Depeche  Mode song and is also featured on Rammsteins second album  Sehnsucht.'),
('154459',' A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in the  Washington, D.C.'),
('154460',' A copy of this film survives at the Czech film archive.'),
('154461',' The song "Ramona", whilst not featuring in the film itself, was  specially written by Mabel Wayne (qv) (music) and  L. Wolfe Gilbert (qv) (lyric) for Dolores del Rio (qv) to sing  during promotional appearances for the film. It is thought to be the  first instance of a song being "inspired" by a film.'),
('154462',' The movie was delayed under doctors orders because according to the  doctor, Loretta Young (qv) had suffered an illness caused by the  stress of filming two previous movies (Call of the Wild and The  Crusades) back to back. In reality she had become pregnant during  Call of the Wild and got the doctor to lie to the studio for her so  she could give birth quietly.'),
('154463',' The first western to be produced in full three'),
('154464','strip Technicolor.'),
('154465',' Originally the part of Ramona was going to go to Rita Hayworth. But  when Darryl Zanuck became the head of 20th Century, he said Hayworth  was too young for the role, and he gave it to Loretta Young.'),
('154466',' The footage of the Ramones in this short is from an early 1977  concert and has never been seen before.'),
('154467',' This footage was shot by Dan Dinello. Dan Dinello is one of the  directors of the Strangers With Candy television series.'),
('154468',' The film was part of an anti'),
('154469','AIDS campaign supported and initiated  by the French Ministry of Health.'),
('154470',' Due to legal complications, this film wasnt shown theatrically in  America until several years after its European debut.'),
('154471',' Based on the true story of Robert Trenton Chase, "The Vampire  Killer" who killed six people in the course of four days in January  1978.'),
('154472',' Vincent Pastore (qv) was offered the part of Angelo Buono. When he  had to decline, Tomas Arana (qv) got the part.'),
('154473',' Shot in only 15 days.'),
('154474',' Started production in 2004 but release was held back.'),
('154475',' This docu'),
('154476','drama makes use mostly of non'),
('154477','professional actors from the  location city of New London, Connecticut.'),
('154478',' Filmed at Spahns Movie Ranch near Chatsworth, CA, in late 1968. The  ranch was used for occasional filming of TV westerns like  _"Bonanza" (1959)_ (qv) and _"Lone Ranger, The" (1949)_ (qv), as  well as for David O. Selznick (qv)s western  _Duel in the Sun (1946)_ (qv). However, with the decline of westerns  in general, owner George Spahn decided to allow a group of misfit  hippies to reside there temporarily in the spring of 1968 in  exchange for minor upkeep of the ranch. This was shortly before  filming of this movie took place. The group called themselves "The  Family" and were led by Charles Manson (qv) and two of their  members, Catherine Share (qv) and Bobby Beausoleil (qv)'),
('154479','who was  later convicted of murdering a ranch hand employed by Spahn'),
('154480','appear  in this film.'),
('154481',' Several hundred costumes were all created by hand, a process that  took two years.'),
('154482',' The castle destroyed in the middle of the movie was specially  constructed on the slopes of Mount Fuji for the film and then burned  down. No miniatures were used for that segment, although an optical  of another castle being burned at the end was used.'),
('154483',' Kurosawa, Akira (qv) referred to his previous film,  _Kagemusha (1980)_ (qv), as a "dress rehearsal" for Ran. Kurosawa  spent ten years storyboarding every shot in the film as paintings.  The resulting collection of images was published with the  screenplay.'),
('154484',' Kurosawas eyesight had deteriorated almost completely by the time  principal photography began. He could only frame shots with the help  of assistants, who used his storyboard paintings as guidelines.'),
('154485',' The story was inspired by samurai legends, but also draws on  William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s "King Lear" as well.'),
('154486',' The film used approximately 1400 extras (1400 suits of armor were  fabricated, designed by Kurosawa) and 200 horses. A number of the  horses had to be imported from the United States. Kurosawa used the  extras and horses so efficiently, that when the film was ready for  premiere, newspapers in Japan were reporting that thousands of  extras and horses were used to stage the battles.'),
('154487',' Akira Kurosawa (qv)s wife of 39 years, Yôko Yaguchi (qv), died  during the production of this film. Kurosawa halted filming for just  one day to mourn before resuming work on the picture.'),
('154488',' Almost the entire film is done in long'),
('154489','shot and there is only one  close'),
('154490','up when The Lady Kaede is presented with the head of a fox  statue.'),
('154491',' A scene which required an entire field to be sprayed gold was filmed  but left out of the final film during editing.'),
('154492',' Ran means "chaos" in Japanese.'),
('154493',' Tom Mixs first screen appearance'),
('154494',' A Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('154495',' This is a lost film'),
('154496',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Rattlesnakes and Gunpowder (1911)_ (qv).'),
('154497',' Filmed in Lakeside, California, USA.'),
('154498',' Only twenty'),
('154499','eight minutes of the complete film are remaining, some  of it is damaged.'),
('154500',' Jeff Bridges (qv) met his wife, Susan Geston, during filming. She  was working as a maid on a dude ranch.'),
('154501',' Cinematographer Mohr, Hal (qv), who had previously photographed  Dietrich, Marlene (qv) in _Destry Rides Again (1939)_ (qv)  attempted to resign from the film due to Dietrichs insistence that  he achieve for her greater youth'),
('154502','through'),
('154503','lighting than he felt  possible.'),
('154504',' Director Fritz Lang (I) (qv) had originally planned to call this  film "Chuck'),
('154505','a'),
('154506','Luck". However, the studio insisted that its name be  changed to "Rancho Notorious" and when Lang asked why, he was told  that it was because Americans wouldnt understand what  "Chuck'),
('154507','a'),
('154508','Luck" (a gambling game commonly played in saloons in the  Southwest) meant. Lang replied, "Well, its a good thing that they  all know what Rancho Notorious[which has nothing to do with  anything in the film] means!"'),
('154509',' Lloyd Gough (qv) had name was removed from the credits due to his  blacklisting that year.'),
('154510',' The last film of Barry Foster (qv).'),
('154511',' Reported to be Greer Garson (qv)s favorite of all her movies.'),
('154512',' The title is taken from a quotation that appears in hardback  versions of the novel (but omitted from most paperback printings.)  The quotation is: "According to a British Official Report, bombs  fell at Random." '),
('154513',' German Official Report. The movie renames the  Rainier ancestral home "Random Hall" to better tie in with the  title, although in the novel, the estate is named "Stourton".'),
('154514',' Ronald Colman (qv) had first hand experience of shell shock '),
('154515',' he  had been in the WW1 Battle of Ypres.'),
('154516',' The bowling alley scene was filmed at Parkway Lanes in Elmwood Park,  NJ.'),
('154517',' The neon in the "Parkway Lanes" sign had not worked for over 20  years. It was repaired by the production company. At night, the lit  sign may be seen from the northbound lanes of the Garden State  Parkway.'),
('154518',' Harrison Ford (I) (qv) said he would never work with  Sydney Pollack (qv) again after the film flopped, artistically and  commercially.'),
('154519',' This film is based on the January, 1982, Air Florida plane crash  into the Potomac River, flying out of National Airport, Washington,  D.C.'),
('154520',' During production planning for this film, the studio contacted  American Airlines to request information about its "CARE Team" in  order to portray the movie airlines response team more accurately.  American declined, seeing no upside in being associated with a film  about a crash.'),
('154521',' The sequence "George and Sophia" was originally the first one shot.  One year later, the improvisational style of the rest of the film  made it feel too scripted, and so it became the last sequence to be  re'),
('154522','shot, in order to more closely match the tone of the rest of the  film.'),
('154523',' When the Doovis family drives onto the Freeway in LA, there were no  crew members present in the car. The actors took turns operating the  camera as the rest of them improvised their dialog.'),
('154524',' The grocery store sequences were shot very late at night in an  actual supermarket in Los Angeles, and the crew paid for everything  that was used/eaten/destroyed during shooting. The films director  makes a cameo as the annoyed store manager near the end of the  sequence.'),
('154525',' Visa dexploitation en France: #87710'),
('154526',' Divya Bharati (qv) died before this film was released.'),
('154527',' The film was to be made both in Hindi and English versions. The  English version was to be titled "Paint It Yellow". The plans for  the English version were dropped subsequently.'),
('154528',' In India, the color of yellow represents sacrifice. When someone  says, "Main rang de basanti", ("paint me yellow") it means that  person is ready to be sacrificed for a great cause. Yellow is also a  predominant color in the movie.'),
('154529',' Aamir Khan (qv) was initially uncertain about taking on the role  of DJ, as he was in his 40s and DJ was 25 years old Punjabi in the  film. He eventually accepted, though, and hired a tutor to aid him  in Punjabi speech and accents.'),
